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The Consulate of Osiris
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OFO Flag Contest 2.0
The Osiris Fraternal Order is opening a flag contest to design a new flag to be flown as the official flag of Osiris. The rules are relatively simple:
1. Any citizen, diplomat, or culture gatepass guest may submit flag designs for the contest in this thread on our off-site regional forum: OFO Flag Contest 2.0 (http://w11.zetaboards.com/OFO/topic/11662830/). Submissions should include a flag design for the region as well as an identical design with a different color scheme for the Sekhmet Legion.
2. Flags flown by previous Osiran governments will be automatically disqualified, though flags that include some of their symbolism are acceptable, and the Pharaoh reserves the right to disqualify submissions that are deemed distasteful or joke submissions.
3. Participants may submit flag designs in the above linked thread until 9:00 P.M. EDT on Saturday, June 11.
4. Citizens will then vote on the flag submissions over a three day period. The flag chosen by a plurality of citizens will become the official flag of the Osiris Fraternal Order and will be flown as the official flag of Osiris. The Pharaoh reserves the right to conduct a second run-off vote in the event of a close vote.
We look forward to seeing what you come up with!
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Thank you for the update. It sounds like a very interesting contest. :)
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@Keelen Amtrek , this sounds like it might interest you.
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Here is flag number 1
http://s19.postimg.org/oa470wj2r/osiris.png
here is flag number 2
http://s19.postimg.org/rv02k4nmb/osiris2.png
I thought this would be good to pay homage to the old flag.
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Here is flag number 1
http://s19.postimg.org/oa470wj2r/osiris.png
here is flag number 2
http://s19.postimg.org/rv02k4nmb/osiris2.png
I thought this would be good to pay homage to the old flag.
I hope you don't mind if I offer some constructive criticism.
In general, one of the major guidelines for flag design is that it should be simple enough that a child can draw it from memory. Most good flags stay somewhat simple, because they're more memorable that way and can be more easily recognized when small/from a distance. Here's an interesting TED talk on the subject. (https://www.ted.com/talks/roman_mars_why_city_flags_may_be_the_worst_designed_thing_you_ve_never_noticed?language=en) I think that the symbols on your flag are rather too complex; they might benefit by being more streamlined/stylized.
Other than that, I like your designs.
Edit: Do you have a link the the old flag you're referring to? I'm curious to see how it is, and I can't seem to find it online. Nevermind, I found it.
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I never mind constructive criticism. Ill see what I can do about changing it.
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A Statement from the Osiris Fraternal Order
On the Regional Alignment of Osiris
Since the Osiris Fraternal Order was established in December 2013, the government of Osiris has consistently leaned in a raider direction. At times, the Osiris Fraternal Order has identified itself with an explicitly raider alignment. At other times, there has been more of an emphasis on an independent or non-aligned direction. Since the dissolution of our previous system of government in April of this year, the Osiris Fraternal Order has adopted a non-aligned position to give our regional community breathing room to organically grow and establish an identity for itself independent of concerns regarding alignment. While this period of internal reflection and growth has been beneficial, it is important, having given ourselves time to pause and focus more on internal matters, to now let our friends and allies know where the Osiris Fraternal Order stands.
After much discussion within the Council of Viziers, the Osiris Fraternal Order reaffirms that we stand with our raider friends and allies, as well as non-aligned, independent, and imperialist friends and allies who value the exercise of their sovereign right to engage in military operations that involve invasion. This should come as no surprise. When Osiris was fighting for its sovereignty against occupying forces in July 2013, it was military and diplomatic efforts undertaken primarily by independent and imperialist friends that lead to restoration of our sovereignty. When the Osiris Fraternal Order was declared in December 2013, it was raider, non-aligned, independent, and imperialist friends, several of whom would soon after become formal allies, who stood with us and supported the transition from chaos to order, from conflict to peace. When measures were taken earlier this year to restore order as chaos once again threatened our community, it was raider friends like The Black Hawks, Lone Wolves United, and HYDRA Command, as well as non-aligned, independent, and imperialist friends and allies like Balder, The East Pacific, The Land of Kings and Emperors, the Pacific Order, the West Pacific, and others who continued to honor the strong bonds between our regions.
The Osiris Fraternal Order proudly and without reservation declares that the alignment of the Osiran government, the foreign affairs agenda it will undertake as we move forward, and the military direction we will pursue will continue to be a raider alignment. We will continue to work hand in hand with our friends and allies to diplomatically and militarily pursue our mutual interests, including the most fundamental interest of all, the sovereign right to use military force as we see fit and according to our interests. We stand with our friends and allies in resisting the siren song of a rigid ideology that shrouds itself in moralistic bombast to conceal its true aim, which is to bring sovereign regions to heel under the authority of a small, cosmopolitan elite, which pledges true allegiance to no region but only to The Cause. Our method is raiding, but our message is regionalism. We will not bow to a tiny elite obsessed with the accumulation of power and prestige for themselves at the expense of their regions and others' regions, an elite that has, time and again, proven itself hostile to Osiris.
