God, retire the troll rhetoric, its obvious you can't handle someone pointing out genuine issues with your campaign. I pay for senatorship (on the 15th I'll recieve my 12 months of senatorship badge, actually), I consistently make outfits, I enter contests, and I engage on the forum, but because I have genuine concerns about you as PX, suddenly I'm a troll and that's it? You've cleanly proved the last point I made in my prior message: you will act the same way in office.
  You're holding a contest later this month: that's neat, you took almost a whole month to do your first one. You are the SM of the largest state in XL, it's expected that you at least match the effort of other SMs. You admitted it yourself: you're a legacy pick. For all her faults, Lilly could run a damn good contest and at least seemed to gaf about her state. You got handed the position and seem to have gotten used to this if this how you're reacting to pushback on your PX run. 
  In regards to your videos, nothing I have said is false. Everyone here is welcome to go visit your page and watch the videos for themselves. Though, I would personally advise against it as you openly criticize others fashion choices and get upset other people dress up like an alien, too (funny, considering the last line of your reply). 
  You keep suggesting I run for Prime Ximbo in response to me saying you shouldn't, which is not the point. My point is that you're unfit to be in the role. What happens if you do become PX and someone criticizes you? Are you going to ignore their critiques and instead suggest they run for office? If so, you clearly don't have the introspection skills it takes to be in a position of power, even on a dress up site. 

You're so funny, Katrynah, next time someone criticizes me I hope it's someone who can a) tell the difference between someone genuine versus someone playing up something for funsies and b) doesn't make shit up about another person while still claiming to not be a troll. Regardless, attention is still attention. ♡

alexa pro wrote:

can you please highlight the new and revolutionary things you've done in your current position as SM that makes you a good candidate? i would like to echo katrynah's post about your lack of activity on the site, given that all of the other SMs are very active in the forums and their respective state forums. a fresh face is always nice, and i don't mean to discredit the time you HAVE put into the site, but it needs to come with consistency, and i am merely an observer from out of state so please take what i say with a grain of salt.

PX/PB is a highly demanding role and if you cannot pull your weight as a SM, maybe being PB/PX isn't the right fit for you. if this is your knee jerk reaction to criticism and analysis of your manifesto, i would reconsider running.

best of luck with your campaign!!!

Here's consistency for you- being the first real YouTuber and streamer to cover Ximboland not just for the tea and drama. I've been doing so since November 2022, I just haven't been posting the VODS on YouTube until recently. Rest assured, I absolutely will be able to pull my weight as Prime Ximbo. I have jobs that allow me to be on Ximboland during them. I've been playing nearly everyday for over a year and maxing my achievements while also placing on the weekly leaderboards very frequently for debaters and most reputable. Speaking of debates, I've spent time looking for fellow loyal ximbos (including those who are not senators) to assist in them gaining their curious achievements. I've also been active in talks with fellow Pink House members as well as hosting competitions and paying for prizes myself and even taking the time to create individual banners for everybody who participated in my contest last month. If you're basing your opinion on me based on lies that trolls like to spread, please reconsider. What other consistency do the people wish I could exhibit? /gen 

Richard Fromage wrote:

Hello there,

This was an interesting manifesto to say the least, thank you for taking the time to write it up - I do have some questions for you to shed some light on if you would?

"For fashion, Ximboterians believe that what a ximbo chooses to wear is their own decision. It’s a form of freedom of speech, one that should be valued...That being said, I would be willing to hear with my Pink House constituents on whether or not bad fashion will be criminalized."

