It's that time again! What time you ask? Why, I'll tell you! Time for some Campaignin'

A certain senator who shall not be named has called for re-election across the board for all SF0-ites who currently hold the office. A fine idea! His campaign consists of accepting 35 35 point tasks or higher which he will complete for you - the people. I am, as always, inspired by his vision of Praxis and offer the following campaign promise:

I will accept 25 25 point or higher tasks and convince non-players to accomplish these tasks. This will mean a) bringing in 25 brand new players, and b) getting them to accomplish a random task for the greater good of the community they have just joined. For every new player I bring in solely for the purpose of completing the task you suggest, I would like one vote. (If you like, that vote can be given to the new player but counted on my tally for the purposes of campaignin'). If I cannot accomplish my goal, I will ask that my senator badge be changed to that of "retired senator".

Let the challenge begin!








Greetings fellow players!

I had not thought to throw my hat into the ring of this glorious campaign because everyone currently running is more than capable of upholding any and all obligations required of this esteemed senatorial position. In fact, I believe I have voted for most of them!

But, recently, I have noticed a dark and dangerous force... a pervasive gloomyness casting doubts upon our community and slinging derogatory comments aplenty.

Thus, I have decided to present a platform based upon the eradication of this force. In short, if elected, I shall do my utmost to turn Rubin Starset into a happy, well adjusted, friendly, encouraging member of this community. Oh, I know it would be simple to just bid him farewell, but NO! that is the easy route! Instead, I shall focus my efforts on re-claiming our strayed brother and re-welcoming him into the Game. His drive may be stunted, his mood surly, and his sombrero scary, but his creativity and desire to improve the Game are unquestionable.

Join with me on this dangerous adventure! VOTE!

I heartily encourage the posting of all ideas you may have on how to turn mean ol' Rubin into a cute little pussycat.

DAY TWO:

Two suggestions have been given and I shall endeavor to put them into action, if economically and otherwise feasible.
I do think I can send some Astronaut Ice Cream to Rubin. I wonder what flavor it is?
As far as the astronaut sex goes, do you know how much it cost to send Stephen Hawking on a weightless flight? And that was the no frills, sex free flight.

UPDATE:

The Committee to Elect Cyber Kitty to Senate (CECKS) recently sent out a mass mailing informing players on two new organizations: the Joint Operations Center Kicking-around Strategies on Taming Rubin Peacefully (JOCKSTRP) and the Brave Reserve Auxiliary (BRA) unit. Please message me if you are interested in joining any of these fine support groups. And don't be shy about checking out CECKS- I am always looking for new members to join me in CECKS!

Also, I am pleased to accept Ink Tea's challenge! Stay tuned for my sugary sweet missive to Rubin!

Day Three

Before I discuss further details of my platform, I'd like to address the subject of mudslinging. Now, I am directed to engage in vicious mudslinging by the precepts of this task, so indeed, I shall. However, I completely agree with Burn Unit that the other senatorial candidates are not my opponents. There is no limit to how many candidates, you, the player can vote for. I strongly encourage you to vote for ALL the candidates - Rao, Keith Perkins, Cyber Kitty, Poon for the People, and Burn Unit. And Jackie H.
Burn Unit in particular deserves your vote - check out all the work he's done! Including a song! AWESOME! and Poon, well how can you not vote for a guy willing to have his picture taken while wearing diapers...If he's willing to do that, what won't he do for the players?!
So, anyway, if they are not my opponents - who are? Well, anyone against my platform that's who! So here's my mudslinging: If you are someone who believes in belittling others instead of giving creative criticism - you're a big meany head.

Now, on to the platform! It has been brought to my attention that Rubin has officially left the game, thus making it much more difficult or me to reform him. However, I still don't think it's impossible. It just makes it a bit more complicated. Now, before I can turn him into a pussy cat, I have to talk him into returning. So, here's the new game plan:

I shall still send goodies and letters to Rubin (via a third person so as not to invade his privacy) I hope to have a nice heart to heart with him in the near future. Wish me Luck!

25 MAY 07 - Towel Day!

Wow! where to begin. I feel that given my platform, I must address the current Rubin issue. So here are my thoughts: At first, cute idea. I like the confusion of seeing all those rubins on the player page. I also think it a clever way to complete a few tasks like Flash Mob and I am Sparticus. But, subtly, the mood has started to change...People are putting on the Rubin mask and transforming into the very persona I have pledged to reform. Some of you may have thought I was simply capitalizing on "anti-Rubin sentiment" when I developed my platform, but I assure you that my intent was sincere. I love the real Rubin, prickles and all, but felt that recently, he was getting a bit carried away, even for him. I loved that when a task was not completed "up to standards" that he had no inhibitions about saying so. In small doses, this was useful. But, it seemed to me that he began applying his particular brand of invective to tasks that did not deserve it for reasons unfathomable to me. His abuse was out of place and not useful at all - it came across as simply being hateful. Now, with certain Rubin imposters, I am starting to see this trend repeated. Sure, it's funny to play Rubin every now and then, but what happens when you become that which you parody? Is it still funny? When I work hard on a task and receive wonderful positive feedback, it just comes across as a big slap in the face to see non constructive critiscism like "ugly towel. No vote" And this from a friend of mine who I have to believe would never have said that had he not been playing Rubin to the hilt. Not to mention that I have been receiving messages from various Rubins planning actions with which I simply cannot agree. I think the line has been crossed. I think it is no longer funny. I do not support hateful actions or speech even in the spirit of game play and will not participate in ideas such as "flagging non rubin tasks."

I am not Rubin.

MAY 27

The madness has subsided. I may not have yet tamed the real Rubin, but I did manage to tame a few pseudo Rubins, so I feel pretty good about that. The real Rubin made an appearance yesterday and did me a huge favor by eating the brains of one of my fellow candidates and turning him into a zombie.

Thanks Rubin!

MAY 29

A new Senator has been elected! Thank you voters! I would first like to assure all and sundry that even though I have achieved senatorial status that I shall not abandon my platform. Plans are already in the works to send astronaut ice cream, and dare i say it, a Fan Letter, to Rubin. As a representative of the Humanitarian Crisis, I feel it is my responsibility to tend to a human in crisis, and continue working on bringing Rubin back to the loving embrace of SF0.