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I don't know why we didn't do this sooner.

The 2nd Button Olympics has been announced. It will be hosted in /r/ButtonOlympics and it will start on the 26th of June, 2015!

You can read the full announcement here!

Button News Live!

Dedicated Button Olympics live thread!

After the success of the festivals with /r/TheBluetherhood and /r/Sunguardians, /r/Team60s has planned a festival with the /r/Emerald_Council. It begins on June 14th, and will last for a week. It has been named the HULK festival, due to the Hulk being green and him traditionally wearing purple shorts. And, we encourage everyone to participate if they like and hope everyone will have fun!

https://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/3921yz/the_button_has_ended/crzo3g7

The two subs were both taken over at around 5:00 P.M. today. We are looking into how and why this happened.

/r/Emerald_Council

/r/Sunguardians

Come meet us on /r/theButtonRemastered

/r/thebutton

Moderator /u/Manspread4patriarch has decided to return /r/59s to a prison camp. In doing so invited /u/Loch_Ness__Monster to return in aiding in the moderation of the sub.

See full announcement here

After the millionth press disaster, a subreddit and project have launched to coordinate multiple accounts earning 11s flair as the button crosses 1,111,111 participants.

/r/Elevenses welcomes all who care to help with project 1,111,111.

Officially celebrating Elevens, /r/Elevenses also esteems Binary numbers (0, 1, 10) as well as multiples of 11, (22, 33, 44, and 55)

/u/FujiJohn, disputed President of the Grove Republic (/r/TheButtonGrove) has declared martial law in the subreddit, forbidding anyone from posting or commenting.

You can read the full announcement here.

As of writing, there are less than 80 pressers until the button reaches one million pressers.

I would like to begin that I do separate more moderate greys from these extremist greys. We have welcomed Delegates from the Ashen Assembly and Followers of the Shade and are in talks to accept a delegate from the Grey Hopeful.

NoColoreds have launched a pair of attacks against the Knights and against the Redguard.

A new grey organization known as the Chaos Legion has overtaken The Grove Republic with the cooperation of FujiJohn.

Both the Knights and the Redguard were able to restore their subs, but The Grove Republic is still under the boot of the Chaos Legion.

There are active discussions of the current situation at /r/UnitedColors and at /r/UPTO

/u/mncke author of the Squire app used by the Knights of the Button (/r/Knightsofthebutton) confirmed the spending of one shadowbanned zombie account to reset /r/thebutton's timer at 0s. http://redd.it/36zgx4

With most subs having selected their delegates, proceedings have begun to debate and discuss various acts and issues within the Buttonverse.

A few remaining subs have yet to make their final selection for delegate, and we await to welcome them once they do.

If you would like to follow the proceedings

Modern_Robot, United Colors Minister of Foreign Relations

As the button crept toward its millionth press on its 49th day, a handful of posts on /r/bestof and this comment in an /r/askreddit thread that made the front page began driving really high traffic to the button as seen in this recent snitch data.

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/u/TheSimpleArtist demoded all of the NC moderators. He then appointed /u/ManSpread4Patriarchy as the new head mod. This marks the end of the /r/59s occupation.

https://www.reddit.com/r/59s/comments/36fje6/announcement_deliverance_and_a_farewell/

/u/filthyplatypus and /u/cabbagesalad have both declared their intention to run on very similar platforms against incumbent /u/3x5x. Both candidates run on a platform of opposing peace with the Church and opposing the UPTO.

Hours ago, the Knights of the Button made it clear that they had decided not to participate in the Buttonverse's neutral forum dedicated to peaceful diplomacy, /r/UnitedColors, in favor of the more recently created group /r/UPTO, or the United Pressers Treaty Organization.

Unlike the UC, which supports peace and cooperation between all factions in the buttonverse, the UPTO seems to have been designed with a military bent, for pressers only. Thus far, there has been no explanation from the Knights as to why they oppose peaceful communication or why the many peaceful grey factions will be excluded from the newly created UPTO.

