User talk:BrianD



FIFA organization
2009 FIFA Congress - held Dec. x, in Dublin, Celtic Alliance (in conjunction w/draw for World Cup 2010)

As of the 2009 FIFA Congress, there are xx FIFA Member Associations OAFC - Oceanic/Asian Football Confederation in Asia and Oceania Aceh Afghanistan ANZC Brunei & Sarawak Cocos Islands East Timor Fidji French Republic Hawaii India (United Interim Parliament) Indonesia Japan Pakistan Papua New Guinea Phillippines Singapore Soviet Socialist Siberia Sri Lanka Tonga Vanuatu

CAF - Confederation Africaine de Football in Africa (also covers the Middle East) Algeria Assyria Cabinda Egypt Iran Kongo Kurdistan KwaXhosa Libya Madagascar New Britain New Union of South Africa Pais del Oro People's Republic of Angola Republic of Angola Seychelles Somaliland Zaire Zululand

CONCACAF - Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football in North America and the Caribbean Aroostook Alaska Bermuda Canadian Remainder Provinces Costa Rica (portion controlled by Costa Rican forces) Cuba Deseret Dinetah Dominican Republic East Caribbean Federation Haiti Mexico MSP Netherlands Antilles Nicaragua North American Union * (may split Puerto Rico Saguenay Superior Thunder Bay Victoria Virginia Wisconsin

CONMEBOL - Confederation Sudamericana de Futbol in South America Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru United American Republic Uruguay Venezuela

UEFA - Union of European Football Associations in Europe Aland Alpine Confederation Auvergne Bourgogne-et-Franche Comte Celtic Alliance Cleveland and Northumbia Cyprus Denmark Faroe Islands Finland Friesland Galicia Greece Greenland Iceland La Republique Poitevine Lille-et-Terres Flamande Luxembourg North Germany Norway Orleans Pays-Libres des Basques Portugal Prussia Sicily Republic Sweden Transylvania

just say great work with 2010 fifa cup--Fero 00:12, December 3, 2009 (UTC)

Fero, thanks!--BrianD 00:16, December 3, 2009 (UTC)

Vermont proposal
The Republic of Vermont is an American survivor nation in former New England.

As with every other state, Vermont was hit by Soviet nuclear weapons on Doomsday. Burlington, its largest city, and Montpelier, the capital, were bombed, along with Plattsburgh, New York.

The communities in the north - specifically the county capitals of Newport, and Saint Albans, along with Swanton, Highgate Center, Richford, North Troy and Morton - banded together in an informal alliance. This group made agreements with the so-called "Lawrence raiders" for medical aid and limited supplies, in exchange for being left alone.

Communities south of former Burlington and Montpelier formed a provisional state government in Windsor; representatives in fact signed the constitution of the provisional republic of Vermont in the Old Constitution House - the same site the constituion for the first Vermont Republic was signed 206 years earlier. Survivors from the bombed areas were routed to triage centers near the largest southern towns: Bennington, Brattleboro, Hartford, Rutland and Springfield. Addison, Orange, Washington and Chittenden counties were abandoned. Middlebury and Randolph were reestablished as villages in 1999, and as the radioactivity has gone down, the 'Republic of Vermont' has sent exploratory parties to examine the ruins of Montpelier, Burlington and nearby Plattsburgh. The Republic also has sent parties to salvage the granite works in Barre, hoping that it can be used as a source of revenue in the post-Doomsday world.--BrianD 01:25, October 10, 2009 (UTC)

When it comes to the Virginian and Lincolnite teams, I think they would definately have teams. Thought they would probbably not have officially been in the NFL.

Lincoln: Nebraska Cornhuskers (college fooball team "upgraded" to professional)

Virginia: West Virginia Mountaineers (same thing. more commonly known as the Virginia Mountaineers)

--Yankovic270 01:13, October 10, 2009 (UTC)

Yankovic, thanks for the idea! Sorry I didn't know enough to set up the article to where you could leave a message. Anyway, my thoughts are that such a professional league is years off, because people are just now getting out of survival mode into a more-or-less pattern of living, and coast-to-coast travel is still prohibitive..although if the powers behind the various countries got behind the idea, and you had owners who could weather the travel and salary costs, I suppose the NFL could be resurrected in a few years time.--BrianD 01:25, October 10, 2009 (UTC)

One man's dream
Iron Mountain entrepreneur Elliott Gold has a room full of memorabilia from the old National Football League.

