You will be able to ask questions via the designated text channels if it is hosted via the IPO Discord. This is because IPO only allows politicians to talk in the debate voice channels so that there are no trolls or clutter with people speaking over each other.

Clearly you're not listening to me or anything that I've been saying and so, I don't feel that there's any point in wasting my own time trying to explain something to someone who refuses to pay attention to what I am actually saying. I'm not banning you, FrancePourLaVie might be. Not me. Its her debate. Doesn't matter who came up with the idea, she is the one organising and creating it. As I said in my last message; I have no authority in the IPO Discord, however, IPO only allows for politicians to use the voice channels to speak. Members of the public can join but will have no speaking permissions except for in the designated text channels. This is so that there isn't a clutter of people talking over each other and the discussion is much more organised and civil. It's also to prevent any trolls from coming in and talking over everyone or playing music. The public simply listen whilst the politicians take turns at answering the questions given to them by the public in the text channels. The public can not and will not be permitted to verbally speak. As for you, specifically, if (and I really hope that this time you actually noticed the word "If") you have shown yourself to be disrespectful, immature and/or insulting in the past by attacking a politician and their campaign, they have every right to not want you to be there. IPO also has set rules which, if FrancePourLaVie's accusations of you attacking her are true, I feel you would be very likely to violate them. I feel as though I need to reiterate everything that I have said since you missed what I was saying last time. Only politicians can speak verbally. You do not get a free pass or a special exception. This is just how IPO works. If FrancePourLaVie wishes for you to attend, you may use the designated text channels just like everyone else, however, if she does not wish for you to attend, that is her decision. I am not doing anything other than trying to explain things to you. I am disgusted with you for accusing me of such things after I blatantly explained that I was not banning you at all in my previous message. How dare you. And again, you're not reading what I'm saying. It's almost as though you just skim through my messages in less than a few seconds and pick out random words to talk about, yet you miss the important parts. I have now said, THREE times; I have now authority in IPO, I am simply explaining that IPO does not permit the public to verbally use the voice channels and you won't be getting a special pass because if you get to, then everyone else does too and then chaos breaks out with all the trolls. As I also said, if she wishes for you to attend, great! I look forward to seeing you there in the designated text channels, but if not then she has every right to not have you there. That is all I have been saying. Pay more attention.

Welcome to the community, @Xport7 (Christopher)! As far as I know, you'll be able to have 2 characters per server (unsure if private server owners will be able to adjust this or not) so that's one for you and one for your wife! So, if you want to be Ryan McIntyre then Ryan McIntyre it is! In regards to in-game relationships, having a boyfriend or girlfriend will probably be purely role-play dependant, however, I do believe marriage will be a thing. If it's not then there will at least be churches where you can roleplay it happening and you can live together too. Dependent on Governor laws, LGBTQ+ marriages may also be legalised for same-sex and transgender couples to marry too. Regardless of how long you've been following the game, it's great to have you here anyway. Some people are new, some people are older but in the end all that really matters is that we're a community. I'd even go as far to call it a nice big family (just don't get too close to Uncle Jim at Thanksgiving). I think it's absolutely incredible how you both share a love for gaming and play together and I hope you will both be very happy playing this together. I'd also be very interested in hearing what sort of jobs you and your wife would be employed within on the island. Perhaps you might want to create a family store and sell clothing? Or write books together and get them published in the library. Whatever you both decide to do, I wish you both the best! If you haven't already checked out some of these links, they can be very useful! I'm also running for Governor of Identity Island (temporary name until an official one is issued) so I'll sneakily chuck my campaign website in LINKS: FAQ - Made by Motown FAQ Extended - Made by JamesLuck01 The Hamilton Party - Official Website

