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How does Camelot maintain a government then?

Someone should’ve demoted you a long time ago.

I disagree, I'm a pizza extremist and I have the right to stop the abuses on those poor pizzas around the world, I will fight to save every single one of them from obscene ingredients

Cool, so I'm going to dodge the IC stuff, because without being there the best I can assume is he said/she said, and I jump over to a word, hopefully of wisdom, for both the coupers and Jaden. New leaders tend to struggle with communication, it's not at all an uncommon occurrence, even some of the major AA's leaders occasionally struggle with communication, it's par and course for the role, as it's generally the first time the player doesn't have to answer to someone, and has access to information that they can't always pass along. So you're jumped from your casual life in Orbis into a role where you're both more free, and far more restricted in other senses, and it takes a while to get used to that. Even beyond that, you're hoisted into a position where, you care about the success or failure of what you built, which is a heavy weight on its own. Reading past this posts direct words, and Jadens frustration should show first hand how much he cared to see the AA succeed. Generally, if you address that to your leader when you notice it, it improves them as both a leader and a person. That said, I don't think your coup was remotely in the benefit of the alliance, Jaden, or yourselves if you remotely care for the AA. Stability is what allows young AAs to succeed, coups, especially once the former leader declares it illegitimate publicly like this, are the antithesis of stability and typically lead to downward paths, especially if the claim is 'lack of communication', because it shows that the situation hasn't improved, only the one at the helm changed, and is likely to lead to future coups or increased central power from paranoia of coups. In the future, I would advise you to communicate better with your leader. Good luck though 👍 Closing note: Thanks to everyone who checked in to make sure Jaden was okay ❤️

KT vs TKR round 3, here's your CB!

Tbqh this we why we established here that a full carte Blanche is better than a charter or democracy or trium or anything that has any semblance of democracy. One leader, one way. You should have purged naysayers and you should always keep tabs on your people to make sure they’re not acting out against you. tbqh, you should stay, see them burn to get even. Then continue to hold a grudge for awhile and burn their plans. Make them regret crossing you. That should be your next goal. Become a raider, git guuud, and realize that this isn’t CN anymore. We do things differently here in Orbis and there’s a few of us who enjoy a little trolling. We’d gladly help you find your revenge.

I want to say that OOC, I hope you are well and try not to let the game get you down too much, it's supposed to be fun. IC, try not to be so reckless in your alliance duties, you were haphazard in your time in TI and it seems also in IRON. If you give it another go, try to learn from your mistakes and I'm sure you'll be more successful in future.

ive known ya for a while jaden, and im 100% sure that whatever you decide to do next, youlle learn from your mistakes. good luck

Why can't everyone just act like normal human beings and not be shitty to each other? Why is this so hard?

I like to think of you guys as a valuable pile of shit, like the pile of shit from Jurassic Park 3 that saved William H Macy and Sam Neil ❤️

Why would you even bother talking unless you're really just that desperate to be rolled?

Slowly, Partisan erected himself from a gloomy corner. He had observed the squabbling newgen leaders long enough. Now was the time. With a cataclysmic BANG, he whacked his epeen on their table and stared the men coldly in the eyes. They dare not measure. Silently, he zipped himself back up and strolled back to the shadows, leaving an uncomfortable, awe-struck room in his wake.

My sympathies. I also recently went through a coup. They can be very taxing.

This one?

