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Post by Nathan on Feb 21, 2008 15:35:55 GMT -6
ok... so whether you all know or not... there are the FNORD awards... micronational community awards selected by a jury of prominent micronationalist. this year was a bit of a joke.. took forever, several judges won awards... also its run by the MNN so it is inherently evil.
the MCS attempted one... or at least some newb nation attempted a new award ceremony using the MCS name. it was less than spectacular.
therefore... I propose we begin the Lindstrom Prize for Micronational Achievement. It will be a private ordeal, very much like the Nobel Prizes. Various categories such as literature, peace, etc will be judged and handed to individuals. I think that Natopia has enough status and longevity to give these the legitimacy that the other awards seemed to lack.
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Post by FrenziedCatMeat on Feb 21, 2008 18:22:52 GMT -6
lets go for it
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Post by mziff on Feb 21, 2008 21:24:34 GMT -6
i like it =P
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Post by FrenziedCatMeat on Feb 22, 2008 5:07:54 GMT -6
who are we going to give awards to? we seem to dislike most of the micronational community...
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Post by Nathan on Feb 22, 2008 14:47:20 GMT -6
good question. i dunno... maybe this may not work out, lol. i guess whenever we see someone do something cool we'll add their name to a list... and then... i dunno.
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Post by mziff on Feb 22, 2008 16:59:03 GMT -6
hahaha why do we not like people? and ummm we could choose out of a hat...  hell how do you think al gore got the prize? haha |
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Post by andreasthewise on Feb 24, 2008 1:28:54 GMT -6
Just a word on the MASOM ones - they were organised very badly. I got on the judging commitee thinking they'd be done half seriously - the organiser just got the three judges to nominate a person, and then vote from those. Really ... very newbish. FNORD's at least had nominations at large ...
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Post by FrenziedCatMeat on Feb 24, 2008 9:33:26 GMT -6
ok well how about we give awards to people outside micronations?
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Post by mziff on Feb 24, 2008 11:23:24 GMT -6
like...?
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Post by Nathan on Feb 25, 2008 15:47:40 GMT -6
i think it should be an open nomination... so anyone can receive one. giving one to a non-micronationalist may increase interest in the hobby as well. let's sit on this for awhile... if we dont refine the idea any more, we'll go to the community forums and announce that we are accepting nominations. to avoid unbalanced categories... we wont have any. the nominator will simply say "so and so for achievement in whatever... here are sources" and then we will simply award that person a Lindstrom Prize. we keep noms open until we get... at least 10... then once we get that minimum we'll set a week or so limit on additional noms. and then award.... 3  Make it prestigious. The jury will be Natopian citizens only... and therefore Natopian citizens are not eligible. thoughts? |
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Post by mziff on Feb 25, 2008 16:50:01 GMT -6
ok, that makes more sense than before. I like it, except, how bout categories for only non micro nationalists and then for micro nationalists? but under those be very general like you said
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Post by Nathan on Feb 25, 2008 19:30:54 GMT -6
yea thatll work.
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Post by mziff on Feb 25, 2008 21:32:29 GMT -6
cool
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Post by FrenziedCatMeat on Feb 26, 2008 11:07:10 GMT -6
soundin good to me, how bout we add a booby prize for each catagory too lol i have a few ideas for micronational twat of the year
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Post by Nathan on Feb 26, 2008 12:21:31 GMT -6
*ponders to self if that would detract from the distinguished character of the event*
well we are Natopia after all... if we do anything too seriously people may think its all a joke
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Make it prestigious.