ACT ONE: ATTIE'S REIGN (OCTOBER 24, 2006 TO DECEMBER 2006)

Scene One: The Start of an Inauguration of the Foundation of a Beginning Never Leading to the End of a Finale
Attie (hungrykaddie) created neo.anxious on Tuesday, October 24, 2006. The original application page was located on Pheixar's petpage. Much of the content remains on the current application page, including the 5-question application. From the 4th question, "What do you think of rainbow dung?" starts our long and slightly-obsessive attitude towards rainbow dung! Attie was a master at all coding and designed an awesome offsite website for the guild (though for those who remember, it was the slowest thing next to Sm finishing his tasks on time! ^^).

Scene two: You say hello, but I say goodbye
Knowing that her boyfriend (who was serving in the forces at the time) and college would get in the way of her guild-leading time, Attie promptly held elections for a second council member, which ended sometime in November. Becca (xprincessbeccax) was elected to the 2nd council position in November of 2006. Lori joined the activities committee and soon afterwards achieved the 3rd council position. Soon, Attie had to go on hiatus. Becca became leader of the guild!

ACT TWO: BECCA'S REIGN (DECEMBER 2006 TO JANUARY 28, 2007)

Scene One: The Comings and the Goings
From the start of neo.anxious' creation, Becca was a great help. She assisted in developing committees and the Meet and Greet Page. Sadly, Becca had to go on hiatus on January 28, 2007 because she was overwhelmed as an 8th grader. She became leader while she was on hiatus and left the leadership to Lori in February.

ACT THREE: LORI'S REIGN (FEBRUARY 2007 TO JANUARY 1, 2008)

Scene One: The rise of the war
At the time of election, Lori was in charge of the entire guild website. Knowing she would need help, she recruited Christine (m3rcuri), who seemed to be amazing at everything!! She was the coding and graphics master Lori had been waiting for all her life. She also happened to be British, which Lori, Trina, and Buck constantly made fun of (since Britain doesn't have real grass or Froot-Loops). The website soon became extremely extensive, with over 100 pages and an activities committee that updated everything daily. After chatting on the boards late one night, someone joked about having a guild war. Excited, Lori immediately put the idea into action, and thus the Pirates vs. Maraqua rivalry began!

Scene Two: Down to business
Wanting to expand the guild's resources, Lori made sure the activities committee designed a banner for every single page of the website- leading to literally over 150 of these custom banners. The number of activities was increased, a guild newspaper was first released in May of 2007, avvie simon/subliminal advertising boards were created, and neo.anxious received a label as one of the best neo-related guilds. 50% of the GC had been in, or had a friend in, or was currently in, neo.anxious. We even reached over 300 members at one point and averaged 2000 posts on the message board, per day. You'd have to go back at least 40 pages to see messages from yesterday!

Scene Three: The fall of the war
Looking at the success of the first guild war, Lori and the activities committee designed an even more organized and diverse second guild war between the CFSA and SMFC. However, Lori's focus on the website rather than the members made the second war less successful than the first. With many of her good friends leaving neopets and the guild board becoming inactive, Lori became discouraged and constantly escaped to the Guild Chat public boards, always advertising. With her junior year coming up and no active interest in neopets any longer, Lori looked for a more capable, motivated leader. At the time, she had hoped Mia (jurassic_park_13) would take over, but due to some drama over 1 million NP being stolen from the guild account, Mia left neopets. Luckily, a new member joined the guild and Lori met Alyssa, who would become the next guild leader.

ACT FOUR: ALYSSA'S REIGN (JANUARY 1, 2008 TO MID-DECEMBER 2008)

Scene One: Opening credits
Being fairly new to the guild and unsure of her leading capabilities, Alyssa Kaye was hesitant to apply for the leader position and even after eventually applying, she came to a point where she wanted to drop out of the elections and quit neopets. However, the morning she was going to tell Lori, Lori interrupted and said she had a dream, that her four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin, but by the content of their character. JOKE! Lori actually had a dream that Alyssa had dropped out of the elections. Very scared and extremely creeped, Alyssa held back what she was going to say. In December, the polls were closed and on January 1, 2008, a public ceremony was held on the guild neoboards where Lori gave a classic 8-page speech and handed leadership over to Alyssa.

Scene Two: Learn to love
The following few months consisted of Alyssa learning the ropes of n.a leadership from Lori--becoming familiar with the workings of the webbie, leading the activities committee, and handling dramatic situations took up a lot of this time. One night, while talking about how slow the current webbie was, Alyssa jokingly suggested switching to a new webbie. But after some research, she realized that it wasn't a bad idea. She and Lori split the price for the domain and spent the next few weeks with Christine's amazing coding skills switching everything from the first website to the second. The new webbie was a huge success for awhile--eventually having a chat box, a podcast, and best of all, it was fast!

Scene Three: Even the best fall down sometimes
One day, Alyssa came home from school to find herself and Christine suspended, and Lori frozen. Knowing it was probably because of the new webbie being off-site and all, neo.anxious took measures to be more discreet of its existence. TNT started to pay closer attention to us and then hit us with our first big blow--neo.anxious was deleted. After getting over the shock, we rebuilt the guild and had most of our members rejoined and almost 1000 messages on the guild board by the end of the day. More measures were taken to hide the webbie. Then a second deletion came. Knowing the webbie was a huge part of n.a having 100+ pages and tons of member-written articles, it was decided that n.a would try to keep the webbie. However, no matter the measures taken to hide its existence from TNT while still being able to show it to new members, TNT found it. More deletions came and resulted in the eventual freezing of the guild account, Lori quitting neopets, and Alyssa changing her name to Kaye. Despite these deletions, the members were so supportive and loyal, keeping active knowing that they could get through anything. After a meeting with a trusted few members, it was decided that even though many features and content would be lost in doing so, n.a would start using petpages for our webbie. The next month or so consisted of our best graphic makers hard at work making layouts and coding while others worked at editing the content of webbie itself. Finally, everything was finished and we felt safe. The deletions stopped. Neo.anxious lived in peace.

