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Yi!
Yes!
Concrete Slab: A candidate I can get behind, and still see over. I appreciate that in a candidate.
Erinor and Klysevia
You wish it was me
Don't you?
Don't say yes, run away now
I'll meet you when you're out of the church at the back door
Don't wait, or say a single vow.
Welcome back to my world, children. By now, we all know how these elections work, yes? The candidates make their positions known, court your votes, and we see where everything lands as the polls go on. It is a time honoured tradition, and one that I am quite pleased to take part in again. However, on occasion there can be nastiness in these elections. Tomfoolery! Rudeness! Some may say it is politics as usual, that it is the duty of politicians to denigrate one another in order to take out the competition.
Shall we begin at . . . the beginning? Good. As some of you may know, I am the longest serving Local Councillor in TSP history, having so far held a seat at the table for five terms. I possess the experience required to be a Councillor as well as a clear record of success in improving the RMB from where it was in my first term. Under my leadership and in cooperation with my esteemed colleagues across the many iterations of the Council I have endured, trolls and spammers have been quelled in record numbers, with thorough and effective safeguards against these evils being put in place to make TSP a safer community for us all to thrive in. Even such scourges as Amerion have been contained through my expertise and unrivalled skill.
Now we shall proceed with what you have all been waiting for: my platform and list of reasons to vote for me. I am a woman of principles. I have a core set of beliefs that you can be assured I will pursue with all possible power in your name. Promises and programmes that will make our beautiful gameside stronger and more robust than ever before! See, my sweet chickadees? I shall provide for you things you never knew you needed. Let the charade commence! Because I love my voters -
A truly terrible thing. Either think through your post carefully to add what you want to be in your post before posting, bother to edit your post, or simply wait for someone else to post. There is no reason to double post and it is a prime tool of spammers that is all-too-often taken advantage of. If elected, I will discuss with my fellow Councillors the process of strengthening our laws against this scourge.
Hideous creatures, foully polluting the cultural purity of our fair board. It is absolutely unacceptable that we should provide safe harbour to these criminals and miscreants who would seek to disrupt our pleasant and peaceful way of life.
Rest assured that with Auphelia on the Local Council, vigilance and ruthlessness will be key aspects of my tenure, to be fully utilised against anyone that disturbs you, my sweet children. And speaking of vigilance . . .
Every Councillor needs their group, a posse with which to keep eyes and ears all over the RMB. They need the trust of the community if they want to be kept abreast of all the goings on. As a member of the Geriatric League, I have the full resources of curmudgeonly old-timers with nothing better to do with their lives. As a long-time Councillor, I have connections with many former Councillors. And as a prominent member of TSP's thriving black market blackmailing and bribery rings, I have unparalleled to our Delegate Beepee and your Supreme Leader Amerion.
Councillors live and die by their ability to work together with their fellow Councillors. After five terms serving alongside various players whose views have at times been extremely close and extremely incongruous with my own, I have long since demonstrated my ability to work civilly with anyone who happens to serve alongside me. No matter who sits on the Council, I will work in earnest with them to create a beautiful future for all TSPers.
No matter what, you people keep pulling me back. This community has engendered the strangest sense of familiarity with me and I cannot thank you all enough for that. No matter how many times I must step down due to term limits, I will always come back for you. It is not often that Councillors disappear during their terms, but it has happened; you will never have to wonder where I am (it's likely right behind you with a knife).
I can be vindictive.
Cruel.
Monstrous.
We have many kind people running for Local Council, and many of them are truly delightful people. However, every Council needs someone who will suppress what needs to be suppressed without hesitation. Someone who will bring down the wrath of the CRS or Mods when it is necessary. Someone who will brook no disrespect from trolls or any other manner of spammer or vagrant that comes across our board. Drystar has served that roll admirably in my absence, but there is only one woman that can do what I do: me.
