Candor

Who do you know, Gingervites?

So, who has plans for next round? I'm creating an alliance called Della Luna, who didn't know about that earlier on. Is anyone going to try something interesting and exciting for this new round?

:D What do you mean, EddyH?

You are smart! I'm impressed, kongland. Yeah, I was one of them for a few rounds. I got started on SE in October 2012, and started on and off TE in late February of 2013. I was co-owner of The Order of the Knights Tartarus, but we were war-battered and inactive, so many of us joined the "evil Daleks & Co.". Lol!

kongland, are you suggesting that you know which alliance I've been talking to? :)

Hmm. iamthey, are you a MK fan?

What are you talking about?

No, actually, I should be in a treaty circle with 4 other alliances, some of which are well-known. The alliance I talked to was in the top 5 alliances during this past round.

Hello. I am USA Conservative on CN:TE. (Candor on CN:SE.) I would like to invite you to Della Luna. Della Luna is a black-based alliance. I am the owner of it. It is nothing big. It is starting up the moment I get my nation up and running for Round 29. It has no members besides myself. Not a way to advertise, I know, but I believe in transparency. However, I have already talked to a few alliances and might be getting into a treaty circle, so that we can grow and eventually dominate together.

First of all, YOLO SWAG, don't read if you hate country. I want to be a country artist for a career. If you are a hater, I could care less. Don't bother me with it. Master Hakai, I think SOME stink. (FGL FGL FGL!!!) Florida Georgia Line is awful, I don't like Eric Church or Taylor Swift, don't like Scotty McCreery, I'm ok with Lee Brice to a point ("I Drive Your Truck" was abused on country radio). I'm not a die-hard Jason Aldean fan, and I'm not really that into Kenny Chesney. Otherwise, I liked the nominations. Oh, forgot Kacey Musgraves. She makes another face when Miranda Lambert gets an award, I'll reach through the TV screen and slap her!

Here are the winners, my friends! Artist of the Year: Luke Bryan Male Artist of the Year: Luke Bryan Female Artist of the Year: Miranda Lambert Duo/Group of the Year: Lady Antebellum Breakthrough Artist of the Year: Scotty McCreery * New Artist of the Year: Florida Georgia Line * Album of the Year: "Based on a True Story..." Blake Shelton Single of the Year: "Cruise" Florida Georgia Line * Male Single of the Year: "Sure Be Cool If You Did" Blake Shelton Female Single of the Year: "Mama's Broken Heart" Miranda Lambert Duo/Group Single of the Year: "Downtown" Lady Antebellum * Breakthrough Single of the Year: "I Drive Your Truck" Lee Brice * New Artist Single of the Year: "Cruise" Florida Georgia Line * Vocal Collaboration Single of the Year: "Highway Don't Care" Tim McGraw feat. Taylor Swift and Keith Urban * GAC Music Video of the Year: "Sure Be Cool If You Did" Blake Shelton Male Music Video of the Year: "Sure Be Cool If You Did" Blake Shelton Female Music Video of the Year: "Blown Away" Carrie Underwood Duo/Group/Collaboration Music Video of the Year: "Highway Don't Care" Tim McGraw feat. Taylor Swift and Keith Urban * New Artist Music Video of the Year: "Cruise" Florida Georgia Line * Song of the Year: "Highway Don't Care" Tim McGraw feat. Taylor Swift and Keith Urban * Touring Artist of the Year: Luke Bryan Worldwide Artist: Taylor Swift ******************************************** Just if the Worldwide Artist thing confuses you, that wasn't a nomination thing. Look for the aterisks to see whether or not I agree. Not that my opinion matters, it just is what I think should've been changed. (You'll notice FGL's wins all stripped away! Bwah-ha-ha!) Okay. So, I put all of the aterisks near Taylor Swift's name. Sorry to the fans. It isn't the music that bothers me, it's her ego. If any of you strongly disagree, I'm more than happy to discuss it with you.

Rayan Thomas, those are two good ones to know. (I don't like Taylor, but that's me.) Anyway, Carrie Underwood would be my first to look up. That's the biggest name right now, in my opinion. Look up Blake Shelton, Luke Bryan, and Miranda Lambert, too.

