Steemfield Totem

This is an extended rule set for a Totem game that I'm tentatively calling Steemfield. To get a general idea of the concept, see the previous post on totems.

What is the goal of Steemfield? To explore the boundaries of the digital landscape and take possession of as much Land as possible.

what's yours is mine and what's mine is my own - James Joyce

So how does Steemfield work? Well, we have two sets of rules. Meta-rules which cannot be changed (at any time) and game rules which can be adjusted over the course of the game by the players participating in the game. We'll use a similar framework as the prior post with some adjustments and additions based on feedback and initial gameplay for this specific Totem game.

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Steemfield Meta Rules:

1. The controller of the totem (Me) is not a player.
2. The controller of the totem must behave according to the rules established by the players and those established by the beginning of the game.
3. The person controlling the totem can dissolve the totem at any time thus ending the game.
4. The person may relinquish control of the totem to another person. The rules apply to the updated statuses of both people.
5. Rule changes occur once per round, each round is a minimum of three days (72 hours).
6. Rule changes are voted upon within proposals that the totem publishes. Every player can vote in favor of the proposal, against the proposal, or simply not vote.
7. The totem will publish the result of the vote after each three day period as well as the current rule set.
8. The proposal period will start immediately after a results post. The voting period will start immediately after a proposal post.

Steemfield Base Rules:

Participation

1. In order to become a player in the game, any user must delegate any amount of Steem Power to the totem.
2. Any player is free to leave the game at any time by removing their delegation from the totem.

Voting and Proposals

1. Only players can vote on rule changes.
2. The maximum amount of effective delegated power is 5 Steem Power.
3. The proposal for a rule change only passes if the total sum of voting weight in favor exceeds the voting weight against the rule change.
4. The voting weight of a player is the square of the effective delegated power.
5. A player's proposal will be accepted first by the amount of effective delegated power. If this is tied, then the oldest account in the game shall be granted preference.
6. A proposal period is 48 hours.
7. The voting period for a proposal is 24 hours.

Totem Behavior

1. The totem account cannot perform any operations outside of those specified in the meta rules and the rules.
2. The totem account may accept rewards from comments and posts.
3. The totem account is the final judge on rule interpretation and resolving conflicts in rule contradictions and conflicts. These resolutions will published be in the next results post.
4. The totem account may comment as they please, but can only post proposals and results.

Gameplay

1. Each player will be rewarded with 1 LAND after each round. This will be given from the oldest account to the newest account until LAND runs out.
2. The totem account will keep track of the LAND of each player and publish these in the results post.
3. There will be a total of 100 LAND total given away by the totem account.
4. The cap on total LAND is 100.
5. Any player to get 51 LAND wins the game.
6. Any player can gift LAND to any other player.

Rewards Allocation

1. The totem account must set all comments and posts to 50% SP / 50% SBD.
2. The winner of the game shall receive all liquid currency possessed by the totem when they win the game.

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So, there's the preliminary set of rules for Steemfield. These may or may not be the initial set of rules that we'll start with. I want to open things up to discussion to continue the refinement process of this game.

This post signals my intent to be the controller of a totem running the game "Steemfield". However, if at any point, someone else wants to start this game or any other game, I'm happy to aid or sit on the sidelines (or play). I'm not the busiest person, but do have responsibilities and life to attend to (thus the 3 day round).

Before starting the game, I'll have to automate some processes and describe implementation rules on how we are going perform certain actions within the game. This means the game won't for a little bit. (Maybe 10 days or so).

There will be future posts on updates as it relates to this game. This account will NOT be the totem. It will be another account which I will announce at a future period of time.