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View this thread for the most up to date pubstomp list! This thread is updated everyday!Organizers, you can create an account and publish your event on Esports-Tickets.com if you plan to sell tickets, $0 fees promo for organizers I tried to look for a pubstomp thread but couldn't find one so here it is! Usually Reservoir_cat creates this one but I haven't been able to get in touch with him/her. Here's the old TI7 and TI6 pubstomp threads. There are a couple of threads made to ask for surveys/feedback/how-tos about pubstomps, feel free to PM me because I've organized several pubstomps in the past and partnered with sponsors such as RedBull, Logitech, GameVox, AMD, etc. as well and can offer a few tips and tricks! Comment below with the country, city and description for your pubstomp, it helps a lot to include a link for additional details.
Country
City
Description
Australia
Brisbane
Event Link - Tickets $20 before 18/08, $25 after. Food and Drinks provided, giveaways and 1v1 tournament as well. luberk
Australia
Melbourne
Event Link - One amazing guy has rented a cinema in Melbourne, Australia if you feel like joining us at 3am! priorax
Australia
Sydney
Event Link - The same amazing guy that rented out a cinema in Melbourne, Australia has also rented out a cinema in Sydney, Australia if you feel like joining us at 3am.
Event Link Official Secret Shop, bars , cosplay & sponspors giveaway. Velcom Cinema & Galileo Silver Screen RestorKa
Brazil
Belo Horizonte
Event Link - We will broadcast every game, including group stages, at WASD eSports Bar in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. For the finals we are planning a big event with giveaways and x1 with pros and semi-pros. The tickets are R$ 10,00 and you can check it out here. Urso_WASD
Brazil
Porto Alegre
Event Link - Venha assistir a final do The International 2018 ao vivo, em um telão, na Lends Club! Teremos comida, chopp e premios! Come watch The International 2018 finals on a big screen, at Lends Club! We'll have food, draft beer and prizes for atendees! esportsPOA
Canada
London
Event Link - We will once again host @ The Squire Pub & Grill in London, ON, CAD. RGBKnights
Canada
Ottawa
Event Link - At Click eSports Sat, 25 August 2018 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT. Ticket types to only watch or to also use gaming PCs at same time (note that I am not the organizer) Cote-de-Bone
Canada
Toronto
https://esports-tickets.com/event-public/ti8ve - Join us again this year at the Cineplex Yonge and Dundas! We’ve always sold out every year for the pubstomp and the crowd is always awesome! Need more information? Information and tickets are on our Esports-Tickets.com event page and you can join the Canada Dota 2 group. Some ticket packages are limited in quantities, so if you can't purchase a specific ticket, it means that it has been sold out. chibista
Denmark
Copenhagen
Event Link - Cinema viewing party for the Lower Bracket Final and Grand Final of TI8 on 25. august 2018. 17:45-04:00 CET (or whenever it ends) with competitions, giveaways, free Coca-Cola at entrance, hosts, entertainment and a great atmosphere. Panel, interviews, and ceremony will all be broadcasted as well. OlLi_-
https://www.facebook.com/events/285584798893275/ - PHZ.fi in co-operation with Aalto Gamers are organizing a viewing party in the Helsinki metropolitan area (Espoo, Otaniemi to be precise). You can get there very easily by metro from Helsinki. Come enjoy the final day of TI8 with us! There's gonna be pizza & soft drinks available for free + there's a grocery store and a grill close by to the venue phzgames
Finland
Jyväskylä
Event Link - There's one here organized by JeSSe Ry: Jyväskylä, Finland. Ilokivi onstage. Facebook link for the event: This is 18+ event. Hallunder
Germany
Karlsruhe
Event Link - Since we have successfully hosted Germany’s biggest Dota 2 public viewing for a couple of years now, we want to try meet the expectations this year once again. We will be broadcasting the grand finals on August 25th on the AKK tribune starting at 7pm. There, we want to collectively experience the biggest spectacle in this Dota 2 year with all the fans from near and far. Not only Dota 2 players but also DotA veterans, Dota 2 newbies and everyone who wants to get to know the phenomenon Dota are welcome to join us. spcemarine
Germany
Regensburg
Event Link - The 4th year in a row we are organizing the Dota TI finals public viewing in the old town of Regensburg. The event will take place at Picasso Regensburg. Starting time is 18:00 at the 25th of august. Like the last years the entrance is free, we have a pubquiz and MEGA Dota related drink specials. This year we also organized a Fotobox (thanks to the Gamerverein Regensburg) were you can take fotos with your favourite Dota heroes or even become one yourself! For further details you can look up the event page or contact us via facebook. Kryptondifluorid
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Event Link - Location is still to be determined. Dota2 HK is hosting one on Grand Finals Day. Aug 25, 10pm HK Time. cybuster2
Event Link - It's in the same pub as previous years. Strictly 18+ unfortunately. Hopefully can get added to the list. KC252
Netherlands
Amsterdam
Event Link - Confirmed to broadcast as many of the games as possible, even after official closing times. No Facebook event yet. Razorya
Netherlands
Rotterdam
Event Link - Pretty sure there is one in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. I'm not sure it's a "pubstomp" but they're supposed to be hosting something. justanothrunistudent
Russia
Saint-Petersburg
http://dota2vo.ru/ti8 - Organizing pubstomp 6th time in awesome theatre with lounge zone, secret shop, 1x1 tournament and other stuff. Come to us on 25th of august finargot
Singapore
Singapore
Event Link - Singapore's one's at SAFRA Yishun, main atrium. Minimum spending of S$5 as per the post, for snacks pass. Cannot go because i booked a hotel somewhere else. nekosake2
Event Link - Not sure if this counted as pubstomp but we are having one in Bangkok, Thailand. Sponsored by Lenovo Thailand. It will be hosted at Siam Pavalai Theatre on the 6th floor of Siam Paragon shopping mall. Aug 25-26 10pm-10 am local time. Rawinza555
Thailand
Bangkok
Event Link - Another BIGGEST PUBSTOMP in BKK THAILAND is held by INVATE, Esport Specialist in Thailand (The best Live Broadcasting), who will bring the best experience to all Dota 2 fans!! discotechssss
Ukraine
Odessa
Event Link - there is pubstomp in Odessa, Ukraine if anyone even cares
https://m.facebook.com/thepizzaplaceacton - Considering doing deals on pizza, apps, and Beer if we can get anyone out there. 85" TV and 6 TV'ss total in the sports bar. Pictures on Facebook. At this point its just me and my one friend. renorhino88
USA
Baltimore
Event Link - Hey, representing the Baltimore one as well! This event is 21+, food specials. It's the fourth year we've participated! Seanbiscuit
USA
Chicago
Event Link - If you're 18+ in Chicago and want to watch Grand Finals surrounded by fellow fans, come out to a FanHome hosted International watch party at Hi-Point, the gaming lounge of Highline in River North on Saturday, August 25th. Tickets are sold above, each ticket provides you entrance to the bar, food, giveaways from FanHome's beverage partner, and enters you into a raffle. Jayhawk2b
USA
Cincinnati
Event Link - I’m proud to announce the official TI8 Pubstomp this year in Cincinnati! I’ve been working with the owners of 16-Bit Bar+Arcade. We have a great venue setup, with our own reserved seating to accommodate however many people show up. We'll even have a signature drink just for the occasion! Please be sure to tell your friends and family (even those who haven’t watched or played DotA – they might leave a fan!).This event is for guests 21 and over, so please keep that in mind. Don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions and please RSVP if you plan on attending. Banana___Hammock
USA
Houston
Event Link - The International 8 Watch Party on August 25th In Houston, TX! Whether you love Dota, or have never seen a game this is going to be a great party for all gamers! We will have special guests, vendors, raffles, drink specials, food, hookah stands and much more! We will be raffling off a Hyper X gamer setup including a Mechanical Keyboard, Mouse, and Headset! LotharThrowaway
USA
Medina
Event Link - Welcome to the 6th year of me hosting Dota pubstomps in Medina Ohio. Last year was a great turnout but after many people saying that it was too small i looked for a new place again. Luckily the place i hosted in 2016 is back and that's where we are this year. As always the event is open to anyone of any age and no cover charge! I just strongly encourage anyone who attends to Eat and Drink there as they are giving us the place for the whole day for free. theaxel11
USA
Oakland
Cafe el Patio - In Oakland, California is going be showing everything from the group stages to the Main event finals! Address is 4030 International Blvd, Oakland CA. There is limited seating but there are three TVs. typicalhonduran
USA
Sacramento
Event Link - Come watch The International 8 at my house! Join us for our second annual Pubstomp! We host Friday and Saturday and setup a LAN party in the dining room to play between matches. Fairfield is located directly between San Francisco and Sacramento (North-East bay). Last year we had six viewers. Please RSVP so we can plan for food and message you the exact address. Amenities include: 75" 4k UltraHD stream with Pioneer 5.1 Surround Sound, Pizza, Beer, Nachos and More, Couches, Enthusiasm, Fast Internet, 420 Friendly josher777
USA
Seattle
Event Link - If you're over 21 and are in the Seattle area during TI, @FollowMe has organized a pubstomp in Capitol Hill for Saturday, August 25th. Sketches_Stuff_Maybe
USA
Washington
Event Link - Join us at Tenley Bar and Grill to watch the finals on their projection screen. This event is ALL AGES and cosplay is encouraged. There will be giveaways throughout the day of some Dota2 swag as well as 3 full event tickets for GEXCon (gexconvention.com) coming up at the end of the month. dmr83457
Event Link - Time: 21 h00 day 25/8-10 h00 day 26/8, location: Restaurant 68 lộc shots, number 213 to theme, Ward 15, District 10, TP. Ho Chi Minh. All details, please contact MEGA esports gaming house at 0909791809 ptaqll5
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PC not powering on and I have no idea where the power button is!
