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« Reply #25 on: January 02, 2010, 06:55:02 PM »

Thats how its done Mechaman. Evil
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« Reply #26 on: January 02, 2010, 06:56:31 PM »

In my first entry I will address the hypocrisy of the secret police that were too busy burning down AASP headquarters to address the zombie hordes of the Atlasian Reform Coalition.

Thanks for proving my point MasterJedi.
For those of you wondering what MJ did he edited out the horrible hateful word "Retard" and replaced it with "Reform" while other posters on this website are currently getting away with saying the F word.

As I explained to you in the PM I just sent, reported post with language innapropriate by forum rules. I can't read every post, if others report other issues of language I'll deal with them. Heck, Hamilton was brown nosing and reported it. Everyone knows my feelings on him, if I don't see it and it's reported I'll deal with it.

And please stop spamming the threads guys.

Alright fine Jedi, I will accept that in some region the "R" word is an evil vicious profanity on par with the "F" word.

That was actually pretty funny MJ, I can't lie.

You still don't get it. He did it, because I reported you. Tongue
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« Reply #27 on: January 02, 2010, 06:57:44 PM »
« Edited: January 02, 2010, 06:59:24 PM by God »

In my first entry I will address the hypocrisy of the secret police that were too busy burning down AASP headquarters to address the zombie hordes of the Atlasian Reform Coalition.

Thanks for proving my point MasterJedi.
For those of you wondering what MJ did he edited out the horrible hateful word "Retard" and replaced it with "Reform" while other posters on this website are currently getting away with saying the F word.

As I explained to you in the PM I just sent, reported post with language innapropriate by forum rules. I can't read every post, if others report other issues of language I'll deal with them. Heck, Hamilton was brown nosing and reported it. Everyone knows my feelings on him, if I don't see it and it's reported I'll deal with it.

And please stop spamming the threads guys.

Alright fine Jedi, I will accept that in some region the "R" word is an evil vicious profanity on par with the "F" word.

That was actually pretty funny MJ, I can't lie.

You still don't get it. He did it, because I reported you. Tongue

Still funny.
And I got it, but he still was the one who did the edit so that makes him the owner of the funny and not you! Haha!
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« Reply #28 on: January 02, 2010, 07:18:10 PM »

Howard Baker is back??
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« Reply #29 on: January 02, 2010, 07:29:45 PM »

In my first entry I will address the hypocrisy of the secret police that were too busy burning down AASP headquarters to address the zombie hordes of the Atlasian Reform Coalition.

Thanks for proving my point MasterJedi.
For those of you wondering what MJ did he edited out the horrible hateful word "Retard" and replaced it with "Reform" while other posters on this website are currently getting away with saying the F word.

As I explained to you in the PM I just sent, reported post with language innapropriate by forum rules. I can't read every post, if others report other issues of language I'll deal with them. Heck, Hamilton was brown nosing and reported it. Everyone knows my feelings on him, if I don't see it and it's reported I'll deal with it.

And please stop spamming the threads guys.

Alright fine Jedi, I will accept that in some region the "R" word is an evil vicious profanity on par with the "F" word.

That was actually pretty funny MJ, I can't lie.

You still don't get it. He did it, because I reported you. Tongue

Still funny.
And I got it, but he still was the one who did the edit so that makes him the owner of the funny and not you! Haha!

But it was my idea, though Sad


Just kidding. I don't seek ownership of "funnys". I seek ownership of much more important things. Smiley
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« Reply #30 on: January 02, 2010, 08:14:35 PM »

In my first entry I will address the hypocrisy of the secret police that were too busy burning down AASP headquarters to address the zombie hordes of the Atlasian Reform Coalition.

Thanks for proving my point MasterJedi.
For those of you wondering what MJ did he edited out the horrible hateful word "Retard" and replaced it with "Reform" while other posters on this website are currently getting away with saying the F word.

As I explained to you in the PM I just sent, reported post with language innapropriate by forum rules. I can't read every post, if others report other issues of language I'll deal with them. Heck, Hamilton was brown nosing and reported it. Everyone knows my feelings on him, if I don't see it and it's reported I'll deal with it.

