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    Random Poll #2

    I’ll admit I’m not particularly well-versed in the science behind this question, but endless expansion seems to make more sense to me.
  2. Great, accepted! I will give you the proper discord masking and orientation as soon as I have time.
  3. This shall be the forum embassy for the Black Hawks. Welcome to TWP!
  4. It is a requirement these days, I’m afraid.
  5. Accepted! I will begin your discord orientation shortly.
  6. Please mask @Sensorland as an ambassador. Thank you!
  7. Please mask @GustavovWhately as an Ambassador. Thank you!
  8. Accepted. Discord and forum masking will be applied as soon as we can get to it.
  9. Please mask @Vamperiall as an Ambassador. Thank you!
  10. This was a great read. Thanks, Osi!
  11. Please mask @North Roledol as an Ambassador. Thank you!
  12. Accepted. Discord and forum masking pending.
  13. Please mask @Allen as a member of the Diplomat Corps. Thank you!
  14. So when the delegate doesn’t govern the way you want, you just decide to change the government? I can’t believe a simple theme change is enough for a forum admin to threaten to create a new forum government.
  15. It won’t be such an intense theme change as to change our culture or how we operate to match that of the country we’re themed after. I understand your point though. Halo specifically chose these theme options because they have coastlines along the western Pacific Ocean, however, so they do have a tangential connection. TWPAF will be keeping its pirate theme, it’s always been relatively independent when it comes to theming/stylization as long as I’ve been around. TWP proper, however, is neither pirate-themed nor Tahiti-themed like badger suggested. It is, like most of the feeders, theme-less with a general feel of a theme or culture that evolved over time. Which is something we took note of. Does TWP *need* a theme like UCRs or Sinkers? No, it doesn’t. And this theme change is disimilar to those for some very important reasons. Primarily, UCRs and Sinkers base their entire region and culture off of their themes. We do not. We are taking TWP’s existing culture and adding to it with the theme (which is almost entirely cosmetic aside from the Hall of Peers addition) that the delegate and region have agreed upon. Your impressions absolutely matter, Westwind, as do those of the nations gameside. However, I can think of no more secure way to vote for a theme than on the forums. I disapprove of sacrificing that security by holding a gameside poll, where the options are either WA nations (TWPAF and non-WA citizens can’t vote), “natives” (totally arbitrary residency requirement IIRC), or everyone (meaning that any other region could very well spam our poll and pick our theme for us). I do however, think it would be pertinent to advertise the theme change to the region so that they are at least aware that a theme change vote is occurring. As far as your comment about an oath, I don’t really know what to do about that. The existence of a citizenship oath isn’t up to me, nor do I think it’s particularly binding or restrictive.
  16. Aside from the Hall of Peers, I think most of the titles will be pretty straightforward. I’m sure we could work around anything overly obscure gameside at least, though.
  17. The guardianship and cabinet have considered the pros and cons of a theme change at every step of the way. We knew that some people would be iffy about stepping away from "traditional" TWP. We want you to know that what you came to and stayed in TWP for, whether it's relaxation, a career, or just a place to enjoy some snark, a theme change won't affect your ability to do that. I personally love all the proposed themes and I can't wait to see how the Hall votes. As far as changing the flag, one of the few instructions Halo explicitly gave us was to make the flag still reflective of TWP's current flag design, either through the color scheme or the sunburst. The flag will always feel like TWP regardless. The reason we settled on the Hall was covered by Halo, but I'd also like to bring up that having the entire region vote on a theme doesn't make all that much sense when most of the nations that would be voting are only gameside, which is 1/3rd of the areas the theme would actually affect (the other two being discord and forum obviously). I understand the traditionalist stance, of course, but sometimes it's okay to step away from tradition, and take a leap in the hope that the region will be better for it. I am very confident that this theme change will do nothing except provide another fun aspect to TWP and make the region a better place for a variety of player personalities to be in.
  18. Please ban this account: http://www.westpacific.org/forums/index.php?/profile/1764-rach/&wr=eyJhcHAiOiJmb3J1bXMiLCJtb2R1bGUiOiJmb3J1bXMtY29tbWVudCIsImlkXzEiOjIxNzAsImlkXzIiOjU5NjIyfQ== Rach/Kate/Solorni has admitted to severe OOC misconduct and has furthermore asked that all of her accounts be banned. I believe that request should be granted in this case. If admin requires said admission, I’ll provide it.
  19. I noticed that we still have a sub forum topic in the information and introduction center that links to TWP’s IRC chat. Could we possibly change that so it links to the discord instead?
  20. NationStates Nation Name: Arkadia Universalis Discord User Name: @Ark#3495 Your Local Timezone: EST Regions You Have Active Nations In: Just TWP Any Diplomatic Experience: About 2 years total of time spent in any given FA department. Mostly in GCRs, including this one.
  21. Welcome to the Corps! I’ll mask you on Discord, and find you an assignment as soon as I am able.
  22. Thanks! Look forward to seeing you around more, Relfa.
  23. This was a wonderful read. Thank you!
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