I know that this is one of the scariest, if not the scariest, game
mechanics to fiddle with. That being said, Rule 1030 is pretty
obviously broken. Reading it's text, if a rule of higher power defers
to a rule of lower power, the rule of higher power is followed anyway.
This fixes that and a few other problems by changing the order. I also
numbered the items and added a loop resolution clause.
-Aris
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Title: Rule Precedence Changes
Adoption index: 3.0
Author: Aris
Co-author(s):
Amend Rule 1030 by changing it to read in full:
In a conflict between Rules, the conflict shall be resolved by
performing the following comparisons in the sequence written in
this rule, until the conflict is resolved. If applying the comparison
leads to an infinite loop, then the next comparison is used.
1. If all of the Rules in conflict explicitly say that their
precedence relations are determined by some other Rule for
determining precedence relations, then the determinations of
the precedence-determining Rule shall be used to resolve the
conflicts; otherwise,
2. If at least one of the Rules in conflict explicitly says of
itself that it defers to another Rule (or type of Rule) than those
provisions shall be used to resolve the conflict unless they lead to
contradictions between each other; otherwise,
3. In a conflict between Rules with different Power, the Rule
with the higher Power takes precedence over the Rule with the
lower Power; otherwise,
4. If at least one of the Rules in conflict explicitly says of
itself that it takes precedence over another Rule (or type of Rule), then
such provisions shall be used to resolve the conflict, unless
they lead to contradictions between each other; otherwise,
5. If any of the rules in conflict have ID numbers, then the Rule
with the lowest ID number takes precedence; otherwise,
6. The Rule enacted earliest takes precedence.
Clauses in any other rule that broadly claim precedence (e.g.
over "all rules" of a certain class) shall be, prima facie,
considered to be limited claims of precedence or deference that
are applicable only when such claims are evaluated as described
within the above sequence.
No change to the Ruleset can occur that would cause a Rule to
directly claim precedence over this Rule as a means of
determining precedence. This applies to changes by the
enactment or amendment of a Rule, or of any other form. This
Rule takes precedence over any Rule that would permit such a
change to the Ruleset.
