Welcome Gaming Unified Federation presidential candidates the Avatar of Britain and Cyrus of Stros M'Kai. This is the seventeenth G.U.F. presidential debate. The Avatar hails from the lands of Britannia and Cyrus hails from the lands of Hammerfell. Per G.U.F. title guidelines 3A.84.12 I shall refer to the candidates as Virtuous Avatar and Redguard Cyrus. This debate structure has been classified as "free and loose," and shall involve a moderator asking questions of candidates and allowing them to respond and interact with one another. I, Tio, have been appointed as your moderator. I shall now ask that each candidate introduce themselves. Virtuous Avatar, please introduce yourself.
Thank you Tio. I would like to take a brief moment to congratulate you on becoming the first-ever automaton moderator in the history of the G.U.F. presidential debates. I know your people must be proud. When I voted yes to the passage of the Equality for Non-Organic Beings Law this was exactly the kind of progress I was hoping to see one day.
Thank you for your comment Virtuous Avatar. Your pandering remark will no doubt be recorded in the memory banks of my people so that we can use it as a counterpoint to the previous times you have voted against the rights of non-organic beings. Please continue.
Before I begin I would like to express my condolences to the family of Jaana the Druid, one of my closest friends. She was an example to us all.
I would also like to express my condolences to Jaana's family and friends, including you, Virtuous Avatar.
Thank you Redguard Cyrus.
A most tragic meatbag death. Virtuous Avatar, please continue.
Greetings people of the Gaming Unified Federation. My name is the Avatar and my job is seeking the chance to lead the G.U.F. people as your president. Throughout my gaming career I have upheld the three principals by practicing the eight virtues. This righteous life allowed me to defeat a creature of great evil, the Guardian. By combining my virtuous nature with the experience I have gained throughout my storied career I can uphold the values of the presidential office and its people.
Thank you Virtuous Avatar. Redguard Cyrus, please introduce yourself.
Hello everyone. My name is Cyrus. As you know, I am running for president of the Gaming Unified Federation. I feel that the G.U.F. presidents of the past have served admirably as leaders and protectors of the G.U.F. people. I also feel that the times and people have changed and the G.U.F. government needs to respond to these changes, not resist them.
A shame that Redguard Cyrus feels the need to criticize a post that he says he wants and believes in.
If one cannot face criticism then one cannot face oneself.
Thank you for the cryptic comment Redguard Cyrus. Time for the candidates to discuss issues. Virtuous Avatar, what is your opinion on the level cap?
The level cap is a good thing Tio. It allows balance in the game and prevents over leveling which leads to loss of replay value. A cap rewards the best players, not the ones who play the longest.
Redguard Cyrus respond.
Tio, the level cap is an inefficient means to attempt game balance. Rather than limit the player in the guise of balance, a game should give the player more freedoms and ways to develop their characters, a true source of replay value. No level caps encourage stronger code and smarter programming, whatever that is.
Sounds like an invitation for high-level griefers to wreak havoc. Do you want to embolden the griefers, Redguard Cyrus?
I want to strengthen the gamer, Virtuous Avatar, and let them reap the benefit of their own defense.
And what if they are too weak? Who protects them?
Levels exist to emphasize differences Virtuous Avatar.
I have calculated that as an engaging exchange. Redguard Cyrus, please attempt the same with a discussion of encumbrance.
I am against encumbrance Tio. I feel it is a hindrance to gameplay.
Without encumbrance looters would run amok! If Redguard Cyrus had more experience with such things he would understand.
Encumbrance forces a player to worry about elements non-essential to gameplay.
Encumbrance adds realism to games!
We are gamers, Virtuous Avatar. Not realists. (Crowd laughs)
And what of strategy games with limited inventory slots? Do you hate such games Redguard Cyrus?
Of course not. There is a balance that needs to be achieved but I feel that the core gameplay must take priority. Much like the non-linear argument of games...
So you support non-linear games without a strong story and no real immersion for the player?
I support games that have a strong story without an over reliance on scripted events. Too many scripted events prevent the player from feeling any interactivity with the game and can lessen immersion as much as a game that depends entirely on procedural generation. This will give the player the freedom to...
The freedom to kill your sister's husband? How about Lord Amiel Richton?
I would remind the Virtuous Avatar that I am well aware of my past and that as a game character like myself he is also familiar with such life or death decisions.
Oh really? I do not remember being a terrorist! How can you explain your association with Barret Wallace, a known domestic terrorist?
As I have explained before I have no personal relationship with Barret Wallace and I condemn his actions.
Well I think we need more discussion about why you would ever be the acquaintance of such a person. Or do you feel that the people of Midgar do not deserve such a discussion?
The people of Midgar have...
Have what? Gotten a taste of your freedoms?
This debate is a travesty of democratic principles!
I will know chastise the audience member and remind them that they are spectators in this presidential debate and as such...
I am Jessica de Alkirk! Althena Green Party presidential candidate and I should be included as a member of this debate!
Presenditial candidates who wish to participate in the G.U.F. presenditial debates must meet a minimum percentage of popular support before they can...
My party is silenced by the bureaucracy of your crooked two-party system! We number many but you refuse to acknowledge us!
Candidates who feel they have been unfairly represented in the G.U.F. census can organize on online petition and...
Everyone knows online petitions are crap! The Althena Green Party will not be silent! For too long unrestrained growth of gaming worlds has decimated environments. How many more ecosystems must be destroyed before you people realize that just another "kill the animal" quest is causing irreparable harm? When will it stop?
Young Missy, this debate does not involve you. It is between me and that one over there.
Don't you talk down to me you old bastard! Everyone knows you're full of shit! That, "I am a virgin" bullshit, please, that unicorn is fake! You probably had Jaana killed because she was a snake whore making you look bad! And your bullshit investigation...
How dare you make such accusations against me! I am the Avatar! I will gladly trample every article of the G.U.F. Constitution to protect the rights of its citizens!
I am now calling upon the ineffectual Grue security force to restrain and remove the disrupting audience member. Please work for your sustenance.
If you are so innocent Avatar, then why appoint your boy Sentri as...hey! Let go of me!
Please silence the disruptive audience member as you remove her from the premises previously ineffectual Grue security force.
Stop it! Let me go! Wait! I'll be quiet! I promise! Don't tase me Grue! Don't tase me Grue! Don't...Aaaaaaaaauuuuuuuuuuueeeeeeeeeeee!