My one vice is the poll, that most beloved of TSP natural features. Effortlessly eclectic, my large catalogue of more than 200 TSP polls are available to you, and I intend in my next term to expand that to give you all more content and more choices! Never shall the polls go empty with Auphelia back on the Council, with all of the polling powers that come with it.
So when it comes time to vote in the upcoming elections . . .
Erinor, Volaworand, Purple Hyacinth, and Klysevia
Every where you look you can see concrete, so why not make him more well known as a building material? Vote Concrete Slab for LC!
So, I have no clue on how to format, and with five AP exams on the way, I don't have much time either. Y'all already know me and if you don't, well, I'm literally just a piece of concrete.
I've served on the LC three times and, for the most part, performed my duty admirably. The biggest thing I can offer is experience and the knowledge of how to use a suppression shield. People say the best way to learn is through mistakes, and I've definitely made my fair share of those. I think my good friend Vola puts my feelings in better words than I can.
I also like to think my acceptance into the Coral Guard proves that the region has forgiven me, and it's been an honor to be a pillar of our democracy for these months. I'm a relatively young nation, just turned three in January, but I'm confident that after everything I've been through, I finally have what it takes to be a stellar LC.
There's not really many "positions" an LC can go for. Of course, there's the age old "I'll make there be more roleplay," but that never works out. I'm a fan of double posting, but won't hesitate to uphold the law. So if you maybe wanna see that changed, I'm your sentient building material. I also really love polls and will make sure there's never a period without one.
There sure are a lot of candidates this time around so I hope you'll consider voting for me! If you have any questions, just let me know. Love ya!
Also please leave an upvote cause numbers make dopamine go brrrrrrrr.
Edit 1: Oh, uh, I guess I should include some stuff I've done besides be a Local Councillor so people don't think I'm just some bum.
Let's see. I've been a Legislator for a few years, I was TSP's ambassador to The Rejected Realms once, I've written two General Assembly resolutions and one Security Council Resolution, and I like to think that I'm partially responsible for jumpstarting the World Assembly programs here! It used to just be me posting recommendations on the forum lol. Big shoutout to OWL and all it's members! :D
Edit 2: Stickmin made this epic song
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Don't listen to her, she kicks puppies! And according to multi-time LC member Volaworand, Slab hasn't done anything like that or done that!
Erinor, Volaworand, Melicorium, and Klysevia
Indeed. He’s only been kicked out of office for corruption.
Drystar, Volaworand, Melicorium, Purple Hyacinth, and 1 otherKlysevia
Let's do this.
I want a Local Councillor that cares about the South Pacific's Regional Message Board. Someone who will keep the gameside engaged, will keep the rule-breakers in check, and will assist new South Pacificans! But who should I vote for?
*walks in from the shadows*
Why hello there, comrades. It is I, the one and only Stan Melix, Chairman of the United Socialist States of America Melicorium, but you can refer to me as my more widely known alias, "Melix". I am running for a position in the Local Council of the South Pacific.
Hello there! I'm glad to meet you, Melix. Do you actually fit in to all of the things I mentioned?
Of course I do!
I like to say hello on the RMB whenever I can, frequently engage in conversations, and sometimes make roleplay posts. According to Article 5, Section 1 of the Charter of the South Pacific, one of the duties of the Local Council is to encourage activity on the gameside, and I have the potential to do that.
It is widely known on the gameside that I greet literally every other new South Pacifican that shows up on the RMB. I will continue to do exactly that, giving new South Pacificans guides to help get them started and a fresh, cold can of Melicorian SPIT. This is one of the major reasons I won TSP's Lampshade Award for RMBer of the Year (of 2020), which you can read more about in the dispatch listed below. I will even recruit people for the Assembly or the South Pacific Special Forces, both of which I am a member of, every once in a while!
My high-quality hospitality towards new South Pacificans has inspired Taigama and Ipugao to also be generous towards newbies. I thank them for their help!
I regularly check the RMB to read through my missed posts. While I do that, I take note of rule-breaking posts, telling their posters about their rule-breaking. If the violations get bad enough, I poke the Local Council about it, and I then sit back and happily wait for the rule-breaker(s) to be hit with a Council on Regional Security member's banhammer.
