Test of the Bureaucrat

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The Test of the Bureaucrat
(Test - Leadership)
Level Required
Level 16
Demonstration
Demonstrated by kirie on May 17, 2018

Alas, at some time in every Leader's career, it will be necessary to manage a Bureaucracy. Get authorization by gathering signatures. Build it as big as you dare - it's easy for a disgruntled worker to seize power!

Test Description

You register for the Test of the Bureaucrat, and are instructed on the proper form of a bureaucracy. A Bureaucracy should have one person at the top, up to three people reporting to him, each with up to three reporting to them, and so on, for seven levels. A bureaucracy lasts 2 weeks. Points are accumulated based on the number of people below you. Anyone in a Bureaucracy may seize power for themself and for those under them, dismantling the Bureaucracy and wiping out the points of everyone else.

Principles

Principles of the Bureaucrat teaches you the basics of joining and recruiting for Bureaucracies. It is not necessary to build a Bureaucracy of your own.

• Gather 21 Bureaucracy Petition Signatures (Hard!)
• Sign 21 Bureaucracy Petitions
• Be recruited into a Bureaucracy
• Recruit one person into a Bureaucracy
• Check your status, and show 7+ Points

Additional Information

In this test, you will be part of a Bureaucracy, a structured organization of bosses who oversee other bosses. The person forming the Bureaucracy is the Executive, and head boss. Each player, except for workers, hires three people to work for them.

This is a test in the discipline of Leadership.

Passing the Principle

When you begin the test, you obtain a bureaucrat petition that anybody (including yourself) can sign. Obtain 21 signatures, sign 21 petitions, be recruited into a bureau and recruit another person into a bureau.

Bureaucracy Opportunities

About every four days, the person who has obtained the most signatures will earn a Bureaucracy opportunity and their signature count will reset to 0. It appears that all paid initiates of leadership can sign your bureau petition.

That person will be able to build a Bureaucracy Headquarters in a Small Construction Site. After building the headquarters, they will be given the option to name their Bureaucracy. Naming it will effectively begin the Bureaucracy. The Bureaucracy lasts for two weeks (TeppyTime), however the building will remain.

• Note: Due to the scoring and passing structure, earning a Bureaucracy is not required to pass.
• Also Note: You may only hold one Bureaucracy opportunity at a time, so if you gain another while already holding one, one will be lost.

Scoring

Every day, each member of a Bureaucracy earns 1 point for themselves and 1 point for each person beneath them. These points are temporary and may be lost if the member is kicked out of the Bureaucracy due to a seizure.

Once a Bureaucracy ends, all temporary points that everybody in it earned are made permanent, and added to their total.

Passing the Test

After every third Bureaucracy has finished, the seven people with the most points pass the test.

Overview

The positions are:

• Executive
• Director
• Administrator
• Manager
• Supervisor
• Foreman
• Worker

Maximum people in a Bureaucracy: 1093

Demoting Yourself

At any time, you have the option to demote yourself; this will allow you to switch places in the Bureaucracy with one of your subordinates. If you have no subordinates, then you will leave the Bureaucracy altogether (you lose all temporary points gained in that bureau).

Seizures

At any time, any member of a Bureaucracy may seize control of it by selecting the option from their Tests menu (you will be asked to confirm this option). Seizures will eliminate all parts of the Bureaucracy above the person doing the seizing and make that person the new Executive.

If you wish to have a successful Bureaucracy, you must make sure that the only people recruited are those whom you can trust not to seize power, but also not to hire anyone who might. Some seizures have been due to a player not understanding just what seizing power does to the rest of the bureaucracy. Others have been due to people hiring anyone who asks, or those that use social engineering to get in ("Your executive told me to talk to you about getting hired."). Those can be protected against by simply having a good, well-defined hiring policy, and making sure that everyone hired will follow it to the letter.

There has, however, been at least one instance of a high-profile person who had already passed the test seizing a Bureaucracy by asking someone who trusted them to hire them into it.

Tracking Your Bureaucracy

Worth doing if you want to maintain a full tree of your bureau, be sure who has hired who and make sure no unknown hires are in the bureau. A template for tracking is at Bureau Tracker Template. The maintainer should require updates on all hires and check points total correctly daily.

T7 Bureau Tracker Template: https://www.atitd.org/wiki/tale7/Test_Of_The_Bureaucrat/Bureau_Tracker_Template

Guides

Test of the Bureaucrat/infographic

Demonstration

The following materials were required to demonstrate knowledge of the Test of the Bureaucrat

• 573 Papyrus Paper
• 539 Ink