The Apolytoners Hall of Fame: December 2004

[DarkCloud]

Well, here it is at long last- destined to spill into January (maybe longer or slightly shorter if I take a vacation)

Sorry for the delay!

-DC
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4th Post down from here contains VOTING RESULTS!

Hello and welcome to another edition of the Apolytoners Hall of Fame!

What is it?
The Apolytoners Hall of Fame (HoF) is a list of people who contributed a lot to the community here on Apolyton. For example: Xin Yu was inducted in the HoF for his incredible strategy and MP contributions to the Civ2 section, yin26 for his fantastic work on 'The List' with suggestions for Civ3. Every member of the Hall of Fame has made great contributions to Apolyton and the Civilization community - these people and their accomplishments must be remembered by us all!

If you don't recognize many names you probably haven't been here very long and/or hardly ever post outside this forum - in that case this HoF might be a good opportunity to learn something about them. That is why this Hall of Fame was created: to remember and learn.

Periodically, we hold a vote for the Apolytoners who we think contribute the most to Apolyton, the ones who make Apolyton what it is. The winners shall be inducted in the Hall of Fame and their names will live forever in the annals of APOLYTON!

History
The idea for the Hall of Fame was born in late 2000 as an outgrowth of the old Apolyton Army and Apolytoner of the Season Contests, seeking to honor the people of Apolyton in a more meaningful and structured way.

The first edition was held in the Off Topic in December 2000 over a period of 3 days and is currently archived. The first election saw Markos and Dan, the owners and administrators of this site, and the first 10 posters inducted.

Since then, the HoF vote has been held roughly 4 times a year with 11-14 total members being elected every year. Up until August 2002, the vote was held only in the Off Topic forum - from that time on it has been posted in other sections (first in Civ3, later also in SMAC, CtP1-MP, CtP2, etc).

Special Thanks/Why we do certain things:
Ming for archiving the first thread and helping manage the thread in its early days.
As per suggestion by MOBIUS, the last vote's are carried onto the next votes.
As per suggestion by Solver, all previous votes are carried onto the next votes.
As per suggestion by Martin Guhman, December votes are extended till 6 days.
As per suggestion by Locutus, introduction revised.

This edition
Welcome to the December 2004 edition of the APOLYTONERS HALL OF FAME

(3 Members to be inducted this session)
(Only 10 total will be elected this year)
You have approximately 30 days to vote [Until January 19th).

Please vote today and elect some of your brethren to join the historic Hall; consisting of such hallowed names as Adam Smith, DanQ, MarkG, Giant Squid, St Leo, Ming, Snapcase, oedo, rah and more.

So now is your chance to decide: who should be inducted in the HoF this time?


Table of Contents
I Introduction Post
1) What is it
2) History
3) This Edition
4) Table of Contents
5) Notice

II Rules Post
1) Rules for voting
2) Amendments
a) Purgings
b) Posthumous Inductions
3) FAQ

III Hall Posting
1) Hall of Fame Members
2) Alphabetical member list
3) Chronological member list (by date of induction)
4) Chronological member list (by registration date)
5) Information about the Hall of Famers

IV Current Voting
1) Current Standings
2) Who voted for Whom

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1) Rules for voting

Everyone can vote for 3 posters

Registered In/Before 1999- 4 points per vote
Registered In 2000- 3 points per vote
Registered In 2001- 3 point per vote
Registered In 2002- 2 points per vote
Registered In 2003- 2 point per vote
Registered In 2004- 1 point per vote

-You may not vote for yourself.
-All ¡¥frivolous¡¦ votes are thrown out.
-Giving your vote to someone merely because they ask is considered a frivolous vote.

No vote changing once you have voted for someone; unless you accidentally voted for someone already in the hall.

You may only vote once in the hall of fame (for 3 people) IF you try to vote more than once ALL of your votes will be made void.

Time Limit for voting is: 30 Days for this time.

2) Amendments

a) Purgings

Members will be purged from the voting rolls if they received 0 new votes in the month of election. This allows the hall to keep up-to-date, and keeps it from having to reset completely every month. Thus, the hall worthy posters will continue to gather votes day in and day out because their contributions to Apolyton are timeless.

b) Posthumous Inductions

In the regrettable case where a popular member has perished, the Hall of Fame has the ability to posthumously induct him/her into the hall based upon popular opinion. The first class of posthumous inductees (December 2003) included such forum greats as Tazidude, Scouse Gits(2), and faded glory.

