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~Beak

2024-10-20T07:33:59Z

Beak boy:

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'''Beak_boy''' ('''lukesbeak''') is a HelloMiners Player. He initially joined 24th of February 2016, and has went through multiple periods of activity and inactivity. Inactive during the Magnus-Boot Administration, his current active period has lasted since the middle of 2021. He is noted for his work as a member of the [[Southern Union for Development]] and is a co-owner of the city of [[Yakaze]] with fellow player [[oJacy]].

== Early Activity ==
Beak initially joined the server in early 2016, and played sporadically for the next five years. Initially working low-level jobs, Beak owned, co-owned and designed a variety of plots in the cities of [[Paradise Hils|Paradise Hills]], [[Solaris City]], Solis City, and [[Crystal Bay]]. In the initial name poll for the city of Crystal Bay, Beak's suggestion, "Shell Bay", won the most votes, but was not chosen as the initials were dentical to that of [[Swamp City]].

== Formation of SUD and Yakaze ==
Beak was one of the original founding members of the Southern Union for Development, and has remained an active member since the group's creation. As a member, while Beak's initial focus was on the creation of highways such as SR1, SR2, and the establishment of a private classification system, focus gradually shifted to the construction of the [[South LIne|South Line]] and the eventual absorption of the Central Line into it to form one loop across the Southern Hemisphere. Beak also served as Lead Railway Technician for the [[Infrastructure Department]] for a short period, establishing a cohesive server-wide plan for a future public-private railway system as an evolution of the original SUD map. In July of 2022, Beak resigned from this position after a short tenure and recommended the position for [[Thendil]].

After a relatively inactive 2023, Beak and user oJacy established the city of Yakaze in early 2024. Using a Japanese theme, Yakaze was one of the first cities in HelloMiners to have planned not just public buildings and roads, but also private plots before being built using Litematica. The City hosted Horizon Awards 11 in mid-2024 in the Yakaze State Theatre. As many of Yakaze's buildings also are, the YST was designed and built by Beak personally.
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2024 North City Elections

2024-08-27T01:11:07Z

Beak boy: rewrote

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The '''2024 North City Elections''' was held between 17 and 24 August 2024, as part of the [[2024 HelloClan City Elections]]. It was the second election held in the series following the [[2024 Swamp City Elections]]. In a tight race, [[Somfic]] defeated [[Monrah]] by one vote and was elected the mayor of North City by the players of HelloMiners. The race was notable for it's highly contested and controversial campaigns, with significant controversy arising from alleged electoral interference by the Deep State pushing for Somfic, and a notable conflict of interest by candidate Monrah, being a member of the Agora sisters.

== Candidates ==

=== Possible candidates ===
Prior to nominations, [[Edgewurth]] announced that they were considering running for the role of mayor of North City, however withdrew their candidacy before nominations opened in order to prioritise their role as a [[developer]] and work on the HelloMiners Wiki Project. Somfic and Monrah both announced their candidacies before nominations officially opened.

=== Officially nominated ===
The following people put themselves forward for the North City Elections:

==== '''Somfic''' ====
Somfic officially launched their campaign on August 11. Somfic ran directly opposed to Monrah and the 'Agora sisters', whose megapot in North City had become a source of much controversy. Somfic criticised the plot as one of North City's '<nowiki/>''biggest mistakes''', and called for it's immediate eviction. Somfic also ran on a rejuvination platform for the entire district, highlighting the underutilisation of the Helloclan Train Station and a widespread abandonment of the area. Despite Somfic having had a bout of inactivity before the election was held, Somfic had extensive previous experience as mayor of [[Valley City]] and the renovation of New Jamaica in [[Montego Bay (City)|Montego Bay]].

==== Monrah ====
Monrah announced their candidacy on the same day as Somfic through unofficial channels. Monrah campaigned extensively against the supposed existence of a "[[Deep State]]" that was allegedly actively undermining Monrah's campaign to create support for Somfic. Despite being a co-owner of the largest plot in North City as a member of the Agora sisters, Monrah's candidacy was seen by many as largely being a troll, joke effort.

==== ObamaPentagon ====
ObamaPentagon ran as a candidate for North City mayor. Seen as a third-way candidate, they did not receive the similar levels of enthusiasm from the community as Monrah and Somfic had.

== Controversy ==

==== Deep State involvement ====
Throughout the campaign, Monrah levelled significant criticism against Somfic and alleged that their candidacy was supported by the existence of the Deep State. The Deep State, an unproven conspiracy alleging the existence of a cabal of political elites within staff ranks and the Southern Union for Development, an organisation of city owners, was accused of tipping the election in Somfic's favour.

===== Electoral fraud =====
Monrah accused Somfic of buying votes to ensure that they had won the election. Somfic staunchly denied these accusations, and the election was not found to have any fraudulent elements.

===== Assassination attempts =====
There were two assassination attempts made against Monrah by agents. During the Mayoral Debates, it was confirmed that Somfic had placed an assassination device under the podium that Monrah was standing on in an attempt to silence their opponents.

It was also confirmed that Somfic had ordered out the assassination of Monrah via a shooting, in addition to the bomb threat. On the 7th of August, Somfic contacted fellow player beak_boy and requested a contact for someone to carry out an assassination against Monrah. Consequentially a now-deleted advertisement was placed over official channels requesting for any available hitmen. It was confirmed that ObamaPentagon would attempt to carry out this assassination, however these plans never came to fruition.

===== Candidate behaviours =====
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All candidates were criticised for their behaviour during their respective campaigns, resulting in [[NarwhalsRcool]] threatening to disqualify all three candidates.
[[Category:Elections]]

File:Somfic satirical campaign poster.png

2024-08-27T01:10:34Z

Beak boy:

A satirical campaign poster produced by beak_boy that alleged the existence of a Deep State, advocated for the destruction of the North City Agora megaplot and the election of Somfic as North City mayor.

File:Monrah Biden Campaign Material.png

2024-08-27T01:09:11Z

Beak boy:

Material produced by the Monrah campaign for the 2024 North City mayoral elections