Scene Four: So much for my happy ending
In September of 2008, real life started to get crazy for Alyssa and she started to come on less often. This resulted in a lack of updates for many of the guild pages and led to her decision to hand leadership to someone else. She started elections in November but drama unfolded between the leader candidates and Alyssa started to get extremely tired of it. After a point, Alyssa left everything to her co-leader, Steph, to finish elections and Alyssa quit neopets.

ACT FIVE: STORMEHH'S REIGN (MID-DECEMBER 2008 TO AUGUST 28, 2009)

*info soon to come*

INTERMISSION: REVAMP COMMITTEE! (AUGUST 28, 2009 TO SEPTEMBER 7, 2009)

The guild had become more inactive than usual and Lori was bored, so she asked Stormehh for permission to be leader until school started on September 7th. Stormehh put up a poll about it, and on August 28th Lori found herself in charge of a guild revamping. She put together a committee of n.a'ers that she had kept in close contact with: Alyssa, Zach, Misty, Sm, and Sanny. There was a gigantic "checklist for success" on the guild homepage, so the members could see our progress. A member sweep deleted over 30 inactive members and the guild message board became more lively again. Upon advertising, Becca happened to see one of our boards, and promptly rejoined neo.anxious! Leader elections were held from September 5-7, with Trenn (megaeragonlover), Luna (coolkat00001), and Becca (xprincessbeccax) becoming the three new leaders of neo.anxious. Member input was taken on every aspect of the revamp and the committee worked long days and nights to try to finish everything by the 7th.

ACT SIX: TRENN, LUNA, AND BECCA'S REIGN

-to be continued-

Birthday Nominations

Voting is closed!! Be sure to be at the Guild Message Board October 24th for the results!

As the guild's birthday rolls closer (October 24th people!!), we decided to host a little awards ceremony, sort of like the Oscars. We have several awards listed below, and 5 nominations chosen by the birthday committee, which consists of sparkly_button, cookiecrumbs226, 1schmidt, m3rcuri, and xrainbow_mistx. So these people nominated the people you see below, in that order. Take a look at each award and pick one of the nominees. The recipients of the awards will be announced on October 24th and the guild board- so be there!

Most friendly

jakeyboybe3

annaleetang

rainbowfrogshop

sparkly_button

rainbowfrogshop

Most helpful

cookiecrumbs226

sparkly_button

x_psychoi

jurassic_park_13

cookiecrumbs226

Most gangster

xrainbow_mistx

awayy

luverbunnyz

1schmidt

Most active

luverbunnyz

jurassic_park_13

1schmidt

jurassic_park_13

Most annoying

1schmidt

rxv

1schmidt

__tush (for introducing that star emotion on ---)

xrainbow_mistx

Best pet

meepit_master19

lagitane

luverbunnyz

rainbowfrogshop

m3rcuri

Best userlookup

jurassic_park_13

xrainbow_mistx

m3rcuri

jurassic_park_13

rainbowfrogshop

Best siggy

simbagirl_101

silver_moonlight13

1schmidt

m3rcuri

rainbowfrogshop

Best shop

silver_moonlight13

m3rcuri

luverbunnyz

sparkly_button

neoanxious

Best current avatar

monkeyminion13559

cobolt_87

m3rcuri

simbagirl_101

candyblossoms

Best petpage

jurassic_park_13

1schmidt

luverbunnyz

jurassic_park_13

Best screenie maker

_xoxo_greenday_oxox_

rainbowfrogshop

spirit_of_myths

rainbowfrogshop

Easiest to annoy

luverbunnyz

Coolest nickname

sparkly_button

jakeyboybe3

xrainbow_mistx

m3rcuri

the twinwich (xrainbow_mistx, awayy, rainbowfrogshop)

Birthday Trophies

You've voted- and here are the winners of the birthday nominations! (If anyone is having trouble putting the awards on their lookup, drop m3rcuri a neomail.)

Most friendly

jakeyboybe3
annaleetang
rainbowfrogshop
sparkly_button
rainbowfrogshop

Most helpful

cookiecrumbs226
sparkly_button
x_psychoi
jurassic_park_13

Most gangster

xrainbow_mistx
awayy
luverbunnyz
1schmidt

Most active

luverbunnyz
jurassic_park_13
1schmidt

Most annoying

1schmidt
rxv
__tush (for introducing that star emotion on ---)
xrainbow_mistx

Best pet

meepit_master19
lagitane
luverbunnyz
rainbowfrogshop
m3rcuri

Best userlookup

jurassic_park_13
xrainbow_mistx
m3rcuri
rainbowfrogshop

Best siggy-

simbagirl_101
silver_moonlight13
1schmidt
m3rcuri
rainbowfrogshop

Best shop

silver_moonlight13
m3rcuri
luverbunnyz
sparkly_button
neoanxious

Best current avatar

monkeyminion13559
cobolt_87
m3rcuri
simbagirl_101
candyblossoms

Best petpage

jurassic_park_13
1schmidt
luverbunnyz

best screenie maker-

_xoxo_greenday_oxox_
rainbowfrogshop
spirit_of_myths

Coolest nickname

sparkly_button
jakeyboybe3
xrainbow_mistx
m3rcuri
*the twinwich (xrainbow_mistx, awayy, rainbowfrogshop)

Easiest to annoy

luverbunnyz

Most "happy

cobolt_87

Easiest to gross out

1schmidt

Neutral

Neutral? Here are some things that you can do to show your fierce neutrality!