Front and center sits a jersey and helmet allegedly worn by Green Bay Packers quarterback Bart Starr, alongside other items from the Packers and other NFL teams.

Twenty-seven years after Doomsday, the league is a memory that long lives in the minds of many older Superior citizens, one of whom is Gold. And if he gets his way, the long-dead league will soon rise again.

"Like a Phoenix," Gold said.

The league is only in his mind at this point, as many as 12 teams, in survivor nations, named after former NFL and Canadian Football League franchises. A team in Superior named the Vikings. The Green Bay Packers. Aroostook Patriots. Victoria Lions, not after the franchise in Detroit but the CFL team in British Columbia. The Thunder Bay Blue Bombers. A team in the Municipal States of the Pacific, possibly named after the San Francisco 49ers or Los Angeles Rams. Teams in the Virginian Republic, Lincoln, Deseret, Canada, even in Saguenay.

And, a team in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, home of the other known NFL or CFL franchise whose city survived the war: the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

Gold knows that his dream is far-fetched and that a few important factors have to come together: large and sustained population growth, the emergence of a middle class with expendible income, transportation across the continent as easy and cheap as before the war.

But, he says, a man can dream. And dream he does. --BrianD 18:20, October 9, 2009 (UTC)

Yankovic,, thanks for the idea! Sorry I didn't know enough to set up the article to where you could leave a message. Anyway, my thoughts are that such a professional league is years off, because people are just now getting out of survival mode into a more-or-less pattern of living, and coast-to-coast travel is still prohibitive..although if the powers behind the various countries got behind the idea, and you had owners who could weather the travel and salary costs, I suppose the NFL could be resurrected in a few years time.--BrianD 01:28, October 10, 2009 (UTC)

We could also have it reform piecemeal. Have a few more regional leagues set up before they reunite. And the Virginian President-General would probbably help chip in due to the fact that the sports could distract his citizens from the dictatorship. --Yankovic270 02:46, October 10, 2009 (UTC)

That's similar to how the actual NFL began (minus the dictators, of course). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League#Beginnings --BrianD 02:53, October 10, 2009 (UTC)

Official policy regarding changes to articles by anonymous users
Hmm...good question. We always try to defer to the creator of the article before we make massive changes to the content. Still when an article is in a proposal phase we generally hope that the creator would be willing to make changes to it so that it does contradict canon. Sometimes of course other editors will go in and make those changes to a proposed article to get it ready to be graduated if the creator is either unable or unwilling to make them himself. As for anonymous users, well I guess it depends on what is the quality of their work? I think it is completely within your right to change it if you don't like it since the article is still a proposal. Things are a lot more fluid in that stage.

Also your welcome on Vermont, it was very good. Just to point out though I'm not the only one who can graduate articles, I just saw that DarthEinstein had moved for its graduation and since no one objected I stepped up and graduated it. Mitro 16:46, October 14, 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah, I just looked at the edits you were reffering to. Yes they were very unconstructive, go ahead and undo them.  Mitro 16:48, October 14, 2009 (UTC)
 * Re: Vermont, this may be the last advanced survivor state I build (unless I see a compelling reason for another such state elsewhere in the world, like Singapore). I want to be mindful of your point on another talk page about too many advanced states arising from the former U.S., especially as I flesh out my other proposals.--BrianD 16:56, October 14, 2009 (UTC)

On tap

 * Update FIFA membership additions for December world congress
 * Create pages for soccer/football and baseball
 * Raise question on talk page of whether to refer to the sport as soccer or football
 * What to do with Cave City?

