Tev's Great Big Contest is over, but she'd love your feedback! Snubear! I finally finished your picture!

New page. :3

0.0 second.. but yeah who cares... the new page seems clean XD

700? *twitch* That list practically counts as an entry in the Short Fiction category o_o

Spammmmillicious! Stay focused guys.

@Tev - If you happen to see this first, I sent you an email concerning these guys and their over-ambition for SK words. I'd be glad to help seeing as how I first suggested this madness.
Currently modifying my Java program in the case that you would like some help.

@Everyone else - Make our lives easier by listing your words one-line per word!! Save the text file with the words you have collected because you can't copy-paste out of SK mail! To check your words, we (I) may need the text document. Please help us (me) out so that we (I) can help you out (possibly).

Edit: Oh VOG this is one heck of a Java program...

Im used to one or two word anagrams....
This....
I....
I just broke 4 thousand words, I have just finished the second line.
Lord Hood is going to have nightmares about anagrams.

EDIT: My reaction to this anagram http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djqqvcDOJYI at 25 seconds to 35 seconds

... Latisan ... I think I'll download Eclipse so I can run the program on my machine. XD I'm probably going to have to copy and paste these out of however they're sent to me.

GUYS!!!! HEY LISTEN!!!! GUYS!!!!!!

PLEASE send me these lists over email, tumblr, devianart, or send a link to a dropbox or google docs document in your SK private message DO NOT paste your entire word list into the sk system; I cannot copy/paste out of it.

What did I get us into?!?

I'm going to go drown myself in a jelly cube (very hard to do, btw).

Literally laughing out loud and groaning at the same time right now.

Ok, so I email the man who taught me Java (he works at Google and developed his own toolkit and everything. he's pro). I asked him about what to do and he said that it would be pretty stinkin' complicated, which I discovered after about an hour of failed experimentation:

--
EDIT: Tried to post the code, but apparently SK forums doesn't like 200 lines of cursed Java code.
--

So yeah. We gotta figure out a better solution. I'm thinking of a couple of things, such as using what we do know about the anagram (there are no j, q, x, or z's) and do some quick scans of everyone's work (I will build a program for this and send it to you, Tev). In any case, its kind of going to be a race for numbers.

Just as an admonition for everyone else: don't waste your time on this. Yes it was my idea - admittedly a bad one, now that I look at it (20/20 hindsight). Do what you can and don't waste your time. There are better things to do in life then scouring the SK wiki for every Vog-forsaken word in the world.

For example, I spent 30 minutes and sent in 100 phrases, including:
- Tev's Great Big Contest
- Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm out of mist, so can I get ten from you?
- Guns should not have wings *cough* Argent Peacemaker
They all work, and no you don't have permission to use them.

Anyways, yeah whatever. Go waste your Vog-forsaken lives. I'm going to build a Java program to test your crap.

XD

EDIT: You could also make it so that one invalid word makes the entry DQ-ed. It's cruel, but it will force everyone to test their work for quality, slow them down, and make the judges' lives easier.

Yay! ^_^ My first entry :D Sorry if its a bit long :P (for the text box I mean, I don't know how to make a forum page :\)
The entry is supposed to be humorous, as I've seen there seems to be a lack of in the fiction category of this competition, and it seemed like a funny idea to write about...Here it is :D Hope there aren't any grammatical/spelling/formatting errors. :(

IGN: The-Knightwalker
Entry Title: The Snipe
Entry:

THE SNIPE

"Ugh…" I groaned as I tried to push myself up from the floor, shielding my eyes from the sun. Whoa…Where am I? I thought to myself, as I looked around, missing the sound of the snipes' wings beating the air, only realising it was there when it landed right next to me.

I gasped with shock, immediately getting to my feet and reaching for my sword, then coming to my senses and noticing it was only a bird. It was bright orange like autumn leaves, and its eyes were and dark black, in contrast to my light turquoise ones. "Aw, isn't that cute," I said to myself.

It makes sense that I was completely stunned when it opened its yellow beak and squawked in a very birdlike fashion, "I absolutely hate it when people call me cute!"

Now openly staring at it, my jaw dropped to the ground. Almost literally. In response to me it then said, "I don't understand why people are so shocked when they hear me speak. Ugh, some people."

"Uh...So…" I started tentatively of which it immediately replied "Just get on with it!"

"You can...talk?" I asked.

"Well obviously I can, I thought we established that already!"

