Tonight's winner is #71: potatoinmymouth:

Dec 20 and 21: 300 webDip points
Dec 22 and 23: Choice of 500 webDip points XOR playing in a top player invitational game (arranged by a top-player mod)
Dec 24 and 25: Choice of 1000 webDip points XOR playing in a top player invitational game (arranged by yours truly, me) XOR 1-game tutored by a mod of your choice.


If you guys keep +1ing my posts, then
Dec 26-31: Anywhere between 100 and 500 points!!!!

If any one post of mine gets 50 or more +1s, then all the points other than Dec 24 and 25 will be double. This offer is also apply retroactively to this year's prizes (so if I get to 50 +1s for a single post, then the people getting the 100 points will get bumped to 200 points and so forth).

The list after taking #71 out.

1. JEccles
2. Chaqa
3. RagingIke297
4. Tom Bombadil
5. captainmeme
6. ssorenn
7. Doug7878
8. DemonOverlord
9. jmo1121109
10. Dejan0707
11. ND
12. Floodgates
13. Halls of Mandos
14. Rhinos
15. Balrog
16. Kakarroto
17. chluke
18. arj11
19. Peregrine Falcon
20. Deeply-Dippy
21. damian
22. Fluminator
23. Brainbomb
24. Dargorygel
25. Espi
26. CAPT Brad
27. Ezio
28. MoscowFleet
29. Merirosvo
30. steephie22
31. CommanderByron
32. DeathLlama8
33. genghiz
34. CSteinhardt
35. TrPrado
36. Deinodon
37. Quexut
38. AgentM
39. Reedeer1
40. leon1122
41. Pjmansfield99
42. grumbledook
43. 2WL
44. wpfieps
45. parkerwarker
46. Tantrum
47. stefanodangello
48. OB_Gyn_Kenobi
49. TheMarauder
50. Zybodia
51. JECE
52. MrcsAurelius
53. WardenDresden
54. Nynzal
55. Sw3dg!n
56. qwerbnot
57. Powow
58. MKECharlie
59. curupira
60. rdrivera2005
61. Jamiet99uk
62. Yigg
63. abgemacht
64. Unstupid
65. QuackkAttackk
66. ckroberts
67. Hamilton Brian
68. HannibaI
69. Strauss
70. krellin

72. Octavious
73. teacon7
74. Eliwhitney
75. goldfinger0303
76. TmarvoloR
77. Crazy Anglican
78. Bystry
79. Ciyan3
80. yaks
81. JamesYanik
82. CptMike
83. Commander Thomas
84. Wusti
85. yassem
86. Leif_Syverson
87. Maniac
88. uclabb
89. SuperSteve
90. peterlund
91. Mercy
92. Claesar

I did, oh most benevolent Zultar I did +1 another two posts by you. Have a happy Christmas in the magic cave. That's a nice euphemism, the magic cave.

Bump?

Tonight's winner is #20: Deeply-Dippy

Dec 20 and 21: 300 webDip points
Dec 22 and 23: Choice of 500 webDip points XOR playing in a top player invitational game (arranged by a top-player mod)
Dec 24 and 25: Choice of 1000 webDip points XOR playing in a top player invitational game (arranged by yours truly, me) XOR 1-game tutored by a mod of your choice.


If you guys keep +1ing my posts, then
Dec 26-31: Anywhere between 100 and 500 points!!!!

If any one post of mine gets 50 or more +1s, then all the points other than Dec 24 and 25 will be double. This offer is also apply retroactively to this year's prizes (so if I get to 50 +1s for a single post, then the people getting the 100 points will get bumped to 200 points and so forth).

The list after taking #71 out.

1. JEccles
2. Chaqa
3. RagingIke297
4. Tom Bombadil
5. captainmeme
6. ssorenn
7. Doug7878
8. DemonOverlord
9. jmo1121109
10. Dejan0707
11. ND
12. Floodgates
13. Halls of Mandos
14. Rhinos
15. Balrog
16. Kakarroto
17. chluke
18. arj11
19. Peregrine Falcon

