Sounddy Administration

The **Sounddy Administration** was the second gubernatorial administration of Ninzardia, succeeding the Antares Administration. The Sounddy Administration was elected on June 27, 2013, and served until being voted out on February 14, 2014, being succeeded by the Netterix Administration. This tenure of this administration is most known for its strict, almost authoritarian acts and policies imposed on Ninzardia's community, most notably the No Swearing Act, becoming commonly referred to as *the NSA*.

Statements in reference to the NSA embodying a three letter agency became popular, such as: *"The NSA is about to kill me."* Sometimes, the runtime of the Sounddy Administration referred to as the "Neorevolution Era." Although, the Neorevolution *Era* is not really an "era" in the community's chronological sense but rather, a specific period in of time.

The administration passed 18 bills and blocked 4, adding up to 22 voted bills during its tenure, the largest of any administration.

## History

Sounddy was elected on June 27, 2013, after unexpectedly defeating Governor Antares in the June 2013 Ninzardia gubernatorial election. Immediately after coming into power, he toyed around with his new power, passing the Sounddy Act, which proclaimed himself as "KING" while requiring that all members must send the message before talking in chat for the next 24 hours. Galacticore member 7oRbY rebelled against the rule, which then he was subsequently banned for 24 hours. Following 7oRbY's ban, some other Galacticore members, such as Castor, followed suit. However, while 7oRbY had wanted to attract a movement, Galacticore leadership did not care about Sounddy's temporary law.

### No Swearing Act

On June 29, 2013, Sounddy proposed and passed the No Swearing Act, a rule that would prohibit the usage of certain swear words and would result in punishment were they to use such words. However, only the governor was exempt from the rule. This was once again, Sounddy's way of toying with his new power. This new rule was met with rage by many.

### Netterix's opposition

Former Senator and now just a regular member, Netterix, spoke in huge opposition against the new rule, calling it a "curbing of basic freedoms." In response, Sounddy called Netterix's response "an overreaction" and stated that if cursing was required to express an idea, then it probably "was not an idea worth anything." In response to Sounddy's statement, Netterix responded by saying: "Why do I swear? For fucking *emphasis*." Sounddy responded by saying: "Ok lol."

### Legions Act

By June 30, 2013, Sounddy was already bored of abusing his power for personal means. Instead, he decided to use this power to fix aspects of the community he thought was absurd. With the newly elected senate, they drafted a proposal that would help to build a "community-friendly environment" rather than one dominated by a single leadership by his predecessor. In other words, the senate and Sounddy worked together to create diverse communities to create unique characteristics in Ninzardia. In districts that lacked members, they would ask the generals to cooperate with the administration to aid in its expansion in order to create a long-lasting community.

The following day, July 1, 2013, the 2nd Ninzard Senate passed the Legions Act, which changed the name of the *districts* to the *legions*. This would mark the beginning of the Legions Era.

Sounddy criticized his predecessor's hypocrisy. He noted that although Antares had spoken in support of the rights of the general and let each district do whatever it liked, Antares never took the time to let the districts develop its own uniqueness or community. Rather, Antares focused on himself and his DNW War that he brought the entirely of Ninzardia in. Antares responded in anger to this statement and called it "nonsensical." Antares stated that he never forcefully used his power to override the general's demands, citing how he let Bananable and Zap opt out of the war.

### Revoking of the No Wars Act

Sounddy had genuinely been annoyed at Antares's regarding his leadership during the DNW War. In response, he passed the Revoking of the No Wars Act. He provided a statement:
"This is not an act. This is revoking. That is all. The No Wars Act was a nonsensical and hypocritical "act" that originates from Antares's self-righteousness."
He had used the word "nonsensical" identical to the one Antares had used to describe Sounddy's own statement. The quote had actually been drafted together by Sounddy, Aeromage, and the senate to make it sound professional. This would the beginning of concepts of professionalism being invoked into ninzard leadership.

