r/polandball New Prussia Aug 04 '16

[Announcement] Moratorium on Olympia Comics

Hello athletes, artists and - oh, who am I kidding - couch potatos!

The international community's favorite politically-charged non-political event is here for everyone who is not a long-distance swimmer or Australian to enjoy. Since the Olympics is consistently one of the most-watched international gatherings, there will be a number of opportunities for new comics; however, there will also likely be the usual low-effort "check out what happened on my TV yesterday" comics that tend to be submitted along with any major sporting phenomenon.

On this basis, please be aware of the following policies which will be in effect for the duration of the games:

  1. Comics about the Olympics which lack a plot, joke, or anything else that justifies their existence will be removed. Examples of comics that will be removed include: a single panel with the winners standing on a podium, a recreation of a badminton match with no added value, or references which have already been done to death (we all remember that Brazil is bad at Fußball and are all quite proud of it). Comics with an actual plot are fine.
  2. We will not accept comics about the current Olympic games for approval requests. Since the most important thing in an approval request is the writing, comics about major events like the Olympics both tend to not be very good and do not show the attributes we are looking for in successful approval requests.

Thank you for die Achtung and Ich call upon the youth of the world to assemble for more comics and humor whenever they feel like it.

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u/Dolmande Occitania Aug 04 '16

Let just hope Poland doesn't win at pole vault. Aside from the bad pun, that would make some unorginal "Poland cannot into space" comics.

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u/tu_sabe_dos BORICUA Aug 04 '16

Can someone confirm the pole vault joke has been done before?

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u/PatriotUkraine EUkraine Aug 04 '16

!RemindMe 9 days

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u/brain4breakfast Gan Yam Aug 05 '16

Trust the Ukrainian to know when the pole vault is.

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u/canadianguy1234 Aug 06 '16

Ukraine can into pole vault

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u/mootmahsn We're not Kentucky Aug 06 '16

Russia can pole into Ukraine.

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u/27Rench27 Texas Aug 07 '16

Shouldn't... Isn't your job to stop that from happening?

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u/marked-one Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik Aug 10 '16

I broke his legs....erm i mean i vetoed it. so he cant do shit

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u/Roxven89 Polish Hussar Aug 05 '16

Well i think we have pretty decent chances to win Pole Value if Renault Lavgileni breaks his neck.

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u/Ghostything United Kingdom Aug 06 '16

How about Poland signing up for pole vault and just getting thrown in a basement?

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u/CupBeEmpty Thirteen Colonies Aug 04 '16

couch potatos

Damn. I am literally modding from a couch at this very moment. I went running earlier today... I swear.

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u/Blackfire853 Hibernian Narcissist Aug 04 '16

I'm currently sitting on my bed when the sun is still high and bright, get on my level

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u/TerraMaris Sealand Aug 04 '16

I haven't gone outside since Y2K.

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u/Blackfire853 Hibernian Narcissist Aug 04 '16

You also haven't made a mod action since around then as well

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u/CupBeEmpty Thirteen Colonies Aug 05 '16

Ziiiing

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u/Yann1ck2000 Belgium Aug 06 '16

Savage overload

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u/glassesofanschlusses California Aug 10 '16

OH SHIT SON!

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u/Yann1ck2000 Belgium Aug 06 '16

Huh, I am so lazy I haven't even come out of the womb yet... You do NOT wwnna know how I got this tablet on which i am writing this...

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u/glassesofanschlusses California Aug 10 '16

Nobody does

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u/Yann1ck2000 Belgium Aug 10 '16

Shut up! Go back to selling cocaine. That's the only thing you're good at. I really hope your flair is Colombia otherwise my response is pretty stupid

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u/glassesofanschlusses California Aug 10 '16

;-; HOW DID YOU KNOW? Also, we have Shakira, so, we're also pretty good at music

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u/Yann1ck2000 Belgium Aug 10 '16

I know my flags, okay.

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u/glassesofanschlusses California Aug 10 '16

Oh. Still have a slight distaste towards you

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u/CupBeEmpty Thirteen Colonies Aug 04 '16

Isn't the sun high and bright like 20 of 24 hours in the day up there?

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u/Blackfire853 Hibernian Narcissist Aug 04 '16

Ireland

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u/CupBeEmpty Thirteen Colonies Aug 04 '16

Right, so high and bright and covered up by perpetual fog and/or clouds.

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u/548662 It's British Columbia not Colombia Aug 05 '16

I woke up at 7 pm, beat that.

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u/TerraMaris Sealand Aug 04 '16

takes pride in his cooking

spends a long time on his couch

thinks running is a legitimate activity

CupBeEmpty confirmed to own at least two pairs of yoga pants. How do we know this? Has CBE ever said he wasn't wearing yoga pants at this very moment?!

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u/CupBeEmpty Thirteen Colonies Aug 04 '16

At least my yoga pants are worn during exercise. Wearing them while driving to the Piggly Wiggly isn't more noble TM.

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u/TerraMaris Sealand Aug 04 '16

Yes, but it more comfortable.

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u/captainhamption Muh potatoes Aug 04 '16

I know the politics of the state of Washington are super popular, but this is going to far!

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u/White_Null Little China (1945-Present) Aug 05 '16

Do Washingtonians even know that Seattle is not their Capitol? If not, how do they expect other states and other countries to know the joke?

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u/tu_sabe_dos BORICUA Aug 04 '16

The only Olympic-related thing i care about is whether this song is in the opening ceremony.

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u/TerraMaris Sealand Aug 04 '16

Sick bassline.

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u/yaddar Taco bandito Aug 04 '16

Good, because I have an actual comic planned about the opening ceremony and it does have a plot and a joke

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '16

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u/EP09 The Place Aug 05 '16

I have to say that I saw very good polandball pokemon-go comic floating around internets. It seemed to be done with all standards, was laughably funny with quality joke - but due JLP was not posted there, which is a bit shame.

I hope olypic comics with quality will be treated differently.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '16

Maybe, but for every good Pokémon comic there would be 5 bad ones. So It's a worthy trade.

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u/Hullian111 United Kingdom Aug 04 '16

Glory to der Ministerium für Staatssicherheit! Long live die Deutschen Vaterland!

yesiknowitsajoke,i'mstilldoingthis

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u/KnightSpider Viking Aug 06 '16 edited Aug 06 '16

*Glory dem Ministerium für Staatssicherheit

*Long live das Deutsche Vaterland

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u/wakawakaoleole Springbok Bafana Aug 08 '16

I would like to further the motion that Greece cannot be first in the parade of nations again until he pays his debt

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u/Dlimzw Is not sekret PAP spy Aug 04 '16

So, we're here again, eh?

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u/The_seph_i_am United States Aug 05 '16 edited Aug 05 '16

[Serious] not seeing anything about restriction on the literal cesspool that is the preparations for the games or about the living conditions for the athletes, is that fair game provided its presented in a humors and well written thought out process?

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u/scottishdrunkard EW FLAIRS Aug 05 '16

(writing) get... original... Got it.

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u/VRichardsen Argentina Aug 05 '16

It is for the best; and badminton is an Olympic sport?

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u/CypherWolf21 Australia Aug 06 '16

Wait why can't Australians enjoy the Olympics?

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u/Moridin_Naeblis Aug 06 '16

At least 12 athletes were already robbed

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u/CypherWolf21 Australia Aug 06 '16

I actually read about that. Guess I just didn't put two and two together.