The First Debate

## Contents

### Significance

allowed presidential campaigns to appeal to a wider audiencefirst organized event for the Election Era

## About

The First Debate, organized by Cael, was the first major event within the Election Era and corresponding roleplay. It consisted of 15 questions that each campaign would post their responses to.

Due to conflicting timezones between participating campaigns, it was decided that the debate would be structured differently from traditional presidential campaigns. Parties would not be responding to each other - instead, the event was treated similar to a campaign rally, where each party would submit their responses to universal questions in order to gain crowd support.

## Questions

The questions proposed to each campaign were submitted by members of the server through a google form. The selected set of questions were posted by Cael on March 30, 2021. There was no time limit for answers to be submitted.

The questions are as follows:

* *QUESTION ONE: Do you or any members of your party support factkinning?*
* *QUESTION TWO: How do you plan to deal with the Wilbies?*
* *QUESTION THREE: What is your campaign's opinion on DNF?*
* *QUESTION FOUR: What is your campaign's opinion on Khio?*
* *QUESTION FIVE: Be creative, what do you Truly think is the best colour?*
* *QUESTION SIX: this isnt a question just know that i will judge you as a person based on answers*
* *QUESTION SEVEN: Are you incredibly sexy? What about stellar amounts of sexy? Are you a milk bitch/grimalkin?*
* *QUESTION EIGHT: What is your party's stance on fridges?*
* *QUESTION NINE: Will you make arson legal?*
* *QUESTION TEN: What are your campaign's thoughts on Heat Waves [by tbhyourelame] and Heat Waves [by Glass Animals]?*
* *QUESTION ELEVEN: Stance on snail rights?*
* *QUESTION TWELVE: connoreatspants*
* *QUESTION THIRTEEN: Talk about Charlie Slimecicle.*
* *QUESTION FOURTEEN: Are you running?*
* *QUESTION FIFTEEN: What are your party's major policies?*

## Responses

*Updated as of 3/31/21, 7:30 CST*

The responses from each party are as follows, in order of submission:

### DT2021

1. Yes and No, you'll find slander about our potential Speaker of the house kinning Dream but thats merely a shared name
2. The wilbys are fine as a whole, i just think we should implement therapy programs for when they're missing wilbur.
3. DNF is like weed, its not for everyone but it should be legal
4. Khio is really hot and sexy and really hot and sexy and mmm thinking about her
5. Red, its the color of those of us who understand what this server is about the *DREAM* smp
6. (unanswered)
7. I am super sexy, im and adult and all the hookers i buy tell me so. im no ones bitch because that means giving away power and im too alpha male
8. I think they're stupid and we only use holes in the ground to keep our food cold
9. No
10. Wonderful fic and wonderful song, plan to make it the national anthem.
11. I think we should cover the ground in salt
12. wonderful man
13. my mother1 stans him im not really sure, old person kinda content
14. yes????
15. being sexy, stanning connor and putting respect on Dream's name

1. "mother" meaning EF.

### Fridge2021

1. Is your refrigerator running
2. Is your refrigerator running
3. Is your refrigerator running
4. Is your refrigerator running
5. Is your refrigerator running
6. Is your refrigerator running
7. Is your refrigerator running
8. is your refrigerator running
9. is your refrigerator running
10. is your refrigerator running
11. is your refrigerator running
12. true and real
13. is your refrigerator running
14. is your refrigerator running
15. is your refrigerator running

### gold2020 2.0 (2021 edition)

1. fact kinning is a personal thing, i cannot regulate it. just keep it private i guess. idk man i can’t stop you
2. wilbys deserve respect, no matter how much you might hate them. their wilby-ing will be contained off-server to prevent any further contamination, however
3. DNF means did not finish, which is always sad. please finish your test responses within the time limit
4. khio is a wilby and should be quarantined
5. grey is best color bc it’s not a color technically and i think that’s funny
6. fucking based take, my dude.
7. i am not sexy purely bc i have none sex and therefore i am only y i am very y tho
8. fridges are neat. no fridging tho, skeppy is not a good example
9. arson is already legal if you don’t get caught. try it pussies
10. never read, never listened. i refuse to make unfounded opinions and share them
11. good, almost on par with octopus rights
12. yes
13. slime man go haha funny gamer man. yes him he good
14. are you?
15. man i just wanna win and get octopi some rights. also hbomb deserves a stan role and some lore ~~and a loh~~ bc he is my gamer man.