Our Motto: This war is only going to increase global warming!

Change your avatar to Good or Bad?

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Credits to Zi (freezni) for the font!

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Credits to Christine (m3rcuri) on her amazingly talented skills to make this creatively fantastic banner!

Maraqua

Motto: *bubble bubble splutter gurgle bibble babble*
Translation: Defending what is rightfully ours!

The Fishy Council

Captain - m3rcuri (Christine)
Boatswain - xrainbow_mistx (Misty)
Quartermaster - miss__snow__princess (Chey)

Maraquan Members

badball83 - 0WP
hamecon447 - 0WP
mini_horsie_4ever - 0WP
miss_misty_missy - 0WP
smiles4life - 0WP
Cookiecrumbs226 - 26700WP (1 item)
faeriepizza - 0WP
goku_rox - 202700 WP (10 items)
m3rcuri - 203500 WP (10 items)
miss__snow__princess - 15600WP
xrainbow_mistx - 176400 WP (10 items)
Zzzzzuzzzzz - 22900WP (3 iitems)

Total War Points - 647,800WP

For King and Country!

These are the Maraquan Warriors
Cookiecrumbs226 with Kapiala
faeriepizza with Spooky_Sentinal
goku_rox with Shizarko
miss__snow__princess with Miss__Snow__Princess
xrainbow_mistx with Azul_Fuzz
Zzzzzuzzzzz with grrda

Here are some avatars you can use to show who the true winners will be!

	Maraquan Krawk
	Go here.
	Raider Of Maraqua
	Get 800+ in Raiders of Maraqua.
	Maraquan Chomby
	Go here.
	Curse of Maraqua - Maraquan Supporter
	View your userlookup if you participated in the Curse of Maraqua war as a Maraquan Supporter.
	Curse of Maraqua - Maraquan Warrior
	View your userlookup if you participated in the Curse of Maraqua war as a Maraquan Warrior.
	Fishing - Titanic Squid
	Catch a Titanic Squid in Underwater Fishing.
	SlugaWOO!
	Click here .
	Bon Appetit
	Randomly awarded when taking leftovers home from the restaurant Kelp.

Maraquan Talk

It's pretty simple to get a hang of (much more simple than those pirate scoundrels!). Just add *bubble* or *gurgle* or words to that effect in between every 3-4 words or so.
The -disallowed_word-luverbunnyz)

Boatswain: Trina (lagitane)

Quartermaster: Fern (awayy)
And you, my mateys, are all proud pirates!
Please be aware that the above avatars are reserved for War council. Choose from one of the avatars below!

Pirates and Their War Points

awayy: 400 WP

dragonicewings: 34300 WP (3 items)

dudexxitsxxmeee: 25200 WP

flipsidediva101: 31600 WP

guitarman679: 37200 WP (3 items)

lagitane: 204400 WP (10 items)

luverbunnyz: 181727 ¹/₂ WP (10 items)

niskye: 200WP

polarbear12345190: 0WP

sparkly_button: 29400 WP

super_assassin: 47100 WP (2 items)

winnya: 126600 WP (8 items)

Total War Points: 718,127 ¹/₂ WP

Off to Battle!

dragonicewings (littlebrikata) vs. xrainbow_mistx (Azul_Fuzz) Won

dudexxitsxxmeee (Sweettie) vs. miss__snow__princess (miss__snow__princess)

flipsidediva101 (lab_babe_pet) vs-blocked-crumbs226 (Kapiala) Won

lagitane (anchorless) vs. goku_rox (Shizarko) Lost

luverbunnyz (CloudyIcing) vs. m3rcuri (sugars_cowboy) Won -because she's that cool

super_assassin (Higashigato) vs. zzzzzuzzzzz (Grrda) Lost

winnya (Flamezing) vs. miss__snow__princess (miss__snow__princess) Won

Support the Pirates

Pirate avatars and fonts

Choose from one of the pirate avatars below, and the suggested fonts. You may edit the font.

Pirate! Shoyru

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neoHTML

[center][font c=993333 f=georgia s=3]P.T.V.[/font][br][font c=a0b0c0 s=2]neoHTML[/font][/center][

neosignature

][center][font c=506070 f=arial][[u][/u]u]pirate [[u][/u]b]team[[u][/u]/u][ [u][/u]/b][/font][font c=501010][ [u][/u]i] victory[[u][/u]/i][/font][/center]

Pirate! Krawk

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neoHTML

[center][font c=404040 f=georgia s=3]Yo ho ho![/font][br][font c=506070 s=2]neoHTML[/font][/center][

neosignature

][center][font c=7090a0 f=arial][[u][/u]u]a pirate's [[u][/u]/u][[u][/u]b]life[[u][/u]/b][/font][font c=404040][[u][/u]i] for me![[u][/u]/i][/font][/center]