At the recommendation of a couple of users ( u/vendennar and CMDR-Hooker) who read my replies on another story on this subreddit, they wanted to know how I drove about 5 hours just to press a button. Bear in mind this story does take place about a decade ago and some details may have been a bit fuzzy due to drinking a bit too much at some points during those years. Also it is extremely long and I don't think I am a good writer. I used to work for a medium to large IT outsourcing company in South Africa where we served clients ranging in size from 2 person operations up to country wide with 1000's of staff. One of the clients that we had was a large security company that outsourced security guards and 'high value courier services' for banks, casino's and other clients. Although our office, and the security companies head office, was based in Johannesburg, they had a branch we also had to serve that was just outside of Pietermaritzburg (4 to 5 hours drive depending on traffic and if you don't want to receive fines) where the security company would pay for us either to drive or fly down to that depot and spend a couple of hours there, a night in a guest house and return. It was a Thursday before a long weekend which I was planning to drive to Durban and I had literally nothing on my schedule on that day so I decided to work one of the phones when I see that depot and company name appear on the display and the ringing phone so I answer.
Me - Good day thank you for calling [Insert Company Name] my name is willbeonekenobi, how can I assist you?
Security guard - Hi there, when can you send someone out to have a look at my computer it wont turn on after a power failure.
Me - Okay first things first. Can you verify that all the power cables are plugged in correctly and if there is power going to your office.
Security Guard - There is power, but only only thing showing is a message saying 'No signal Detected'.
Me - When you checked the cables, did you see if the cables were going into a metal box with some other cables going out to that monitor?
Security Guard - The cables were being plugged into the desk, the desk I am using used to belong to {Old nearly blind manager of depot} that I had been given to use.
I knew this {Old nearly blind manager of depot} quiet well and I asked my brother (a carpenter) that I can integrate a pc for him to cope with his near blindness (which was caused by one of those cheaply made and dangerous laser pointers). He could still see bright stuff but not much else. I had a very big that had not only a glowing LED underneath it but it also had the, what I think is, globally recognised power symbol. He was still sharp as a tack and still very much capable of doing his job but I think he was forced into early retirement (he was about 60 years old I think) and I personally had not been at that site for months.
Me - Okay, if I remember correctly, you should see a large round button on the front of the desk. It has the globally recognised power symbol on it. You will need to press that button.
Security Guard - I did but only the fan comes on.
I was thinking, why would the fans be running and not the whole pc which could be a sign that there was a issue with the pc. I then ask the security guard to hold on while I talk to my MD about me driving down there and then afterwards go on my weekend break (we were planning to close the offices at 2pm and this was just before 9AM, and I was already packed and was planning to drive to Durban, which Pietermaritzburg is on the way, immediately after work. He says it's fine just save receipts for the claims. I tell the guard that I am on the way but will be there at about 1pm. I then get into my car and take a nice long drive and arrive at the site just after 1PM. I then see that guard was pressing a button to power on a Desk fan (which is separate from the desk) and NOT THE BUTTON THAT I DESCRIBED TO HIM THAT WAS INTEGRATED INTO THE DESK! Plus the button he was pressing clearly did not have the power symbol on it, but had a lightning bolt on it. I then power it on and show him which button he was supposed to press (this button was much bigger than the one for the desk fan). The pc powers on fine, I send a email to my boss (as we had received an instruction from the client head office that all calls no matter the issue must be dealt with immediately) saying what the issue was (guard not being able to determine what a power button is when they should know it). I then get the guard to sign the call off and I just sit around the depot with a cup of coffee for the rest of the hour (as we had to spend a minimum of 1 hour on the site (our company policy), then go on to Durban for the weekend for a wedding. The next week I was roped into a conference call between my MD and the security company about this call along with that guard. The guard claimed that he had basic IT knowledge (just powering on pc, typing on keyboard, moving and clicking on mouse, etc) on his CV but when he was questioned about it by his manager's manager (that was also on the call but didn't hire him as he was recruited through a 3rd party) he said he didn't know anything. We then suggested that I teach him a basic skill course (1 day thing and would get a certificate) to which the company said no problem this will take place in two weeks time and he is on probation. Turns out I didn't get to teach this guard at all as 3 days later he was arrested by police after a 'Cash in transit' heist that targeted one of his companies vehicles and the drivers in the undercover vehicle recognised him immediately and had been apprehended when he got home WITH ALL THE MONEY!
So a little backstory, When I was 7 my uncle brought me to canada to give me better opportunities to succeed. I've only visited once, in 2007, but I was still young enough that I wasn't able to really appreciate it at all. The majority of my family is still in SA (mom, bro, sis), and I think it's about time to visit them again. So the question is, what should I know about coming back for a visit? I'll be visiting for two weeks, how much should I expect to spend. Sights I should see, or places to visit? (I'll be in the Johannesburg area for a week, then the Cape for a week). Anything to watch out for? Thanks
Below is what I have created for my upcoming campaign. They will be mainly playing in Cape Town in Azania. - Most of this information has been created by me, as there was not a lot of "cannon" game information in the books. where there was info, I tried to use it as much as possible. (but I also had to make it mine, so...some liberties have been taken). My questions are what do you think about it, should I change or add anything...or is it a nice starting point for what players would know about the nation and city they live in. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Azania (South Africa): The Azanian Confederation was formed in 2040 when the Cape Republic, Oranje-Vrystaat, Trans-Swazi Federation, and Zulu Nation decided to combine into one nation. It fully participates in the Global SIN Registry Geography: The whole central and northern area is on a great plateau · Northern Azania is almost all rain forest · Easterly and center Azania is all arid desert · Center Azania is mostly savannah and scrublands · Westerly and center Azania is all plainlands · Southern coast of Azania is varied and mountainous There are gold mines and diamond mines that give Azania it’s wealth · It is not uncommon to see slaves and indentured servants Weather: · Generally, the climate is temperate (remember that the seasons are opposite of North America) · It doesn’t rain often, but when it does, it rains for a long stretch of time. o This doesn’t include the far northern and the eastern region around Pretoria and Zulu o This also doesn’t include Cape Town that has a dragon that makes it rain Travel: There are several highways that crisscross the nation (The below are the ones that are still mostly intact and maintained) · The N1 is the fastest route to and from Cape Town to Pretoria o The “No-Oners” is a gang that is found between Cape Town and Pretoria and frequently travel the N1 looking for those targets that are easy pickings. They are responsible for smuggling and trafficking the majority of contraband between the cities. · The N2 is along the south coast from Cape Town · The N7 will take you north up towards farmlands where it abruptly ends in a crater · The N12 breaks from the N1 and takes you north through farmlands to the “Central Kalahari Reserve” o The “Grey Coats” are a gang that operates from where the N12 breaks north, and highway road travel is safe if you pay the tolls that they enforce throughout the stretch. They are not that large though and will stay away from protected targets. · The N3 will take you to and from Pretoria to New Hlobane A super railway system runs the entirety on the country, and the main line runs from Cape Town to Pretoria · It runs semi close to highway N1 (running next to it at a few stretches and runs a couple miles away at others) · This rail system is protected and well maintained · It is also instrumental for getting workers, tourists, and cargo between the cities Languages: · English and Afrikaans are tied for the most known/used languages o English is more prevalent in the large cities and Afrikaans is more prevalent everywhere else · The second most used language is Portuguese, and the third language is German · The largest language spoken with in the Wakyambi Elves is Zulu · After that; it is crime languages (Russian, Italian, Cantonese) and dialects (Swazi, Tsonga, etc.) Flora and Fauna: · The biodiversity here is too numerous to list, but all the standard African critters are present o Awakened creatures are in excess, take a guide or ranger with you § Those that stray far from the highways and roads end up missing ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cape Town: If someone could describe Cape Town in a single sentence it would probably be… · A land where riches such as diamonds, gold, and uranium spring from the soil like savannah grass, life is still the cheapest of commodities and people are still desperate enough to indenture their offspring to corporate strip mines. It is not the biggest city in Azania, but it is the most diverse and the capital of the country, as well as being the home to the most elite and powerful creatures in the nation. <> Leadership (movers and shakers): Mujaji(f (dragon) The Rain Queen – Great Feathered Serpent) Richard Wong(m (dwarf) Mayor) Jan Vermeer(m (human) CEO of DeBeers-Omnitech ()Diamonds) Erich Sladek(m (ork) Lone Star Police Chief) Jabu Goduka(m (human) District Attorney) Tanya Solari(f (Elf) Ares District Director) Quinton Lavigne(m (human) Neo-Net District Director) Steven Mbulo(m (troll) Military General) Rondo Gibbon(m (dwarf) Shiawase District Director) Tricia Mika(f (human) Evo District Director) Newton Buccan(m(ork) Elite – Wealthy Investor) Cayla Maille(f (human) Elite – Wealthy Philanthropist) Watha Yol(m (Elf) Elite – Wealthy Investor) MabukiNjombo(m (elf) Former “Rain Queen” Shaman) LuisBarreto(m (human) Pirate/Philanthropist/Humanitarian) Malcolm