[EVENT] President for a Day!

Discussion in 'Empire Events' started by Krysyy, Feb 15, 2019.

  1. EMC Presidential Election 2019!

    To celebrate President's Day on Monday, EMC brings to you the first ever EMC Presidential Race! Note this is a mock election and EMC is not moving to elect our staff or anything. This is for fun, simulating an election while encouraging our players to share their thoughts and debate topics pertinent to EMC which can help the staff to better provide for you all later. Also, everyone gets a promo out of it :D
    Final Election results are IN!
    >> Cast your vote! <<

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    Here's how this will IDEALLY work (please read carefully):

    Candidacy Announcements:
    Players will apply to be an EMC Presidential Candidate up until February 16th at 11:59 pm EMC time. During this time, they should announce their candidacy and create their platform in a post on THIS THREAD ONLY in order to be eligible (no alts allowed). Platforms may be a MAXIMUM of 300 words and may not include graphics. Feel free to post ideals for what you see for the future of EMC, what you think developers should focus on, what you'd like to see for events, etc. Platforms which advocate breaking EMC rules are automatically disqualified.


    My name is playername123 and I'm running for EMC President 2019.

    Platform:
    I believe in x,y, and z. (maximum 300 words)


    Primary Elections:
    Primary elections will be held on Feb 17th from post time until 11:59 pm EMC time. During this, a list of the candidates will be provided, with their platform explanations. EMC players will vote on the candidates that they want to see in the finals.

    Semifinal Election Debate:
    Election results will be shared to the community. The 4-6 players (depends on distribution of votes) with the top votes will proceed to the semi-final elections. The semifinal candidates will be allowed to post on a given debate thread with topics about EMC, assigned in the OP. The other members of the community may see the post, but will not be able to comment. This will take place Monday, February 18th from posting time until 11:59 pm EMC time, in a subsection of the forums with a link from this thread.

    Semifinal Elections:
    Semifinal elections will take place on Tuesday, February 19th until 11:59 pm EMC time.

    Final Election Debate:
    The 2 players with the top votes will proceed to the final elections and results shared. As of this point, there will be a final debate thread created with only the final candidates allowed to post. Once again, the community will be able to view, but will not be able to comment. This will be the candidates' final ability to sway the voters to their side. This post will close after 11:59 pm on Wednesday, February 20th.

    Final Elections:
    Final elections will take place on Thursday, February 21st until Friday, February 23rd at 11:59 pm EMC time. As of that point, the player with the highest amount of votes will become your first elected EMC President for a day!

    EMC Presidential Duties:
    -Guest of Honor at EMC Presidential Party 2019 on Saturday or Sunday, 24th or 25th (whichever able to attend)
    -One-on-one discussion with Krysyy to create a promo to commemorate their term as president for a day (some restrictions apply)
    -Note on wiki as first elected EMC President for the Day under appropriate section for promo ^

    Schedule Summary (current section highlighted):

    SCHEDULE HAS CHANGED! READ BELOW!!!
    Now until Feb 16th @ 11:59 pm EMC time = announce candidacy and post platforms
    Feb 17th post time until 11:59 pm EMC time = Primary Elections
    Feb 18th post time until 11:59 pm EMC time = Semifinal Election Debate Thread
    Feb 19th post time until 11:59 pm EMC time = Semifinal Elections
    Feb 20th post time until 11:59 pm EMC time = Semifinal Run-Off Election
    Feb 21st post time until Feb 22nd 11:59 pm EMC time = Final Election Debate Thread
    Feb 23nd post time until Feb 24th 11:59 pm EMC time = Final Elections
    March 2nd OR March 3rd time TBA = Presidential Party 2019!
  2. Primary Election is COMPLETE!

    Congratulations to our semi-final election candidates (players with 5+ votes):
    • Runningrhino
    • Windylava
    • jewel_king
    • jacob5089
  3. Semifinal Election Poll is NOW CLOSED!

    Congrats to Windylava for proceeding to finals!
    Required RUN-OFF Election: jacob5089 vs jewel_king

    Note: Schedule has been adjusted to accommodate run-off and extend Final Elections.
    RESULTS ARE IN!!!

    Original Semi-Final:


    Run-Off:


    Congrats to jewel_king, who managed a narrow victory over jacob5089 and will face off against windylava in the finals. Final debate thread going up shortly.
  4. I have no idea how you all managed this...
    With 156 votes cast, the result is:
    A TIE!!!

    Staff have discussed and we're not going to put you through another run-off.
    Please congratulate our CO-Presidents:
    Windylava and jewel_king

    They will both work together with me to create the promo, will both be guests of honor at the Presidential party, etc. We may have to host 2 parties to make it where they can both attend a minimum of one.

    Thank you to everyone who participated in this event. Each and every comment, platform, etc made by all have been read and noted by the staff. As we do look to change anything, we keep what each of you has said in mind.

