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Defender Awards
Topic Started: 9 Jan 2010, 02:03 (837,128 Views)
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The 4th Annual Defender Awards are due to start on January 9th this year. All are welcomed to participate in the nominations, voting, and general discussion which arises from the awards.

The Defender Awards will be lasting for a month - with 2 weeks of nominations, starting on the 9th, followed by 2 weeks of voting. 3 days after the voting is complete, the results will be announced.

The Awards are hosted by the FRA, and can be found here.

This year, as an addition, we are going to be having several interviews with past winners of awards, as well as (hopefully) some of those who the awards are named after.

The awards are as follows:


The EuroSoviets Award

The EuroSoviets award is given to the nation who is viewed by the NS community as the one nation who has helped the defender cause the most in the last year.


The Ananke Award

The Ananke Award is giving to those nations who spend their own time looking out for any invasions that are taking place. This normally means staying up till very late and sacrificing their sleep for the greater good.


The Anarchotopia Award

This award is given to the organisation which has proved the most successful in preventing invasions.


The Eagles Disobey Award

This award is given to a particular region which has done its utmost to keep free regions free.


The Blackbird Award

A special award that is given to the invader group which the NS community considers the best out there due to whatever reason.


The Sir Lans Award

Newly re-named, the old 'Updater of the Year Award' is for the person who has been involved in more update missions than any other, and has shown dedication to be there if they are needed.


The Operation of the year

The mission which stands out from all others from the last year due to the success, the numbers involved or any other reason.


The Best newcomer Award (for region, nation, organisation)

Given to the region, nation or organisation which has appeared within the last year, and impressed the defender community the most.


The Dipes Award

Given to the nation whom has best served the Intelligence cause.


The Worst Invasion Award

The award given to the operation which was classed as the worst invasion due to defender mistakes, invader cunning or any other reason.


The Best Defender Quote

A light hearted award, given to the nation whose quote or motto has been considered strange, funny or different.


The Meltdown of the Year Award

Given to a nation, region or organisation which has self imploded in spectacular (and often hilarious) style.


The Lifetime Achievement Award for Dedication to Defending

The award given to the nation who has been a dedicated servant to the defender cause for many years, often sacrificing different luxuries in order to help as much as they can.



Again, all are welcome to attend - even neutrals & invaders. Visit the FRA forums to attend.

Just to confirm, Govindia is allowed to participate in these awards, so long as he acts sensibly on the forums.
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The nominations period closed yesterday, and voting started this morning. If you're interested in voting, please visit the FRA forums for more information - make sure you vote soon, as voting closes in 2 weeks time.
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OK, slight change to that - I'm opening up voting on the forums of some of the larger FRA member regions. If you haven't voted elsewhere, you have until Saturday to vote on this forum.

To vote, send a Private Message to my account.

In that Private Message please indicate clearly the names of those who you wish to vote for.

Please remember there is one vote for every award - if you vote for more than one person for a specific award, then those votes will be discounted.

You can only vote for those people who are nominated - write-in nominations will not be accepted.

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Confirmed Nominations:


The EuroSoviets Award
Sedge
Anime Daisuki
Northern Chittowa
Naivetry
Ananke
Unibot


The Ananke Award
Anime Daisuki
Ananke
Dyr Nasad
Danubium
Chin-chillas
Wopruthien


The Anarchotopia Award
Founderless Regions Alliance
SRATO (for keeping its members arguing)
Crusaders of Justice


The Eagles Disobey Award
10000 Islands
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Equilism
The Council of Narnia


The Blackbird Award
Unknown


The Sir Lans Award
Wopruthien
Ananke
Tupelope


The Operation of the year
Belgium
Feudal Japan
Utopia
404 Region Not Found


The Best newcomer Award
Royal Federation of Nations
Biblical Importance
Inquirius
Cocodian
Zybodia
Dyr Nasad


The Dipes Award
Numero Capitan
Pengwiniah
Anime Daisuki
Ananke
Dyr Nasad


The Worst Invasion Award
Time


The Meltdown of the Year Award
Eagle Clan
The Commonwealth
Falconias


The Lifetime Achievement Award for Dedication to Defending
Anime Daisuki
Ananke
Sedge
NewTexas
Goobergunchia