This is not related to what you said, but in the past, I have made several interesting polls in various regions. In TSP, my polls could maybe be on par with Auphelia's famous polls.
Wow! It seems like you've been in the region for quite a while. Can you tell me more about your history?
I first played NationStates in 2016 as Melicoria, but I ditched it after about a week. Melicorium was created in the South Pacific on February 23, 2020, and I have been a resident of the region ever since. In the time between then and now, I became active on the RMB, made several friends, joined the regional forums and Discord server, ran a good campaign for the Local Council and lost (but I didn't give up hope), enlisted in the South Pacific Special Forces, made more friends, joined the Assembly, ran a better campaign for the Local Council and lost again (but I still didn't give up hope, thus resulting in the campaign that I am currently running), made even more friends, and more recently, started participating in another region. You can read a detailed account of my history on NS in the dispatch listed at the bottom of this page.
That's quite a bit! Now tell me, what are some of your thoughts on running the gameside?
The South Pacificans of the RMB will not have proper enjoyment on the RMB unless the rules are enforced - that's exactly why the rules exist. People don’t need to troll, but trolling can ruin the experience for others. Every South Pacifican has the right to freely converse and enjoy themselves on the RMB, as long as their posts follow the RMB rules.. I will ensure that I uphold my beliefs throughout my term by enforcing the rules.
What are some other things unrelated to your campaign that you believe?
As a soldier in the SPSF, I uphold the Defenderist ideal, and believe that regions, unless they promote hateful ideologies like fascism, Nazism, and extreme nationalism, have the right to determine their own government and appearance without foreign intervention, and that this right must be protected.
For years, there has been a trivial debate in TSP about whether cake or pie is superior. In reality, ice cream is superior to both of them. Hail the eternal Supreme Leader Amerion!
You seem really interesting so far! How about this - are you willing to open up about some of your weaknesses?
I feel like my most important weakness is opening up about my weaknesses themselves - but not discussing how I will deal with them. This is likely what caused Volaworand to launch a satirical puppy-kicking scandal against me in the previous LC election as part of his ploy to bring Beepee to power. I plan to deal with this weakness by, well, discussing how I will deal with my weaknesses.
This is very rare, but I can get extremely angry at something trivial - an example would be my reaction to the aforementioned scandal. Instead, I can talk it out with the person who provoked me, and we can eventually come to an agreement.
Sometimes, I cannot tell whether something is a joke or not - an example of this would be, once again, the puppy-kicking scandal. I can deal with this by simply ignoring or walking away from something if I cannot make it out as serious or a joke.
Earlier this month, I blatantly expressed my discontent with Taigama for their also greeting new TSPers and assistance in the enforcement of RMB rules, and saw it as a competition. After a little lesson, I plan to just let others be just as nice and helpful to their fellow South Pacificans as I am.
Thank you for being open with me. Is there anything else you want to say about your campaign?
Thank you for considering my campaign, fellow South Pacifican. I am glad that you want someone like me to be a Local Councillor. If you want a Local Councillor who will do his job well, can relate with the jolly people of the South Pacific, and distribute free SPIT to everyone, vote Melix in the polls!
Of course I will! One more thing before I go - how can I support your campaign, and how can I contact you?
If you want to support my campaign:
Change your national flag to this:
https://imgur.com/h9hsIGk.png
If you are able to change your national classification (pretitle), change it to "Melix 2021".
If you are on the TSP Discord server, change your nickname to "Melix 2021".
If you want to talk to me or ask me questions privately, you can telegram Melicorium or New melicorium, or DM me on Discord (Hoy Vux#1391).
Thank you, and see you later!
You know what? Melix 2021!
See you, South Pacifican! Remember to vote Melix for Local Councillor!
Q&A
If you want to ask me questions publicly, feel free to do so, and I will post your question and my response to your question here.
I support the current policy that allows one to double post as long as their previous post was made one hour or more ago.