Pirate! Aisha

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neoHTML

[center][font c=ee2020 f=georgia s=3]Arrgh...[/font][br][font c=506070 s=2]neoHTML[/font][/center][

neosignature

][center][font c=bfaf3f f=arial][[u][/u]u]the pirates[[u][/u]/u][[u][/u]b] WILL[[u][/u]/b][[u][/u]i] have their [[u][/u]/i][[u][/u]b]treasure!![[u][/u]/b][/font][/center]

Yarrble

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neoHTML

[center][font c=656565 f=georgia s=3]Yarr![/font][br][font c=a7bcc2 s=2]neoHTML[/font][/center][

neosignature

][center][font c=bfaf3f f=arial][[u][/u]u]the pirates[[u][/u]/u][[u][/u]b] WILL[[u][/u]/b][[u][/u]i] have their [[u][/u]/i][[u][/u]b]treasure!![[u][/u]/b][/font][/center]

Pirate! Scorchio

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neoHTML

[center][font c=cc3300 f=georgia s=3]Avast![/font][br][font c=809090 s=2]neoHTML[/font][/center][

neosignature

][center][font c=506060 f=arial][[u][/u]u]The[[u][/u]/u][[u][/u]b] treasure[[u][/u]/b][[u][/u]i] is [[u][/u]/i][[u][/u]b]near![[u][/u]/b][/font][/center]

Neotitles

Change your NeoTitle to one fo the following:

Arr, matey!

Scourge of the seas

Shiver me timbers!

Walk the plank!

Userlookup

Use one of the userlookups below:
To get the code for a userlookup, neomail Lori. Include the name of the layout you would like to use.

Pirate Krawk

Pirate Lupe

Pirate Aisha

Pirate Petpet

Black Pawkeet

Pirate Hannah

Pirate Blumaroo

Pirate layout by Lori

Banners

By Lori

War

PIRATE vs. MARAQUAN

CONGRATULATIONS, PIRATES!

MARAQUAN NON BATTLEDOMERS
badball83
hamecon447
mini_horsie_4ever
miss_misty_missy
smiles4life

PIRATE NON BATTLEDOMERS
awayy
guitarman679
niskye
polarbear12345190
sparkly_button

MARAQUAN BATTLEDOMERS
Cookiecrumbs226 with Kapiala
faeriepizza with Spooky_Sentinal
goku_rox with Gokus_sidekick
m3rcuri with sugars_cowboy
miss__snow__princess with miss__snow__princess
xrainbow_mistx with Azul_Fuzz
Zzzzzuzzzzz with Grrda

PIRATE BATTLEDOMERS
dragonicewings with littlebrikata
dudexxitsxxmeee with Sweettie
flipsidediva101 with lab_babe_pet
lagitane with anchorless
luverbunnyz with CloudyIcing
super_assassin with Higashigato
winnya with Flamezing

Battledomers

dragonicewings (littlebrikata) vs. xrainbow_mistx (Azul_Fuzz) Winner: dragonicewings

dudexxitsxxmeee (Sweettie) vs. miss__snow__princess (miss__snow__princess) Cancelled

flipsidediva101 (lab_babe_pet) vs-blocked-crumbs226 (Kapiala) Winner: flipsidediva101

lagitane (anchorless) vs. goku_rox (Shizarko) Winner: goku_rox

luverbunnyz (CloudyIcing) vs. m3rcuri (sugars_cowboy) Winner: luverbunnyz (OBVIOUSLY)

super_assassin (Higashigato) vs. zzzzzuzzzzz (Grrda) Winner: zzzzzuzzzzz

winnya (Flamezing) vs. miss__snow__princess (miss__snow__princess) Winner: winnya

Please note that winning the battle will get you 2000 WP, not 2000 PP!

War II

As you know, the CFSA (Communistic Faeries and Sloth Alliance) has done a pretty decent job of running the guild when suddenly, a rival decided to challenge the greatness of the CFSA! But nobody can beat Dr. Sloth and Fyora right? Right ... ? To make things worse, just in our time of need, Christine decided to team up with SM (I hear there was an agreement about a hot drink and sweet bread) so now Lori and Molly are left to stand up for what is right.

Along with the SMFC (SM Fan Club) going against the CFSA, there are mini rivals that have broken out amongst the teams. Under the CFSA is

Group Cheez-it

Group Rainbow Dung.

Under the SMFC is

Group Tea & Cakes

Group Electric Feces.

Each group will gather points through various activities to try to beat their rival group. Simultaneously, the points will be added up to see whether the CFSA or SMFC has the power to rule the guild. The fate of the guild depends on you!

Teams

And the moment we've all been anxiously (heh) waiting for ... announcement of teams! Please note that:

members are listed in alphabetical order

group leaders are at the bottom of the list, in bold

Yes, Misty has replaced Lori as Cheez-it leader because Lori needs to be a judge as well. Lori is still on the team though.

Let's get down to business!

The war will end on August 31st, and results are given on September 1st. To prevent this war from being overtaken by money, certain activities count for a certain percentage of the overall score (which is revealed on September 1st!). Basically, you will have no idea what the overall score of your team is besides the WP (War Point) count. The war is broken up into weeks that specialize in an activity. Below is a calendar of upcoming events.

Week of July 8-14: Computer-Generated Graphic Design: Each group will submit one banner that is designed on the computer. It can be a picture, glitter, or animation. The banner should represent your group name, and nothing else. (5% of overall score)

Week of July 15-21: Game Challenge: A random game will be announced at the beginning of the week. The goal is to score as high as you possible can. At the end of the week, all the group members' high scores will be added together. (5% of overall score) This week's game challenge is: Maths Nightmare!

