Election Results - Term 13 Edition!
Election Results - Term 13 Edition!
Everyone,
This has been a most unusual election! The TownHall admins tried to take over the ToO by forcing me to write a resignation message (though those of you who read it closely might notice that I tried to leave you clues that things were not quite right!) and then gradually took over the board. Things seemed innocent enough when Top added some moderators, but members quickly noticed that all of the new moderators had been admins on the TownHall! Things escalated and a lot of users were jailed for various lengths of time for what the administrators considered to be offenses. A new TH-esque board style replaced the many wonderful options that members used to have. Money was no longer being made for posts and the vault disappeared with the new board theme. Gower's Field was locked, and a lot of other boards had their name changed and/or some threads moved. Top posted a very odd message (even for him) and questions continued to be raised, despite attempts by the new administration to quash them. Then clues started being given by a "Concerned Friend" who contacted Lizzie to help the members of the ToO figure out how to get rid of these unwanted new powerful people and all their increasingly strict rules and regulations. Finally the password to an account that held the key to getting rid of them was revealed, and the day was saved! I hope that everybody had a good time, and thanks for rescuing me from jail! It really isn't that cozy after a while. Thanks to all of you who rebelled against the administration and kept me company in jail. The moral of the story is that Top is a bad influence on people.
We are now ready to bring to power the thirteenth administration team, after much waiting and turmoil! After about a month of campaigning, 3 teams emerged with the funds necessary to compete for the administrative crown. An impressive turn-out of 98 votes (including 3 vital absentee votes) were cast in the Thirteenth Town of Odyssey Election.
Highlight below to see the results!
LizzieG and Taq will become the new Mayor and Chief of Police of the Town of Odyssey and took 45 votes (46%) to defeat the other candidates. Tyler and xiao finished second with 44 votes (45%). Regis Blackbeard and Lord Sesshoumaru came in third with 9 votes (9%).
The winners will be appointed to their posts later today and the moderators will be decided in the near future, so keep your eyes open for that announcement! Congratulations to all of the teams involved! Everyone should be proud of what has been accomplished. This term the election was confused by the evil takeover that The Top Crusader and his fellow TownHall admins attempted, but fortunately, that is all behind us now and our new administration can lead us on to great things! Please allow some time for things to change back - there is some clean-up required after the mess that was made of our great town! The ToO that you know and love will gradually re-emerge as boards are renamed and unlocked and a place is created for the TH-related threads to be viewed to relive the fond (and less than fond) memories from the past couple days!
Just so you know, the poll thread is located here. This thread was created to easily identify the election results (in the same way we did for past elections) and the poll thread has been subsequently moved to City Hall for archiving.
This has been a most unusual election! The TownHall admins tried to take over the ToO by forcing me to write a resignation message (though those of you who read it closely might notice that I tried to leave you clues that things were not quite right!) and then gradually took over the board. Things seemed innocent enough when Top added some moderators, but members quickly noticed that all of the new moderators had been admins on the TownHall! Things escalated and a lot of users were jailed for various lengths of time for what the administrators considered to be offenses. A new TH-esque board style replaced the many wonderful options that members used to have. Money was no longer being made for posts and the vault disappeared with the new board theme. Gower's Field was locked, and a lot of other boards had their name changed and/or some threads moved. Top posted a very odd message (even for him) and questions continued to be raised, despite attempts by the new administration to quash them. Then clues started being given by a "Concerned Friend" who contacted Lizzie to help the members of the ToO figure out how to get rid of these unwanted new powerful people and all their increasingly strict rules and regulations. Finally the password to an account that held the key to getting rid of them was revealed, and the day was saved! I hope that everybody had a good time, and thanks for rescuing me from jail! It really isn't that cozy after a while. Thanks to all of you who rebelled against the administration and kept me company in jail. The moral of the story is that Top is a bad influence on people.
We are now ready to bring to power the thirteenth administration team, after much waiting and turmoil! After about a month of campaigning, 3 teams emerged with the funds necessary to compete for the administrative crown. An impressive turn-out of 98 votes (including 3 vital absentee votes) were cast in the Thirteenth Town of Odyssey Election.
Highlight below to see the results!
LizzieG and Taq will become the new Mayor and Chief of Police of the Town of Odyssey and took 45 votes (46%) to defeat the other candidates. Tyler and xiao finished second with 44 votes (45%). Regis Blackbeard and Lord Sesshoumaru came in third with 9 votes (9%).
