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2007-10-29T01:43:01Z

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==Preamble==
This document exists to define the roles of the bodies that run and govern this site and community. The guiding principle of the site is to be that barring technical or fiscal obstacles, any considered mandate from the appropriate legislative body of contributing members will be implemented by the administrators.

==Section 1 - The Executive==

The Executive is composed of the Council Officers and Staff Officers who run the Site.

===Article 1 - The Council===
The Council is the overarching governing body of the site. Any Council Officer can veto any act or decision on TWC. However, this veto is considered provisional until approved by the Council as a whole.

One member of the Council will be The Speaker of the House, who is elected by the Curia, as per according to the procedure in Section 2 Article 2, from among those members ranked as Citizen, and will serve a term of three months.

Every Council Officer must be ratified by the Curia immediately after appointment, by the process in Section 2 Article 2. An appointed Council Officer who fails the ratification vote is returned to his previous position.

===Article 2 - Other Staff Officers ===

Other staff officers will be appointed as is appropriate to handle such tasks as moderation, site content, and server administration. Any staff officer whose rights include the ability to moderate general discussion forums must be ratified by the Curia according to the procedure of Section 2, Article 2.

==Section 2 - The Legislature==
The Curia is a place for Citizens to discuss and propose Decisions that affect the governing of the Site and Site Policy, and also to amend this document.

===Article 1 - Election Procedure===
When the Curia is required to elect an Officer or Rank, or ratify an appoint, the following process is followed.

====Ratification Votes====
Two weeks after any member has been appointed as a Staff Officer whose rights include the ability to moderate general discussion forums, a one-week ratification poll will be posted. The member is ratified if he or she receives majority support.

====Election Votes====
When a Curial Election is required, eligible members can apply in a thread created for that purpose, where they must post their reasons for applying. A vote will then be opened for one week, with the winner (or winners, if multiple positions are open) being the one who receives the plurality of votes. In the case of ties, a three-day run-off vote is held between the tied members.

====Votes of No Confidence====
Citizens may initiate a vote of no confidence in any elected or Council Officer for neglect of duty or abuse of authority by posting their case within the Curia. Frivolous use of this procedure may result in disciplinary proceedings. Elected officers who fail a vote of no confidence lose their rank; for Council Officers the result is not binding. Votes of no confidence follow the same procedure as bills, in Article 2.

===Article 2 - Legislative Procedure===
Any Citizen may propose a bill for discussion by posting a thread in a designated forum. Bills can take two forms:

*Amendment - A proposal to alter the text of the Constitution. Amendments can alter or remove existing text and add entirely new text.
*Decision - A proposal for the creation of an official Decision of the Curia on a topic relevant to the functioning of TWC. Decisions are not binding on staff, but are to be taken under advisement.

For a bill to be moved to vote, it must be supported by three Citizens other than the proposer and must have been posted for at least three days. When a bill is moved to vote, a poll thread is posted for one week in the appropriate forum. Posts in this thread are limited to notification of having voted. Messages lobbying to vote for or against, including via Signatures and Avatars, are prohibited except in the original debate thread. Bills pass if they receive two-thirds support. If any bill fails a vote, no re-vote on a substantially similar bill will be permitted within twenty-eight days.

Where a Decision requires the Curia to choose between multiple options, two polls are run concurrently. The first poll is a normal decision, while the second poll outlines the options to choose from if the decision passes. Whichever option receives the plurality of votes is implemented, but only if the Decision also passes in the usual manner.

All Amendments and Decisions have immediate effect and no retroactive effect unless specifically stated otherwise.

The Curator can amend the text of the Constitution and any Curial Decision to correct any spelling and grammatical errors.

===Article 3 - Consilium de Civitate===
The Consilium de Civitate manages the granting and removal of all Curia Ranks.

====Membership====
The Consilium de Civitate has the following members:

*Twelve elected Citizens, who may discuss and vote on all matters within the Consilium de Civitate Forum
*Council Officers, who may discuss all matters within the Consilium de Civitate Forum, but have no vote.
*The Curator, who may take part in all Consilium de Civitate discussions, and has the deciding vote only in the case of a tie. The Curator has veto powers over any Consilium de Civitate decision.

Elected members of the Consilium de Civitate and the Curator must actively participate in discussions and votes. Council Officers' participation is optional.

