America the Beautiful: An American Political RP (OOC)

[Gordano and Lysandus]

Both the Boyd and Gauthier ad posts were two separate ads, and only one of my ad campaigns was televisual (the other was billboards), so I think the only substantially long one was the Doherty one. That said, I don't think any of the critiques of Kurian's ads were about its length.

I apologize, I don't think I'm the reason this is all happening but I did intend for it to be longer than 30 seconds.

You don't need to apologise.

[Lavan Tiri]

Both the Boyd and Gauthier ad posts were two separate ads, and only one of my ad campaigns was televisual (the other was billboards), so I think the only substantially long one was the Doherty one. That said, I don't think any of the critiques of Kurian's ads were about its length.

Average speech speed is 125 to 150 words per minute, that's before you account for pauses to put a focus on visual or audio content. "time to act", meanwhile, is 257 words long.

So yeah, the criticisms that are made are 100% based on the limits of trying to target ad length of about 75 words. In that time you can barely introduce one's self, bring up an issue, make a point and conclude it.

The average voiceover talent, speaking in a casual, conversational way (which is the most common direction we are given), says about 2.5 words per second — or about 150 words per minute. So, if you’re looking to fill 30 seconds of a commercial, your script should come in right around 75 words (2.5 x 30 = 75), give or take 10 words, depending on the tone you want to strike. Need to fill a :60? Yep, you guessed it: your script word count should be about 150 words.

from https://www.bluewavevoiceover.com/the-n ... d-scripts/

like this is basic, basic stuff you can figure out with a google search or even a passing familiarity with advertising. A fair person can imagine that seeing stuff like this while being told I am not "experienced" enough to RP California is very, very frustrating.

You are very annoying and I don't like you much at all. And I like everybody.

[The Sarangtus Lands]

Both the Boyd and Gauthier ad posts were two separate ads, and only one of my ad campaigns was televisual (the other was billboards), so I think the only substantially long one was the Doherty one. That said, I don't think any of the critiques of Kurian's ads were about its length.

Average speech speed is 125 to 150 words per minute, that's before you account for pauses to put a focus on visual or audio content. "time to act", meanwhile, is 257 words long.

So yeah, the criticisms that are made are 100% based on the limits of trying to target ad length of about 75 words. In that time you can barely introduce one's self, bring up an issue, make a point and conclude it.

The average voiceover talent, speaking in a casual, conversational way (which is the most common direction we are given), says about 2.5 words per second — or about 150 words per minute. So, if you’re looking to fill 30 seconds of a commercial, your script should come in right around 75 words (2.5 x 30 = 75), give or take 10 words, depending on the tone you want to strike. Need to fill a :60? Yep, you guessed it: your script word count should be about 150 words.

from https://www.bluewavevoiceover.com/the-n ... d-scripts/

like this is basic, basic stuff you can figure out with a google search or even a passing familiarity with advertising. A fair person can imagine that seeing stuff like this while being told I am not "experienced" enough to RP California is very, very frustrating.

Please look at the video I sent to you.

[Sarenium]

Do any of you writing these campaign ads put things through a speech time calculator, or even compare the length of your scripts to real world campaign ads? Some of this stuff comes out at 3 minutes long. I hope I won't be punished for the simplicity of my ads because I bothered to make them realistic.

Both the Boyd and Gauthier ad posts were two separate ads, and only one of my ad campaigns was televisual (the other was billboards), so I think the only substantially long one was the Doherty one. That said, I don't think any of the critiques of Kurian's ads were about its length.

Average speech speed is 125 to 150 words per minute, that's before you account for pauses to put a focus on visual or audio content. "time to act", meanwhile, is 257 words long.

So yeah, the criticisms that are made are 100% based on the limits of trying to target ad length of about 75 words. In that time you can barely introduce one's self, bring up an issue, make a point and conclude it.

The average voiceover talent, speaking in a casual, conversational way (which is the most common direction we are given), says about 2.5 words per second — or about 150 words per minute. So, if you’re looking to fill 30 seconds of a commercial, your script should come in right around 75 words (2.5 x 30 = 75), give or take 10 words, depending on the tone you want to strike. Need to fill a :60? Yep, you guessed it: your script word count should be about 150 words.

from https://www.bluewavevoiceover.com/the-n ... d-scripts/

like this is basic, basic stuff you can figure out with a google search or even a passing familiarity with advertising. A fair person can imagine that seeing stuff like this while being told I am not "experienced" enough to RP California is very, very frustrating.

To make public and transparent what you have chosen to reveal; you requested to play the Governor of California as one of your first characters. You were told to wait. You then produced a character that narrowly cleared acceptance, by which I mean there was a vociferous debate among the Admins as to the appropriateness. Alas, you have played as Ms. Kurian for barely a month; and have once more requested a Gubernatorial Character, perhaps, the most important and influential of Gubernatorial Characters available in this RP.

I will not use other players as examples, though there are plentiful examples of players who have no statewide officers, for a variety of reasons.

The Administration Team reserves a discretionary role to approve, accept or agree to the inclusion of characters. This is explained and finessed via the rules. You have one character, who's entire existence thus far has consisted of minimal campaigning, an advertisement and a lobbying of the President to engage in indentured servitude. We do not count the 1960s spinoff as a surrogate of this or preceding RPs, accordingly, experience accrued there does not account towards our willingness to allow you to hold a statewide position.

You were asked to consider a less-important Governor, with different quirks, swing-state Governor of Nevada would carry a different set of challenges, so too would ultra safe Governor of Washington or Hawaii; California is a different beast entirely, and one I am adamant you are not qualified to hold as of yet. Be it due to experience, capacity or other reasons, you were told to participate via a different character, to engage in the RP meaningfully and demonstrate the maturity and experience required for such a large position. As of yet, I have not seen it.

[Sarenium]

* The edit to the CNN tweet was a typo which indicated 2 overnight deaths instead of 22; that would be less than the four in a specific county hence I edited it for logic reasons.

[New Provenance]

Not sure if this is what you meant, but here's my modified app!

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Character Application and Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: New Provenance
Character Name: Francis "Frank" Abernathy
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 62 years
Character Height: 5'9
Character Weight: 189.7 lbs
Character Position/Role/Job: United States Congressman from California, Representative for the 17th Congressional District (D-CA-17), Chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, Chief Executive Officer of United Western Transportation
Character Country/State of Birth: Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California, United States of America
Character State of Residence: State of California
Character Party Affiliation: Democratic Party
Main Strengths:
The People's Man - Abernathy's natural charm and charisma, which he harnessed as a teenager during his high school years as class president, has enabled him to prove effective in passing legislation which he supports
Fighter for Change - A radically liberal progressive, Abernathy expressed support in the late 2010s onward for a 'radical and overhauling restructuring' of the Social Security and the American health insurance system, criticizing the presently established systems as ineffective and a waste of taxpayer money.
The Family Name - His grandfather, Peter Abernathy, previously served as a California Senator, and his great-grandfather on his mother's side served as the Representative for California's Congressional District 16, giving his family name some reputation on the political scene

Main Weaknesses:
California's Elite - Being born into a wealthy Santa Clara family, Abernathy has had trouble portraying himself to the public as a down-to-earth, ordinary American, with some going as far as portraying him as elitist
In the Shadow - His grandfather, Peter Abernathy, previously served as a California Senator, and his great-grandfather on his mother's side served as the Representative for California's Congressional District 16, giving his family name some reputation on the political scene. His relatives in politics were locally famous, and the older generations who remember his relatives' time in office are skeptical of his capabilities.
Family Man - Abernathy is a family man who loves to spend time with his wife and family, and sees his family as the most important thing in the world. However, this results in him being a 'renowned Congressional procrastinator' who doesn't respond to emails and correspondence right away.