And please stop spamming the threads guys.

Alright fine Jedi, I will accept that in some region the "R" word is an evil vicious profanity on par with the "F" word.

That was actually pretty funny MJ, I can't lie.

You still don't get it. He did it, because I reported you. Tongue

Still funny.
And I got it, but he still was the one who did the edit so that makes him the owner of the funny and not you! Haha!

But it was my idea, though Sad


Just kidding. I don't seek ownership of "funnys". I seek ownership of much more important things. Smiley

Well now that I know that some of this may have been acts of the Great Hamiltonian Troll Army I feel alot less antagonistic towards MasterJedi now.
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« Reply #31 on: January 03, 2010, 07:46:13 AM »

Well, now please stop posting about it in the newspaper's thread. Wink There are appropriate threads to discuss about moderator's abuses.
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« Reply #32 on: January 03, 2010, 09:12:05 AM »

Changes is the newspaper's composition

Dear readers, I'm sorry to announce the voluntary retirement of our contributor, Dr. Cynic, due to his lack of the time necessary to write articles.
However, I also announce that The Atlasian Tribune just recruited three new contributors : Kalwejt, who will take Dr. Cynic's column ; AndrewCT, who will publish on the 20th ; and Vepres, who will have a column on the 30th of every month. May them enjoy their contribution to the Tribune. I also accepted Sewer Socialist's ask, but didn't receive any answer for the moment.
The calendar of publishments will be duly edited.

The editor in chief.
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« Reply #33 on: January 03, 2010, 09:36:10 AM »

Changes is the newspaper's composition

Dear readers, I'm sorry to announce the voluntary retirement of our contributor, Dr. Cynic, due to his lack of the time necessary to write articles.
However, I also announce that The Atlasian Tribune just recruited three new contributors : Kalwejt, who will take Dr. Cynic's column ; AndrewCT, who will publish on the 20th ; and Vepres, who will have a column on the 30th of every month. May them enjoy their contribution to the Tribune. I also accepted Sewer Socialist's ask, but didn't receive any answer for the moment.
The calendar of publishments will be duly edited.

The editor in chief.
What will Vepres do in February?
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« Reply #34 on: January 03, 2010, 09:44:20 AM »

Changes is the newspaper's composition

Dear readers, I'm sorry to announce the voluntary retirement of our contributor, Dr. Cynic, due to his lack of the time necessary to write articles.
However, I also announce that The Atlasian Tribune just recruited three new contributors : Kalwejt, who will take Dr. Cynic's column ; AndrewCT, who will publish on the 20th ; and Vepres, who will have a column on the 30th of every month. May them enjoy their contribution to the Tribune. I also accepted Sewer Socialist's ask, but didn't receive any answer for the moment.
The calendar of publishments will be duly edited.

The editor in chief.
What will Vepres do in February?

lol
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« Reply #35 on: January 03, 2010, 09:47:59 AM »

Changes is the newspaper's composition

Dear readers, I'm sorry to announce the voluntary retirement of our contributor, Dr. Cynic, due to his lack of the time necessary to write articles.
However, I also announce that The Atlasian Tribune just recruited three new contributors : Kalwejt, who will take Dr. Cynic's column ; AndrewCT, who will publish on the 20th ; and Vepres, who will have a column on the 30th of every month. May them enjoy their contribution to the Tribune. I also accepted Sewer Socialist's ask, but didn't receive any answer for the moment.
The calendar of publishments will be duly edited.

The editor in chief.
What will Vepres do in February?

Well, I guess I'll exceptionally give him another day.
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« Reply #36 on: January 04, 2010, 12:41:20 PM »
« Edited: January 04, 2010, 12:43:01 PM by Northeast Representative Antonio V »

Two Interviews, by Barnes

Our fellow contributor Barnes, conducted two mini-interviews with Mechaman and Lt. Gov. Jbrase. Here is the full text of them.


Interview with Mechaman

B : You recently founded the Atlasian Anti-Square Party, what was your reason behind forming this party, and how do you think it can contribute to the Government?

