Elections Fall 2018! READ THE UPDATE!

[Nickster258]

Nominations are CLOSED

Hello all,

The time has come for elections to be a thing and this thread is for giving details about the election process and for users to post their nominations.

Simply enough, if you want to see someone become a moderator on ORE, nominate them by posting in this thread with their username and why you think they should be on the Staff team. Nominees must be builders for at least 4 months in order to qualify for moderator.

Nominations close 9/14/18 @6pm EST

For those unfamiliar with the election process, there are two steps.

1. Nominations
   
   1. Here, each user can nominate up to one person to run for moderator. Users cannot nominate themselves.
      
   2. The nominees are to reply to their nomination post with their acceptance and why they think they would be a good fit for moderator. If the nominee does not respond to their nomination post, they will not be put on the ballot.
      
   3. During this, the Staff will take note of the nominees and will be vetoing candidates depending upon previous conflicts and history. This process is all internal.
      

1. Voting
   
   1. Once the list of nominees has been approved, the ballot will be posted and the users will be given clear instructions on how to vote.
      
   2. Once the voting period is up, the votes will be counted and the new moderators will be announced.
      

Unlike previous Staff elections, this election will implement Single Transferable Vote (STV) to evaluate the ballot. STV voting is the ideal form of vote evaluation to ensure that each vote or point given by a voter will go towards choosing the right candidate for the job. More information on STV voting can be had here: https://youtu.be/bLH_w5kHJpA


Currently Nominated Builders:

• nnewram - Accepted
  
• DataCorruption - Accepted
  
• ElectricFriez - Accepted
  
• Digitalis - Accepted
  
• EEVV - Accepted
  
• _zSwifty_ - Accepted
  
• HyperXti - Accepted
  
• 0ptimo(BackPosture) - Accepted
  
• konsumlamm - Accepted
  
• Kukizord - Accepted
  
• Neogreenyew - Accepted
  
• Trecar - Accepted
  
• Slugdude - Accepted
  

    Considered

• LordDecapo - Double Accepted
  
• Tyler569 - Secretly Accepted
  
• YoloB4BY Still Student
  
• Artsicle Still Student.. and self nominated...
  
• xWaazes_ - Declined
  
• Nemes - Declined
  

Note: Posts where an already nominated person is nominated will be deleted.

Nominees wanna be in the first ORE Podcast? *update*
If you have accepted a nomination and would like to be featured in the first ORE podcast, please contact Nickster, DataCorruption, or Decapo. Decapo would like to discuss when you would want to do a voice interview consisting of five questions (see below) regarding the ORE and the election. You may also do the interview in text  as well, I will end up reading your answers while they are posted on screen.

Decapo can be contacted on Discord (LordDecapo#2895) or by clicking his name in the paragraph above.

Questions:

1. What’s your name and how long have you been on ORE?
   
2. What do you like most about ORE?
   
3. What kind of projects have you done on ORE or with other ORE members?
   
4. Why should someone vote for you?
   
5. Is there something you would like to see changed on ORE?
   

[zSwifty]

I think Digitalis should become mod

Reason: he is active alot of the time and doesnt fuck up as often if at all compared to other players on the server. 




also memes

~ _zSwifty_

100th post

[Kuki]

Electric friez is my choice

bcuz he is awesome,pretty active,gay,knows how to parkour on redstone,gud at computationale redstonene,not much dramas/bans.

he kool kid







also memes

[Computteren]

I nominate nnewram because he has shown that he can be trusted and he's good at doing trials and in general a nice person

[HyperXti]

I nominate the one and only EEVV

Reason: He has Divine Intellect! He has shown great skills with redstone. EEVV is also a fantastic teacher as he really cares about others.







haters are just jealous people

[Matthew]

I nominate DataCorruption because I think he would be a great mod as he's already demonstrated maturity when needed

Oh and also he knows memes

i love you nikk <3 

I ACCEPT, THESE ARE THE REASONS I'LL BE THE BEST DAMN MOD THIS SERVER HAS EVER SEEN!

• I have a lot of free time
  
• Me and 1 of the admins are 69ing right now
  
• dpol / spawn
  
• i have a tiny dick so no one will be jealous
  
• already doing bts work on big ore stuff
  
• NEVER in history have i broken rule 2 
  
• I wont try to host the server on a hypervisor ip
  
• last but not least  im super gay
  i will ban all the straights...
  #Gay4ORE

[Digitalis]

I nominate _zSwifty_.

He's been around for just as long as I have, and was more consistently active over that time. He has quite a bit of experience with the server and has built a CPU before, something which I can't claim to have done yet-- that drive to actually finish projects is a trait that I find personally admirable and I believe would be highly applicable to a position as moderator.

