Monster Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 [center][img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4237780/umb/Paraguas_flag.png[/img] [/center] Okay, so this is going to seem a bit unorthodox or just plain weird, but Methax told me he did external recruiting for VE for a price when he was in Atlantis or something. I don't know jack !@#$ about recruiting, to be honest. Recently, we made the decision to actually recruit new nations. The competition will work this way: who ever gets the most people to apply(minimum of 20 for this prize) will win eternal tech for their nation.(900 tech every month, in other words). Second place gets 1200 tech. Third place gets 900 tech. Fourth 600. The competition will run 30 days. [b]Requirements for entry[/b]: Not currently serving as government for another alliance Extensive recruitment experience Documentation of all recruitment activity to be posted in a private subforum on Paraguas' boards Also, to give these kinds of things a more positive spin, I am starting a Best Leader Ever competition and you can't nominate me or anyone in Paraguas. Everything is at http://paraguas.ipbhost.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADude Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 (edited) Interesting. Good luck I guess, recruiting can be a !@#$%*. edit Made some [s]real[/s][s] half decent[/s] content Edited March 10, 2012 by ADude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Posted March 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 Thanks. I am serious about it. I was terrible at recruiting in MK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ardus Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 [quote name='Roquentin' timestamp='1331362051' post='2936275'] Thanks. I am serious about it. I was terrible at recruiting in MK. [/quote] You ran away from MK because you had thin skin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ardus Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 I mean seriously, if I can take the internal trolling, you ought to be able to. My precious ego. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Posted March 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 (edited) The thing is, you got there at a very different time. There was no gov mobility when I was there and that's pretty much acknowledged all around. You didn't get active in alliance participation until the old guard was removed like two and a half years later and I was screwed over by the people who devised the position I acted in. In addition, I accomplished a lot more in a year after leaving MK than I would have by staying. Edited March 10, 2012 by Roquentin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phineas Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 Thin skin, thick skin, sexy skin or no skin, no matter the differences we have or the politics between us and any other alliance, the potential benefits here, win or lose, are all positive. Worst case scenario: you get some noobs who will send your upper tier 50 tech every 10 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Posted March 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 [quote]I disagree. I was a government member at 15 days old, an alliance leader at 60 days old, a 1 million NS+ alliance leader at 170 days old, a 5 million NS+ alliance leader at 400 days old, and so on. I think I accomplished a fair amount. I could also point to other people like Hoo who became major alliance leaders pretty quick. Roquentin was a relatively unknown MK member before he became leader of Umbrella. It does take a lot of work and dedication to rise to the level of politically influential alliance leader, but it is certainly possible, and lesser degrees of activity confer lesser rewards. It is not a winner take all system. [/quote] - Londo http://forums.cybernations.net/index.php?showtopic=107595&st=40&p=2882491&#entry2882491 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prodigal Moon Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 Interesting competition, and that's quite a prize. Recruitment is not my area but I'll be curious to see how this turns out. Best of luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Posted March 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 (edited) They said NPO could not be defeated, but it was on the agenda since December 08 when I had been appointed Envoy in November, and I became Triumvir in February of 09. Now they say nothing. Also, actually I pushed it during WoTC and on, just didn't have a gov position. Edited March 10, 2012 by Roquentin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yevgeni Luchenkov Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 [quote name='Ardus' timestamp='1331362997' post='2936280'] I mean seriously, if I can take the internal trolling, you ought to be able to. My precious ego. [/quote] With a few attacks from time to time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Posted March 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 Oh right, Ardus attacked Yevgeni over a political dispute. Pasaremos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yevgeni Luchenkov Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 [quote name='Roquentin' timestamp='1331367753' post='2936300'] Oh right, Ardus attacked Yevgeni over a political dispute. Pasaremos! [/quote] Retrospectively, we overreacted and I remember it as a funny event. It could have changed a lot of things in the long run, though. Amusing to think about it. Good luck in your recruitment drive, Roquentin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Posted March 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 (edited) Thanks and I appreciate your taste. Edited March 10, 2012 by Roquentin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogal Dorn Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 good luck to whoever wins eternal tech & etc. interesting way to recruit that's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Posted March 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 (edited) It worked for Ardus' VE, so I hope it can be repeated and I admittedly suck at recruiting and I've just begun my foray into trying to draft people from the nether realm. Edited March 10, 2012 by Roquentin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave93 Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 I'm tempted to resign from my gov spot in TIO to do this Eternal tech sure sounds nice for someone as lazy as me xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Apocalypse Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 [quote name='Roquentin' timestamp='1331368039' post='2936302'] Thanks and I appreciate your Roq-Brehon inspired sig. [/quote] I made that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Posted March 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 Noooooooooooooooooooooooo! Niotacat.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonewall Jaxon Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 I find it hard to believe that a guy as ceaselessly active as Roquentin has trouble recruiting. Spam, spam, then spam some more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Posted March 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 (edited) But then I can't use my messages for other stuff and I'm not as active as I appear, tbh. ooc: It's more that I can get on from virtually anywhere, at almost any time. Edited March 10, 2012 by Roquentin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaiar Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 Roq, how serious are you about growing this alliance? 1 year? 2 years? 3 years? 4 years? Are those anniversary milestones you intend to be dedicated to or will Paraguas cease to exist if you accomplish your agenda? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Posted March 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 (edited) [quote name='Jaiar' timestamp='1331395610' post='2936392'] Roq, how serious are you about growing this alliance? 1 year? 2 years? 3 years? 4 years? Are those anniversary milestones you intend to be dedicated to or will Paraguas cease to exist if you accomplish your agenda? [/quote] I made it clear in a blog where Bob Ilyani asked the same question. It's not solely about accomplishing my goal, rather it is about building the alliance I always wanted. The goal is an immanent aspect, but the principles it stands on are perpetual regardless of antagonisms. Edited March 10, 2012 by Roquentin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoomzoomzoom Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 I'll be shocked if this works. It's not like 2007 where we had more players registering each day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Posted March 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 (edited) [quote name='Zoomzoomzoom' timestamp='1331401963' post='2936469'] I'll be shocked if this works. It's not like 2007 where we had more players registering each day. [/quote] I don't need that many anyway. I'm working on other sources as well. Just wanted to test this idea out since I had wanted to implement it for a while. The idea before was for Umbrella to do recruitment for an alliance like Deinos that would someday come about in order to gain more tech sellers. The thing is, Umbrella is lazy and Deinos recruits well enough on their own. During the UPN era of recruitment domination, they were getting tons somehow and I always wondered how. For some reason people always said it was two individuals: Abdur and Ragwing. Edited March 10, 2012 by Roquentin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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