My name is Elegarth and I am The Pacific Senator for Cultural Affairs, sexy Latino Panda and another myrriad of self-made pointless titles that I may or may not share with you guys in the future
I am glad to meet you all and while I am not here on any formal FA position, by all means feel free to reach me for a chat, a beer or a sandwich together!
Is there a forum here where I can share weird news from the world away from NS???
In fairness the forum was down for five days. Regardless, you are right on in your assessment. We need a vested interest to come to this forum. I don't know what the answer is.
I enjoy coming here and the camaraderie that it brings.
I was going to apologize for not being active here, due to the fact that I generally little thought for NS anymore... but, due to the fact that it has been 11 days since the last post, and the point of this thread has been about activity in this space (be it on forum or in government, or yadda yadda), I'm not going to.
Listen, clearly there is a complete disconnect right now between activity in the off-site and on-site. For myself, after 11 or so years of playing, I just want to pop on here once in a while and say two cents. Others have their own way of playing, and I really hope it's more active than mine but if not, that's cool. I honestly don't believe any constitutional change will fundamentally change that.
I've done frankly all the roles in GCR governance, and frankly, all of them are hard to do if you just don't have people around who care. And right now, yes, that includes me. Personally, I am in favour of the superiority of the Delegate in the role of government, both on and off site. But the supremacy of the Delegacy will not necessarily increase activity if there's just not enough people who care. Trust me, as one who has run both 'democratic' and 'authoritarian' governments, it really doesn't matter what system you use, just so long as you have enough people who give a fuck.
We all need a reason to come here. I'll be frank, and say that right now, I don't have a reason to come to this forum as it stands. I'm not that invested. And being invested is what needs to change. I'm going to look squarely at anyone who wants to hold Executive authority here and say, give an incentive to participate in TWP, be it on or off-site.
The paperwork helps, but does not really make a clear difference. It's the people who do.
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