Joe Bobs

No problem GE. Thanks IH! And whatever abbreviation is fine, I think JB is the most common. III. How does judging work? Judging occurs from September 23rd - September 28th. Once the submission phase is over, contestants and the judging team (made up of all regional reps of the FRA Regional Assembly) will vote on their preferred songs. Judges will rate their top 5 songs in order of preference (awarding their favourite 12 (douze) points, then 10 (dix) points, 8 (huit) points and so forth). This will be done by judges posting their votes in a designated thread I will open. IV. When is the awards ceremony? What are the prizes? On September 29th, the Awards Ceremony will commence. The following awards are given: First Place Entry - Whole Note Award (Gold) Second Place Entry - Half Note Award (Silver) Third Place Entry - Quarter Note Award (Bronze) Last Place Entry - Engelbert Humperdink Award The following awards are given, and all winners will earn the right to a neat award image that he/she can don in his/her signatures. The first place contestant's region is also given the privilege of hosting the FRAVision Song Contest on their forum the next year, on the condition that they have the infrastructure and activity necessary to organize it at that time. Happy Composing! You may contact the hosts with any further questions about the Contest. Yours truly, Joe Bobs, Arch-Chancellor of the FRA Host of FRAVision 2014 Wopruthien, Host of FRAVision 2014 Milograd, Former Arch-Chancellor of the FRA

My apologies in advance for the fur he leaves around. If you have any droids to fix, he'll sort them out, but he's been known to tear people's arms off when annoyed (or given bagels).

If every region had a standard BBcode I would be soooo happy...

Why not Darkesia? I know what you mean Westwind. In my vote, when I listed the organisations, I forgot the RLA at first!

*goes to put him in 'enemy of the GRA' masking*

Apologies Westwind. I did get that from somewhere though. In one of the rites, I forget which, someone went AWOL for a bit and someone else said 'they would have to wait two weeks if they forfeit'.

*waves*

There's a magaizine for the Security Council? I jest! Congrats Westwind!

Somewhat of an understatement Westwind! Welcome to TWP!

You do indeed! Has a flag and everything! I've been flexing my new found admin powers and learning HTML, we now have an awards system, a shop and an economy too!

We once got Sedge to post his photo in the GRA, it looked like this:

Marsupial coup? Penguin Kangaroo!!!

Hey Angusp!

Good news!

*waves* Hey Rom!

Is it not working for you Westy? Odd, it didn't work for Wookie in the GRA either, but it works fine for me on every forum?

I think you've struck on something Westwind. Maybe the recent April Fool's was a coding test for a trade element!

That's right! The GRA will be putting on its first performance, and all actors will be required to IMPROVISE their lines in scenes roughly laid out by Director Joe Bobs. The story of the following characters (somewhat dramatised and exaggerated): New Emerica - the antagonist, bent on power and increasingly leaning towards fascism. A McCarthy-esque anti-Communist who squashes all resistance. South Land - one of two protagonists, our hero is the chief resistance to Emerica and a crusader for democracy. Old Zertaxia - also a protagonist, the idealistic young hero who is brave in the face of Emerica's might, and dreams of what the GRA could be. Pascalini - the main opposition to Emerica, a vocal opponent, who leaves when the going gets tough, leaving our heroes to fend for themselves. Cristia Agape - Pascalini's main ally, who helps pull him away from saving the GRA. And of course, who could forget... Alejandro! - Old Zetaxia's tireless man-servant, provides the light relief and does a few musical numbers. Date of performance to be confirmed. We do hope many of our friends from overseas will come and check it out! Fight Club Launched The GRA has launched its very own Fight Club, a place where great debaters can battle keyboard to keyboard in a holds barred match for victory. Rules are as follows: Current debates include sexuality, the existence of God, Capitalism vs Communism and Freedom vs Security. Hall of Fame Reopened - Lower Bowmania Elected The Hall of Fame, the highest honour that can be bestowed upon a GRAer, has been reopened. It had only two members, Magesty and Jen O the Hill, until this month Lower Bowmania was added to its reverent chambers. His dedication plaque reads as follows: Role Play Short Story Competition: Your Nation's Founding We have begun what will be the first of many short story competitions. We are asking for submissions on your nation's founding. There is no word limit but we ask for reasonableness, and stories may take whatever form you choose, be it a satirical prose or an epic poem. Entrance is open to all, citizens and visitors alike. Other News WookieO has been appointed Deputy Minister for Internal Affairs. When asked to comment he replied "Mwroooah, raghrwoor". Joe Bobs has published Chapter One: The Foundation Era (all four parts) and Chapter Two: The Zertaxian Revolution, of the History of the GRA series. The book is already 15,000 words long, and only two of nine chapters have been released! The Foreign Affairs Office has introduced ambassadorial rankings: 1 Embassy - Charge d'Affaires 3 Embassies - Envoy Extraordinary 5 Embassies - Ambassador Extraordinary 10 Embassies - Ambassador Plenipotentiary Joe Bobs was named an Ambassador Plenipotentiary whilst Jonewest and Fighter4u were named as 3 Embassies - Envoy Extraordinary and WookieO as Charge d'Affaires following his appointment as ambassador to Yggdrasil. Joe Bobs has been appointed as as Admin of the GRA forum, and has waged war on clutter, allowing his obsessive compulsive mind to clean up the forum as he has so many grubby student's houses in the past, initially inciting confusion and reluctance but ultimately gratitude from his friends. Over 50 pages of threads have been sent to the archives dating back to 2005, whilst the clear up allowed us to find some gems that were in need of gravedigging. Finally, the GRA maintains its eternal war against Falconias. To paraphrase Pidgeon Island, "a dead chipmunk's p*nis could create better Foreign Affairs Updates". Written by Joe Bobs with contributions from Fighter4u.

Maybe they would rebrand it? I think the next gen NS would have regional forums built in, and would have something for war.

Westy mentioned 'the game that shall not be named'! My eyes!!!