Biography:

Francis Jameson Abernathy was born in Santa Clara, California on June 13, 1959 to Alan Peter Abernathy and Miriam Grace Jameson Abernathy. Born into a wealthy Santa Clara family in the midst of the Cold War, Abernathy attended elite private schools during his childhood. His father, a failed politician but a locally famous nuclear physicist, worked at Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant 100 kilometers away, in San Luis Obispo County. As a result of the long distance between the plant and the Harding home in Santa Clara, Francis's father usually left home early in the morning and arrived late in the evening. With the lack of a regularly present father figure, Abernathy molded his ideals based on his mother's personality and beliefs.

Francis Jameson Abernathy was born in Santa Clara, California on June 13, 1959 to Alan Peter Abernathy and Miriam Grace Jameson Abernathy. Born into a wealthy Santa Clara family which had benefited from the capitalist economic system in the midst of the Cold War, Abernathy was raised in an atmosphere of hesitation and even hatred when looking at the Soviets, widely seen by many to be a force dedicated to destroying their livelihood. The Abernathy family hit gold in the 1800s when the Alan Peter Abernathy's father, Cornelius Abernathy, literally hit gold during the California Gold Rush and established his own transportation company, United Western Transportation.

United Western would go on to be widely successful thanks to Cornelius's steady hand and already-established experience with money and business, creating a reputation for his family name and supporting financially his family for generations to come. Alan Peter Abernathy, the current head of United Western, had attempted - unsuccessfully - to run for the House of Representatives in the 1944 elections for the 17th Congressional District of California. When his bid for political office failed and tens of thousands of dollars expended on his 'Abernathy For You' campaign, Alan Peter Abernathy never entered politics again and would go on to be a conservative, Republican-leaning voter.

United Western Transportation had been established in the 1890s by Cornelius Abernathy, who set up its base of operations in San Luis Obispo County, where he had moved following his separation from his wife and family in 1891. Cornelius had died in 1909, leaving his flourishing yet still relatively minor company to his son, Alan. The company's new head, not bothered to waste corporate funds to move the base of operations back to Santa Clara, decided to commute to work every day, five days a week, resulting in Frank's father leaving for work early in the morning and returning late in the evening. As a result of this, Alan Abernathy was usually absent from the household for most of the week and for most of the young Frank's childhood, leaving Frank to mold his view of the world and his personality after his mother.

Miriam Grace Jameson Abernathy, or Grace Abernathy, was Alan Abernathy's devoted wife and a regularly-practicing Roman Catholic. A religious and intelligent person from childhood, Grace Jameson had secured valedictorian position in high school and one of the highest marks in her class in college, before moving on to work for a newly-founded company named United Western Transportation as its chief economic officer. Alan Abernathy, then a member of the board of directors, met Grace there and eventually married her less than three years later. A believer in the sciences and in the fact that cooperation and unity could do much good for the world, she molded her son Frank in the way she viewed the world.

When Frank Abernathy entered high school in 1971, he entered with high spirits and good expectations after securing salutatorian position in his grade school class. Always an optimist, Frank greeted classmates and teachers enthusiastically as he entered the new age of his life at Santa Clara High School. Unbeknownst to Frank or his family or his new friends, his tenure at Santa Clara High would prove to be one of the most vital turning points in his life.

With natural charisma and a friendly personality, Frank won a landslide victory in the elections for class president and thus became a member of the student government. He had expressed interest in participating in what he called 'a Little Washington' but had previously hesitated from doing so, worried of losing his reputation to a massive and stinging defeat - until now. Frank won the hearts and minds of his peers with his extraordinary oratory and writing skills, and especially won the heart of one Laura Hill, whom he would go on to date and eventually marry.

Frank graduated from Santa Clara High in 1979, at eighteen years old, with a girlfriend, Laura, as well as a car and a vision for the future. Frank had enjoyed the hustle and bustle of student government 'politics', if it could even be called that, and dreamed of advancing onward into American politics itself. However, having an obligation to take care of the family company, he elected to advance into college and studied at MIT, where he majored in Business Science.

After graduating from college a few years later, Frank took on the job as CEO of United Western Transportation mere months before his father died of health complications due to old health. His father's and subsequently his mother's death a few years later would scar his life forever, giving Frank both the determination to succeed in the areas where his parents did not, particularly in politics, where his father failed to secure a Congressional seat in 1944.

Years later, ahead of the 1988 presidential elections, Abernathy chose to put his plan into motion. He had originally considered applying to work under the Democratic presidential candidate's campaign, but opted instead to run for the California State Assembly's 17th District seat, which at the time was held by a conservative Democrat. On November 9, 1988, Frank Abernathy announced his intention to run at a speech in Santa Clara, California.

He immediately got to work on his campaign, bringing aboard veteran campaign advisors and using his wealth and influential links to spread the word of his campaign. However, Abernathy pledged not to use his wealth for the purposes of bribing voters or anything of the sort. Abernathy's campaign launched on January 19, 1988, with the slogan 'Abernathy: A Voice for You'.

Abernathy launched campaigns throughout the 17th District, using his wealth and youth compared to his incumbent Democratic rival to campaign a lot more aggressively and frequently in comparison. In speeches, rallies and talks all over the district, Abernathy advocated strongly for greater use of the internet and for government investment into growing technology companies, which he saw as the 'future of America', as well as for increased tax breaks for lower-income families and families struggling with medical bills. It was also during this campaign that Abernathy first started adopting rhetoric in favor of social security and healthcare reform.

He advocated and campaigned for radical change and a 'government that works with and is in constant communication with the people'. He strongly favored reforming the government to reduce bureaucracy, though he didn't capitalize on this as much as he did on other points in fear of scaring away more conservative-minded voters.

On Election Night, Abernathy won the State Assembly seat for the 17th District, securing 89,567 more votes than his opponents, making it an extremely tight margin. Although Abernathy and his family were jubilant upon receiving news of the victory, but Frank knew that such a tight margin of support could prove devastating to future campaigns. Nonetheless, Francis Abernathy forged onward, being sworn into office under the California State Legislature's State Assembly.

At the California State Assembly, Abernathy pushed strongly progressive policies, voting with a reformist and business-minded mindset. He also pushed minor healthcare reform and attempted to push legislation to reform healthcare, but was told such legislation would have to be proposed by a Congressman to the United States Congress, a part of the federal government higher in terms of authority compared to the State Legislature.

Abernathy would go on to serve a total of four terms, totaling eight years, in the State Assembly before serving four, totaling eight years, in the State Senate of California, before announcing that he would not be running for re-election in 2004. Frank returned to focus on his company, United Western Transportation, and settled down a bit in anticipation of the 2006 federal elections.

