Re: [s-b] Mr. Fixit

["Jamie Dallaire" <bad.leprechaun@xxxxxxxxx>]

I SUPPORT the hurrying of this proposal.

Billy Pilgrim

On Dec 29, 2007 4:13 PM, Roger Hicks <pidgepot@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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