The Polls are Closed and any further discussion regarding the position of Beacon can be debated in this Thread. The Final Vote Count is as Follows and if I missed anyones vote please tell me.
No more changing of votes. Democracy at the strangest is finally done

May The Better Team Win

Final Vote Count I recorded at 12:22 AM Pacific Time May 30, 2006

Far Rim


00. BrianL
1. ElkGroveDan
2. prometheus
3. climber
4. MahFL
5. Joffan
6. bergadder
7. Stu
8. Nix
9. Bill Harris
10. centsworth II
11. alan
12. dilo
13. Kenny
14. Marz
15. Oersted
16. atomoid
17. Stevelu
18. Pando
19. Bobby
20. hendric
21. MichaelT
22. avkillick
23. algorimancer
24. Cosmic Rocker

Near Rim

1. lyford
2. sranderson
3. helvick
4. Tesheiner
5. ustrax
6. Chris
7. RNeuhaus
8. dvandorn
9. imipak
10. Shaka
11. Phil Stooke
12. jamescanvin
13. mchan
14. DFinfrock
15. ant103
16. fredk
17. Windy T
18. myran
19. Castor
20. Adam
21. antoniseb
22. marswiggle

Missed the Vote but First Cheerleader for the Near Rim Team

1. Holder of the Two Leashes

Fence Sitters

1. djellison
2. Bob Shaw
3. Zeke4ther
4. Tman
5. Gonzz

Well crater fans, on paper, the Near Siders look like a much stronger team. Led by big, Power forward Helvick, spotters Tesheiner and Canvin with their uncanny ability to track the flow of the roving, and Stooke steady as always defending their scientific position, you gotta like their chances against a team that's pretty much gotten this far on gut feelings, not skill.

Still, in a One Beacon, winner take all series, anything can happen,... especially if perennial all-star Bill Harris has found his game again after badly misjudging a routine outcrop at Mogollon.

Given the importance of this match, it's too bad they aren't playing before a bigger crowd. I only count 4 people in the stands.

Brian

PS Coach, I want a new jersey. I don't like 19, I want to be 00.

Only 4 people at the stands? You are forgetting that the match is being broadcasted live at UMSF SportTV!!

Hundreds of lurkers like me are watching as the tension is mounting, ready to shout GOAL when one of the teams finally scores.
Now if I could only find a hot-dog stand in Victoria Stadium... not to mention washroom facilities..

This whole taking sides thing reminds me of this picture for some reason:

Though our teams do need mascots....

Oh, blast it all. I missed voting on this? Just so everyone knows, I would have voted "near rim". Well, I'll try to do a better job keeping up on deadlines in the future.

I hope I haven't usurped anyone's authority on this - I still sorta wish these had been official mission patches, but now we can put these mascots to a semi-official use





Rah Rah sis boom bah!

(someone with better photoshop chops feel free to fix the extraneous text...)

Hot diggity dam', Lyford! You missed your calling (you don't design logos, do you?).
There is a slight omission though - our fearless, little band of Fence-sitters. Actually the cartoon possibilities are vast! Consider, say, a Humpty-Dumpty theme, or that uncomfortable stretch with feet on either side of the barbed wire. However, I wouldn't think it appropriate to work in the Stars and Stripes, since to my knowledge they're all "danged furriners".
I could hardly object to the US flag proudly waving over our Winning Near-siders, but not as comfortable with it decorating those "gutsy" guys whose intuition puts them on the Far-side.
Come to think of it, even our side owes a lot of its "Right Stuff" to some Grand Masters of Parallax from Europe.
Maybe we too need a somewhat more international decor.
Fantastic start, though!

Here's one for the Fence Sitters. Perhaps followed by the lyrics to "Brave Sir Robin".

Well, I just changed the text on the unofficial mission patches.... And you are right Shaka about the flags adn the international flava of our corps, but I don't have the skill to change them... I was lucky to get the text in there.

For those who may be unfamiliar with our two little mascots, due to generational or geographical distance, I give you this link....

And just to round out your collection....

wooohooo! Yes, I'm afraid I dated myself there, Lyford. Back in my day he was called Daffy Duck.
I'd never seen the "official" patches. I thought you'd created them from scratch!

Hey BrianL. Check above for your number again

Thanks, coach. Now, when are we going to sit down to renegotiate my contract?

Brian

I believe our brave team deserves something new, although I liked the idea of DD as a mascot...
Here's my proposal...:

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b14/ustrax3/nru3.jpg

Awesome.

WWWwwooooOOOwwWWW! Who's doing the T-shirt?