Why Rolo Won the Election...and what the heck are we going to do next?
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Plugson
Actual full title:
"Why Rolo Won the Election...and what the heck are we going to do next?
(an assortment of conspiracy theories and misguided attempts to rationalize a rather surprising turn of events)"
--Quagmire by Nalini
I’m calling the election despite there being another 13 hours to go. What made me come to this conclusion was reading Jacobi’s shout: “Just voted for Rolo: If we're going to hell anyways, might as well see what the devil can do.”
I have no idea what the devil can do. He has demonstrated keen insight with his commentaries and have heard he possesses a strong knowledge of the economy and war module (going by hearsay on that one, since proof would be difficulty to obtain) On th other hand, he was an inactive CP that was illegally impeached, stole a huge treasury out to spite that decision, and has made it his mission to manipulate elections and fuddle battles (well, only a few times that I can recall) in order to remain a constant thorn in our side. Did we deserve all that trouble for jumping the gun on his impeachment? I doubt it, yet what we are receiving now in the election is deserved, I would argue. Here are some of my thoughts on why.
1) All the candidates are actually Project Mayhem affiliates
I’m fairly sure Rolo is. Isn’t that the rumour about Muglack? I know Adasko/John Cleese ran a “Project Mayhem” article when he stole the WGC org and messed with an official Govt. Org. newspaper just a couple days before the real mayhem started September ’10. I see Aeriala is still shouting that he his the ATO vote, which makes me believe he is intentionally splitting the vote. And I don’t like the look of Mr. Rock’s avatar, but we wouldn’t want to judge by appearances, now would we? Nevertheless, it is possible that this election is the result of an orchestrated Mayhem uprising to undo all that forum-izing which has dominated eCan politics and policy.
2) eCanadians are fed up and have a secret death wish
June has provided us with a double whammy on the same day. Rolo gets elected and Sweden is set to sweep through Scotland into the rest of eCanada. After a lacklustre May and poor showing by the qualified CP candidates, people want someone who will put them out of their ‘divided-we-fall” misery. Those with survival instincts have already begun to abandon the sinking boat (au revoir, SpockPQ and Roger Griswald).
3) Foreign PTOers are stuffing the Rolo ballot box
The voter count will be rather high this election (already at 560 with more than half the day to go), higher than it has been in months despite our flatlined increase in population. As Sweden prepares for the invasion of eCanada, secret PTO agents of ONE are propping up Rolo to soften us up for the invasion of North America. Word has it Tahmassee is a Hungarian codename, too.
4) None of the other candidates tried hard enough
Muglack put out better campaigns in the past. It’s likely he expected this early leg-work to spill over into this campaign. Aeriala’s “2 Lame Ducks” platform may not have been off to a good start, either. Will we bother discussing what Cleese and Rock did? Rolo garnered popular support shortly before the election that led to a “Brown Wave” shitstorm that solidified his victory (hmm, that imagery is a bit of an oxymoron). Everyone knew Muglack deserved the win but couldn’t be bothered to find out why, so just voted for the person who was ‘trending’ in the media and shouts the day before.
5) Let’s blame Kazuo LeBlanc, "why not"
As the popular catch-phrase of the day goes, “Why not.” Kazuo has been the butt of all the recent blame over what is wrong with eCanada. You might even blame him for the failed RW war that would have blocked Sweden in Scotland (did people know what the battle orders were and would have been enough to defeat Alfagrem?). It is my pet theory that the LePew series (inspired as a parody of LeBlanc's own satire) gave Rolo the extra exposure to boost is PR image for the current election.
What is apparent is that Muglack should have won the election in May so that he could have carried his momentum from May into the Swedish-Rolo crisis we now face in June. However, the vote was split back then as it was now (Cypher Rahl-May and Aeriala-June took votes that would have given us a‘safe’ winner). The divided blocks have both times let in the feared CP candidate. Heck, let’s blame these vote-splitters, too. Let’s blame the apathetic lulzers, radical militarists, misguided revisionists, poorly informed clickers, and “boy-in-a-hermetic-bubble” Government. Yes, blame Canada. If you all thought Rolo was a real threat, then why didn’t you organize a veritable ATO action plan? Seems like you let this happen. Maybe you secretly wanted it.
