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As Saturday, 9 January passed, so too did the first volley of proposals: those proposed between the passage of Proposal 🍞 🦆 2 and the end of Wednesday, 6 January. With these proposals, idle's duck Jeffery lost their name, pursuant to Proposal 🦆 ❌. Sunday was rather uneventful for a change. We worked on some proposals for the next week as we welcomed the madness.

== The Era of Experimentation (11 Jan 2021 - 27 Jan 2021) ==

== The Era of Experimentation (11 Jan 2021 - 20 Jan 2021) ==

As we all got our ducks, gameplay began in earnest. The next few weeks of the game carried the community into experimental territory as we tried to shape the ideal future for the round. Some ideas stuck, some didn't. This section explores those ideas.

As we all got our ducks, gameplay began in earnest. The next few weeks of the game carried the community into experimental territory as we tried to shape the ideal future for the round. Some ideas stuck, some didn't. This section explores those ideas. By the end of the Era of Experimentation, fewer massive proposals were being passed as we discussed the next big idea to explore. This section does not talk about that as much.

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==~~= Various Discussions =~~==

== (21 Jan 2021 - ???) ==

The ~~latter half of the Era of Exploration was more characterized by discussion than game-changing proposals.~~

=== The Coloring Crisis ===

~~As questions about what~~ we ~~can~~ and ~~can't do within the context of the round surfaced~~, ~~we started discussing ideas of hidden information rounds~~ and ~~bot nomics~~<ref>https://discord.com/channels/515560801394753537/518856008605499402/~~799343745257570327~~</ref>. ~~The pros are that there can be more automation. The cons are that not everyone can program. Perhaps a DSL specifically designed to write rules for bot nomic could be more accessible?~~

Now that most ducks had colors, we wanted to give that a meaning. Veganzombeh wrote a proposal to that effect (Proposal 🦆 🧬, 21 Jan 2021), and so did moonroof (Proposal Power Colors, 24 Jan 2021). Neither proposal went very far. A week later, however, moonroof returned with an expansive proposal that I and various others supported<ref>https://discord.com/channels/515560801394753537/518856008605499402/805217178407403520</ref>.

~~Now that most ducks had colors, we wanted~~ to give ~~that~~ a ~~meaning~~. ~~Veganzombeh wrote~~ a ~~proposal to that effect (Proposal 🦆 🧬~~, ~~21 Jan 2021)~~, and ~~so did moonroof (Proposal Power Colors, 24 Jan 2021)~~. ~~Neither proposal went anywhere; in fact, no successful ideas~~ to ~~give colors extra abilities would arise for a while~~.

I won't copy the proposal in full; instead I will try to give a basic rundown. There are a number of orchards, the gates of which can only be entered by a certain color of duck at any given moment. Each orchard grows a different kind of fruit, which ducks may pick and bring back. Players can use these fruits when feeding to add different effects.

~~== (28 Jan 2021 - ???) ==~~

This proposal was large enough that it took three discord messages to post in its entirety. After a bit of tweaking, this proposal was submitted as Proposal Fruit on 1 February. In a tragic but somewhat comical twist, the sequential posting of this message meant that the proposal became three different proposals, one of which debatably did nothing<ref>https://discord.com/channels/515560801394753537/790679592494039080/805814519309402134</ref>. This hardly mattered, however, since only the first one had a high enough for/against ratio to pass.

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 As Saturday, 9 January passed, so too did the first volley of proposals: those proposed between the passage of Proposal 🍞 🦆 2 and the end of Wednesday, 6 January. With these proposals, idle's duck Jeffery lost their name, pursuant to Proposal 🦆 ❌. Sunday was rather uneventful for a change. We worked on some proposals for the next week as we welcomed the madness.
-== The Era of Experimentation (11 Jan 2021 - 27 Jan 2021) ==
+== The Era of Experimentation (11 Jan 2021 - 20 Jan 2021) ==
-As we all got our ducks, gameplay began in earnest. The next few weeks of the game carried the community into experimental territory as we tried to shape the ideal future for the round. Some ideas stuck, some didn't. This section explores those ideas.
+As we all got our ducks, gameplay began in earnest. The next few weeks of the game carried the community into experimental territory as we tried to shape the ideal future for the round. Some ideas stuck, some didn't. This section explores those ideas. By the end of the Era of Experimentation, fewer massive proposals were being passed as we discussed the next big idea to explore. This section does not talk about that as much.
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-=== Various Discussions ===
+== (21 Jan 2021 - ???) ==
-The latter half of the Era of Exploration was more characterized by discussion than game-changing proposals.
+=== The Coloring Crisis ===
-As questions about what we can and can't do within the context of the round surfaced, we started discussing ideas of hidden information rounds and bot nomics<ref>https://discord.com/channels/515560801394753537/518856008605499402/799343745257570327</ref>. The pros are that there can be more automation. The cons are that not everyone can program. Perhaps a DSL specifically designed to write rules for bot nomic could be more accessible?
+Now that most ducks had colors, we wanted to give that a meaning. Veganzombeh wrote a proposal to that effect (Proposal 🦆 🧬, 21 Jan 2021), and so did moonroof (Proposal Power Colors, 24 Jan 2021). Neither proposal went very far. A week later, however, moonroof returned with an expansive proposal that I and various others supported<ref>https://discord.com/channels/515560801394753537/518856008605499402/805217178407403520</ref>.
-Now that most ducks had colors, we wanted to give that a meaning. Veganzombeh wrote a proposal to that effect (Proposal 🦆 🧬, 21 Jan 2021), and so did moonroof (Proposal Power Colors, 24 Jan 2021). Neither proposal went anywhere; in fact, no successful ideas to give colors extra abilities would arise for a while.
+I won't copy the proposal in full; instead I will try to give a basic rundown. There are a number of orchards, the gates of which can only be entered by a certain color of duck at any given moment. Each orchard grows a different kind of fruit, which ducks may pick and bring back. Players can use these fruits when feeding to add different effects.
-== (28 Jan 2021 - ???) ==
+This proposal was large enough that it took three discord messages to post in its entirety. After a bit of tweaking, this proposal was submitted as Proposal Fruit on 1 February. In a tragic but somewhat comical twist, the sequential posting of this message meant that the proposal became three different proposals, one of which debatably did nothing<ref>https://discord.com/channels/515560801394753537/790679592494039080/805814519309402134</ref>. This hardly mattered, however, since only the first one had a high enough for/against ratio to pass.
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