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Ruinenlust wrote:

...I have changed our regional banner to a destruction-themed one that was generously created by Mozworld, and our flag to one that was created and perfected by Terrabod...

And, might I say, they've done a fantastic job. Really sets the mood, and they both look really good. While I may not be too active for N-Day this year, I'm looking forward to stockpiling shields with the rest of you!

Ok, here are some more questions for the candidates, mostly focused on Lore and Culture but some miscellaneous too:

1) Would you support the continued growth of the Lore Ministry? (Not as in more Lore Ministers, just like more Lore Ministry projects)
2) Do you intend to keep the Cabinet pretty similar to the incumbent, or do you intend to shake things up?
3) Would you support creating a sort of list of official Forestian things? Such as an official Forestian Anthem, an official Forestian Motto, an official regional food, etc?
4) Would you encourage more coöperation between the Lore and Culture ministries? Such as a contest to design the UoF flag, maybe a contest for a new RP idea, a Forestvision Song Competition, etc?
5) Do you have any ideas for future RPs?
6) Would you consider the idea of a weekly Lore showcase, where each week a different nation is selected (they’d have to volunteer though), and they get to share their nation’s lore?

And now some less serious questions:
7) Would you require all official Forest dispatches to use the Diaeresis to separate vowel sounds (e.g. coöperation, reëlect, zoölogy, Chloë)?
8) Would you require all official Forestian dispatches to use the Oxford Comma?
9) Would you create a yearly Errinundera Memorial Day, to mourn their CTEing, followed the next day by a big party over at The Bar on the corner of every region to celebrate their hopeful return in the messianic age?
10) Will you please not fire me?

You don’t all have to answer all of these, so we don’t clutter up the RMB. Just answer as many as you want.

Middle Barael wrote:

Ok, here are some more questions for the candidates, mostly focused on Lore and Culture but some miscellaneous too:

YES! I mean - er, I'd be delighted to answer your questions, in a professional and formal manner. 100%

Middle Barael wrote:

1) Would you support the continued growth of the Lore Ministry? (Not as in more Lore Ministers, just like more Lore Ministry projects)

OOC: Yeeeeeees! (Actually culture and roleplay in general)
Campaign: It is in Forest's interest to focus on expanding its recruiting and promoting of religious indoctrinations for prospective newcomers so they learn the evils of society and the horrific crimes against the environment they should feel personally responsible and guilty for through the cozy facade of a roleplay and culture.

Middle Barael wrote:

2) Do you intend to keep the Cabinet pretty similar to the incumbent, or do you intend to shake things up?

OOC: I would keep whoever wanted to stay just because they've done a great job already, although I'd be up for new arrivals wanting to try a deputy position as well as replacing anyone who wanted to leave. :P
Campaign: I will chose my staff through a lottery system in order to create real equality among the residents of Forest. I also will make every cabinet member's sole job be to work on the map.

Middle Barael wrote:

3) Would you support creating a sort of list of official Forestian things? Such as an official Forestian Anthem, an official Forestian Motto, an official regional food, etc?

OOC: Seeing as I've already done all of these things for another region... yes! Yes I would! But at the same time I'm not entirely certain "Forest" is really the kind of region to have a "regional anthem" or anything really, except for maybe a motto. That'd have to be discussed with the community at large before anything actually went through, hehe.
Campaign: The regional anthem will be a remix of Imperial March but with bird calls and waterfalls, the regional motto will be "Down with civilization!", and the regional food will be roasted seaweed and mushrooms on a bun... with a side of chocolate chip cookies.

Middle Barael wrote:

4) Would you encourage more coöperation between the Lore and Culture ministries? Such as a contest to design the UoF flag, maybe a contest for a new RP idea, a Forestvision Song Competition, etc?

OOC: YES! 100% YES!
Campaign: No. They must eternally be at war. There will be no conspiring against the natural order.

Middle Barael wrote:

5) Do you have any ideas for future RPs?

OOC: not atm; would kinda like to see what happens with the existing ones first, hehe.
Campaign: Civilization's Futile Struggle Against Godmodding Tree Stumps And Rising Sea Levels

Middle Barael wrote:

6) Would you consider the idea of a weekly Lore showcase, where each week a different nation is selected (they’d have to volunteer though), and they get to share their nation’s lore?