====Elections====
Consilium de Civitate members are elected according to Article 2 of this Section. They must have no Staff warnings at the time of election and must have held their rank for three months. Each elected member has a term of three months, and when their term expires, new elections will be held.

If a member of the Consilium de Civitate resigns during their term, or if during elections fewer than twelve eligible Citizens apply in the candidates thread, the vacant positions may be filled by a volunteering Staff Officer with at least Citizen rank.

====Removal from Office====
A Consilium de Civitate member may resign from office, or can be removed from office for appropriate reason by a majority vote of the elected councillors.

===Article 4 - Council of War===
A number of members shall be elected to the Consilium Belli to facilitate and improve relations between the modding community, the Curia, the Wiki Officer and the Council itself. The duties of the Consilium Belli shall also include, but are not limited to, overseeing all projects designed to promote the TW sections of TWC to the modding community and the general membership. Its forum is publicly viewable and accessible by all, but posting and voting rights are restricted to members of the CB.

All members of the Council, the Wiki Officer, and the Modding Registrar have permanent membership on the Consilium. Other members may ask the Council at any time if they wish to join.

==Section 3 - Member Ranks and Curial Officers==
All members of the Forum can be divided into the following Ranks. Each Rank confers on the holders a specific set of rights and privileges unavailable to other Ranks unless explicitly stated. An individual may hold only one account of the rank Citizen or higher

===Article 1 - Ranks===
The following ranks and medals are honours given to members based on their merit. Members who refuse or resign their honours may request them back at will if they have not been revoked by ordinary procedures in the meantime.

====Peregrinus====
The Rank of Peregrinus is conferred automatically with registration to the TWC Forums. It confers posting rights in the General Fora. Any Peregrinus has the right to ask questions and suggest changes in the "Questions and Suggestions" Forum.

====Citizens====
Contributing members of TWC have the opportunity to become a Citizen of the Forum according to Article 2 below. Once a member becomes a Citizen, they can then choose between three different badges: Artifex, designed for those who are modders; Civitate, designed for those who have contributed to the debating side of the Site, whether in TW or CC; or Citizen, for those who associate with both.

To qualify for Citizen, a member must have at least fifty posts, been a registered member for one month, and have no warnings within the last three months.

All Citizens have the rights associated with Peregrinus, but in addition may post within the Curia, subject to the procedures in Section 2; may post with the Symposium and may patronise other members as per Article 2

===Article 2 - Patronisation===
Any Citizen holding their rank for three months can patronise a Peregrinus for citizenship subject to the requirements in Article 1 above. The process of patronisation is as follows.

#The nominee sends the patron a PM explaining his duties and privileges as a Citizen, and his contributions to the community. The patron forwards this paragraph, along with his own explanation of why he nominated the member, to a Consilium de Civitate member.
#The CdeC member opens a thread in the CdeC Forum and the proposed nominee is discussed and voted upon.
#If the nominee achieves sixty per cent of the non-abstaining votes after the thread has been open for seven days, he becomes a Citizen.

If a nominee fails his vote, he is not eligible to be considered again for one month. Members of the CdeC must abstain from voting on members they patronise.

===Article 3 - Curial Officers===
A Curial Officer is a Citizen who has been elected by the Curia to administer a project or institution at TWC. A Curial Officer holds his office for three months from the day they are elected. If an office is vacant, its duties shall be assumed by the Curator, or, failing that, by the Speaker of the House. The Council may dismiss any Officer it feels has neglected his duties or abused his position.

====Permanent Officers====
The following are permanent Curial Officers:

*The Curator - responsible for the day to day administration of the Curia, including but not limited to any tasks outlined in this document and any duties he may be given in the Curia by the Speaker of the House.
*Modding Registrar - The Registrar shall be responsible for maintaining the Modding Registry, answering questions about the registry and resolving disputes between members concerning the registry in a fair and impartial manner.
*The TWC Wiki Editor - Is in charge of overseeing the Wiki Project.

Further Permanent Officers may be created by amendment. Any member of Citizen rank may apply unless otherwise stated.

====Non Permanent Officers====
Non Permanent Curia Officers may be created to oversee specific short term Curia Projects. They may be created by a Curia Decision and cease to exist upon the completion of the project.

==Section 4 - The Judiciary==
===Article 1 - Citizens Behavior===
The suspension and removal of a Rank is handled by the Consilium de Civitate via the following disciplinary process. No Citizen may be subject to more than one process for a single post.