You claim to be leader of the "Ximboterian Party (that’s ximbo + libertarian)" and yet, you made these two completely opposing claims. First you state that everyone should be able to wear whatever they like, which is of course a very libertarian thing to do, but then you follow it up by saying you would entertain the idea of "bad fashion" being criminalized. This would suggest that it's a real possibility that your government would punish people based on the clothes they decide to wear which is a complete contradiction to your earlier point and also a complete contradiction to your supposedly libertarian politics (which is of course the idea that the citizens should have more freedom from government intervention). Not only that, but to criminalize "bad fashion" would be to punish people based on a completely arbitrary metric based entirely on your government's subjective opinion. This is NOT libertarianism, it's authoritarianism. Furthermore, the outfits ximbos choose to wear is made up of clothing pieces purchased from the shop, meaning those of us with little to no money are more likely to be 'gatekept' for want of a better phrase, from the more appealing fashion pieces. Ergo, the poor are more likely to have "bad fashion" and therefore are more likely to be deemed as criminals under your regime. That's just undemocratic and inherently classist really isn't it?   

"State Minister status will remain only available to paying Senators. SM position should be reserved for the most loyal ximbos, after all. I value the exclusiveness of the SM status, especially ever since a previous SM walked away with no warning. Do you really want your state to become minister-less lest we vote in a ximbo with no real loyalty to the site?"

Fundamentally what you've stated here is "If you don't pay money to ximboland then you aren't truly loyal to the website and thus don't deserve the same freedoms as people that have paid money". Which is again, completely undemocratic, authoritarian and completely classist against those who may want to pay, but aren't able to. Not very libertarian of you. This kind of screams "I had to pay, so you should have to as well".

"During my time as Prime Ximbo, we will not have features created along the forum for kinky sexual roleplay to thrive...Likewise, sexually explicit content/images will not have a space in our forums. "

Again, this just encroaches on the freedoms of the people. This is an 18+ website for a reason, I don't personally have an issue with you implementing this rule as it's not something I care to partake in - however, the idea that it exists for people to express themselves at the moment and you will take it away, fundamentally is not libertarian.

"It's easy to propose a shared treasury pay with your fellow members of government when you are already receiving the check for clicks and visits. Ideally, my cabinet members will be able to work as volunteers. No matter what they will be cherished and valued."

I completely understand this point, you literally don't have the ability to pay your government workers, that's completely fair. However, for the sake of this discussion, you expect people to dedicate their lives to a job in exchange for nothing but thanks and praise and at the same time expect them to pay for SM just for the privilege of the opportunity all the while the money they pay would go to you as the PX. It was my understanding that equal pay for equal work was the basis of a well functioning society, but I guess we can sprinkle a little communism into your manifesto as well.

How do you address these issues?

Rihipi Tihi 

Thank you Richard Fromage, I respect you as a ximbo who does not troll, despite us having our differences.

1st point: I do not want ximbos to be exiled by the lesser-styled. I pointed out I value those who are not as fashionable as others on this site as they help others rise to the top. I don't care to beat a dead horse but will offer clarification. I am not in favor of punishing ximbos based on their fashion talents, which is the point of my propaganda poster. However, I am willing to discuss IF this would be something my fellow members of PH would like to implement. I would vote against it but some right wingers on this site seem to be in favor of Chris' suggestion of this becoming law. In terms of calling it "criminal", it's not that deep, just a part of the roleplay aspect of this website and what is required of a Prime Ximbo candidate.

2nd point: In terms of referring to Senators as "most loyal ximbos", I was simply referencing what SweetasNutss said in his campaign, something that the right-wingers seemed to like. It was to be taken as half-joking. I acknowledge those who put their time into the site without paying for it as loyal ximbos as well. I meant for both paying Senators and people with high levels (21+, no offense) who have spent their time on this site and will keep coming back to this site with respect to it as opposed to with the intentions of "just" creating outfits. I am not classist, in fact I grew up lower class (until age 19) and being bullied in school for not having many clothes (wearing same jeans and jacket literally everyday). I have new money, yes but this does not erase the very real trauma I experienced by growing up lower class and dealing with the fallout of mental illness throughout my family as a result of poverty. 

