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Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 2:31 am
by saxitoxin
Quebec vs. Ontario vs. Scotland vs. Belarus

Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 3:25 am
by greenoaks
this is an easy one.

Washington reminds me a lot of my Canberra.

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as a kid i have sat on the grass above our parliament house and enjoyed the view. i don't think that was possible anywhere else in the world.

Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 8:29 am
by whitestazn88
USA, because the UN's capitol is in the USA, thereby making it inferior to the capitol already in place in the same country.

Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:26 am
by jimboston
USA... because the EU Sucks and it's not even a real country and the USA is the best at everything.

Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 11:08 am
by saxitoxin
ROUND 1 WINNER!
Congress of the United States' United States Capitol (58%)
beats
European Parliament's Louise Weiss Hall (42%)

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Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 11:09 am
by saxitoxin
ROUND 2: COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS vs. SCOTLAND

MASSACHUSETTS
Built: 1795 / Style: American Federal / Number of Times Attacked: 0
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SCOTLAND
Built: 1999 / Style: Abstract-Modernist / Number of Times Attacked: 0
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Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 11:22 am
by jimboston
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

OF COURSE

Why?

*Gilded Gold Dome
*Key Stop on the World Famous Freedom Trail
*The acts of theivery committed here against the public are legendary!

Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 11:26 am
by Tupence
Because I voted for the US in Round 1, apparently I've automatically voted for Scotland in Round 2. This may not work.

Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 11:28 am
by saxitoxin
Tupence wrote:Because I voted for the US in Round 1, apparently I've automatically voted for Scotland in Round 2. This may not work.


The votes were set to 50/50 once Massachusetts vs. Scotland started. I, as Supreme Adjudicator, do not vote except to reset the votes with each new round, when possible.

Ergo, Mass. vs. Scotland had an equal starting point.

Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 11:57 am
by spurgistan
However, unless I'm wrong, this means we get one vote this entire contest? Not that I disapprove of the contest in the slightest. Also, go Mass. Gold, bitches. When the dollar finally collapses, our Legislature will be even more soaked than they already are.

Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:01 pm
by saxitoxin
spurgistan wrote:However, unless I'm wrong, this means we get one vote this entire contest? Not that I disapprove of the contest in the slightest. Also, go Mass. Gold, bitches. When the dollar finally collapses, our Legislature will be even more soaked than they already are.


OMFG, you can cast a new vote with each new round!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 2:33 pm
by spurgistan
There's like, no need to blaspheme, man.

Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 3:04 pm
by shieldgenerator7
hey i voted massachusetts... but why do states of USA compete against enitre nations? that seems weird to me

Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 3:25 pm
by saxitoxin
ROUND 2 WINNER!
Scottish Parliament's Parliament Building (57%)
beats
Massachusetts General Court's Statehouse (43%)

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Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 3:27 pm
by saxitoxin
ROUND 3: FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY vs. UNITED KINGDOM

FRG
Built: 1884 / Style: Baroque / Number of Times Attacked: 1
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UNITED KINGDOM
Built: 1840 / Style: Gothic / Number of Times Attacked: 2
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Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 5:27 pm
by Tupence
saxitoxin wrote:
Tupence wrote:Because I voted for the US in Round 1, apparently I've automatically voted for Scotland in Round 2. This may not work.


The votes were set to 50/50 once Massachusetts vs. Scotland started. I, as Supreme Adjudicator, do not vote except to reset the votes with each new round, when possible.

Ergo, Mass. vs. Scotland had an equal starting point.

So if I changed my vote, I would essentially be voting twice, by taking a vote from one option and giving a vote to the other...

Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 5:34 pm
by saxitoxin
Tupence wrote:
saxitoxin wrote:
Tupence wrote:Because I voted for the US in Round 1, apparently I've automatically voted for Scotland in Round 2. This may not work.


The votes were set to 50/50 once Massachusetts vs. Scotland started. I, as Supreme Adjudicator, do not vote except to reset the votes with each new round, when possible.

Ergo, Mass. vs. Scotland had an equal starting point.

So if I changed my vote, I would essentially be voting twice, by taking a vote from one option and giving a vote to the other...


Yes, that's how it works. As the options change it is the onus of the voter to cast a new vote to reflect their opinion on the newest set of choices presented. Failing to do that the voter's vote will be automatically defaulted to a choice that may not reflect his opinion. This is both a fun poll and an exercise in the responsibilities of civic involvement.

Any further questions regarding the balloting mechanics should be addressed, in writing, and in triplicate, to the Alternate Dispute Resolution Forum:
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=111267&hilit=alternate+dispute+resolution

Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 5:36 pm
by Tupence
I enjoy having my vote automatically assigned to my fair country. This has worked out well

Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 5:44 pm
by saxitoxin
ROUND 3 WINNER!
Parliament of the United Kingdom's Palace of Westminster(61%)
beats
FRG Federal Diet's Reichstag(39%)

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Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 5:45 pm
by saxitoxin
ROUND 4: STATE OF NEW YORK vs. PROVINCE OF ONTARIO

NEW YORK
Built: 1867 / Style: Romansque / Number of Times Attacked: 0
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ONTARIO
Built: 1887 / Style: Romansque / Number of Times Attacked: 0
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Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 10:42 am
by notyou2
ONTARIO

The NY one looks like it's from Gotham City.

Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 10:48 am
by shieldgenerator7
I would live in ontario if i had to, but the New york one would creep me out.

Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 10:51 am
by notyou2
Lots of people hang out in front of the Ontario capitol, but the New York one everyone is hiding. They wouldn't be caught dead in a photo there unless perhaps they are goth emos.

Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 11:26 am
by targetman377
shieldgenerator7 wrote:hey i voted massachusetts... but why do states of USA compete against enitre nations? that seems weird to me

CAUSE USA STATES ARE BAD ASSES!!!

Re: Who has the best capitol?

PostPosted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 11:33 am
by keiths31
targetman377 wrote:
shieldgenerator7 wrote:hey i voted massachusetts... but why do states of USA compete against enitre nations? that seems weird to me

CAUSE USA STATES ARE BAD ASSES!!!



Ontario isn't a nation...