Townhall - Curial Commentary and Chat

**Flinn** · July 02, 2020, 02:45 AM

Originally Posted by Lifthrasir

@ Flinn, don't forget that we also use chemical weapons such as smelly cheeses

I don't fear you, I'm ready!

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Originally Posted by Akar

I didn't know ~~we were~~ Flinn was allowed to use such suggestive language...

Humility, lad

**Akar** · July 02, 2020, 04:48 PM

I'm genuinely surprised someone had to photoshop panties onto him. Surely there's a picture of him with panties on his face already out there?

**Pontifex Maximus** · July 02, 2020, 07:25 PM

Thanks for all the warm wishes, I appreciate the trust everyone has in me to pull this duty off well.

Also, now that the pizza party is over, Majora will unveil the gallows, rack, and guillotine that I just ordered from sharper image in order to show you all what the next six months is going to look like.

**Akar** · July 02, 2020, 07:33 PM

Wait, the pizza party is over? I wasn't even invited

**Pontifex Maximus** · July 02, 2020, 10:19 PM

Just wait till the after party

**Flinn** · July 03, 2020, 02:37 AM

Originally Posted by Akar

I'm genuinely surprised someone had to photoshop panties onto him. Surely there's a picture of him with panties on his face already out there?

tsk Berlusconi is a pious and God-fearing man, it's just defamation ..

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Originally Posted by Pontifex Maximus

Also, now that the pizza party is over, Majora will unveil the gallows, rack, and guillotine that I just ordered from sharper image in order to show you all what the next six months is going to look like.

damn, that was about time.. pave this place with dead and dismembered bodies!

**Dismounted Feudal Knight** · July 04, 2020, 05:29 PM

I'm afraid the gallows were assembled backwards, but the rest should be in working order.

**Akar** · July 04, 2020, 05:49 PM

That's the most important part though >

**Pontifex Maximus** · July 04, 2020, 06:10 PM

Schultzzzz!!!

**Dismounted Feudal Knight** · July 05, 2020, 04:51 AM

I know noooooothing!

**King Athelstan** · July 05, 2020, 01:15 PM

Originally Posted by Imperator Majora

I know noooooothing!

Jon Snow?

**Akar** · July 05, 2020, 03:29 PM

Never heard of him.

**Pontifex Maximus** · July 05, 2020, 04:59 PM

(She's Muh Queen)

**Akar** · July 05, 2020, 05:27 PM

MUH QUEEEEEEN

**Cope** · July 06, 2020, 02:18 AM

Birthdaykar! Someone rep him from me please.

**Flinn** · July 14, 2020, 08:13 AM

Just for the sake of clarity

Originally Posted by Akar

It's not "the time limit" it's the minimum requirement. Meeting the bare minimum requirements does not make you worthy of the reward, it means you meet the bare minimum requirements.

He didn't even finish out a term in any office but this one, where he ignored the majority of his duties.

Everyone who has served for 6 months has not "served with distinction". Giving this award to anyone who meets the barest minimum requirement reduces the value of the award to all others who have actually done something significant to warrant being rewarded.

A term mired with drama and incompetence does not rise to the level of "serving with distinction".

And evidence has been provided for it, as well as being at your fingertips (since you can access the Politia).

So to be clear, you're saying that the bar for this reward is

1. Serving 6 months.

2. Not being VONCed successfully more than once

Wow. Talk about lowering the bar here. You're practically dredging the river for corpses at this point...

If we're going to give the award to every single person who hasn't been thrown out of office then the award should be given out by default to every single Curial officer on their leaving office (provided their term was 6 months).

edit:

It also seems amusing to me that you would say these two things, one after the other

I think perhaps you should remove the log from your own eye before judging the splinter in someone else's.

I hate zebra quoting, so I'll go straight to the point; as a Citizen I'm entitled to believe whatever I want about who's worth which award, then I might be proven wrong or right, either case. Maybe I have higher standards on a certain awards, maybe I have lower standards on other ones.. the important you see is not to make it personal, if possible. It's just a sort of role play after all, sure we all love TWC and we all love to contribute to it, but after all it's just a bunch of pixels on a screen, isn't it?

Said the above, in the case of the Curial service award, I do believe that anyone who has served for at the least 6 months, has done a good service and hasn't incurred in any VonC is worth being proposed for that award; why I say so? because in the Curia, in theory, no one should be sitting in a position without doing anything (that's what a VonC is for, among the other things), maybe I'm wrong about that but that's how I always saw it. This is of course just my opinion, whatever one can say I do believe that anyone who did a service for 6 months it's worth a recognition, maybe I'm undervaluing this award? or maybe someone else is overvaluing it? Certainly I do believe that more people should have it, and this is no way undermines the quality of contributions done by others who have it.

Once more, there's nothing personal behind how I judge people for awards and citizenship, and in fact no matter if my position wins or loses, I've never changed my attitude or relation with someone because of that, nor I won't

**PikeStance** · July 15, 2020, 12:23 AM

My patron once remarked in regards to the large awards, one need not shoot lightning bolts from their arse to be considered. This is a medium award. VZ has served the community nonstop since becoming active on the forum. For me, that meets the "with distinction" criteria. That VonC was a complete joke and better illustrates how bad this site has become in pettiness.

**King Athelstan** · July 15, 2020, 09:54 AM

I much prefer people propose awards and have them rejected than people going around with a negative opinion, thinking that there's no point because it'll be shot down anyways. I do not want that to be the standard value here, please do propose people even if you're not 100% sure it'll pass. TWC will be a better place for it.