Election : Commissioner

Lemmy · January 28, 2003, 03:42

Candidates:

GeneralTacticus

3 days voting time.

Drogue · January 28, 2003, 19:58

Learn how to spell lemmy

Commisshioner

Hercules · January 28, 2003, 22:48

Drogue: you're so edgemakated.

Cedayon · January 28, 2003, 23:03

I thought "Commishioner" was an in-joke of some kind

GeneralTacticus · January 29, 2003, 02:35

Spelling fixed.

GeneralTacticus · January 29, 2003, 06:05

Now, why so many abstains?

Cedayon · January 29, 2003, 10:04

Do you really need to ask? You know the folks that oppose you on FM vs. Green thing... even if you've eliminated drones and drastically cut ED (and could eliminate it if you wanted to) in your own region of Centralis.

I voted for you, of course.

Method · January 29, 2003, 12:48

uhm, you people do realise that no government official personally controls any aspect of the game, right? and if GT was to switch SE secretly, we'd impeach him, right? you don't banana someone because you disagree with them about something totally unrelated.

Cedayon · January 29, 2003, 12:53

I do understand that, yes. I also understand, however, that people will vote against someone based on political differences, whether or not those political differences would affect the execution of the duties in question.

I submit to you from the gov thread:

Quote:

from Pan:
Go STEP-CCCP Alliance !
Refuse the dictaroship of the markets suppoerted by General Tacticus and abstain to vote for him !

He's talking about Centralis there, but something tells me he wouldn't exactly be crying in his Xenobrew if someone banana'd GT in this one.

In either case the best way to tell why those folks banana'd here is if they'd come here and fess up

Kassiopeia · January 29, 2003, 13:54

Quote:

Originally posted by TKG
uhm, you people do realise that no government official personally controls any aspect of the game, right? and if GT was to switch SE secretly, we'd impeach him, right? you don't banana someone because you disagree with them about something totally unrelated.

Exactly. Besides, if people oppose GT so vehemently, why have they not procured an opposing candidate for the election? Of course, we don't have enough people here to do that, but I digress

I still vote for whoever will do the job best, not by ideals, why I'm doing that, TKG already stated.

Cedayon · January 29, 2003, 13:59

Ah, ok, got it

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Who did banana, then, and why?

Drogue · January 29, 2003, 15:56

It could be that people voted because they disagree with his ideals? Which although do not make much of a difference, if there are no orders, the Commish can use their own judgement on, although that is only a small point. Or if they disagreed with what he's done as Commish? Or simply because he is going to win, so it might be just to show that not everyone supports him? I don't know. I would possible say the first to some extent. The same thing has happened to me for DEI. I used to get 100%, but now get a few abstains. I think it is to be expected however, with all the discussions, there's bound to be some people who disagree.

GeneralTacticus · January 30, 2003, 04:00

I was just wondering because at the point in time when I asked, there were about 4 abstains to nine votes, and i was wondering why there were so many (relatviely speaking). I guess it was just because of the specific people who'd voted at that time...

Pandemoniak · January 30, 2003, 04:58

I did banana him to let him no that though he will win the elections easily, multiple abstentions would show him that he is not plebiscited as much as he could.

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On a ideological point of view of course, Im not condemning GT for anything he done or didnt do. except for the CNN documentary that I found gross and rude and which deprived GT of a large part of my respect...

GeneralTacticus · January 30, 2003, 05:01

As long as I win, and as long as nobody has any real objections to the way I do things, i don't much care if you want to protest-vote. The difference is symbolic, and not much of one at that.

Pandemoniak · January 30, 2003, 05:06

A symbol is stronger than you think, you'll see when we'll build the Empath Guild...

GeneralTacticus · January 30, 2003, 05:14

Different kind of symbol, Pande

Pandemoniak · January 30, 2003, 05:32

Can you find the last poll for economics, I cant find it myself

Rather a symbol for a sword of Damoclès. You have no trouble as long as you're the only one running, but if there were two...

GeneralTacticus · January 30, 2003, 05:37

Quote:

Can you find the last poll for economics, I cant find it myself

It's here: http://apolyton.net/forums/showthrea...threadid=73108

Why?

Quote:

Rather a symbol for a sword of Damoclès. You have no trouble as long as you're the only one running, but if there were two...

I'd probabyl have problems anyway, if it were someone that people would be willing to vote for.

Anyway, examine the first part of my sentence: as long as I win.

Pandemoniak · January 30, 2003, 05:38

I meant the poll where thers FM, Planned and Green. It was 6/3/6 votes last time I checked it. It seems it has been deleted or something.

GeneralTacticus · January 30, 2003, 06:10

Oh, that. It's not on the first page any more, due to the number of topped election threads. Here:

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthrea...threadid=75217

Like I said, why do you need it?

Pandemoniak · January 30, 2003, 09:06

To check if the results are done, and because for some wierd reason I coulmdnt find it, even by the search engine.