M : Well I believe that the Atlasian Anti-Square Party, with it's principles be rooted in non-aggression and mutualism can bring a lot to the table in encouraging a cooperative and friendly atmosphere that is sorely lacking in Atlasia today between those of different political stripes. As well as free marijuana for all peoples ages 17 and up (at least for now, if I can get Whacky Hack to be a bit more reasonable I hope to lower it down to 14, we are after all a big tent party that is willing to pragmatate and compromise on certain issues).

B : On December 30th, you announced you were running for President under the Anti-Square ticket. What do you intend to do if elected?

M : Actually originally I just planned on running for the Midwest Senate, but then (chuckles) I remembered I promised Hans I wouldn't run against him if he promised to take a stand against "ex-gay" institutions. If elected to the presidency I plan on encouraging a system of mutualism, that is allowing economic cooperatives to form between the citizens of Atlasia, free of government intervention, if they so choose. I think people will find in the next few months that this party will have more to offer them than just free marijuana and lowering the age of consent.

B : On January 1st, Sewer Socialist announced he was your running-mate. If he is elected Vice President, how do you think he will participate in your Administration?

M : Well Sewer is a bit more of a socialist than I am in most economic matters, so I believe that he would do well in advancing the formation of economic cooperatives throughout Atlasia to encourage Atlasian citizens to become more self sufficient and sharing of the resources of the land than they were under the jurisdiction of state or federal entities.

B : Is the Anti-Square Party interested in running candidates for other offices? Namely regional offices (like the Northeast or Mideast Assembly).

M : Sure! We'd be open to (when we get more members) to running candidates in federal and regional offices all across Atlasia! We need to help advance our agenda of mutualism and friendly cooperation throughout Atlasia

B : Before you renamed it, the Anti-Square Party was known as the "Atlasian Marijuana Party". Soon after its formation, the Party's thread was deleted by a Moderator. What is your opinion of this?

M : Well, I can understand that Gustaf was just doing his job as a moderator but I don't understand why he thought the whole thread deserved to die for the actions of a few posts. Also I don't feel comfortable with the idea that political enemies of mine can report my posts fullscale and that even the slightest of jokes can be censored according to forum rules. In hindsight I can't blame mods like Gustaf and MasterJedi for doing their job, but I would also like them to keep in mind the motivations of some of the people who report posts are in the future. This whole episode was regrettable, but hopefully we all can learn from it and mature up.


Interview with JBrase

B : In the December elections, you were elected Lieutenant Governor of the Southeast, what do you wish to accomplish during your time in office?

J : Well recently the Southeast was mentioned as having
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In the upcoming January regional inititives I would like to work with Gov. Brandon H to solve this issue and improve the region. While I am in office I would also like to work with the Governor to increase activity in the region, promote fiscal responsibilty, and individual liberty. There is no reason the the Southeast can't be a "shining city on a hill". As long as I hold office my goal will always be making the region that shining city.

B : Do you intended to run for reelection in the February election, or do you plan to run for a higher office?

J : As of now I dont see my self seeking higher office in February. I plan on running for re-election and fully supporting the re-election of Gov. Brandon H and Senator NC Yankee in his next election.

B : There is, what some would call, a "battle" over whether your region is "The Southeast" or the "Dirty South", where do you stand on this?

J : I personaly feel the the the region is and should remain known as the Southeast, that being said, in last months regional elections, an initiative know as the Restore the Revolution Act was voted on and approved by the citizens of the Southeast. This act allows the region to go by both names. Though I am personaly opposed the the name "Dirty South", I will gladly support what ever name the citizens choose to call the region.

B : According to Article I, Section 9, of the Southeast Constitution, the Lt. Governor ascends to the Governorship upon its vacancy. Do you believe you would be ready to take over if you had to?

J : Should the situation call for it I feel I would be up for the job. If I had to take over the Governors office in the event of a vacancy, I would quickly name a new Lt. Gov. and work with him or her along with our regional senator NC Yankee to continue making the region a better place for everyone.
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« Reply #37 on: January 04, 2010, 05:22:23 PM »


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In the upcoming January regional inititives I would like to work with Gov. Brandon H to solve this issue and improve the region.

