ProdigyNL Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 (edited) [center][img]http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk25/DivineProportion1/niceflag.jpg[/img][/center] [center][size="6"][b]A The Lost World announcement[/b][/size][/center] A good day visitors of this press conference, I have come to you today to show you a new dinosaur comic: [center][img]http://www.qwantz.com/comics/comic2-1769.png[/img][/center] *Prodigy.NL gets a punch from the person sitting next to him, Silver Empress* O, wait, that wasn't why i organized this press conference. Please let me restart this press conference. A good day visitors of this press conference, Posting here is a proud man, proud of the alliance he is in where after such a long road of writing a new Codex where The Lost World membership has voted so massively in favor of that new Codex. Proud because we just had our elections and we never had more people voting in those elections. The members of The Lost World are what this alliance is about, so their support is critical on our forums, ingame and on IRC and i thank them for that. The elections that are finished are about more things then making me proud because we have so many voters, im thinking that you are more interested in seeing the results. Without more talking, here is the new The Lost World government: Chairman: Prodigy.NL Vice-Chairman: Silver Empress Park Security Director: FJ Public Relations Director: Silver Empress Park Finances Director: Sareya Park Management Director: Empty Research and Development Director: Magister Agricolarum Tourism and Advertising Director: Toynbee The position of Park Management Director was left empty as i won the Chairman election and there was no contester for the position of Park Management Director. This position will soon be filled without an additional announcement. I also wish to present you our new Codex: [quote] Codex of The Lost World The Lost World exists to provide an atmosphere in which every member has the right to have his or her voice heard, and in which loyalty to one's alliance-mates and personal honor are paramount. Article I. Membership Section 1. Application Applicants to The Lost World must be engaged in no current wars, on the ZI lists of any alliance, or be a member of any other alliance. While membership in the blue team is preferred and encouraged, only applicants under 5,000 NS will be required to switch to the blue team. Applicants seeking membership will have their application open for a period of up to 72 hours, during which members of The Lost World are free to ask questions to assess the applicant. If there are no serious concerns or complaints, the applicant will be accepted. The Chairman, the Vice Chairman, and the Park Management Director have the ability to deny a nation membership. Exemption from this process may be granted by the Chairman. Section 2. The Academy All newly-accepted members must complete Academy training within thirty (30) days of acceptance. The Academy requirement may be waived at the discretion of the Chairman or the Research and Development Director, and the time requirement may be extended with special permission from the same. Section 3. All applicants must take the following oath. I, *name*, acknowledge that I have read, understand, and will uphold and defend the Codex of The Lost World, and understand that failure to abide by the Codex will be met with appropriate disciplinary action. Section 4. Expulsion Should a member be found to be acting against the Codex, the Chairman and a majority of the Board may agree on punishments including but not limited to censure, removal of privileges, expulsion, and ZI. Should any member wish to argue his or her case, appropriate means will be provided. Section 5. General Alliance Laws All members are expected to conduct themselves appropriately. This includes but is not limited to behavior towards fellow alliance members, tLW government, allies, and foreigners, as well as respecting tLW internal security. In other words, if it seems like a bad idea, it probably is. No nation may declare war, or spy, upon any other nation without the permission of the Chairman, Park Security Director, or any other official granted such authority by either of the preceding two individuals. All forms of "out of character" spying, espionage, hacking, etc., are strictly forbidden. All tLW members are encouraged to build and maintain a nuclear arsenal. However, launching nuclear weapons without approval of the Chairman or Park Security Director is expressly forbidden outside of alliance war situations. In the case of an alliance wide war, only the Chairman can authorize the use of nuclear weapons. All tLW members are required to participate in wars, at the discretion of the government, as well as obey all laws and government decrees. Any member of tLW may depart on good terms at any time, provided that the alliance is not in a state of high alert or a state of war, and provided that they do not owe the alliance any money. All personally owned, written, and submitted materials, including but not limited to guides and instructional posts, remain the property of the submitter with the understanding that tLW has indefinite use of them. Article II. Government The member nations of The Lost World (hereafter known as tLW) are to be governed by the Chairman and the Board of Directors. Section 