Election: President

[Epistax]

Dude, we're topped!

People seem to be posting random things in here, so I'll add we had an excellent turn chat recently (14th). A turn threat might be interesting, but I still see the difficulty of it having over a thousand replies...


hey look, its princess leiya, the yodel of life!

[Jon Shafer]

Originally posted by Epistax
People seem to be posting random things in here, so I'll add we had an excellent turn chat recently (14th). A turn threat might be interesting, but I still see the difficulty of it having over a thousand replies...

Well, the turnthread would only be for that set of turns, not ALL turns forevermore. I'm going to experiment on how this can be done.

[Epistax]

I would expect one thread per turn, so you pretty much have to finish each turn before starting another (insert duh here). But think about this: the chat log was 54k for 10 turns. That's 5.4k per turn, or 5.4 pages of text. Now divide that up into plenty of one sentence bursts, and even less than sentences. Think about quick votes. Oh the horror the horror.

[Jon Shafer]

Except things would be much more independently run. The ministers would give their short-term orders, as well as a long-term 5 or 7 turn projection of what to do. The President would play, and report a post on every turn what happened. That's what I envision things coming to at least.

[Chandragupta]

Wow, close race so far, 41-41

[Timeline]

Captain, I am not exactly sure of what you mean. Are you suggesting I have done a poor job as VP, and you would rather see Ninot or Trip for the spot?

I think Trip and I have been very efficient as an executive team. Between the two of us not one turnchat has been missed, and there has been much progress.

I think a Ninot/Timeline would be VERY effective. We already talk to each other often, and I think it would be the closest and most effective Prez/VP pairing to date.

Ninot is telling us all he can do an unprecedented job, and 41 people know that he can. If you vote for Ninot you will be voting for the most impressive and effective executive office ever before in history.

[Ninot]

Originally posted by Timeline
Captain, I am not exactly sure of what you mean. Are you suggesting I have done a poor job as VP, and you would rather see Ninot or Trip for the spot?

I think Trip and I have been very efficient as an executive team. Between the two of us not one turnchat has been missed, and there has been much progress.

I think a Ninot/Timeline would be VERY effective. We already talk to each other often, and I think it would be the closest and most effective Prez/VP pairing to date.

Ninot is telling us all he can do an unprecedented job, and 41 people know that he can. If you vote for Ninot you will be voting for the most impressive and effective executive office ever before in history.

lol.. and considering OUR nations history, that will be a pretty darn impressive executive officer, dag nabbit!

But honestly, lets break this tie! If you vote for me, I gurantee I will mingle enough so that all of you think you know me personally, and i will get the job done to a degree where many of your current outstanding needs are met.

[Jon Shafer]

This is worse than the Western Front during WWI.

*Grabs some Phosgene gas and prepares for a knock out blow *

[Ninot]

For me.. i think this would be just as good as the eastern front in that war...

but, like.. im gonna be Germany, and your gonna have a red revolution, and surrender, right?

[Jon Shafer]

No no, this is the Western Front. For a while it looks like one guy is going to win, and then eventually he peters out and the other guy pushes ahead to victory, and total annihilation!

[Spiffor]

Captain : actually, I've seen the Ninot and Timeline teamworking, and I must say that's how I imagine teamwork. They reflect and oppose their views intelligently, to meet a satisfying decision, in a very favorable climate of mutual respect.
Although Timeline and Trip can work pretty well together, there is some interference (that's a good euphemism, I'll reuse it ) as soon as they're not in their executive role. Such an interference doesn't exist between Timeline and Ninot.

[Ninot]

Originally posted by Trip
No no, this is the Western Front. For a while it looks like one guy is going to win, and then eventually he peters out and the other guy pushes ahead to victory, and total annihilation!

AND THEN I RETURN IN TWENTY YEARS AND STEAL ALL YOUR PRECIOUS PAINTINGS! MUWAHAHAHA!

[Jon Shafer]

Originally posted by Ninot
AND THEN I RETURN IN TWENTY YEARS AND STEAL ALL YOUR PRECIOUS PAINTINGS! MUWAHAHAHA!

And then you end up split up, raped, and losing half your land once it's all said and done.

[Ninot]

noo! my history books end at 1944.. is that what happens?

lol.

[Captain]

yeah, Spiffor, you got it.
that was what I was trying to say.

I like a certain amount of conflict between VP and Prez, because there's no existing "Loyal Opposition" so the VP has played this role so far. But not so much conflict that we get antagonism.

No offense to Timeline, I think you've contributed a great deal as VP and as head of DIA and role-playing to improve the "flavour" of the game, but I worry you won't prove as effective opposition to Ninot as you did to Trip.

I seek a balance, and DIA in the two "executive" roles might be too much, even with Uber as SMC