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Quackles posted:
 High Scholar The Daucus vote on whether the state symbol is for sale...is for sale. we're through the looking glass here, people
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scavy131 posted:
 Senator This makes sense to me. The finest ships in Solad sail far and wide, in seas eastern and western, and with every wave they crest they proclaim the diligence and ingenuity of our shipwrights. This does not insult these men, nor their craft; and a model of that ship that sails only in bathtubs is still a testament to what Gambol has achieved, and weakens not a plank of the ship at sea. Quackles posted:
Perhaps we don't really have much of an opinion of your opinion. Would you be willing to pay us to pay you to contribute?
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Jan 21, 2021 22:11
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C... posted:
Only if we pay you less than you pay us. 
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Jan 21, 2021 22:20
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 Treasurer Saint Daughter Raela said that wealth means nothing without generosity, and we are willing to quite literally put our money where our mouth is. Houses Gambol and Daucus, we propose 1 coin for a 1 power Nay vote, or 3 coins for a 2+ power Nay vote. This offer is available to the other houses, but at the moment House Pinchay does not seem to be interested. Blessed be The Mother.
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Jan 21, 2021 22:23
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Bellmaker posted:
High Scholar Accepted: House Daucus will spend 2+ Power on a Nay vote.
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Jan 21, 2021 22:37
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oldskool posted:
Senator Seeing as your devotion to this stance was born this very hour, it would do you no harm to disclose if your House intends to bid 2, or +? C... fucked around with this message at 22:48 on Jan 21, 2021 |
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Jan 21, 2021 22:45
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 Foreman It seems like, as always, House Lethe and House Pinchay are at cross-purposes. I'm not sure if my colleagues agree, but I'm a craftsman, and any opportunity to show off my skills to a wider audience is one that I embrace wholeheartedly. House Pinchay declines House Lethe's offer. I'll see you in the vote.
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oldskool posted:
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Senator The monocled noble turns his attention to the paunched man. "It appears that we would be in argeement. I would say it would be useful for the funding of the treasure." grandalt fucked around with this message at 16:38 on Jan 22, 2021 |
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Jan 22, 2021 04:32
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It's a not-very-fired-up vote, but that's fine. This isn't a very fired up report. Mostly Accurate Senate Status Report brought to you by House Daucus Power/Coins House Lethe: 7 Power, 10 Coins House Gambol: 8 Power, 10 Coins House Pinchay: 8 Power, 10 Coins House Cyfoeth: 8 Power, 10 Coins House Daucus: 9 Power, 10 Coins Hidden Agenda Prediction Important: This is more shaky than usual. I got these predictions by a combination of wishful thinking and pulling them out of a hat. House Lethe is taking the option that favors their seeming predilection to raise Morale. Agenda: Extremist Confidence: # _ _ _ _ Hey House Gambol: If you want, we can pay you to pay us to pay you to pay us. Agenda: Opulent Confidence: # _ _ _ _ House Pinchay appears to be forming a bloc. Maybe they'll be able to cash in later. Agenda: Rebel Confidence: # _ _ _ _  House Cyfoeth is solidly on the side of making some money - not for themselves, but for the Kingdom. Agenda: Greedy Confidence: # _ _ _ _ House Daucus is wheeling and dealing. Hey, we've got a wheel on our banner. Agenda: If the husband of a ruling Queen is a Prince Consort, why isn't the wife of a ruling King a Princess Consort? Confidence: _ _ _ _ _
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Jan 22, 2021 12:10
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Quackles posted:
Of course we are. We'll never be interested in improving the position of our House at the Kingdom's expense. We hope the other Houses will follow our example. OOC: Did you ninja edit the Agendas or am I imagining things?
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Jan 22, 2021 12:34
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Quackles posted:Agenda: If the husband of a ruling Queen is a Prince Consort, why isn't the wife of a ruling King a Princess Consort? OOC: I have no idea if this was an entirely flippant comment or not so I went down the title rabbit-hole a bit. It turns out Princess Consort or Queen Consort are both acceptable terms, although typically Princess Consort would be used in relation to a prince. The only real exclusivity is that Queen Consort would exclusively be used to reference the wife of a reigning king, while technically Princess Consort would be acceptable for either a prince's spouse or a king's spouse depending on the naming/titling traditions of the kingdom in question. The distinction of Prince Consort is to ensure clarity that the spouse of the reining queen is not considered equal or higher rank than the currently reigning monarch.