Let's clear some things up first; I'm banning you? How dare you accuse me of such. I have no authority in this situation. I'm simply quoting and speaking in agreement with @FrancePourLaVie so if you're going to blame anyone, don't take it out on me as I'm simply sharing my opinion. It's her debate (regardless of who's idea it was) as she is the politician and, more importantly, she created the thread, not you. As I said, I'm simply quoting and agreeing with FrancePourLaVie so don't start accusing me of doing anything. I simply said, and I quote: If you were being immature, disrespectful and/or insulting then she has every right to not want you in attendance. Only mature, civilised people should be in attendance. Notice the word "If". I am unaware of any previous or current conflict between yourself and FrancePourLaVie, however, if she is the one organising this debate, she has every right to not want you in attendance. It's like if you were organising a house party or a night out and you didn't want to invite someone because of a current argument going on, which, like this, is understandable. I kindly ask that you stop twisting and misinterpreting my words and don't accuse me of such things. With all of the above being said, please point out where you feel I am being immature for simply sharing an opinion and agreeing with another politician.

Firstly, if you are going to act like that much of a baby about it, perhaps you would be best not attending anyway, however, IPO can't just allow EVERYONE to have access to the voice channels or all the trolls would jump in. Plus, it would be far too cluttered with people talking over each other. It's much better for the voice channels to be role-restricted to politicians only whilst allowing for people to ask questions via the text channels. If you were being immature, disrespectful and/or insulting then she has every right to not want you in attendance. Only mature, civilised people should be in attendance.

@Hazelxcedarheart, if you can add Hot Chocolate to your menu, you can expect me to be a regular

Come and ask questions via the designated text channels (if hosted via the IPO Discord server), however, only Politicians (Party Leaders or their representatives) will be allowed to enter voice channels. These will be role-restricted.

Thanks LuckyDuck Yep, it's 16 here in Scotland/UK, just adding it to my list of things though

I agree with @FrancePourLaVie, debates should be strictly for politicians only. I won't lie, we have had our disagreements within the past couple of months but I do agree that if it's a political debate, only politicians should be able to participate. Plus, it's her that is organising/proposing the idea so it is up to her to decide who should be allowed to participate. As for public interaction though, there's no reason why citizens can't join just to ask questions via the designated text channels that IPO provides, so long as voice chat is strictly for politicians only. The debate should also be moderated by IPO staff. P.S - If not too late and if permitted, I would be interested in attending and participating.

I apologise if this has already been asked before (as I believe it may have been), however I would like to clarify anyway; Although you wouldn't be able to login to both characters at the same time (well, unless you had two separate computers), would you use your political character, Damien Malik (if elected as Governor), to grant free pass to your criminal one and let him get off without getting into trouble? In other words, would you abuse one character to ensure ease for the other?

Are you only able to own and rent one home at a time? Does that mean you can own a home and rent it out, but then you won't be able to live there because you're already renting it? Or can you own two homes but only have the other whilst you're renting out the house? Or will we just have to live in the apartments if we're renting out the home, @LuckyDuck?

@DominoesExpress is my brother's account but he didn't vote in this one and doesn't actively check on Identity like I do. I've mentioned this to Beach_Ball already

There is so much wonderful potential for theatrical performances, especially within the Town Square alone! As for crime, I was regarding the link in your signature in which you mention that you are a "Proud Member of The Neighbourhood" which is under the Gang Initiations board.

Actually, yes. I disagree with it. Although, I do like the idea of the "Days Won" by gaining the most likes as I feel that's a great way to encourage members to answer people's questions and support others within the community, I just disagree with the idea of ranking people based on activity and post-count. Although, I can see that of course you would support the Leaderboard, being that you are on it.

