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The Second Dynasty of Brendan

2010-12-01T02:40:55Z

Darknight:

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'''November 3rd, 2010 - November 29th, 2010'''

== Ascension Address: Start of Term ==

:Yes, thank you, quiet please. QUIET PLEASE. I know the ride has been lengthy and that two of your new classmates were lost to the Moonbeast en route, but I assure you they will be largely recovered, and I would appreciate your full attention at this time.

:Welcome, students, to Professor Abalone’s School of Witchcraft and Miscellany. Some of you are new to the campus; others arrive with years of thaumaturgical practice behind them. In either case, you have been admitted to a grand educational institution, and I ask that you demonstrate your regard and respect for its history. That means full attention in classes, no spellcasting without strict faculty supervision, and avoidance of the East Wing, which is only partially confined to this plane of existence.

:At this time, please report to your new dormitories, as assigned by the color-coded creature tattooed on your right forearm. Dinner is served at six o’clock sharp in the Floating Rathskeller. I anticipate an exciting year for all of us, students, and please remember to report to Mr. Cruik if at any point you are dead.

''Repeal all Dynastic Rules. Replace “Agent” with “Student” and “Director of Operations” with “Headmaster” throughout the Ruleset. ''

==Players==
The following players were active at the beginning of this Dynasty:

Brendan*, Bucky*, Darknight*, Darth Cliche*, FuzzyLogic, Josh*, Kevan*, Mosby, Purplebeard*, Roujo, Ujalu, the unnecessary., Undef

The following players were active at the end of this Dynasty:

Alecto, Ambisinister, Blacky, Brendan*, Buddhagazelle, Darknight*, Darth Cliche*, FuzzyLogic, glopso, Greytyphoon, Kau, Loen, MacGeorge, Purplebeard*, Richard, Roujo, Ujalu, the unnecessary., William

==Final Ruleset==
[[Ruleset 84]]

==Posts of Interest==

* [http://blognomic.com/archive/essentials/ Essentials] - created the four Dormitories; Gothmog Hall, Ichneumon Hall, Penanggalan Hall and Bandersnatch Hall. Each Student gets assigned to a random Dormitory.
* [http://blognomic.com/archive/rotters_and_floaters/ Rotters and Floaters] - the Students can now be Alive, Ghost or Zombie.
* [http://blognomic.com/archive/pay_attention_at_the_back/ Pay attention at the back] - created Classes and the inter-dormitory sport of Nomich.
* [http://blognomic.com/archive/spelling_lessons/ Spelling Lessons] - a simultaneously posted Lesson system, where Students can Study or Disrupt a lesson in a subject to increase their Grades.
* [http://blognomic.com/archive/a_wizards_staff/ A Wizard's Staff] - added Teachers to the school, who could have Grudges against disruptive Students.
* [http://blognomic.com/archive/you_mean_theres_no_necromancy_class/ You mean there’s no necromancy class?] - merged the two disparate Class and Lesson systems.
* [http://blognomic.com/archive/ooh_ooh_pick_me_pick_me/ Ooh! Ooh! Pick me! Pick me!] - allowed Students to Brown-Nose a Teacher and become their Teacher's Pet.
* [http://blognomic.com/archive/proposal_school_library/ School Library] - gave Students the option to study in the Library once a week, at the risk of being eaten by zombies.
* [http://blognomic.com/archive/swots_and_troublemakers/ Swots and Troublemakers] - Students could now be put in Detention if every Teacher had a Grudge against them.
* [http://blognomic.com/archive/it_tolls_not_for_you/ It Tolls Not For You] - allowed the Headmaster to end any Lesson that was more than 24 hours old.
* [http://blognomic.com/archive/is_this_your_card/ Is This Your Card?] - introduced Spellcasting, based on the Grades attained in relevant subjects.
* '''[http://blognomic.com/archive/nomich_challenge/ The first Nomich match of the season]''' - Gothmog beat Ichneumon 5-0, but this result was shortly overturned by [http://blognomic.com/archive/referee/ a CfJ]
* [http://blognomic.com/archive/prefective/ Prefective] - introduced Prefects, who were responsible for receiving Nomich hands.
* [http://blognomic.com/archive/everything_we_taught_you_last_year_was_wrong/ Everything We Taught You Last Year Was Wrong] - allowed for Basic and Advanced Lessons, with slightly different game mechanics.
* [http://blognomic.com/archive/tenure_isnt_all_that_its_cracked_up_to_be/ Tenure Isn’t All That It’s Cracked Up To Be] - assigned Teachers to oversee individual Dormitories, allowing members of that Dorm to request Lessons from that Teacher.
* [http://blognomic.com/archive/cantriptych/ Cantriptych] Introduced three cheap spells, of which the most notable was "Autodecapitatum," allowing Students to deliberately turn themselves into Ghosts or Zombies.
* [http://blognomic.com/archive/behind_the_broomstick_shed/ Behind the Broomstick Shed] Required Students to take a hit on their grades each time they cast a spell; this had the effect of suppressing spell use for high-achieving students, especially as a potential high-grade endgame approached.
* [http://blognomic.com/archive/nomich_rules_kickstart/ Nomich Rules Kickstart] Introduced two known rules with unknown quantities into the Nomich ruleset, offsetting the potentially huge advantage that would have been given to the first Dormitory to win a match.
* [http://blognomic.com/archive/a_delicious_and_educational_snack/ A Delicious and Educational Snack] Created Jelly Deans, which could be either Loved Deans or Loathed Deans, setting up competing currencies for those in favor of a Light or Dark Ascendancy. The idea of student candy would shortly be expanded into...
* [http://blognomic.com/archive/wizard_tuck/ Wizard Tuck], which introduced multiple types of candy and randomized the seeding of Jelly Deans.
* [http://blognomic.com/archive/win_conditions/ Win Conditions] set up the last-student-standing condition, though it started out with the steep requirement that the victor be the only non-Ghost.
* [http://blognomic.com/archive/unbridled_evil_lesson_basic_puppy_eating_with_lord_malvolo/ Basic Puppy Eating with Lord Marvolo] was the first Lesson post not set by the Headmaster, and one of only two chances to learn about Unbridled Evil, both naturally at the behest of Josh.
* [http://blognomic.com/archive/the_back_row/ The Back Row] brought class disruptions back into play by making a cheap, weak version and a more powerful, disastrous version.
* [http://blognomic.com/archive/hurry_up_hurry_up_there_will_be_queues_soon/ Hurry up, hurry up, there will be queues soon] established that "using the restrooms is a weekly action" and nothing else. After a couple wild attempts to make this into an actual rule of value, [http://blognomic.com/archive/bathroom_remodeling/ Bathroom Remodeling] would make it a riskier variation on library studying.
* '''[http://blognomic.com/archive/bandersnatch_challenges_ichneumon/ The second Nomich match of the season]''' and the only one actually completed ended with Ichneumon edging Bandersnatch by a single point.
* [http://blognomic.com/archive/the_brain_rules/ The Brain Rules] Set up an easier victory condition of getting an A+ in every subject--though this was still tricky for living students, as "every subject" included Unbridled Evil, in lessons on which Alive students could not study.
* [http://blognomic.com/archive/nobodys_prefect/ Nobody's Prefect] merged the Prefect title into a Titles field with a number of others, including the School Mascot, who could neither cast spells nor be targeted by them. Ujalu immediately became Mascot and remained so for the rest of the Dynasty. Re-appointing Prefects also led to a shakeup, with roughly half the prefectures going to new Students.
* [http://blognomic.com/archive/i_came_i_saw_i_consolidated/ I Came, I Saw, I Consolidated] put the lone-Zombie victory condition into play, giving the Josh-Kevan-Alecto triumvirate their opening.
* [http://blognomic.com/archive/that_time_of_the_year/ That Time of the Year] was the last successful proposal of the dynasty, and continued the annual tradition of modifying the fast-veto rule (this time, by removing it).
* '''[http://blognomic.com/archive/nomich_challenge1/ The final Nomich match]''' would have ended with a victory for Penanggalan over Gothmog if the game had not gone into hiatus before the Headmaster could resolve it.

==Ascension==
Shortly after "I Came, I Saw, I Consolidated" established a last-Zombie-standing victory condition, the three active Zombies decided to scam it together. In Kevan's words: "There were three zombies and we all felt we had a lower-than-33% chance of winning under normal victory conditions (with some other players being very close to five A+ grades), so we just rolled a die with the agreement that two would idle out to let the other win. Alecto won the roll." Kevan then idled Josh and himself, leaving Alecto to claim victory.

