Now that we have parties...

[Ninot]

I kinda agree with MWIA.. but like i said....

my general stance is I don't like Parties, or Party Politics. I try and distance myself from the DIA vs. Coalition debates. The power they have might be inherent in that they are a group.. and as far as I am concerned, that is mighty powerful enough. I like the fact that I will run again for Foreign Minister under the name Ninot, and not under a general banner of DIA. And that is even tho I am a subscribed DIA member.

[Ninot]

Oh! i gotta throw this out

the DIA was declared a party only after the elections. All of our members won on the account that they were independants with some good promises. Only once the DIA became a party did any of the elected DIA ministers get a tun of flack, and that was because of the party stance on certain issues (like war).

The DIA ministers were elected because they weren't in a party, not because they were. Maybe this contributes to the fact that perhaps parties are less favorable to a good independant.

[Jon Shafer]

Back then there weren't any parties anyways, so it wasn't really important then.
Now when you have 10+ members per party, and only about 60 people total voting, party membership can be quite helpful. I feel that as the game goes on, the membership of parties will drastically increase, or parties will go extinct, one or the other. We have yet to see how things will turn out.

[UnOrthOdOx]

Yeah, I think partisan politics could become a destructive force in our political system.

Ninot has a point on the elections occuring before parties.

[GodKing]

If the partisan politics become destructive, that is a part of the game. If they do, they will just kill themselves off for the next rise of our great society......

All in the spirit of things.

I personally hate and despise the partisan politics. My fear is that in doing such it won't be held to the game, but may make some players dislike each other personally. So far I don't think this has happened.

As such, I refuse to be a part of the smear. I will gladly point out the smear so that feeling are not hurt, and that people that may not realize they are doing such do come to realize. And thus hopefully correct their actions.

Peace all, except to all those who get in my way.....

[Kuciwalker]

Party politics add a degree of reality (and, for some, fun) to the game.

[notyoueither]

Siro,

Can you elaborate on any of your ideas and how they could apply to the Poly Demo game?