3) FAQ:

Trust me, an on-topicer will never win ¡§

What about Xin Yu? What about Velociryx? Both good posters who are currently in the hall!
And if you think that being interviewed by Solver is a prerequisite for an on-topicer getting into the hall- remember Paul!

And remember, many of these ¡¥mostly-OT posters¡¦ used to be huge on-topic posters back around 1998-99! Ming for example, Giant Squid for another!

Disclaimer:

The Hall of Fame is based on whoever people vote for, and as Lazarus and the Gimp stated so eloquently: ¡§"The compilers of this list cannot rule out the possibility of inductees being a bunch of utter ****s" Thus. Please. Don¡¦t shoot the messenger.

Where is the Hall of Fame usually posted?

From December 2000 to August 2002, the Hall of Fame had only been posted in the Off Topic forums; with occasional forays into the Apolyton/Community section. However, nowadays you can find the Apolytoners hall of fame in the OT (main) Civ III (main) and with satellite threads that link into the hall of fame in the following sections: CTP II MP, AC-General, Alt.Civ section-„³Clash of Civilizations (b/c it has 2nd most posts in alt.civ), Civ III DemoGame sections.

Also, the Hall of Fame is currently lobbying to become a news item.

¡¨How long is voting?¡¨

Voting will continue for roughly 30 days.

In December; voting will be 15 days unless the corollary act is enacted and voting is done during Christmas time; in that case voting will be extended to 30 days in order to accommodate all traveling voters)

Why Do People who received no votes last time expire ?

Their votes expire and they are zeroed and kicked off the list because they were not found to be interesting at the time of the last vote or two. This is done so as to keep the hall clear¡K

This new process certainly keeps the hall current (a la Major League Baseball¡¦s Hall of Fame)

I was recommended not to carry over votes at all, but will continue that tradition, at least for this election because of the idea that we don¡¦t just want ¡§flavor of the month¡¨ posters elected. We want people who have contributed over a long period of time.

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5) Information About the Hall of Famer’s
Information Courtesy: The Apolyton 100