==Miscellaneous==

==Commentary==

{{dynastic Histories}}

Ruleset 76

2010-05-09T03:24:00Z

Darknight:

{{TOCRight}}

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= Core Rules =

== Ruleset and Gamestate ==
This is the Ruleset for BlogNomic; all '''Voters''' shall obey it. Section One consists of the "core rules" of BlogNomic, covering basic proposal mechanics; Section Two contains the rules of the current dynasty; and Section Three contains the glossary, which exists solely to clarify the remainder of the ruleset.

The Ruleset and Gamestate can only be altered in manners specified by the Ruleset.

'''Admins''' may correct obvious spelling and typographical mistakes in the Ruleset at any time, including replacing Spivak and gender-specific pronouns with the singular "they".

== '''Voters''' ==

Anybody may apply to join BlogNomic (if he is not already playing) by registering at http://blognomic.com via the Register link in the sidebar, and then making a post announcing his arrival. An Admin shall add him to the roster in the sidebar and the GNDT, at which moment he becomes a '''Voter'''.

A '''Voter''' may leave the game at any time by posting an entry to the BlogNomic weblog requesting such an action. A '''Voter''' may only change his name as a result of a proposal approving the change.

Some ''''''Voters'''''' are '''Admins''', responsible for updating the site and the Ruleset, and are signified as such in the sidebar. ''''''Voters'''''' who wish to become '''Admins''' may sign up with a username for the Ruleset Wiki, and submit a Proposal to make themselves '''Admins'''. Existing '''Admins''' may be removed from their posts by Proposal, CfJ, or voluntary resignation. New admins shall be given the GNDT configuration password when they become admins.

Some ''''''Voters'''''' are '''Idle''', and shall be marked as such in the sidebar. For the purposes of the Ruleset, excluding Rules 1.1, 1.2, 1.8 and 1.10, Idle ''''''Voters'''''' are not counted as ''''''Voters''''''. '''Admins''' may render a ''''''Voter''' Idle''' if that '''Voter''' has asked to become '''Idle''' or if that '''Voter''' has not posted an entry or comment in the last seven days. In the latter case, the Admin must announce the idling in a blog post. Admins may de-Idle an '''Voter''' at his request (unless that '''Voter''' asked to become Idle within the previous 4 days, and within the current dynasty) - the ''''''Voter''''s''' personal gamestate retains the values it had immediately prior to his going Idle. If one or more values would be undefined, it is set to the value new ''''''Voters'''''' receive, if such a value exists.

== Proposals ==

Any '''Voter''' may submit a Proposal to change the Ruleset or Gamestate, by [http://blognomic.com/update/index.php?C=publish posting an entry] in the "Proposal" category that describes those changes (unless the '''Voter''' already has 2 Proposals pending, or has already made 3 Proposals that day).

Proposals can either be Pending, Enacted, or Failed. When a Proposal is first put forward, it is considered Pending. A Proposal may not also be a Call for Judgment.

== Voting ==
Any '''Voter''' may cast his Vote on a Votable Matter by making a comment to the official post that comprises that Votable Matter using a voting icon of FOR, AGAINST, DEFERENTIAL (only if the Votable Matter is a Proposal), or VETO (only if the Votable Matter is a Proposal and the '''Voter''' is the '''Returning Officer''').

In the case of a Proposal, If the '''Voter''' who made the Proposal has not cast a Vote on it, his Vote is counted as FOR. If a '''Voter''' uses more than one Voting Icon in comments on a Votable Matter, his Vote is the last voting icon he uses. If a '''Voter''' leaves the game or goes Idle, his Vote is no longer valid. If a '''Voter''' Votes against his own Proposal, that Vote may not be changed. This is referred to as a Self-Kill.

A Vote of DEFERENTIAL is a Vote of no opinion, or of faith in the decision of the '''Returning Officer'''. The Vote will count as the same as the '''Returning Officer'''’s Vote. If the '''Returning Officer''' casts a Vote of DEFERENTIAL on a Proposal, it serves the purpose of cancelling any previous Vote on that Proposal that was cast by the '''Returning Officer'''. If there is no '''Returning Officer''', a Vote of DEFERENTIAL counts as an explicit Vote of abstention.

If no '''Returning Officer''' has Voted on a Proposal, a Vote of DEFERENTIAL on that proposal does not count as a Vote for the purposes of rule 1.5.

== Resolution of Proposals ==

The oldest pending [[#Proposals|Proposal]] may be enacted by any '''Admin''' (and the Ruleset and/or Gamestate updated to include the specified effects of that Proposal) if either of the following is true:-

* It has a number of FOR Votes that exceed or equal Quorum, has been open for voting for at least 12 hours, and has not been vetoed or self-killed.
* It has been open for voting for at least 48 hours, it has continuously been a proposal for that time, it has more than 1 valid Vote, more than half of its Votes are FOR, and it has not been vetoed or self-killed.

The oldest pending Proposal may be failed by any '''Admin''', if any of the following are true:-

* It has enough AGAINST Votes that it could not be Enacted without one of those Votes being changed.
* It has been open for voting for at least 48 hours and half or fewer of its Votes are FOR.
* It has been open for voting for at least 48 hours and has fewer than 2 valid Votes.
* The '''Voter''' who proposed it has Voted AGAINST it.
* The '''Returning Officer''' has Voted to VETO it

Whenever an Admin marks a proposal, CfJ, or DoV as enacted or failed, he must also mark his name, and report the final tally of Votes (or the fact that it was self-killed or vetoed).

Proposals the '''Returning Officer''' has Voted to VETO are considered vetoed. Proposals the author has Voted against are considered self-killed unless the '''Returning Officer''' has Voted VETO on them, or they have fulfilled one of the other requirements to fail a proposal before the author’s self-kill Vote is placed. Immediately after enacting a proposal that causes a rule with no name to be added to the ruleset, unless the proposal specifically states that the rule should have no name, the enacting admin can change the rule’s title to give it a name, so long as doing so does not change the meaning of any part of the ruleset, nor change any properties of the rule (such as specific words in the title) that the ruleset specifically cares about.

== Calls for Judgment ==

If two or more [[#'''Voters'''|'''Voters''']] actively disagree as to the interpretation of the Ruleset, or if a '''Voter''' feels that an aspect of the game needs urgent attention, then any '''Voter''' may raise a '''Call for Judgment''' (abbreviated CfJ) by posting an entry in the “Call for Judgment” category. The post shall go on to describe the issue, and measures that shall be taken to resolve it.

All '''Voters''' may cast Votes on that CfJ to indicate agreement or disagreement with the position taken in that CfJ. If the '''Voter''' who made a CfJ has not cast a Vote on it, his Vote is counted as FOR. Unfailed CfJs continue until they reach a [[#Enactment|Quorum]] of FOR Votes, a Quorum of AGAINST Votes, or if there is no hiatus going on, until four days have passed, and if there is a hiatus going on until two days have passed. After this time, if more than half the cast Votes are FOR Votes, the CfJ may be enacted by any Admin by updating or correcting the Gamestate and Ruleset as specified. Otherwise, the CfJ fails. A Failed CfJ has no further effect.

Any CfJ that has no effect on the ruleset or gamestate may be automatically failed by any admin.

== Gamestate Tracking ==

[[#Proposals|Proposals]], [[#Calls for Judgment|Calls for Judgment]], and other official posts, as well as specific gamestate information, shall be tracked by the BlogNomic blog at [http://blognomic.com http://blognomic.com]. Any [[#'''Voter'''|'''Voter''']] may [http://blognomic.com/update/index.php?C=publish post] to the blog at any time, but may only make official posts to the blog when the [[#Ruleset and Gamestate|Ruleset]] allows it. Posts following the format specified by a rule are considered '''official posts'''.

If no '''Voter''' has commented on it, an official post may be altered or removed by its author; otherwise this can only be done as allowed by the Ruleset. However, despite this, official posts can never be changed from one category to another, or changed to be a different sort of official post, if they have been posted for more than fifteen minutes. The '''Admin''' processing an official post is allowed to append to the post to reflect its new status. Anything appended to a post in this way must be placed in the Admin field of the post, and the post's '''Status''' must be changed to reflect its status.

AA non-official post may not, through editing of the blog or otherwise, be changed into an official post, with the following exception: Whilst a non-official post has been posted for less than fifteen minutes and has no comments, the author may change the categories as they wish.

Voting and comments are accessible through the link at the bottom of every post.

Specific parts of the Gamestate data shall be tracked by the Generic Nomic Data Tracker at [http://blognomic.com/gndt/generic.cgi?nomic=blog http://blognomic.com/gndt/generic.cgi?nomic=blog]. Any '''Voter''' may update any ''''''Voter''''s''' data via the '''GNDT''', whenever the Ruleset permits it.