You can tell that my first impression of this bird -which I had no idea what was- is not exactly a very good one. I must have believed it a very impatient and conceited bird.

"So, what exactly ARE you?" I tried.

"You impudent and ignorant girl. I am a snipe, the holiest of all creatures of this planet!" Definitely conceited, I thought to myself.

I eyed it curiously, not believing that a bird of such a small stature would hold the title of 'Holiest creature of this planet', this planet must not have many then, I theorised.

"Oh, on the subject of this planet, where exactly am I?" I enquired.

"You are on the planet of Cradle, shipwrecked and all alone…" It said rather melodramatically, putting one of its wings on its chest and its head pointing skywards. Perhaps a drama queen as well?

"Well, except for yours truly. And some other trifling, unimportant, insignificant, petty, especially petty," the Snipe remarked with a haughty voice then continued "irrelevant, annoying, stupid, meddling. The list could go on, and on," it sighed.

"Also, I forgot to ask your name…"

"Are you expecting an answer?"

"Well ye-"

"I'm sorry to say -though I'm really not- your expectations cannot be met. No one addresses me with anything other than Your Majesty."

"Oh, that explains it."

"Explains what?" The Snipe looked indignant, at least, as indignant as a bird can look.

"Oh, never mind" I sighed and tried to brainstorm ideas of what was actually happening:

So, first, waking up in this strange planet which was apparently called Cradle? What a curious name.
Second, meeting this bird who claims it is the "Holiest of Creatures on this planet". Like I believe someone so self-centered would be named this.
Third, oh wait, I forgot that it could freaking talk! Anyways, third I am alone except for this bird, well, at least according to what it says.

My circumstances don't look too great do they?

~End Story, hope ya liked it ^_^

Prize Preferences:
Participation
 - Hallow Costume Armor or Helm - Hallow Plate Mail
, Mats (Monster Bone, Bushy Tail, Drake Scale, Critter Carapace, Heavy Gear, Frayed Fabric, Owlite Feather, Force Dynamo, Fine Fabric, Metal Gear (any combination/amount of these is fine, whatever you see fit)(also, just to add, they aren't in any particular order)), 2,000 CR

1*
 - 
Bomb Bandolier - Pumpkin, Vitakit (Toasty), Bomb Bandolier - Hallow
2*
 - Freezing Vaporizer Mk II (with possible UV), 
Hallow Accessory - Scarf, Electron Charge

3*
 - Imperial Tricorne, 
Cel-shaded colored picture of one character with single color or gradient background, 650 CE
4*
 - Sniped Stranger Hat (<--- I REALLY REALLY REALLY WANT THIS ^_^"), 1,800 CE
, Cel-shaded colored picture of up to two characters with single color or gradient background
5* - Heavy Valkyrie Wings, 
3,000 CE, Mewkat Monster Pocket
,

Wonder if I should add my work in progress drawing (to celebrate me finding the pen tablet things -which I still don't know the real name of- which was in my house collection dust) for this competition

But waaaiiiiiiiitttttttttttttttttt! I just realised - I am also making something for the handicraft section (yay!), but then, if there aren't enough handicraft entries, it would go into the catergory "Artwork: Everything Else" which is the category of which my drawing is in...? T_T And you can't post two of the same type of entry in one category

Um...Tev? Help here? Should I just draw something else or wait until someone else (if someone else) posts a entry for handicraft...

*facepalm*

Also I really appreciate any constructive criticism for this little fic :D, and I would like your opinion on whether I should add other chapters to this story and post it (I have to learn how to make a forum page, seriously :P) on a seperate forum page, though if you do think I should do that I would ALSO like to know if I should use the lengthened story as a short fiction (possibly novella, but probably not) in Tev's contest.

lol...extremely long post :P

EDIT:
My computer has decided it would be mean today. Posting my entry 4 times (3 times accidentally)

Like...seerusly computer?

Whoa triple post!

The-Knightwalker, if you want to reduce the amount of repeated text on this 13th page, there's an edit button at the bottom left of all your posts. Click the Edit button and then delete all your word. Replace it with something like "oops! double post, sorry!". That will clean things up considerably.

Also, go to the "Forums" button up on top. Click on the Treasure Vault folder (because that's where fanfics go). In the top right, there's a button called New Topic on the top right. You can post a link to it here from your post there.

it appears that before I finished pressing the Save button here, Tev posted something... EDIT: or not.

Yeah...actually it was a quadruple post XD

And I did/was editing them :D and thanks for the help :3

Okay! Activity!