### Summer of 2013

During the summer, the Sounddy Administration passed four acts which acted in the betterment of the community. Many members consider this period a very nostalgic period. Many, many members joined during this period.

* July 3, 2013: Better Elections Act
* July 6, 2013: Gaming Act
* July 13, 2013: Fortifications Act
* July 19, 2013: Invite Campaigns Act

### Autumn Act

During late August, activity had begun to die down, as well as rates of expansion. This led to the subsequent Autumn Act, which was created to counter against the post-summer die down. However, the Autumn Act proved to be a failure as it exacerbated the decreasing activity. Even before the Autumn Act passed, people vehemently criticized the proposal.

The Autumn Act passed on September 1, 2013.

Many called it a horrible idea and many of the new members of the 2013 summer were very unhappy with the new rule. Due to many of them not having the same committed loyalty to the community as did the members who joined prior, several of the new summer members left the community. Ultimately, the Autumn Act was a complete failure.

## Post-autumn

### Revoking of the Autumn Act

On September 28, 2013, the Sounddy Administration revoked the bill. However, many members turned against the administration. Antares, the former governor, especially criticized him, calling him the "worst person to lead." Antares also claimed that he would have made sure his productive summer accomplishments would have been preserved under an administration under him. Sounddy defended himself against these criticisms, saying that one mistake should not undermine the rest of his accomplishments. However, Antares criticized him and asked whether losing all of the administration's progress counted as "accomplishments."

Galacticore especially reacted aggressively to Sounddy.

### Anti-politic Act

After facing so much criticism, Sounddy wanted to shut it down. On October 5, 2013, he asked the senate to help draft an act that would end slanderous accusations in the community. He justified his action as being one that would preserve the community environment. That day, the Anti-politic Act passed, which disallowed for generals to speak out against the governor as it would forge "divide among the community." The Sounddy Administration argued that "the people should decide their opinions" and not the leaders to invoke that opinion on the people. The Anti-politic Act guaranteed transparency in order for all the people to understand the contents of future policy. Only senators were allowed to criticize the governor.

Sounddy had feared that Antares had been plotting something against him. He speculated that Antares was trying to run a campaign against him and oust Sounddy for Antares to restore his former position as governor. He would later be proven correct.

### Expansion Act

On October 12, 2013, Sounddy and the senate drafted and passed the Expansion Act in order to continue the expansion of the community but with further concentration.

### Sounddy Act 2

On October 18, 2013, Sounddy, in replication of the original Sounddy Act, passed Sounddy Act 2, the same rule but would apply for the next week. Sounddy had done this in order to keep his administration relevant and make the legions recognize who was the leader. This way, he could keep himself relevant while Antares would be a less known candidate.

### Sounddy A3 Bill

On October 24, The Sounddy A3 Bill became the first bill to be blocked by the Ninzard Senate. Sounddy had wanted to restore the "SOUNDDY KING" rule after its expiration date that would occur on October 25, but the senate objected this proposal. This became the first recognition of Sounddy's limit in power because of the acknowledged rules of democracy.

During this time, Antares, a member and not a general, continued to criticize Sounddy. He gained support from many members and new members believed some of his narrative as "the lost leader."

## Challenges against Antares

### Anti-defamation Bill

On November 2, 2013, Sounddy, sought to shut down Antares and proposed the Anti-defamation bill, which he argued to the senate, was to stop people from "defaming" his leadership. He also argued that Antares had just wanted to become the new governor, which was the reason for all the criticism against him. Sounddy proposed that Antares would be banned for continuing further criticism. However, the senate rejected this bill. Also, as Antares had not yet announced his intent to run for governor again, there was no backing for Sounddy's claim that Antares had been doing this for himself. When the senate asked Antares whether he had intended to run, Antares said no.