JBrase is today's lucky winner of the GM kudos award. Smiley
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« Reply #38 on: January 04, 2010, 05:30:02 PM »


J : Well recently the Southeast was mentioned as having
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In the upcoming January regional inititives I would like to work with Gov. Brandon H to solve this issue and improve the region.

JBrase is today's lucky winner of the GM kudos award. Smiley

Do you think you might be able to provide a little detail on just where the Southeast has fail to follow statutes so Brandonh and Jbrase know what to tackle first? Tongue
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« Reply #39 on: January 04, 2010, 05:37:05 PM »


J : Well recently the Southeast was mentioned as having
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In the upcoming January regional inititives I would like to work with Gov. Brandon H to solve this issue and improve the region.

JBrase is today's lucky winner of the GM kudos award. Smiley

Do you think you might be able to provide a little detail on just where the Southeast has fail to follow statutes so Brandonh and Jbrase know what to tackle first? Tongue

There are zones in the Southeast that essentially rule by local law and eschew any higher forms of governance. It is less of a "here or there" issue, so much as a lax policy matter. Fostering an environment where such activities are permitted in an already autonomous-minded region can create these sort of conditions. There need to be stricter tax enforcement policies, as well as possibly some sort of tax amnesty program (see what the Mideast passed in a recent Assembly session), to avoid the predicted "lower-than-expected tax revenue" and a resulting budget deficit.
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« Reply #40 on: January 04, 2010, 05:43:24 PM »


J : Well recently the Southeast was mentioned as having
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In the upcoming January regional inititives I would like to work with Gov. Brandon H to solve this issue and improve the region.

JBrase is today's lucky winner of the GM kudos award. Smiley

Do you think you might be able to provide a little detail on just where the Southeast has fail to follow statutes so Brandonh and Jbrase know what to tackle first? Tongue

There are zones in the Southeast that essentially rule by local law and eschew any higher forms of governance. It is less of a "here or there" issue, so much as a lax policy matter. Fostering an environment where such activities are permitted in an already autonomous-minded region can create these sort of conditions. There need to be stricter tax enforcement policies, as well as possibly some sort of tax amnesty program (see what the Mideast passed in a recent Assembly session), to avoid the predicted "lower-than-expected tax revenue" and a resulting budget deficit.

I meant in GM thread, so as to not clutter up Antonio's thread. Tongue
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« Reply #41 on: January 07, 2010, 05:37:20 AM »

A Year in Perspective, by Tmthforu94

We don’t even see it occur. It normally doesn’t happen over night, and we’re lucky to catch it before it goes into effect. What is this I’m talking about? The changes of Atlasia.

When I entered into the world known as Atlasia on January 9th, 2009, it was a rather peaceful time. The JCP had the upper hand, with the RPP and DA following suit. Fights were rare, and usually when the occurred, they were resolved fairly soon. I stirred up some drama myself with Marokai Blue, but it was resolved over time.

Over the past few months, a lot has happened. More than most of us think. Due to many newly registered members, the RPP soured in numbers, and at one point led the JCP in registration. The DA continued to chug along at a distance third, picking up a quality member, here and there.

The Mideast was strung with controversy, and it was later found out that both candidate for the Senate race were using fake accounts, Persepolis being Ogis, and devilman88 being Josh. After waiting till after the election to announce he couldn’t take the seat, Governor Inks appointed a person, myself, to the seat, who’s only experience was a few days in the Mideast Assembly. DWTL had strongly pushed Governor Inks to appoint him to the seat, but do to Inks not supporting carpet bagging, it never came to pass.

A young, very energetic member launched a campaign in the Pacific, and despite huge odds, managed to pull almost 30% of the vote in a very liberal region. This same member went on to be the main recruiter for the RPP, and brought hoards of members in.