It should be noted, however, that not every defender is part of this global cosmopolitan elite. Indeed, most defenders are not. Defender citizens of the Osiris Fraternal Order have proven their dedication to our regional community. Other defenders in other regions have similarly shown their dedication. Hostility toward an elite few should not be construed as hostility toward all defenders, particularly our own citizens. We continue to value our defender citizens and the contributions they make every single day to our regional community, including at the highest levels of our regional government. We do not ask from them anymore than they are already giving to Osiris, or to choose between Osiris and defending. There is no inherent conflict between regionalism and defensive military operations, only between regionalism and the cosmopolitan power grabbing engaged in by the tiny defender political oligarchy. While this conflict may, at times, see us at odds with defenders on the battle field, it will not see us at odds with each other in our own region, a region that belongs as much to our defender citizens as it does to our raider citizens and citizens of other alignments.
Defender citizens of the Osiris Fraternal Order will continue to be included in all aspects of our regional community, and will continue to enjoy the certainty that as long as they show their dedication to Osiris as any Osiran is expected to do, they will be rewarded with advancement in Osiris. The Osiris Fraternal Order has always sought to reward merit rather than ideological or political popularity. Even as we pursue a regionalist raider policy in foreign affairs and military operations, we will continue to ensure that defender citizens are respected and valued. We are not the Alliance Defense Network, the Red Liberty Alliance, 10000 Islands, or the Founderless Regions Alliance. While the defender cosmopolitan elite pursue extremism and exclusion, as they have for years, we prefer debate and inclusion. We would prefer to meet our fellow citizens who happen to be defender on the battle field in a spirit of friendly competition, reserving hostility only for the defender political elite who are and have always been hostile to a sovereign and stable Osiris. To further the aim of inclusion, a new Pharaonic Guard will immediately be created that will allow defenders and others who wish to contribute to defense of Osiris as well as defensive operations limited to our friends and allies to do so, without participating in the raiding operations of the Sekhmet Legion.
For two and a half years, the Osiris Fraternal Order has walked a raider path, at times hindered by the political realities of our previous chaotic system of government. In making our alignment official today, we celebrate that Osiris now has a much more stable system of government that will be better prepared to walk this path with consistency and focus. We look forward to working more actively with our fellow raiders, as well as non-aligned, independent, and imperialist regions on their raiding operations, and we hope that everyone throughout NationStates who is interested in raiding will give Osiris a fresh look. We are no longer the Osiris you've heard about, the Osiris dominated by paranoia, political posturing, and power grabbing. That Osiris died in April. This Osiris is a community united, a community dedicated to cooperation and growth, a community that isn't afraid to take a stand and stay a course even while remaining welcoming of debate and competition. This Osiris is an Osiris that stands proudly for regionalism and for raiding. We invite you to stand with us.
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:wave:
As a personal note, I, Syl, am a defender that works with The Grey Wardens. However, I am first and foremost an Osiran and must support my region no matter what. I hope our region's return to being 'The Raider GCR' does not dispel any positive notions about our government here in Wintreath. Our military is only one part of our great region.
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If fairness, I don't think anyone was holding their breath for Osiris to become defender. The alignment change is noted, but we maintain relations with regions of all alignments, so I don't imagine there being any changes of opinion in Wintreath.
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And we are back, and under new ambassadorship.
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Welcome again. :)
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With the election season wrapping up in Osiris for this term, I must first congratulate the two winners. Winning the Chief Scribe election was Adytus, who ran virtually unopposed and managed to nab each vote. In the much more intense election, the Chief Vizier election, the two front runners, Wrektopia and Sygian, managed to draw in a record amount of voters. The winner of that intense election ended up being Sygian, besting Wrektopia on the final day of voting. Therefore, we in Osiris congratulate both Chief Scribe Adytus and Chief Vizier Sygian on their performances and wish them both a good run. Hail Osiris! Hail Wintreath! Hail Griffin! Hail Wintermoot!
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Thanks for the enthusiastic update. :D
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In case images are hard to read.
We know that images can be tough on the eyes, depending on the size of your own screen, so here's a direct link to the Read-Only text version of this issue. :)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o8-lGKcUZF0j2uIDiThmlCLMAYIydLQ1fk5UEArlU10/edit?usp=sharing
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Thanks for the update. :)
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In case images are hard to read.
We know that images can be tough on the eyes, depending on the size of your own screen, so here's a direct link to the Read-Only text version of this issue. :)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/19siNWmatKdMMPo99Niwa3Mk63Wnzu53M6Mzh1ZLBb-s/edit?usp=sharing
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It seems to me that the core issue with this NSWF thing is cosmopolitanism when it comes to positions of power. Perhaps the people who were both on TNP admin team and the NSWF Committee meant well by applying the information known from one role into the other, but in doing so they acted on a conflict of interest that perhaps was unavoidable...one between their responsibility as TNP admins not to leak an ongoing investigation and their responsibility as members of the NSWF Committee to keep the event as safe as possible.
I don't know that there should be any action against the people involved, there hasn't been any proof I've seen that they did so maliciously (though I've seen it claimed), but it seems to me that a reasonable outcome would be a ban on administrators taking similar administrator roles in other NS-related regions and organizations.
In any case, thanks for the update. :)
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Am I the only one who kept mistaking NSWF for NSFW and thinking I should avert my eyes to avoid seeing adult content in this post?
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A NSFW Fair? In my dreams, perhaps! :))
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I didn't notice until you said that, but had no intention of averting my eyes anyway.
They probably picked that acronym on purpose.
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In case images are hard to read.
We know that images can be tough on the eyes, depending on the size of your own screen, so here's a direct link to the Read-Only text version of this issue. :)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/19siNWmatKdMMPo99Niwa3Mk63Wnzu53M6Mzh1ZLBb-s/edit?usp=sharing