The Best Defender Quote

Nomination 1:

Falc: Is 3 am refounding time?
Neas: updates start in 23 minutes, falc
Falc: ...your point?
Neas: you were talking about the time to refound or something?
Falc: no, omg lmao, time is a region, and 3 am is a nation
Neas: *Petal is still confused, but whateva

Nomination 2:

Eagle Clan RMB:
108 minutes ago  The Colony of Dragon Stealers  Does anyone have any EVIDENCE to prove that Redmend is not a raider puppet, please convince me.

83 minutes ago  The Armed Union of Redmend  I can't say it on the RMB because if TBH read it they will be after me. i am not in any Org to raid region, Why would a raider come on there own?? that would be stupid.

37 minutes ago  The Beer Flavoured Icecream of DYP  Hi i'm new

12 minutes ago  The Colony of Dragon Stealers  Hello, who are you?

9 minutes ago  The Colony of Dragon Stealers  Yeah Redmend you might be stupid, maybe you really are... you can't just say I'm not a raider and be done with it, why don't I say I'm your mother and let's be done with it too...

3 hours agoThe Constitutional Monarchy of HalbertstanI can vouch for Redmend - he's not a raider, in fact, I'd say he's pretty pissed off with raiders at the moment.

Commander Diddly Squitt of The Black Hawks.

3 hours agoThe Constitutional Monarchy of HalbertstanYou never know...he may be a good soldier for you guys, you're gonna need the help...

(Halberstan ejected by Jakuva)

2 hours agoThe Armed Eagle Clans of JakuvaOne sucka down! :P

2 hours agoThe Armed Eagle Clans of JakuvaWe got invited to an unknown wedding... XD look at what i put!!! i was able to change his post!!!

109 minutes agoThe Emancipator of Solmlol...........and why is a person from The Black Hawks (our enemy) vouching for a person here???? Now im pretty sure Redmend is a spy if this person from The Black Hawks is helping him...

82 minutes agoThe Constitutional Monarchy of HalbertstanOr maybe that's what we want you to think..

5 hours ago  The Armed Union of Redmend  Why would i work with the people that took my region over??



5 hours ago  The Armed Union of Redmend  Why would you want to spy on this region anyway? They cant prevent anything we do.



5 hours ago  The Armed Union of Redmend Hey, Solm, why would a spy and his helper be so dumb to friggen post on the RMB? Ehh? You really aren't that smart if you think i am a spy!



5 hours ago  The Armed Union of Redmend  I don't know about you lot..I think i will return when i think it best.



4 hours ago  The Incorporated States of Synexix  you seem pretty defensivr...



4 hours ago  The Emancipator of Solm  OK NOW I HAVE PROOF THAT YOU ARE A SPY!!!

In your post: "Why would you want to spy on this region anyway? They cant prevent anything we do."

u said we, meaning that you are part of them.

Nomination 3:

Kobold:
erm sure I guess. :P

We don't intentionally try to be ass-ish, and generally we enjoy our new members. However your particular situation has occured before.

This is actually like the 15th time i've heard the exact same story as yours. of those 15 times, if you really weren't a spy you would be the first person to not be.

We aren't trying to be rude, however, when you get spied on as much as we do you get impatient with people who follow the same story.

Since you probably will try to argue I will take the time to delve into this further, so that you may take this information with you and come up with a better strategy for trying to spy on us.

The typical N00B spy intro thread:

noob spy:
Well, My name is ______, I joined the great game of Nationstates about 3 years ago and then it became boring,especially since I never got active in a region with a good forum.

The years passed and when I remembered that I had some friends on here I ran to my computer, I forgot the password and name of my old Nation so I made a new one. I promise that I will be a active member, and no, I am not a person who just says that.

us:
Sorry to burst your bubble matey but we're not a region.