To celebrate the birthday of the Rothschild Family in Politics & War, Rothschild Family in collaboration with Royal Orbis News will be awarding four (4) different players or groups for their exceptional achievements that develop and help either the game, the community or mechanics associated with it. These four, hand-picked individuals may be of any background, size or alliance. Rothschild Family values their influence and achievement on the subject. The prize money will be split evenly among either the individual player or the players of the group receiving the prize. Rothschild Family and Royal Orbis News will nominate certain individuals, but nominations can be suggested to the Barons through our ticketing system in the Rothschild Family Discord server. The nominee’s achievement or influence should be clearly explained when suggesting the nomination. Ultimately, the final decision for the winners of these prizes comes down to the choice of the members of the Rothschild Family and the management of the Royal Orbis News. Categories (prize money) Economics (1000mil) Yet we know we don’t have all the answers and that continued radical thinking is required. We, therefore, established the Rothschild Economics Prize to encourage new and creative thinking in economics. In offering what we believe to be the biggest economics prize in PnW, we wanted to encourage contributions from a wide range of individuals, groups and organisations from the policymaking world and beyond, and spark a diverse debate about the best way to fix the game’s longstanding economic weaknesses and get our growth rate up, including but not limited to organisations coordinating other companies, streamlining economical impact and rating each organisation in an objective and descriptive way. Peace (1000mil) The Rothschild Peace Prize will be awarded to the person or group of individuals who have composed, achieved and settled the most astounding pre-post war peace negotiations, the sustenance of causing new or additional wars from happening again and doing so in a selfless and good sportsmanship manner. Technology (500mil) The Rothschild Technology Prize will consider the finest technical support that has been provided to the game by their players, which includes Discord Bots, spreadsheets, websites, APIs, suggestions and other technical help, including supporting the admin and resolving catastrophic issues. Journalism (500mil) The Rothschild Journalism Prize does not automatically consider all applicable works in the media, but only those that have specifically been entered. This prize will be nominated to a journalist that has gained practically inexecutable intel of wars prior to any official declarations of war, substantially supported investigations that would hunt for fair or unfair game mechanics exploitation and/or bad ethics embracement. Nominations can be suggested on and after the birthday of the Rothschild Family, the 28th March 2021, until the 9th April. Final nominees will be announced on 16th April, and winners will be announced on 28th April.. The winners will be announced as an Awards Show (voice chat) by the Royal Orbis News in their Discord server. The Rothschild Prize awards show will be hosted by Krampus and Zigbigadorlou. Sincerely, Barons of the Rothschild Family

Greetings friends, Partisan here rising from his retired chair in protest one more time. Please pause your frothing and foaming to listen to this heartfelt and apparently bloody necessary clarification. Take notes, because i'm going to state this one last time, and will simply begin dishing out personal discord blocks as well as blanket bans in the t$ servers to anyone who continues bothering myself, t$ gov or t$ members moving forward. Extremism -of all kinds- is morally reprehensible due to its inherent intertwinement with intolerance; be it race, religion, ideology or anything I might miss. Within its own (IC) realms, t$ has never stood for either extremism or intolerance. That is a double-edged sword, as it comes in many forms. We have over the years been meticulous about balancing core principles surrounding freedom of speech with guarding the moral boundaries of our community. Simultaneously we have been steadfast in our -OOC- denouncement of any and all behavior which may harm, in an OOC manner, the health, happiness or security of individuals both within and outside our alliance. That is where our responsibility ends, and the responsibility of moderation -both within your respective communities and on a broader level, PW- begins. We keep our community clean, and we expect you to keep yours clean. If a community radicalizes in !@#$ation, it is up to moderation to police that. Where OOC matters are concerned, attempts to self-cleans geopolitically are futile, because the burning of pixels has no impact on the state of mind of a shitty person out for toxicity. Moreover, such individuals *thrive* on the polarization it causes, and the cycle of negativity it perpetuates. All attention is good attention, after all. And so, we leave these things in the hands of admin and his staff. The second half of 2020 and first quarter of 2021 have been marked by an increasingly forceful and increasingly off-putting demand for t$ to conform to what we view as little more than mob mentality- induced symbolism. We have over the past months been ostracized by elements within the PW community for our supposed faillure to "do something about KT", and our unwillingness to engage in futile quasi-moralist activism in the form of ingame action against reprehensible elements whom we prefer to simply not work with has been marked as sympathizing with said elements. Despite consistent clarifications, the latest of which was made as recent as last week, we continue to receive regular dms from various individuals questioning our position. To all of you, I state -in principle on behalf of myself, and of any who may identify with my viewpoints-: Get a fricking grip. Our denouncement of these people and our unwillingness to assist them in any way shape or form is all the responsibility we have to this community. PW is intended to be a lighthearted escape from the actual *real* world for which I reserve my OOC outrage, political engagement and activism. Through your intolerance for even the mildest deviations in viewpoints from your self-proclaimed morally superior crusade against what is in essence a minor subgroup of sycophants and basement trolls surrounded by some edgelords and garden variety trolls, you are contributing to the polarization of a whole gaming community (read: PW) of moderates trying to simply play a game into two radicalized OOC "sides". By refusing to allow the middle to exist, you are forcing radicalization, not necessarily to your favor. That is a broad observation on these dynamics; not on t$ itself. We refuse to participate in your toxicity, and given the utter failure of some of you to leave us, as a community, be, a policy of instant blocks and bans is now in place. Leave us be. Be better, and just fricking play the game. - Parti out

Give us the option of locking alliance announcement threads and deleting individual posts. Right now, all we can do is edit the first post or delete it.

