April Showers - of Tacos, of course

[Woonsocket]

I will award 10,000 tacos to the first nation that replies here and answers this riddle correctly:


If April showers bring May flowers, what do Mayflowers bring?


Meantime, since it's April now, tacos are showering down on the Islands. And dang, those tacos hurt! Nations that have underground cities are protected from those shiny gold coins however, resulting in a 10,000 taco boost to their April payout. Here is the resultant payout I will be sending y'all in the next several days:

Also please note that if you have not been online in more than a month I will not make the payout. You can correct this by sending me a PM once you get back online, and I will send the funds to your accounts. No play, no pay is the rule.


Please note that all payouts have been made for April Showers. If you have any issues please contact me and we will resolve them.


Markanite 47250
Shy Guy 3050
Witchcraft and Sorcery 23000
Lower Columbia 12750
Hahiha 38400
13 Court Gaurd Squads 11500
Paffnia 47500
Ater Nox 58250
Boltor 71250
Grub 4000
3LiT3 4500
Echolilia 17450
Ananke 34000
Louisistan 11950
Hakketomat 25750
Lamoni 8200
Globexanter 2000
Humansanity 8750
Tikistan 12450
Baden-Wuerttemberg 17550
Tainted Penhaligon 1000
Kortexia 7950
Siuts 24200
Sweethaven 550
Flag Flayers 1250
Wordy 14750
Alkasia 1400
Jintopia 23000
cravenstates 50
brunslavia 500
Farun 1150
GolgariSwarm 2850
The ever Glorius Balstade 1100
RairAria 1900
tuganation 9200
The 700
Boonwurrung 11200
Dialogos 700
United Royal Islands 1000
freedomordeath 50
Nuclear Techno Union 1000
Suleoterra 700
aschmidt 4250
theadendopia 50
temasek 500
newfreth 600
eravaksul 1050
Rallas 1000
Lysandrion 1600
Tuga Tiger 1200
Prime Coalition 1500

[Nate NBNS]

Presumably Junebugs

[Markanite]

Thanks Woon!

Junipers?

[Alkasia]

Pilgrims/settlers.

[Woonsocket]

We have a winner! I knew Senators were smarter than the average bear. Mayflowers bring Pilgrims!

The prize is yours, Alkasia!

[Alkasia]

Woohoo! That makes up for not having an underground city!

[Woonsocket]

Please note that all payouts have been made for April Showers, including Alkasia's riddle me this win. If you have any issues please contact me and we will resolve them.

[Paffnia]

Woonsocket, existential question: did nations without Underground Cities lose Tacos, or did nations with Underground Cities gain Tacos? Need to know if I should classify it as a loss for TIC giveaway purposes.

[Tuga Nation's Dragon]

Woonsocket, I have an underground city, but I believe you forgot to pay me that boost of 10000 tacos...

[Woonsocket]

Apr 5, 2017 2:05:51 GMT -5 Paffnia said:

Woonsocket, existential question: did nations without Underground Cities lose Tacos, or did nations with Underground Cities gain Tacos? Need to know if I should classify it as a loss for TIC giveaway purposes.

Sorry that wasn't clear. They gained. It'd the dangdest thing, too. I have an Excel spreadsheet with a random number generator that tells me a loss or a gain, and I have a secondary rating schedule that says how much they gain or how much they lose. It's been a regular stream of gains lately. This is a random fluctuation (unless one of you is using the Force on my spreadsheet, anyway). At some point TIC will come into play but the last several months not so much.

[Woonsocket]

Apr 5, 2017 2:48:58 GMT -5 Tuga Nation's Dragon said:

Woonsocket, I have an underground city, but I believe you forgot to pay me that boost of 10000 tacos...

Tuga, I don't see a PM from you letting me know that you bought an underground city. And I don't see a post regarding this in your account area either. I have paid you the 10000 tacos because you do show an underground city, but let me take this opportunity to remind all nations that in order to update the Excel spreadsheet that I use for recording your shop items, when you add a shop item, you need to both PM me and post in your shop item thread that you purchased something.

I am certainly capable of missing something (and will make it right if that happens), but the double information makes it a lot less likely that your purchases will be missed. This is why I require you guys to do this twice. If you don't do it at all, I won't know to record anything.

[Tuga Nation's Dragon]

Woonsocket, I did update my list, look: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/33212/tuganation
also, I sent a PM on March 7th to you, when I bought it...

[Woonsocket]

Apr 5, 2017 4:37:51 GMT -5 Tuga Nation's Dragon said:

Woonsocket, I did update my list, look: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/33212/tuganation
also, I sent a PM on March 7th to you, when I bought it...

OK, here is your PM from March 7th.

Mar 7, 2017 10:05:01 GMT -5 Tuga Nation's Dragon said:

Updated my list

That doesn't tell me what you bought. I do see your first post in the thread is updated but you did not post a new message in your thread telling me of the new items you bought. I do this work for over 50 active nations, Tuga - and I don't have the time to compare a list of 28 current shop items one by one to what you had purchased in the past to see what you updated. My request is simple - help me properly keep track of your new shop item purchases by sending me a PM that specifically says what you purchased that is new. Also post the same information in your thread as a new post, telling me what you have purchased as new.

Now I do see from my posting to you in your thread how you could have interpreted it to mean just what you did. So I will take the blame for being a poor communicator here. Nonetheless, please do as I request above to help me keep track of all of you and all of your specific purchases.

Thanks!

[Tuga Nation's Dragon]

Noted! You are right, of course... I will do it next time, Woonsocket...