Cormac

Thank you for sharing this excellent publication! It's good to know our friends in Osiris are as active and funny as always!
 

PD, Westwind, and Eli, I'm very sorry for your losses. I lost a very close friend in 2013, and it still hurts every day, though less now than it did before. My mother is also severely disabled and 62 now, and I know we may not have many more years left together, though I hope for as many as I can get. You're so right about enjoying the time we have with our loved ones.
Please know that you have a community here that cares about you, not just TWP but the NationStates community in general, and you're in our thoughts.

PD, Westwind, and Eli, I'm very sorry for your losses. I lost a very close friend in 2013, and it still hurts every day, though less now than it did before. My mother is also severely disabled and 62 now, and I know we may not have many more years left together, though I hope for as many as I can get. You're so right about enjoying the time we have with our loved ones.
Please know that you have a community here that cares about you, not just TWP but the NationStates community in general, and you're in our thoughts.

PD, Westwind, and Eli, I'm very sorry for your losses. I lost a very close friend in 2013, and it still hurts every day, though less now than it did before. My mother is also severely disabled and 62 now, and I know we may not have many more years left together, though I hope for as many as I can get. You're so right about enjoying the time we have with our loved ones.
Please know that you have a community here that cares about you, not just TWP but the NationStates community in general, and you're in our thoughts.

PD, Westwind, and Eli, I'm very sorry for your losses. I lost a very close friend in 2013, and it still hurts every day, though less now than it did before. My mother is also severely disabled and 62 now, and I know we may not have many more years left together, though I hope for as many as I can get. You're so right about enjoying the time we have with our loved ones.
Please know that you have a community here that cares about you, not just TWP but the NationStates community in general, and you're in our thoughts.

I would be surprised, but I've known Don for five years, so I'm not surprised.
This was a good statement, but I do hope the upstanding people who are involved in KoGB will reevaluate their participation. I don't hold any ill will toward them either, but after all of this it's pretty difficult to justify citizens of KoGB remaining in the regions that have been threatened by their King and Curia. It's a time for choosing.

I can confirm this is a speciality of theirs.

Greetings TWP,
Today I want to make the region aware of a situation that came up earlier this week after I had our treaty with the Kingdom of Great Britain repealed and our embassy withdrawn.  The King and his Curia have threatened TWP and Osiris with war, intend to see our downfall.  Furthermore, they have attempted to undermine Europeia.
Several months ago it was discovered that the King Alexander, who otherwise goes by Don, is a pathological liar IC and OOC and an all around manipulative bastard.  He lied about RL situations in order to gain sympathy and manipulate people in his region.  This caused myself and others to leave the region and disassociate ourselves from KGB.  However, we still had this treaty; which I was ok with provided more lies and deceit didn't surface.  A few weeks ago it was discovered that Don was bringing back into KGB a nation known for harassing and bullying behavior who penned this apology letter:  https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=421555   Knowing first hand what had occurred, I could not in good faith allow TWP to be associated with this individual or any region that harbors him.  So after discussing this with the guardians, I decided to act quickly and dissolve our relationship with KGB.
Earlier this week, one of our operatives sent me a long line of logs.  The relevant ones can be found here:  https://imgur.com/a/MZm7P
After laughing voraciously at their thinking that they could coup TWP, I informed our friends in Europeia, Vice Chancellor Brunhilde and director of intel NES of the potential security breech.  They have made sure that Europeia is secure.  The newly elected President, Cat has decided to step down for her part in this.  
When these logs became public a few hours ago, the king has decided to abdicate the throne and quit NS.  Don being a manipulative liar, I am sure will resurface soon.  When he does, I ask that you remember what he has said about TWP and the intentions of his council.  
None of these people:  Don Mountbatten (former king Alexander), Victor Lancaster (the new king William Victor I), Charles Lancaster, Cephal (Cornelius Tallyrand), and John Mountbatten should be forgotten for their role in attempting to subvert TWP and our allies.  We will not work with KGB or the above individuals in any fashion.  I would ask our allies to do the same.  They are not to be trusted!
When I first began diplomacy with KGB last spring, I was pleasantly surprised by the terrific people in the region.  Many of them have chosen to come to TWP over the past few months to see what we have going on here, even becoming actively involved in our TWP community.  Several were actively involved in getting this information to me as they understood the King was making poor choices.  Those of you who have come here from KGB, I hold no ill will towards any of you and ask TWP to do the same.  However, the individuals with the King in the Curia; I do hold you responsible for your statements and actions.
Hail TWP!
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Accepted!  Welcome Cormac to citizenship in The West Pacific and membership in the Hall of Nations!

Since this is the first vote for Advocate, I support the new tradition of self-voting.
 
