Due to current citizenship status of Lore Root, it is open to all to cast a vote. Those who vote, ask questions, challenge the two opposing candidates. Maybe Eggdar can run an analysis on the two parties, and shed some Eggy knowledge of the two.

Pole set to end Friday the 13.

For context:

Me and DR both have our plans to become king of LR. With the current low population there isn't really anyone to decide between us. I sent him my plans and he pretty much agreed with everything so it's not like we can debate our way out of this.

So he suggested a popular vote. I'm generally opposed to outsiders deciding over internal matters, but in this case I think it could land the new monarch more legitimacy...

If you have any questions or concerns that you want addressed from either of us, feel free to post them here.

Let the dice fall where they may.

I believe you are both equally capable of leading Loreroot, which makes this less a question of ability than of direction. What distinguishes your vision from the other candidate’s, and how would that difference shape the rebuilding of the fallen forest? What would choosing you mean for Loreroot that choosing your fellow candidate would not?

How would you both approach leading the land?

Edited 15 hours ago15 hr by Seigheart

I voted null, not because my vote is null or I wish to nullify it (very poor choice of words whoever set the poll up), but because neither of you deserve the role.

My reasoning below:

• Nep has been inactive until recently, and Death Ray only recently joined the land.

• Neither of you have done anything significant for the land or your alliances - certainly not that I am aware of.

• Neither of you have made public what you plan to do with the land if you become King, so anybody voting for you to without knowing that is extremely stupid (in my opinion).

• You have both of you invited a player and their alt account into your alliances recently as "insurance" should you ever be removed, so you could get back in - to my mind this is alt abuse at the worst, poor judgement and disrespectful at the least.

• If an alliance can be disbanded due to "lack of activity" and "not serving its purpose" then I would suggest a land that is so inactive there are only 2 active members, 1 of whom has been inactive until recently, and the other a recent entrant, then I would suggest that the social structures of that land need disbanding as well. It is not like they cannot be earned back, no?

The only positive thing I have seen either of you do for LR is Nep trapping the land against depletion, but then they go and deplete other lands so it balances out to moot. Funnier than that though, Death Ray was depleting Loreroot until recently!

Now, look at who is currently Queen of Loreroot, and what they have done in the past:

• A25 access, and more beyond

• Created creatures

• Created new scenes

• Was extremely active, to the point of being in the top 3 consecutive AD list

• Spent time building up to earning the title, not some poorly created forum poll

The title and role does not need to be filled. I see no issue with the post remaining vacant for now - if someone disagrees then please tell me why. If either of you had any respect for Aia and Loreroot in general you would realise this, and at least put some effort and time into replacing her. Right now, all I see is you both have had a sniff at the possibility of power, and you have jumped at it. It is a very poor look.

Do you really think either of you deserve to take over her mantle? Would you vote for either of yourselves? If not, then say so. If you would, then say why.

As it is now, if either of you get King of Loreroot, I will be seriously questioning the judgement of whoever is responsible. All the work Aia put in to rebuilding the reputation of Loreroot will also be firmly in the bin, for me at least.

>Nep has been inactive until recently
Yes and? I'm here now.

>Neither of you have done anything significant for the land or your alliances
I intend to do it now, hence my bid.

>You have both of you invited a player and their alt account into your alliances recently as "insurance"
Common practice across all lands. I no longer need it because I'm the nominated leader now.

>If an alliance can be disbanded due to "lack of activity" and "not serving its purpose" then I would suggest a land that is so inactive there are only 2 active members, 1 of whom has been inactive until recently, and the other a recent entrant, then I would suggest that the social structures of that land need disbanding as well. It is not like they cannot be earned back, no?
Nobody else is held to this level of scrutiny. And with all the people "joking" about claiming LR for this land or the other, I just wouldn't feel comfortable leaving the post vacant for too long... You know they would gladly do it. And why should they be allowed when we live here?
Btw the population is not a static thing, people may return later.

>The only positive thing I have seen either of you do for LR is Nep trapping the land against depletion, but then they go and deplete other lands so it balances out to moot.
I realize it was controversial, but my goal was to get people to think about resource preservation. We can either all have abundance or all be poor. And although it took some time, it was an overall success I think. The wiiya is almost back up, people can get ores, paper etc.

>Funnier than that though, Death Ray was depleting Loreroot until recently!
Actually one of the reasons I think I'm better off running myself... That and the necro teleport incident 😅

>Now, look at who is currently Queen of Loreroot, and what they have done in the past
Fun lore, back in the day Aia asked me if I wanted the position because she already has CotE to run (or something along those lines). I turned it down because it wasn't something that interested me. So this idea that I somehow "want power" is demonstrably false.

As for her achievements, you are absolutely correct. Aia is probably the most significant ruler of Loreroot to date. I wish she was here, but she obviously has more important things to do elsewhere.
(And I just can't agree that I'd somehow need to measure up to such heights before even getting started, especially since a good chunk of actually "doing something" for the land requires one to be the monarch in the first place).

>The title and role does not need to be filled.
Chew/Mur keep nudging us about it so...
But my main concern is that we can't really add citizens without it, as citizenship votes keep failing for some reason. So the land has no chance of recovering.

All in all, if people really don't want me I'll gladly step away. The only reason I'm trying is that I feel like I'd be doing the land a disservice if I didn't.

As for my plans, I'll publish them in a separate post later.