====== 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 |

===== 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 no qualifying maps fit, the previous preference is kept. 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]].