Dear god, can someone please stop Altmark from throwing fish?
((Even if it is respectable!))
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I can think of one. The hate and vitriol spread around the reichstag astounds me. A government with people from all walks of life, and all that we can come up with is despisement and slander? I thought this reichstag better than this. It seems I was wrong. If the hate is really so much that this government be shot down is the same manner as the last, so be it. But i fear I am headed for an early retirement.
Well if the DSU can manage to get the UAI and NLPD to agree to their economic policies, I cannot argue with the coalition then. I admit I was just surprised that any of the involved parties would agree to back the Socialists for the Chancellorship. Perhaps it is a sign that socialism is no longer a fringe sect. Interesting....
- Eva von Vandenburg
((I have no idea about the assassination mechanics. Sounds like PTSnoop knows what he's doing though, so may as well wait for him to figure out if it'd work first.))
- Eva von Vandenburg
((I have no idea about the assassination mechanics. Sounds like PTSnoop knows what he's doing though, so may as well wait for him to figure out if it'd work first.))
(( I've run the numbers on the new modifiers. My findings:
- The probabilities all still seem basically fine, there aren't any obvious insta-win exploits as far as I can see.
- ...with one possible exception. The Commander of the Gendarmerie and Minister Of The Interior both have some very powerful bonuses. If they try to assassinate other non-special-bonus ministers, lone assassins can't be detected - and for non-ministers, squads of one or two assassins have zero chance of detection either. The 5%-per-assassin chance of the assassins turning on their masters balances this out, though, so you probably won't see canny Gendarmerie Commanders spamming lone assassins until one gets through. Probably.
- Government ministers can't be wounded, only killed.
- As I suspected, in most cases the chance of a successful assassination is the same as the chance of being killed by your own assassins. It might be worth adding an extra coin-toss to make critical failures less likely.
As is, though, I'm changing my assassins-rules vote from abstain to support.))
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I would like to draw the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court's attention to what I believe to be some inaccuracies in his former statement. Firstly, it was my father, Grimaldo Adimari, who was a Lombard - not my mother, who was from Munich.
Furthermore, regarding the boundaries given in the Italian Home Rule Act (( "modern Italian borders" )) - my home constituency of Trent does indeed lie within the designated area of Italian Home Rule. Nevertheless, were I elected as President of Italy, I would move my residence to the city of Rome, where the Italian Parliament is (I presume) to be located.
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And I do intend to run for President of Italy. I have been active throughout this whole federalism debate, with the intent to ensure that those of us south of the Alps do not have our democratic representation sidelined. And I believe that the best way for me to continue to do so is to personally oversee the inaugural Italian Parliament.
I am quite clearly not a Lombard Nationalist, as my record in the last twenty-five years of government - or my vilification in the Lombard Liberation Press - should demonstrate. Neither would I see our government divided and weakened, so split up into tiny regional pieces that it is unable to adequately govern.
Which, I believe, leaves me and the federalist candidate for Italian Presidency - Herr Victor - at something of an impasse.
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Our Chancellor declines to give a straight "no" to the question of whether the State Planning Commission will be reenacted, merely leaning back on the neologism "technocratic" and telling us "not to fear the nonexistent enemy" of Communist government. Meanwhile, I am hearing reports from the civil service that the Chancellor's office is greatly reducing the scope of free enterprise, determining subsidies, and even engaging in what I can only describe as "siezing the means of production". Would the leaders of the UAI or the NLPD care to comment?
- The probabilities all still seem basically fine, there aren't any obvious insta-win exploits as far as I can see.
- ...with one possible exception. The Commander of the Gendarmerie and Minister Of The Interior both have some very powerful bonuses. If they try to assassinate other non-special-bonus ministers, lone assassins can't be detected - and for non-ministers, squads of one or two assassins have zero chance of detection either. The 5%-per-assassin chance of the assassins turning on their masters balances this out, though, so you probably won't see canny Gendarmerie Commanders spamming lone assassins until one gets through. Probably.
- Government ministers can't be wounded, only killed.
- As I suspected, in most cases the chance of a successful assassination is the same as the chance of being killed by your own assassins. It might be worth adding an extra coin-toss to make critical failures less likely.
As is, though, I'm changing my assassins-rules vote from abstain to support.))
