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If two nations have the same number of endorsements, and they both have the most in the region, then how does nationstates decide who will be delegate?
does it choose alphabetically?

hmm good question, I figure it looks at who is endorsed first.

It is alphabetical, unless the current delegate is in the tie in which case he stays as delegate.

cool!

thanks guys :D

Uh, no it isn't alphabetical.

If the sitting delegate ties with someone, the delegate remains to be the delegate. If there is no delegate, it goes to whomever has been in the region the longest.

Ballotonia

Umm, no. If the sitting delegate ties with someone, they remain as delegate. Otherwise, your guess is as good as mine, though I doubt that it is alphabetical (though it is possible).

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SalusaSecondus
Tech Modling

Yes, that's exactly what I said. :roll:

If the delegate has three endorsements, and two other people have three endorsements, then the delegate stays.

If the delegate loses an endorsement, then it goes alphabetically.

No, that's not what you said:

then it goes alphabetically.

though I doubt that it is alphabetical

If the sitting delegate ties with someone, the delegate remains to be the delegate.
Umm, no. If the sitting delegate ties with someone, they remain as delegate.
It is alphabetical, unless the current delegate is in the tie in which case he stays as delegate.

I am also certain that it also doesn't go to whomever was in the region the longest.

Raevyn meant to wrote?

Yes. I was tired when I first posted it and thus it made little sense. :o

If there isn't already a delegate, there won't be one until someone else endorses one or the other. At least that's how it happened in my past life.

Umm, no. If the sitting delegate ties with someone, they remain as delegate. Otherwise, your guess is as good as mine, though I doubt that it is alphabetical (though it is possible).

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SalusaSecondus
Tech Modling

Uhm, Salusa... Didn't you implement it to be in 'earliest last entry' order in cases there is no delegate? That's what you said earlier you did. Let me see if I can find the thread...

EDIT: Thread found, How is the delegate chosen? (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=81346)

Relevant messages from that thread:

Current plans are to change it so that the current delegate keeps the position if their tied for it. However, if the current delegate isn't keeping the position (or there isn't a delegate yet), it's random. Do we have a recommendation for breaking that tie?

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SalusaSecondus
Tech Modling
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Current plans are to change it so that the current delegate keeps the position if their tied for it. However, if the current delegate isn't keeping the position (or there isn't a delegate yet), it's random. Do we have a recommendation for breaking that tie?

Could it be based on the order in the XML feed (regional list of nations)? Basically, whoever was earlier to last enter the region gets 'seniority' would be my suggestion. Even as general tie-breaker, not just when there is no previous delegate.

Ballotonia

Actually, through pure chance, I think that's the way it will work. Not by plan though. We should wait and see.

]Thanks to some code from SalusaSecondus, from today you need more endorsements than the current UN Delegate to usurp him/her, not just the same number.

If there's a tie and no current delegate, the nation that has been resident in the region the longest becomes Delegate.

Ballotonia

Nope I asked for suggestions, and then promptly realized that all would be way too difficult to implement at the moment (with the exception of trivial stuff like alphabetical order which I didn't want to encourage) so decided to let it be server/system dependant.

That's not what Violet said.

Just edited the relevant texts into my previous message (you responded too quickly for me :) )

Ballotonia

Salusa is all over that one.

Hmm, so that how the ties are broken. You learn something new everyday.

I think they would rather the Delegate hopefuls had to fight it out in the gladitorial arena, lol,