You don't happen to remember the name of what regions you kept your old nation in do you? Its just i've heard the "forgot the name and password" story so many times its become boring.

noob spy:
Err I can't remember. I'm really sorry, it's been a long time!

us:
It happens I suppose, how did you hear about us then?

noob spy:
Well, one of my friends at school last year was begging me to get back on and he said that alot of regions in NS were active and that it would be funner to join a more active region/alliance of regions then it would to be in a slow one. I finally decided to try it and here I am, I found you guys when I asked him last week which ones he could name off the top of his head and the FRA was one of them. I decided to join here because I liked the name. cool.gif And that is the story of how I got here.

So here is the part where we usually ask you just to go join a member region, nicely and politely. There you will learn a bit about us, and we can see how you do there, kind of a way to ease into NS and the FRA as a whole. To Be Honest we usually test your "newness" in these places, and if you pass then you are welcome to join here.

However what usually occurs at this point is when we start getting annoyed with people.

us:
yeah well that is great and all but you still didnt answer the question. who is your friend and what nation/region is he located in?

Noob spy:
silent or defensive

us:
Listen mate, if you want to participate in our member regions and stuff, fine but if you want to spy on us then just don't bother because you wont get anywhere. Your inability to give a straight answer to simple questions among other things.

The overall problem is that the FRA does not actively recruit people, so you had to hear about us from somewhere, which means you've been playing, or if you did hear it from a friend you could figure out who they were or are on the game. When people fail to answer the "Where did you hear of us from" question, then we have come to the conclusion that you are in fact a failed spy attempt.

This is where we begin spamming the caca de vaca out of your intro thread until you either prove yourself to be legit, or you leave and we laugh it off and continue on our merry way.



So, please do one of two things for us. Either figure out who your friend is and let us know, or enjoy spending some time in one of our member regions for a bit until you get to know a few of us or you bugger off.


This concludes the N00B spy tutorial. Thank you for your time.

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Nomination 4:
Sedge/FRA Statement on Belgium: Falconias the hero of Belgium

Falconias was the hero of last night's liberation of Belgium. He selflessly sacrificed his presence on the liberation attempt for the greater good, allowing over 20 defender nations to move in within a couple of minutes of update time. His absence allowed the FRA to call in several other defender groups to assist the liberation, and moreover, to avoid controversy, by not sullying the RMB of Belgium with gloating remarks. The FRA therefore wishes to thank Falconias for his absence from the liberation, and urges him to make it a habit. It is believed that the natives are considering re-naming their region 'Falconias-Belgium' in his honour.

Nomination 5:
Falconias:
@ DK: That doesn't even make sense. Anyone who believes invading is a realistic simulation of real-world war is an idiot :rolleyes:

Sedge:
Bullshit. If the US just deployed a few more WAs in Afghanistan, they'd be able to banject those pesky Taliban nations, and install a secret password.

Nomination 6:
Karputsk:
What happened to Eagle Clan being defenders? :P

Numero Capitan:
They are, but not Defenders like Sedge

Nomination 7:

Cocodian:
He Pm'ed me on the AWP forums to ask to speak on msn. I'm not going to get a hurl of abuse am I if I agree?

Falconias:
Nope, never :ph43r:

I think everyone needs that special little Gov MSN experience :ph43r:



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This is a transcript of the awards ceremony:



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All the previous awards ceremonies may have been held in March, but we're not ashamed to break with tradition here, so I now bring you the winners of the 4th Annual Defender Awards!

Before we start, I'd just like to thank everyone who voted this time around. We had three years of declining turnout, but we've had a record 39 votes this year - nearly 3 times last year's turnout, and spread over several forums. This means that the awards truly are representative of the defender community, which can only be a good thing.

Now because I don't want a mob forming outside my office, I'll get on with the awards:


The Eurosoviets Award

This award is given to the defender who is viewed by the NS community as the one nation who has helped the defender cause the most in the last year. This person must be active, hard-working, honourable and... what?!?! I think our voters have been spending too much time at the founderless tavern, because they seem to have voted for me! Well thanks :D

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The Ananke Award

Swiftly moving on, we find ourselves with the Ananke Award, given to the person who has put the most work into spotting invasions. The winner is someone who really should've won this award before - Anime Daisuki, who narrowly pips Ananke to the award.

