Add a new Rule to the Ruleset.  Call it “Rotation” and give it the following text:

A Brick is Rotatable if it has a Dimensions attribute and is not a sloping brick.

At any time, a Mini Figure may replace a Rotatable [z]x[y] Brick in their workbench with a [y]x[z] Brick that has otherwise identical attributes.

Looks like the dynasty I didn’t want to join ended while I wasn’t looking.  Quorum remains at 7.

As a bonus, I will no longer confuse my GNDT column with Blacky’s

I just enacted three proposals. They had been pending for four days straight.

Normally, when this sort of thing happens, we blame it on the summer, which tends to slow down the game. But it’s New Year’s Eve.

I remember a time when proposals reached quorum within the twelve hours required. I remember a time when great players like arthexis and Yoda and Oze and the Ukee Brothers played among us. I remember a time when dynasties were a month long. I remember a time when BlogNomic was great.

What happened to that time?

If BlogNomic is dying, then I refuse to let it. I will admin every proposal, idle every due member, and welcome every player until our glorious nomic is alive again.

Long live BlogNomic!

Add a new Rule, entitled “Victory”

A minifig who successfully completes a construct with a value of 1500 or more outside of a request achieves victory.

Add a Rule, entitled Victory:

The Mini Figure who has created the most constructions for the Brick Master’s Project Requests has achieved Victory.

If the Rule “Making a List” does not exist, this Proposal does nothing.

Repeal rule 2.6.

In the rule Closed Requests, at the end of the second paragraph add the following

If the Brick Master believes a response to a closed request does not properly satisfy the requirements of the request, he may make a comment listening the offending mini-figures name and a AGAINST mark. He must then subtract the offending standard reward from the mini-figures fund. (A mini-figure’s funds are allowed to go negative by this process) and return the construction to the mini-figures workbench. The Brick master may do this at any time a request is active as well as within 48 hours of the request ceasing to be active. A mini figure who has their submission rejected in this manner may attempt to submit another construction for the request (provided it is still active).

Add a new sub-rule to the rule entitled Bricks, called Minifigs:

Each Mini Figure has a minifig, which is a construction made of three non-standard bricks. It is recorded in the Workbench section of the Toybox page, as per any other kind of construction.

A minifig must consist of one of each of three kinds of non-standard bricks: a head brick, a torso brick and a legs brick. A new Mini Figure starts with a smiling head brick, and a torso brick and legs brick in their choice of colour (from the list of permitted values for standard bricks).

A minifig always has a value of zero.

Head Brick
Head bricks are non-standard bricks. Head bricks are assorted - for the purposes of assortment, the expression of a head brick is considered to be analogous to its colour.

A head brick must have the following quality:

* Expression. In certain defined circumstances a head brick may have a non-standard expression, but the default values for head brick expressions are: Smiling, Frowning, Pirate.

Head bricks have a value of 1.

Torso and Leg Bricks
Torso bricks and leg bricks are both non-standard bricks. Both are assorted.

Torso and leg bricks must have the following quality:

* Design.  In certain defined circumstances a torso or leg brick can carry a custom design, but by default these bricks may be one of the colours available to standard bricks (i.e. Black, Blue, Brown, Green, Grey, Orange, Purple, Red, White or Yellow).

Torso bricks and leg bricks each have a value of 1.

I seek a variety of modes of transport. Can you provide this for me? Standard reward is 50, bonus reward is 75.

I want to create a space station in lego. Can you guys put something together that would fit with this project? Bonus reward for this is 150 Funds.

Here are the results of the Christmas lists. I received the following explicit votes:

Naughty - iqforu
Nice - Subrincinator
Nice - Darknight
Nice - Thane Q
Naughty - Hyronious

All other participants are adjudged to be naughty.

Dasher Set - all naughty. Clarinet, and William lose 10 funds each

Dancer Set
Hyronious - Naughty +10
Darknight - Nice -50
JoeFish - Naughty +10

Prancer Set - all naughty. SethOcean, iqforu and coppro lose 10 funds each

Vixen Set
Thane Q - Nice -50
Darth Cliche - Naughty +10
Blacky - Naughty +10

Comet Set - all naughty. Ambisinister and Stormshade lose 10 funds each.

Blitzen Set
Alecto - Naughty +10
Clucky - Naughty +10
Subrincinator - Nice -50

As an aside, Alecto and Hydronus go idle by request and SethOcean and Stormshade go idle through inactivity. Quorum is now 7.

Go about your business, citizens.

Please idle me.  I’ve found with my current (new) job I just don’t have the time right now.

With the passage of Winterval, the game is now in hiatus until Monday. You can still vote on proposals, raise calls for judgement and update the GNDT, but all other game actions are on hold until the hiatus ends.

Merry Christmas for those who celebrate it; otherwise, I hope that you enjoy a quiet couple of days.

Leaving over christmas. Pity, I really wanted to play this round…

I don’t see it anywhere. Who won? Subrincinator increased eir funds by 50, but I don’t even recall what the bonus reward for that one was, and so donno if Subrincinator was trying to give himself the bonus reward for the blue one too early or if he legit one the other one and someone the post disappeared.

