Politician Archive
Thread: Existing Mayors need to re-register each session?
Mystyrys
Tue Nov 16, 2004 4:24 pm
#14
Stuman, before you go on vacation, designate a "Deputy Mayor" to register and get elected as mayor during your absence, in case a "rogue" citizen takes tha opportunity to stage a coup while you are gone. (being sure it's a trusted citizen the majority will be comfortable electing into a temporary position) Then after you get back, register again in the next election cycle and reclaim Mayorship. But if no candidates register during a cycle, and the election defaults to the sitting mayor, thenthere's no worries. ???
Mystyrys
Tue Nov 16, 2004 7:10 pm
#15
Ah, true. Good points. We have crafters in our guild who always have a few unspent SPs to pick up a little this or that, as needed from time to time. Throw-away skills. But not manycan nor wants to do that. If your city is at a known risk of a coup though, it might be worth having someone prepped and ready to step up if the need should arise.Threat Level Assessment.Otherwise, enjoy your vacation and hope the sitting mayor default win works as intended and advertised. 
Pappi
Tue Nov 16, 2004 7:28 pm
#16
sorry about the posting gap, I had to go to school 
GreenMarine said that you have to re-register each session, and I haven't been able to talk him out of it. so.... if you want your votes, register. if you have a problem with your citizens not voting, drag their behind into the city hall. if they don't listen... you should consider finding some citizens that actually care about your city.
GreenMarine said that you have to re-register each session, and I haven't been able to talk him out of it. so.... if you want your votes, register. if you have a problem with your citizens not voting, drag their behind into the city hall. if they don't listen... you should consider finding some citizens that actually care about your city.
PsychoticChipmunk
Tue Nov 16, 2004 8:14 pm
#17
Pappi wrote:
sorry about the posting gap, I had to go to school
GreenMarine said that you have to re-register each session, and I haven't been able to talk him out of it. so.... if you want your votes, register. if you have a problem with your citizens not voting, drag their behind into the city hall. if they don't listen... you should consider finding some citizens that actually care about your city.
Well ask him what I am supposed to do while I spend a month in Europe over the summer? (well this one or next one haven't decided yet) Or need to take a massive chunk out of my play time due to final project due dates coming up? Shoudl I be forced to force someoneelsetaking up an interim mayor role for me since the game prevents me from auto-registering? It wouldn't be hard for me to do thanks to my great citizens but it wouldn't sit well with me having to pick someone to mind the gap because of a slight design flaw and not all towns have people that either have free skill points or can afford to lose some for months at a time. Out of everything that got put in that is my only problem with the patch...well that and the download time
StumanKadir
Tue Nov 16, 2004 9:08 pm
#18
"you should consider finding some citizens that actually care about your city."
Have you tried finding new residents lately? It's hard enough trying to convince people not to leave the game, let alone ocnvincing new ones to move in - especially the ones who joined on the back of JtL and who have no interest at all in the ground game and live in their ship.
Have you tried finding new residents lately? It's hard enough trying to convince people not to leave the game, let alone ocnvincing new ones to move in - especially the ones who joined on the back of JtL and who have no interest at all in the ground game and live in their ship.
Pappi
Tue Nov 16, 2004 9:38 pm
#19
StumanKadir wrote:
"you should consider finding some citizens that actually care about your city."
Have you tried finding new residents lately? It's hard enough trying to convince people not to leave the game, let alone ocnvincing new ones to move in - especially the ones who joined on the back of JtL and who have no interest at all in the ground game and live in their ship.
I haven't had to. I have a fairly active citizen base, and we have a screening process for selecting citizens.
StumanKadir
Tue Nov 16, 2004 9:52 pm
#20
It's not our experience on Talus/Valcyn.
With JtL completely bypassing Talus on the travel map, the planet is dying slowly but surely and with it the player cities on the planet.
The problem is that we love the planet so much that we would rather leave the game than leave the planet. Its a pity that we have such a hard time convincing people to move there, especially with the problems that JtL (and now the politican changes) have brought us.
With JtL completely bypassing Talus on the travel map, the planet is dying slowly but surely and with it the player cities on the planet.
The problem is that we love the planet so much that we would rather leave the game than leave the planet. Its a pity that we have such a hard time convincing people to move there, especially with the problems that JtL (and now the politican changes) have brought us.
