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View Poll Results: What would you like our planet in the PTW Democracy Game to be called?
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Bob
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Mingapulco
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Apolyton
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Maailma
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Abstain (as in not voting, you smart-alec)
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November 16, 2002, 05:11
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Name the Planet 1st Run-Off Poll
This poll exists for the purpose of establishing what the TOP TWO choices are for a planetname.
What would you like our planet in the PTW Democracy Game to be called?
1. Bob
2. Mingapulco
3. Apolyton
4. Maailma
5. Abstain (as in not voting, you smart-alec)
If any one option obtains an actual majority (50%+1, counting abstains), then it will be the name of the planet. If not, the top 2 options will be taken to the final run-off poll. That poll will determine what the chosen name will be.
This poll will last 3 days.
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November 16, 2002, 07:00
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It has to be Bob.
Mingapulco and Apolyton are cities, not planets! Get it right! 
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November 16, 2002, 07:13
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Where does this "Bob" thing come from?
Is there some big inside-joke that I've missed?
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November 16, 2002, 07:23
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I have to vote for the sheer beauty of Maailma  .
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Last edited by Spiffor; November 17, 2002 at 06:04.
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November 16, 2002, 07:38
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Originally posted by FrustratedPoet
Where does this "Bob" thing come from?
Is there some big inside-joke that I've missed?
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Some SciFi that you would rather not own up to. But, someone will be along soon to explain.
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November 16, 2002, 09:06
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Bob, Bob, Bobbing for apples....(GF sings incredibly off key)
The only thing better than Bob, would be to call it planet Tod.
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November 16, 2002, 09:21
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Originally posted by FrustratedPoet
Where does this "Bob" thing come from?
Is there some big inside-joke that I've missed?
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Something from the Civ3 Demo game i recon. They were going to name the continent and someone said that in all our continents (on Earth that is) the names 1st letter is the same as the last. Then they decided to call the continent 'bob'. I think it was something like that, thats what they told me when i asked atleast 
EDIT: Apolyton must ofcourse be the planet name!!! In civ3 DG it was only one human/apolytonian civ. Here it's five!
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November 16, 2002, 09:52
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I suppose I am destined to be the nosy one who comes along to answer the question the proper way: Bob refers to the name of the new homeplanet created in Titan A.E.
I voted Maailma
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November 16, 2002, 10:09
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Our creator The Banana created our world Bob ?
I think it should have been Peel
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November 16, 2002, 14:29
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Maailma! Maailma!
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November 16, 2002, 17:40
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Bob! Bob! Bob! Meshelic yells at the top of his lungs
Yes Bob was a Civ3Democracy game idea. I think it's more than appopriate.
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November 16, 2002, 18:58
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No, not Bob, it just doesn't sound right. NEWS REPORT: TTA has been wiped off Bob by the Builders of Legoland.
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November 16, 2002, 19:04
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Who's TTA ???  
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November 16, 2002, 22:25
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Originally posted by Odin
No, not Bob, it just doesn't sound right. NEWS REPORT: TTA has been wiped off Bob by the Builders of Legoland.
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"Wiped off Bob" sounds good. "Wiped off by the Builders of Legoland" doesn't sound right though.
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Originally posted by alva848
Who's TTA ???
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 I think its T&A, but I could be wrong. I think it refers to notyoueither and his IRC Lolitas........
Last edited by GhengisFarb™; November 16, 2002 at 23:40.
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November 16, 2002, 22:58
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BOB!
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November 17, 2002, 01:38
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Bob? Huh? What in the world are you guys thinking?!?!?! What would we call ourselves?
Boblings? No... to stupid.
Bobicans? Please...
The best choice would be:
Bobbits.... Anyone remember a guy named John Wayne Bobbit? Anyone here remember what happened to him?
*** Donegeal shudders ***
I don't think I like that idea...
Vote Apolyton! Its our Name-sake!
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November 17, 2002, 01:51
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Well, a lot of peeps are going to end up Bobitted, sounds relevant to me 
Wasn't my choice either btw. Not that important either
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November 17, 2002, 05:45
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Originally posted by Odin
No, not Bob, it just doesn't sound right.
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or does it sound so right it blows your mind? 
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November 17, 2002, 05:48
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It may not be the most glamorous name, but I think the beauty of Bob lies mostly in it being so 'out of nowhere' and full of questions....everyone who joins is now going to be asking 'who's this bob everyone's talking about?'.
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November 17, 2002, 08:03
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Originally posted by donegeal
Bobbits.... Anyone remember a guy named John Wayne Bobbit? Anyone here remember what happened to him?
*** Donegeal shudders ***
I don't think I like that idea...
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Thanks God, my wife will never see this (I hope)!
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November 18, 2002, 10:14
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Isn't there another option missing here? As in, the civ who is dominate around 1AD names the world??? After all, isn't it the conquerers who write history?
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November 18, 2002, 10:25
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Ha. Hah-ha. Hah-hah-ha!
BOB LIVES!
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November 18, 2002, 11:01
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I realize its a little late, but as our glorious ancestors named the planet after what they walked on (earth) perhaps we should've named the planet "Clod" instead of Bob.
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November 18, 2002, 11:17
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Or perhaps more appropriately, Foolsland, eh? Afterall, are the mighty not walking on the bodies of fools?
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November 18, 2002, 19:28
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Originally posted by WarriorPoet
Isn't there another option missing here? As in, the civ who is dominate around 1AD names the world??? After all, isn't it the conquerers who write history?
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You're only halfway to the truth of the issue with that statement... establishing a common name requires a large degree of voluntary self-enforcement... By conducting polling for a common name and thus utilizing people's conditioned respect for the legitimacy of democratic results, a lot of people are willing to call the planet Bob or whatever else decided upon, even though they wouldn't otherwise do so
Afterall, the name of the planet doesn't require the same unanimity required for selecting the mapsize or difficulty level...
Interesting, eh?
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November 18, 2002, 19:42
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By conducting polling for a common name and thus utilizing people's conditioned respect for the legitimacy of democratic results, a lot of people are willing to call the planet Bob or whatever else decided upon, even though they wouldn't otherwise do so
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Collective stupidity, eh? Another word they use for democracy..
"Bob" ...think of it! - Isn't the voting masses stupid?
(just as in RL politics)
"bob, bob, BOB... " Whos idea was in in the first place???
Ahhhhh! I'll BLOBB that person right in his... BOB!
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November 18, 2002, 20:37
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Who thought of Bob? Well it doesn't matter.
16 people, 40% of all who voted in the poll decreed what to name our planet. Whether you like it or not, those 40% are right. Majority's a B***H eh?
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November 18, 2002, 20:54
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Bob...hmm...until my team wins *ahem* the planet will be named Bob...afterwards, it will most likely be called Luxor or Trippanna or Luxia....
In otherwords, this is a silly poll, and not worth my remaining handfull of brain cells? Eh, Arnelos?
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