Legitimacy and Prominence for SFP
Gnilraps
New Coat of Paint (Mandatory listening)
Day 3054 of the New World
March 31, 2016
I am one of those players who just seems determined to keep sailing with this ship for as long as it floats.
And if I gotta be out to sea, I'd rather have my hand on the wheel than swabbin' the decks.
And so I hereby lay out my platform as I seek the Presidency of the Socialist Freedom Party.
First allow me to explain why I am announcing early.
You know how SFP is sort of known as a "revolutionary" type of party? Well call me a revolutionary, because I intend to revolutionize the party itself. And because my platform is going to be such a major departure from the excellent administrations that will have preceded me, I want the conversation to begin early. I also want those who want to lead with me to have time to identify themselves. I am sure as you read on, you will understand more what I mean.
A quick word to those who have enjoyed the extremism of SFP during the past: I don't hate you. I even like your game. I respect what you are trying to do. I support your right to do it and to try and make it happen on as large a scale as possible. I just don't think I am radical enough to join you anymore. I regard your (honorable) fight as a losing battle, and I want to be part of a winning team. Again, no disrespect, keep on keeping on. But I will be running a campaign that is, on several levels, counter to the radical wing in our party. I am not distancing myself from everything you stand for, I am about to propose what I think is a smarter way of pursuing it.
That said, let me explain what I think is necessary in order for SFP to gain what I am referring to as "Legitimacy".
We need to adapt the SFP game to the rules of the meta game of Congress. I know that some of my party comrades hate to hear this, but let me explain. There are not enough available tools in this game to make a significant revolution sustainable. At best, SFP can agitate. But the agitation, in terms of scale, is like a single mosquito at a college pool party. He might bite one, maybe two, but he's gonna get smacked and that's always the end of him.
Yes, I understand that some of you like being the mosquito. But realize this: by minimizing the National positioning of SFP through agitation, we are increasing the relative power of the other T4 parties. You understand that by turning SFP into the Blacklist party, we are making the game easier for everyone else, not harder. We are quite literally playing ourselves out of the game.
And so under the banner of "Legitimacy", I will be proposing several amendments to our Constitution on Day 1 of my Term as PP, chief among them is a ban on running blacklisted players. I realize I just lost a few of your votes. But I am tired of watching good players leave our party every time we shoot ourselves in the foot. If our current trends continue, I would expect AMP to make a serious play at #5, and I wouldn't bet against them.
This won't be all.
In order to earn National Legitimacy, we will need to develop a Congressional Training program that will become the National Standard. SFP cannot afford to place new Congressmen into "power" only to have them laughed out of eRepublik by the toxic pack of wolves that routinely takes out the injured and weak from among (it's own!!!) herd. So already I am working on several documents that will be mandatory reading for any potential SFP congressional freshman. I have a few additional ideas in the works to further improve our acumen in Congress.
SFP will become the standard for Congressional decorum.
What about our radical wing?
We need to find a way for them to participate. Activity is the rarest of commodities in today's eRepublik, and I intend to gather up all we've got. I just don't want us to spend it unwisely. So we will make sure that even our MOST radical comrades retain their voice not only in Party but also in Congress. We will do this by working as a Party to produce legislation. Within the Party, every voice counts. Once a legislation has passed through the Party - no matter what it is, it will be proposed in Congress. If it passes, great. If it fails, also fine. But the entirety of the SFP voice will be better heard under my Leadership than it has at any time prior - and heard on a National scale.
Surely you can image that there will be more, but let's move on to my second Plank.
There isn't much a Party can actually do in this game any more, so until Plato fixes things we are left to stretch our imaginations wildly. And so any promise of SFP inventing something so earthshatteringly huge that it massively changes the Political landscape in eUSA... well... it'd be more politicking than anything.
But, I do want SFP to take advantage of the obvious dearth in activity in this country. We can actually become something of a fixture in the eAmerican political ethos.
How?
For starters, we do what we do best. We have always been a Media-First party. Much of that happens organically. I know, because I lurk in the back rooms of the Writer's Guild. I believe our Writer's Guild would benefit from the injection of energy that comes from renewed purpose.
I would like to treat our Writer's Guild like a more functional version of the White House Press Room.
As anyone can see, the WHPR suffers from terrible inconsistency. The current Secretary of Media has somehow only managed 3 WHPR's so far in a term that is basically over. One was the inaugural issue, and the other two were some form of fanfiction that would have made sense in a private newspaper, but did not grace the pages of our austere National Newspaper. What I am saying is that the Country needs a kickass media team. We have one. We will become eUSA's source for news.
In addition to National Reporting, we will have a muckraking division. Oh boy do we do this well!!! Under my Party Administration, everyone from Franklin Stone to Phoenix Quinn will have a fire lit under his pillows to dig up controversy and run with it. In a game like this, who cares about fact-checking??? You got a good idea? Out with it.
Prominence is all about driving the conversation. That is what we must do.
There are some of my ideas right out of the box. I want to remind my SFP readers that none of what I am saying is an indictment against anything any previous or current SFP leadership team or member has done. I understand SFP, so I get why we've been where we've been. But I contend that we have a choice to make:
Either we keep playing eRepublik in our own sandbox which continues to get relocated farther and farther away from where everyone else is playing, OR we bag up our sand, squat our asses firmly in the National sandbox, and start building a better sandcastle than everyone else.
Grab a shovel, SFP.
If you want to work for Legitimacy and Prominence for SFP, climb on the Gnilraps for PP bandwagon. As you can see, I will need your help.
