Boomtown has evolved.
As is customary in this boom-bam-tastic city, the Citizens' contributions and the magical touch of the Overlords' have synergised, and to such an extent that the city itself has advanced.
With that advancement comes changes, and so the Overlords have decreed that such changes should be stipulated for the masses.
As no acting Mayor has yet been appointed, it is by ancient Boomtown right that the Overlords enact these changes on the Mayor's behalf.
And so, behold!
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1) CITY HALL
As promised by the virtues of Boomtown, your contributions as citizens have cosmosized bricks and mortar into existence and changed the fabric of boomdom. With that, City Hall has undergone a few changes;
a) THE NOTICEBOARD ERECTION
Over the weekend, the Overlords arranged for some timber to be pleasantly pillaged from a local real-world parish, scanned and then hammered into the City Hall foyer. Low and behold, a new area has been created within the walls of City Hall, allowing Boomtown's Overlords (or the future Mayor of Boomtown) to make Official Public Announcements (OPAs) - of which, this is the first.
b) ORDER, ORDER!
The Overlords have seen to it that the order of City Hall's rooms be altered for the benefit and ease of touring the Hall, should a Citizen decide to enter and, when inside, find the most appropriate rooms first.
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2) RULES OF CITIZENSHIP
Boomtown is a strange place - its entire existence fluid and flexible in nature.
While the Overlords have spent millennia refining Boomtown's Rules of Citizenship, there are oftentimes good reason to amend them. As the Citizens work their way up Boomtown's pseudo-quasi-virtual ranking ladder, a few will find themselves in a position of power, and fewer still with so much that they're able to manifest changes in the very laws that govern Boomtown and its Citizens.
Alas, this is yet to happen, but for the time-being, the Overlords have refined the Rules of Citizenship to make slightly more sense. The 12 that originally transcribed the laws were undecided as to whether they should scribe in Latin, Hebrew or Sanskrit. As a result, they seem to have confused themselves in the process, making the rules rather difficult to navigate for the layman.
Review the changes to the Rules of Citizenship to ensure that you are up to date with your responsibilities to Boomtown, and your fellow citizens' responsibilities.
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3) CITY DECLARATION
Again and also in line with the changes to the Rules of Citizenship, the Boomtown City Declaration has been amended. Don't worry, for all of you who have already made the declaration, these changes mean little. It only really effects newcomers to the City. If you've arrived here after these changes have been implemented, and you didn't see what you previously declared... tough cookies. As a citizen, you should be honing your mental photography skills, for reasons just like this! How else do you expect to find any hidden treasures within the streets of Boomtown?!
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4) THE SUPERAPP
The Overlords are aware of the fact that Boomtown is not an App. It is, after all, a city. In the literal sense of Boomtown's virtual state, the Overlords figured "App" was the best transcription of the phenomenon [of the City trans-morphing itself through cyberspace to appear on the interweb].
Since alerting Citizens to the "App", the Overlords have considered the fact that apps are in fact downloaded onto devices, when Boomtown cannot be "downloaded."
With that, the "COB APP" is NO MORE!
Boomtown is now available as the aptly named, SUPERAPP.
Click here to learn more about the SUPERAPP.
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5) BOOMTOWN'S FOUNDATIONS
With every contribution and every post in City Hall, the citizens of Boomtown change and affect the very landscape that makes the city what it is. As such, citizens will notice progressive changes to the structure and aesthetics of the city from time to time. We're just letting you know that this is one of those times. Take a look around and challenge yourself and your keen eyes... can you see what's changed?
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6) RANKINGS
Following on from the changes to the Rules of Citizenship, many of those changes were implemented to further clarify and amend Boomtown's archaic ranking system. Let's not forget, it was this ranking system that saw the original Overlords take their seats some three thousand years ago. Over time, the system has been tampered with and corrupted to ensure those Overlords maintained their grasp over the city. Thankfully, a few decades ago, a group of Irishmen ransacked the city and overthrew the abrasive Overlord blood, replacing them with a new generation of Overlord minds.
Please refer to Boomtown's FACK to educate yourself on how Boomtown's new(est) ranking system works. It's pretty simple now.
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7) BOOMTOWN EXPLORATION
Within the streets of Boomtown's City Districts, previous visitors, ancient spirits and the Overlords themselves often drop things, or leave meta-physical crud in their wakes. Have you found any yet? As if the challenge wasn't difficult enough as is, your contributions have increased the "explorable range" of the city and made even more spaces for these things to hide. Make sure you've had a good look around, because they aren't going to find themselves... and heck, the people who dropped them may come back for them too, so you should always be on your toes.
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8) BOOMTOWN FACK
As you may now be well aware, there have been a few changes within the walls of Boomtown. Questions have been raised in the process and some of those questions were asked more than once, so the Overlords figured that they'd update the FACK (Frequently Asked CKuestions).
Very nice! The evolution thus far is impressive..
New citizen, exploring and trying to find where to engage .... Rules first, apparently.
That was a long read. This time rat brain is trying to digest it all. 🐀
Lovely how much this has updated, can't wait to add all this to my findings... Much to discuss
personally 'rankings' makes it sounds like an army........ i work all week, i reckon most of us dont' really want to work any more than we already have to. working up the ranks sounds depressing to me.
ok i've had a read. it's kind of weird. but weird can be ok. also, i instantly don't like the sound of rankings. there's enough of that in the frigging rat race as it is....... but alas, this IS just another rat trap, right? however, ego without monetary acquirement could be an interesting thing to watch as it plays out. a trap without the cheese? what is the point?? i ask you.....
that's quite a lot to read late on a friday night. but i will come back to it. thanks.