Thursday, December 19, 2024

Proposal: Runners and Riders

Enacted popular 4-1. Josh

Adminned at 21 Dec 2024 18:16:22 UTC

Add the following as a third bullet point in the atomic action in the rule Races:

* Set each non-Slug Snail’s Pecking Order to be their current position on an list of Snails ordered from most to least Fame (with tied values sharing the same position, and subsequent values skipped to compensate).

In the rule The Award Ceremony, add the following to the end of the first paragraph:

Each Snail may have a Pecking Order; they default to not having a value for this statistic, and when a Snail becomes unidle their Pecking Order value is cleared, if they have one.

Change the first bullet point (removing all the subordinate bullet points beneath it) and the second bullet point of the atomic action in the same rule to read as follows:

* Amend the Fame of all Snails according to their individual Race Fame Modification, as described in the rule of the same name.

In the same rule, remove the last two paragraphs. Add the following as a subrule to the rule The Award Ceremony, called Race Fame Modification:

Any Snail whose Pecking Order is 2 or Higher is Scrutinised. Any Snails whose Pecking Order is one of the two lowest values is an Underdog, unless they are Scrutinised. All Snails who are neither Scrutinised nor Underdogs are Runners.

A Snail’s Race Fame Modification is defined according to the following table. A Snail’s Race Fame Modification is dictated by the criteria they met in the race mapped against their Pecking Order category; where a Snail met multiple Criteria they gain the Fame for all Criteria so met, amalgamated and applied as a single value. Any Race Fame Modification that would set a Snail’s Fame to a value below zero instead sets it to zero.

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Race Fame Modification
! Criteria || Scrutinised || Runner || Underdog
|-
| Finished in the lowest number of Plays || 2 || 4 || 8
|-
| Finished in the second lowest number of Plays || 1 || 3 || 6
|-
| Finished in the third lowest number of Plays || 1 || 2 || 4
|-
| Finished in the fourth lowest number of Plays or lower || 0 || 1 || 2
|-
| Did not finish || -100 || 0 || 1
|-
| Has a Status of Healthy || 1 || 2 || 2
|}

Continuing the theme that the ruleset is currently too rich-get-richer: tilting Fame such that it benefits those furthest behind rather than those furthest ahead.

Comments

GetPunnedOn:

19-12-2024 21:44:43 UTC

-100?!?
against for now, especially with the game being so rng based as is when it comes to predators

Josh: Mastermind he/they

19-12-2024 22:02:23 UTC

NB “Any Race Fame Modification that would set a Snail’s Fame to a value below zero instead sets it to zero”. Also for any players who aren’t Fame Leaders this is strictly better than the status quo.

GetPunnedOn:

19-12-2024 23:36:52 UTC

I mean, it would still be a 60% chance of a reset per race.
That’s literally the only thing i dislike about this proposal.
Just make it -2 or something.

Habanero:

20-12-2024 01:05:38 UTC

The -100 only applies to Scrutinised Snails, which are those with the most Fame. It’s very similar to the Fan Favourite mechanic right now, so voting against this because -100 is too much is a bit silly IMO. It’s strictly in your best interest to vote for this, having the lowest Fame and likely being an Underdog

JonathanDark: he/him

20-12-2024 02:12:22 UTC

for

CyberStella:

20-12-2024 16:24:07 UTC

for

Habanero:

21-12-2024 03:28:28 UTC

against

GetPunnedOn:

21-12-2024 16:28:57 UTC

imperial

GetPunnedOn:

21-12-2024 16:29:52 UTC

for IF jury doesn’t answer