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The Penguinite Kleptocracy of Volaworand.
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TSP LC election polls open! Vocal HYPE ensues!
The South Pacific Local Council Election Polls have opened! Vote (ideally for Volaworand) here: page=poll/p=137963
Volaworand, dressed as King George III, sings a rousing song calling all TSP voters to the polls!
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to the tune of You'll be Back from the musical Hamilton).
You say the price of your vote's not a price that I am willing to pay
You cry in your SPIT which you hurl in the sea when you see me go by
Why so sad?
Remember we made an arrangement when you clicked the R-M-B
Now you're making me mad
Remember despite our estrangement, I'm your cute-ee!
Soon you'll crack
Yes you'll see
You'll remember you should vote for me
Soon you'll crack
Time will tell
You'll remember that I'll serve you well
Oceans rise, regions fall
We have seen each other through it all
And if push comes to shove,
I will ping you in a dispatch to remind you of my love
Da dada da da
Da dadada dayada
Dada da da dayada
Da dada da da
Da dadada dayada
Dada da da da
You say my love is draining and you can't go on
You'll be the one complaining if the votes go wrong
And, no, don't change the subject
'Cause you're my favorite subject
My sweet, submissive subject
My loyal, royal subject
Forever and ever and ever and ever and ever
Soon you'll crack
Like before
I will fight the fight and win the war
For your love
For your praise
And I'll love you till my dying days
When you're gone, I'll go mad
So don't throw away this thing we had
'Cause when push comes to shove
I will kill your friends and family to remind you of my love
Da dada da da
Da dadada dayada
Dada da da dayada
Da dada da da
Da dadada dayada
Dada da
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Da dada da da
Da dadada dayada
Dada da da dayada
Da dada da da
Da dadada dayada
Dadada da da dayada
Vote (ideally for Volaworand) here: page=poll/p=137963, or suffer continued vocal and cinematic stylings of Volaworand!
Hello and hugs to you! I'm seeking your support in my first run for The South Pacific Local Council. I've lived in our region since late 2017 and I love and crazy welcoming and murderous Regional Message Board community. While some campaigns will promise you the sun, moon and stars, I have a one main reason you should vote for me:
Good Judgment: What the heck does that mean, you silly penguin? What would you accually do?
That means exercising fair moderation of the RMB without killing activity. I don't care about double posting, but I would suppress triple posts, hate speech and spam. I would make sure we always have entertaining regional polls, and enthusiastically encourage gameside activity.
I know our region has been gone through debates over the place of roleplay in the main RMB and feel have a good balance. Our roleplaying sub-regions (Psomewhere and Knowhere) see quite regular activity and the current policy of 7 or 8 posts seems to work fine. Of course, if the new LC jointly wishes to adjust this, I will gently encourage roleplays move to the 'wheres. I love doing nation based roleplay in our knowhere region (and the occasional one-off's here and there) and will continue that regardless of the election outcome. I think if we want people to roleplay in the 'wheres we should give people a reason to use them by regularly starting storylines that draw people in. The 'wheres are not where roleplay is supposed to go to die, but to go to thrive.
I'm a compulsive dispatch publisher, and am always available to help nations crafting dispatches and factbooks that reflect their vision for their nation. I read (and upvote) every single dispatch published in TSP and highlight the news in my (semi-daily) Volaworand Newswire. I support improving our regional journalism and hope to restart & maintain the TSP Slownews if elected.
My other TSP passion is our Southern World Assembly iNitiative (SWAN). I strive to endorse everyone in the region and I was the first nation in our region to endorse over 1000 nations in a single month. Since then I consistently maintain endorsements of at least 98-ish percent of the region (while I hunt for the few I've missed). I recently exceeded our endorsement cap, so I left the WA for all of 5 minutes (it was horrible) so I could restart collecting endorsements but maintain the endorsements I've handed out. I think the SWAN initiative is a key part of building a close-knit, integrated and secure community, and a necessary step to help us retain nations who were lucky enough to spawn in our region, and attract new nations.
While I consider the RMB my home, I'm also a legislator on our offsite forums and participate actively and independently in our region's politics. I think it's important for everyone on the LC to be familiar enough with all aspects of our regional government to be able to connect nations with the resources we have to offer. Also, as a very active poster on our RMB I will promote the current initiatives, votes and events and festivals happening in the other half of our region.
I've become completely hooked on the Nationstates trading cards and am slowly building my TSP collection. I absolutely love being able to showcase the amazing diversity of our region. If I've gone quiet on the RMB I'm likely lurking while watching an auction closely. Or maybe eating... sometimes I even go to work or sleep, but TSP is always huge part of my day. I'm here for several hours a day, every day.
I encourage you to explore my campaign dispatches, and telegram or tag me in the RMB if you have any questions. I keep adding new ones, drumming up hype for our campaign and the best online community I've been honoured be a part of. Thanks for your consideration.
(newest posts first)
Feb 26, 2019:
It's Official! With 50% of the huge turnout, I've secured the first seat of the three on our Local Council.
A victory dispatch will be posted shortly.
I'll be voting Concrete Slab in Round 2, and Auphelia in Round 3. I'd be happy to have you (and everyone in TSP) join me in supporting these two fine nations.
Feb 25, 2019:
I've managed to garner the support of 47 of the 99 votes so far. I really want to get over 50% on the first round now, so I shall make one last desperate, eleventh hour gesture to woo TSP voters with a heartfelt song.
Feb 23, 2019:
The Polls are now open!
Feb 22, 2019:
Zess interviewed all the LC cantidates. Check out all the responses here:
page=dispatch/id=1171687
Feb 19, 2019:
Hmmm I supose I should get a Q&A dispatch together, and this dispatch blog so voters have a central spot to track my campaign news.
Feb 18, 2019:
Ok Time for an actual speech, something great and rousing! Something memorable! Something the kids today will really connect with! Something from a 1940's talkie film!
page=dispatch/id=1170004
Feb 17, 2019:
So far so good. I suppose I better finalize my candidate Conflict of Intrest filings, by issuing a declaration of my puppet nations and history in other regions. I should have a puppet present this. That could be fun.
page=dispatch/id=1169070
Feb 16, 2019:
With the initial response positive it was time to begin to differentiate my campaign. With a couple of the declared candidates having been dragged before the high court over the past year by another cantidates, corrpution allegations are bound to be touchy issue in this campaign. I should probably work to defuse the potential tension with some humor.
page=dispatch/id=1168373
Feb 14, 2019:
I had sat on the sidelines of every election but my sadness, disappointment and frustration 4 months ago has motivated me to explore a run for office myself for the first time. Once the Call for Nominations was issued I put out some feelers and had a few discussions with people in the region.
page=dispatch/id=1167387
Nov 20, 2018:
The last LC elections left a bad taste in my mouth. I felt our democracy had reached a low point of fake news and dirty tricks. page=dispatch/id=1126857
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