Tim4Vice: Campaign Thread

Tim

Tim

TNPer
[bgcolor=#000]Tim for Vice Delegate[/bgcolor]​
Allons-y to Victory!​


[bgcolor=#000]My Resume[/bgcolor]​

  • I am currently the founder of Spiritus, which is a medium sized region that I made back in February or so. It's got 30+ nations at the moment, so it's nothing big, but I'm happy to have it.
  • I have held elected office as World Assembly Delegate of Grand Central. The region there is significant because its founderless status made it more like a GCR than a similar region, that does have a founder. During my term, I successfully stopped two endo-tarting coup attempts, and actively participated in the region.
  • Aside from that, I've also held terms in other regions such as: Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Culture, Minister of Internal Affairs, Minister of Security, Minister of Logistics (Secretary), and Speaker of the Senate. Some of the regions had it called different things such as Regent, Officer, or Secretary, but I changed it all to Minister for simplicity purposes. I'm also your newly elected TNP Minister of Foreign Affairs.
  • I am an active Gameplayer, on the Invasion/Intel side of things. Although some may look at this and consider it a negative, I consider it a positive. When you've been in R/D for a long time, you start to pick up common tactics for sleepers/tarters/coup attempts. Hell, when you've been the person sleeping and couping, you pick up the tactics. I'm sure that my knowledge in this field will help me be a better Head of the Security Council, and as Vice-Delegate of The North Pacific.


    [bgcolor=#000]The Goal, The Plans, the Vision[/bgcolor]​

    • I mean my goal is fairly simple. I want to leave this office, with a better TNP than what we were when I would start. It's the root goal of every candidate running for pretty much any position. You want to improve upon that Position, and make it a more positive thing. Some of the things I would want to do as Vice Delegate, is personally run sweeps of the regions to check for any tarters or potential sleepers. I would also support a concrete endorsement cap for the safety of TNP. Nothing too big, since our SC Safety Net is protection enough, but I think something should be established just in case of delegate inactivity.
    • I am willing to answer and encourage people to voice any questions, comments, or concerns they may have about me, my campaign, or the position I'm running for. Whether Joke, Serious, or Insulting; I'll try to address it as best as I can


      Thank You,
      Tim
 
flemingovia:
You don't mention JAL in your resume. Are you still on a ticket with him?
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I don't mention JAL because I don't think it's a valid qualification.

Am I still running on a ticket with him? I guess that's for the voters to decide, not me.
 
Why do you consider your knowledge in infiltration important to include on a campaign to be vice delegate? You also are not a member of the NPA and thus are not providing us with your military expertise. Do you consider the military forces in other regions to be more worthy of your time and knowledge?

Also if you've been "sleeping and couping" as you put it - as the second highest endorsement holder in TNP, wouldn't TNP citizens be worried you might do the same here?

As well as this, I find the JAL situation equally confusing. So do you not think he would be a good delegate?
 
Why do you consider your knowledge in infiltration important to include on a campaign to be vice delegate? You also are not a member of the NPA and thus are not providing us with your military expertise. Do you consider the military forces in other regions to be more worthy of your time and knowledge?
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I consider my infiltration knowledge to be valuable on this campaign, because as as Head of the Security Council, it's helpful to know what to look for in potential inflitrators. When you happen to be in infiltration yourself, it becomes easier to stop inflitrators and prevent them. I am indeed not a member of the NPA. Yet, if you're going to try to argue that this invalidates my NS Military experience then I can call you sorely mistaken. The reason I am not in the NPA is because of two things. One, it would mean I would have to take NPA priority. One thing I enjoy about being a member of the organizations that I am in, is that there is no real forced priority factor, which is nice when I want to choose on what I'd be doing a certain update. The other reason is that the NPA does both Raiding and Defending. I would not defend. I simply wouldn't. I'm an invader and don't have any plans to partake in defenses. So yes, in some situations I would absolutely support TBR over NPA (when NPA is defending).

Also if you've been "sleeping and couping" as you put it - as the second highest endorsement holder in TNP, wouldn't TNP citizens be worried you might do the same here?
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A great question. I mean, I'm not going to lie. There are probably some people that believe that my entire plan in TNP is to torch the place to the ground. Those people can believe what they want to believe. I think TNP is a great community and absolutely have no plans of couping it/purging it/turning it over to hostiles. I can't make people believe me, but I can sure hope that they will.

As well as this, I find the JAL situation equally confusing. So do you not think he would be a good delegate?
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JAL's current statement is that he plans to purge and hand off to runner up. That's a no.

