10-15-2019, 06:24 AM
Hello everyone,
Since the upcoming race to fill the former Emperor's seat on the Obsidian Throne is shaping up to be a bit complex, I decided to start an OOC thread to facilitate discussion and/or planning. (Private discussions can still take place via Discord.)
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Some useful references:
IC thread
Factbook link on how the Xiomeran government and election process work
List of the candidates that have an actual chance of winning, out of the 75 who have actually put in a bid
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Beginning now, the process of choosing a new Emperor by a council of 500 experts (ihuicatl) will begin. The way it works is simple: the various candidates will make their case for why they should be chosen, and then a series of votes will be chosen. The first round will narrow the field from 75 candidates to 37. The second round will narrow it further, from 37 to 18. The third round will cut the field from 18 to 9. The fourth round will make more cuts, from 9 to 4. The fifth round will bring up the top two candidates, and then a final round of voting will decide who the next Emperor (or Empress) is.
I don't plan to RP the first three rounds of voting at all, save for possibly some minor background setting. Only the top four candidates I've already described in the breakdown posted earlier have any realistic chance of winning at all, and the early votes will be mostly formalities and narrowing down the field. The period during these first three rounds will be your chance, if you want to, to try to influence the voters deciding who the next Emperor will be. If you haven't done so by the final round, it will probably be too late at that point.
How you can influence the vote:
1) You can make RP posts about trying to sway the voters on the council of experts to vote for your preferred candidate. This can be done overtly, by making a formal announcement about who your nation supports and making a public appeal to the voters to pick that candidate. This can also be done covertly, by finding ways to influence the voters behind the scenes. Bribery, offering business deals, offering other kinds of favors, or blackmail (if you have dirt on a particular voter) are all acceptable and common ways to get them to vote for who you want.
2) You can also approach one of the four candidates directly and try to get them to drop out, or offer them inducements/ask for inducements in return for supporting their bid for the throne. Again, bribery, blackmail, and favors are all acceptable; the actual candidates will be much harder to influence though, so bear that in mind.
3) A third approach can be to try to influence the Xiomeran public to back a particular candidate, which will put pressure on the council of experts to vote a certain way. While the Xiomeran system is relatively harder to influence through public opinion than a democracy would be, it is not immune. You can plant news stories, pay for ads, barrage social media with "support" for a candidate (or negative coverage of a candidate you dislike), etc.
The only thing I do not want to see in the RP is anyone using violence on any of the voters, or on the candidates themselves. Anything else, you're welcome to ask here or via Discord.
Since the upcoming race to fill the former Emperor's seat on the Obsidian Throne is shaping up to be a bit complex, I decided to start an OOC thread to facilitate discussion and/or planning. (Private discussions can still take place via Discord.)
---
Some useful references:
IC thread
Factbook link on how the Xiomeran government and election process work
List of the candidates that have an actual chance of winning, out of the 75 who have actually put in a bid
---
Beginning now, the process of choosing a new Emperor by a council of 500 experts (ihuicatl) will begin. The way it works is simple: the various candidates will make their case for why they should be chosen, and then a series of votes will be chosen. The first round will narrow the field from 75 candidates to 37. The second round will narrow it further, from 37 to 18. The third round will cut the field from 18 to 9. The fourth round will make more cuts, from 9 to 4. The fifth round will bring up the top two candidates, and then a final round of voting will decide who the next Emperor (or Empress) is.
I don't plan to RP the first three rounds of voting at all, save for possibly some minor background setting. Only the top four candidates I've already described in the breakdown posted earlier have any realistic chance of winning at all, and the early votes will be mostly formalities and narrowing down the field. The period during these first three rounds will be your chance, if you want to, to try to influence the voters deciding who the next Emperor will be. If you haven't done so by the final round, it will probably be too late at that point.
How you can influence the vote:
1) You can make RP posts about trying to sway the voters on the council of experts to vote for your preferred candidate. This can be done overtly, by making a formal announcement about who your nation supports and making a public appeal to the voters to pick that candidate. This can also be done covertly, by finding ways to influence the voters behind the scenes. Bribery, offering business deals, offering other kinds of favors, or blackmail (if you have dirt on a particular voter) are all acceptable and common ways to get them to vote for who you want.
2) You can also approach one of the four candidates directly and try to get them to drop out, or offer them inducements/ask for inducements in return for supporting their bid for the throne. Again, bribery, blackmail, and favors are all acceptable; the actual candidates will be much harder to influence though, so bear that in mind.
3) A third approach can be to try to influence the Xiomeran public to back a particular candidate, which will put pressure on the council of experts to vote a certain way. While the Xiomeran system is relatively harder to influence through public opinion than a democracy would be, it is not immune. You can plant news stories, pay for ads, barrage social media with "support" for a candidate (or negative coverage of a candidate you dislike), etc.
The only thing I do not want to see in the RP is anyone using violence on any of the voters, or on the candidates themselves. Anything else, you're welcome to ask here or via Discord.
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