2nd USAS contest -- Georgia

[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 second in the series, and it is here to determine the map which best represents Georgia.

Suggestions and reasoning:

• USA 2.1 - We have to use this map at some point in the contest, and Georgia is a fairly important territory on this map.
  
• Battle for Iraq! - The 3rd Infantry Division is based in Fort Stewart, Georgia, and led the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
  
• Baseball - Ty Cobb, baseball's all-time best hitter, was from Georgia.
  
• Labyrinth - Dragon Con in Georgia is a celebration of science fiction and fantasy
  
• British Isles - Georgia is named for King George II
  
• 8 Thoughts - Ray Charles' song "Georgia On My Mind" is the official song of Georgia.
  
• Antarctica - The South Georgia Islands are a support base for the British Antarctic Survey
  
• San Francisco - Jack Kerouac stopped in Georgia on the way to San Francisco
  
• Middle East - That map also has a Georgia

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 -- Battle for Iraq!
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]

[Dukasaur]

San Francisco -- In Jack Kerouac's book On the Road, he stops in Georgia on the way to San Francisco for the second time. (Doomyoshi)
Labyrinth -- Dragon Con in Georgia is a celebration of science fiction and fantasy (jmyork82)
USA 2.1 -- (groovysmurf)
Middle East -- because that map also has a Georgia (Thorthoth)


The floor is open for additional suggestions.

[groovysmurf]

The reason I thought USA 2.1 for this was because first of all, it has to be used somewhere and all the other states had other choices attached. Secondly, because Georgia is an important state on that map, in my opinion.

[phersjm]

England: Georgia was named after King George II, the King of Great Britain and Ireland.

I've got a second entry if you'll allow it.

[iAmCaffeine]

You can give me your second entry.

[phersjm]

Sure, Antarctica, can you identify the connection?

[iAmCaffeine]

Do they rhyme?

[Dukasaur]

Sure, Antarctica, can you identify the connection?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands

[djelebert]

8 thoughts because of well known Ray Charles song " Georgia on my mind", which becomes Georgia state song in 1979.

Just for pleasure :

[phersjm]

Nicely done Duk.

[CatchersMitt14]

Battle for Iraq!

Fort Benning, GA is the location of the US Army Infantry School and the Maneuver School.

The 3rd ID is based at Fort Stewart, GA and led the 2003 Invasion of Iraq which resulted in the fall of Baghdad.

[Mad777]

Battle for Iraq!

Fort Benning, GA is the location of the US Army Infantry School and the Maneuver School.

The 3rd ID is based at Fort Stewart, GA and led the 2003 Invasion of Iraq which resulted in the fall of Baghdad.

+1



I couldn't found better statement comparing to the available map that could be associated to Georgia, nice work Mittie



(....yes I live in Georgia and about 30 minutes away from Fort Stewart)

[Phil Gates]

For Georgia

Baseball because baseball all time best hitter Ty Cobb (who got a bum rap from a hateful biographer whose word we still stake) was from Georgia

[groovysmurf]

Battle for Iraq!

Fort Benning, GA is the location of the US Army Infantry School and the Maneuver School.

The 3rd ID is based at Fort Stewart, GA and led the 2003 Invasion of Iraq which resulted in the fall of Baghdad.

+1 from me, too and that's saying something because I hate this map

[phersjm]

I'd like to adjust my entry, figure the British Isles is actually more accurate than England, although I'm guessing Battle for Iraq is going to run away with it.

[Dukasaur]

Poll has been added. The order of the entries has been randomized using the List Randomizer feature on random.org.

Thank you all for many great ideas! No more ideas accepted from this point on.

[christopherhardy]

It must be used somewhere and all of the different states had other best choice committed. UK Essays Writers

[MSpitts24]

isnt there a map of s e usa w/cuba? has that been used yet? or just s e us? why not use one of those?

[Dukasaur]

isnt there a map of s e usa w/cuba? has that been used yet? or just s e us? why not use one of those?

Yes, Cuban Missile Crisis was used for Alabama, and USA Southeast is assigned to Tennessee. Both taken.

[Dukasaur]

The Community Team has strongly backed the Battle for Iraq! map.

[djelebert]

Hi guys! W hen will we have final results?

[Dukasaur]

Hi guys! W hen will we have final results?

These are the final results.

The Community Team has strongly backed the Battle for Iraq! map.

Sorry if it wasn't clear. Iraq won by a landslide. It also won a plurality in the popular vote, so everybody should be happy this time.

[djelebert]

[*]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.

So no credit for thorthot and I ?

Iraq would be used for all other states, but nevermind.


Let's have other good ideas for following!

[Dukasaur]

[*]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.

So no credit for thorthot and I ?

Iraq would be used for all other states, but nevermind.


Let's have other good ideas for following!

You and phersjm will get 300 credits each, because the final decision had to be bounced back to the Team.

[Dukasaur]

Congratulations to [player]CatchersMitt14[/player], who suggested the Battle for Iraq! map to represent the great State of Georgia! CM14 gets a nice shiny GA medal and 400 credits.

Congratulations to [player]phersjm[/player] who nets 300 credits for the short-listed suggestion of British Isles.
Congratulations to [player]djelebert[/player] who nets 300 credits for the short-listed suggestion of 8 Thoughts.




Well done, all of you!


All awards have now been made.