2008 Wii Hardware Presidential Election

The 2008 Wii Hardware Presidential Election is an upcoming mock election to decide the president of Wii Hardware. The election will be held on November 4, 2008, the same date as the real-life US presidential election.

August 2008
The election was suggested on August 25, 2008 by a user called GoAnonymous, who questioned BlackDoomShadow's signature line, Supreme Dictator Overlord of the board formerly known as Wii Hardware. The user suggested holding an election in November to decide a real president of the board. Several users jokingly suggested running against the incumbent BDS, including Metroidfan19, but the election was not taken seriously until Megamanxzero15 announced that he intended to run alongside Metroidfan and released a campaign advertisement on Youtube. 47pik stated initially that he wished to be BDS's running mate, but later chose to be an impartial mediator. Shortly afterwords, BDS responded with his own advertisement, and the election officially began.

On August 28, Megaman found a dead board, The Last Gladiator, and turned it into the official board for the election. In addition, planning for the election has occurred at BDS's Wii Hardware Social Board. On August 29, BDS and others arrived upon a set of rules that were posted on the board, in order to help candidates and their supporters understand the election's goals and guidelines.

Candidates
The following candidates have expressed serious interest in running in the 2008 election. Candidates in bold have been officially nominated. (Presumptive) means the user has been unofficially endorsed but not yet officially nominated.

BlackDoomShadow
BDS, as the incumbent leader, was officially nominated on August 29. He is one of the two main candidates along with Metroidfan19. He has released a campaign advertisement, as has one of his supporters, Rarehunter_idol. Even after his competitor Metroidfan almost immediately picked a running mate, BDS has still, as of August 29, not picked a vice presidential nominee. His potential choices include Rarehunter_idol, Fayegurl, and even Kirbyfan.
 * BDS Campaign Ad 1 (By BDS)
 * BDS Campaign Ad 2 (By Rarehunter_idol)

Metroidfan19/Megamanxzero15
Metroidfan was the first to announce his intention to run against BDS, but it was Megaman's campaign ad that spurred the election into reality. Metroidfan and Megaman have been officially nominated as the second major party.
 * Metroidfan Campaign Ad 1 (By Megaman)
 * Metroidfan Campaign Ad 2 (By Megaman)

Other candidates
Dinobot19 originally intended to support Metroidfan, but decided to run as a third party. He released his own campaign ad. He has not yet picked a running mate, but is rumored to pick Hulkpanda as the latter has endorsed him. Aside from Dinobot, several other users have expressed interest in running.
 * Dinobot Campaign Ad (By Dinobot)

Criticism and controversy
From the beginning, the election was criticised by some as childish, immature, and "nerdy." In particular, JadeYoshi criticised the election but jumped at the chance to get BDS "out of office," thus he has pledged support for Metroidfan. Others, like SF_Bahamut and Winternova, have repeatedly hijacked election topics for the purpose of explaining why they feel the election is useless or childish. BDS and other election-related users have attempted to explain that the election is only for fun and to pass time.

In addition, the election has been somewhat controversial as it is considered a moddable fad on the main Wii Hardware board. Several users, like BDS or Metroidfan, used alt accounts to post election topics until Pik found a dead board for election topics.

Links

 * The Last Gladiator, official Wii Hardware Presidential Election board
 * Official election rules