1. The Chairman The Chairman is the highest ranking government official of the alliance. He/She is the Commander in Chief of the tLW military, leads the Board, guides the foreign and internal policies of the alliance, and oversees the daily running of the alliance. Section 2. The Board The Board is comprised of directors and advisers, and is led by the Chairman. The Board's greatest charge is to guard and promote the welfare of tLW member nations. The Directors head departments to meet this goal. Six departments exist to meet this goal, headed by the following directors: Park Security Director for the Defense department; Public Relations Director for the Foreign Affairs department; Park Finances Director for the Finance department; Park Management Director for the Internal Affairs department; Research and Development Director for the Development department; Tourism and Advertising Director for the Recruitment department. One Director from the Board is chosen as Vice Chairman by the Chairman. The Vice Chairman is a member of the Board who is appointed by the Chairman to serve as second-in-command and to, next to his own duties, fulfill the duties of the Chairman in the absence of the Chairman. Section 3. Advisors Advisors are respected members of tLW who may be appointed and removed from their capacity at the discretion of the Chairman. Board Advisors have no voting power in the Board, but may participate in all Board debate. All former Chairmen and Triumvirs are automatically granted the position of advisor upon their departure from their position and can only be removed from this position when they depart from this alliance. Section 4. Removal of a Director or Chairman Any member in good standing can level impeachment charges against a member of the government. From this point, the member will have 48 hours to prepare and present evidence relevant to the impeachment of said government member, after which the charged government member will have an additional 48 hours to refute the charges. During this time period, the membership may ask questions to both persons. A poll will open 24 hours after the presentation of all evidence and will remain open for 72 hours. A majority of 67% of the voting alliance membership is required to remove the official from office. After impeachment charges have been leveled against a Director or Chairman, the person will receive a temporary suspension of 24 hours which may be extended to the full period of 1 week by a normal government vote. Section 5. Special Notes The founding Triumvirate will have permanent access to the [OOC] root admin features of tLW forums [/OOC], except in instances where a founding Triumvir is expelled from the alliance or else otherwise leaves. Access will also be granted to subsequent triumvirs while they remain in office. Section 6. Additional Special Notes The above article also grants access to the Chairman while he or she remains in office. Article III. Electoral Procedure Section 1. Board Elections Elections for all six directors will be held once every two months. Sign-ups will last for 72 hours, and voting will take an additional 72 hours. In the event that a director resigns before the end of his or her term and no deputy is immediately available, the Board will select a replacement. Any member may run for a Board position; however, he or she is prohibited from running for multiple positions at once. Section 2. Chairman Elections The Chairman is elected for a six-month term. Any member who has served as a Board member for a minimum of one full term may run for Chairman. Any member who wishes to run for Chairman has the option to run concurrently for exactly one Board position. Should they receive the highest vote-count in the Chairman election, they are obligated to accept their seat as Chairman. Section 3. Uncontested Races In the event that a race goes uncontested, the single candidate must undergo a confirmation vote, in which a simple majority of the voting membership must vote in favor of the candidate. Should this confirmation vote fail, the Board will seek a replacement. In the event that no member seeks election for a Board position within the designated sign-up period, the Board may either choose to appoint a person to fill the position, or to leave the position vacant and divide the responsibilities among themselves. Section 4. Deputies & Personnel Directors may appoint deputies and staff as they see fit to help facilitate the running of their office. The deputy will be first in line to take over the office should a Director step down for any reason and will act in the Directors stead should he/she not be available. A deputy is not a Board member and, as such, does not have the voting power of a Director. While the Directors are free to appoint their own deputies, the Chairman reserves the right to deny any appointment. Article IV. Alliance Procedure Section 1. Signing and Ratification of Treaties, Laws, and Activation of Optional Clauses All votes require the vote of the Chairman, a Board majority (50% +1) and a majority (50% +1) of the voting membership to pass. Membership voting shall consist of a one day (24 hour) discussion period and a two day (48 hour) discussion and ratification vote. This includes, but is not limited to, the signing of new treaties, entrance into multi-alliance blocs, enactment of cancellation clauses, introduction of