What's the worst thing to tell a Snipe?
...Step on it! Ahhahahahaa...oh cool new page.
Hello everyone!
Welcome to my art and writing contest event, where you don't necessarily have to be skilled to win something; just interesting. If you're not an artist or a writer, stick around, because there's stuff for you to do here too.
The contest will run from 12:01 am EST (GMT -5) on September 1, 2012, to 11:59 pm EST (GMT -5) on November 30, 2012.
And Now, the Winners!
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the ceremony!
*Awards - Artwork: Knights
1st - Twelvepm (3k CE)
2nd - Incoherrant (Artwork)
3rd - Chicoy (Golden Laurels)
Most Detailed Reimagining - Rogueperson (650 CE)
Best Portrait - Trydeth (Artwork)
Best Traditional Color - Artistbma (Tri-Heart Pendant)
Cutest - Ipalindrome (Cool Long Feather)
Best Experiment - Ariasky (5 Enamorocks)
Best Speed Picture - Krowtis (5 Enamorocks)
*Awards - Artwork: Gremlins
1st - Arkalpha (Artwork)
2nd - Lemonadium (1800 CE)
3rd - Burq (Shogun Helm)
Cutest - Chicoy (Shockburst Brandish)
Best Color Remiagining - Latisan-Sklay (Tri-Heart Pendant)
Best Redesign - Rogueperson (Surge Cuirass)
*Awards - Artwork:Everything Else
1st - Za-Ck (Solstice Prize Box)
2nd - Raspberry (Sniped Stranger Hat)
3rd - Don-Atropine (50k cr)
Funniest - Lemonadium (Artwork)
Most unconventional - Oatmonster (Dusky Canteen)
Best design - Nottheanswer (Mohawk)
*Raffle and/or game
*Awards - Artwork: Spiral Spy Scenes
1st - Azkellion (Heavy Dragon Wings)
Most Romantic - Myqpalzm (200 CE)
Most Impressive First Time Using Spiral Spy - Dreathuxy (200 CE)
Best Use of Touchups - Uruk-Hai (Iceburst Brandish)
*Awards - Artwork: Spiral Spy Models
1st - Xplad (250k cr)
*Awards - Other Visual Arts
Animation - Lizzi (Fancy Valkyrie Wings)
Handcrafted - Jluna (250k cr)
*Awards - Fiction: Mini Fiction
1st - Snubear (Artwork)
2nd - Hexlash (1800 CE)
3rd - The-Knightwalker (Imperial Tricorne)
Best Imagined History - Artistbma (Toasty Stranger Hat)
*Awards - Fiction: Short Fiction and Novellas
1st - Sergeantwrench (Toasty Valkyrie Wings)
2nd - Xairathan (Cool Cat Tail)
3rd - Hexlash (650 CE)
Best "Non-Fiction" - Latisan-Sklay (Volcanic Stranger Hat)
Best Origin Story - Acidvenom (Weapon Slot)
Most Outrageous Concept - Topoyozada (Mechtennas)
Best Mood Piece - Xplad (200 CE)
Best Ending that's Actually a Beginning - Lord-Hood (Faust Recipe)
Best Imagery - Shadownox (Cool Canteen)
Most Interesting Departure - Luguiru (Shockburst Brandish)
Most Epic - Abyssal-Flamberge (Dusker Coat)
*Awards - Poetry: Rhming Poetry and Free Verse
1st - Xairathan (Regal Valkyrie Wings)
2nd - Remiliaoftheeart (Shadow Key)
3rd - Lordofnecromancers (650 CE)
Most Likely to be Sung by an 80's Hair Band - Myqpalzm (50 CE)
Most Likely to be Sung by a Punk Band - Benightz (5000 cr)
Most Descriptive - Kimahsonite (Jack 'O Bombhead Mask)
Most Interesting Rhymes - Toxicblade (Iron Lockbox)
*Awards - Poetry: Short Poetry
1st - Snubear (3k CE)
2nd - Vifig (Sniped Stranger Hat)
3rd - Oatmonster (Surge Tailed Helm)
Best Non-Rhyming Poem - Rougeperson (Trinket Slot)
Best Limerick - Lord-Hood (Knight-Vision Goggles)
Best Single Haiku - Hexlash (Pumpkin Bomb Bandolier)
*Awards - Special Categories
Twelvepm - (250k cr)
Engravement - (250k cr)
Pballs - (Military Cat Tail)
Vifig - Art
*Awards - Community Choice
Artwork: Knights - Lizzi (Shifty Eyes)
Artwork: Knights - Don-Atropine (Silver Key)