====Procedure====
If any Citizen receives a staff warning from an Officer of the Moderation Branch their case will be referred to the Consilium de Civitate by the Chief of Branch or the Speaker of the House, who will open a thread and post all relevant user notes of the accused. The accused will then be asked by the Speaker of the House to produce a defence within forty eight hours. At the conclusion of this period, regardless of whether a defence has been received, a vote shall be opened to conclude after four days. The options are

*Dismiss the Case
*Take Further Action
*Abstain

If the CdeC vote to take further action, a second poll is opened for four days. The options are:

*Censure
*Suspension of rank for 1 week
*Suspension of rank for 1 month
*Suspension of rank for 2 months
*Permanent Removal of Rank
*Abstain

A simple majority of non abstaining members is required for the vote to pass.

If a member is referred by another member, the process is the same, except that the accusation is substituted for usernotes in the thread, and the defendant shall receive an anonymous copy of the accusation from the Speaker of the House.

A Rank may not be removed except by the procedure outlined in this Article. Divus, Opifex and Phalera awards may only be removed by a Decision of the Curia or by the request of the rank holder.

===Article 2 - Tribunal===
To defend the rights of Members, and to ensure fair and just punishment towards those who violate the laws of TWC, a Tribunal shall be established

The purpose of the Tribunal is to provide those members of TWC who have been punished in the past by the Moderation Branch a place to request the reversal of their punishment. This is in no way a guarantee that the punishment will be removed, but every case presented will be reviewed by a panel of three judges.

Members may create a thread in the Tribunal Forum, The Judges will study the case details, and may request any additional information on the member from the Senior Moderators. The Judges will then post the majority decision. The Judges are not tasked to decide the appropriateness or validity of a Forum Rule of Term of Service, and may only rule on whether the Term was correctly enforced and the punishment suitable for the offence.

===Article 3 - Judges===
To serve on the Tribunal, a panel of three Judges is chosen by Hex. The judges can include any member from Hex, save the CoM, as he is is part of the appeals process. The candidates are not limited to Hex members and can include members with a Moderator's Mace

==Section 5 - Additional Provisions==
===Article 1 -Symposium===
All Citizens of TWC have access to the Symposium forum. This forum exists as a general meeting place for both old and new Citizens of the Total War Centre Forums. Within the Symposium, rules are generally more relaxed so as to allow for more concentrated debates to take place. Breach of the Terms of Service shall still be dealt with accordingly in this forum.

===Article 2 - Community Medals===
A “Medal” can be awarded to any member who has in some way contributed and achieved something which was of benefit to the wider community. Medals are controlled and run by the Curia. The qualifications and procedure by which each medal is awarded to a user can vary according to the wishes of the Curia. In order for a medal to be created it must acquire the majority in accordance with the Legislation section of the Constitution. Every Curia approved medal is to be listed in the appropriate section below along with its Qualifications.

====Large Size====
=====Divus=====
To achieve apotheosis and Curia vote, the nominee must be supported by three fourths of non abstaining elected members of the Consilium de Civitate. The nominee must have served as a Council Officer (or previous equivalents), made a clear and distinguished contribution to the community and provided exceptional service to TWC in their capacity as an administrator. They cannot be nominated within three months of resigning their Officer Position.

Any Citizen can nominate a former Council Officer and does so by PMing a Consilium de Civitate member. The Consilium de Civitate will contact the nominee and ask if he or she will accept the nomination. If the nominee should decline, or fails to respond within one month, no further action need be taken and the nomination declared null and void.

If the nominee should accept, the Consilium de Civitate will create a thread within the Consilium de Civitate Forum to investigate the legitimacy of the nominee’s accolades. The Consilium de Civitate has the right to request any and all relevant material from the Staff Officers to ascertain this, with the approval of the Council. The Consilium de Civitate will discuss the nominee and his qualifications for at least a week before the vote is held.

Should the nominee receive the support of three fourths of non abstaining Consilium de Civitate members, the Curator shall create a discussion in the Prothalamos lasting at least three days and then move the nomination to vote as per the procedure in Section 2 Article 3. The vote shall last one week and the nominee shall require a two-third majority of non-abstaining votes to become Divus. A nominee who fails the vote is not eligible to be nominated again for a six month period.