I am still working out my new canon, so as of right now, it has no meaning.
Dispatches
On Puppy Kicking:
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Poll Capability:
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Conflict of Interest:
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GO VOTE!
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Credits
Purple Hyacinth - Revising and editing, media approval
Fihami - Media approval
Cohuila Y Tejas/Southern shrekistan - Media approval
Concrete Slab - Revising and editing, giving me a little lesson about tolerance
Taigama - Assistance with my good deeds
Ipugao - Assistance with my good deeds
Erinor, Volaworand, and Klysevia
Corruption, corrsmumption! Puppy kicking is far worse!
Volaworand, Melicorium, and Klysevia
The Solar System Scope, Si-topia, Auphelia, Purple Hyacinth, and 1 otherKlysevia
She wears high heels
I wear sneakers
She's Cheer Captain, and I'm on the bleachers
Dreaming about the day when you wake up and find
That what you're looking for has been here the whole time.
If you could see that I'm the one
Who understands you
Been here all along
So, why can't you see?
You belong to me!
Land Without Shrimp, Si-topia, Purple Hyacinth, and Klysevia
While I share your opinion on Si, I only have one vote, so I'll vote for Slab.
It's with me, not to me iirc. Nice try though.
Land Without Shrimp and Melicorium
The edit was intentional.
That explains a lot... don't vote for Auphelia, she's a nasty dictator!
Concrete Slab and Melicorium
Well, it’s clear to see who is new here and doesn’t know how the RMB works yet.
Concrete Slab, Bnia, Neazland, and Klysevia
I'm not the one running for election...
Concrete Slab and Melicorium
Di aʈë oqom llañpli di conlang.
I don't know why I love my conlang.
Auphelia, Concrete Slab, Purple Hyacinth, Saint Cinder, and 2 othersThe langburn islands, and Klysevia
I couldn't agree more. :D
You didn't even make a word for "conlang", boo. :p
Land Without Shrimp, Si-topia, and Klysevia
Woah! I'm off to a good start! Remember to head to the polls and consider voting for me! A piece of concrete! Please telegram me with any questions! :D
So, I have no clue on how to format, and with five AP exams on the way, I don't have much time either. Y'all already know me and if you don't, well, I'm literally just a piece of concrete.
I've served on the LC three times and, for the most part, performed my duty admirably. The biggest thing I can offer is experience and the knowledge of how to use a suppression shield. People say the best way to learn is through mistakes, and I've definitely made my fair share of those. I think my good friend Vola puts my feelings in better words than I can.
I also like to think my acceptance into the Coral Guard proves that the region has forgiven me, and it's been an honor to be a pillar of our democracy for these months. I'm a relatively young nation, just turned three in January, but I'm confident that after everything I've been through, I finally have what it takes to be a stellar LC.
There's not really many "positions" an LC can go for. Of course, there's the age old "I'll make there be more roleplay," but that never works out. I'm a fan of double posting, but won't hesitate to uphold the law. So if you maybe wanna see that changed, I'm your sentient building material. I also really love polls and will make sure there's never a period without one.
There sure are a lot of candidates this time around so I hope you'll consider voting for me! If you have any questions, just let me know. Love ya!
Also please leave an upvote cause numbers make dopamine go brrrrrrrr.
Edit 1: Oh, uh, I guess I should include some stuff I've done besides be a Local Councillor so people don't think I'm just some bum.
Let's see. I've been a Legislator for a few years, I was TSP's ambassador to The Rejected Realms once, I've written two General Assembly resolutions and one Security Council Resolution, and I like to think that I'm partially responsible for jumpstarting the World Assembly programs here! It used to just be me posting recommendations on the forum lol. Big shoutout to OWL and all it's members! :D
Edit 2: Stickmin made this epic song
page=dispatch/id=1522679
Melicorium, The langburn islands, and Klysevia
Conlang was a strait up borrowing, however if I did do a compounding it would be Ollyamükadz (Building-Speak).
