[SC - PASSED] Commend Valanora

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Commend Valanora
Category: Commendation | Nominee: Valanora
Proposed by: Electrum | Onsite Topic
Coauthor: Robespierre​
The Security Council,

Observing that Valanora, as well as its satellite states of Pasarga and Demot, has contributed immensely to the NationStates sporting community for over sixteen years,

Recognising the sheer number of tournaments that Valanora has been awarded hosting rights to, signifying the community’s broader trust in Valanora to host tournaments in an unbiased and fair manner, including:
  • a record-breaking fourteen World Cup Committee tournaments, encompassing an unparalleled ten World Cups (seven were hosted as Valanora, two as Pasarga and one as Demot), three Cups of Harmony and one Baptism of Fire,
  • eight editions of international regional football tournaments, comprising of four editions each of the Atlantian Oceania Confederation of Association Football Cup (as Valanora) and the Copa Rushmori (as Pasarga), for the regions of Atlantian Oceania and Rushmore respectively, and
  • four World Cup of Hockey tournaments, the international ice hockey championship organised by the World Cup of Hockey Federation,
Highlighting that Valanora has been elected President of both the World Cup Committee and the World Cup of Hockey Federation, being entrusted to perform duties such as regularly updating rankings and memberships, running host bid processes and upholding the constitutions of the respective sports,

Noting that the curation of a tournament requires voluntarily hosting tournaments that the sporting community expects on a regular basis without interruption nor the expectation of a reward,

Grateful that despite the time consuming nature of these responsibilities, Valanora has and continues to curate some of the multiverse’s prominent sporting and international club tournaments, which are:
  • the Di Bradini Cup (also known as the Under-21 World Cup), held in association with the Starblaydia Football Association for thirteen consecutive editions over five years,
  • the Atlantian Oceania Champions League for twenty-nine consecutive editions over seven years,
  • the Copa de Campeones, the Rushmori regional club football tournament, which has been curated by Pasarga for sixteen consecutive editions, and
  • the Hockey Champions League, a tournament which Valanora curated for the inaugural thirteen editions to revive international club ice hockey after a prolonged period of no competition,
Awed by the stunning range of accomplishments that the Vanorian football team, The Marauders, has achieved, including:
  • being the best football team ever in NationStates history, according to the World Cup Hall of Fame rankings,
  • having the highest win percentage and the highest accumulated goal difference in World Cup Committee sanctioned tournaments, with both accomplishments unlikely to ever be matched,
  • seven appearances at the World Cup Final, with five World Cup victories (XL, XLII, XLIII, LII and LXI editions), and
  • thirty-seven consecutive qualifications to the World Cup Proper and thirty-four appearances at the World Cup quarterfinal level including a spell of seventeen consecutive quarterfinal appearances, all superlative feats given that World Cup tournaments typically involve over a hundred nations,
Further noting that Valanora has had other sources of athletic success which includes Pasarga’s football team, the Wanderers, reaching three consecutive World Cup Finals (LXXI, LXXII, and LXIII), winning one (LXXII), and the Vanorian ice hockey team, the Calcuttas, winning six editions of the World Cup of Hockey,

Acknowledging the wide-ranging respect that the sporting community has for Laborious Hawk, a seven hundred and forty-five year old elf who is one of the multiverse’s best ever players, having inspirationally captained the Marauders through all of their achievements from the midfield,

Believing that Valanora’s service to the sporting community as a host, administrator and curator of tournaments should be held up as an example for future nations to emulate,

Hereby commends Valanora

Co-authored by Francois Isidore
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"Commend Valanora" makes a convincing case for the commendation of a prolific contributor to the NationStates Sports community. The target, Valanora, has both held and ranked a number of tournaments- one of the most unforgiving and unrecognized jobs within NS Sports. They have also accomplished a vast range of athletic victories, such as being the "best football team ever in NationStates history." While these accomplishments alone are likely enough to merit commendation, they barely scratch the surface of the target's true contributions to the game's community. NS Sports is not often recognized by the World Assembly, but this proposal makes a strong and compelling case to do so.

For these reasons, the North Pacific Ministry of World Assembly Affairs recommends voting For the at-vote Security Council proposal, "Commend Valanora."
 
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If anyone thinks co-hosting tournaments and/or managing rankings is an easy task, maybe you could come and see how NS Sports tournaments are ran. It is literally one of those thankless jobs that these group of hosts (including Valanora) have volunteered to do over and over again. The pain of grading pages and pages of RP, reading through RPs of different styles and formats, is something that deserves recognition and appreciation. This series of commendations (Audio, VilTur and now Val/ESF) is getting really nice and I appreciate the authors for their effort to go into such commendations. Full support from me.
 