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I would like to draw the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court's attention to what I believe to be some inaccuracies in his former statement. Firstly, it was my father, Grimaldo Adimari, who was a Lombard - not my mother, who was from Munich.
Furthermore, regarding the boundaries given in the Italian Home Rule Act (( "modern Italian borders" )) - my home constituency of Trent does indeed lie within the designated area of Italian Home Rule. Nevertheless, were I elected as President of Italy, I would move my residence to the city of Rome, where the Italian Parliament is (I presume) to be located.
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And I do intend to run for President of Italy. I have been active throughout this whole federalism debate, with the intent to ensure that those of us south of the Alps do not have our democratic representation sidelined. And I believe that the best way for me to continue to do so is to personally oversee the inaugural Italian Parliament.
I am quite clearly not a Lombard Nationalist, as my record in the last twenty-five years of government - or my vilification in the Lombard Liberation Press - should demonstrate. Neither would I see our government divided and weakened, so split up into tiny regional pieces that it is unable to adequately govern.
Which, I believe, leaves me and the federalist candidate for Italian Presidency - Herr Victor - at something of an impasse.
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Our Chancellor declines to give a straight "no" to the question of whether the State Planning Commission will be reenacted, merely leaning back on the neologism "technocratic" and telling us "not to fear the nonexistent enemy" of Communist government. Meanwhile, I am hearing reports from the civil service that the Chancellor's office is greatly reducing the scope of free enterprise, determining subsidies, and even engaging in what I can only describe as "siezing the means of production". Would the leaders of the UAI or the NLPD care to comment?
Indeed. I must say I prefer there be an election between two candidates. This is Italy's first true experiment with local democracy, and it is fitting that there be some competition for the role of Italy's first President.
~Herr Victor
((Avidian, is there any way to gauge Party support in Italy? If so, just use the two and then throw a 10-sided die to add a bit more chance to the election.))
((I will wait until the assassination mechanics have been finalised to vote))
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((I'm not worried about assassin spam, since there are only three permitted attempts per cycle. We can modify the rule to also make it a maximum of one attempt per person, so that three different attempts by three different people would be the maximum.
If your testing is showing that success rate is too low, what if we bumped up the table? That is, 19 or 20 means death, 18 wounded for a year, 17 innocent NPC killed (or, maybe, random player killed?) We would say that a natural 20 means that assassin completely evades detection, so that that particular assassin doesn't count against you for detection. Ex: You send five assassins, one gets a natural 20, so the target is killed and you only have to get > 3 to evade detection.
I will take a look at the Italian situation later today.))
Forgive me, but it seems I had not been informed that the UAI was to be suborned into supporting Carile's new coalition.
The UAI categorically opposes the coalition, both for the unprecedented manner in which the previous one was ended and the unseemly manner in which the current one is.
The UAI categorically opposes the coalition, both for the unprecedented manner in which the previous one was ended and the unseemly manner in which the current one is.
Oh, pardon me, Comrade Herwig. I must have forgotten to mention it to the NLDP leadership when the coalition negotiations were going on that the UAI had yet to chime in on the coalition. My intentions were good to foster goodwill, and yet alas, another coalition has failed. The KPD holds your party in the highest regard for standing above the typical liberal backstabbing and backroom dealings that have plagued this Republic now for years.
With only the NLPD and DSU supporting it, how can this coalition be considered a majority, democratic, or nationally viable? This government has no legitimacy!
With only the NLPD and DSU supporting it, how can this coalition be considered a majority, democratic, or nationally viable? This government has no legitimacy!
A Memo from the Reichspräsident
Since one of the parties in this coalition, the UAI, does not support it and therefore removes its mandate, I cannont legitimize it and therefore negotiations for a new one may begin.
~ Konrad von Schwaben, Reichspräsident of Germany
Comrade Heinrich IV von Silesia-Glogau reenters the Reichstag once a crier came out to tell that the recently elected coalition had fallen. He laughed, put out his cigar and reentered it with a big smile on his face, significantly freshed up and quietly reseated next to his Party Leader Comrade Liebknecht who he greeted with a good handshake and a pat on the shoulder.