Artwork: Knights - Miat (Toasty Glasses)
Artwork: Gremlins - Awesomesock (Swiftstrike Module)
Artwork: Gremlins - Klear (Silver Key)
Artwork: Everything Else - Chicoy (Toasty Party Blowout)
Artwork: Everything Else - Awesomesock (Fractured Mask of Seerus)
Artwork: SpiralSpy - The-Ark (650 CE)
Artwork: SpiralSpy - Fallenhope (650 CE)
Artwork: Other - Incoherrant (Artwork or Military Party Hat)
Artwork: Other - The-Knightwalker (Artwork)
Artwork: Other - Fallenhope (650 CE)
Fiction: Mini - Mawashimono (Artwork)
Fiction: Mini - Phantomhamachi (Twisted Targe)
Fiction: Short - Yttriu (650 CE)
Fiction: Short - Remiliaoftheearth (Dusky Glasses)
Fiction: Short - Mawashimono (Artwork or Antigua)
Poetry: Long - Xxpapaya (Fancy Party Hat)
Poetry: Long - Yttriu (50k cr)
Poetry: Short - Cluelessdude (650 CE)
Poetry: Short - Incoherrant (Silver Key)
*Awards - Thread Drawings and Games
Grand Poster Raffle: Kaijuhunter (200 CE)
Poster Raffle Runners-up - Kimahsonite, Gigarre, Lemonadium, Kellnox, Marazo (50 CE each)
Voters Raffle - Ipalindrome (100 CE)
Voters Raffle Runners-up - Za-Ck and Yttriu (50 CE each)
For getting post 1111 and entry number 50 - Fallenhope (100 CE and Iron Lockbox)
For getting entry number 100 - The-Knightwalker (100 CE)
For more riddles than I could use - Pballs (500 CE and a Tri-Heart Pendant)
For getting post 1234, advertising, 10 extra excellent riddles, and writing me a program to deal with all of the anagrams - Latisan-Sklay (Shadow Key)
Participation:
Zenmaiser - 2500 cr
Blueknighter - 2500 cr
Tantarian - 30CE
Shadowknifer - 3 Enamorocks
Grittle - 3 Enamorocks
Schedule of Events
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Artists' Choice and Community Choice Ballots
I will be doing a drawing with a CE prize from among all of the people who voted.
Instructions:
Notes:
Ballot form:
SUBJECT: (Either "Artist Choice" or "Community Choice")
Art: Knights - (Choose up to 3)
Art: Gremlins - (Choose up to 2)
Art: Everything - (Choose up to 3)
Art: SpiralSpy - (Choose up to 3)
Art: Other - (Choose up to 2)
Fiction: Mini - (Choose up to 2)
Fiction: Short - (Choose up to 3)
Poetry: Long - (Choose up to 3)
Poetry: Short - (Choose up to 3)
The Entries:
Art: Knights - Entry A, Entry B, Entry C, Entry D, Entry E, Entry F, Entry G, Entry H, Entry I, Entry J, Entry K, Entry L, Entry M, Entry N, Entry O, Entry P, Entry Q
Art: Gremlins - Entry A, Entry B, Entry C, Entry D, Entry E, Entry F
Art: Everything - Entry A, Entry B, Entry C, Entry D, Entry E, Entry F, Entry G, Entry J, Entry I
Art: SpiralSpy - Entry A, Entry B, Entry C, Entry D, Entry E, Entry F, Entry G, Entry H, Entry I, Entry J
Art: Other - Entry A, Entry B, Entry C, Entry D, Entry E
Fiction: Mini - Entry A, Entry B, Entry C, Entry D, Entry E
Fiction: Short - Entry A, Entry B, Entry C, Entry D, Entry E, Entry F, Entry G, Entry H, Entry I, Entry J, Entry K, Entry L, Entry M
Poetry: Long - Entry A, Entry B, Entry C, Entry D, Entry E, Entry F, Entry G
Poetry: Short - Entry A, Entry B, Entry C, Entry D, Entry E, Entry F, Entry G, Entry H
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How to Win
Rules
Rule-breakers will get no more than a single warning before being disqualified, either from the contest or the weekly raffles, depending on whether or not you are an entrant. For large infractions, such as mass-spamming, flaming, or obvious TOS breakage, I will not warn you before making a report.