AGAINST
this is RP meaning that it isnt something we need
they havent helped NS in any significant way and organzing sports is no real reason for a security council resolution
 
Pigeonstan:
AGAINST
this is RP meaning that it isnt something we need
they havent helped NS in any significant way and organzing sports is no real reason for a security council resolution
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This is, without a doubt, the worst take you've ever made.

I don't know Valanora, never RPed with them, never interacted with them. But I am willing to bet actual, literal currency - of your choice - that Valanora has helped more people in NS grow and succeed as players than your incoherent moronic ass ever will.

And as for whether something being RP is something we need or not, all of this is roleplay. Everything you do on NS is roleplay. You're not actually a sentient fucking pigeon, you're just pigeon-brained. None of NS is 'needed', it's a texted based browser game to advertise some bald Australian's mediocre books.
 
first of all it is unworthy of an SC commendation because
SC is about security not roleplay
meaning R/D
good regions
WA writers
RP by the name of SC shouldnt be a reason for a commendation
 
Pigeonstan:
first of all it is unworthy of an SC commendation because
SC is about security not roleplay
meaning R/D
good regions
WA writers
RP by the name of SC shouldnt be a reason for a commendation
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GA proposal writing is RP.
 
Pigeonstan:
runs a region which keeps control without banning or ejecting anyone
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So that's what this is about.

Pigeon, you have no future here. Zip. No. Nada. Ever since you came here three short months ago, you've done nothing but troll our citizens, harass our officials, and sabotage our government. Were you not so utterly, horrifically incompetent at everything you touch, I might find your bumbling idiocy amusing. I'd suggest that you stop digging your own grave, but I think we're so far past that point that you've excavated the entire cemetery by now. You have no knowledge and no potential of which to speak. The best advice I can give is for you to shut up and lurk around for a bit. Learn to listen. I have yet to see a single original thought in that empty trollish head of yours; maybe it's time you formed some.

Edit: This is a voting thread. If you have an actual argument, please make it. Otherwise, your "contributions" are best left unsaid.
 
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The assertion that the SC can only be geared towards one thing is a position taken out of utter ignorance. At least 30 resolutions have some aspects or even mainly focused on roleplay, which is around 25% of all active resolutions. Probably more.

For, by the way. Well-written.

While all eligible voters have a right to vote, I cannot emphasize enough both the desire and actual need for some sort of understanding of the Security Council, or even just some sort of inkling as to how NationStates works.
 
Pigeonstan:
lemme list previous commendations
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No, let me.

Security Council resolution number 12 Commend Todd McCloud which noted, amongst other things:
"ACKNOWLEDGING Todd McCloud’s experience as a Role Player in The East Pacific, with notable role-play incidents including Shiro Academy and The Listonian Crisis,"

Security Council resolution number 17 Condemn Omigodtheykilledkenny which was entirely about how the nominee's representatives behaved - i.e. their RP behaviour.

Security Council resolution number 20 Condemn Greater Tezdrian, which was the first out and out RP resolution i.e. not about the WA.

SC resolution 24 Condemn Great Nepal

Note how low those numbers are. How early into the Security Council's life RP resolutions began to be written. I shall list the remainder of RP resolutions the SC has passed since then:
WASC#26 Commend the Joint Systems Alliance
WASC#31 Condemn Der Fuhrer Dyszel
WASC#40 Commend Starblaydia
WASC#42 Condemn Kalasparata
WASC#47 Condemn Swarmlandia
WASC#53 Commend Commerce Heights
WASC#61 Condemn The Kraven Corporation
WASC#83 Condemn Automagfreek
WASC#97 Condemn Milograd
WASC#100 Commend Lamoni
WASC#104 Condemn Ralkovia
WASC#113 Condemn Aglrinia
WASC#143 Commend Yohannes
WASC#233 Commend Zwangzug
WASC#237 Commend The Macabees
WASC#260 Commend Greater Dienstad
WASC#272 Condemn United World Order
WASC#274 Commend Lyras
WASC#284 Commend Common Territories
WASC#306 Commend Audioslavia
WASC#309 Commend Vilita and Turori

Note that these are only WASC resolutions that have roleplay as the majority of their content - there are many more where a nominees roleplay contributions are mentioned.

It is one thing to be against a nominee due to your opinion of them as a player, or because the resolution is poor, or because you dislike the author. It is rather another to say that the contributions of people who, again, contribute more in a week of NS than you will in years, shouldn't be recognised because the Security Council name has 'security' in it.

Get better arguments, and then learn English.
 
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