Slayton(m (human) Silver Skull Transportation CEO) Parliament council members: These are a few of the persons that handle all the nation’s major decisions and also reside in Cape Town. (where-as not an official member, Mujaji is always welcome when she wants) Nancy Finch(f (human)) Sarah Tempra(f (dwarf)) Fando Vuyo(m (Elf)) Demetri Olof(m (human)) Elizabeth West(f (human)) Sean Killdeer(m (troll)) Peter Williams(m (human)) Hank Ford(m (ork)) Robben Island: · Robben Island is an island located on the table shelf and is approximately four miles northwest away at its closest. o By boat it takes approximately three and a half hours to ferry there, as there are many maritime hazards. o It is most notably known for the military base and the prison it houses § It also has a small airport and community of military family members Neighborhoods (the bowl): Those that live in the bowl are not necessarily any better off then those that live in the fringe, they just get away with more. Some well-known locales: Waterfront: · Visible from almost anywhere in Capetown, the blue harbor swarms with ships of all flags. · This is the city’s seaport and despite Mujaji’s attempts, this remains in the hands of pirates and gangs. · However, with the presence of corporate district offices, there is a common set of unspoken rules that keep trouble to a minimum. · Victoria Wharf Mega-mall · Cape Town Customs Office · Two Oceans Aquarium Mouilli Point: · This neighborhood lies west of the waterfront, but still on the coast and lies within the harbor, and it also houses the large stadium (Green Point Stadium) where several sports are played. · Several elite condominiums and resorts have also been built here. · Home to upscale fortified gated estates of the super wealthy. · This is also the home of the largest park in the city. · Metropolitan Golf Club · Green Point Stadium · The Granger Hotel Downtown: · This area has seen the most renovation and revitalization in the past decade with an uncountable amount of nuyen poured into it. · It rivals other large city downtowns like Seattle, Detroit, and Berlin in way of scope and verticality. · Several large corporations have headquarters or district offices here, as well as housing large mega-mall/apartment complexes. · Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden (Biotech greenhouse dome) · Castle of Good Hope · Cape Town City Municipal Buildings · Arcade Café (BaClub) · The Gin Bar (BaClub) · Publik (Dance Club) · Quiksotic Train Terminal · Ares Macrotechnology Capital Building The Gardens: · This neighborhood is located south of Mouilli Point and is home to middle/upper-class families and tourists. · The closer you live to the mountain, the nicer houses you will find, and the closer to the coast you will find apartment complexes. · This district is also named after its many gardens, botanical works of art, and luxurious fountains. · Newmark Hotel and Garden · Protea Zoo · Stella Varis Garden and Fountain Castlen: · South of the Garden along the coast and tucked away from the drek of city life you can find Castlen. · There are few ways to get to this uber-rich neighborhood and all are closely monitored. There is a stretch for commercial… · To even work as a servant in this neighborhood, you have to go through a vigorous background check. · The Crystal Fairway (Golfcourse) · The Roundhouse (5-star restaurant) · Bungalow 52 (Dance Club) Buisenkant: · This neighborhood is located south of the downtown district, and has some of the best nightly views, too bad it is overpopulated. · This area would be the slums of the bowl, with houses practically built adjoining and on top of each other. · Those with the most money can afford the houses closer to the mountainside and thus upper manses with views. · De Waal Park (and accompanying Molteno Reservoir) · Marko’s Killa’ Party (Outdoor Club, Amphitheater) · The Lions Hotel Neighborhoods (the fringe and sprawl): For all the money spending going into the neighborhoods of the “Bowl”, the rest of the sprawl has been left to filth and decay Some well-known locales: Lower Addeley: · East of Waterfront and northeast of Longmarket, the “Low-ady” is mostly industrial shipping and industrial manufacturing · This is also where the airport is located. · It has been rebuilt to accommodate leisurely activities. Far north, is where the dismantling of old ships happens, they are run-a-shore and those that want, get to work on them. · Cape Town Airport · Brooklyn Tower “the Brook” (Mega-mall) · Buffelsfontein Hotel Crossroads: · This area is actually four neighborhoods that all border each other where the N1 and N7 highways intersect. · These areas are mostly lower-class poor and industrial neighborhoods, that most choose to forget or look the other way. · Summer Green: Spearhead Business Park · Summer Green: Chemira Tek HQ · Edgemead: De Akker Pub (Bar) · Edgemead: Cape Town Community College · Acacia Park: St. John’s Church · Acacia Park: Maitland Cemetery · Glenwood: Planet Bar (BaClub) · Glenwood: N1 City Mega-Mall Vesperdene: · This neighborhood lies east of downtown and is one of the more affluent (but still middle-class) and commercial areas of the fringe. · It also could be because it is pretty much just a huge bazaar and one can find pretty much anything here for a price. Tourist and criminals travel these streets and visit these locales. · Indra (Dance Club) · Dunn’s Dungeon (BaClub) · Magica Roma (Bawell known magic shop) Pinelands: · The largest neighborhood in the fringe, it is located east of Vesperdene and is like a small city in its own right. · West of the N7 is mostly made up of lower-class apartment complexes and east of the N7 is middle-class suburbanite homes. There is a downtown that spans the whole distance of the N7 within the boundaries of this area. · West of N7: Star Holiday Mega-Apartments · West of N7: Neo-Net Grid Housing · West of N7: Morningside Mega-Apartments · East of N7: GrandWest Casino and Resort · East of N7: Renegades Pub (Bar) Gugulethu (the Gut): · This area is located south of Vesperdene and is a slumland. · Whereas not as bad as Longmarket, it is still the bottom of society and slummy · Belmont Square (series of Mega-Apartments) · Cambridge Quart (series of Mega-Apartments) · Rondebosch Commons (Park) Longmarket: · This neighborhood is located south of the Pinelands and east of Gugulethu. · This is also where a lot of gang activity takes place, as does smuggling and black-market importing. This is a neighborhood where even Lone Star will refuse to go to answer calls of criminal activity. · Mostly slums and nobody ever goes there to visit · These are mostly just metal shacks huddled together. Organized Crime: Mujaji recently decimated the powerful crime families, in an order to stem their illicit activities, this has left a large power vacuum in the city, that criminals and shadowrunners alike are weighing the options to take. There are three factions that have seemingly survived the “purging” and are vying for control of the cape. · With the deaths of the boss Anthony Ferraro and underboss Killian O’Neill, the Mafia has been in an inter-political war where the “capos” are struggling to decide on a leader. o Joseph Ferraro claims he has the greater entitlement to the spot, as his Uncle was the boss. § Joe is also rumored to be the richest and rumored to live in the “Castlen” neighborhood. o Sean O’Neill is demanding he is the rightful heir to command, as he is the son of the underboss. § Sean is rumored to control the largest force of mobsters. o Nicolas Panchini is claiming that it is time for new blood and ideas, as the last regime brought death. § Nick makes sure to get any rumors squashed but ask around everyone has ideas. · The Vory were also decimated and lost a lot of their command; however, they were quick to hash out new leadership quickly; and in doing so have also been able to take territory from the Mafia. o It is rumored that the new “Prakhan” (leadeboss) is “Vetka Artov”, she used to be the “Obshchak” (security overseer) § This is a tall muscular female troll, no one messed with her before, and now even more so… · The “Blue Lotus” Triad survived and has quickly claimed with force the old Yakuza territories of Vesperdene o It is rumored that have a powerful backer assisting them. Gangs: There are eight main gangs that reside within and battle for neighborhoods; then there are several minor subsidiary gangs that control smaller “blocks” within those larger main gang territories. Below are the gang names and within that will be listed a few minor gangs they control. · The “Drek-Heads” reside in and claim the northern part of the “Lower Addeley” as their own. It is rumored that the Drak-Heads are being led by Luis Barreto, a rumor that he vehemently denies. And no one has been able to expose this rumor to be the truth. o The “Scrappers” control the criminal enterprises of “Dismantlers Corner” north of “Lower Addy”. o The “Picaroons” reside in the “Racine Block” of the “Lower Addy” and are known for carjacking and piracy. · The “Clowns” used to be part of the largest gang in the entire nation, the “Hard Time Kids”, but a recent schism has wrenched them apart. They are now known as the Clowns and despite the name are just as bad, if not worse than they were. They reside mostly in the “Longmarket” but are found in the “Pinelands” too. o The “Jesters” reside in the “54th Block” of the western “Pinelands” and are more small-time criminals than anything else. § The 54th Block is also the location of the “Morningside Mega-Apartment Complex” o The “Ha-ha Boys” reside in “Beggar’s Point” in “Longmarket” and are more violent than the clowns. · The “Harvesters” are mostly found in the Matrix where they steal and extort the common wageworkeslave. Outside of the Matrix they reside in southern “Buisenkant” and deal in counterfeiting, Loansharking, and gambling. o “DotEXE” works for them outside of the bowl and resides in the “Frankfort Block” of Vesperdene. · The “Tusks” are primarily an ork and troll gang that will sometimes allow those that are not orks and trolls entrance if they prove their worth and dedication to the gang. They reside in within the “Acacia Park” region of the crossroads. o There are no smaller gangs that work directly for the Tusks. o The Tusks associate with many gangs and on any given day they could be an ally or an enemy. · The “Reapers” are the only major gang that requires you to be awakened to join. They mostly deal with the occult and some even call them a cult with their rituals and practices. They reside in “the Gut”, but their influence is felt through-out the entire city by way of the astral realm. o The “Spirit Guides” are an organization that claims no affiliation with the Reapers, however, most of the known members of the Reapers were once Spirit Guides. The guides are a pseudo religious group that worships astral creatures. They have “lodges” located all over the city. However, unlike the Reapers they will recruit non-awakened. · The “Draak Elwe” are a group of gang bangers that consider themselves trophy hunters more then a street gang. They call Vesperdene their home, but travel throughout the city and nation hunting the Zulu Wakyambi and other; quote, “over-abundant species’. o There are no smaller gangs that work directly for the Draak Elwe. · The “Red Demons” are the city’s resident go-gang. They reside and strike bystanders along the northern part of the N7. This leads to clashes with the Drek-Heads and the scrappers. Lone Star has also upped its manpower in this region, but with an already tight shift of officers working night and day, it has been hardly an improvement. o The “Speed-Freaks” are a gang that deals with primarily moving cargo safely for a cost. They can be found in any blackmarket where one would need to get things into or out of city limits. o The“Road-Master” is a gang inhisown right, although there are many who take up the mantle of road-master within it this gangs ranks, it is believed that there is an original person, an old shadow-runner, that controls the far northern stretch of N7, by the boarder through military like force. No one has ever seen him or has there been a recent accounting of an attack. · The “Sisters” were recently run out of Acacia Park and their church, the famous St. John’s Church, by city municipalities and have moved to the “Summer Green” region of the crossroads. They are a religious gang that is all female and is militant and brutal. o The “Crusaders” are the militant arm of the Sisters and are just as violent and vicious as their historic counterparts. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vaal (Johannesburg): Northeast of the center of the country you will find the remains of Johannesburg, a once great city is now just a huge slum encircling the inner city reserved for the elites and administrators that run the labor camps. · This is the largest city in Azania, but that size comes from two cities merging and the vast sprawl that extends from the center <> Leadership (movers and shakers): Marielle Castilione(f (human) Mayor) Trenton Jobs(m (human) Metro Police Force Chief) Tandi Izula(m (ork) District Attorney) Galen Kader(m (human) Saeder-Krup District Director) Vala Ifu(f (Elf) Neo-Net District Director) Ganya Ulwazi(m (elf) “King of the Garden” ()lord of the slums) Malik Basset(m (shapechanger) Prime Minister of Azania) Nandi Mogayna(m (human) Council of city affairs – Transportation) Darron Frack(m (Elf) Council of city affairs – Logistics) Lori Hadel(f (human) Council of city affairs – Human Services) Zonke Opopa(m (dwarf) Council of city affairs – Safety) Ingwe Layga(f (human) Council of city affairs – Operations) Parliament council members: The Parliament Building can be seen in the very center of the picture above These are a few of the persons that handle all the nation’s major decisions and also reside in Pretoria. (where-as not an official member, Mujaji is always welcome when she wants) Yuko Locke(f (Elf)) Kwanele Nana(f (human)) Lunga Catz(m (human)) Cole Hayland(m (Elf)) Mercy Bennett(f (human)) Jama Mange(m (human)) Kennith Stoyer(m (dwarf)) Maddie Sharp(f (ork)) Ndonsa Endika(f (troll)) Gentry Foster(m (ork)) Eli Wood(m (human)) Nolan Richards(m (human)) Kayla Steward(f (Elf)) Abelo Nowlz(m (human)) Ufasimba Dulaka(m (Elf)) Isabelle Mitchel(f (human)) Neighborhoods: The neighborhoods are broken into zones, these zones have names associated with them, but can be commonly identified by numbeletter Zone “A” and “B” are both inside the massive walls, the other six zones are numbers and represent 1/6th of the outer portion of the city, alphabetically. Zone A – (Randburg – dual inner circles ): · This is where the elite and rich live, and it is protected as such. · Most of this part of the city is clean and white · Travel to and from and even through in some places is closely monitored and check pointed. There are no ground passageways outside of this zone that lead outside of the walls, that are not heavily monitored. Zone B – (Johannesburg – outer circle)): · This where the uppemiddle class and also the servants live. · Travel through-out this area is as free as any other city, however, there are check points to move outside of the walls. · Lone Star has a national large headquarters here. · The largest “Urban Brawl” stadium is located here and spans several city blocks Starting clock-ways (north) and going around... Zone One – (Tembisa): · This is mostly commercial and lower-class to middle-class residents that live in this zone. · This section is built up and is mostly made up of multi-story buildings and well-kept streets. Those that visit Pretoria for work or pleasure will often stay here if they cannot afford the inner circles. Zone Two – (Kempton Park): · Mostly lower-class residential, and unmaintained parks dot this zone with habitation. · This glorified slum is not as densely populate as zone 04 or 05, and as such, the shacks are a little more well build and most are built on a stone/brick foundation and have a second or third story. · The further you get away from the city This zone is farmland. Zone Three – (Alberton): · One can find mostly slums and industrial parks here, it is not uncommon for large caliber weaponry to be brandished here with no repercussions. · For a price though, you can rent personal security while there. · The “king” controls this zone as well and has his own personal security force that he employs to keep the peace. Zone Four – (Soweto): · This cesspit and slum, is also the largest zone, and extends out to the Driefontein Mine · This zone is controlled by slums Ganya Ulwazi, the self-proclaimed “King of the Slums”. As such no work gets done without his approval and assistance. · This zone is mostly comprised of tightly condensed shacks. Zone Five – (Roodepoort): · This is all lower-class with a few strips of slumlands near the south · This zone is mostly farmland and that land acts as a barrier from the slum of zone 04 and the nicer zone 06. · Parts of the southern region and the farmlands of this zone are controlled by the “King” and his “Pretorian Guard” · It is crucial that the food crops are maintained and defended. Zone Six – (Steyn City): · One of the smaller zone, it is sandwiched between Pretoria and “The Cradle Game Reserve” · It has some of the best gardens in any of the outer zones and a lower-class population that works diligently to keep and maintain the look. However, they do not take kindly to visitors or tourist. · Everyone here feels a duty to pitch in and help out. Organized Crime: · Most of the criminal activities are handled by the gangs of Pretoria o They constantly work together to make sure not one gang gets too big to take control, and this is all rumored to be orchestrated by one man. The “King of the Slums” o There is a rumor that this is enhanced by the vast wealth exchanging hands and no one wanting to rock the boat · The Metropolitan Police Force is also a well-paid elite subsidiary of Lone Star and does its best to keep crime to a minimum throughout the city and the subsequent zones. Gangs: There are three main gangs within the city of Pretoria and one that plies in criminal activities but rumored for the good of the people…sort of like the old stories of Robinhood. · The “Hard Time Kids” reside in Alberton (Zone 03) and are the original gang before the schism that broke the most powerful into the two most powerful and largest in their respected cities. o The “Bucket Brothers” · The “Tusks” that reside within Pretoria are a colony gang that broke away when those from Cape Town started allowing non-ork and non-trolls into their ranks. They reside in Styen City (zone 06) o Like their counterparts, they are too violent to work with any minor gangs for too long. · The “Stutzer” are a white only branch of the Humanist Poli-club that works exclusively in South Africa. They reside mostly in Kempton Park (zone 02). They attack everyone that isn’t human and white. o The “5th Reich” is a German only branch of the Stutzer and a lot of members are in both gangs, you must speak German as a natural language and be able to trace your lineage. It is rumored that they are the ones that are actually in command. · The “Pretorian Guard” are as much a gang as any other group of misfit criminals. They reside primarily in Soweto (zone 04), but their reach extends all the way into the capital and inner circle. They act as defenders of the people more than violent hoodlums. o The king is a Wakyambi (elf) and is believed to have been in the city before everything went down 60+ years ago. Thus, he has a lot of pull and influence within the city and its residence. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Zulu Nation: Far to the east along the coast is the home of the Zulu tribal Nation of Elves. Visitors need to get special permits to travel past their boarders into their capital of New Hlobane; and even if you are an elf your chances are not good. There are even Wakyambi that are not even allowed to enter. Being banished is a fate worse than death to most nationals. The N3 is the highway that cuts through the capital of New Hlobane <> Leadership (movers and shakers): Celogal Xanth(m (elf) Prince) Eragor Kant(m (elf) National Military General) Larry Walker(m (elf) Chief City Relation Advisor) Arien Lace(f (elf) Chief Royal Attendant) Grant Evans(m (human) Pretoria Diplomat and Ambassador) Yalaris Moot(f (elf) Cape Town Diplomat and Ambassador) Camanchi(f (shapechanger) Willowton District Alderman) Wami Chundo(m Lincoln Meade District Alderwoman) Olas Munga(m (elf) Loop District Alderman) Reidrey Hado(m (ork) Downtown District Alderman) Eris Jalamba(f (elf) Clarendon District Alderwoman) Popau Lolula(m (elf) Scottsville District Alderman) Neighborhoods: These areas are broken into districts that each have a representative on the “High Seats” these members along with the price oversee the affairs and direction that the city will take. · Willowton o This district is northeast of the loop and is comprised mostly of industrial factories and the slums that surround them. When one pictures slums, they picture Cape Town’s Longmarket or Pretoria’s Soweto neighborhoods, but this would be more like lower-class in those cities. The nation of Zulu prides itself on maintaining their empire. · Lincoln Meade o This district is located east of the loop and is comprised of middle-class families and large parkland, that of which rivals the loop. It is one of the newer districts and is still in development, thus the lush natural aesthetics that still remain. · Loop o The Loop is the district that binds all the other districts together, it is at the center of the city and all the major roadways converge in this area. It also has the most parks and gardens of any other district. · Downtown o This district is northwest of the loop and is all larger buildings and vertical gardens. The city is surrounded by an unrelenting jungles with many unpleasant creatures and this makes it hard for farmers to keep land safe. So downtown has become the largest food depository in all of the nation. At least 2/3rds of all the high rises have some sort of agriculture built into them. · Clarendon o This district is located north-northeast of downtown and is mostly middle-class single-family homes broken into suburbs. Most of the working class live in this zone and the houses are the oldest in the city. · Signal Hill o This district is west of downtown and the loop and is a gated community and a small town in unto itself. It is also where the royal family lives in their castle and surrounding them are the uber-elite mansions. · Scottsville o This district is located south of the loop and is includes mostly tightly packed lower-class suburbs and a few middle-class houses sprinkled throughout the area of those that haven’t moved out yet. This district also has the most apartment complexed save for downtown. Organized Crime: · It is alleged that technically there is no organized crime within the Zulu nation. This is speculated with rumors and whispers that the Zulu nation is in fact a criminal organization that actually controls the nation. · This conspiracy theory is backed by stories of Zulu nationals in other parts of the country intertwined within other criminal networks. Gangs: · The “Pack” is the only one main gang within the city boundaries and it likes to keep it that way. They are rumored to be unofficial defenders and protectors of the city and the nation. They can be found throughout the whole nation. o It is mostly comprised of shapeshifters and unbound spirits
