Another Rules game: MNOWAX and 3iff

[MatthewV]

Current players
bgg1996
3iff
Zag
carrier_of_the_arch
jesus_saves
MNOWAX


Rules, stolen and rehacked from binary digits.

All rules must be posted within 72 hours of the last rule posted, or 96 if it includes a weekend. The deadline will be rounded up to the nearest hour.
I will not personally buzz anyone for tardiness, but anybody else, even non-players, may.
If there is a reason worthy of an time extension, tell me before the deadline expires. Time will also be flexible around holidays and breaks. I will try to PM a reminder when you have about 24 hours left.

Your rule must follow itself and all the previous rules in that round. Players must go in the order in which they are listed. I'll try to keep the current and next players in the thread title whenever I get a chance to update
When a player breaks a rule, they are buzzed, that player is thrown out, all rules are declared invalid, and a new round begins: the next player in line posts the new Rule #1. After 72 hours from its posting a rule is immune to new buzzes. Whether a buzz is upheld is at my discretion, although I will listen to any arguments. Play should continue as normal whilst a buzz is being argued about.

Any player may challenge the last person who posted a rule. The rulemaker must then post another rule that meets all current rules, including her own, as though it was any future rule nominated by the challenger. If she can't do it she will be buzzed, if she can then the challenger will get a warning. 2 warnings will result in a buzz.

A player who posts a rule after the invalid one, but before the invalid one is buzzed, will not be penalized. However, that player's rule (along with the previous ones) will be voided when the new round begins.

Editing or deleting any post in this thread (except this one!) will result in a buzz. Don’t do it.

Any player may ask for a plain-English interpretation of a rule, if it is reasonable to believe that it is not clear. The clock will be reset once it is provided. Failure to provide one within 72 hours will result in a buzz to the rule maker.

Please do feel free to "buzz" anyone you catch breaking a rule, even if you are not actually playing.

Ambiguous rules will be given the tougher interpretation for the rulemaker, and the lenient one for the other players. In general, though, if the intent of your rule is clear from the way you have followed it then, if valid, that interpretation will be accepted.

All rules will cease to be binding after 25 subsequent rules (i.e the 26th rule does not need to obey the 1st, although you can if you like. This enables people to use limited lists as part of their rule without immediately being challenged)

Unless prohibited by a rule your posts may be any length. You may not make a rule, however, that would force other player's rules to be less than 15 or greater than 400 words.
Rules may not force players to only post at certain times of day.
Rules may not change any of the rules in this post.
Rules must impose a restriction on yourself.
Please put only your rule in a post. Double post if you must say something beyond. Signatures are not considered part of a post.
Buzzes and warnings may also be issued for jerkish behavior but I presume that will be unnecessary.

(A request, not a rule: Please don't let your rules get bogged down by English language grammatical minutiae. It doesn't make for a fun game, for either players or mod)
Rules Game XI Courk won, Duke Gnome mods
Rule Game IIX - ZutAlors! wins, MatthewV mods
Rule Game 7.99999999999999999 - Courk wins, mathgrant mods
Rule Game 7 Hichhiker wins, Duke Gnome mods
Rule Game 6.0 Navigator wins, groza528 mods
Rule Game v5.0groza528 wins, i_h8_evil_stuff mods
Rule Game 4.0groza wins, Hitckhicker mods
Rules Game back when it was carefree?

[MNOWAX]

/in for this insanity
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[bgg1996]

In.
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[3iff]

Potentially in...but I've no idea what this is all about so I'll read up a few previous games first...

[carrier_of_the_arch]

I just read the start of the last game...looks like fun!

/in

[Zag]

in

[3iff]

Read through the last game (looks completely mad!) and I guess I'll fail at the first fence but add me to the list...

For info, I'm AFK at the weekends.

[MatthewV]

The entire weekend effectively counts as one day for this game. Many people are not very active outside the normal working hours.

[MatthewV]

I think I will close the signups in about a day. A smaller game is easier to handle.

[j_s*]

/in.

[MatthewV]

OK...Lets get this party started! How about this order. It follows a pattern of some sort...

Oh, I will be away from this Friday afternoon to Sunday.

bgg1996
3iff
Zag
carrier_of_the_arch
jesus_saves
MNOWAX

[MatthewV]

Don't try to be too tricky... the devil of this game is in the details. It is more fun to follow six or seven rules than fall on something really challenging.

[bgg1996]

Rules must be exactly 9 words long, counting numbers.
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[carrier_of_the_arch]

*buzz
That violates the game rules in post#1 which says that you can't restrict to less than 15 words

[bgg1996]

O.O

I didn't see that rule.
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[3iff]

Looks like a valid buzz...if so, please confirm and I'll get my rule in...

[3iff]

Whoops, almost edited my previous post...

As it's been a few hours and no-one is saying anything, I'll assume that the previous rule has been buzzed and will submit my own rule. I'll be less tentative once I know what I'm doing.

[3iff]

Rule one, none of the words in any rule may begin and end with the same letter.

[MatthewV]

That wasn't a very interesting first buzz. But it was pretty obvious.

[Amb]

Missed the sign up. You need to start posting these games in red... haha

[Zag]

Rule three: Each rule must be numbered ... incorrectly.

[MatthewV]

Amb has been added to the game and then promptly buzzed out of it for not signing up. If this one goes well, I will consider running another in a few months.

[Zag]

I don't see any reason not to add him at the end. We haven't been all the way around, yet.

[Amb]

Dont worry about it. I'll join the next one

[3iff]

I've no objections if Amb is added to the list...as Zag says, we've only just started and just have three (oops, two) rules on the board.

[MatthewV]

Smaller rules games are actually better. I would rather run two small games than one long one. I don't have any serious objections to adding people.

Except that adding Amb to the end of the list would break the alphabetical ordering of the last letters. But that is minor!

[carrier_of_the_arch]

Rule seventeen: Each rule must end with the words my apricot tree. These may be randomly tagged on like my apricot tree.

[carrier_of_the_arch]

Btw I'm fine with including Amb as well...but that's up to the mod to decide

[MNOWAX]

I'm fine with adding him.
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[j_s*]

also fine with adding AMB. And he just makes your list circular; it starts over, at the bottom. Still mostly alphabetical.

Just as an FYI, I m heading to an ultimate tournament in Wildwood NJ this weekend; I ll have internets at the beach house, but I just want to give a heads up if I dont post as quickly as you might like.

[j_s*]

rul3 tw3nty f0ur: 0ne v0wel fr0m e4ch w0rd h4s t0 b3 typ3d num3rically, 3xcepting th3 3nd phr4se: my peach tree.

[j_s*]

oh no! I m an idiot! my apricot tree.

*stupidity buzz*

[groza528]

I didn't see this in a cursory glance at the game rules, but it might be prudent to require players to log in to post their rules.

[jesus_saves]

To be fair, that was me and that was my stupidity mistake. I m just lazy about logging in.

[MatthewV]

I have the almost unused power of IP checking so I really don't care too much.

But we will string jesus_saves up by a peach apricot tree.

[MNOWAX]

first rule will be there will be no punctuation in any rule this is called how mnowax normally types
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[Amb]

I'll sign up for the next one. I don't have as much time as I want. Failing that I will just buzz myself

Rule: All rules shall contradict all the rules posted by MNOWAX!

[Sentran]

Every time I look at this thread I feel the need to turn it into a drinking game.
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[groza528]

[MatthewV]

Thank you for updating the title. I didn't notice it was different until I went to edit it
I would only investigate an unregistered rule if some logged in and disputed the rule posted.