=====Opifex=====
To qualify for an Opifex award, the nominee must have made exceptional input to TW sections of the boards, either by modding or other contributions related to TW section. A member of any Rank is eligible to receive an Opifex award, but must also meet the criteria to become a Citizen. His nomination must also be seconded by an elected member of the Consilium de Civitate.

Qualifying nominees shall have their nomination posted in the Prothalamos and will be moved to vote as per the procedure in Section 2 Article 3. Once moved to they shall be voted upon for a period of one week and require a two-third majority of non-abstaining votes to achieve the award. If the nominee was not already a Citizen, this Rank shall also be conferred upon them if they pass. A nominee who fails to pass his vote is not eligible to re-nominated until three months have passed.

=====Phalera=====
To qualify for a Phalera's award, the nominee must have made exceptional input or otherwise made significant contributions inside the CC sections of the boards. A member of any Rank is eligible to receive an Phalera award, but must also meet the criteria to become a Citizen. His nomination must also be seconded by an elected member of the Consilium de Civitate.

Qualifying nominees shall have their nomination posted in the Prothalamos and will be moved to vote as per the procedure in Section 2 Article 3. Once moved to they shall be voted upon for a period of one week and require a two-third majority of non-abstaining votes to achieve the award. If the nominee was not already a Citizen, this Rank shall also be conferred upon them if they pass. A nominee who fails to pass his vote is not eligible to re-nominated until three months have passed.

====Medium Size====
=====Moderators Mace=====
The award is divided into three classes. The Bronze Mace is awarded to any member who has served as an official Staff Moderator for over three months. The Silver Mace is awarded to any moderator who has been promoted to “Senior Moderator”and served for 3 months or Served as “Staff Moderator” for 6 months. The “Golden Moderators Mace” is awarded to any Moderator who is deemed to have provided the site with exceptional service for over 1 Year in areas of Moderation and Moderation Policy, Senior Moderator who is deemed to have provided the site with exceptional service for over 6 months in areas of Moderation and Moderation Policy and any Chief of Moderation who has served for 3 months. All the Mace awards are awarded by the Administrative Council.

=====Scribes Quill=====
The award is divided into three classes. The Bronze Quill is awarded to any Scriptorium Librarian who has served as an official “Content Staff Member” at least three months or any other member who and has produced material for over four publications. The Silver Quill is awarded to any “Content Staff Member” who has been promoted to “Content Editor” and served for 3 months any Scriptorium Librarian who has served as “Content Staff Member” for over 6 months or any other "Content Staff Member" who has produced material over 12 publications. The “Golden Quill” is awarded to any “Head of Content” who is deemed to have provided the site with exceptional service for over 6 months in areas of Content, any Editor who is deemed to have performed exceptional service to the Content Branch for over 6 months or any Content Staff Officer who has served over 1 year in their position, while meeting the criteria for the silver medal.. The Gold award is awarded by the “Administrative Council” whereas the Silver and Bronze are awarded by the “Head of Content”

=====Technicians Screwdriver=====
Gold Silver and Bronze screwdrivers awarded for over a years, 6-12 months, and 3-6 months service respectively as a Staff Technician

====Small Size====

=====Member and Modder Awards=====
This category of medals is awarded to every member who wins an award in the TWC Site Awards. The medal will have a year number on it to show when it was awarded. The Medal should also link to the relevant Awards thread. The precise medal is awarded based on the precise nature of the Award won. The specific medals will be created by those in charge of the awards at the time and implemented by the Technical staff.

Tom Paine

2007-10-27T23:22:56Z

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Tom Paine is presently in his 11th month of editing the [[Helios]], and his fourth name. He resigned during second term as [[Speaker of the House]]. An active user of the Total War Center forums, he attempts to be helpful (often failing, according to some of his critics) or just post interesting things; this tendency has led to being a moderator of the Common Community (under protest) for a period of about 9 months, from June 2006 to March 2007, to being one of the pioneer Librarians sought out by Tacticalwithdrawal for the Scriptorium, and to his three terms (the third foreshortened by a resignation) as a member of the [[Consilium de Civitate]] as well as his current roles.