[zSwifty]

I nominate _zSwifty_.

He's been around for just as long as I have, and was more consistently active over that time. He has quite a bit of experience with the server and has built a CPU before, something which I can't claim to have done yet-- that drive to actually finish projects is a trait that I find personally admirable and I believe would be highly applicable to a position as moderator.

I would be a good moderator due to being active on the server most days in the 3 years i have been here, my friendships with the other builders students and staff, i understand the ruleset and follow them at all times, and i am responsible for when something i do is incorrect or can be bad towards the server e.g. w/e derps, i know when to stop when joking about aka when jokes go too far to the point of offense towards others, and i also like to make sure nothing bad is happening on the server e.g. rule 2 breakers, spammers, griefers, etc.


thanks for the nomination <3 bb

[Digitalis]

I think Digitalis should become mod

Reason: he is active alot of the time and doesnt fuck up as often if at all compared to other players on the server. 




also memes

~ _zSwifty_

100th post

I accept.

I believe I would fit well on the moderation team because I'm fairly active and have been subject to very little drama over the past ~2 years that I've been on for recently. Additionally I like helping people-- I have been enjoying my position as Teacher on the school server for this reason. Moderator is a lot of the same thing in principle, just with an extended power set; I would just be able to help accept applications, run trials, and keep things calm so people can go about their business without disturbance.

[marwenn]

I nominate nnewram because he has shown that he can be trusted and he's good at doing trials and in general a nice person

I accept my nomination as moderator and would like to thank compie for giving me the chance to express my outmost gratitude to the ORE community. 

However i do not think that bragging about oneself is a good way to show who you really are. That said, i would like to show you what i have done under the time i've been on ORE:
Helping the staff team with trials when they dont feel like it.
Teaching students the hidden magic of computational redstoning.
Chasing pauk down parkour lane
of course snorting them memes !


Well it might not seem as much but this is what i do on a daily basis. I am almost always active and i love to help people out. If i would get staff that would give me the chance to help out even more. Something that i think would change the most about me as a person is that i would take alot more responsebility.

All in all i think me as staff would mean a new productive member to the staff team which i think would be greatly appreciated by the existing members. Give power to the swedes !

[HyperXti]

I nominate HyperXti, as he is a great builder.

I accept as I would be the best staff ever. Vote for me and you will see why

[Matthew]

im nomming optimo, he is a smart little cookie. He be p e r f e c t mod material

[optimo]

I nominate konsumlamm

He/she has been a friendly and active member, and always helpful. Seems to know quite a lot.

[optimo]

im nomming optimo, he is a smart little cookie. He be p e r f e c t mod material

There comes a time in one's life where tough choices have to be made. When you have to put everything on the line and account for not just the knowns and unknowns but everything in between. In those challenging times its good to know you can depend on a friend to give you advice and helpful information, guidance and a willingness and openness to sharing know-how from years of experience. I can't think of a more meaningful way to spend my time than babysitting a bunch of pre-teen nipsuckers.

You take the good
You take the bad
You take them both and there you have
The facts of life
The facts of life

[Alex_you]

I nominate Nemes.

I chose nemes because he is generally kind to others, and respects the rules more than anyone i know. On top of that, he is responsible and also knows the responsibilities of being staff. I believe that he would be great at it and that he deserves it more than anyone else.

[konsumlamm]

I nominate konsumlamm

He/she has been a friendly and active member, and always helpful. Seems to know quite a lot.

Thank you, I accept the nomination.

First of all, it's "he", eventhough you might think differently when you hear me. I'm a fairly active ORE member since more than 3 years now and I'm on quite often. As far as I know, I haven't broken any rules yet and if you know me, you know that you can trust me (at least i hope you know lol). Of course i would do trials, accept applications, ban spammers etc, but that should be obvious.

[ElectroPlaysMC]

Electric friez is my choice

bcuz he is awesome,pretty active,gay,knows how to parkour on redstone,gud at computationale redstonene,not much dramas/bans.

he kool kid







also memes

first of all, im not gay.

second of all. thx for the nomination. i personally believe i'd do a great job at moderator because i truly want to uphold the rules and help the community. when someone builds a lag machine, i will kick/ban them and remove the machine. when someone submits an app, i'll trial them.


basically i'll do everything that a moderator is expected to do

[ElectroPlaysMC]

i would also like to nominate kuki back. i believe that if i dont make the election (likely) or if digi doesnt, he'd be my pick. i believe he's a great member and would do a great job for the community

[EEVV]

I nominate the one and only EEVV

Reason: He has Divine Intellect! He has shown great skills with redstone. EEVV is also a fantastic teacher as he really cares about others.







haters are just jealous people

I accept your nomination. I know 2 people have been waiting for me to say this... I will officially unban myself when I get Moderator rank. EEVV was so great we're coming up with EEVV 2 which will turn nicktatorship into a kingdom focused on praising God and his Temple.