The October elections drew near. After struggling in August, the Regional Protection Party was confident October would be better, with a strong Jedi/Franzl ticket running. However, Franzl removed his name, leaving a scramble as to who should be the VP. And to make it all worse, less than a week before the elections, Jedi bowed out as well, leaving PiT as a sacrificial lamb. In the Senate races, DWTL performed much poorer than expected against Hashemite, after polling close to him. I comfortably defeated Ben, even though opponents in my own party expected me to lose. The Dirty South removed their incompetent Governor Daniel Adams, and elected Xahar. While Xahar’s views were very different from most of the region, he was an active Governor, something the region was new to. He was defeated later by Brandon H.

The right was beginning to divide. The chairman, Duke, was being unsuccessful at containing DWTL from his vicious and hateful remarks. DWTL was still running the party…into the ground. That’s where I came in. After spending months being DWTL’s main opposition in the party, I realized that Atlasia isn’t about fighting and have to sit there and take attack after attack. I left the Regional Protection Party, because I got tired of DWTL making vicious remarks to myself, and other members, and no one in leadership defending me.

December…oh what fun elections those were. In the weeks before the election, DWTL constantly boasted about how he would easily be elected to the Senate. Others disagreed, and DWTL’s ignorance was his downfall. When the vote opened, less than 5 people voted for him: Inks, Daniel Adams, and one or two more. Ever since his miserable defeat, he has vanished. Rumor has it that he’s running for city council in New Jersey. Poor New Jersey.

If I had to grade 2009 Atlasia, I’d give it a solid B. It was great because I joined, but it wasn’t so great because of all the fighting, drama, and plain stupidity that was shown, especially in the final months.
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« Reply #42 on: January 07, 2010, 07:43:12 AM »

I would respond more forcefully but with respect to your personal circumstances, Isaac, I won't. There are however some flaws with your analysis.
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« Reply #43 on: January 07, 2010, 08:40:31 AM »

A Year in Perspective, by Tmthforu94

December…oh what fun elections those were. In the weeks before the election, DWTL constantly boasted about how he would easily be elected to the Senate. Others disagreed, and DWTL’s ignorance was his downfall. When the vote opened, less than 5 people voted for him: Inks, Daniel Adams, and one or two more. Ever since his miserable defeat, he has vanished. Rumor has it that he’s running for city council in New Jersey. Poor New Jersey.

Really? Shocked
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« Reply #44 on: January 10, 2010, 01:05:13 PM »

Power beyond a control, by Kalwejt

(Disclaimer: Kalwejt is currently haunted by midterm at the University, as well as developed horrible addiction in Atlasia Americana, which caused this commentary to be very brief. Please also consider English is not a native language of this brave Polish-Atlasians Tongue)

So, finally, moderators, those almost mythical creatures with astonishing powers over Atlasia beyond our country regular laws and authorities, get a tool they need for an effective fight against trolls.

The idea is, naturally, pretty controversial. I’m not free of concerns as well, even while I’m trend to be a favor of this solution. For months trolls were by their actions destroyin the whole fun we all have from fantasy elections. Beside, we really need to realize once for all a distinction between a free speech, strong disagreements and controversies, as it’s always happens in discussion and other fantasy actions, and mindless trolling. There’s no real need to describe what trolling is, we all know that very well from our own experiences. No group ever abused a right of free speech and compromitate is more than trolls.

Banning of certain posters, which is not so easy and which process always take a lot of time, is not a solution, of course. Beside, they will go back over and over again under new names. Trolling exist due to attention, we’re giving to them, as they seek it’s actively. Putting them on the list and simply deleting new posts, such a freeze, is much more powerful to deal with the problem. And troll is always given a chance to start a “new life” (if not, well, troll be on the list for ever).

Introduced solition, first invented in a foreign land called “Forum Community”, may be finally what Atlasia needed. But there is one problem.

As history teach us, every law, every regulation may be a tool for an abuse. Not because idea per se is wrong, but because people responsible to carry it out either misunderstand or, even worse, use it with premeditation against terms.

I don’t want to go back to the days where trolls were continuing their spree without any consequences, and all we could do was to repeat “do not feed the trolls” (almost all times unsuccesfully). That’s why we have to watch closely how this would work as well. Infamous night raid on then Atlasia Marijuana Party showed very well that even moderators, suppoused to keep this place under a rules, are not free from their own biases, which is affecting their decisions.