Elegarth.

I accept my nomination and I'll post up my platform tomorrow.

HA!  How long do you think we could hold that act together?  Five minutes of stuffy and that's about all I can take.

I am not bowel incontinent, thankyouverymuch
 
I was however surprised by some basic mistakes made by a group that should have known better.
 
Also, for the record:  I have always hated the dumbass ranking questions.  It's like highschool prom queen or something.  Stupid and irrelevant.
What do I deem important?  Simple: It's a game.  Are you having fun?

I should have left you in the RR, you're an idiot.

Aye.
 
I'm far too lazy to write an RP thing.

I'm just wondering in what universe I'm more annoying than Llamas...

I'm just wondering in what universe I'm more annoying than Llamas...

Llamas has been sent al-packing (alpaca geddit?).
I'll get me coat.....

lol good question, are you goblin city in TWP?
 
 
 
I think that was it.
 
 
took you off the ban list, I figured you'd see why when I did it.
 
 
 
*checks cormac for a sense of humor*

I've added the following as 3(5), because it occurred to me we had no provision for election administration if the office of Advocate is vacant, which it will immediately be if this constitution is ratified.
 

The in-game population has the most powerful voice of all: It elects the Delegate. This forum would not even be linked on the regional WFE if not for the Delegate elected by the in-game population willing it to be there, and if the in-game population disapproves of this forum or its community government, it can elect a Delegate who will link to a different forum and/or support a different community government.
 
This proposal doesn't strip anyone of anything. Any resident of the West Pacific would be free and more than welcome to participate in the Union via this forum. Where this proposal differs from yours is that the Union does not force participation on a diverse in-game population. Take a look at the poll Darkesia is running right now. Most of those who have voted in the poll have indicated that they've declined to join the forum because they don't care. They're entitled to not care. Another option getting a lot of votes is from people who only play on weekends and don't want more commitment. Why should we force these residents to care and make more commitments by shoving government in their faces via dispatches, RMB clutter, and polls that would increasingly be devoted to government rather than casual fun?
 
I've been critical of the West Pacific's system in the past, but one benefit of it is that this is one of the few regions in which not everyone has to participate in government in order to participate. Anyone who wants to can join this forum; let's not make them participate in government when they don't want to, and risk losing the other ways they participate, by inundating the in-game region with governmental matters.

I can't speak for Darkesia, but the repetitive, condescending refrain of "calm down," "calm down," "I'm glad to see you've calmed down" is on my last nerve. The constant references to ad hominem attacks like Elegarth is the only one who's engaged in them is also annoying. The fluffy kittens are also really condescending, like Elegarth needs to see kittens in order to "calm down." All of it seems very condescending, immature, and all around disrespectful, to be honest. Passive aggressive personal jabs are still jabs despite their passive aggressive nature.
 
Not meant as an attack on you, just pointing out some issues since you genuinely don't seem to understand what is frustrating people.

I am opposed to in game polls having any role what so ever with the forum government.

The in-game population has the most powerful voice of all: It elects the Delegate. This forum would not even be linked on the regional WFE if not for the Delegate elected by the in-game population willing it to be there, and if the in-game population disapproves of this forum or its community government, it can elect a Delegate who will link to a different forum and/or support a different community government.
 
This proposal doesn't strip anyone of anything. Any resident of the West Pacific would be free and more than welcome to participate in the Union via this forum. Where this proposal differs from yours is that the Union does not force participation on a diverse in-game population. Take a look at the poll Darkesia is running right now. Most of those who have voted in the poll have indicated that they've declined to join the forum because they don't care. They're entitled to not care. Another option getting a lot of votes is from people who only play on weekends and don't want more commitment. Why should we force these residents to care and make more commitments by shoving government in their faces via dispatches, RMB clutter, and polls that would increasingly be devoted to government rather than casual fun?
 
I've been critical of the West Pacific's system in the past, but one benefit of it is that this is one of the few regions in which not everyone has to participate in government in order to participate. Anyone who wants to can join this forum; let's not make them participate in government when they don't want to, and risk losing the other ways they participate, by inundating the in-game region with governmental matters.

I can't speak for Darkesia, but the repetitive, condescending refrain of "calm down," "calm down," "I'm glad to see you've calmed down" is on my last nerve. The constant references to ad hominem attacks like Elegarth is the only one who's engaged in them is also annoying. The fluffy kittens are also really condescending, like Elegarth needs to see kittens in order to "calm down." All of it seems very condescending, immature, and all around disrespectful, to be honest. Passive aggressive personal jabs are still jabs despite their passive aggressive nature.
 
Not meant as an attack on you, just pointing out some issues since you genuinely don't seem to understand what is frustrating people.