Entries by Contestant
In the order that they were entered.
Artistbma: Poetry: Rhyming Poetry and Free Verse Fiction: Mini Fiction Artwork: Knights
The-Ark: Artwork: Spiral Spy Scenes
Phantomhamachi: Fiction: Short Story Artwork: Knights
Xxpapaya: Poetry: Rhyming Poetry and Free Verse Artwork: Knights Artwork: Spiral Spy Scenes
Myqpalzm: Artwork: Spiral Spy Scenes Poetry: Rhyming Poetry and Free Verse Fiction: Mini Fiction
Dreathuxy: Fiction: Either Short Story or Novella Artwork: Spiral Spy Scenes Artwork: Everything Else
Yttriu: Poetry: Rhyming Poetry and Free Verse Fiction: Short Fiction
Luguiru: Fiction: Short Story
Oatmonster: Artwork: Spiral Spy Characters Poetry: Short Poems Artwork: Everything Else
Remiliaofthearth: Artwork: Spiral Spy Scenes, Fiction: Short Fiction Poetry: Rhyming Poetry and Free Verse
Benightz: Poetry: Rhyming Poetry and Free Verse Poetry: Short Poetry
Xairathan: Fiction: Short Fiction Artwork: Knights Poetry: Rhyming Poetry and Free Verse
Tantarian: Other Visual Arts: Animation
Ipalindrome: Artwork: Knights
Latisan-Sklay: Fiction: Short Fiction Artwork: Gremlins Other Visual Arts: Handcrafted
Grittle: Artwork: Everything Else Poetry: Short Poetry
Uruk-Hai: Artwork: Knights Artwork: Spiral Spy Scenes
Kimahsonite: Poetry: Rhyming Poetry and Free Verse
Toxicblade: Poetry: Rhyming Poetry and Free Verse
Abyssal-Flamberge: Fiction: Novella Poetry: Rhyming Poetry and Free Verse Poetry: Short Poetry
Vifig: Poetry: Short Poetry Special Fiction Category: Stone Field Borough Artwork: Knights
Mawashimono: Fiction: Short Fiction, Fiction: Mini Fiction
Raspberry: Artwork: Everything Else
Nechrome: Poetry: Rhyming Poetry and Free Verse
Rogueperson: Artwork: Knights Poetry: Short Poems, Artwork: Gremlins
Snubear: Poetry: Short Poems Fiction: Mini Fiction
Don-Atropine: Artwork: Knights Artwork: Everything Else
The-Knightwalker: Fiction: Mini FictionOther Visual Arts: Handcrafted Artwork: Everything Else
Azkaellion: Artwork: Spiral Spy Scenes
Xplad: Fiction: Short Fiction Artwork: Spiral Spy Models
Notttheanswer: Artwork: Everything Else
Acidvenom: Fiction: Short Fiction
Hexlash: Poetry: Short Poems Fiction: Mini Fiction Fiction: Short Fiction
Lizzi: Other Visual Arts: Animation Artwork: Knights Artwork: Gremlins
Ariasky: Artwork: Knights
Awesomesock: Artwork: Everything Else, Artwork: Gremlins
Miat: Artwork: Knights
Chicoy: Artwork: Everything Else, Artwork: Gremlins Artwork: Knights
Rushenka: Fiction: Novella
Shadowknifer: Fiction: Short Fiction
Klear: Fiction: Mini Fiction Artwork: Gremlins
Pballs: Artwork: Knights Artwork Special Category: Stone Field Borough
Jluna: Other Visual Arts: Handcrafted
Topoyozada: Fiction: Short Fiction
Blueknighter: Artwork: Knights Artwork: Spiral Spy Models
Trydeth: Artwork: Knights
Twelvepm: Artwork Special Category: Tev and Friends Artwork: Knights
Za-Ck: Artwork: Everything Else
Lemonadium: Artwork: Knights Artwork: Gremlins Artwork: Everything Else
Fallenhope: Other Visual Arts: Handcrafted Artwork: Spiral Spy Scenes
