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| EMT: Issue #3.5 | |
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| Aisli | Apr 14 2011, 02:01 AM Post #1 |
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![]() Issue #3.5, Volume #4 - Marchpril 12th, 2011 - Population 97 Forum Posts 209,724 - Forum Members 700 Government Chancellor: Asylum | Vice Chancellor: Silmeria Foreign Viceroy: Jahkalahka | Chief Justice: Anti-Hospitlar Secretary of Finance: TBD | Secretary of Culture: yumyum36 WA Delegate: Aisli | Speaker of the Council: Knistii Contents Chancellor's Communique Guild Council Throwdown Election Fever! Gooey Culturey Goodness The Admin Debate Quad Annual Equinox Awards Guild Power Rankings Chancellor's Communique by Asylum Greetings NationStates world! It seems the April Fool's joke this year around was a good one. What better way to scare us? I am sure they were flooded with messages from noobs that thought their nation was hacked. So the joke is on them! Ha!Equinox pulled a joke/secret-desire-of-Aisli and Executive Order #001 was declared, placing Aisli as the Queen of Equinox. Royal Decrees rained upon the region such as limiting the board themes, renaming the Think Tank the Fish Tank, making Griff "Lum's Bitch" and renaming him Daniel Radcliffe, and also major sexing up from the royal Skank Aisli. Regional Elections came and went, and since I am writing this article that only means that I won re-election? It's gonna be a lot of work, but this cabinet is full of new faces. Silmeria is new the Vice Chancellor, Knistii is the Speaker, Hospitlar is the Chief Justice, yumyum36 is the Secretary of Culture and kittypaws is the Secretary of Finance. I am very confident in this cabinet. The region needed fresh, active faces in the government, and I think it was nailed nicely by the voters. I am going to cut this short this time around. I will see you next EMT, and I am sure that it will be good news only. Thanks for the time and enjoy April's EMT. ![]() -Chancellor Asylum Guild Council Throwdown by Viisbyax The Guild Council has been very busy in February (especially at the beginning because of all the laws that needed to be re-passed). To start off, February 1 was commemorated as the day of the first signing into law of bills under the new Constitution. There have been lots of laws debated and voted on this month, so I’ll try to write a brief summary. The GC forum is all nice and organized, so it’s easy to find everything and put it in order, by the date the Chancellor signed it, assuming the secretaries have been doing their jobs; you know how lazy they can be. Constitutional Amendments
![]() Oooo, ahhhh, it's a subforum banner! Election Fever! by Aisli It seems like we're always having elections in Equinox, doesn't it? Every two months, to be precise. Well, this time around, it was pretty...unexciting, comparatively speaking to elections of the past. Like the Octebruary Election of ’04 when we had 16 WA Delegate candidates. That was madness, wasn’t it, eh? Ahh, good times… Where was I? Oh, elections this time around. Right. So yeah, it was rather straightforward. First of all, there was the fierce battle for the position of Secretary of Culture between yumyum36 and Abstain. Abstain actually, for once in his political life, won the election with 15 of the 22 votes, but since he hasn't been active on the board since December 24th, 2010 and never was actually nominated by anyone, we let yumyum36 have the office. Seemed like the wiser option, really. Next was the race for Secretary of Finance, where Abstain beat out kittypaws with 12 of the 21 votes, but again, same rules apply, so kittypaws really got the fancy title. With Chief Justice there was a real choice in candidates; voters had to pick between Anti-Hospitlar, Knistii, and Viisbyax. Anti-Hospitlar won with 11 of the 20 votes, and he immediately did a victory lap around the Supreme Court to celebrate. Finally, there was the Chancellor & Vice Chancellor face-off, the ultimate government election showdown. There were three contender pairings on the ballot: Asylum & Silmeria, Morrenstien & Anti-Hospitlar, and Abstain Sr & Abstain Jr. Despite valiant efforts all around, including an eleventh hour interpretive dance rally by Abstain Jr before polls closed, Asylum & Silmeria snatched up the top Equinox government positions with 11 of the 21 votes. But election fever is still sweeping the region! Like a disco inferno, this election haze is here to stay until all of the government slots are full. Equinox has its voter dancing shoes on, baby! UNH! What happened first was that Jahkalahka resigned as WA Delegate. Even he seemed stunned by the announcement, emitting a rather Canadian "Le Gaspe!" before explaining that he resigned because he wanted "to pursue political office." Two days later, Chancellor Asylum put forth Jahkalahka as a candidate for Foreign Viceroy. The Guild Council hemmed and hawed over this bit of delightful change of events for a bit longer, put it to a vote, and then shazaam! More voting! But now Jahkalahka is our new Foreign Viceroy. In the meantime, Equinox has picked a new WA Delegate. Nominations came and went, and I think we were all a little surprised Akrine didn't swoop forward to accept her nomination. We all know she's got secret plans to turn Equinox into a gigantic penguin cave, right? But the vote has already gone off with Aisli and kittypaws on the ballot (OH! kittypaws has resigned as Secretary of Finance to run for WA Delegate, by the way, did I mention?), and