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[Hint] Guess what?

This proposal is a contest. The purpose of the contest is to try and guess which of the following three statements is true:

A: There is a third element to the Theme which arthexis has not mentioned (apart from cooking and racing).

B: arthexis has, at some point or another during the dynasty, used the individual words that compose the theme.

C: One of the hints that arthexis has given is false.

With their vote to this Proposal, a Member may include a single “A”, “B” or “C” according to the statement that Member believes is true. After this proposal has passed, and within a period of time no larger than 48 hours, the Writer shall make a Story Post detailing which of the three options is the true statement. Members who included the correct answer (that is, the single letter representing the true statement) shall obtain 1 guess and 20 Credits. Only the last valid vote shall be considered when determining correctness.

ANSWER: B



The VW will probably not help people win. Definitely, you guys will need something faster for that.



Anyways: Clarifying the hint, the word that appears in common in both guesses and that appears also on the theme is “ON”.

Furthermore, other than that last typo, every other info I have given you guys is truthful. Guessing is hard enough as it is, and I don’t feel like I need to mislead you on top of that.

LOL! Actually now that I think about it, there is another word that more or less matches too…



No. Actually, all but 1 word from this guess appears on the Theme.

Wait a sec. I just realized I got this backwards. What I meant was that only ONE word from this guess appears on the guess!!

I guess that my english is not as good as I thought…




[Hint] Before we get serious, we need to learn the basics

On rule “Recipes” after the sentence “The first item is called the Recipe and the other items are called Ingredients.” add “A description of the recipe may also be added in italics after a recipe, yet it has no rules effect.”

Create a sub-rule “Writing Recipes” under rule “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.

Create a sub-rule “Practice” under rule “The Table”:

If a Member has a Recipe on eir table that is also the Goal Recipe, 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. The Contestant then obtains 1 Guess. Afterwards, no more Practice Sessions can be created for the same Goal Recipe (if they do get created, their Contestant gains no Guesses).

Add the following at the end of rule “Ingredients”:

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.




No. Morsel does not appear. And its not Mercury either.

Oh, scratch that, I am now seeing that this would be unfair to DC, which also got close on a previous guess…

So, I’ll give this clue publicly instead: One word from this guess does appear on the Theme, exactly, except for capitalization (don’t worry about that last part, capitalization does not matter when guessing, but that might also provide an extra hint to somebody).



Actually, didn’t I say “Dinner” did not appear on the Theme? Neither do synonyms of it.

In conclusion: No.



[Hint] Contains Vitamins and Minerals

Add a sub-rule called “Enhancements” to rule “Recipes”:

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.



[Hint] So, this story takes place in…

Add a sub-rule to rule “Cosmology”, called “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.

If this doesn’t pass, you will have more trouble figuring out which station it was! *devious laughter*



No. Only 1 word from this Guess appears on the theme! <-- got it right this time?



No. The Moon does not appear on the Theme. Sorry for taking so long to respond.



[Hint] Show me a map to the stars

In sub-rule “The Highway” change sentence “Members that own a Vehicle may use this Road to, as a daily action, switch their Stations to any other valid value, without the need for Translocation.” for “Members that own a Vehicle may use this Road to, as a daily action, switch their Stations to any other Station adjacent to it on the Solar Map, without the need for Translocation.”

Create a new sub-rule “Solar Map” under rule “Cosmology”:

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.

Erase all the contents of the Solar Map wiki document.

Next, some spring cleaning of the ruleset, just to make it more readable (and satisfy my obsessive-compulsive disorder)

If more than half of all comments containing counted votes also contain the text “Cleanup”, then:

Make rule “Synonyms” a sub-rule to rule “Theme”. Make rule “Fuel” a sub-rule to rule “Vehicles”. Change the name of rule “We Will All Fry Together When We Fry” to “Countdown” and append the sentence “This rule is always the last Dynastic Rule in the Ruleset” to it.



Nope. The food/cooking element is missing.



No. You get three words right and Road is not one of them.




Does the theme involve racing? Yes.

Including spaces, are there an even number of characters in your description of the Theme? Yes.

Does the theme involve catering/delivery in some form or fashion? No.

Does the theme contain the word “alien”? No.

Does the theme contain the word “competition”? No.

Is the word dinner in the theme? No.

Does the theme have to do with TV or movies? No.

Do you expect this dynasty to be over within ten days from the time this proposal is passed? No.

Does the word Cook, or a variation thereof (Such as Cooking, or Cooked) appear in the theme? No.

Does a common name for a planet or other celestial body appear in the theme name? Yes.

Does the theme contain the word “super”? No.