The point is that Atlasia have no authority at all to oversee if moderators are carrying out their duties well and if they do not abuse an enormous power due to own political agenda. And that’s worries me just as worry many other Atlasians.

Even bigger problem is that if this solution turns out to be useless and if moderators themselves would ruin this by irresponsible actions, it would be a victory to the trolls. Just as doing nothing will be a carte blanche for them as well. Balance is very hard to keep and the risk is huge.

That’s why, along with justified criticism when needed to be voiced out, we need to tell moderators clearly: be catious, be extremelly catious with your extrodinary powers you’re not responsible before anyone except Dave.
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« Reply #45 on: January 10, 2010, 01:49:59 PM »

Changes is the newspaper's composition

Dear readers, I'm sorry to announce the voluntary retirement of our contributor, Dr. Cynic, due to his lack of the time necessary to write articles.
However, I also announce that The Atlasian Tribune just recruited three new contributors : Kalwejt, who will take Dr. Cynic's column ; AndrewCT, who will publish on the 20th ; and Vepres, who will have a column on the 30th of every month. May them enjoy their contribution to the Tribune. I also accepted Sewer Socialist's ask, but didn't receive any answer for the moment.
The calendar of publishments will be duly edited.

The editor in chief.
What will Vepres do in February?

Well, I guess I'll exceptionally give him another day.

I could post on the 27th, that would make the most sense IMO.
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« Reply #46 on: January 10, 2010, 01:56:33 PM »

Changes is the newspaper's composition

Dear readers, I'm sorry to announce the voluntary retirement of our contributor, Dr. Cynic, due to his lack of the time necessary to write articles.
However, I also announce that The Atlasian Tribune just recruited three new contributors : Kalwejt, who will take Dr. Cynic's column ; AndrewCT, who will publish on the 20th ; and Vepres, who will have a column on the 30th of every month. May them enjoy their contribution to the Tribune. I also accepted Sewer Socialist's ask, but didn't receive any answer for the moment.
The calendar of publishments will be duly edited.

The editor in chief.
What will Vepres do in February?

Well, I guess I'll exceptionally give him another day.

I could post on the 27th, that would make the most sense IMO.

My main goal is to make the presence of articles the most homogeneous possible in a month. So, I prefer that you will post the 27th in non bissextile Februaries, the 29th in bissextile Februaries and the 30th in other months. Obviosuly, if you have some concerns with 30th, I may change it. Wink
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« Reply #47 on: January 10, 2010, 02:07:28 PM »

Changes is the newspaper's composition

Dear readers, I'm sorry to announce the voluntary retirement of our contributor, Dr. Cynic, due to his lack of the time necessary to write articles.
However, I also announce that The Atlasian Tribune just recruited three new contributors : Kalwejt, who will take Dr. Cynic's column ; AndrewCT, who will publish on the 20th ; and Vepres, who will have a column on the 30th of every month. May them enjoy their contribution to the Tribune. I also accepted Sewer Socialist's ask, but didn't receive any answer for the moment.
The calendar of publishments will be duly edited.

The editor in chief.
What will Vepres do in February?

Well, I guess I'll exceptionally give him another day.

I could post on the 27th, that would make the most sense IMO.

My main goal is to make the presence of articles the most homogeneous possible in a month. So, I prefer that you will post the 27th in non bissextile Februaries, the 29th in bissextile Februaries and the 30th in other months. Obviosuly, if you have some concerns with 30th, I may change it. Wink

That's what I had in mind, I'm fine with it.
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« Reply #48 on: January 10, 2010, 02:32:16 PM »

Changes is the newspaper's composition

Dear readers, I'm sorry to announce the voluntary retirement of our contributor, Dr. Cynic, due to his lack of the time necessary to write articles.
However, I also announce that The Atlasian Tribune just recruited three new contributors : Kalwejt, who will take Dr. Cynic's column ; AndrewCT, who will publish on the 20th ; and Vepres, who will have a column on the 30th of every month. May them enjoy their contribution to the Tribune. I also accepted Sewer Socialist's ask, but didn't receive any answer for the moment.
The calendar of publishments will be duly edited.

