[I&W] Congress Election in Flanders and the UNL
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I&W had 14 candidates that were going to go for congress this month. When we lost the RW in Flanders, AndreasIssakson, Deviltje, Osxy, Thanatos_NL and cruwdy moved to Flanders in the last minute to prepare our ATO there. So we had 9 candidates left although we already had 11 seats last month. In the end we got 7 seats this month and I congratulate those people that got elected.
But the day before the election we, the pp’s of the five major parties, had decided that the elections in the UNL weren’t important and that the ATO in Flanders deserved our full attention. We agreed that no tactical voting would be used and that the balance of power would not be decided by the congress election but reviewed and discussed afterwards.
However, I believe that we, all of us, were betrayed as some showed different intentions. Instead of focusing on Flanders they organized tactical voting in the UNL. I can only conclude that they apparently thought the cause in Flanders wasn’t important enough or that it was someone else’s fight to fight.
Here is an example of the tactical voting that was going on by others:
This morning (from 7-8 am) Auggy and I were online to support the Flanders operation and Auggy was keeping an eye on the election result in the West Region. That is the region he was running for congress and Flando as well. Flando had a nice lead of 2 votes and so Auggy voted on himself because it didn’t matter as both seemed to be placed anyway. At that time i voted for a LSD member because i didn’t need the vote either and neither did any other I&W member in my region. But 10 min. before the day change a certain candidate got all of a sudden 4 votes he went from 4 to 8 in 5 minutes time. This meant that Flando lost his seat and I&W went from 8 seats to 7.
So I&W got fewer seats then we normally would, but you know what? I am glad and proud that we did because at least I&W can say that they did everything in their power to help Flanders and we did not direct a single vote to the elections in the UNL or organize anything there including spreadsheets.
In total more than 30 I&W'ers moved to Flanders to vote which is 33% of our members. Today i got pm's from 4 other member that wanted to let me that they were going to vote but forgot about the time change in game and were therefore too late to vote (They didnt vote in the UNL either).
So thank you fellow I&W party members for all of your efforts. And of course thank you, all of those other ones who helped (PEACEkeepers and other nations) by voting in Flanders or running for congress there. We tried but at least it wasn’t our fault that we failed.
Mitch Rapp – PP of Iron & Wine
Comments
Good article and indeed it seems true I&W was the most affected by the 'Flanders-problem'. 7 out of 9 elected is not bad though 🙂
"But 10 min. before the day change a certain candidate got all of a sudden 4 votes he went from 4 to 8 in 5 minutes time."
Bullshit
There is only one candidate with 8 votes in West and he already had 7 votes on sunday night.
What's the matter with you?
I voted in Flanders, too bad we came out with only four seats.
It is despicable that people play politics in a time when there is a greater crisis at hand. It is nice to see that certain people understand what unity means and act upon it.
Sure Bicky!!! That is why i voted on somebody of LSD and Auggy on himself.
Bicky at the time i voted for myself I as well as Flando had 7 votes. We were both secure no wild cards. Seeing that I was unable to vote in flanders due to my congress seat and election I decided to vote for myself. (I have no idea who voted for me during the election). Within a few minutes after voting I saw Flando drop to wildcard status and afterwards out of the running. Strategic voting took place. Till the end I&W were getting people to move to Flanders hoping to pick up votes. It is sad that certain people think of their own greesd rather than that of the nation.
Guys quit this discussion, lets look ahead, btw Flando only has 6 votes...
Shout from Bicky:
17 hours ago
Go in East to vote we need your votes LEVE BP
Enough said...
Keep lying if you want I'm sure of what I'm saying.
Deleted my post, didnt understand that you werent talking to Heikanu 😁
If you are speaking about Ops_thekiller and like Bicky has said he's the only one with 8 votes, that's indeed a blatant lie.
Come on, he was clearly qualified yesterday evening with already 6 or 7 votes. If you want to play the game of accusing other parties, do it clearly that we can know of who you are speaking.
I&W and Mitch Rapp - stop playing party politics and move on. Some of us are trying to get on with the democratic processes in eUNL but all you do is cry like children.
Hugo, he does have a point here. when all the parties agreed with the plan, bicky shouted something else. Look his last shout!
Bicky has a history of erratic behaviour so I don't know why it comes as such a surprise!
Not representative of BP as a whole; I'm sure their PP would agree.
^lol
Yeah well, I pretty much doubt they're lying. Bugrepublik striked again? Last time elections were bugged, I just can't believe they're not bugged this time..
For sure it bugged, you should have 40 congressmembers and not 35
No bicky, we have 6 regions now 🙁
Yes but according to wiki:
http://wiki.erepublik.com/index.php/Division_of_Congress_Members" target="_blank">http://wiki.erepublik.com/index.php/Divi[..]mbers
wierd.
I'm sorry that I&W is so affected by this crisis. I hope you guys continue your hard work and won't allow this setback to affect that. I would like to thank the I&W for voting so massively in Flanders. You're one great party.
Maybe you should have named names or stayed silent. Not something in between. Now it looks like you're accusing BP, but for all we know you might be talking about the GVD.
Trinc every region has max 10 congressmembers and a minimum of 1 per region. the basic rule is: Every country has 40 congressmembers, with the exception of the 2 rules explained above.
I think it were merely frustrations which took a part in this article. When your party gives 200% for this union, and still loses it, then it is a source of frustration, a shout from bicky like that is not gonna help.
I am proud of what I&W did in Flanders, and also proud to have been one of the voters in Flanders. If only more parties tried as hard as I&W did to move their votes to Flanders we might have been able to get a majority in Belgium.
Hugo, this is not party politics its just the truth.