The Solar System Scope, Melicorium, and Klysevia
I'm not even going to attempt to learn something with an orthography like that.
If the LC winds up being Slab, Melix, and Si, I'm going to jump for joy!
The Solar System Scope, Concrete Slab, Melicorium, Bnia, and 1 otherThe langburn islands
hi
The Solar System Scope, Melicorium, and Klysevia
Welcome to the South Pacific!
I am Stan Melix, President of the Democratic Republic of Melicorium - you can just call me Melix.
*Gives you a fresh, cold can of Regular Sweetened Melicorian South Pacific Iced Tea, as well as two guides*
Read the first guide if you're interested in getting involved in our world-class community, and the second guide to get to know the RMB rules! ^_^
Guides
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- First, join the World Assembly on the left, and endorse Beepee. This is the simplest way you can help strengthen our region against attack. Read this dispatch to learn more about why this important!
- Once you're a member, consider visiting our Office of World Assembly Legislation (OWL) to debate resolutions and get recommendations on how to vote, as well as learning how to write your own WA resolutions.
- Want to talk to all of us in real time, to get all your questions answered, to debate what there is to debate, or just to chill and have a drink of South Pacific Iced Tea? Join us on our Discord server.
- Are you interested in writing and debating laws, and getting involved in the nitty-gritty of regional politics? Join our regional forum and sign up to be a legislator here.
- Interested in helping to craft festivals, events, news articles, and graphics to keep everyone entertained and involved for a long time to come. Join us on Discord
- Interested in the military? Do you want to go out into the wide world of NationStates to protect regions from attackers, and take the fight to them if necessary? The South Pacific Special Forces is just the thing for you. Jump on Discord to sign up.
Note: The “Fundamental Rule” portion of each guideline is meant as a summary of the rule. The official text of the rule may be found in the “Details” spoiler.
Breaking these rules can result in consequences including warnings, post suppressions, and in the the case of repeated or serious infractions, ejection and banning from the region. The full, detailed Local Council Standard Moderation Policy, which specifies the exact consequences for various levels of rule-breaking, can be found here.
And so, after much introduction, here are your RMB Rules:
Spamming on the RMB is not allowed at all, under any circumstances. Spamming is probably best described as a post that is meaningless and/or unnecessary— for example, a post that repeats the same thing multiple times, a lone emoji or image, multiple posts of the same thing, or a series of posts that have no apparent meaning. It does not matter what your intent is— if your post(s) fits the above definition, it is considered spam and will be dealt with accordingly.
We understand that many of you come from backgrounds where English is not your main language, as players come from all around the world. However, to avoid confusion among people who don't speak your language, we sincerely ask that you post in English only, for ease of communication.
Remember, there are tools like Google Translate to help you. If you speak in another language, please add a translation to English in the same post. Posts with English translations will not be suppressed. For the avoidance of doubt, English means Modern English and not backwards English.
Asking for endorsements on the RMB is not allowed at all, under any circumstances. Ever. Permissions are only made if the requester is a member of the Council on Regional Security, the Coral Guard, or the Delegate seeking to increase endorsement counts for the purposes of promoting regional security.
If you want to receive and give more endorsements, get involved in the Southern World Assembly Initiative, TSP’s endorsement program.
Similarly, recruiting, or telling people to move to another region, is also not allowed. You may not ask people to join your region on the RMB, whether you are also a South Pacifican citizen yourself or not.
It's all legal! As long as it complies with the rules. Specifically; remember to keep your roleplays appropriate (as stated in rule IX). The LC has reached a general conclusion on what is appropriate, and if your roleplay does not fit within those boundaries, it will be stopped. So, excessive display of affection, sexually-suggesting roleplay, and the like, are not allowed at all.
Similarly, do not clog the RMB with your roleplay. If you feel it has been going on for a while, either take it to a roleplay region, or cease it all together. Otherwise, it may be interfered with. When the board is dominated by roleplay, it becomes hard for everyone else to communicate with each-other, thanks to the overabundance of posts completely unrelated to what they are doing.