All updates to the GNDT are logged. Actions that change gamestate directly (defined in other rules) can normally be performed simply by applying their effects to the GNDT, which updates the gamestate accordingly, unless another rule specifies some other method of performing them; one GNDT update may contain one or more actions, or one action may be split over multiple GNDT updates, as long as it’s clear what is happening and the actions are otherwise legal. A GNDT update that does not perform a rules-defined action does not alter the gamestate; '''Voters''' should not alter the GNDT except to correct it to match the actual gamestate (in the case that the two somehow end up different), or to perform an action.

If a '''Voter''' feels that the GNDT was altered such that it no longer matches the gamestate (such as by performing an action which was against the Rules (as they were at the time of the alteration), or by any other means), he may simply undo the effects of that alteration. Instead of repeatedly reverting and re-reverting a disputed GNDT update, '''Voters''' are encouraged to raise a Call for Judgment instead.
''''''Voters'''''' shall be assigned a password for the GNDT when they join the Nomic.

== Dynasties ==

BlogNomic is divided into a number of Dynasties. Each Dynasty is headed by a single '''Voter''', known as the '''Returning Officer''', and is named according to the number of Dynasties he has headed (eg. "The First Dynasty of Myke").

The '''Returning Officer''' may Vote to VETO any Proposal.

== Victory and Ascension ==
If a '''Voter''' (other than the '''Returning Officer''') believes that he has achieved victory in the current Dynasty, he may make a post to the Blognomic weblog in the '''Declaration of Victory''' category, detailing this.

Upon doing so, the game immediately goes into Hiatus, if it hasn’t already. During this time, the only game actions that may be taken are those covered by Rules “'''Voters'''”, “Voting”, “Calls for Judgment”, “Gamestate Tracking” and “Victory and Ascension”.

Every '''Voter''' may cast Votes on that DoV to indicate agreement or disagreement with the proposition that the poster has achieved victory in the current Dynasty. If the '''Voter''' who made a DoV has not cast a Vote on it, his Vote is counted as FOR.

A DoV may be enacted if any of the following is true:

* It has been open for voting for 12 hours, has a number of FOR Votes that exceed or equal Quorum, and either the '''Returning Officer''' has Voted FOR it or it has no AGAINST Votes.
* It has been open for voting for at least 24 hours, has a number of FOR Votes that exceed or equal Quorum, and has a number of against Votes fewer than half of Quorum, rounded down.
* It has been open for voting for at least 48 hours, at least Quorum '''Voters''' have Voted on it, and more than half of its Votes are FOR.

A DoV may be failed if any of the following are true:

* It has been open for voting for 12 hours and has enough AGAINST Votes that it could not be Enacted without one of those Votes being changed.
* It has been open for voting for at least 48 hours and cannot be legally enacted.

When a DoV fails and there are no pending DoVs, Hiatus ends.

When a DoV is enacted, all other active DoVs are failed, and a new Dynasty begins with the '''Voter''' who made the DoV as its '''Returning Officer'''. (That '''Voter''' may pass this role to another '''Voter''' at this point, if he wishes.) The Hiatus continues until the new '''Returning Officer''' posts an Ascension Address to the BlogNomic weblog - this shall specify the '''Returning Officer'''’s chosen theme for the new Dynasty, and may optionally include a proclamation that any number of Dynastic Rules will be repealed, and that the words '''Voter''' and '''Returning Officer''' will be replaced with theme-specific terms throughout the entire ruleset.

A DoV may not be started in the period between an enacted DoV and that DoV’s Ascension Address. When a DoV is failed, if it has a number of AGAINST Votes that exceed Quorum, the '''Voter''' who posted it cannot make another DoV until after 120 hours (5 days) have passed since the time their DoV was failed.

A Declaration of Victory may not also be any other type of Official Post unless the rules concerning that type of Official Post explicitly state otherwise.

== Fair Play ==

The following are BlogNomic’s rules of fair play. If any of the rules are found to have been broken, a proposal or CfJ may be made to remove the perpetrator from the game, and bar them from rejoining.

* A single person should not control more than one '''Voter''' within BlogNomic.
* A '''Voter''' should not “spam” the BlogNomic blog. What counts as spamming is subjective, but would typically include posting more than ten blog entries in a day, more than ten blog comments in a row, or posting a blog entry of more than 1000 words.
* A '''Voter''' should not deliberately exploit bugs or unexpected behaviours in the software running the game (ExpressionEngine, MediaWiki or the GNDT).
* Instead of deleting content from a blog post which has at least one comment, the content should either be struck through with <nowiki><strike></nowiki> tags, or replaced with a link to a copy of the same content on the wiki.
* A '''Voter''' should not edit their own blog comments once posted, nor those of any other '''Voter'''.
* A '''Voter''' should not edit the "Entry Date" field of a blog post.
* A '''Voter''' should not make or edit a post such that its title does not broadly match its URL title.
* A '''Voter''' should not make a DoV primarily to delay the game by putting it into Hiatus.
* A '''Voter''' should not do any action meant to make the game unplayable (for example, changing multiple keywords to the same word in an ascension address).
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=Dynastic Rules=

== Next Emperor Showdown ==
Each '''Voter''' has a Ballot, tracked in the GNDT; it defaults to blank (meaning no Vote), and other legal values are “Spoil”, “Meta”, and the name of each '''Voter''' (other than the '''Returning Officer'''). As a daily Action, a '''Voter''' may change their own Ballot to any valid value, so long as no other '''Voter''' has changed their own Ballot to that same value in the previous hour.

If a '''Voter''' if affiliated with a Party, then all ballots for that '''Voter''' are considered to be ballots for the Party to which they are affiliated.

At 13:37 UTC on Friday 7 May (which, for the purposes of BlogNomic, is known as “Christmas Day”), then the number of non-blank Ballots selecting each option are counted, and depending on which option is selected by the most non-blank Ballots, one of the following happens:

*if there is a tie in which option is selected by the most non-blank Ballots, the date “Friday 7 May” shall be replaced with a date two days after it, throughout this rule
*if the option selected by the most Ballots is “Meta”, then all dynastic rules are repealed, “'''Voter'''” is changed to “Player” and “'''Returning Officer'''” is changed to “Emperor” throughout the ruleset, the paragraph “Alternatively, a dynasty may have no Emperor, in which case it is known as a Metadynasty,” is added after the first paragraph of rule 1.8 “Dynasties”, and a new Dynasty starts with no '''Returning Officer'''/Emperor;
* if the option selected by the most non-blank Ballots is the name of a '''Voter''' (rather than “Spoil” or “Meta”) who is not affiliated with a Party, and no Party has more ballots than that '''Voter''', then that '''Voter''' may (at any subsequent time this dynasty) achieve victory;
* if the option selected by the most non-blank ballots is the name of a '''Voter''', or '''Voters''', who are affiliated with the same Party, then that Party may allocate one '''Voter''' from their number to have achieved victory according to their own internal procedures;
*if the option selected by the most non-blank Ballots is “Spoil”, this rule is repealed.

==No egoism==

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the ruleset, no '''Voter'''’s Ballot may have a value equal to that '''Voter'''’s own name.

==Vote Processing==
If on Christmas Day any '''Voter'''’s Ballot has a value that is not then a legal value, that Ballot shall be regarded as blank for all purposes.

==Floating '''Voters'''==

Several NPCs from past Dynasties are eligible to Vote in the election, as listed in this rule. An NPC is tracked in the GNDT as if it were a '''Voter''', and each NPC has a Ballot and a Voting Intention (which is not tracked in the GNDT, and which may be “Spoil”, “Meta”, “Undecided” or the name of any '''Voter'''). The Ballot of an NPC defaults to blank. Any '''Voter''' may change an NPC’s Ballot to its defined Voting Intention, at any time, unless that Intention is “Undecided”.

* '''The Demented Baron''': If a single '''Voter''' is not selected by any Ballot, The Demented Baron’s Voting Intention is that '''Voter'''. Otherwise, his Voting Intention is Undecided.

==Higher Speed Limit==
For the purposes of this dynasty, the text “(unless the '''Voter''' already has 2 Proposals pending, or has already made 3 Proposals that day).” in rule 1.3 “Proposals” should be considered to read “(unless the '''Voter''' already has 3 Proposals pending, or has already made 4 Proposals that day).”

==Manifestos==

The wiki page [[My dynasty]] should (but does not need to) consist of all dynastic theme or themes that the '''Voters''' would consider running if they achieved victory. Each '''Voter''' may create and amend a section (entitled as their name) to that wikipage. There they should describe their favourite themes which are wanted to run.

