[DRAFT] Commend Koem Kab

[East Blepia]

The Security Council,

ACKNOWLEDGING that the nation Koem Kab has since time immemorial possessed the greatest amount of international art, and that this makes Koem Kab uniquely deserving of praise and respect, especially among other prominent art-trading nations,

DISTURBED by the pretensions of certain other nations, which may wish to dethrone Koem Kab and upset the natural order of things, perhaps for the following reasons:

1. The nation's leadership acting in a youthful and rebellious manner and seeking to change that which had ought to remain the same.

2. The nation's leadership holding Koem Kab in enmity, for some reason or other.

3. The nation's leadership seeking infamy and universal disdain

4. The nation's leadership simply not having any clue what they are doing.

AWARE that the effect of any other nation eclipsing Koem Kab in international artwork would be severe, and may even incur the wrath of Violet,

NOTING that Koem Kab, in its position as foremost patron of the arts, has always acted with the utmost kindness and respect towards smaller art traders, and that this reputation has been so powerful so as to cause the creation of the Cult of Koem Kab region, and the inclusion of tributes to Koem Kab in the World Factbook Entries of several other card-based regions, such as Second Best Card Farm, RSCA, Giovanniland, and Blepia,

CONCLUDING that it is in the best interest of the art trading community, and indeed of all of the nations of the world, that Koem Kab be recognized and congratulated for its great feat,

Hereby commends Koem Kab.

[Morover]

Hard against. KK has accomplished enough for their initial condemnation, but not enough for a second c/c.

[Noahs Second Country]

I'll post the same arguments I've said elsewhere

• Koem Kab has already been condemned for their card play, and that resolution already encompasses a lot of what they have accomplished on NS
• Koem Kab is not necessarily seen as a "good" person of cards. We all love and respect Koem Kab, but they play the villain.
• Koem Kab doesn't engage frequently with other members of the cards community. Hence, the silent, omnipresent, and generally mysterious villain characterization of Koem Kab.

I don't see how the same actions should warrant both a commend and a condemn, especially since a condemnation is much more suitable for their character and actions.

[East Blepia]

I'll post the same arguments I've said elsewhere

• Koem Kab has already been condemned for their card play, and that resolution already encompasses a lot of what they have accomplished on NS
• Koem Kab is not necessarily seen as a "good" person of cards. We all love and respect Koem Kab, but they play the villain.
• Koem Kab doesn't engage frequently with other members of the cards community. Hence, the silent, omnipresent, and generally mysterious villain characterization of Koem Kab.

I don't see how the same actions should warrant both a commend and a condemn, especially since a condemnation is much more suitable for their character and actions.

Koem Kab is worthy of our praise.

Koem Kab is benevolent and just.

Also, Koem Kab has telegrammed me twice. In my experience Koem Kab is not opposed to negotiation or interaction, [OOC] he/she just does not participate in the Cards Discord.

[Bormiar]

Do you know he's condemned?

[East Blepia]

Do you know he's condemned?

Yes.

[Bhang Bhang Duc]

Not a particularly good draft, plenty of generalizations, very few hard accomplishments worthy of a Commend.

Their Condemnation was of a much higher quality than this attempt.

Edit: your numbered points are utter crap.

[East Blepia]

very few hard accomplishments worthy of a Commend

Koem Kab has become #1 in international artwork, remained there for a long while, and exceeded 200k bank. Koem Kab has inspired a region of followers, tributes from other regions, and general respect among the entire card-trading community, which I would say now forms a significant part of NationStates.

Their Condemnation was of a much higher quality than this attempt.

Only after it had been drafted.

your numbered points are utter crap.

I realize that. I intend to re-format them while retaining the general message which I meant them to convey.

[Noahs Second Country]

very few hard accomplishments worthy of a Commend

Koem Kab has become #1 in international artwork, remained there for a long while, and exceeded 200k bank. Koem Kab has inspired a region of followers, tributes from other regions, and general respect among the entire card-trading community, which I would say now forms a significant part of NationStates.

It is noteworthy that Koem Kab was passed recently for a period of time and was not the first (or only!) to achieve 200K.

Their accomplishments are difficult and one-of-a-kind. However, they already have a shiny badge for exactly the points you listed above.

[SherpDaWerp]

Hard against. KK has accomplished enough for their initial condemnation, but not enough for a second c/c.

Agree with Morover here - maybe 2 or 3 players/regions in the history of ever have gotten double C/Cs. No way is KK worthy to be the next. They're influential and a good cards player but not worth double C/Cs.

Sedgistan got Commended, then Condemned, of which the Commend was repealed due to ideological shift and the Condemn wasn't particularly high-quality.
TBH has the double Condemns - they're the single largest raider org that NS can point to as "baddies".
TBR at one point held double Condemns, but based on how the resolutions fall I presume the double was merely due to a replace/repeal style scenario.

People are welcome to point out more examples but the fact of the matter is that only the most influential (and probably only GPers, /notsalty) can get double C/Cs. Even if KK was influential and popular enough, they haven't done anything particularly different from what's mentioned in their condemn, and certainly not another whole resolution's worth.

[Bhang Bhang Duc]

The Security Council,

ACKNOWLEDGING that the nation Koem Kab has since time immemorial possessed the greatest amount of international art, and that this makes Koem Kab uniquely deserving of praise and respect, especially among other prominent art-trading nations,

Preamble is okay.

DISTURBED by the pretensions of certain other nations, which may wish to dethrone Koem Kab and upset the natural order of things, perhaps for the following reasons:

1. The nation's leadership acting in a youthful and rebellious manner and seeking to change that which had ought to remain the same.

2. The nation's leadership holding Koem Kab in enmity, for some reason or other.

3. The nation's leadership seeking infamy and universal disdain

4. The nation's leadership simply not having any clue what they are doing.

This is just drivel. There is nothing in here that lends itself to a Commendation. You haven't a clue what you're doing, so you've decided to just waffle and hope nobody notices.

AWARE that the effect of any other nation eclipsing Koem Kab in international artwork would be severe, and may even incur the wrath of Violet,

Again why is this Commendable? Basically this is bs.

NOTING that Koem Kab, in its position as foremost patron of the arts, has always acted with the utmost kindness and respect towards smaller art traders, and that this reputation has been so powerful so as to cause the creation of the Cult of Koem Kab region, and the inclusion of tributes to Koem Kab in the World Factbook Entries of several other card-based regions, such as Second Best Card Farm, RSCA, Giovanniland, and Blepia,

At long last you've managed to turn your attention to the subject in hand, namely Commending Koem Kab. However, there is nothing you've mentioned here that is remotely Commendable. A cult region? Mentioned in WFEs? Do us a favour, come up with something decent.

CONCLUDING that it is in the best interest of the art trading community, and indeed of all of the nations of the world, that Koem Kab be recognized and congratulated for its great feat,

Hereby commends Koem Kab.

If Koem Kab is commendable, then you haven't managed to demonstrate it.

A draft that is poorly researched, mostly full of filler that has nothing to do with commendable acts. I'm going to call it a badge hunt and not a particularly clever one at that.