Week of July 22-27: Song Writing Competition: A random song will be announced at the beginning of the week. Each group is to change the lyrics to fit with their group. A good idea is to listen to the song and get a feel for it. Songs will be rated on originality, resemblance to the original song (basically, I can tell what the real song was), how well your lyrics fit in to the music (for example, making sure the syllable count is similar to that of the original, and rhyme), humor, and relativity to the war. (5% of overall score) The song of the week is: "Lip Gloss" by Lil Mama

Day of July 29: Avatar Simon: Each group will pick two members to represent their group in a friendly game of avatar simon. The two members picked must be online at the time of the game. In the event that one or both members are absent, no replacements can be made. The game will continue on anyway. Lori will have a set list of 10 avatars ranging from medium to hard. The game will be hosted on the guild board, and while the game is going on, nobody else is allowed to post. (5% of overall score)

Week of July 29-August 4: Storytelling contest: Each group will be given a neopets character to write a story/biography about. The character is totally unrelated to the war. Please assume all facts in the Neopedia about your character is true.(5% of overall score)

Electric Feces: Bug Eye McGee

Tea & Cakes: Aristotle A. Avinroo

Cheez-its: Highland Chia

Rainbow Dung: Kyishi the Limbo Queen

Week of August 5-11: Hand-drawn Graphic Design: Each group will submit one banner that is designed by hand and scanned into the computer or photographed and transferred to the computer. It can be in black and white or color. The banner should represent a team character, and nothing else. (5% of overall score)

Day of August 11: Avatar ABC: Each group will pick two members to represent their group in a friendly game of avatar ABC. The two members picked must be online at the time of the game. In the event that one or both members are absent, no replacements can be made. The game will continue on anyway. Lori will have a set list of 10 letters. She will pick a letter, and everybody must pick an avatar starting with that letter (no repeats or defaults). The game will be hosted on the guild board, and while the game is going on, nobody else is allowed to post. (5% of overall score)

Week of August 12-18: Battledome: Three members from each group will be picked to battle three members from the opposing group of roughly equal stats. This means that training like crazy won't make much of a difference. :P The five members from each team will be picked strictly on their stats since we need similar stats. Volunteers will not be taken, so don't try. There IS one catch though: the three members that are chosen will be notified the day before their battle. If for any reason they do not show up to fight, the opposing group automatically wins the battle! (5% of overall score)
Pair ups are as follows:
Electric Feces vs. Rainbow Dung
Zakoeki (Arc_angel24) vs. Cleofonte (1schmidt)
IluffBGC (cookiecrumbs226) vs. Ellephaanti (x_psychoi)
winner=cookiecrumbs226
Pearlybubble (Silver_moonlight13) vs. Antheno (Meepit_Master19)
Toadally_Toad_Toad (Sparkly_Button) vs. Wastiyia (Cryistalene)
Fiver20 (Kikara) vs. TheGoobyGoober (Endless Insanity) Cancelled

Tea and Cakes vs. Cheez its
spooky_food_plz (rocketpants) vs. Blue_Mysteria (xrainbow_mistx)
spirit_poseidon (spirit_of_myths) vs. crystal_angel_hearts (Annaleetang)
boisht_lant (monkeyminion13359) vs. Aly5280 (jesusfreak280)
sugars_cowboy (m3rcuri) vs. Cloudyicing (Luverbunnyz)
winner=m3rcuri
JubJub39993339 (jakeyboybe3 ) vs. Balllloooo (Awayy)

Week of August 19-25: Game Challenge: A random game will be announced at the beginning of the week. The goal is to score as high as you possible can. At the end of the week, all the group members' high scores will be added together. (5% of overall score) This week's game challenge is: Ultimate Bullseye!

Week of August 19-25: Song Writing Competition: A random song will be announced at the beginning of the week. Each group is to change the lyrics to fit with their group. A good idea is to listen to the song and get a feel for it. Songs will be rated on originality, resemblance to the original song (basically, I can tell what the real song was), how well your lyrics fit in to the music (for example, making sure the syllable count is similar to that of the original, and rhyme), humor, and relativity to the war. (5% of overall score)The song of the week is: Keep Holding On by Avril Lavigne.

Day of August 27: Friendship Day: Each group will let down its guard and have a mix-it-up day. They will dress in the opposing team's banners, avatars, etc. Although it doesn't affect the outcome of the war, it is nice to remind your friends on the opposing team that you are indeed, alright. Besides, the only way to truly learn about someone else is to walk two moons in their moccasins, right SM?

Week of August 26-31: The Amazing Race: A picture of an item will be given to you. Your group is to buy that item, and there will be a clue on the webbie pertaining to the item you bought, that will lead you to the next item. There are four items in all. Your goal is to collect all four items and send them to luverbunnyz as quickly as you can. The order in which the groups sent in their items will not be announced until September 1st (actually, nothing will be announced!). (10% of overall score)

Item 1:

Item 2: After buying Item 1, look for the 4th word in the description. Item 2 has that word in it and is a neopet body part.
Item 3: The last word in the description of Item 2 is the first word in Item 3. It's something you eat.
Item 4: Take the last word of Item 3 and put it in the past tense. Send anything with that word in it.