Good Luck. :)
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Thanks Jamie :)
 
Tim:
Why do you consider your knowledge in infiltration important to include on a campaign to be vice delegate? You also are not a member of the NPA and thus are not providing us with your military expertise. Do you consider the military forces in other regions to be more worthy of your time and knowledge?
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I consider my infiltration knowledge to be valuable on this campaign, because as as Head of the Security Council, it's helpful to know what to look for in potential inflitrators. When you happen to be in infiltration yourself, it becomes easier to stop inflitrators and prevent them. I am indeed not a member of the NPA. Yet, if you're going to try to argue that this invalidates my NS Military experience then I can call you sorely mistaken. The reason I am not in the NPA is because of two things. One, it would mean I would have to take NPA priority. One thing I enjoy about being a member of the organizations that I am in, is that there is no real forced priority factor, which is nice when I want to choose on what I'd be doing a certain update. The other reason is that the NPA does both Raiding and Defending. I would not defend. I simply wouldn't. I'm an invader and don't have any plans to partake in defenses. So yes, in some situations I would absolutely support TBR over NPA (when NPA is defending).

Also if you've been "sleeping and couping" as you put it - as the second highest endorsement holder in TNP, wouldn't TNP citizens be worried you might do the same here?
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A great question. I mean, I'm not going to lie. There are probably some people that believe that my entire plan in TNP is to torch the place to the ground. Those people can believe what they want to believe. I think TNP is a great community and absolutely have no plans of couping it/purging it/turning it over to hostiles. I can't make people believe me, but I can sure hope that they will.

As well as this, I find the JAL situation equally confusing. So do you not think he would be a good delegate?
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JAL's current statement is that he plans to purge and hand off to runner up. That's a no.

Good Luck. :)
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Thanks Jamie :)
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I don't really think your answers address any of my concerns but thank you for trying to answer, I appreciate that.

McMasterdonia or another NPA member can correct me if I'm wrong but I was always under the impression that NPA members can decline to take part in a mission if need be? Particularly if it goes against their R/D point of view.

Another question though - if your involvement in raiding is so important to you and such an integral part of your gaming experience, how will you cope with your WA nation being out of commission long term?

I apologise if some of my questions come across as accusatory because that isn't my intention at all. I'm merely trying to understand you better and trying to be informed for when I end up voting.

The best of luck to you regardless.
 
I don't mind about the questions. It's good to see that some people are curious :)

So I replied that last thing around 5 am or so, so I'm not sure how badly my brain was working at the time. Feel free to ask for any clarification/elaboration, etc.

I may be that we got different impressions about the NPA. From what I heard, it prioritizes heavily to itself. The example I used when asking was I think..." A small backwater or a legitimately active and large target", where NPA was going for backwater and TBR would be going for a more significant region. I was told that it would be insisted that I go with the NPA raid. To me, it kind of gave the opinion that NPA would be heavily prioritizing itself. As for the defender thing, I understand that I wouldn't have to defend, but at the moment I don't intend to take part in a semi-defender military. It's more of an attempted avoidance of conflict due to the fact that I am a common pointman and I don't feel like it would look too good if I was sitting with one military stopping one of my other militaries. (ex. TBR raid while NPA partakes in an attempted lib)


As for break from R/D. Yeah I can do it. I've done it before multiple times, and can do it again. I find that the occasional hiatus from Raiding helps keep me semi-sane

Best of luck to you too in the Speaker election.
 
Tim:
I don't mind about the questions. It's good to see that some people are curious :)

So I replied that last thing around 5 am or so, so I'm not sure how badly my brain was working at the time. Feel free to ask for any clarification/elaboration, etc.

I may be that we got different impressions about the NPA. From what I heard, it prioritizes heavily to itself. The example I used when asking was I think..." A small backwater or a legitimately active and large target", where NPA was going for backwater and TBR would be going for a more significant region. I was told that it would be insisted that I go with the NPA raid. To me, it kind of gave the opinion that NPA would be heavily prioritizing itself. As for the defender thing, I understand that I wouldn't have to defend, but at the moment I don't intend to take part in a semi-defender military. It's more of an attempted avoidance of conflict due to the fact that I am a common pointman and I don't feel like it would look too good if I was sitting with one military stopping one of my other militaries. (ex. TBR raid while NPA partakes in an attempted lib)


As for break from R/D. Yeah I can do it. I've done it before multiple times, and can do it again. I find that the occasional hiatus from Raiding helps keep me semi-sane

Best of luck to you too in the Speaker election.
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With all due respect, I think your views regarding the NPA are misinformed at best. A lot of the points there seem blatantly wrong. The NPA is probably more liberal than any other military outfit.

My concern is that as a member of the Co5 and as VD you are in a position of considerable power and yet you don't understand the fundamental make up of our military.

On top of that you also get to make decisions about a body of people you largely have no affiliation with. This is one of my many objections to defenders spouting off about how the NPA should be run. As well as this, what happens for example if you have to approve a mission that clashes directly with your duties as a member of a raider army? It creates a rather difficult situation. Whether you are in fact raider or defender is neither here or there.

