This thread is to serve as a player voting system for electing players to the position of guide. This is a player initiative, and is not binding on the devs. All results are subject to approval by the devs.

The system:

Each player may only vote once. Paying customers only please.

You may only vote for a player on the ballot.

The only way for a player to be placed on the ballot, is to receive two nominations.

Each player may submit one nomination.

The first time a player is nominated to the ballot is normally refereed to simply as a nomination. The second time a player is nominated is often referred to as a second.

Any player placed on the ballot, may remove themselves from the ballot.

If your nomination removes themselves from the ballot, you may list an additional nomination. Please do not delete your original nomination. Simply add a comma and a new nomination.

Please check here for the ballot and withdrawn candidates.

--Nominations awaiting second--

Ecka
Genka
Ryan Reign
Maalik
peypey

--Ballot--

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--Withdrawals--

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Ref: http://www.vendetta-online.com/x/msgboard/3/23646

I nominate Ecka

I nominate Genka

Hooray!
Now any new guide can be discredited as either having won a popularity contest, if his or her name appears here, or as being a dev patsy that illustrates how little attention the devs pay to the community if it doesn't.

1. No one currently playing VO is qualified to be a guide.

2. No guide should be a member of any guild.

i am still so fucking drunk

I nominate Ninjr.

3. No one who actually wants to be a guide should be a guide.

there is a thread referenced in the op for comments and opinions. you should direct comments there,

this thread is a ballot thread. nominate someone, vote for someone, or gtfo.

any post is this thread that is not a nomination or vote will be seen as an indication of your fear of democratic processes and/or your general overall lameness. get a life.

Thread fail

I'll nominate Maalik

i nominate peypey for misguidance! : )

while we do need guides, they should not be picked by players

http://www.vendetta-online.com/x/msgboard/3/23646 is the thread for such an opinion Jmvcilus.

This thread is not soliciting opinions other than nominations and votes.

Let me make it clear, I would not wish to be a guide. Whether I could be impartial is irrelevant, I could never be perceived as impartial after this much time in game.

If guides are needed or wanted then they should be fresh, not from the old vets retirement list.

The complimentary thread to this indicates why I think the guides played a significant ( and personally much appreciated ) role in the early years of vo , but if reintroduced should play a different role. Game mechanics have moved on, the hard work put in by the original guides has led to a better game.

Ecka

Ok, then I nominate Sarah Palin for guide! She is much underestimated and should be watched carefully. She will keep notes on your actions carefully written on her joystick hand...be warned all ye avengers of the peace! Sarah Palin is coming for YOU!

I vote for NO ONE.

I feel we don't need guides anymore, mentors does that finely.

Instead, we need more moderation in forums. Increasing suspension of posting rights, explaining why. Whistler's helpers.

PORTLAND, Ore. – After a county inspector squeezed out a kid's lemonade business, so many Oregonians puckered up in disgust that the county chairman had to pour on a little sugar.
The apology sweetened up some sour feelings and made 7-year-old Julie Murphy eligible to resume selling her Kool-Aid and water concoction for 50 cents a cup.
Last week at a local arts fair, Julie and her mother were surprised when a county inspector asked to see their restaurant license.
They didn't have one. The inspector told them they would face a fine of up to $500 if they didn't stop selling lemonade.
Other vendors urged Julie and her mother not to leave. A second inspector arrived and the two inspectors were surrounded by a crowd of vendors supporting Julie and her mother.
Ultimately, Julie and her mother packed up the stand, and as Julie left the fair she was crying.
But Julie has prevailed.
Jeff Cogen, chairman of Multnomah County, says the health inspectors were "just following the rule book" but they should have given the girl and her mom a break. On Thursday, he talked with Julie's mom to apologize.
"A lemonade stand is a classic, iconic American kid thing to do," Cogen told The Oregonian. "I don't want to be in the business of shutting that down."
And how does Julie feel about this?
Her mother, Maria Fife, said she and her daughter appreciates the apology.
But the sweet and sour tale of lemonade stands at the Portland art fair might not yet be over.
According to the Oregonian, one vendor at the local arts fair is planning a "lemonade revolt" the next time the fair is held — later this month.
Cogen says he doesn't know what he'll do if a bunch of fair vendors try selling lemonade without a license.
As it turns out, lemons may present county officials with something of a pickle.

you betcha! ;-)