Each Party may also create a manifesto, detailing their internal procedure for determining a leader and what themes they would run if successful.

==Leaders' Debates==
A '''Voter''''s Popularity is the number of Ballots that carry their name. If there exists a number N where exactly three '''Voters''' have a Popularity higher or equal than N, then these three '''Voters''' are known as the Leaders.

If any Leaders exist, the '''Returning Officer''' may call a Leaders' Debate by posting a blog entry with a title "Leaders' Debate: [Topic]" (where "[Topic]" is the a topic of the '''Returning Officer''''s choosing) and naming the current Leaders (known as the Debaters of that Debate). The Debaters of a Debate should use the comments on its post to discuss the subject raised; other '''Voters''' should post no more than one comment each, each of those comments consisting of no more than two sentences.

==Parties==
A group of '''Voters''' may collaborate to form a political party.

In order to form a Party, a '''Voter''' must make a post detailing the name of the party and the names of the specific '''Voters''' they would like to invite to it. Those '''Voters''' named in the post may indicate their agreement to form the Party in the comments to that post. Once all named '''Voters''' have indicated their agreement in this manner, the Party is formed and all of the named '''Voters''', plus the '''Voter''' who initiated the original post, are affliated with it.

Each '''Voter'''’s party affiliation is tracked in the GNDT under “Affiliation”. Each '''Voter''' may be affliated with no more than 1 Party. A '''Voter''' may voluntarily cease to be affiliated to a party, by blanking their GNDT value for “Affiliation”, at any time.

If a '''Voter''' wishes to join an existing Party then they may make a post to that effect. Such a post must have the phrase “Petitioning for Membership:” and the name of the Party they wish to join in the title. If a quorum of the '''Voters''' affliated with that Party indicate assent in the comments to that post then the petitioning '''Voter''' becomes affliated with that Party.

==Caretaker Government==

If a '''Voter''' is selected by more Ballots than any other '''Voter''', then they are the Favoured Candidate. During this dynasty, a Vote of DEFERENTIAL is a Vote of no opinion, or of faith in the decision of the Favoured Candidate.

A Vote of DEFERENTIAL will count as the same as the Favoured Candidate’s Vote. If the Favoured Candidate casts a Vote of DEFERENTIAL on a proposal, it serves the purpose of cancelling any previous Vote on that proposal that was cast by the Favoured Candidate. If there is no Favoured Candidate, a Vote of DEFERENTIAL counts as an explicit Vote of abstention.

This rule takes precedence over Rule 1.4 (Voting).

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= Glossary =

==Keywords==
A '''keyword''' defined by a rule supersedes the normal English usage of the word. A keyword defined in this glossary supersedes that defined by a rule. (eg. A rule specifying "bananas are blue" cannot be overruled by posting a dictionary definition or a photo of a banana, and a rule specifying "every day is Sunday" will be overruled by the glossary entry below.)

;Can
:"is able to"

;Comment
:A blog comment published to the BlogNomic weblog at [http://blognomic.com blognomic.com]

;Daily Action
:If a game action is a Daily Action, each '''Voter''' able to perform it may take that action once each day, but not more than once every six hours.

;Day
:References to a “day” as an entity rather than as a duration (e.g. “Sunday”, “The day after performing this action”, or “August 2nd”), unless otherwise stated, refer to a day beginning at and including 00:00:00 GMT, ending when the next day begins. It can never be 2 different days at the same instant.

;Dice
:References to "YDICEX" refer to Y X-sided dice, rolled within the GNDT. To roll dice, post DICEX in the comments field of the GNDT, replacing X with the number of sides on the die you wish to roll.

;Effective Vote Comment (EVC)
:A '''Voter''''s Effective Vote Comment with respect to a given Proposal means that '''Voter'''’s Comment to that Proposal (if any) that contains that '''Voter'''’s Vote on the Proposal that is given effect in accordance with Rule 1.4 when the Proposal is Resolved.

;Flavour Text
:When posting a blog entry, a '''Voter''' may use the “Commentary or flavour text” field of the blog publishing form to add their own comments or description of their post. For the purposes of all other rules, such text is not considered to be part of the post.

;Gamestate
:Any information which the Ruleset regulates the alteration of.

;IRC Channel
:The Blognomic IRC channel is located at #nomic on the slashnet network (irc.slashnet.org).

;May
:"is permitted to"

;Post
:A blog post published to the BlogNomic weblog at [http://blognomic.com blognomic.com]

;Quorum
:Quorum is equal to half the number of '''Voters''', rounded down, plus one. If a Rule or other Gamestate document refers to a Quorum of some subset of '''Voters''' (such as a Quorum of '''Voters''' who share a particular Gamestate attribute, but excluding all other '''Voters''') then Quorum is equal to half the number of '''Voters''' who share that Gamestate attribute, rounded down, plus one. If the words quorum and Quorum are ever different, they effectively mean the same thing.

;Resolve/Resolution
:The world “Resolve” means to perform the act, as an Admin, of enacting or failing a Proposal, a Call for Judgment or a Declaration of Victory. The world “Resolution” means the act of doing so.

;Shall
:"is required to"

;Should
:"is recommended that"

;Story Post
:A Story Post is an Official Post that is not a member of any specific category of Official Posts mentioned or defined in a Core Rule (excluding Official Post).

;Subject
:The "subject" of a blog entry is the part of the Title of an entry which is after the first colon. If the Title does not contain a colon, then the whole Title is the subject. Any entry whose subject is "" (i.e. an empty string) is not valid.

;Votable Matter
:The word “Votable Matter”, means a Proposal, a CFJ or a DoV.

;Vote
:The word “Vote”, used as a noun, means a Vote that is cast in accordance with Rule 1.4 “Voting”. The word “Vote”, used as a verb, means the act of casting such a Vote.

;Voting Icons
:For use in voting, a check box http://blognomic.com/images/Vote/for.gif shall represent a Vote FOR, an X http://blognomic.com/images/Vote/against.gif shall represent a Vote AGAINST, an IMP http://blognomic.com/images/Vote/imperial.gif shall represent a Vote of DEFERENTIAL, and an Imperial Seal (currently http://blognomic.com/images/Vote/seal.gif) shall represent the Imperial Veto.

;Week
:References to a week as an entity rather than as a duration (e.g. “At the beginning of each week”, or “already happened this week”), unless otherwise stated, refer to a period of time between the beginning of a Monday and the end of the following Sunday.

;Weekly Action
:If a game action is a Weekly Action, each '''Voter''' able to perform it may take that action once each week, but not more than once every twenty-four hours.

;Wiki
:The BlogNomic Wiki at http://blognomic.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

==Clarifications==

===Numbers and Variables===
* Unless otherwise specified, game '''variables''' defined to hold numeric values can hold only non-negative integers, and any action that would set those values below '''zero''' instead sets them to zero. Any situation which would require a roll of DiceX when X is zero or lower always yields a value of 0 unless stated otherwise.
* All numbers, unless stated otherwise by a rule, are in base ten.
* Unless otherwise specified, when “X” is a number, to spend X of a numeric value “V” means to subtract X from V (i.e. replace V with V-X); to gain X of a numeric value “V” means to add X to V; and to transfer X of a numeric value “V” from A to B means to subtract X from A's V and add the amount A's V was reduced by to B's V. Unless otherwise specified, a rule that allows '''Voters''' to transfer a numeric value only allows them to transfer that value from themselves to another '''Voter''' (of their choice unless otherwise stated).
* A '''Voter''' who has a choice in whether to take an action defined by a dynastic rule may not take that action if both of the following conditions are true: a) the action's effects are limited to changing values tracked in the GNDT and/or similar gamestate-tracking entities (such as a wiki page), and b) the action would change one of those values to an illegal value.
* If a rule implies that the result of a division should be an integer (for instance, by attempting to store that result in, or add it to, a gamestate variable that can only hold integers), the result of the division is instead the result rounded towards 0.

===Rules and Proposals===
* If a new rule is created by a proposal and its location is not noted in that proposal, that new rule is to be placed in the Dynastic Rules.
* Where a [[#Proposals|Proposal]] would '''amend''' the effects of Proposal Enactment, this does not apply to its own enactment unless explicitly stated (eg. a proposal proposing that enacted proposals earn their author a banana when enacted would not earn a banana for its own author, when enacted).
* Rules which '''trigger''' upon the Enactment or Failure of a Proposal are the responsibility of the '''Admin''' who Enacts or Fails it.

===Time===
* For the purpose of all rules, time in Blognomic is in GMT.
* All '''references to time''' must be either specific or defined within the ruleset to be considered achievable in the gamestate. Abstract concepts of time (e.g. "dinnertime", "twilight") cannot be achieved until they fulfil one of these criteria.
* Where the month, day and/or year of a calendar date are ambiguous (eg. "04/10/09", it shall be assumed that the date is in a day/month/year format.

