Regional Word Count War? http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/new-zealand-wellington/threads/5715 cinnamon.quill Is Wellington going up against anywhere this year for NaNoWriMo? Possibly outside of NZ, since Auckland has way more members and Christchurch has fewer? Regions with comparable member numbers: <a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/regions/europe-austria" rel="nofollow">Europe :: Austria</a> <a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/regions/europe-england-elsewhere" rel="nofollow">Europe :: England :: Elsewhere</a> <a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/regions/usa-georgia-north" rel="nofollow">USA :: Georgia :: North</a> <a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/regions/usa-ohio-canton" rel="nofollow">USA :: Ohio :: Canton</a> Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:02:34 +1100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/new-zealand-wellington/threads/5715?page=1#forum_thread_comment_86957 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/new-zealand-wellington/threads/5715?page=1#forum_thread_comment_86957 angrysunbird I think it should either be Austria or Canton. Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:52:24 +1100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/new-zealand-wellington/threads/5715?page=1#forum_thread_comment_89152 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/new-zealand-wellington/threads/5715?page=1#forum_thread_comment_89152 Brat I vote we ask Austria. Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:40:06 +1100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/new-zealand-wellington/threads/5715?page=1#forum_thread_comment_103943 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/new-zealand-wellington/threads/5715?page=1#forum_thread_comment_103943 Radiant.Rainbow haha. I vote Austria also X) Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:03:00 +1100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/new-zealand-wellington/threads/5715?page=1#forum_thread_comment_180304 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/new-zealand-wellington/threads/5715?page=1#forum_thread_comment_180304 zagrakk Is this on account of the fact that German has the convenient linguistic habit of stringing lots of words together so that they only count as one word? :-) Wed, 26 Oct 2011 09:13:12 +1100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/new-zealand-wellington/threads/5715?page=1#forum_thread_comment_221287 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/new-zealand-wellington/threads/5715?page=1#forum_thread_comment_221287 cinnamon.quill I think it's because it would be cool to take on an entire country. I'm sure that's how other regions felt back when NZ was just one region. Thu, 27 Oct 2011 04:45:56 +1100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/new-zealand-wellington/threads/5715?page=1#forum_thread_comment_232100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/new-zealand-wellington/threads/5715?page=1#forum_thread_comment_232100 cottreau Austria works! Why don't we just nanomail the Austrian ML? I think I will do that now. Any objections - let me know and I'll delay. Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:22:11 +1100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/new-zealand-wellington/threads/5715?page=1#forum_thread_comment_244753 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/new-zealand-wellington/threads/5715?page=1#forum_thread_comment_244753 damole Hi there! I'm one of two austrian MLs. My Co just pointed me here. Thank you for thinking of us! Let me ask the region. Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:19:47 +1100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/new-zealand-wellington/threads/5715?page=1#forum_thread_comment_245420 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/new-zealand-wellington/threads/5715?page=1#forum_thread_comment_245420 brionyjae YAY Austria!! That would be awesome - I'd get to challenge my past Camp NaNo cabin buddy <a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/valkyrie1" rel="nofollow">-valkyrie-</a> ;) Fri, 28 Oct 2011 08:14:06 +1100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/new-zealand-wellington/threads/5715?page=1#forum_thread_comment_252491 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/new-zealand-wellington/threads/5715?page=1#forum_thread_comment_252491 cottreau This is on then. Ask first, doubt is for weaklings! Onwards to victory! I am having dinner tonight with an Austrian - we will discuss. Also, Austria sounds a little too much like Australia and you know how New Zealanders feel about them! Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:12:02 +1100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/new-zealand-wellington/threads/5715?page=1#forum_thread_comment_258649 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/new-zealand-wellington/threads/5715?page=1#forum_thread_comment_258649 01 Indeed, Travis, that's why I wanted to make sure you didn't think of us as that "Third" island. ;P Brionyjae, yalkyrie also fondly remembers you! Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:23:50 +1100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/new-zealand-wellington/threads/5715?page=1#forum_thread_comment_261348 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/new-zealand-wellington/threads/5715?page=1#forum_thread_comment_261348 damole Hee, that was the first thing valkyrie said too - that she had a Wellington cabin mate at camp! Also, you have the cutest icon. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 20:58:50 +1100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/new-zealand-wellington/threads/5715?page=1#forum_thread_comment_294138 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/new-zealand-wellington/threads/5715?page=1#forum_thread_comment_294138