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''This article is about the story term System. For a basic run-down of the game mechanics, go to [[Getting Started]].'' | ''This article is about the story term System. For a basic run-down of the game mechanics, go to [[Getting Started]].'' | ||
A '''System''' is a conceptual mechanism that enables any enclosed space to enact a certain "truth" upon reality within itself through constant replenishment of faith from the people that reside within it. An alternative and simpler way of describing a System is a code of law that can overwrite reality within its area, but only as long as the majority of the people that reside within this space believe in it. | A '''System''' is a conceptual mechanism that enables any enclosed space to enact a certain "truth" upon reality within itself through constant replenishment of faith from the people that reside within it, otherwise known as the [[#Master_Rule|Master Rule]]. An alternative and simpler way of describing a System is a code of law that can overwrite reality within its area, but only as long as the majority of the people that reside within this space believe in it. | ||
The requirements for what an 'enclosed space' entails is treated very loosely. An enclosed space can be as straightforward as the walls created within an App Battle and a building, or can be as loose as the entire city of [[Tokyo]] | The requirements for what an 'enclosed space' entails is treated very loosely. An enclosed space can be as straightforward as the walls created within an App Battle and a building, or can be as loose as a whole [[World_(setting)|World]] surrounded by a wall (such as the entire city of [[Tokyo]]) or the inside of a person's body. | ||
While the term "System" is commonly used to describe the different societal mechanisms each | While the term "System" is commonly used to describe the different societal mechanisms each World has in order to function, it is a broad term used to describe any rules and mechanisms placed within an enclosed space. The term has been used to describe how [[the Walls]] of Tokyo prevent people from leaving, as well as to describe smaller instances such as the rules of a Virtual World. | ||
==Master Rule== | |||
The '''Master Rule''', also commonly referred to as '''majority rule''', is the powering force behind all Systems. It works under a very simple function: What the majority of people within an enclosed space believe becomes reality. There are seemingly no limits to what this system can do, from enabling the use of [[Sacred Artifact|Sacred Artifacts]] outside of [[the App]] once the majority of Tokyo residents are App users, or reversing time once enough people wish for a reset. | |||
The simplicity of the Master Rule also makes it very susceptible to being taken advantage of by those cunning enough to use it to their advantage. {{Transient icon|Nodens}} was able to shift the masses' belief of an outer space invasion from 'impossible' to 'possible' by broadcasting his own invasion memories via media manipulation, and {{Transient icon|Isaac}} attempted to assimilate the whole population of Tokyo into {{Transient icon|Ramu}} by only absorbing the majority of the population. | |||
==App System== | ==App System== | ||