===Spelling===
* Superficial differences between the '''spelling''' of geographic versions of English, e.g, British English, American English and Australian English shall be construed as irrelevant for the purposes of play.

===Names===
* Within the ruleset, a word only refers to the <strong>name of a '''Voter'''</strong> if it is explicitly stated that it refers to a '''Voter''''s name.

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Universe

2010-01-12T22:03:11Z

Darknight:

Earth's axis runs east to west instead of north and south. The new east and west poles are located in Padang, Indonesia (the East Pole) and Esmeraldas, Ecuador (the West Pole). The prime meridian does not exist.

The following Locations contain Oracles:
- Delphi, Greece
- Great Sphinx of Giza
- Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral (thought to be constructed on the ruins of one of the principal Mesoamerican temples)

Earth has shrunk to a single point, Funafuti (the capital of Tuvalu).

Occupations

2009-05-09T04:36:22Z

Darknight:

We're so jobless

Ruleset 62

2009-02-11T08:35:56Z

Darknight:

{{TOCRight}}

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= Core Rules =

== Ruleset and Gamestate ==
This is the Ruleset for BlogNomic; all Members of the Staff shall obey it. Section One consists of the "core rules" of BlogNomic, covering basic proposal mechanics; Section Two contains the rules of the current dynasty; and Section Three contains the glossary, which exists solely to clarify the remainder of the ruleset. Rules may be referred to by their type, entire number and name or type and name. (e.g. This Rule may be referred to as Rule 1.1 Ruleset and Gamestate or the Rule entitled “Ruleset and Gamestate").

The Ruleset and Gamestate can only be altered in manners specified by the Ruleset.

'''Admins''' may correct obvious spelling and typographical mistakes in the Ruleset at any time, including replacing Spivak pronouns with the singular "they". A typographical mistake is defined as “A mistake in printing, typesetting, or typing, especially one caused by striking an incorrect key on a keyboard.”

== Members of the Staff ==

Anybody may apply to join BlogNomic (if he is not already playing) by registering at http://blognomic.com via the Register link in the sidebar, and then making a post announcing his arrival. An Admin shall add his to the roster in the sidebar and the GNDT, at which moment he becomes a Member of the Staff.

A '''Member of the Staff''' may leave the game at any time by posting an entry to the BlogNomic weblog requesting such an action. A '''Member of the Staff''' may only change his name as a result of a proposal approving the change.

Some '''Members of the Staff''' are '''Admins''', responsible for updating the site and the Ruleset, and are signified as such in the sidebar. '''Members of the Staff''' who wish to become '''Admins''' shall sign up with a username for the Ruleset Wiki, and submit a Proposal to make themselves '''Admins'''. Existing '''Admins''' may be removed from their posts by Proposal, CfJ, or voluntary resignation. New admins shall be given the GNDT configuration password when they become admins.

Some '''Members of the Staff''' are '''Idle''', and shall be marked as such in the sidebar. For the purposes of the Ruleset, excluding Rules 1.1, 1.2 and 1.8, Idle '''Members of the Staff''' are not counted as '''Members of the Staff'''. '''Admins''' may render a '''Member of the Staff Idle''' if that '''Member of the Staff''' has asked to become '''Idle''' or if that '''Member of the Staff''' has not posted a entry or comment for more than 7 days. In the latter case, the Admin must announce the idling in a blog post. '''Admins''' may de-Idle a '''Member of the Staff''' at his request - the '''Member of the Staff's''' personal gamestate retains the values it had immediately prior to his going Idle. If one or more values would be undefined, it is set to the value new '''Members of the Staff''' receive, if such a value exists.

A single person may not control more than one '''Member of the Staff''' within BlogNomic. If anybody is suspected of controlling more than one '''Member of the Staff''', then a Proposal may be made to remove any number of such '''Member of the Staff''' from the game, and to bar the perpetrator from rejoining.

If anybody is suspected of intentionally tampering with the game medium ''(which is to say, at this time, ExpressionEngine)'' in an attempt to subvert the ruleset/gamestate or alter the ruleset/gamestate in a way not proscribed by the rules, then a Proposal may be made to remove any such Member of the Staff from the game, and to bar the perpetrator from rejoining.

If anybody is suspected of intentionally spamming BlogNomic, then a Proposal may be made to remove any such Member of the Staff from the game, and to bar the perpetrator from rejoining.

== Proposals ==

Any '''Member of the Staff''' may submit a Proposal to change the Ruleset or Gamestate, by [http://blognomic.com/update/index.php?C=publish posting an entry] in the "Proposal" category that describes those changes (unless the Member of the Staff already has 2 Proposals pending, or has already made 3 Proposals that day).

Proposals can either be Pending, Enacted, or Failed. When a Proposal is first put forward, it is considered Pending.

== Voting ==
Any '''Member of the Staff''' may cast his Vote on a Pending Proposal by making a comment on that entry using a voting icon of FOR, AGAINST or DEFERENTIAL.

If the '''Member of the Staff''' who made a Proposal has not cast a Vote on it, his Vote is counted as FOR. If a '''Member of the Staff''' uses more than one Voting Icon in comments on a Pending Proposal, his Vote is the last voting icon he uses. If a '''Member of the Staff''' leaves the game or goes Idle, his Vote is no longer valid. If a '''Member of the Staff''' votes against his own proposal, that vote may not be changed. This is referred to as a Self-Kill.

A vote of DEFERENTIAL is a vote of no opinion, or of faith in the decision of the '''Writer'''. The vote will count as the same as the '''Writer's vote'''. The '''Writer''' cannot cast a vote of DEFERENTIAL. If there is no '''Writer''', a vote of DEFERENTIAL counts as an explicit vote of abstention.

If no '''Writer''' has voted on a proposal, a vote of DEFERENTIAL on that proposal does not count as a vote for the purposes of rule 1.5.

== Enactment ==

The oldest pending [[#Proposals|Proposal]] may be enacted by any '''Admin''' (and the Ruleset and/or Gamestate updated to include the specified effects of that Proposal) if either of the following is true:-

* It has a number of FOR votes that exceed or equal Quorum, has been open for voting for at least 12 hours, and has not been vetoed or self-killed.
* It has been open for voting for at least 48 hours, it has more than 1 valid vote, more than half of its votes are FOR, and it has not been vetoed or self-killed.

The oldest pending Proposal may be failed by any '''Admin''', if any of the following are true:-

* It has enough AGAINST votes that it could not be Enacted without one of those votes being changed.
* It has been open for voting for at least 48 hours and half or fewer of its votes are FOR.
* It has been open for voting for at least 48 hours and has fewer than 2 valid votes.
* The '''Member of the Staff''' who proposed it has voted AGAINST it.

Whenever an '''Admin''' marks a proposal as enacted or failed, he must also mark his name, and report the final tally of votes (or the fact that the proposal was self-killed or vetoed).

Proposals the '''Writer''' has voted to VETO are considered vetoed. Proposals the author has voted against are considered self-killed unless the '''Writer''' has voted VETO on them, or they have fulfilled one of the other requirements to fail a proposal before the author’s self-kill vote is placed.

When '''Writer''' votes to VETO a Proposal, any Admin may fail that Proposal from that moment on, even if it is not the oldest Pending proposal.

== Calls for Judgment ==

If two or more [[#Members of the Staff|Members of the Staff]] actively disagree as to the interpretation of the Ruleset, or if a '''Member of the Staff''' feels that an aspect of the game needs urgent attention, then any '''Member of the Staff''' may raise a '''Call for Judgment''' (abbreviated CfJ) by posting an entry in the “Call for Judgment” category. The post shall go on to describe the issue, and measures that shall be taken to resolve it.

All '''Members of the Staff''' may add votes of agreement or disagreement in comments to this entry, using appropriate voting icons (a '''Member of the Staff's''' later votes overriding their earlier ones). Unfailed CfJs continue until they reach a [[#Enactment|quorum]] of FOR votes, a quorum of AGAINST votes, or if there is no hiatus going on, until four days have passed, and if there is a hiatus going on until two days have passed. After this time, if more than half of the cast votes are in favour, the Gamestate and Ruleset shall be amended as was specified. Otherwise, the CfJ fails. A Failed CfJ has no further effect.

Any CfJ that has no effect on the ruleset or gamestate may be automatically failed by any admin.