On November 4, 2005, Frank Abernathy met with members of his family and former campaign advisors who served on his most recent 2002 State Senate campaign, where he announced that he was planning to run for the United States House of Representatives to represent the 17th Congressional District of the State of California. His family received the news with mixed emotions, mainly skeptical because serving under the federal government would mean that he would need to move and regularly go to and from Washington, D.C., on the other side of the country.

Abernathy argued that he needed to serve on the federal government level in order to 'enact the change he wanted to bring', namely reforms to social security, healthcare and government bureaucracy. He believed that the status quo wasn't capable of running the country into the 21st century, and aimed to reform important parts of the United States Government to adapt it to the digital century.

On November 14, 2005, Francis Abernathy launched his campaign for the House of Representatives' 17th Congressional District of the State of California, aiming to contest the incumbent Democratic Congressman already in the seat.

His campaign slogan, 'Frank For Change', represented the cornerstones of his plans for Congress, what he called the three Rs: Reform, Rebuild, Reconnect. He aimed to reform the existing systems, particularly social security, healthcare, health insurance, and government bureaucracy and what he saw as an unnecessary amount of red tape in the federal government. He aimed to rebuild America through the passage and support of right legislation, and to further adapt the country to the new digital and information age. Finally, he aimed to reconnect the United States with the world and her allies, as the US had fallen in standing quite a bit after its invasion of Iraq in 2003, but did not seek to openly criticize the wars in the Middle East as he saw them in a positive manner.

He campaigned on the three Rs all over the 17th District, once more campaigning more aggressively and more frequently compared to his rival candidate, usually making speeches on average six times a week, once a day, with only one rest day. He spoke with everyone, and particularly appealed to the large Asian-American population in the 17th District, which accounted for a substantial portion of voters in the area. He advocated for further consolidating in United States federal law that discrimination against other races, like Asians, are prohibited and punishable by law.

Abernathy also won support from businesses and their workers when he strongly advocated for tax cuts on startups particularly in the tech industry, as well as minor tax breaks for companies in financial trouble to stave off as much as possible the need for a big, expensive government bailout. He also campaigned on a center-left platform, pledging his support for workers' rights and stating that he aimed to raise minimum wage laws for lower-income families.

In early November, his aggressive campaigning paid off. Francis "Frank" Abernathy secured the Congressional seat for the 17th District in the State of California in the House of Representatives. He won 57% of the vote, still a slim margin but wide enough to give Abernathy a relatively firm guarantee that his local support was strong.

Abernathy would go on to win re-election several times, all the way to 2012.

In Congress, Abernathy rose through the ranks of the Democratic Party, and in 2012 he became the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space and Technology. His tenure as Congressman is characterized mainly by radically liberal progressivism, and a willingness to compromise with others to achieve at least part of his agenda. He pushed strongly and advocated for government support for the growing technology and computer industry, as well as the expansion of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's low earth orbit (LEO) research efforts.

(won re-election multiple times)

Abernathy won re-election during the 2020 election and continues to serve as Chairman of the Committee on Science, Space and Technology and Representative of the 17th Congressional District of California. (OOC note: If Chairman isn't possible then Ranking Member would be fine as well)

Frank Abernathy married Laura Hill, a highschool sweetheart, in 1976. They have four children, James, Lily, Michael and Bianca. Abernathy is widely regarded as a family man who spends time with his wife and kids and is a renowned Congressional procrastinator who usually responds to correspondence and messages late due to his focus on his family.


Other Info:

Policy stances:

Economy: Supports liberal and progressive economic policies and increased and more frequent tax breaks directed at lower-income families. Supporter of limited UBI implementation for lower- and middle-class families.

Healthcare: Supports healthcare reform, and advocates for legislation to require health insurance companies to cover all clients with no exceptions.

Social security: Supports social security reform as he sees the current system as ineffective.

Gun control: Strongly supportive of increased gun control, is extremely critical of pro-gun laws.

Abortion: Quiet supporter of full abortion legalization but is careful about interacting with the issue due to its controversial nature.

Foreign policy: Extremely hawkish in relation to China, strong supporter of stronger relations with East Asian countries like the Philippines, Japan, Australia, and South Korea. Supporter of the war in Afghanistan and supported the war in Iraq.

Black Lives Matter: Strong supporter of the BLM movement.

Police: Supporter of increasing police funding in high-crime areas but is heavily critical of police brutality and racism against blacks.

Education: Supporter of educational reform and a refocusing of education on STEM subjects. Actively seeks to reform education in such a way to reduce the impact of bad grades on students mentally.

Climate: Strong believer in climate change, supports move to renewable energies and the placing of taxes on non-renewable energy sources. Opposes Keystone XL and is against deforestation and coal energy.

LGBTQ+: Supporter of granting equal rights to all LGBTQ+ persons

Drugs: Opposed to marijuana legalization, supporter of harsh anti-drug legislation.

I have read and accept the rules of the roleplay: New Provenance

Do Not Remove: DRAFT87421

Just a note that the Chief of Staff's last name is Abernathy.

Yep, I actually noticed that but I decided it should be mostly fine since Chief of Staff is vastly different from a Representative.

[Kargintinia]

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Character Application and Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Karg
Character Name: Christina Anna Mudale
Character Gender: Female
Character Age: 40
Character Height: 140 lbs
Character Weight: 5'4"
Character Position/Role/Job: Member of Senate Judiciary Committee (2021-Present)
Junior United States Senator for Alabama (2021-Present)
Alabama Attorney General (2017-2020)
Covington County District Attorney (2012-2027)
Prosecutor (2005-2010)
Character Country/State of Birth: Alabama
Character State of Residence: Alabama
Character Party Affiliation: GOP
Main Strengths: Wolfist, Fairly safe seat, strong support from conservative groups "law and order" credentials
Main Weaknesses: Stuck up, seen as being extremely fringe in political views, recent questionable comments on LGBT people, failing relationship with husband, alienates moderates.
Biography:
Other Info: Born in Andalusia in 1980 to the Andalusia Police Commissioner, Christina was raised in a pearly white neighborhood. She was an average student in Middle and High School, seeing herself as more concerned with becoming cheer captain, chasing guys and partying. This resulted in several run ins with law enforcement, which her father was able to get her out of. College she was made to take her grades more seriously, with strong pressure from her police father to get into law school. She attended Auburn for both her Pre-Law Bachelors and two years of Law School, forcing herself through but still managed to get her parties in.

It was during college where she became a modern conservative. Despite her Dixiecrat parents, she came to admire the Reagan Revolution and first voted for Burke in 2000. She met her husband at a Burke rally in Mobile.

In 2005 she began a job as an Attorney at a firm in Montgomery. Her husband unsuccessfully ran for mayor in 2004 but was defeated in the primary. She worked her way up in the Firm and eventually left her job in 2010 to return home to Andalusia to run for District Attorney. She was elected in 2012 and has served since then.

As DA she oversaw several murder cases. She strongly prefers the death penalty and has pushed for it, often against African-Americans. She has always preferred being the prosecutor in the case as opposed to defendant. She has consistently defended the Police Department and is a large proponent of “Law and Order”.

She didn’t vote in the 2012 election as she saw (Not-Romney) as far too much of a moderate for her taste. She started out as a (Not-Ted Cruz) supporter in 2016 and voted for him in the Primary on Super Tuesday. She viewed Arnold Wolf as a "New England atheist" with "lessened respect for Christian, Conservative values". However after the RNC she decided to support the future President. She was a diehard supporter of Wolf until his death. She viewed Tawney as a "weak moderate", reminding her of (Not-Romney).