The KPD acknowledges its... small stature in comparison to the other parties in the Reichstag, but we shall hold that we seek and wish to set a course for Germany's foreign policy that shall see unending glory -- by doing away with reckless wars, and focusing on international brotherhood and reconciliation. This can be done by a Communist foreign minister, or any foreign minister with the same charismatic power of Comrade Bismarck, Germany's most famed Chancellor, Finanzminister, and Außenminister.
We shall lend our support to any coalition that seeks our backing, but we shall not make a single deal with the Socialists or the NLPD -- they are worse than the most vile capitalist crony.
In any case, the government must be one that can rule capably, and with stability. We may run into a minority government, or a majority government; but the truth is the same that the German nation deserves strong leadership. If Otto von Bismarck were still a member of the Reichstag, I am sure he would waste no time crossing the benches to make deals and compromises. Let us do right by the German people and find a government that shall function for at least one electoral cycle.
We shall lend our support to any coalition that seeks our backing, but we shall not make a single deal with the Socialists or the NLPD -- they are worse than the most vile capitalist crony.
In any case, the government must be one that can rule capably, and with stability. We may run into a minority government, or a majority government; but the truth is the same that the German nation deserves strong leadership. If Otto von Bismarck were still a member of the Reichstag, I am sure he would waste no time crossing the benches to make deals and compromises. Let us do right by the German people and find a government that shall function for at least one electoral cycle.
If Otto von Bismarck was here, he would have done the complete opposite of what you are during. You are seperating the left from the right in your speeches by condemming whatever you see fit. Otto von Bismarck, as you say, would search for compromise if he didn't have a majority, he would never refuse to make a deal with any party as you do.
~ A NLPD member from Freiburg
~ A NLPD member from Freiburg
To whom it may concern:
Stop saying what I mean by shit. All of you are insubordinate children who the proper men of the Reichstag back in my youth would've caned and disciplined for being in such manners. Mein Gott, how the Reichstag has decayed into a puddle of cattish madness.
On that note, has anybody seen my good friend Herr von Bern? He told me he was going to come visit me but he hasn't yet... he said he'd be right back... and he hasn't come back yet.
Also... could someone please tell Herr Altmark that I still need his reports on my desk by next week? The man is the Minister of Interior for Gott's sake! I can't have him lying about like an invalid! He is an honorable man, and I hope his little boy grows up to be much like him -- capable of such greatness. Truly, an imperialist I am honored to be friends with.
[Note decays into ramblings about liberals, von Altmark the Elder, Poland, France, Britain, Cornwall, and Africa. None of it makes much sense beyond a few strands of criticism on reckless foreign policy.]
Cordial regards,
Otto von Bismarck
Schönhausen, Sachsen
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I shall see to it that my grandfather no longer writes any more letters to the Reichstag. Go about your business in the name of the German Reich, gentlemen.
Signed,
Friedrich Wilhelm von Bismarck
Stop saying what I mean by shit. All of you are insubordinate children who the proper men of the Reichstag back in my youth would've caned and disciplined for being in such manners. Mein Gott, how the Reichstag has decayed into a puddle of cattish madness.
On that note, has anybody seen my good friend Herr von Bern? He told me he was going to come visit me but he hasn't yet... he said he'd be right back... and he hasn't come back yet.
Also... could someone please tell Herr Altmark that I still need his reports on my desk by next week? The man is the Minister of Interior for Gott's sake! I can't have him lying about like an invalid! He is an honorable man, and I hope his little boy grows up to be much like him -- capable of such greatness. Truly, an imperialist I am honored to be friends with.
[Note decays into ramblings about liberals, von Altmark the Elder, Poland, France, Britain, Cornwall, and Africa. None of it makes much sense beyond a few strands of criticism on reckless foreign policy.]
Cordial regards,
Otto von Bismarck
Schönhausen, Sachsen
...
I shall see to it that my grandfather no longer writes any more letters to the Reichstag. Go about your business in the name of the German Reich, gentlemen.
Signed,
Friedrich Wilhelm von Bismarck
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((Until the new coalition is formed, we can't move forward with elections for President of Italy as one person can't hold two positions, and Victor/Adimari might be part of the new government.))
((IF a new government even can be formed. Everyone is alienated from everyone at this point... We are facing political deadlock..))
((If party leaders find it is complete deadlock, please PM me so we can work something out or find a way to move forward.))
((Perhaps a minority government? We really need legislation to clean up these minor details.))