MarkG - Founder of the site and maintainer. He has created numerous scripts for the site; uploaded data and dealt with troubles, all the while still finding the time to post in the Civ II sections and play Civ. A true legend.
DanQ - Founder of the site and maintainer. He has created numerous scripts for the site; uploaded data and dealt with troubles, all the while still finding the time to post in the Civ II sections and play Civ. A true legend. Check out his Faces of Apolyton Interview Here.
Ming - OT moderator. Benevolent and kind. Civ II Mper and Civ II poster. He keeps order on the site and posts a lot in the OT. Check out his Faces of Apolyton Interview Here.
MikeH - AC-Player; now best known for his Off-topic postings. He now resides at CounterGlow.
MichaeltheGreat - Off topic moderator. Civ II player.
Mao - OT poster, he also posted in the Civ II sections until Aug 2000 when he faded from the forums
EVC - Humorous. Slightly offensive. Well-known for micronationalism; crazed antics. OT regular until his permabanning
Giant Squid - Old Mod-Maker for Civ II and poster on the forums since almost their inception. Best known for Apolyton Micronationalism.
Provost Harrison - AC poster, OT poster, ubiquitious poster. Provost is best known for his off-topic exploits.
Roland - Apolyton economist and financial wizard
Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey - Co-Founded of The Alpha Centauri Nexus (more popular than ACN's SMAC section at the game's peak).
St. Leo - Currently hangs out and promotes the Scenario League. He used to be one of the more important Civ II posters.
Imran Siddiqui- For a time, he was the ACS News Editor. He was a heavy poster back in the old days. Civ II poster. Civ III-ideas poster and contributor to “The List” Now he generally hangs out in the Off-Topic and runs the Fantasy Baseball League. He enjoyed the old Story-Threads and contributed to many of them.
Stewart Spink - Humor. Spam. OT. Discussions. He was an Apolyton staff member at one time. He maintained the Civ II Top Ten Scoring list and some other things. He also had his own Civ II site.
Lancer - Well known for his charitable Karen Mills threads about the family in the Phillipines and the Apolyton House. He is also well known for his many invaluable Civ II contribuitions. He also created the Apolytoner of the Season contests. See his Faces of Apolyton Interview HERE
Ron Jeremy- Humorous/Cynical Apolytoner. An old Civ II-er, he now hangs out in the OT.
*End is Forever* - Very interested in music. OT-er.
Boshko- OT-er. Big in political threads
Monk - OT-er. INFO NEEDED
Snowfire - Great contribuiter to The List for Civ III… One of the threadmasters for the Civ III list.
Stefu - STEFU! Finnish OT-er! Very humorous. Check out his Faces of Apolyton Interview Here.
Adam Smith - Financial wizard. Economist. Used to be big in the Civ II sections; he now solicits financial advice in the OT.
chegitz guevara - Communist… You guessed it… Theben’s brother. Currently lives in Florida. Well known for his remarkably Left-wing viewpoints.
Ramo - Another Libertarian/Anarchist. Yet Another Texan named Omar. Off-Topic debator.
Snapcase - Hacker, OT-er, and in charge of the Apolyton News.
Wraith - Social Libertarian. OT-er. Anime fan. MORE INFORMATION NEEDED
rah - Major Civ II Mper, brother of Ming and current moderator of the OT. He also posts in the Civ II general section.
yin26- - South Korean master of THE LIST for Civ III! Yin26 used to be moderator of the Civ III section until he decided that he didn’t like Civ III… And for all newbies- you can relate his vitriolic statements about Alpha Centauri to Coracle’s whining about Civ III! However, returning to the more important information: yin 26’s listmastering tasks are not to be underestimated- he sorted thorough THOUSANDS of posts to find the best to submit to Firaxis in that huge 200 to 400-or-so page sacred document that is THE LIST.
Ecthelion- - Deutsche-Spam. Prominent Oter known for his humor. Formerly known as Andz83 and ChaosWarrior, Ecthelion originally posted in the Civilization II section. History happens to be one of his favorite topics.
Jay Bee- - Current moderator of the Spanish Civilization II section of the Forums. He is also the genial head of the Spanish Civilization II Site; an excellent site with many varied Spanish-setting scenarios. Jay Bee has been with Apolyton almost since its inception, being one of the first 4 people to register on the forums; right behind the venerable MarkG, DanQ and DarthVeda.
Velociryx - Current head of the Candle’bre project, a project centered around creating a free 4x and massively multiplayer game a la Trade Empires. Vel is also the published author of a recently (July 2002) released Mystery. He also published a strategy guide for Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri and Alien Crossfire. He is a former AC-Fiction author and frequent AC-contributor. He was nce voted Apolytoner of the Season for the entire site. More information can be found in the Faces of Apolyon Interview by Solver