I think that it's important to realise that everybody has personal lives and that, although this game is intended to be for ages 18+, let's be honest, at least 1/4 or maybe even half of the community won't be 18 years old and may still be in high school so they may have studying for exams and such to do. As for the over 18 members who work, such as myself (although I'm under 18; 17), we can be very distracted by our work and finally getting an opportunity to go out on the weekends and such mean that we are going to take those chances and, most likely, not jump straight onto Identity. I've been an active community member within Identity, visiting numerous times, every, single day up until Mid-November when I began working and, since then, I have been unable to be as active as I would have liked to have been. I'm sure you were/are already aware of this, however, I simply wanted to reiterate that it's not always possible for everybody to contribute by making threads/posts or even by spending time visiting. Plus, some may simply wish to try and forget about the game until it's released as they may feel that by checking back so constantly; it will seem as though it's taking longer. As for "ranking", I don't think that's very fair considering my above points. We shouldn't praise somebody over everybody else for being the most active community member over everyone else just because they have more time available. Even if it is just for statistical purposes with no reward (as I'm sure you intended by your idea), I still don't think it would be good to rank people like that as everyone is living under different situations and circumstances. I don't mean to create conflict with you at all, I just think it is unneeded and wouldn't be fair.

As a MASSIVE lover of acting and performing in the theatrical arts, I was partially saddened to not see it mentioned, although, I'm glad that artwork and music are gaining more attention too One thing I would be particularly worried about though, in regards to your business, is that you are linked with a criminal organisation. I might not feel very safe.

1) You will be able to design your own clothing / fashion items and choose whether you wish to keep them for yourself, open a store and sell them, or sell them and have them delivered via a delivery company (run by other players; if a player with the job of a delivery driver does not get to the buyer in time, it will be delivered automatically). As for being a superhero; perhaps, although, that's more of law enforcement and the police's job and you might not want to interfere with them or you could risk getting arrested. It depends on roleplay. 2) No, all police officers will be fully outfitted with an identifiable police uniform; even for detectives. 3) Taxi's yes, buses yes, trains yes. You will be able to startup your own taxi/bus companies and purchase buses to pick up people in. Trains will be run via an AI and will transport you around the island whilst also allowing you to move around within the train or sit down on the seats within. 4) As law enforcement will be a career as opposed to a job (jobs are smaller things which anyone can do such as taxi/bus driver, delivery driver, etc. and careers are things such as law enforcement) you will be able to work your way up from a simple officer to a detective to a Police Chief - or so I believe, don't quote me on that last part, but you will definitely be able to work your way up through the ranks. 5) Yes. Weather will change throughout the days but remember, it's only very early stages so it might not be implemented immediately. 6) Yep. You can own a store and sell your own clothing or other creations, however, NPC's will run the tills for you and all you have to do is manage stock and deliveries (via delivery companies). You will not be able to control the tills yourself as it wouldn't be enjoyable. 7) NPC's will only be seen in stores. All players roaming around the map will be players. 8) Yep. You can host radio stations to report news too. 9) Unsure, but I'm very doubtful. Perhaps in the future/ 10) I very highly doubt it. You should be able to change your character's appearance in ways of hairdressers/barbers and clothing stores though.

It's always a pleasure hearing from you, Lucious! Being perfectly honest, not sure why you brought racism, swastikas and references to Nazis up with no prior mention of it. Seems as though you're looking for a fight with FatherOfTimes (won't tag as I'm going to quote them next anyway) and ROYAL which doesn't seem very professional or mature for that matter. I've always been a strong supporter of many of your views and beliefs but sometimes your behaviour lets you down such as on this occasion where you tend to have a much more hostile and aggressive approach where one is not needed. That's not to say I have been perfect in the past though. We've all made our mistakes and I've not always remained the most calm in certain situations, however, nobody truly has, have they? Although, this happens repeatedly with you. I don't mean to attack you in any way, however, pick your fights wisely and don't bring up unnecessary and unneeded topics such as racism, swastikas and Nazis. I wouldn't say she's attacking anyone, per se, more-so having one of those days where she wishes to create conflict with others. Why are you getting involved? If I didn't, someone else would have. Plus, with Identity, if you don't get involved, nobody else is going to ask you to so you need to take it into your own hands (unless it's a rule-violating offence, then the Moderator's can step in).