40% of the overall score is the amount of WP your group has. WP can be obtained through the completion of certain activities:

faiuki's quest

sneak a treat

bulb's kitchen quests

kadoatery
One last thing: A major tradition/rule we follow during wars is the No-insult rule. Whether you're joking or not, any insults to other groups/teams will result in a deduction of points from your group's overall score. Now you wouldn't want that to happen, would you?

SMFC

The SMFC - SM Fan Club
Motto: Victory will come to those who seek it.

Note: To all members of the SMFC:
We have fought hard thus far, but the CFSA has dominated. It's time for us to strike back. Spend your neopoints on war points, participate in all of these last few activities in our war, and remember to never give up. We can win this, but we have to work as a team. If nothing else, we've learned to respect our opponents abilities, but we can't afford to lose; too much is at stake. Victory or Death! Well ... actually that makes no sense since our lives aren't at stake, but lets all rally together in these last few weeks and try to pull of an upset. Good luck my friends.

There are three forms of economic systems: Capitalism, Socialism, and Communism.
In communism, the state plans and controls the economy and a single, often authoritarian party holds power, claiming to make progress toward a higher social order in which all goods are equally shared by the people.

Socialism is a system of social organization in which the means of producing and distributing goods is owned collectively or by a centralized government that often plans and controls the economy.

Capitalism is an economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately or corporately owned and development is proportionate to the accumulation and reinvestment of profits gained in a free market.

The reason capitalism prevails over communism is that Capitalism is an economic system characterized by freedom of the market. Capitalism has many pros to go along with its economy. The government will change gradually, but is able to adjust to it with ease. Communism can be defined as an economic and political system in which facts of production are collectively owned and directed by the state. As you will easily see capitalism and communism are viewed as two opposing political and economic structures. In a capitalism economy each person has individual freedom with lack of government interference. But the downside to this is that not everybody will have a job, and the government will not help him or her find one. It all depends on what you do, whom you work for, and how long you decide to work. Unlike in communist economies capitalists have the ability to leave jobs and move on to others that allow us to "climb the professional ladder". Another major benefit of capitalism is private property, the concept that people have the right and privilege to control their possessions as they wish. In a capitalism economy the role of government reflects the desire and goals of its citizens. Government also provides goods and services for its entire people. Communism has had many drastic changes at a time, but has been able to overcome them. One of the advantages of communism is that everybody has a job, but the downside is that no matter how much you work or whom you work for, you will always be getting paid the same amount of money as everyone else. . In a capitalist economy, you must work to make money. The more you work, the more you will get paid and now you will be able to buy what you need, and what you want. In a communist economy, you can work as much as or as little you want, but you will still get paid the same amount of money as everyone else. Why would you want to work so hard if you were going to make the same amount of money? Another weak spot about communism is the fact that consumers will not always get what they desire because the government decides on what you will buying. In a communistic society, the government makes all decisions for you. In conclusion, capitalism is a much better economic system because you do not have the lack of restrictions compared to if you were a communist. There are so many more advantages for being a capitalist than being a communist including better working conditions and more freedom, and who doesn't want more freedom?

The above paragraph compares how communism and capitalism apply to a country's economy, however this is different in the guild. Still, in reality, our guild is based on capitalism. If we were communists everyone would have the same rank, and a person who did 100 activities would receive the same amount of pp as someone who merely did one. Granted there are communist qualities of our guild too, but capitalism is a larger part of the guild. Ironically, nearly everyone in the CFSA actually lives in a capitalist country, our guild has capitalist beliefs, why would anyone be against capitalism in the first place? Lori can defend communism all she wants, but I believe everyone knows which economic system is better for us. Furthermore, neopets is based completely on capitalism, so if you really prefer communism you might as well quit neo altogether . . . or you can go play commiepets, where everyone has the same amount of commiepoints, commiepets, and everyone has the same amount of stamps, avatars, items. etc. Not to mention the all powerful TCT that owns every shop, and controls the economy. In other words, communism doesn't work, and it is blatantly obvious capitalism is a better system. Does that mean the SMFC will beat the CFSA? No, both teams are talented, and either one could win. However, at the very least I hope we can convince them to change their name to the capitalist faeries and sloth alliance.

Oh, and for anyone who thinks the Chinese don't have a capitalist economy, here is a quote:
China shows that when it comes to economics, the dividing line among the world's nations is no longer between communism and capitalism. Capitalism has won hands down. The real dividing line is no longer economic. It's political. And that divide is between democracy and authoritarianism. China is a capitalist economy with an authoritarian government.

Our guild has many similarities with China, and Lori also compares our guild to China. This is something we both agree on, and thus we have had and always will have a capitalist guild.

Banners

Here are some banners to show your glowing support for your team!

By SM:

<img src="http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g229/icestorm9125/EFvs.jpg">

By Christine:

<img src="http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d116/dogz10/teamteaandcakesbanner.jpg">

Avatars/fonts

Kass - Minion

Darigan Darkling

Drackonack - Hungry

Dark Nova

Darkest Faerie

WP Standings

Group Electric Feces, led by SM

1schmidt - 102,000 WP
candyblossoms
cryistalene - 1600 WP
meepit_master19 - 2400 WP
roots2012 - 13800 WP
valentinedread
x_psychoi - 85000 WP

Group Tea & Cakes, led by Christine
americangal01
annaleetang - 600 WP
awayy
m3rcuri
monkeyminion13559 - 25800 WP
pokemon_in_peace
rainbowfrogshop - 1700 WP
rocketpants - 7500 WP

CFSA

The CFSA - Communistic Faeries and Sloth Alliance
Motto: CFSA FOREVER

Communism is defined as an economic system in which all the means of production are government controlled. Everyone gets the same amount of respect, fun, and rewards! In Neo.Anxious we treasure literacy, good times, laughing, and neopets. Communism is great because we have a perfect environment where most of the people in this guild share those values. The few people that don't, believe in a capitalist economy in which the money you invest is totally random. Because people in a capitalist economy have no sense of morality whatsoever, often millionaires will wind up in the streets after thefts. Although the all-powerful Dr. Sloth and Fyora are doing their best to reinstate this communistic peace into Neo.Anxious, Kass has some followers who need to be shown the brighter side of life, let's just say. Our mission? To whack that kass!