alliance laws, and the activation of sub-MDP-level treaties. MDP, MDoAP and MDAP treaties do not require a membership vote for activation because of the nature of those treaties and the speed with which they can need to be activated with. Proposals failing to receive the appropriate number of votes will be considered null. In the situation that the Chairman's vote and the Boards vote are not in agreement and the Board thinks the Chairman's vote is against the best interests of the alliance, the Board has the option to call for an override of the Chairman's vote. To override the Chairman's vote a new Board vote will be held where all minus one Director must vote yes to override the Chairman's vote. After this a membership vote will be held under the same rules as mentioned above with the exception that a 67% majority must be reached. If both votes pass, the Chairman's vote is overridden. Section 2. Absence of the Chairman The Vice Chairman will receive the same amount of power as the Chairman when the Chairman has not been on the forums or on IRC for at least 48 hours. In the situation that both the Chairman and the Vice Chairman have not been online for at least 48 hours and an emergency decision has to be made, any member of the Board may start a vote to temporarily transfer the duties and responsibilities of the Chairman to an ex Triumvir or ex Chairman he or she chooses. At the same moment of starting the vote, personal messages must be sent over the forums to both the Chairman and the Vice Chairman. If either of them returns to active duty the emergency vote and the transfer of powers to the ex Triumvir of ex Chairman will be canceled. Section 3. Codex Amendments This codex may be amended based on unanimous vote of the triumvirate, 2/3 majority of the cabinet, and majority of the membership that participate in elections. Article II, Section 5 and Article IV, Section 3 may not be amended. <Due to the lack of a Triumvirate, the first sentence of this section is effectively nullified.> Section 4. Member-Sponsored Codex Amendments It is the right of any member of The Lost World to propose an amendment to the Codex. Each member-sponsored amendment will require a 48-hour discussion period before any vote can be taken, and a 72-hour voting period following. If a 75% majority is reached, the article will be amended in the Codex. In the situation that a new Codex is being written then it will follow the same procedure as a Codex amendment. It is also the right of any member of The Lost World to hold a vote to force an issue into the agenda of the government. After forty-eight (48) hours, should the vote receive a majority (50% +1) of the voting membership, the government will be obligated to discuss the issue privately, and will be required to report on their decision to the membership. [/quote] You may now ask any questions you have. Edited July 1, 2010 by ProdigyNL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnCapistan Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 Why do these comics suck? And what is tLWs favorite alliance? Least favorite? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toynbee Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 Happy happy joy joy! Now I can turn my focus purely toward recruitment. And after a long shift of that, come home to battle the enormous prehistoric caterpillars that occupy my front garden. o/ tLW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skap Q Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 YEAH! the LOST WORLD YEAH!!! WOOO YEAH! yeah. Hi Silver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wickedj Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 These elections need more Bones Malone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StealingPandas Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 Pretty damn fly if i do say so myself. Why are dinosaur comics so funny? Is the formula of "every one is the same with new words?". I think its that. Discuss. Would you sell your soul for 50 tech? Would you cancel all of your treaties (and ditch your friendships) if that would make tLW the largest alliance in game? Do you like to party? What do you think of FAR's leadership and government? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D34th Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 Congrats in your new Codex and Government Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProdigyNL Posted July 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 [quote name='Mr Damsky' date='01 July 2010 - 07:51 AM' timestamp='1277963466' post='2356349'] Why do these comics suck? And what is tLWs favorite alliance? Least favorite? [/quote] They are awesome really! I dont know what tLWs favorite one is, at least i dont have a favorite or least favorite. [quote name='StealingPandas' date='01 July 2010 - 07:56 AM' timestamp='1277963743' post='2356356'] Pretty damn fly if i do say so myself. Why are dinosaur comics so funny? Is the formula of "every one is the same with new words?". I think its that. Discuss.[/quote] That is it indeed i think, sorry that im agreeing and not really discussing it. [quote name='StealingPandas' date='01 July 2010 - 07:56 AM' timestamp='1277963743' post='2356356'] Would you sell your soul for 50 tech?