In the rule 1.4 Voting replace

If a Mini Figure Votes against their own Proposal, this renders the Proposal self-killed and that Vote may not be changed.

to

If a Mini Figure Votes against their own Proposal, this renders the Proposal self-killed and that Vote may be changed provided that the proposal is still pending and no new comments to the proposal were made after the author’s AGAINST vote.

In rule 2.2 Currency replace

Some bricks are marked as assorted. If a mini figure chooses to buy an assorted brick, he may choose to only pay 80% (rounded up) of the value. He may not specify a color if he does this, instead after purchasing the brick he must role a DICEN where N is the number of colors available for that brick. The color of brick will be the result of the dice rule used as an index to the list of available colors, sorted alphabetically. (So if the colors are Red, Blue and Green a DICE3 is rolled and 2 would make the result Green).

with

Some bricks are marked as assorted. If a mini figure chooses to buy an assorted brick, or a group of assorted bricks of the same type and dimensions, he may choose to only pay 80% (rounded up) of the value. He may not specify a color if he does this, instead after purchasing the bricks he must role a DICEN for each brick where N is the number of colors available for that brick. The color of brick will be the result of the dice rule used as an index to the list of available colors, sorted alphabetically. (So if the colors are Red, Blue and Green a DICE3 is rolled and 2 would make the result Green).

Add a new core rule to the ruleset, entitled Seasonal Downtime:

Blognomic goes into hiatus every year on December 24th, and remains in hiatus until December 27th. During this time no game actions may be taken except those described in the rules entitled “Voting,” “Gamestate Tracking” and “Call for Judgement”.

If this proposal enacts after December 24th but before December 27th, the game is put into hiatus.

It seems I have less free time than I originaly thought… Can I be idled, please? =)

This dynasty is unfairly biased against Linux users.

I’d like something that is at least half-blue, has some elements of red, and has a value of at least 50. Be creative! Standard Reward is 80, bonus reward is 50.

Add the following as a sub-rule to the rule called Bricks, entitled Sloping Bricks:

A sloping brick is a non-standard brick. Sloping bricks are assorted.

A sloping brick must have the following qualities:

* A colour, which must be one of Black, Blue, Green, Grey, Orange, Purple, Red, White or Yellow
* Dimensions, which are recorded in the form [z]x[y], where [z] and [y] are the brick’s dimensions along its length and width. The dimensions of a sloping brick incorporate the slope, as described below.
* A slope. A sloping brick may be sloping on one or two of its sides, and is referred to respectively as a 1-slope or a 2-slope brick. This is notated as “S[z]” and/or “S[y]”, where [z] or [y] are replaced by the respective dimension as per the bullet point above.

The Value of a 1-slope brick is the product of its dimensions plus the size of its slope, i.e. either S[z] or S[y], as appropriate. The Value of a 2-slope is its the product of its dimensions plus twice the size of its slopes, or ((S[z]+S[y])*2). All sloping bricks have a height of 1.

Add the following as a sub-rule to the rule called Bricks, entitled Base Bricks:

A base brick is a non-standard brick. A base brick is one-fifth of the heigh of a standard brick (i.e. it has a height of 1/5).

A base brick must have the following qualities:

* A colour, which must be one of Green, Grey, or White
* Dimensions, which are recorded in the form [z]x[y], where [z] and [y] are the brick’s dimensions along its length and width. The [z] and [y] dimensions of a base brick must always be even and must always be at least 10.

The Value of a base brick is the product of its dimensions divided by the sum of its dimensions, or ([z]x[y])/([z]+[y]).

I’d like something that is at least half-blue, has some elements of red, and has a value of at least 50. Be creative!

Forgot to make it a proposal. Ignore this.

If the Rule “Bricks” does not exist, this Proposal does nothing.

In rule 2.1, replace the line

A colour, which must be one of Black, Blue, Green, Grey, Orange, Purple, Red, White or Yellow

with

A colour, which must be one of Black, Blue, Brown, Green, Grey, Orange, Purple, Red, White or Yellow

Oh man oh man legos.

Oh man!

Add a new rule to the ruleset, entitled Kit:

A construction in a Mini Figure’s workbench may have an additional effect. As a weekly action, a Mini Figure may make a Prototype post, which must have a title in the format “PROTOTYPE: x” (where x is the name of the construction), and which must have body text detailing one of the constructions on their workbench and the effect that it should have. A Prototype post is a votable matter and is resolved in the same manner as a proposal, although it does not count as a proposal for the purposes of rule 1.3.

If a Prototype passes, the effect is added to the construction in the Toybox page. The prototype becomes a kit, and the description, effect and value of the new kit are added as sub-rules to this rule. The value of a kit is set at 75% of the base value (i.e. without modifiers) of the construction upon which it is based, and can be bought by a Mini Figure at any time.

Add the following to the end of the rule entitled Construction:

A Mini Figure may, at any time, deconstruct any construction that they own by removing it from their workbench. They may then add the bricks that composed that construction to their Bucket.