Now, I'm just sick and tired. Here is the truth. In recent news, you may have heard about the forced removal of my position from the Independent Republic of Orange Nations by those who call themselves "The Council". I would like everyone to know the sacrifices I have made for IRON even before its formation. I have not built a city nor had any meaningful growth since October of last year, that is half a year without growth, all to finance this Alliance. I invested everything I owned, whether it be liquid assets, my resources, and my stocks into the Alliance. I single handedly ran 4 departments of government for the longest time due to high government incompetence, and recently from my removal, I single handedly ran IA, Econ, and Milcom. The High Government of IA, Econ, and Milcom have done close to nothing, leaving everything to me. I have been doing admissions, running our academy, writing our guides, buying, or finding/editing scripts and bots. Though I am not perfect and make some mistakes, I, ONE PERSON, have been single handedly running all of IRON. I make our grants, our guides, got us the protectorate, admissions, and frequently help EVERY single new member who has questions to the BEST of my ability with almost no one to assist me. I am the only one who keeps our IA membership lists updated, only one who checks in on nations, only one who talks to nations after they leave, asks for feedback, or certain repayments. I am the only one who makes builds for our entire alliance, and manages the entire command economy we have. The job I have is extremely stressful, but even more so with the lack of competency of certain high government, with doing close to nothing. Hideri Kanzaki, a retired highgov of FA, has done more than the current highgov of IA in IA matters because though she retired, she still gives a damn, and ironically the person who runs the department does not. Funnily enough, this is the same person that has replaced me, the person who has done NOTHING since day 1 of this alliance founding. I gave this Alliance my all, I put every sliver of time I had into it, because I managed everything, the Councillors of IA, Econ, and Milcom do not give a damn about their departments, and have done nothing since they have taken over. Now to address the documents of my removal, and, I am going to tell you that 90% of it is baloney. I admit to asking friends to start my Alliance with me, however, how can this be seen as poaching at all, is the council going to sit there and tell me that everyone that has made an alliance just started with 1 member and didn’t tell friends they were making a new alliance? Velyni is from TKR, Winston from E404, and MJ from Nuka, if they really believed it was poaching and wrong, why have they decided to join? Because they know the things they say is bullshit to retain power. Most current councillors weren't even councillors at the foundation. They don’t know all the hard work I did to set up all branches of government (which I continued to run anyway because the current Councillors did not do anything). To the statement of the “misrepresentation of IRON” is complete baloney, they are just sprinkling fluff in there to validate their coup of me. Unto their next statement of Council concerns. I have listened to council concerns, and have taken them all into account. If I had not, how has the Council been able to pass any decisions at all which I did not agree with, because in the end I recognized its sovereignty. Certain proposals that come to mind are the pursuing of treaties with certain Oasis sphere members (which was initially declined, though accepted much later), the establishment of a new discord separate from our community one, and the new grant plan I proposed. Though I have made mistakes whilst running the alliance, their appraisal is frankly false. I made certain changes in department functionality which they said needed to go through the council, however, please keep in mind that I am the ONLY person running these departments, as they have done nothing even with the guides and knowledge of doing it. Their concern was primarily over holding the vestiges of power and respect without doing anything to earn that respect. I always tried to be there for “needed” presence, keep in mind my needed presence also include real life and the departments they practically refused to run. I always prioritized Council discussions over “socializing” with members, so I can clearly say that that statement was a complete lie and is false, some would call it “complete bullshit”. Keep in mind they also pinged me while I was sleeping to talk to me, I'm guessing they’re taking me sleeping as ignoring them. I also can't be on the computer 24/7 as they would like me to, but I am there whenever I can be and have participated in EVERY. SINGLE. COUNCIL. DISCUSSION. SINCE. IRONS. FOUNDING Onto the Amarr incident. I reached out to a prot of Amarr for them to potentially merge into us, as they were a small AA with a leader that had no experience (was 13 days old last I checked). I offered them the standard deal that all members get when they join the alliance, which was $5 million. It would be a good way for the alliance to grow, and for me to invest comparatively small amounts of money into these low city counts to bring them way, way up. I admit I am at fault here for not reaching out to Velyni, and apparently the Amarr Empire thought of it as poaching. Previously to the merge offer, they were regarded as a protectorate of Amarr, however, immediately after offering the merge, Amarr FA bumbled over their words constantly, trying to convince us that the protectorate was actually a direct extension, and they literally TURNED it into a direct extension AS we were talking to make it seem like a poach, when they themselves has previously bumbled over their words and constantly referred to it as a protectorate. I truly am sorry to the Amarr Empire for the confusion caused by my offer to merge, however, I would like to clarify that offering a merge is not poaching. I admit I am not perfect and should have certainly talked to Velyni prior, which is why I truly am sorry for it, I am not a perfect human being, and I can recognize that. However, one misunderstanding is not warrantable of a coup of my position. How IRONic is it that the head of IA, the man who did nothing since he took that position, has come to replace me, and I would like to emphasize as I remain in the alliance, has CONTINUED to do nothing. Behold the peak of their incompetence, where they added every single inactive/VM member that I had applicanted, making up around 52% of their AA. This is my final statement, their coup of me was not valid, and full of bullshit. I recognize I made mistakes and I am not perfect, and for that I apologize, but I am truly and utterly disappointed that they falsified a document of me, blatantly lied. This same government that has done nothing, and continues to do nothing, has decided to replace me with the king of doing nothing. Edit: the "King of Doing Nothing" went into VM, again! He has been in VM for the majority of his time in IRON, and when he isnt, he is inactive, gets raided, gets looted, and doesn't listen to any milcom instructions. I can confidently say that really only Velyni, and MJ did their job. The only business I have left with the current gov't of IRON are my deposits. I'm tired now, I'm so tired of giving this Alliance my all and having my dedication stripped from me. I sacrificed alot, in game and irl for this AA. You, who are reading this, do not have to believe me. I know what happened, and my closest friends know what happened, and now, that's all I need. I needed to get the truth out, because I am so goddamn tired of the lies. Thanks to those who reached out to me for my well being, people who I realized are closer friends than those who I considered my close friends. Thanks @Allend of the union for keeping me in this game playing, I would have quit without him. Thanks @Thalmor, @Lossi, and @Rainbowgeist, for reaching out to me and making sure I was well. Thanks @Sunara for being there for me and defending me. Now I'm at a crossroads, unsure of what to do. I have no community to turn to nor go to. I'm just so tired. Perhaps I've had enough of Orbis politics, and BS for one lifetime.

