For the past month or so, I couldn't decide which was the best way to invade Norway.

I originally thought that Sweeden would be the best launch site, since Norway and Sweeden share such a large land border.

Then I thought about using Denmark to set a sea based assault.

Of course, a combination of the two would mean garunteed victory and the perfect platform to launch my all-out assault on Europe.

However, it occures to me to go after Russia first, and I'll tell you why.

The destabilized Russian economy would make it easy for my computer software to cripple their import / export systems.  After seizing Russia as my only demand, I could use their massive arsenal to attack Finland, since they are so close.  With Finland in my grasp, sweeden is only a month away from being crippled by nuclear fallout.   Once I have sweeden, I will at that point have the man and machine power to easily overtake Denmark.  Now I have the two countries I needed to fullfill my destiny of capturing Norway.

I'm sorry I can't go into much more detail.  I obviously have to be a little secretive.  But this means that I get to take over Russia first, which will help me gain support as the the first wold ruler.  One day, I hope to use my power to create a world in my image.

NyanNyan, you come off as a loose cannon, are you trying to portray this persona to possible supporters?

Nope.

I'm campaigning hard, and making a strong argument for myself. 

For example, I put parts of my text in bold print to allow voters to skim over what I write while still being able to get the gist of my campaign.  Furthermore, I'm trying to answer any and all questions as completely, and concisely as I can.  When I speak bluntly and put sentences in bold, I'm implementing a formal writing style.  I appreciate your concern, however I am enjoying my campaign and responding to the various posts.

Honestly though, I've kept a good attutude throughout this race, and really hope everyone does well.   

Thanks for your concern; I hope you'll vote for me. 

So why would we find YOU to be the candidate to programs for us?

As far as I can see, I'm the only canidate who programs.  This is one of my skillsets that sets me apart from the other canidates. 

I'm not saying the best artist needs to be voted for

I'm glad you said that.  I think so too. 

Now, I'm the first to admit that I'm not the best artist on this forum, far from it.  I came to this forum to improve my artistic ability.

As such, I pixel every single day.

In fact, currently I'm pixeling an RPG tile / sprite set at the moment for practice. 

Although I have far from mastered all the skills you mentioned above, I certainly know what they are, and the basics for how they work.

Sel-out, more commonly known as selout or selective outlineing is the process by which the outline of a sprite is smoothed out by using chunks of color instead of a single outlined color.

AA - Antialiasing.  The process by which the edges of sprites are colored to better blend with the background.

Pattern Dithering - Dithering uses a small pixel "checkerboard"-ish pattern to give the illusion of a change in color using a limited pallete.

Hue Control - You mean adjusting the shade or tint of colors. 

Pallette Limitation - Choosing only a select number of colors from which to pixel with usually consisting of a few base colors and some hues to add shading. 

I appreciate your concerns on the matter.  However, I do pixel, in fact quite often.  Now, I may not be the best pixeler as I can barely draw stick figures and circles on paper.  However, I work hard at what I do every day, just as I will work hard as daijin.  I've said time and time again, I'm going to listen to the other artists on the forum first and foremost.

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Gil, if you want to call for a debate, then I call you to it, and we'll set up a time, place, and perhaps even moderator.

You have every right to post in my thread, and I encourage your posting, but since I doubt you have any questions as to who you are going to vote for, I want us to play nice and let the people choose who they want as daijin with a minimal amount of drama.

please rewrite your ambitions

I'm glad you asked me to do this!  My first post was an introduction to who I am and what I believe, and the qualities that separate me from the other canidates.  I avoided specific policy issues since I know we all say similar things, and I don't want people to vote for me without knowing first and foremost what I believe in and who I am.

What I would do as Daijin.

Work With the Community to Set Up Fun Activities. 
I stress "work with the community" because the activities we choose has to be fun for everyone.  I'm interested in asking, "What do you want to do?" as opposed to telling everyone what I want to do. 

Now the second part of that statement mentioned fun activities.  These are activities that promote an encouraging and constructive atmosphere for everyone on the board.  I want to minimize competition and maximize cooperation.  To do this, I suggest the following...

A) Activities that stress creativity over skill.
B) Make it clear there are only winners, and by participating we all learn something.
C) Use these activities as a way to improve our skills.

Since we want to encourage new members to come to this board, I will be dedicated to doing the following.

D) Setting up activities that only require a basic knowlege of pixeling.
E) Setting a good example by welcoming and supporting new posters.
F) Doing what I can to minimize the hastle of uploading new art by offering advice, webspace, and information.

However, most of all, as Daijin, I would do very little other than be outgoing, kind, and drama-free while trying to make sure we are all enjoying ourselves through drawing activities.  Now of course, I do the first part as a regular poster already.

What Specific Activities Do I Suggest?
I'm for gauging what kind of activities we should do based on the attitude of the board at the time and everyone's comments, however, here's what I would reccomend based on my beliefs mentioned above.

A) Tips & Tricks - In this activity, everyone shares a tip or trick they have learned from pixeling, and one or two pixel art pieces to demonstrate it.
B) Be Creative! Contest - In this contest, I give everyone a vague topic to pixel about.  A good topic may be, "Green" or "Famous," and the most creative content wins.
C) Tutorial Contest - In this contest, the goal is to write the best tutorial on a single subject.  At the end we vote on our favorite tutorial.  This is slightly different than "tips & tricks" in that we expect a full tutorial from start to finish with many pieces of art to demonstrate the progress. 
D) Let's Game! - As mentioned before, I'm a programmer.  I can make a shell of video game, and the goal of this contest would be to see who can come up with the most creative art to fill in the pieces of the game.  For example, I make a simple space shooter, and all the sprites are colored boxes, as well as the title.  So the artists fill in the art, give the game a title, add whatever music they want, adjust some settings like speed, and upload their final work to some space on my server.

I can't repeat this enough though, the best activities are the ones that bring us together and we all want to do, so I'm more interested in hearing your ideas than promoting my own.