@Knightwalker: Thanks for the entry! I'll add it to the list. To clarify: if I have to merge categories due to lack of entries, it does not count toward your "One entry per category". So if someone already has a drawing of some various clockwork creatures, and then submitted a gremlin drawing but was the only one in the category, they could both be judged in the Artwork: everything else category.

Unfortunately, being the judge, I can't give feedback on any of the entries, considering that anyone may make edits to their entries up until the end date.

"Next time you're about to recommend an anagram, don't." -Lord Hood

Tev, is the Java program working for you at all?

IGN- Azkaellion
Entry Title- Don't Stand on the Snipes!
Entry- http://i1057.photobucket.com/albums/t395/Azkaellion/SnipeAccident-Final…
Prize Preferences-
Participation- 25 CE, 2000 CR, Barrel Belly
1* Sketch, 75 CE, 5000 CR
2* Sketch, Weapon Slot, 200 CE
3* Military Party Hat, Toasty Party Blowout, Sketch
4* >>Military Cat Tail<<, Coloured Picture, 1800 CE
5* Heavy Dragon Wings, Toasty Dragon Wings, Regal Dragon Wings

Yay I made it in on time! I might also get my fanfic done in time, and if I manage to get that done I'll enter it too.

~Azk

(EDIT- Changed prize preferences, as I bought some of the stuff that I'd put up here.... Please, just give me the cat tail and I'll go away XD)

@Azkaellion: Thanks for the entry!

@Latisan: Still working on getting it going; it keeps telling me I have no Java runtime environment available. -.-

Next time I do an anagram game, it will be a single sentence long.

It's been slow been slow because I am unable to sit down for long periods. Still recovering from a serious illness.

It's about 50% done. So I guess I will end-up having 2 entries in the everything else category.

lol yes, a single sentence sounds great.

As for the Java thing, my initial reaction was, "Oh-ho! Windows users! XD". Windows doesn't come with Java installed, so you have to download it.

I think this is the link: http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp

Snipe 1(Vince): Sven, you brought the water balloons, right?
Snipe 2(Sven): Yeah, Vince, I got ‘em. You got the slingshot, Horus?
Snipe 3(Horus): Right here.
Vince: “Fire!”

Knight 1: Feron is so annoying, wearing all those accessories to show off.
Knight 2: Yeah I-Splash!

SPLASH! SPLASH! SPLASH!

Knight 1: I take it back!
Knight 2: Run!

Latisan, dear, Java is required to run Spiral Knights. I also made two fresh installs of Java today. This is why I'm a bit confused as to why it thinks I don't have the program. XD

Tev, friend, I suppose such is rather obvious. However, if I'm not mistaken (I often am, so I wouldn't be surprised if this isn't correct), the Java IDE compiler is different than the Java Runtime used to run games, watch videos, and the like.
EDIT - It appears that I have something close to a Gel Core for a brain. .class should solve it. My very bad bad.

Also, while I previously thought that the Java program could regenerate the .class file on its own, I might possibly be mistaken. I have emailed you the .class file, which goes in the bin directory of your workspace. My apologies if this is what's been causing the problem the entire time. >.> <.<

Ugh...

Well, I did all the materials, places, equiptment, characters, missions, depth names, monsters, hazards, obstacles, and other mislanious (i spelled that wrong, didn't I) stuff. My hands hurts from all the typing and searching and whatnot.

Now onto quotes and descriptions.

And that's why I'm not doing this week. :D

waitaminute

Tev, PLEASEPLEASEPLEASE don't tell me that you can use the letters in the words in the title of the limerick count in the anagram puzzle.

PLEASE

@Latisan: Okay, I"ll try that. Thanks!

@Nechrome: No. You can't. XD

If we can't use the title, there are no B's!!! D:
lol

Thank you for smashing any hope I had of winning week 8's game! :D
(like 10 words)

@hexlash

Don't worry. There's a B somewhere on the 4th line of the poem. Only 1, but it's there.

@Tev

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3 :D:D:D:D:D:D

If I could use the letters in the title, I'd have to hunt the wiki AGAIN for all those words and phrases that I couldn't make before due to the insufficient amount of letters, but I could now make because the letters in the title would give me the letters I need. But since I can't, I don't have to.

