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The Official Whyville Senate Debate is
about to begin...
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Hello everyone! Welcome to the official
Whyville Senate Debate
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biddygurl
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Hi. =)
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babygrace
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helloooo
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PUNKnPIE
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=D HI!
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WOw, quite a vociferous crowd we have
today!
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Welcome to our three candidates,
PUNKnPIE, biddygurl and babygrace!
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Congratulations to you three!!!
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biddygurl
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Thank you. =)
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PUNKnPIE
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thank you
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babygrace
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thanks
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Okay, we'll start off with opening
statements by our three candidates
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Audience, I ask that you pay careful
attention, and continue to be positive -- it's nice to see all this
cheering and no jeering :)
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Our first opening statement will be from
PUNKnPIE
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PUNKnPIE, feel free to take a podium
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The other two, please step to the side of
the stage, like me
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>PUNKnPIE: your statement?
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PUNKnPIE
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Choosing a senator that best represents
you can be challenging. Although every idea they note may not be
one you want.
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PUNKnPIE
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Their ideas should be the things you feel
would better your whyville experiance
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*claps* thank you PUNKnPIE!
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PUNKnPIE
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If elected I will do my best to represent
everyone in all I do. THANK YOU!
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Our next statement will be from biddygurl
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biddygurl
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I would just like to say thank you to
everyone who helped me get this far and supports me.
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biddygurl
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I know that being a senator is a
challenge, but I'm up to that challenge.
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PUNKnPIE
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*claps*
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Thank you biddygurl -- our third
candidate, babygrace, will now give us her opening statement
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babygrace
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Thank you for all of your support.. I
really appreaciate it, this has been very stressful.
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babygrace
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and good luck to Brit and Kennedy we're
awesome for making it this far!
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babygrace
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(: the end
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Thank you babygrace!
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Everyone, please keep your comments a
little quieter and continue to keep your minds open during the
debate. Thanks! :)
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Now, I have an opening question for all
three candidates
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First, I have a general question for all
three of you to answer -- you can answer all at once, if you like.
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You each have a very high salary in
Whyville -- from 95 to 112 clams a day, very close to the maximum
of 124! How did you manage to earn so much, and how would you
encourage folks to work on their own salaries?
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biddygurl
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I just played the games, and I think that
if you stick to it, you'll find that they're very easy and fun at
the same tim
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biddygurl
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**time
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PUNKnPIE
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when I first started I had lots of advise
from friends who gave me tips. I encourage all to start with the
easier games
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babygrace
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I worked hard for my salary... and
finally got what I wanted. If someone wants something bad enough
they need to work
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PUNKnPIE
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that makes it where you understand the
harder ones better.
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babygrace
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for it... and ask around because a lot of
people on Whyville are very helpful when it comes to that kind of
stuff
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PUNKnPIE
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should i rewrite that?
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*claps* great answers all of you -- I'm
very proud to see our candidates earning so much!
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biddygurl
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clap
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PUNKnPIE
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clap
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Now for our first individual questions
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My questions all relate to your
platforms, which I hope everyone has read in the Times newspaper!
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The first question is for PUNKnPIE
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Please take one of the podiums :)
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This is a long one...
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PUNKnPIE
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ok...i type slow lol
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In your platform, you mentioned asking
Akbar to increase the colors in the Factory palette. Do you know
that web browsers often limit the number of colors you can see?
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So if the factory offers other colors,
your parts may end up looking very lousy on some people's screens.
Does this concern you?
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Audience, please hold your questions for
later.
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PUNKnPIE
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Yes I was aware of that. But Iknow that
the java downloads have made it where I was able to see more on
whyville
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PUNKnPIE
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If it would caouse more people to not see
it then I suppose I would rethink it
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Okay, thank you! *claps*
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biddygurl
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clap
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babygrace
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good job :)
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Our next question is for babygrace
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Please take a podium :)
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In your platform, you've suggested
getting rid of plots
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How would you determine which citizens
would get apartment housing? If everyone did, that would be a
million apartments...
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babygrace
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Yes...