Xin Yu - Civ II strategy master and MPer. More information can be found in his Faces of Apolyon Interview by Solver
GP/TCO- Best known for his proponency of the “Branching Thread” format; GP is a former Navy Crewman who happens to be a frequent debater and frequenter of the Apolyton Off-Topic; he has also, in the past, visited the Civ II section, giving hints and advice. Currently (as of Nov 2002) he is under one of his asked for ‘bans-from-Apolyton’ so that he is not tempted to post
paiktis22- PLEASE CONTRIBUTE INFORMATION; Apolyton OT-er and former Civ III-ideas and Civ II regular.
Chris62 - He frequents the Spanish Civilization II, Scenario League, OT, General, Multiplayer website forums.
Sirotnikov Humorous. Defends Israel in the OT (since he lives in Israel). Mostly known for his OT work, although he does make some forays into the Civ-community
KrazyHorse/Frogger Large OT poster and debater... and sometimes poster in the Civ II sections
Asher Prominent and loyal Oter
Slowwhand OT and Civ II poster and Multiplayer.
Locutus CTP/CTP2 Ladder/MP, modmaking and CTP/CTP2 moderatorialship fame. Check out his Faces of Apolyton interview http://apolyton.net/misc/interviews/...cutus.shtml”>Here.
orange The poster of Apolyton Yearbook fame! A valued OTer and former civ II and CivIII-civilizations section poster!
Trip An honorable Demogamer, and the starter of the Civ III Demo-Game... as well as a major player in the Civ III PTW demogames and the ISDG... Trip embodies all things demogame. He also had some of the most popular Civ III scenarios; Civil War and Napoleoanic Wars.
DinoDoc Conservative debater in the OT. High Profile Poster. Been around and contribuited for a long time.
Paul CTP modder and designer as well as MPer. OCC God, he created many strategies for it. Paul is also the organizer of various football prediction leagues in the OT. A long staple of the community
Zylka One of those loveable OT-spammers/debators/flamers. The OT always loves their entertainiment. and entertainment is important in keeping users interested in the forums. Therefore, he deserves his position here.
old time Civ player who was a very active member of this site, and one of original Civ II PM players also be included.
Reismark Founder of the Hodadian Award Central, gifting awards to the best Civ-Sites on the Net and the best Civ II scenarios around! He also runs the Apolyton Fantasy Football Challenge and several other contests in the OT.
oedo Discoverer of the “oedo years,” the discovery “that the period of disorder in Civ 2 for revolutions follows a pattern, and by knowing this pattern, you know when to revolt to eliminate the period of anarchy” oedo is well known and respected in the Civ II-Strategy community for this discovery that taught those of us who “thought we knew civ” that there was more to it than we “thought we knew.”
ixnay Humorous poster; Participant in the Civ II Democracy Game, he’s a real whiz with photoshop and graphics; and happens to be the Rise of Nation’s content editor... and is an Apolyton Staff member.
Boris Godunov Friendly OT debater. Much loved.
UnOrthOdOx For his work on the "Jungle Gazette" and other Democracy game publications... as well as his work on the democracy games themselves.
DanS OT Poster and debater. Armchair Economist.
notyoueither Civ III Democracy Gamer and consul in the Intersite Democracy Game. He is also involved in the Civ III multiplayer tourney ladder and can be seen in the Off-Topic as well as a multitude of other places on the Apolyton Civilization Site.
JohnT Former Apolyton Librarian, starter and keeper of the Apolyton SciFi book reading club, volumnious OT contribuitor, and former Civ II poster
Scouse Gits Co-founder of the Great Library project for civ II, Civ II strategist, Civ II poster
War4Ever Civ II MP-Player and occasional OT Poster, and Civ II poster
El Awrence Formerly known as Hodad, this Spanish Section Apolytoner was quite active in all of the Civ II sections and contributior to the Diplomacy games forum. He also frequented the OT in 2000 and provided fun in debates and other activities therein. He was also one of the founding members of the Spanish Civilization Forum. In recent years he has been most active in that section.
Spiffor Civ3 player and all round nice OT Regular. Also French... and you know how hard it is to find a respectable Frenchman...
Solo Solo has long been active in CivII strategy forum and is the author of the Early Landing Strategy Guide. In addition to that, he discovered 16 turn city cycles governing automatic changes in city commodity supply and demand lists, and discovered numerous techniques to manipulate city commodity supply and demand, along with other strategic contributions to the Civ II community.
alexman Renowned for his excellent civ III contributions, Alexman is generally considered a strategic Guru due to his essential formulae and his tireless work in the Apolyton University including helping develop the Apolyton University Mod. He is also quite active in Civ III PBEM and created the CTP utility ‘EasyMod’

