Web
of
Trust
1.1
The Internet is a beautiful thing. Everybody wants to surf the Internet freely, right? Well, unluckily there are Viruses hiding everywhere just waiting to steal or destroy important data, cause harm to your computer, or use your hardware for their own purposes. The only solution is to create Webs of Trust, networks of people who trust each other and who know (or hope) the others won't try to infect your computer. The principle is simple: whoever is trusted by someone you trust, must be trustworthy.
This game takes place in two places simultaneously:
1. The World Wide Web. (The game thread)
2. The Web's of Trust. (Quicktopics)
1. The World Wide Web
In the main thread, everybody can discuss openly with everybody else.
At any time during the game you can
TRUST: Player X
. Trust is transitive, i.e. if you trust player X and player X trusts player Y, then you automatically trust player Y. If two players (e.g. X,Y) trust each other, a quicktopic will be created in which both of them may talk. Every player who is trusted by X (or equivalently, by Y) will be able to read, but not to write in that quicktopic. If a player trusted by X (or Y) trusts X (or equivalently Y), he/she will be able to post too, i.e. he/she will be added to the Web of Trust.N.B.:
You cannot Untrust
someone. Once you trust someone, you trust them.2. The Web's of Trust.
As soon as someone trusts a Player X, I will open a quicktopic in which only he/she can post. Player X will be allowed to read it (I will send them the link).
In each Web of Trust everyone who is trusted may read and everyone who is trusted
and
trusts the others may post. As soon as a Web of Trust reaches 5 Players trusting each other, one of two things happen:a) If there is at least one Virus in it, the Webs of Trust collapse and the all the quicktopics get closed. Every Trust will be reset.
b) If there is no Virus in it, the Internet Users win and the Viruses lose.
As soon as the Webs of Trust collapse for the fourth time, the Viruses win.
An existing Web of Trust can not be shut down in any way (except, of course, if it collapses).
EDIT (25.10.2010):
i) If two or more Webs of Trust would merge to form a new Web of Trust with 6 players in, then the players who were in the larger (in case of tie, the one who reached that size first) of the two groups decide on one player of the other group (by secret vote) to be excluded from the Web of Trust.
ii) If two or more Webs of Trust would merge to form a new Web of Trust with 7 players in, then the players in the two larger groups will decide (by secret vote) on one player outside of their group to be excluded from the Web of Trust.
iii) If two or more Webs of Trust would merge to form a new Web of Trust whith all 8 players in, no exclusion will take place and the Web of Trust will collapse.
R
OLES
:
x6Internet User wrote:Hi, -------.
You are a goodInternet User. Analyze the web closely and choose carefully the users you want to trust. Watch out for evil Viruses.
Post in thread to confirm.
x2Virus wrote:Hi, -------.
You are an evilVirus. Your goal is it to infiltrate and destroy all the Webs of Trust. Your fellow Virus is -------. The two of you may comunicate privately in this quicktopic: -------
Post in thread to confirm.
G
ENERAL
R
ULES
- This is a game. Have fun.
- Play to win.
- You may talk about this game only in The World Wide Web (that's to say this thread) and the Webs of Trust (that's to say, quicktopics I create for you).
- You may not edit or delete any posts of this thread.
- Do not quote or pretend to quote any private communication with me. This includes your role PM.
- Do not quote or pretend to quote any Quicktopic-post.
- Usually I will post in , do not use that color.bolded orange
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- Zodiark13
- Lady Lambdadelta (RedCoyote)
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