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many more than what's available now. How
could we restrict this to keep it fair without abusing the
servers?
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babygrace
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Well, if there would be a limit of say 4
to each apartment, and they would have to pay rent so that way
everyone could h
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babygrace
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have a chance at livving in apartment..
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babygrace
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I don't think it's fair that only whypass
holders would get an apartment, people who own plots now should
get first dibs
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A follow up question: So, if you couldn't
afford rent, you wouldn't be able to have an apartment?
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babygrace
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Like in Akbars, you have to pay rent for
a store spot
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babygrace
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it would be kind of like that
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I see. Thanks! *claps*
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biddygurl
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clap
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Our next question goes to biddygurl
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Your platform asks for more games in
which citizens can win instant clams. Why do you think this is
important?
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biddygurl
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I think it's important because some of
the games are hard, or out of use, so people may get discouraged.
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biddygurl
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Besides, the games are educational.
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A follow-up question: But you earn so
many clams a day - do you think others should work on the games as
much as you have?
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biddygurl
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They don't have to, but it would benefit
their learning and their salary.
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okay, thank you! *claps*
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For those who have just arrived, this is
the official Whyville Senate Debate -- ina few hours, you'll be
able to choose the next Whyville Senator!
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Babygrace, the next question is for you
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City Workers are in fact working on a
jukebox for Whyvillians -- it may not be as extensive as the music
room you've suggested, but it is coming.
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One of our concerns is to encourage
citizens to create original music, and not copy copyrighted stuff.
Do you think that will be a problem, and what can we do to
encourage original music?
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babygrace
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There could posibly be contests to who
makes the most original song.. or something along that line, and
the winner could
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babygrace
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recieve a prize
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PUNKnPIE, the next question is for
you...
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You also suggest being able to send more
than one face part from one account to another -- but this would
make it much easier for scammers to steal parts.
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Are you sure being able to send multiple
parts at once is a good idea, and why or why not?
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PUNKnPIE
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I often send multiple gifts to friends
and I think it would a great addition. As for scammers people
should keep..
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Everyone remember that passwords aren't
always guessed....
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PUNKnPIE
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keepp their password a secret and not
trust anyone with it.
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PUNKnPIE
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*keep
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PUNKnPIE
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So YES i still think it would be a great
addition.
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A follow-up question: So you feel those
who give out their passwords do not deserve the extra protection
of only being able to send one part at a time?
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PUNKnPIE
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No, I dont. But if they give out their
password maybe that would be a good life lesson.
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I see. Thanks for your answer! *claps*
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PUNKnPIE
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I dont mean it mean, but people are
warner over and over again not to give it out.
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PUNKnPIE
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thank you
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I want to take this moment to remind
everyone that your password can be in danger even when you take
over *someone else's account* -- so never offer your password or
take anyone else's!
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Now we have a question for biddygurl
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You have asked that Whyville allow new
citizens to take over old names. This would be very time consuming
for city management...
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...and could easily delay new games and
better activities on the site. Which is more important? Old names
or new games?
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biddygurl
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New games, but the old names definatly
annoy people.
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biddygurl
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I think everyone who's run into that
"this name has already been taken" notice can agree with
that.
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*claps* I appreciate your feelings,
biddygurl!
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I appreciate biddygurl and other folks'
concerns, but the fact is, new people taking over old names is
both a safety problem and a very complicated technical problem, so
it's not likely to ever happen...
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I'm glad that the issue has come up so we
can explain that more fully. Thanks!
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I don't mean to say this to bring
biddygurl down -- it's fair for her to express her opinion! :-)
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Okay, now we move on to another question
for babygrace
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Why do you think Grandma doesn't donate
your face parts to newbies?
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babygrace
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Everytime I went to see if Grandma gave
me a part that I had just donated all I would get were the starter
parts or not
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But many folks seem concerned that their
parts simply go away
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babygrace
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at all....
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babygrace
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but then I heard that it takes time for
the parts to get there
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babygrace
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so now I really don't know....
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babygrace
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Do newbies get the parts or not?