Quorum remains 10.

I’ve made a a little list.

The sets are as follows:

Dasher Set
Clarinet
Roujo
William

Dancer Set
Hyronious
Darknight
JoeFish

Prancer Set
SethOcean
iqforu
coppro

Vixen Set
Thane Q
Darth Cliche
Blacky

Comet Set
Purplebeard
Ambisinister
Stormshade

Blitzen Set
Alecto
Clucky
Subrincinator

Will you be naughty… or nice?

Mini Figure chums, I seek Christmassy decorations for my Lego pad. Who will make me the finest Lego Christmas tree in all the land? I will reward all those who complete this request with 100 Funds, with a bonus reward of 50 funds for the finest entry.

Why am I missing from the GNDT? =P

This special 25th-December gift-giving proposal is based on the Prisoner’s Dilemma.  It gives all Mini Figures the opportunity to be nice to each other and receive bonus Funds.  But each Mini Figure also has the opportunity to hurt another by being naughty.  So if everybody’s nice, we’ll all get a lovely holiday gift.  If everybody’s naughty, we’ll all lose a few Funds.  But if some are naughty and others are nice… well, we all know where nice guys finish.

Add a Rule titled Making a List:

Before the 25th of December 2010, the Brick Master may place all active Mini Figures into Sets of two or three such that each Mini Figure belongs to exactly one Set.  Within these parameters, the Brick Master may place Mini Figures into Sets according to any method that the Brick Master chooses.

Before the 25th of December 2010, the Brick Master may creat a Story Post stating which Mini Figures belong to which Set.

Before the 26th of December 2010, each Mini Figure may be either Naughty or Nice.  The Mini Figure may be Nice by sending the Brick Master a private message with the subject “Nice.”  A Mini Figure who does not send such a message is Naughty.  Each Mini Figure may also be Naughty by sending the Brick Master a private message with the subject “Naughty.”  No single Mini Figure may be both Naughty and Nice.  If a Mini Figure attempts to be both Naughty and Nice, that Mini Figure is Naughty but is not Nice.

After the 25th of December 2010, but before the 28th of December 2010, the Brick Master may create a Story Post stating whether each Mini Figure is Naughty or Nice.  After this Story Post has been posted, the following three conditions each apply exactly one time:

1.  If all Mini Figures within a Set are Nice, then each Mini Figure within that Set may gain up to 25 Funds.

2.  If all Mini Figures within a Set are Naughty, then each Mini Figure within that set shall lose 10 Funds.

3.  If at least one Mini Figure within a Set is Naughty, and at least one Mini Figure within that Set is Nice, then all Naughty Mini Figures within that Set may gain up to 10 Funds, and all Nice Mini Figures within that Set shall lose 50 Funds.

If this rule would cause any Mini Figure’s Funds to decrease below 11, then instead this rule shall cause that Mini Figure’s Funds to decreas to exactly 11.

Set the Brick Master’s Funds to 0.

Add the following to the ruleset as a new rule, entitled Citizen Brick:

The Brick Master is not considered to be a Mini Figure for any dynastic rule.

If there is a rule entitled Templates, repeal it. Add the following to the ruleset as a new rule, entitled Requests:

Provided there are fewer than three active requests, the Brick Master may make a request by creating a story post with the title “x Request: y” where “x” is the type of request (detailed below) and “y” is the name of the request (as chosen by the brick master). The post must also contain text which describes a construction, and must describe either a standard reward, a bonus reward, or both, both of which must be positive amount of funds.

For the next 48 hours, the request post remains active. Each Mini Figure may once remove a construction from their workbench which fits the requirements of the request and make a comment about it on the story post. The comment must, as with the workbench, detail a name, a value and the composition in bricks for each construction. It is strongly encouraged to also include a link to a pictorial illustration, or at least a textual description of how the bricks fit together. A mini figure who does this is said to have completed the request. If the request carries a standard reward, the mini figure may then increase their funds by the standard reward for the request.

After 48 hours, the request ceases to be active. If the request carried a bonus reward, the Brick Master may then once within the next 48 hours make a comment on the story post mentioning one mini figure who completed the request, whom the brick master believes best fulfilled the request. That mini figure’s funds are then to be increased by the bonus reward for the request.

The number of completed requests is tracked in the GNDT, under the Brick Master’s Funds column.

Add the following as a new subrule to the rule entitled Requests, called Open Requests:

An open request must detail at least three criteria for the composition of the requested construction, but not its shape or structure. Examples of criteria may be, but are not limited to, the following: number of blocks used, colour mix of bricks in the construction, value of the construction, proportion of non-standard bricks used. An open construction may carry either or both kinds of reward, but bonus rewards should generally be given for the construction that meets the criteria while also most closely resembling the real-world object it is named after.