Overheaven: The South African Civil War - (feedback and input welcomed, full timeline coming soon)
Preface
For context, this is for the actual AH portion of Overheaven - the stuff which happens after the primary 1967 POD, where the Outer Space Treaty isn’t signed, and as a result, space is opened up to military and commercial interests. By the 1990’s there are growing colonies on the moon (the Americans and Soviets landed there in 1969), Mars (the Americans land the first man on the Red Planet in 1976), and Venus (the Soviets establish the first aerostat colony in the “Yellow Planet’s” upper atmosphere in 1978); large rotating space stations with increasingly-permanent populations; mineral exploration of Near Earth Asteroids and the Main Belt; and preliminary manned missions to Mercury and Callisto. This does not refer to events in the FH portions of the setting. However, this TL also has a bunch of smaller POD’s littered around it. Mostly for fun, but also to build up towards the timeline’s “current year”: 2185. And the South African Civil War is an event which does have repercussions stretching into the late 22nd century. And after much back and forth on the issue, I’ve decided to place the war in 1999-2005. I probably would have preferred to keep all of this under wraps until I had written up the TL into an episodic, chapter-by-chapter format, but I’m sure the actual chapter for this conflict will be much more interesting and engaging than what I present here. So, with that preface out of the way, here are some of my rough ideas for the South African Civil War:
The Juicy Stuff
Not intrinsically linked to South Africa or its civil war, but my motivation for having it where it is in the timeline is based somewhat on the state of the USSR at the time. In 1999, the US and USSR are close enough diplomatically that at the start of the year, they opened up the International Peace Bridge connecting Alaska to Siberia. Gorbachev rolls all sixes on the New Union reforms in the early 90’s, and by 1999, I think the USSR should be in a position to go on overseas adventures again. Due to overriding concerns at home, they would have withdrawn from international military engagements for much of the 1990's. For the most part, at least. There’d be some guns going off in the "Near Abroad" periphery as the Soviet deck got reshuffled in the early 90's, probably in Moldova and/or Georgia, which break away from the newfangled Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics along with the Baltic states. Moscow also likely backed up the Americans and South Koreans during the Second Korean War in the early 90’s as well, or at least played a role there diplomatically. However, the 90's mostly sees the Union focus on revitalizing itself and jump-starting its new post-communist economy, changing the world's perception of what the Soviet Union represents, bringing in American, British and Japanese investment and the like, and perhaps resetting their relationship with China; there’d also be a big scaling back of the USSR’s orbital weapons, as well as probably a bit of a fire sale on Soviet extraterrestrial real estate (though they’d hold onto their Venusian colonies for the most part), in order for Moscow to remain financially solvent back on Earth. Intervening in South Africa would be the Red Army's first major engagement overseas since Afghanistan. At the end of this alternate Cold War, the US withdraws from NATO, which more or less collapses. To replace it, a slightly different European Union (including Switzerland and Norway by 1999, but not the UK) sets up a post-NATO “Joint European Defense Force” (or some better-named organization). And South Africa ends up being their baptism-by-fire, assuming I don’t have it instead be something slightly earlier, maybe involving the Balkans or Morocco. I expect they'll mostly play rearguard and support roles, simply because they won't have the logistics to send in tens of thousands of troops on the other side of the world. I'm unsure how exactly Apartheid can be made to hold on a little longer, though. Nelson Mandela having a close encounter with a flight of stairs (people conveniently falling down the stairs and dying instantly is a recurring theme in Overheaven - Khomeini and William Proxmire being notable victims) may be a start, but I don't think that's enough to seal the deal. Sanctions will be the bigger issue, though perhaps the huge advances in spaceflight might hog airtime that might otherwise have been spent on raising awareness of Apartheid, thereby making it less of a prominent Western political cause for activists? After all, humans have fairly limited attention spans. On a somewhat-related and somehow less-ridiculous note, I do quite like the idea of South Africa building a Von Braun wheel to help bolster confidence and moral in the government, and perhaps help turn a profit for the country via some combination of zero-g research and perhaps a space hotel service for unscrupulous millionaires? Maybe some shady spy dealings also take place on "Overbeek Station". So that's canon now, because it’s fun. Anyway, by the 90's, I'm sure people will become very aware of what's happening in SA, so maybe the stiff sanctions of the 1980's which helped bring down the regime OTL will come into effect in the 90's. The Pahlavis are still running Iran, and by the late-80’s have developed both a manned space program and a domestic nuclear power grid (putting them less than half a turn of the screwdriver away from nuclear weapons), and they’ll probably continue to support South Africa right up until things start getting super-gross. Ditto with regards to Israel. Rhodesia might still continue onward in some form, though I’m still unsure of that bit, or of what role they might play in the Civil War. Maybe one of you is more knowledgeable about SA history and can help me figure out what political factions would fill the void left by Mandela, or how we could push Apartheid's lifespan a little further. Anyway, a flashpoint sets the South African tinderbox ablaze in the summer of 1999. The rebels can't defeat the SADF on its own terms, but make it bleed when they bring the fighting to the cities. Foreign volunteers come in to back up either side, and end up radicalizing both. You have white nationalists, Neo-Nazis and extreme anti-communists from the Americas and Europe, along with apolitical mercenaries from odd corners of the world, backing up the Apartheid regime. And black nationalist and Marxist volunteers from Africa and the Caribbean come in to back up the ANC and its allies. Gadaffi wholeheartedly backs the black rebels; perhaps KPA remnants from a collapsed-in-the-early-90’s North Korea show up; Palestinians might get involved in the name of international solidarity; Iran and Israel might try something squirrelly (the latter might wash their hands of South Africa when they notice the Neo-Nazi militants gaining influence there); and, again, things get really interesting if Rhodesia is still around (or if Mugabe rules Zimbabwe). A cease-fire is declared New Years Eve, at the dawn of the new millennium, and peace talks begin in Bloemfontein. In February of 2000, after much tension, cool heads in both camps (very wary of the extremists who've shown up on the battlefield) end up prevailing and an election is announced for May that year. In March, however, psychotic Neo-Nazi volunteers from Canada, led by Wolfgang Gröge, hijack the government's nuclear weapons and vaporize Bloemfontein (a neutral zone and a symbol of the South African government’s unwillingness to stand up to “Jewish Bolshevism” or whatever weird conspiracy theory they’re running with) and a few black-majority cities in 45-kiloton mushroom clouds. The ceasefire instantly breaks down. Everyone is confused and angry. One side is no longer interested in compromise, the other is fearful of being exterminated. Things get, in a word, MESSY. The nuclear detonations of course shock the world and are roundly condemned, as are the racially-motivated killings committed by both sides. The South African government fortifies itself in Pretoria, executes every last national socialist they can find, and uses chemical weapons to narrowly fend off a major offensive by the ANC. They threaten to use their remaining nukes if the rebels try anything else against Pretoria. Yes, I am referencing RoboCop here, BTW. While the SADF forces and the mercenaries among their ranks hold onto cities like Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban, many of the more far-right and racist types end up deserting and forming roving gangs of genocidal fascists, who make up for their lack of numbers compared to the black nationalist and Marxist rebels, with sheer ruthlessness, skill and higher-tier weaponry. At this point, the Libyans have shipped in heavier weapons left over from the Cold War, and are sending in more and more troops to South Africa; Gadaffi’s regime is the only country to recognize the “African People’s Socialist Republic” - a state best described as a black supremacist Khmer Rouge. Overseas, nobody's really sure what the Hell is going on. Nobody's sure whether or not the South African government is being honest about Canadian Nazis hijacking their nukes and using them against their will, but the optics of turning Pretoria into a nuclear-armed "final redoubt" willing to use chemical weapons - yeah, those optics could not be any worse. Nobody's sure about what the facts are, but everyone - Washington, Moscow, London, Brussels - agrees that the situation has gotten out of hand and someone needs to step in and kick some ass. The UN then authorizes them to do so. American and Soviet space-based ballistic missiles hit APSR and SADF positions, while an unprecedented joint SEAL/SAS/Spetsnaz operation infiltrates Pretoria and secures the city’s nukes, before Soviet and American airborne troops drop in to capture the Pretoria and