She voted for (Not-Roy More) in the 2017 Special and was disappointed by (Not-Jones) victory. Following the desertion of the state Alabama Attorney General position as the incumbent left for the Wolf administration. This caused a rift with her husband as he wanted to try again in politics after his failure in 2004, but that would require Christina to take over as primary caretaker for their one year old son Peter. Despite his protests, she went ahead and registered her candidacy.

She joined several other state AGs in lobbying the Wolf administration to overturn the Baharia era "DACA" policy. In 2018 she joined 20 other AGs in a lawsuit challenging the Affordable Care Act as unconstitutional.

In early 2019, she decided to run for Senate herself against (Not Jones). She kept her husband mostly out of her campaign events and barely spook to him during their campaign.

Her campaign started out against a former Senator (Not-Sessions) running for his old seat, however thanks to big name endorsements including Presidential Candidate Nate Richardson was able to clear the primary with 52% of the vote in the runoff against (Not-Sessions). She started out polling even against (Not Jones) who had done much to moderate himself, however as the national race started to deepen partisan divides Christina found herself on the more popular side of the culture war in Alabama. She campaigned on opposition to Roe, Obergefell and other culture issues that she successfully tied the Democrat too.

The (Not-George Floyd) protests also contributed to her campaign, as she ran on a policy of "full law and order" emphasizing her law background and promising to end "all lawlessness and disorder" in Alabama by supporting pro-police policies.

She reached national in the general election debate by attacking (Not-Jones) on the issue of same-sex marriage. She emphasized that Alabama was the only state in the Union with more than 50% of the populace opposing same-sex marriage, meaning that "If most Alabamans oppose this practice, their state should have the right to do so." On the campaign trail she continued to press anti-LGBT rhetoric, attacking transgender people using their preferred bathrooms as potential for pedophilia and stated that "gay couples should not be on TV shoved in our kid's faces and should be kept private."

On election day, she prevailed over (Not-Jones) by nearly ten points.

Mudale is now one of the youngest members of the US Senate. She is considered a standard Wolfist.

Other Info: Hyperpartisan. General Wolfist views. Lacks hard views on Foreign Policy. Has a husband Harold, with one three year old son Peter.


Political Views
Social Issues

Abortion-She opposes abortion fully, calling Roe V. Wade "modern genocide" and saying it is imperative it is repealed as soon as possible.

BLM-She is against the BLM movement, calling them "domestic terrorists" and "radical Marxists". She has repeated defended use of force by police and called for criminals to be "taken off the street fast"

Gun Control-Opposes gun control, A+ rating from NRA.

LGBT Issues-Opposes same-sex marriage, called for Obergefell V Hodges to be repealed and have the power returned to states. Supports banning transgender individuals from sports teams of their chosen sex as well as bathrooms.

Wolf-Calls Arnold Wolf "The Greatest President in recent years, maybe ever". Is considered a Wolf loyalist.

Social Media-Says section 230 should be repealed.

Immigration-Says that all illegal immigrants should be deported and supports building a wall on the southern border.

Economic Issues

ACA-Believes the ACA to be unconstitutional, has lobbied as AG to repeal it.

Unions-Is a diehard supporter of right-to-work laws, has referred to Unions as "laziness conventions".

Environmental protections-Supports repealing environmental protections, supports using coal and oil, she has said global warming "Could certainly be a hoax".



Supported: Burke 2000
Burke 2004
Not-Huckabee 2008
Not-Santorum 2012
Not-Cruz and Wolf 2016
Nate Richardson 2020

I have read and accept the rules of the roleplay: Karg


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[Vaquas]

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Character Application and Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Karg
Character Name: Christina Anna Mudale
Character Gender: Female
Character Age: 40
Character Height: 140 lbs
Character Weight: 5'4"
Character Position/Role/Job: Member of Senate Judiciary Committee (2021-Present)
Junior United States Senator for Alabama (2021-Present)
Covington County District Attorney (2012-2020)
Prosecutor (2005-2010)
Character Country/State of Birth: Alabama
Character State of Residence: Alabama
Character Party Affiliation: GOP
Main Strengths: Wolfist, Fairly safe seat, strong support from conservative groups "law and order" credentials
Main Weaknesses: Stuck up, seen as being extremely fringe in political views, recent questionable comments on LGBT people, failing relationship with husband, alienates moderates.
Biography:
Other Info: Born in Andalusia in 1980 to the Andalusia Police Commissioner, Christina was raised in a pearly white neighborhood. She was an average student in Middle and High School, seeing herself as more concerned with becoming cheer captain, chasing guys and partying. This resulted in several run ins with law enforcement, which her father was able to get her out of. College she was made to take her grades more seriously, with strong pressure from her police father to get into law school. She attended Auburn for both her Pre-Law Bachelors and two years of Law School, forcing herself through but still managed to get her parties in.

It was during college where she became a modern conservative. Despite her Dixiecrat parents, she came to admire the Reagan Revolution and first voted for Burke in 2000. She met her husband at a Burke rally in Mobile.

In 2005 she began a job as an Attorney at a firm in Montgomery. Her husband unsuccessfully ran for mayor in 2004 but was defeated in the primary. She worked her way up in the Firm and eventually left her job in 2010 to return home to Andalusia to run for District Attorney. She was elected in 2012 and has served since then.

As DA she oversaw several murder cases. She strongly prefers the death penalty and has pushed for it, often against African-Americans. She has always preferred being the prosecutor in the case as opposed to defendant. She has consistently defended the Police Department and is a large proponent of “Law and Order”.

She didn’t vote in the 2012 election as she saw (Not-Romney) as far too much of a moderate for her taste. She started out as a (Not-Ted Cruz) supporter in 2016 and voted for him in the Primary on Super Tuesday. She viewed Arnold Wolf as a "New England atheist" with "lessened respect for Christian, Conservative values". However after the RNC she decided to support the future President. She was a diehard supporter of Wolf until his death. She viewed Tawney as a "weak moderate", reminding her of (Not-Romney).


She supported (Not-Roy More) in the 2017 Special and was disappointed by (Not-Jones) victory.

In early 2019, she decided to retire from her position to run for Senate herself against (Not Jones). This caused a rift with her husband as he wanted to try again in politics after his failure in 2004, but that would require Christina to take over as primary caretaker for their one year old son Peter. Despite his protests, she went ahead and registered her candidacy. She kept her husband mostly out of her campaign events and barely spook to him during their campaign.

Her campaign started out weak as she a total unknown outside of Andalusia, however thanks to big name endorsements including Presidential Candidate Nate Richardson was able to clear the primary. She started out polling even against (Not Jones) who had done much to moderate himself, however as the national race started to deepen partisan divides Christina found herself on the more popular side of the culture war in Alabama. She campaigned on opposition to Roe, Obergefell and other culture issues that she successfully tied the Democrat too.

The (Not-George Floyd) protests also contributed to her campaign, as she ran on a policy of "full law and order" emphasizing her law background and promising to end "all lawlessness and disorder" in Alabama by supporting pro-police policies.

