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Ordinances. There shall be two types of ordinances: regular ordinances and fantasy rules. Fantasy rules shall have no effect on play except as provided for in the regular ordinances.
Membership. Any person may become a member of this committee by posting in the committee forum a statement of intent to join. A member may resign from the committee at any time.
Starting a Round and posting Rules. Whenever a round of play ends, a new round should begin as soon as possible thereafter. The (new) Judge shall determine the exact time of the start of the round, and e may also suggest a theme for the round and nominate a member to post the first fantasy rule.
Eligibility to play. Only those persons eligible to play may post fantasy rules.
(a) The Judge is not eligible.
(b) At the start of the round, all members except the judge become eligible for 14 days, and all authorship caps are revoked.
(c)At the judge's discretion, a new member who joins the committee during the first 14 days of a round may be considered to have been a member at the beginning of the round for eligibility purposes.
(d)When a valid rule is posted, the author's eligibility is extended to 14 days after its posting, and e receives an authorship cap if e does not already have one. Also, if more than 14 days have elapsed since the start of the round, then every other eligible member with an authorship cap has eir eligibility extended to a minimum of 4 days after the rule's posting, to give em adequate time to respond.
(e) When an invalid rule is posted, the author's eligibility is reduced by 2 days.
(f) If two or more persons are eligible to play, and they all become ineligible simultaneously, then each of them becomes eligible for one more day (excluding those without authorship caps, unless this would exclude all of them).
End of Game. If at any time after the fourteenth day of a round, there is only one person eligible to play, then
(a) all current fantasy rules are repealed
(b) the round ends
(c) the sole remaining player is declared winner of the just ended round and becomes Judge.
Judge. The Judge is responsible for interpreting the ordinances and determining the validity of fantasy rules. If a fantasy rule is inconsistent with itself, previously posted valid fantasy rules, or the regular ordinances, then the Judge shall declare that rule invalid or unsuccesful, otherwise e shall declare it valid.
(a) Resignation. The Judge may resign if e appoints a successor who agrees to serve as Judge until the end of the round.
(b) If, after the conclusion of any round, the new Judge does not announce the start time of the next round for 18 days, then any player may become Judge by submitting an announcement to the committee forum of the exact start time and, optionally, a theme, for the next round, and that round begins at the indicated time.
A fantasy rule can only be declared unsuccesful if the only rule or rules it is inconsistent with are other fantasy rules for which it is reasonable to assume that the poster of the rule had not seen them before e posted the rule.
Style Points. For each fantasy rule posted, the Judge shall award X points, where -3<=X<=3. The Judge may use any criteria e sees fit for such awards. After the end of a Round, the Judge of that Round can still during the following week award Style Points to Fantasy Rules of that Round for which e has not done so. The Wizard can award Style Points as the Judge can, except e is limited to -1<=X<=1 and cannot award Style Points for eir own rules.
The Wizard. One week after a Round ends or when all Fantasy Rules of that Round have been awarded Style Points after that Round ends, the Player who was awarded the most Style Points, other than the new Judge, is the Wizard in the next Round.
Restrictions on Judge's Power. The decision of the Judge may be changed if a proposal is made to do so and that proposal receives a two-thirds affirmative vote of the members voting on that proposal within six (6) days after the posting of that proposal.
Default. If the Judge does not declare judgment of a fantasy rule within six (6) days after its posting, e shall be considered then to have decided and declared that rule valid.
Amendment. The regular ordinances may be amended if a proposal is posted to do so and said proposal receives a two-thirds (2/3) affirmative vote of the members voting on that proposal within seven (7) days after the posting of that proposal.
Overrule. The regular ordinances may be overruled for a single round if a proposal is posted to do so and said proposal receives a two-thirds (2/3) affirmative vote of the members voting on that proposal within three (3) days after the posting of that proposal.
Where to Do Things. All actions under these rules must be accomplished by a public posting in the official committee forum. The Judge may determine the location and nature of the official committee forum.