[/quote] You will have to come up with a better offer... [quote name='StealingPandas' date='01 July 2010 - 07:56 AM' timestamp='1277963743' post='2356356'] Would you cancel all of your treaties (and ditch your friendships) if that would make tLW the largest alliance in game?[/quote] Never, i love you guys, UINE and Gondor an awesome lot! [quote name='StealingPandas' date='01 July 2010 - 07:56 AM' timestamp='1277963743' post='2356356'] Do you like to party?[/quote] Is the Pope Catholic? [quote name='StealingPandas' date='01 July 2010 - 07:56 AM' timestamp='1277963743' post='2356356'] What do you think of FAR's leadership and government?[/quote] I love you guys a lot, the only thing that i have against you is that you should update your wiki to show our treaty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Empress Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 I'm so proud of my alliance for what we've reached as of today. It took a loooong time to ammend the codex and I'm very happy with it. Congrats to Prod as being elected chairman, and congrats to all of the new directors in their positions. I love you guys. the Lost World Now as to questions: [quote]Why do these comics suck?[/quote] I think the real questions is what are they sucking. [quote]And what is tLWs favorite alliance? Least favorite?[/quote] tLW is not just one person. tLW is many person with many ideas. I have no idea what everyone in tLW's favorite alliances or least favorite alliances are, but my personal favorite alliance is Gondor and my least favorite is UPN. That doesn't mean I don't FREAKING LOVE a whole bunch of you, nor does it mean that I don't FREAKING HATE some of the alliances you belong to. If you would like to know why I love Gondor and dislike UPN, please feel free to ask. [quote]Why are dinosaur comics so funny? Is the formula of "every one is the same with new words?". I think its that. Discuss.[/quote] Because they have dinosaurs in them. And yes, it's the same picture with new words every time. [quote]Would you sell your soul for 50 tech?[/quote] I sold my soul years ago. [quote]Would you cancel all of your treaties (and ditch your friendships) if that would make tLW the largest alliance in game?[/quote] Absolutely not. We do not desire to be the biggest alliance on Bob. We wish to be a close group of people with good allies that holds the ideas and ideals of our members in mind. If that means we only have 30 members, okay. If that means we have over 100 members, okay. But our allies and friendships are important to us. [quote]Do you like to party?[/quote] Party in #lostworld tonight. Our highly trained dinosaurs will be serving mixed drinks. ...for free. :v [quote]What do you think of FAR's leadership and government?[/quote] I think that I don't see StealingPandas or Sir Exodus nearly enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londo Mollari Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 Awesome stuff, nice to see Silver still in gov, and congrats on the new charter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omniscient1 Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 hailing for silver o/ tLW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jgoods45 Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 Congrats all! SPECIALLY TO YOU MARISSA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itida Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 nice Codex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandellav Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 What does The Lost World know of =LOST=? What are your feelings on CnG? What's your favorite Dinosaur? Mine is the teenager from that freaky 90s tv show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keve69 Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 Congratz to our lovely friends over at tLW, keep doing what your doing! Also congratz to everyone who was elected! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shimmer Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 Congrats on the new Codex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProdigyNL Posted July 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 [quote name='myself'][quote name='Mr Damsky' date='01 July 2010 - 07:51 AM' timestamp='1277963466' post='2356349'] Why do these comics suck? And what is tLWs favorite alliance? Least favorite? [/quote] They are awesome really! I dont know what tLWs favorite one is, at least i dont have a favorite or least favorite.[/quote] i misread your question, i thought you asked for my favorite and least favorite comic. Picking a favorite alliance is really hard and its impossible to pick one, therefor i go for our current set of allies. If you want me to pick my personal favorite currently existing not allied alliance, then it is The Templar Knights or The Order of The Paradox. A least favorite alliance is impossible to pick for tLW, but a personal least favorite currently existing alliance would be Gremlins. [quote name='Mandellav' date='01 July 2010 - 06:41 PM' timestamp='1278002484' post='2356763'] What does The Lost World know of =LOST=? What are your feelings on CnG? What's your favorite Dinosaur? Mine is the teenager from that freaky 90s tv show. [/quote] I dont know that much about =LOST= really, except for being a C&G member, i can tell what i think you guys are. The impression i have of you guys is that you are very laid back and not really care about foreign policies. I think its very