New Years Resolution Contest

My settlers told me that their new year resolution is to come up with a technology to utilize the consumption of deer meat. either that or mob the butcher, because they believe that the butcher are pinching a lot of meat for themselves.

My Generals resolve never to attack a camp without verifying that they loaded the right troops!

My New Years Resolution is to pick a design on my island and stick with it and stop rearranging every other week. Its driving the people that buff my island insane.

This contest came just in time!! I just received a letter from my slav... euh I mean happy and loving settlers!! They are telling me how wonderfull and inspired my reign is and how lucky they are to have me as their lord and god. (well, actually, it is more god then lord, but they so love the sound of that title.) Here, let me show you some of the great things they wrote me.

Hail to you, Lord and God of the Dragon Isles
O great visionary, guide us,
O all knowing divinity, teach us,
O great and mythical warrior, protect us,
In your light we thrive, in your mercy we are sheltered,
Before your wisdom, we are humbles, we live only to serve,
O mighty titan, our lives are your.

It is our pleasure to anounce to our beloved lord and god that the following plans have been made for the oncoming year:
-The production of gold will rise to 500 per day.
-We will establish a decent production of exotic wood plank.
-Phase 3 of the armament project will begun soon with our production of crossbows.
-Each working settlers will pledge 1 more hour each week to the completion of the Divine Dragon palace.
-School hours for children will increase to 20hour every week due to the increase in knowledge of the last 5 years.
-The pinewood forester have agreed to try to get along better with the pinewood cutter, we hope for a truce and a cease fire in a few month.
-Coal-makers and coal miners have begun a strike to work less every week, they have all been sent to the army as recruits and we are nearly finished with replacing them with younger settlers.
-The marble masons have been very happy of late, with the upgrades you provided them, they say that the work is so easier that they pledge to run double time for the next 3 months.

We hope that your mightyness will be pleased with the resolutions taken by your humble and loyal subject. So pleased that you would spare us the scrifice ceremony. We would also ask, with all respect and devotions, that the death penality for leaving dog poo on public ground be transformed into a sentence of work-for-life.


Well, it is nice to have such beloved slav.. euh settlers ready to do all my wishes... ! There was a bit more to the letter, mainly telling how good, generous and peace-loving i am, but you don't really need to know all that. (although i am tempted, if only by personnal vanity!!) Hum, maybe it's time to stop the sacrifice ceremony, i mean, it IS a waste of perfectly good manpower (and womenpower). hum, so hard to decide.... maybe i'll ask some of my wives..... some of them actually have some intelligence. (Now don't panic after that last comment, there is as many men as there is women on my island who have nothing between the ears, but i am not dating the men.)(And for those who would be offensed that i have 47 wives, well, they all know each other and they all choose to marry me. Of course, being a rich and powerfull god help a bit ;) )

Well, there is only one thing to add, wich is my own resolution toward my slav.. euh settlers.

Royal divine announcement:
To my loyal sl..ettlers, by order from your lord and god, from now on, upon reaching adulthood, each citizen will be given a painting of me, your beloved sovereign, so that he may worship me. That painting will be your most valued possession, loosing it or damaging it is punishable by the highest penality under the law (me).

Being Mayor of the settlement hasn't always been an easy task as most would think. I am the one that has to be responsible for everything that happens within the settlement and to the settlers. Settling an area is a tough life and seeing to it that the settlers have the resources to survive and thrive can be a daunting chore. The one thing that I am resolving to do this new year is to see to it that our settlement has more decorations within it. You see I don't believe that seeing to the physical needs of the settlers is enough. To really succeed in having a flourishing settlement I think that the emotional needs of the settlers is just as important. so my new year resolution is to provide more uplifting surroundings by using more decorations.

my gens resolve to be a little nicer to the horses (although they already broke this promise by venturing to the land of the dark brotherhood).
my explorers promise to bring home more epic adventures - i told them they better or i'm reducing their sausage ration.
and a bunch of my settlers plan on learning how to fire cannons. they're certainly getting good at shooting themselves out of them; perhaps that is progress?