MTolwyn
Tue Nov 16, 2004 11:11 pm
#21
Pappi wrote:
StumanKadir wrote:
"you should consider finding some citizens that actually care about your city."
Have you tried finding new residents lately? It's hard enough trying to convince people not to leave the game, let alone ocnvincing new ones to move in - especially the ones who joined on the back of JtL and who have no interest at all in the ground game and live in their ship.
I haven't had to. I have a fairly active citizen base, and we have a screening process for selecting citizens.
since JTL many people don t care about the ground anymore, all they are concerned of are their ships
sure they come back sooner or later but right now holding a city together is a major pain
and the large number of players leaving the game is also no help
and with the state as capped city it s nearly impossible. We are about 3k away from the next starport. Why? Cause we didn t wan t to be a district of theed as many other cities are. So when i talk to interested people usually the question occurs "Do you have a shuttle port" answer "sorry we are capped for about 8 months and not allowed to have one" after that 99% answer "Sorry not interested" or "sorry no shuttleport is bad for business"
Gasp
Tue Nov 16, 2004 11:12 pm
#22
Ok...direct question here....
what IF the existing mayor is unable to re-register & no one else does?? I'm checking on our very small city that exists mostly for a few of us to safely craft in. Our city update is in about a day & a half & our mayor is out of town for a few days. What will happen to the city if no one registers? Does it just default to the sitting mayor with no XP gain? or does the hall *poof*??
Mystyrys
Wed Nov 17, 2004 12:57 am
#23
Gasp wrote:
Ok...direct question here....
what IF the existing mayor is unable to re-register & no one else does?? I'm checking on our very small city that exists mostly for a few of us to safely craft in. Our city update is in about a day & a half & our mayor is out of town for a few days. What will happen to the city if no one registers? Does it just default to the sitting mayor with no XP gain? or does the hall *poof*??
Yeah, I am getting confused now too.
No one registers. Sitting Mayor gets noxp for that election cycle except for the 750 per week base rate. But as there was no opposing candidate, the election win still defaults to the incumbent Mayor. Yes?
Surely the City Hall doesn't auto-delete if thereis no registered candidate each and every election cycle?!
Mystyrys
Wed Nov 17, 2004 1:05 am
#24
Hmm. Politician PvP. We may be living in interesting times indeed.
The changes will encourage citizens to be more active, rather than just passive occupants. Mayors should be active enough to at least keep track of the election cycles and remember to go register. But I recall Pappi saying that even if no one is registered, all votes, if there are any, will still go to the sitting mayor, registered to run or not. Yes?
LorakMailbie
Wed Nov 17, 2004 6:18 am
#25
Hey Pappi,
Pappi wrote:
StumanKadir wrote:
"you should consider finding some citizens that actually care about your city."
Have you tried finding new residents lately? It's hard enough trying to convince people not to leave the game, let alone ocnvincing new ones to move in - especially the ones who joined on the back of JtL and who have no interest at all in the ground game and live in their ship.
I haven't had to. I have a fairly active citizen base, and we have a screening process for selecting citizens.
I am glad I am not the only Mayor in this game who has a selection process for new memebers and citizens.
We have a city on Talus (chilastra server)and a guild which are one - you cant join one without the other. Our city and guild has been going strong for 6 months and we have just 40 citizens. The basis for our city is unity and friendship - nothing else matters to us. Every single member is respected and valued.
I want to say to all u people who are complaining about this new patch if you have people in your city that actually care about you and the citythen there is no problem.
My city is a slow growing one but all the people in it are special and we are more like a family then a city / guild. All my friends are willing to travel to talus to vote for me each time they need too.
Pappi
Wed Nov 17, 2004 1:26 pm
#26
Mystyrys wrote:
Gasp wrote:Ok...direct question here....what IF the existing mayor is unable to re-register & no one else does?? I'm checking on our very small city that exists mostly for a few of us to safely craft in. Our city update is in about a day & a half & our mayor is out of town for a few days. What will happen to the city if no one registers? Does it just default to the sitting mayor with no XP gain? or does the hall *poof*??Yeah, I am getting confused now too.No one registers. Sitting Mayor gets no xp for that election cycle except for the 750 per week base rate. But as there was no opposing candidate, the election win still defaults to the incumbent Mayor. Yes?Surely the City Hall doesn't auto-delete if there is no registered candidate each and every election cycle?!
from my understanding of the changes, the mayor stays if noone is registered.