shelby
03-12-2008, 04:36 AM
i am the moderator of this contest, and my judgement in any matter is final. As a result, i cannot be on anyone's team, nor can i vote in any election.
No campaign party may consist of more then 6 members (it isn't a must that you even have 6, that's just the maximum), 2 of which must be a designated President/VP; the idea is to not only spread the work out so people don't lose interest and quit, but to give each group an image/personality apart JUST the two canidates.
Soliciting advice, help, creative help, or any other form of an advantage from a staff member or anyone else not on your designated team is cheating.
Zone staff members are allowed to be a part of your team; however they may NOT use their powers to alter votes, change poll results, or for any other nefarious reasons to give you an edge.
If you lose a member of your party that's tough; to prevent movement and/or the opportunity to replace a member with a stronger/more popular one if someone drops out, you are simply down a man/woman.
While you are free to campaign, you may NOT spam or post threads in other forums seeking votes. And your campaigning outside the designated forum will be monitored. This isn't something that the whole board will get wrapped up in, and it won't be forced on them.
All TOS standards apply; while there is a certain level of slack given in the Election sub-forum, it will be watched. But obviously a certain level of mudslinging is part of the game.
The focus of your campaign is on the pres/vp. While no one is off limits, no campaign should center around 1 specific person. If you center your campaign/debate/material around someone's cabinet member/members, you will be reprimanded.
There will be 2 debates, one in the primaries, another in the presidential election. They will be organized and moderated. No starting of threads at random times to make your own debates. The format of the debate will be decided ahead of time.
All aspects of the campaign will be held in the designated forum, and will be strictly watched. You may whore for votes as you see fit, but you won't overdo it. The admins will promote the competition. Not you.
You will respect members' wishes. If you are mass pm'ing and a complaint is made, you will hear about it. If you are simply running down the member list and spamming people, you will hear about it. And lastly once a vote is up ALL pm'ing of members will stop immediatley.
Once a vote is up, campaigning outside the Election forum ceases, no pming, no threads else where. You made your case, or had the chance to anyway. Now it's up to the voters.
Rep/ZB's are acceptable forms of bribe; however, raising them is on the up and up. No admin/mod help. And up and up is at my discretion. We can't account for every loophole, so this rule most certainly is flexible and will be enforced at my discretion.
This is NOT an insult competition. While you are free to be as creative as you like, if your entire campaign ends up being simply making fun of everyone, you will be penalized. Try to have something of substance. Whether it be issues pertaining to the world, Billszone or whatever, and you are of course allowed to do a bit of mudlinging. But as stated this is NOT an insult competition.
ANY form of cheating is a disqualification, and pleading ignorance won't do any good. Voting with aliases, getting your 3rd cousin to come on and vote even though they haven't been here in years, getting someone to signup, etc. are all forbidden.
Several of the existing candidates have already worked very hard on campaign material. For that reason, all election threads will be moved into this forum so that they are read by the voting public. Existing candidates do not need to "redo" their campaign. However, i recommend each candidate post a thread sometime this week which summarizes their running platform and stance on important issues.
The individual who is elected Zone President will be given a "Zone President" tag, moderator status and access to the private forums for a year, and unlimited rep giving ability.
If any of the prizes outlined above are abused in a negative way, the Zone Staff reserves the right to revoke said priviledges.
There will be five candidates with VP running mates, and a staff of no more than 4 additional Zoners. Each candidate will need to make a thread in this forum outlining who their VP candidate is, as well as who the additional members of their campaign staff are.
The candidates will participate in organized debates moderated by myself prior to a primary election.
Candidates will have until Wednesday, March 19, to choose their staff and prepare campaign materials. i will be posting the first debate thread on Tuesday evening, March 18, and the candidates will have a full 24 hours to post their responses.
All campaign related threads will be posted in this forum only.THE 5 OFFICIAL CANDIDATES ARE:
MBBedard/jfreeman
LA Playa/northernbillfan
Dujek/LtFinFan
Gunzlingr/chernobylwraiths
Earthquake Enyart/THATHURMANATOR
Good luck, and may the best Zoner win!