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Quackles posted:It's a not-very-fired-up vote, but that's fine. This isn't a very fired up report. Hate to do it to ya.. Mostly Accurate Monday Morning Quarterbacking Gambol Claimed: Greedy, #### Actual: Extremist Cyfoeth Claimed: Opulent, #### Actual: Opulent! Pinchay: Claimed, Opportunist, #### Actual: Moderate Lethe: Claimed: Moderate, ##### Actual: Opportunist
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Fat Samurai posted:
The first time, I accidentally left one out of the hat. Seriously, I really don't have any information on Agendas yet, so there is a lot of wishful thinking in this status report. I was trying to guess which one each house would want to pick, and I initially mistyped. C... posted:
You should be doing that for the current round, not the last one. XD (Last reign, I neglected to consider that houses' actions might be based on achievements, as well as agendas and story-related reasons. Now that I have this in mind, the Report should become more accurate over time.) Quackles fucked around with this message at 19:16 on Jan 22, 2021 |
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Jan 22, 2021 19:09
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C... posted:
I got those right EXCEPT the one that mattered 
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scavy131 posted:OOC: I have no idea if this was an entirely flippant comment or not so I went down the title rabbit-hole a bit. That's interesting. I was joking a little, but mostly serious. So would a Queen's wife be a Queen Consort or a Princess Consort?
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Quackles posted:That's interesting. I was joking a little, but mostly serious. I don't think that's ever happened in a monarchy to date. Something something not conducive to the line of succession. But theoretically the wife of a Queen would be titled as Princess Consort, to ensure that there's a clear distinction with regards to who is the actual monarch. Queen Consort is pretty much exclusively used when the reigning monarch is a King as historically the title of 'King' is always accepted as senior to any simultaneously occurring Queenly titles in a given realm.
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scavy131 posted:I don't think that's ever happened in a monarchy to date. Something something not conducive to the line of succession. But theoretically the wife of a Queen would be titled as Princess Consort, to ensure that there's a clear distinction with regards to who is the actual monarch. Makes sense. I wonder if we'll have any Queens in Ankist sooner or later? Fat Samurai posted:I got those right EXCEPT the one that mattered If you have any advice on inference and interpretation, I'd appreciate it. I strive for accuracy. Also, I'd like to point out that even though we were Rebels, we weren't trying to cause an abdication that round. We were hoping someone would grab the sticker, and do the thing that'd lead to opening an envelope story-wise.
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Foreman I have my own thoughts about what agendas went where, but that's the advantage of starting in the middle. House Pinchay knows what few choices were given to everyone, and it's just a matter of narrowing it down. Tellingly for my theory, one house in particular has pulled the "pay me" play right out of the gate. I'm keeping an eye on them.
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Jan 22, 2021 22:26
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Not gonna lie, this is the sleepiest I've ever seen the thread. I'd ask if everybody's made up their minds but... maybe they have? @House Gambol, we are curious how you're feeling on this one.
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Jan 23, 2021 06:25
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We'd rather the Aye win, but we found we don't really care that much.
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Omobono posted:
That's fair. To be honest, "we don't care that much" is the perfect time to put your vote up for sale. [gestures upthread]
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Quackles posted:Not gonna lie, this is the sleepiest I've ever seen the thread. I'd ask if everybody's made up their minds but... maybe they have? To be fair, two resources going the same way on the first vote seems like the most meh choice. And the consequences of having merchandise aren’t (I expect) Kingdom-shattering. There is the sticker, though
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Reign of King Blythe I, Dilemma 1, Resolution Vote Results posted:
Vote Outcome posted:
Reign of King Blythe I, Dilemma 2 History of the Kingdom of Ankist posted:Hall of Kings - Foreman/Sitting Councilmember: Phelddagrif (also Treasurer) - Sitting Councilmember: Jossar - Treasurer/Navigator: C... - Sitting Councilmember: Sighence (also Treasurer)  - High Scholar/Sitting Councilmember: TravelLog (also Treasurer)    - Sitting Councilmember: Bellmaker - Treasurer/Negotiator: SporkChan Dilemma2 posted:
 A 48h voting window is now open! - Sitting Councilmembers can send me a PM/Email with their final decision. Please consult the OP if you need a refresher on the rules! - Treasurers can now start bribing. Please consult the OP if you need a refresher on the rules! - Senators are free to discuss the Dilemma and provide their feedback. Don't forget that every choice could have consequences that are not spelled out outright on the front of the card! Also, please remember that the thread is the main discussion platform for your vote intention - the Sheet is only to be used when discussing high level strategy, bargaining strategies and items on the sheet itself.
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Jan 23, 2021 10:56
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Well, this seems straightforward.
