The First Dynasty of naught
5 May 2020 - 26 May 2020
Contents
Ascension Address
You wake up on the beach. You don’t know where you are, or even how you got here. It’s difficult to push past the fog in your mind; it’s difficult to even register how hungry you are. You stand up and look around, for the first time registering the pounding behind your eyes. And you see a disaster. Broken trees lie fallen, knocked down as if mere playthings. Boulders and rooftops lie heaped in hollows and against hillsides, deposited by the winds to forgotten nooks and crannies.
All you remember is the storm, and islands seemingly sinking into the sea. You remember swimming, and gasping for air, only to receive another lungful of brackish water. You remember seeing land, and feeling the desperation of a drowning man. It seems like a lifetime ago.
As you pick your way through the fallen branches and scattered debris, you can’t help but think about your own broken memories, strewn before the storm as leaves before the wind. It’s time to pick up the pieces.
Repeal all rules, and replace all instances of “Player” and “Tom Nook” in the Ruleset with “Amnesiac” and “Past Memory” respectively.
Players
The following players were active at the start of the Dynasty:
ayesdeeef, Clucky*, Darknight*, Josh*, Jumble, Kevan*, naught, Tantusar*, Trigon
The following players were active at the end of the Dynasty:
ais523, ayesdeeef, Clucky*, Darknight*, derrick*, Josh*, Kevan*, pokes*, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus, Tantusar*, Trigon
- (admins in bold and * throughout)
Final Ruleset
Gamestate
Posts of Interest
Ascension
When the Past Memory became idle, it was no longer possible to continue with any of the dynasty's main mechanics (which relied on secret information that the Past Memory was tracking). Various suggestions ([1], [2]) were made to try to figure out who was leading in the dynasty and give them a win accordingly; various other suggestions ([3], [4]) were made to pick a winner in a mostly random way that ignored everything that happened so far.
It was pointed out, however, that it was highly likely that the next dynasty would be disrupted by the Second Switch, and that it thus might be unfair on that dynasty's Emperor. This lead to a proposal to end with no winner and create a metadynasty, which became popular so quickly that it was illegally enacted (and later had to be reopened, and re-enacted some time later).
Post-dynastic discussion is here.
Commentary
Trigon
My commentary throughout this dynasty is on the talk page.