SC Resolution: Commend Tiago Silva

[Guy]

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Commend Tiago Silva
A resolution to recognize outstanding contribution by a nation or region.

Category: Commendation
Nominee: Tiago Silva
Proposed by: The Terran Technate


Description: RECOGNIZING the new state of the flags of the world, being easier to fly and sewn with much more vivid detail,

SEEING The Philosophic Dominion of Tiago Silva as the nation that performed this brave undertaking,

HONORING the contribution of materials and effort from the nation,

HEREBY commends The Philosophic Dominion of Tiago Silva.

[Anime Daisuki]

Wait, what?

[Consortina]

Commendations are not merit badges. Nay.

[SO-VI_ET_0246]

I'm against this because this is a way to gain power trough the means of new recognition, by using the WA as a platform to reach the thousands and thousands of players in NationStates. Trough this recognition the new founded influence can be used to manipulate the 10KI government, 10KI TITO and other powerful government and neutral organs within 10KI.

Players should be rewarded with the currently installed system of reward and titles trough their merits. So not in this despicable way.

So here by i vote no!

[Eist]

Oh, through!
AGAINST

[Guy]

See the news. He designed all the new flags in PNG. I'm for.

[Eist]

Jan 12, 2011 23:49:18 GMT -5 Guy said:

See the news. He designed all the new flags in PNG. I'm for.

While I saw that he got a personal commendation from Max Barry , I don't think that this is such a big deal. I don't know.
I'd like the debate for this one to acknowledge the work that Tiago Silva has done, and whether it is commendation worthy

[Echolilia]

Doesn't this thoroughly smash Rule 4? That alone is reason enough, but I would have said AYE anyway.

[Eist]

Jan 13, 2011 23:56:39 GMT -5 Echolilia said:

Doesn't this thoroughly smash Rule 4? That alone is reason enough, but I would have said AYE anyway.

Hmm.. Perhaps. It has been worded to commend the nation though, as opposed to the player playing the nation. Although, of course, in the end it was the player himself that "bravely" created the .png files.

Although it matters less, this is also one of the most poorly written resolutions that has made it to the polls.

[Paffnia]

FOR. Admittedly, it is rather terse, but I am all for commending the nation that gave us our much improved flags (almost 200 of them, I think). If we can condemn a nation for actions it takes RPing on the forum, which is outside the actual NS gameplay itself (i.e. "Condemn Kalasparata"), we can likewise commend such a nation, too (Yes, I know this argument does not hold up if you voted against "Condemn Kalasparata," but, bottom line: give credit where credit is due.).

As I was writing this, I noticed this odd series of actions on Tiago Silva's homepage:

# 89 minutes ago: Tiago Silva voted for the World Assembly Resolution "Commend Tiago Silva".
# 89 minutes ago: Tiago Silva withdrew its vote on the World Assembly Resolution "Commend Tiago Silva".
# 89 minutes ago: Tiago Silva voted against the World Assembly Resolution "Commend Tiago Silva".
# 90 minutes ago: Tiago Silva withdrew its vote on the World Assembly Resolution "Commend Tiago Silva".
# 90 minutes ago: Tiago Silva voted for the World Assembly Resolution "Commend Tiago Silva".
# 90 minutes ago: Tiago Silva withdrew its vote on the World Assembly Resolution "Commend Tiago Silva".
# 90 minutes ago: Tiago Silva voted against the World Assembly Resolution "Commend Tiago Silva".
# 90 minutes ago: Tiago Silva withdrew its vote on the World Assembly Resolution "Commend Tiago Silva".
# 90 minutes ago: Tiago Silva voted for the World Assembly Resolution "Commend Tiago Silva".

Indecisiveness or something else?

[Takaram]

They got a personally written commendation from Max Barry. This just seems unnecessary.