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@Wylted
Not true. I don't know why you dropped out but I'm saying you put out a valiant effort and a good campaign. No other meaning to it
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@Danielle
Thank you Danielle!
Glad to see you are doing well!
Glad to see you are doing well!
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@oromagi
Also, why is every 'I' lowercase?to demonstrate the absence of ego
Lol
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@TheHammer
You do you. I highly encourage you to do as such
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@TheHammer
I hate to burst your bubble but you can't run for president until you achieved a gold medal
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@RationalMadman
I have locked both threads. I have warned Mikal about spam. The situation has been taken care of
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@Lunatic
I kinda figured lol
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@zedvictor4
I agree. It's also well known that Pie and Lunatic have beef. Both are mature and can handle this topic. Lunatic has not crossed a line in these posts and while usually threads like these are locked, the timing and topic are very much relevant to the presidency
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@RationalMadman
I didn't even say who I'm voting for but continue making assumptions
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This thread is technically a call out thread and should be locked, however due to Pie's request and topic of the discussion, the thread will continue
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@Bones
I said "no *Sarcasm*". Pie might've actually put no lol
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@Wylted
Depending on the parameters of the debate yeah but I don't debate like I used to anymore
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@3RU7AL
Typically so, but ultimate whiteflame has the final say
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@ResurgetExFavilla
We modified said rule so that in the future, the Mesmer ban would not happen again.
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What RM said is one of they key issue I had with the Virt/David administration
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@RationalMadman
That is something I hope to do as well
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@ResurgetExFavilla
KingLaddy shut down his account and opened a new one and has not been active since
No idea with Pilksen since I wasn't on the team then
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@ResurgetExFavilla
The reasons given for Mesmer's ban which weren't based on the suspicion of multiaccounting are exactly what I feared the rule would be misused for. One was a clear attempt at satire, the other a perfectly legitimate scientific(biological) debate that touched on race based around the prevalence of a certain gene.That ban was carried out less than half a year ago. It's painfully clear that this is being used to cull people on an ideological basis; if you're right-leaning in any sense and touch on race apparently it means that you 'invite and mimic a cesspool of white supremacist thought'. Never mind that scientific race realism (what I saw as Mesmer's whole shtick) sees white people as mediocre by every metric; it'd make more sense to call such an ideology 'Asian-supremacist' or 'Jewish-supremacist'.
I would have to agree that I believe past administration definitely leaned more toward the left and I feel what you are saying then is the case, but I hope for the future I will be able to allow more topics to occur on such issues as my time here as mod and to only ban when it comes to harassment, targeted harassment, and doxing.
Also, it's ridiculous to uphold previous permabans with no chance of appeal when you admit that the rules have been twisted and misapplied in the past. You could count the number of well-known permabanned users on DDO on one or two hands. This site drops the ban hammer judiciously to say the least, and there's no appeals process in place.
You are able to appeal a permaban and in fact to approve the appeal of a permaban under our administration.
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@Athias
the "Presidential-Veto" can be over-ruled by a consensus of moderatorsand since bans are already agreed upon by a consensus of moderators, i'm not sure the "Presidential-Veto" will be particularly effectiveVery well-put. When SupaDudz delineated the capacity of the office, it's as though many overlooked the fine-print.
To be clear, I was not the one who made the document but I did have a say into what was in the document
@SupaDudz:I'd disagree. In fact I think it would be effective that moderation look back onto a ban a president vetoed and see if it is truly ban worth.I do not support a Mesmer ban at all and I think if the president makes a good case, it would convince the team to vote to unban MesmerBut the veto's efficacy doesn't stand against the consensus of your moderation team, which serves as basis for a ban's proposal and implementation. The president can attempt to convince the moderation team against a decision that was previously made, but that's NOT a veto, much less a reflection of a veto's effectiveness.
It is still a veto of the ban. Just like in the real congress, they may overturn a veto with a super majority vote
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Of course, with no disrespect to the team. Chris, Whiteflame, and Ragnar are all good friends of mine which opinions I value, I just simply disagree with the ban that happened
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@3RU7AL
I'd disagree. In fact I think it would be effective that moderation look back onto a ban a president vetoed and see if it is truly ban worth.
I do not support a Mesmer ban at all and I think if the president makes a good case, it would convince the team to vote to unban Mesmer
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@ResurgetExFavilla
I agree that past administrations have had some issues with bans with hate speech have been questionable to say the least, but hate speech is a tricky topic to set rules for (I think we talked about this once)
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@badger
Gurren Lagann is the best mech anime
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@RationalMadman
You can't go into DM's where one advertises their campaign. You can hold a chat, conduct a poll, and discuss stuff with a candidate
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First off, I am not the type of person to reflect on the past, but to learn from the past and apply it to the future. If I’m ever feeling sad and just down, I brush it off in a day and go about my merry way. 2021 challenged this notion a lot.
For one, my life drastically changed when I got to university. I had to hit restart on a life I built and recreate it in a new environment. It was certainly challenging, but challenged completed. I had my off days and such, but I was to push through them
I think the moment in 2021 that really made me push back on the world and reflect was the loss of a friend due to suicide nearly a year ago today. I don’t think I’ve ever been as lost or as damaged as I was in that time. I took life slower, reflecting on my life and reflecting on the world around me. When this same scenario happened with a different friend who luckily failed at doing such. It really made me look to the world and ask questions about the way we think, the way we live, and the value of life. The world went from a blur to a tint. I saw things differently and experienced different emotions and such.
This year brought me success as well. Getting into my top university, getting a girlfriend, graduating, forming a close bond with friends, I feel I accomplished a lot that led me to happiness. Not to mention I was also promoted to a deputy mod of this site after 3 years of using the site.
2021 was a year that made me reflect on life and switch up the pace of the world. 2021 was one of the most impactful years of my life to date with happy moments and sad moments.
So cheers to 2022 and a toast to 2021, the most important year of my life
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@airmax1227
Thank you for the responses. I think those were my key issues that I had but I am glad you were able to address them.
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@airmax1227
As a follow up to the question before, you have not been as active on the site compared to the other members? How can you convince people that you truly want to be active and be a president on DART?
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@airmax1227
We all know you are very beloved on DDO and can certainly get votes from that crowd. My question to you is how you will obtain voters who did not know you from DDO and are strictly DART based and have never heard of you? What would be your message to them?
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@Mikal
You’re good. This was in reference to the other posts
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@airmax1227
The current mod team is Whiteflame, Ragnar, And I
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@Mikal
I thought he had a DART account lol
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@Mikal
Will he actually be president if elected
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I would agree that over moderation is horrible for a site such as this
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@Mikal
Topic got moved to DebateArt
Want me to lock the repost since we were able to move it
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@RationalMadman
I'd like to bounce off what Ragnar said. I do not want my vote to manipulate the way people vote and I do not plan on voting until later in the day when elections come out.
Hence I have been very adamant about keeping my vote discrete.
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