Each game of Superlative! will consist of a search for the player of Only a Game or The Minigame Court who fulfils the specified superlative condition. The player who posts a comment staking the most convincing claim to fulfilling this condition will be the winner of the game.
For example, a game of Superlative! might seek the tallest player of Only a Game/The Minigame Court. The tallest player who posts a comment staking their claim before the time runs out is the winner.
Other players may request verification by a method of their own choosing. The player staking a potentially winning claim may reject this method and appeal to the umpire for an alternative verification method.
Everyone who has ever read a post on either blog qualifies as a player. Claims must be staked prior to the specified cut off date, but the game does not end until any verification disputes are resolved.
For the Rules Lawyers
Definition of Player
Anyone who has ever read any post on either Only a Game or The Minigame Court qualifies as a player. Since anyone entering a game of Superlative! has read at least one post that meets that condition (the post announcing the game of Superlative!), no person participating can be excluded from this definition of player.
Verification
Other players may ask the leading claim to provide verification. The first player to propose a means of verification (after there is at least one posted claim) specifies the default verification condition.
For example, in a search for Tallest Player, someone might suggest posting a photograph of the potential winner with a tape measure in-shot as verification. This would then become the verification condition.
Absence of Verification Condition
If no-one posts a verification condition, all claims are automatically verified at the cut-off date.
Failure to Verify
Should a verification condition be given, verification of the leading claim must be completed or rejected within five days of the cut off date.
In the case of an invalidated claim, the verification proposal is inherited by the next in line for the win. Such a player shall have two days from the date of invalidation to provide verification, or to reject the proposal (see below). This shall continue until a winner has been found or all claims have been invalidated.
Rejection of Verification Proposals
Any player being asked to verify may formally reject the suggested verification technique by appealing to the umpire. The umpire will then suggest an alternative verification technique. This verification method will then be binding for the player who rejected the original proposal.
(The umpire will consider suggestions by other players in making this decision, but is not bound to choose such suggestions).
Should another claim come into contention via the invalidation of a prior leading claim, the player in question may choose to use the original verification proposal, or any umpire's alternative that has previously been proposed.
Umpire's Verification
The umpire may specify any method of verification in the event that the initial proposed verification condition is rejected by one or more players. Only one such alternative verification condition will be given.
Umpire's Fiat
The umpire may declare a claim summarily verified by umpire's fiat at any time (based upon umpire's judgement). Such claims are considered verified for the duration of the game, and need not meet any proposed verification condition. There is no appeal against umpire's fiat.
Absence of Valid Claims
If there are no valid claims, there shall be no winner.
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