Free election

Satrek2000 · #1 03-24-2004, 06:27 PM

This sunday, there will be the Archipelagos' first free elections to determin a new mayor of Main Island. The election will take place in a special house for that occasion. If you want to apply, here are some rules:

- you have to be member of a kingdom
- your job will be to help new players and guide those who need it to proper roleplaying, whenever possible
- you will have to conduct a roleplaying-event, for which you can give out 5 event coins, and which will be upervised by the EMs
- if you are elected, you're the mayor of Main Island for 2 weeks, holding the rp-event will make that 4 weeks to the next election

To apply, all you have to do is send a forum-pm to both Satrek2000 and dNeonb with your roleplaying name and background story, short yet detailed, till friday. We will select three candidates till saturday, when the voting takes place. Everyone has 1 vote, and further details about the process will be given in due time. The votinghouse will be open from 18.00 to 23.00 o'clock (UTC +1).

GoZelda · #2 03-24-2004, 06:38 PM

*erects a political party*

Geno · #3 03-24-2004, 06:48 PM

JOIN THE SWAMP PARTY!
VOTE FOR GENO!

;D

Monkeyboy_McGee · #4 03-25-2004, 01:01 AM

Blah, have to be in a kingdom, that rules me out. Also hmm, should you make it so that only RPers can vote?

Satrek2000 · #5 03-25-2004, 01:38 AM

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Originally posted by Monkeyboy_McGee
Blah, have to be in a kingdom, that rules me out. Also hmm, should you make it so that only RPers can vote?

I'm afraid there's no fitting script command to check that

. Besides, you could join a kingdom in order to gain the immense powers a mayor holds, and a possibility to date the ladies from Avalonia and Harmonia. Damn, we wanted to keep that part secret

Geno · #6 03-25-2004, 03:16 AM

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Originally posted by Satrek2000

and a possibility to date the ladies from Avalonia and Harmonia. Damn, we wanted to keep that part secret

ok now i'm really in.

axman36 · #7 03-25-2004, 04:09 AM

I vote for Geno

--Chris-- · #8 03-25-2004, 05:09 AM

I'm sorry but this is the most silly event I've ever heard of...period. Yes! A popularity contest with a lenght of time too short to really determine anything very fairly and pmg yes _p_mg an RP story defines how much they know about the actual server - either you're gonna have to be really stupid or really biased.

"- your job will be to help new players and guide those who need it to proper roleplaying, whenever possible" What a fabulous prize, how do you determine that they can even sufficiently help new players?

I'm sure I could enter and win but I'm not going to promote this so to hell with that =/

Brad · #9 03-25-2004, 05:23 AM

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Originally posted by --Chris--
I'm sorry but this is the most silly event I've ever heard of...period. Yes! A popularity contest with a lenght of time too short to really determine anything very fairly and pmg yes _p_mg an RP story defines how much they know about the actual server - either you're gonna have to be really stupid or really biased.

"- your job will be to help new players and guide those who need it to proper roleplaying, whenever possible" What a fabulous prize, how do you determine that they can even sufficiently help new players?

I'm sure I could enter and win but I'm not going to promote this so to hell with that =/

Quite ****y. I bet I can beat you.

Geno · #10 03-25-2004, 05:23 AM

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Originally posted by Brad

Quite ****y. I bet I can beat you.

you instantly win votes so it's not fair ;P

Satrek2000 · #11 03-25-2004, 09:59 AM

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Originally posted by --Chris--
I'm sorry but this is the most silly event I've ever heard of...period. Yes! A popularity contest with a lenght of time too short to really determine anything very fairly and pmg yes _p_mg an RP story defines how much they know about the actual server - either you're gonna have to be really stupid or really biased.

Maybe you're right. Maybe everything's crap and terrible and inspired by the devil himself. We'll see how it turns out. Feel free to hold your own events, bring up your own ideas, and show us how it is done. Till then, we'll see what comes from it, and maybe, only maybe, it works out in some less than terribly evil way.

Brad · #12 03-25-2004, 02:04 PM

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Originally posted by Geno

you instantly win votes so it's not fair ;P

Nah mad people hate me.

They block out the word c o c k y

wtf.

axman36 · #13 03-25-2004, 05:34 PM

I voted Geno for reasons, Brad was already king on almost every kingdom, sides hes not even on a kingdom, I dont get it why he isnt anyomre, he was a good Rper

Geno · #14 03-25-2004, 06:59 PM

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Originally posted by axman36
I voted Geno for reasons, Brad was already king on almost every kingdom, sides hes not even on a kingdom, I dont get it why he isnt anyomre, he was a good Rper

i havnt even applied yet XD!
and i doubt bjorn and satrek would pick me anyways ;P

GoZelda · #15 03-25-2004, 07:49 PM

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Originally posted by Satrek2000
Damn, we wanted to keep that part secret

If i get mayor, the first thing i'm gonna do is keel you for telling my secret.

dNeonb · #16 03-25-2004, 09:48 PM

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Originally posted by Geno

i havnt even applied yet XD!
and i doubt bjorn and satrek would pick me anyways ;P

Why not? We don`t look at the name, only the story.
Everyone has the same chanse.

GoZelda · #17 03-25-2004, 09:53 PM

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Originally posted by dNeonb

Why not? We don`t look at the name, only the story.
Everyone has the same chanse.

