Best SC Resolution of 2009! (Part I)

[Topid]

You should have known the angry GA elites wouldn't let this go without trying to mess it up by voting for NAZI EUROPE.

So naturally the GAers want it to win because they have this childish mission to interfere in all things SC, doing as much damage as possible.

Do you ever stop trolling?

How is that trolling?

EDIT: Yup, thought so, no answer. Oh well, given that I've never been warned for trolling, (I've never been warned for anything save an 'offensive' national animal on one of my hundreds of puppets, which wasn't as bad as my current nat'l animal is anyway) I'm going to have to answer, no, I never stop trolling because I never started.

[Mad Sheep Railgun]

Condemn NAZI EUROPE for the win!

Dahm you! Begone evil GA spirit *wacks MSR*

Hey! My tongue was only partially in my cheek when I voted for it. I mean, think about it, Condemn NZIA EPRUOE had the best, most entertaining debate thread so far in the SC. It had Nazis, submarines, floods, flaming swastikas...did I mention it had Nazis? And you have to admit it has been the most talked about resolution of the year, SC or GA. For those reasons, plus all the reasons mentioned by Glen-Rhodes, I voted for it.

[Unibot]

Condemn NAZI EUROPE for the win!

Dahm you! Begone evil GA spirit *wacks MSR*

Hey! My tongue was only partially in my cheek when I voted for it. I mean, think about it, Condemn NZIA EPRUOE had the best, most entertaining debate thread so far in the SC. It had Nazis, submarines, floods, flaming swastikas...did I mention it had Nazis? And you have to admit it has been the most talked about resolution of the year, SC or GA. For those reasons, plus all the reasons mentioned by Glen-Rhodes, I voted for it.

True. Very true.

[Mad Sheep Railgun]

You should have known the angry GA elites wouldn't let this go without trying to mess it up by voting for NAZI EUROPE.

So naturally the GAers want it to win because they have this childish mission to interfere in all things SC, doing as much damage as possible.

Do you ever stop trolling?

How is that trolling?

EDIT: Yup, thought so, no answer. Oh well, given that I've never been warned for trolling, (I've never been warned for anything save an 'offensive' national animal on one of my hundreds of puppets, which wasn't as bad as my current nat'l animal is anyway) I'm going to have to answer, no, I never stop trolling because I never started.

Go read the definition of trolling in the OSRS then report back here with what you found. Keep in mind I didn't mean just those two posts, I meant your ongoing pattern of posting similar baitish things directed at GAers.

[Topid]

Turns out I found some parts that might be of help to you. I'll bold them for you.

Trolling: Posts that are made with the aim of angering people. (like 'ALL JEWS ARE [insert vile comment here]' for example). While Trolls often make these posts strictly in an attempt to provoke negative comment, it is still trolling even if you actually hold those beliefs. Intent is difficult to prove over the internet, so mods will work under their best assumptions.

Note that posts of opinions you disagree with does not automatically equate with trolling. Disagreements are expected, as long as they are done in a civil manner. Max Barry has made it clear that he welcomes all opinions in civil debate, even those that are highly unpopular or minority-held. Make your case without the invective, if you want to avoid banishment as a Troll.

Trolling is also is used to refer to making obviously silly topics that people nonetheless will reply to, despite all common sense. Don't feed the trolls.

So stateing that most SC debate threads have been mass-spamed by posters complaining that the SC exists and that the WA is commending/condemning/liberating regions/nations is not trolling. That's a fact. Now, as I said, I was wrong in thinking the voting in this poll was a GA attack on the SC because I didn't understand the tradition.

And nothing you can say will change the fact that I am an active, and moderately well known (especially for my population) nation in the WA -- Or at least the SC. If I was guilty of trolling as much as you say (or even at all), I would be warned. I am not.

[Sedgistan]

Do we have to talk about trolling? If you think Topid's trolling, go and report him...

If we're trying to emulate the old tradition, the text is not the most important aspect of the best resolution. It's effects it had on future debates and the WA itself are more of an indicator of its worthiness.

[Still trying to figure out tradition]
Sorry to double post, but if this is the case why are repealed and/or failed resolutions excluded? Commend Jey, Commend Equilism, Condemn Grub, and of course Liberate Land of the Liberals all had good debates... Just because they failed, what does that have to do with anything (if we are going on their debates and effects on the rest of the GA??)

Thats a fair point. Unibot included the repealed ones, but if we are looking at impact, then some of the failed ones did have quite a lot (ie Condemn Gatesville, the repeals of Condemn NE, and... Commend Anti World Assembly ).

[Travancore-Cochin]

Liberate Feudal Japan for me, as it was the first functional Liberation resolution.

By functional, I mean that it played its part as it was um.. you know, originally intended to (Liberate, liberate, Repeal Liberate, refound) in doing away with griefing and restoring native control.

[Glen-Rhodes]

Sorry to double post, but if this is the case why are repealed and/or failed resolutions excluded? Commend Jey, Commend Equilism, Condemn Grub, and of course Liberate Land of the Liberals all had good debates... Just because they failed, what does that have to do with anything (if we are going on their debates and effects on the rest of the GA??)

Thats a fair point. Unibot included the repealed ones, but if we are looking at impact, then some of the failed ones did have quite a lot (ie Condemn Gatesville, the repeals of Condemn NE, and... Commend Anti World Assembly ).

This is about the Best SC Resolution of 2009. Those are just proposals.

[Unibotian WASC Mission]

Sorry to double post, but if this is the case why are repealed and/or failed resolutions excluded? Commend Jey, Commend Equilism, Condemn Grub, and of course Liberate Land of the Liberals all had good debates... Just because they failed, what does that have to do with anything (if we are going on their debates and effects on the rest of the GA??)

