Admin Thread - Werewolf LIII: The Republic

[Gil-Galad]

alright lets get this over with, add me to the list good madam.

[Ilya]

Been a long time since I werewolfed it up, but I'd like to play if there's still room.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Originally Posted by Ilya

Been a long time since I werewolfed it up, but I'd like to play if there's still room.

Certainly. Welcome on board.

[Boromir88]

Rune, you and phantom think far too negatively towards compromise. All-or-nothing ends in destruction. Nations are formed on compromise.

Maybe we should save this for the showdown, and maybe Fea is regretting her decision to allow me in.

[the phantom]

All-or-nothing ends in destruction.

Is that not what we're aiming for?

Besides, so long as the destruction isn't your own, you win, right?

[Brinniel]

Originally Posted by Rune

Anyways about this filibustering. . . Is it american style which means that there is no restrictions on speaking time?

Well, surely you'll have at least until deadline...

Originally Posted by Di

See, modding a "Lovers" game for a week without having seen my own for three can get me all cranky, especially after sifting through all those pictures of Cupid/Psyche, Tristan/Isolde, Romeo/Juliet snogging.

Pah, at least you have one...unlike many of us here.

Originally Posted by Nogrod

unless some of them are real hardcore politicians staying up that late - or some of us are even more serious to wake up that early

And would you be one of those, Nogrod? I noticed you staying up until the wee hours of the morning some of those Days during the last game. Not like it's something I don't do either...

[Nogrod]

Originally Posted by Brinniel

And would you be one of those, Nogrod? I noticed you staying up until the wee hours of the morning some of those Days during the last game.

Well that depends... One of them was a weekend-night and the other was the US election night (when I had no school the next day).

So depending... I might be a politician enough like you.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Originally Posted by Boromir88

maybe Fea is regretting her decision to allow me in.

Mr. 88, you know better than that.

Originally Posted by Brinn

Well, surely you'll have at least until deadline...

I was partially joking when I said that about filibustering, but at least half serious. I just haven't worked out the best way to include it. I'm in love, you see, with the concept of a filibuster which is, for those unfamiliar:

Originally Posted by Dictionary.com

The use of obstructionist tactics, especially prolonged speechmaking, for the purpose of delaying legislative action

I think the only practical way to manage it would be if the player in question declared their filibuster and then was forced to post continuously, at least once per minute or two, about the specific topic in question (which would need to be declared at the onset). If the player lapsed, the filibuster would end. Until the filibuster ceased, votes could not be cast.

Can others think of a better way to institute this?

Of course I should also mention that a filibuster-proof majority can be reached. By this I mean that if at least 2/3 of the village votes that filibusters aren't allowed, they can't happen.

[Boromir88]

Besides, so long as the destruction isn't your own, you win, right?~the phantom

Point taken, but we can scratch eachother's backs until the inevitable destruction. Really it's two different means that hopefully reach the same end. You either take what you want and use you're royal authority to axe opponents, or do some insider trading to gain it. There still are winners and losers in compromising, ask Hitler who took advantage of the soft Allied leaders.

Fea, are you assigning character roles, or can we choose? If so, I would like to be...the Senator who was so gaffe-prone he got run out of his country.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Originally Posted by Boromir88

Fea, are you assigning character roles, or can we choose? If so, I would like to be...the Senator who was so gaffe-prone he got run out of his country.

There will be no character roles. I'll handle narrative characterization by referencing in-game events. I cannot, of course, stop you from being gaffe-prone.

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Originally Posted by Boromir88

Rune, you and phantom think far too negatively towards compromise. All-or-nothing ends in destruction. Nations are formed on compromise.

I am against the nation state!
Anyways I was not thinkin in all or nothing terms as such (not yet). . .I was actually looking at my history paper where a historian had made the mistake of compromising instead of finding the truth. One source said the event happened at 10 am, the other said 11 am and the historian then concluded that it must have happened at 10:30 am.


I'd better test that thingy for voting

RED ALERT

[Gil-Galad]

sorry if my posts seem... weak. i have three term papers to write in the next 2 weeks and my mind is really running in circles right now so if my writing seems weirder then usual, dont take it too seriously.