The winners will be appointed to their posts later today and the moderators will be decided in the near future, so keep your eyes open for that announcement! Congratulations to all of the teams involved! Everyone should be proud of what has been accomplished. This term the election was confused by the evil takeover that The Top Crusader and his fellow TownHall admins attempted, but fortunately, that is all behind us now and our new administration can lead us on to great things! Please allow some time for things to change back - there is some clean-up required after the mess that was made of our great town! The ToO that you know and love will gradually re-emerge as boards are renamed and unlocked and a place is created for the TH-related threads to be viewed to relive the fond (and less than fond) memories from the past couple days!
Just so you know, the poll thread is located here. This thread was created to easily identify the election results (in the same way we did for past elections) and the poll thread has been subsequently moved to City Hall for archiving.
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I voted for BlackBear, cause I figured it wouldn't matter anyway.
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I started a comic. "And there's no one to stand around looking impressed"....seriously "what is the point of having you all."
NOW AT: https://www.facebook.com/randompiratecomic
Wait just one minute...
According to this...
http://thetoo.com/viewtopic.php?t=22385 ... highlight=
The turnout was 43 / 43
And in this thread it says 45 /44.
According to this...
http://thetoo.com/viewtopic.php?t=22385 ... highlight=
The turnout was 43 / 43
And in this thread it says 45 /44.
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Nah. Absentee votes. >_>xiao wrote:So....
According to this...
http://thetoo.com/viewtopic.php?t=22385 ... highlight=
It was a tie.
And Catspaw voted against us.
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Ah TIE??? WOW.. that's like.. A first... nice... (and a story-arc to cover it up...)
Wait, no, even though it was a tie, there were three absentee ballots, and how could it be 44 and 45 if both were 43 and 43???
Oh well... this will be an interesting term I unfortunately won't be around much for....
Wait, no, even though it was a tie, there were three absentee ballots, and how could it be 44 and 45 if both were 43 and 43???
Oh well... this will be an interesting term I unfortunately won't be around much for....
No xiao, 3 absentee ballots were cast. 1 went to Panda Bear and the other 2 went to LizzieG and Taq.
Congratulations to Taq, and especially LizzieG for their win, and for freeing me from jail!
*Free at last!*
Also, way to go EK! Without your contributions, we might never have figured out the password to bring down The Administration. You rock, man!
Now I can go to sleep peacefully, knowing that the Town of Odyssey is in good hands.
Congratulations to Taq, and especially LizzieG for their win, and for freeing me from jail!
*Free at last!*
Also, way to go EK! Without your contributions, we might never have figured out the password to bring down The Administration. You rock, man!
Now I can go to sleep peacefully, knowing that the Town of Odyssey is in good hands.
Not dead yet.
Yeah, I picked up on that.David O wrote:No xiao, 3 absentee ballots were cast. 1 went to Panda Bear and the other 2 went to LizzieG and Taq.
Well, guys, this has been one of the most intense elections ever and I can't believe it was a tie!
Anyways, good luck LizzieG and Taq... sad to see all that work for the styles and badges (there are more than 100 badges! all with images!) and ideas and stuff went to waste, but maybe someday they'll be implemented (but probably not lol)
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If it helps, I believe everyone to be a winner, because you guys all helped save the town, free Catspaw and David O, and hey, Lizzie and Taq can always do a few things to use your ideas... wait, I shouldn't say that... (I CAN'T ACCOUNT FOR WHAT THEY WILL DO... That's my disclaimer)xiao wrote:Yeah, I picked up on that.David O wrote:No xiao, 3 absentee ballots were cast. 1 went to Panda Bear and the other 2 went to LizzieG and Taq.
Well, guys, this has been one of the most intense elections ever and I can't believe it was a tie!
Anyways, good luck LizzieG and Taq... sad to see all that work for the styles and badges (there are more than 100 badges! all with images!) and ideas and stuff went to waste, but maybe someday they'll be implemented (but probably not lol)
Wow, this election season has been full of surprises at every step of the way - talk about a month to remember! Thank you for the encouragement! I'm looking forward to serving as your Mayor this summer!
Closest election ever...
ousting the record set by CatMuntz vs D&D....
http://thetoo.com/viewtopic.php?t=3325
the only thing that could beat it now is an actual tie. (Which..it was technically a tie looking at the polls, should I call for a run-off? )
Anyways, great election guys, hope to see great things from iTaliq.
ousting the record set by CatMuntz vs D&D....
http://thetoo.com/viewtopic.php?t=3325
the only thing that could beat it now is an actual tie. (Which..it was technically a tie looking at the polls, should I call for a run-off? )
Anyways, great election guys, hope to see great things from iTaliq.