Tazidude
Posthumous Induction
Obituary Courtesy Ming
“Tazidude was a very active member of this site, and one of original Civ II MP players.”
“He fought a long battle with cancer and passed away in January of 2000. While suffering with his illness, he used Civ II MP as an escape and a distraction. Even with death looking him right in the face, he continued to post and play... He was a friend to many... a great competitor... and it was truly sad when he finally had to leave the community because the pain got to be too much.”
d. january 2000

Scouse Gits(2)
Posthumous Induction
Obituary Courtesy La Fayette
Scouse Gits(2), or Ivor Wason was primarily a Civ II MP gamer who succumbed to cancer in 2003. He was much loved and well-regarded in the Civ II community.

“I would like to say a few words about what Ivor brought us, because he was not only a witty writer and a very strong strategist, but also one of those who gave most to the community, much more than the smiling daily 'robust constructive criticism' that all of us will remember:
-Co-author of the most thorough study about starting techs (more than 5000 starts)
-Co-creator of Apolyton's Great Library”
-'Very early lander', especially on big maps (samson and solo had almost specialized into small maps, when Ivor advised solo to have a look at some of his saves on bigger maps, and that was the starting point of solo's strategy guide)
d. september 2003

faded glory
Posthumous Induction
Obituary Courtesy Keygen
“I remember him when he joined his first CtP PBEM game. He was a good and faithfull ally to the end and I had good time playing with him.

He was a very social, stuborn and eccentric person but he had a great heart as well.”
d. october 2003

[DarkCloud]

1) Current Standings (The Previous Votes’ add-ins are in brackets) a
These are all the people who made the last List, but were not elected.
(155 posters going into the election)

1. Samson- {34} [26] (41)---101
2. Kramsib- {37} [30] (32)—99
3. DarkCloud- {26} [30] (37)—93

Googlie- [23] (27) (36) 4---89

Master Zen- [26] (20) (36) 4—85

Immortal Wombat- [37] (21) (23)—81

Berzerker- [7] (23) (43)—73

Theseus- [12] (25) (35)—72

WesW- [16] (30) (24)--70
Fez/Giancarlo- [12] (29) (18)-- 70

Jasev- [31] (16) (16)--63

Yaroslav- [27] (18) (13)--60

Harlan- [27] (19) (13)--- 59

Paddy the Scot- (25) (33)---58

Ted Striker- (19) (38)--56
Skanky Burns-[15] (17) (23)—56

Dr Strangelove- [18] (14) (20)---52
Dominae- [4] (19) (27)—52

La Fayette- [4] (13) (30)--47
Togas- [16] (20) (11)---47

OzzyKP- [9] (19) (18)---46

Jamski- [9] (16) (20)---45
Mr. Ogre- [36] (6) (3)---45

loinburger- [4] (18) (22)---44
Urban Ranger- [29] (6) (6) 3---44

Dr Spike- [13] (7) (20)--40
Sagacious Dolphin/Big Crunch/Dauphin- [19] (11) (9)—40

MLeonard- -----[14] (10) (15)---39
Malevolent Light- [8] (14) (17)—39

Alinestra Covelia [14] (10) (14)---38

Kassiopeia- [10] (10) (17)---37

korn469- ---- [11] (16) (9)—36

MrWhereItsAt- [14] (16) (4)---34

Shi Huangdi- [10] (13) (10)---33
Zeus_of_Olimpos- [4] (25) (4)---33

Hexagonian- [5] (6) (20)---31

Pekka- [3] (10) (16)---29

Azazel (Dalgetti)- [6] (12) (10)--28
MrFun- [7] (11) (10)---28
Molly Bloom- [12] (2) (14)---28

Beta- [14] (3) (10)--27
Tiamat- (14) (13)---27
Ogie Oglethorpe- [6] (7) (15)---27

deity- [10] (8) (7)--25

Arrian [4] (12) (8)---24

vmxa1---[3] (12) (8)—23
Techumseh- [11] (4) (8)---23
Wittlich- [6] (14) (3)---23
Sn00py- [10] (6) (7)---23

ChrisiusMaximus- [3] (10) (9)---22
Chilean President---[4] (16) (2)--22

Solver- (13) (8)---21
Sprayber – [13] (4) (4)---21

cavebear- [10] (8) (2)—20
Oerdin- [9] (3) (8)--20

Comrade Tassadar- [4] (10) (5)---19
Frustrated Poet- [5] (8) (6)—19

GePap- [6] (2) (10)---18
Agathon---[3] (4) (11)--18

Jon Miller- [8] (7) (2)---17
Snowflake/HongHu- [1] (3) (13)---17

CivNation (AKA DefensorFidei)- [8] (4) (4)---16

Lefty Scaevola- (11) (4)---15
SlowThinker-(9) (6)---15
vondrack- [3] (10) (2)--15

SKILORD- [3] (8) (2)---13
PLATO- [3] (7) (3)—13

Drake Tungsten- (12)
Rommel2D- (12)
Post Count Zero- [4] (4) (4)---12
MarkusF- [4] (4) (4)---12

