World Leaders Survivor Redux - Organisation Thread

[Platypus]

The forty-third round has completed, with two eliminated leaders:

Group A

Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourg: 9 votes
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Nikola Gruevski, Macedonia: 5 votes
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia: 1 vote
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil: 1 vote
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Spain: 1 vote

Group B

Valdas Adamkus, Lithuania: 7 votes
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Angela Merkel, Germany: 4 votes
Donald Tusk, Poland: 3 votes
Kevin Rudd, Australia: 1 vote
Tillman Thomas, Greneda: 1 vote

[Platypus]

The forty-fourth round has completed, with two eliminated leaders:

Group A

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil: 12 votes
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Nikola Gruevski, Macedonia: 5 votes
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia: 2 votes
Lars Lokke Rasmussen, Denmark: 1 vote

Group B

Ian Khama, Botswana: 5 votes
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Tillman Thomas, Greneda: 4 votes
Angela Merkel, Germany: 1 vote
Bohut Pahor, Slovenia: 1 vote

[big bad fab]

I didn't believe it could happen so quickly.
Things are more open now, at least for the second place.
Can Manmohan Singh become a McCain by eliminating every big contender, one by one ? And Obama might be a Hillary, the favorite who loses.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Singh ain't winning. He won last time, so people will vote against him at some point just because they don't want the same person to win twice.

[Lief 🗽]

Lula is obviously better than whatever conservative the forum will end up electing. Lame.

[Platypus]

The forty-fifth round has completed, with two eliminated leaders:

Group A

Nikola Gruevski, Macedonia: 5 votes
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Baldwin Spencer, Antigua and Barbuda: 3 votes
Dean Barrow, Belize: 1 vote
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia: 1 vote
Lars Lokke Rasmussen, Denmark: 1 vote

Group B

Tillman Thomas, Grenada: 9 votes
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Angela Merkel, Germany: 3 votes
Donald Tusk, Poland: 2 votes

[Platypus]

The forty-sixth round has completed, with two eliminated leaders:

Group A

Baldwin Spencer, Antigua and Barbuda: 3.5 votes
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Lawrence Gonzi, Malta: 3 votes
Dean Barrow, Belize: 2 votes
Barack Obama, United States of America: 2 votes
Werner Faymann, Austria: 1 vote

Group B

Jan Fischer, Czech Republic: 7 votes
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John Key, New Zealand: 1 vote
Angela Merkel, Germany: 1 vote
Kevin Rudd, Australia: 1 vote
Donald Tusk, Poland:  vote

[Platypus]

I broke a tie, favouring Malta. There are more Maltese people living in Australia than in Malta, fwiw.

Also, don't do a search for "Jan Fischer" on google with safe search turned off. Crazy czech internet activists

[big bad fab]

I broke a tie, favouring Malta. There are more Maltese people living in Australia than in Malta, fwiw.

That's fair as Baldwin Spencer was saved by your tie-breaking role, some rounds ago, against Balkenende.

[Platypus]

Well.

What a round. I've unexpectedly been without computer access for a couple of days, and this is what I come back to

I want to make three things clear:

1. What happened was completely within the rules;
2. What happened could have been reciprocated;
3. What happened was probably immoral.

I'm not going to take any action,. but I will suggest that this has been the first round in a long time in which both groups have had over 20 votes, and that is a good thing. At the same time, many of those votes were the equivalent of cook county corpses, and that isn't.

I'd like to see these 'call-ins' vote more often - not because they're particularly good voters, but becausae if they actually hang around they might not be as hackish. Someone getting a PM and thinking, "There's a leftist Latin American still in? Well, damn. OK, I'll vote them out" is not how a vote should be decided.

I encourage those who voted for the first time this round, or maybe got called in for Lula, or Morales, or whoever else, to get more involved over the long term. I also remind the left of the early departures of Harper, Sarkozy, Calderon, Berlusconi...

[Platypus]

The forty-seventh round has completed, with two eliminated leaders:

Group A

Barack Obama, United States of America: 12 votes
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Lawrence Gonzi, Malta: 8 votes
Werner Faymann, Austria: 5 votes
Xanana Gusmao, Timor Leste: 1 vote - Discounted
Jens Stoltenberg, Normay: 1 vote
Tabare Vazquez, Uruguay: 1 vote

Group B

Michelle Bachelet, Chile: 9 votes
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Angela Merkel, Germany: 5 votes
Traian Basescu, Romania: 3 votes
John Key, New Zealand: 3 votes
John Atta Mills, Ghana: 3 votes
Kevin Rudd, Australia: 1 vote

[Platypus]

That Obama was voted out this early is probably more than a little ridiculous. Quite possibly hackish. If I were to vote, it wouldn't have been against Obama.

At the same time, in the original survivor, I lead and suceeded in a push to remove GWBush very, very early in the game, and that was probably ridiculous and hackish also.

What goes around comes around, and the game will continue - and will still be fun.

[Gustaf]

I have to disagree somewhat - this was by far the worse round in the game to me, ever. I was pissed about the rightists Hugh mentioned above but none of them were people I was considering for the win. Bachelet and Obama on the other hand, were. I have a hard time not seeing the game descend into complete hackishness from this point onwards, which is sad.