Policy
We don't really have such a policy but I would suggest that you just mention on the main talk page that your article is open for adoption. Mitro 13:49, October 26, 2009 (UTC)

Cave City
I thank you sir, I assure you that your work will not go in vain.--GOPZACK 19:18, November 8, 2009 (UTC)

Gaelic football
Should elaborate on this for the sport by country article. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7962884.stm --BrianD 13:03, November 9, 2009 (UTC)

Virginia in WCRB Report on Southern United States
You did perfectly. I never thought to have Virginia explore the neighboring states. I have no objections. In fact I am positively thrilled and delighted at this wonderful addition to my nation. Forget A+. You get A++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++. --Yankovic270 22:36, November 10, 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Yank! Thompson would almost certainly have done so in real life. Didn't you have Virginia meeting a Superior expedition in Ohio? Now that doesn't mean they found anybody, but if nothing else they would have been able to get an idea of what did happen to those folks.--BrianD 01:36, November 11, 2009 (UTC)

The Virginians would have annexed any small survivor states. Either by persuasion or force, it doesn't make a difference to them. --Yankovic270 02:33, November 11, 2009 (UTC)

Republic of Texas
I'm considering building towards a reunification of West Texas and eastern Texas into a Republic of Texas. Please let me know if you think it's realistic, or if the two countries need to be split. They're not at war, and there's no reason for anything beyond a few eastern Texans being mad that West Texas didn't get out there sooner. Also, a unified Texas would give me an excuse to use Clint Dempsey in the timeline; he's a soccer/football player for the U.S. men's national team and for Fulham FC in England. I've established West Texas as having tremendous interest in soccer, and see its national team as influenced by the Mexican style (since many of the players are immigrants or sons of immigrants from Mexico) and a possible dark horse in the CONCACAF region. --BrianD 15:35, November 11, 2009 (UTC)

I think this realistic and I support it --GOPZACK 00:29, November 12, 2009 (UTC)

The Future of Cave City
I want to have Cave City hold a referendum on whether or not to have them join the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Is that alright with you? --GOPZACK 00:28, November 12, 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm good with that. --BrianD 00:46, November 12, 2009 (UTC)

I want the Virginians to at least annex enough territory to reclaim Fort Campbell and secure it to there nation. If that means that most of Cave City goes to Kentucky, I'm fine with that. I am also planning a Virginian military expedition to the remains of the fort to clear out the dangerous cannibal gangs in the area. --Yankovic270 01:02, November 12, 2009 (UTC) I want to have all of Cave City up to the old tennessee Kentucky boarder along with parts of Tennessee Missouri Indiana Illinois and maybe even parts Arkansas. I would also like to see a map of all the territory the Virginian Republic has/ claims right now. --GOPZACK 01:11, November 12, 2009 (UTC) You guys need to work out then who has the rights to Fort Campbell. The base is west of Cave City, which means that for Virginia to hold the area it will need the area of Kentucky, or Tennessee, that is between Virginia and Fort Campbell. Therefore, that is something you guys will have to negotiate. One solution is for Kentucky to have sovereignty over the old state of Kentucky, Virginia to have sovereignty over Tennessee, and the two sides to split the base (and remaining assets) between them. You'll also have to consider the survivor communities in both states: Cave City (and Lake Cumberland) aren't mine any longer so I can't speak for them; but the Tennessee communities I will. Portland would be interested in working with either country; Morristown might be more interested in a political alliance with Asheville but granting access through its territory in exchange for some type of aid.--BrianD 01:23, November 12, 2009 (UTC)

Deleted sections on talk page
Not really, they should be archived. What page are you referring too? Mitro 15:00, November 12, 2009 (UTC)
 * A deletion on an editor's talk page that was subsequently undone by another editor.--BrianD 15:16, November 12, 2009 (UTC)

Madison and Superior

 * Yes, those territories are the one and the same. However those territories were largely depopulated in the time after Doomsday, and many of those areas have since been reclaimed by colonists from Mackinaw City. This is a source of dispute between the Madison and its parent nation, though refereda held in those territories has consitently supported union with Superior. Madison is largely made up of its former population, though it had lost most in the gang wars in the pursuing years. Since then, there has been steady growth in regards to immigration from the West and South. Lahbas 01:56, November 14, 2009 (UTC)
 * I had wondered about that. Thanks for the clarification. Are you alright with Madison/Wisconsin sponsoring a Green Bay Packer football team to play in the Superior league, or should I remove that?--BrianD 01:58, November 14, 2009 (UTC)

