Round 8A/Initial Ruleset

Info

All times mentioned in this ruleset are in UTC. Days start and end at 00:00 UTC.

Actions such as vetoing an election or proposal must be made before the proposal passes/the election ends, and the player doing the action must announce that they are performing it in the channel #game-actions.

Players

Anyone may become a player by posting a message announcing their intent to become one in the channel #game-actions. A player may stop being a player by announcing their intent in that same channel or by leaving the Discord server.

Voting

For voting, each player's vote has weight 1 unless otherwise specified. The votes of all non-players have weight 0.s

Proposals

Any player may make a proposal by sending a message in the channel #proposals. If that message is deleted or modified during its voting period, the proposal is retracted.

The voting period for proposals is 24 hours. At the end of a proposal's voting period, if the weight of valid votes in favor is higher than the weight against, the proposal takes effect. A vote is valid if, at the end of the voting period, the person casting the vote is an eligible player. A :+1: reaction on the proposal message is a vote in favor, and a :-1: reaction is a vote against.

Elections

Election Mechanics

At the beginning of each title's election day, all players who have that title lose it.

On a title's election day, a player can make a Declaration of Candidacy by posting a message stating their intent to do so in the channel #elections, specifying the title. 24 hours after the first Declaration of Candidacy for a title is made, the N players (if any) with the highest weight of votes gain that title, where N is the title's maximum number of holders. A :+1: reaction on a Declaration message by an eligible player constitutes a valid vote. Ties are broken in favor of players who made earlier Declarations.

Election Days

Day of the week	Title
Monday	King
Tuesday	Queen
Wednesday	Rook
Thursday	Bishop
Friday	Knight
Saturday	-
Sunday	-

Titles

Each player has exactly one title, and has the "Pawn" title if they would otherwise lack one. Upon gaining a title, all other titles are revoked from that player. No person other than a player may hold a title.

King

At all times there may be at most one King.

The King may:

• veto any proposal.
• vote on all proposals.
• vote on all title elections.

The King's votes on proposals have weight 2.

Queen

At all times there may be at most one Queen.

The Queen may:

• veto any Declarations of Candidacy.
• vote on all proposals.
• vote on all title elections.

The queen's votes on a title election have weight 2.

Rooks

At all times there may be at most two Rooks.

Rooks may:

• vote on all proposals.
• vote on all title elections.

Bishops

At all times there may be at most three Bishops.

Bishops may:

• vote on all proposals.
• vote on King and Rook elections.

Knights

At all times there may be at most three Knights.

Knights may:

• vote on all proposals.
• vote on Queen and Rook elections.

Pawns

Pawns may:

• vote on Rook, Bishop, and Knight elections.
• vote on proposals made by Pawns.