Well, since I can vote (and have), and we can see Marek is winning, I'm going to drop another silver spoon this faction doesn't deserve to consider as it decides on shaping it's culture and battling the overwhelming OOC self-insert, second-life, DM complaint driven culture that currently rules the GA.
### 1. I do not like Marek's plan, I only like that he has one.
2. I don't like Marek's plan because of this: you're already planning to ride the Andor wave, like other factions are, by declaring "I REBEL" when you're taking over the largest faction in the Galaxy. This doesn't make sense to me, because YOU are the Major Faction people are rebelling against.
a. The Jedi have rebelled your OOC and Senate-overreach.
b. The Empire is rebelling against your authoritative control.
c. Your allies are rebelling your influence and determining their own way.
3. To pivot into rebellion is the easy way out, imo, and takes away from so many others who are pursuing the same path - and won't have the same effect others are pursuing, simply because they are new and you are old and decrepit. OOC and IC, it will be seem as a desperate grab for the same storyline that is currently popular and attracting other writers. I don't fault people for wanting this, it is attractive, but in my opinion is the lowest hanging fruit attracting the Galactic Alliance away from helping the entire forum create better stories and empowering everyone, not just the Galactic Alliance, to enjoy experiences of all different walks.
And again, it just doesn't make sense for the largest faction to pursue becoming a rebellion. It is very, very forced. You are at the beginning of the war. The invasions have only begun. And you are relying on Andor hype to attract enough writers to put up a fight, and for the last time, it's not a bad strat, but it's not a winning one and by far not the most entertaining one, in my opinion.
### And lastly, I don't like the plan because it requires yet another round of OOC appointments, which will force you to PRESS X TO SKIP a lot of fun stuff.
1. You're already talking OOC appointing a friend gang member to Supreme Chancellor, voiding any election RP. The ELECTION, not the end result, is the entertainment. You are willfully choosing to skip it so you can have who you want in there, rather than leaving it up to the players. Determining the winner OOC is lame af and will void any writer's want to rp in an Election.
2. The position of Supreme Chancellor sweeps in the Senate RP behind them. This was a huge focal point for the Senate, and perhaps the mightiest point of contention under Ghost's reign (we had a voice conference where this subject took up 70% of the discussion) - which was never delivered upon. Voiding the roleplay of an election is a huge blow to Senate RP. The SC is the Mandalore to the Senate - if you give no effort to the position other than "It's an NPC" or "I want my friend in there", nobody will give you effort in return. You will all but kill Senate RP, rather than empower it.
3. Senate RP has the potential to carry. It is your one last refuge - nobody on the forum is doing it the way the GA could stand to do it, overnight. It could carry long enough for you people to damage control the massive injury Ghost dealt to this faction by chasing off the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th most popular and fun Jedi roleplayers. What else is there? You're clearly pivoting towards Rebellion to fill the gap, and I've outlined why that's not a good idea. So what else in the meantime, without pressing the "Force Rebellion story to happen"? GADF? Navy? Intel? None of these can carry, in my opinion. They don't have the numbers and they don't have the stories. The Senate stands to carry, because the Senate interacts and can empower ALL of these elements. I demonstrated this day one with my Subpoena thread - it empowers, and gave platform, to all the branches of the military. It gives them reason to all come in and share their stories, write their stories, interact with the Senate and conflict with the Senate.
The Senate will drastically diminish if a Rebellion storyline is pursued. Others are doing it better and more organically right now, I do not advise this direction.
But, I've influenced enough. Good luck to whoever wins, and good luck with your direction. You have a lot to consider, but you do have one thing on your side - everyone wants a bite of your apple.
I suggest you lean into, rather than oppose it.
### I'd also recommend the following (and would have done day 1):
1. Thanks to everyone who leaked on Ghost so we could talk about it, and heal, and understand what went wrong. Unfortunately, the Admins who stood by and watched all of this happened for a month should not be immediately forgiven - they should lose their spots, in my opinion.
We need people who will speak out, not comply. That Ghost evicting Valery shit was so dirty. The way it was done, and the way it was lied about to every member of GA, was known by the Faction Admins. They should resign, if not outright fired, day one. Forgiveness can be found later, but accountability must be found now. I understand the friend gangs embedded have a way of letting these people off the hook almost immediately, the OOC clout points drive these decisions to not enact the justifiable consequences, so I do not expect this to happen in the slightest.
2. The OOC detractors, and derailers, have been dealt a pretty big blow and had their spot blown up by my exiting the GA - but the incoming Administration should not let up the gas. Issue a warning day one, it won't be tolerated. They are chasing off too many good people with their reliance on Discord DMs and their Jonestown style "I don't like change". You should nip this in the bud, day one, by making your expectations for a free, fair, and fun environment rather than mob-driven OOC witch hunts like the one I faced. "Figure it out in ROLEPLAY."
This is a roleplay website. Do not let up on them.