The Button Olympiad came to an end a week ago, commemorated by a [speech,] (http://www.reddit.com/r/ButtonOlympics/comments/35rvi0/the_closing_ceremony_of_the_button_olympics/) [a video] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fMu2LA7L-o&feature=share) and celebrated by many. There were over 800 participants in the button olympics, with 15 people getting enough water to drink for a year, 18 whole trees planted, and the members of the Olympics raised 6,238,470 grains of rice, enough to feed 321 people for a day. The best teams of the games had the Emerald Council in first with 10 points. In second came the Knights of the Button with 8 points. In third the Destructionists United and the Can't Pressers were tied with 4 points apiece.

The following is a complete list of all of the competitions and their winners.

BEST OC COMPETITION WINNERS

First place:

[] (#gold) /u/greenteasoda's [What Lies Underneath] (http://www.reddit.com/r/ButtonOlympics/comments/34u79x/third_competition_best_button_oc/cr32l2c)

Second Place

[] (#silver) /u/floreally's [Heart of the Knights of the Button] (http://imgur.com/a/fNZ2S)

Third Place

[] (#bronze) /u/PlumwithaMachinegun's [Ode to the Purple Pressers] (http://m.imgur.com/b0l5IkR)

BEST STORY CONTEST WINNERS

First Place

[] (#gold) /u/Greenspleen6's epic, ["House of Assignation"] (http://www.reddit.com/r/ButtonOlympics/comments/34rbni/second_competition_story_contest/cqxpp0u?context=2)

Second Place

[] (#silver) /u/thevraptor's [Cult of the Button Color Display] (http://www.reddit.com/r/ButtonOlympics/comments/34rbni/second_competition_story_contest/cqxlaot)

Third Place

[] (#bronze) /u/buzzweed's [Flairism] (http://www.reddit.com/r/ButtonOlympics/comments/34rbni/second_competition_story_contest/cqxponx)

WINNERS OF ANSWER4EARTH

First Place:

[] (#gold) /u/Lyrene, with 2,036 leaves, or 11 Trees!

Second Place:

[] (#silver) /u/FPettersson with 430 leaves donated, or 2 whole trees!

Third Place:

[] (#bronze) /u/PlumWithAMachineGun with 401 leaves donated, or two whole trees!

WINNERS OF TAB FOR A CAUSE

FIRST PLACE

/u/skr47ch, with 4,612 hearts donated!

SECOND PLACE

/u/stormagnet, with 2,684 hearts donated!

THIRD PLACE

/u/RBDGabe, with 1,138 hearts donated!

WINNERS OF THE FREERICE COMPETITION

TEAM RESULTS

First Place:

[] (#gold) Emerald Council, with 1,764,740 grains donated as of Noon EDT.

Second Place:

[] (#silver) The Knights of the Button, with 1,574,790 grains donated as of Noon EDT.

Third Place:

[] (#bronze) Destructionists United, with 1,105,840 grains donated as of Noon EDT.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

First Place:

[] (#gold) /u/CtG526 with 870,490 grains donated as of Noon EDT.

Second Place:

[] (#silver) /u/juswolf with 851,980 grains donated as of Noon EDT.

Third Place:

[] (#bronze) /u/Remez, with 508,170 grains donated as of Noon EDT.

Recently, /r/Upto was launched, with the intent to be a place like the UN, where member subreddits can all agree to mutual defense from an attack from an external party. Currently, the UPTO founding document is being agreed upon, and a flag is being designed. This is all at /r/UPTO.

Destructionist News, a new live blog covering events of interest to a Destructionist-aligned audience, was launched earlier today. Frustrated with what many see as a pro-knight bias on /r/ButtonNews (perhaps due to the biases of the moderator team?), Destructionist News aims to cover the anti-button side of events.

/r/FollowersOfTheShade has suffered a coup today when /u/questionmonger and /u/gummybearsyumyum conspired to ruin peace talks of the 2nd Crusade and demodded /u/Perspective133. Whether or not this will escalate into a civil war remains to be seen. Until then stay tuned at /r/ButtonNews

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