Editing Round 9/History (section)

=== Enacting a Proposal ===

Let's take a look at Metaproposal 9-1-1, the emergency proposal meant to resolve the breakage described in {{Heading|Amend The Rules, Quack}}.

{{Proposal Box
|name=9-1-1
|text=
unless it is retracted, the following linked proposal is enacted immediately and loses its voting period:<br>
https://discordapp.com/channels/515560801394753537/790679592494039080/810389290911006720 [link to Proposal 🔥]
}}

Jumble wanted to know whether "enact" meant the same thing as "take effect." If not, then perhaps EP-9-1-1 hadn't been effective and the game was months behind what we thought it was. Upon closer inspection, if EP-9-1-1 did do something, did it take effect in the context of the Round 9 Ruleset or the Metaruleset? The answer here wasn't clear-cut either. This, along with other concerns about what exactly the emergency proposal had actually done, ended up calling for an Emergency. Round 9 entered its second state of emergency on 25 April 2021 after rulings from Random Internet Cat concluded that "enact" and "take effect" do not mean the same thing<ref>[[Round 9/Rulings#Ruling 46]]</ref><ref>[[Round 9/Rulings#Ruling 47]]</ref>.

Random Internet Cat drafted what would become EP-9-2-1, which did a number of things to cover our bases. It also removed the Smoothie Scam and reverted the gamestate to a point before the Smoothie Scam took effect. There was a lot of debate over how far the proposal should reach and more stuff that I won't bother you with because it ended up not doing anything to the gamestate anyway. EP-9-2-1 was proposed on 25 April 2021, then self-killed in favor of EP-9-2-2, which was the same thing, but ending with the word "quack" (which may have been necessary because 9-1-1 never took effect and thus duck words were still very much a thing). Finally, on 26 April 2021, the ruleset was back in working order and on 28 April 2021 the mods ended the State of Emergency<ref>https://discord.com/channels/515560801394753537/518856008605499402/836845533313761282</ref>.

{{Proposal Box
|name=9-2-2
|text=
EMERGENCY PROPOSAL EP-9-2-2

Apply the effects written in the sole attachment on the message in which this metaproposal was submitted.

Comment with no effect on this proposal: quack

'''Attachment'''<br>
Apply the following effects sequentially in the listed order:
* The metaruleset is hereby modified to what is described at https://infinitenomic.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=Metaruleset&oldid=779

* The metaruleset section with the title "Metaproposals" is hereby amended by replacing "if at least two thirds of votes on that metaproposal are for it" with "if at least two thirds of votes on that metaproposal are for it and the message in which it was submitted has been neither editoed nor deleted".

* The round ruleset of Round 9 is hereby modified to what is described at https://infinitenomic.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=Round_9/Ruleset&oldid=1106, except replacing the sole instance of "At the end of every voting period, then, for each proposal in the order that they were submitted, if that proposal is adopted, then it takes effect." with "When a proposal's voting period ends, if that proposal is adopted, it takes effect. If the voting periods of multiple proposals end simultaneously, proposals that take effect do so sequentially in the order they were submitted."

* The round gamestate of Round 9 is hereby modified in arbitrary ways, other than modifying the round ruleset, so that it is what it would be if what is described in the "Duck God", "The Duck Disciple", "Judge", and "Players" sections at https://infinitenomic.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=Round_9/Gamestate&oldid=1123 was as true and accurate as possible at 23:59:59 on 2021-04-24.

* The round gamestate of Round 9 is hereby modified by destroying all ducks, then by creating ducks with properties so that it is what it would be if what is described in the "Ducks" and "Ponds" sections of https://infinitenomic.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=Round_9/Gamestate&oldid=1123 was as true and accurate as possible at 23:59:59 on 2021-04-24.

* Amend the round ruleset of Round 9 by replacing, in the subrule Fruit of the rule Ducks, "Upon creation, the resulting Smoothie is named using an unambiguous combination of the names of the Fruits used to make it." with: { The name of a smoothie is the result of concatenating the names of each of its constituent fruits in alphabetical order, with spaces in between, then appending " Smoothie". Using any name that clearly and unambiguously designates a smoothie is deemed to designate that smoothie, even if it differs from the true name. }.

* Amend the round ruleset of Round 9 by, in the subrule Fruit of the rule Ducks, replacing "The resulting Smoothie has a description that is a combination of the descriptions of the Fruits used to make it, substituting the names of the Fruits in the description for the name of the Smoothie." with "The smoothie's properties are dictated by the unification of the constituent fruits' properties."

* The gamestate of Round 9 is hereby modified by discharging all obligations for the Judge to respond to requests for judgment.
}}

While all this was going on, however, Random Internet Cat brought up an interesting question: should we just end Round 9<ref>https://discord.com/channels/515560801394753537/518856008605499402/835692910610743316</ref>? Most players argued for a more ceremonious end to the game. There was an active base of players, disgruntled though they may have been with the way things had progressed. Even if the win condition was lame, most of us wanted to see one take place. And so it was that we decided to play it out for just a bit longer.

But the story of the Emergency doesn't stop there. As had happened every time we ratified the ruleset, some important elements got lost along the way. For instance, proposals passed after the state of the ruleset that had been ratified never took effect. Wotton proposed to do that exact thing (Proposal Lost Proposals, 27 April 2021). This would not have the effect of reintroducing the Smoothie Style Scam since the text that the Smoothie Style proposal replaced was deleted by EP-9-2-2. It would, however, have the unfortunate effect of bringing back the vote emoji indeterminacy. This wasn't that big of a deal; we'd already done the calculations on whether it and subsequent proposals passed, but it was annoying nonetheless.