11-06-2009, 06:05 PM
Hey guys before I am in a position to do anything, there are just a few things I want to talk about. The first is I am honestly concerned for this region's future, I was talking to Mav last night about who do you think will participating in the government if I called for elections after gaining the delegate position. The problem lies with we don't even have the personal to run the election if we maintain the current system. Therefore we have to do something about this, streamline our laws, or I think something far more drastic is going to have to happen sadly. Our laws were made when people who gave a shit was more than enough to fill all of these positions, but I look at the active core of TSP today and I look at Mav, CR, Tsrill and a few others that don't hold positions, but mostly spend time counting to a billion. Not that there is a problem with that, but if we are going to become a more important region, I don't see us doing that with this government system.Another thing, it has come to my attention that a lot of my plans and rhetoric share a similar view to a meeting that happened by an outside group that planned to overthrow TSP "for the good of the game" I just want to say, I was not part of that group by any means. My time in TSP has not been because some group wanted to play raider and take a feeder by force, my time has been spent here to get to know you guys and to help TSP live up to the potential it sits on. Anyone of these nations that wanted to overthrow us for the "common good" is going to be. What shocks me the most is I recognize a lot of the people posting in that forum, and I recognize them from my time being a raider, when they were telling me how wrong every action I have done is. What did we get in return for being a neutral region for respecting all sides of the game? We got a plan to get taken over because our ways of playing the game don't line up with the agenda of other players. What do they have to say about regional sovereignty? That TSP isn't ours to claim, that belongs to the game! I have never seen more terrible propaganda in the game in my life, if they cared about TSP, how come NONE of them tried to participate in our region? I think it is imperative that TSP's new direction moves away from these types of people. I just think it is important to remind you, that while I am new, and have many outsider ties, I have been nothing but open and honest with you guys. I am not seeing much responses to any of my larger posts detailing plans I want to continue with and asking for help, and this is what worries me more than anything. This system doesn't allow for a few people to work alone, this system demands we have a lot of active people, voting, running for office, ect. We don't have any of that, am I the only one concerned?
And you're right. Our government needs an overhaul. I have always encouraged fresh faces and fresh minds (Lord knows, how many times did I tell Liarg to get off his fat arse and actually do something rather than whinge about it.). All we ask that as the long time residents of this region, you include us, and our region mates in the decision making process. This region has prided itself on being democratic for over 5 years now - please let us retain that.