She reached national in the general election debate by attacking (Not-Jones) on the issue of same-sex marriage. She emphasized that Alabama was the only state in the Union with more than 50% of the populace opposing same-sex marriage, meaning that "If most Alabamans oppose this practice, their state should have the right to do so." On the campaign trail she continued to press anti-LGBT rhetoric, attacking transgender people using their preferred bathrooms as potential for pedophilia and stated that "gay couples should not be on TV shoved in our kid's faces and should be kept private."

On election day, she prevailed over (Not-Jones) by nearly ten points.

Mudale is now one of the youngest members of the US Senate. She is considered a standard Wolfist, somewhat to the right of the party average but to the left of Deb Freyer.

Other Info: Hyperpartisan. General Wolfist views. Lacks hard views on Foreign Policy. Has a husband Harold, with one three year old son Peter.

Supported: Burke 2000
Burke 2004
Not-Huckabee 2008
Not-Santorum 2012
Not-Cruz and Wolf 2016
Nate Richardson 2020

I have read and accept the rules of the roleplay: Karg


Do Not Remove: DRAFT87421

I've given it a once over, looks good, will defer to a second opinion.

[Sarenium]

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Character Application and Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Karg
Character Name: Christina Anna Mudale
Character Gender: Female
Character Age: 40
Character Height: 140 lbs
Character Weight: 5'4"
Character Position/Role/Job: Member of Senate Judiciary Committee (2021-Present)
Junior United States Senator for Alabama (2021-Present)
Covington County District Attorney (2012-2020)
Prosecutor (2005-2010)
Character Country/State of Birth: Alabama
Character State of Residence: Alabama
Character Party Affiliation: GOP
Main Strengths: Wolfist, Fairly safe seat, strong support from conservative groups "law and order" credentials
Main Weaknesses: Stuck up, seen as being extremely fringe in political views, recent questionable comments on LGBT people, failing relationship with husband, alienates moderates.
Biography:
Other Info: Born in Andalusia in 1980 to the Andalusia Police Commissioner, Christina was raised in a pearly white neighborhood. She was an average student in Middle and High School, seeing herself as more concerned with becoming cheer captain, chasing guys and partying. This resulted in several run ins with law enforcement, which her father was able to get her out of. College she was made to take her grades more seriously, with strong pressure from her police father to get into law school. She attended Auburn for both her Pre-Law Bachelors and two years of Law School, forcing herself through but still managed to get her parties in.

It was during college where she became a modern conservative. Despite her Dixiecrat parents, she came to admire the Reagan Revolution and first voted for Burke in 2000. She met her husband at a Burke rally in Mobile.

In 2005 she began a job as an Attorney at a firm in Montgomery. Her husband unsuccessfully ran for mayor in 2004 but was defeated in the primary. She worked her way up in the Firm and eventually left her job in 2010 to return home to Andalusia to run for District Attorney. She was elected in 2012 and has served since then.

As DA she oversaw several murder cases. She strongly prefers the death penalty and has pushed for it, often against African-Americans. She has always preferred being the prosecutor in the case as opposed to defendant. She has consistently defended the Police Department and is a large proponent of “Law and Order”.

She didn’t vote in the 2012 election as she saw (Not-Romney) as far too much of a moderate for her taste. She started out as a (Not-Ted Cruz) supporter in 2016 and voted for him in the Primary on Super Tuesday. She viewed Arnold Wolf as a "New England atheist" with "lessened respect for Christian, Conservative values". However after the RNC she decided to support the future President. She was a diehard supporter of Wolf until his death. She viewed Tawney as a "weak moderate", reminding her of (Not-Romney).


She supported (Not-Roy More) in the 2017 Special and was disappointed by (Not-Jones) victory.

In early 2019, she decided to retire from her position to run for Senate herself against (Not Jones). This caused a rift with her husband as he wanted to try again in politics after his failure in 2004, but that would require Christina to take over as primary caretaker for their one year old son Peter. Despite his protests, she went ahead and registered her candidacy. She kept her husband mostly out of her campaign events and barely spook to him during their campaign.

{There needs to be a reason for how a D.A. won the primary over someone like Tommy Tuberville, or Mo Brooks, maybe she can enter the House in 2018 and then the Senate in 2020?}

Her campaign started out weak as she a total unknown outside of Andalusia, however thanks to big name endorsements including Presidential Candidate Nate Richardson was able to clear the primary. She started out polling even against (Not Jones) who had done much to moderate himself, however as the national race started to deepen partisan divides Christina found herself on the more popular side of the culture war in Alabama. She campaigned on opposition to Roe, Obergefell and other culture issues that she successfully tied the Democrat too.

The (Not-George Floyd) protests also contributed to her campaign, as she ran on a policy of "full law and order" emphasizing her law background and promising to end "all lawlessness and disorder" in Alabama by supporting pro-police policies.

She reached national in the general election debate by attacking (Not-Jones) on the issue of same-sex marriage. She emphasized that Alabama was the only state in the Union with more than 50% of the populace opposing same-sex marriage, meaning that "If most Alabamans oppose this practice, their state should have the right to do so." On the campaign trail she continued to press anti-LGBT rhetoric, attacking transgender people using their preferred bathrooms as potential for pedophilia and stated that "gay couples should not be on TV shoved in our kid's faces and should be kept private."

On election day, she prevailed over (Not-Jones) by nearly ten points.

Mudale is now one of the youngest members of the US Senate. She is considered a standard Wolfist, somewhat to the right of the party average but to the left of Deb Freyer. {On what issues is she to the left or right of Deb Feyrer?}

Other Info: Hyperpartisan. General Wolfist views. Lacks hard views on Foreign Policy. Has a husband Harold, with one three year old son Peter.

Supported: Burke 2000
Burke 2004
Not-Huckabee 2008
Not-Santorum 2012
Not-Cruz and Wolf 2016
Nate Richardson 2020

I have read and accept the rules of the roleplay: Karg


Do Not Remove: DRAFT87421

Feedback above.

[Alozia]

Both the Boyd and Gauthier ad posts were two separate ads, and only one of my ad campaigns was televisual (the other was billboards), so I think the only substantially long one was the Doherty one. That said, I don't think any of the critiques of Kurian's ads were about its length.

Average speech speed is 125 to 150 words per minute, that's before you account for pauses to put a focus on visual or audio content. "time to act", meanwhile, is 257 words long.

So yeah, the criticisms that are made are 100% based on the limits of trying to target ad length of about 75 words. In that time you can barely introduce one's self, bring up an issue, make a point and conclude it.

The average voiceover talent, speaking in a casual, conversational way (which is the most common direction we are given), says about 2.5 words per second — or about 150 words per minute. So, if you’re looking to fill 30 seconds of a commercial, your script should come in right around 75 words (2.5 x 30 = 75), give or take 10 words, depending on the tone you want to strike. Need to fill a :60? Yep, you guessed it: your script word count should be about 150 words.

from https://www.bluewavevoiceover.com/the-n ... d-scripts/

like this is basic, basic stuff you can figure out with a google search or even a passing familiarity with advertising. A fair person can imagine that seeing stuff like this while being told I am not "experienced" enough to RP California is very, very frustrating.

A passing familiarity with the English language can help you figure out how "Cream China" would be perceived.

