McCall Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 I think I might hate you. 1 Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CS85 Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Quote Quote "You are nothing more than a small cancer on this message board. You are not entertaining, you are a complete joke." twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ESTONES6 Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 There are also only five "states" in the United States, North-West, North-East, South, Alaska and Hawaii (because they have no land borders with other states). List includes Washington, DC:North-WestWashington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, MichiganNorth-EastNew Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Rhode Island, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, DC, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, IllinoisSouthArizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas, California, Nevada, Utah, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, GeorgiaAlaska, Hawaii, *Puerto RicoThese are the "states" that exist within the current structure geographical structure of the United States.States are paired with the one state they share the longest border with, and then those groupings of states are paired with the one group they share the longest border with (a border that could include more than one State).Electoral College:North-West = 82, 61 to Obama in 2012North-East = 238, 163 to Obama in 2012South = 211, 104 to Obama in 2012Others (AK, HI) = 7, 4 to Obama in 2012A third iteration would group the North-West and South groups together and create two "states" ("East," which would include Missouri and Arkansas, and "West," which would include the Southeastern States, Iowa, and Michigan).East = 238, 163 to Obama in 2012West = 293, 165 to Obama in 2012Others (AK, HI) = 7, 4 to Obama in 2012Here is the first iteration, 14 divisions, 12 groups from contiguous USA:AlaskaHawaiiAlabamaMississippiLouisianaFloridaGeorgiaIowaMinnesotaWisconsinMichiganArizonaNew MexicoTexas (Texas' electoral vote would override the sum of all other states in this group)OklahomaColoradoKansasNebraskaSouth DakotaNorth DakotaNew JerseyPennsylvaniaNew YorkOregonWashington (Washington's electoral vote overrides Oregon's)ArkansasMissouriIllinois (Illinois' electoral vote overrides the sum of all other states in the group)California (California's electoral vote overrides the sum of all others in the group)NevadaUtahConnecticutMassachusettsNew HampshireVermontMaineRhode IslandDelawareMarylandVirginiaWest VirginiaDCNorth CarolinaOhioSouth CarolinaIdahoMontanaWyomingIndianaKentuckyTennessee*Now I want to do this with counties!Source: There are 109 land-borders in the USADude... seriously. No one here cares about what you are posting. You have brought this thread to a complete stop. This used to be a funny but still legitimate thread. Now its bull because you are a pretentious assclown. We are on a sports forum. No one is coming here to read about the Electoral College. Everyone knows the Electoral College is BS, which makes me think you would be in support of it.Im not trying to be a d!ck, but please can you get lost? You are driving everyone insane. 2 Quote SAINT IGNATIUS WILDCATS | CLEVELAND BROWNS | CLEVELAND CAVALIERS | CLEVELAND INDIANS | THE OHIO STATE BUCKEYES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 My soundtrack to this thread Quote ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Well it was a good thread until that nutjob started showing up. Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ESTONES6 Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Well it was a good thread until that nutjob started showing up.I've actually been working a full college re-landscape, including new conference logos, footprint maps, school location and color maps, and a standard helmet for each school. Now I'm not sure I want to work on it anymore. Quote SAINT IGNATIUS WILDCATS | CLEVELAND BROWNS | CLEVELAND CAVALIERS | CLEVELAND INDIANS | THE OHIO STATE BUCKEYES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GriffinM6 Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Well it was a good thread until that nutjob started showing up.I've actually been working a full college re-landscape, including new conference logos, footprint maps, school location and color maps, and a standard helmet for each school. Now I'm not sure I want to work on it anymore.Please don't stop working on it. I really want to see this. Sounds like a really good idea. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philsphan Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Yes please let's stop reacting to max cause all he wants is attention. I love this thread and I'll comment to almost any realignemnt but I've completely ignored max.ESTONE please keep working on that!! It'll get this thread back on line. In the mean time, I've also started brainstorming for a possible concept series about where big club soccer teams would be in the US...EPL: NortheastChelsea- New YorkArsenal- The BronxSpurs- BostonManchester United/Manchester City- Washington DCLiverpool- PhiladelphiaNewcastle- BuffaloAnd so on...Serie A: SoutheastAC Milan/Inter- AtlantaJuventus- CharlottePalmero- MiamiRoma/Lazio- OrlandoUdinese- New OrleansLa Liga: CaliforniaReal Madrid/Athletico Madrid: San FranciscoBarcelona: Los AngelesBundesliga: MidwestBayern Munich: St. LouisBorussia Dortmund: ChicagoWerder Bremmen: MinneapolisWolfsburg: DetroitLigue 1: TexasMarseille: HoustonLyon: AustinPSG: DallasAgain, just the start of a project and I'm not really sure where this is going. I'll appreciate any feedback that isn't along the lines of "this is stupid." