Proposal: Narcissism
Timed out 1 vote to 3 with 2 unresolved DEFs. Failed by Kevan.
Adminned at 14 Mar 2023 11:47:34 UTC
Create a rule called Pointers:
A cell is said to have a Pointer when it contains a “->” along with the name of a Runner; that name being said to be referenced by the Pointer. Cells that have a Pointer are not said to contain that Runner’s name, except for the purposes of this rule.
A runner’s Pointer Count is equal to the number of Pointers that are currently referencing their name.
Any Runner can Create a Pointer when they are in a cell with a value of “-”, or in a cell that has a Pointer.
When a runner Creates a Pointer, they set the value of the cell they are in to “->” followed by their name. Whenever a cell gets such a value, the referenced Runner increases their score by 5 multiplied their Pointer Count. Alternatively, if that Pointer was Created such that it overwrites another Pointer that references a Runner, they may instead transfer an amount of score from that Runner of up to 5 times the Pointer Count that the previously referenced runner had immediately prior to their Pointer being overwritten.
A Runner may not create a Pointer in a given cell if they have already done so in that cell since the most recent tick.
If “It’s a game of Tag, after all” failed, create a new rule called “Score”:
All Runners have a score, which is a publicly tracked non-negative integer defaulting to 0. If a Runner has a score that is at least 1,000 and is higher than any other Runner’s Score, they have achieved victory.
This is a low risk, low reward way of earning points over time. By announcing your position through labelling an empty cell, you score a number of points that gradually ramp up from a tiny value as you take more cells. If you steal a cell from someone else, you steal whatever score it’s worth for yourself. Once a stratum resets though, all the pointers get deleted. For reference, you need to take and hold 20 cells in a given stratum to win. If you only get a handful each stratum, it takes considerably longer; 3 cells each stratum can take 34 stratums to win.
Comments
Misty:
Missed opportunity to call this “The Other Kind Of Tag”
Misty:
Habanero:
SingularByte: he/him
This isn’t intended as the main way of scoring by any means - think of it more as a tie-breaker type score, where you’ll want to go for other ways of getting points (such as overflowing) and this is just a way of scraping by if you’re a little short.
Plus, ping already gives people a good hint at where you are and where you’re going.
Misty:
Darknight: he/him
Kevan: he/him
Raven1207: he/him