NATION

PASSWORD

Elect a Roman Emperor President of NSG - The Result

For discussion and debate about anything. (Not a roleplay related forum; out-of-character commentary only.)

Which of these run-off vote candidates should be elected Roman Emperor President of NSG?

Poll ended at Sun Jan 02, 2011 8:10 am

Augustus
72
64%
Constantine I (aka 'the Great')
41
36%
 
Total votes : 113

User avatar
The Archregimancy
Game Moderator
 
Posts: 30594
Founded: Aug 01, 2005
Democratic Socialists

Elect a Roman Emperor President of NSG - The Result

Postby The Archregimancy » Tue Dec 14, 2010 4:12 am

ALL HAIL AVGVSTVS CAESAR, PRESIDENT OF NSG


------------------------------------------------------------

This thread was originally inspired by the 'Caligula for President' thread, which was been fun, but which has - crucially - lacked poll potential.

The goal is to elect a Roman Emperor as president of NSG.

A FINAL RUN-OFF VOTE MUST BE HELD

As no candidate received more than 22% of the vote, a run-off must be held between the two leading candidates:


1) Gaius Octavius Thurinus, better known as Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus

"He found a city of brick, and left a city of marble - elect the man Caesar himself named as his son" campaign poster



2) Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus, better known as Constantine I (aka 'Constantine the Great')

"Because too many Emperors spoil the broth" campaign poster



You are encouraged to actively campaign against your opponent; witty and original slander - and historical accuracy - is encouraged, but base electioneering is also welcome (but try and keep it clean).

Campaigning in Latin is allowed, but remember that only a limited number of us will understand you.

You don't have to spoiler a new campaign poster, but must spoiler any quoting of existing posters, like I did here for this poster for the sadly neglected, but now eliminated, candidate Didius Julianus:

Image


Voting will remain open for four days (because I've probably milked this as far as I can by now).
Last edited by The Archregimancy on Sun Jan 02, 2011 8:19 am, edited 43 times in total.

User avatar
Ifreann
Post Overlord
 
Posts: 163903
Founded: Aug 07, 2005
Iron Fist Socialists

Postby Ifreann » Tue Dec 14, 2010 4:13 am

Do I have any hope of convincing you that I'm a Roman Emperor of the classical period?
He/Him

beating the devil
we never run from the devil
we never summon the devil
we never hide from from the devil
we never


User avatar
Ifreann
Post Overlord
 
Posts: 163903
Founded: Aug 07, 2005
Iron Fist Socialists

Postby Ifreann » Tue Dec 14, 2010 4:18 am

The Archregimancy wrote:
Ifreann wrote:Do I have any hope of convincing you that I'm a Roman Emperor of the classical period?


No - if you were, I would remember you.

Awwwww :(
He/Him

beating the devil
we never run from the devil
we never summon the devil
we never hide from from the devil
we never

User avatar
Barringtonia
Powerbroker
 
Posts: 9908
Founded: Feb 05, 2007
Ex-Nation

Postby Barringtonia » Tue Dec 14, 2010 4:21 am

Hail Ifreannus, Emperor of the...

The Archregimancy wrote:
Ifreann wrote:Do I have any hope of convincing you that I'm a Roman Emperor of the classical period?


No - if you were, I would remember you.


..dammit!
I hear babies cry, I watch them grow
They'll learn much more than I'll ever know
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world



User avatar
Stuffed Taxidermists
Diplomat
 
Posts: 997
Founded: Oct 02, 2010
Ex-Nation

Postby Stuffed Taxidermists » Tue Dec 14, 2010 4:22 am

Marvus Aurelius-Cause he good with words and crap (slogan)
Cartfartium wrote:Winwinwinwinwinwinwinwinwinwinwcakewinwinwinwinwinwin.

Lyndiana wrote:No! NO!! BAD Vanilla Ice! You spit that thing out RIGHT NOW!
Clicky
Slavbada (Leader):N/A
Vichy Slavbada: N/A
Wiki
National Factbook
Embassy Program
Defcon: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
RP Population: 950,000,000

User avatar
Risottia
Khan of Spam
 
Posts: 55272
Founded: Sep 05, 2006
Democratic Socialists

Postby Risottia » Tue Dec 14, 2010 4:32 am

OCTAVIANVS AVGVSTVS!

