Presenting the winners of the first semi-irregular w42 blog contest!
The Contest:
CREATE THE MOST EPIC-AWESOME-SAUCE UNIT EVER!
Pretty simple. What unit would be the most epic-awesome-sauce ever? This could be something serious, like a trebuchet that acts as a souped-up catapult. Alternatively, choose something completely ludicrous like a giant slug to assault your enemies. Perhaps the game really needs flying magicians, or maybe just a humble and undervalued shield-bearer. Take your pick, and tell the world!
Entries must include:
1. Unit name [self-explanatory]
2. About [general idea of stats, recruiting, strategy]
3. Paladin weapon [name, bonuses]
4. Why this unit is the most epic-awesome-sauce ever [your final pitch to voters]
Rules:
1. All entries must follow forum/in-game rules.
2. All entrants must play on w42, and in-game names must be told for prem to be awarded.
3. All entries must be posted in this thread. One entry per person.
4. Minimum of 4 entries required for the competition to go ahead. (So yes, there will be a loser. I’ll also try to think up a good consolation prize though.)
5. Have fun. Any entrant who does not have fun will be disqualified. Believe me, I’ll know. How? You don’t want to ask… 
Voting:
The entry period closes August 9 at 23:59. Voting for the most epic-awesome-sauce unit ever will start a few days later (once I bug kdeb to make a poll) and last for three days. Bloggers will do any necessary tie-breaking.
Prizes:
1st prize – 200 pp
2nd prize – 100 pp
3rd prize – 50 pp
Winning entries will be featured in the blog, along with a bit of bonus stuff.
The Entries:
I had expected a slightly larger set of entries, but I suppose I should have known better. The contest drew five entries, but at least they came from a variety of inspirations. The poll had fewer voters than I had expected as well. I suppose I just hadn’t realized how dead our world is.
A massive thank you to Samulis for creating images for each winning entry!
Without further ado… (drumroll please…)
The Winners:
Coming in first with nearly twice as many votes as the runner up and a whooping 41% of the total is shanemn’s entry. Even before the entry period was closed, this sexy unit found support from many posters – and even other entrants! Presenting… the Fairy Princess!
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Unit Name: FairyPrincesS 0_o
effect: C cup, pink lace wearer
Whilst defending 10% chance of converting/dispersing 20% of enemy attacking army before battle takes place+ adds 5% to luck
whilst attacking 10% chance of converting/dispersing 20% of enemies defending troops before battle takes place + 5% to luck
Paladin Weapon: Naughty Fairy wings of fancy :p – converts Fairy princess to Sexy Fairy godmother status, cup size goes from c to d. black lace as opposed to pink lace and oh yeah doubles the effects seen above.
res cost: 10million of each res which is payable interest free over a 5 day period :p
1 week build time, 1 fairy princess per player and 1 fairy princess allowed in a village at any one time, they are very territorial dont you know :p
population/farm requirements: Twos company, threes more company 
Fairy princess stats are: 36-24-36 
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In 2nd place, with 23% of the vote, is a truly soulless entry. What better to defeat your enemies with than 3lite mage’s Ginger Ninja?
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Unit Name: The GINGER Ninja
A STEALTH unit, able to fly in through the window of your barracks and kill all your troops before you can say ‘Wha’. Disappears into the night again as quick as his little Ginger legs can carry him.
He’s an uber awesome attacker at the night time, but a bit cack during the day. Prone to losing his temper alot and doing stuff like having a monster strop and disappearing for a few days. Makes up for it with his nimbleness attacking.
Paladin Weapon: Samurai Sword, Shurikan Star, Long Staff and many many more.
Special attribute: Able to use his pasty white skin and glow in the dark hair to blind his enemies during the day just long enough for him to whip his chopper out and cut em up If that fails he loses his temper and headbutts them.
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The first entry submitted was the only medieval-themed one of the contest. With 18% of the vote, I give you queenangel’s Siege Tower/Belfry!
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Unit Name: Siege tower or alternate name of Belfry
Gives an attack bonus to all attacking troops. Recruiting time needs to be very high, perhaps around 90 minutes. It should require heavy wood and iron resources to recruit. When properly recruited as part of a balanced nuke, it will provide an even attack bonus for your troops. Just building more siege engines wil not add more of an attack bonus. Meaning, you cannot build 1k Belfrys, and 1 axe and assume it will kill everything. I would suggest a ratio based on population per siege engine.
Paladin Weapon: Pally weapon gives additional attack bonus or it could offer a decrease effectiveness on walls. Call it Helepolis’ Taker of Cities, and use the banner or shield currently in the pally room as decoration.
Siege towers were very widely used during Medieval times. The construction time of such units was typically quite long, however, the protection they offered to advancing troops was immeasurable. By shielding troops such as archers, and catapults, attackers could approach the defending fortress with less loss of life, and quickly gain the walls. I think the workshops should have more than two items capable of being built. In addition, catapults used to provide an attack and defensive bonus, which was a decent idea. However, proportional with other troops, that gave acts a huge advantage for building them, instead of a balanced one. By adding the Belfrys, players can increase the effectiveness of their nukes, especially if they take the time to learn what ratios work best in their builds.
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Tribal Death Note and Shukketsu submitted the final two entries, each of which garnered 9% of the vote. Spurred by a challenge from Casus Belli, Tribal Death Note created the Sultry Legion of Unicorn Traveling Sirens. Shukketsu’s Nerdy Freak won my heart and my vote.
Unit Name: The Sultry Legion of Unicorn Traveling Sirens
They climbin in your windows.. snatchin yo people up
The Sultry Legion of Unicorn Traveling Sirens is an undead unit giving it a 50 percent attack increase after the sun goes down. Any player registered as a male will see a 20 percent decrease in wall defense and a 30 percent decrease in unit defense.
The Sirens unique ability is enemy troop conversion in defense. In any attack with positive luck factor from a defending village with the Sultry Legion will convert 1 enemy troop for every 10 S.Legion of U.Traveling Sirens.
Paladin Weapon: Eve’s vice – A clamp style weapon that allows the equipped paladin to give an additional 20 percent conversion bonus.
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Unit Name: Nerdy Freak
About – Nerdy guy, can bypass walls, bypass up to 50k troops total in the village, lowers village loyalty by 99 for each attack. 1mil of each resource type, 1337 hours to recruit, and sent like a paladin. One unit per player.
Paladin weapon: Smartphone-like object – Adds .5 to the loyalty lowering capacity [for those who are nerds and get my Magic the Gathering reference] so a total of 99.5 loyalty lowering. Allows accompanying troops to move as if a teleporter is available. Also ups the village loyalty to 1k after the village is taken :p
Why this unit is the most epic-awesome-sauce ever – Because when you lower the loyalty of a village, and then find it stacked, you can use this unit to quickly take the village and keep it from the enemy. Besides, it represents me :p
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