Cycle 13/Ruleset Draft
Persistent Rules
Time
All times mentioned in the rules are in UTC. Days begin at 00:00 UTC. Weeks begin on Monday.
Each Phase last for 36 hours. The first Phase starts at the beginning of the first full day after the Cycle begins.
Phases are identified by successive Roman numerals; the first phase of the cycle is Phase I.
Players
Any person may become a player by posting a message setting forth their intent to do so in the channel #game-actions, provided they have not been a player at any point in the past seven days. A player may cease being a player by sending a message that sets forth their intent to do so in #game-actions.
Actions
When defining a game action that can be performed by sending a message, the rules should specify a channel where the game action can be taken. If the rules enable performing an action by sending a message without providing for a specific channel, the action can be taken by sending a message in #game-actions. Similarly, if the rules provide that a game action can be taken without making any provision for any method to take that action, the action can be taken by sending a message in #game-actions.
Actions that are to be performed by sending a message are done by sending a message in the appropriate channel that clearly and unambiguously sets forth intent for the action to be taken.
Loops
Every [period of time], the following occur in order:
- All rules that are not epochal are simultaneously
- All items that are not defined as epochal by the rules are removed from inventories.
Leaderboards
At the beginning of every Loop, 1 goal is randomly selected. Each Goal is randomly given a reward from the list of rewards.
At the end of a Loop, the players that best accomplished a Goal that was selected at he beginning of that Loop get the reward selected for that Goal. This occurs after inventory wipes occur.
Goal list
Have the most Coins at the end of the Loop.
Reward list
- (a random integer from 1 to 5) [P] Orb(s)
Items
Items are entities that players can have in their inventory.
While all items are wiped after the ends of [periods of time], the definitions of items stay.
Item list
(Items marked [P] are persistent)
- [P] Orb
- Coin
Proposals
A player may propose a change or set of changes to the ruleset by sending them in #proposals. New rules in proposals must have a title and may be marked [P] or not marked [P].
Winning
The player or players with the most Orbs at the end of the Cycle wins.
Judges
There shall be a sole Judge, responsible for resolving rules disputes. An incumbent Judge can be removed with the assent of two players, but they should not be removed except for abuse of office. A person can cease being the Judge by publicly stating so.
A request for justice shall take the form of a question or statement. The proper response to a question is an answer to that question, and the proper response to a statement is the truth value of that statement.
Upon formal submission of a request for justice by a person other than themself in #request-for-justice, the Judge shall, as quickly as possible, issue a response to the request. This response shall be binding only to the extent that it reasonably directly pertains to the request, and only to the extent that it does not blatantly and obviously contradict rules text.
Within 4 days of a judge issuing a ruling, a public vote of confidence on that ruling can be initiated in #request-for-justice. Votes may be cast in such a vote for a period of 2 days after initiation. Votes are to be cast by :+1: or :-1: reactions on a clearly designated poll message; if a person's vote is unclear, it is to affirm the judgement. A ruling is overturned if strictly more players vote in favor of overturning than affirming.
A ruling may be overturned by the Judge who made it within one week of being made. When a ruling is overturned in this manner, the Judge shall then issue a new ruling on the initial request, which shall be binding in the same manner as the original ruling.
An overturned ruling shall have no bearing on the interpretation of the rules or of the gamestate.
Any reputable player may become a candidate for the Judge by sending a message in the channel #judge-elections. If there are any Judge candidacies put forward during a week, the player whose message is both popular and has the most :+1: reactions becomes the Judge once that week ends. A Judge Candidacy message is popular if it has more :+1: than :-1: reactions on its initiating message. Ties are broken in favor of the player with the earliest text message during that week.