Image
VT MARMOREAM RELINQVERE QVAM LATERICIAM ACCEPIT

ELIGETE VIRVM QVEM IPSE CAESAR FILIVM SVVM NOMINAVIT

(for you britanni:
To leave rebuilt in marble what began as made of bricks
elect the man whom Caesar himself called his son)
Last edited by Risottia on Tue Dec 14, 2010 4:55 am, edited 4 times in total.
.

User avatar
The Archregimancy
Game Moderator
 
Posts: 30594
Founded: Aug 01, 2005
Democratic Socialists

Postby The Archregimancy » Tue Dec 14, 2010 4:35 am

Stuffed Taxidermists wrote:Marvus Aurelius-Cause he good with words and crap (slogan)


That's Marcus Aurelius - and I wield the ius intercessionis to arbitrarily declare this slogan to be of insufficient quality, as is my right as thread tribune OP.

User avatar
Fartsniffage
Post Czar
 
Posts: 42051
Founded: Dec 19, 2005
Liberal Democratic Socialists

Postby Fartsniffage » Tue Dec 14, 2010 4:38 am

Hadrian - Tough on illegal immigration.

Image
Last edited by Fartsniffage on Tue Dec 14, 2010 4:58 am, edited 2 times in total.

User avatar
Stuffed Taxidermists
Diplomat
 
Posts: 997
Founded: Oct 02, 2010
Ex-Nation

Postby Stuffed Taxidermists » Tue Dec 14, 2010 4:40 am

The Archregimancy wrote:
Stuffed Taxidermists wrote:Marvus Aurelius-Cause he good with words and crap (slogan)


That's Marcus Aurelius - and I wield the ius intercessionis to arbitrarily declare this slogan to be of insufficient quality, as is my right as thread tribune OP.

Okay, sorry for the typo oh mighty OP :p .
How about Marcus Aurelius-The only one you should consider, because he's a poet (or philosopher, whichever one)
Cartfartium wrote:Winwinwinwinwinwinwinwinwinwinwcakewinwinwinwinwinwin.

Lyndiana wrote:No! NO!! BAD Vanilla Ice! You spit that thing out RIGHT NOW!
Clicky
Slavbada (Leader):N/A
Vichy Slavbada: N/A
Wiki
National Factbook
Embassy Program
Defcon: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
RP Population: 950,000,000

User avatar
Tagmatium
Post Marshal
 
Posts: 16600
Founded: Dec 17, 2004
Authoritarian Democracy

Postby Tagmatium » Tue Dec 14, 2010 4:44 am

Since I had "Rhinometus" so unjustly prevented from standing as a candidate, I'm going to put my vote behind Flavius Mauricius Tiberius Augustus, aka Maurice.

Whilst I admit my first potential candidate was purely on the account of the nasal prosthetic he apparently wore in his second reign, my second is much more considered.

Amongst other things, Maurice contributed to the military thinking of the empire of hundreds of years after his death, as well as being an able commander himself. In religious policies, he didn't persecute any of the different Christian factions and re-organised the empire in order to better defend them.

Admittedly, his careful managing of the empire's finances probably led to the revolt that killed him.

So - Maurice for religious tolerance, military ability and pissing people off through raised taxes!
Last edited by Tagmatium on Tue Dec 14, 2010 4:49 am, edited 1 time in total.
The above post may or may not be serious.
"For too long, we have been a passive, tolerant society, saying to our citizens: as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone."
North Calaveras wrote:Tagmatium, it was never about pie...

