On Friday, WF Will Have a New Super-Owner. Who Should it Be?

Discussion in 'The Red Room' started by The Original Faceman, Sep 21, 2014.

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Who Should it Be?

  1. Ancalogon - He's done an excellent job at doing nothing

    7.7%
  2. Gul - the people's choice for doing an excellent job at doing nothing

    7.7%
  3. Evenflow - a guy who's even better qualified than gul at not being ancalagon

    15.4%
  4. The fourth guy...um...Chip...no, that's not it...Chet? Skip? Tex? Is it Tex? Yeah, Tex...

    69.2%
  1. The Original Faceman

    The Original Faceman Lasagna Artist

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    An unofficial poll!
  2. NAHTMMM

    NAHTMMM Perpetually sondering

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    I don't see any of the Super Friends on there . . . :huh:
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  3. tafkats

    tafkats scream not working because space make deaf Moderator

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    My assumption would be gul, since he's been the most active, but they could also make it Flow to mollify those who are butthurt by the administrator being a liberal...
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  4. RickDeckard

    RickDeckard Socialist

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    Have I missed something or is Faceman just being a twat?
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  5. tafkats

    tafkats scream not working because space make deaf Moderator

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    The original announcement was that each of the Four Horsemen would take a year as "point person," being the main admin and having tiebreaker power if they were split 2-2 on a decision.
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  6. Phoenix

    Phoenix Sociopath

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    You need to ask?
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  7. The Original Faceman

    The Original Faceman Lasagna Artist

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    You've clearly missed something. September 26, 2014, marks the one year anniversary of Anc's rein of...something. The four owners promised to rotate the super owner position annually, thus the thread.

    Do. You. Understand?
  8. K.

    K. Sober

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    But they've also floated the idea of just sticking with Anc for another year.

    Frankly, I don't see either choice is going to make much difference, and any choice is fine.
  9. NAHTMMM

    NAHTMMM Perpetually sondering

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    Can we have Aquaman? Then someone can complain about us getting the lamest Super Friend, and Aquaman can be all "Nuh-uh! I can bench-press American cars and sumo wrestlers! Also I talk to fish, so there." and the other person will ignore that and keep going because this is WF and then Aquaman will protest "Besides, it's not like I'm Wendy or the monkey" and then everybody gets on his case for picking on a little girl and I've never actually watched the show but that seems like a fun shtick we could add to WF's repertoire.

    Also he'd be more fun in a debate than Batman. Batman would be all Bat-this and Bat-that and I'M BATMAN and it would get old pretty quickly. Superman might be scary to debate with because there's the possibility he'll find you with his superpowers and haul you off to see the actual thing for yourself, and he'd mean well but that's not a fun thing to be suddenly and randomly torn away from whatever you're doing and what if he takes you to Africa and you don't have your anti-foreign-disease shots? Aquaman, on the other hand, would bring a new, "under the sea" perspective to the board. But without the Jamaican crab accent.
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  10. Bickendan

    Bickendan Custom Title Administrator Faceless Mook Writer

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    It'll be Volpone. At the new board. With the banhammer. :bailey:

    Oh, this isn't Clue? :unsure:
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  11. Zor Prime

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    How about Aenea? I think everyone would be okay with that idea. And technically she is an owner too.

    She is universally liked around here and we haven't had a female admin in a while.

    I bet she would do a very good job and she might even find ways to attract more members.
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  12. Dr. Krieg

    Dr. Krieg Stay at Home Astronaut. Administrator Overlord

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    I nominate myself. :nuke:
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  13. Volpone

    Volpone Zombie Hunter

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    Depends. Do the bylaws say the Ruler of Wordforge has to do anything or even show up here? Because if they don't, then yeah, Tex is the clear choice. Because like Obama and the United States, Wordforge would be better off with no one in charge than with Anc making decisions. Literally. A monkey, throwing darts would be more effective.

    But if the Ruler *has* to show up, then they should go with gul. Because lets face it, Tex' turn will come up in 2 more years--at the latest. Activity is down by a third or so in the past year. After a year of gul in charge, expect there to be around 6 posters logged in on a good day. By the time it is Tex' turn there will probably be around 4 people here--if it is busy.
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  14. The Flashlight

    The Flashlight Contributes nothing worthwhile Cunt Git

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    Gul is the likely choice, as he's spent the past year running around playing Grima Wormtongue to Anc's Saruman.

    I would laugh my ass off if it were Tex however. He's been MIA for over a year, but then swoops in to save the day?

    But the truth is none of them are good options. None of them are going to inspire old members to come back. None of them are going to reinvent the wheel and usher in a new era for Wordforge.
  15. Steal Your Face

    Steal Your Face Anti-Federalist

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    I voted Anc, though I wish he would let Castle back in. Since I've been here, Anc has been fair.
  16. Amaris

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    I voted for Satan.

    Oh, fuck. I punched the wrong chad.

    *sigh* Sorry guys, it's going to be Tori Spelling.
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  17. Bickendan

    Bickendan Custom Title Administrator Faceless Mook Writer

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    John, you got a pregnant chad. You're gonna be a dad!
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  19. Prufrock

    Prufrock Disturbing the Universe

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    No teh baba option; poll invalid.
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  20. K.

    K. Sober

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    I see no less than four baba options...
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  21. gul

    gul Revolting Beer Drinker Administrator Formerly Important

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    There, are, four Babas!

    [​IMG]
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  22. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    So, Anc will shunt his regeneration into his severed hand?

    ...actually, I want to see that now.
    Dooo eeet.
  23. The Original Faceman

    The Original Faceman Lasagna Artist

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    Looks like we voted right.
  24. Aenea

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    :heart:
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  25. Ancalagon

    Ancalagon Scalawag Administrator Formerly Important

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    I think she'd be great, and even suggested her, but an owner that shall remain anonymous in order to protect his marital harmony vetoed it.
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  26. mburtonk

    mburtonk mburtonkulous

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    This was unexpected.
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  27. Bickendan

    Bickendan Custom Title Administrator Faceless Mook Writer

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    I await the endless waves of bitching :bergman:
  28. The Original Faceman

    The Original Faceman Lasagna Artist

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    Is there an official thread on this?
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  29. NAHTMMM

    NAHTMMM Perpetually sondering

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    We're already plotting the first drama for you to deal with.

    It'll be a huge, messy doozy. Because we care. :wub:
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  30. Quincunx

    Quincunx anti-anti-establishment Staff Member Administrator

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    Is this for real? :unsure:

    Are the Four Horsemen now the Three Amigos? :chris2:
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