Voting Season

[simpathis]

— IT'S VOTING SEASON —


As we mentioned in our January Mod Announcement, we are down to one IC political representative. With the upcoming need for future diplomatic relations with Shaarnath, the Otherworlders are going to need more than one to handle it!

Princess Celestia made an IC Announcement earlier this month, and since things are kind of busy both on the player front and game front with Night of Selenium, it would be better if we held the IC campaigns come February.

But that doesn't mean those interested can't prep for it! Like last time, we're going to start with some OOC sign-up that doubles as an IC registration, and then have an IC campaign log later. Between now and then, characters who are running can go ahead and start talking and discussing their run, but it will be the IC campaign where they will be on an official platform and where characters will cast their votes.

The character must voluntarily sign themselves up. No write-ins! This may change if it turns we don't have enough people running on their own! But we would like to see how many characters would willingly put themselves up for the position.

The only other requirement we will be placing is the character must have joined the game prior to February. So the latest a character must have been apped in is January. This is just so there is at least some IC establishment for the character, as well as gives a bit more insurance that players signing up are going to stick to the game for a little while.

One final thing: players, don't forget that you'll be committed to this role as well. Fortunately it's not that heavy of a responsibility and not called upon too often, but just keep that in mind. Your characters could get fired from poor performance!

How voting will work is we'll use the same system as last time. A DW poll will be posted and players will vote ICly for the candidates. The top two will earn their place.

Now, for the sign-ups! We're going to reuse the forms from last time, so just fill these out and comment to the post. If you have any questions, ask them here.

Government Representative
<b>Player:</b> <b>Character:</b> <b>Month Joined:</b> Must have joined the game before December. <b>Why would your character be a good fit to be representative?</b> Do they have experience in a leadership role? How could they help the city? Think of this as a mini-campaign to really think if your character is a good fit other than ‘it sounds cool’. <b>Would your character run to just troll the masses/create chaos?</b> Hey, if you don’t think they’re a good fit, but they’re that asshole that runs and screws everything up, explain it here! Maybe talk about the amazing facades they wear and what plans you would have if your character got this role!


Enforcers Representative
<b>Player:</b> <b>Character:</b> <b>Month Joined:</b> Must have joined the game before December. <b>Why would your character want to be in an Enforcer's representative?</b> What experience do they have? What reasons (or lack of reasons) do they have to want to guard the city? Do they just like fighting? Do they just have a habit of actually being a guard? And can they put up with the sweet tendencies of Edea and Bobby's high justice, or will they be the dour one to change up the organization? <b>Do they have any special abilities?</b> Do they have telepathy? Can they use magic? Basically stuff that makes them supernatural! <b>Would your character be the type to cause chaos/troll?</b> Maybe you don’t think they’d be a good fit, but they’re the kind of character that wants to get in to mess with the masses. Explain here how they would campaign and what they’d do!

Comments

[barredheart]

Yup! I figure she won't be allowed into both representative spots, which is why either or would be fine for her in her mind. She'd still want to try for both though (and why it's only half serious).

[simpathis]

Perfectly fine. Thanks for confirming!