It was a good run, you made mistakes and gained experience. I'm sure there are communities that will take you, so go take a break and grow. Sorry about what happened, but there's no need to quit the game entirely. Good luck to you and good luck to IRON.

Well yeah, you tend to get shunned because you didn't bother to read and process what was said, and focused on the words that made you upset.

Pavitistvo Kozatskiya | Павитиство Козацкия Pavitelstvo Kazakiya | Павителство Казакия 哥萨克政府 - 哥薩克政府 | Gesake Zhengfu Pamahalaan ng Bansang Kosakya | Government of Cossackia March 30, 2021 Denouncement of Cossackia by The Enclave The Enclave, I want to understand why you denounced me. That's all I want to know. No problem we can be friends. Also we are not Communists, we are Socialists; and we are not just ordinary Socialists, we are Soyokovist Socialists. Marxist-Leninist/Stalinist Socialism is different from Soyokovist Socialism. We are neutral, and our neutrality, if not our fame is assured by my alliance and my people. I do agree with you though, Communism is a lie. Just look at mainland China, they're more of a mess. (Despite the fact that they did well so meh.) We don't mean harm, Cossackia won't be an aggressor. Peace be with you. Goodbye. PR. FM. Karla Edison' Fuentesovich Soyokov Premier and Field Marshal of Cossackia

For sure. Aurora and Borealis should disband.