Add the following as a new subrule to the rule entitled Requests, called Closed Requests:

A closed request must detail at least one structural or shape-related characteristic for the requested construction. This may be as narrow as requesting a specific shape (“build me a house”) or as wide as describing vague physical characteristics (“the construction must have four sides”). A closed request may not make requirements based on composition of bricks, although these issues can be factored in when adjudicating bonus rewards. An open construction may carry either or both kinds of reward.

Add the following as a new subrule to the rule entitled Requests, called Project Requests:

A project request must detail the nature of a wide-ranging project that the Brick Master is trying to achieve. Mini Figures may respond to this request with any construction of their choice, provided that it in some way adds or contributes to the project. This kind of request may only carry a bonus reward. Projects and the constructions that have been incorporated into them may be tracked on the Brick Master’s Projects page in the wiki.

If the proposal titled “Hard Hats” doesn’t pass, this proposal does nothing.

Add a new rule called “Templates”. Give it the following text

Provided there are fewer than three active template requests, the Brick Master may make a template request by creating a story post with the title “Template Request: XXXXXXX” where “XXXXXXX” is the name of the template (as chosen by the brick master), and text which describes a constructions. (For example: “Exactly seven standard bricks, each of which is a different color”), as well as a standard reward and bonus reward amount, both of which are a positive amount of funds.

For the next 48 hours, the template request post remains active. Each Mini Figure may once remove a construction from their workbench which fits the requirements of the template request and make a comment about it on the story post. The comment must, as with the workbench, detail a name, a value and the composition in bricks for each construction. It is strongly encouraged to also include a link to a pictorial illustration, or at least a textual description of how the bricks fit together. The mini figure may then increase their funds by the standard reward for the template request. A mini figure who does this is said to have completed the template request.

After 48 hours, the template request ceases to be active. The Brick Master may then once within the next 48 hours make a comment on the story post mentioning one mini figure who completed the template request, whom the brick master believes best fulfilled the template request. That mini figure’s funds are then to be increased by the bonus reward for the template request.

I’d like to propose a special gift-exchange rule for the 25th of December.  But I need help figuring out the parameters.  This is also an opportunity, if you don’t like the idea in general, to let me know before I go to the trouble of proposing it.  The idea is a version of the Prisoner’s Dilemma, and the gist is as follows.

Add a rule titled Gift Exchange:

Before the 24th of December 2010, the Brick Master may group all active Mini Figures into Sets of two or three such that each Mini Figure belongs to exactly one Set.  Within these parameters, the Brick Master may place Mini Figures into Sets according to any method that the Brick Master chooses.

On the 24th of December 2010, the Brick Master may create a story post stating which Mini Figures belong to which Set.

Before the 26th of December 2010, each Mini Figure may choose to either Give or Withhold a gift for other members of that Mini Figure’s Set.  The Mini Figure may Give by sending the Brick Master a private message with the subject “Give.”  The Mini Figure may Withhold by sending the Brick Master a private message with the subject “Withhold.”  Failure to send such a message shall be interpreted as Withholding.  If one Mini Figure attempts both to Give and Withhold, this shall be interpreted as Withholding.

After the 25th of December 2010, but before the 28th of December 2010, the Brick Master may create a Story Post stating whether each Mini Figure has Given or Withheld.  After this Story Post has been posted, the following three conditions apply:

- If all Mini Figures within a Set have Given, then each Mini Figure within that Set may gain up to 25 Value.

- If all Mini Figures within a Set have Withheld, then each Mini Figure within that Set shall lose 10 Value.

- If at least one Mini Figure within a Set has Given, and at least one Mini Figure within that Set has Withheld, then all Mini Figures within that Set who have Withheld may gain up to 10 Value, and all Mini Figures within that Set who have Given shall lose 50 Value.

Any Mini Figure who communicates their intentions to Give or Withhold to any other Mini Figure before the 26th of December 2010 shall lose 60 Value.

If this rule would cause any Mini Figure’s Value to decrease below 11, then instead it shall cause that Mini Figure’s Value to decrease to exactly 11.

If the Proposals titled “Hard Hats” or “Grab bag!” failed, this Proposal does nothing.

Enact the effect of the proposal titled “Grab Bag!”, ignoring the contingent on rule “Hard Hats” and replace “In the rule Hard Hats, after” with “In the rule Currency, after”.

If the Proposals titled “Hard Hats” and “Grab bag!” both failed, this Proposal does nothing.

Enact the effect of the proposal titled “Grab Bag!”, ignoring the contingent on rule “Hard Hats” and replace “In the rule Hard Hats, after” with “In the rule Currency, after”.

If the rule Hard Hats doesn’t exist, this proposal does nothing

In the rule Hard Hats, after

Funds can be used to buy bricks. A mini figure may buy a brick by reducing their funds by the value of the brick that they wish to purchase. There is a wiki page entitled Toybox. The Toybox page is split into two section for each Mini Figure - The Bucket and The Workbench. The bricks owned by each Mini Figure are tracked in the Bucket section of the Toybox page.

add

Some bricks are marked as assorted. If a mini figure chooses to buy an assorted brick, he may choose to only pay 80% (rounded up) of the value. He may not specify a color if he does this, instead after purchasing the brick he must role a DICEN where N is the number of colors available for that brick. The color of brick will be the result of the dice rule used as an index to the list of available colors, sorted alphabetically. (So if the colors are Red, Blue and Green a DICE3 is rolled and 2 would make the result Green).

