USoVietnam Wrote:You should only need to satisfy certain mechanical requirements in order to run for the Delegacy. Being a member of the DC is an unnecessary and inefficient requirement which will see massive rejection by the gameside community.

In my 7+ years in TSP, I've rarely seen someone come straight from gameside and run for delegate, and expect to have a fighting chance.

To be delegate, there needs to be a HUGE amount of respect and trust. Its very important that our delegate be a known, well trusted member of this region. As Roavin said 9 days ago...

Roavin Wrote:If you're an active endorsement swapper (which you'd expect a Delegate to be), at the current requirement and endorsement cap, it will take you approximately 2.5 months to reach the required influence from zero. ...

If some rando comes in, tarts for 3 months, and just so happens to meet the influence requirement as delegate elections start... Id hate for that person to have enough forum votes to get to gameside...

Not to hate on IoU, but what he did was show just how easy it'd be for some unknown person to make it to gameside... Hell! Frak came in under the name Haxtree, spent more than 6 months being a great Minister and Army member before being found out. I'm not saying the CRS would let that happen again, but its happened before, and its continuing to happen in out regions (See: NPO's latest shit). the longer we have to find out who is straight, and who is pretending to be someone they're not, the better chance that the person will not turn into another Milograd...