User avatar
Maurepas
Post Czar
 
Posts: 36403
Founded: Apr 17, 2009
Ex-Nation

Postby Maurepas » Tue Dec 14, 2010 4:44 am

Does this mean I get to round me up some Vandals and sack NSG? :p

User avatar
The Archregimancy
Game Moderator
 
Posts: 30594
Founded: Aug 01, 2005
Democratic Socialists

Postby The Archregimancy » Tue Dec 14, 2010 4:45 am

Risottia wrote:OCTAVIANVS AVGVSTVS



VT MARMOREAM RELINQVERE QVAM LATERICIAM ACCEPIT

ELIGETE VIRVM QVEM IPSE CAESAR FILIVM SVVM NOMINAVIT


I have adjusted the OP so as to insist on English campaign slogans from now on.

However, I shall wield my capricious arbitrary power with wisdom, and accept "He found a city of brick, and left a city of marble - elect the man Caesar himself named as his son" as a suitable slogan.
Last edited by The Archregimancy on Tue Dec 14, 2010 5:31 am, edited 2 times in total.

User avatar
Aethyopea
Ambassador
 
Posts: 1123
Founded: Sep 02, 2010
Ex-Nation

Postby Aethyopea » Tue Dec 14, 2010 5:02 am

Marcus Aurelius: Prevent nepotism through Stoicism

Image
Last edited by Aethyopea on Tue Dec 14, 2010 10:23 am, edited 2 times in total.
POLITICS, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
Ambrose Bierce: The Devil's Dictionary

•"The Catholic and the Communist are alike in assuming that an opponent cannot be both honest and intelligent."
George Orwell

"There is always an easy solution to every human problem--neat, plausible, and wrong."
-H.L. Mencken; The Sage of Baltimore


Trotskylvania wrote:Political analogies are like bullshit. It doesn't matter how pretty or elegant you try to make them, it's still a lump of bullshit at the end of the day.

User avatar
Laos Refugees
Ambassador
 
Posts: 1694
Founded: Jul 02, 2009
Ex-Nation

Postby Laos Refugees » Tue Dec 14, 2010 5:06 am

Claudius- "I'll give everyone a free chariot! Better made roads! And more entertainment for the whole Generalite-Roma family!"

http://easycaptures.com/fs/uploaded/548/9053116150.jpg
Last edited by Laos Refugees on Tue Dec 14, 2010 5:06 am, edited 1 time in total.

User avatar
The Archregimancy
Game Moderator
 
Posts: 30594
Founded: Aug 01, 2005
Democratic Socialists

Postby The Archregimancy » Tue Dec 14, 2010 5:18 am

Laos Refugees wrote:Claudius- "I'll give everyone a free chariot! Better made roads! And more entertainment for the whole Generalite-Roma family!"

http://easycaptures.com/fs/uploaded/548/9053116150.jpg


Good effort on the campaign poster, but the slogan's a bit generic - can you come up with something a bit more specific to Claudius? Something along the lines of "Your stammering uncle for improved education standards", or "Bringing Britain into the Empire!", or anything a bit more obviously Claudian....

User avatar
Fartsniffage
Post Czar
 
Posts: 42051
Founded: Dec 19, 2005
Liberal Democratic Socialists

Postby Fartsniffage » Tue Dec 14, 2010 5:21 am

The Archregimancy wrote:Good effort on the campaign poster, but the slogan's a bit generic - can you come up with something a bit more specific to Claudius? Something along the lines of "Your stammering uncle for improved education standards", or "Bringing Britain into the Empire!", or anything a bit more obviously Claudian....


How about linking the nominations in the OP to the post with the poster in?

User avatar
The Archregimancy
Game Moderator
 
Posts: 30594
Founded: Aug 01, 2005
Democratic Socialists

Postby The Archregimancy » Tue Dec 14, 2010 5:22 am

Risottia wrote:

(for you britanni:
To leave rebuilt in marble what began as made of bricks
elect the man whom Caesar himself called his son)


I think you'll find that I've already translated it myself, thank you very much :p

It's not for this particular barbarian that I've insisted on non-Latin slogans, but rather for the Visigoths of NSG.

