Defuse, not Refuse
BlogNomic: The Eleventh Dynasty of ais523 [Unofficial]
May 16, 2026
Remove all instances of the following throughout the Ruleset:
“or Refused that Design”
“The Creator of that Design (if they are not the Supervisor) scores half the number of Defusers who Refused that Design.”
“That Defuser did not Refuse that Design, and”
Repeal the rule “Refusing”.
Add the following text to the bottom of the rule “Claiming”:If a Defuser’s claim has been empty continuously for the past 48 hours, anyone may set their Claim to the Creator of a randomly chosen Design which was created since the round most recently changed, and which is not Complete and for which they are not on the Defusers who Failed.
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