Lord-Hood: Fiction: Short Fiction Poetry: Short Poetry
Cluelessdude: Poetry: Short Poems
Incoherrant: Artwork: Knights Other Visual Arts: Handcrafted Poetry: Short Poems
Zenmaiser: Artwork: Knights
Shadownox: Fiction: Short Fiction
Burq: Artwork: Gremlins
Arkalpha: Artwork: Gremlins
Krowtis: Artwork: Knights
Engravement: Artwork Special Category: Tev and Friends
Sergeantwrench: Fiction: Novella
Collab: Engravement and Twelvepm - Artwork: Everything Else
Entries by Category
Artwork: Knights
Phantomhamachi, Ipalindrome, Uruk-Hai, Rogueperson, Don-Atropine, Xxpapaya, Ariasky, Miat, Xairathan, Chicoy, Pballs, Vifig, Blueknighter, Trydeth, Twelvepm, Lizzi, Artistbma, Lemonadium, Incoherrant, Zenmaiser, Krowtis
Artwork: Gremlins
Rougeperson, Awesomesock, Latisan-Sklay, Chicoy, Klear, Lizzi, Lemonadium, Burq, Arkalpha
Artwork: Everything Else
Grittle, Oatmonster, Raspberry, Nottheanswer, Awesomesock, Chicoy, Don-Atropine, Dreathuxy, Za-Ck, The-Knightwalker, Lemonadium, Engravement and Twelvepm
Artwork: Spiral Spy Scenes
The-Ark, Myqpalzm, Remiliaofthearth, Uruk-Hai, Oatmonster, Dreathuxy, Azkaellion, Fallenhope, Xxpapaya
Artwork: Spiral Spy Models
Oatmonster, Xplad, Blueknighter
Artwork Special Category: Stone Field Borough
Pballs
Artwork Special Category: Tev and Friends
Twelvepm, Engravement
Other Visual Arts: Animation and Video
Tantarian, Lizzi
Other Visual Arts: Handcrafted Works
Latisan-Sklay, Jluna, The-Knightwalker, Fallenhope, Incoherrant
Fan Fiction: Mini Fiction
Artistbma, Myqpalzm, The-Knightwalker, Mawashimono, Hexlash, Klear, Snubear
Fan Fiction:Short Fiction
Phantomhamachi, Dreathuxy, Luguiru, Xairathan, Mawashimono, Xplad, Acidvenom, Remiliaoftheearth, Latisan-Sklay, Shadowknifer, Topoyozada, Lord-Hood, Shadownox, , Hexlash, Yttriu
Fan Fiction: Novella
Abyssal-Flamberge, Rushenka, Sergeantwrench
Fan Fiction Special Category: Stone Field Borough
Vifig
Poetry: Rhyming Poetry and Free Verse
Artistbma,Xxpapaya, Myqpalzm, Yttriu, Benightz, Kimahsonite, Toxicblade, Nechrome, Xairathan, Remiliaoftheearth, Abyssal-Flamberge
Poetry: Short Poems
Vifig, Grittle, Oatmonster, Snubear, Rougeperson, Hexlash, Benightz, Abyssal-Flamberge, Cluelessdude, Lord-Hood, Incoherrant
What's the worst thing to tell a Snipe?
...Step on it! Ahhahahahaa...oh cool new page.
Hi hi, Tev,
Thank you for holding such a grand event! I am working on a wacky wallpaper at the moment and may attempt a sculpture with origami or Fimo.
I wanted to participate in the mini snipe pun contest but it turned into a limerick.
Why snipes are snipes?
Well, the auction house stranger had gripes,
Warning knights not to chase off his snipes.
Being noobs in shiny new gears...
We chased cute guano bombadiers...
Ewwww. A thousand CE for these wipes?
Subject Line: ENTRY (Category Spiral Spy scene
In-Game Name: Myqpalzm
Entry Title: Spiral Summer
Entry: Here is the entry. Rate nicely.
Prize Preferences:
Participation - 25-100 CE, 2.500-8.000 CR, Mats for use in ragecrafting popular equipment like Wolver set.
