So, when we will start the game?

F-PRO · October 28, 2002, 17:04

This is the first time I played a DemoGame, and I'm wondering when we will start our empire. When do polls end, what things do we have to do before ignition etc.

Lemmy · October 28, 2002, 17:17

i'm thinking it won't be untill December if we want to start on the first of a month, there has to be nominations, debates between the nominated, and finally elections, this could easily take a month.
Perhaps we can use this thread to set up a schedule?

If we count back from dec 1st, i think we could use 5 days for election, 10 days for debates, and another 5-10 for nominations.
Then the nominations would have to be opened before nov 10th.
That would also mean that the Minister jobs should also be defined by then, so that peopl know what they're nominating themselves for.
Maybe we could have a draft constitution ready by..uhm...nov 5th?
Then a 5-day poll about it, which it will pass off course, then nomination can start on the 10th right on time.

Pedrunn · October 28, 2002, 22:39

Cant we just Close the game settings. Finish the constitution. Have the ellections. And start a game???

Turambar · October 29, 2002, 04:35

That's what I was thinking......

Locutus · October 29, 2002, 04:44

Thirding Pedrunn here...

No reason to start on any specific date, as far as I'm concerned (1st or any other day of the month)

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F-PRO · October 29, 2002, 10:10

Quote:

Originally posted by Pedrunn
Cant we just Close the game settings. Finish the constitution. Have the ellections. And start a game???

We should do that. The game settings polls don't really need to be open any longer. And if we have decided what ministries there will be in the first term (have we, btw?) we can open a thread where people can sign up to join the election.

DeathByTheSword · October 29, 2002, 15:17

with starting the first of the month is easy to remember....it isnt needed......a lot dutch posters in this thread....gaaf!

Locutus · October 31, 2002, 08:56

It will still probably take at least 2 weeks to finish the Constitution, so we won't be starting before that. I'll start confirmation poll on some of the map/game settings soon, but as long as the Constitution still needs a lot of work, we don't really have to rush to make decisions there.

DBTS,
Yup, all 4 of 'em

After Americans and British, we're actually the largest nationality in this DG (we should start our own Dutch nationalist party

). That's why I provided the link to this thread

mapfi · October 31, 2002, 09:15

So I'll probably have to found the Swiss Lemur Party to counterbalance all those Dutch! "SLP" - with me as the only member though...

Zaphod Beeblebrox · October 31, 2002, 09:52

well, i'm not dutch, but i live about 3km from the border, and those nice people in the coffeeshop always understand me. do i count in?

Martin Gühmann · October 31, 2002, 13:50

Nationalist parties are not good, I should start a more useful party like the Apolymurian Empire Expansion Party.

-Martin

Devil of Truth · November 1, 2002, 05:10

Mapfi, I can better you. I’m the only one from an entire freakin’ continent!

mapfi · November 1, 2002, 07:35

Martin - Expansion? No, let's just be a humble one city nation! Founding the OCP then

gee, that'd be boring!

Martin Gühmann · November 1, 2002, 14:46

Quote:

Originally posted by mapfi
Martin - Expansion? No, let's just be a humble one city nation! Founding the OCP then

gee, that'd be boring!

Maybe in that case I would have really to start the EAAP.

In order to make the OCP very fast obsolete. Or would be in that case the goal of the OCP to offer all of our cities except our capital to our enemies (the primitives) for no good. That wouldn't be my way to bring our high culture to the primitives.

-Martin

Locutus · November 6, 2002, 17:14

Quote:

Originally posted by Zaphod Beeblebrox
well, i'm not dutch, but i live about 3km from the border, and those nice people in the coffeeshop always understand me. do i count in?

Anyone who comes to the Dutch Apolyton meet on Nov 22 in Utrecht can be in

H Tower · November 7, 2002, 00:51

10 days for debate lemmy? i think that the candidates should debate during the five days of elections.

Lemmy · November 7, 2002, 05:01

just an estimate

but i definitely don't think it should be during the elections, i wouldn't want to vote while i don't know what the candidate stands for yet.
And especially at the beginning, we still need to figure what will be the voting issues, and how we will play the game.

Zaphod Beeblebrox · November 7, 2002, 06:35

Quote:

Originally posted by Locutus

Anyone who comes to the Dutch Apolyton meet on Nov 22 in Utrecht can be in

i'm thinking about it, but i guess i'll prefer goint to my own birthdayparty that day

arty:

H Tower · November 7, 2002, 17:51

Quote:

Originally posted by Lemmy
but i definitely don't think it should be during the elections, i wouldn't want to vote while i don't know what the candidate stands for yet.

you could always campaign after you've nominated yourself

Lemmy · November 7, 2002, 18:04

Quote:

you could always campaign after you've nominated yourself

Here's how i think it should happen:
Nominations
Debating/Campaign
Voting (hte actual election)

I suppose people can still nominate even if the debates have started, but not when the voting has started.

Locutus · November 7, 2002, 18:24

Well, looks like elections can normally be run in a single round rather the the previously presumed 2 rounds. So with 2 days for nominations and 5 days for elections, elections will last exactly one week. I think that's nice.

As far as debates go, once the nomination phase is over, debate *and* voting can start. Some of us only come here once or twice a week and won't have time to read/wait for elaborate debates and will want to vote right away. Those of us who come here on a daily basis can await the debates first and only vote on day 4 or 5 of the elections. So I propose that debates take place on the first 3-4 days of the voting period. I think that would work fine, but I'm open for other ideas. The only thing that I think is really important is that the whole election period doesn't take up more than 9 or 10 days, that's already pretty long if you ask me, at least assuming 1 month terms (of which I am strongly in favour).