Johannesburg in the early hours of the morning, securing both cities by the evening. High above the Earth, Soviet and American space marines board and occupy Overbeek Station without incident. European, British and American troops take Cape Town; Soviet, Australian and American troops grab Durban. The Libyans began to withdraw when the Americans announced their intention to intercede, though it was the Soviets who were ultimately successful in convincing Gadaffi to pull out; Moscow convinces their new friends in Washington to hand over an item of very deep importance to the Colonel, which was sitting in a box somewhere in Langley since 1982. While the Libyans are not successful in retreating with all the hardware they flew in, it’s mostly outdated crap from the 70’s and 80’s anyway; Libyan T-55’s and South African Olifants ultimately proved no match for the high-tech M1 Abrams and T-90, and the South African Civil War brought deadly aerial and orbital weaponry to bare. It takes around two months of fighting before the rebels and government forces come back to the peace table. The Cape Town Talks go on for over a year, and are far less productive or measured this time around than the ones in Bloemfontein, dragging on into 2002. Insurgents cause trouble all over South Africa, and despite the international coalition's best efforts, foreign volunteers are still bringing weapons and fighters into the country. However, most ordinary people are sick of the killing by 2002. Violence, the average South African realizes, has solved nothing and brought naught but destruction and ill will to the whole land. A peace deal is eventually brokered, which probably results in the partial dismemberment of South Africa. Control of Overbeek Station I see being transferred either to one of the South African successor states, being annexed by the US or UK, or perhaps going independent; it would be interesting if large numbers of white South Africans decide to make Overbeek Station their home and declare independence as the first extraterrestrial country. In 2004, the Treaty of Cape Town is signed, partitioning South Africa into the Cape Republic (comprising the former Cape Province), the Mzansi Federation (the old Transvaal, Natal and Orange Free State provinces), Republic of Ciskei, Bophuthatswana Confederation and the Free Port of Durban - that last one dominated by South Africans of Indian, Chinese and Malay descent, like a weird African Singapore. Even stranger is the independence of the Republic of Overbeek Station in 2005, the very first extraterrestrial nation-state, and a bit of a refuge for rich white South Africans. They’re not into Apartheid (that would just be bad PR), but the limited space available on the space station means they can justifiably be more...discriminating in who they allow to live on Overbeek. It wouldn’t be easy for a space colony to secede from Earth, but they’ll land on their feet. I can see them opening a casino, and maybe operating an off-shore (well, off-world) server for various “convenient” services and enterprises. If they play their cards right, perhaps Overbeek might evolve into a Stanford torus in the long-term. The international coalition sticks around and continues fighting the insurgency, while gradually withdrawing from the region, until the last foreign troops leave around 2005, when the new security forces in the region take over. Over time, these new countries (minus Overbeek) gradually begin to grow closer economically, as the wounds of the civil war begin to heal. The Association of South African Nations (ASAN) eventually becomes the foundation of the much larger Confederation of Azania, one of the Earth’s leading superpowers in 2185. In the short term, however, South Africa’s “place in the sun” as a functional African economy is instead filled by Nigeria, and eventually the East African Federation; the latter especially after the collapse of the UK in the 2030’s, and the nationalization of the Royal Space Agency’s prestigious Kilimanjaro Spaceport makes East Africa a big shot in the space game. Refugees from the South African Civil War (black and white) arrive in Europe, Canada, the United States, and to a far lesser extent, the Soviet Union. There will of course be war crimes tribunals. The culprits behind the nuclear attacks will of course be tried and executed, as will the crimes of the Apartheid regime and the crimes committed by the black nationalist factions. The ANC might run Mzansi post-war, but that was a position they had to pay for with a good pound or two of flesh, and they had to throw a bunch of dudes under the bus to avoid much more severe consequences. While it may be tempting to have Apartheid war criminals in space, Overbeek is unlikely to even humor the idea of bringing them onboard; a space station has all the downsides of being an island and a landlocked country, so they can’t afford negative press. With regards to Gadaffi, he follows the ANC’s lead and probably throws some people under the bus to save his own ass. Maybe he gives up his WMD’s, or maybe he stops just short of that, or goes for the “nuclear ambiguity” route. The South African conflict sees the US Army and Red Army (rivals in a yesterday's war that never happened) grow pretty chummy with one another, the blood of one mixing with the other on the battlefield. And while the Europeans start out as the dark horse of the coalition (multiple languages, roughly standardized equipment, lots of inexperienced troops, limited logistical ability) as the war goes on, they improve in leaps and bounds. This causes the Pentagon and the Kremlin to look at each other, and then at the blue cancer metastasizing and federalizing across Europe, and then back at each other. They then gulp nervously at the same time. So, those are some loose ideas I have. I'd love to hear feedback and suggestions, to help me beef up the lore.
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ICE AFRICA is the next destination for Asia Live Tech on its 2019 exhibition tour. If you thought that you heard wrong, well don’t worry the news is 100% percent true that Asia Live Tech is coming to South Africa this year at the ICE AFRICA exhibition that will take place from the 2nd to 3rd of October 2019 at the Sandton Convention Center, Johannesburg. Asia Live Tech is well known in the Asian iGaming scene for its revolutionary products and solutions which earned them the title of the First Cryptocurrencies iGaming Software Provider in Asia. This is in view of the versatility that their iGaming platform brings to the iGaming industry in which it supports, Fiat, Cryptocurrency and even Tokens. Africa has always been on the horizon for Asia Live Tech but it was only a matter of time in line with the global outreach planned by ALT as part of its expansion road-map. This is indeed an awesome opportunity for iGaming Entrepreneurs to take up additional unique content from ALT for their existing platform. Affiliates should not miss the opportunity to meet up with ALT as this would indeed be the best time for you to breakout into the iGaming scene on your own with Asia Live Tech’s White Label iGaming Platform. So to make it simple, Asia Live Tech wants you to “Own Your Own Brand; Be Your Own Boss” As mentioned earlier that existing iGaming operators may use this opportunity to integrate new content on their iGaming sites. In this case, it would be ideal to take a look at ALT’s Live Dealer product. This product streams in real time and comes with a wide range of side bets which simply enhance the fun factor of playing at an online casino. In addition to this your players have the opportunity to win big as all ALT’s live baccarat tables come ready with a progressive jackpot with no maximum jackpot limitations, the chances for your players to win big is endless. To top it all off and make the deal even sweeter is that all Jackpot payouts are borne by ALT 100% thus no losses or additional costs for operators. Now coming to one of the most popular products in the African market which is the ALT Sportsbook. ALT can integrate their Sportsbook onto your platform or even better setup your very own iGaming website for sports betting. Furthermore, ALT has solutions to setup sports and lottery betting kiosk which may also be something that can enhance your business as well. There are just so many more that ALT can offer you and since this is the first time ALT is coming to South Africa, don’t miss this chance to come on down and meet with Asia Live Tech at booth 1601 only at ICE AFRICA. #asialivetech #igaming #ownyourownbrand #beyourownboss #iceafrica https://preview.redd.it/bez8sc0id0n31.png?width=800&format=png&auto=webp&s=242328a73ed5737398c0c25f24617d4baf7ca2fd
Hi guys, I want to try something new here. As we never get a complete update log with everything changed, we sometimes miss a few details here and there. Did you know 1.5.6 added a new ad reward? 2x gold, which was actually in the game before? No? That's why I want to try this here. :-) And if you find anything I overlooked or forgot to mention, just leave a comment and I'll add it to the list. :-) New Stuff
new continent, Africa is added to the game
adds 4 new regions: Africa West, Africa East, Africa Center and Africa South (Station info will follow soon)
new Story for Africa (unlocks when North America Chapter 7-8 is completed)
new game icon
new loading screen
new Train Shop
It has 4 tabs:
Car Bundle: currently locked, but it's most likely where you will find the car packs now
Care Package: where you find the care packages
Train Cars: You can buy cars out of a random set of 3 cars, 1 engine, 1 caboose (refreshes every 6 hours from your first login with 1.6.0) plus 1 car of the day (seems to be fixed for all players and changes around 12am UTC (according to a news post from the devs)), prices seem to follow the rule: basic car = 100,000 gold, rare car = 50 gems, special car = 75 gems, engine = 100 gems, caboose = 50 gems
Gold and Gems: Where the stuff from the old shop went
new star icons for Engines and Cabooses (light blue with E or C) similar to the ones for Rare, Special or Factory Cars
new cars (total went up from 160 to 175)
currently only the 4 new factory cars (No. 166-169) are visible
6 new engines
4 for completing the new Africa regions to 100% (No. 2063-2066)
No. 2062 and 2067 have no text explaining where to get them
No. 2062 has no lock icon like the others
No. 2067 looks like the Sphinx one from the loading screen and therefore will most likely be available with a car pack later on
6 new cabooses, corresponding with the engines
23 new moments
Abuja National Mosque, Agadez Grande Mosque, Arch of Marcus Aurelius, Castle of Good Hope, Cathedral of Saint Vincent de Paul, Great Mosque of Djenne, Great Sphinx of Giza, Ibn Tulun Mosque, Iglesia de San Antonio de la Polana, Kajuru Castle, Luxor Temple, Mausoleum of Agostinho Neto, Memorial du Martyr, Menara Gardens, Monument de la Reunification, Mother and Child Kopje, Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Nyiragongo, National Assembly Building, Nilian Mosque, University of Khartoum, Victoria Falls, Voortrekker Monument
Changed Stuff
Camera is back!