### The Birthday Party

1. freedom of expression is important to us, however it has limits as to when it is unacceptable and damaging. factkinning crosses those limits. (all my homies hate factkinning)
2. it is understood that they have their own space and, following our care for freedom of expression they may stay and go as they wish. however, we think there should be support in place for when that is not sufficient.
3. while we as people dislike dnf, there is something to be said about freedom of expression in this case, especially as it is permitted by the creators. with all this in mind, it should be kept to dark to ensure nobody will be caught off-guard by its appearence. (however, :shrivel:)
4. khio smile. good writer. short.
5. every colour is great and has its place, however our party is biased towards l'russian blue as it is bright, accepting and symbolises a bond across nations.
6. free cake for anyone that votes for us
7. (unanswered)
8. cold, very good at keeping things fresh. a good place to store things for future birthday parties.
9. arson is one of our key policies, and being firm believers in anarchy we will legalise it as one of our first acts.
10. what others enjoy is none of our business, however the song is good.
11. of course, they are amazing creatures and deserve as many rights as we do.
12. good lad
13. multiple responses
	1. another good lad, very funny. i enjoyed his little nightmares 2 and bowsers fury videos very much - tiger
	2. him playing gillion tidestrider in JRWI is very funny and well done - rose
	3. overall consencus: funny lad 10/10
14. depends. are YOU running? :)
15. multiple responses
	1. arson becomes legal
	2. the best birthday parties
	3. freedom of expression
	4. listen to the 1% significantly less
	5. the best cake

### Kevie2021

1. ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ
2. (☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞
3. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
4. ˁ⁽͑˙˚̀ˆ̇˚́˙⁾̉ˀ
5. ₍ᐢ･⚇･ᐢ₎
6. ٩( ᐛ )و
7. ( ﾟヮﾟ)
8. ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
9. ヽ(´▽`)/
10. ¯\\_(ツ)\_/¯
11. (/◕ヮ◕)/
12. (• ε •)
13. *(┐「ε:)*
14. ◉\_◉
15. ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ

### AAA2k21

1. Our party is wholeheartedly and entirely anti-factkinning. We have taken drastic measures to ensure that none associated with the AAA party is a factkinnie.
2. The Wilby’s don’t seem to be a problem at the moment. As I see it, there *isn’t* anything to deal with, unless something comes up. Although we are against factkinning, Wilbur is a special case. The DSMP is a wide range of people, all playing characters. Members of our cabinet are Wilbies, and don’t hide from it.
3. Our campaign, our cabinet, are very against DNF. As we are good citizens of the CHRISTIN server, all members of the AAA2021 Presidential Party have gone over the rules of this nation many times. We plan to uphold those rules, honoring the words of current President Eddie/Char. If I should take power, it is incredibly important for me, as a leader, to set an example. One of which would include being against DNF. DNF is a strictly *[PROPAGANDA OMG HOW DID THAT GET HERE? VOTE AAA]* prohibited topic. As a person of power, should I be elected, I would not want to make anyone uncomfortable. It is top priority to make those of the server feel at home, with *NO DNF.*
4. multiple responses
	1. khio is a stupid fucker and i hate him so much. he is my brother and also the best. i love him to death and wish i could beat his cute little face in violently
	2. Khio has been nothing but kind. His fanfics have brought a good many of our dedicated members to us. To have the server be so diverse, with those who have been here since the beginning, brought in by highly respected CHRISTIN member Ghet, or immigrated here from YWC, is a spectacle of this server’s values and it’s citizens.
	3. khio is ok
5. the color of the false president role mmmmm pretty blue
6. ive been thinking about dnf lately. they are actually real and true and i know it because tumblr says so and imagine how cute they would be together omg omg omg remember that time when george commented “hot” under DNF fanart ive been thinking about it ever since so Azer isn't so great? Are you kidding me? When was the last time you saw a player with such aim ability and movement with a tablet? Alex puts the game in another level, and we will be blessed if we ever see a player with his skill and passion for the game again. Cookiezi breaks records. Rafis breaks records. Azer breaks the rules. You can keep your statistics. I prefer the magic. omg omg i know it because they are real have you read heat waves btw ahaha i think thats actually real and tbhyourelame actually is predicting the future just u watch the next time a heatwave strikes orlando, FL, were gonna be hit with dnf like full blast omg theyre so cute together like the other day i was scrolling through tumblr and looking at dream and george truthers type their heart out and yknow i thinking they have a good point like they make sense and Hi my name is Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way and I have long ebony black hair (that's how I got my name) with purple streaks and red tips that reaches my mid-back and icy blue eyes like limpid tears and a lot of people tell me I look like Amy Lee (AN: if u don't know who she is get da hell out of here!). I'm not related to Gerard Way but I wish I was because he's a major fucking hottie. I'm a vampire but my teeth are straight and white. I have pale white skin. I'm also a witch, and I go to a magic school called Hogwarts in England where I'm in the seventh year (I'm seventeen). I'm a goth (in case you couldn't tell) and I wear mostly black. I love Hot Topic and I buy all my clothes from there. For example today I was wearing a black corset with matching lace around it and a black leather miniskirt, pink fishnets and black combat boots. I was wearing black lipstick, white foundation, black eyeliner and red eye shadow. I was walking outside Hogwarts. It was snowing and raining so there was no sun, which I was very happy about. A lot of preps stared at me. I put up my middle finger at them. and i appreciate how much they have done for normalizing just loving your friends. that goes for the entire dsmp gang. the whole normalization of close relationships and friendships just does something to allow freedom of flirting and just saying “i love you” especially when the past minecraft generation was just less i dont want to say homoerotic but its probably homoerotic, more like they just didnt really show how much they cared about their friends, whereas people like dream and bbh pour love into others and into everything they do and take part in. the pure amount of passion that stems from their friends and drive to commit to things they love and things they’re passionate in, especially during times of quarantine. there are old creators, which were PG friendly, because they were appealing to 8 year olds at least, dsmp puts it on another level. toxic masculinity blah blah blah flirting with friends blah blah blah it goes hard wtf and most of the creators on the dsmp try to make it as welcoming and inclusive as possible, and i think its rather stupid when people deprioritize everyone’s efforts just because they’re bigger creators. just because they’re big creators doesn’t mean they can’t make mistakes, and the amount of people on twitter that hate dream because of how successful he is, and the amount of people that glorify dream that make their relationship with media and content online doesn't allow for any criticism, minor or major. I think crocheting is really fucking fun and anyone who says it’s just a granny hobby is a loser. My granny is fucking metal. Screw you :flipthebird:
7. Both leaders of the AAA party are members of Milk’s Bitches. Every member of the proposed cabinet is undeniably, incomprehensibly sexy. And, although some of us are bitches, we are our *own* bitches. Being a dedicated bitch is a sign of loyalty. As Number One Bitch Promoter myself, it is part of our character, I think, that we should dedicate our time to a great cause. I believe in Milk. A great mother, a great friend. I am my mother’s bitch, I am my sibling’s mother’s bitch, and as such I will be a bitch for all. I will do my best to do as I have done for Milk: love you, (platonically) follow you, listen to you, appreciate you. As Presidential Nominee it is my promise to treat you all as I would like to be treated. As a valued member of this server, and a valued asset to our lives.
8. Depends on whether or not its running. If it is, it’s on AAA batteries
9. personally, i think some of the fun of arson is that you’re committing a crime . its not arson without the thrill of possibly going to jail. just get better at covering your tracks bro
10. tbhyourelame and Glass Animals are creators who rival only each other in intellectual abilities and lyrical talent. We’ll begin with Glass Animals. The band, beyond being technically skilled, possesses a wonderful style and blending of different genres that creates a wonderfully new and unique sound. Heat Waves may be one of their less interesting songs, but it is an earworm, and created the grounds for the incredible work of fiction by a one tbhyourelame. *tbhyourelame* possesses technical and stylistic capabilities beyond even my seasoned comprehension. To say that Heat Waves is a work of art would be an understatement. Not only has it made a large impact on the community at large, but its growing fame can be attributed to skill, not fate or chance. The story is easy to follow; it’s not perfect or virtually angstless, like passmethemolly’s *Chasing Snowflakes* - nor is it full of angst without comfort, like all of *those* fics that we’ve all seen. Heat Waves is a masterpiece - a sweaty masterpiece, but a masterpiece nonetheless. That said, im not sure that either creative party has ever experienced a heatwave. so maybe it doesnt even matter in the end
11. Snails deserve so many rights. So many. They are an essential part to Cottagecore. However, I have taken a deal. In exchange for $10 million, there is a snail. It will chase me for the rest of my life. As I sit here typing, it follows me still. If it catches me, I die instantly.
12. [gif of drake clapping] He is the last hope for the sonic fandom.
13. Charlie Slimecicle, iconic gamer from before the times of Minecraft. Charlie Slimecicle is unrivaled in his variety content - as a core Minecrafter through both the SMPLive and DreamSMP eras, Slimecicle has done a remarkable job at keeping his reputation unsoiled. As a variety content enjoyer, I can appreciate this. His community and fanbase are full of lovely people, and Slimecicle is full of puns. I hope that one day I will be able to achieve the level of humor as Charlie Slimecicle
14. We are running on AAA2k21 batteries. Running after our fridge, and running for you <3
15. Our party’s policies are as such:
	1. **Factkinning.** We have a strong disdain for factkinning. As it has been promised by me, Presidential Nominee Ardy, there will be a separate channel for them to reside. In this way, we model it after the Brits, and what they did with Australia. The factkins will be fine there, leaving their disgusting acts far from the anti-factkinning members of the server. As AAA2k21, it is our honor and our duty to fight for the rights of oppressed peoples. The factkins have ruled far too long, it is time for the minorities, the lovers, the gents, the humble, to rise once more. Aardvarks and creatures of these virtues alike are suffering as we speak. We must band together and put an end to it. Down with the factkins.
	2. **Evergiven.** Put the boat back in the canal.
	3. **Aardvark.** In solidarity, in honor, of my brothers and sisters, my cousins and long lost relatives, those who have lost their lives in the great continent of Africa, I would like to dedicate an emote to my species, the Aardvarks. It will look cute. It will be great.
	4. **Energy Efficiency.** AAA batteries will be free for all server members under our administration

