Ancient France's Provinces Survivor - Normandie ! BBF commits suicide

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1. Ile-de-France
2. Berry
3. Orléanais
4. Normandie
5. Languedoc
6. Lyonnais
7. Dauphiné
8. Champagne
9. Aunis
10. Saintonge
11. Poitou
12. Nivernais
13. Bourgogne
14. Picardie
15. Anjou
16. Provence
17. Angoumois
18. Bourbonnais
19. Marche
20. Bretagne
21. Maine
22. Touraine
23. Limousin
24. Comté de Foix
25. Auvergne
26. Béarn
27. Alsace
28. Artois
29. Roussillon
30. Flandre
31. Franche-Comté
32. Lorraine
33. Guyenne
34. Gascogne
35. Comtat Venaissin
36. Corse
37. Savoie
38. Comté de Nice

OK, it's just to have fun that I start this one... And maybe out of some nostalgia ...
I can't say I have criteria for this one, Antonio !
Sorry, Hans, I didn't want to open one more during the August break, but, well, this is not a very "strategic" one .
I hope Kalwejt will join us again...
I hope Hashemite will enjoy it, for the reasons we all know .

In case of a tie, previous votes will decide which Province is eliminated. In case of a new tie, I, Duke of this survivor, will decide.

ROUND 1 IS OPEN !

In this round, you have 6 points to cast 3-2-1.
We'll eliminate the Province which receives the biggest total of points.

Vote away !

[big bad fab]

3 to Comtat-Venaissin
(Pope's territories)

2 to Comté de Nice
(small, minor, recent French territory)

1 to Corse
(never really France... and not a strategic territory after all, except for one man)

[big bad fab]

Mmmm... Not a great success, eh ?

Hash, Antonio, Benoît ?

[big bad fab]

Ok, I'll try this If i embarrass myself too much don't hesitate to tell me

3 for Comtat-Venaissin

2 for  Comté de Nice

1 for Angoumois

Oh, you're not obliged, Edu... That's really difficult for you or any other foreigner without interest in French history or geography.

[big bad fab]

Why taking old ones!!

I would have been more interested, and especially more knowledgeable, about one with current territories, well, here, I could just vote vote according to geographical criteria, not historical ones, or really not much. So if the point of this survivor is more about the culture/politics/society of these provinces on this epoch than about what they geographically are, better I don't vote maybe.

You tell me.

In fact, you can take every criterion you want.
But if you aren't so much interested, I think I'll drop this one.
We'd have too low a turnout.

I'll open a survivor on French cities or regions and I'll tell you.

[big bad fab]

A survivor on the regions would be awful because the regions are artificial creations which make no sense and are pure creatures of French centralism. I don't even think I'd vote in such a thing.

Or, you can do all you can to save the only real regions: Corse, Alsace, errrr... yeah, it's a bit short

[big bad fab]

3 Comtat-Venaissin
2 Comté de Nice
1 Alsace

OK, I hope you'll follow us until the end.
So, I keep this survivor: round 2 will be for tomorrow.

[big bad fab]

1. Ile-de-France
2. Berry
3. Orléanais
4. Normandie
5. Languedoc
6. Lyonnais
7. Dauphiné
8. Champagne
9. Aunis
10. Saintonge
11. Poitou
12. Nivernais
13. Bourgogne
14. Picardie
15. Anjou
16. Provence
17. Angoumois
18. Bourbonnais
19. Marche
20. Bretagne
21. Maine
22. Touraine
23. Limousin
24. Comté de Foix
25. Auvergne
26. Béarn
27. Alsace
28. Artois
29. Roussillon
30. Flandre
31. Franche-Comté
32. Lorraine
33. Guyenne
34. Gascogne
35. Comtat Venaissin
36. Corse
37. Savoie
38. Comté de Nice

Results:
Round 1: Comtat-Venaissin 15, Comté de Nice 7, Aunis 2, Perche 2, Alsace 1, Angoumois 1, Corse 1, Comté de Foix 1,

In case of a tie, previous votes will decide which Province is eliminated. In case of a new tie, I, Duke of this survivor, will decide.

ROUND 2 IS OPEN !

In this round, you have 3 points to eliminate 2 different provinces and 1 point to keep 1 province.
We'll eliminate the Province which receives the biggest total of points.

Vote away !

