Opinion on your fellow candidates

[TheLoLSwat]

Which two headmins have the most agreeable policy in your eyes, why?


which two headmin candidates have the least agreeable policy in your eyes, why?

[Itseasytosee2me]

Timberpoes is my closest ally ideologically. I appreciate and advocated for many of their past works, especially their changes to the MRP ruleset. The tabletop RPG style approach to this game is something that I myself am in huge support of. I've been a GMing ttrpgs since I was 12. Its the exact kind of environment I wish to foster.

RaveRadbury is someone I have resonated with in the past, mostly because he's a nice guy.

I also think TheRex9001 has a decent head on their sholders about what makes this game tick

DrAmazing343's policy does not resonate with me at all. I dislike the preposal to erode of the power of rule 4 on mrp , "Security must make a reasonable effort to revive and contain antagonists unless otherwise uncontrollable," which basically pigeonholes security officers into a specific reaction to all bad guys, even if that would not be a properly dramatic or an appropriate response for the story, as well as generally attacking player agency and the types of emergent storytelling that may exist.

[Lacran]

Clara and dax probably have the most ideologically similar platforms to mine.

Fuji's and goof's platforms are probably the ones I find least compatible.

[TheRex9001]

I think I could work with every person if they were elected.

My favourite threads are Timberpoes and Wineallwine, I like them generally too and they have been great to admin alongside.

Dax and Bmon are my least favourite threads, Bmons is very vague and just promises one config change outside of the now very much so less relevant wallening point. Dax is in a similar boat except I really dont like the idea of making it easier to admin complain MORE about events, I think that goes counter to the DM style we SHOULD be striving for by directly punishing admins who want to run more events.

[WineAllWine]

Perhaps unsurpsingly the candidates I'd most like to work with are timber and Rex.

Ekat, while I think their heart is genuinely in the right place, would not gel well with the rest of the admin team the way our other player headmin has, I think. (I rather suspect they know this!)

Bmon seems very despairing about where tg is right now which I don't think rings true for me.

[ekaterina]

Rectification has the most agreeable policy to me (it's essentially a copy of the first half of mine). It seems to me like we want the same or similar things:

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We should empower players to make memorable stories.

I value player agency and want to empower players to do fun things.

prioritising keeping the game fun for its players

I value the fun of this game

I hold that it is up to the policy's author to make it clear and precise

want to avoid awkward policies that are semantic or contrived

This can't happen if they are too afraid of being bwoinked to do anything fun. Enforcement must be broadly loosened up.

I don't want players to fear a looming threat of administration while not breaking the rules.

Naturally, I'd be honoured to work the Timberposter himself. His track record shows us he is not afraid to step in when admins mess up.

I don't find Bmon agreeable whatsoever. Bmon pays lip service to standing up against banbots but ultimately runs defence for them and doesn't seem to want to actually do anything meaningful that would bring about change.

I feel like TheBibleMelts and I have divergent goals when it comes to policy. While I want clearer rules, TBM wants shorter and simpler rules. The two are not necessarily incompatible, but I can foresee some conflict that could arise from this. Ultimately, it's a relatively small issue and I think we could work through it if we both happened to get elected.

There are a lot of candidates with whom I share at least some goals, which is interesting. Most of us seem to have the same overarching goal of making it a better game for the players, which makes it easy to find common ground.

[Timberpoes]

I'd work perfectly with Rex. His platform is sensible and very, very achievable and pretty much something I'd be able to support 100%.

As a standout point, his focus on ban appeals not having everyone infinity-down and instead processing towards mutual resolution is something I've tried to do in all of my headmin terms prior and I'd be very happy to work with another headmin sharing this mindset.

Wine would be fine too. A simple enough platform with nothing offensive. Having a headmin want to dive into training and restructure or change it is good, I think our admin training could use a 2024 refresh. I think he'd mesh well with Rex too vis a vis moar events and moar event planning and moar event running and more event eventing.

I strongly dislike Rave's reason for running. He's basically been invisible within the admin team the past 6 months, pops out of the woodwork and then runs on a platform of other people saying he should. We probably wouldn't get on that well behind the scenes if that's Rave's motivation.

And probably the other platform I look at and sadface at is Bmon's.

[xzero314]

I am very pleasantly suprised to see Bmon running. I think Bmon is a gold standard for admin conduct, and I think they would be an extremely effective headmin. They have my top vote right now.

When Dramazing told me she was considering running I was a bit shocked. Having seen her platform, I am confident she would make a fantastic headmin. She and I think very alike in many ways. Both our adminning style and the things we enjoy about the game.