No campaign party may consist of more then 6 members (it isn't a must that you even have 6, that's just the maximum), 2 of which must be a designated President/VP; the idea is to not only spread the work out so people don't lose interest and quit, but to give each group an image/personality apart JUST the two canidates.
Soliciting advice, help, creative help, or any other form of an advantage from a staff member or anyone else not on your designated team is cheating.
Zone staff members are allowed to be a part of your team; however they may NOT use their powers to alter votes, change poll results, or for any other nefarious reasons to give you an edge.
If you lose a member of your party that's tough; to prevent movement and/or the opportunity to replace a member with a stronger/more popular one if someone drops out, you are simply down a man/woman.
While you are free to campaign, you may NOT spam or post threads in other forums seeking votes. And your campaigning outside the designated forum will be monitored. This isn't something that the whole board will get wrapped up in, and it won't be forced on them.
All TOS standards apply; while there is a certain level of slack given in the Election sub-forum, it will be watched. But obviously a certain level of mudslinging is part of the game.
The focus of your campaign is on the pres/vp. While no one is off limits, no campaign should center around 1 specific person. If you center your campaign/debate/material around someone's cabinet member/members, you will be reprimanded.
There will be 2 debates, one in the primaries, another in the presidential election. They will be organized and moderated. No starting of threads at random times to make your own debates. The format of the debate will be decided ahead of time.
All aspects of the campaign will be held in the designated forum, and will be strictly watched. You may whore for votes as you see fit, but you won't overdo it. The admins will promote the competition. Not you.
You will respect members' wishes. If you are mass pm'ing and a complaint is made, you will hear about it. If you are simply running down the member list and spamming people, you will hear about it. And lastly once a vote is up ALL pm'ing of members will stop immediatley.
Once a vote is up, campaigning outside the Election forum ceases, no pming, no threads else where. You made your case, or had the chance to anyway. Now it's up to the voters.
Rep/ZB's are acceptable forms of bribe; however, raising them is on the up and up. No admin/mod help. And up and up is at my discretion. We can't account for every loophole, so this rule most certainly is flexible and will be enforced at my discretion.
This is NOT an insult competition. While you are free to be as creative as you like, if your entire campaign ends up being simply making fun of everyone, you will be penalized. Try to have something of substance. Whether it be issues pertaining to the world, Billszone or whatever, and you are of course allowed to do a bit of mudlinging. But as stated this is NOT an insult competition.
ANY form of cheating is a disqualification, and pleading ignorance won't do any good. Voting with aliases, getting your 3rd cousin to come on and vote even though they haven't been here in years, getting someone to signup, etc. are all forbidden.
Several of the existing candidates have already worked very hard on campaign material. For that reason, all election threads will be moved into this forum so that they are read by the voting public. Existing candidates do not need to "redo" their campaign. However, i recommend each candidate post a thread sometime this week which summarizes their running platform and stance on important issues.
The individual who is elected Zone President will be given a "Zone President" tag, moderator status and access to the private forums for a year, and unlimited rep giving ability.
If any of the prizes outlined above are abused in a negative way, the Zone Staff reserves the right to revoke said priviledges.
There will be five candidates with VP running mates, and a staff of no more than 4 additional Zoners. Each candidate will need to make a thread in this forum outlining who their VP candidate is, as well as who the additional members of their campaign staff are.
The candidates will participate in organized debates moderated by myself prior to a primary election.
Candidates will have until Wednesday, March 19, to choose their staff and prepare campaign materials. i will be posting the first debate thread on Tuesday evening, March 18, and the candidates will have a full 24 hours to post their responses.
All campaign related threads will be posted in this forum only.THE 5 OFFICIAL CANDIDATES ARE:
MBBedard/jfreeman
LA Playa/northernbillfan
Dujek/LtFinFan
Gunzlingr/chernobylwraiths
Earthquake Enyart/THATHURMANATOR
Good luck, and may the best Zoner win!