...and what the heck are we going to do next?
So what will happen come June 6th? We have at least 4 days of a Rolo Administration before an impeachment can be proposed (Gherk’s impeachment proposal helped Rolo secure an extra couple days). Addy has proposed we grant Rolo IRC and forum access. Sounds crazy right? After all, the laws of eCanada state that a CP can be impeached if he has been convicted of crimes by the Supreme Court of eCanad (a court now rendered paralyzed by a lack of quorum – one Justice stepped down today to leave only 2 remaining). It would be crazy to grant access to Rolo when his court conviction clearly says that he cannot receive it. Yet, we are facing invasion, the courts are currently inoperable, there is a malaise against forum roleplaying, and we just voted in the biggest criminal mastermind we have. Stranger things could happen.
For me, Rolo’s election raises some interesting gameplay issues and makes for relevant “roleplay vs game-mechanics debate” (btw, those terms are misleading and are generally used to mean many different things at once). I’d like to paste a comment I made in the article “Give Role-play the Finger and Vote Rolo” to illustrate that the real issue we now face is not whether we can trust Rolo right now. We have more practical issues to consider, like how the Legislative and Executive can operate together if Congress decides not to immediately impeach Rolo:
“Electing Rolo as CP does raise some interesting questions on how the in-game powers of a CP relate to forum and IRC powers. Rolo has access to neither, so will he be granted forum/IRC masking to do his job before his inevitable impeachment or will we accept that Rolo will have to all his work at a distance from the forum activity?
I suspect that a CP can click the right buttons without needing to delegate via the forum. Yet, the division between the Executive's in-game powers and the Legislative's reliance on the forum does raise an interesting gameplay situation. If Rolo does in fact want to do a good job as CP and is able to get it done, it would say a lot about how forum/IRC creations relate to in-game actions...that is assuming Rolo decides to manage the Swedish war-front appropriately. ”
You see, the legal process that prevents Rolo from fully functioning as a President, with proper IRC and forum access, is now in a state of paralysis itself. Do we stubbornly stick with the laws we have created and deal the next 4 days and hope an impeachment ‘remedies’ the situation (how is that for decomcratic process, huh)? Or, do we throw in the towel on our laws by giving Rolo a chance to perform the duties he was elected for?
This is the real debate we should be deciding in the next 24-48 hours before the impeachment button becomes available again.
Stick with it
or
Try something different
It’s a question worth considering. Does an in-game election and war crisis trump a socially constructed set of laws on a forum? We’ll have to let Congress and the Forum Admin Team be the judge of that. The courts can have no role to play in this right now.
Comments
giggity
I blame Jacobi. If he had run one more time and beat Kaz, better people would have been CP this term.
I love you Plugson!
I'm so happy that you put up with my shit.
I hope that the answer is 4) 😛
you misread me plugson, i have a purpose otherwise i won't be trying so hard, you know damn well i had nothing ever to do with project mayhem. The hard part this month is I have some understanding of the damage done within the alliances and foreign affairs for Canada. I estimate atleast a week of work sorting that part out. I have been far from silent through my campaign but frankly i just couldn't promise much until i sort out the mess i may have been handed. That's just honest, sorry if it doesn't meet the grand roleplaying goals.
I would thrown my support behind Muglack, Aeriala. That would have been the safe thing to do. Still, you have the right run in an election to take a shot at putting your plan in action. But just like the "James MacNamaras" out there who take shot after shot at the Presidency while other dangers are lurking, you may have wanted to consider laying down those ambitions, take one for the team, and side with the one lesser known evil.
I think you misrepresent the electorate. Rolo's voters aren't Aeriala voters. Aeriala and I haven't split down the middle the way Cypher and I did and let the wrong candidate win. The people who are voting Rolo would have certainlky voted Muglack if Rolo wasn't on the ballot. We appeal to the same demographic.
