1st USAS contest -- Connecticut

[Dukasaur]

Part of the USA Supertournament event.

Several maps in the USA have not been decided. These are indicated in the original list by "TBA". These contests are being run to determine the best maps to represent states which have not already been decided.

This contest is the first in the series, and it is here to determine the map which best represents Connecticut.

Suggestions and reasoning:

• Conquer 4 (because it's based on CONNECT 4. CONNECTicut, get it?)
  
• Prohibition Chicago - (Conn never ratified the 18th amendment)
  
• The Netherlands (The first Europeans to explore the area that would become Connecticut were the Dutch.)
  
• Woodboro (Vintage Radio And Communications Museum of Ct in Windsor, Ct
  
• Crossword (CT is home to the oldest U.S. newspaper still being published and has approx. 144 newspapers published in the state.)
  
• Northwest Passage (Connecticut's national animal is a Sperm Whale, which can be found in the bodies of water north of the state, the area Northwest Passage is based on.)

General Rules of the Contest

• There can be no duplications. A map that is already assigned to another state cannot be used again.
• Before a poll is put up, the thread will be open for at least a few days for people to add suggestions.
• Anyone can make a suggestion, but please limit yourself to one suggestion.
  If the list is short, I may accept a 2nd suggestion from people who have already made one.
• Once the poll has been posted, no more suggestions will be accepted.
• The poll will run for at least a week.
• Once the poll closes, if any suggestion has a majority of the votes, it will be accepted.
• If no suggestion has a majority, but the top suggestion has more votes than the 2nd and 3rd place suggestions combined, it will be accepted.
• If neither of those is true, the top 3 suggestions will be referred to the Community Team for a final decision.
• The person who made the winning suggestion will get a lovely GA medal.
• If the winner was chosen by clear majority or by the "1>(2+3)" rule, then the winner will also get 1000 credits!
• If the winner was chosen by a Community Team shortlist procedure, then the winner will get 400 credits and the authors of the other two suggestions on the shortlist will get 300 credits each.

[spoiler=states already decided]

1. Alabama -- Cuban Missile Crisis
2. Alaska -- District of Alaska
3. Arizona -- Oasis
4. Arkansas -- Phillipines (Douglas MacArthur was from Arkansas)
5. California -- California
6. Colorado -- Supermax Prison Riot (CO is location of the original Supermax)
7. Connecticut -- Conquer 4
8. Delaware -- USA (the first state to ratify the Constitution)
9. Florida -- Tribal Wars Florida
10. Georgia (map TBA)
11. Hawaii -- Pearl Harbor
12. Idaho -- USA West (not actually on the USA West maps, but the four states that are have better representatives already)
13. Illinois -- Chicago
14. Indiana -- Conquer 500 (Indy 500)
15. Iowa -- Quad Cities
16. Kansas -- Halloween Hallows (Dorothy from Kansas, killed the witch in Wizard of Oz.)
17. Kentucky -- Circus Maximus (Kentucky Derby)
18. Louisiana -- Rail USA (New Orleans is 5th largest center on Rail USA map -- the other four are already represented)
19. Maine -- France (named for province in France, and settled by French in 1604, 3 years before any British settlement in North America.)
20. Maryland (map TBA)
21. Massachusetts -- Salem's Switch
22. Michigan -- Great Lakes (the most "Great Laky" of the Great Lakes states)
23. Minnesota -- Conquer Man (Billy Mitchell got the first perfect score on Pac Man and is from Minnesota)
24. Mississippi (map TBA)
25. Missouri -- Route 66
26. Montana -- First Nations North America (Home to 12 native tribes, with 7 major reservations, and a wealth of native history)
27. Nebraska -- USApocalypse
28. Nevada -- Poker Club
29. New Hampshire -- USA New England
30. New Jersey -- New Jersey
31. New Mexico -- USA Southwest
32. New York -- NYC
33. North Carolina (map TBA)
34. North Dakota -- North America (North Dakota hypothetical geographic centre of North America)
35. Ohio -- USA Great Lakes
36. Oklahoma -- Dust Bowl
37. Oregon -- Portland
38. Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
39. Rhode Island -- 13 Colonies
40. South Carolina -- Charleston
41. South Dakota (map TBA)
42. Tennessee -- USA Southeast
43. Texas -- Texas Wars
44. Utah -- Hive (the Beehive State)
45. Vermont (map TBA)
46. Virginia -- American Civil War
47. Washington -- Puget Sound
48. West Virginia (map TBA)
49. Wisconsin -- Nordic Countries (noted for high Nordic population)
50. Wyoming -- USA Rockies
    Bonus weeks:
51. District of Columbia -- U.S. Senate
52. Puerto Rico -- Caribbean Islands
53. U.S. Pacific Possessions -- Oceania

[/spoiler]

[Thorthoth]

I nominate...
Conquer 4 because it's based on CONNECT 4.
CONNECTicut, get it?

[iAmCaffeine]

Northwest Passage. Connecticut's national animal is a Sperm Whale, which can be found in the bodies of water north of the state, the area Northwest Passage is based on.

I actually saw this thread earlier without content and wondered what the f*ck was going on.

[Dukasaur]

Previous suggestions
"Connecticut= Woodboro (Vintage Radio And Communications Museum of Ct in Windsor, Ct)" (jmyork)
"Connecticut -- Crossword (CT is home to the oldest U.S. newspaper still being published and has approx. 144 newspapers published in the state.)" (groovysmurf)

[DoomYoshi]

Carribean Islands.

Grenada's flag features nutmeg and Connecticut is known as the nutmeg state, and these flourishes on the shield of Connecticut's flag look like nutmeg:


Grenada:


Some extra reading:
http://hamdenregionalchamber.com/april-blog-nutmeg-state/

[Thorthoth]

Northwest Passage. Connecticut's national animal is a Sperm Whale, which can be found in the bodies of water north of the state, the area Northwest Passage is based on.

I actually saw this thread earlier without content and wondered what the f*ck was going on.

This is just a joke entry, right?

[TX AG 90]

"Connecticut -- Crossword (CT is home to the oldest U.S. newspaper still being published and has approx. 144 newspapers published in the state.)" (groovysmurf)[/quote]

And Noah Webster was born in Connecticut.

[TX AG 90]

Prohibition Chicago - Conn never ratified the 18th amendment

[Thorthoth]

Prohibition Chicago - Conn never ratified the 18th amendment

Nope, CT didn't stay the course.
''It was proposed by Congress on December 18, 1917 and ratified on January 16, 1919. Both Rhode Island and Connecticut would reject this amendment (though Connecticut did eventually ratify it on May 6, 1919 after it had already been added to the Constitution).''

[iAmCaffeine]

Northwest Passage. Connecticut's national animal is a Sperm Whale, which can be found in the bodies of water north of the state, the area Northwest Passage is based on.

I actually saw this thread earlier without content and wondered what the f*ck was going on.

This is just a joke entry, right?

Only as much of a joke as your CCC (Conquer Club Career™) kiddo.

Oo Razzle Dazzle.

[phersjm]

The Netherlands: The first Europeans to explore the area that would become Connecticut were the Dutch.

[Thorthoth]

1. I still find my Conquer 4 = CONNECTicut 4 to be the only option that shows playful wit. Such clever wordplay is a fine CC tradition that should be celebrated.

The other options all rely on tenuous or ersatz ad hoc historical or symbolic connections.
Ranking these in descending order of appropriateness we get...
2. Netherlands
3. Crossword
4. Woodboro
5. Northwest Passage
6. Prohibition Chicago

Options 4, 5 and 6 are particularly poor choices due to the geographic disconnect error between the chosen maps and Connecticut itself.

[Dukasaur]

Poll has been posted. No more suggestions will be accepted. Additional arguments for or against an existing suggestion are fine.

To eliminate (intentional) bias, I ran the list through the List Randomizer on random.org before adding to the OP and the poll.

Please vote.

[jfm10]

I know I am too late but Duck and Cover could have been an option. http://www.coldwar-ct.com/Nike_Sites.html

[iAmCaffeine]

Stop voting for shit maps.

[Phil Gates]

For Connecticut

My suggestion comes from Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"

Thus one of the King Courts (I prefer the II, but the first one is fine).

[Phil Gates]

Maybe I'm too late looks like you have a bunch of crappy ones already to vote on for Conn, none of them fit Conn though.

[Dukasaur]

For Connecticut

My suggestion comes from Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"

Thus one of the King Courts (I prefer the II, but the first one is fine).

Maybe I'm too late looks like you have a bunch of crappy ones already to vote on for Conn, none of them fit Conn though.

Sorry.

Actually -- and this is really funny -- one of my first thoughts for Conn was about "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court". Although, based on that thought, I was going to suggest the England map, not King's Court.

Then I got busy with other stuff, and forgot to put my idea in. So, yeah, don't feel bad about missing the deadline. I forgot to put my own idea in my own thread!!! Duh!

[TX AG 90]

1. I still find my Conquer 4 = CONNECTicut 4 to be the only option that shows playful wit.

AND?!?

You speak of tenuous connections - this one is it (at best).

I may vote for myself, well - because.

Even tough I think Crosssword fits, I hate that map and may need to eliminate it.

I like the idea of The Netherlands, especially if Dutch settling is true - I'm too busy to do my own research.

I think the Woodsboro connection is the cleverest and may vote that way.

Hmmm............Myself, Netherlands, or Woodsboro................

[Hooch]

Yay go Woodboro!

[Thorthoth]

1. I still find my Conquer 4 = CONNECTicut 4 to be the only option that shows playful wit.

AND?!?

You speak of tenuous connections - this one is it (at best).

I may vote for myself, well - because.

Even tough I think Crosssword fits, I hate that map and may need to eliminate it.

I like the idea of The Netherlands, especially if Dutch settling is true - I'm too busy to do my own research.

I think the Woodsboro connection is the cleverest and may vote that way.

Hmmm............Myself, Netherlands, or Woodsboro................

Actually, the link between radio and Connecticut is pretty random. That museum in Connecticut is just one of numerous radio museums in existence.

[t4mcr53s2]

woodboro ipop 813 , oneida county wisc should be the map for wisconsin though one cound argue for great lakes ; I'd endose connect for it ; cleaver

[jmyork82]

If I do happen to win this thing, I'd like to donate my credits to the runners up.

[ooge]

Stop voting for shit maps.

ok..

[Dukasaur]

Top 3
Woodboro 18, The Netherlands 15, Conquer4 14

Being sent to the Community Team for a final decision.

Bottom 3
Crossword 8, Northwest Passage 7, Prohibition Chicago 3



If anyone cares, my vote went to Northwest Passage.