== Gamestate Tracking ==

[[#Proposals|Proposals]], [[#Calls for Judgment|Calls for Judgment]], and other official posts, as well as specific gamestate information, shall be tracked by the BlogNomic blog at [http://blognomic.com http://blognomic.com]. Any [[#Members of the Staff|'''Member of the Staff''']] may [http://blognomic.com/update/index.php?C=publish post] to the blog at any time, but may only make official posts to the blog when the [[#Ruleset and Gamestate|Ruleset]] allows it. Posts following the format specified by a rule are considered '''official posts'''.

If no '''Member of the Staff''' has commented on it, an official post may be altered or removed by its author; otherwise this can only be done as allowed by the Ruleset. The '''Admin''' processing an official post is allowed to append to the post to reflect its new status. Anything appended to a post in this way must be placed in the Admin field of the post, and the post's '''Status''' must changed to reflect its status.

A non-official post may not, through editing of the blog or otherwise, be changed into an official post, with the following exception: Whilst a non-official post has been posted for less than five minutes and has no comments, the author may change the categories as they wish.

Voting and comments are accessible through the link at the bottom of every post.

Specific parts of the Gamestate data shall be tracked by the Generic Nomic Data Tracker at [http://blognomic.com/gndt/generic.cgi?nomic=blog http://blognomic.com/gndt/generic.cgi?nomic=blog]. Any '''Member of the Staff''' may update any '''Member of the Staff's''' data via the '''GNDT''', whenever the Ruleset permits it.

All updates to the GNDT are logged - if a '''Member of the Staff''' feels that an alteration goes against the Rules (as they were at the time of the alteration), he may simply undo the effects of that alteration. If such an undoing is disputed, a [[#Calls for Judgment|Call for Judgment]] shall be raised.

'''Members of the Staff''' shall be assigned a password for the GNDT when they join the Nomic.

== Dynasties ==

BlogNomic is divided into a number of Dynasties. Each Dynasty is headed by a single '''Member of the Staff''', known as the '''Writer''', and is named according to the number of Dynasties he has headed (eg. "The First Dynasty of Myke").

The '''Writer''' may vote to VETO any Proposal.

===Metadynasties===
Some Dynasties (called '''Metadynasties''') have no '''Writer''' and are named according to the number of Metadynasties of Blognomic (eg. First Metadynasty). Metadynasties may only be started by a successful Proposal, CfJ, or as allowed by another rule.

When a Metadynasty begins, the previous Dynasty ends and all Dynastic rules are repealed. The theme (and appropriate substitution of keywords) may be chosen by any method deemed necessary.

Because there is no '''Writer''', DEFERENTIAL votes are counted as explicit votes of abstention and no one may VETO a Proposal.

==Victory and Ascension==
If a '''Member of the Staff''' (other than the '''Writer''') believes that he has achieved victory in the current Dynasty, he may make a post to the Blognomic weblog in the '''Declaration of Victory''' category, detailing this.

Upon doing so, the game immediately goes into Hiatus, if it hasn’t already. During this time, the only game actions that may be taken are those covered by Rules “Members of the Staff”, “Calls for Judgment”, “Gamestate Tracking” and “Victory and Ascension”.

Every '''Member of the Staff''' may respond to an active DoV saying whether or not he believes the poster has achieved victory in the current Dynasty (using the FOR and AGAINST icons).

The Declaration of Victory may be resolved after 24 hours, or after 12 hours if the '''Writer''' has voted on it. Upon resolution, if a Quorum of '''Members of the Staff''' have voted on the DoV and more than half of those votes were in favour, then the DoV passes - otherwise the DoV fails, and if no other DoVs are still pending, the Hiatus ends.

When a DoV passes, all other active DoVs are failed, and a new Dynasty begins with the '''Member of the Staff''' who made the DoV as its '''Writer'''. (That '''Member of the Staff''' may pass this role to another '''Member of the Staff''' at this point, if he wishes.) The Hiatus continues until the new '''Writer''' posts an Ascension Address to the BlogNomic weblog - this shall specify the '''Writer's''' chosen theme for the new Dynasty, and may optionally include a proclamation that any number of Dynastic Rules will be repealed, and that any keywords will be replaced with new theme-appropriate terms.

A DoV may not be started in the period between a passing DoV and that DoV’s Ascension Address. When a DoV is failed, if it has a number of AGAINST votes that exceed Quorum, the '''Member of the Staff''' who posted it cannot make another DoV until after 120 hours (5 days) have passed since the time their DoV was failed.

A Declaration of Victory may not also be any other type of Official Post unless the rules concerning that type of Official Post explicitly state otherwise.
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=Dynastic Rules=

== Theme ==

There exists a Dynastic Theme (also known as The Theme) which is a part of the Gamestate, but which may only be changed through Proposal or CfJ. The Theme is described by a single sentence which is only known to The Writer, and whose MD5 hash is “997e169d477054d6f23621e83e46e127”.

=== Synonyms ===

Members of the Staff may, for short, be referred to as Staff Members or simply Members.

== Guessing ==

Each Staff member has a non-negative integer number of “Guesses” which are tracked by the GNDT. New Citizens start with 3 Guesses. As a daily action, a Staff member may “Take a Guess” by spending 1 Guess and making a Story Post whose subject starts with “[Guessing]”. The post shall contain in it’s body a text that will be compared to the Theme by the Writer.

If the text to compare has roughly the same words as the Theme, disregarding punctuation, capitalization and exact order of the words, the Writer shall comment that the Guess was correct and the Staff member who took the Guess achieves victory. If one of the words used in the Guess is a synonym of a word in the Theme, the two words shall be considered effectively the same.

In any other case, The Writer shall comment that the Guess is wrong and should include some reasons as to why it was wrong on the same comment. The writer shall also include in the comment the number of words in the guess that appear exactly in the theme (excluding punctuation).

If a guess is dissimilar to the theme in only one aspect and the staff member who made the guess still has at least one guess remaining, then the writer may post the words “follow up” and a new hint in his comment on the guess. If he does this, than no other staff member may post a guess until either 24 hours have passed or the player who made this guess has posted a new guess.

Guesses shall not be more than 20 words in length.

=== Writer Help ===

When the Writer votes on a proposal he may include with his vote the words Hot, Warm, Cool or Cold, to denote how closely to the theme the Writer feels the proposal is. The warmer the temperature, the closer to the theme the proposal is. If the Writer includes the word Hot on his last counted vote, and the proposal passes, the author of the proposal gains 1 Guess and the proposal is added to the Theme Hints page.

=== Cooperation ===

As a daily action, a Member of the Staff that has at least one guess may spend 5 Credits and 1 Guess to increase the Guesses of another Member by 1. This action can only be taken if both Members are currently on the same Station, and only if that Station is not Jump. As a weekly action, the Writer may increase his own Guesses by 1.

=== The Zuff Exception ===

The player called Zuff may not make guesses.

== Hints ==

There exist special proposals called Hints. The Writer may create a Hint by adding the text “[Hint]” at the begining of the title of the proposal. Gamestate changes and Ruleset changes made by a Hint shall be considered to be related to the Theme.

There exists a wiki page called “[[Theme Hints]]” that keeps a record of all Hints that have been made. When a Hint is enacted, its contents shall be added to the Theme Hints wiki page under a heading for the date and time of the post.

== Ingredients ==

There exists a wiki document titled “[[Ingredients]]” which may be only modified as the Ruleset permits, and that is formatted as a list, known itself as the Ingredient List. As a daily action, a Staff Member may add one kind of edible ingredient to the end of the Ingredient List, provided it is not currently already in the Ingredient List . The names given to Ingredients exist only for the purpose of explicit references to those Ingredients. If a rule refers to the name of an Ingredient in any other context, it is assumed not to be referencing that Ingredient.

At no time shall there exist more that 50 Ingredients on the Ingredient List. If there are at least 20 Ingredients on the Ingredient List, as a weekly action, any Member may “Clean the Fridge” and remove up to 3 Ingredients from the Ingredients List.

=== Specialties ===

At the time an Ingredient is added to the Ingredients List, the name of a valid Station may be added in parenthesis after the name of the Ingredient. The name of that Station must match the name of the Station where the Member who added the Ingredient is currently at. Members currently Translocating may not specify a Station in this manner. If a rule would allow a Member to remove an ingredient from the Ingredients List, that action may only be taken if that Member spends 1 Fuel. If the Ingredient’s Station or the Member’s Station is in Maintenance, the action cannot be taken at all.

== The Table ==

Each Staff Member has a table of food, tracked on a wiki document called “[[The Table]]” with a section for each active Staff Member.