Anyway thank you for trying to answer my questions, I can see you have made a real effort and I respect that.

I would ask that if you have to make any decisions about the NPA you have a chat to Scandigrad or McMasterdonia so you might understand how the NPA actually operates.
 
I think we are a liberal organization. I for one don't force raiders to defend (unless it's defending an ally or tnp then we are all in) and likewise I don't force defenders to raid, unless its in an act of war (in which case all in).

If elected Vice Delegate however, the main role Tim would have would be in an emergency situation requesting the armies assistance at home. I'm sure that the Defence Ministry and the Vice Delegate (whoever that may be) could easily work together on such an issue.
 
Tim, you have claimed that you are capable of being professional and mature, yet you immediately remove someone from their post without even giving them a chance for reassignment in a less hostile region. How can you claim to be professional and not let your personal biases get in the way when you did just that out of prejudicial bias?

Also, you made a unsanctioned post in our embassies about a "religious" coup in the name of Flemingovia. How can we trust you to actually take the Vice Delegacy seriously without these childish antics?
 
mcmasterdonia:
I think we are a liberal organization. I for one don't force raiders to defend (unless it's defending an ally or tnp then we are all in) and likewise I don't force defenders to raid, unless its in an act of war (in which case all in).

If elected Vice Delegate however, the main role Tim would have would be in an emergency situation requesting the armies assistance at home. I'm sure that the Defence Ministry and the Vice Delegate (whoever that may be) could easily work together on such an issue.
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Indeed McMasterdonia, I agree but as a Council of Five member he does have input on what happens to the NPA.

At any rate, this doesn't hold too much bearing on the position he wishes to be elected to.

This is both funny and wrong.
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Please back your assertions up with facts. It's becoming a nasty habit of yours to make jabs at people while offering nothing productive. Perhaps this is because you have nothing constructive to add and simply wish to tear others down.
 
Kiwi:
mcmasterdonia:
I think we are a liberal organization. I for one don't force raiders to defend (unless it's defending an ally or tnp then we are all in) and likewise I don't force defenders to raid, unless its in an act of war (in which case all in).

If elected Vice Delegate however, the main role Tim would have would be in an emergency situation requesting the armies assistance at home. I'm sure that the Defence Ministry and the Vice Delegate (whoever that may be) could easily work together on such an issue.
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Indeed McMasterdonia, I agree but as a Council of Five member he does have input on what happens to the NPA.

At any rate, this doesn't hold too much bearing on the position he wishes to be elected to.

This is both funny and wrong.
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Please back your assertions up with facts. It's becoming a nasty habit of yours to make jabs at people while offering nothing productive. Perhaps this is because you have nothing constructive to add and simply wish to tear others down.
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:agree:
 
Kiwi:
This is both funny and wrong.
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Please back your assertions up with facts. It's becoming a nasty habit of yours to make jabs at people while offering nothing productive. Perhaps this is because you have nothing constructive to add and simply wish to tear others down.
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Any organisation that expels members for not deploying on... trivial missions can not claim to be liberal. My own Medjai Guard doesn't do this, nor does it require a minimum level of activity, nor does it require members to put the Guard before all other organisations.

Doing any of those things excludes you from claiming to be the most liberal force in Nationstates. If you got around NS more you'd realise that.
 
I don't think we expect people to deploy with us one very mission. The NPA can accept that people have other gameplay commitments and am reasonably lenient with such things. What I cannot accept, is members who -never- deploy with us at all. I see little point in allowing them access to a private NPA area, when they have no intention of deploying with the organization. It could compromise the organisation.

I don't sack a member simply for being unable to deploy with us as they have a UDL or British-Isles commitment. I get the impression that this is what you think we do. Probably best to know a bit more about the organization you are criticising before you go down that path. I don't see how allowing an organisation to be full of inactive members, with no activity or involvement requirement makes for a strong and effective military. Or how that could be seen to be liberal even.

Regardless this is irrelevant to Tim's campaign for Vice Delegate. Since being in the region Tim has been an active and engaged member, and has sought to learn as much as he can about everything that The North Pacific is and what it does. I'm sure that as Vice Delegate he would bring the same level of commitment and engagement to the job, and would I'm sure as a council member always make the decisions he believes are in the regions best interests. The council has a limited say in what the NPA does, given the passing of the NPA doctrine. With clear guidelines set down for what missions I can or cannot authorise. In recent discussions with Tim about the NPA however he appears to have a good grasp of what we do and acknowledges the good work that the NPA soldiers do. I believe that as Vice Delegate Tim would easily be able to work with the NPA and its senior leadership if any security issues were to arise.

Tim, my question for you is this:

Recently The North Pacific has been the subject of numerous telegram campaigns. As Vice Delegate how would you counter such campaigns if the Delegate is absent?
 
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