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Quackles posted:
Sitting Councilmember We concur. We appreciate the newfound connection between our houses at the start of the new king's reign! Although we are not fond of the caravan in the first place, allowing it to be destroyed by bandits or fall into the hands of the slavers of the City of Tents is unacceptable. We will pray for Orsal's blessing on the caravan until reinforcements arrive. Bellmaker fucked around with this message at 12:30 on Jan 23, 2021 |
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Jan 23, 2021 12:25
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Sitting Councilmember I'm glad to see that all the houses are of like mind for this matter..
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Jan 23, 2021 12:59
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Get that loving loot
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Jossar posted:
Senator Someone must have accidentally taken the portal to Bizzarro Ankist we have on the fourth floor of the Gambol palace because this makes no sense to me. Shouldn't we tell those lazy "explorers" to stop being lazy and start mingling with the locals? How they expect to find the map without help of a local boy or girl and their pet monkey/tiger/werebear/whatever? [ooc] I don't think this will affect getting the
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Jan 23, 2021 13:52
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Foreman Yes, this could not be more straightforward. House Pinchay is in full agreement that we must support this caravan.
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Sitting Member Sounds like they will get what they need regardless. Not sure how much I care how they get it.
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Navigator I'm a bit wary here. Why would there be an unambiguous good choice and an unambiguous bad choice? There must be either hidden consequences, or envelopes getting opened. Given how we've displeased the City of Tents, I still don't want to send any Ankist citizens their way... I'm just pre-heating an I told you so. E: this could also be a buffer event for "the kingdom is too stable/unstable and about to explode, we need to course correct" which... A smidge late! C... fucked around with this message at 18:42 on Jan 23, 2021 |
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Quackles posted:
High Scholar “Indeed. Let the message go forth ”Civis Ankistum sum!” Wherever our people walk, they do so under our protection.”
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So personally, I'd favor Aye, given that the City of Tents [A] is in poor diplomatic relationships with Ankist, and [B] has slavery. Specifically. So story considerations are paramount. I am low-key worried about the stability tracker, though. So: I wonder if we could make a deal of the type where another house agrees to vote at our request in a future Dilemma? (For money, of course). Perhaps we could use this in the future to address the issue of stability. Quackles fucked around with this message at 21:43 on Jan 23, 2021 |
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Quackles posted:
Plus, based on the card, this card actually came from the envelope of us turning down the City of Tents. I can't be 100% sure, but I'm fairly certain that this is a different envelope with different cards with different outcomes. The City of Tents might actually have helped us on the other path, but this time?...
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Senator I'd certainly hope that my good collected lords would not think to leave our caravans to the mercy of slavers and sneakthieves for sustenance and protection when we've just spent so much effort reinforcing the image of our military.
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[waves pom-poms] Hey, hey! Ankist, O! To the des-ert, we go! Mostly Accurate Senate Status Report brought to you by House Daucus Power/Coins House Lethe: 2 Power, 7 Coins House Gambol: 11 Power, 11 Coins House Pinchay: 8 Power, 10 Coins House Cyfoeth: 8 Power, 10 Coins House Daucus: 7 Power, 13 Coins Pressure Rating This is a new feature of the Report where I 'take the temperature' of the intensity of the debate, and provide my analysis. Low - Story concerns seem to be overriding resource concerns for the most part, in this Dilemma. Stability and most other things are balanced, making it easy for Houses to get on board. Hidden Agenda Prediction The usual warning applies. House Lethe is in a weak position, having spent all their power last round. However, their sentiment is true to type, at least. Agenda: Extremist or Opulent Confidence: # _ _ _ _ House Gambol seems oddly split in opinion. Surely they're not planning to sit this round out? With their newfound power, there could be a signing bonus on the story card if they're willing to push. Agenda: Opulent or Opportunist Confidence: # _ _ _ _ House Pinchay is all the way on board! It's very straightforward. Agenda: Rebel Confidence: # _ _ _ _ House Cyfoeth is acting on story reasons, but seems a bit unmotivated. Agenda: Greedy Confidence: # _ _ _ _ House Daucus is throwing in our lot with everyone else. Agenda: So who did put the bomp in the bomp-de-bomp-de-bomp? Confidence: # _ _ _ _
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Senator It seems the houses are in agreement that we should send our own men, but I'd caution them to not forget that an Opportunist house may want to take this chance to further their agenda, taking advantage of our lack of compromise. Chaos is a ladder, after all.
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We have now passed the midpoint for the voting window! The deadline to submit your votes is in about 23h.
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