[big bad fab]

Thank you all !
I keep this survivor open .

Eliminate:
2 Comté de Nice
1 Comté de Foix

Keep:
1 Alsace
(homelycooking's vote has slightly frightened me )

[big bad fab]

Though in term of French geographical survivors, which are some in which I'd be interested, maybe most people could agree on the fact that one on Départements and one Villes could be interesting.

I'd be glad to participate in one, but don't expect me to lead one.

Oh, I know.
I haven't taken an option on any of it, but, after my next Chinese, British and Swedish ones (see stickied thread), I'll probably do some French ones if nobody has done them then.
Régions, Départements, Communes > 80,000 would be fine.

[big bad fab]

1. Ile-de-France
2. Berry
3. Orléanais
4. Normandie
5. Languedoc
6. Lyonnais
7. Dauphiné
8. Champagne
9. Aunis
10. Saintonge
11. Poitou
12. Nivernais
13. Bourgogne
14. Picardie
15. Anjou
16. Provence
17. Angoumois
18. Bourbonnais
19. Marche
20. Bretagne
21. Maine
22. Touraine
23. Limousin
24. Comté de Foix
25. Auvergne
26. Béarn
27. Alsace
28. Artois
29. Roussillon
30. Flandre
31. Franche-Comté
32. Lorraine
33. Guyenne
34. Gascogne
35. Comtat Venaissin
36. Corse
37. Savoie
38. Comté de Nice

Results:
Round 1: Comtat-Venaissin 15, Comté de Nice 7, Aunis 2, Perche 2, Alsace 1, Angoumois 1, Corse 1, Comté de Foix 1
Round 2: Comté de Nice 7, Comté de Foix 4, Alsace 2 (3-1), Aunis 2, Corse 2, Angoumois 1, Lorraine 1, Bretagne -1, Roussillon -1 (1-2), Savoie -3

In case of a tie, previous votes will decide which Province is eliminated. In case of a new tie, I, Duke of this survivor, will decide.

ROUND 3 IS OPEN !

In this round, you vote to eliminate 1 province.
We'll eliminate the Province which receives the biggest total of points.

Vote away !

[big bad fab]

I'm a bit worried by votes for Alsace, a coherent and fine region, and won't try to kill Corse now...

Comté de Foix, as it's historically minor.

[big bad fab]

1. Ile-de-France
2. Berry
3. Orléanais
4. Normandie
5. Languedoc
6. Lyonnais
7. Dauphiné
8. Champagne
9. Aunis
10. Saintonge
11. Poitou
12. Nivernais
13. Bourgogne
14. Picardie
15. Anjou
16. Provence
17. Angoumois
18. Bourbonnais
19. Marche
20. Bretagne
21. Maine
22. Touraine
23. Limousin
24. Comté de Foix
25. Auvergne
26. Béarn
27. Alsace
28. Artois
29. Roussillon
30. Flandre
31. Franche-Comté
32. Lorraine
33. Guyenne
34. Gascogne
35. Comtat Venaissin
36. Corse
37. Savoie
38. Comté de Nice

Results:
Round 1: Comtat-Venaissin 15, Comté de Nice 7, Aunis 2, Perche 2, Alsace 1, Angoumois 1, Corse 1, Comté de Foix 1
Round 2: Comté de Nice 7, Comté de Foix 4, Alsace 2 (3-1), Aunis 2, Corse 2, Angoumois 1, Lorraine 1, Bretagne -1, Roussillon -1 (1-2), Savoie -3
Round 3: Comté de Foix 3, Alsace 1, Angoumois 1, Corse 1, Perche 1

In case of a tie, previous votes will decide which Province is eliminated. In case of a new tie, I, Duke of this survivor, will decide.

ROUND 4 IS OPEN !

In this round, you have 10 points to cast as you wish, provided you give a maximum of 5 points to 1 province.
We'll eliminate the Province which receives the biggest total of points.

Vote away !

