Nomic 2020/Rules

• Rule 0. Definition of the Game
  • This is a game. The game includes a set of players and a set of rules. The initial players are Jota, Roger, inky, Matthew and lpsmith. The players are responsible for maintaining, to the best of their ability, the current list of players in the game at the Players page and the current list of rules at the Rules page.
  • The game begins at midnight UTC at the start of May 4, 2020 (i.e., 8pm US Eastern time on Sunday, May 3, 2020).
  • The game ends when either A) any player or players have won the game, or B) there are no players left in the game.

• Rule 1. Voting
  • Certain rules may allow players to create new proposals. They can do this by adding their proposal to the Proposals page.
    • The voting period for a proposal begins as soon as it's posted. Players can vote on a proposal during the voting period by adding their vote to accept or reject it to that page. Players can change their votes at any time during the voting period by the same method. The player who originally posted a proposal is assumed to have voted to approve it unless they explicitly indicate otherwise.
    • If at any point during the voting period, the player who originally posted a proposal votes to reject it, any player may resolve the proposal by editing the proposal page to indicate that it was rejected. This ends the voting period.
    • If at any point during the voting period, a strict majority of all players has voted to approve or reject a proposal, any player may resolve the proposal by editing the proposal page to indicate that it was approved or rejected, as appropriate. This ends the voting period.
    • If a proposal has not been resolved after 72 hours from the time it was posted, the voting period automatically ends. No votes may be cast or changed after the end of the voting period. If at least half of the players who did vote chose to approve, then any player may resolve the proposal by editing the proposal page to indicate that it was approved. If not, any player resolve the proposal by editing the proposal page to indicate that it was rejected.

• Rule 2. Amending the Rules
  • Any player can propose new rules, changes to rules or the removal of rules at any time by creating a proposal as described in Rule 2. Once a rule proposal has been resolved as approved, any player can apply the change to the Rules. At this point (and only at this point), it officially becomes a part of the rules of the game.
  • All proposals shall clearly indicate who they were proposed by.
  • All proposals shall clearly indicate the date and MUD time when they were proposed.

• Rule 3. Adding and Removing Players
  • Players shall act in good faith, not attempting to deceive other players regarding elements of the game (such as the state of the rules) or to subvert their ability to partake in the game, except where explicitly permitted by the rules. If a player believes that another player has not acted in good faith, they can create a proposal to that effect as described in Rule 2. If the proposal is resolved as approved, any player can edit the Players page to indicate that that person has lost the game. From this point, that person will no longer be considered a player of the game.
  • Any player can attempt to add a new player to the game by creating a proposal to that effect. If the proposal is resolved as approved, any player can edit the Players page to add that person. From this point, that person will be considered a player of the game.

• Rule 4. Activity
  • Rules may refer to players taking an action, recording an activity, or the like. This is done by recording the action at the end of the Activity log.

• Rule 5. Paradox
  • If at any point a rule requires a player to do two mutually exclusive things (such as requiring a player to both take an action and not take that action), that player may note this on the Activity log. By doing so, this player immediately wins the game.

• Rule 6.. Scoring
  • Each player has an associated number called a score. The initial value of a player's score is zero. If at any point, a player has a score of 100 or greater, then 24 hours later, if any player has a score of 100 or greater, those players have won the game.

• Rule 7. Longevity Scoring
  • At any point a player may take an action to award themselves points. They may award themselves any number of points as long as the number is greater than zero, and the total number of points awarded to a player due to this rule may not exceed the number of 24 hour periods since the game has begun.