Post by Webber3000 on Aug 15, 2010 0:10:26 GMT -5
Hello to all of you, and welcome to the brand new Wonder Tournament!
The game is simple, I will show you two wonders and you will vote for the one you prefer by simply posting your pick (without any automated polls or anything). You can base your choice on whichever standards you like, and you can add why you did your choice if you want. The first wonder to get three votes will pass to the next round (in the semifinals, the amount of votes required will augment to four, and to five in the grand finale).
Here are a very few rules:
- You can only vote once per round.
- Anyone can vote.
- If the next match is not posted yet, please wait until it is before voting.
I have selected the wonders (by picking only official ones that still are considered as wonders today by serious organizations (sorry you Eiffel Tower, Parthenon, Sydney Opera House, and Statue of Liberty fans)) and arranged the lineup with the help of my friend, Chaos, and I'd like to thank him for these several hours we spent to make this tourney the best possible. Thank you, Chaos.
Now, let's get to the serious stuff, here is the lineup!
Golden Gate Bridge
SS Great Eastern
CN Tower
Empire State Building
Saint Basil’s Cathedral
Kiev Pechersk Lavra
Statue of Zeus at Olympia
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
Ely Cathedral
Cluny Abbey
Colossus of Rhodes
Christ the Redeemer
London sewerage system
Vegreville Egg
Machu Picchu
Maya ruins
Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Hagia Sophia
Taj Mahal
Colosseum
Leaning Tower of Pisa
Hoover Dam
Delta Works
Great Pyramid of Giza
Chichen Itza
Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa
Cairo Citadel
Stonehenge
Great Wall of China
Lighthouse of Alexandria
Porcelain Tower of Nanjing
Don't worry if some of these names seem unknown, each time a round begins, I will provide a picture of each contestant.
Before we begin, I would like to ask... ARE YOU READY?
The game is simple, I will show you two wonders and you will vote for the one you prefer by simply posting your pick (without any automated polls or anything). You can base your choice on whichever standards you like, and you can add why you did your choice if you want. The first wonder to get three votes will pass to the next round (in the semifinals, the amount of votes required will augment to four, and to five in the grand finale).
Here are a very few rules:
- You can only vote once per round.
- Anyone can vote.
- If the next match is not posted yet, please wait until it is before voting.
I have selected the wonders (by picking only official ones that still are considered as wonders today by serious organizations (sorry you Eiffel Tower, Parthenon, Sydney Opera House, and Statue of Liberty fans)) and arranged the lineup with the help of my friend, Chaos, and I'd like to thank him for these several hours we spent to make this tourney the best possible. Thank you, Chaos.
Now, let's get to the serious stuff, here is the lineup!
Golden Gate Bridge
SS Great Eastern
CN Tower
Empire State Building
Saint Basil’s Cathedral
Kiev Pechersk Lavra
Statue of Zeus at Olympia
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
Ely Cathedral
Cluny Abbey
Colossus of Rhodes
Christ the Redeemer
London sewerage system
Vegreville Egg
Machu Picchu
Maya ruins
Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Hagia Sophia
Taj Mahal
Colosseum
Leaning Tower of Pisa
Hoover Dam
Delta Works
Great Pyramid of Giza
Chichen Itza
Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa
Cairo Citadel
Stonehenge
Great Wall of China
Lighthouse of Alexandria
Porcelain Tower of Nanjing
Don't worry if some of these names seem unknown, each time a round begins, I will provide a picture of each contestant.
Before we begin, I would like to ask... ARE YOU READY?