=== Rejection ===

If a Member doesn’t think that a Recipe on eir own table is good enough to be judged, e may Reject that Recipe by writing a bad review of it as a Story Post and removing it from eir Table. If a Member Rejects a Recipe in this manner, that Member cannot reject another one until 72 hours have elapsed. When a Recipe is Rejected, all Ingredients that make it up (according to the Recipes document) get removed from the Ingredients List.

=== Practice ===

If a Member has a Recipe on eir table, the Staff Member, thereby known as the Contestant, may start a Practice Session by creating a Story Post that starts with “[Taste]” and removing the Recipe from eir table. The Contestant is also expected to give a short description on the peculiarities of the prepared recipe. If the used recipe was the goal recipe, then the Contestant then obtains 1 Guess. Afterwards, if the goal recipe is cooked again, the Contestant that cooked it gains no Guesses.

=== The Bowl ===

Members have a subsection under their Table known as the Bowl, where they may keep ingredients that they have aquired but have not been used. Members cannot keep more than ten Ingredients in their Bowls. Any action that requires a Member to remove an Ingredient from the Ingredients List may instead be performed by removing that Ingredient from that Members Bowl. Members can only put or remove items from their own Bowl, and only as allowed by the rules. At any time, a Member may pay 1 Credit to select one ingredient from the Ingredients List and put a copy of it into that Member’s Bowl, but only if the Ingredient is not associated with a Station or if the Member’s Station is the same as the Ingredient’s Station.

=== Selling ===

At any time, a Member may place a Price Tag on a Recipe on eir Bowl. The Price Tag is a text in the form of “[X Credits]” that is appended to the end of a Recipe’s Name. X is known as the Price of that Recipe, and may be a number from 1 to 100. A Price Tag cannot be place on a Recipe that already has a Price Tag.

A Member may Purchase any Recipe with a Price Tag, by transfering an amount of their Credits to the Recipe’s owner, equal to the Price of that Recipe, moving that Recipe into their Table, and removing the Price Tag.

If a Member’s Recipe has had a Price Tag on it for at least 24 hours, that Member may remove the Price Tag from that Recipe.

== Recipes ==

There exists a wiki document called “Recipes” which consists of an item followed by a Station in which it is in demand and one or more edible items such as below.

''Recipe (Station) [Rating]: Ingredient #1, Ingredient #2, Ingredient #3''

As a weekly action, the Writer may change the Station of as many recipes as he wishes.

=== Enhancements ===

Some Recipes may provide enhancements when eaten. An Enhancement is a non-italics text that follows a Recipe on the Recipes wiki document, and which can only be set, added and removed by the Writer, or through a successful Proposal or Call for Judgment. As a daily action, a non-Translocating Member may eat one of the Recipes on their table. Upon doing so, the Member shall follow the instructions laid on the Enhancement’s text. Enhancements are not allowed to change the ruleset, either directly or indirectly.

If a Recipe has no Enhancement, the Writer may add an Enhancement to it at any time.

=== Cooking ===

As a daily action, if every ingredient for a given recipe appears on a Member’s Bowl at least as many times at it does in a recipe, that Staff Member may remove one occurrence of each ingredient from eir Bowl for each time it appears in the recipe and add the recipe to his section of the table. (The recipe is not removed from the recipe document).

=== Writing Recipes ===

As a daily action, the Writer may add a new Recipe to the Recipes wiki document. Each Recipe must have at least three ingredients and a description. This new recipe is added at the end of the document, and as long as there is no other recipe after it, it is known as the Goal Recipe.

When a new Recipe is created, the Writer shall add 1DICE10 Credits to the Members who created any of the Ingredients that are part of that Recipe. This shall apply only for items that existed prior to the creation of the Recipe. The Writer may also, within a period of 24 hours modify (this includes adding or removing) the value of the Station which is associated to that Ingredient if it appears on the Ingredients List.

=== Judgement ===
If a “[Taste]” Story Post or a review of a Rejected Recipe includes a Rating from 1 to 5 Stars and that Recipe does not already have a Rating, that Recipe shall be given that Rating. This is known as Judging a Recipe.

== Cosmology ==

Not all Staff members have originated in our home planet. In fact, many of them have come from distant locations. There is a GNDT column that shall track the current “Station” in which a Member of the Staff is residing. Because interstellar travel is too costly, the values of Station are limited to any one planet or moon located within the Solar System only, and to the special value “Jump”. If at any time, a Staff Member’s Station is set to an invalid value, that Staffer shall change it to its most recent valid value. A Member of the Staff currently in Jump is said to be Translocating. A new staffer starts at a random station determined by rolling DICEX (where X is the number of station found on the Solar Map) and setting eir station value to the station on the Solar Map matching the result.

=== Victory Lane ===

If the name of a Station that exists on the Solar Map appears on the Theme, Members of the Staff whose Station is not set to that Station may not achieve victory.

=== The Highway ===

There exists an super highway, known as Sol Road, that interconnects many cities from different planets and moons. Members that own a Vehicle may use this Road to, at any time, switch their Stations to any other Station adjacent to it on the Solar Map, without the need for Translocation. However, this requires the Member to Spend 1 unit of Fuel.

Also, at any time, the Writer may announce that one or more Gates are under maintenance by making a Story Post with “[Maintenance]” in the subject and listing one or more Station values, as well as a date of when the Maintenance will end. Members may not use the Sol Road to switch their Stations to values that are under Maintenance, until the Maintenance ends.

=== Solar Map ===

There exists a wiki document known as “[[Solar Map]]” which lists the possible routes between two stations. Two Stations are considered Adjacent in the Solar Map if one of them appears right before the other one. As a weekly action, a Member of the Staff may add a Station to the Solar Maps. A Station may be added even if it already appears in the Solar Map, as long as this doesn’t cause a Station to be Adjacent to itself.

When a user legally adds a planet to the Solar Map wiki page, that player may increase their credits by 5.

== Credits ==

Each Member of the Staff owns a certain non-negative number of credits, which will be tracked in the GNDT. Each Member of the Staff starts with ten credits, which can be used to purchase various items.

=== Giving Credit ===

As a daily action, a Member of the Staff, hereby known as the Giver, may give any amount of credits to another Member of the Staff, hereby known as the Receiver. The giver does that by subtracting a positive amount of credits from his Credits and adding the same amount of credits to the Receiver’s credits. A Member of the Staff may not give away more credits than they own.

== Vehicles ==

There exists a wiki page called “vehicles” which lists all the vehicles which can be purchased. Each Member of the Staff may own 0 or 1 vehicle(s). This is tracked in the GNDT. Vehicles may be added to the vehicles page by the writer, and the amount of fuel each vehicle can carry, their Speed and Endurance is described there. The writer also sets a price for each vehicle in the vehicle’s description. As a weekly action, a Member of the Staff may buy a vehicle by decreasing their credits by the price of the vehicle they wish to buy and changing their current vehicle (including -) to the new one in the GNDT. If this would cause a Member of the Staff’s credit to fall below 0, then it cannot be done. When a vehicle is bought, the Member of the Staff that bought the vehicle gains a number of fuel equal to the maximum amount of fuel the vehicle can carry.

=== Crash ===

As a daily action, a Member with a Vehicle (known as the Attacker) may spend X Fuel in an attempt to crash into some other Member (knows as the Target) who has the same Location as the Attacker. The value for X must be at least 2. The attacker shall then add their vehicle’s Speed to X, and roll DICEX. If the result is equal to or greater than the Endurance of the Target’s Vehicle (for this special case, if the Target has no Vehicle, their endurance is considered 3) the Target has Crashed: their Bowl and Table are emptied and 1 of their Guesses is transfered to the Attacker.

=== Turbo ===

As a daily action, a Member with a vehicle may start Turbo Mode by making a GNDT comment of “TURBO”. When a Member is in Turbo Mode, they may perform daily actions that require spending fuel as if they where not daily actions, and may instead perform them as long as they can pay their fuel cost. However, they cannot perform more than X such actions, where X is their Vehicle’s Speed, until Turbo Mode is deactivated. Turbo Mode lasts 2 hours, then deactivates itself.

=== Fuel ===

Each Member of the staff owns a non-negative amount of fuel, which is tracked in the GNDT. As a daily action, a Staff Member may purchase an amount of fuel equal to their Vehicle’s fuel rating by paying 10 Credits, then setting their Fuel in the GNDT to the fuel rating of their Vehicle. If this would cause a Member of the Staff’s credit to fall below 0, then it cannot be done.

===Meals on Wheels===
A Member’s Table is considered to be attached to his Vehicle, if he has one. Members with no Vehicle may not post a Declaration of Victory. The Member’s Vehicle and attached Table are considered to be at the same Station as the Member.

