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The judges have concluded that, because $1000 USD was payed by Mondoth versus Farmina actually having to change its constitution, Farmina has lost and Mondoth has won!



Oyez oyez oyez! The official Farmina War bet, sponsered by BankMetro, a ResiCorp subsidiary, will now commence! Place your bets and hear our rules!

Rules:

Your bets are in the form of "bet tickets", each costing $5 million. There will be no $4 million bets, and no $6 million bets. Only bets in incriments of $5 million.
If you place a bet, you may NOT participate in this war. Should you attempt to do both, your bet will be declared void and your money confiscated.
The winning side will have the total money bet divided amongst them with a 10% exclusion to finance the bet itself
You may buy multiple "bet tickets" to increase your winnings. If your side wins and 10 bet tickets were purchased on it, of which you own 2, you will get 20% of the winnings instead of the 10% one bet ticket would get you
When placing your bet, declare how many bet tickets you wish to buy and whether you believe Farmina will win or lose.
The betting will close in three (3) real days
In the case of a diplomatic settlement being reached, the winner will be determined by a comittee dedicated to deciding which side of the war got the worst out of the treaty


You may place your bets at any time.

Current Pot:
$16.38 billion (3,276 tickets)

Nations betting for Farmina:
Tocrowkia (22)
Theao (10)
Tree Hugging Lesbians (5)
Umbrella Corp Inc (1,100)
The Lycan Confederacy (10)
RAWRRRRF (1)
Phalanix (20)

Nations betting against Farmina:
The Scandinvans (20)
Marijuanita (600)
Soviet Bloc (25)
Scandavian States (200)
Vastiva (200)
Communist Louisiana (1,000)
Sarzonia (10)
Neo-Tiburon (50)
Izistan (2)
The Phoenix Milita (1)

Ten Million Dollars(Two Tickets) For Farmina!

Can you bet for both sides? If so I bet 2 tickets on both win and loss, if not 2 on win.

Can you bet for both sides? If so I bet 2 tickets on both win and loss, if not 2 on win.

No thats unfair.

$100,000,000 on Random Kingdom.

It's called hedging your bet. It is a perfectly respectable practice.

It's called hedging your bet. It is a perfectly respectable practice.
Naw, sorry. Then you'd win money either way. The idea is to take a chance.

That's the point, but since I can't I'll go with 2 tickets on Farmina win.

I would bet that neither side will win, instead it will just die away/end up a series of ignores.

Woohoo! We'll purchase five tickets in favor of Farmina!

One Hundred Tickets in favor of the Axis(Farmina).

The Marijuanita Naval Modernization Measure meant that the government - or certain members of it, anyway - has 3.13 billion USD available.

J. V. Malgathor arranged it so the public wouldn't find out. At least, so he hoped.

He bought 600 tickets for $3,000,000,000.00 using money meant originally to improve the Navy. If it succeeded it could make a handy profit for the government and no one would be the wiser...

600 tickets against Farmina!

Ten Tickets in Favor of Pathetic Human side Number 1(Farmina).

ill buy 20 tickets to the rp either dieing or resulting in a flame war, and never finishing...

5 million on win

ill buy 20 tickets to the rp either dieing or resulting in a flame war, and never finishing...
Not an option, sorry.

((OOC: If that does happen, then we'll just judge it by the total population count of each side and their allies.))

Someone bought more tickets then us?! No! We will purchase an additional 1,000 Tickets in favor of Farmina!

Erm, which war is this and can you provide a link? BTW, good to see you back, Resi.

Erm, which war is this and can you provide a link? BTW, good to see you back, Resi.
Thanks! We've been around for a while, actually. :D
*points at Farmina's post*

Erm, which war is this and can you provide a link? BTW, good to see you back, Resi.

The war between Farmina and Mondoth, is the only active conflict. Hogsweat has techncially declared war on me, but I doubt neither will attack the other in the light of a thousand threats of war from other nations.
Random Kingdom is apparently at war with me, but I suspect he may step down.

The Armed Republic of Soviet Bloc would like to purchase twenty tickets that Farmina gets its ass smeared... Make that twenty five tickets.

Thank you, good luck, and have fun...

Twenty (20) million on Farmina for me!

A billion on Mondoth.

Bump!

Is this real money from my countries buget or could i just say who anything? :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:

Is this real money from my countries buget or could i just say who anything? :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:
Real money from your country's budget.

Also, avoid overusing smilies. It really pisses some people off.

BUMPo

To make it atleast ten billion dollars on the line, we'll purchase 20 more tickets.

Ab-shalom and greetings;

It is my desire to place a bet of one billion USD upon Mondoth.

Namaste,
Raahmid Javani
Grand Vizier,
Humble Servant of His Magnificence, the Sultan of Vastiva

Question: If I was to bet and join the War, I will be altering the outcome of the War, would the odds Change? and would be Bet become invalid?