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The Anarchotopia Award

This award has been subject to a fair bit of criticism, because there is only one likely winner - but perhaps thats just because we're so awesome! Yet again, the winner of the Anarchotopia award is the Founderless Regions Alliance, crushing the Crusaders of Justice and SRATO beneath its mighty feet.

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The Eagles Disobey Award

Well Eagle Clan may have thought this one was named after them, but what do they know? The winners of this award lost out to AWP last year, but there was no chance of them not winning this time around - yes, the winner is 10000 Islands, who averaged an amazing 20 missions per month during the last year.

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The Blackbird Award

There was only one invader group nominated for this award, which shows just how much the invading world has fallen apart. However, Unknown must be given credit for their regular update raids, which have kept us all busy.

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The Sir Lans Award

The old 'updater of the year award', now re-named after one of the best updaters of the last few years, was one of two awards whose winner was decided with the very last vote cast. Therefore, an honourable mention should go to Ananke, who lost to Wopruthien by a single vote. However, credit must go to Wopruthien - a relative newcome to defending, who has impressed everyone with his regular presence at update.

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The Operation of the Year Award

There were several missions which caught the imagination of defenders last year - 404 Region Not Found being a regular victim of invasion, and Utopia being liberated in stylish fashion. However, this award was only ever going to be competed by two missions - the liberation of Belgium, where defenders acquired the password to the region and snuck in before a liberation resolution could be passed, and Feudal Japan, where a massive number of nations moved in, after a campaign lasting several months. I can't deny my delight at Feudal Japan being the winner of this award. Anyone who participated in that mission, should proudly display this image in their signature:

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The Newcomer of the Year Award

The last year has seen many impressive newcomers to the world of defending, and really all the nominations deserved this award. However, there was only one winner - Cocodian of the FRA, whose calm leadership belies his status as a relative newcomer.

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The Dipes Award

I know what you're all thinking - this one is Numero's. Since the introduction of this award, it has been won both years by Numero Capitan, perhaps because he blackmailed everyone to vote for him. However we have a real shock in this year. This was the second award decided by the last vote cast, with Anime Daisuki claiming this year's award, to leave Numero crying into his IP library.

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The Worst Invasion Award

We only had one nomination for this award, and this just shows how much we screwed up :P Yes, the winner of this award is Time for the FRA's spectacular failure, with the delegacy given to an invader sleeper, who promptly booted everyone and tried to re-found. Credit is due to Unknown for this sneaky behaviour.

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The Meltdown of the Year Award

This award has impressive luminaries - the Confederacy of Free Regions, The Last Kingdom, and The New Revolution. We had some epic meltdowns this year, including the implosion of The Commonwealth, and Falconias turning invader, but they were all overshadowed by what has to be the worst region of all time - please put your hands together for the ever-amusing Eagle Clan!

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The Lifetime Achievement Award for Dedication to Defending

This individual really deserves this award for having been one of the leading defenders over the last few years. He's already won two awards this year, which just shows how much people appreciate him. Joining previous winners Pope Hope, Grub, Northern Chittowa and Sir Lans as winners of this award is Anime Daisuki.

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The Defender Quote of the Year

We're onto our final award here, and its a more light-hearted one. Narrowly beating a confused Neasmyrna into second place is this:

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@ DK: That doesn't even make sense. Anyone who believes invading is a realistic simulation of real-world war is an idiot :rolleyes:


Bullshit. If the US just deployed a few more WAs in Afghanistan, they'd be able to banject those pesky Taliban nations, and install a secret password.

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That concludes the 4th Defender Awards, and I hope the 5th can be as good. Before we leave, I'd like to thank Kobold who made the awards this year. We'll also be having a review of the various awards categories, but not before everyone has had a pint or two in the Founderless Tavern - drinks on me!
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The Blackbird Award

There was only one invader group nominated for this award, which shows just how much the invading world has fallen apart. However, Unknown must be given credit for their regular update raids, which have kept us all busy.

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I would say that TBR has almost gotten to that level.
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not even close... they're a joke...
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havent seen one raid by them

then you should be looking more :P

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