Here are the other categories that we Americans have no say in (but should, just 'cause...) Album of the Year "Night Train" (Jason Aldean) "Here's to the Good Times" (Florida Georgia Line) "Two Lanes of Freedom" (Tim McGraw) "Based on a True Story..." (Blake Shelton) "Pioneer" (The Band Perry) Single of the Year "Better Dig Two" (The Band Perry) "Cruise" (Florida Georgia Line) "How Country Feels" (Randy Houser) "One of Those Nights" (Tim McGraw) "Beer Money" (Kip Moore) Male Single of the Year "Every Storm" (Gary Allan) "One of Those Nights" (Tim McGraw) "The One That Got Away" (Jake Owen) "Wagon Wheel" (Darius Rucker) "Sure Be Cool If You Did" (Blake Shelton) Female Single of the Year "Easy" (Sheryl Crow) "American Heart" (Faith Hill) "Mama's Broken Heart" (Miranda Lambert) "Begin Again" (Taylor Swift) "Two Black Cadillacs" (Carrie Underwood) Duo/Group Single of the Year "Better Dig Two" (The Band Perry) "Downtown" (Lady Antebellum) "Tornado" (Little Big Town) "If I Didn't Have You" (Thompson Square) "Goodbye in Her Eyes" (Zac Brown Band) Breakthrough Single of the Year "I Drive Your Truck" (Lee Brice) "All Over The Road" (Easton Corbin) "Somebody's Heartbreak" (Hunter Hayes) "How Country Feels" (Randy Houser) "'Til My Last Day" (Justin Moore) New Artist Single of the Year "Did It for the Girl" (Greg Bates) "Don't Ya" (Brett Eldredge) "Redneck Crazy" (Tyler Farr) "Cruise" (Florida Georgia Line) "Beer Money" (Kip Moore) Vocal Collaboration Single of the Year "The Only Way I Know" (Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, and Eric Church) "Don't Rush" (Kelly Clarkson feat. Vince Gill) "Highway Don't Care" (Tim McGraw feat. Taylor Swift and Keith Urban) "Boys 'Round Here" (Blake Shelton feat. Pistol Annies) GAC Music Video of the Year "Better Dig Two" (The Band Perry) "Cruise" (Florida Georgia Line) "Tornado" (Little Big Town) "Sure Be Cool If You Did" (Blake Shelton) "Begin Again" (Taylor Swift) Male Music Video of the Year "Take A Little Ride" (Jason Aldean) "Every Storm" (Gary Allan) "One of Those Nights" (Tim McGraw) "Wagon Wheel" (Darius Rucker) "Sure Be Cool If You Did" (Blake Shelton) Female Music Video of the Year "American Heart" (Faith Hill) "Mama's Broken Heart" (Miranda Lambert) "Someone Somewhere Tonight" (Kellie Pickler) "Begin Again" (Taylor Swift) "Blown Away" (Carrie Underwood) Duo/Group/Collaboration Video of the Year "Better Dig Two" (The Band Perry) "Tornado" (Little Big Town) "Highway Don't Care" (Tim McGraw feat. Taylor Swift and Keith Urban) "Come Wake Me Up" (Rascal Flatts) "If I Didn't Have You" (Thompson Square) New Artist Video of the Year "Don't Ya" (Brett Eldredge) "Cruise" (Florida Georgia Line) "Crying On A Suitcase" (Casey James) "Beer Money" (Kip Moore) "Merry Go 'Round" (Kacey Musgraves) Song of the Year "Better Dig Two" (The Band Perry) "Cruise" (Florida Georgia Line) "Hard to Love" (Lee Brice) "Highway Don't Care" (Tim McGraw feat. Taylor Swift and Keith Urban) "I Drive Your Truck" (Lee Brice) "Like Jesus Does" (Eric Church) "Mama's Broken Heart" (Miranda Lambert) "Merry Go 'Round" (Kacey Musgraves) "Pontoon" (Little Big Town) "Wagon Wheel" (Darius Rucker) Touring Artist of the Year Jason Aldean Luke Bryan Kenny Chesney Miranda Lambert Brad Paisley Rascal Flatts George Strait Taylor Swift Carrie Underwood Zac Brown Band

Here are the nominees: voice your opinions below! Artist of the Year Jason Aldean Luke Bryan Florida Georgia Line Blake Shelton Taylor Swift Male Artist of the Year Jason Aldean Luke Bryan Kenny Chesney Eric Church Blake Shelton Female Artist of the Year Kelly Clarkson Sheryl Crow Miranda Lambert Taylor Swift Carrie Underwood Duo/Group of the Year The Band Perry Lady Antebellum Little Big Town Rascal Flatts Zac Brown Band Breakthrough Artist of the Year Lee Brice Hunter Hayes Randy Houser Scotty McCreery Justin Moore New Artist of the Year Florida Georgia Line Kip Moore Kacey Musgraves Cassadee Pope Thomas Rhett

Okay, thank you Gopherbashi. emperordhruv, I didn't remember making a topic on that, so thanks for telling me.

The polling rules don't quite make any sense to me. I mean, I saw the rules, something along the lines of "Which console is better, x or y?" as a bad example. I still don't fully understand, though. Can someone explain to me? Thanks!

I have a question about polling rules. If I want to make a poll, and it uses the example of "Which video game console is better, x or y?", what IS allowed in polling? Essentially, all voting asks you, "What is the best of the options listed?" It just doesn't make sense. Thank you!

Okay. So, I went into a link of a post I saw, and turns out it wasn't a blog, and it was in the Report Game Abuse! I didn't see that, and posted. I can't delete my post, and I am pretty sure I'm going to get a warn now. Um, can I just admit that I screwed up now, since it was completely accidental??? HELP!