Arthexis should edit this post to include the answers to the questions. It’s done --arth




No. The Theme is not so long.




Hot.



[Hint] Heartier, Tastier, Faster, Further

Create a new sub-rule called ‘’The Bowl” under rule “The Table”:

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 five 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.

Create a new rule called, “Spaceport”:

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

If more than half of all comments containing counted votes also contain the text “MOAR RPM”,

In sub-rule “The Highway” replace all occurrences of “as a daily action” with “at any time”.


BTW: There is one more element for guessing the Theme, but I am not gonna make a direct Hint Proposal for it! You will have to deduct it… (This Proposal might contain a hidden hint about that somewhere)



Warm. Still missing something, tho…



Yoda has chosen letter ‘A’ (a very obvious choice): It appears 3 times on the Theme.



[Hint] Cloning is Outlawed now, Guessing is Not.

Cloned ingredients have been declared an illegal enhancement by the Association. Competitors that continue to use them will be disqualified.

Repeal sub-rule “Cloning”. Remove all cloned Ingredients from the Ingredients List (but leave the originals if they still exist).

At the end of sub-rule “Writing Recipes” add:

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.




No. Not Galactic. Tasting might have to do with it though.





[Hint] We need MOAR speed, SRSLY. Its all about speed.

Add a new sub-rule called “Turbo” under rule “Vehicles”:

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.

On rule “Vehicles” change the sentence: “Vehicles may be added to the vehicles page by the writer, and the amount of fuel each vehicle can carry is described there.” to:

Vehicles may be added to the vehicles page by the writer, and the amount of fuel each vehicle can carry, and their Speed is described there.

On sub-rule fuel change the sentence “As a daily action, a Member of the Staff may purchase an amount of fuel by decreasing their credits by one per unit of fuel they wish to buy and adding that much fuel to their fuel in the GNDT” to:

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.

Remove sentence “As a daily action, a Staff Member may set their Station to any planet or moon that is located within the Solar System if they are currently Translocating or they may set their Station to Jump if they are not currently Translocating.” from rule Cosmology.



No. You’re pretty close however, but you’re still missing something very crucial.




No. Clucky got another word right, however. I feel he is getting close.




[Hint] Zoom Zoom to Victory

Create a new rule called “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.

This is it. The final event is near!



no.



I just got in to see there has been a huge misunderstanding. Apparently, I made a typo and got everyone to believe they had already solved the riddle! What I meant in my comment was that there was ONE word from that guess that showed up in the Theme, but it seems I got it backwards!

Back on to your question, there is indeed only one ‘S’ on the theme.

HALO. I WIH TO NO WUT YOU PMed WAKKY.

Did you say there was 1 s in the theme?

I confirm this information.



Clever, but no. Zero words right. This basically means, that Ceres is not the planet you’re looking for.




Heh. Nope. Zero. You fail at the internets.




[Hint] Faster Traveling through better roads

Create a sub-rule “The Highway” to rule “Cosmology”:

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, as a daily action, switch their Stations to any other valid value, 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.

Of course, Fuel and Vehicles don’t currently exist… I’ll leave that up to you.




Cool. You are going too far into the cooking theme.



I don’t know what Solarquest is. No.



Actually, didn’t I say “Dinner” did not appear on the Theme? Neither do synonyms of it.

In conclusion: No.




No. Farming has nothing to do with it.




You fail. You have to cook, but it’s not only about cooking. See my next proposal!



Nope. No Service.

No Catering either.

No, not space even! :P




No, not the solar system.




[Hint] Time for a crash course

Add a new sub-rule called, “Crash” under rule “Vehicles”:

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.

In rule “Vehicles” reword sentence “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, and their Speed is described there.” so that instead it reads “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.”




No, because you’re not students.



Hot.



No. You get Zero words right.



Oh and Hot.




[Hint] The fruitcake never dies

Remove the following from rule “Recipes”:

As a weekly action, if every ingredient for a given recipe appears on the ingredient document at least as many times at it does in a recipe, a Staff Member may remove one occurrence of each ingredient for each time it appears in the recipe and add the recipe to his section of the table. (He does not remove the recipe from the recipe document).

Create a new sub-rule “Cooking” under rule “Recipes”:

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).

Create a new sub-rule “Rejection” under rule “The Table”:

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.

Now, making recipes does not normally remove Ingredients: you have to fetch them through rule “The Bowl”. However you can Reject them as an “offensive” move to acualy destroy ingredients other Members may need. Furthermore, I would like people to propose a way to get Credits, as I think they may see quite a lot of use, but we don’t have enough of them… just nothing too grindy please.




No. You’re not a Chef.



No. Not really a battle. It’s another kind of competition.