It is time to get this done.

[Adam Griffin]

Almost three years ago to the day, myself and several others set into motion a series of controversial events aimed at rectifying a problem that was present even then: the need for consolidation. "Operation Rimjob" was viewed as childish, trolling behavior at the time, but those who were at the core of the operation understood that Atlasia was fundamentally broken and needed to be changed. This initial effort failed - totally due to activist judges - and we were left without a clear path forward.

While met with total opposition at the time, many others from all parties and ideologies began to see that our system was in fact broken and in dire need of repair. It was a contagious notion that could not be suppressed by the opposition. I pushed and pushed for reform throughout 2013, waging a successful uphill battle in public opinion and convincing the country of the need for change. Unfortunately, that effort ultimately fell flat at the ballot box during a low-turnout election and we were left without a clear path forward.

I never lost sight of the prize: a revived Atlasia with fewer offices, more competition and new gameplay styles to ensure that we would continue to have a game that was fun and enjoyable.

In 2014, my Vice President - motivated by a Radical Gay Agenda that we share so deeply -  dreamed of a world in which we could pursue this goal even further, with a push for bicameralism and consolidation. At the time, he faced steep criticism and opposition within his own party as President, and was nearly thrown out of office in primaries twice for daring to dream. At the time, this effort failed and we were left without a clear path forward.

In 2015, the destruction, decay and lack of interest we foresaw came full-circle. Finally, even our one-time opponents began to get it: the game needed to be changed. From then on, we have seen a unification of people from all parties, all ideologies and all walks of life come together to insist that the status quo must be changed. From Bore and Lumine's efforts in pushing for a constitutional convention to Yankee and Leinad clearing the way for a successful multi-partisan embrace of the concept to Harry S Truman leading the charge in the constitutional convention itself, it began to take shape.

We are now left with a clear path forward.

When I ran for President, I promised you that we would weather the storm and that this ConCon would produce a document - a successful document - that would give us all new roles and give this game new life. I told you it wouldn't be easy and I told you it probably wouldn't happen in my first term, but we have all stayed the course and we are at a special moment in history.

It is time to usher in the new game that so many of us began to envision so long ago: a process three years in the making. None of us got everything we wanted, but that is how you know that the result is meaningful. We cannot let anyone stop us from barreling forward, full steam ahead. If anybody gets in our way, then rest assured that the overarching promise of my tenure - that I will crack their skulls and make bongo drums out of them - remains truer than ever. We are not finished, but there is a lot of light at the end of this tunnel. Stay vigilant, remember why we started this, and vote to ratify this new Constitution.

It is time to get this done.

[Adam Griffin]

We all know that your revisionist history is subject to rebuttal by those who were part of it, Yankee.

Rimjob was initiated to render a final solution for what was a perpetually dead region that could not be saved or managed on a permanent basis, which was directly the result of there being too many regions in the first place. Reduction of the regions - actually, wholesale elimination of the regions - was the original goal of Rimjob, as anyone who was deeply involved with it at the time would tell you (with the secondary goal being to neuter Hamilton's remaining influence and to reverse the abomination that the Toad left in his wake out there, both of which happened regardless). Compromise occurred along the way. Was it done in a secretive, trollish and hilarious fashion? Absolutely. There were copious amounts of strategic and legal work put into it by some of the brightest minds in the game and the argument, constitutionality and legal case for it all was full-proof from a strict constructionist standpoint.

The reason the Supreme Court "did its job" according to you was simple: one of them voted against it because he didn't want his region being destroyed or interfered with to such an extent by anyone else (least of all Xahar), another one voted against it because he was mad that I didn't tell him what was going on prior (the same reason he voted for you in June 2013 in that Senate race), and I can only assume that third one voted against it - based on what I heard from others at the time regarding decisions in general made by the court - because the first one told him to do so.

This is where this noble effort began, whether you like it or not, and I should know: I was the one pushing forboth of those things! If you think that other "sober minds" were more involved with pushing this monstrosity uphill over time than I - that kept its idea alive through thick and thin, and that pulled the strings behind the scenes to put these coalitions together - then you are even more out of your ancient mind than I thought! Rimjob was the inspiration and the origin story, my friend.