Nomicro
| Micronational Nomic tournament | |
|---|---|
| Proprietors | Horatio Eden, Anthony Clark |
| Date established | 2nd January, 2017 |
| Game information | |
| Administrator (elected position) | Horatio Eden |
| Players | 7 Correct as of 2nd January, 2017, 21:02 UTC |
| Game rules (current session) | 47[1] Correct as of 2nd January, 2017, 21:02 UTC |
| Current session | Session One |
| Other information | |
| Skype link | Lounge |
Nomicro is an intermicronational tournament established by Horatio Eden and Anthony Clark. An any-time drop-in tournament of the game Nomic by philosopher Peter Suber in 1982, the crux of the game lies in the mutability of the rules of the game. The tournament itself starts off with only one rule: "Rules can only be changed by majority vote", and from there the players decide what the rules of the game are by majority vote. Additionally, the rule of majority vote rule-changing can also be changed by majority vote. The current game has forty-seven rules decided upon by the participants.
So far, the game is in its first session. The winner of the game, the first person to get three hundred points, will be crowned the "Picolas Cage" of that session.
Background
The idea for the game was conceived by Horatio Eden and Anthony Clark and came to life on January 2, 2017, gaining popularity shortly after the completion of a Texas holdem match with several of the same players in it as Nomicro grew to have. The players who migrated to the Nomic game from the holdem match were Emerson Rief (the winner of the poker game), Ava Neasa, Stephen Freayth, and Eden himself.
The game began with a summary by Eden of how it is played and the objective, and it was then publicized through a join link to several other Skype chatrooms. Several others joined, however most of them left, leaving a core group of seven - Eden (referred to as "Harius"), Clark, Rief (referred to as "Pinball"), Neasa, Freayth, James Frisch and Lucas Campos. However, the join link remains available for any interested potential participants.
Participants
| Name | Micronation of origin | Number of rules created | Points | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horatio Eden |  Free City-State of Edenopolis
|
14 | 15 | Current Administrator, game proprietor |
| Anthony Clark |  Republic of Mcarthia
|
5 | 5 | Proprietor of the game |
| James Frisch |  Principality of Beacon City
|
0 (since rule proposers were recorded) | 1 | N/A |
| Stephen Freayth |  Abeldane Empire and the Commonwealth
|
4 | 16 | N/A |
| Emerson Rief |  United States of Wings
|
10 | 15 | N/A |
| Lucas Campos |  State of Koss
|
2 | 2 | N/A |
| Ava Neasa |  State of Cinnamon Creek[?]
|
2 | 1 | Current Angel |
Rules
| Rule # | Rule | Proposer |
|---|---|---|
| 000 | Rules can only be changed by majority vote. | Present from game start |
| 001 | All greetings within the game must be either “what up” or “yo”. | |
| 002 | The only way to show agreement with a proposed rule is to say “same”. | |
| 003 | This game shall be known as Nomicro. | |
| 004 | Only Harius (Horatio Eden) can administrate to this document. Harius alone. No one else. | |
| 005 | The “Picolas Cage” image shall be the image of the Nomicro chat. | |
| 006 | Every successfully proposed rule earns the proposer 1 point. | |
| 007 | To win Nomicro, you must earn 300 points. | |
| 008 | Every time a proposal passes, at least one player must say “b*tches be crazy”. | |
| 009 | Every time someone leaves the chat, all players MUST say “pastrami”. | |
| 010 | There shall be an elected Administrator who decides what proposal is being voted upon. | |
| 011 | The ruleset shall name the proposer of each proposal. | Clark |
| 012 | The winner shall be known as the Picolas Cage until the next victor. If someone wins twice in a row, they shall be known as The Cage of Picles. | Campos |
| 013 | The Quorum required to pass new rules shall be the square root, rounded up, of the number of players. | Eden |
| 014 | Every time a rule is broken, the perpetrator loses one point, unless it is rule N008, in which case, everyone loses a point. | Campos |
| 015 | A player may be removed by a unanimous vote. | Clark |
| 016 | The winner of the previous game gets to create the first rule of the next game, which shall not be able to be repealed, replaced, or amended and must not be voted on. | Clark |
| 017 | Inactive players be removed at the Administrator's discretion. | Clark |
| 018 | The creation of the Angel, a position which rotates alphabetically daily and has the incumbent’s vote counted as two | Campos |
| 019 | Steve should be recognised as the Holy Roman Emperor of the world. | Freayth |
| 020 | The Administrator may pause the game at any time. During the paused state, no proposals may be heard until the Administrator unpauses the game. | Eden |
| 021 | The first person to say "b*tches be crazy" pursuant to Rule N008 shall receive one point. | Eden |
| 022 | Both Pinball (Emerson Rief) and Steve (Freayth) get a free point each. (One-time rule) | Eden |
| 023 | The phrase per Rule N008 may not be spoken until the Administrator announces the passage of a proposal. | Rief |
| 024 | If a player votes against their own proposal, all other players must call them a mug within three seconds. | Eden (amended later by Eden) |
| 025 | When leaving or taking a break, a player must say “hold my pickles”. | Freayth |
| 026 | Pinball (Emerson Rief) shall have the right to change the conversation picture, so long as it still remains a picture of pickles or Nicholas Cage. | Rief |
| 027 | If a vote has ended in a tie and Anthony Clark is not present, the vote passes by default. | Eden |
| 028 | I hate my life. | Freayth |
| 029 | Deleting messages in the Skype chat is punishable by a loss of two points. | Eden |
| 030 | If a person wins 3 consecutive points by saying “b*tches be crazy”, he loses 1 point and the count restarts. | Rief |
| 031 | Every thirty minutes of non-paused game time, the Administrator must take a roll call. Failure to achieve Quorum will require that the game be forcibly paused via Rule N020 until players are available. | Eden |
| 032 | Ayy lmao. | Rief |
| 033 | Harius (Horatio Eden) shall be responsible for keeping a record of points. | Clark |
| 034 | Inactive players be removed at the Administrator’s discretion. | Clark |
| 035 | Prior to midnight UTC, all players are allowed to give the name of one other player to the Adminstrator. If the name of one player is given to the Administrator as a majority, that player loses five points. | Eden |
| 036 | Ignorance of the rules is not an excuse for being bad. | Eden |
| 037 | Abstentions should be stylized as “no one cares m3.1415” | Rief |
| 038 | The Administrator must list the proposer of the current proposal when announcing it. | Eden |
| 039 | We are number one. | Rief |
| 040 | The Administrator may grant players awards, such as "grabs popcorn" from time to time. | Neasa |
| 041 | During the roll call required by Rule N031, players must answer “wrong” instead of “present” when announcing their presence. | Rief |
| 042 | Dallin shall be named “Alaska”, for funnzies. | Neasa |
| 043 | If a player utters the b*tch phrase after a vote they didn’t vote in, they lose one point. | Rief |
| 044 | No rule respecting how many times you can say the "b*tches be crazy" thing may be enacted. | Eden |
| 045 | Steve loses three points. (One-time rule) | Eden |
| 046 | Hahu | Freayth |