Question: If I was to bet and join the War, I will be altering the outcome of the War, would the odds Change? and would be Bet become invalid?
Read t3h rules. They're there for a reason.

And in case you're too lazy, you'd be excluded from the bet, your bet tickets would be voided, and we'd keep your money.

It's best to choose one or the other, unless you like handing us free cash.

*Gives 5 million to Resi*

I'd like change this into cents please.

*stands by with Resi corporation complaints form*

If my nation survives, which is what Farmina is trying to get out of this, that would count as a Farminan win, correct?

We would like to bet 5 billion against Farmina.

Also, if the war was to be stopped or something by one of the warring nations, what would become of our money?

OOC: lol! I didn't know that my defeat would be as publicized as this! God, I hope that Farmina loses even more than before, as I don't want all of that cash wasted on conservatives and fascists!

EDIT: Oh, this is a different war.

*Gives 5 million to Resi*

I'd like change this into cents please.

*stands by with Resi corporation complaints form*
*politely informs Dumpsterdam that the Resi Corporation does not exchange money for change, but that its subsidiary banks do. Recommends that Dumpsterdam fill out forms 32-F, 298-B, 146-A, and 1-G all in triplicate and walk (don't drive, driving is for pansies) 100 miles acrossed town to our largest national bank, only to be denied for bad credit based on an incident 13 years ago in which you borrowed money from a friend to buy a sandwich. Then walk another 40 miles, only to be hit by a truck and die a lonely, lonely man* :p

If my nation survives, which is what Farmina is trying to get out of this, that would count as a Farminan win, correct?
It depends on who we think got the worst out of the final treaty.

The war between Farmina and Mondoth, is the only active conflict. Hogsweat has techncially declared war on me, but I doubt neither will attack the other in the light of a thousand threats of war from other nations.
Random Kingdom is apparently at war with me, but I suspect he may step down.

OOC: I won't step down even if it means my nation is creamed, annexed, and turned into a fruitbowl.

What are the current odds?

What are the current odds?
I'm not disclosing odds. It'd create more math that I'd have to go through, and I'd have to revamp the winnings system if I did that.

We wish to purchase an additional 8 tickets, bringing our total to 10.

Ten tickets against Farmina.

Hey, Resi. 50 against Farmina.

Which farmina war is it? There are three, aren't there?

Mondoth V Farmina (this is probably it)
Hogsweat V Farmina
Random Kingdom V Farmina (least likely)

Two tickets against Farmina.

Which farmina war is it? There are three, aren't there?

Mondoth V Farmina (this is probably it)
Hogsweat V Farmina
Random Kingdom V Farmina (least likely)
Mondoth v Farmina. It's probably the only war a treaty or an ignore won't solve.

What thread is it going on in?

What thread is it going on in?
From what I can tell, most of it takes place on the Farmina kills Socalists thread (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=408635&page=1&pp=15).

Mondoth or Farmina can step in at any time to correct me if I'm wrong.

Bump

$5 million Against Farmina!

$100,000,000 on Random Kingdom.
(bump)

(bump)
I'm pretty sure I added you...

It isn't that you never changed the amount of bets that I made from $10,000,000 to $100,000,000

It isn't that you never changed the amount of bets that I made from $10,000,000 to $100,000,000
Arright, done.

BUMP

The judges have concluded that, because $1000 USD was payed by Mondoth versus Farmina actually having to change its constitution, Farmina has lost and Mondoth has won!

The following is the total money payed to each person betting on the Mondoth side of this war.
The money bet was multiplied by roughly 1.4 for the winners.

The Scandinvans: $140 million
Marijuanita: $4.2 billion
Soviet Bloc: $145 million
Scandavian States: $1.34 billion
Vastiva: $1.34 billion
Communist Louisiana: $7 billion
Sarzonia: $70 million
Neo-Tiburon: $350 million
Izistan: $14 million
The Phoenix Milita: $7 million

All money has been wired to its respective owners. Thank you for gambling with ResiCorp!

BankMetro Gaming Division
"Bringing out the winner in YOU!"

In a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Overseas Gambling Directorate, the directorate had this to say:

"Damn right..."

I would bet that neither side will win, instead it will just die away/end up a series of ignores.
HAH! You lose, sir! :D

The judges have concluded that, because $1000 USD was payed by Mondoth versus Farmina actually having to change its constitution, Farmina has lost and Mondoth has won!

The following is the total money payed to each person betting on the Mondoth side of this war.
The money bet was multiplied by roughly 1.4 for the winners.

The Scandinvans: $140 million
Marijuanita: $4.2 billion
Soviet Bloc: $145 million
Scandavian States: $1.34 billion
Vastiva: $1.34 billion
Communist Louisiana: $7 billion
Sarzonia: $70 million
Neo-Tiburon: $350 million
Izistan: $14 million
The Phoenix Milita: $7 million

All money has been wired to its respective owners. Thank you for gambling with ResiCorp!

BankMetro Gaming Division
"Bringing out the winner in YOU!"