Without Rolo on this ballot I would probably be getting in excess of 70% of the vote at this point, and the election would of been over before it even started.
But it's ok. Better men than me have lost elections to inferior candidates (TFD to Fram comes to mind). Having my name added to that list is an honor in and off itself.
You're a good sport Muglack. Someday you'll make a fine blushing bride, ha!
btw, here is a relevant forum thread that relates to the two options I highlighted at the end of this article - please check it out:
http://ecanada.cc/forums/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=13638
There's no point getting angry, it's just a game. Would of been nice to get the medal but c'est la vie.
So you are saying to vote for a known criminal is ok, those that have conspired to screw us in the past is exceptable. Someone you know to have built eCan up, protected it by any means nessacary is comparible to penguin? WoW i never thought i
I'd see the day, no wonder citizens are fleeing eCan.
You forgot to blame yourself for going on vacation.
Since you left people have been trying to destroy the supreme court, then the impeachment laws, now the entire country.
For a safer Canada, please commit to a 22 hour continuous citizen feed marathon to calm everyones shakes.
If you felt Muglack and Rolo represented a threat, then you never got the message out clearly and did not organize a proper ATO effort.
CAF is currently denying all support for Rolo. You should have gone after the CAF vote by playing up Muglack as a TCO-Mayhemite. You're third place run in this election is comparable to "Penguin's" run in the January election that narrowly kept you from beating out Wes Lewis
http://www.erepublik.com/en/elections/country-23-election-president-0-date-2011-01-region-0
(that was my main source of comparison)
People are fleeing for a variety of reasons (economy, invasion, Rolo's election, bickering militias&elected officials). My sour attitude may only be a small contributing factor. Don't let it keep you from trying to be CP again but please take it as a suggestion that trying harder next time will be necessary.
Gherk - self-flagellation will now commence to attone for my time away. Yet, it seems that on my first official day back, the brown wave has hit the fan. Not my fault is it?
Well, Aint I glad I left the boat early.
Very nice analysis Plugson.
Rabble rabble rabble.
>"did people know what the battle orders were and would have been enough to defeat Alfagrem?"
I was majorly busy in Macedonia and could only lay down a few K's in the Scottish and Alaska battles and therefore was very surprised that the battles were won with such ease!?
so does your credit card make you prouder now? i find it funny how some ppl can become so empowered over a piece of plastic. Have fun with that.
We should rally behind whomever is elected, we need to stand together and try to repair relations with our allies.
What matters is that we have a clear plan economically and militarily, too often we are all over the place in those decisions, if its a bad plan that may set us back, but at the very least let's give it our best shot and set the course to see what works and what does not.
We have our differences, but today the voters may have said that they are willing to give Rolo a second chance. (Pending the last 13 hours)
So i say we go for it.
giggity giggity
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/-day-1-293-the-pundit-039-s-daily-ramble-ghost-town-drama-amp-d-039-addy-039-s-appeals-1792042/1/20
shut up lavis rally behind that
Dammit Plug, you found me.
There is a huge difference Plugson in that comparison. I can lead this country to greatness and am proven. Penguin on the other hand though popular, couldn't lead an army of ants to a picnic and had proved that. It's hardly a comparison using that analogy.
Who has control of eCan's accounts right now? Who has the passwords?
Pass a singular, unanimously voted law, putting control into Dominik's and Elementaki's hands. Jacobi can be the singular voter to repent for his sin. If funds are needed, they are dispensed through those 2 players only.
If they're not on, tough nouggies, rolo can just use some of the CAD and/or gold still in his possession from his last term and generously dispense that.
Seriously, who knows where all the money is and who has access / control? rolo "took the law" into his own hands the last time so, fair play says eCan gets to this time around, right? Pass a law.
Your patience, the attention to detail, analytical mind, all amazes me Plugson. Definitely worthy of CSIS irl.
You go out and have some fun too eh. Summer will be over before we know it. Take care.
Steal the cash, if anyone deserves it, you do. 😁
what chucky said.
also you have somehow done the unpredictable by making such a lengthy analysis quite entertaining.
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