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I am confused as to how the Assembly works. Maybe it's just me. 
From what I undertand from the FAQ: If Party A wins 50 % of the vote they get 50 seats. But only the senior legislator is played by a PC. So, in effect, they have 49 NPC seats.
But then there is the curious thing about junior legislators. Any party can have junior legislators. But they have to represent specific blocks. So, say Party A has 10 players. Can they have 9 playing seats? (not including the chairman). Do these 9 spots have to have specific agendas, or blocks?
If I understand correctly, this, in theory, makes sense so as to have EVERYONE have a role. But I can see this being confusing when it comes to defining these specific blocks. For Party A to have all players in the Assembly, they have to come up with nine different blocks? Do all these blocks have to be identified from the start. Does the chairman of Party A have to say:" OK. Kenny will be our senior legislator. Vilms will be our pro-gun junior guy; Josephus will be our pro-abortion guy; De Vlaminck will be our pro-donut guy; Langley will be our pro-military guy?"
And do they all get to vote? And if that's the case wouldn't the party with the most active players win all the time...or do the legislation votes include Mod interference.
that's it for now, I think.
From what I undertand from the FAQ: If Party A wins 50 % of the vote they get 50 seats. But only the senior legislator is played by a PC. So, in effect, they have 49 NPC seats.
But then there is the curious thing about junior legislators. Any party can have junior legislators. But they have to represent specific blocks. So, say Party A has 10 players. Can they have 9 playing seats? (not including the chairman). Do these 9 spots have to have specific agendas, or blocks?
If I understand correctly, this, in theory, makes sense so as to have EVERYONE have a role. But I can see this being confusing when it comes to defining these specific blocks. For Party A to have all players in the Assembly, they have to come up with nine different blocks? Do all these blocks have to be identified from the start. Does the chairman of Party A have to say:" OK. Kenny will be our senior legislator. Vilms will be our pro-gun junior guy; Josephus will be our pro-abortion guy; De Vlaminck will be our pro-donut guy; Langley will be our pro-military guy?"
And do they all get to vote? And if that's the case wouldn't the party with the most active players win all the time...or do the legislation votes include Mod interference.
that's it for now, I think.
I think most of the answers are contained pretty well here, but I'll try and answer your questions in a more clear/concise way.
If Party A gets 50% of the vote, they take 50 seats, yes. If they have 10 players including the chairman, then 9 of those players may take legislative seats. This will give Party A 9 PCs and 41 NPCs in the legislature.
One of those players will be the Senior Legislator, he's similar to a Majority/Minority Leader in the United States (or a Whip too, in a way), or (I guess) a party leader in the UK-style systems...basically, he's in charge of all of the legislative members from his party. All the other players are junior legislators; they answer to the senior legislator in theory (but that depends on how cooperative they are feeling...you players always surprise me ).
All legislators *may* have blocs, but don't necessarily *have* to. The Senior legislator's bloc is all the members of his party in the legislator. One of the Junior legislators may hold themselves out as leader of the Donut Bloc, for example. A small portion of the NPC backbenchers who feel that Donuts are the most important issue will gravitate to the Donut Bloc, and perhaps be more likely to vote the way of their leader the junior legislator than the way of the Senior legislator if a conflict comes up between the two. If that junior legislator politicks skillfully, he will attract more followers. There are other advantages as well, which I leave to you to figure out.
So, junior legislators are not *required* to have blocs, it is a choice.
Those NPC backbenchers may vote counter to their party if they feel that the party's players are proposing a bill that runs counter to the party's platform. A Conservative party proposing legislation commonly seen as Socialist would probably not have the support of its NPCs (though the Socialist NPCs might go for it). The party with the most active players in the General Assembly will of course have a large advantage in pushing their agenda...but that's nothing new, is it?
If Party A gets 50% of the vote, they take 50 seats, yes. If they have 10 players including the chairman, then 9 of those players may take legislative seats. This will give Party A 9 PCs and 41 NPCs in the legislature.