[Kuki]

i would also like to nominate kuki back. i believe that if i dont make the election (likely) or if digi doesnt, he'd be my pick. i believe he's a great member and would do a great job for the community

ree,thanks from me !

I ofc dont accept the nomination.

I think i should be a mod because ive always wanted to help staff with our bootiful nicktatorismic server.

Being more serious i want to become a member of the staff to help people out.Trial students,accepts applications and shit like that.

I have some past experience with being a mod on other servers also i helped pauk a bit with trials and watched students get trialed

quite often.Also thats a little bit weird but i feel like being a staff member makes you actually count in the community and gives some

respect.

I have no past dramas and i didnt ever get banned,except for a few joke bans and one friendly ban from koy.

If i somehow get to be in the staff team ill ofcourse be more serious and respect the rules alot more.

Thank

~Also the memes

[logonoff]

i nominate tyler569 for secret admin cause he's cool and stuff

[Digitalis]

seconding the notion for tyler to get secret admin

[PaukkuPalikka]

I nominate Trecar. I think he would be a good fit for Mod and has shown dedication and knowledge by building (and actually finishing) a pipelined CPU.

[marwenn]

i nominate Neogreenyew cus he can roll R's

[tyler569]

I accept my nomination for secret admin.

I would make a great secret admin because I like being able to mess with people and I don't want to have to do anything.  I don't like being mobbed for trials, but everyone on the server can agree that things are more fun when I am given the proper tools to make things more fun.

If you vote for me I will carry on the long tradition of trolling that has served this community so well for so long.  I have watched us grow, from the RDF in 2012 to the multiglobal organization we are today, from only doing redstone through the failed water logic and minecart logic expansions, and through to out highly successful foray into boat racing, and I strongly believe in bringing that torch forward to a new tomorrow.

Thank you, and God bless the Open Redstone Engineering organization.

[Neogreenyew]

i nominate Neogreenyew cus he can roll R's

I humbly accept and I will humbly WIN.

I'd be a good mod since I have plans on automating systems to offload the work that admins/mods have to do so we can get rid of all the excess ranked people. So in other words I'll work myself out of my position.

[tyler569]

I nominate LordDecapo for the position of double admin. He's great and should be given more prefixes.

[LordDecapo]

I nominate LordDecapo for the position of double admin.  He's great and should be given more prefixes.

I will 1000% accept this nomination for double admin. This transition will finally put the Decapocracy vs Nicktatorship war to rest by crowning me Double Admin. 1 Rank above the lowly Nickster.

[Trecar]

Thx for the nomination! I accept. I know a fair bit about Redstone and I don't like needless Drama so I should be a good fit for a Mod. And I like helping people.

Also I finally made a thread about my CPU :D

[Aerodynamic Brick]

Slugdude, I choose you!

yes. thats a pokemon reference. pblm?

[slugdude]

Slugdude, I choose you!

yes. thats a pokemon reference. pblm?

Thank you very much for your nomination!

I understand that there may be some controversy regarding me running for mod, so I'd just like to clarify something: I love ORE and I always have. In the past, I acted as a child and part of that was because I *was* a child. That was all long ago now, and I hope that will not affect the staff team's, or the voter's, opinion of me.

So my reasoning as to why I'd be a good mod:

• I've always helped out ORE staff where possible (Helped Nickster with the new 1.8 testing and spawn building, helped RSW remove some bugged entities from a world region file, contributed to OREUtilsV2 when that was a thing (albeit once, but that's because we stopped using it)).
  
• I've been a member of the community for a long time (just over 4 years), so I feel I have a pretty good grasp on how things are run. I've also continued to be active during this time apart from when I took a 'break' for my exams.
  
• Though it seems I'm not in-game much, this is simply because I'm not working on anything major right now, so I don't have a reason to log in. I'm often in IRC and can easily be arranged to be in IRC permenantly (like pauk is)
  
• I have lots of free time! This is because I have little social life. Things may change as I move to Uni soon but I intend to continue to be available.
  
• I have a bad sleeping schedule, so I can often be online at weird times at night when few if any other staff are on. Again, no guarantees once I move to uni. (During the holidays I'm home so I'd be free pretty much 24/7).
  
• I'm in the EU, so even without the above point the times I am online can prove quite useful.
  
• I'm quite good at understanding what testificates are trying to explain even if not using exact terminology. I've been asked by multiple staff members to assist with understanding what a testificate is trying to say. For this reason, I think I would be good at running trials.