This should just about pay off the last Trade Delegation junket...

Resi Corp, the constitutional amendments weren't to do with the war; they would have existed regardless.

Mondath ended up paying me tribute, and I didn't do squat.

And on the other front nothing is left of Random Kingdom.

Also the only reason I didn't blow Mondath to bits was RPing with him was I found myself saying godmod or something every second post. So I negotiated to aviod an ignore. Interesting "tactic" to win a war.

This should just about pay off the last Trade Delegation junket...

Krioval doesn't even bet, and yet we still win. How convenient for us. Always on the outskirts of these messes, it seems, and almost always profiting from them.

Resi Corp, the constitutional amendments weren't to do with the war; they would have existed regardless.

Mondath ended up paying me tribute, and I didn't do squat.

And on the other front nothing is left of Random Kingdom.

Also the only reason I didn't blow Mondath to bits was RPing with him was I found myself saying godmod or something every second post. So I negotiated to aviod an ignore. Interesting "tactic" to win a war.
A) This wasn't about the war with Random Kingdom.
B) You can't possibly say you would've considered socalists human without being threatened by Mondoth.

Krioval doesn't even bet, and yet we still win. How convenient for us. Always on the outskirts of these messes, it seems, and almost always profiting from them.

Considering you've got "disaster waiting to happen" in your nation, have you won?

A) This wasn't about the war with Random Kingdom.
B) You can't possibly say you would've considered socalists human without being threatened by Mondoth.

We never accepted socialists were humans :)

And we changed our constution before being attacked by Mondoth. Mondoth had absolutely no effect on the decision. Embargos and Dumpsterdam did.

We never accepted socialists were humans :)

And we changed our constution before being attacked by Mondoth. Mondoth had absolutely no effect on the decision. Embargos and Dumpsterdam did.

OOC: It would remain - you changed, he didn't. So he wins, or rather "you lose". :D

Considering you've got "disaster waiting to happen" in your nation, have you won?

The Kingdom/Commonwealth/Theocracy/Armed Republic of Krioval: turning defeat into victory since 1501 C.E.

OOC: It would remain - you changed, he didn't. So he wins, or rather "you lose". :D

That strikes me as a bizzare analysis. We all change. No one made me change, I changed at my own free will, to gain trade from the international community. If anyone changed it was Mondoth, several of his cities had demolition work done. ;)

Bizaare, yes. Also profitable. We suggest letting it go as the only way to make Resi change their mind is huge bribes.

Profitable for me too, Resi Corp paid Farmina a trillion dollars US.

Profitable for me too, Resi Corp paid Farmina a trillion dollars US.

Great, then shush and enjoy it. :D

I'm just amazed that I'm being called defeated.

*counts the bets for each side*

Then again...

OOC: This gives me an idea.

SIC:

To: Directors Resi Corp
From: Farmina

Since the treaty is yet to be ratified, I suggest you do not make premature announcements. However the ratification is imminent. Compare it to horse racing, the all clear sounds after the winner is declared, and we haven't heard an all clear.

We do however suggest you change your official line, as it would be a lot more profitable for you, and more feasible. You could even call it a draw legitimately and take all the wealth.

Some of this could be used to aid Farminan forces in liberating other markets for trading purposes, like we have Random Kingdom.

Also may I remind you of what is at stake if someone were to find the connections between Farminan and Resi bank accounts, not to imply anything.

Furthermore, would you be interested in reconstruction contracts in Random Kingdom and other liberated markets.

MailCode: CT17396

OOC: Too bad we already pocketed our share. :p

OOC: Too bad we already pocketed our share. :p

OOC: However briefly you held it before it became ours. :p :cool:

OOC: Well, yes... :rolleyes:

OoC: Actualy it was me that..."persuaded" Farmina to change, now hand over the money and nobody gets hurt.

;)

Very blunt persuasion, my entire councils wet themselves under persuasion.

But it was also a matter of the money.

So you wana split 40:60 or do I need to get the money myself?

Oh, they don't owe me any money. Well I don't think there was any prize money.

This is a matter of honor.

Ah yes, honour, let me get my assassins blade..

Random Kingdom has LOST the war against Farmina. This may or may not shift the odds in the Mondoth war.

The Resi has spoken. The Resi will not re-consider the bet, because collecting the money from everyone it was previously dispensed to would be a huge pain in the ass.

So, the ruling stands. Like it or not, we thought you came out a bit behind in the final standings, and because we decide the bet, we get to declare whoever we want as the winner. :p

So how much does 50 tickets get me?

The Republic of Marijuanita seems to have come out fairly well on this, raking in three billion in revenue! Our President still feels guilty about gambling on warfare and human lives, so he has no statement to make, but we at Treasury just want to thank Farmina for losing!

Ignacio Straszt
Treasury Ministry
Republic of Marijuanita

The Scandinvans: $140 million
been wired to its respective owners. Thank you for gambling with ResiCorp!"Bringing out the winner in YOU!"
Good.