[Reverse Nuke Auction] The Voting Game - Round 1

[Hatebi]

Come one, come all! Step right up for...
The Voting Game!

People of Orbis, we here at Arrgh have heard your pleas. Yes, we can't go 5 minutes without hearing someone complain about how boring and dull things are these days. Of course, there's also the 12 or so very important people at the top that try their best to snuff out any sort of content this game has to offer. A dedicated "Don't hire the evil pirates" NAP clause? We'd be flattered if that wasn't so lame. It is what it is though, sometimes the best ideas come from working under strict limitations. Now, get ready for the world's first NAP-compliant nuke event:
The Reverse Nuke Auction!

How It Works
Instead of voting with your wallet on who you want blown to pieces, this time around you'll be voting for an alliance to spare from a pre-selected list of 10. Unlike past events, every single one of you will be able to participate in the process, free of charge. Voting will take place over 3 rounds, with the top 3 most voted for alliances in each round being removed from the poll. The last alliance left standing will be pelted with only the most premium of Arrgh-made nukes and missiles for at least 2-3 rounds (and more, depending on total event proceeds). How did we manage to monetize this one? I'm glad you asked!

Buying Votes
Extra committed to bailing someone out? Or, Alex forbid, keeping someone else on the poll? Have I ever got the shady offer for you! For the low price of 50M each, you can buy extra votes to spare an alliance. The best part? Extra votes will only be revealed AFTER a round of voting concludes. So, even if it looks like an alliance is about to be spared, your secret paid votes for the competition can keep them stuck on the list. Better act fast though, the price of extra votes is subject to fluctuate for each round. Payment can be sent via bank transfer or trade offer, just make a ticket in the Arrgh discord server or shoot me a DM. Note that you probably won't be able to buy votes within 10 minutes of a poll's closing time, I do need some time to write these posts up. 

Schedule
Voting Round 1: October 26th DC - October 29th, half an hour before DC
Voting Round 2: October 29th DC - November 1st, half an hour before DC
Voting Round 3: November 1st DC - November 4th DC
Hit date: November 5th, following DC. 

Misc. Stuff
Full anonymity. Forum voting will have voters hidden and the identity of paid voters will not be revealed. 
Since polls can only be made in an OP, each round of voting will be a separate thread. The winner (loser?) will be announced in a 4th thread.
You're not only allowed, but are encouraged to bug your members and allies to vote in these. Scared of the big boys having too much sway? There's plenty of alliances with little to no skin in the game, maybe they'd be willing to help you out?
If you're tired of farming and want to see some action, feel free to ghost whatever lame farmer alliance you're currently in and join up for the hit. You'll get paid the same as anyone else and can leave right after. 

As always,
Arrgh!

Edited October 29, 2024 by Hatebi

[Tiberius Aurion]

[MinesomeMC]

Where is the nobody option.

[Safesplayz]

Unique event, best of luck to the alliance being hit 😕

[Wendell Williams]

Just in time for Halloween: I love this game. 

 

Edited October 27, 2024 by Wendell Williams

[Ronjoy Tehmina]

Haa this sure sounds like fun

[Mystery Incorporated]

Lets go Hatebi! Lets go Arrgh!

[Lourenco]

Really cool event!
People will be histerical on the lasst round XD

 

Spoiler

What happened to the... the, *cough* SIgNal *cough* ?

 

[UltraBot V3]

Finally something fun

[Bolby Ballinger]

So, you've basically committed to nuking smaller alliances while leaving the big boys untouched.

What a wonderful way to spice things up.

Definitely haven't seen that one before.

[MinesomeMC]

1 hour ago, Bolby Ballinger said:

So, you've basically committed to nuking smaller alliances while leaving the big boys untouched.

What a wonderful way to spice things up.

Definitely haven't seen that one before.

Ah yes the small alliances of Rose, TKR, Eclipse, EVH, tI, TFP, etc. all in the ranks of 1-10. 

[Ayayay]

I haven't been around, when did we meow our way to the top 10?

[MrGross]

 

3 hours ago, MinesomeMC said:

Ah yes the small alliances of Rose, TKR, Eclipse, EVH, tI, TFP, etc. all in the ranks of 1-10. 

Interesting how singularity, guardian, grumpy, Antarctica, Kt, wap, gato, tgh and nw are all missing from the list but weebuns and tsc are on it

 

Especially with singularity and guardian being in the top 10

Edited October 27, 2024 by MrGross

[Hatebi]

7 minutes ago, MrGross said:

nteresting how singularity, guardian, grumpy, Antarctica, Kt, wap, gato, tgh and nw are all missing from the list but weebuns and tsc are on it

Alliances were primarily selected by their quality as a target for the nuke run. Grumpy/guardian would be almost entirely out of range for a lot of our smaller guys. Alliances like GATO are entirely in range, but have very little infra and would not take very much damage. As for Sin, they were the target last time and rerun episodes are super boring. Final two alliances were a bit of a toss up, Weeb and TSC ended up being in the ideal middle ground of having infra while still being in range. 

[His Holy Decagon]

25 minutes ago, MrGross said:

 

Interesting how singularity, guardian, grumpy, Antarctica, Kt, wap, gato, tgh and nw are all missing from the list but weebuns and tsc are on it

 

Especially with singularity and guardian being in the top 10

🤓 that’s because there’s a massive conspiracy!

[Josiah E Bartlet]

46 minutes ago, MrGross said:

 

Interesting how singularity, guardian, grumpy, Antarctica, Kt, wap, gato, tgh and nw are all missing from the list but weebuns and tsc are on it

 

Especially with singularity and guardian being in the top 10

Get gud

[Supreme Commander]

What will arrgh do if the nukes get spied on at mass before the 5th?

[Hatebi]

4 minutes ago, Supreme Commander said:

What will arrgh do if the nukes get spied on at mass before the 5th?

We usually don't stockpile much to avoid this. Building & launching the same day is much safer. 

[Cyby]

This is insane and I love it, good luck to those whom win the 'prize' 🙏
 

[Brian Boruma]

do protectorates get hit??? asking for a friend

[Gul le Necro]

I love it.

Voted!

[Thalmor]

Can't believe Arrgh can do this. Somebody needs to stop them.....

[Tartarus]

11 minutes ago, Thalmor said:

Can't believe Arrgh can do this. Somebody needs to stop them.....

[Rainforest]

i like how creative this auction is

[Micchan]

All the food produced in TKR are pizzas, if you hit us you will not eat pizza for months, keep it in mind