The editor in chief.
What will Vepres do in February?

Well, I guess I'll exceptionally give him another day.

I could post on the 27th, that would make the most sense IMO.

My main goal is to make the presence of articles the most homogeneous possible in a month. So, I prefer that you will post the 27th in non bissextile Februaries, the 29th in bissextile Februaries and the 30th in other months. Obviosuly, if you have some concerns with 30th, I may change it. Wink

That's what I had in mind, I'm fine with it.

Great. Wink
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« Reply #49 on: January 13, 2010, 01:36:02 PM »

Hamilton's last words
An exclusive interview by Antonio V

Hamilton is gone now. Not for so much time, true ; but still, the Atlasian known as Hamilton is gone forever.
Exactly 10 days ago, I decided to propose him an interview to the Atlasian Tribune, and he accepted. Admittedly, we saw it as an occasion to "own each other". Because the best interviews are those who are polemic and without connivance, I decided to interview the person that I consider as a dangerous manipulator who tried to destroy the game.
This interview should have been finished today. It will never be. So I will now reveal you the questions that have been asked during all the previous week. These can be seen as the "last words" an Atlasian who had a considerable influence on the game.


A : First of all, thanks for responding to my few questions.

H : No problem.

A : Based on the latest nationwide election, you lead the third Atlasian political force. What are your feelings about that ?

H : Well, I must say that I feel that you are wrong in stating that we are third. I believe that, discounting out turnout and eligibility problems, we received second place in that election. That being said, I am proud to have a founded a party that gained traction so quickly, but I am certainly not the leader, nor do I intend to act as such. Do I play an important role? Yes, but Mint is our Chairman, and even then, he is no more a leader than anyone else who is working to build the party into something more than what it currently is. I also expect us to show even greater strength in February and April, so it really is exciting and energizing.

A : Does the ARC have a sort of internal functioning ? I mean, the way you define platform, mobilize voters, and run candidates. Could you explain it to us ?

H : Our platform was largely developed by Chairman Mint, with some help from myself and Einzige. i'm pleased with the outcome. As for which candidates we run, we typically look at an election, see if we already have a candidate, and if not, we will let any member run who wants to run. We try to encourage newer members to seek low-ranking offices to et them started in Atlasia, this, of course, has been shot down by members of every other party, though, as they don't wish to give newbies any fighting chance in this game. As for mobilizing voters- we don't really have any particular technique or tactic, but we simply bring forth our message to voters and more often than not it resonates, giving pleasing results. In December, Mint won a large bloc of well-known swing voters that gave him the first place spot.

A : What is your opinion of the other Atlasian parties ? Please specify for each one.

H : Jesus Christ Party- Frankly, I don't like them one bit. They are far too powerful and have literally put in measures to monopolize the game (that supposedly bgwah even opposes). I think it's pathetic that people like Lief, Marokai, and Bacon King defend their blatant zombie voters simply because they post a lot and maybe were involved here years ago. They have hurt many new people trying to get involved with their antics and it's really upsetting.

Democratic Alliance- Not a big fan, mostly because they actually take Purple State seriously. I have yet to see the "pragmatic centrism" in their voting. I've noticed they prefer radical extremists to pragmatic centrists. Look at how they supported far-left Marokai over the moderate Duke, likewise with right-wing fringe candidate DWTL over a moderate like Fritz, and supporting Lief's radical platform over PiT's pragmatic approach in October. I think they have some respectable members but I don't believe they stand for all that they claim to and are quite a bit overrated.

Leipist National Front- I like them.

Progressive Conservative Party- They epitomize hypocrisy and are stuck in 2002. That's all I can really say. It's clear to anyone paying attention that they are fading away, and I'm fairly certain that they will vote for Bacon King simply because they've always been the JCP's lapdog (see February 09 and the special election to replace CK).

Mechaman's party- I think it's just a trolling group, but I don't really care.


A : Let's talk about zombies, since you introduced the argument. Some members, most notably Senator Hashemite, have been strongly opposing zombie voting for a long time. Today, more and more people have reached a consensus on the necessity to act against these practise, and that lead to the creation of the HAEV. What is your opinion on measures to prevent zombie voting, in general ? And specifically, on the HAEV ?