Well, we have our new Sprint Cup champion, my friends! It is JIMMIE JOHNSON! So, here's a basic recap of how everything went down. Denny Hamlin won the race. Really, it was a dead heat between Dale Earnhardt Jr and Matt Kenseth, with Hamlin, of course. (I feel bad for Kenseth, because not only did he lose the championship, he even came in second at the race. Ouch.) Jimmie got shoved around by everyone during restarts, and had damage when everyone was racing 5 or 6 wide during the restarts for positions. Kudos to you, JJ!!!

Yeah. I'm with you guys on a lot of this. Darius Rucker deserved SOMETHING for Wagon Wheel. I was upset watching Kacey's face when Miranda won.

Okay. THAT was freakin' hilarious. I loved the "ObamaCare By Morning" joke. (Who wants to guess the singer and name of the song? Come on, people!) Duck Dynasty was good, and the "Why Can't We Be Friends" parody was awesome. (Kelly and Reba feuding. Aye aye aye you guys are sick!) So, anyway, tell me how you felt about all of it. Arrivederci, my friends!

Well, well, well. That was certainly an interesting night. Here are the winners! Video of the Year: "Highway Don't Care" by Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift, and Keith Urban Musical Event of the Year: "Highway Don't Care" by Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift, and Keith Urban Song of the Year: "I Drive Your Truck" by Lee Brice (awarded to songwriters) Single of the Year: "Cruise" by Florida Georgia Line Vocal Duo of the Year: Florida Georgia Line Vocal Group of the Year: Little Big Town Album of the Year: "Based on a True Story" by Blake Shelton New Artist of the Year: Kacey Musgraves Male Vocalist of the Year: Blake Shelton Female Vocalist of the Year: Miranda Lambert Entertainer of the Year: George Strait The Pinnacle Award was handed out to Taylor Swift. Here are my opinions. "Highway Don't Care" is a decent song, though I really don't think it deserved Video, or even Musical Event, because for me, there was always someone to outrank them. Song of the Year was a shocker, because I kind of figured it was going to be "Mama's Broken Heart" or "Pontoon". Unfortunately, Single wasn't a shocker, because of course FGL was going to have to get something. Same with Vocal Duo. (I think it should have been Miranda Lambert or Darius Rucker for Single, and Duo should've been Love & Theft or Thompson Square.) I certainly wasn't surprised by Vocal Group; kudos to LBT for their win. It was going to be them or Lady Antebellum. Album of the Year was a well-deserved award for Blake Shelton. (Anyone but Taylor!) New Artist wasn't a shocker, because Kacey Musgraves has been doing plenty. Male and Female were actually kind of surprising for me, because it is rare for that many consecutive titles. Miranda now ties Reba McEntire with 4 consecutive Female Vocalist awards. Entertainer, that is a different story. You see, Jason Aldean was on GAC talking about what goes into that award. You need good character, must be well-liked by your peers, give back to your craft, and put on a show when you tour. If the nominees were: Jason Aldean Luke Bryan Blake Shelton George Strait Taylor Swift then you would automatically have to cancel out Jason Aldean. (If anyone watched Mr. Two-timer Aldean cheating on his wife, then you know what I mean.) Taylor Swift isn't all that well-liked, and the character is a bit lacking, so she's out for the running. That leaves us with Luke, Blake, and George. Blake had already swept 2, so that kind of took him out, and.... I don't know. He just wasn't going to get it. Luke and George were the only two options. This was King George's last time on the ballot, so that kind of makes him the champion, with Luke as runner-up. Good job to both, though. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time! Well, congrats to all winners, and if anyone would like to comment, feel free to do so. Goodbye for now!

Hi!

Well, Jimmie Johnson took home this week's trophy! (For those of you who watched, watching him shoot the guns was AWESOME!!) So, here are the current points standings: 1. Jimmie Johnson 2. Matt Kenseth 3. Kevin Harvick 4. Kyle Busch 5. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 6. Jeff Gordon 7. Clint Bowyer 8. Greg Biffle 9. Joey Logano 10. Kurt Busch 11. Carl Edwards 12. Ryan Newman 13. Kasey Kahne Jeff Gordon went out in a blaze, and not one of glory. Kyle blazed out with a tire, too. He also went too fast on pit road. So did Kenseth, actually. I think the massive losers of the race were JG and KB. Jr came in second, just short of a win. Carl Edwards started pole, but blew his engine. Logano finished 3rd. Biffle, Newman, Kahne, Kurt Busch, Bowyer, etc. didn't factor into the race, like, at all. Massive eyeroll at Kasey Kahne. I like him, I really do, but -133 is sad. It's not all his fault, but the racing isn't going good for him. Biffle ticked me off last week when he tried to get into it with Jimmie, but Jimmie Johnson smoothed it over. Anyway... It's a 2-man race, my friends. KH is back -40. No one has won that far back. Jimmie and Matt would need to roll over for a race for him to take the lead. :/ So, Johnson or Kenseth is the question. Who are your picks?