Sport in the Great Lakes

 * If you take over the creation of those sports leagues in Superior, I would be grateful. I had some plans for them, but you seem more versed in these specifics than I am. Also, I am not sure Madison would have a Green Bay Packers team, since that would be more like a political statement; rather, this team would represent the Green Bay territory. The only requirement I have for those leagues, if you don't mind adopting them, would be that Thunder Bay and the Repulic of Madison participate in these leagues. Lahbas 02:04, November 14, 2009 (UTC)
 * Let's go ahead and flesh this out, then. There are three pro leagues - hockey, football and baseball - all initially funded by an act of Superior's Congress, correct? As Madison doesn't sponsor a Green Bay team, we can establish that there is a team there, playing somewhere in the city (perhaps a rebuilt Lambeau Field funded w/state money)? And, if you don't mind my asking, does Superior intend for these to be major league-level replacements for the NFL/MLB/NHL in some way?--BrianD 02:26, November 14, 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes, they are meant to replace the former leagues in the United States. As for the stuff you have already covered, you've already done more than even I planned. Stupidly, I had planned a massive expansion, creating seperate pages for each, in which I was going to give articles on the teams, seasons............basically an unrealistically grandiose plan. However, I like what you have done, except for maybe Stowe (I am not sure as to its size, though in the end it might remain the same, and no change will be needed). Again, you seem much more versed in these topics than I possibly could ever be. Good job. :) Lahbas 04:37, November 14, 2009 (UTC)
 * I went with Stowe because it was the capital, and that there would be a sufficient population due to the infrastructure needed to support the government, and businesses that help run and supply the city proper. Thanks for the compliments!--BrianD 14:49, November 14, 2009 (UTC)


 * I am thinking of expanding the Republic of Wisconsin (expansion having been made in the last four to five years) and therefore this might require the development of a regional league. Am I right on this, or would it remain largely the way it is currently set up? Lahbas 04:39, November 14, 2009 (UTC)
 * It will depend on if Superior is alright with adding additional teams from Wisconsin, and if they do so now, I'd assume they would allow more Wisconsin teams in. There is precedent for U.S. and Canadian teams playing in the same league (baseball's AL, NHL, and OTL NBA and MLS). The questions going forward are how many people in the city you may want to expand to? I'm assuming the markets need to be as big as the biggest cities you've listed for Superior. As long as Superior has good relations with Wisconsin and vice versa, no reason why Wisconsin wouldn't join the Superior league. Think of the OTL pro leagues in terms of U.S. and Canada vs. U.S. and Cuba. --BrianD 14:49, November 14, 2009 (UTC)

Sports in Greece
Hey Brian, would you be up to adding Greece to the sports page of DD? Soccer and basketball are the most popular, and in our world rugby is expanding; I'm sure in this new world where Australia is the mover & shaker of post-Doomsday, rugby might be even more popular in the Confederation. Some sort of equestrian sport might be popular in the Confederation's North African territories.
 * Everything I've just said is pure speculation. I'd like to leave all the decision up to you.

Mr.Xeight 02:59, November 15, 2009 (UTC) I'll roll with that, Mr.Xeight, but I do defer to the wishes of each country's creator(s). I'll look at the Wikipedia entry for Greek sports and work with that, and your suggestions. Thanks!--BrianD 03:03, November 15, 2009 (UTC)

The Southern USA
Upon seeing what happened with Yank there I must say I'm very tempted to move away from working with him and more with rational thinkers. I would be deeply interested in working with you in the further development and revitalization of the Southern USA. I ask for no deadline as to when you will know what your doing, all I ask is if you are interested and when you do know what you want to do I will back you --GOPZACK 00:38, November 17, 2009 (UTC)
 * Zack, thanks for the kind words. I'm not looking to make enemies here with anyone, including Yank. Conflicts happen, you work through them, and you move on. I'm still not sure what I want to do in the region, though, so I'll have to get back to you on that :) --BrianD 00:59, November 17, 2009 (UTC)

And it was my fault anyway. I was just acting like an idiot. I am sorry and I hope I can continue to work with both of you. I am an idiot. I pretty much alienated one of the best allies I have in this timeline. I am of course talking to you Zack. --Yankovic270 02:47, November 17, 2009 (UTC)