But jokes aside, quit being so condescending and entitled. You're clearly not capable to take on a role as important as the Governor of California and you have a LONG way to go to prove me wrong.

[Hanovereich]

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Character Application and Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Hanovereich
Character Name: Easton Pearce
Character Gender: M
Character Age: 43
Character Height: 5’5”
Character Weight: 150lbs
Character Position/Role/Job: Representative for North Dakota's at large district (2015-); 32nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division (2000-2013)
Character Country/State of Birth: North Dakota
Character State of Residence: North Dakota
Character Party Affiliation: Republican
Main Strengths: Has popular support in the state, good speechwriter
Main Weaknesses: Inexperienced orator; can sometimes say some inappropriate remarks at inappropriate times; as a conviction politician, he sometimes votes away from the party line
Biography: (Minimum 2-3 paragraphs) Easton Pearce was born in Fargo, North Dakota. At school, he was found to be a keen learner with a talent to remember facts- possibly from his mother, Whitney Pearce, who worked as a political editor for the Grand Forks Herald. Easton was found to be interested in journalism and military history- he said that he wanted to work as a military reporter.

In 1995 Easton was accepted into the North Dakota State University He gained a Bachelor of Science cum laude in History, with a dissertation on the American Civil War and the two sides' strategies.

After he graduated he applied for CNN, but after a brief spell as an intern his request to be a military reporter was rejected. Instead his father encouraged him to join the military, since the Pearces found the military an ideal location for their child- and it would fulfil Easton's ambition of military reporting, kind of... He applied for West Point and received a nomination from his local Senator. He was accepted.

After exceling at the academics side (and not doing so well at physical training), he graduated into the Class of 2000. He then joined the 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment as a second lieutenant. After a tour of duty in the Kosovo Force, he was deployed, along with the 1st Brigade of the 10th Mountain Division, into Iraq. He was involved in building FOB Chosin, as well as, whilst at FOB Manhattan, in the occupation of Ramadi. In 2006 he once again saw combat, this time in Afghanistan. He patrolled Kunar Province, and was involved in a skirmish against local fighters. He shot a Taliban fighter whilst directing soldiers to radio to FOB Joyce, and commanding an assault by a squad of his platoon. For his efforts that day, he was awarded the Bronze Star.

He was also involved in patrolling Khost Province with the 25th Field Artillery Regiment. When he returned to the United States, he took a one-week leave and started to get involved in politics. His policies were mainly Republican, and thinking of himself as a conviction politician, he decided that, when he left the military, he would join the Republican Party. He was deployed back to Kunar Province one more time, in 2009. In 2010 the entire regiment returned to the United States, and Easton, after serving his needed time, became a Major. (He had been promoted through the ranks after his needed times of service). He became CO of Bravo Company.

After more deployments to Afghanistan in 2011 and 2013, and being considered for commander of the regiment twice (the 32nd Reg. CO was a Lieutenant Colonel, and Easton had performed all his necessary periods of time), he returned to his headquarters at Fort Drum and took leave. Throughout his military service he had, through his friends and family, kept abreast of the political situation, and had slowly garnered support in his local community.

In 2013 he resigned his commission. It has been said that, had he stayed in the military for a few more months, he would have been made the CO of the 32nd Infantry Regiment. Easton decided to go into politics. He won the Republican primaries- albeit by a slim margin of just 9%. His community in the at-large district supported him, and since the state supported the Republicans generally, his seat was seen as a safe one. In the 2014 election, he won with 58.6% of the vote.

In 2016 he was re-elected with 67.4% of the vote, on a platform of improving development standards in his state. Many of his supporters, including his old military friends, encouraged him to go for the gubernations, and it was believed that Easton would have won both the primaries and the election. However, Easton declined, saying that 'Washington DC is better than Bismarck'. In 2018 he was re-elected with 64.17%. In 2020 he had his largest majority yet- 69.04%, with all but three counties voting for him.

During his time in Congress, he has criticised Roe v. Wade, and calling for its overrule. He reluctantly voted against the USA Freedom Act, in line with the party, but expressed his reservations in private. He did not vote for the Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act, saying that 'If we want to send companies into space, we can simply colonise space'. He vigorously supported the 21st Century Cures Act, and went around Congress to canvass for its support. Overall, his Congressional career was uneventful, save for a few votes against the party. His biggest highlight is in his state. He visited small businesses across North Dakota, and pledged to create a new fund in North Dakota, with the aim to meet some of the running costs for smaller businesses. He also endorsed bills in the North Dakota Legislative Assembly to reduce costs for public buildings (including the state library, the school for the deaf, and the school for the blind), and called on the Governor of North Dakota to build more schools.
He has since decided that he will run in the Senate in 2022.

He opposes abortion and has spoken out against it, both in Congress and in his state. Whilst he calls himself a conviction politician, he is also a politician, and can sometimes vote against his wishes if he believes it is good for the party. Generally, he votes in line with the party whip. The instances where he votes contrary to the whip will probably be with LGBT issues.
Other Info:

I have read and accept the rules of the roleplay: Hanovereich

Do Not Remove: DRAFT87421

[Deblar]

Would it be alright to say Hugo returned to Houston and got caught in the snowstorm?

[New Cobastheia]

Would it be alright to say Hugo returned to Houston and got caught in the snowstorm?

Most Congresspeople head back to their districts Thursday night or Friday morning a good chunk of the time and the storm started on a Saturday so I don't see a problem with it

[Cybernetic Socialist Republics]

Do any of you writing these campaign ads put things through a speech time calculator, or even compare the length of your scripts to real world campaign ads? Some of this stuff comes out at 3 minutes long. I hope I won't be punished for the simplicity of my ads because I bothered to make them realistic.

Average speech speed is 125 to 150 words per minute, that's before you account for pauses to put a focus on visual or audio content. "time to act", meanwhile, is 257 words long.

So yeah, the criticisms that are made are 100% based on the limits of trying to target ad length of about 75 words. In that time you can barely introduce one's self, bring up an issue, make a point and conclude it.




from https://www.bluewavevoiceover.com/the-n ... d-scripts/

like this is basic, basic stuff you can figure out with a google search or even a passing familiarity with advertising. A fair person can imagine that seeing stuff like this while being told I am not "experienced" enough to RP California is very, very frustrating.

To make public and transparent what you have chosen to reveal; you requested to play the Governor of California as one of your first characters. You were told to wait. You then produced a character that narrowly cleared acceptance, by which I mean there was a vociferous debate among the Admins as to the appropriateness. Alas, you have played as Ms. Kurian for barely a month; and have once more requested a Gubernatorial Character, perhaps, the most important and influential of Gubernatorial Characters available in this RP.

I will not use other players as examples, though there are plentiful examples of players who have no statewide officers, for a variety of reasons.

The Administration Team reserves a discretionary role to approve, accept or agree to the inclusion of characters. This is explained and finessed via the rules. You have one character, who's entire existence thus far has consisted of minimal campaigning, an advertisement and a lobbying of the President to engage in indentured servitude. We do not count the 1960s spinoff as a surrogate of this or preceding RPs, accordingly, experience accrued there does not account towards our willingness to allow you to hold a statewide position.