Tom is what many describe as the archetypal TWCrack addict; having arrived for the Existence of God thread, in which he first posted [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?p=485056#post485056 (with a ''quadruple'' post)], he has posted in all manner of topics excluding TW ones, having never played a TW game, and has risen to have the highest post count of any member; in fact, this has caused confusion to many a member, and the story of how he originally entered the site has been told many a time. Rapidly after joining he was noticed and proposed for patronisation by [[cunobelin]], and was voted by the staff of the day to the rank of Citizen. Since then he has been active in all areas of the Curia, often changing his mind on issues after the fact due to a stubborn unwillingness to admit, in debate, that he is inaccurate; this is part of the reason for his tremendous postcount, alongside often engaging in one-on-one public debate with users, especially [[Ummon]] and [[Carach]].

During [[Archer]]'s reign as Imperator, Tom acted in conflicting capacities both supporting and attacking Archer at different times; despite this, it was during Archer's reign that he finally agreed to be a moderator, and although senior staff were at the time somewhat dubious on the matter, later events showed him to be a hardworking and effective moderator, if somewhat strict; run-ins with [[Ferrets54]] showed his weaknesses starkly.

More recently he played a minor role in the [[Staff Rebellion]], minor to the point of being a late addition with little input into the process (although, as usual, he shouted louder than most others); during [[The Purchase]], however, he was in close contact with [[imb39]] and other members of those attacking ON, posting often and under a variety of alternate accounts; he refused to delete Helios work in protest, however, feeling that it was his writers' right to decide if they wished to do so.

After the purchase of the site and during the reorganisation, Tom along with [[Perikles]] and imb39 undertook the onerous task of rewriting the Constitution, and arrived at a compromise document that [[the Black Prince]] rewrote as being unspecific. However, the main principles of staff and Council organisation were as Tom had campaigned for with imb39 over MSN. He ran for Speaker in the first such election, but lost to [[Obi Wan Asterix]]; however, in both the second and third, he won, and currently acts as Speaker, a role he intends to resign effective November the 5th, for symbolic reasons.

Tom has an unparalelled habit of changing his user name, once per 10,000 posts. His original user name was Squeakus Maximus; during his "teen" post period, he requested this to be changed to the Grim Squeaker or tGS in homage to a character created by Terry Pratchett. His most recent incarnation, in the 20s, was Ozymandias, and although he was called Ozy during this period the name has already begun to die out in favour of TP or Tom.

He has been an active member of the dynastic games involved with the Curia, beginning his patronage under cunobelin, switching to that of the Black Prince, before finally settling on that of imb39; he has also patronised a total of 10 clients, of whom three have since moved on (two to other patrons, one resigning his rank wholly) and is still attempting to increase the size of his brood.

==See Also==
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?u=4526 Profile on TWC]

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Professor420

2007-09-27T00:58:21Z

74.122.122.155: /* Return to Curia and Curator election */

'''Professor420''' was formerly a [[Civitate]]s, [[Artifex]], and [[Patrician]], but resigned his rank when he lost hope with the current state of the [[Curia]]. He did receive the rank of [[Opifex]] during the Team Opifex awards, however. He has been repeatedly suspended for various activities, mostly for brief times only.

==Modding Career==

Prof was for two years the art director of the [[Fourth Age: Total War]]-modification, until he resigned his position in order to make his own next-generation video game; [http://www.bloodandirongame.com/ Blood & Iron]. Development has now stopped, but tech demos can be downloaded from his site at [http://www.robg3d.com/].

After resigning from [[Fourth Age: Total War]], Prof has created a series of [[Modelling in 3dsmax | Video Tutorials]] for modelling [[Rome: Total War]] units in [[3DS Max]].

==Views on the Curia==
Professor420 was in the past critical of former members of the [[Hexagon Council]], and argued that more power should be given to the [[Curia]]. However, he has reversed his position due to the concurrent factors of a Curia that has proved incapable of governing and a Hex that is functional, efficient, and avoiding of politics. He has also proposed various fundamental structural changes to the Curia, such as opening it up to all members.

==Return to Curia and Curator election==
In early September of 2007, a [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=115984 bill] was passed that ensured a Civitate could retake his rank even after resigning from it, at any time. When Professor420 attempted this a controversy ensued--some argued he was not eligible for Civitateship due to his past warnings, while others argued he should be allowed in regardless. Not long after, the Black Prince, who was the incumbent Curator, resigned. An Election was launched and Professor420 was one of the two Candidates who applied, his application can be found [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=121284 here]. As the election ran its course, Professor420 was given a warning and was as a result brought before the CDeC. Just one day before the election was to end the CdeC passed judgement and he was suspended from citizenship for a week ([http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showpost.php?p=2224633&postcount=38 see here]). As a result he would technically not be able to immediately take office as Curator if he won the election. Due to various issues tBP was unsure of how to act and posted a thread [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=124003 here] requesting clarification.

