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[Antalia]

In DF2010 and earlier, my elected mayor was usually somebody with a lot of social skills and the most friends. In DF2012, though, I seem to keep getting migrant mayors with 0-2 friends, elected soon after their arrival.

My current mayor in the fort I'm messing with, for example, has a husband at the fortress, one child, two friends, and some passing acquaintances. She arrived in my sixth migration wave and was elected mayor almost immediately, replacing my longtime expedition leader/mayor (who has eight friends and many pages of acquaintances). We're about to have the tenth migration wave, but "Dirty Kubuk" is holding onto her mayoral seat, even though she still has not expanded her friendships at all.

The only reason I can think of that "Dirty Kubuk" is still the mayor, is that she's also a High Master Cook, and she prepares pretty much all the meals anybody eats in the fortress. Perhaps...my citizens might not know her, but they know and love her work? I don't think I'd vote for a mayor based on good cooking, though...

Is there some kind of illegal vote counting scheme going on here?

[Garath]

check the social skills. Some migrants now arrive with social skills in the 10s

[Antalia]

Professional Negotiator, Comedian, Flatterer, Consoler, and Pacifier
(and Dabbling Persuader, Judge of Intent, Intimidator, and Conversationalist)

My old expedition leader/mayor has no social skills above Novice.

So the mayor is elected for high social skills rather than high number of friends?

[Garath]

Yup. Smooth talkers win every time, it seems

[Flying Dice]

This is probably why people so often end up with vampire mayors, as well.

[knutor]

Migrants in latest version, 05, are a bit buggy.  I have migrant work skills off, and just recieved wave three, two after the original cast.  They came with wierd stuff activated, some didn't even arrive with hauling on.  *bonk*  Socials have gone away, it seems from what people are saying in the other threads, to be a feature.  *shrug* Antitantrum spiral code efforts, I guess.  I sorta liked the socials, just not all the oddball trades, which didn't fit in the mix.  The battle between Devs and Players rages on, fix one thing, break another.  Take care, Knutor

PS.  Oh hell.  Wave 2 and Wave 3 merged in Therapist.  This how its supposed to be, merging migration waves?  I'm running with Vampires off, anyone else see, their migrant waves merge?  I thought those fellas in that wave had skills, but that was wave 2, which I already assigned skillsets, Therapist is counting them in wave 3.  Hmm.  Oh noes.

[orius]

The first mayor I got in my last fort was the matriarch of an extended family that migrated to the fort in the first few waves.  It's like all the dorfs decided to vote for Grandma.  She got booted right out of office, being a skilled metalsmith, whose talents were needed in the forges far more than she was needed in politics.

Then a vampire managed to get elected mayor sometime later, even though I had him walled up.  It's like he was telepathically campaigning or something.  Needless to say, he got his ass impeached rather quickly.

[talysman]

I love the fact that when your expedition leader gets rejected in the first election in favor of some newb, the crafters all start making commemorative figurines of the leader being rejected by the community.

[Garath]

You'll even see statues like that if the mayor was promoted to baron.

[orius]

My crafters like to make art of the leader/mayor/baron etc surrounded by the vermin type he or she absolutely despises.