[s-b] Mr. Fixit

["Roger Hicks" <pidgepot@xxxxxxxxx>]

I submit the following proposal:


Mr. Fixit
{
[[
NOTES: This proposal fixes the exceptions generated when parsing last
nweek's batch of proposals. Details provided for convenience.
p214: This is akward since rule 3-13 may or may not exist. To be safe,
if it does not exist, this creates a new rule with the appropriate
text.
p218: Fixed to target the correct rule.
p219: Fixed to target the correct rule. See below consultation.
p236: I'm not fixing this since p218 already implemented a fix to this problem.
p237: I'm leaving this to the proposal's author to re-submit.
p241: Replaced the correct sentence from p219, added the intended
effect of not permitting usurpation of a twin's ministry.
]]

Amend the rule titled "Rules" to read (or if no such rule exists,
create a new rule with this text):
{{
Rules are Game Documents that define how this game is played. Each
Rule must have a number and may have a name. Rule are numbered from a
set that initially contains all positive integers and zero. When a new
rule is created, the Minister of Law is obligated to assign it the lowest number
available in the set, and then remove that number from the set. Each
rule number shall be prefixed with the notation "4E" (for Fourth Era)
to distinguish it from past rules in previous eras of B Nomic.

Rules may be contained in named Sections.

There exists a ministry known as the Ministry of Law. The Minister of
Law, also known as the Rulekeeper, is responsible for maintaining a
Public Display of the current Rules and Victory Conditions.

The Rulekeeper may, as a Game Action, do any of the following:

 * Create a Section.
 * Remove a Section, causing all Rules in that section to no longer
be contained by a Section.
 * Move a Rule into or out of a Section.
}}

In the rule titled "Judgment" under the section "Consultations" append
the following:
{{
Whenever there exists a Consultation which has no priest assigned, the
Oracle is obligated to either assign a priest to that Consultation or
ZOT it.
}}

In the rule titled "Judgment" rewrite the section "Automatic
Reassignment" to read:
{{
Any Priest which has not answered a consultation he has been assigned
to within a Jiffy ceases to be the Priest for that Consultation.
}}

Replace the second paragraph of the rule titled "The Metamin" with:
{{
The MetaMin is responsible for maintaining a Public Display of all
existing Ministries, showing their names, responsibilities, retainers,
and current holders.
}}

Rewrite the rule titled "Usurping Ministries" to read:
{{
There exists an attribute Retainer with
a scope of all Ministries, a range of all integers, and a default value of
50. At the end of each nweek, the Retainer for each Ministry is reduced by 10.

As a Game Action, a Minister may pay any number of points to increase
the Retainer of his Ministry by a corresponding amount, provided this
does not cause him to have a negative number of points.

As a Game Action, any Player may pay any number of points to reduce
the Retainer of any Ministry by a corresponding amount, provided this
does not cause him to have a negative number of points.

As a Game Action, any Player may pay a number of points equal to the
Retainer of a non-vacant Ministry to usurp that Ministry, unless the
current Minister of that Ministry is his Twin. The previous Minister
ceases to be the MInister of that Ministry, and the usurper becomes
the new MInister of that Ministry.

Whenever a Ministry has a new Minister, the retainer for that Ministry
is set to the default value. Whenever a Ministry has a non-positive
Retainer, that Ministry is vacated.
}}
}

I (with the appropriate amount of support) will hurry this proposal.


I submit the following consultation:
{
Statement: The rule identified as 6-8 at the time of this
consultation's submission was amended by proposal number 219.
Unbeliever: Hose
Arguments: The proposal claimed to amend the rule titled "The
Meta-Min". The rule was actually titled "The Metamin". I would argue
that the difference in punctuation and capitalization is not
significant enough to prevent this amendment.
}

BobTHJ
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