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by The Commonwealth of Europan Union. . 20 reads.

The EU's RP Delegate Campaign

Hey y'all, its your shadow and somehow relevant middle-major power the Europan Union here. For the rest of y'all outside the FNRRP, hi there, how are you doing? I am the Europan Union (no this was not a deliberate copy-paste from the actual European Union), current RPer, ambassador and RP Mod of the FNR. The January FNR Roleplay Delegate elections are fast approaching (as well as the general election), and well, there are three candidates (myself included) that have a great deal of experience, qualified and a fair deal of knowledge in their own right. Given this rather high number of candidates running for RPD, here's my case as to why I, the Europan Union, should be voted for with a strong preference in the upcoming RPD election.

Motivation, Determination, Perseverance
The RP has evolved significantly with many new players, new rules, new plots, and new events that would be planned. Of course, with each new expansion to the RP came with its own unique sets of challenges and problems. Major parts of the RP such as warfare, economics, and the blurring of IC & OOC lines when it came to geopolitics would appear to be broken in some fundamental way. Of course, fixes don't come easily, and it is only thanks to the efforts of the mod team as well as feedback from the community as to refining these newfounded solutions that we were able to begin applying permanent fixes to these issues. I intend to continue this work with such passion and determination, and approach any of these future issues with collective engagement and applying the best solutions possible to any future challenges and problems.

A Belted Past
Having stayed in the Roleplay for quite some time, I know fairly well the ins and outs of the RP, and have taken a hand to the best of my ability to steer it in a positive direction. I have previously served as a Deputy RP Delegate in two terms, as well has having taken on duties to moderate the RP and assist other players in the creation, modification and regulation of their RP militaries, an important aspect of the FNRRP world. In my second term as DRPD, I was honoured to be awarded the Presidential Cross at the November 2021 Ceremony, and as I stated in my address I would continue to work with dedication for the RP, no matter what position I am in.

Evolving Ideas & New Agendas
Of course, with a new term comes with changing ideas and new agendas, incumbent or otherwise. With this, there are a number of things that I wish to achieve within my term as RPD:
    - Mitigate the drama and toxicity that currently exists ICly & OOCly within the RP, in addition to a long term project of changing the RP culture

    - Assisting new players with better integration to the RP

    - Limiting Mary Sue / Gary Stu nations and rebalancing the RP

    - Training players with more competent warfare skillsets

    - Modifying warfare & economy systems for a more nuanced, sensible and balanced playthrough

    - Continue efforts to establish proper, general lore for new and old players to tie their plots & history to

Here is an explanation on some of the things I mentioned:

The Unfortunate Drama
With any community that begins to grow to a considerable size, there is bound to be drama and toxicity of some kind IC or OOCly develop and manifest, and this applies to FNRRP. It became clear that this issue had been allowed to spiral out of control and has now firmly entrenched itself in both the RP and the minds of the players, which naturally requires a solution. The previous solution was focused on immediate and effective delivery, by increasing the frequency and severity of punishments for those who were causing trouble. Of course, this had some degree of effectiveness and enforcement should continue, however, there should also be a long term focus to fundamentally change the behaviour of the people when it comes to dealing with these issues. As such, my proposal is to target this fundamental set of behaviours and changing them, not just through a tough line stance. It would require the education and teaching of both new and old players how they best approach and deal with others in a civil manner, as well as handing mediation techniques and overseeing any potential form of argument to try to minimise the impact of this form of argument. Given this increased workload, I would also be seeking for a Mediation role to be created for the specific purposes of dealing with these new sets of responsibilities I've outlined, or for an expansion of the current RP Mods to accomodate for such changes. Ultimately, this increase in enforcement capabilities as well as educational and action-oriented changes would require the cooperation and efforts of both the RP Moderators and the RP Community, in addition to closer cooperation with other branches of FNR to ensure that the RP remains in line and enjoyable for anyone who wishes to join.

Warfare, Economy & Balancing
As we continue to improve upon the RP and add new ways of calculating economies and wars thanks to the efforts of some talented players, there have been quite a few instances and complaints as to the total lack of reality on some matters. The RP is a place where you can roleplay as any kind of nation (that isn't overpowered of course) indeed, but like the mortal realm it is bound to the Laws of Physics and other laws of common sense. Given these sorts of disagreements and how there is a sort of detachment to reality, I seek to essentially create and maintain the more harsh measures and realities of warfare, the increased realism of the economy and the world in general (we don't want 40 Trillion+ gigaeconomies, no thank you). Now of course, there can be stretches of realism as not everything must be confined to the shackles of reality, but the eternal job of balancing things out in the RP so that it is more serviceable will continue to occur. Which leads on to my next point...

Integration & Training
Naturally, with all of the newer changes and measures that will be added, players both new and old may be rather confused with how these will operate in the future. Given this, for the new systems and common questions that players may ask, I would implement a sort of FAQ that would be pinned, which would allow all players new and old to have these questions answered quickly. Additionally, for newer players, a moderator or any other player would be assigned to help guide them through the RP for a few weeks, given that it can be rather daunting for navigating this place the first time.

Lore Attachments
When I first started this new RP, there would have to be a lot of work to develop the lore from the ground up, gradually familiarising myself with the RP world history over time and developing a sufficient lore to work off of. Given that this difficulty in lore establishment and lack of readily accessible information for all of the lore established thus far remains, I would be pushing for continued works on documenting the history of the world and each individual nation's history that exists from within the RP, as well as working on this new project myself. A repository for all of the significant lore events would be established for every single continent and the wider world.

The Concluding Remark
As you have seen, these are the arguments I henceforth have presented as my campaign and reasons to why I should be voted for as RP Delegate. I hope these ideas, agendas and justifications have given y'all a serious consideration to put me as the preferred candidate in this election. I would be grateful for your votes and will continue to work hard.

If you have any sort of questions, queries or comments, feel free to telegram me at any time, or DM me on Discord [Stalanium#5573]. I await your responses.

The Commonwealth of Europan Union

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