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Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 2:59 am
by Gypsys Kiss
Budapest

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Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 3:14 am
by greenoaks
The Bison King wrote:
Phatscotty wrote:can the wild card be Wisconsin capitol?

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That is a pretty sweet building.

it would be better if it spun

Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 7:12 am
by notyou2
I nominate the capitol building of Timbuktu for wildcard

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Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 7:13 am
by thegreekdog
GreecePwns wrote:
saxitoxin wrote:
thegreekdog wrote:I'm sure I don't have to tell anyone that I'm frankly disappointed that Greece is not on this list.


If enough people express disappointment it could enter the showdown as a WILD CARD!!! Get a few of your muscular, young, olive-skinned, weightlifting friends together and it could just happen!
I second the motion put forth by my fellow, muscular, young, olive-skinned weightlifting friend.


I think we need one more muscular, young, olive-skinned, weightlifter and we're good to go.

Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 7:17 am
by notyou2
If you can't find any more greeks try getting a turk, maybe xelabale

Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 7:27 am
by thegreekdog
notyou2 wrote:If you can't find any more greeks try getting a turk, maybe xelabale


I haven't seen xela in a long time.

Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 8:37 am
by shieldgenerator7
saxitoxin wrote:ROUND 6: BRAZIL vs. AUSTRALIA
CORRECTION

BRAZIL
Built: 1966 / Style: Modernist / Number of Times Attacked: 0
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AUSTRALIA
Built: 1988 / Style: Bush Modern / Number of Times Attacked: 0
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(PHOTO CORRECTED)

I was about to say... what kind of government convenes inside a hay shack?
And I don't really know about the walking people and cars in Louisiana and Quebec, I was just judging by the picture. In the Louisiana one, there's cars but no people, and completely the opposite in the Quebec pic.

Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 8:41 am
by jimboston
saxitoxin wrote:ROUND 6: BRAZIL vs. AUSTRALIA
CORRECTION

BRAZIL
Built: 1966 / Style: Modernist / Number of Times Attacked: 0
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AUSTRALIA
Built: 1988 / Style: Bush Modern / Number of Times Attacked: 0
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(PHOTO CORRECTED)


Intentional Error?

Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 10:19 am
by greenoaks
we have a new and an old capitol building in australia

we outgrew our first one

Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 10:30 am
by saxitoxin
ROUND 6 WINNER!
Australian Parliament's Parliament Building (54%)
beats
Congress of Brazil National Congress Building (46%)

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Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 10:35 am
by saxitoxin
ROUND 7: REPUBLIC OF FINLAND vs. SWISS CONFEDERATION

FINLAND
Built: 1926 / Style: Neoclassical / Number of Times Attacked: 2
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SWITZERLAND
Built: 1902 / Style: Romansque/ Number of Times Attacked: 0
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Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 10:39 am
by saxitoxin
Wisconsin


rejected ... architectural style is too similar to other entrants

Czech Republic


tentatively rejected ... I checked WIKIPEDIA and it said the Senate and Chamber of Deputies meet in different places so I'm not certain it can be said Ceska has a unified capitol?

Russia


as with Ceska

Timbuktu


rejected - no municipal seats, per the evolving rules

Hungary


Accepted for Consideration!

Greece


Accepted for Consideration!

Other buildings under consideration ...

Hawai'i ... only example of Bauhaus architecture being used in a capitol building I could find ... I ruined three pairs of underwear looking at pics of the capitol of Hawai'i (ol' Saxi's two favourite styles of architecture are Bauhaus and Brutalist)
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People's Republic of China ... don't got nothing from Asia right now
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Romania ... largest building in the world
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Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 10:42 am
by Falkomagno
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Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 10:42 am
by targetman377
Romania ... largest building in the world
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Rejected: as the largest building only 3 cars? :-s

and i thought the pentagon was the largest office building?

Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 10:44 am
by saxitoxin
Falkomagno wrote:Venezuela


Accepted for Consideration!

targetman wrote:and i thought the pentagon was the largest office building?


Maybe ol' Saxi is wrong ... someone bing-dot-com this, gang.

Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 10:54 am
by targetman377
i can't find a site that says it wikiapeadea claims the second largest building is CentralWorld but when you click on it. It tells you its the 3rd largest shopping complex? but for largest floor space it says Boeing Everett Factory is number one

Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 10:57 am
by thegreekdog
Hey! We're in!

TGD highfives Greecepwns and the silent group of young, muscular, olive-skinned, weightlifting friends

Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 11:20 am
by greenoaks
saxitoxin wrote:ROUND 6: BRAZIL vs. AUSTRALIA

BRAZIL
Built: 1966 / Style: Modernist / Number of Times Attacked: 0
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AUSTRALIA
Built: 1988 / Style: Bush Modern / Number of Times Attacked: 0
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that's funny but looks more african than aussie

here is a pic of an australian prison. it is the Boab Prison Tree
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and to give you an idea of the size
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Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 11:21 am
by natty dread
Damn, we have an ugly capitol. I'm voting for switzerland.

Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 11:42 am
by saxitoxin
natty_dread wrote:Damn, we have an ugly capitol. I'm voting for switzerland.


Well, the question is who has the "best" capitol, not who has the "prettiest." I think Finland's giant slab of granite could withstand a Soviet air raid much better than Switzerland's papier-mâché dollhouse.

Swiss Tony, what do you think?

Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 12:39 pm
by Gypsys Kiss
What about Budapest........I mean ....come on!!!!

Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 1:21 pm
by InkL0sed
Holy shit Finland's capitol is epic.

Finland needs to win everything. Everything ever.

Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 2:22 pm
by saxitoxin
WILD CARD PARTICIPANTS ANNOUNCED!

When the time comes you will be voting between:

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and

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Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 2:24 pm
by thegreekdog
I vote for Greece! Gyros for all!

Notice the bicameral nature of the building. Note the glazed panes of glass so that the Greek legislature can do important, secretive business. Note the light blue trash receptacle showing the fine Greek colors.

Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 6:02 pm
by GreecePwns
I've been to King Gyros before -_-

It certainly was a nice place. Certainly better than that massive hump of spiked towers. What if one were to fall on those from skydiving?

Oh would you look at that? According to this list, Hungary has the most skydiving drop zones in Europe.

Conclusion: The Hungarian Parliament wants to kill its own people. We just want you to try our delicious gyros.