===Vehicle Actions===
Some Vehicles may provide extra benefits to their owner. A Vehicle Action is a non-italics text that follows a Vehicle on the Vehicles wiki document, and which can only be set, added and removed by the Writer, or through a successful Proposal or Call for Judgment. As a weekly action, a non-Translocating Member may activate the Vehicle Action on their Current Vehicle. Upon doing so, the Member shall follow the instructions laid on the Vehicle Action’s text. Vehicle Actions are not allowed to change the Ruleset, either directly or indirectly.

If a Vehicle has no Vehicle Action, the Writer may add a Vehicle Action to it at any time.

== The Spaceport ==

As a daily action, a Member may pay 10 Credits to set their Station to Jump. This is known as Commencing Translocation.

=== Landing a Jump ===

A Translocating Staff Member may change his Station to any Station on the Solar Map that is not under Maintenance without spending any Fuel.

== Raffle ==

As a daily action, a Member may spend 3 Credits and roll 1DICE50. Then, that member shall add the ingredient whose number in the Ingredients List matches the result from the roll to their bowl. If the added ingredient appears in a Recipe, that Member may perform this action again in the same day. If there is no ingredient with the number that was rolled, then the Member who rolled gets 1 credit.

==Benefits ==

Whenever a Proposal creates at least one new Vehicle or Recipe upon enactment, the author of that Proposal may, within 24 hours of the passing of said Proposal, increase their own Credits by 1DICE10.
Whenever a Member adds a Station to the Solar Map, that Member shall add 1DICE10 to their Credits.

==Events==

As long as there are no Ongoing Events, the Writer may create a new Event by making a story post whose subject starts with “[Event]”. The text of the post must contain an Itinerary and a Menu. An Itinerary is a list of Stations that appear on the Solar Map, and a Menu is a list of Recipes that appear on the Recipes document. When an Event is created, it is considered to be Ongoing.

A Member who is not already Participating on that Event may get Signed Up for it by paying 5 Credits and owning a Vehicle, and thus become Participants on that Event. Members who Participate in an Event have an additional section on their Table called the Trace. Whenever a Participant changes location, they shall add the name of the new Station to their Trace. When another Event is created, the Traces for all previous Participants are deleted.

At any time that a Participants meets every one of the Victory Conditions, that Participant becomes the First Place. Only the first Participant that meets all the Victory Conditions can be the First Place. The Victory Conditions are:

* The Participant’s Trace must list the Stations for the Itinerary exactly once. (If other Stations appear on the Trace, it doesn’t matter)
* The Participant’s Table must contain one of each of the Recipes on the Menu. (If other Recipes appear on the Table, it doesn’t matter)
* The Participant must have not crashed more than 3 times since becoming a Participant for this Event.

When there is a First Place on an Event, the Event is no longer ongoing and the First Place obtains 3 Guesses, 150 Credits and may set their Location to any valid value once within the next 48 hours.

== Lies ==
There is no Recipe for Cake.

= Glossary =
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This is always at the end of the Ruleset. Its only effect can be to clarify ambiguity.

* It is noted that where a [[#Proposals|Proposal]] would '''amend''' the effects of Proposal Enactment, this does not apply to its own enactment unless explicitly stated (eg. a proposal proposing that enacted proposals earn their writer a banana when enacted would not earn a banana for its own writer, when enacted).
* Rules which '''trigger''' upon the Enactment or Failure of a Proposal are the responsibility of the '''Admin''' who Enacts or Fails it.

* Appropriate '''Icons''': For use in voting, a check box http://blognomic.com/images/vote/for.gif shall represent a vote FOR, an X http://blognomic.com/images/vote/against.gif shall represent a vote AGAINST, an IMP http://blognomic.com/images/vote/imperial.gif shall represent a vote of DEFERENTIAL, and an Imperial Seal (currently http://blognomic.com/images/vote/seal.gif) shall represent the Imperial Veto.
*The "subject" of a blog entry is the part of the Title of an entry which is after the first colon. If the Title does not contain a colon, then the whole Title is the subject. Any entry whose subject is "" (i.e. an empty string) is not valid.
* '''"Posts"''' and '''"comments"''' refer only to those made to the BlogNomic weblog at [http://blognomic.com blognomic.com]
* A '''keyword''' defined by a rule supersedes the normal English usage of the word. A keyword defined in this glossary supersedes that defined by a rule. (eg. A rule specifying "Bananas are Blue" cannot be overruled by posting a dictionary definition or a photo of a banana, and a rule specifying "every day is Sunday" will be overruled by the glossary entry below.)
* Unless otherwise specified, game '''variables''' defined to hold numeric values can hold only non-negative integers, and any action that would set those values below '''zero''' instead sets them to zero. Any situation which would require a roll of DiceX when X is zero or lower always yields a value of 0 unless stated otherwise.
* Unless otherwise specified: When "X" is a number, to '''spend''' X of a numeric value "V" means to subtract X from V (i.e. replace V with V-X); no action may be taken which requires spending X of a numeric value when the subtraction would result in a number which is illegal as a replacement for that value (e.g. if the value represents a variable which is restricted to non-negative integers, but the subtraction comes up negative).
* Superficial differences between the '''spelling''' of geographic versions of English, e.g, British English, American English and Australian English shall be construed as irrelevant for the purposes of play.
* '''Gamestate''' is defined as any information which the Ruleset regulates the alteration of, such as Characters’ names.
* All integers, unless stated otherwise by a rule, are in base ten.
* If a new rule is created by a proposal and its location is not noted in that proposal, that new rule is to be placed in the Dynastic Rules.
== Typographic Conventions ==

*'''Italicized text''', also known as '''Flavor Text''', is not considered part of any form of gamestate and may be used to clarify proposals or rules with examples, notes, and flavor text. ''For example, this italicized text provides an example of the use of italicized text.''

== Timespans ==

* References to '''"a day"''' (as an entity rather than a duration, eg. "Sunday") refer to that day in the timezone of the BlogNomic blog, which is considered to be GMT for all purposes.
* References to a '''"week"''' refer to the period of time between the start of a Monday and the end of the following Sunday.
* All '''references to time''' must be either specific or defined within the ruleset to be considered achievable in the gamestate. Abstract concepts of time (e.g. "dinnertime", "twilight") cannot be achieved until they fulfil one of these criteria.
* If a game action is a '''Daily Action''', each Member of the Staff able to perform it may take that action once per day, but not more than once every six hours.
* If a game action is a '''Weekly Action''', each Member of the Staff able to perform it may take that action once per week, but not more than once every twenty-four hours.
* '''Calendar Dates''' shall be represented in dd/mm/yy (day/month/year) format.
* For the purpose of all rules, time in Blognomic is in GMT.

== Keywords ==

* '''Quorum''' is equal to half the number of '''Members of the Staff''', rounded down, plus one.
*Writer
*Member of the Staff

== Dice ==

References to '''"YDICEX"''' refer to Y X-sided dice. To roll dice, post DICEX in the comments field of the GNDT, replacing X with the number of sides on the die you wish to roll.

== IEEE ==
* The IEEE auxiliary verbs used in Blognomic are:
** Is required to: '''"shall"''';
** Is recommended that: '''"should"''';
** Is permitted to: '''"may"''';
** Is able to: '''"can"'''.
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Candidate Agendas

2008-09-18T06:16:20Z

Darknight: /* Darknight */

Candidate Agendas

== Arthexis ==

# As a daily action an Intelligence may modify its Relativistic Timeframe (RT) increasing it or decreasing it by one unit. The timeframe for this action is considered Absolute.
# When the total Entropy of all Intelligences together, which is known as Total Entropy, is equal to or greater than 80 times Quorum, the Universe Ends. No action may cause the Total Entropy to decrease.
# All Intelligences have an attribute named Entropy, which determines how much useful thermodynamic energy has been wasted by that Intelligence. When the Universe Ends, the Intelligence with the lowest entropy achieves victory.

== Qapmoc ==

# Qapmoc may at any time achieve victory. No other Candidate may achieve victory. If this rule contradicts Rule 1.9 “Victory and Ascension”, this rule takes precedence.
# Only Qapmoc may submit new Proposals and all Proposals submitted by Qapmoc Pass instantly. Only Qapmoc may raise new CfJs and all CfJs raised by Qapmoc pass instantly. If this rule contradicts any rule in Section 1 “Core Rules”, this rule takes precedence.
# Bucky shall be set to idle. Bucky shall not be able to change eir name. Only Qapmoc may unidle Bucky. If Qapmoc is not an Admin, Bucky cannot be unidled.
# If Bucky is not idle then Bucky may, at any time, request a change of the colour scheme of blognomic.

== Bucky ==
# Any Candidate may repeal this Rule at any time.

== Darknight ==