@Chesu: Or three times as needed.

Pyro Jack

They edited the contest.. lol And I was trying to find so many workarounds... Damn. I hope I make it!

Thugmunk

Can the winner be announced now -.-.. I'm sure well over 200 people should of done it by now =\...

Katorok

Oh NOW they add in that Oman can repeat after I sent it in. BAH very very easy contest my foot, lol.

Sir_Crocidile

He's amended it! He says we can use Oman twice!!

Chesu

The first O in Revolution sort of looks like a Globe, maybe Ill go with a country that starts with global instead..oh, darn.

JesseLacey

Quick! Let's start 2 countries that begin with O before the 232nd email hits!

Iocarios

@Tulkamir: ... *forehead slap* ... At no point did it MENTION anagram. However, I assumed... Ahhhh... I'll just shut up.

Ghede

@Ghede:

Err, here, let me help...

C - anada
I - reland
V - ietnam
I - raq

You do the rest. :P

Tulkamir

Is OZ a country?

JesseLacey

@Ghede: If only he was more clear on if we have to use each letter in order, or only use each unique letter once!

Chesu

@Chesu:
Yes Chesu, there is only 1 country that starts with the letter 'o'.

Sammo21

So...to win, we must create two countries with the letter O, and pretty much wait until the last day to enter?

AZRoboto

@Ghede: And there isn't even a D, so now I'm really confused. BAD EXAMPLE.

Ghede

pft.. I think the 232th e-mail wins, so I'll just put in one country and hope for the best =\...

Katorok

@docacola: Well. That's a bit of a problem, as they can't repeat. Since we have New England and New Mexico, can we call their namesakes Old England and Old Mexico?

Chesu

@Ghede: At least, that is what I would infer from the examples, careful reflection made me realize that Z wasn't used at all.

Ghede

"Canada, Ireland, and Vietnam" are not anagrams of Civilization Revolution, and they aren't anagrams of the individual letters either. They are words composed of the same letters as Civilization Revolution.

CIVLZATONREU are the letters you can use. You have to use each at least once, but more than once is allowed as well.

That is not an anagram.

Ghede

...ottoman empire?

osteofight

@Chesu: That's because it IS the only country that starts with O.

docacola

...Hmm. I'm hit a snag.. there are three O's, and the only O country I've ever heard of is Oman...

Chesu

Oh man I want this game so badly.. I hope they are just referring to the first word Civilization... otherwise I dunno what to do... I mean are there countries that no longer exist that start with O??

Thugmunk

Doesn't say we can't send multiple entries... :P

SirFenwick

Well, the rules don't state that the country has to be either real (I.E could you use, say, Atlantis?) or still existing today (Assyria?) so. . . I guess go to town with the o problem?

Sir_Crocidile

maybe we're just supposed to send an email with the word "that" ;)

ハリセンボン

@The Magnificen7: Yeah, I suppose I could probably send mine in with Oman on there 3 times, but still.

docacola

Haha, I was wondering if I was a moron or something when I couldn't think of more than one place starting with an O. :P

Good to see it wasn't me. :P

Tulkamir

@The Magnificen7: Yeah I sent too. Though, probably was too early.
I really want this game though, I fell in love with the demo on the PS3. Oh, do we get to choose what system?

ItsSuperEffective

this game made me feel stupid when i tried to play it because i couldn't understand what was going on... and now this contest...
i have a birthday next week, can i just have the game ?

CancerMan

I just did "Civilization".

Doh. Oh well.

chainlink13

Getting my free copy from work!!!!

GRECS

sent.

Bugged?

Not the smartest thing... :P

SirFenwick

O is the only problem

limitbreakerx

@docacola: @The Magnificen7: I sent it anyway, with a nice note explaining their mistake.

The Magnificen7

Impossible contest. The only country that starts with O is Oman... and civ revolution has 3 O's.

you HAVE to repeat.

Bugged?

I don't exactly get it...

Pyro Jack

@CreamSodaSlurpee:

Good point, I haven't considered that. Of course, we now have an "O" problem to contend with.

Pezdispenser

@Chesu: ...Break out of? Heh. I meant to say, breat out OUR.

Chesu

I assume Brian is saying that the FIRST letter of each of the countries has to be in the order of the words Civilization Revolution.

Like what you used to do in grade school with your own name.

Matt:
Magnificent
Astronomical
Tiny
Tits

or something like that

ハリセンボン

is this even possible? I only found 1 country that starts with "O"....

btw, happy 4th fellow kotakuites (or whatever the hell you guys are called)

chup88

Idiots! Oman is the only country that begins with an 'O'!!!

The Magnificen7

Do we even need to make a list of countries? The rules state that the game will automatically be given to the 232nd e-mail you receive, but nothing about the actual list.

Pezdispenser

So uh... there's only one country in the world that starts with O, and there's three O's in Civilization Revolution. I'm thinking that this contest wasn't thought through too well.

docacola

You need to name a country for every letter in Civilization Revolution. Notice how the three countries equal CIV?

CreamSodaSlurpee

Just watch, there's going to be a long period of no emails, followed by a ton of them at once. Whelp, guess we'd all better break out of anagram programs.

Chesu

@Mit: I don't think he was citing actual countries that could be spelled with Civilization Revolution, because in addition to a lack of three a's, there's also no d or m.

MykalBloom

Can we do just one country, or is it based on quantity at all?

JesseLacey

So we get to use any of the letters as many times as we want? Because there aren't three a's in Civilization Revolution...

Mit

@dowingba: ...Whoops. Yeah, you have a point there, don't you...

