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Which region or organization are you from?: Lazarus/LazCorp

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Article Title: Interview With New Rogernomics

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New Rogernomics is a workhorse. In every corner of the region, there is some contribution from Roger – his latest being a guide to citizenship. He is the go-to forum administrator, our Chief Operating Officer (COO), and recently appointed advisor for citizenship. A long time Lazarene, joining the region on September 4th, 2007, Roger has been a member for 13 years. The Gazette sat down with Roger to found out more about our COO.

What was the first region you joined?

Around 2006, I joined a small region called Trans Atlantice, and eventually become UN Delegate there, which was the precursor to the WA.

How many times have you become a Delegate?

Once in Trans Atlantice, and once in Lazarus.

How long were you Delegate?

In Trans Atlantice for at least a few months, before the region merged with another UCR. In Lazarus, I ran for election in September 2015 and was elected Delegate of Lazarus on the 28th of September, or as Sovereign as it was known then. I was delegate till the end of December of that year.

 Why were you Delegate for only 4 months? 

That was the period of term for the Delegacy back in the Humane Republic of Lazarus.

Did you run again or decide not?

I decided not to run again, as I was mostly satisfied with forum administration duties. I became a forum administrator around the time I was Delegate, and continued as an administrator till the Celestial Union civil war.

Is there anything eventful or memorable about your time as Delegate?

We had fun role-play during the Z-Day event, I mostly just voted on WA resolutions and gathered endorsements, and I pushed somewhat for improving of relations with the New Pacific Order, which was a policy that the WA delegate after me, Loftegen, would pursue further. Loftegen served as Delegate for two terms. Also, Funkadelia and I came to rhetorical blows over inter-regional recruitment policy.

What was this policy and how did you come to blows over it?

Well, it became problematic as it was a policy that was not my own, but I was forced to defend, as I was only made aware of it till months into my Delegacy. Funkadelia, who was the Delegate prior to my term, had allowed Kazmr to run a secret recruitment campaign against The Pacific. Recruiting in other Game Created Regions was not very acceptable back then, and is not really today.

I was tired of this going on, on my watch, so I discussed with Kazmr over making what was going on public, and trying to push for the option for all GCRs to be able to recruit from each other.

Funkadelia was really opposed to making this public, and was angry because I had not informed him, in his opinion.

This eventually led to a GCR recruitment conference, where I supported this idea that GCRS should be able to recruit from each other.

Funkadelia publicly attacked my administration as Foreign Minister during the conference, and Kazmr and I took the flak for the policy.

Eventually though, most agreed to let the issue slide, and a few well-known players came to my defense. When charges were put forward that I was being malicious about recruiting in GCRS. Mostly, it didn’t really stick, as I was clearly inexperienced.

Do you still support the policy of recruiting from other Game Created Regions or was this apart of what you were forced to defend?

Recruiting from Game Created Regions is still an unresolved issue to this day, I am not against GCRs recruiting from each other to this day, though realistically it looks like GCRs would have to sign recruitment agreements with each other, as not all GCRS agree. The NPO was not against the policy at the time, though obviously with the NPO and Lazarus at war, such an accord would be impossible these days.

Any other memorable events you would like to mention?

I think the most memorable part of my term was the Z-Day event, where I role-played the government response to Z-Day, and another faction played as a religious Zombie Empire faction that argued becoming a zombie was a gift best shared.

Eventually I declared a communist revolution of robots against the zombie menace. So many Lazarenes were dead by that point though, and the event ended. Was a lot of fun, I haven’t really experienced another Z-Day like it since.

Do you have any dispatches or texts from that event?

This was the regional message I sent out when Z-Day was starting.

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And when it was ending.

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Here is the Gazette entry from that month too.

Belschaft led the religious faction.  

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Greetings, brothers and sisters, Today is a glorious day, for Lazarus stands first before the great goddess [violet], with more followers having accepted her gift of undeath than any other region. Whilst we are still faced with the resistance of a few deluded heretics who cling to their mortal lives, and a new communist robot insurrection, our victory is inevitable. Trust in the wisdom and benevolence of [violet] and you shall be gifted an eternity in which to glorify her. All that is left is to spread her gift to those few unenlightened souls who yet resist, and Lazarus shall forever prosper under her divine rule.

That is not dead which can eternal lie. And with strange aeons even death may die.

- Belschaft, Prophet of the Great Goddess [violet] and Zombie Overlord of Lazarus

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This has been great. Thanks for sitting down with us, Roger!

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