Last call for New Hampshire

500 trillion sheckles.

Which reminds me of what a co-worker said yesterday as we were eating lunch. Taco Bell's having an "El Presidente" contest, and it says you can win 30 million pesos instantly. So my co-worker reads that and says, "What's that worth, like, a couple chalupas?"

I laughed.

Another tie bid ($13), but Team Radii grabs New Hampshire by a half-hour.

South Dakota is next up.

Last call for South Dakota

tarcone takes South Dakota as his fourth state, for a $15 bid.

Michigan is now on the block.

At this point, I'll be disappointed if tarcone doesn't get ND or Nebraska (especially ND). Texas was apparently an abberation in his little Great Plains world. :D

GO MIDWEST

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I think one of these states taken recently is a pretty nice steal

I bid a trillion dollars.

I miss home. :(

Last call for Michigan

Butter of 69 takes Michigan as his second state for a $27 bid, and we now move into scoring for stage 2.

Please select your second state and post your value choices ASAP.

Rhode Island (might as well take my lumps now; what was I thinking?):

Narragansett Bay [NB]
Providence Waterfront [SA]
Nathanael Greene [HC]
Oliver Perry [HC]

-1 for Agriculture and Resources

BIG BLUE BUG!

Michigan

1. Isle Royale [NB]
2. Keweenaw Copper [AR]
3. Red Wings [SA]
4. Auto industry [HC]

I probably won't have the time to get to this until tomorrow evening, hopefully that isn't a huge problem?

Idaho

Potatoes [AR]
Sun Valley [SA]
Shoshone Falls [NB]
nuclear power [HC]

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I'll have mine at some point today or early this evening.

I'll get mine in this afternoon...

Iowa

corn (AR)
Iowa Wrestling (SA)
Amana Colonies (HC)
Herbert Hoover (HC)

Natural beauty [NB], Sports and Attractions [SA], Agriculture and Resources [AR], and History and Culture [HC]

Mississippi
Freedom Summer [HC]
Mississippi River [NB]
B.B. King [HC]
Vicksburg Battle [HC]

Ohio

1. Cedar Point (SA)
2. Eight Presidents (HC)
3. Serpent Mound (HC)
4. Soybeans (AR)


-Anxiety


-Anxiety

Illinois:

(HC) Chicago Fire
(HC) Prohibition Wars
(SA) Bulls, Cubs
(AR) Stockyards

I will not be able to submit mine until tonight.

Son of a bitch...

I meant that I would get mine done this morning.

Hawaii
Pearl Harbor [HC]
Kilauea Volcano [SA]
Pineapple [AR]
Iao Valley [NB]

So many possibilities

I think I would have gone with "Hawaii Motherfucker"

Missouri:

[NB]The Ozarks
[SA]MLB Cardinals
[AR]Total Farms
[HC]Missouri Compromise

Louisiana

[SA] Mardi Gras
[AR] N.O. Port
[HC] Jazz Music
[AR] Sugar Cane


Hopefully its obvious what I intended on the second one, the city having two words in it makes it a bit tough.

Thanks guys. We're now in the judging stage.

Stage 2 Scoreboard:

Hawaii (Masked): 18
Pearl Harbor [HC] 5
Kilauea Volcano [SA] 5
Pineapple [AR] 4
Iao Valley [NB] 4

Louisiana (Radii & Oliegirl): 16
[SA] Mardi Gras 5
[AR] N.O. Port 3
[HC] Jazz Music 5
[AR] Sugar Cane 4
-1 NB

Michigan (Butter of 69): 16
Isle Royale [NB] 4
Keweenaw Copper [AR] 3
Red Wings [SA] 4
Auto industry [HC] 5

Idaho (TazFTW): 15
Potatoes [AR] 5
Sun Valley [SA] 4
Shoshone Falls [NB] 3
Nuclear power [HC] 3

Illinois (path12): 15
(HC) Chicago Fire 4
(HC) Prohibition Wars 4
(SA) Bulls, Cubs 5
(AR) Stockyards 3
-1 NB

Missouri (sachmo71 & JeeberD): 15
[NB]The Ozarks 4
[SA]MLB Cardinals 4
[AR]Total Farms 3
[HC]Missouri Compromise 4

