I was thinking of the proposal as two changes: first, the gamestate changes, and then, the rule is amended. After the second change, the ruleset would contain the amended rule.
But I'm not sure proposals are interpreted as a sequence of actions like that. If it's treated as a bunch of assertions with no particular order, I'll have to read it more carefully. On Thu, 28 Feb 2019 at 04:32, Reuben Staley <reuben.sta...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It also says that the gamestate, excluding the ruleset, is modified to what > it would have been if the amendment took place. Does this override the > amendment itself? > > -- > Trigon > > On Wed, Feb 27, 2019, 21:29 James Cook <jc...@cs.berkeley.edu wrote: > > > It does say "Rule 2124 is amended...". Why wouldn't that happen? I > > don't think the first paragraph referring to it as "the following > > amendment" stops it from being an effective part of the proposal on > > its own. > >