But other than those things, feel free to roleplay to your heart's content!
Triple posting, or posting three posts in a row, is considered illegal, as are any other number of posts more than two in a row. All posts after the initial two post will be suppressed. If one hour has passed without another post on the RMB a single third post will be allowed
It is not permitted to post or otherwise share another player's personally-identifying information (i.e. social media accounts, IP addresses, postal addresses, E-mail addresses, telephone numbers, etc.), and neither is it permitted to post or share information that may not be identifying but is nonetheless of a personal nature (i.e. medical history, relationship status, etc.). The only exception is if the player in question has shared that information themselves and does not mind its dissemination (this sharing or statement of permission must be publically viewable).
Making a claim of serious out-of-character misconduct (e.g. bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, etc.) against someone else, without providing evidence to moderation/administration, is considered malicious harassment, and will be dealt with accordingly. This rule applies to the TSP forum and discord as well.
Trolling is defined as starting quarrels or upsetting people by posting inflammatory and digressive, extraneous, or off-topic messages with the intent of provoking other nations into displaying emotional responses. Baiting is similar to trolling, and is defined as posting with the aim of angering someone indirectly, directed at a specific person. Flaming is defined as posting insults or other verbal and often personal attacks on other nations. Erudite slams while maintaining a veneer of politeness can also be considered flaming. All three of these are banned under all circumstances.
This is an extension of a simple policy of respect. What may seem like good natured fun to you could be trolling to someone else, and if they tell you to stop, do so.
We can and will warn, suppress, and even ban you, as well as record the incident. In severe cases the NationStates Moderators will be contacted, and puppets will not hide your IP address from them.
TSP is a part of NationStates, and as such, you must follow the rules of the game as a whole at all times. Breaking the game rules will land you in trouble with both the regional officers and NationStates site moderation. See the link below for the list of rules and a quick FAQ page for more details on the game rules.
Excessive swearing, explicit, suggestive, or excessively violent messages, sexual references, and other such things will be suppressed on sight, and the NationStates site moderators can and will be called to get involved in serious cases. Excessive displays of personal affection (e.g. suggestive roleplayed snuggling, nuzzling, kissing, licking and so on) is also considered inappropriate and will be suppressed accordingly.
Mild swearing may be tolerated, mild sexuality may be at the very most hinted, but explicit or excessive versions of either or both will result in moderation intervention, both from the Local Council and potentially from NationStates site moderators. Derogatory terms are disallowed, and all swearing must abide by all other rules, particularly those about respecting others.
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When quoting an offensive post, delete the content of the post and replace it with "-snip-". Doing so makes the administrators’ jobs much easier.
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Remember, there are other, real people behind the nations on the RMB. Everyone here is a human being with emotions and the right to be respected.
While dissent with regional officers (LC, Delegate, CRS, and Ministers) is perfectly acceptable, remember that they are people too, and worthy of basic human decency. The regional officers should be respected at all times just as any other member of the region should.
When debating, always remember to attack the argument rather than the person making it. If you find yourself getting heated, try to take a step back. Personal insults, insults to intelligence, etc. will not be tolerated. The only form of debate banned on the RMB is that over a particular suppression. For more information, see the Help Section at the end of this document.
Single word posts that do not advance conversation are not allowed. If you find yourself wondering if a post is both unsubstantial and too short, it likely is. This rule does not mean you have to post several paragraphs of content every time you want to post. Single sentence posts, single word greetings, and single-word replies quoting other posts are still allowed under this rule.
However, at the discretion of the Local Council, posts deemed to be insubstantial and not contributing to the regional discourse will be suppressed. An excellent way to avoid this is to add thought to your posts.
Now sit back, relax, and enjoy your stay here in TSP!
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I just noticed that I have made 710 posts. Now it is 711. Thats a lot of posts. Some of them were half a year ago yet they seem like last week.
The Solar System Scope, Melicorium, and Klysevia
thank u
Melicorium and Klysevia
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