Pavitelstvo Kazakiya | Павителство Казакия Pavitistvo Kozatskiya | Павитиство Козацкия 哥萨克政府 - 哥薩克政府 | Gesake Zhengfu Pamahalaan ng Bansang Kosakya | Government of Cossackia March 30, 2021 Privet Comrades, It seems that anti-Gacha factions are trying to get to our nation. They will try to attack us with no sign of remorse, surrender, or acknowledgment or recognition of our sovereignty, of the Gacha Community and ours'. They even try to convince to us that even though we have large numbers they will also try to outnumber us. But nothing to fear! We will make sure they can't go into Cossackia, they shall not slay the immigrants from other real-life nations that seek safe haven for their freedom and life. We will shout "URA!" and they will cross Cossackia with their own dead bodies. They will pay the price for their ignorance and selfishness, they will suffer the pain they throw at the Gacha people, and we will uphold our rights to our own promises and well-being. The Stalinist Anti-Gacha Faction declared war on us last March 25, 2021. They will taste the might of our wrath, the wrath of the hands of the young working and elite classes. Cossackians will stand ready to defend their Fatherland. We will crush their Fascist ploy and raise the Blue Banner like the Soviets who raised their Red Banner over Berlin! But since they don't play Politics & War, it's fine. The UTUBETROLLPOLICE and Anti-Gacha Factions can't hack us, neither can they attack us nor threaten us with their Imperialist Fascist stance. The Socialist will of the people will not falter. This speech will be broadcasted all over Cossackia, as a sign that we will stand on guard at all costs. We will be ready as we will be rushed over like Poland in 1939. We will fight to the bitter end, we will never surrender! We have fought with our White Rose Comrades against their enemies, we have stood up firm against hate, we have never fallen like a statue with no worth. Thank you and God bless, and thank you for reading my pep talk. I appreciate it so much. S nami Bog and... Slava, Karla Edison' Fuentesovich Soyokov Premier, Field Marshal of the Blue Army Signature (in uploaded media)

You got removed for "attempted poaching" so it sounds like the people removing you were absolute fools and you might just be better off without them. This whole story honestly sounds like the typical experience of trying to bring a CN community over into PnW with little-to-no knowledge of PnW beforehand. They turn super duper serious about any little detail and live in perpetual fear of loss - I mean, poaching? Isn't that basically the primary tool for recruitment in a niche game with only 1,000 active players (or less)? What a joke, breh. Join Arrgh and raid/nuke IRON until the damages surpass your investment.

Farewell, and best of luck on all of your future endeavors! Thanks for taking the time to let us know what you're up to and sharing your experience with P&W. If there's ever anything I can do to help you out in the future, just let me know. Best regards!

I know you're hurt, Jaden, but man just find a good community and relax for a while. Grow your own nation and take care of yourself. No need to quit the game, bud.

Big talk for two city 12 nations. Mess with IRON or any of our protectorates. Let's see what happens.

You don't own whoever directed your FA and they are 100% free to leave and join whoever the !@#$ they want. I am really sick of this poaching argument, I do understand trying to be respectful to other alliances but if someone wants to leave your aa then maybe you should do a better job of trying to make your alliance more appealing to others and !@#$ing about losing members on the publics forums isn't it.

Lmao suck it up buttercup, I’ve done that shit for House Stark for far longer with far greater “sacrifice”. If anything you shouldn’t be complaining because you were caught with your pants down showing your ass. Be humble, accept the shit you did and deal with it. Nobody asked you to be here you chose to, so act like it.

I'll start off by saying, I appreciate the work Jaden has put on and without him we would have been all over the place. Second, I get that you're upset and I understand that you've made mistakes throughout your presidency and I get that, but there are many issues to take into account here. First off, I joined your alliance because I was going to leave Nuka World anyways. Also you say you're running IRON on your own, but you don't even let us in on whatever the !@#$ you're doing. You did not let Velyni, our High Gov FA, talk with Amarr about this. You did not mention WInston's life where he stated he was becoming busy. You forget that our Council all have work, with me as an exception, but you knew that already. You shittalk us but half of the things you've done were done without our knowledge. Many times, we've called you out for doing work without our knowledge. We work as a group, not as a one-man alliance. You did not mention a word about offering a merger, and I found about it when I woke up and saw Aurora talking about the mistakes you've done. Not me, your Vice President, or Velyni, the head of FA. And since I'm here, I'm the one who took 2 strikes for a recruitment script because your computer couldn't handle it. I'm the one who took out a loan so I could pay off my debts and join the alliance to help you. I'm the one who said porting IRON was a bad idea. " I can confidently say really only Velyni did his job." You do realize that our council are new to the game? You knew that and you brought them in. If you did not want to run everything like you actually wanted to, then let Velyni do his job. Let me take care of Winston's work while he is busy with IRL stuff. That's what I did. Don't run everything and not giving a single ounce of work to us then blame us for not doing our job. You are the one who pulled us into the KT war without even telling us. Even Aurora said we did not have to help, but you decided to jump in without even consulting the Council. That is my take on Jaden's call out which seemed pretty immature to say the least to post on the forums and say some shit that many people don't care about (looking at you ).