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Excellent answer! I'm really glad to see
all our candidates are learning more about Whyville, and helping
everyone else learn too! :)
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The truth is, newbies do get the parts
you donate -- as long as your parts aren't expiring of course --
but it does take some time to go from her "in" box to
her "out" box...
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babygrace
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thanks..
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(for those who wonder, oldbies usually
can't get parts from Grandma... she just tells you she has no
parts available...)
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Our next question goes to PUNKnPIE
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In your original platform, you suggested
we delete old accounts. You removed this from your newer platform.
Why?
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PUNKnPIE
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I had realized that would cause people to
impersonate old members if that happened.
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(Is it because you learned that deleting
old accounts won't help the Whyville server or database?)
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And yes, the safety issue is extremely
important as well
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PUNKnPIE
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I did hear that it didnt take up much
server space, but really i thought about how i would feel if i saw
an old friend a
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How do you feel about old accounts now,
then?
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Should we leave them alone, or spend a
lot of effort to make some of them okay for use?
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PUNKnPIE
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I still would like to be able to choose a
name that has not been on in over a year, but there are more
important issuse
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*claps* thank you PUNKnPIE!
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And my final question goes to biddygurl
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After this, I'll take a few questions
from the crowd
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You've suggested that Club Why have
several levels of membership. Can you brainstorm a few benefits
for various levels?
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biddygurl
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Well, the benefits now are testing out
new games, access to the club why room, parties, and getting your
picture taken
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biddygurl
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So really, if we divide them up, the less
used ones at the bottom of the chain, there would be your list.
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biddygurl
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And I'm pretty sure the picture thing is
broken.
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biddygurl
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So maybe we could get that fixed. ^.~
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*claps* Thank you!
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Now we'll take a few questions from the
audience... if we have time, the candidates may ask questions of
each other, and then their closing statements
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cobd
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What are all your opinions on platform
stuffing?
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babygrace
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so many questions...
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I'll choose the best questions and post
them on the board above
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What are your thoughts on what cobd
asked?
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biddygurl
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I'd put both bribing and platfor stuffing
in with cheating, and I think they're very wrong.
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PUNKnPIE
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I feel that it is wrong. I had many
people say they would vote for me if I paid them and I said No
thank you.
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babygrace
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I think it is horrible.. if someone
truely wants to win then they should campaign
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sunflowr2
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Biddy, what do you estimate the packages
would cost?
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PUNKnPIE
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I think that a candidate should have
enough faith in their platform to win fairly.
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Chilly321
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what packages?
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biddygurl
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Those prices would obviously be
determind, but I was thinking 100 for picture (if we got it
working again)
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Club Why packages...
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biddygurl
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and then adding in another perk would
make it be worth maybe 300
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biddygurl
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then for three I'm figuring aroung 500
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(A few folks asked if PUNKnPIE felt there were more important issues than the ones she has suggested regarding Akbar's and the Face Factory.)
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PUNKnPIE
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Absolutely. There are more important
issues. I had to choose what do we d o most on here and thats make
our person look
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PUNKnPIE
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like a representaion of ourself and our
personality.
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(Someone asked if the punishments for misbehavior in chat should be made more serious, or less.)
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PUNKnPIE
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I think it depends on what they were
punished for. Also what other punishments are being suggested.
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biddygurl
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Personally, I think that the punishments
are treated reasonably, but sometimes the server catches thing out
of contexts.
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babygrace
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I think the punishments are fine how it
is now
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*claps* all great answers and great
questions, by the way!
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biddygurl
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No, I think everyone makes mistakes, and
that we should just leave it how it is.
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babygrace
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I agree...
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PUNKnPIE
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I have not thought a lot about that, but
I think we could use more helpers so something does have to
change.
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Zimmer12
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What about the money problem in whyville?
How can we make money and get sponsors?
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One more question after zimmer12's here
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A general question for all candidates...
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Zimmer12
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So we have more server space?
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biddygurl
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Well, I suggested in one of my BBS posts
about my bank idea that we could give rewards for people who find
sponsers.
