The griefing has continued in GL Britain. This afternoon there were multiple "throwaway" characters (as they called themselves) named Dot Warner standing at the Britain bank. These "throwaways" began making derogatory statements in gen chat about "coming out of the closet" and "sensations in their pants" in an effort to defame the current Governor, Dot Warner. One of these "throwaways" even stated: "Get off your high horse and stop buying votes or I would not have done this."
To me, that statement is a clear admission of intentional griefing. Dot Warner, the current governor, did not purchase, or have anyone else purchase on her behalf, votes in the last election. And if even she had (I personal find this practice shady, but know it is the way of politics and take no issue with Dot's last opponent doing this last election), that is no excuse for griefing.
The issue with the current GL Britain election has nothing to do with the use of the name Dot Warner (I mean, hello, my character's name is Alice - not exactly one of a kind - and there are others of the same name on the shard). The issue is that someone had to INTENTIONALLY create a new character with the same name AND a new guild that is almost IDENTICAL in name (City-State of Britain (actual governor's guild) vs. City-State of Britannia (imposter's guild)). The chances of someone accidentally creating a combination of character name and guild name almost identical to the current governor is virtually nonexistent. They also nominated their character AFTER the current governor was nominated, making it impossible for them to have no knowledge of the other, preexisting, character. Those actions show clear planning and intent.
While we can only guess at their intent, it seems pretty obvious as to what it is: confuse GL players and/or trick them into voting for the wrong (and by wrong I mean not the one they intended to vote for) person.
And while I have no doubt that the current governor will be reelected, whomever handles these issues needs to think about the implications of what is happening. Because if it happens once and the perpetrator (for lack of a better word) does not face ramifications (even as minor as being removed from the ballot), it most certainly will happen again.
- Lady Alice of Great Lakes
To me, that statement is a clear admission of intentional griefing. Dot Warner, the current governor, did not purchase, or have anyone else purchase on her behalf, votes in the last election. And if even she had (I personal find this practice shady, but know it is the way of politics and take no issue with Dot's last opponent doing this last election), that is no excuse for griefing.
The issue with the current GL Britain election has nothing to do with the use of the name Dot Warner (I mean, hello, my character's name is Alice - not exactly one of a kind - and there are others of the same name on the shard). The issue is that someone had to INTENTIONALLY create a new character with the same name AND a new guild that is almost IDENTICAL in name (City-State of Britain (actual governor's guild) vs. City-State of Britannia (imposter's guild)). The chances of someone accidentally creating a combination of character name and guild name almost identical to the current governor is virtually nonexistent. They also nominated their character AFTER the current governor was nominated, making it impossible for them to have no knowledge of the other, preexisting, character. Those actions show clear planning and intent.
While we can only guess at their intent, it seems pretty obvious as to what it is: confuse GL players and/or trick them into voting for the wrong (and by wrong I mean not the one they intended to vote for) person.
And while I have no doubt that the current governor will be reelected, whomever handles these issues needs to think about the implications of what is happening. Because if it happens once and the perpetrator (for lack of a better word) does not face ramifications (even as minor as being removed from the ballot), it most certainly will happen again.
- Lady Alice of Great Lakes
