Guy
TNPer
Well, you always gotta start at some point...
Top five reasons why you should vote for me:
1. I'm pretty darn good at this gig, and have experience. The usual story: I've been doing regional gameplay for something like 6-7 years now, have been around about a handful of places, and held quite a few positions (GCR and UCR delegate, MoFA about half a dozen times, etc). Most importantly, I've been the Chief Justice in Spiritus, and currently am a mere puisne Justice. Former President Rogamark (also of Equilism, Osiris fame) had called me the "best Chief Justice [he] has ever seen on an NS bench in eight years." I wrote most of the Court's decisions, and did a pretty good job at it.
2. My statutory interpretation skills are through the roof. Okay, let's be honest here: Adjudicating NS law is about is most of the time saying what the law actually means. We have to recognise that we're playing an online game, and our legislators (i.e. us) don't have the benefit of the support that actual legislators do (no flashy counsel, parliamentary aides, governmental departments...). Aside from upholding any relevant precedents relevant to the law in question (unless there are very good reasons otherwise), I think we have to strike a good balance between advancing the purpose of the law, and not putting ourselves in the RA's shoes. But the most important thing is to get it right: Something that I plan on doing.
3. I'm partisan as heck, but never let that get in the way of doing the job. Those of you who know me will no doubt be aware that I have some pretty strong opinions, both on wider NS gameplay stuff and on the output of the legislative branch (I'd say the thing I'm second best at is being a legislator, not a defender
). But when I'm a judge, the only thing that matters is getting it right. Case in point: That time I interpreted a law to require the Spiritan military to do a massive amount of work to comply with the law, because that was its correct interpretation.
4. I ain't going anywhere. I know the Justice gig can be either really quiet (which it is most of the time, let's be honest) or really full-on, but I can handle both. You can get rid of me if you don't like me, but otherwise I plan to stick around.
5. Cause baby now we got new blood. A few of you might've seen me around on IRC or elsewhere, but I haven't really had the chance to make an impact in TNP. I personally always think that getting more people involved is a good thing in most cases.
Bonus reason:
6. Do you really wanna throw TGR-munchkin to the pits of the Court? Besides, we'll probably settle this like any two good Melburnians, with a flat white in a Church St cafe. Either that or kanga on the barbie.
Top five reasons why you should vote for me:
1. I'm pretty darn good at this gig, and have experience. The usual story: I've been doing regional gameplay for something like 6-7 years now, have been around about a handful of places, and held quite a few positions (GCR and UCR delegate, MoFA about half a dozen times, etc). Most importantly, I've been the Chief Justice in Spiritus, and currently am a mere puisne Justice. Former President Rogamark (also of Equilism, Osiris fame) had called me the "best Chief Justice [he] has ever seen on an NS bench in eight years." I wrote most of the Court's decisions, and did a pretty good job at it.
2. My statutory interpretation skills are through the roof. Okay, let's be honest here: Adjudicating NS law is about is most of the time saying what the law actually means. We have to recognise that we're playing an online game, and our legislators (i.e. us) don't have the benefit of the support that actual legislators do (no flashy counsel, parliamentary aides, governmental departments...). Aside from upholding any relevant precedents relevant to the law in question (unless there are very good reasons otherwise), I think we have to strike a good balance between advancing the purpose of the law, and not putting ourselves in the RA's shoes. But the most important thing is to get it right: Something that I plan on doing.
3. I'm partisan as heck, but never let that get in the way of doing the job. Those of you who know me will no doubt be aware that I have some pretty strong opinions, both on wider NS gameplay stuff and on the output of the legislative branch (I'd say the thing I'm second best at is being a legislator, not a defender
). But when I'm a judge, the only thing that matters is getting it right. Case in point: That time I interpreted a law to require the Spiritan military to do a massive amount of work to comply with the law, because that was its correct interpretation.4. I ain't going anywhere. I know the Justice gig can be either really quiet (which it is most of the time, let's be honest) or really full-on, but I can handle both. You can get rid of me if you don't like me, but otherwise I plan to stick around.
5. Cause baby now we got new blood. A few of you might've seen me around on IRC or elsewhere, but I haven't really had the chance to make an impact in TNP. I personally always think that getting more people involved is a good thing in most cases.
Bonus reason:
6. Do you really wanna throw TGR-munchkin to the pits of the Court? Besides, we'll probably settle this like any two good Melburnians, with a flat white in a Church St cafe. Either that or kanga on the barbie.
