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Rules and How It Works

The ground rules of fair competition and the State Lord system on homestate.lol.

Voting Rules

1 IP Address = 1 Vote

Only one active vote can be cast from each internet connection (IP address). You may move your vote to another state whenever you like; your old vote is deleted automatically and added to your new state.

No Sign-Up, No Password

You never need to sign in or enter a password to vote. Repeat and automated voting is limited per connection, and abusive traffic is rate limited.

Free and Transparent

Voting is completely free. State votes and rankings are reflected live and transparently to every visitor.

Gamified Sponsorship & State Lord Rules

The “State Lord” system is the sale of a gamified sponsorship slot where you can promote your brand, project or social media profile on the state cards and the live map. The terms “Lord” and “Throne” are used purely as a humorous, nostalgic and entertaining competition concept and carry no official or legal status whatsoever.

  1. 1Base Sponsorship Price by State Size

    $5Largest statesCalifornia, Florida, Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas
    $3Major statesArizona, Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin
    $1All other states28 states — everything not listed above

  2. 2Sponsorship Handover with +$1 (Outbidding)

    While a state has an active sponsor, anyone else can take over the state card sponsorship by paying at least $1 more than the current price.

  3. 3Difference Discount for Displaced Sponsors

    If someone who previously held a state's sponsorship is displaced, they can instantly reclaim it by paying only the difference instead of the full price again.

  4. 4Content Moderation and Refund Policy

    If the published title, description or links are found to contain objectionable, illegal, abusive or indecent content, that sponsorship record is immediately removed from the system without any refund. Being outbid is not a refundable event either — the full list of what is and is not refunded is on the Refund Policy page.

50 states · one free vote per internet connection · one throne per state.

These are the house rules in plain language. The binding versions are the Terms of Service, Refund Policy and Privacy Policy.

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