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<p>[QUOTE="Amn Voss, post: 977, member: 6"]Yes. When FASTERCAT gained the delegacy from Elliestan he did so without any form of election. In a coup if you will. After his stint as delegate was up Nation of Quebec was delegate and the Afforess followed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, I have nothing but the utmost respect for those three nations. They all did great things for Capitalist Paradise. Though what I noticed was that at the end of FASTERCAT's and Nation of Quebec's tenures they seemingly passed the 'title', if you will, to the nation they deemed most fit to run CP. No real elections took place.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I decided to run for delegacy I followed in FASTERCAT's footsteps in order to accomplish two things.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the time of Afforess CP was still founderless and we were losing members rampantly. We went from the largest player-created region under FASTERCAT to number 20-something by the time Afforess became delegate and raiders were eyeing us. The Capitalist Paradise Freedom Militia was still weak after the whole accidental Urbanites raid during Nation of Quebec's tenure and we had no means to defend ourselves due to our lack of embassies and treaties with other regions.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wanted to change this. I wanted to usher in elections again and create a treaty network with many other founderless and like-minded regions that would ensure mutual safety from raiders. To accomplish this I staged a 'coup' of my own. I gained the delegacy, with a lot of support if I might say. Before I was able to bring my plan for a defense treaty to fruition I had to leave for US Navy bootcamp. I passed, rather hypocritically, the delegacy to Kaputer due to the respect and trust I hold for him. I wanted him to do what I couldn't. It succeeded and a little over a month later Ad Vitam Adsum was elected, by CP as a whole, as WAD.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Amn Voss, post: 977, member: 6"]Yes. When FASTERCAT gained the delegacy from Elliestan he did so without any form of election. In a coup if you will. After his stint as delegate was up Nation of Quebec was delegate and the Afforess followed. Now, I have nothing but the utmost respect for those three nations. They all did great things for Capitalist Paradise. Though what I noticed was that at the end of FASTERCAT's and Nation of Quebec's tenures they seemingly passed the 'title', if you will, to the nation they deemed most fit to run CP. No real elections took place. When I decided to run for delegacy I followed in FASTERCAT's footsteps in order to accomplish two things. At the time of Afforess CP was still founderless and we were losing members rampantly. We went from the largest player-created region under FASTERCAT to number 20-something by the time Afforess became delegate and raiders were eyeing us. The Capitalist Paradise Freedom Militia was still weak after the whole accidental Urbanites raid during Nation of Quebec's tenure and we had no means to defend ourselves due to our lack of embassies and treaties with other regions. I wanted to change this. I wanted to usher in elections again and create a treaty network with many other founderless and like-minded regions that would ensure mutual safety from raiders. To accomplish this I staged a 'coup' of my own. I gained the delegacy, with a lot of support if I might say. Before I was able to bring my plan for a defense treaty to fruition I had to leave for US Navy bootcamp. I passed, rather hypocritically, the delegacy to Kaputer due to the respect and trust I hold for him. I wanted him to do what I couldn't. It succeeded and a little over a month later Ad Vitam Adsum was elected, by CP as a whole, as WAD.[/QUOTE]
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