Zero

The first batch of missions has now been published.

If you are a Ludens, please familiarise yourself with the contents of this page and carry out any instructions not yet already completed. You will receive an invitation to join The Game when we think you are ready (usually after we have got a feel for your avatar’s character).

If you are a Sapiens, we still need your contribution: use the comment forms on this website to make suggestions for further missions and/or give feedback to the Ludens. Alternatively you can email them to

1 thing Jules de Gaultier said

Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality.

The missions list will be published tomorrow.

2 ways to contribute:

Sapiens? Ludens? Choose.

3 steps to entering The Game:

1. Complete the initial instructions.
2. Make yourself known.
3. Await an invitation.

Invitations will not be issued until after The Game starts on Thursday the 5th of June.
Steps 1 and 2 can be achieved now.
Do steps 1 and 2 now to leave you more time to complete your missions.

The 4 Ludic Ranks:

Ludens Inceptor

0 - 200

Ludens Medius

201 – 500

Ludens Excellens

501 – 1000

Ludens Ludens

1001+

You are currently unranked.

The 5 qualities by which you will be judged:

1. Character

   How you build and develop the physical material of your avatar, and also the personality you give to it.

2. Creativity

   The extent to which you use your imagination to redefine and reconfigure.

3. Collaboration

   How you work with other Ludens to accomplish goals.

4. Community

   How you make contributions to strengthen Emergent Game.

5. Cabaret

   We are at leisure. Entertain us.

Anticipating minor grumblings from Loki if we do otherwise, the squegglies will be distributed by a peer review system.

Each Ludens has a total of 100 squegglies they can award to other Ludens. You can award any number of squegglies to any number of Ludens, so long as a) the total is no more than 100 and b) no more than 40 squegglies go to Ludens on your own team.

You can decide your own criteria by which the other Ludens earn your squegglies.

All squegglies must be awarded by 10pm this Monday evening - please inform Yohmoh of your decision by whichever means you feel is appropriate.

Meanwhile, please continue to locate free intenet access for the Recon2 mission. (Some Sapiens have offered assistance in this matter.)

Now we need to lay more foundations for what will follow.
Now we need to map the resources available to us.

To be able to thoroughly investigate the world of the Sapiens and play The Game in real time we need to make good use of glowboxes and miniglowboxes as we move in, around and through the landscape. We need to appropriate the resources already out there so we can do this efficiently.

The Teams:

For this mission, we will be working in teams:

cheops’ pre-ops

@cross_triangle
@Dr_Boobly
@lepufo
@loki

pandahandstand

@buttachan
@furpile
@happysausage
@stainbear

Starfish Troopers

@appie
@Dave_the_mouse
@eliffant
@LeonHerring
@monkmad

• Squegglies will be awarded for good/innovative work.
• As new Ludens join us, you can recruit them to your team.
• Newly arrived Ludens must declare which team they have joined before they can contribute to the mission.
• You can only belong to one team and you cannot transfer between teams.
• There may be different teams for later missions in The Game, so play nice.

The Task:

Each team is responsible for locating and documenting as many forms of free Internet access as possible. This can either be through use of your own portable glowboxes, or by using Sapiens glowboxes provided for the purpose. Miniglowboxes if it’s something others can do to.

The Map:

@cross_triangle has shown us the way…

As team leaders secretaries @cross_triangle, @LeonHerring and @stainbear will be issued with instructions for editing the Recon2 map. You must decide whether to distribute this knowledge amongst the other team members and how to best coordinate efforts.

Use location markers and/or mark out areas as appropriate. Include relevant information such as connection name, log on details or opening times. Anything that might be useful for The Game.

To claim a resource for your team, you must also include a photo of a team member in that location. Both team member and location must be clearly identifiable. No duplications: each resource to be mapped only once.

Yohmoh shows you how (just a guide, of course):

Recon2 from yohmoh on Vimeo.

Again, take all necessary precautions not to reveal the identity of any Ludens.

The Timeframe:

This mission is important. It will run until the 1st of June. (Other assignments may also take place during this time.)

After The Game, we leave the map as a legacy; the map must therefore be simple enough for Sapiens to use.

Good luck, happy hunting.

Report back on Sunday with suggestions.

Dr_Boobly and Eliffant have set the precedent with their rucksack expeditions: we need roving avatars and we want to see what you see (hear/smell/taste/touch/think/feel etc etc).

• Use whatever means you feel is/are appropriate.
• Do not expose the identity of any Ludens.
• Be cautious of revealing your exact location.
• Pay particular attention to the things that may help you in The Game.
• Contact Yohmoh if you need to send in your documentation by email. He will provide you with an anonymous account.
• Ludens not on active assignment are responsible for support duties.

Friday 2nd of May: Appie
Saturday 3rd of May: Eliffant, Stainbear
Sunday 4th of May: Lepufo
Monday 5th of May: Loki
Tuesday 6th of May: Furpile
Wednesday 7th of May: Cross_triangle
Thursday 8th of May: LeonHerring