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Legitimacy and Prominence for SFP
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Gnilraps for PP
Only 16 days early
You would fit perfectly within the scope of my plans. Come join the fun.
Im intrigued to say the least
Least/most obscure PTO in the history of the game. Truly hysterical.
Not a PTO at all, nor will SFP membership see it as such.
The beauty of SFP is in its embrace of everyone's voice. If I lose, it will be because the majority of SFP does not really want to rise in Legitimacy and Prominence (as I have defined them). I'm fine with that.
But if I win, it will mean that there is a wing of the Party that does want to see our activism redirected into more functional ways. That is what I am running on.
You really are good at what you do.
IIRC your CP run and the ensuing Liberation War you helped catalyze are basically the reasons SFP lost what legitimacy it had and is now in the position it's in.
I don't entirely disagree with you, nor are you completely correct.
What happened in December was just the loudest variant of what has been costing SFP legitimacy for a long time. I played along with it as best I could at the time.
You allowed them to hang themselves in a poor attempt at a half-baked scheme. You allowed them to be blacklisted and ruin what chance they could have at reforming after the issues with Jude.
You ruined a good party's rise.
And then you have the gall to suggest you're the one to fix it? Pathetic.
yeah ok stfu
How about publishing a WHPR?
Wow, it's rare when I've got you on the ropes. You're not even trying at this point, old man.
Also you can try and smear my name all you want, but go ahead and ask Israel Stevens if he's happy with the job I've done. Go ahead and ask anyone who has read my Press Briefings if they've enjoyed them. Go ahead and ask my team.
I stand by the work I've created, and to have you try and tear it down is another laughable ploy to inflate your completely nonexistent ego.
You failed this country with your last election as its President. You will fail SFP again if they choose to elect you. This is vanity at its worst.
And congratulations, btw. I'm joining SFP. And I will do everything within my power to make sure you're not elected to Party President, and that they see you for the fraud you are.
You are so out of touch with what is happening, that every word you write is a joke.
Aramec
I use to have a tiny bit of respect for you, but telling Gnilraps to ask Israel Stevens if you have done a good job with the WHPR; everyone can see you haven't done s**t with it....
Aramec's press briefings have been a gift.
"Also you can try and smear my name all you want, but go ahead and ask Israel Stevens if he's happy with the job I've done."
FS: Where he lacked in WHPR, he more than made up in with Press Briefings.
go play with your dolls aramec
YOU'RE NOT MY SUPERVISOR
Newb.
Holy crap. A lot to think about here.
Don't mistake his carrot for the whip it really is.
I'm on board.
deep deep horse dookie
Even I am better suited than you are. You are absolutely incredible. How much time do you spend gazing in mirrors?
In many ways, staring at eRep on our computer screen is like staring into a mirror.
Thanks for the metaphor.
In many ways, you're the worst possible candidate SFP could ever hope to have for Party President.
You do comprehend you are the root of much of their current problem, don't you? Are you trying to redeem yourself without actually owning your shit?
Yeah Gnil, at least when I mess up I own up to it. Why isn't this an apology article for basically ruining SFP in the first place?
We are fully capable of "ruining" our party with or without Gnil thank you. Whether I support him for PP or not, he has only been a useful, helpful member of this party.
I have no doubts he's been well behaved.
It feels bizarre to have all these "newbies" (Rainy excepted of course) arguing over what makes the SFP "legitimate" or not.
I'm not arguing what makes it legitimate. I'm arguing that Gnil is an egocentric gentrifier who has nobody's interest but his own in becoming Party President.
@PilotPhil, you are fully capable of doing great things with your party, I'm not sure why "ruining" it is your goal?
As far as Gnilraps being a useful or helpful member, that's because he's been grooming you all. Like he does. Enjoy the molestation if that's the path you choose.
Oh come on Rainy. Obviously I am not trying to ruin our party. Far from it. Obviously by putting the word ruining in parentheses I was simply alluding to Aramec's quote above.
Mind if I ask a question as a dirty dirty two clicker? 😃 Why isn't SFP considered "legitimate," and what part did Gnilraps (purportedly) play in that?
In December Gnilraps ran for President on the platform of abolishing the dictatorship for the month. When the election concluded and he won, SFP went about abolishing the dictatorship. This was a rather polarizing move by the SFP, rendering us "illegitimate" in some eyes.
Great article. Despite the heavy interviews I did keep ball rolling in the eUSA when I was director.
You're gonna be a great SoM next month.
Heyyyyyyy....the election isn't over yet....
Also, thank you to you and Joey for stepping in. I really appreciate it.
I just laughed at the title...
You do not work with others, and are rather dull. Feds, WTP now SPF, who is next?
you missed USWP. and dont forget that despite my many flaws i have been a successful PP each time.
all by yourself, I am sure...
but isn't the game dying, so maybe you weren't so successful?
Would be neat if pulled off.
SFP4GREATNESS
duuuuuuuude nooooooo. noooooo NOOOOOOOOOOOO
ffffffuuuuuuuuuu
NOOOOOOOOOO
this party is the anti-thesis of eusa forums and its meta game play.
NOOOOOOOOOO SELL OUT
I knew I'd lose you to this.
But I promise you, you won't lose your voice if I win the seat.
I've not lost a voice in SFP. That is my heart. I could give a f*ck about eusa forums.
I will think on this. I will respond to this as well.
I'll buy the prominence plank. Legitimacy? Congressional decorum? Meh