The Principle
- Witness a wedding (see The Ceremony) (Completing a marriage ceremony as a bride/groom participant also satisfies this requirement.)
- Introduce yourself to a potential mate (click on a player avatar of the opposite gender)
- Have a potential mate introduce themselves
The Test of Marriage - Overview
The test of marriage is passed by being part of a (or a series of - see Casanova Passes) 'successful' marriage(s). See the Scoring section for more detailed information.
Being married allows your spouse to:
- Warp to your location without the need for use of Travel Time.
(If the spouse is offline, you travel to their last location) - Freely access your belongings and buildings.
- Log into your avatar through the Utilities menu, and play as you with no limitations or restrictions, other than being unable to access the billing menu and password functions.
Divorce
Either partner may end a marriage at any time through an option available at an Essence of Harmony. Divorce is a completely unilateral decision -- the other partner's consent, knowledge or presence is not required.
The Marriage Ceremony
At a ritual altar:
- One person should clear the altar of any items, and meditate at it in order to clear and reset any previous interactions with it.
- The man places a medium diamond on the left focus.
- The woman places a medium diamond on the right focus.
- Five witnesses click on the altar and choose to 'meditate'. The witnesses all need to meditate within a few seconds of each other, else it may be necessary to restart the ceremony.
- The couple themselves do not meditate as part of the ceremony.
Scoring
A marriage accumulates points equal to the product of the following amounts:
- The current length of the marriage (in TeppyWeeks).
- The total number of tests passed by both partners since the marriage began.
Thus, if a marriage has lasted 8 weeks, and in that time the wife has passed 3 tests and the husband has passed 2, the total score of the marriage so far is 40, or 8 * (3 + 2).
Your personal marriage score is the sum of the scores of all the marriages you have been in so far.
Each week, the two individuals with the highest personal score pass the Test of Marriage. It is possible for only one partner in a marriage to pass in a given week, if one partner has points from a previous marriage and the other does not.
"Casanova" Passes
Having a long and productive marriage is not the only route to passing. There is a second option, which conflicts with the first. In addition to the test passes for the high marriage scorers, there are 2 additional test passes per week, and these go to the individuals who have been in the most marriages over time. These "Casanova" passes do not compete with the standard passes.
I'm not sure but I think the 2 additional for cassanova is wrong. I think it's only 1 -Teao
No, it is two. I passed the same time as tat2mikki. It just a rare occurence since 3 people at the same score cause a block and lost passes. -sumtet
To gain credit for a marriage, your spouse not you needs to have passed at least one test since the marriage began and you must remain married until your points = 1 (either for one week, or through a Sunday). If you marry, your spouse passes a test, and you immediately divorce with points equal to 0, you will receive no credit for the marriage. Casanova passes are not retained from one week to the next. If there is a tie, the pass(es) are lost.
The point about needing to be married for 1 point each time isn't correct. I have had 3 marriages: standard marriage points for them are: 6/0/ongoing. My marriage score is 6+0+whatever I have now, my casanova score was 3 when I passed. Only 2 people can pass Casanova marriage each week. If there are 3 or more people tied at the highest Casanova score, no one passes and those 2 passes are lost forever. -sumtet