Shortly thereafter in an interesting decision by the incumbent curator, the vote was halted and Narses declared the winner. At that stage the vote was tied and various people had stated they had yet to vote. The halting of the vote was apparently due to the technicality that Professor420 may not have been able to fulfill some of the duties expected of the curator during the 5 days remaining of his suspension of rank. Debates continued as to whether or not Professer420 could be expected to do his Job as Curator. Cancellation of vote was subsequently vetoed by Staff, and Professer420 won the election for Curator 36:35 in his favor.

However, shortly after this Prof posted a thread in the Questions and Suggestion forum stating his displeasure about winning the Election the way he did. Actions of the previous Curator forced a Civitate that otherwise wouldn't of voted to do so. You can find the thread [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?p=2227611#post2227611 here]

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Professor420

2007-09-27T00:55:45Z

74.122.122.155: /* Return to Curia and Curator election */

'''Professor420''' was formerly a [[Civitate]]s, [[Artifex]], and [[Patrician]], but resigned his rank when he lost hope with the current state of the [[Curia]]. He did receive the rank of [[Opifex]] during the Team Opifex awards, however. He has been repeatedly suspended for various activities, mostly for brief times only.

==Modding Career==

Prof was for two years the art director of the [[Fourth Age: Total War]]-modification, until he resigned his position in order to make his own next-generation video game; [http://www.bloodandirongame.com/ Blood & Iron]. Development has now stopped, but tech demos can be downloaded from his site at [http://www.robg3d.com/].

After resigning from [[Fourth Age: Total War]], Prof has created a series of [[Modelling in 3dsmax | Video Tutorials]] for modelling [[Rome: Total War]] units in [[3DS Max]].

==Views on the Curia==
Professor420 was in the past critical of former members of the [[Hexagon Council]], and argued that more power should be given to the [[Curia]]. However, he has reversed his position due to the concurrent factors of a Curia that has proved incapable of governing and a Hex that is functional, efficient, and avoiding of politics. He has also proposed various fundamental structural changes to the Curia, such as opening it up to all members.

==Return to Curia and Curator election==
In early September of 2007, a [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=115984 bill] was passed that ensured a Civitate could retake his rank even after resigning from it, at any time. When Professor420 attempted this a controversy ensued--some argued he was not eligible for Civitateship due to his past warnings, while others argued he should be allowed in regardless. Not long after, the Black Prince, who was the incumbent Curator, resigned. An Election was launched and Professor420 was one of the two Candidates who applied, his application can be found [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=121284 here]. As the election ran its course, Professor420 was given a warning and was as a result brought before the CDeC. Just one day before the election was to end the CdeC passed judgement and he was suspended from citizenship for a week ([http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showpost.php?p=2224633&postcount=38 see here]). As a result he would technically not be able to immediately take office as Curator if he won the election. Due to various issues tBP was unsure of how to act and posted a thread [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=124003 here] requesting clarification.

Shortly thereafter in an interesting decision by the incumbent curator, the vote was halted and Narses declared the winner. At that stage the vote was tied and various people had stated they had yet to vote. The halting of the vote was apparently due to the technicality that Professor420 may not have been able to fulfill some of the duties expected of the curator during the 5 days remaining of his suspension of rank. Debates continued as to whether or not Professer420 could be expected to do his Job as Curator. Cancellation of vote was subsequently vetoed by Staff, and Professer420 won the election for Curator 36:35 in his favor.

However shortly after this Prof posted a thread in the Questions and Suggestion forum stating his displeasure about winning the Election the way he did-actions of the previous Curator forced a Civitate that otherwise wouldn't of voted to do so. You can find the thread [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?p=2227611#post2227611 here]

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Professor420

2007-09-27T00:21:08Z

74.122.122.155: /* Return to Curia and Curator election */

'''Professor420''' was formerly a [[Civitate]]s, [[Artifex]], and [[Patrician]], but resigned his rank when he lost hope with the current state of the [[Curia]]. He did receive the rank of [[Opifex]] during the Team Opifex awards, however. He has been repeatedly suspended for various activities, mostly for brief times only.