1* -Determined Eye, Cheeky Eye, 75 CE
2* -Toasty Maedate, Twinkle Aura, 150 CE
3* -Ghostly Aura, 275- 320 CE, 50.000 CR
4* -Gigawatt Pulsar, Mewkat/Chromalisk Monster Pocket, 800 CE
5* -Blitz Needle, Total War costume(s), A full-color pic of my knight with cool background
Note for every participant: Good luck!
Note for myself: Hope I win!
Nice Job! You've definitely gotten better.
@Myqpalm: Thank you for the entry! (Although you might want to specify what mats you want in your participation category, or at least what you're ragecrafting so I know what to send if you get that)
@Ninza and Raspberry: Thanks for the mini-entries, too!
Last day for this week's mini contest, game, and posting raffle, peeps!
I would post an entry, but Spiralspy is blocked on my comp...
:D 50 CE. :3
The one about whoever started the art gallery page thing was the one I said I got wrong. :/ I did find an art gallery on the wiki by Equinox, but after mailing my answers to you, I found Happyapathy's. :P
BTW, your new weekly game, the link to the picture doesn't work.
Hi Tev, just to tell you. Your Week 2 mini game link is broken (the word search)
Also, for the week 2 mini game. Do we have to put the caption INTO the image. Or do just post a message like this
Subject: Week 2 Mini Game
Caption:You got that pics idea from my poem
Thanks XD
IGN: Raspberry
and big hugs too
The Miss-Adventures of Punch and Vise
Punch: My Green Tech UV ride will cut down on Crystal Energy consumption and make the world a better place!
Vise: But the gas emission from my end of the ride is unbinding my ozone @.@
IGN: Raspberry
Man, if I had known wolvers were this easy to trick, I wouldnt be late for work every day!
Now. See the ordinary wolver trying to follow that... tender... grilled... b-e-e-f?
Licks Mouth
Mmmm... B-e-e-f...
@Everyone: Thanks for letting me know guys! I had accidentally left off a quotation mark, but it's fixed now.
@Papaya: Just post it in the reply; I don't expect anyone to edit the picture. XD
I really wanna make a funny Red Bull SK comic because it jokes about growing wings, so I hope I win the Valkyrie Wings so I can make it.
Baby Punch: Snipe On a Stick! I love this idea already!
Baby Vise: You ripped off Mojang..
(If you don't get the joke, In Minecraft's latest snapshot for the "Pretty Scary Update"(1.4) there's an item called the Carrot on a Stick to control saddled pigs.)
I appear to be a week late... but that doesn't matter. At least, I hope not. xD
Anyways, I thought I'd post to say good luck to everyone and to express my admiration of the entries posted so far.
I myself am working on some entries and I hope you'll enjoy them as much as I'm enjoying yours...
Oh, and I think I'll make another post later... thought of a joke for that picture. :3
Now to post this before I get too nervous, as I have with many other posts.
Hm... let's see.. what next..
Goodbye! ^_^
I sure hope I can get something cool cooked up before November 30.
I have a couple of very important questions regarding entries, though. What happens if I create a Spiral-Spy entry that's based on existing conventional artwork? I can't say I'm very gifted in terms of creating original pieces, but I seem to have an affinity for converting concept art into models viewable in Spiral-Spy. For example, the Petrode Protector, whose original concept was made by Alphastevo.
Would something like that still be considered an acceptable entry or do I actually need to come up with the concept as well?
EDIT: Furthermore, if the artistic concept has already been posted, will a model based on that concept still qualify?
"Are you sure we're using the right bait? I didn't think Chromalisks ate snipes..."
Essentially how that would work is that you would have to get someone to collaborate with you; they would have to come up with a new concept for the contest, which you could create in SpiralSpy and post as a collaborative effort. Rules for collaboration are in the FAQ post.
I say this because if you used someone else's concept and won, they would, by all rights, be entitled to part of the prize, as concept is one of the judging criteria. If you collaborated, it would be up to you to decide how that prize was split, depending on how much weight you guys decided the concept vs. execution carried.
Also, because half of the reason for this contest is to generate a bunch of new fan content.
Alright then, thanks for letting me know!