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ESTONES6 Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Well it was a good thread until that nutjob started showing up.I've actually been working a full college re-landscape, including new conference logos, footprint maps, school location and color maps, and a standard helmet for each school. Now I'm not sure I want to work on it anymore.Please don't stop working on it. I really want to see this. Sounds like a really good idea.I've been piecing it together, little by little. Usually the winter is when our industry gets slow, but that hasn't been the case the last 2 years.I actually have written a narrative to go along with the realignment. I wrote it almost as if someone was doing a comprehensive summary of the shuffling, including time frames and thought process as to why certain schools jumped to different conferences. Once I have time to get moving on helmets, I will.I've been wrestling with helmet designs. I'm debating if I want to a sort of complete classic look where its mostly standard stripes (Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin, Florida) or basic logos (Iowa, Michigan State) without the crazy new sublimated patterns or newer style stripes (new Mizzou, Rutgers). Quote SAINT IGNATIUS WILDCATS | CLEVELAND BROWNS | CLEVELAND CAVALIERS | CLEVELAND INDIANS | THE OHIO STATE BUCKEYES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Cameroon says that the CAF 'deserves' more than the five World Cup places the African Confederation currently receivesCurrent FIFA Rankings (31 teams because the host country is granted a spot):UEFA: 18 teams in top 31 (58%, currently receives 13 places in the World Cup, #32-ranked team also belongs to UEFA - Hungary)CONMEBOL: 6 teams in top 31 (19%)CAF: 4 teams in top 31 (13%, maybe Africa deserves only four places???)CONCACAF: 2 teams in top 31 (6%)AFC: 1 team in top 31 (3%, Japan)*OFC: 0 teams in top 31 (Australia is part of the AFC now, the first team from the AFC appears ranked 91st - New Zealand)*The problem is the disparity in World Cup allocation spots for international soccer team confederations compared to the format the FIFA Rankings use to determine disparity among teams.I think winning is the ultimate goal of a game (although losers have become an object of interest to me lately - more later), so a ranking format should incorporate winning games, strength of schedule becomes an issue when small, isolated island nations in the South Pacific do not play enough games with opponents who have played more difficult teams (that is, the rankings are subject to the dates international teams can play). When those rare games when Papua New Guinea plays Luxembourg occur, this is helpful and problematic because so much of the rankings of the regional teams surrounding PNG and Lux depend on the outcome of this one game.Last place in the Current FIFA Rankings: tied-for-207th: Bhutan (AFC), San Marino (UEFA), Turks and Caicos Islands (CONCACAF) - pretty scattered geographically, which could suggest that a win/loss/draw-based strength of schedule rating could be a viable way to rank individual teams (but would not technically necessitate a team from 'Oceania' make the World Cup). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Cameroon says that the CAF 'deserves' more than the five World Cup places the African Confederation currently receivesCurrent FIFA Rankings (31 teams because the host country is granted a spot):UEFA: 18 teams in top 31 (58%, currently receives 13 places in the World Cup)CONMEBOL: 6 teams in top 31 (19%)CAF: 4 teams in top 31 (13%, maybe Africa deserves only four places???)CONCACAF: 2 teams in top 31 (6%)AFC: 1 team in top 31 (3%, Japan)*OFC: 0 teams in top 31 (Australia is part of the AFC now, the first team from the AFC appears ranked 91st - New Zealand)*The problem is the disparity in World Cup allocation spots for international soccer team confederations compared to the format the FIFA Rankings use to determine disparity among teams.I think winning is the ultimate goal of a game (although losers have become an object of interest to me lately - more later), so a ranking format should incorporate winning games, strength of schedule becomes an issue when small, isolated island nations in the South Pacific do not play enough games with opponents who have played more difficult teams (that is, the rankings are subject to the dates international teams can play). When those rare games when Papua New Guinea plays Luxembourg occur, this is helpful and problematic because so much of the rankings of the regional teams surrounding PNG and Lux depend on the outcome of this one game. Last place in the Current FIFA Rankings: tied-for-207th: Bhutan (AFC), San Marino (UEFA), Turks and Caicos Islands (CONCACAF) - pretty scattered geographically, which could suggest that a win/loss/draw-based strength of schedule rating could be a viable way to rank individual teams (but would not technically necessitate a team from 'Oceania' make the World Cup).This has nothing to do with realignment, genius. Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 I didn't expect this issue (currently on the front page of ESPN's soccer page) to produce any serious viewpoints in this forum, but I thought I could just prove to the chairman of the Cameroon soccer association that the method the World Cup committee uses, to allot the amount of places in the tournament for each continental confederation (FIFA Rankings), should produce an argument against the CAF not being issued more allotments, but fewer. WTF is realignment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 I didn't expect this issue (currently on the front page of ESPN's soccer page) to produce any serious viewpoints in this forum, but I thought I could just prove to the chairman of the Cameroon soccer association that the method the World Cup committee uses, to allot the amount of places in the tournament for each continental confederation (FIFA Rankings), should produce an argument against the CAF not being issued more allotments, but fewer. WTF is realignment?For the love of G... Get the hell outta here. Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 7,893...7,894... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ESTONES6 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 I didn't expect this issue (currently on the front page of ESPN's soccer page) to produce any serious viewpoints in this forum, but I thought I could just prove to the chairman of the Cameroon soccer association that the method the World Cup committee uses, to allot the amount of places in the tournament for each continental confederation (FIFA Rankings), should produce an argument against the CAF not being issued more allotments, but fewer. WTF is realignment?Does this kid ever use GD punctuation? Everything is a giant run on with commas everywhere. Quote SAINT IGNATIUS WILDCATS | CLEVELAND BROWNS | CLEVELAND CAVALIERS | CLEVELAND INDIANS | THE OHIO STATE BUCKEYES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GriffinM6 Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 I didn't expect this issue (currently on the front page of ESPN's soccer page) to produce any serious viewpoints in this forum, but I thought I could just prove to the chairman of the Cameroon soccer association that the method the World Cup committee uses, to allot the amount of places in the tournament for each continental confederation (FIFA Rankings), should produce an argument against the CAF not being issued more allotments, but fewer. WTF is realignment?Really? If you're going to post stuff in a thread, know what the hell realignment is. Go back to China and harvest my rice where you belong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 I'm not sure what it means for this thread (the "pointlessness" of this thread to me is very important and profound, and I don't know how you interpret it), but you all must forgive me for "reporting" ESTONES6 and Griffinmarlins. I hope nothing happens to either of you, and I may have ruined this topic for everyone.ESTONES6 for being "Genius."Griffinmarlins for being "Homophobe."I'm truly sorry I have ruined this for myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 I'm not sure what it means for this thread (the "pointlessness" of this thread to me is very important and profound, and I don't know how you interpret it), but you all must forgive me for "reporting" ESTONES6 and Griffinmarlins. I hope nothing happens to either of you, and I may have ruined this topic for everyone.ESTONES6 for being "Genius."Griffinmarlins for being "Homophobe."I'm truly sorry I have ruined this for myself.What? You reported these guys? How was Griffinmarlins being Homophobic? The entirety of the thread is "REALIGNMENT" not the "pointless" part. That was just someone trying to be funny. You are the one and only one who is derailing this thread with your "pointless" crap that really has no "point" being anywhere in any thread. You make absolutely no sense. You contribute absolutely nothing. And honestly you should be the one reported for being an utter pain in the ass. Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 McCall, post an original idea that relates to "REALIGNMENT" before I force you to write one (Griffinmarlins should be aware that all the long, :censored:ty Atlanta Falcons fan blog articles and racist comments on "pointless" forums stay on the Internet forever).However, the "Human Flesh Search" (ren2 rou4 suo3 sou1) would be nothing without the :censored:ty mistakes people have made on the Internet.Don't be stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Force me to? How big of a narcissistic jerk are you? You control nothing around here. Neither do we, but we keep this tread on its appropriate topic and you don't. And then you're attacking others as if you're this glorious being and we're your pathetic little minions.Seriously, you need to just go away. Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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