A new Leader, a new Name, a new Constitution.
 

Friends, Zyrians, Countrymen.

I have ascended to the throne of Zormite, and will be making a series of changes for the better. The well known and loved Fitzwilliam Vimes will sit on the side of the throne as Consul, while I bring Zormite to an era of unfounded prosperity.

In the coming months, I will expect diligence, strength, and honor. I will accept no less.

Furthermore, a new constitution for the Republic of Zormite has been founded. Those of you that are interested may read it here (PDF alert: for OS compatibility, and it's a bit long) Furthermore, it is required reading for Zormite Members.

I look forward to working with, and amongst you all.

(()) I dislike the name. It is to long. Make it Zormite Empire of Zormite Republic. 3 words is way to much.(())

Matthew, I congratulate you on your rise to the throne.

The trend seems to be to change it to Zormite Republic. I will do so.

Oy, another Republic?

For a while it has been, and it will continue to be a Republic. Check out the constitution.

I know what it's been.

And I know what it was best as.

Wait, you put a clause in the Constitution about executing player characters?
Dosen't that kind of break one of the founding principles of Role Playing, namely the one against powerplaying. Not even a king should be able to break the consent rule.

Of course it would be done with RP admin consent, don't think so little of me, and so much of yourself.

There is no RP Admin.

What the hell?

And is it really necessary to include our system of government in the kingdom tag?

So they change the name to a republic, make the flag look like Communism, and don't even use the traditional Zormite colors on it?

Alright. Well, if that's your flag, what does it mean?

In Soviet Zormite, fishes eat human!

I LOL'd

Haha, that was a fantastic joke.

It is a republic. So we were thinking republic. And then the Zormite blade and workers came to mind, so we made this. We also have our kingdom tag as (Zormite Republic) due to conversation over this. And yes, I, and the consul feel it's a positive choice

I LOL'd. Silly newbie RPers.

If you really plan to enforce that. Expect me to (( (( (( (( ((Talk)) ((like)) ((this)) ((all)) ((****ing)) ((day)) ((long)) )) )) )) )) :).

You don't solve the lack of roleplaying by forcing it.

You still haven't explained the flag.

First off, a Republic != Communism, despite what China would like people to believe.

Secondly, why the color red?

Thirdly, what do the stars represent?

and... wouldnt a REPUBLIC have representatives.. and wouldnt those representatives draft and approve a constitution... not the leader? :-P

i mean.. thats what i always thought :)

it should be.. the Zormite Empire.. because you are supreme dictator. (not meaning that in any negative ways)

That flag made me laugh.

I'm not trying to solve lack of roleplay, I'm showing standard procedure, or what we consider standard procedure.

You people seem to make a life of being contrary.

We do not!

Well why not? You're the new leader of a roleplaying Kingdom. Solving a lack of roleplay should be high on your list.


So as I've seen both here and in the thread about the religion, your standard procedure happens to be ignoring Zormite tradition?

It is my opinion that the history of Zormite on Graal Kingdoms 2002 is too chaotic to apply to any previous taditions.

I was hoping to apply some of previous stuff from Zormite on GK2K2... but it's all "Well Hey - look. I realize you want fish people. I respect that... but I want to be a republic so yea, go to Hell. Actually, we've changed our mind - we're going to definately be a republic. LOL RP WE'RE DROWS NOW!..."

I miss the old Zormite from 2k1 ;(!

Congratulations...

But you can't be serious about the flag...
It looks way too much like communism..


Yea, or not.

Ok Zero Hour doesn't allow me to post a pic he doesn't even know the meaning of...

@Sam sure I support the new leader but you can't expect me to support communism, better dead than red.

What I will never understand is why all of you always want to bring back old traditions and things from the past.
Let's look forward to a new and hopefully a better future. Give the new leaders a chance to improve their kingdoms. And give them space to do it in a new direction.
Help is what Matthew needs, support him and give him a chance!

The leaders of nearly all kingdoms come and go the last months, maybe one reason is that all what they hear is blaming.
Think about that and work together, not against each other!

I will have to read over this when I get back from work. Chances are that I will get a good laugh or two out of it. And hopefully, Matthew, I won't get a few laughs out of where your kingdom will go.

I know that the image you posted did NOT contain the chinese good luck symbol, if that's what you're trying to suggest :)
I didn't leave, I just stepped aside for an eager new leader who may have otherwise not have had a chance. :)

It also represents the sun >_<
It's a symbol from way before WW 2

Here is the HTML for those that can't use PDF

Cool. It's a shame it's post-WWII, or we could work with that.

I think it's kind of dumb that you guys decided to use China's flag, but whatever.

The symbol I showed you is Germanic, the sun wheel. The symbol was on Germanic shields from over 5000 years old.
If you turn it around it's a Budhist symbol for peace.
So my pic just meant the rising sun, what it has to do with Samurai. Samurai -> Japan -> Amaterasu -> Sun Goddess :rolleyes:

But traditions are what societies are based on. When any new leader takes their position in the real world, the country doesn't suddenly change automatically to their whims. I would think that if the people of the kingdom had any sort of pride at all, they would resist such changes to their traditional colors and other such things.

I have no real problem with it becoming a republic, but you can't simply throw everything away and say "Hey guys, this is how it's going to be now, because I said so." That, my dear friends, is a dictatorship.

Hahah. I know what you're talking about. Never quit, do you?

People are complaining about things like the flag and some of the new rules, not about Zormite's leadership.

The flag is immaterial. It represents both the history of Zormite in the blade, the hard work that we must endure to bring it to it's glory in the hammer, and the three heads that bring the wrath of Zormite to its enemies, the Pater, Terrangus, and Zormitus are shown in the stars. Furthermore, the color red is representative of passion and vigor. I envision a Zormite where people look forward with eagerness, and anticipation, not to the past with child-like nostalgia and woe. We will be strong once again.

I am curious as to why you're wanting to go with red, especially since it's one of the colors of two other kingdoms. I'm sure you can blather on about how red's the color of blood, battle, etc. but why choose one that's the same as two other kingdoms?

Zormite has always been the blue kingdom though. Just because in our world, OOC, we make the connection of red->battle, dosen't make it ubiquitous to fictional worlds. Why can't blue symbolize battle, just as a tsunami will devestate entire countries or (in my case) a hurricane will send water to simply erradicate towns?

You know, it's a good thing the Orb never made it to 2k2. It would have gone Sphere of the Republic->Drow Spider Egg->Crimson Orb of Communism with the way all these retroactive Zormite re-writes have been going.

Zormite's had a chance to redeem itself. Don't screw it up.

I don't see why so many on 2k2 are wanting to push for something new and 'exciting' when the original kingdom ideas are just as interesting.

But we've always been casting a lottery to determine who should be stoned for generations! Why should we change it now?
Personally, I believe the old ones were, perhaps, "interesting" but to be quite frank... how pumped would you be to act like a barbaric fish headed monster? Not me. But hey, I'm not the King anymore - I'm just saying.