H : Zombie voting has always existed in Atlasia and always will. The idea that people won't find ways around it is absurd. The problem isn't zombie voting, it's hyperpartisanship. That Kalwejt can have a net approval and I have a net disapproval is ridiculous. Name one thing Kalwejt ever did that was worthwhile while in the Assembly. One. Comapre that to my accomplishments. It's pretty easy to see why I don't take this game seriously anymore. The JCP is full of zombies, the PCP is full of zombies, and every party preceding had zombies. I much prefer elections with 300 voters to elections with 30 voters. I will oppose the HAEV and any other attempt to restrict the rights of voters. In real life, most voters are uninformed and lazy. Why can't Atlasia be the same? We don't have the ability to sustain activity for everyone at present as it is, people get bored without having anything worthwhile to do. Plus, people who are simply on the forum get to know each other and get a sense of who they do and don't agree with. It's not like they see a ballot, two names they don't recognize, and just mark it. People only have a problem with zombies when they are voting for right-wing candidates.

A : Just to stay on this theme, I will give you a short list of users and ask you if you consider each of them as zombies or not. Quickly justify your choice.

- Italian-boy
- Azmagic
- Sirnick
- Mart
- MagneticFree
- Winfield
- BRTD
- Ogre Mage
- Lahbas


H : All of them are "zombies" except azmagic and Winfield. azmagic at least loosely follows what is going on here and as you know, can justify any vote he's ever made. Winfield will vote for the candidates that best portrays himself, as he does not belong to any particular party. The others may be "zombies" but certainly shouldn't be removed from voting rolls. That being said, the lefties and righties have to go at the same time if any legitimate argument against these people could be made, however, I don't believe there are any justifications for disenfranchising people regardless of activity levels, date of registration, post count, or any other arbitrary measurements.

A : A rhetoric question to end with this issue. You said that azmagic isn't a zombie because he "loosely follows what is going on here". That means he reads some topics in the Atlas Fantasy Elections board, but never comments them (which seems strange to me, but anyways). How can you affirm that BRTD and the other "lefties" don't do the same ? If they do, they aren't be zombies in your definition.

H : I'm not sure. Thank you for udnerstanding my point, though. No one truly knows the level of participation of a voter and it really is none of our damn business. We shouldn't be judging people based on this. It's also none of my business that you approve of the do-nothing Kalwejt and disapprove of one of the two hardest working Representatives in the Assembly.

A : So, let's talk of the Assembly now. The First Assembly, which was in session from October to December, has an impressive record of legislation passed, which makes all Reps proud. It also seemed to have worked in a quiet atmosphere, with numerous bipartisan agreements. You can testify that I voted some of your bills, and reciprocally. What were, in your opinion, the reasons of these good results ?

H : Well, as I've said, the bipartisan agreements came from my ability to compromise, work pragmatically, and generally centrist ideology. I refer to myself because most of the legislation was authored or sponsored by myself, and I know my own process more than I know that of others. I believed that if I worked with everyone and gave in on some issues to get some return on others, it would benefit the region. I have now realized that there is no "return." I'm never going to benefit from working with people like you or Kalwejt. I went out of my way to help you guys, collaborated as friends and spoke about subjects unrelated to politics, and you two chose to throw that away for political expedience. Fine, but I don't work hard and play nice just to get slapped in the face and the fact that people are writing me off for Governor despite knowing I would do the job better (as Kaalwejt said in private) is pretty much the last straw for me. That being said, I know you are bringing this up because I shot down the "gener identity" and "size" amendments, and that has nothing to do with anything other than the fact that no one addressed the major concerns with them. I get criticized for being unwilling to debate, but people like Kalwejt speak in platitudes and don't actually answer my questions. I do love, though, that you try to play it up as obstruction yet even people like cinyc voted against them because they were rooted ins pecial interests and would have had detrimental effects, and he is not affiliated with the ARC in any way, shape, or form. My approach to legislation is one of pragmatism and effectiveness, and the way the bill was amended allowed it to be neither pragmatic nor effective.
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