Gears

Sadly, alternate universe participants are not available, due to immense commuting costs.

You have been nominated and thus are a nominee. Consent is not required. You do not have to put any effort into your candidacy if you do not want to.

Actually, campaigning is Phase 2. You are welcome to campaign now, but in order to accumulate campaigns in one phase, it is preferable that you wait until Phase 1 ends

What is your opinion of me? Why do you think I am profound? Why Condensation and not Fog or Cloud or Haze or Steam? For that matter, why Vapor and Mist? What is your opinion on superlatives? Do you enjoy flying without the hindrance of mechanical machines? Why did you stop dreaming of the gates? What happened to your pet imp? How many seconds in eternity? Do you remember being reconstructed? What happened to your eyes? Moisture accumulating, forming entities three, chatter, randomness, and SE, and random chatter, three entities forming accumulated moisture

Voting is Phase 3. We are currently in Phase 1, which ends on 0:00 GMT 2020 August 16. I apologise for the ambiguous wording.

Nominees nominate their own seconds. One cannot nominate themself as a second. A person can nominate any number of people for the Leader of the Hegemony of the World. These nominees cannot refuse to be nominated. Nominees can appoint staff. These staff cannot refuse to be appointed.

Nominations will close at 0:00 GMT on 2020 August 16 [to clarify, this means the minute after 23:59 GMT on 2020 August 15]. All nominations must occur before this deadline.

This is the nomination phase. Once this phase ends, voting will begin.

Noted Invalid Correct. Voting has not yet commenced, but once it has, yes. Noted Brandon Sanderson does not currently have a second [and if he did, he could only have one], but you may name secondary advisors if you wish. I am legally incapable of providing that information.

Yes. No, as the second would only come into play when the nominee is ineligible. A nominee can be disqualified if they violate the 17th Shard Code of Conduct or otherwise violate site policies. They can also withdraw themselves if they find themselves too busy. They can create whatever system they please. Maybe you can create a better system once you get elected. Noted Noted Noted, and the second does not need to give consent. The Leader of the Hegemony of the World has supreme power over the world. This entails whatever the Leader wishes it to entail. The nomination is permitted, but the nominee must choose their own second.

Yes.

The Anarchist nodded. "Do your best, Rosie. If you fail, well, at least it makes a nice decoration."

Consent is not required. So long as you are a nominee, you may name one and only one second.

Affirmative. Acknowledged. Accepted We do not discriminate. Allowed Authorised

Yes. We do not discriminate.

Is this a nomination and if so, for who?

Archer said it did.

Listen, Archer, you were the one who initiated the Discord conversation. You were the one who brought up hegemony. You were the one who nominated yourself. You were the one who challenged Chaos to a duel. You were the one who wanted this. You only have yourself to blame.

So Chaos read the PM. No response. However, this interaction gave me the courage to tag him in my new thread, Nominations for the Leader of the Hegemony of the World:

Nominations for the Leader of the Hegemony of the World have officially begun! This is Phase 1 of the process by which the Leader of the Hegemony of the World will be decided, in which individuals shall be nominated. It will end at 0:00 GMT on 2020 August 16. Phase 2 of the process by which the Leader of the Hegemony of the World will be decided, in which individuals shall campaign, shall end at 0:00 GMT on 2020 August 20. Phase 3 of the Process by which the Leader of the Hegemony of the world will be decided, in which the voting shall take place, shall end at 0:00 GMT on 2020 August 25. The winner will be decided by popular vote, with ties being decided by single combat with weapons of the combatants' choice. Nominees may name a second if they wish. The second will assume command should the nominee be rendered unable to participate in Nominations for the Leader of the Hegemony of the World. Nominees may run a campaign if they wish. This entails whatever the nominee wishes for it to entail, so long as it follows the 17th Shard Code of Conduct. Let the Nominations for Leader of the Hegemony of the World commence! Current Nominees

Sentience is self-awareness. Sapient is relating to humans [typically used to compare an item's intelligence/self-awareness to a standard human's intelligence/self-awareness]. All animals have some level of sentience. Your idea seems fine, though you have to make sure that your animals exemplify the trait they are assigned, not standard animal behavior. For lions, maybe Laziness [they sleep a lot and the females do all the work]. A scavenger could be Survival or Desperation or Analytical-ness or something of that sort [they eat dead things and recognise the utility of the dead things]. Think of human stereotypes for animals, not what animals actually are.

I just did.

Why do people insist on apologising for slaughtering their victims? If one is willing to consign them to death, one must be willing to be sincere. No regrets.

Chaos, lord of forums, ghost editor of Shardcast, of editing ghosts, forums of lord Chaos

Concession, ketek incorrect, apathy towards correction, towards apathetic incorrectness, ketek conceding.