[big bad fab]

5 to Perche
(only a part of Maine and not a strategic one... despite Percheron horses )

3 to Corse
(small but always very annoying; beautiful but not really strategic in France's history)

2 to Flandre
(I know, militarily important in the past; but very late in becoming French and is it really ?
modern times are also bad for the province, as the land has been made ugly by all human activities)

(Aunis will follow soon in my votes and, in fact, I've hesitated with Flandre)

[big bad fab]

1. Ile-de-France
2. Berry
3. Orléanais
4. Normandie
5. Languedoc
6. Lyonnais
7. Dauphiné
8. Champagne
9. Aunis
10. Saintonge
11. Poitou
12. Nivernais
13. Bourgogne
14. Picardie
15. Anjou
16. Provence
17. Angoumois
18. Bourbonnais
19. Marche
20. Bretagne
21. Maine
22. Touraine
23. Limousin
24. Comté de Foix
25. Auvergne
26. Béarn
27. Alsace
28. Artois
29. Roussillon
30. Flandre
31. Franche-Comté
32. Lorraine
33. Guyenne
34. Gascogne
35. Comtat Venaissin
36. Corse
37. Savoie
38. Comté de Nice
39. Perche

Results:
Round 1: Comtat-Venaissin 15, Comté de Nice 7, Aunis 2, Perche 2, Alsace 1, Angoumois 1, Corse 1, Comté de Foix 1
Round 2: Comté de Nice 7, Comté de Foix 4, Alsace 2 (3-1), Aunis 2, Corse 2, Angoumois 1, Lorraine 1, Bretagne -1, Roussillon -1 (1-2), Savoie -3
Round 3: Comté de Foix 3, Alsace 1, Angoumois 1, Corse 1, Perche 1
Round 4: Perche 20, Corse 11, Alsace 9, Angoumois 9, Aunis 7, Marche 5, Lorraine 3, Roussillon 3, Flandre 2, Saintonge 1

In case of a tie, previous votes will decide which Province is eliminated. In case of a new tie, I, Duke of this survivor, will decide.

ROUND 5 IS OPEN !

In this round, you have 3 votes to eliminate 2 different Provinces,
3 votes to save 2 different Orovinces,
and 3 votes to give immunity to 2 different Provinces for the next 5 rounds.
We'll eliminate the Province which receives the biggest total of points.

Vote away !

[big bad fab]

Thanks to you all, this apparently boring survivor is becoming very interesting, with many candidates to elimination, an emerging fight between Corse and Alsace, the least French of all in a way, and a quite high turnout

Eliminate:
2 to Corse
1 to Aunis

Keep:
2 Alsace
1 Roussillon

Immunity to:
2 Guyenne
1 Béarn
(not that Béarn is a favourite for me , but as a "little" province, I fear its early elimination)

[big bad fab]

Can't... stay... away... any... more... from... the... survivors...

You're much welcome, Kal, despite your Alsace vote

[big bad fab]

Eliminate:

Alsace 2
Corse 1

Keep:

Lorraine 1
Artois 1
Flandres 1

Immune:

Savoie 2
Bretagne 1

It's 3 votes to save only 2 Provinces: do you mean 2 Lorraine and 1 Artois ?

[big bad fab]

1. Ile-de-France
2. Berry
3. Orléanais
4. Normandie (immune for rounds 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10)
5. Languedoc
6. Lyonnais
7. Dauphiné
8. Champagne
9. Aunis
10. Saintonge
11. Poitou
12. Nivernais
13. Bourgogne
14. Picardie
15. Anjou
16. Provence
17. Angoumois
18. Bourbonnais
19. Marche
20. Bretagne
21. Maine
22. Touraine
23. Limousin
24. Comté de Foix
25. Auvergne
26. Béarn
27. Alsace
28. Artois
29. Roussillon
30. Flandre
31. Franche-Comté
32. Lorraine
33. Guyenne
34. Gascogne
35. Comtat Venaissin
36. Corse
37. Savoie (immune for rounds 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10)
38. Comté de Nice
39. Perche

Results:
Round 1: Comtat-Venaissin 15, Comté de Nice 7, Aunis 2, Perche 2, Alsace 1, Angoumois 1, Corse 1, Comté de Foix 1
Round 2: Comté de Nice 7, Comté de Foix 4, Alsace 2 (3-1), Aunis 2, Corse 2, Angoumois 1, Lorraine 1, Bretagne -1, Roussillon -1 (1-2), Savoie -3
Round 3: Comté de Foix 3, Alsace 1, Angoumois 1, Corse 1, Perche 1
Round 4: Perche 20, Corse 11, Alsace 9, Angoumois 9, Aunis 7, Marche 5, Lorraine 3, Roussillon 3, Flandre 2, Saintonge 1
Round 5: Angoumois 3 (3-0 and 12 previous points), Aunis 3 (6-3 and 11 previous points), Corse 1 (5-4), Marche 1, Alsace 0 (7-7), Artois -1, Dauphiné -1, Lorraine -1 (2-3), Roussillon -5

In case of a tie, previous votes will decide which Province is eliminated. In case of a new tie, I, Duke of this survivor, will decide.

