Nominations for President.

[peter grimes]

If I were Chamnix, I wouldn't feel bad about running again - after all, you'd still have to get voted in.... and there are some among us who remember that power-grab you pulled on turn 109

I think a good old honest election would be the preferred way to decide these things.

Anybody else think that whole provision about someone not holding more than one office should be revisited?... Just puttin' it out there

 

[gbno1fan]

Anybody else think that whole provision about someone not holding more than one office should be revisited?... Just puttin' it out there

I think we should allow players to run for more than one office, then if they win both, they have to decide which they want, and the runner up would get the job.

Oh, and while we're all expressing support for Chamnix, I thought I'd get in on it too. Chamnix, you have done an excellent job as the President. Since I joined, I have known know other president, but can imagine no others. You have proven yourself to be a master at micromanagement - and I applaud you for that. If you run again, I'll gladly vote for you again unless someone else can prove that they can play at the same level as you. Fact is, you're the best candidate for this position.

 

[Chamnix]

Where's the "Aw, shucks" smilie? Thanks for all the support. I will accept the nomination.

I don't see any reason to change things to permit people to hold more than one office. As long as we have enough actives to fill all offices, I think one per person is plenty. I can definitely see an argument for permitting people to run for more than one, but it does make the elections more complicated.

 

[classical_hero]

I will nominate for this position. My platform will be "Prepare for War".

 

[peter grimes]

@Classical Hero:

Could you elaborate on you platform more?

Prepare for war against whom? When? What should this war accomplish? What are the goals of the war, how will we know when it has been 'won', and how will we know if we need to put an end to it? What are acceptable conditions for a cease-fire?

 

[fe3333au]

Yeah buddy boy ... who ya wanna fight ?!!

 

[classical_hero]

Yeah buddy boy ... who ya wanna fight ?!!

Why TNT of course.

 

[classical_hero]

My serious reply now.

I think we need to be prepared for war. By this we need to get our economy being so powerful that we have the resources to have the most up to date army that we can have. This means that it will be the most technologically advance army in the world. Basically we need to be the only Superpower here and thus we can be controlling the game the way we want it. We need to be albe to have every occurance looked after. basically it is about being ready for war the moment it is happening, rather than just waiting for things to occur.

 

[ybbor]

Term 7

nominate!

 

[General_W]

I re-nominate Chamnix!

Now is not the time for modesty.
I look at those State of the Empire updates every turn and see how you move all the citizens around and orchestrate chops and MM the workers… and it all makes me quite queasy and I feel the start of a headache coming on.

It's sheer brilliance the way you milk our empire for all it's worth.
I'd be willing to give you a break, but I could never do the job you are doing.

So please serve again! Your country needs you Chamnix.

This message paid for by GeneralW, President of the Emperor for Life Fan Club. (ELF-C?)

 

[peter grimes]

I have a thought, which everyone should feel free to shout down. What if Chamnix remains the turn-player, but we have someone else be the President?

For example, Chamnix plays the turn, and uploads the save to our Gmail. Then the President, (Freddy, for example) sends the save to KISS and posts in the turn-tracker.

The advantage to this scheme is that we may present a different face to our competitors, yet remain highly focussed. I've been thinking that we could benfit from shaking up our status quo in many of these areas. Thoguhts?

 

[ybbor]

I have a thought, which everyone should feel free to shout down. What if Chamnix remains the turn-player, but we have someone else be the President?

For example, Chamnix plays the turn, and uploads the save to our Gmail. Then the President, (Freddy, for example) sends the save to KISS and posts in the turn-tracker.

The advantage to this scheme is that we may present a different face to our competitors, yet remain highly focussed. I've been thinking that we could benfit from shaking up our status quo in many of these areas. Thoguhts?

the gap in turn times would be a very large inconvience.

if we were to do this, Cham can still send the save, and just have someone else post ion the turntracker. They wouldn't be able to tell.

If we do want to do it, let me suggest this compromise: all MIA'ers turn off invisible mode. When Cham sends the save he looks to see which of us are online (through his buddy list). If someone is, that person is PM'd and asked to post in the turn-tracker. We'd appear KISS-Like, with many turnplayers.

It'd still be way more of a hassel than it's worth though.

 

[fe3333au]

There is an invisible mode ???

I sort of like the idea ... but I think too complicated ... it would require the other person to post on turn tracker.

 

[classical_hero]

I like your thinking robby. But it will take a great deal of time from everyone to get this to work.

 

[General_W]

While I think the idea is admirable – I just don’t think it’s practical.

We may cause some short-term relief in foreign capitals when they see Chamnix disappear as the “turn player” but when our score continues to rise, they will all realize (if they don’t from the start) that Chamnix is still on our team, still offering input, and it really doesn’t matter much if he’s pushing the final button or not.

Since it’s so much more convenient for Chamnix to just get the job done – I say, let’s not put a lot of barriers in the way that really won’t fool anyone.

That’s my 2 cents anyway.

 

[Chamnix]

With all this talk about who sends the save/posts in the turn tracker thread, I guess I should mention first that I will accept the nomination as turnplayer (I just can't resist General_W's charm ).

As far as someone else posting, it should be possible although it is tough to know with donsig disappearing. When he was TNT's turnplayer, he almost always played between 6-12PM EDT (we are in the same timezone), and I would occasionally play the same evening if he played early enough or the next evening since that is really the only time I could devote enough time to play a turn during the week.

Even with donsig apparently gone, realistically, since I will continue playing evenings here in all likelihood, if someone is available to send the save/post at around 4AM GMT, that should almost always work. Not necessarily saying we should do this, but if we do I do think it should be the same person each time if at all possible. Of course, weekends are an altogether different story.

 

[peter grimes]

4am GMT is 11pm for us, right Chamnix?

I could be available to post at that time - if we go through with this, that is.

 

[classical_hero]

No that would be Midnight for you guys on the East coast of America and Middday for me, so that woul leave me out since I would be at work, but fe could be around at that time. I could do it on Saturdays or on the week end.

 

[fe3333au]

Too complicated let's just let Prez play the turn and send it.

 

[ybbor]

Term 9.

Nominate!