My resolution for the new year is to maintain the peace and tranquility that currently reigns over my land and loyal settlers. I also resolve to improve their ability to prosper and make a profit by instituting the fair tax across my land. My settlers will not have to ever worry about the dreadful tax collectors moving to our island

My settlers are resolving to be more active in assisting my guild and being more active in trading buffs with friends so that everyone benefits!

Cheers.

Thorache

Solemnly, the Town Crier quietly read the latest message from the Mayor of Kalimar. The many people who gathered in curious anticipation, watching. Slowly a smile appeared across his usually wry lips. his eyes bright as he lifted his head to look out over the throng.
"HEAR YE! HEAR YE! The Gracious and Benevolent Mayor of Kalimar has hence set-forth the following personal resolution toward our fine citizens! He has henceforth decreed he will strive to ensure all citizens will live in better homes, eat better food and pay less taxes in the coming year! He will strive to rid the lands our lands, with the aide of our brave military, of the bandits, pirates, witches and all wrong-doers who threaten the happiness of our fine island!
Finally, he wishes to each citizen the best, happiest and healthiest coming New Year!*
The crowd looked in wonder at hearing the latest decree, smiles and glad feelings showing on their ruddy, weather-pocked faces as they slowly went about thgeir daily activities.
To all I wish the best coming New Year. May you be welcomed and safe wherever you may travel.

I resolve to get back at my friend for all the goofy tricks she's played on me this year by beating the crumpets out of her when we get PvP. She'll never see it coming... unless she reads my post...

I grew up being taught by my parents and teachers that we settlers had civilized this island after liberating it from the barbaric reign of Wild Mary and her heathen people. But my best friend is from a Native / "retired bandit" family and the stories she tells me don't match what I was taught in school. Her parents say that Mary was a great leader, and that the settler conquerers hated her and her people because they wanted to follow their Native ways rather than convert to the settler's religion and way of life. And my best friend's parents say that the settlers mostly just wanted their land and were willing to slaughter entire villages in order to take it from them. I don't know who to believe, but I do know that I see many settlers treat the Native ("bandit") peoples cruelly and it makes me angry. I want to know the truth. My New Years Resolution is to learn the truth about the history of our two peoples and what happened on this island.

we resolve to buy new shoes. we walk enough! we resolve to buy cars! and ride those **** horsies!

My New Year's Resolution is to defeat the final 5 bandit camps before the ninth of march.

Well i bet that my veteran general would want others to stop calling him "vet" xP He doesn't know anything about animals, how to treat them and take good care of them. He doesn't even love them. That's why he doesn't love me either!!!! Yesterday he also threatened me to make my friends stop calling him a vet. I will try and make his will reality!!

My promise to myself is to not go to anymore Fast food places for at least a year. However I will also have some extra money to spend on family and my hobbies.

my new year resolution would be " i want to conquer all the zone in my island and rule the trading market."

My new year resolution would be .... That evry 1 has fun in playing the game as much as i do ;-)

My goal this year is to keep a thriving economy which will include upgrading all farms and production chains from which get resources from farming. To upgrade all copper mines to Endless Copper Mines to meet production levels. The final goal will be the development of my islands gold prodution chain. These goals will set forth the resources needed for what ever this years events throw my way.
QueenFaraday

My resolutions for this year are:
More work for my precious settlers! A healthy economy with no slacking around!

I resolve to stop falling asleep watching the progress bar slowly fill on a two day adventure search

My settlers resolution is to go to war with the rest of the bandits in the last two zones

My Resolution Is to Make Castle the funnest game ever......... but it already is. then ill make it even more fun.

In 2012, I realized that my colonists gained too weight, which makes the works hard... I'll see if this year we reduced our consumption of fast food, which is a big reason we're fat.
We intend to create a weekly menu based on fish and eat sausages during weekdays, and on weekends maybe a pizza or a big mac, accompanied by a zero-sugar coke.
And also added, regular exercise, like running in the morning and some crunches / abs afternoon.