Aisli is our new WA Delegate. Because of the vacancy left by kittypaws, nominations have begun for a new Secretary of Finance. Elections have just started. Oh yeah. It's a party up in here, can ya dig it? ![]() ![]() Equinox, the way Akrine imagines it in her evil, penguin-shaped heart. Gooey Culturey Goodness by Aisli Lots has been going on with Equinox culture since the last issue of the EMT. So much that I don't really know where to begin. How about the Mardi Gras festival? That was back at the beginning of March. We had a separate subforum, several planned activities, sent out an invite to lots of regions, but overall it probably wasn't as festive as it could have been. Bummer. Maybe it was because of inactivity, maybe it was because not as many people came over to party, but really, I think the mood soured when Viisbyax took off his pants and started doing the "Macarena." Repeatedly. Another culture explosion was the Great Guild War. It too has its own subforum, and is basically an epic Guild-themed roleplay of carnage, mayhem, and battle of the wits. Or something. I don't know. I've been staying out of it, but I'm pretty sure that I've been either taken as a hostage or used as a battering ram at least once. The War is still ongoing, and there are rumors of a Guild War Musical on the horizon, so it's all pretty spectacular. My guess is that though it's taken a lull in the past week, it could reignite at a moment's notice. There's some regular culture stuff that has been going off - several Supremacy games that seem to be very fun for those involved. Also, yumyum36 put up some coloring pages the other day, whee! During my one day of Queenly Terror on April Fool's, I held a Pantless Extravaganza, and Anti-Hospitlar had a contest in order to find a new signature graphic the other week (but someone in Canada won, booo!). Ooo, and the Fake Courts are rolling again because Asylum has sued Mekhet for marrying Akrine (whom Asylum is already married to). Unfortunately, things are at a standstill until yumyum36 comes forward to take his place as the Judge of the Fake Courts and oversee the trial properly. The last bit of culture news is that some new people have been inducted into the King's Order. I was named Jedi Grand Master (for adminship, Aisliness, and general sexiness), Anti-Hospitlar was named Viscount of Poosh (for his service to the region as former Vice Chancellor and such), Akrine was named Assistant to the Flying Spaghetti Monster (for friendliness and her contributions to discussions as a non-government person), and Viisbyax was named Clallachpeldassacrissalvac (for being the Chancellor's bitch). For an explanation of the King's Order and a list of past recipients, click on this fun link here. Go on. You know you want to. The Admin Debate by Jahkalahka (& Aisli) There has been a debate raging on in Equinox recently about admins. Conflicting opinions arose about the power of administrators and where their power comes from. This all occurred after Aequitas-Veritas proposed the Forum Administrators Act. This bill said that we recognize Falconias as the only legal administrator. It also recommend we make all the now former administrators, admins once again. While there was a range of opinions, the debate was quickly divided into two camps. One camp, spearheaded by Aisli, believed that administrative power did not stem from the Government of Equinox, but from the Root Admin's account. According to them, the new constitution did not affect them. "Admins are not government officials. We are employees of the board. I don't see how that's valid," said Aisli. The other camp, led by AV, maintained that, "This constitution literally undid everything. So while you still have admin rights you are new in terms of this constitution since it did not keep anyone in any position save falc." They believed that this bill tied up legal loose ends. The debate spilled over to other proposals in the Guild Council. In an effort to end the argument, AV took the debate to the Supreme Court and Chief Justice Morrenstien. After careful deliberation, Mr. Morrenstien decided that Falconias should shed some light on the situation; however, Falconias did not come to speak. He humorously and perhaps while intoxicated responded instead by saying, "Dr unlk or so ber v?" During this time, the Forum Administrators Act managed to pass. So while the issue was dead in the legislator. The court case was still in full swing when Morrenstien radically decided that the issue shall be decided by the new "Court Council for Government Oversight." The judges will consist of one member from each guild. As this is new territory, the process is slow, but we are close to opening the court. The court will then decide on this important issue. UPDATE! Newly elected Chief Justice Anti-Hospitlar reopened the case presented to the Supreme Court on March 28th. He decided to bypass the special group of Associate Justices previous Chief Justice Morrenstien was trying to organize - a process that had stalled due to the failure of the Lords Guild to actually appoint anyone as an Associate Justice for the longest time. Instead, Anti-Hospitlar simply ruled upon the case himself, as his right as Chief Justice. He gave a three part response in his ruling on the debate concerning admin powers and oversight:
