The 2008 GameTavern Election: Runoff Election

Bond · 04-19-2008, 06:21 PM

Welcome to the 2008 GameTavern Election (for moderator of Happy Hour)!

The election will be a three step process:

1) Candidate declarations.
2) First election.
3) Runoff election between three top vote getters.

As you can tell, this is step three of the process. This is a private poll in which any active member is able to vote (including the candidates and current GT staff). Voting will be monitored by myself to make sure there is no voter fraud.

Before you vote, please look at the Candidate Q&A.

Voting ends Thursday at 6:00pm CT.

BreakABone · 04-19-2008, 06:39 PM

Something is missing in this thread.

I can't quite put my finger on it.

Anyhow gonna go cast the first vote....

Fox 6 · 04-19-2008, 07:00 PM

I cant exercise my legal right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

EDIT : much better :P

GameMaster · 04-19-2008, 07:00 PM

Why isn't my browser displaying the poll?

Bond · 04-19-2008, 07:01 PM

Had to wait until 6:00pm for the poll to appear.

Dylflon · 04-20-2008, 06:00 AM

No offense to Aladuf, but why is he a contender? He's so new.

GameMaster · 04-20-2008, 06:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dylflon

No offense to Aladuf, but why is he a contender? He's so new.

That's why he's a contender. He's fresh. He's new. He has no conflicts with anyone here. And if you read his Candidate Q&A, it has some optimistic, ambitious thoughts. Dare I call him the great, new hope?

You spend enough time posting here and you become predisposed to thinking small as its a small place. Which isn't a bad thing.

But Aladuf has the advantage of coming from a larger forum which gives him a perspective some here may not have.

We can't be sure yet whether his ideas will transfer smoothly to our smaller community, but I suppose its that state of uncertainty and venturing into the unknown which makes him such a wildly, attractive choice.

ulala06 · 04-20-2008, 12:41 PM

is anyone else drawing scary parallels between this and the actual presidential candidates?

thatmariolover · 04-20-2008, 12:48 PM

Hardly. Elsewise Typhoid and I would be throwing underhandedly rude comments back and forth.

Typhoid · 04-20-2008, 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thatmariolover

Hardly. Elsewise Typhoid and I would be throwing underhandedly rude comments back and forth.

Well, we can...

Bond · 04-20-2008, 04:36 PM

It seems as though this is quickly turning into a two man race.

BreakABone · 04-20-2008, 08:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Typhoid

Well, we can...

Did you vote for yourself this time?
Same to TML I guess.

thatmariolover · 04-20-2008, 10:51 PM

No, I said I wouldn't and I won't.

Typhoid · 04-21-2008, 01:32 AM

This time, i won't lie.
I totally voted for me. I need all the help I can get.
Plus, last time I voted for TML - so I shot myself in the foot.

GameMaster · 04-21-2008, 01:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thatmariolover

No, I said I wouldn't and I won't.

I got to ask why? Is it a form of ancient Chinese honor to not vote for yourself?

It definitely sends mixed messages. I mean, here we have this guy who is choosing to run for this moderator election. And he gives some real good answers to the Q&A.

But if he wouldn't even vote for himself, why should anyone else?

That's why I extract from it anyways...

I don't think there's any shame in voting for yourself. If anything, it shows the voters you have self confidence.