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Hobbes for Delegate
Topic Started: Oct 23 2013, 10:13:00 PM (1,857 Views)
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There have been a couple of stress tests in this thread (a laser is held to your head and who would you vote off the island).

You already expressed your objections to the Consolidated Endorsement Cap legislation with your sense that there may be situations where the proposed law is not flexible enough to allow the Delegate to manage the cap.

Let's say some sort of situation occurs and you feel you need to lower the endorsement cap without waiting for the approval of the Magisterium. What would you do?
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Oct 26 2013, 09:44:56 PM
There have been a couple of stress tests in this thread (a laser is held to your head and who would you vote off the island).

You already expressed your objections to the Consolidated Endorsement Cap legislation with your sense that there may be situations where the proposed law is not flexible enough to allow the Delegate to manage the cap.

Let's say some sort of situation occurs and you feel you need to lower the endorsement cap without waiting for the approval of the Magisterium. What would you do?
After reaffirming this is assuming the law passes,ultimately, it depends on situation.


If it comes to the point of a nation at the cap (say it's 150, and I am for example at 170) who just showed up with minimal influence, and I can prove it's obvious he is here with intent to forcibly take the delegacy, I would throw myself under the bus and face the trial if it means ensuring the region is safe from a immenent threat while the Magisterium decides a more pernament solution, I don't want to face that decision but if it comes to it, I will throw myself under the bus if it means saving TEP in the process.


I need to reiterate that is not a choice I would intend on making lightly or 'for the hell of it', but if TEP is at direct risk I would be responsible to respond understanding I would face the charges for it later.
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In this case, I think there is a right answer. And you have chosen correctly. A good Delegate will act in the interest of the region if the law is inadequate.

However, I think I may have miscommunicated the full question. The challenge was whether you, as Delegate, would unilaterally act to reduce the endorsement cap, without waiting for the Magisterium to change it by legislation. You don't actually have to ban or eject anyone in this scenario, just reduce the cap.

In reality, if there was a serious threat, the reduction may lead to ejections.
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Oct 26 2013, 11:18:52 PM
In this case, I think there is a right answer. And you have chosen correctly. A good Delegate will act in the interest of the region if the law is inadequate.

However, I think I may have miscommunicated the full question. The challenge was whether you, as Delegate, would unilaterally act to reduce the endorsement cap, without waiting for the Magisterium to change it by legislation. You don't actually have to ban or eject anyone in this scenario, just reduce the cap.

In reality, if there was a serious threat, the reduction may lead to ejections.
If the law dictated the magisterium to be responsible for the endorsement cap, unless as I have previously stated the situation was asbolutely requiring of it, I would not act against that law, as much as I disagree with it.
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As Founder of Nesapo, a region with an embassy in TEP, I am hereby announcing the region's official endorsement of Hobbesistan. Good luck to each of the candidates.
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I am not sure how familur you are with TEP's politics, but generally our NS nations themselves do not count towards or against our campaigns, for example, AMOM is a corrupt dictatorship with things like this:

Selecting the Delegate is more of a OOC gameplay matter than a IC roleplay one, so as a result these things have no real effect (Infact, they woulden't if it was a RP matter, as my TEP roleplay nation is South Hills,not hobbesistan)


You take me too seriously my friend but I understand that given the magnitude of this thread and others for the future of this region. I fully understand that it has no bearing on the individual's qualifications as a possible delegate. I just wanted to see what you would say.
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The Zombies are coming. You have three options: (1) attempt to exterminate zombies with military force, (2) try to research a cure, or (3) totally join forces with the zombies.

What is your choice?

(I think you've given your answer on the RMB, but I would like to collect it in your campaign thread.)
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Oct 28 2013, 02:04:21 PM
The Zombies are coming. You have three options: (1) attempt to exterminate zombies with military force, (2) try to research a cure, or (3) totally join forces with the zombies.

What is your choice?

(I think you've given your answer on the RMB, but I would like to collect it in your campaign thread.)
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Where were you when the Zombies came? And how did you respond as a potential future leader of TEP?

(Yes, this is a little game within the game, but it may be informative to voters.)


What did you do during the 30 hours of the Zombie Apocalypse? We know that Todd, AMOM, Drakk, and I (along with a few others) were listed on the WFE as nations leading the effort to find a cure. Some of us spent a lot of those hours launching cure missiles at nations in TEP, trying to cure Zombies.

If there were another Zombie Apocalypse during your term as Delegate, what would you do?
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Oct 31 2013, 01:23:52 AM
Where were you when the Zombies came? And how did you respond as a potential future leader of TEP?

(Yes, this is a little game within the game, but it may be informative to voters.)


What did you do during the 30 hours of the Zombie Apocalypse? We know that Todd, AMOM, Drakk, and I (along with a few others) were listed on the WFE as nations leading the effort to find a cure. Some of us spent a lot of those hours launching cure missiles at nations in TEP, trying to cure Zombies.

If there were another Zombie Apocalypse during your term as Delegate, what would you do?
1) I was at home, listening to music and infecting Prussia.

2) Well, I embraced the zombies and faced AMOM's wrath in that 98% of my population died within 18 hours.

3) Horde > Death Squad > RMB > Repeat.

In that order.


4) Probably won't be unless they do it for april fools, but a very simular system to AMOM's with targets being called and ect.
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Do you think your choice to join with the zombies during the recent Zombie Apocalypse, in direct contrast to the Delegate's call for regional unity, may leave you with some credibility issues if, as a Delegate yourself, you are one day called upon to unify TEP against a threat?
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Nov 3 2013, 07:50:41 AM
Do you think your choice to join with the zombies during the recent Zombie Apocalypse, in direct contrast to the Delegate's call for regional unity, may leave you with some credibility issues if, as a Delegate yourself, you are one day called upon to unify TEP against a threat?
Not at all, I just find it a way of playing the game, no more, no less, nor do I see why people get upset over this. I'd hardly call a zombie apocalyspe a true 'threat' to TEP- It ends in 2 days and is designed to sturr activity, not be taken as a regional invasion scenario. I hardly see how one can compare it to a true absolute emergency such as coup or invasion.

Tano, Old Fed, and if I recall correctly Packlivania made the same call as well in hopes of making the game more fun, not 'wrecking' TEP.
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Nov 3 2013, 12:37:39 PM
Tano, Old Fed, and if I recall correctly Packlivania made the same call as well in hopes of making the game more fun, not 'wrecking' TEP.
Indeed, it's supposed to be fun. Violet herself advocated the zombie cause.
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Nov 3 2013, 07:50:41 AM
Do you think your choice to join with the zombies during the recent Zombie Apocalypse, in direct contrast to the Delegate's call for regional unity, may leave you with some credibility issues if, as a Delegate yourself, you are one day called upon to unify TEP against a threat?
This should not be something to hold against Hobbes in this election. The zombie apocalypse event was purely light-spirited silliness.
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I noticed you resigned from the EPSA today in order to test out another organization. If you do become delegate, how will the army operate to prevent any conflicts of interest?
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Nov 4 2013, 07:00:00 PM
I noticed you resigned from the EPSA today in order to test out another organization. If you do become delegate, how will the army operate to prevent any conflicts of interest?
[if] I won,it would be UDL tradition to resign as my WA would be immobile, so this woulden't be a issue in the (now unlikely) scenario I do win.
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