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Fort ilocandia wrote:

I understand where Manilenyos and Ellenburg are coming from. We commend the moderators for the job they are doing to sustain the NS community. But I think Ariusgrad's ban is quite temporary. It mentioned way back that it could join the WA again by next year, if I recall correctly. Don't know if that's still the case. Anyway, I believe that besides the proof Lanaograd already showed to us and to the moderators (including the time they coincidentally managed to post their farewell addresses at about the same time due to some grand order of the universe, search the RMB because I remember a time they did that), its eventual departure from NS and Ariusgrad's relative stability (unlike Lanaograd which ceased to exist at least thrice, our longest serving delegate has never CTEd) is proof enough for me that they are different people. Denying Ariusgrad's 9 years of service by a single moderator oversight? Anya ti kunam?

As for foreign affairs accomplishments, I think our active membership in the URA and the PFS due to its herculean efforts is undeniable. From a region that used to hate joining alliances (see Lanaograd's history of the Philippines), Ariusgrad managed to turn around the tables and gear the Philippines towards global cooperation. The defender response to help us in the transition phase would also be testament to the structure left to us by Ariusgrad. That its principles worked despite the challenges.

Agreed that the moderators are doing their job, but that this whole affair is a misunderstanding, as well as the point that Ariusgrad remained stable enough to serve for that long.
Your thoughts on Ariusgrad's legacy concerning foreign relations and URA activity are key points that should be added to the draft of the commendation, as is the functioning of the framework that guided us during the transition.

The long game indeed can be used to polish and fortify the commend so that it can be made ready for proposal as soon as things smooth out.