I'll see if I can get in contact with that person for a possible collaboration, but I'll probably just end up trying something myself. We'll see.
"By the wolvers and awful gremlins"
You might have to read my poem (Page 2, line 8) to understand this caption
Gremlin 1: See, I TOLD you I could get us some transportation!
Gremlin 2: Uhhhhhhh... There something in a metal suit with a giant toothpick ahead of us.
Gremlin 1: Huh?
I dipped this snipe in mashed potato
Wolvers love mashed potato.
This has got to be the randomest caption ever.
The gremlin and the gremlin sitting on a wolver, baited by a gremlin with a mashed potato
K-I-S-S-I-N-G
@Tevokkia
Can I send those word puzzles via Tumblr inbox? I can't login to game atm.
Sure, as long as it's not posted in the thread.
So here's my caption for the mini contest of this week. For my entry the gremlin sitting on the left is named Hadi and the one on the right Grewe.
Hadi: Hey Grewe, isn't this ride fun?
Grewe: But I wanted the snipe.
"I told you it would work!"
"... Hey, that's not your snipe ..."
(on another note, when I first looked at it I actually thought it was a goldfish, but the consensus seems to be snipe)
Yeah, it's a snipe. Quick and dirty arting for the win. XP
What are the prizes?
Is there prizes for 1st, 2nd,etc.
I drawing chibi SKs chasing germins.
Yup, prizes, and lots more than just 1st, 2nd, etc.
The list of categories you can enter in is in post 2, along with how many prizes and at what level they're available at in each category. The lists of prizes themselves are after the example entry form in the third post.
And yes, chibi knights chasing gremlins is okay (although if you actually meant Germans, that picture would be a bit confusing), we can put it in either knight or gremlin category, depending on who there are more of or whatever.
IGN: Dreathuxy
Entry: (FANFIC) My Life as a Snarbolax Link: http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/64282
Prizes of Choice:
Participation-All cr and ce
1*- all cr and ce
2*- all cr and ce
3*- all cr and ce
4*- all cr and ce
5*- all cr and ce
(3rd prize5*) Nemesis or Solstice Prize box. You pick.
Chapter 2 Part 1 is out!
Caption: Innovation
IGN: Dreathuxy
Thanks for the entry! Could you please edit it to include a link to your fanfic please, so that if it's fallen off the front page when it comes time for judging, I don't have to go looking for it? Thanks!
Edit Made! Thanks!
I heard that devilites are delicouse
I'll .... keep that in mind?
Does anyone have a copy of the gremlin insignia/symbol/picture thingy?
The one in the game files are grainy and I need one with a yellow background, like the one you find on their clothes and stuff.
Can anyone help me? pwetty pwease?
At least its not grainy, but if you want a yellow background you could go into paint and just use the paint bucket to make it the way you want.
Entry:
"Well I've heard of stakeouts, and I've heard of steakouts, but this is just ridiculous."
Alrighty. All done.
Thanksies! ^^
When I updated my list, I didn't notice what you said about backwards words. Sorry about that.
Goodbye! ^_^
:3 Alright, I think I found all the words in the word search. Let's hope I can get home from Chinese School in time to mail them to you. :/
Still modifying my poem...
EDIT: Just sent it. :P Guess I won't have to wait until after chinese school. The word search, I mean. Not the poem.
Okay, I got your entry, LoN.
If you have a prize coming and your IGN is not the same as your forum name, please let me know so I can send it to the proper account.
Attention! The Purple Team has stolen the briefca-
-Um, s'cuse me, this is the wrong game
Wait, what?
-This is Spiral Knights.
I know, I know. Where do I go for the TF2 hat?
Cue in Yakkity Sax music from Benny Hill as Eurydice gets back from vacation...
Eurydice: Oi! Community aggro!
Did you guys by any chance rebalance something or let Boswick play in the crayon box for this month's promo while I was on vacation?
Hey Tev,
I was wondering if the words from the "unscramble the word puzzle" puzzle were ALL Spiral Related. So lets say you "unscrambled" a word in the puzzle but it turned out to be Giraffe. Would that be incorrect. How about something like digust?
They're all Spiral Knights related, Papaya. (I actually hit "random page" on the wiki until I had the words I needed. XD)
Rush Hour