Shop is gone and included in new Train Shop (see in New Stuff section)
Cars got newly ordered in Trainiary and numbers are changed (ex. Old West Passenger Car is now No. 31 instead of No. 1)
Engines got new numbers, starting at 2000
Cabooses got new numbers, starting at 4000
VIP Bonus is gone from Luxury Cars, instead they now have a flat +5 passengers (Luxury Passenger), +5 cargo (Luxury Cargo) or +5 food (Luxury Food) bonus (thanks Rzztmass)
same goes for Royal Delight Car, it now has +5 passngers
Bonuses on engines got remade
weight dependant speed bonus is gone from Bullet & P42DC Engine, instead they now have a flat +25 speed (thanks Rzztmass)
gold on station bonus is also gone and replaced with a small speed bonus: +1 speed for Old West and Silver Steam (slight nerf as it had +2 gold before), +2 speed for Steam, Golden Steam and NR74
110% max weight is now +10 max weight (Blue Diesel, Yellow Diesel, Black & Red Diesel and new: Blue Ducky A4)
Encumberance is replaced by something similar, Behemoth, Streamline and WAP 7 now have +5 weight reduction (instead of -5% Encumberance)
most of the time the "max" is removed from the labels, ex. +5 speed instead of +5 max speed
the "happiness" is removed from labels on Gingerbread and Toy Train, ex. "Max Food if ..." instead of "Max Food Happiness if ..."
Fixes
Push Notifcations should be fixed
Building additional factory cars should now work properly
Quest Location bugs should be fixed
The next sections will be work in progress for a while, as it takes some time to complete the new quests, unlock new regions and build the different stations. Africa Cargo
Europe West:
new: Clog
Africa West
new: Cabbage, Flour, Salt
old: Asparagus, Carrot, Peanut, Pepper, Steel, Trout, Water
Africa station building Building material required seems to have changed a bit from South America, so here is the new level ramp. Stations that need to be build are written in italic in the next sections.
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PHIL TWYFORD (Labour—Te Atatū) to the Member in charge of the Healthy Homes Guarantee Bill (No 2): Why did he draft the Healthy Homes Guarantee Bill (No 2)?
ANDREW LITTLE (Labour - list)(Member in charge of the Healthy Homes Guarantee Bill (No 2)): Because, in 2016, no child in New Zealand should be living in a hovel, and it is time that New Zealand accepted a standard that no child should be getting sick or die because they cannot live in a warm, safe, dry home. This bill sets standards to ensure that every rental property is livable and will keep kids out of hospital. Phil Twyford: How does this bill differ from the current law? ANDREW LITTLE: The current law, propagated by the present Government, applies a standard for insulation that is only at the 1978 standard and requires the installation of smoke alarms. My bill requires there to be a source of heating, requires weathertightness, requires the house to be able to be ventilated, and has a minimum standard on drainage. The Children's Commissioner described the Government's current law as shameful and said that it will do little for children living in cold, damp, mouldy homes. My bill will be a whole heap better.
The General Debate was Held The general debate is held every week on Wednesday after Question Time. The formal procedure for the debate is that a member move a motion that the house take note of miscellaneous business. Members have 5 minutes to speak to whatever issue they wish. At the end of the hour the motion lapses and no question is put or vote taken. The speakers were:
A transcript of the debate can be found – here Private and Local Orders of the Day
The committee stage of the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind Act Repeal Bill was completed. The debate on this non controversial bill was very quick - only 3 members took a call before the bill was agreed to and reported without amendment. The bill is in the name of Nicky Wagner (National - Christchurch Central)
Member’s Orders of the Day
The Minimum Wage (Contractor Remuneration) Amendment Bill was read a second time. This bill is in the name of Labour list MP David Parker. This Bill amends the Minimum Wage Act 1983 to extend its provisions to apply to payments under a contract for services that are remunerated at below the minimum wage. Act and National voted against the bill but the vote was won after United Future voted in favour of the bill.
The first reading of the Oaths and Declarations (Endorsing the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi) Amendment Bill was not agreed to. The purpose of this bill is to ensure that a person taking any oath set out in statute may, in addition to the words of the oath, elect to state that they will perform their duties in accordance with the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi. This bill saw spirited debate including the contribution of Treaty Affairs Minister and Attorney General Chris Finlayson (National – list). Arguments in favour contended that one could swear an oath on a bible to uphold the law according to their religious belief but not to uphold the principles of the Treaty that founded our nation. The counter argument was one based on the lack of need and that government agencies already uphold the principles of the treaty during their day to day activities and are required to consider them during decision making. The votes were:
Party
Aye
Nay
National
0
59
Labour
32
0
Green
14
0
New Zealand First
0
12
Maori
2
0
Act
1
0
United Future
1
0
Total
50
71
The Social Security (Stopping Benefit Payments for Offenders who Repeatedly Fail to Comply with Community Sentences) Amendment Bill was read a first time. The bill was passed 61 – 60. This bill is in the name of National MP for Rodney Mark Mitchell. This bill would give the Department of Corrections the power to issue warnings to persons who have not complied with community-based sentences, with the consequence of withholding benefit payments. It has been referred to the Social Services Select Committee.
Debate Interrupted
The debate on the Customs and Excise (Prohibition of Imports Made by Slave Labour) Amendment Bill was interrupted when Mark Mitchell (National – Rodney) was speaking with 9 speeches remaining. The bill is in the name of Labour’s Tāmaki Makaurau MP Peeni Henare and amends the Customs and Excise Act 1996 to make goods produced in whole or in part by slave labour a prohibited import. National have indicated they will be voting against the bill.
The Biscuit Tin of Democracy It has been a while but the biscuit tin has been dusted off and there was space for 3 bills to be drawn today. 79 bills were entered into the ballot. The winning bills were:
Land Transfer (Foreign Ownership of Land Register) Amendment Bill - Mahesh Bindra from New Zealand First proposes a bill that would ensure that a comprehensive register of all foreign-owned New Zealand land is compiled and made available to the general public.
Airport Authorities (Publicising Lost Property Sales) Amendment Bill in the name of Port Hills based National List MP Nuk Korako. This bill will amend the Airport Authorities Act 1966 to provide airport authorities with greater flexibility when publicising the disposal of lost property.
Psephology Spotlight Elections Concluded
In South Africa the ruling African National Congress suffered massive losses in their worst election performance since the end of Apartheid. The municipal council elections (which are conducted under MMP) saw the ANC lose majority control of many battleground cities including Johannesburg and Nelson Mandela Bay and minor parties now are engaging in coalition talks between the ANC and opposition Democratic Alliance over who gets to control the council. In the last election the ANC garnered 62% of the popular vote whereas this year they mustered 54%. Corruption and economic woes are attributed to the swing away from the ANC. Famously President Zuma was found by the Constitutional Court to have benefited from $16 million worth of illegal expenditure to his personal home. In another example local corruption resulted in hundreds of toilets being built, row upon row, where houses should be instead.- see 1:20 in the video The ANC have promised to do a review in preparation for the next general election in 2019 and the position of President Zuma appears to be on shakey ground. However, many factions within the party are loyal to Zuma and it is thought that it is unlikely he could be brought down without a fight. Turnout was particularly key to the election results. Significant amounts of the population are still loyal to the ANC and so express their dissatisfaction by not turning up to vote, as they will not vote for any other party. Winning these groups back by 2019 is the new priority for the ANC and the opposition is hoping to win them over by bringing new leadership to local government.
The small African island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe has a new president after their August 7 vote. The first round was held on July 17 and provisional results suggested that challenger Evaristo Carvalho, a former Prime Minister, had won but the result was annulled due to irregularities. Incumbent president Pinto da Costa boycotted the second round after claiming Carvalho engaged in fraudulent activity in round 1 meaning Carvalho was elected unopposed. Costa served as the nation’s first president from 1975 – 1991 and was elected again in 2011. He will leave office in early September.
Upcoming Elections
Presidential elections will be held in Gabon on 28 August 2016. The president serves a seven year term and is elected via first past the post. The issue for the opposition is that given the multitude of candidates standing (14 are approved to be on the ballot) vote splitting may result in incumbent President Ali Bongo Ondimba sneaking back into office much like how Ondimba was first elected in 2009. Former United Nations General Assembly President and Gabonese Foreign Minister Jean Ping is considered Ondimba’s toughest competition. Ping served under Ondimba’s father who was president of Gabon from 1967 until his death in 2009 and was involved in demonstrations against Ondimba which were broken up by police.