==Modding Career==

Prof was for two years the art director of the [[Fourth Age: Total War]]-modification, until he resigned his position in order to make his own next-generation video game; [http://www.bloodandirongame.com/ Blood & Iron]. Development has now stopped, but tech demos can be downloaded from his site at [http://www.robg3d.com/].

After resigning from [[Fourth Age: Total War]], Prof has created a series of [[Modelling in 3dsmax | Video Tutorials]] for modelling [[Rome: Total War]] units in [[3DS Max]].

==Views on the Curia==
Professor420 was in the past critical of former members of the [[Hexagon Council]], and argued that more power should be given to the [[Curia]]. However, he has reversed his position due to the concurrent factors of a Curia that has proved incapable of governing and a Hex that is functional, efficient, and avoiding of politics. He has also proposed various fundamental structural changes to the Curia, such as opening it up to all members.

==Return to Curia and Curator election==
In early September of 2007, a [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=115984 bill] was passed that ensured a Civitate could retake his rank even after resigning from it, at any time. When Professor420 attempted this a controversy ensued--some argued he was not eligible for Civitateship due to his past warnings, while others argued he should be allowed in regardless. Not long after, the Black Prince, who was the incumbent Curator, resigned. An Election was launched and Professor420 was one of the two Candidates who applied, his application can be found [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=121284 here]. As the election ran its course, Professor420 was given a warning and was as a result brought before the CDeC. Just one day before the election was to end the CdeC passed judgement and he was suspended from citizenship for a week ([http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showpost.php?p=2224633&postcount=38 see here]). As a result he would technically not be able to immediately take office as Curator if he won the election. Due to various issues tBP was unsure of how to act and posted a thread [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=124003 here] requesting clarification.

Shortly thereafter in an interesting decision by the incumbent curator, the vote was halted and Narses declared the winner. At that stage the vote was tied and various people had stated they had yet to vote. The halting of the vote was apparently due to the technicality that Professor420 may not have been able to fulfill some of the duties expected of the curator during the 5 days remaining of his suspension of rank. Debates continued as to whether or not Professer420 could be expected to do his Job as Curator. Cancellation of vote was subsequently vetoed by Staff, and Professer420 won the election for Curator 36:35 in his favor.

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ScarFace

2007-09-26T21:11:59Z

74.122.122.155: I didn't like the way I put this together, so I fixed it.

ScarFace is but a mere common member of the Forum.

'''History'''

ScarFace joined the forum back in late May of 05. He had originally lurked for many months, perhaps half a year, previous to actually signing up- with the sole intent of downloading some mods. Due to his young age of 12 and poor grammar, ScarFace was not taken seriously by many members of the forum. ScarFace suffered from the harsh moderating actions of the Time, after only spamming one or two posts, his post count was promptly brought to 0- where it once numbered close to 150.

As said, when ScarFace joined TWC he was young, and youth brings immaturity. Many times he flamed and Spammed, though the harshest suspension he was given was only up to two weeks. Over time ScarFace left and joined TWC again, and as time progressed so did his posts and maturity. With this increase in post Quality ScarFace went up for a Civitate vote four times, however he failed each one.

Recently he has recently begun to help with work on the wiki.

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Professor420

2007-09-26T20:54:30Z

74.122.122.155:

'''Professor420''' was formerly a [[Civitate]]s, [[Artifex]], and [[Patrician]], but resigned his rank when he lost hope with the current state of the [[Curia]]. He did receive the rank of [[Opifex]] during the Team Opifex awards, however. He has been repeatedly suspended for various activities, mostly for brief times only.

==Modding Career==

Prof was for two years the art director of the [[Fourth Age: Total War]]-modification, until he resigned his position in order to make his own next-generation video game; [http://www.bloodandirongame.com/ Blood & Iron]. Development has now stopped, but tech demos can be downloaded from his site at [http://www.robg3d.com/].

After resigning from [[Fourth Age: Total War]], Prof has created a series of [[Modelling in 3dsmax | Video Tutorials]] for modelling [[Rome: Total War]] units in [[3DS Max]].