User avatar
The Archregimancy
Game Moderator
 
Posts: 30594
Founded: Aug 01, 2005
Democratic Socialists

Postby The Archregimancy » Tue Dec 14, 2010 5:23 am

Fartsniffage wrote:
The Archregimancy wrote:Good effort on the campaign poster, but the slogan's a bit generic - can you come up with something a bit more specific to Claudius? Something along the lines of "Your stammering uncle for improved education standards", or "Bringing Britain into the Empire!", or anything a bit more obviously Claudian....


How about linking the nominations in the OP to the post with the poster in?


Good idea - but let me have lunch and then get some actual work done, and I'll have a go.

User avatar
Laos Refugees
Ambassador
 
Posts: 1694
Founded: Jul 02, 2009
Ex-Nation

Postby Laos Refugees » Tue Dec 14, 2010 5:24 am

The Archregimancy wrote:
Laos Refugees wrote:Claudius- "I'll give everyone a free chariot! Better made roads! And more entertainment for the whole Generalite-Roma family!"

http://easycaptures.com/fs/uploaded/548/9053116150.jpg


Good effort on the campaign poster, but the slogan's a bit generic - can you come up with something a bit more specific to Claudius? Something along the lines of "Your stammering uncle for improved education standards", or "Bringing Britain into the Empire!", or anything a bit more obviously Claudian....
I'll get on it.

User avatar
Fartsniffage
Post Czar
 
Posts: 42051
Founded: Dec 19, 2005
Liberal Democratic Socialists

Postby Fartsniffage » Tue Dec 14, 2010 5:25 am

The Archregimancy wrote:I think you'll find that I've already translated it myself, thank you very much :p

It's not for this particular barbarian that I've insisted on non-Latin slogans, but rather for the Visigoths of NSG.


Us Visigoths are fine that you very much. We spent our time inventing Google Translate while you Latin types were too busy eating larks tongues and the such-like.

User avatar
Rambhutan
Negotiator
 
Posts: 5227
Founded: Jul 28, 2004
Ex-Nation

Postby Rambhutan » Tue Dec 14, 2010 5:26 am

Laos Refugees wrote:Claudius- "I'll give everyone a free chariot! Better made roads! And more entertainment for the whole Generalite-Roma family!"

http://easycaptures.com/fs/uploaded/548/9053116150.jpg


How about 'Bring out the gimp' as a slogan?
Are we there yet?

Overherelandistan wrote: I chalange you to find a better one that isnt even worse

User avatar
The Archregimancy
Game Moderator
 
Posts: 30594
Founded: Aug 01, 2005
Democratic Socialists

Postby The Archregimancy » Tue Dec 14, 2010 5:27 am

Fartsniffage wrote:
Us Visigoths are fine that you very much. We spent our time inventing Google Translate while you Latin types were too busy eating larks tongues and the such-like.


Larks tongues? Bleh.

I prefer honey-coated dormice deep-fried in aurochs drippings.

User avatar
Tagmatium
Post Marshal
 
Posts: 16600
Founded: Dec 17, 2004
Authoritarian Democracy

Postby Tagmatium » Tue Dec 14, 2010 5:34 am

Image
Ta-daaaa!

Best slogan I could come up with, and I'm not quite sure it's an image of Maurice, but it's the best Google could do.
Last edited by Tagmatium on Tue Dec 14, 2010 5:40 am, edited 1 time in total.
The above post may or may not be serious.
"For too long, we have been a passive, tolerant society, saying to our citizens: as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone."
North Calaveras wrote:Tagmatium, it was never about pie...

User avatar
Risottia
Khan of Spam
 
Posts: 55272
Founded: Sep 05, 2006
Democratic Socialists

Postby Risottia » Tue Dec 14, 2010 5:53 am

The Archregimancy wrote:It's not for this particular barbarian that I've insisted on non-Latin slogans, but rather for the Visigoths of NSG.


Vae them. :)
.

Next

Advertisement

Remove ads

Return to General

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Aadhiris, Big Eyed Animation, Dimetrodon Empire, Elejamie, Ethel mermania, General TN, Google [Bot], Keltionialang, Kenmoria, Kostane, Plan Neonie, Shrillland, The Lone Alliance

Advertisement

Remove ads