That covers me then.

There are two sides to this. Placing the requirement has benefits, like ensuring large numbers of rules. It also puts people off; some of us are good at coming up with a game to fit the rules, but not good at plucking rules out of thin air. More importantly, a lot of us enjoy the challenge of coming up with a game that will get played, but don't particularly enjoy trying to come up with rules on the spot when they likely won't even get used. If you're not such a person, you'll have to take my word for it.

Work on your tone. I said nothing to warrant your slanderous or libellous or whichever comments, and nor did miran.

Hehehe, hope it is not mine, people would really complain

I am quite doubtful that statement is true. If someone has a good idea and they want to submit it, they will. It's fun to contribute.

Making it a requirement will add more poor rules than great rules.

I really don't care all that much, I submitted about 6 rules before I even knew about the requirement. It's just so stupid that I need to know why you added it. It still sounds stupid even after you explain it.

Forcing != Encouraging people to help in the creative process. Adding this feature was encouraging, forcing was discouraging. It was very encouraging to add stupid rules, as it was demonstrated in many of the dumb rules that have been added.

No one is being forced to add a rule!

If you want to sign up now you have to add a rule. Why? Because if you sign up now you are likely to forget about the SpeedHack until the time comes. By forcing early registrants to enter some rules, I am eliminating the possibility that they don't add rules out of neglect.

I'll admit that even I am the type of person that will do the bare requirements to meet a condition. If I can click a button to register, that's all I'll do—even if I'm fully capable of coming up with some rules. The restriction is in place to get people like myself to add a rule.

If in the end, you want to sign up the day before the competition without entering a rule, you are more than welcome. People are making a big deal out of absolutely nothing.

Well, OK, if the requirement will eventually be lifted, my comment from earlier in this thread is withdrawn.

I enjoyed creating my rules. I really like coming up with stuff like this. But I wouldn't like Miran or BP to not participate because of such a requirement. But if it is to be lifted, that becomes a non-issue. I just hope no-one decides not to participate because of a hurt ego...

I would also like to ask a question. How am I supposed to rate rules which are duplicates of rules I saw earlier? Rate them as if I had seen them for the first time, or rate them "bad" because of the duplication?

Jakub, at first, Matthew didn't tell us he was going to lift the requirement near the start of the competition. He only told us when he was pressed. If I were new to SpeedHack, I might have found the competition, encountered the requirement, decided I couldn't be bothered to think of some rules, and never come back to find the requirement had been lifted.

I'm more concerned about Matthew's behaviour than anything else though. As it stands, if I do participate it will probably be outside the system. I can do without cry-babies who can't take any criticism.

Was I one of those three people? I had started adding rules and reviewing the other ones when you started this thread, possibly before registration was opened. I'm just wondering..

Personally, I probably would use a two possibility login method. Either A) create 3 rules and rate 10 others, or B) rate 30 rules or C) wait until all of the rules have been finalized to join.

B is nice because you are not forced to create rules, but input is required. C is nice because it provides incentive to comply with rule A or B (join early, you get a say in the rules. Join like 3 hours before the compo, you don't, but at least you didn't have to create rules).

I wanted to join the speedhack. I would to rate 10 rules, but i stoped to rate just when i got "Please stop by again!". I was thinking about three rules to enter. So i let myself into "creative mode". Tried to create 3 rules, but I could created 12. Actually two are rated as "good", two as "OK", one is "stupid" (maybe i got a very bad idea) and the others are "mediocre" or "poor" (just the best ideas are good, the other just aren't).

And i would like to know exactlly where are these categories, I saw stupid, poor, mediocre, ok, good, great and excellent. What is the rate needed to met the "excellent" (or maybe there is something beyond the "excellent"?), and there is something before "stupid"?

We just know we're going to get some dodgy rules coming up don't we?

Oh, i've got a new idea for a rule. Just to see that was too late.

Could you update the News page to show this change?

Mine are coming down. I have six rules. The best one was 60 something, now it is 52.