OOC: I'm honestly not sure there'd be enough people interested for a weekly thing... though, we could always do something similar, but weekly. Or, we could collect volunteers and just feature them once a week or something.
Campaign: All of Forest's nations' lore will be erased and converted to the Holy Text of the Epic Mangrove God (Ransium), where nations were created as an experiment by trees to see how long they could cope with environmental shenanigans before failing.

Middle Barael wrote:

And now some less serious questions:

OOC: Yay!
Campaign: No question is to be considered unserious by THIS potential future Forest Keeper.

Middle Barael wrote:

7) Would you require all official Forest dispatches to use the Diaeresis to separate vowel sounds (e.g. coöperation, reëlect, zoölogy, Chloë)?

OOC: No.
Campaign: No.

Middle Barael wrote:

8) Would you require all official Forestian dispatches to use the Oxford Comma?

OOC: No.
Campaign: I rescind my previous statement. This truly is a ridiculous question.

Middle Barael wrote:

9) Would you create a yearly Errinundera Memorial Day, to mourn their CTEing, followed the next day by a big party over at The Bar on the corner of every region to celebrate their hopeful return in the messianic age?

OOC: YES.
Campaign: Alcohol is illegal in Jutsa.
OOC: Okay just forget Campaign me on this one this is too good an idea.
Campaign: No it isn't
OOC: Shut up
Campaign: No you shut up
OOC: What am I doing with my life

Middle Barael wrote:

10) Will you please not fire me?

OOC: Of course not, you're awesome! <3
Campaign: I can't promise you that. Should the RNG gods of the New Lottocracy favor you, or be pleased with a sufficient number of land bribes, then you should have nothing to worry about.

Middle Barael wrote:

You don’t all have to answer all of these, so we don’t clutter up the RMB. Just answer as many as you want.

OOC: Oops.
Campaign: The people deserve to know the answers, regardless of the cost of cleanliness! If sacrifices must be made, they will be made! *Throws jellybeans at the crowd*

Middle Barael wrote:

-snip-

1. Yes.

2. I think that if people want to stay in government, the cabinet would not be changed much.

3. Yes, i think that would be great!

4. I think encouraging this would be a great idea, but it would obviously be up to the respective ministers to coordinate.

5. No, but i support the creation of new ones if anyone does have a good idea.

6. I’m not sure. As Jutsa said I don’t know if there would be enouch people to keep such a thing fresh for very long.

7. Refer to my last word in answer 4.

8. Absolutely.

10. Hmmm…
(no, you’ve done a great job!)

Middle Barael wrote:

Would you require all official Forestian dispatches to use the Oxford Comma?

I've always felt that official dispatches should follow the same primary spelling/grammar/punctuation rule as issues; namely, the writer should use whichever form of spelling, grammar or punctuation is correct where they're from. I'm not really sure why I should use incorrect grammar, spelling or punctuation (in my country) so that our American nations find my dispatches easier to read or more aesthetically pleasing. When reading others' dispatches the American vs Commonwealth difference doesn't bother me.

What's next, telling Regional Officers they're only allowed to use the American spellings of words? You do you, MB, but let me do me.

Middle Barael wrote:

Would you support the continued growth of the Lore Ministry? (Not as in more Lore Ministers, just like more Lore Ministry projects)

I'm interested as to what prompted this question. It's a little vague. A how? from the candidates would maybe be more informative.

In that sense, I'm also interested in what plans the candidates have specifically for the growth of the Culture and Lore ministries. In an earlier post I mentioned running out of time, and it's true - in terms of boosting regional activity, there's only so much Regional Officers can do with regards to the planning and execution of region-wide (and interregional) events and activities in one term. I've learned that the Ministry of Culture is like an iceberg, where the planning and organising necessary to support everything is more complicated and time-consuming than would appear to those participating in the resulting activities. That's not a complaint, it's a hard fact - and add to the behind-the-scenes time that Forest is a hobby and not a part-time or full-time job (if only!).

Still, I'd like to see many more cultural events in Forest's calendar and while the Culture Minister should be part of that, whoever that is can't make up all of the difference. What I want to hear from the candidates is this: how would you encourage non-government members of Forest to get involved with regional activities, and how would you encourage them to get involved with boosting regional involvement themselves through running their own regional activities?

Middle Barael wrote:

Would you encourage more coöperation between the Lore and Culture ministries? Such as a contest to design the UoF flag, maybe a contest for a new RP idea, a Forestvision Song Competition, etc?