3rd point: There is currently not a place for kinky sexual roleplay on this site and I do not care to oversee one. Lots of censoring, lots of time and I currently do not have people seriously in mind for policing this forum. I'm promising to do what is in my capabilities of doing, just to offer some transparency to the whole manifesto. 

4th point: Similar to point 3, there was already a previously established system for Fashion Police whereby they were working on a volunteer basis. I stated I would not be opposed to split treasury pay with FP because I recognize that time is money, however I want it to be acknowledged that should SweetAsNuts win and share the treasury pay, this wouldn't include him "spending time" on the website to no financial gain. 

I would like to make some formal statements, as were intended to be additional but separate from the manifesto, similar to Chris' manifesto writing style.
I will not be interacting with trolls on this thread any longer. They are not worth my time and energy any further. That being said, I hope that my fellow ximbos will be able to decipher fake news from real news and do their own research to find their own conclusions ;). 

I make a promise that, should I win, I would spend more time on this website than Chris. Like, significantly more time as you can see by my achievements and outfits versus his ( as SweetAsNuts or MissBimbo). ADDITIONALLY, it is free for everyone to go to the Pink H. sector of the website to see how well he did as Prime Ximbos (He was MissBimbo) compared to how the recent Freethinker-origin Prime Ximbos have done in office. It's "written in the stars" so to speak. 

i wanted to know what you've done on the platform itself, not outside promoting it. if there is more than one person noticing the lack of activity on your part as a state minister, i would take that as a hint that maybe there is some improvements to be made before you take on a role like PB/PX. i personally think you should work on fostering better on-site interactions vs growing a platform built off the backs of ximboland players. it's nice of you to help players gain in-game achievements, but any average player can do that. you'll notice that legal aliens, citizens, senators, etc etc can climb leader boards.

my opinions are my own, thank you very much.

halobear8 wrote:

You're so funny, Katrynah, next time someone criticizes me I hope it's someone who can a) tell the difference between someone genuine versus someone playing up something for funsies and b) doesn't make shit up about another person while still claiming to not be a troll. Regardless, attention is still attention. ♡

 

I am funny, thank you, but nothing I’ve said here is a joke. I didn’t play any of your shortcomings up: you literally took a month to post your first contest, you openly trashed other users fashion in your vods, and you went through the thread to take ideas. These are very easily verifiable things.

  While I could sit here and keyboard warrior you about how you’re unfit for the role, inactive, overly defensive, a legacy pick, etc., I think it’d be easier to let your words speak for themselves. You obviously are not going to listen to anything I have to say from this point forward if your attitude is “any publicity is good publicity” because it shows you fully intend to rely on the FTL dynasty pick to get you elected (another sentiment you mentioned in your vods). I've said what I needed to say, others have brought up their concerns, and all I can really do is wait till election day. 

Evening Halo,

I'll address some of you responses.

"I do not want ximbos to be exiled by the lesser-styled. I pointed out I value those who are not as fashionable as others on this site as they help others rise to the top. "
This sentence alone is quite frankly outrageous, it's no different to "I do not want the rich to be overthrown by the poor. However, I do value the poor as they allow the rich to climb to further riches"... or, "I do not want the whites to be ousted by the blacks, however, I do value the black as they allow the whites to rise to the top"... or "I do not want the masters to be ousted by the slaves, however, I do value the slaves as they allow the masters to sit upon their golden thrones".

"I would vote against it but some right wingers on this site seem to be in favor of Chris' suggestion of this becoming law."
If you would vote against it, but allow it to pass if your cabinet were in favour of it, then by default your cabinet does not align with you own core political values. Furthermore, to say that you would consider it solely because some right wingers are in favour of it on Chris' suggestion would suggest that, even though you are personally against it, you would willingly ignore your own values and morals to curry favour with those that you fundamentally disagree with. Not to mention, that by your own admission here, fundamentally speaking, you have only added that in to your manifesto because it was already in Chris' manifesto and some people seemed to be in favour of it.

