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When only part of finsook's fruit proposal passed back in January, one section that stayed in was "[o]nce per voting period, a player may feed another player’s duck by announcing which duck they with to feed in #game-actions, and optionally adding one valid fruit<ref>https://discord.com/channels/515560801394753537/518856008605499402/816446637512589402</ref>." Nyhilo took inspiration from this and began work on a proposal called "Duck Loot" which would give fruits to ducks returning from Scouting Missions. Seeds would act as a granular currency, while grapes, blood oranges and watermelon slices would allow players to perform various game actions on unintended targets or with a modified variable somewhere in the mix. After a few revisions, the proposal was officially created on 3 March 2021.
When only part of finsook's fruit proposal passed back in January, one section that stayed in was "[o]nce per voting period, a player may feed another player’s duck by announcing which duck they with to feed in #game-actions, and optionally adding one valid fruit<ref>https://discord.com/channels/515560801394753537/518856008605499402/816446637512589402</ref>." Nyhilo took inspiration from this and began work on a proposal called "Duck Loot" which would give fruits to ducks returning from Scouting Missions. Seeds would act as a granular currency, while grapes, blood oranges and watermelon slices would allow players to perform various game actions on unintended targets or with a modified variable somewhere in the mix. After a few revisions, the proposal was officially created on 3 March 2021.
=== Potentially Immobile Ducks ===
On 4 March 2021 after Wotton had attempted to move some of his ducks, Trungle questioned whether the action had worked since Wotton hadn't stated that he was expending a quack to do so<ref>https://discord.com/channels/515560801394753537/518856008605499402/816826026818142208</ref>. This seemed to contradict the Ponds rule, which stated that "Players may move ducks from one pond to another by spending one quack from that duck and posting in #game-actions<ref>https://infinitenomic.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=Round_9/Ruleset&oldid=750#Ponds</ref>," which seemed to imply that stating the performance of both actions was required. After a bit of conversation nestled between drafting notes for the Fruits proposal, a Ruling was called, which ruled that Trungle's suspicions were indeed valid<ref>[[Round 9/Rulings#Ruling 6]]</ref>.
At first glance this could hold catastrophic consequences for the gamestate: Wotton and others had moved a lot of ducks in the preceding weeks. However, the problematic phrase in the rules only referred to moving a duck that was already in a pond, and it turned out that this had only been attempted three times, all that day<ref>https://discord.com/channels/515560801394753537/795369457340907561/816825640229142578</ref><ref>https://discord.com/channels/515560801394753537/795369457340907561/816827023007416360</ref>. Thus, this breakage passed with just a little confusion. The second breakage that day, however, would be less clearly cut.


=== The First Dice Disaster ===
=== The First Dice Disaster ===