Hey, hey, POLYchromatids, gather round and listen up sharp, y'hear?
We your mod team have been receiving questions and requests for clarification this last round of Warden nominations, in part due to the number of players who've not experienced one before and other reasons, so, it's worth a brief foray into:
WARDEN ELECTIONS AND YOU: DO'S, DON'T'S, AND A RUNDOWN
Where'd it come from?
The spot of Warden was a gift from on high, so to speak. A concession from the deities, they run the polls, they handle nominations and appointments, but beyond that, they take more amusement watching it all get sorted out than actually handling it themselves. It pops up every season or so, out with the old, in with the new, after all, but hey, no one ever said you couldn't run twice.
What's the point?
The point is what you make of it, my friends. We the mods can't make whoever wins be all they can be (american heroooooes~ ahem-), but potential is there for people who can and want to give it their all. They can cooperate or constantly be at odds with the local police force. They can be upstanding or corrupt. The goal is to make this a fun and interesting plot point and staple of the game play.
How do I do it?
When the time comes around, one of the deities makes a post offering to accept nominations. ICly, your characters have the chance to nominate people they think would do well in the position, or a character can nominate themselves. Shortly thereafter (about a day) another deity posts, this time, with a poll. Characters vote ICly on who they want to win the election, the nominees and their supporters rally the base, and bam- We have a warden announced by a deity.
REMEMBER;
Do: Participate! Hey, it could be fun, and lead to some good times, posting in support of your candidate, campaigning, bemoaning the uselessness or striving for useful- anything. Characters can be bribed and votes can be sold if it's IC for characters to do this. No one ever said politics were clean!
Don't: Manipulate the system. The votes are supposed to be IC, and as tempting as it could be, the votes should stay that way. If your character doesn't care about wardens, doesn't like either of the platforms being campaigned, isn't well enough to leave a bed to vote, etcetera, they shouldn't. We try to play fair here, okay?
For more information on Warden and the City Prison, click here! (Once again, for our new players, this info site is a real useful place- check it out!)
OF NOTE;
We've received some concerns and suggestions about the way warden elections are being conducted, so right now your mod team is working to come up with a better and different way to manage the whole process. For now, nothing definitive has been worked out, but come summer elections, we may be introducing a new system, so watch for it!
We your mod team have been receiving questions and requests for clarification this last round of Warden nominations, in part due to the number of players who've not experienced one before and other reasons, so, it's worth a brief foray into:
WARDEN ELECTIONS AND YOU: DO'S, DON'T'S, AND A RUNDOWN
Where'd it come from?
The spot of Warden was a gift from on high, so to speak. A concession from the deities, they run the polls, they handle nominations and appointments, but beyond that, they take more amusement watching it all get sorted out than actually handling it themselves. It pops up every season or so, out with the old, in with the new, after all, but hey, no one ever said you couldn't run twice.
What's the point?
The point is what you make of it, my friends. We the mods can't make whoever wins be all they can be (american heroooooes~ ahem-), but potential is there for people who can and want to give it their all. They can cooperate or constantly be at odds with the local police force. They can be upstanding or corrupt. The goal is to make this a fun and interesting plot point and staple of the game play.
How do I do it?
When the time comes around, one of the deities makes a post offering to accept nominations. ICly, your characters have the chance to nominate people they think would do well in the position, or a character can nominate themselves. Shortly thereafter (about a day) another deity posts, this time, with a poll. Characters vote ICly on who they want to win the election, the nominees and their supporters rally the base, and bam- We have a warden announced by a deity.
REMEMBER;
Do: Participate! Hey, it could be fun, and lead to some good times, posting in support of your candidate, campaigning, bemoaning the uselessness or striving for useful- anything. Characters can be bribed and votes can be sold if it's IC for characters to do this. No one ever said politics were clean!
Don't: Manipulate the system. The votes are supposed to be IC, and as tempting as it could be, the votes should stay that way. If your character doesn't care about wardens, doesn't like either of the platforms being campaigned, isn't well enough to leave a bed to vote, etcetera, they shouldn't. We try to play fair here, okay?
For more information on Warden and the City Prison, click here! (Once again, for our new players, this info site is a real useful place- check it out!)
OF NOTE;
We've received some concerns and suggestions about the way warden elections are being conducted, so right now your mod team is working to come up with a better and different way to manage the whole process. For now, nothing definitive has been worked out, but come summer elections, we may be introducing a new system, so watch for it!
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