You were asked to consider a less-important Governor, with different quirks, swing-state Governor of Nevada would carry a different set of challenges, so too would ultra safe Governor of Washington or Hawaii; California is a different beast entirely, and one I am adamant you are not qualified to hold as of yet. Be it due to experience, capacity or other reasons, you were told to participate via a different character, to engage in the RP meaningfully and demonstrate the maturity and experience required for such a large position. As of yet, I have not seen it.

You won't even let me in the chat because one of your admins had a tantrum about a point made about gerrymandering. How is that maturity? you slow walked my approval the character and came up with some rubbish excuse that it didn't make sense to have an Indian American character, when if that was a legitimate concern rather than something you made up as an excuse to stall you'd have said it immediately rather than give me other things to change. How is that maturity?

multiple admins have shown me repeated, unwarranted hostility about my 'maturity' and 'experience' and when I point out how paper thin your 'maturity' and 'experience' is, there a problem? You seriously expect me to suck up with how I've been treated? Absolutely not.


I'm not going to spend months and weeks doing RP for a state I don't care about doing one for If I get what I asked for in exchange exchange for the unfairness I've been repeatedly be shown I can forgive and forget, but other than that, no way am I going to do anything other than tear into the rubbish I constantly see from you lot.

[Kargintinia]

To make public and transparent what you have chosen to reveal; you requested to play the Governor of California as one of your first characters. You were told to wait. You then produced a character that narrowly cleared acceptance, by which I mean there was a vociferous debate among the Admins as to the appropriateness. Alas, you have played as Ms. Kurian for barely a month; and have once more requested a Gubernatorial Character, perhaps, the most important and influential of Gubernatorial Characters available in this RP.

I will not use other players as examples, though there are plentiful examples of players who have no statewide officers, for a variety of reasons.

The Administration Team reserves a discretionary role to approve, accept or agree to the inclusion of characters. This is explained and finessed via the rules. You have one character, who's entire existence thus far has consisted of minimal campaigning, an advertisement and a lobbying of the President to engage in indentured servitude. We do not count the 1960s spinoff as a surrogate of this or preceding RPs, accordingly, experience accrued there does not account towards our willingness to allow you to hold a statewide position.

You were asked to consider a less-important Governor, with different quirks, swing-state Governor of Nevada would carry a different set of challenges, so too would ultra safe Governor of Washington or Hawaii; California is a different beast entirely, and one I am adamant you are not qualified to hold as of yet. Be it due to experience, capacity or other reasons, you were told to participate via a different character, to engage in the RP meaningfully and demonstrate the maturity and experience required for such a large position. As of yet, I have not seen it.

You won't even let me in the chat because one of your admins had a tantrum about a point made about gerrymandering. How is that maturity? you slow walked my approval the character and came up with some rubbish excuse that it didn't make sense to have an Indian American character, when if that was a legitimate concern rather than something you made up as an excuse to stall you'd have said it immediately rather than give me other things to change. How is that maturity?

multiple admins have shown me repeated, unwarranted hostility about my 'maturity' and 'experience' and when I point out how paper thin your 'maturity' and 'experience' is, there a problem? You seriously expect me to suck up with how I've been treated? Absolutely not.


I'm not going to spend months and weeks doing RP for a state I don't care about doing one for If I get what I asked for in exchange exchange for the unfairness I've been repeatedly be shown I can forgive and forget, but other than that, no way am I going to do anything other than tear into the rubbish I constantly see from you lot.

Ok

[Gordano and Lysandus]

To make public and transparent what you have chosen to reveal; you requested to play the Governor of California as one of your first characters. You were told to wait. You then produced a character that narrowly cleared acceptance, by which I mean there was a vociferous debate among the Admins as to the appropriateness. Alas, you have played as Ms. Kurian for barely a month; and have once more requested a Gubernatorial Character, perhaps, the most important and influential of Gubernatorial Characters available in this RP.

I will not use other players as examples, though there are plentiful examples of players who have no statewide officers, for a variety of reasons.

The Administration Team reserves a discretionary role to approve, accept or agree to the inclusion of characters. This is explained and finessed via the rules. You have one character, who's entire existence thus far has consisted of minimal campaigning, an advertisement and a lobbying of the President to engage in indentured servitude. We do not count the 1960s spinoff as a surrogate of this or preceding RPs, accordingly, experience accrued there does not account towards our willingness to allow you to hold a statewide position.

You were asked to consider a less-important Governor, with different quirks, swing-state Governor of Nevada would carry a different set of challenges, so too would ultra safe Governor of Washington or Hawaii; California is a different beast entirely, and one I am adamant you are not qualified to hold as of yet. Be it due to experience, capacity or other reasons, you were told to participate via a different character, to engage in the RP meaningfully and demonstrate the maturity and experience required for such a large position. As of yet, I have not seen it.

You won't even let me in the chat because one of your admins had a tantrum about a point made about gerrymandering. How is that maturity? you slow walked my approval the character and came up with some rubbish excuse that it didn't make sense to have an Indian American character, when if that was a legitimate concern rather than something you made up as an excuse to stall you'd have said it immediately rather than give me other things to change. How is that maturity?

multiple admins have shown me repeated, unwarranted hostility about my 'maturity' and 'experience' and when I point out how paper thin your 'maturity' and 'experience' is, there a problem? You seriously expect me to suck up with how I've been treated? Absolutely not.


I'm not going to spend months and weeks doing RP for a state I don't care about doing one for If I get what I asked for in exchange exchange for the unfairness I've been repeatedly be shown I can forgive and forget, but other than that, no way am I going to do anything other than tear into the rubbish I constantly see from you lot.

You need to take pause and reconsider your attitude.

[Lavan Tiri]

To make public and transparent what you have chosen to reveal; you requested to play the Governor of California as one of your first characters. You were told to wait. You then produced a character that narrowly cleared acceptance, by which I mean there was a vociferous debate among the Admins as to the appropriateness. Alas, you have played as Ms. Kurian for barely a month; and have once more requested a Gubernatorial Character, perhaps, the most important and influential of Gubernatorial Characters available in this RP.

I will not use other players as examples, though there are plentiful examples of players who have no statewide officers, for a variety of reasons.

The Administration Team reserves a discretionary role to approve, accept or agree to the inclusion of characters. This is explained and finessed via the rules. You have one character, who's entire existence thus far has consisted of minimal campaigning, an advertisement and a lobbying of the President to engage in indentured servitude. We do not count the 1960s spinoff as a surrogate of this or preceding RPs, accordingly, experience accrued there does not account towards our willingness to allow you to hold a statewide position.

You were asked to consider a less-important Governor, with different quirks, swing-state Governor of Nevada would carry a different set of challenges, so too would ultra safe Governor of Washington or Hawaii; California is a different beast entirely, and one I am adamant you are not qualified to hold as of yet. Be it due to experience, capacity or other reasons, you were told to participate via a different character, to engage in the RP meaningfully and demonstrate the maturity and experience required for such a large position. As of yet, I have not seen it.

You won't even let me in the chat because one of your admins had a tantrum about a point made about gerrymandering. How is that maturity? you slow walked my approval the character and came up with some rubbish excuse that it didn't make sense to have an Indian American character, when if that was a legitimate concern rather than something you made up as an excuse to stall you'd have said it immediately rather than give me other things to change. How is that maturity?

multiple admins have shown me repeated, unwarranted hostility about my 'maturity' and 'experience' and when I point out how paper thin your 'maturity' and 'experience' is, there a problem? You seriously expect me to suck up with how I've been treated? Absolutely not.