hard to get close with you guys, but when an alliance is close with you guys they cant ask for a better partner. You guys will go further then almost any alliance in the world and wont look or care for any politics like most alliances do. Personally i have a hate for trolling and trollers. C&G futures alliances like MK and also a few others that had a large group that did a lot of trolling in the past and so in the past i used to dislike C&G as a bloc a lot. Also i had bad experiences with Fly in The War of The Coalition. Over time i got to know the C&G alliances better, i begun to get impressed by the way Archon does politics, i got to know some awesome people in Athens (they protected an old alliance i was in: Another Alliance), Athens showed to be a better ally then all of our allies when i was a UPN Minister and also very importantly, over time C&G alliances started to troll a lot less. Nowadays i have a lot of respect for most C&G alliances, i only sometimes have mixed feelings about FoB and ODN (nothing bad though). My favorite dinosaur must be the stegosaurus, i had this most amazing stegosaurus toy when i was a little kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandellav Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 [quote name='ProdigyNL' date='01 July 2010 - 02:52 PM' timestamp='1278010333' post='2356894'] I dont know that much about =LOST= really, except for being a C&G member, i can tell what i think you guys are. The impression i have of you guys is that you are very laid back and not really care about foreign policies. I think its very hard to get close with you guys, but when an alliance is close with you guys they cant ask for a better partner. You guys will go further then almost any alliance in the world and wont look or care for any politics like most alliances do. [/quote] I think you know us better than we know ourselves. I can say that we are interested in our foreign policies, but we do not wish to be movers and shakers in the foreign arena. You are dead accurate on your assessment of our loyalty and treaty practices. We don't take treaties lightly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush Sykes Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 Honest thoughts on Athens? Silver cant answer this, because I know she loves us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkEra97 Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 I know this was a long time in the making and certainly hope it works out well for you guys. Prod is certainly deserving of the position. Love you guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Empress Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 [quote name='Mandellav' date='01 July 2010 - 11:41 AM' timestamp='1278002484' post='2356763'] What does The Lost World know of =LOST=? What are your feelings on CnG? What's your favorite Dinosaur? Mine is the teenager from that freaky 90s tv show. [/quote] Basically what Prod said. Except that I know you from #csngames and you tell fascinating stories. They're okay. I'm not fully familiar with every alliance in CnG, but I like 2 or 3 of you. Are you talking about Barney? My favorite dinosaur is a brachiasaurus or brontosaurus. Yay long necks. :3 [quote name='Rush Sykes' date='01 July 2010 - 02:17 PM' timestamp='1278011853' post='2356925'] Honest thoughts on Athens? Silver cant answer this, because I know she loves us. [/quote] Well what if I hate you!? D:< ...nah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toynbee Posted July 2, 2010 Report Share Posted July 2, 2010 I suspect it was a reference to the show [i]Dinosaurs[/i], which had one of the worst finales I've ever seen but still gets remembered. If only for the baby hitting the father with a frying pan a lot. o.O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bones Malone Posted July 2, 2010 Report Share Posted July 2, 2010 [quote name='wickedj' date='01 July 2010 - 01:54 AM' timestamp='1277963634' post='2356354'] These elections need more Bones Malone [/quote] Hurr. Actually, this whole Codex change thing should really be credited to the government from last term. It was something I was really advocating and pushing for, but I had to disappear for a long while and they really stepped up and pushed the whole thing through. Good show last term's gov ( ). [quote name='StealingPandas' date='01 July 2010 - 01:56 AM' timestamp='1277963743' post='2356356'] Would you sell your soul for 50 tech? [/quote] No, but I would sell you Magister's for three soldiers and a hearty handshake. We'll work out the details over pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magister Agricolarum Posted July 2, 2010 Report Share Posted July 2, 2010 [quote name='Bones Malone' date='02 July 2010 - 12:06 AM' timestamp='1278043585' post='2357396']No, but I would sell you Magister's for three soldiers and a hearty handshake. We'll work out the details over pm.[/quote] Good sir, how dare you charge such an exorbitant price for my soul? You should be ashamed of yourself. Also, I'm very happy to be part of this new government. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizmo Posted July 2, 2010 Report Share Posted July 2, 2010 Congrats on your new Codex and Government! Especially that awesome new Park Security Director, FJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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