🐙 OPTOPICS Game

At this week’s Optimism Town Hall, I’d like to play a new type of OPTOPICS game where participants can propose and vote on several exciting topics!

OPTOPICS is a Cagendas game that allows participants to suggest, vote, and dynamically choose discussion topics during our events. This allows us to create Community Agendas. We played OPTOPICS twice earlier in the season and you can learn about our experiences with this innovative community agenda game at Optimystics.io/optopics.

This new type of OPTOPICS game will work in the same way as the previous versions, except for a slight tweak to the rules that make the game simpler, easier to play, and more interactive. The main new feature of this version is that you can suggest a topic simply by making a poll in the Optimism Town Hall snapshot space at any time, including during the event.

Game Rules

There are three main actions that you can take while playing OPTOPICS: suggest topics, vote on topics, and switch topics.

Suggest Topics

Create a poll in the Optimism Town Hall snapshot space at any time to suggest a topic.

Tip: When creating a topic proposal you can set the Voting Type to Weighted Voting, then set two poll options to Upvote and Abstain. This allows anyone to vote with just a portion of their Respect and provides greater ability for everyone to weigh their preferences in their votes.

Vote on Topics

Vote on topics with Respect to help set the agenda. Feel free to change your vote at any time.

Switch Topics

OPTOPICS features an optimistic topic transition system that allows anyone to influence the discussion as the game progresses and help move the group to the next topic. Here’s how it works:

• Next Topic: Type ‘next topic’ in the zoom chat to propose moving to the next topic. This starts a one-minute countdown.

• Same Topic: Type ‘same topic’ within one minute to veto the change. If vetoed, neither person can propose to switch or veto again for the current topic.

• New Topic: If over half of well respected community members agree (each with at least 50 Respect), any topic can be introduced and discussed immediately.

The Optimism Town Hall is a collaborative forum that provides a platform for everyone in the community to share their thoughts, so feel free to suggest anything on your mind related to Optimism. Any feedback is welcome and I hope you enjoy the game!