ROUND 6 IS OPEN !

In this round, you have 1 vote, to split between 2 different Provinces.
We'll eliminate the Province which receives the biggest total of points.

Vote away !

[big bad fab]

A very interesting round... And Savoie and Normandie are immune for 5 rounds ! A surprise for Savoie (I foresaw it for Normandy).

Angoumois is out and Edu may be happy .
A wonderful coat of arms, BTW.

For this round:

Corse (it will be a long fight, it seems, but we need to pile on it)
Aunis

[big bad fab]

1. Ile-de-France
2. Berry
3. Orléanais
4. Normandie (immune for rounds 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10)
5. Languedoc
6. Lyonnais
7. Dauphiné
8. Champagne
9. Aunis
10. Saintonge
11. Poitou
12. Nivernais
13. Bourgogne
14. Picardie
15. Anjou
16. Provence
17. Angoumois
18. Bourbonnais
19. Marche
20. Bretagne
21. Maine
22. Touraine
23. Limousin
24. Comté de Foix
25. Auvergne
26. Béarn
27. Alsace
28. Artois
29. Roussillon
30. Flandre
31. Franche-Comté
32. Lorraine
33. Guyenne
34. Gascogne
35. Comtat Venaissin
36. Corse
37. Savoie (immune for rounds 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10)
38. Comté de Nice
39. Perche

Results:
Round 1: Comtat-Venaissin 15, Comté de Nice 7, Aunis 2, Perche 2, Alsace 1, Angoumois 1, Corse 1, Comté de Foix 1
Round 2: Comté de Nice 7, Comté de Foix 4, Alsace 2 (3-1), Aunis 2, Corse 2, Angoumois 1, Lorraine 1, Bretagne -1, Roussillon -1 (1-2), Savoie -3
Round 3: Comté de Foix 3, Alsace 1, Angoumois 1, Corse 1, Perche 1
Round 4: Perche 20, Corse 11, Alsace 9, Angoumois 9, Aunis 7, Marche 5, Lorraine 3, Roussillon 3, Flandre 2, Saintonge 1
Round 5: Angoumois 3 (3-0 and 12 previous points), Aunis 3 (6-3 and 11 previous points), Corse 1 (5-4), Marche 1, Alsace 0 (7-7), Artois -1, Dauphiné -1, Lorraine -1 (2-3), Roussillon -5
Round 6: Aunis 2, Marche 1.5, Alsace 1, Corse 1

In case of a tie, previous votes will decide which Province is eliminated. In case of a new tie, I, Duke of this survivor, will decide.

ROUND 7 IS OPEN !

In this round, you have 5 votes, to cast 2-2-1.
We'll eliminate the Province which receives the biggest total of points.

Vote away !

[big bad fab]

2 Corse
2 Picardie
1 Saintonge

[big bad fab]

1. Ile-de-France
2. Berry
3. Orléanais
4. Normandie (immune for rounds 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10)
5. Languedoc
6. Lyonnais
7. Dauphiné
8. Champagne
9. Aunis
10. Saintonge
11. Poitou
12. Nivernais
13. Bourgogne
14. Picardie
15. Anjou
16. Provence
17. Angoumois
18. Bourbonnais
19. Marche
20. Bretagne
21. Maine
22. Touraine
23. Limousin
24. Comté de Foix
25. Auvergne
26. Béarn
27. Alsace
28. Artois
29. Roussillon
30. Flandre
31. Franche-Comté
32. Lorraine
33. Guyenne
34. Gascogne
35. Comtat Venaissin
36. Corse
37. Savoie (immune for rounds 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10)
38. Comté de Nice
39. Perche

