Leader. George Washington
Eh, when left with the choice between George and Augustus, influence favors the guy with a month named after him. Okay, so George has a dollar bill, the quarter,
a state and the District of Columbia named after him, but the DC architecture is all classical Grecian-Roman and nothing impresses like a successful dictator.
Leader. George Washington
Leader. George Washington
Looking over who’s left on the field, you can really feel a major anti-climax building, can’t you?
Edit: Oops, forgot I already voted this round.
I’m betting on a Gutenberg-Newton showdown.
Honestly, I’ve had a pretty good idea who would be #1 and there hasn’t been anything that has happened to change my opinion. So, in a way, yeah.
I was surprised (and pleased) to have Gutenberg win his category, however. He was my choice for top inventor, but I thought he’d lose to Edison or Watt with the “the Chinese did it first” argument taking hold.
Leader.George Washington
Tough one for me, but in historical terms, the United States of America are still pretty new, and I’m not ready to say we’re of huge long-term importance yet.
And if we last as long as the Roman Empire (including the rightful place of the Eastern portion) we should only have 5 or 6 more civil wars to sort things out.
Why, yes, I’ve been reading Shelby Foote’s history of that past unpleasantness, if you’re wondering.
Today’s the day to score round 21… so a bump for more votes.
And the last winner is: Augustus Caesar!
To keep the formatting the same…
Category, Name, # of votes
L, George Washington, 11
Since Augustus already has a month named after him, no prize I can give will top that, so I’m sure he’ll understand.
Rules are the same as the category rounds: Vote the 1 person on the list who you think is the least influential:
Inventors, Johann Gutenberg, Inventor of Printing Press
Leaders, Augustus Caesar, Roman Princep, Founded Roman Empire
Philosophers, Aristotle, Greek Philosopher
Religion, Mohammed, Founder of Islam
Scientists, Isaac Newton, Theory of Universal Gravitation and Motion
Since categories are irrelevant, all you have to do is enter the name:
“Isaac Newton”
… without the categories.
Schedule is going to remain the same – 2 voting days, one scoring day. I could probably shorten it, but since I’m used to the original schedule I’m going to keep it. One difference - I’m going to count today as the first day of the Final Round and not the day to score round 21.
Tues, 15-June, Final Round 1
Weds, 16-June, Final Round 1
Thurs, 17-June, Scoring FR 1
Fri, 18-June, Final Round 2
Sat, 19-June, Final Round 2
Sun, 20-June, Scoring FR 2
Mon, 21-June, Final Round 3
Tues, 22-June, Final Round 3
Weds, 23-June, Scoring FR 3
Thurs, 24-June, Final Round 4
Fri, 25-June, Final Round 4
Sat, 26-June, Scoring FR 4 - Winner will be declared!
My vote:
Mohammed
Mohammed
Augustus.
Augustus Caesar
Aristotle
Gutenberg and Newton are voteless so far.
Meanwhile, I’ll vote for (against) the guy whom I feel has had the least influence on my life.
Mohammed
Mohammed
Mohammed. It’s starting to look like a landslide!