If “Flat Bricks” is a subrule, append the following

Flat Bricks are assorted

After

The Value of a standard brick is equal to its size.

in the rule “Bricks” add

Standard bricks are assorted

If the Proposal titled “Basic Height” failed, this Proposal does nothing.

To the rule entitled Bricks, add a subrule entitled Flat Bricks:

A flat brick is one third of the height of a standard brick (i.e. it has a height of 1/3). Otherwise a flat brick has the same qualities and is subject to the same restrictions as a normal brick.

If the Proposal titled “Additional values” passed, this Proposal does nothing.

Add the following to the end of the rule entitled Bricks:

All standard bricks are considered to have a height of 1.

Non-standard bricks are listed as sub-rules to this rule.

Add a new rule to the ruleset, entitled Currency:

Each Mini Figure has a quantity of Funds, which is tracked in the GNDT. New Mini Figures start with 100 Funds.

Funds can be used to buy bricks. A mini figure may buy a brick by reducing their funds by the value of the brick that they wish to purchase. There is a wiki page entitled Toybox. The Toybox page is split into two section for each Mini Figure - The Bucket and The Workbench. The bricks owned by each Mini Figure are tracked in the Bucket section of the Toybox page.

Add a new rule to the ruleset, entitled Construction:

Mini Figures may combine three or more of their bricks to form a Construction. Bricks that have been used to form a construction are removed from the Bucket section of the Toybox page and the construction is added to the Workbench section of the same page. The Workbench section must detail a name, a value and the composition in bricks for each construction. The base value of a construction is strictly equal to the sum of the values of the bricks used in its composition. As a weekly action, a Mini Figure may sell one of their Constructions by removing it from their section of the Toybox page and adding its value to their Funds.

The value of a construction may be affected by any of a number of modifiers. These are detailed a subrule to this rule.

Add a subrule to the rule called Construction, entitled Value modifiers:

The following value modifiers apply to all constructions:

* Big
Criteria: The base value of the construction is 500 or more.
Effect: Value x2

* Little
Criteria: The base value of the construction is 10 or less.
Effect: Value x0.75

* Uniform
Criteria: All of the bricks involved in the construction are the same colour.
Effect: Value +10

No idea where Josh is taking this and he already used up his proposals, so here are my thoughts, still need to iron out brick placing:

There exists a wikipage called The Workbench. It is split into two sub categories, The Creation and The Toybox. The Toybox consists of a list of bricks, with any necessary quantifiers specified (such as the color and size) as well as a quantity for each brick in the list. If the quantity is ever zero, the Brickmaster may remove it from the list. If the sum of the quantities of each brick in the list is ever less than five times the number of active Mini Figures, the Brickmaster may increase the quantity of bricks in the list or add new bricks (with a non-negative quantity) to the list provided the sum of the quantities remains less than five times the number of active Mini Figures. The Creation consists of a list of bricks and their location in space. Their location is specified by a pair of triples. (x1, y1, z1) and (x2, y2, z2). x2 - x1 must be equal to the width of the brick, y2 - y1 must be equal to the length of the brick, and z2 - z1 must be equal to the height of the brick. Furthermore, z1 < z2 and z1 cannot be negative and no two bricks can intersect. (This is where I'm having trouble. Need a clear definition of what this means).

Can I be unidled for this?

If a rule entitled Bricks exists, add the following to the end of the rule:

All standard bricks are considered to have a height of 1.

Non-standard bricks are listed as subrules to this rule.

Add the following as a subrule, entitled Flat Bricks:

A flat brick is one quarter of the height of a standard brick (i.e. it has a height of 0.25). Otherwise a flat brick has the same qualities and is subject to the same restrictions as a normal brick.

Add the following as a subrule, entitled Hinge Bricks:

A hinge brick has a height of 0.25.

A hinge brick must have the following qualities:

* Colour - a hinge brick may be any of the colours available to standard bricks
* A size, which is the number of bumps on top of the brick
* Dimensions. The dimensions of a hinge brick are 2x[y], where [y] is the length of the brick. The width of a hinge brick is always 2. [y] multiplied by 2 must always be equal to the hinge brick’s size.

The hinge on a hinge brick always runs along its length between the two rows of its width. The value of a hinge brick is always its size multiplied by 2.

I request to be unidled. =)

Add a new rule to the ruleset, entitled Bricks:

A standard brick has the following properties:

* A colour, which must be one of Black, Blue, Green, Grey, Orange, Purple, Red, White or Yellow
* A size, which is the bumps on the top of the brick
* Dimensions, which are recorded in the form [z]x[y], where [z] and [y] are the brick’s dimensions along its length and width. [z] multiplied by [y] must always equal the same number as the brick’s size.

The Value of a standard brick is equal to its size.