A full reading of the ruling can be found here and the entire court case can be found here. ![]() Chief Justice Anti-Hospitlar swears by his pretty floral bonnet that he will end the admin debate. The Quad Annual Equinox Awards by Asylum The Quad Annual EQ Awards returned to Equinox, and they were bigger than ever before. With the 7th Annual Awards set to begin, Chancellor Asylum organized the 1st - 6th Ceremonies all into one subforum where the 7th would also take place. New awards were added this time around, with old awards removed. Take a sample of some of the new awards: The Best Guild Leader, The Couple That Should Happen, The Most Likely to Return to Equinox Next Quarter, and The Best Family awards. Now let's get down to the winners. The big time awards, such as The Member of the Quarter was awarded to Asylum, with Field Marshel Ney locking up the Best New Member of the Quarter, and Quinncunx securing the Best Returned Member. But no one could have outdone what Aisli did. Shockingly, (sarcasm) she wrapped up an outstanding 9 total awards. Some of those include Cutest Couple: Aisli & Her Pole, Best Blonde Moment: Aisli (tied with Asylum), Favorite Jolly Roger Member, and Best Guild Leader. Asylum was also the big winner of the Awards, taking home a total of 7 Awards, that range from Member of the Quarter, Best Recruiter, Best Blonde Moment (his traditional award), and the New Antracia & Falconias award, which was shared with Aisli. While the wonder twins dominated the awards, some other winners include Viisbyax who got 4, and Quinncunx who got 3. Some of the random awards like Biggest Fail went to the Admin Court Case (which has finally been settled after 2 months), The Great Guild War won best Culture Event, and the entire Lords Guild won Favorite Lurker. The Guild Member Awards were Favorite Guild of Doom: Anti-Hospitlar, Favorite Jolly Roger: Aisli, Favorite Lords: Knistii and Favorite Mafia: Akrine. The funniest awards, such as Quote of the Quarter and Topic of the Quarter, were - Quote: ANYONE: "AISLI YOU ARE A JEW" - AISLI: *SHRIEKS* "WTF I AM NOT!" *POUTS*, while the "Do You Masturbate?" thread got the Topic of the Quarter award. It wouldn't be Equinox without that winning now would it? To see the full list of the winners, stop by Equinox and see the Award Ceremony! ![]() 26 out of 50 Equinoxians have responded "Yes, often/regularly" in this award winning masturbation poll. Guild Power Rankings opinion by the Cabinet ![]() 1. The Mafia (+1) Leader: Asylum Key Member in February/March 2011: Akrine Membership: 16* [+1] The Mafia secures the #1 spot by just a slim margin this time around, mainly thanks to their new guild banner and rocking board skin. Like, WHOA, that is hella sexy, have you seen it? The Mafia is also the largest guild on the board, and with the Godfather as the region's Chancellor, they're kind of taking over politically as well. Not to mention, they were huge in the Great Guild War. Yikes! * - Includes Asylum, who has eternal membership due to his membership in the Hall of Fame. ![]() 2. Guild of Doom (-1) Leader: Anti-Hospitlar Key Member in February/March 2011: Anti-Hospitlar Membership: 8* [+2] The Guild of Doom is so totally smoking, and they only lost the #1 spot by the teeeniest bit. They were also all over the Great Guild War, active all over the board (Mekhet/Cheshire causing drama in the Fake Courts, for example), and their Guild Leader is also super shiny and fantastic in politics this term as Chief Justice. Plus, they've been growing as a guild, so that is just great. Well done, Guild of Doom. Maybe get a skin for the board too? But an evil one, of course. * - Includes Shaggs the Clown, who has eternal membership due to his membership in the Hall of Fame. ![]() 3. Jolly Roger School of Ninjitsu and Swashbuckling (--) Leader: Aisli Key Member in February/March 2011: Viisbyax Membership: 15* [+2] Rocking steady! Jolly Roger is comfy in the third spot, it seems. Aisli is the best Guild Leader, according to the EQ Awards, so the guild is doing something right, so maybe consistency is their thing? The piranjas have grown a little, are still active and fun on the board, but other than that...haven't done too much wild and crazy. Oh, unless you count the fact that Silmeria is the new Vice Chancellor. But that's mostly just sexy, not crazy. YARR! * - Includes Antracia, Aisli, and Nordlijnonia, who have eternal membership due to their membership in the Hall of Fame. ![]() 4. The Lords Guild (--) Leader: Aequitas-Veritas Key Member in February/March 2011: Knistii Membership: 11* [+1] Lords is much more organized now that AV is the new Lord Paramount, yay! Of course, things still need to be declutterified in the guild and could be a bit more sparkly, but the members have been more active, and Knistii is Equinox's the new Speaker of the Guild Council and just won the EQ award for Best New Member. Huzzah! Who knows what could happen next month with Lords? Until then, we'll let them enjoy them their Favorite Lurker award and hopefully arrange a surprise regional jousting tournament. * - Includes Morrenstien, who has eternal membership due to his membership in the Hall of Fame. Yours, Editor-in-Chief: Aisli Chief of Staff: Viisbyax Contributors: Asylum, Jahkalahka |
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| Antariel | Jun 18 2011, 03:47 PM Post #2 |
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TSP's Black Elephant
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Belatedly, thanks for the update. Our forum appears to have glitched some-what and not shown the post for...some time... |
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So the joke is on them! Ha!












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