Mississippi (wade moore): 13
Freedom Summer [HC] 3
Mississippi River [NB] 3
B.B. King [HC] 4
Vicksburg Battle [HC] 5
-2 SA & AR

Ohio (Anxiety): 13
Cedar Point (SA) 3
Eight Presidents (HC) 4
Serpent Mound (HC) 3
Soybeans (AR) 3
-1 NB

Iowa (tarcone): 12
corn (AR) 5
Iowa Wrestling (SA) 3
Amana Colonies (HC) 3
Herbert Hoover (HC) 2
-1 NB

Rhode Island (gstelmack): 12
Narragansett Bay [NB] 4
Providence Waterfront [SA] 2
Nathanael Greene [HC] 4
Oliver Perry [HC] 3
-1 AR

Overall Scoreboard:
34 - Team 7 (Masked)
32 - Team 3 (Butter of 69) & 4 (path12)
31 - Team 8 (tarcone)
29 - Team 5 (gstelmack)
28 - Team 9 (Anxiety)
27 - Team 6 (TazFTW) & 10 (Radii & Oliegirl)
26 - Team 1 (sachmo71 & JeeberD)
23 - Team 2 (wade moore)

Crap. I don't know why the hell I bid so much for Illinois.

Good score for Hawaii, but considering how much I paid for it I was shooting for 20. Natural beauty actually gave me trouble - I struggled a bit to pick out one thing and just hoped the judges liked that choice.

I'm a bit disappointed with only receiving a 4 for pineapple although I admit it was far more important to the state's economy in the past, but so was sugarcane. I think Kona coffee would have done worse. I am definately interested to hear what the judges thought.

I agree, but also remember that you can use two words. :cool:

Ah, yeah.

oops

Well, I overpaid for Rhode Island, but I'm pleased with the score I ended up with from it. Didn't drop too far, and I think I've got some nice states lined up.

And oh yeah, my one remaining dollar for Maryland!

damn i figured Iowa wrestling would score more then 3 -- 20 years straighht as big 10 champ, 9 straight years as national champ
hoover only a 2? he was the president blamed for the great depression, one of the most horrific periods in US history

Wow.

Freedom Summer only gets 3 points? That's a travesty IMO, complete travesty.

I think the judges' comments will be interesting to hear. There were several items I would have scored differently myself.

Yeah, I'm sure Coug would have given me bonus points for the Cards...

It seems that FOFC like to overrate football franchises (Cowboys) and underrate baseball (Cards)

Yeah, the Cards would have been a sure 5 in my book, and not just because they are "my team."

It looks the other judges and I were pretty close on everything. I'll do a summary later but I am wondering about the Cards, I scored them a 5. Coug, do you not come up with your own scores? Fwiw, I will argue that the scores for RI, MS and IA were right on.

I think you guys did a good job with RI. I might quibble a bit over the Providence Waterfront (which has undergone a HUGE makeover and becoming quite the place to go to for people in SE New England), but it is JUST Providence, so I'd be quibbling. I feel fortunate to come up with 12 points total for the state.

I don't have any complaints with 3 of the MS scores, it's just the Freedom Summer one ;)...

FWIW, I don't think it should be 5, but I would have scored it a 4 for sure...

Sugar cane was not an option as it and the pineapple industry here are almost nonfactors to the economy. Pineapple works in that it is probably to most recognizeable. I would have probably chosen Kona Coffee because it has the name in it, I mean a pineapple could come from anywhere but Kona coffee comes from Kona (accept no substitutes. ;) ). Macadamia Nuts were also on my mind as I see the tourists buy boxes and boxes of them to take with them on the plane rides back.

Can't argue with Pearl. I would have liked to have seen how Hawaiian Monarchy (historic) or polytheism (historic culture) would have done.

I also would have went with Kilauea but as a natural beauty and then put in North Shore as a Sports/Attraction. Of course I have no idea if it would of scored higher.

That's my 18 years worth.

Last call for Maryland

TazFTW grabs Maryland for $21 to start Round 3.

Tennessee is now on the block.