Repeal all dynastic rules. Throughout the ruleset, change Divinity to Mini Figure and Imperatrix to Brickmaster.

I’d like to join for the next dynasty.

I would like to rejoin the game, seems like the dynasty is about to change over.

I want to join in next dynasty if that’s cool.

Do I just put this here and let the admins work their magic, or is there more to it than that?

Thelas goes idle. Quorum is unchanged.

Assuming that the DoV passes (and it’s only been a few hours so this may be presumptuous, but I’d want to keep things moving fairly slickly if it did), I have a couple of ideas for dynasties but nothing I’m devotedly wedded to. Anyone have anything they’d particularly like to see?

My two main ideas right now are: a post-revolutionary theme, in which BlogNomic is a country that has recently overthrown the shackles of colonial oppression only to fall under the rule of a thuggish and despotic strongman (i.e. me) - the players are intellectuals, artists and politicians trying to overthrow me and bring about a democratic transition (or an autocracy in their own name…)

OR

A Rube Goldberg device-like dynasty based around lego bricks. I mostly like this because I like the idea of having the BlogNomic header in lego bricks.

But I’m very much open to suggestions.

Change the text of Rule 1.6 Calls for Judgement to

If two or more Divinities actively disagree as to the interpretation of the Core Rules of the Ruleset, or if a Divinity feels that an aspect of the game needs urgent attention, then any Divinity 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 Divinities may cast Votes on that CfJ to indicate agreement or disagreement with the position taken in that CfJ. Unfailed CfJs continue until they reach a Quorum of FOR Votes, a Quorum of AGAINST Votes, or if there is no hiatus going on, until four days have passed since they were posted, and if there is a hiatus going on until two days have passed since they were posted. 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 Core Rules in the Ruleset as specified. Otherwise, the CfJ fails. A Failed CfJ has no further effect.

Any CfJ that has no effect on the Core Rules of the Ruleset or gamestate may be automatically failed by any admin.

As per rule 2.8

As Josh has noted in his DoV, CfJs can currently be passed instantaneously. This is a matter that needs our urgent attention.

To fix this, in rule “Calls for Judgment”, change “until four days have passed” to “until four days have passed since they were posted”, and “until two days have passed” to “until two days have passed since they were posted”.

Also, immediately fail all DoVs, and add a rule entitled “Victory”

The Divinity named Josh has achieved victory.

I have achieved victory per rule “Victory”.

As Josh has noted in his DoV, CfJs can currently be passed instantaneously. This is a matter that needs our urgent attention.

To fix this, in rule “Calls for Judgment”, change “until four days have passed” to “until four days have passed since they were posted”, and “until two days have passed” to “until two days have passed since they were posted”.

Also, immediately fail all DoVs, and add a rule entitled “Victory”

The Divinity named Purplebeard has achieved victory.

Two scams at work here, either or both of which may be pushing my luck, but here we go.

First, the CfJ. The rules on passing CfJs state that:

All Divinities may cast Votes on that CfJ to indicate agreement or disagreement with the position taken in that CfJ. Unfailed CfJs continue until they reach a 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.

The vulnerability here is that the rule doesn’t specify what the four days are relative to; the posting of the CfJ, the start of the dynasty, my cat dying, anything. I’m interpreting it as four days having passed ever, and if this DoV passes (and even if it doesn’t) then that should probably be fixed fairly urgently.

The second scam is clearer. I created a child named “The first Divinity to Meddle with this mortal achieves Victory”, then meddled with it. As the child is gamestate, and its name is also gamestate, that means that its name is interpretable as a condition as well as a generic signifier. I successfully fulfilled its conditions and thus achieved my win.

This does rely on an acceptance of my interpretation of Purplebeard’s attempted birth block, but again, that should be pretty clear: if Svetlana was not gamestate then the CfJ against her was illegal and she should have just been removed. The CfJ existed at all because her status was debatable, and in that regard she should be considered to remain gamestate until legally removable.

I meddle with the cumbersomely-named The first Divinity to Meddle with this mortal achieves Victory.

I blocked today’s birth in an attempt to speed up this Age. I will quickly explain why I think this action is legal, as some may disagree:

1. Since Planned Parenthood is still pending, Svetlana Tarpova still appears on the Mortals page, even though she was (arguably) added illegally. I would argue that in the real gamestate, she does not exist. If we accept this premise, there are fewer than half-quorum non-dead Mortals, and I can roll a die to create a new child as per ‘Circle of Life’.

2. After I have rolled the die, I “may then create a new Child mortal” (emphasis mine). I choose not to. Since I still performed the first part, no one else is permitted to create a new Child today.

If anyone wants to CfJ me on either of these points, be my guest.

Reword “The End of the Age of Mortals [II]” to the following:

Divinities may have one or more Aspects, which denote their achievements in the previous Age. Aspects are tracked in the Lingering Effects column of the GNDT.