Results:
Round 1: Comtat-Venaissin 15, Comté de Nice 7, Aunis 2, Perche 2, Alsace 1, Angoumois 1, Corse 1, Comté de Foix 1
Round 2: Comté de Nice 7, Comté de Foix 4, Alsace 2 (3-1), Aunis 2, Corse 2, Angoumois 1, Lorraine 1, Bretagne -1, Roussillon -1 (1-2), Savoie -3
Round 3: Comté de Foix 3, Alsace 1, Angoumois 1, Corse 1, Perche 1
Round 4: Perche 20, Corse 11, Alsace 9, Angoumois 9, Aunis 7, Marche 5, Lorraine 3, Roussillon 3, Flandre 2, Saintonge 1
Round 5: Angoumois 3 (3-0 and 12 previous points), Aunis 3 (6-3 and 11 previous points), Corse 1 (5-4), Marche 1, Alsace 0 (7-7), Artois -1, Dauphiné -1, Lorraine -1 (2-3), Roussillon -5
Round 6: Aunis 2, Marche 1.5, Alsace 1, Corse 1
Round 7: Corse 8, Marche 6, Saintonge 6, Alsace 4, Roussillon 4, Picardie 2

In case of a tie, previous votes will decide which Province is eliminated. In case of a new tie, I, Duke of this survivor, will decide.

ROUND 8 IS OPEN !

In this round, you vote to eliminate 3 Provinces, to keep 2 Provinces and to immunize 1 Province.
We'll eliminate the Province which receives the biggest total of points and immunize one Province (for 5 rounds).

Vote away !

[big bad fab]

Eliminate:
Saintonge
Picardie
Limousin

Keep:
Alsace
Guyenne

Immunize:
Berry


EDIT: sorry for the delay, but I've tried to produce an updated map, with no great success, but at least, there are some colours . And as for drawing Corsica on it, I've utterly failed, so, let's keep it outside

[big bad fab]

1. Ile-de-France
2. Berry (immune for rounds 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
3. Orléanais
4. Normandie (immune for rounds 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10)
5. Languedoc
6. Lyonnais
7. Dauphiné
8. Champagne
9. Aunis
10. Saintonge
11. Poitou
12. Nivernais
13. Bourgogne
14. Picardie
15. Anjou
16. Provence
17. Angoumois
18. Bourbonnais
19. Marche
20. Bretagne
21. Maine
22. Touraine
23. Limousin
24. Comté de Foix
25. Auvergne (immune for rounds 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
26. Béarn
27. Alsace
28. Artois
29. Roussillon
30. Flandre
31. Franche-Comté
32. Lorraine
33. Guyenne
34. Gascogne
35. Comtat Venaissin
36. Corse
37. Savoie (immune for rounds 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10)
38. Comté de Nice
39. Perche

Results:
Round 1: Comtat-Venaissin 15, Comté de Nice 7, Aunis 2, Perche 2, Alsace 1, Angoumois 1, Corse 1, Comté de Foix 1
Round 2: Comté de Nice 7, Comté de Foix 4, Alsace 2 (3-1), Aunis 2, Corse 2, Angoumois 1, Lorraine 1, Bretagne -1, Roussillon -1 (1-2), Savoie -3
Round 3: Comté de Foix 3, Alsace 1, Angoumois 1, Corse 1, Perche 1
Round 4: Perche 20, Corse 11, Alsace 9, Angoumois 9, Aunis 7, Marche 5, Lorraine 3, Roussillon 3, Flandre 2, Saintonge 1
Round 5: Angoumois 3 (3-0 and 12 previous points), Aunis 3 (6-3 and 11 previous points), Corse 1 (5-4), Marche 1, Alsace 0 (7-7), Artois -1, Dauphiné -1, Lorraine -1 (2-3), Roussillon -5
Round 6: Aunis 2, Marche 1.5, Alsace 1, Corse 1
Round 7: Corse 8, Marche 6, Saintonge 6, Alsace 4, Roussillon 4, Picardie 2
Round 8: Marche 4, Nivernais 3, Saintonge 3 (4-1), Flandre 1, Limousin 1 (3-2), Picardie 1, Roussillon 1 (2-1), Franche-Comté 0 (1-1), Artois -1, Alsace -2 (2-4), Bretagne -2, Guyenne -2

In case of a tie, previous votes will decide which Province is eliminated. In case of a new tie, I, Duke of this survivor, will decide.

ROUND 9 IS OPEN !

In this round, you vote to eliminate 1 Province.
We'll eliminate the Province which receives the biggest total of points.

Vote away !