Even someone who has gone radical over years, been banned and corrupt several times and is on a 'bad-people list'? =/

Satrek2000 · #18 03-25-2004, 09:59 PM

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Originally posted by GoZelda

Even someone who has gone radical over years, been banned and corrupt several times and is on a 'bad-people list'? =/

Always depends on how bad they are - and some people deserve a second chance, if only to lock them away properly afterwards (no, that's not against anyone in particular). Actually, I don't even have a bad-people-list... And you don't want to be on it

--Chris-- · #19 03-26-2004, 12:04 AM

Maybe you can actually make this one more well-thought? I sure can

For starters you can actually make a longer period for voting time, add a questionaire with the application including if they were banned, how often they are online, a few server related questions, etc and require them to have 10 supporters just to get nominated as a candidate ^-^

Satrek2000 · #20 03-26-2004, 09:02 AM

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Originally posted by --Chris--
Maybe you can actually make this one more well-thought? I sure can For starters you can actually make a longer period for voting time, add a questionaire with the application including if they were banned, how often they are online, a few server related questions, etc and require them to have 10 supporters just to get nominated as a candidate ^-^

You have some good points there, and I never doubted you wouldn't - we're working on it, and we'l see how it turns out - maybe we'll delay it by 1 week depending on the state of affairs today in the evening.

Oh, and feel free to do better whenever you feel like

Brad · #21 03-26-2004, 02:04 PM

shouldnt include if they were banned

not my fault staff sucks sometimes

GryffonDurime · #22 03-26-2004, 03:19 PM

Good thing Zurkiba's not around anymore, he'd win and make Main Island a communist state.

--Chris-- · #23 03-27-2004, 10:06 AM

"Oh, and feel free to do better whenever you feel like"

I'm sure we both know I'm not capable

<---sarcasm if you didn't catch on <3 What I've said in this thread alone demonstrates it e_e

Satrek2000 · #24 03-27-2004, 10:17 AM

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Originally posted by --Chris--
I'm sure we both know I'm not capable <---sarcasm if you didn't catch on <3 What I've said in this thread alone demonstrates it e_e

Didn't mean to offend you or your sarcasm, all I'm saying that I have no idea whether this Idea will turn out to be crap or gold, but I'd rather see it tried once or twice than trash it before it's even completely born.
Björn and I are currently thinking about delaying the the actual election for a week, specially with the whole of Graal being down for some time yesterdays (making me yell at my router, but that's a different story).

axman36 · #25 03-28-2004, 02:10 AM

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Originally posted by Geno
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I voted Geno for reasons, Brad was already king on almost every kingdom, sides hes not even on a kingdom, I dont get it why he isnt anyomre, he was a good Rper

i havnt even applied yet XD!
and i doubt bjorn and satrek would pick me anyways ;P

Quote:

Originally posted by Geno
JOIN THE SWAMP PARTY!
VOTE FOR GENO!

;D

ok, Im confused now

GoZelda · #26 03-30-2004, 07:25 PM

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Originally posted by axman36
ok, Im confused now

Why do your posts make so little sense?

Satrek2000 · #27 03-30-2004, 08:23 PM

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Originally posted by GoZelda

Why do your posts make so little sense?

Because he's confused. Seeing the way he cross-quotes, I have no trouble believing that.

GoZelda · #28 03-30-2004, 09:11 PM

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Originally posted by Satrek2000

Always depends on how bad they are - and some people deserve a second chance, if only to lock them away properly afterwards (no, that's not against anyone in particular). Actually, I don't even have a bad-people-list... And you don't want to be on it

Mh. If USA would follow this sort of system, Osama Bin Laden could become president.

axman36 · #29 03-31-2004, 07:29 AM

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Originally posted by GoZelda

Why do your posts make so little sense?

sorry, I do that in other forums, it qoutes the qoutes, lol

Satrek2000 · #30 03-31-2004, 03:48 PM

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Originally posted by GoZelda

Mh. If USA would follow this sort of system, Osama Bin Laden could become president.

There's a "slight" difference between terrorism and gk-corruption. Besides, I said it depends

Damix2 · #31 03-31-2004, 09:59 PM

So are the elections off, or delayed a week or what?

dNeonb · #32 03-31-2004, 10:04 PM

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Originally posted by Damix2
So are the elections off, or delayed a week or what?

The elections are this saturday.

Kaiser2 · #33 04-02-2004, 01:55 AM

I'll send in my RP story this Friday if I can. (Um, do you wish for us to include why our characters wish to become mayor?)

Vote for Vlad, and get free Brownies!

(Along with relatively large stacks of platinum passed under the table. )

Just kidding. :P

(Make that VERY large stacks of platinum.)

Satrek2000 · #34 04-02-2004, 01:31 PM

A little explenation about why your character wants to apply would be nice, though not as important as a general rp-story. Besides, it is friday here right now, and the end of the application phase draws nearer...

--Chris-- · #35 04-02-2004, 07:41 PM

A questionaire to determine their knowledge within the server seems to be the most important thing but not included...hmm...genious!

GoZelda · #36 04-02-2004, 08:01 PM

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Originally posted by Kaiser2
(Make that VERY large stacks of platinum.)

Deal.

WanDaMan · #37 04-02-2004, 09:36 PM

Who's actually signed up?

Damix2 · #38 04-02-2004, 10:06 PM

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Originally posted by WanDaMan
Who's actually signed up?

I submitted an application, didn't really do a great job on my story though I had to cut a lot of parts out to keep it short

Monkeyboy_McGee · #39 04-02-2004, 11:34 PM

I didnt bother signing up. I do like RPing, but i just can't find the motivation to play GK anymore, it sucks. Plus i'm not in a kingdom and im not about to join one just for this

GoZelda · #40 04-03-2004, 01:15 PM

I signed up, but because the elections are delayed i can't be Mayor for i have two weeks away (vacation).