This is an excerpt from one of my settlers journals:

"The new year will soon be upon us. Every year people that I know make outrageous resolutions on how they change their life in the next year. They always start off well, but after a few weeks or a month, most seem to forget about their resolutions and return to their prior ways. I am the same way. I can't remember the last time I completely followed through on a new years resolution, but this year I must. I have been working in the marble mines since I was a young boy. My father worked in the mines is whole life. Now that I have a young son of my own, I have wishes and dreams for him. I don't want him to be doomed to a life in the mines. Very recently, three schools were built on the island. If I can manage to save enough coin, I will be able to send my son to one of these schools. An education will surely keep him out of the mines and give him a better life than I have had. My resolution this year is to stop spending my spare coins on brew, and save them for my son's education."

To find the time (7 days) to upgrade the Provision House to level 5

Hi. Bert the geologist here. A couple of weeks ago the king hired a new guy to help out with the mining. He goes by the name Malcolm. He's young, attractive (not unlike myself...in fact we could be brothers), and some people say he has a certain "glow" about him. I don't really know, maybe it's just his jolly personality. Anyways, at first things were fine. The two of us would head out to find some stone deposits and maybe he'd find his a few seconds faster than me. Same thing with copper...he'd get back to the King a minute or two before me. But who's counting right? When it came to the marble deposits, I started to sweat a bit. I mean, this guy would already be out looking for his next batch of marble before I ever even reported to the king. And now that we are looking for coal all the time to feed Our Majesty's war addiction (bless his soul) I'm starting to worry about my future as a geologist. It takes me half the day to find a suitable site for a coal mine but Malcolm has found one in time to join the King for morning tea. I can't go back to that fishing hut with my tail between my legs asking for my old job back because some young upstart can climb mountains faster than me. So this year my resolution is to make a map of all these mineral deposits so I don't have to search the whole island every time the King asks me for a bloody lump of coal.

I wasn't certain how to go about this so, I requested that all the settlers take a poll within their own trades and submit the 3 best resolutions from each trade for my review. Some were simple: 'Eat mor fishes plates' (sic). Others were strange: 'Roll around in Musk Deer Fragrance and see how many wild animals I can outrun'. And yet others so disturbing that they had to be swiftly and harshly dealt with: 'Re-animate the crumpled corpse of my lovely Wild Mary and takeover this wretched island'.

However, one stood out from all the rest and was so compelling, I went and asked the young lad myself, just to make certain that I got it right. This is the resolution that I relate to you now....

"Well, sir. My name is Ted son of Theo the Toolmaker. My father's father was a toolmaker just like his father before him. In fact, my entire family lineage can be summed up in one word... 'toolmaker'. Now, I have nothing against tool making or my family for that matter and I have learned much in my apprenticeship. I can make tools for darn near anything from sawmills to weaponsmiths of all sorts. And I'm good at it, to boot. However, I can derive very little satisfaction or joy from my labors. It simply does not interest me anymore and I am filled with dark humours when I look out into my future as a toolmaker. In truth, it pains me most to know that my life (and that of every settler) is pre-ordained to follow the exact same path that each and every one of my ancestors has had to tread.

This will be the last year of my apprenticeship and at it's end, I will be a toolmaker. I accept that fact through the grief that it causes me but, before that day comes it is my resolution to break that mold, no matter how small the crack I create. I hereby resolve to join the armies to fight the wicked bandits and become a warrior. Not just any warrior but a warrior of legend that bandits near and far huddle close around their campfires and nervously whisper about. And the name that they fear will be Ted! Ted the Terrible!!"

My resolution for the glorious new year is to stay FAR away from the line.....far, far, FAR away from the line.
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My Settler's Mayor(his name is BOB) has a New years Resolution of to beautify his city, by Adding in roads and Fountains. Also Bob wants to Upgrade his city's resources where he can, from lvl 1 to lvl 3. Maybe Bob could Group all his resources together(such as moving all the wood cutters to one area), but he feels that even though its a good goal, he would rather up his brewing ability better. See Bob has a problem. Bob loves the brew that he makes. He swares its better then the Brew that the monks make at the Friar. But every settler comes to the Friary, instead of the Mayors house to drink, and Bob is sad.

