The Will of the Senate - out of character thread

[econ21]

Dutch_guy eventually there will be plenty of avatars to go round, so everyone should get one. Indeed, this may be an important incentive for the Senate demanding conquest - more provinces => more faction members! But early on, family members are scarce and so priority will go to the lower house, especially those wanting to stand for Consul immediately.

Which leads me on to...

Given the aim of getting this campaign going by next weekend, the immediate priority is assigning avatars to members of the lower House. At the start of the Rome campaign, there are only 4 adult family members ("avatars"), so only a maximum of 4 players can stand for election as Consul. There are also 3 under-age avatars to be assigned.

So, please post below in this thread picking one of the 3 options:

1) Lower house, candidate for Consul
2) Lower house, not a candidate for Consul at the moment
3) Upper house

Priority in assigning avatars will go to candidates, then other lower house members. Where there are ties, we'll go on a "first-come-first-served" principle, where this applies to the first time you posted in this thread, not to the when you post confirmation. The deadline for confirming participation is 6pm UK time Tuesday 23. I will then assign avatars. People may still join after that date, but they may then have to wait for avatars.

Notes:

If you pick option (1) you are confirming:
(a) you have successfully installed RTR Platinum and the Metropolis mod for it (ie you've started up a campaign with no crashes etc).
(b) you who would like to start the campaign of next weekend

If you pick option (2) you are confirming:
(a) you have successfully installed RTR Platinum and the Metropolis mod for it.
(b) you could fight a battle at 2 days notice if their avatar gets into a scrap.

If you pick option (3) you are confirming that you will be an active member of the Senate, voting on elections and motions etc.

Remember, you can always freely switch between houses, but avatars will be assigned - and re-assigned - in order to give priority to lower house members. We don't want to autoresolve battles involving faction members.

EDIT: updated list of provisional participants in post #2. .