I'd like to see some of this, though we were obviously both preoccupied with setting up our own ministries during this last term. In line with what I've said above, it would be great to see more Forestians take the initiative with stuff like this. There's really nothing stopping any citizen from deciding to run their own IC or OOC events; consider the likes of Einswenn's IC Pride Conference.

Middle Barael wrote:

Would you create a yearly Errinundera Memorial Day, to mourn their CTEing, followed the next day by a big party over at The Bar on the corner of every region to celebrate their hopeful return in the messianic age?

I would like to see the occasion marked by Lore Ministry and Ministry of Culture events. In fact, I do have some thoughts on that but they're not in any state to share right now.

Middle Barael wrote:

Will you please not fire me?

Eugh, I can smell the desperation from here.

Nah, I'm just joshing you. You really made the best of a tough situation where you basically had to build the RP side of things up from scratch.

I'm still working on my campaign dispatch where my platform is mainly based on [oh, spoilers] continuation of Chan Island’s course. So my answers to following questions will be given in accordance with it.
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The dispatch is being constantly updated with more questions appearing on the RMB.

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Set of cool questions by Middle Barael

Middle Barael wrote:

Would you support the continued growth of the Lore Ministry? (Not as in more Lore Ministers, just like more Lore Ministry projects)

So yes, basically i’d like to see Lore Ministry projects grow and expand, or, at the very least, keep at the same level.

Middle Barael wrote:

Do you intend to keep the Cabinet pretty similar to the incumbent, or do you intend to shake things up?

Middle Barael wrote:

Will you please not fire me?

As similar as it was in the 10th Cabinet. If elected, I’ll contact every member of previous government to ask if they wish to stay in charge of the same departments/matters. “Stagnation?” one’d ask, “Stability” I’d reply. As for you personally, I’d love to see you in my team because I’m fascinated by your dedication to lore development and regional roleplay. You’ve done a huge job during the last term and I believe this shan’t end here.

Middle Barael wrote:

Would you support creating a sort of list of official Forestian things? Such as an official Forestian Anthem, an official Forestian Motto, an official regional food, etc?

Middle Barael wrote:

Would you encourage more coöperation between the Lore and Culture ministries? Such as a contest to design the UoF flag, maybe a contest for a new RP idea, a Forestvision Song Competition, etc?

Cooperation between said ministries is important, I see them as a joint bodies of the government. Contests are always fun, and if a Lore Minister feels like to call for a RP contest (like your idea of UoF Flag Design one) they have to be able to work together with Culture Minister. However, I’d rather focus on UoF/RP branding and integration instead of expanding Forest’s things. Regional anthem sounds good though.

Middle Barael wrote:

Would you consider the idea of a weekly Lore showcase, where each week a different nation is selected (they’d have to volunteer though), and they get to share their nation’s lore?

In my opinion, weekly is too frequent. Do we have that many active nations who’d possibly share their lore? Maybe bi-monthly or monthly would be good. Also, instead of focusing on featured nations, I’d love to see Lore Questions of the Week back because this is a splendid worldbuilding initiative that helps a lot in individual lore development for nations (and for myself too, I have all the questions saved in my notes to gradually add them to my lore, thanks for that, MB!).

Middle Barael wrote:

And now some less serious questions: Would you require all official Forest dispatches to use the Diaeresis to separate vowel sounds (e.g. coöperation, reëlect, zoölogy, Chloë)?

Oh, no thanks. Freedom of vowel expression!

Middle Barael wrote:

Would you require all official Forestian dispatches to use the Oxford Comma?

This feels like a mandatory act tyranny to me and I’m all for it but no, if elected, I won’t suggest such constitutional amendment this time.

Right now The Potato Alliance is requesting we build shields no matter the specialty currently.

The Cypher Nine wrote:

Right now The Potato Alliance is requesting we build shields no matter the specialty currently.

Where exactly did you read that?

Santa Joanna wrote:

Where exactly did you read that?

Orders from the Potato Command discord [https://discord.gg/39BJUu7] - there's an "Orders and Commands" channel.

There are way more of us than them.

How do I do that?

Do you mean on the WFE?

Second Edit: I gave DIE Appearances powers, too.

Ruinenlust wrote:

How do I do that?

Do you mean on the WFE?

Second Edit: I gave DIE Appearances powers, too.

Thanks, got it