Look don't worry about it Yank. It's cool. --GOPZACK 03:14, November 17, 2009 (UTC)

Conflit with another editor
It seems like you guys worked it out without me. If there are any more problems let me know. Mitro 02:37, November 17, 2009 (UTC)
 * Owen has caused problems like this in the past (if you look in the archives you might come upon his famous attempt to kick out Louisiannan). So far though he has not done anything that can get him blocked from editing, even though most of his contributions are either implausbile or too difficult to understand to be workable.  I am not going to try to guess why he does things like this but if he makes an edit like the one you just described then just undo it.  Mitro 16:36, November 18, 2009 (UTC)

Portland Tennessee
Thank you for the kind words and well wishes I'm sure President Bunning will make an appearance there soon. I to believe Kentucky would be able to help reclaim Tennessee Perhaps if the state were to be divided into two sectors with Kentucky taking one half and Virginia the other. --GOPZACK 16:49, November 18, 2009 (UTC)

Indonesia
are we talking about 1983 indonesia? maybe i start that but you are free to do wtv in there, maybe you can question the community, i am not the indonesia master emperor. Singapur is like swizerland, or caiman island, a bank country of asia, i dont know what can happen in 1983 in there--Fero 23:59, November 20, 2009 (UTC)

well done in sports--Fero 20:55, November 21, 2009 (UTC)

como siempre leer tu ingles me dar ganas de escribir en espanol para explicarte todo, fero...!! Indonesia I wrote a lot about, in conjunction with Aceh. HAve a look man... I made a DETAILED REGIONAL MAP right after making the firs world map.. you should remember thaT???--Xi&#39;Reney 22:21, November 21, 2009 (UTC)
 * I remember it, and I've seen it...I was looking for any info on the Singapore region I may have missed while reading the various talk pages and articles on the timeline.--BrianD 22:38, November 21, 2009 (UTC)

To-do list

 * Work on scenario for Winter Olympics


 * Work on Singapore article and finish it, also help write scenario for Malaysia (latter is a long term project)


 * Finish U2 page (Bono WILL NEVER DIE! :p )


 * Establish page for Hattiesburg


 * Draw up World Cup 2010 schedule


 * update sports by country, colleges and universities page


 * establish scenarios for racist citystates in south


 * Explore possible reunification between west and east Texas, and ramifications of such a union on the combined country and region. How much of the former state could it actually control?


 * West Texas make amends with Mexico - Conaway/Mexican President summit somewhere in January 2010, perhaps in Dinetah? Midland? Mexica?


 * Tie West Texas dollar to Mexican peso


 * West Texas quietly has been exploring Brownsville/South Padre Island region since November, for use as a port...in anticipation of trade with Mexico and other Central American and Caribbean countries


 * Congress is expected to vote on formalizing San Angelo and Waco's territorial status when it reconvenes in January 2010.


 * George W. Bush - negotiator, Mexican ambassador to West Texas


 * Possible incentives for former Americans to move back to West Texas...including W


 * Investigate Vermont's role as Switzerland of North America and all its political ramifications


 * Investigate move to extend term from 2 yrs (as Vermont governors have OTL) to 4 years (like the US President OTL) and why that is so important for Douglas to do his job as a regional leader


 * Confederation of New England establishment


 * exploration of nuked Massachusetts, Conn. and Rhode Island, plus exploration of New York City (based on FxGentleman's NBC article, it's probable that someone has already visited and explored Manhattan).

--BrianD 04:19, November 24, 2009 (UTC)

Sports of Ecuador
I'm planning on expanding Ecuador (1983: Doomsday) as soon as finals are over for me and was wondering if you would be interested in writing the section on sports? Mitro 13:41, December 15, 2009 (UTC)
 * You have been doing so well with the sports angle I am going to leave that entirely to you. As for Ben being on break, I will definetly let you know if I need any help.  Mitro 19:52, December 19, 2009 (UTC)

OFL
I went and turned the OFL page into a redirect toward the current version and then deleted the other two redirects before it. This is the second time Owen has created an article for something that already had an article. If he does it again let me know. Mitro 19:21, December 21, 2009 (UTC)
 * Don't worry.--BrianD 19:23, December 21, 2009 (UTC)