I'm sorry to say, but that doesn't bode well for your reputation as a leader. And I know you've already said something to the effect of "multiple people can have the same idea", but you didn't have this as an idea, it was Chris' idea and you literally don't agree with it. So why add it in other than to curry favour with constituents that you don't even represent, just to get more votes overall.

"In terms of calling it "criminal", it's not that deep, just a part of the roleplay aspect of this website and what is required of a Prime Ximbo candidate."
This is just completely redundant, I get that it's roleplay to call it criminal and all that funny good stuff, however, by definition for something to be considered "criminal" it just means that it needs to be a violation of the laws in place. The laws on this website are the rules and regulations set out by the PX, therefore, you still imply that having "bad fashion" which again is a completely arbitrary and subjective metric would be against the rules. Ergo, my original point still stands as whether you vote against it or not, it's still possible for this to become reality under your term.

"In terms of referring to Senators as "most loyal ximbos", I was simply referencing what SweetasNutss said in his campaign, something that the right-wingers seemed to like"
Again, you've added this in to curry favour with right wingers, but seem to imply you don't necessarily agree with it... I was under the impression this was the Halobear8 manifesto, not the Chris manifesto.

"I am not classist, in fact I grew up lower class (until age 19) and being bullied in school for not having many clothes (wearing same jeans and jacket literally everyday)."
"I'm not a racist, I grew up in a black neighbourhood"

Whether you are, or aren't classist is completely irrelevant when the policies you have proposed imply otherwise with the underpinning ideas they promote. If you aren't classist but had proposed classist policies then at the very least you're classist adjacent.

"There is currently not a place for kinky sexual roleplay on this site and I do not care to oversee one"
Well, if it currently exists and there are people partaking - by definition there is a place for it whether you want it to be there or not. That being said, your policy to remove it based solely on the fact you don't want it here and also can't be bothered to police it; is from what I can tell, the only honest true to your heart policy in your whole manifesto. So I commend you for actually saying this.

"there was already a previously established system for Fashion Police whereby they were working on a volunteer basis. I stated I would not be opposed to split treasury pay with FP because I recognize that time is money"
That system is currently in place and also in place for the SMs, everyone hates it from what I can tell. Also, if you have stated you aren't opposed to splitting the treasury, you haven't stated it in your manifesto.

As a side note, I've investigated some of the claims made in the comments here and have found that in VOD number 2026074152 on your twitch channel, at 42 minutes, you actively scroll through a thread and see a comment detailing that the block feature is completely whack, then instantly add it into your manifesto. Now, I'm not accusing you of plagiarism by any means, but your reaction and demeanour in the VOD would suggest that you hadn't thought of this as an issue that needed addressing until you read the comment. Couple this with your random policies that you've taken directly from Chris' manifesto, I can only conclude that you don't really have a set agenda here. No real plan to get things done, this whole manifesto is just an amalgamation of ideas already presented by other users in an attempt to gain the vote of said user.

Additionally, there's not really anything in this manifesto or your later responses to criticism that would suggest to constituents that you have the capability of carrying out your term successfully. Where's your strength? Where's your integrity? Not here it would seem.

Rhisiart Caws  

alexa pro wrote:

i wanted to know what you've done on the platform itself, not outside promoting it. if there is more than one person noticing the lack of activity on your part as a state minister, i would take that as a hint that maybe there is some improvements to be made before you take on a role like PB/PX. i personally think you should work on fostering better on-site interactions vs growing a platform built off the backs of ximboland players. it's nice of you to help players gain in-game achievements, but any average player can do that. you'll notice that legal aliens, citizens, senators, etc etc can climb leader boards.

my opinions are my own, thank you very much.

Don’t worry, I’m not building my platform off the backs of players on this site. I’m capable of making content based on my own gameplay. Playing Class of ‘09 gives me way more viewers than this website, anyway. 

i'm glad to see someone else running :) good luck halobear