Why is communism so much better than capitalism? For one thing, communism doesn't seem to have worked nicely in the past due to corrupt leaders. This time though, Lori is the leader and could you really suspect someone who's username is luverbunnyz? One of the greatest (and richest) countries as of right now is China, lo and behold, they use communism! One of the richest guilds in Neopets in neo.anxious, with near 2 million at all times in the guild till. Can you honestly say that communism has failed us thus far? And to show you that communism DOES reside in the guild, no matter how many activities you do, it will not affect your rank. It won't affect your friendships either! To us, every new member has a clean slate regardless of their past, and everyone is treated with respect. If we reverted to capitalism, all the rich people would get suck-ups, and that would be no fun, now would it? Quite contrary to popular (yet ignorant) belief, everyone is provided with the same PP: 0. The PP that you get added on is not a direct result of doing activities, but a little tip we give you as an incentive to keep you doing them! Thus, you should not believe everything SM says.

This guild has been running for over 8 months on the basis of communism, why stop it now? We are on the road to success with wonderful members, amusing activities, and the one thing no guild has - some common sense about which economic system shall prevail in the end. Hopefully one day, the country that we happen to live in will realize that it can make further advancements. Although we think ourselves to be the best, and have the best government, it is quite on the contrary. We are so in debt that if certain countries recall shares that they bought, we would be bankrupt. We are the only big country left that has the lowest gas mileage per gallon than any other country, thus releasing more greenhouse gases than other countries combined. We did not create our own language, we took Albert Einstein from Germany to bomb up Japan, and we've had some of the most corrupt, slow decision making governments in history. Why is this? Why is everyone else so ahead of us? It is when there is a virtuous, smart leader that is selfless, then advancements can be made. We have the ability to become the greatest nation in the world, but we are stuck with this capitalism theory. We claim that all men are equal, yet they shall never be unless communism prevails. With capitalism comes sweat and tears, poor and homeless, sick and dying. Prejudice and racism, arguments and fights. For us to overcome this struggle, we must first make the guild realize what is best for everyone, communism to the world's dying day!

Banners

Here are some banners to show your glowing support for your team!

Avatars/fonts

The first two are the most preferred, but the others will do as well.

Sloth!
(random event)

neoHTML

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neosignature

][br][center][fontc=#ff0000f=verdanas=1]♣ Name[/center][/font]

I ♥ Happiness
Go here while using the I *heart* Sloth avatar.

neoHTML

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neosignature

][br][center][fontc=#e37ef0 f=impacts=2]Name[/center][/font]

I *heart* Sloth
Complete this quiz on January 14th. Answers: C, D, B, C, A.

neoHTML

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neosignature

][br][center][fontc=#97348ff=verdanas=2]▀▄ Name[/center][/font]

Queen Fyora
Play with a Faerie Queen Doll

neoHTML

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neosignature

][br][center][fontc=#ea9afdf=verdanas=1]▪▫Name▫▪[/center][/font]

Fyora - Faerie Queen
Buy anything from the Hidden Tower. A good idea is to buy the Baby PB and resell it.

neoHTML

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neosignature

][br][center][fontc=#89cee4s=2f=verdana]►Name[/center][/font]

WP Standings

Group Rainbow Dung, led by the glorious Ms. Molly
arc_angel24 - 0WP
cookiecrumbs226 - 113900 WP
copland15 - 6300 WP
phoenixLYD10012 - 8500 WP
silver_moonlight13 - 11000WP
sparkly_button - 35800 WP
youhtfulcherries - 0WP

Group Cheez-it, led by the lovely Ms. Misty
dan_fan1023 - 23400WP
jakeyboybe3 - 1200WP
jesusfreak280 - 37700WP
jurassic_park_13 - 15100WP
luverbunnyz - 276500WP
spirit_of_myths - 209800 WP
starburstbottle - 11500WP
xrainbow_mistx - 40100 WP

War Results

Congratulations on the end of a long, hardy, weary, exhausting ... you get the point.

I probably shouldn't bore you with my talk of this probably being the most intelligent guild war in history: not only were there weekly activities for points so that the system didn't depend solely on money, not only were the point figures figured out tediously yet fairly, not only was this a battle of effort and wits, it was a battle of economic systems! Okay so maybe I sneaked in a little speech, but here are the results from the war. If you believe I have made a calculation error, please let me know.

