====== Rice selection ======

''.rice'' selects tap-focused native Mania charts with very few holds and little sustained single-note streaming. Tap chords are allowed: Rice describes non-held notes, not exclusively one note at a time.

^ Availability | Native Mania 4K and 7K from v6.7.6 |
^ Permissions | Active gameplay player or moderator |
^ Timing | Future picks only; the visible queue stays unchanged |
^ Behavior reference | v6.7.13 · reviewed 2026-10-04 |

===== Usage =====
<code>
.rice
.style rice
.style rice jack
.variety
</code>
Rice can combine with existing patterns, for example Jack. Rice and Noodle cannot be selected together; an invalid request keeps the previous preference. Use [[commands:variety|.variety]] to return to the broader pool.

===== Strict and bounded matches =====
Strict Rice requires no more than 5% hold objects, 3% normalized held-time coverage and 20% single-stream events. If strict fresh matches are exhausted, fallback permits no more than 10%, 6% and 35% respectively. Missing or invalid feature evidence is not treated as a tap-only chart.

These definitions intentionally implement a low-stream Rice preference. They are heuristic, not a promise that every player would use the same label. Farm evidence is separate.

===== Safety and fallback =====
Strict fresh choices are preferred before weaker qualifying charts. Rice's bounded tap/hold limits remain mandatory even when another requested pattern becomes scarce. It cannot silently become Noodle or a hold-heavy general pool.

Selection avoids the last ten played or skipped rounds and current/queued maps when possible. Only exhaustion of the bounded eligible pool can require its oldest available repeat. Difficulty, length, pass count, age and native 4K/7K boundaries remain unchanged; converts are not admitted. If a new Rice request has no qualifying maps, it is rejected and the previous preference is kept. Later exhaustion does not automatically restore an earlier preference. Existing quiet fallback behavior is retained; a single Rice pool label can show ''(relaxed)''.

See [[commands:noodle|Noodle]], [[commands:style|Style combinations]], [[wiki:mania_styles|Mania styles]], [[wiki:style_fallback|Fallback]] and [[updates:v6_7_6|v6.7.6]].