Dissident- (11)
Kaak- [6] (1) (4)---11

Lincoln- [4] (4) (2)—10
Ned- (10)
Drogue- [4] (2) (4)---10

vovan- (7) 2---9
Fried-Psitalon- [4] (3) 2---9
Frankychan- [6] (3)---9
Zopperoni---[7] (2)---9

finbar- [3] (2) (3)—8
Boann- (4) (4)---8
Mercator- (8)
Kody- [1] (3) (4)—8
fairline- (8)
Aeson- [2] (3) (3)—8

Ljube-Ljcvetko- (7)
Theben- (7)
Aqualung71- (7)

alva- (4) (2)---6
Exile- (6)
Coracle-(3) (3)---6
Bongo- (3) (3)--6

Jaguar- (2) (3)---5
mindseye- (2) (3)---5
Keygen- (2) (3)---5
joncha- (2) (3)—5
Darsnan- (5)
Hydro- (5)

Blake- (4)
Eli- (4)
Red Trotskyite- (4)
Guynemer- (4)
nbarclay- (4)
curtsibling- (4)
Niessuh- (2) (2)—4
academia- (4)
tnapoleon- (4)
GeoModder- (4)

Verto- (3)
Winston- (3)
Serb- (3)
Whaleboy- (3)
Martin Gühmann- (3)
Wigalf- (3)
Makeo- (3)
Natalinasmpf- (3)
Gerar Dean- (2) (1)---3
Smiley- (3)
Adaigo- (3)
Buster- (3)
Ari Rahikkala- (3)

Bloody Monk- (2)
Kurious- (2)
Harry Tuttle- (2)
Rasbelin- (2)
fanes7-(2)
DeepO- (2)
Lawrence of Arabia- (2)
Ben Kenobi- (2)
Heresson- (2)
jshelr- (2)
El Mencey- (2)


2) Who voted for Whom

DarkCloud voted for: Googlie (3), Master Zen (3), Urban Ranger (3)
*El Awrence voted for:
*Lazarus and the Gimp voted for:

*Registered 1999

[DarkCloud]

EXPIRED: (44)

st_swithin- [25] (3)---28

The Slayer- (24)
Catt- [8] (15)—24

Pyaray- [19] (3)---22

UberKrux- [7] (14)-- 21

GhengisFarb- [13] (5)—18

Sava- [3] (12)--15

MariOne- [5] (9)--14

David Floyd- [4] (7)---11
Sikander- (11)

Arnelos- [2] (8)---10
Quinns----[6] (4)—10
Venom- [3] (7)—10

Tau Ceti- (8)

E_T- (7)
Archaic- [3] (4)---7

devilmunchkin- [3] (3)---6
Frozzy- [2] (4)---6
100. Crimson Sunrise- [3] (3) ---6
civman2000- [3] (3)---6

ducki- (5)

Lorizael- (4)
Mr Baggins- (4)
Rasputin- (4)
monolith94- (4)
BaronO- (4)
Smash- (4)
Dale- [2] (2)---4
TheBirdMan- [2] (2)---4
WRW- [1] (3)--4

Chemical Ollie- (3)
raingoon- (3)
Lonestar- (3)
jimmytrick- (3)
CharlesBHoff- (3)
Gramphos- (3)

Sir Ralph-(2)
Elephant- (2)
Rhothaerill- (2)
Darius- (2)
CerberusIV-(2)
136. Flubber- (2)

[JohnT]

Ted Striker
Dr. Strangelove
Loinburger

Equal votes (or however it works - you think I've actually read the rules? )

[Spiffor]

Dr. Strangelove
Azazel
Plato

edit : 3 votes each.

[Flubber]

Why do I have a "136" before my name ??

I notice Crimson Dunrise gets a "100."

Oh and


Tau ceti
googlie
ogie oglethorpe

[The Emperor Fabulous]

MLeonard (4)
Pekka (4)
MrFun (4)

[Stefu]

Too many on-topicers near the top of the list
Not enough Ted Striker on the list

Ted Striker() :4
Dr. Strangelove: 4
loinburger: 4

[FrustratedPoet]

alva 2
Dr.Spike 2
Skanky Burns 2

[ixnay]

loinburger
Solver
MrFun

[Asher]

Ted Striker: 4
Loinburger: 4
DarkCloud: 4

[chequita guevara]

Dr Strangelove 3
Dr Strangelove 3
Dr Strangelove 3

[JohnT]

Uh, so why did the title have to change?