Actually, refusing to converse with fellow candidates speaks volume on how well he'll work with the other six of them that get elected. The fact that he hasn't interfaced well with, to my knowledge, a single other candidate in this election, means that he's going to be pretty useless on the CPM if he doesn't learn real fast how to work with other people. His attitude he's shown in this thread won't cut it on the CPM, and nobody's going to tolerate it.

You guys and your tinfoil hats have some crazy notion that there's a secret cabal of people who have it out for Judge. In reality, the truth is, like 80% of the candidates have heavily conversed in advance, loyalties or support completely aside, and we can all, whoever makes it or doesn't, basically create a working productive conversation. That's the goal: That everyone elected participates in a great conversation. If I don't make it on, I know a lot of these people will form a great CPM.

What happened, was when we invited Judge to participate, he refused, because he was too high and mighty to possibly be seen conversing with other candidates. The best I can figure, he thinks he's running for a solitary role, rather than running to be on a Council. His attitude has demonstrated he views us as competitors rather than other people trying to make the game better. The reason we aren't having slap fests in every other campaign thread: Because none of us are actually viewing each other as competitors. We're viewing each other as fellow activists for making the game better. I am not competing with Judge, I want to work with Judge, or whoever else gets elected, to make the game better. Unfortunately, he's given me no reason to believe he can do that effectively, unlike about fourteen candidates who have proven they can.

I'm not speaking for all the other candidates. I'm speaking for myself, and what I see personally, alone.

Temba, you've called out people you think are bad candidates, not because you're competing with them. I assume, or hope, it's because you want to highlight good candidates and put down bad candidates so we get a good CPM. Or what you believe will be a good CPM. Posts such as mine here are not different. I call out Judge for having an awful campaign because he has an awful campaign. I've supported the candidates I believe are healthy for the game, and pointed out those who are not. That's really all there is to it.

Temba, I am a player. Running for CPM doesn't make me any different in other threads. We're all invested in who does and doesn't get selected, whether we're on the council or not. And I may not get elected, and so yeah, I'm definitely interested in who does get that seat, and making sure they're competent individuals.

I'm not running for myself. I'm traditionally more of a behind-the-scenes guy. I tend to admin and support websites for people, poke people to do things that need doing, etc. I am never the popular dude in a community. (I'm really not particularly comfortable being there, normally.) I stepped up to run because I thought we needed good people to do so, and at the time, I didn't see enough of them. There's fantastic candidates out there now, several that will do a great job on the CPM. If I don't win, but enough of the people I endorsed do, I'm a happy camper. If you want ineffective clowns on the CPM, support a guy who refuses to communicate with other people actively. Because dealing with CCP and Hilmar is all about communication. (And everyone who has to talk to Hilmar has a BIG job ahead of them.)

The CPM is a lot of work and a lot of stress. To be honest, I will get a lot more done in my real life if I do not win. (I'd like to work out more, my gym membership is just bleeding my wallet otherwise.) I understand what the job entails, and I want to do it only in that I think I can help. If players decide not to put me in that seat, that's a lot less work for me. I really hope that regardless of who they pick specifically, they pick people who are versed at two-way communication, not a video creator who thinks "I posted a video about this topic" is a thread response.

I fail to see how my signature has any bearing on the relevance of my discussion.....

I'm truly curious if you believe Judge, who's already talked multiple times about either resigning or trying to get the CPM disbanded, sounds more "committed" than someone who's been actively pushing for CPM1 elections and campaigning nearly six months longer than Judge has.

It seems like you are just twisting whatever post you can, in any way you can, rather than holding onto a coherent point or reason. Where I come, we call that trolling.

Temba can you just get your corporation to shut up....... all this negativity against the candidates you don't agree with is just sad.....

Then play the game and not this forum......