Test of the Kingmaker

Overview

In the Test of the Kingmaker, you will try to predict, and even influence, who will win such elections.

Principles

• Register as a Demi-Pharaoh candidate (at a Voting Booth, not the University)
• Participate in three rounds of Demi-Pharaoh elections (see below)
• Make Three Forecasts as Kingmaker (at a Voting Booth)

Demonstrate the Principle

Be a lawmaker.

Demonstrated by Eldrad in Pyramid Lake on 2008-12-24.

Details

New for Tale 4, becoming a Demi-Pharaoh does not give a test pass. Instead, players must forecast which players will win the elections.

As of this writing, passings will take place on Sundays. Teppy announced to change it to directly after the DP election once he is confident in the pass code. There will be 3 passes after each DP election. To pass the test you need to collect points. There is a new option to voting booths to let you see past expectations that gave you points, and future expectations.

Scoring is based on 1000 points for being the first to correctly expect the winner, then 875 for being #2, 777 for being #3, and so on. Quote from system chat log: "For math geeks: The general formula is 7000/(place+6)"

So the Test of the Kingmaker is one of the competitive passes.

Demi-Pharaoh Elections

Timing

Demi-Pharaoh election periods are announced via the Calendar, approximately once a month. Players may sign up during the specified time (generally 48 hours) at a Voting Booth.

• Players may also sign up to be enrolled in upcoming elections automatically.
• Players may also withdraw from an election (or all upcoming elections) at the booth.

Process

The election is a multi-step process.

1. All players who are signed up at the end of the election period are split into small groups of seven or fewer.
   • GMs may not participate.
   • Players must have been logged in within 7 days of the round starting.
2. For each round, group members share a chat channel for several days, for discussions.
   • Each participant may vote for one of the members of their group at a Voting Booth.
   • At the end of the round, the player with the most votes from the group advances. If there is a tie, no player advances.
3. This process continues until seven or fewer candidates remain.
4. An Egypt-wide election is then held in which all citizens may participate.
5. The candidate who receives the most votes in this election becomes a Demi-Pharaoh.

Powers

Each Demi-Pharaoh gains the ability to permanently ban up to seven people (character, not player) from Egypt.

• The ban applies to the character, not to the player. A player whose character is banned is free to create a new character.
• Demi-Pharaohs may not use their power to ban each other.
• At the moment, a Demi-Pharaoh must click on a person to ban them. This physical limitation is not intended to be a restriction on the ban power: if a Demi-Pharaoh requests that someone be banned, it will happen.

Term

Demi-Pharaohs are elected for life. There is no way to remove a Demi-Pharaoh from office once elected. However, a Demi-Pharaoh may be banned through the legal system in the usual manner. The legal system may not be used to limit the powers of a Demi-Pharaoh or interfere with the election process, however it may be used to extend powers.