Thats a fair point. Unibot included the repealed ones, but if we are looking at impact, then some of the failed ones did have quite a lot (ie Condemn Gatesville, the repeals of Condemn NE, and... Commend Anti World Assembly ).

This is about the Best SC Resolution of 2009. Those are just proposals.

Nope, a proposal becomes a resolution when it reaches the floor, I was just following suit and only including those which were adopted and not repealed like Kenny's GA poll.

See...

Last Decision

The Security Council resolution _____ was defeated 2 votes to 1.

[Topid]

Sorry to double post, but if this is the case why are repealed and/or failed resolutions excluded? Commend Jey, Commend Equilism, Condemn Grub, and of course Liberate Land of the Liberals all had good debates... Just because they failed, what does that have to do with anything (if we are going on their debates and effects on the rest of the GA??)

Thats a fair point. Unibot included the repealed ones, but if we are looking at impact, then some of the failed ones did have quite a lot (ie Condemn Gatesville, the repeals of Condemn NE, and... Commend Anti World Assembly ).

This is about the Best SC Resolution of 2009. Those are just proposals.

Nope, a proposal becomes a resolution when it reaches the floor, I was just following suit and only including those which were adopted and not repealed like Kenny's GA poll.

See...

Last Decision

The Security Council resolution _____ was defeated 2 votes to 1.

Yes. So I'm still a little confused lol.

[Glen-Rhodes]

Nope, a proposal becomes a resolution when it reaches the floor

That's because Pyth/Max/whoever didn't consult their dictionaries.

[Unibot]

Nope, a proposal becomes a resolution when it reaches the floor

That's because Pyth/Max/whoever didn't consult their dictionaries.

The current At-vote "proposal" might resolve most of its entailed problems while still being defeated.

[Glen-Rhodes]

The current At-vote "proposal" might resolve most of its entailed problems while still being defeated.

w/e *grumbles*

[Enn]

Sorry to double post, but if this is the case why are repealed and/or failed resolutions excluded? Commend Jey, Commend Equilism, Condemn Grub, and of course Liberate Land of the Liberals all had good debates... Just because they failed, what does that have to do with anything (if we are going on their debates and effects on the rest of the GA??)

Thats a fair point. Unibot included the repealed ones, but if we are looking at impact, then some of the failed ones did have quite a lot (ie Condemn Gatesville, the repeals of Condemn NE, and... Commend Anti World Assembly ).

This is about the Best SC Resolution of 2009. Those are just proposals.

Nope, a proposal becomes a resolution when it reaches the floor, I was just following suit and only including those which were adopted and not repealed like Kenny's GA poll.

See...

Last Decision

The Security Council resolution _____ was defeated 2 votes to 1.

Different parts of the site say different things. Certainly, the numbered resolutions list only includes the Passed ones.

[Ardchoille]

If I was guilty of trolling as much as you say (or even at all), I would be warned. I am not.

Don't count on it. This thread, the way Unibot started it, was just good-humoured end-of-season playfulness. Your posts ruined that mood. Other players have had to work to drag it back to that carefree tone, and will have to do so again now because I've had to come in and tell you to cut it out.

Because it's supposed to be a season of (relative) goodwill I haven't formally warned you, but if you don't make an I-won't-troll New Years's resolution and stick to it I expect I will soon be giving you a dismal start to the decade.

[Ananke]

I voted for Liberate Belgium as well. While it technically got liberated before the Liberation proposal passed defenders wouldn't have gotten the password if not for the pressure the resolution put on Macedon and Mencer.

I also saw the takeover by Macedon right when it happened and could've kicked myself for not spotting it in time. I thought the region lost at that point, which hurt, since I used to defend with a bunch of the Belgian natives back in the day.

Liberate Feudal Japan is a close 2nd, partly because the liberation afterward was spectacularly big. Think we had 35+ defenders participating.

[Unibot]

I'm surprised for the lack of love for Condemn Macedon.. not only did it created a spur of Orange and Blue jokes, but it was our first adopted resolution and the only condemnation to have the results that were intended. Macedon has actually moved its headquarters to avoid the stigma of the condemnation badge, surprisingly.

[Rolamec]

Liberate Belgium.

[Unibot]

Hey hey hey... two days left to vote, and oh lookey, Condemn Nazi Europe is tied with Liberate Belgium. Give em hell, boys'.

[The Tofu Islands]

I went with Commend Kandarin so that the votes go: 1 - 4 - 22 - 22 - 4 - 1.

[Bears Armed]

The Bears (who now have a WA voice again) have voted for 'Liberate Belgium', because the actions involved have helped to improve the levels of international trade in Belgian chocolates...

[Charlotte Ryberg]

Liberate Feudal Japan was a steady and carefully coordinated success, according to Ms. Harper.

[Unibotian WASC Mission]

The Bears (who now have a WA voice again)

Welcome back, Bears. You've been missed.

Oh, and one more day to get your votes in ambassadors, don't hesitate or you'll remain voiceless in a
metacognitive state of votelessness!!

[Flibbleites]

The Bears (who now have a WA voice again)

Welcome back, Bears. You've been missed.

Oh, and one more day to get your votes in ambassadors, don't hesitate or you'll remain voiceless in a
metacognitive state of votelessness!!

Fine, me and all my puppets will vote...





We all vote to abstain.

[Unibot]

So, ladies and gents, your Semi-Finalists for Part I were ...

#3 Condemn NAZI EUROPE which captured 40% of the vote, #4 Liberate Belgium which nearly stole the lead from Condemn NAZI EUROPE with 38% of the vote, and the little choo-choo train that could... #6 Liberate Feudal Japan (Retired by SC#7) captured a distant third place with 8% of the vote.

Remember, all three of these gems will return for the finals between the semi-finalists of Part II.