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babygrace
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Buy whypasses and look around your town
for sponsers.... theres not really much we can do
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biddygurl
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It would definatly encourage people to go
out and find sponsers.
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babygrace
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yeah
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PUNKnPIE
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Money is an issue with every
organization.Maybe whyville can email a flyer that can be printed
and we take it to ..
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PUNKnPIE
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business people we know in our community.
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*claps* okay, last question....
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A nicely general question...
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(Someone asked what was the most important part of each candidate's platform, in their opinion.)
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biddygurl
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I don't think that there is a most
important thing, but more like things that people would like
better.
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biddygurl
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Personally, I think that a bank is most
important from my list.
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PUNKnPIE
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If I had to narrow it down I think I
would try and make more games that help with salary. For instance
even more zero..
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PUNKnPIE
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gravity rooms. Fix the games that already
exhist.
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babygrace
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I think music would be neat... there
could be agame that went a long with it for more salary
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*claps* thank you, candidates!
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babygrace has a Q for punknpie
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babygrace
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Since many of your ideas are based on the
face factory, how would this help non whypass holders
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PUNKnPIE
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Because EVERYONE buys parts not just pass
holders. Improvinf the parts would be a good thing for everyone
not just desi
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PUNKnPIE
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after all who are the designers designing
for!
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*claps* good answer
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Do you have other questions, candidates?
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babygrace
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I have a question for biddygurl too...
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babygrace
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About your different levels of club
why.... what about the current club why members?
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biddygurl
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I believe the current members should
start out at the top, they did afterall pay for all the top perks.
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babygrace
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what about the picture stuff.... did you
say something about that or did I dream it
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biddygurl
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I said that it doesn't work, so that it
should probably get fixed.
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biddygurl/punknpie, do you have questions
for the others?
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biddygurl
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I have a question for them.
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biddygurl
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It's the same question for both.
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biddygurl
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In the past, senators have had great
ideas for improving Whyville, but many of them weren't
accomplished.
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biddygurl
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What makes you different and more likely
to accomplish these things than the past senators.
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babygrace
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All I can do is try my hardest.... even
if I dont get elected senate I plan on looking for someone to
sponser the music
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PUNKnPIE
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We are only here to bring attention to
issues to city hall. I will work hard at keeping in touch and
active in that proc
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PUNKnPIE
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*process
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biddygurl
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Thanks. =)
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biddygurl
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clap
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PUNKnPIE
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i have a question for both of you as well
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PUNKnPIE
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How would you suggest to a new citizen
they raise their salary. What games would you improve?
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biddygurl
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Well, as I suggested there should be a
new game, and also, with the spin the objects game, I'm pretty
sure one of those
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biddygurl
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is broken too
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babygrace
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The last time I played the spin game I
couldn't figure out what to do for the last one...
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babygrace
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maybe theres a way to make it easier
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PUNKnPIE
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good answer me either =)
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*claps* Thanks everybody!
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And finally, the three candidates will
give us their closing statements, starting with babygrace
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Please take a podium :)
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After the closing statement,s the
candidates may stick around to answer more questions from you
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babygrace
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Thanks again for all of the support. It'd
be awesome if I got elected, but either of these girls would make
an amazing
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babygrace
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senate!
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*claps* yay babygrace
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Our next closing statement will be from
PUNKnPIE
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PUNKnPIE
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I would like to wish the other cadidates
the best of luck. Voters I hope you found my ideas promising.
THANK YOU
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*claps* yay PUNKnPIE
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And our third and final statement comes
from biddygurl!
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biddygurl
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I would like to wish my fellow candidates
good look, and thank my supporters for helping me get here.
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biddygurl
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Without you guys, I never would have
gotten this far.
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biddygurl
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Oh, and thanks to Mike, because he's
persistant.
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*claps* yay biddygurl
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Congratulations to all three of our
candidates for getting so far in the Race!
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They may all stick around and answer your
questions, but they're not required to stay. Thank you all for
coming to the official Senate Debate!
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The Senate Debate is over -- it will be
posted in the Times in a few days. Meanwhile, the vote will go up
soon, and last for one week!
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