[WYD] Credibility of MDP Hurt SBR's CP Chances (1782)
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by Addy Lawrence
Foreward
I cast vote number 72 for SBR yesterday. SBR and I wear the same colours and that is what you do when you share colours with someone, particularly when you are a drone and have subjugated yourself to the Dictator. After I cast my vote, I was quite shocked to see the lead that EPD had over SBR, not even close.
Congratulations EPD on your CP victory, you are a worthy candidate. It is unfortunate the SBR did not go out with a bang, he's earned that much. The purpose of this article is review why it didn't happen that way.
Credibility is key...
With the support of 9 political parties, how do you lose an election to a candidate with only two parties supporting him? A candidate who is over three years old in game and still at level 24? The answer centers around credibility. Credibility of the candidates running for office and of the parties doing the nominating.
SBR is reputable, trustworthy, and active in his own right, he simply lacks traditional political credibility. He is what they call "an empty suit" in RL politics, presence without substance. Sure, he has been around, seemingly forever, but he has never navigated through the deep political waters before, never established a beach-head. Being at the top or sitting in congress looks good on a resume, proposing and passing legislation or driving party policy looks better on a resume. EPD represents a freshness and newness, a “NoobPower” that is sorely needed in righting the good ship SS eCanada. Ironic given he's 3 years old in-game, but he's a relative unknown. He’s the great white hope of sorts for the Loyalists and is cast very well as a viable underdog for the long oppressed Loyalist half of the eCan struggle between light and dark. Pretty tough to compete against that.
SBR is an MDP candidate and MDP has lost a lot of swagger over the past few months. Rylde’s curtailment of play is a big factor, so is the kow-towing to Norsefire as a member of the Coalition. Selling out, or as the MDP tenets phrase it “seeking quarter”, diminishes the party’s credibility. But MDP is only one party, what about the other 8 that supported SBR? Norsefire Party of Canada, Norsefire – Wolfpac Chapter, and Coalition Party of the NF-MDP headline the group. These are the key parties in the Coalition which have led eCan to where it is today, electing inactive leaders and practicing lulzy kleptocracy. They substitute genuine credibility with all the "support" that they can buy with gold and ill will. It is becoming clear that they are out of new customers and their existing ones are getting tired of their shtick.
The time has come to break up the Coalition. The time has come for MDP to once again walk the political landscape of eCan with swagger. It is time for the Dictator to start walking tall.
Denouement
On October 15th, a Dictator will lead a renaissance of the MDP.
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This is fair. Simon was a good fellow brought down by a rotted party
Well
Alternate formulation: the candidate who won had the most to offer, was personally more credible and was supported by more credible political parties.
Same message, different formulation, affected by the fact I am not interested in positioning myself for the next election.
9 political parties, but beyond "the coalition" (and no disrespect towards the other parties), parties that nobody really cares about right now.
And yes MDP was hurt by Tumbleweed Wally, According to MDP philosophy you eat those who fail. Well lots of failure here and yet the party allows the failed leader to name the next person to take over? And we see in their article a "step back" from the coalition but still allow the coalition (i.e. allow Rolo's involvement)? Wishy washy.
Go Addy
That's true, oliver. As well, ElPato is a gracious loser (as we saw in last month's election) ~ a good quality to have before entering onto a ballot, no matter what you expect the results to be.
"I wear the same colours and that is what you do when you share colours with someone, particularly when you are a drone and have subjugated yourself to the Dictator."
Somehow those colours clash with your style, Addy. Ah well, it's only been a week or two. I'm sure the style will grow on you.
I love that movie
Also yes, SBR was brought down by the credibility of the Coalition, MDP became synomous with Norsefire via the Coalition, Norsefire is a taint, you ally yourself with it you become it. Simple as that.
Distance yourself from it, and you can free yourself from the taint.
Plugson;
Norsefire's colours were noble when they had the scent of Adam Sutler on them, now they stand for something else.
MDP does not have to suffer that fate. eCan needs a vibrant MDP, every country does.
When the dominating political force becomes complacent, change is inevitable. eCanada was starving for something different. ElPatoDiablo was a breath of fresh air. I was proud to help him in this quest.
Blah Blah Blah, We're 1 of the 3 Top Party's, We got 1/3rd of the Congressional Seats, and We got 1/3rd of the Popular Vote
The "New" Coalition is the CPF and the Clan Wolf 2 clickers - Coalitions win Elections, Remember WE thought of it first....
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You're forgetting the DAL/CPF Coalition to oust me from power, Rolo.
Intraparty cooperation to fulfill a goal is nothing new.
"These are the key parties in the Coalition which have led eCan to where it is today, electing inactive leaders and practicing lulzy kleptocracy."
who stole something?
You are right on a part Addy. MDP and Norsefire didn't help me with my credibility in those elections. But how else was I supposed to run?
CPF and Clan Little Dog are blindfolded and refuse to see past the name of a party. If Canada really believes that a newcomer should be CP over someone with a lot of experience, foreign connections, and who proved to be trustworthy, that means I should have left Canada a looooooooooooooong time ago
EPD will lead eCan no where. It'll be Kronos' second term all over again. I was in that cabinet and it was boring.
Jacobi, you have never understood the scope of the Coalition and you fail yet again to do so now...
The CPF/DAL "Teh Deal" is so far from a comparable that it is impossible to even comment on
EPD could be a good CP, ya never know ^__^
We in eCanada complain too much!
Nah klop: EPD WILL be a good CP. He will simply be boring
Teh Deal does not equal Coalition in the least.
who was the kleptocrat Addy? If you say Rolo, then I definitely know you're full of it as his 'theft' (we in the coalition call it reparation) was looooong before the coalition existed. So I ask again, who is the kleptocrat Addy?
If the extent of the Coalition was Rylde getting two terms and a denouement perhaps I'm right to minimize the long term impact of the Coalition?
Perhaps I refuse to exaggerats the "scope" of the Coalition because its achievements are so paltry and its demise so rapid. Perhaps I simply am assigning the Coalition it's rightful worth: a hodgepodge house of cards that collapsed the minute a gust of air came by.
It was more than a gust of wind. The Coalition was killed by a change in game mechanics. Not to argue that it was a good idea, or was built on a firm foundation, but it wasn't a simple thing that caused it to fail in the end. There's no advantage to "divide and conquer" in a proportion based election, while the benefits are beyond measure in a "first past the post system".
Now for the topic at hand. SBR lost for the same reason that TFD did to Fram and Addy outlined it in his article.
"SBR and I wear the same colors and that is what you do when you share colors with someone"
It isn't about substance anymore. It isn't about what each candidate brings to the table. It's about voting your colors. There used to be a way to try and avoid it in Congress elections but that's now been removed.
CPF/Wolf have more active members, their banners yield the most votes.
Now before people go off on me and saying things "like look at how much EPD won by" and "then how did wally win last month". You need to go back and look at the numbers.
Wally won with 160 votes out of 495. Tyrael and EPD combined last month accumulated 268.
This month EPD got 281 of 481 and SBR got 145.
While those numbers aren't exact, I think it's safe to say that regardless of who the parties put up (marquis candidate aside) the numbers would of remained about the same.
"If the extent of the Coalition was Rylde getting two terms and a denouement perhaps I'm right to minimize the long term impact of the Coalition?
Perhaps I refuse to exaggerats the "scope" of the Coalition because its achievements are so paltry and its demise so rapid. Perhaps I simply am assigning the Coalition it's rightful worth: a hodgepodge house of cards that collapsed the minute a gust of air came by."
Thank you once again Jacobi.
Remain calm everyone I will return the swagger when I will it.