That saved me a lot of trouble. :D (yeah, I know, pretty selfish of me, right? XP)

In-Game Name: Xplad
Entry Title: Indefinite Hiatus
Entry: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1inAVWAi5Bm3mSG-Ah1O_dsO3Ogq2SoDgdBd…
Prize Preferences:
Participation - 25CE, Enamorocks, 2kCR
1* - 75CE, Knight Vision(Cool), 5kCR
2* - 200CE, 15kCR, Sketch
3* - Eyes(Shifty), 650CE, Toasty Glasses
4* - Sniped Stranger Hat, Flawed Mask of Seerus, 1800CE
5* - 3kCE, Valkyrie Wings(Toasty), 250kCR

Now I know for sure I won't be winning the "Short Fiction" category T_T

Anyways, really good entry :D The name of the fiction, being mysterious draws the reader in. Another thing that adds to the quality of this piece, though somewhat common, is your capitalisation of the first letter of the word "time" makes it seem like something godly, or just someone/something that has a lot of influence on things, which I take was the point?

I would like to ask though, the poem at the end, is it written by you?
If so, I have to ask, is the "Something inside this heart has died, You’re in ruins" supposed to be the same person/character in the story?

Also (am I being too harsh a critic? >.> ~ <.< ~ >.<) the second paragraph could be divided into two parts, though it is your work, so it might have been intentional as it is supposed to fit under the "How did it get this way" caption...(p.s. The part of that paragraph I thought the new paragraph might start is right before "Now he sits, day after day, in the Haven square" as it isn't too related to "How did it get this way")

Mm...My criticism is quite mean :\ I realised...But your fic I likes :3 A lots :D

~The-Knightwalker

Thanks for the entry, hon! Where've you been? Haven't seen you in awhile.

Edit: (after reading your entry) ... are you still going to be around the forums?

Wow, nice.

@Tev Time will tell, y'know. ; )

@Knightwalker It's actually the few lines before the final chorus in 21 Guns.

The-Knightwalker understands

Wait a second...Tev...My fiction is less than a thousand words, though in the front page its in the "Short" category though its supposed to be in the "Mini" category. My fic is about 500-600 words (I think, because that was before I edited, though I don't think that I wrote 400 words while editing)...

lol XD

Okay, I"ll fix it. ^.^

@Swillkitch-Engage - Good to hear from you again. Your short fiction there is pretty sweet - the story of many players' lives I'm sure.

@The-Knightwalker - Well put criticism. If anyone's going to do it, it should look like that. Well said.

I just realized that we're on track to hit post 666 by Halloween (or just before). o.O

Oogh. I don't think I'll be able to get on in time to send you the link to my google doc with my stuffz. Shadow's playing right now, and I hax chinese school soon. -_-

Should I just make it so the doc is only open to me and you, and post the link in this thread?

Yeah, that will be fine.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1byPQv5Km-CokLAPhwDXc3BPZrpYbi8iXmpP…

Okay, that should do it. Lets hope it works and no one else can access it and steal all mai answers. :3

Also in the document is all those unrelated works from last weeks contest.

"Look at those beggars down there, bloody useless!"

"What the hell are those knights doing down there? We should poo poo and pee pee on them with our [redacted]"

As usual, if you won, make sure I have your In-game name so I can send your prizes in the morning.

While I'm certainly not going to post that monster of a list that LoN gave me, here are the anagrams that Latisan created:

1. The Shadow Lair honestly creeps me out.
2. Cursed Deadnaught
3. Why are Aura accessories so costly all the time?
4. Coral Titan Gate
5. PhilosoSnipe
6. Emberlight tells a sad story.
7. The Unity Guild… is so weird.
8. Arsenal Podcast
9. Did Chris lose his Groundbreaker Helm?
10. I gotta say, the Magnus is pretty sweet.
11. Lord Vanaduke
12. Why did you kill the Mewkat?!? It can't even attack!
13. Stun completely disables Kats.
14. Crowns value is inflated.
15. Tokens are fun to pick up, IMO.
16. Seen Bosco recently? He's creepy.
17. 17. Boost the merchant should have sales every now and then.
18. I say lots of things are creepy. But Arkus beats them all. Such a weird dude...
19. Vitapod twenty-seven fwt!
20. Why craft a heart pendant when you can just kill a Love Pup?
21. Buy Gel Cubes for cheap and sell as more. Plus crowns right there.
22. Graveyards are like a long-ruling king. So many crowns.
23. Fiction story about Phantoms? I think yes!
24. I hate fiends with passion
25. Nightblades come with sheaths included.
26. Beasts are too loud.
27. Fiends are too evil.
28. Undead are too dead.
29. Constructs are too shield-y.
30. Gremlins are too… nice.
31. Slimes are too gooey.
32. Adventure is Delicious
33. The sword is stronger than the gun.
34. Aurora Isles have too much grass.
35. Gloaming Wildwoods
36. Wolver Dens have too much bark.
37. Candlestick Keeps have too much death.
38. Scarlet Fortresses have too much Kat.
39. Punkin King has too much bouncy.
40. Grand Arsenal
41. Oil Slicks plus fire make sadness
42. Volt Breaker Shield looks pretty cool.
43. Mecha Knights aren't worth it.
44. Scenario Rooms feel boring
45. Hall of Heroes feels like a cheat with the recipe vendors.
46. Warmaster Seerus is evil.
47. Beasts are weak to piercing dmg.
48. Ghostmane Stalkers suck
49. Almirian Crusader? Use neither sword nor gun.
50. Got Radiant Sun Shards?
51. Shadow Damage is interestingly confusing.
52. Silkwing - friend or foe?
53. Philososnipes
54. Capsules are friends
55. Mecha Knight Kit
56. Auction House madness
57. Irontech Destroyer? Useless
58. Shivermist Buster is the bane of Vanaduke's hoard.
59. Sealed Sword gets boring fast
60. Heavenly Iron Armor
61. Omega Shell - rare as heck.
62. Crafting gets costly at times
63. Chroma Tear, cause why not?
64. Light Shards - how many do you have?
65. If Ironwood cannot break, how do you transmute it?
66. Enamorock - Stone that gives you good feelings
67. Thunderball - Sphere of pure electricity
68. Got Celestial Ore?
69. The Spark of Life gives wrong premonitions.
70. Heavy Plate Mail is worth it.
71. Chaos Cloak does you much evil
72. I cannot spell my favorite Tabard color!
73. Girl knight costumes can get very cute.
74. Radiant Crystal Pin
75. Heard of the Soaking Wetstone Pendant?
76. Heard of the Wyrmwood Bracelet?
77. Heard of the Saitly Silver Amulet?
78. Heard of the Purrfect Katnip Pouch?
79. Cutter and friends are the speediest swords
80. Scissor Blades ftw
81. Why Sudaruska? Why not?
82. Say Spike Shower five times rapidly.
83. Dark Retribution is so cool.
84. Scarlet Shield is the only one to give bonus health.
85. Volcanic Plate Shield is fun to use.
86. Spiral Pith Helm ftw
87. Trade chat is sorely unused.
88. The Tortodrone is evil.
89. Are gremlins the enemy?
90. How much Owlite can a Kat kill if it could?
91. Creep Cakes are delicious.
92. Lost souls are more evil than the Totrodrone.
93. I want Vogs to return.
94. Roses are red, Violets are blue, I'm out of energy, so can I get ten from you?
95. Tev's Great Big Contest
96. Vial Dodgeball
97. The Big Iron is more evil than Lost Souls.
98. There are only three towns with names in Cradle.
99. Only nameless NPC in Haven is the Energetic Knight.
100. Guns should not have wings *cough* Argent Peacemaker

... back to my regularly scheduled pumpkin carving. >:D

WHere are the clues for the crossword?

They were apparently waiting for someone to remind me they needed them. XD

... I knew I was forgetting something.

In-Game name: Acidvenom
Entry title: Spiral Knights: The Story
Entry: http://www.mediafire.com/view/?nk7za9wbbqtvaru
Prize Preferences:
Participation: CR, CE, Enamorocks.
1*: CR, CE, Enamorocks.
2*: CR, CE, Weapon Slot.
3*: CR, CE, Silver Key
4*: Sniped Stranger Hat, CE, Shadow Key
5*: CR, CE, Fancy Valkyrie Wings

Password: justfortev

@Tevokkia, Philososnipe is in there twice, once as a plural.

If I hold my breath long enough, maybe I won't explode like my brothers.

Wow, I feel honored. Thanks for the winzes on the mini contest and the caption contest! They were both fun. ^.^

@Oatmonster - Yeah, I realized that after I submitted it. I did the first ten at one point, and then the last 90 later and forgot that I had it there. So... 99, not 100. On one of them, I meant to put 'ftw' but it says 'fwt' as well. I'm ok with daz stuffs.

@Tev - wut? Crossword puzzle 3 Across? >,> <,< ^.^

Constipation.