    Remember:
    • This is not the only manner in which promos can be created by community members. When you use suggestpromo.emc.gs to submit an idea, it's stored in a file that is referenced almost every time a new promo is made. We look for repetition in what the community wants, and use that knowledge alongside our plans for every holiday.
    • This is not the only way your opinions are heard. Visit the Suggestion Box section of the forums to submit ideas for the community to discuss and staff to reference. Note that staff will not respond to every thread, but we do see them.
  5. My name is Gaming_Comander and I am hereby running for EMC President of 2019

    Platform: I believe in peace and prosperity among all SMPs and if we were to work together we can have a future where no one will deal with problems or bullying on any server. I strive to get more people to join and play, so we can make new friends and get to know each other. We can do it! I know we can! If you elect me I promise a better future for all as EMC advances to a new era, where all players are taken into consideration amongst decisions which will overall better the EMC community as a whole. I believe us coming together is the start of something new. Your ideas will also be heard from me involving EMC events and promos as a whole, trust me. Our developers are working hard, but I'm sure they will be open to new ideas. Vote for me and watch as we better EMC and make it a peaceful and fair place for all!
    BB557, 607, Equinox_Boss and 7 others like this.
  6. Cool! I am sure to vote :p
  7. brb writing my manifesto
  8. My name is Belac555 and i am hereby running for EMC President of 2019

    Platform:I believe in having all smps being active and having players that enjoy the game.I want to allow new players the chance to enjoy the game as they want it to be.I will also be working on making the economy more stable and having more player shops on all smps and i want to make the frontier on ALL smps so new players are more likely to stay.I will also be giving dev's more ideas to make the server more new player friendly so EMC will become popular again!Vote for me and we can watch as EMC come into a new era of peace and prosperity.We will make EMC great again!
    CheckDFX, 607, Equinox_Boss and 6 others like this.
  9. Since I am a lowly miner, I would not make a good leader, but I am interested in reading other player's speeches. :)
    CheckDFX, MaglorYavetil, 607 and 6 others like this.
  10. Ooo this seems cool, can't wait to see all the candidates !
  11. Hm... do I dare... ?

    . . .

    Nah. Someone get Lucky in here.
    #vote4birb
  12. Staff are disqualified due to inherent advantage. :p
  13. Sounds fun... Might write something with Tom/607/whoever if I find the time... :cool:

    Anyway, Not only asking for myself: I assume we are allowed to talk about controversial points in thease platforms? Like, I would understand if it weren't, but I think it would be a too realistic presentation of modern day poletics. :p

    300 words seems like a little, but, then people do need to read it of a lot of people, so I understand that :rolleyes:

    Sad we don't have more time for this... A good friend of mine studies political science & Philosophy, I would have let her run on my accound, though she would probably make satire out of it, but I would too... :p
  14. Thank you. My name is Lukas3226 and I'm running for EMC President 2019.

    It’s great to be here on the forums. I just met with our many amazing moderators right up on smp1.

    Last week, I laid out my plan to bring Minecraft 1.13.2 to our server.

    On Monday, I laid out my plan to defeat griefing in the wild.

    On Tuesday, on smp8, I talked about how we are going to restore the wastelands and defeat the dragons in the nether.

    Let me take this opportunity to extend our thanks and our gratitude to the staff members on this server who have sacrificed so greatly in these difficult times. Thank you for the staff events and the moderation on our servers. You are true heroes of EMC.

    The Enraged Creepers and Rabbits on our servers, and the assaults of Marlix and Momentus, are an attack against all peaceful players. If I am elected President, this chaos and violence will end – and it will end very quickly.

    Every single player has a right to live in safety.

    We cannot make EMC Great Again if we leave any community behind.

    As you know, I am not a politician. I have worked in school, attending university, and playing Minecraft my entire teenager life.

    It is time to vote for a new EMC future. Together, we will make EMC strong again. We will make EMC proud again, we will make EMC safe again. Friends and fellow players, come Februar, we will make EMC Great Again. Greater than ever before. Thank you, thank you. And God bless you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much.

    If you don't vote for me, at least vote for EMC on TopG.
    By the way, I didn't take a speech from Trump and replace a few words :b
  15. My name is shyguythegamer1 and I'm running for EMC President/Supreme Overlord 2019, whichever is open

    I believe in all servers living in perfect harmony, helping each other out. I also believe in having new players feel welcome to their new surroundings and not leaving in the first 5 minutes. I even believe that building a wall around the entirety of EMC is the best shot we have to remove all rule breakers. We NEED to BUILD a WALL AROUND EMC to REMOVE ALL GRIEFERS, ILLEGAL MODDERS, SCAMMERS, etc. The last thing I truly believe in is everyone voting for EMC on the voting sites, because we deserve a lot more players to keep things fresh and such. Even if I win or not, I stand by my beliefs.
  16. What a great event! Good luck everyone!
  17. My name is deadmon5 and I am running for EMC president.

    If you vote for me all of your wildest dreams will come true. Thats all I have to say