Well boys, I think we have found a new micro to roll for fun. Anyone else wanna join in?

join ET or die

ESQUIRE TEMPLAR LIBERATION FRONT ANNOUNCEMENT @JadenStar10 The Liberation Front has heard your prayers. An IRON FIST shall crush IRON. ETLF hereby recognizes hostilities with IRON May god have mercy on your souls.

Hey Jaden, first of all I want to commend you on the post itself, grammar was almost completely on point and the writing actually had some structure lol. I’m just gonna say that I’ve also had a lot of burn out with helping run a smaller alliance, cuz man they’re way more work than they’re worth. From your conclusion, I’m getting the vibes that you’re planning or want to take a break from this junk for a bit, and you definitely should. Your mental health is much more important than this game. Stay safe ❤️

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

I thought you said the last message in it was from december? Still though, couldnt even fill half a forum page with screenshots from it that arent full of racist trash you all spout to each other. Nice of you to take a bit of time away from jerking off to thoughts of throwing people out of helicopters, hanging Jews from meat hooks like your Iron Guard best friends loved to do, and horsecocks personal favorite, reenacting the Frontier Wars. At least youre hiding it now and trying to recruit people who dont know about your bullshit, rather than the the shitstains like this you used to bring to this community in droves

Get a life KKKosmo. Not everything is about you lmfao.

How braindead are you lmfao. The only other discord that exists to my knowledge was one for when Horse left KT and he still wanted to talk to us without any reminder of the game. This is the last message sent in it. Get a life and stop whining lmfao.

agreed, OOC bs is cringe and boring

spiiin me baby round round

OOC reasons for wars is the !@#$est reason for wars.

I asked on my news server. If Alex did Suggest this. Would this be an nice addition to the commend and denounce feature. We talked for a little bit. This could be used as an tactic. If some big alliance in numbers like (TKR, ROSE, TI, 404, T$ and others.) go tell there members to go denounce this alliance. It could help new members avoid/join alliances. I can't think of anything else other than that. SOME NUB ASKED THIS AND I ASKED MY SERVER. I JUST WANT TO SEE WHAT THE FORUMS FEEL ABOUT IT.

He wont soon enough. Thank you

Asking ASM for help isn’t a strategy

Live look in at the WTF facilities as we plan our counter strategy:

Just what the title says. I think we should be able to directly purchase resources (as a gov with bank access) off the market with bank funds. It would be much more convenient than transferring the money to my nation to buy the rss and then transferring it back to the bank

Most of us are people who are able to see and interact with websites visually. When we look at the Edit Nation page, for example, we are able to see that the form inputs have their respective labels to the left of them, so we are fairly able to see what the purpose of each input is. People using assistive technology like screen readers, however, depend on the labels for form inputs being set programmatically, as without visuals, they aren't able to make that kind of connection themselves. Just today we had a user in the Discord help channel asking for help as he wasn't able to find the Custom Description input as was directed to him by one of the game objectives. There's a fairly low-effort way to improve the accessibility here. The most basic way to do this would be to wrap each input label with the <label> tag, using a for attribute that points to the id attribute of its respective input. For example, using the Nation Title input, we'd use code like this: <label for="nation-title">Nation Title:</label> <input id="nation-title" type="text" name="nattitle" value="Blast!" placeholder="The Kingdom of" style="width:100%;"> Notice how the values for the for and id attributes are identical. That's how the browser is able to report to assistive technology that the label is associated with the input. Now, there's plenty more that can be done to improve accessibility site-wide, but I just wanted to make a post about a quick win that could help users who depend on screen readers to interact with the web. One bonus with this, is that browsers automatically focus the input when the user clicks the label, so everybody wins with this kind of improvement.

The flip side of the current situation is that it creates a reason for drama and politics, a good thing. Making it easy for most colors to max out the bonus kind of defeats the purpose.