But I will still keep voting and fight for the remaining good guys.

[minionofmidas]

I also remind the left of the early departures of Harper, Sarkozy, Calderon, Berlusconi...

I'm suing you in Britain on behalf of the Association of Character Witnesses for Steven Harper and Felipe Calderón.
Being listed in one breath with these jokes is libel.

[Platypus]

Well, yes, i'd've voted to oust Berlusconi when he was ousted to, but...I needed more examples

[minionofmidas]

Well, yes, i'd've voted to oust Berlusconi when he was ousted to, but...I needed more examples

Alright, I'll defer on filing suit until the next time you displease me in breaking a tie.

[Hash]

Idiocy.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Since I have nothing to do in a survivor thread where rightist trolls have now taken the whole control, I announce that I will no more take part in it. Thanks to every good-faith and good-willing users for having tried to do something serious.

[minionofmidas]

Since I have nothing to do in a survivor thread where rightist trolls have now taken the whole control, I announce that I will no more take part in it. Thanks to every good-faith and good-willing users for having tried to do something serious.

Chill. Please. Just chill. Or organize a counter vote-bloc if chilling is beyond your abilities. But I prefer you just chill.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Since I have nothing to do in a survivor thread where rightist trolls have now taken the whole control, I announce that I will no more take part in it. Thanks to every good-faith and good-willing users for having tried to do something serious.

Chill. Please. Just chill. Or organize a counter vote-bloc if chilling is beyond your abilities. But I prefer you just chill.

If chilling were beyond my abilities, I would have left far sooner.

[Platypus]

The forty-eighth round has completed, with two eliminated leaders:

Group A

Lawrence Gonzi, Malta: 9 votes
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Werner Faymann, Austria: 4 votes
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Spain: 3 votes

Group B

John Atta Mills, Ghana: 7 votes
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Angela Merkel, Germany: 6 votes
Mohamed Nasheed, Maldives: 1 vote
Donald Tusk, Poland: 1 vote

[Platypus]

Round 49 will be the final round of stage two, before we enter the finals series. It is also my last chance to make you all go 'Huh?', and I'm taking it with both hands.

In this round, you will have two votes: 1 to save, the other to eliminate.

For example, you might vote in Group A:

Save: Vasquez
Eliminate: Barrow

...or whatever.

If there are three other voters, and they vote this way:

Save: Stoltenberg
Eliminate: Vasquez

Save: Vasquez
Eliminate: Barrow

Save: Vasquez
Eliminate: Faymann

The final tally would be

Barrow: 2
Faymann: 1

[Platypus]

The second stage and the forty-ninth round have completed, with two eliminated leaders:

Group A

Werner Faymann, Austria: net +4 votes
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Xanana Gusmao, Timor Leste: net +2 votes

Group B

Traian Basescu, Romania: net +3 votes
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Donald Tusk, Poland: net +2 votes

[Platypus]

The Finalists

Australia - Kevin Rudd


Australia's 26th Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd was elected as Leader of the Labor Party in December 2006 before a strong election win against the ruling Coalition government in November 2007. Since taking office, he has maintained high approval ratings, and has worked to improve homelessness and indigenous disequality, as well as aiming for better relations with Aisan countries. A Sinophile, Rudd has been criticised for his handling of the economic crisis by the opposition, as well as potential corruption in the 'utegate' scandal. Environmentalists have also been disappointed by the limited nature of the government's environmental reforms, but were pleased when Australia ratified the Kyoto agreement immediately upon Rudd's election; and many leftists are disappointed by his perosnal refusal to consider same-sex marriage in Australia. Despite these areas of concern, his popular numbers remain high, and his government is widely expected to be re-elected at the next election.

Belize - Dean Barrow


Dean Barrow, the 4th Belizean Prime Minister, was elected in February 2008 after his United Democratic Party had been in opposition for nine and a half years. Throughout this time, he was the leader of the opposition. Most famous for being the father of rapper Jamal "Shyne" Barrow, currently in gaol in New York state for murder, he is also the first black PM of the country and has plans to implement a strong reformist agenda. A senior lawyer by trade, Barrow still often fronts courts for important cases for his firm, Barrow and Williams.

[Platypus]

Costa Rica - Oscar Arias


1987 Nobel Peace Prize winner and Costa Rican President since 2006, Oscar Arias also served as President 1986-1990. As leader of the leftist National Liberation Party, Arias successfully challenged the constitution to allow him to serve a second term. An internationalist, Arias serves on the board of the International Criminal Court's Trust Fund for Victims. Criticised and applauded for his approach to Latin American unity, Arias is currently seen as a potential dealbroker in the Honduran coup crisis.

Denmark - Lars Lokke Rasmussen


Ascending to the Prime Ministership of Denmark following the resignation of longtime leader Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Rasmussen (no relation) took office and the leadership of the center-right liberal Venstre party in April 2009. As Finance Minister before ascension, he led a push to make Banks accountable for stabilisation money received in response to the credit crisis. Moderately popular, he is yet to be genuinely tested in the role.