Officer for Snuggling Budgies
Posted: 03 Dec 2020, 00:20
Nakari for Officer of Culture
Hi! I’m Nakari, or Budgie Snugglers, or Riet and Wes, or Parazi. I’ve been around in NationStates for a while but never in government here. For the last few years I’ve been defending with the Grey Wardens, being in government in the South Pacific, and being a general nuisance in the Rejected Realms. I’m super fond of TRR and the community here - it’s where I’ve been most active for a while now, running Popmasters and Rejectvision and generally chatting - and I’d like to contribute in a more committed way. That’s right - I want to make this… offic(er)ial.
One of the things I love about the culture of TRR is that it’s really open and encourages people to try running things or starting games any time they want. I think this is probably the most important part of our culture, and I’d like to expand on this and make our activities more accessible to run. The Culture Library should be made more prominent, and I’ll be researching and testing out new games and formats to add to it, along with periodically getting culture members to pick out an event to run themselves. I’ll make sure we have a Popmaster or other kind of quiz every two weeks at least.
I’ve enjoyed the culture calendars but I understand that they were a lot of work to run. I think they can be made a lot easier to run by spreading out the activities - so that each weekday has a set event, but the actual running of events can be alternated between weeks, depending on the interest in each activity, and delegating some of the actual running of events. (So, for example, we keep Theme Tuesdays and Wednesday Puzzle Day, but one week we do Theme Tuesday and the next we do Puzzle Day). From Robespierre’s time as Culture Officer, I’d like to add monthly contests back to the calendar - it was always interesting to see people’s contributions, and they are fairly accessible events both to run and to join in.
Some of the most popular Reject cultural events revolve around music. I’d like to introduce themed music nights, too, where people can just chill and share music around a certain theme. (And yet the means of music production are locked away from the proletariat! I would like to bribe moderators into partially democratizing Groovy - perhaps by allowing Groovy to be publicly accessible on certain nights?)
Though I’m not opposed to big regional festivals, I think we can more organically grow close to other regions through involving them in our regular culture, especially if our culture can be kept consistently active - imagine inviting people from other regions to run a guest Popmaster with themes relevant to our regions, for example, and having their regionmates join in. Plus, hopefully it will form longer lasting friendships when the events aren’t totally separated from everyday culture.
Two weaknesses (or at least two weaknesses I’m willing to admit): the RMB and cards. Somehow in twelve years I have managed to avoid regularly talking on an RMB for more than a month or two at a time. Before making solid plans for the RMB, I’ll be talking with members of the culture office who actually are regulars on the RMB, and also Outreach since any activity on the RMB will necessarily be the most accessible for the newest players. The daily questions, polls and occasional rule days seem to have been popular in the past, and I’d like those to continue, either by myself, Outreach, or other culture members (and perhaps all that exposure to the RMB will actually get me to talk there regularly. Maybe.)
I haven’t really been interested in cards but the development of the Discarded League is exciting and I like the usage of cards as an incentive in cultural activities. I do have ideas for events that can involve cards, like a potential card scavenger hunt for Rejectmas, but it’s not really something I’m specialized in and I’ll probably be working with people who are more experienced (hi Jamie <3).
So! I'll hopefully be able to answer any questions you have on my campaign. I hope whether you choose to elect me or not, TRR continues to be an engaging, wonderful, and overall fun place to be!
Hi! I’m Nakari, or Budgie Snugglers, or Riet and Wes, or Parazi. I’ve been around in NationStates for a while but never in government here. For the last few years I’ve been defending with the Grey Wardens, being in government in the South Pacific, and being a general nuisance in the Rejected Realms. I’m super fond of TRR and the community here - it’s where I’ve been most active for a while now, running Popmasters and Rejectvision and generally chatting - and I’d like to contribute in a more committed way. That’s right - I want to make this… offic(er)ial.
One of the things I love about the culture of TRR is that it’s really open and encourages people to try running things or starting games any time they want. I think this is probably the most important part of our culture, and I’d like to expand on this and make our activities more accessible to run. The Culture Library should be made more prominent, and I’ll be researching and testing out new games and formats to add to it, along with periodically getting culture members to pick out an event to run themselves. I’ll make sure we have a Popmaster or other kind of quiz every two weeks at least.
I’ve enjoyed the culture calendars but I understand that they were a lot of work to run. I think they can be made a lot easier to run by spreading out the activities - so that each weekday has a set event, but the actual running of events can be alternated between weeks, depending on the interest in each activity, and delegating some of the actual running of events. (So, for example, we keep Theme Tuesdays and Wednesday Puzzle Day, but one week we do Theme Tuesday and the next we do Puzzle Day). From Robespierre’s time as Culture Officer, I’d like to add monthly contests back to the calendar - it was always interesting to see people’s contributions, and they are fairly accessible events both to run and to join in.
Some of the most popular Reject cultural events revolve around music. I’d like to introduce themed music nights, too, where people can just chill and share music around a certain theme. (And yet the means of music production are locked away from the proletariat! I would like to bribe moderators into partially democratizing Groovy - perhaps by allowing Groovy to be publicly accessible on certain nights?)
Though I’m not opposed to big regional festivals, I think we can more organically grow close to other regions through involving them in our regular culture, especially if our culture can be kept consistently active - imagine inviting people from other regions to run a guest Popmaster with themes relevant to our regions, for example, and having their regionmates join in. Plus, hopefully it will form longer lasting friendships when the events aren’t totally separated from everyday culture.
Two weaknesses (or at least two weaknesses I’m willing to admit): the RMB and cards. Somehow in twelve years I have managed to avoid regularly talking on an RMB for more than a month or two at a time. Before making solid plans for the RMB, I’ll be talking with members of the culture office who actually are regulars on the RMB, and also Outreach since any activity on the RMB will necessarily be the most accessible for the newest players. The daily questions, polls and occasional rule days seem to have been popular in the past, and I’d like those to continue, either by myself, Outreach, or other culture members (and perhaps all that exposure to the RMB will actually get me to talk there regularly. Maybe.)
I haven’t really been interested in cards but the development of the Discarded League is exciting and I like the usage of cards as an incentive in cultural activities. I do have ideas for events that can involve cards, like a potential card scavenger hunt for Rejectmas, but it’s not really something I’m specialized in and I’ll probably be working with people who are more experienced (hi Jamie <3).
So! I'll hopefully be able to answer any questions you have on my campaign. I hope whether you choose to elect me or not, TRR continues to be an engaging, wonderful, and overall fun place to be!
I will make sure all the actually recommended books have anarchist undertones.