Chesu

@The Magnificen7: I also went with Vietnam and Venezuela. :D

Chesu

@Shakezula84: The obvious "U" was "United States", this being a July 4th contest and all.

dowingba

@Shakezula84: I was going to use Uganda for the U, but I wasn't sure on the spelling, so went with Ukraine.

Chesu

@Shakezula84: Wait, people are sending it more than once?
I hope everyone gets disqualified. Except me of course! Of Course, I'd be the first person then, and still lose.

ItsSuperEffective

@Shakezula84: i did uganda

thejakeman: visit my site!

@thejakeman: visit my site!: I was going to, but went with Vietnam and Venezuela instead.

The Magnificen7

@ItsSuperEffective: No. What we should do is bombard the Kotaku Towers server for the next several days until they post the winner.

And last one before I go to bed. Who used the UK's formal name for a U. Once again I didn't, but it did cross my mind.

For those who don't know what that is:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Basically, I want to know who nerded this contest up,dawgs. Cause it wasn't me.

Shakezula84

I sent my email 232 times. It's in the bag, people.

dowingba

@thejakeman: visit my site!: It's for PS2, PS3, 360, and DS. Not sure if you get to choose.

Chesu

Sent, probably won't get it, but I had fun doing this.

Fadakar

@Sammo21: oh, i get it now. sort of. hmmhph. kids these days and their roundabout humor.

www.thejakeman.com

thejakeman: visit my site!

Can we find out what number email we were so we know how close we were?

ItsSuperEffective

it occurs to me that i probably don't own whatever system this is for. oh well.

@Shakezula84: i did! for the second v.

thejakeman: visit my site!

@Sammo21: er, i meant the original post.

@Chesu: well, it seems you noticed your own error. i am sorry for that brief period in which you felt the abject horror of having your mistake found.

thejakeman: visit my site!

Show of hands from those who used Vatican City as a name (he says as he slinks down unable to raise hand proudly).

Shakezula84

I used alot of african countries off the top of my head.

expansionsss

@ハリセンボン: Magnificent, astronomical, and tiny? Where do I sign up?

Datheron

@thejakeman: visit my site!: He's making fun of me, I'm tired and said twice instead of thrice.

Chesu

@thejakeman: visit my site!:
I understand the post, /sigh, my reply to him was to what he (chesu) said. "we can use Oman twice". thanks though, I suppose?

Sammo21

there is no country beginning with "x"

i propose that we pool our money and purchase a plot of land somewhere in the midwest and establish the people's republic of Xanac.

thejakeman: visit my site!

@Sammo21: read the post.

thejakeman: visit my site!

@Chesu:
Well, since there are 3 of the letter 'o' in Civilization Revolution and there is only one country that starts with the letter 'o', I hope he ammends it and allows more than using Oman twice.

Sammo21

So are you all saying I'm the only one that actually did the complete title "Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution" while using unique countries for the O's?

Shakezula84

i entered, hopefully beating out the last 235 of you

thejakeman: visit my site!

@Katorok: Yes, but will that many people have done it RIGHT?

Chesu

@Pyro Jack: Whoops. I'll blame that on the fact that it's almost four a.m...

Chesu

@BigWeather: If I screwed up the "O" bit, at least I got that right! :/

Brian Ashcraft

@dowingba: Whoa, you're right, that would be obvious. I did Uruguay. *Snicker*

The Magnificen7

@Fadakar:
Haha I did Uganda too. =/

BigWeather

Nice touch making it the 232nd mail. =)

BigWeather

@dowingba: Fuck I did Uganda, lol.

Fadakar

Hurry, somebody edit Wikipedia to add two bogus countries that begin with O. Then we can have a bonus contest to see if anybody fell for it.

Spann

Eh...i'm a retard, I did this contest completely wrong haha :(

D-Sovereignty

Sorry, I'm thinking of Beyond the Sword...

Wait, my God, how many Civ games are coming out right now?!

STOP RESKINNING CIV!

Snake726

This game, or at least the demo build, is coded so horribly that it crashes my PC.

Back to CoD 4 then.

GL in the contest everyone, but be wary...

Snake726

@Snake726: Uh, just this one. Beyond the Sword is an expansion pack...

Vistrix

I used S instead of Z becuase here in England Civilization is spelt Civilisation. You may have you independance but we still created the language....



Joke....don't go mental. Happy Independance Day and all that.

roogi

I strongly considered submitting a Civilization 4: Colonization entry instead... I'm much more excited about that one!

Bort

GODDAMNIT! I sent in an entry... to the WRONG EMAIL ADDRESS. Goddamnit. I sent it to KotakuContests@gmail.com...

Ghede

What a coincidence, I just played the demo and thought "Man this game is awesome, I wish I could get it" - then came on Kotaku to see this! :D

Rybo5000

It was never said whether you had to use country names from Earth. I would say use names from games, books or movies if you find some. Just don't forget to cite the source in-case they call BS on your list.

Jabberslops

I went with Uzbekistan.

I was kind of annoyed there was no 's', I wanted to do Serbia in honour of Novak Djokovic, who should be playing Federer in the semis. :(

Chagrin

@Shakezula84:

I did! Vatican City and Vanuatu for the V countries. I figure: go for the gusto.

Mikaelstrom

C'mon guys, you're forgetting Outer Heaven.

haitani

@haitani: I know how could they forget that!

Gravnar

should of made this an acrostic of cities in the USA since it is in honor of our independence ...

torched

This game is awesome everyone go for it

jjgiant