Ike

This laid back style of ruling is really getting on my nerves.

For what? It seems you banned people over the most trivial reasons. Reminds me of someone.

For what reason? I come back from a vacation to find this madness.

Let's do it on the road.

I don't see anything wrong in pointing out problems that need solutions.

Wasn't forum destruction one of the reasons Frak went DOS? I mean, not the one that tipped the balance, but I've heard it was a factor.

Know what, let's just end it. We'll see how the elections go and take it from there- but please, no more vicious attack ads. Let's see what the actual people want. It's tied right now. Again.

Please, the whole revolution thing was abandoned a long time ago, I've been here because I've had nowhere else to go. And even now, my main is still in Lazarus. The problem with you people is that you're completely unwilling to accept any change because you stubbornly think that what you're doing is completely righteous and flawless. You're not willing to give anything else a shot because what you're doing now apparently works. But if you really look at it, other solutions have worked as well. TNP and TEP are both stable democracies completely unlike TWP that are more active, prominent and to be honest, at this point more fun. If you want to watch activity waste away as all your new players leave, go ahead. You people are too stubborn for your own good. I, for one, will be trying to change things for the better, and my efforts are just as legitimate as yours. You're not right because you're old.

And that is where your argument falls apart.

Oh my god, dude. You're trying to demonize him over a minor mishap that makes no difference? He was being a gentleman, and now you're trying to portray him as some reckless danger that breaks all the laws. "Dark, banject him because he's criticizing us. Look at how he says there are problems. How dare he tries to fix them! Surely anyone who wants to change anything is completely incapable of maintaining a leadership position, we need someone who will completely preserve the status quo!" You don't go into politics to keep things as they are. Your goal as a politician is to change things for the better. If there are problems, what's wrong with pointing them out? And you're pledging to ban someone for criticizing a resident while you simply brush off Elegarth's constant attacks over the most trivial issues? I think it's good that Llamas will call out ,,,,,, when he sees it, and there's no reason to censor his words or take any action against him for speaking his mind. He's a reformer, he wants to fix problems, not create new ones. So don't make it so that these problems persist. You people just need to have an open mind. *************************************************************************************** Funny how decorum would ask you to censor your words, sir.

Llamas.

Community. That's what it's all about. When Stujenske took over Lazarus, he didn't only destroy the PRL, but all the culture and community that went with it. It doesn't simply boil down to game mechanics and the mere changing of the WFE to look different, it's about how Lazarus' vibrant, active community was completely destroyed, and those left exiled.

The culture of Lazarus was ranked the highest of any GCR in TRT's issue on the subject last year. Llamas and I can certainly testify that our theme of propaganda and Communism was extremely fun while it lasted, and the region definitely benefited from the amazing amounts of culture we had. Well, depending on how you define culture. Milograd has won a cultural victory! I do not believe we should cooperate with Stujenske's government based purely on formality, policy and precedent. Recognizing the Delegate of a region as legitimate no matter what ignores the opinions of natives, your allies and disregards the R/D game, as regions are raided all the time. Legitimacy doesn't belong in NS, as there is no formal system for legitimacy that applies to regions, only ones that rulers of those regions make, ones that only last as long as they're in power. In a way, you could argue that any Delegate of a region is legitimate, but that would go against everything else that matters, and as such, we shouldn't be talking about legitimacy here. We should be talking about popularity, effectiveness and other desirable traits. The Lazarus that Stujenske has ushered in is that of NPO puppetry, you can almost consider it a raid. He got rid of all the longtime natives that populated the region and completely destroyed his international reputation. Lazarus, for a long time, has been not only a GCR, but a community. One made up of people like Funkadelia, Hobbes, Church of Satan, and even me for a while, and I do hope to rejoin one day. Stujenske destroyed all that progress with the NLO. The community of Lazarus is gone, kicked from their homes. Their culture has been knocked down, the same culture that was widely-renowned as the best in the world. We shouldn't be bringing this down to simple game mechanics. We should be bringing it down to morality, justice and common sense.

TWP's stance (not mine) has been that you kind of had it coming if you included forum powers with regional powers. While I disagree, I think even people who stick to that ideology shouldn't resort to technicalities. Stujenske has gone rogue, and it's just to maintain relations with the popular, native government- TWP is arguably the most neutral of the GCRs, but we should listen to common sense and support the native and popular alternative to Stu's coup.

How can it be illegal to visit a website? This isn't China.