Friar Tucker(a monk at the Friar), Wishes for his New Year's Resolution, is that instead of people comming to his friar to drink, they would instead come to watch his plays of "To kill a Mocking Bird"(he is an inspiring actor). But he knows that it would take alot of work on his part, as being its a One Man show(all the other monks refuse to be a part of such of a Mockery of Acting).

Frank The Builder( that lone Settler that builds every building) Wishes for his New Years Resolution, that he could have some time off. His Lovely wife(Meredith) of one month is always complaining that they need to decrease the population timer down to 7 mins per settler. And Frank is always up for a good challenge(even though he might need a buff, Love Potion anyone?).

Mike The Coal miner, wishes for this New Year's Resolution, is that he could go back to Settler School and do something else. Maybe become a Pinewood chopper like his ol Paw. The coal that he breaths in every day in that mine is starting to get to his lungs, and his drunken Monk friend is suggesting that he may have Lung Cancer.

Susan the Fletcher, has for her News Year's Resolution, is that she could learn how to use Hardwood to make Longbows, vs the pinewood she currently uses. She also wishes she could gather up enough courage to ask Mike the Coal miner out for a night on the town,as she has been longing for him since settler's school.

These are just a few of my Settlers new years resolutions, and as you can see it almost like a soup opera in my city.

Head of operations for coal production at settlers site Meadamaster:
As i sit here going over year end tallies for production cost, work loss, and profit margins. I see that our worker loss to production ratio needs much improvement. So as such i resolve in 2013 to invest more heavily in our Recycling Manufactory versus Coal Mines. This move in direction should minimize our work loss, improve production, and as a bonus shall help our enviroment. As a side note: It should also get me a hefty raise. :)

This year I intend to fund my Geologists with everything they need to perfect alchemy, so they can finnaly turn stone deposits into Coal deposits

Bob pondered his fate for the upcoming year.

The past year has seen much growth in his village as well as around his stomach.

This year he hoped to be just as productive as last year but he needs to lose about 50 pounds.

my resolution is i will reach level 40 by august and have a good settlement

Lolo the Fisher :
This year Im gonna use nets and not fishing rods so i can haul more fish rather than carry one at a time.

Mike the Baker :
No more measly bread for my peepz, im gonna join masterchef and come up with recipes, i know there are a lot more i can do with fish flour and meat.

Darrek the Hunter :
This year, Im gonna borrow some of that hunting bows and train myself with it so i can catch golden parrots.

My generals Resolution is to step down and let a new general, one with more experience, take the leed so he might spare some troops lives.

My new years resolution for 2013 will be to have an example of every production chain on my island as well as have the whole thing level 5. :)

01/04/2013
Hurrah! The new year has begun. to bring into the new year, our forces rose forth and freed the island from the last sector in control by the bandit's. It took the majority of our forces decimating our recruits and nearly eliminating our fleet of soldiers and cavalry, but we now are now on an island in peace and unity. But our barracks is already bringing forth a mightier army to adventure and bring prosperity our island. thanks to the dedicated saving and a helpful and strong alliance of guild members, we may not only rebuild but will now learn to become efficient and useful. dedicating to our farming and using this new land to increase production. Our new years resolution should be to rebuild, not just our army, but our island. transforming it to an efficient machine utilizing other member buffs to always be at our optimum and using these resources to make a guild of strong members. and rise in the ranks of levels. Time to build, commit, upgrade, buff, and make some money. I see u producers that are idle all the time. this year, you shall be no more.

My settlers resolve how to teach me basic addition and subtraction! yayyyy!

My New Years resolution is stop playing Settlers Online!

this year my mayor contends he will recruit the top of the class only, put a hardened general over them and conquer the settlers world completely.