[DemNL] A big thank you to our team!

Day 2,742, 18:31 Published in Netherlands Netherlands by konnes


Dear voter,

Today is the day our country votes for a new Congress, but quite sadly, it is also the day some of our Congress Members will have to pack their stuff and go home.


Our mascot Erica Terpstra waves to their kanjers as they leave office for a well earned holiday.

To lighten the pain of parting, DemNL wants to give its Congress Members some of the attention they normally don’t get when they are at work in the dark caves that is our Congress (really Chairman, clean that place every once in a while!).



Mattio seems to live for DemNL and quite honest, we also think he lives in DemNL. We’re afraid to ask, but we suspect he has no home of his own. It’s not strange for the Party President to be the first one to be in the office, but it’s kind of weird to wear your pyjamas and brush your teeth while stepping out of something that looks like a do-it-yourself build-in shower. It does play music though, so we don’t ask too many questions.

Willem The Conqueror is one of the important backbones our party has. His knowledge of international politics is remarkable, as is his YouTube subscriptions list: 7 gaming channels and 31 science channels… Seriously Willem, you got time for that?!

Konnes started playing just a few months ago, but he already is an active and well known politician and ambitious journalist. His only ‘disadvantage’ is that he doesn’t know you can “reply on topic” instead of “open new topic”: He provides congress with new debates all the time. 🙂

Some say lancer450’s avatar depicts his pet, others say it is his lifelong spirit animal that whispers wisdom in his ears that he then uses in Congress debates. Thanks a lot, spirit animal, for this great politician!

Arcanic Mindje is the reason DemNL’s conference room always smells so delicious. His secret pancake recipes are said to be worth more than Coca Cola’s list of ingredients. We’re all kind of sure about one thing though: none of us would pass a drug test.

We should really thank Spir Tus, our former Party President, for giving us the trust to run for Congress last month. Quite frankly, we’d all have understood if he would just have dissolved the party due to uncontrolled madness. He was the loud voice that shouted over our childish quarelling to bring order in the Demned chaos.

Legendardisch has joined our party quite recently. He has a strong opinion of his own which he is not afraid to share. At first sight, he seems to be a tough one and we were quite scared 😛, but ever since Konnes found him rearranging all the coffee mugs in our cupboard to size (he gave them names as well), we believe we know a more tender side of him. (Legendardisch himself denies this action and blames jordic.)

During our late wednesday meetings, we found out djirtsdew’s name is really just “wedstrijd” spelled backwards. This lead us to thinking about the Game, and thus losing The Game. Thanks a lot, djirtsdew, thanks a lot. His activity in Congress and reasonable way of debating makes up for it. A little. (If you read this, comment with “I just lost the Game” or you are in serious violation of the Game’s rules.)

jordic seems to be a spanish conquistador, sent out on a quest to reconquer the Netherlands for the Spanish crown. He’s doing a terrible job at it though, because he’s been nothing but a great asset to our Congress and community ever since he got Dutch citizenship!

It is a pain talking to Lord Halifax, because he only listens when you address him as Lord Halifax, Knight of the Order of the Garter, Member of the Order of Merit, Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George, Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire, Privy Counsellor. And he’ll only listen half then, because you forgot to mention his Territorial Decoration.

And ElGorro is just ElGorro.



Thanks for reading, and don’t forget to vote DemNL today!