==Views on the Curia==
Professor420 was in the past critical of former members of the [[Hexagon Council]], and argued that more power should be given to the [[Curia]]. However, he has reversed his position due to the concurrent factors of a Curia that has proved incapable of governing and a Hex that is functional, efficient, and avoiding of politics. He has also proposed various fundamental structural changes to the Curia, such as opening it up to all members.

==Return to Curia and Curator election==
In early September of 2007, a [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=115984 bill] was passed that ensured a Civitate could retake his rank even after resigning from it, at any time. When Professor420 attempted this a controversy ensued--some argued he was not eligible for Civitateship due to his past warnings, while others argued he should be allowed in regardless. Not long after, the Black Prince, who was the incumbent Curator, resigned. An Election was launched and Professor420 was one of the two Candidates who applied, his application can be found [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=121284 here]. As the election ran its course, Professor420 was given a warning and was as a result brought before the CDeC. Just one day before the election was to end the CdeC passed judgement and he was suspended from citizenship for a week ([http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showpost.php?p=2224633&postcount=38 see here]). As a result he would technically not be able to immediately take office as Curator if he won the election. Due to various issues tBP was unsure of how to act and posted a thread [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=124003 here] requesting clarification.

Shortly thereafter in an interesting decision by the incumbent curator, the vote was halted and Narses declared the winner. At that stage the vote was tied and various people had stated they had yet to vote. The halting of the vote was apparently due to the technicality that Professor420 may not have been able to fulfill some of the duties expected of the curator during the 5 days remaining of his suspension of rank. Debates continued as to whether or not Professer420 could be expected to do his Job as Curator. Cancellation of vote was subsequently vetoed by Staff, and Professer420 won election for Curator 36:35 in his favor.

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Professor420

2007-09-26T20:51:03Z

74.122.122.155:

'''Professor420''' was formerly a [[Civitate]]s, [[Artifex]], and [[Patrician]], but resigned his rank when he lost hope with the current state of the [[Curia]]. He did receive the rank of [[Opifex]] during the Team Opifex awards, however. He has been repeatedly suspended for various activities, mostly for brief times only.

==Modding Career==

Prof was for two years the art director of the [[Fourth Age: Total War]]-modification, until he resigned his position in order to make his own next-generation video game; [http://www.bloodandirongame.com/ Blood & Iron]. Development has now stopped, but tech demos can be downloaded from his site at [http://www.robg3d.com/].

After resigning from [[Fourth Age: Total War]], Prof has created a series of [[Modelling in 3dsmax | Video Tutorials]] for modelling [[Rome: Total War]] units in [[3DS Max]].

==Views on the Curia==
Professor420 was in the past critical of former members of the [[Hexagon Council]], and argued that more power should be given to the [[Curia]]. However, he has reversed his position due to the concurrent factors of a Curia that has proved incapable of governing and a Hex that is functional, efficient, and avoiding of politics. He has also proposed various fundamental structural changes to the Curia, such as opening it up to all members.

==Return to Curia and Curator election==
In early September of 2007, a [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=115984 bill] was passed that ensured a Civitate could retake his rank even after resigning from it, at any time. When Professor420 attempted this a controversy ensued--some argued he was not eligible for Civitateship due to his past warnings, while others argued he should be allowed in regardless. Not long after, the Black Prince, who was the incumbent Curator, resigned. An Election was launched and Professor420 was one of the two Candidates who applied, his application can be found [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=121284 here]. As the election ran its course, Professor420 was given a warning and was as a result brought before the CDeC. Just one day before the election was to end the CdeC passed judgement and he was suspended from citizenship for a week ([http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showpost.php?p=2224633&postcount=38 see here]). As a result he would technically not be able to immediately take office as Curator if he won the election. Due to various issues tBP was unsure of how to act and posted a thread [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=124003 here] requesting clarification.

Shortly thereafter in an interesting decision by the incumbent curator, who claims to not be biased against Professor420, the vote was halted and Narses declared the winner. At that stage the vote was tied and various people had stated they had yet to vote. The halting of the vote was apparently due to the technicality that Professor420 may not have been able to fulfil some of the duties expected of the curator during the 5 days remaining of his suspension of rank. Various comments in the debate thread about the fact that curial officers could be expected to be absent for longer periods than this due to holidays were not countered.

Cancellation of vote was subsequently vetoed by Staff, and Professer420 won election for Curator 36:35 in his favor.

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