### Sheets2021

1. Some would say that as the ghost of Sheets Sticky Notes, I am a factkin, so... make of that what you will
2. I plan on dealing with them by giving them flowers. they stan wilbur, who's dsmp character is a fan of bombs. what more needs to be said?
3. [:uncomfortubbo: :PogO: :saxophonosaur: :FUNKEE:]
4. fire?
5. fire
6. thats okay, im also judging you :)
7. whats more sexy than arson?????? :ahaha:
8. i was murdered by a fridge. they need to be rounded up and interrigated, and restrictions need to placed on their activities so that no more innocent victems fall to their cruelty.
9. ABSOLUTLY. ARSON ARSON ARSON ARSON ARSON ARSON
10. not enough fire
	1. edit: I have realised that heatwaves create fires, so I’ve decided that heatwaves the fic is poggers and cool
	2. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👏👏🎵🎵good song, but not enough fire :Sadge:
11. All snails deserve rights. They are children of the gods and have lived underfoot for far too long.
12. sonic man go brrrr
13. He is the pun man. I bow before him. I wish to acheive his level of punnyness one day. one can only hope and dream
14. i am ghost. i have no legs
15. 🔥🐌👻
	1. edit: I will also get rid of all the mods

### SEXY2021

oh debate questiones DSHAKDHJ its 7 am letse go

(preface from Jamie)

1. khio Is a fact kin but i dont support it :Fregg:
2. my plans are confidential
3. i drew it for clout before once but in a shitty style and then also wrote a crack fic for it
4. :peepoSmileStare:
5. green. i am an artist. i know what colors r good trust me please im an artist
6. kiss me omg
7. im so fucking sexy im so sexy it literally hurts me to look in the mirror i havent seen myself for three years now god im so sexy and i am a milk bitc
8. cold
9. hot
10. heatwaves fic. i have never read it but i see tbhyourlame on twitter and they rt a lot of art so thats poggers. by glass animals though :MEGALUL:
11. so many so many snail rights i will give so many snails rights i used to have a fishtank with a bunch of snails in it they were all named gary
12. connoreatspants conareaea
13. he can make puns and he played little nightmares and hes a gucky yukcy funkyb oy a gross sludge pudge man a lil lime slime mime .
14. im in a perpetual state of running .
15. (i dont. know what policy means)

### MOTHMAN2021

𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼, 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗛𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗡!

We're *tryhards*. That's part of our presidency!

And we take our jobs as MOTHMAN2021 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 seriously.

As Presidential Nominee, I present to you our answers.

Peekaboo and I have put in a lot of time with this.

*Just for a bit of added pizzazz. When you aren't known, you've gotta get clout somehow. ;;] /lh*

(All of this besides the obvious clipart was made in collaboration between Peeka and I.)

(preface from Cryptid)

1. MOTHMAN2021 submitted their answers in the form of a presentation. Here is the link.