Week of July 8-14: Computer-Generated Graphic Design

Each group will submit one banner that is designed on the computer. It can be a picture, glitter, or animation. The banner should represent your group name, and nothing else. (5% of overall score)

Rainbow Dung

The dung isn't cut out very well, and it's blurry. I like that you found a picture that would suit well with the dung though. 3/5

Cheez-its

Hilarious, but could use a bit more color. Love the shaking at the end & the transmission/Jaws idea. 4.5/5

Electric Feces

Very cute, love the blinking dot, the words are a little hard to see. Can't even recognize the original ogrin, great job though. 5/5

Tea & Cakes

Lettering is hard to see, are the pictures supposed to be transparent? It would be cuter if the ixi was royal, and not drinking soda :P. 3.5/5

Week of July 15-21: Game Challenge

A random game will be announced at the beginning of the week. The goal is to score as high as you possible can. At the end of the week, all the group members' high scores will be added together. (5% of overall score) This week's game challenge is: Maths Nightmare!

Rainbow Dung
cookiecrumbs226: 0
youhtfulcherries: 110
sparkly_button: 696
silver_moonlight13: 544
phoenixlyd10012: 552
kikara: 0
copland15: 104
babikoug: 770
arc_angel24: 352
AVERAGE: 348 = 3.75/5 (average out of 451 multiplied by 5 rounded to nearest .25)

Cheez-its
dan_fan1023: 208
jakeyboybe3: 64
luverbunnyz: 1216
jurassic_park_13: 240
spirit_of_myths: 0
starburstbottle: 370
xrainbow_mistx: 1056
AVERAGE: 451= 5/5 (average out of 451 multiplied by 5 rounded to nearest .25)

Electric Feces
candyblossoms: 420
cryistalene: 0
meepit_master19: 0
roots2012: 112
sswpyo: 290
valentinedread: 0
x_psychoi: 150
1schmidt: 120
AVERAGE: 137 = 1.5/5 (average out of 451 multiplied by 5 rounded to nearest .25)

Tea & Cakes
m3rcuri: 1,400
rocketpants: 0
rainbowfrogshop: 360
pokemon_in_peace: 68
monkeyminion13559: 230
lost_soulz: 0
kayleh: 0
awayy: 0
annaleetang: 30
americangal01: 264
AVERAGE: 235 = 2.5/5 (average out of 451 multiplied by 5 rounded to nearest .25)

Week of July 22-27: Song Writing Competition

A random song will be announced at the beginning of the week. Each group is to change the lyrics to fit with their group. A good idea is to listen to the song and get a feel for it. Songs will be rated on originality, resemblance to the original song (basically, I can tell what the real song was), how well your lyrics fit in to the music (for example, making sure the syllable count is similar to that of the original, and rhyme), humor, and relativity to the war. (5% of overall score) The song of the week is: 'Lip Gloss' by Lil Mama.

Rainbow Dung
No stoppin'!(4x) (2x)

Goin' down, baby - second place for SMFC!(2x)

With the Queen and the Sloth, we aint gonna stop boppin',
There's no way they'll be winning, no chance we'll be droppin'.
Goin' down, baby - second place for SMFC! (2x)
We aint stoppin boppin with the Queen of the cool,
And the top of the sloths with his tricks 'n' his tools.

Go, go, Rainbow Dung, we so deserve it!
The graphics and Simon will be perfect.
Song, oh what you think so far - you quite like it?
Rainbow Dung as hardcore as a battle muffin!

C-c-c-come see the fight - come on!
Where the pets needn't be the colours of top brushes,
Silver moonlights' cybunny Pearlybubble crushes!
Battledome - no running, no hiding behing bushes!

Goin' down, baby - second place for SMFC!(2x)

With the Queen and the Sloth, we aint gonna stop boppin',
There's no way they'll be winning, no chance we'll be droppin'.

Goin' down, baby - second place for SMFC! (2x)
We aint stoppin boppin with the Queen of the cool,
And the top of the sloths with his tricks 'n' his tools.

When we have a break, the war pauses,
We swap colours and banners and the like,
Friendship, happiness, all hangin' together,
Then... bang - get on your bike!

SM and his groupies, with wit and cheek,
Gainst the sleek and charm or Lori's peeps,
It ain't my fault, the war, I can tell you,
All this pouting and aggressive behaviour.

Goin' down, baby - second place for SMFC! (2x)

With the Queen and the Sloth, we aint gonna stop boppin',
There's no way they'll be winning, no chance we'll be droppin'.

Goin' down, baby, second place for SMFC! (x2)

We aint stoppin boppin with the Queen of the cool,
And the top of the sloths with his tricks 'n' his tools.

No no no stoppin'! (no stoppin'! 4x) (2x)

Sittin' there, aint no sign of trouble,
WOrkin' on my song writing, on the double,
I talk to the leader like, "I'm done, Miss Molly",
She's like "Kid - it just aint good enough" - but,
I dont care, I do my thing,
Cuz CFSA, there really is, no stoppin' (3x) ... We're so winnin'!

And oh... I be writin' it, I be, I be writin' it,
And oh... We be fightin' it, we be, we be fightin' it,
And oh... we be winnin' it, we be, we be winnin' it,
Oh no stop... no stop oh... no stoppin'.

Goin' down, baby - second place for SMFC!(2x)

With the Queen and the sloth, we aint gonna stop boppin',
The winnin' of this song contest just the toppin'!

Goin' down, baby - second place for SMFC! (2x)

We aint stoppin' boppin' with the Queen of the cool,
Neo.anxious, listen up - CFSA rule!
The no stoppin phrase is cute, and overall it's a cool song. It's hard to recognize the original song in it, because the beats and rhyme scheme isn't the same, especially at the beginning. 3.5/5

Cheez-its
Yeah they're snappin, they're crackin, they're poppin, they're hoppin.
I gotta eat 'em, 'cause if i don't
They're snappin, they're crackin, they're poppin, they're hoppin