[BNomic-Public] Elections

[Daniel Lepage]

On Sep 20, 2004, at 7.00 PM, Jeremy Cook wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 04:34:24PM -0400, Daniel Lepage wrote:
>> Ok, it's been 5 ndays since I called all those elections. Voting time!
>>
>> The candidates are:
>>
>> For The FCC (Ministry of Communications, in charge of fora, etc.):
>> bd
>> Wonko
>>
>> For Chairman (Ministry of Change, in charge of proposals):
>> Wonko
>>
>> For Dealer (Ministry of Cards, in charge of Cards):
>> Wonko
>
> Wonko, you never nominated yourself for these Ministries, as far as I
> can tell...

Remember the message where I won? I think a lot of people mostly just 
noticed that I won, and missed the rest (though the Coil was also kind 
of hard to miss, what with being half the message). But what I also did 
was first to play Smooth Hands (that's how I became Hand-Job Master), 
and then to nominate myself for all ministries.

Here's an abbreviated text of that message:

> Ok, time to break in some of the new equipment.
>
> I play Smooth Hands, causing me to become the First Hand-Job Master of 
> B Nomic.
>
> I post a Coil:
> {{
> __Cards: General interface__
> <snip>
> }}
>
> Finally, I note that the FCC is a ministry and has been Free for the 
> past nweek. Thus, ...
> <snip>
> ... I Win.
>
> Oh, and I nominate myself for all free ministries, but only in the 
> final election - the other one's won't  matter, as whoever wins the 
> last one will supplant any earlier winners.

-- 
Wonko