I think Dax is a fantastic admin. I personally did not want to run against the wallening directly, And now that the recent announcement has been made regarding wallening's future, I am eager to see if they will update their campaign.

[DrAmazing343]

I don't agree with some of Eronymun's ideas like killing off M(RP)anuel, even if they have good points in encouraging positive notes and allowing greater leniency in bug reports. I also am not necessarily a fan of making servers ranked by threat, as I feel it could worsen the stratification of our playerbase even if I'd love to see Sybil come back. I'd love to hear more about their Campbell project, how they'd like to seed admins to support it, and hear more on why they think killing off Manuel will suddenly alleviate any problems within the playerbase and spread evenly the roleplaying... spice??? It's an odd take, and even though it's refreshing to see them lampshade the rose-tinted glasses aspect to it, it's not very swaying.

Goof's platform, although very short, is also reaaaally not gelling with me; the idea of the 1v1 for unban, although good for making bans a less serious affair, really does seem a bit too memey for me. When we hand out a ban, it's generally only when something's forced our hand and a player is negatively impacting the experience of other players. Being robust alone does not merit coming home early, I'm sorry to say, and as much as I'd like players to not feel godawful when noted or banned, I don't want them to feel like they've "epically owned" an admin or something if they could just toolbox their way back in or whatever. Doesn't quite feel right. Just the same, Goof's promise (and the subsequent drama that has happened after making it) to host Wallstation does not inspire faith in me. We're TG, and I pray we never become split between our servers in the way a Wallening and Non-Wallening server on the very same TG network would cause us to be. Not only through playerbase, but through worrying code debt to maintain both at the same time, as well.

In terms of agreeability, I'd have to side with Xzero as the closest in terms of policy. Our campaigns are both quite similar, and though we disagree at times, they are both level-headed and believe in the same principles of fairness and wanting to promote joy and stories within the Game itself. There's really not much more to say here aside from if they were a fellow Headmin in the event of us both being elected, I'd be quite lucky and very very happy to spend the term making the game better at their side.

I also think that Timberpoes, although much more verbally gifted than I, is also a close match for the ideals I hold close. I respect their willingness to speak out rather than cover up inadequacies among our team, and I believe that sort of honesty and integrity is incredibly valuable, especially at the very tip of the INTERNAL DISCUSSIONS Tower. I also am a huge fan of their ideals on promoting player integrity, and pushing for stories in the raw of SS13 rather than catering only to "habbo hotel in space" roleplayers or only to "4chan with avatars" sorts of players, at each end of the spectrum. While I don't think we'd necessarily see eye to eye on everything, their demonstrable willingness for direct and honest discussion is inspiring, and were I to be a Headmin alongside them, I'm sure we could make the game even better than it's been.

Overall, it's hard for me to pick and choose "foes" and "favorites" here, and I want to let all of you guys know that I respect you, even if I do not agree with your platform. I hope that the team that comes out the other side of this is one that can work together, and push for a brighter future.

[Dax Dupont]

Fuji's campaign to kill MRP is dumb.

Ekaterina seems often a bit hostile.

Timber is like the golden standard of a headmin to me. I know that's shooting myself in the foot a little but it's honestly true.

Clara's a great player and admin, very agreeable platform.

Bmon and I are a lot alike policy wise, good admin and person too.

The rest I don't really have other opinions on.

[RaveRadbury]

I feel that I have high compatibility with Timberpoes. Some people seem to pick up a vibe they don't like from him but I've never felt it. I have found Timber to be a fair and eloquent communicator who is not afraid to put work in and act outside of protocol to do what he thinks is right. We have been at odds with each other in the past and I can bet we will disagree more in the future, but during the good and the bad communication has been clear and open. Watching Timber's engagement of the community challenged jaded notions I had about what people are willing to read and engage with, spurring improvements in myself. Pretty high up on my trust list.

DrAmazing's campaign thread has a lot of good energy to it. Reminds me a lot of my own past campaigns, I ran the election following my adminning, too. Unfortunately she's yet to handle a big ban appeal, and I think that's a really important thing to know about an admin before you vote for them. I hope to see DrAmazing in many more elections and I'm interested to see how her stances and platforms develop with experience.

I'm not a fan of Fuji's campaign. I'm pretty sick of seeing threats to any server or ruleset in campaign threads, even in jest. If they decided to run again in the future I hope they can keep the jokes and the platform separate.

I don't think that I would work well with Bmon. I haven't seen much of a spirit of compromise from him.