21. damian
22. Fluminator
23. Brainbomb
24. Dargorygel
25. Espi
26. CAPT Brad
27. Ezio
28. MoscowFleet
29. Merirosvo
30. steephie22
31. CommanderByron
32. DeathLlama8
33. genghiz
34. CSteinhardt
35. TrPrado
36. Deinodon
37. Quexut
38. AgentM
39. Reedeer1
40. leon1122
41. Pjmansfield99
42. grumbledook
43. 2WL
44. wpfieps
45. parkerwarker
46. Tantrum
47. stefanodangello
48. OB_Gyn_Kenobi
49. TheMarauder
50. Zybodia
51. JECE
52. MrcsAurelius
53. WardenDresden
54. Nynzal
55. Sw3dg!n
56. qwerbnot
57. Powow
58. MKECharlie
59. curupira
60. rdrivera2005
61. Jamiet99uk
62. Yigg
63. abgemacht
64. Unstupid
65. QuackkAttackk
66. ckroberts
67. Hamilton Brian
68. HannibaI
69. Strauss
70. krellin

72. Octavious
73. teacon7
74. Eliwhitney
75. goldfinger0303
76. TmarvoloR
77. Crazy Anglican
78. Bystry
79. Ciyan3
80. yaks
81. JamesYanik
82. CptMike
83. Commander Thomas
84. Wusti
85. yassem
86. Leif_Syverson
87. Maniac
88. uclabb
89. SuperSteve
90. peterlund
91. Mercy
92. Claesar

List after taking 71 out? Not sure you proofread that.

Why are names being taken off? I thought zultar said you can win multiple times?

Oh I neglected to change that #20 was taken out. I'm sure proofing this is really important to people...
And no, people cannot win multiple times.

DemonOverlord Online (235 D)
Mon 12 Dec
"One name will be drawn without replacement once a day until the evening of Dec 25th."

This means I can win multiple things right?

zultar Online (3900 D Mod (P))
Mon 12 Dec
+1 (+12)
For you, that's exactly what it means, DO. :)

Oops. Thought that's what this meant ^^^

@DO, without replacement means that when you draw a name it is discarded and not added back into the pool. Zultar was teasing you when he said "for you, that's what it means".

Thanks Demon Overlord for getting the most benevolent Zultar to post a reply to your question. All so I could +1 another post from Zultar. Your cunning plan is a gem

Leave it to a itch to try o reap more thah she sowed

Time for my quotidian bump.

A what, krellin?

I asked because I only really wanted the invitational game prices.

Leon is right --- low skilled players shouldn't get gifts to enter games they don't deserve to be in .... while players earning their points don't get to play in those games for quite awhile

@Bladerunners
So to paraphrase: "Bah, humbug!"

It really doesn't matter. If they don't deserve to be in the games, they'll lose their points after one or two and be right back where they were. It's not a lifetime admission pass.

Points are virtually meaningless. The best thing about this thread is that it helps to spread that message.

Or the worst thing... I disagree with fun being educational out of principle

Points don't mean much. I like the idea of an invitational game because it seems like an opportunity to learn - to get better at the game. I'd trade all my points (such as they are) to get tutored by top players on the website.

Oh! Pick me!! Pick me!!!

we didn't get a pick yesterday? The suspense is killing me.

I do wish more high end players would play with everybody. Like everything else in life, practice makes you better. Too many here are worried about their ratings. The only way to create more competition is to allow others to learn. That's why I try to play with all.

Eh, I don't play with lower ranked people because, in my experience, they lack the awareness of the game to respond rationally to press.

Example would be:
"Mate, that's a really bad stab of me. You left yourself open and Russia is now going to solo unless you stop."

"No, that's not true at all. You're wrong"

*Proceeds with more dire warnings until Russia inevitably does solo*

"Look man, I told you it was coming. You should've listened to me"

"STFU, you're terrible at this game."

One gets tired of those exchanges.

goldfinger! i challenge you to a game.

I get your point goldy. I really do. But how are we to create a better pool of players if we don't give them a chance.
It drives me nuts when people don't respond to press or won't listen to reason. We still need to try though

ssorenn, you and reason are total strangers.

@goldfinger - That's a lazy rationale in my opinion. In your example I would argue that its your fault for losing because clearly Russia did a better job of communicating with the lower ranked player.

To me, if you are a really strong player you should have the wherewithal to manipulate lesser players to your advantage - not let other players use them to your disadvantage.

Nah, playing experienced players is far easier than playing noobs. It's tricky to argue that an alliance is in a player's best interest when they have no idea what their best interest is.

Noobs can be a lot of fun though :)

Experienced players also tend to pick up a lot of rules thumb for "good play" which can make them comically predictable. Noobs are more likely to play like Valis in one of his moods.