Immediately after the Age is advanced for the first time, Divinities receive all the Aspects for which they meet the eligibility criteria detailed after the Aspect’s name. For these purposes (and only for these purposes), the gamestate as it was just before the Age was advanced is taken into account. Any Aspect whose eligibility calls for a Divinity to have performed an action or possess a certain status more than any other Divinity is available to all parties who share the highest place in the event of a tie.

* Trickster - participated in more Meddling posts (by making the post and/or an Uplifting or Tormenting Comment) than any other Divinity
* Demiurge - ended the Age of Unreason with a ++ in the Material plane
* Smith - ended the Age of Unreason with a ++ in the Domestic plane
* Muse - ended the Age of Unreason with a ++ in the Ephemeral plane
* Judge - ended the Age of Unreason with an N in all planes
* Manipulator - ended the Age of Unreason with a higher Prominence than any other Divinity
* Love - caused two Mortals to be each other’s Spouse as the result of a meddling
* Betrayer - caused at least one Mortal to become Dead as the result of a meddling
* Hope - made more legal Uplifting Comments than any other Divinity
* Despair - made more legal Tormenting Comments than any other Divinity
* Sloth - neither increased nor spent Prominence, nor initiated or legally commented upon a Meddling post, during the Age of Unreason

Reword “The End of the Age of Mortals [II]” to the following:

Divinities may have one or more Aspects, which denote their achievements in the previous Age. Aspects are tracked in the Lingering Effects column of the GNDT.

Immediately after the Age is advanced for the first time, Divinities receive all the Aspects for which they meet the eligibility criteria detailed after the Aspect’s name. For these purposes (and only for these purposes), the gamestate as it was just before the Age was advanced is taken into account. Any Aspect whose eligibility calls for a Divinity to have performed an action or possess a certain status more than any other Divinity is available to all parties who share the highest place in the event of a tie.

* Trickster - participated in more Meddling posts (by making the post and/or an Uplifting or Tormenting Comment) than any other Divinity
* Demiurge - ended the Age of Unreason with a ++ in the Material plane
* Smith - ended the Age of Unreason with a ++ in the Domestic plane
* Muse - ended the Age of Unreason with a ++ in the Ephemeral plane
* Judge - ended the Age of Unreason with an N in all planes
* Victory - ended the Age of Unreason with a higher Prominence than any other Divinity
* Love - caused two Mortals to be each other’s Spouse as the result of a meddling
* Betrayer - caused at least one Mortal to become Dead as the result of a meddling
* Hope - made more legal Uplifting Comments than any other Divinity
* Despair - made more legal Tormenting Comments than any other Divinity
* Sloth - neither increased nor spent Prominence, nor initiated or legally commented upon a Meddling post, during the Age of Unreason

Here, a child was created as per 2.4.2. However, there has been some debate as to whether it was legal.

The action was performed under the assumption that there were fewer existing mortals than half-quorum. At present, quorum is 9; the current 4 mortals is thus strictly less than 9/2.

However, 3.2.1 gives us “Unless otherwise specified, game variables defined to hold numeric values can hold only non-negative integers” - there is no contrary specification here. This is a variable stat that affects the game, so it can be seen to be a game variable; there may be some debate over whether it “holds” a value, rather than just popping into an out of existence when needed. The same rule also gives us “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.” The rule only implies that the result of the division should be an integer if we accept that the first clause applies, but if it does then half-quorum is considered to be 4 rather than 9/2.

So: if this CfJ passes, remove Svetlana Tarpova from the list of mortals, and change the word “hold” in the first above-specified clause from rule 3.2.1 to “hold or return”.

Had to take a week off to travel, and feeling a bit out of the game now—have fun with it.  Quorum drops to 8.

If the Proposal titled “Let Kids Be Kids” failed, this Proposal does nothing.

In Rule 2.4.2 Circle of Life, add the following to the beginning of the second paragraph:

Let “half of Quorum” be any real number which is exactly one-half of Quorum.

In Rule 2.4.2 Circle of Life, replace the entire text with the following:

Every Monday, if there exist any Adult Mortals, and if no Divinity has done so that day, any Divinity may choose a random Adult Mortal.  That Mortal becomes Dead.  Every Wednesday, if there exist any Child Mortals, and if no Divinity has done so that day, any Divinity may choose a random Child Mortal.  That Mortal becomes an Adult. 

Every Friday, if there exist less than half of Quorum non-Dead mortals, and if no Divinity has done so that day, any Divinity may randomly choose an integer between 1 and 10, inclusive. They may then create a new Child mortal with any unused name [choice of the Divinity who creates it] and vulnerability according to this table:

  * 1-2: Ephemeral
  * 3-4: Material
  * 5-6: Domestic
  * 7: Ephemeral and Material
  * 8: Ephemeral and Domestic
  * 9: Material and Domestic
  * 10: Create two mortals instead, by the same process.

Her name is Svetlana Tarpova.

Status: Child
Spouse: None
Legacy: None
Vulnerability: Material

Ed has trouble finding a word that rhymes with ‘orange’. He prays to the Gods for guidance.

Change my name to Subrincinator.