### Liars Act

On November 8, 2013, Antares announced his intent to run against Sounddy for governor in the upcoming December 2013 election. This directly contradicted what he had told the senate. In response, the senate agreed with Sounddy and decided that the party he was running in, the Martial Party, should be outlawed. The bill was passed and the Martial Party was abolished. However, on November 14, 2013, the Resistance Party would be created in merging with the former Martial Party and the Fireworks Party. This party, however, was led by Netterix, who agreed to let Antares run for governor under the Resistance Party.

### Neomovement Act

On November 16, 2013, likely in response to the creation of the new Resistance Party, the Neomovement Act was passed. This act highlighted the fundamental principles of the party, for the people to cooperate with the administration and create a movement that would blossom communities. This act allowed for all members to gain access to allow anybody to join. Originally, the expansion of the community had still been limited and restricted. However, this act let go of those restrictions. This directly contrasted the Resistance Party's goal for cautious growth. This helped garner support among people. The act served as a success for the administration.

### Oppositions Act

The senators had still felt betrayed by Antares's lie, so many cooperated with Sounddy's vindictiveness. The Oppositions Act was passed, which forced all of the generals to comply with the administration's demands. This was done particularly because General Holiday refused to cooperate in helping the community expand. In fact, it appeared she was not concerned with Galacticore's dying activity. Sounddy and the senate knew Antares and Holiday were allies due to the new Resistance Party that both aligned with. On November 30, 2013, the act was passed.

### Rebels Act

General Holiday had begun secretly creating separate platforms to criticize Sounddy outside of the community. This had not been discovered until later, by Alaric. "The Rebels," was the term used to describe Holiday and various others who were criticizing them. The act was passed on December 7, 2013.

### Delay Act

The Delay Act was passed on December 9, 2013, to delay the December 2013 elections that were supposed to take place on December 24, 2013. This was justified by the administration because Antares had lied to the senate and thereby, the people, only to promote his political objectives. The delay was not received well by the people, who saw it as Sounddy trying to avoid an election loss and to give himself a leverage. This was the final bill that was passed by the 2nd Ninzard Senate.

## January elections

The January elections resulted in the loss of the Neomovement Party's control over the Ninzard Senate. Meanwhile, the gubernatorial election had resulted in several fake voters being cast for Sounddy as well as Antares. How this had been known was due to the amount of participants in the January gubernatorial election, more so than the senate elections. This amounted to 100 more votes for each candidate, more than the amount of members in the community. This would be what would prompt the Coincide Elections Act by the Netterix Administration as to avoid such voter confusions.

Due to this, the election was deemed illegitimate and the next election was called for February by the newly elected 3rd Ninzard Senate. Sounddy attempted to pass the Victory Bill would claimed he had won the election and that the proof was Antares's willingness to lie, thereby, increasing his likelihood that it was him that cheated. However, it was blocked by the senate. Most had believed both were cheaters.

### Election loss

Due to Antares's unpopularity because of the cheat revelations, Netterix ran in his place. This was part of Antares's new plan he had in mind to create a new president position. Sounddy foresaw his upcoming defeat and spent his remaining time in enjoyment. He had attempted to pass another Sounddy Act, having friendly negotiations with the new senate. However, the new senators blocked his bill. The February 2014 Ninzardia gubernatorial election was finally called. Governor Sounddy was defeated in a landslide by challenger Netterix.

## List of bills

1. Sounddy Act
2. No Swearing Act
3. Legions Act
4. Revoking of the No Wars Act
5. Better Elections Act
6. Gaming Act
7. Fortifications Act
8. Invite Campaigns Act
9. Autumn Act
10. Revoking of the Autumn Act
11. Anti-politic Act
12. Expansions Act
13. Sounddy Act 2
14. Sounddy A3 Bill
15. Anti-defamation Bill
16. Liars Act
17. Neomovement Act
18. Oppositions Act
19. Rebels Act
20. Delay Act
21. Victory Bill
22. Sounddy A4 Bill