I'm not going to spend months and weeks doing RP for a state I don't care about doing one for If I get what I asked for in exchange exchange for the unfairness I've been repeatedly be shown I can forgive and forget, but other than that, no way am I going to do anything other than tear into the rubbish I constantly see from you lot.

Quite frankly I'm surprised they accepted you at all, given your awful attitude towards everyone and everything. You're wildly unpleasant to interact with. You're under no obligation to remain here, and your presence isn't exactly making you or anyone else happy.

[Jovuistan]

EVERYONE LISTEN UP

Please cease bickering immediately. This conflict does nothing to progress towards a better RP experience for anyone. This is the last time we will discuss this issue publicly. CSR, if you wish to appeal or discuss the matter any further, you may consult the admins privately, but please do not invite other players who are not involved into the conflict. I otherwise hope you all have a pleasant day.

-Jovuistan
America the Beautiful Administrator

[Alozia]

To make public and transparent what you have chosen to reveal; you requested to play the Governor of California as one of your first characters. You were told to wait. You then produced a character that narrowly cleared acceptance, by which I mean there was a vociferous debate among the Admins as to the appropriateness. Alas, you have played as Ms. Kurian for barely a month; and have once more requested a Gubernatorial Character, perhaps, the most important and influential of Gubernatorial Characters available in this RP.

I will not use other players as examples, though there are plentiful examples of players who have no statewide officers, for a variety of reasons.

The Administration Team reserves a discretionary role to approve, accept or agree to the inclusion of characters. This is explained and finessed via the rules. You have one character, who's entire existence thus far has consisted of minimal campaigning, an advertisement and a lobbying of the President to engage in indentured servitude. We do not count the 1960s spinoff as a surrogate of this or preceding RPs, accordingly, experience accrued there does not account towards our willingness to allow you to hold a statewide position.

You were asked to consider a less-important Governor, with different quirks, swing-state Governor of Nevada would carry a different set of challenges, so too would ultra safe Governor of Washington or Hawaii; California is a different beast entirely, and one I am adamant you are not qualified to hold as of yet. Be it due to experience, capacity or other reasons, you were told to participate via a different character, to engage in the RP meaningfully and demonstrate the maturity and experience required for such a large position. As of yet, I have not seen it.

You won't even let me in the chat because one of your admins had a tantrum about a point made about gerrymandering. How is that maturity? you slow walked my approval the character and came up with some rubbish excuse that it didn't make sense to have an Indian American character, when if that was a legitimate concern rather than something you made up as an excuse to stall you'd have said it immediately rather than give me other things to change. How is that maturity?

multiple admins have shown me repeated, unwarranted hostility about my 'maturity' and 'experience' and when I point out how paper thin your 'maturity' and 'experience' is, there a problem? You seriously expect me to suck up with how I've been treated? Absolutely not.


I'm not going to spend months and weeks doing RP for a state I don't care about doing one for If I get what I asked for in exchange exchange for the unfairness I've been repeatedly be shown I can forgive and forget, but other than that, no way am I going to do anything other than tear into the rubbish I constantly see from you lot.

I dedicated way too much energy trying to write up a response to this. Not worth it. Please, reflect on your behavior and do better in the future.

Only thing I will discuss, since I've been asked to - the chat you referred to is a private space, unrelated to the RP. You were invited to it by a person that was not authorized to do so and were subsequently removed when you overstayed your welcome by making arrogant remarks.

[The Sarangtus Lands]

Do we not have a special events thread?

[Jovuistan]

Do we not have a special events thread?

We can only have 3 threads maximum.

Also, does anyone wanna do a debate watch party IC?

[The Sarangtus Lands]

Do we not have a special events thread?

We can only have 3 threads maximum.

Also, does anyone wanna do a debate watch party IC?

Sure, Boyd will come.

If only I had Vohoffsky...

[Deblar]

Do we not have a special events thread?

We can only have 3 threads maximum.

Also, does anyone wanna do a debate watch party IC?

Hugo would, but he's busy freezing his ass off in Houston

[Vaquas]

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Character Application and Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Alozia
Character Name: Elizabeth Turner
Character Gender: Female
Character Age: 26
Character Height: 5 ft 6 in.
Character Weight: 110 lbs
Character Position/Role/Job: Journalist
Character Country/State of Birth: California
Character State of Residence: New York
Character Party Affiliation: Republican
Main Strengths: young woman in conservative news media, popular on social media, knows how to create and exploit an opportunity
Main Weaknesses: woman in a conservative space, her inflammatory rhetoric causes lots of controversy and probably makes her too toxic for any serious job beyond a political pundit, still young and while far from naïve she is bound to make an error of judgement somewhere
Biography:

Elizabeth Turner (born June 21, 1995) is an American journalist and internet personality.

Turner grew up in Marina del Rey, Los Angeles county. Born to Steven Robert Turner, a real estate agent, and Lana Anne (nee Grant) an account executive, she grew up in the community and attended various schools in the area. Following her graduation from Venice High School in 2012, she applied to AFI Conservatory and the Los Angeles Film School in hopes of becoming a professional film maker. She was accepted into the latter, but dropped out two years later due to "creative differences". In later years she went on to attack numerous liberal arts schools as "participation trophy-factories for kids too stupid to go into real fields, like STEM" and cited her own personal experience at the LAFS.

Working gig jobs and hoping to make her big break, Elizabeth Turner made two independent low-budget movies both while at and out of school, before interviewing for a position at OAN in 2014. She was offered a co-host position at one of their programs called The Little Women, a three-women talk show on political and social issues, which she accepted and moved to San Diego to be closer to her workplace. She worked there for two years before getting her big break, becoming an internet personality and a major Wolf supporter in 2016, riding the wave of the candidate's infamous popularity. Standing out among her two other co-hosts; one being a middle aged, [not-Cruz] supporter and the other being an elderly moderate Republican; Elizabeth was able to capitalize on her new found fame and left the two other women behind.

Turner became the host of her own show the same year and published her book, From Zeros To Heroes: How Millennials Can Be Useful To Society In 14 Easy Steps, in 2017 which was accompanied by a controversial college campuses tour that started out largely to little acclaim even from fellow conservatives and ended in a major riot at UCLA, after Turner progressively continued to reveal herself as the conservative firebrand she is known as today. During the riot President Wolf tweeted in support of the journalist/political activist and even met with her in the White House a few days later.

Since then, Turner has been a noted conservative commentator, popular with college Republicans nation-wide, and is incredibly active on social media platforms. She has 750,000 followers on Twitter. Turner earned a Bachleors Degree in Journalism at Liberty University in 2019, a matter that was rather controversial when the news broke. Turner hosts her own podcast, where she discusses a number of issues, at length, from her own perspective. She is generally considered to be a part of the alt-right, although she is "uncomfortable with the rhetoric of people like [not-Richard Spencer]", as noted by a Washington Post article that contained leaked information from one OAN staff member that was published around the time of Charlottesville.

Other Info:

I have read and accept the rules of the roleplay: Al.

Do Not Remove: ACCEPTED87421

Liz Turner is ACCEPTED.

[Jovuistan]

AWJ's debate watch party is open if anyone wants to come.