Append to Rule 2.4.3 (Playthings)

If, at the end of a meddling, the Divinity that made the Meddling Post (the Meddler) neither Uplifted or Tormented the Plaything, then the Meddler may increase their Prominence by up to VII within the next 24 hours if an equal number of Divinities Uplifted and Tormented the Plaything, otherwise any Divinity may decrease the Meddler’s Prominence by up to V within the next 24 hours.

If, and the end of a meddling, the Meddler Uplifted or Tormented the Plaything, the Meddler may increase their Prominence by up to III within the next 24 hours if more Divinities Uplifted the Plaything than Tormented him or vice versa, otherwise any Divinity may decrease the Meddler’s Prominence by up to II.

Amend Rule 2.2 by replacing

As a weekly action, a Divinity may Manifest, and add X to their Prominence.

with

As a weekly action, a Divinity may Manifest, and add V to their Prominence.

Amend Rule 2.4.3 by replacing

  * If the comment includes the word “Torment” and the Divinity has a Negative Influence in one of the spheres affecting the Plaything, they Torment the Plaything and may increase their Prominence by up to V.
  * If the comment includes the word “Uplift” and the Divinity has a Positive Influence in one of the spheres affecting the Plaything, they Uplift the Plaything and may increase their Prominence by up to X.

with

  * If the comment includes the word “Torment” and the Divinity has a Negative Influence in one of the spheres affecting the Plaything, they Torment the Plaything and may increase their Prominence by up to III.
  * If the comment includes the word “Uplift” and the Divinity has a Positive Influence in one of the spheres affecting the Plaything, they Uplift the Plaything and may increase their Prominence by up to VI.

Reduce every Divinity’s Prominence by 30%, rounded down.

In the rule 2.4.2 Circle of Life, change the following:

Every Monday, if there exist less than half of Quorum mortals

to:

Every Tuesday, if there exist less than half of Quorum non-Dead mortals

In the rule 2.4.3 Playthings, change the following:

As a weekly action, if no other Divinity has done so within the past 12 hours, a Divinity may meddle with a mortal by spending V Prominence to create a Story Post

to:

As a weekly action, if no other Divinity has done so within the past 12 hours, a Divinity may meddle with a mortal by creating a Story Post

Johnny ages rapidly as he is blown sky-high by the gas explosion lit by the Divinity Consus.  He finally lands on firm ground, an older man and wiser.  But as he walks towards home, eager to greet Ma and Pa again, he notices a dog-specific well and peers inside.  There, at the bottom of the well, Johnny sees the worm-eaten remains of his faithful collie Sassie.  Nibbles the squirrel sits on a branch above Johnny and eyes him with a very cheeky look.  A tear drips down Johnny Generic’s face as he considers how he may best honor the legacy and sacrifice of Sassie.  He lifts his eyes heavenward and prays for guidance.

As you may have noticed, I haven’t been too active lately. I’m a bit consumed with some hobby projects at the moment. It was fun playing with you guys, I’ll probably be back eventually. Idle me please.

Enact a new rule entitled “Rites” reading:

When a Mortal’s Spouse is set and it was previously blank, the Prominence of the Divinity with the same Old Name as that Mortal’s Legacy is increased by I. When two Mortals’ Spouses are set to each other, they were previously blank, and both Mortals have the same Legacy, the Prominence of the Divinity with the same Old Name as their Legacy is increased by an additional III.

When a Child Mortal becomes Adult, the Prominence of the Divinity with the same Old Name as that Mortal’s Legacy is increased by IV. When an Adult Mortal becomes Dead, the Prominence of the Divinity with the same Old Name as that Mortal’s Legacy is increased by II.

Reword the first paragraph of “Fair Play” to the following:

The following are BlogNomic’s rules of fair play. If any of these rules are found to have been broken, or if a Divinity’s behaviour or actions are otherwise deemed unacceptable (socially or otherwise), a proposal or CfJ may be made to reprimand or punish the perpetrator or, in cases of extreme or repeated violations, remove them from the game and bar them from rejoining.

Add to “Playthings”:

If, at the end of a meddling, the number of Divinities that Uplifted the Plaything is greater than or equal to twice the number of Divinities that Tormented the Plaything, that Plaything’s Patron may, if the Plaything is an Adult without a Spouse, make them the Spouse of another Adult mortal without a Spouse and vice versa.

If, at the end of a meddling, the number of Divinities that Tormented the Plaything is greater than or equal to twice the number of Divinities that Uplifted the Plaything, that Plaything’s Nemesis may set the status of that Plaything to Dead.

Also, while we’re here, in the same rule change “a Divinity may meddle with a mortal” to “a Divinity may meddle with a non-dead mortal”.

If the Proposal titled “I Knew Him, Horatio.” failed, this Proposal does nothing.

Remove from “Ages” the following: “The Divinity who had the highest value for Prominence at the end of an Age is considered to be the Optimus Divinity for the next Age.” and “Whenever two or more Divinities are tied for the highest value in prominence, the current Optimus Divinity will remain the Optimus Divinity for the next Age.

Add to “The Prophecy of the Gatekeeper ”: