6th USAS Contest -- South Dakota

[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 fifth in the series, and it is here to determine the map which best represents South Dakota

Suggestions and reasoning:

• 4 Star Meats (SD is 8th cattle-ranching state, also Sitting Bull was from SD)
• New World (SD Capital is Pierre, named after a French fur-trader from St Louis.)
• Duck and Cover (Site of Minuteman Missile Historic Site)
• Doodle Earth (Pierre the the 2nd smallest capital in the U.S., and the games will be quick, recalling Rapid City)
• Unification Germany (Neighbouring Bismark ND is named after architect of German reunification)
• Ethiopia (Country on the Horn of Africa, could be a punny connection to the Little Big Horn.)

I'm going to invite players to vote for up to two (2) choices.



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 -- British Isles
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 -- First Nations Americas
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 -- Pirates and Merchants
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

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[Dukasaur]

Thread is open for suggestions.

[dakky21]

Wasn't there one map with Mount Rushmore faces on it?

[jmyork82]

I think 4 Star Meats would be a good fit. South Dakota is ranked 8th in top producing states for cattle.

http://beef2live.com/story-cattle-inven ... -89-108182

[dhallmeyer]

New World. SD Capital is Pierre, named after a French fur-trader from St Louis.

Unification Germany. Neighboring Bismarck, ND named after Otto von Bismarck, architect of German Unification.

[jfm10]

Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills
South Dakota has several sites administered by the National Park Service. Two national parks have been established in South Dakota, both in the state's southwestern part. Wind Cave National Park, established in 1903 in the Black Hills, has an extensive cave network as well as a large herd of bison.[42] Badlands National Park was created in 1978.[43] The park features an eroded, brightly colored landscape surrounded by semi-arid grasslands.[44] Mount Rushmore National Memorial in the Black Hills was established in 1925. The sculpture of four U.S. Presidents was carved into the mountainside by sculptor Gutzon Borglum.[45]

Other areas managed by the National Park Service include Jewel Cave National Monument near Custer, the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site, which features a decommissioned nuclear missile silo and a separate missile control area several miles away, and the Missouri National Recreational River.[46] The Crazy Horse Memorial is a large mountainside sculpture near Mt. Rushmore being built with private funds.[47] The Mammoth Site near Hot Springs is another privately owned attraction in the Black Hills. A working paleontological dig, the site has one of the world's largest concentrations of mammoth remains.[48]

Nuclear missile silo

Duck and cover map

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

[Dukasaur]

Wasn't there one map with Mount Rushmore faces on it?

I kinda thought so too, but I can't find one.

[groovysmurf]

I think 4 Star Meats would be a good fit. South Dakota is ranked 8th in top producing states for cattle.

http://beef2live.com/story-cattle-inven ... -89-108182

+1

[djelebert]

I like the 4 star meats idea. Furthermore Sitting Bull came from south Dakota.

Nevertheless, I want to propose Doodle Earth.
S.Dakota got the second tiniest capital in USA (Pierre), and as It should be the fastest tourney, It will recall Rapid city

Or staying with a quick map, Ethiopia could be another quick solution and as it located in Africa horn, It could be just a reference to little big horn battle, where Sitting Bull lead the native army with Crazy Horse.

[Dukasaur]

I think 4 Star Meats would be a good fit. South Dakota is ranked 8th in top producing states for cattle.

http://beef2live.com/story-cattle-inven ... -89-108182

Was going to give you precedence on this suggestion, but in scouring the original thread I found this:
Subject: USA Supertournament [167 ON - 37 DONE - 4/20/18]

South Dakota can be 5 star meat. It is a top 10 cattle producing state.

Biscuit boy gets credit as the originator of this suggestion.

[Dukasaur]

Poll is up. The usual 8 days (until 1 am on April 30th).

[artillery77]

Should be one of the Scandanvian maps. There are Germans there, but that was slowing down

[Dukasaur]

Should be one of the Scandanvian maps. There are Germans there, but that was slowing down

The time for suggestions has passed. Voting has begun.

[riverj]

I think 4 Star Meats would be a good fit. South Dakota is ranked 8th in top producing states for cattle.

http://beef2live.com/story-cattle-inven ... -89-108182

Was going to give you precedence on this suggestion, but in scouring the original thread I found this:
Subject: USA Supertournament [167 ON - 37 DONE - 4/20/18]

South Dakota can be 5 star meat. It is a top 10 cattle producing state.

Biscuit boy gets credit as the originator of this suggestion.

I like the 4 star meats. Little big horn is in Montana even though the battle was fought with SD, WY and MT Indians. 30 years ago I would have picked duck and Cover but most of their Nukes have been decommissioned since then.(At one point SD and ND had more nukes than the rest of the world). since they are so far north and relatively flat they could fire at Russia straight over the north pole at low altitudes. With that said "1982" may be a good map also. With the options 4 star meats is my choice since not only a leader in raising cattle but also in processing.

[MagnusGreeol]

I think 4 Star Meats would be a good fit. South Dakota is ranked 8th in top producing states for cattle.

http://beef2live.com/story-cattle-inven ... -89-108182

- I'm with Yorkshire & Groovy, So,,+3 '')>

[Dukasaur]

The winning suggestion (4-Star Meats) was brought forward by several people independently, but [player]biscuit boy[/player] was the first and is awarded the prize by virtue of precedence.

Congratulations biscuit boy on your brilliant suggestion, your shiny new General Achievement medal, and your 400 credits!



Other prizes awarded are 300 credits to jfm10 for the 2nd place suggestion, Duck and Cover, and 300 credits to djelebert for the 3rd place suggestion, Doodle Earth.

Thank you all for participating and the many great suggestions!

The 7th USAS Contest (Vermont) will begin imminently!

[Dukasaur]

I think 4 Star Meats would be a good fit. South Dakota is ranked 8th in top producing states for cattle.

http://beef2live.com/story-cattle-inven ... -89-108182

Was going to give you precedence on this suggestion, but in scouring the original thread I found this:
Subject: USA Supertournament [167 ON - 37 DONE - 4/20/18]

South Dakota can be 5 star meat. It is a top 10 cattle producing state.

Biscuit boy gets credit as the originator of this suggestion.

On further investigation, I found that jmyork82 had also suggested this map in an internal discussion on June 22nd, 2017. Going to credit his as co-suggestor and award him the medal also.