One of those players will be the Senior Legislator, he's similar to a Majority/Minority Leader in the United States (or a Whip too, in a way), or (I guess) a party leader in the UK-style systems...basically, he's in charge of all of the legislative members from his party. All the other players are junior legislators; they answer to the senior legislator in theory (but that depends on how cooperative they are feeling...you players always surprise me
).All legislators *may* have blocs, but don't necessarily *have* to. The Senior legislator's bloc is all the members of his party in the legislator. One of the Junior legislators may hold themselves out as leader of the Donut Bloc, for example. A small portion of the NPC backbenchers who feel that Donuts are the most important issue will gravitate to the Donut Bloc, and perhaps be more likely to vote the way of their leader the junior legislator than the way of the Senior legislator if a conflict comes up between the two. If that junior legislator politicks skillfully, he will attract more followers. There are other advantages as well, which I leave to you to figure out.
So, junior legislators are not *required* to have blocs, it is a choice.
Those NPC backbenchers may vote counter to their party if they feel that the party's players are proposing a bill that runs counter to the party's platform. A Conservative party proposing legislation commonly seen as Socialist would probably not have the support of its NPCs (though the Socialist NPCs might go for it). The party with the most active players in the General Assembly will of course have a large advantage in pushing their agenda...but that's nothing new, is it?
I see vS already answered, but here is my take on it.
Assuming we have less than 50 players taking roles (seats) in the assembly then the mods would still control a majority of the votes in case we tried to do something inappropriate. If it was merely weird, like the doughnut bill, then they might or might not rebel.
Assuming it was a normal bill and the party leadership was generally in accord with the platform, then the mods would have the back benchers in each party follow the senior legislators/bloc leaders advice, and the bill would pass or fail on a party line vote, so the number of seats won in the election, not the number of players RP'ing legislators would determine the result.
Assuming we have less than 50 players taking roles (seats) in the assembly then the mods would still control a majority of the votes in case we tried to do something inappropriate. If it was merely weird, like the doughnut bill, then they might or might not rebel.
Assuming it was a normal bill and the party leadership was generally in accord with the platform, then the mods would have the back benchers in each party follow the senior legislators/bloc leaders advice, and the bill would pass or fail on a party line vote, so the number of seats won in the election, not the number of players RP'ing legislators would determine the result.
Not really. As has already happened, people can walk by and interject themselves into a conversation uninvited...Carthago Nova is a busy restaurant, and no real measure of privacy can be assured. If you want a private method of contacting a SIG, there's always a note passed across the table (PM to us) or a variety of other sneaky options.
OK...I'm having trouble finding things. I'm sure there was a list somewhere of gov't monopolies....specifically about Medicure and Omnicare and what they did and all that. Anyone have a linkie?
Josephus I said:
I think that stuff is in the E2 constitution... try the first page or two of the Constitutional Convention for a link. The short form, though, is that Medicure provides all medical services to Eutopians, Omnicare provides all insurance coverage (and that means all insurance coverage), and both are monopolies in their respective fields.
Cestius111 said:
There is not one at this point; the only real "state-run" sports issue was the Olympic team. Perhaps some brave Minister of Social Services could create such a thing.
Is there any particular process for switching party leadership positions? What I mean is, if I wanted to switch my party leader position with another PL member, so that I could be senior legislator and the other PL member would become party leader, what would I have to do?
jcolson said:
Party leadership positions are an entirely internal matter. If your party leaders rule by fiat, they can name a new successor; if they're elected, they have to hold an election. There are no GM-made rules on the subject -- it's entirely up to you and your partymates.
I know this is a tricky subject even in a fiction world but are the Topan people are they socially disadvantage like the aboriginals in Australia or the American indians as I am thinking of setting up something after I finish with the institute of sport.
Could some one please point in in the right direction of where I could find any to do with terms XII education spending as I have looked through a few of the old social service threads and have found nothing.
L have just noticed that my questions post have been the most frequent make up quite a bit of this thread people must be thinking that I am a total noob
L have just noticed that my questions post have been the most frequent make up quite a bit of this thread people must be thinking that I am a total noob
As per Rule 47, where do I file the census bill for an Economic Impact Assessment? The ECB is locked. Some additional analysis provided in this post supports the view that the cost might be about 0.1% of the budget.
unclebryan said:
The key to the ECB has been found and the booze has been put away. You can post it there.