General elections and a constitutional referendum will be held in Zambia on 11 August. At stake are 150 members of the National Assembly, the five year term of president and an amendment to the Bill of Rights. The amendment would see Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental rights inserted alongside civil and political rights. Additionally the referendum if approved would see the rules for amendments to the constitution and bill of rights changed. In the race for president Edgar Lungu of the Patriotic Front is hoping to be elected to his first full term in office after winning the 2015 presidential by election. He is facing a rematch with Hakainde Hichilema of the United Party for National Development who missed out on victory by 27,757 votes last time in a race that still is disputed. The election method is two round first past the post. The Patriotic Front currently has a plurality of seats (60) in the multi party National Assembly who are elected via first past the post.
Fact of the Day – Housing the Prime Minister All over the world Prime Ministers and leaders receive as a perk of their office a home that they can reside in throughout their tenure. In the United Kingdom it is 10 Downing Street, The French Prime Minister calls Hôtel Matignon home, The Prime Minister of Canada gets 24 Sussex Drive while the Prime Minister of India gets 7, Race Course Road (A.K.A Panchavati). In Australia the Prime Minister has The Lodge in Canberra and Kirribilli House in Sydney. In New Zealand it is Premier House but this hasn't always been the case. In the early days of the New Zealand Parliament, premiers were required to find their own accommodation. This changed in 1865 when the capital moved to Wellington and the government acquired a simple 22-year-old wooden cottage in Thorndon’s Tinakori Road. This was a damp, flood-prone gully, but it was close to Parliament. A Wellington newspaper, elated by the city’s new status, thought the £2900 price ‘cheap’. An Auckland paper called it a ‘monstrous waste of public money’. New Zealands sixth Premier, Frederick Weld, didn’t get to spend long in the house. Weld made many enemies by overseeing the moving of the capital to Auckland from Wellington as well as seeing the confiscation of more than a million acres of land from Waikato Maori. The finances of his government were precarious at best and his relations with the Governor soured over the withdrawal of British Troops. In October 1865 his government resigned after less than a year in the position. With the arrival of the Vogel family in 1872 the house adopted the name “the casino” and consisted of 8 bedrooms with conservatory and ballroom. The ballroom got a hammering. They made Premier House the social centre of Wellington. In July 1876 Lady Vogel sent out 250 invitations to a calico fancy dress ball, ‘the most brilliant of its kind yet seen in this city’. The Vogels also imported New Zealand’s first lawn tennis set, though Sir Julius was too unfit to chase the ball far. In 1884 the Vogels returned for another three years. Sir Julius was obese and gouty, so Cabinet often met in an office built in the house. In 1886 he added a lift to take him from the dining room up to his bedroom. After the Vogels moved out, the government tried to sell the property. But the press and public fought back. Wellington people valued its spacious grounds as a public amenity. Only the furniture was sold. Some suggested turning the site into an old men’s home or a university, but it stayed empty. MPs’ salaries had been cut, and the Liberal ministers of the 1890s had to live cheaply. Premier Richard John Seddon lived in a modest ministerial residence at 47 Molesworth Street. ‘This isn’t at all a nice house; it is surrounded, like a nunnery, with a high and close and ugly wooden fence, and presents a dismal appearance’, a voter complained. Seddon’s son remembered it fondly as ‘a political house. Politics was the sole subject day after day – at breakfast, dinner and tea.’ The Tinakori Street residence, vacant since 1893, was leased out from 1896 to 1900, when it became a ministerial residence again. The house’s fortunes recovered when Seddon’s deputy, Joseph Ward, moved in. Ward, soon to be Sir Joseph, and prime minister from 1906, named it Awarua House. Like Vogel, he enjoyed the good life. The Wards threw ‘at homes’, garden parties, receptions, garden fetes, balls and wedding receptions. Sometimes over 1000 people gathered there. When Governor Ranfurly dropped in for a chat, they served him whisky in special large glasses. Sir Joseph liked to free office hours for talking or socialising. So he spent the early morning in his study in pyjamas and dressing gown, signing the documents delivered by his chief secretaries. William Massey, the house’s next lengthy occupant, renamed it Ariki Toa, ‘home of the chief’. During the First World War the Masseys used it for patriotic activities. In 1925, Gordon Coates called Ariki Toa ‘a happy home … a haven of rest’. That year he rebuilt the conservatory and added an enclosed veranda above it. Four years later Cabinet again tried to sell it. ‘Sunless and damp, and the gardening costly and unnecessary’, an official sniffed. But again, public protests prevented a sale. Ariki Toa’s role as the prime minister’s official house ended in the 1930s when George Forbes moved out. In 1935 the new prime minister, Michael Joseph Savage, a frugal bachelor, made the break permanent by choosing a smaller ministerial home in Molesworth Street. Three years later, dying of cancer, he moved into Hill Haven, 66 Harbour View Road, in the suburb of Northland. Prime Minister Peter Fraser decided to remain in Hill Haven throughout the 1940’s preferring its scenic outlook. Sidney Holland preferred a place with a guest bathroom. He renovated 41 Pipitea Street in Thorndon. This brick house is close to Parliament, but its surroundings were still industrial, ‘with a brewery chimney quite close, a paint factory next door, commercial offices (B.P. Ltd) on the eastern boundary.’ The section had a small lawn in front and room for a clothes line behind, but the house was too small to entertain official guests. Holland’s National successor Keith Holyoake also lived there. In 1966 the air was still ‘sodden with the smell of hops and malt from the brewery up the street, and jackhammers are busy tearing down Victorian ruins all around.’ But the economy-minded Holyoake dismissed all suggestions of building a new official residence. The Holyoakes put buckets under the leaks in the kitchen roof whenever it rained. Today Pipitea Street is still an important part of New Zealand politics and serves as the home of the National Party offices Holyoake was not as eccentric as he might seem. Ministerial houses were seldom very flash. Every time the government changed, prime ministers-elect trotted around these places, often still occupied by defeated ministers and their families. In November 1972, for example, Norman Kirk and his wife, Ruth, went house hunting. Because they knew Holyoake had let 41 Pipitea Street deteriorate, they did not even bother to look at it. They chose a Seatoun house recommended by their ministerial driver. The Ministry of Works looked after ministers’ houses. As many had been bought only to be demolished for motorways and other development, it skimped on their maintenance and furnishing. Television came to New Zealand in 1960, but the Ministry waited until 1965 before providing TV aerials for ministers’ houses. Ministers paid for their own sets until 1973, when Cabinet made them free – provided the screens did not exceed 23 inches (58 cm). In 1976 New Zealand regained an official home for its prime minister for the first time in 40 years. Ten years earlier, Jocelyn Vogel had given Vogel House in Lower Hutt to the Crown to mark 100 years of Parliament in Wellington. Designed in 1933 by Helmore and Cotterill, it was one of the Hutt Valley’s last large houses designed for a family and domestic staff. Prime Minister Robert Muldoon rushed to refurbish Vogel House in time for a dinner for the visiting Queen Elizabeth II in February 1977. He was our first modern leader able to offer VIPs proper hospitality. David Lange, who succeeded Muldoon in 1984, never liked Vogel House and kept his family in Auckland. He ‘camped’ in a tiny first floor apartment in the house, moaning about the staff folding the edge of the toilet paper in neat triangles, hotel-style. Finding it too far from the Beehive, he saw out his term as prime minister in a flat near Parliament. After Michael Joseph Savage rejected Tinakori Street, it became ‘the murder house’, a children’s dental clinic. The Public Works Department raised seedlings at the front of the grounds. In 1977 the dental nurses moved out, leaving the property empty. In the early to mid-1980s the Ministry of Works repiled the building and fitted sprinklers, but it remained underutilised. Some wanted to redevelop the site, but the Thorndon Society and the Historic Places Trust defended its heritage qualities. It is a Category I historic place on the Trust register. In the late 1980s, Minister of Internal Affairs Michael Bassett decided to restore 260 Tinakori Road as an official prime ministerial residence. The conservation of Premier House, as they renamed it, was a 1990 Sesquicentennial project. That year Geoffrey Palmerand his wife, Margaret, became its first official residents. Premier House has housed every subsequent prime minister. Some made it a family home, but Helen Clark and John Key kept their families in Auckland, using Premier House as a workday squat. ‘There’s a little corner which has the bedroom and the bathroom, and … I go into the bedroom somewhere around midnight or later,’ Clark said in 2002. ‘The alarm goes in the morning, I wander along to the kitchen, I turn on the jug and make a cup of tea. Then I’m out of there.’ Nevertheless, Premier House hosts VIPs, such as Prince William, who attended a barbecue there in 2010. It is also used by politicians and officials for meetings and is the venue for events such as awards ceremonies. Premier House was one of the few Crown-owned ministerial houses retained by the government recently after it reformed ministerial expenses, terminated many leases and put ministers on to flat allowances to cover their Wellington expenses. Information provided by NZhistory.net.nz Previous facts of the day: Speaker's flat, Urgency, Jernigham Wakefield, Sidney Holland and the Suicide Squad, 1951 the last majority election, The Business Committee, New Zealand's First Parliament in Auckland, 1947 Greymouth beer boycott, So goes Hamilton so goes the nation, Australia and Compulsory Voting Standing Order of the Day - SO311 - Recommittal A motion to recommit a bill to a committee of the whole House may be moved after the order of the day for the third reading of the bill has been called. There is no amendment or debate on the question. Local Elections are coming Elections for Mayors, Councils, Community Boards, Regional Council and District Health Boards will be held on 8 October. This election will be via Postal vote after a possible internet voting trial was scrapped. Only those correctly enrolled by Friday 12 August 2016 will get their voting papers for the 2016 local elections sent to them in the mail. 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