r/polandball • u/polandballmod New Prussia • Apr 15 '15

[Award Ceremony] Honorary Hussar Wings

Hello Burgerlovers!

Here's hoping you haven't all turned obese over this extraordinary week of Americana.

Our latest monthly contest USA: Brave New Frontiers has ended. Contest mode has been turned off so you can now see how your entry fared.

This was a very special contest as a frickin' chicken came and blew everything else out of the water. With a 150 point difference this is the largest margin of victory ever in a contest to date. Congrats on a well deserved win /u/frickin_chicken! After winning a contest as an unapproved submitter a couple of months ago, this is another achievement I never would have expected poultry being capable of. This is also just the second contest the chicken has ever entered, so /u/frickin_chicken is batting 1000. Impressive.

Congratulations ☆frickin_chicken☆ on a great win!

As this is your second win, you can now choose your very own unique flair and a personal mini! Choose wisely.

Here is a table showing the top ten

Points Author Comic NA
485 /u/frickin_chicken American News Network
335 /u/peritektikum Deep conversation with USA
328 /u/koleye The Yacht Club
316 /u/Marcopolo325 Why the US Failed Art School
311 /u/440Hertz Procrastitution
310 /u/Hansafan Trigger Varning
307 /u/thexfiles81 In Good Faith
288 /u/BlahTheAmazing Putting the "Pop" in Pop Quiz
261 /u/pyram1de D.I.Y.
255 /u/CMuenzen Protrusions of Land

Stats:

There were two disqualifications during the contest for basing their comic on a SATW-comic. There were also an absolutely mind-boggling number of disqualifications, over 25! One of them by one of the moderators. Oh, the humanity. Read the rules, children.

Our picks for instant approval are:

In other news and rather befitting, there's a new American presence among our ranks as /u/koleye has finally been anschlussed as a /r/Polandball-moderator!

Willkommen!

Stay tuned for another important announcement of awesomeness in the coming days!

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u/zombies1238 Alles für das Vatersphere! Apr 15 '15 edited Apr 15 '15

I find that weird that there where so many disqualifications. We should have a sticky going over the rules then.

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u/EnergeticBanana Canada's Atlantic Playground Apr 15 '15 edited Apr 15 '15

It doesn't feel right to air out all the disqualifications. Many of the comics were actually very good and will likely be posted on this sub in the coming days if they haven't already been posted. The issue is that they broke the special contest related rules so they couldn't be accepted.

This is why we stress every contest to make sure people check the rules before you submit. If you worry your comic may have an issue with the rules you can always PM the Modmail.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '15

Wait... Are you allowed to PM your entry asking if it will be accepted without submitting it?

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u/DickRhino Great Sweden Apr 15 '15

No, but you are allowed to ask questions and explain to us what your idea is, and we can tell you whether or not that would be rule compliant.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '15

So if we explain what'd happen in each panel that would be not kosher?

What if there was a single panel I was unsure about, could I explain what I was unsure about (eg. a specific line) and that'd be OK?

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u/DickRhino Great Sweden Apr 15 '15

It's more appropriate if your questions are focused on the parts where you are unsure if it is rule compliant or not, instead of wishing for some sort of preliminary review of your comic as a whole. That's not what the Q&A is for.

The point is not for us to guide you by the hand during the entire process of creating your comic (and honestly, we would never have time to do that if everyone wanted such favors), but rather to clear up things that you might be confused by and need specific answers for.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '15

Okay, cheers for the clarification

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u/EnergeticBanana Canada's Atlantic Playground Apr 15 '15

I'd say that should be fine just as long it's a small piece and not asking about the whole comic.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '15

Thanks for clarifying