As I have just noticed that the poll ends on December 15th, I would like to mention that I will not be actively working to encourage supporters to vote within this poll for the sole reason that I have been inactive within this month and appear to have already missed the beginning of this poll so it would seem to be almost pointless attempting in this one. I mean no disrespect to @Identity_Party_Data, I will simply be waiting until the January Poll before continuing to encourage my supporters to vote As for the other discussion going on in this thread - to which, I will be honest, I am unsure as to where it originated from or what the discussion is actually about - I'll do my best to share my "2 cents" (?) or at least just try to share my views on some of the other candidates, highlighting their strengths along with my own. @LuciousTimes - is definitely one of the oldest candidates (not by age but by startup on their political campaign) and @ThomasHetch and @JoelKeys had definitely been around longer than that making them even older candidates. Although, this has already been mentioned by Lucious in his previous post within this thread. Their experience within the community will definitely be a major boost in their campaign. @FrancePourLaVie - as she says and as I definitely would have to agree with, is probably the most patriotically-driven candidate, although, I'm not exactly sure how a love for France can help our American-based island. However, their love and passion of their country shows that they can be very passionate about leading Identity Island to greatness. Myself - I am definitely one of the newest candidates to the race after beginning my campaign only a day or two after joining the community back in August 18th, however, there have definitely been more candidates who have started their campaigns after mine. Although, when I first created my campaign I remember someone very clearly saying something roughly along the lines of: I also remember me gaining so much support within that one month and the following and replying to them pointing out that they shouldn't be so quick to assume. I feel that my continued commitment, determination and hardwork and gaining so much support within such a short time shows that I must be doing something right and that I am willing to put the time and effort into making the island as great as it can be.

COMING SOON: THP GROUPS - Groups will help to bring our supporter's community closer together by creating more public, team-building and friendship-making activities. This is not intended as a way to "categorise" but instead as a way to help our supporters find people with similar interests which, hopefully, will allow for more friendships to be formed. It's also a great way of talking with others about the most recent updates to the party and can help to keep you up-to-date on all the latest gossip.

Currently, the most well-known and popular candidates, without wanting to sound egotistical at all in any way and more-so from a statistical point-of-view, would have to be @LuciousTimes and myself, although, there are many other very committed, active and well-known candidates such as those found on the IPO December Poll. The IPO (Identity Political Organization) is responsible for hosting debates and keeping track of the most up-to-date results by hosting monthly polls on the forums to keep an accurate record of political candidate's support. In regards to roleplaying, I feel that Identity politicians, such as myself, are very much aware that, yes, it is just a game and certain things may not always be possible, however, many of us take the roleplay serious enough to add in things to our manifestos and talking-points (for debates and press conferences) which may not actually be possible once Identity is released, solely for the purpose of roleplay and to allow the public to get an idea of the candidate's personalities and how they feel about certain topics. USEFUL LINKS: The Podium The Hamilton Party - Website December Poll 2017 (IPO)

I must say that the list of candidates is definitely increasing! It's great to see so many new faces running for the candidacy, although, it also means we're going to have to work harder to compete against the new competition. Due to work in real life, I have not been able to check Identity as much recently, however, I'll definitely be sure to check it more often. If you would like to learn more about my party and it's policies, acts, laws and other useful information such as how to begin a career with us, simply click here to visit our website.

I feel that there's far more than simply @LuciousTimes and myself, even though I am aware that you said "two main politicians", as I would say all those who participated in the IPO Debate of November could be classed as "main" politicians as they, along with Lucious and myself (both of whom also attended the debate), appear to be the most recent and up-to-date candidates. Unfortunately, due to work in real life, I haven't been able to check Identity a lot recently but I believe that all those who attended the debate last month are still running nowadays. In regards to vote size, Jack Lester should definitely be classed as a main candidate as he gained a very significant amount of votes, almost drawing second with myself. Either way, I wish all candidates the absolute best in the election My website can be found here if anybody is interested in learning more about my party.

My stupid self thought SEA was an acronym for something and I was so confused *facepalm* Then I read your actual post and I realised what you meant

I feel quite stupid. Straight after I hit "submit" I realised