Spiral Knights - CLOSED - Gremlin Haiku Hijinks Competition - Summer 2011

CLOSED - Gremlin Haiku Hijinks Competition - Summer 2011 - CLOSED

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Mon, 06/20/2011 - 06:35

Raspberry

Greetings fellow knights and knightlings from the Obsidians!

In anticipation of the impending Gremlin invasion (yeah right, like those new Gremlin merchants are to be trusted) and new Boss, the Obsidians are once again holding an epic competition for all knights and knightlings. We haven't placed a firm deadline on the competition, but lets just say the competition will be open till at least 1 week after the new boss goes online, whenever that is.

A special SK Wiki page has been built to distinctly display all the haiku received in the competition.

Deadline: CLOSED
July 14, 2011 11:59PM Central (GMT-5)

Judges:
The judges of the Gremlin Haiku Hijinks Competition are the Obsidian alphas Raspberry and Thebadger and guest judges.

Eligibility:
The Gremlin Haiku Hijinks Competition is open to all knights within the Spiral Knights realm. If you can post here and have an in game Spiral Knights dude or dudette, then you're eligible!

Objective:
Submit 1 haiku only based on the two new Gremlin spies...I mean Gremlin merchants or The Ironclaw Munitions Factory Gremlin boss stratum to this thread. Please keep your entries within forum rules so that a GM doesn't nuke it.

Important: Please include your IGN (In Game Name).

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What is Haiku?
Haiku outside of traditional Japanese verse has come to represent a stanza of 5-7-5 sylables. Each of the 3 lines imparts its own imagery with hints of the season or perhaps game stratum and subject. Modern Japanese and geeky Westerners spice their haiku with pungent irony.

Basho's (beloved 17th century Japanese traditional poet) famous Pond haiku as example:: fu-ru-i-ke ya (5)
ka-wa-zu to-bi-ko-mu (7)
mi-zu no o-to (5)

Mon, 06/20/2011 - 07:20

Raspberry

@ Eurydice

We know you have a special passion for HAIKU, Eurydice. Since you are the Spiral HQ Community Manager, can we sequester you as a Guest Judge, please?

We are also going to need guest actors to re-enact the winning Haiku. I think TheBadger is still recovering from being Snarby's chew toy. My Groundbreaker armor has just about singed to my character from the many failed outakes of getting put on fire by Gremlins and Red Rovers just to get the perfect shot for our Haiku Poster.

Best regards,
Raspberry/Iceni

Mon, 06/20/2011 - 07:37

Flehrad

Legacy Username

Gremlin axe hurt much Knight

Gremlin axe hurt much
Knight need better equipment
Gremlin merchant smiles

^_^
Hope I posted correctly
IGN: Flehrad

Mon, 06/20/2011 - 09:19

jooozek

Legacy Username

explosions wake up

Okay nevermind, made a 7-5-7 not a 5-7-5, withdrawing.

Mon, 06/20/2011 - 07:58

Drandor

Legacy Username

Haiku entry

IGN: Drandor

Factory means jobs!
Such as spies and guardians
Against pesky knights

Mon, 06/20/2011 - 08:02

Bigfootm

Here's my entry! IGN-Bigfootm

Gremlins in Haven.
Is it the Unbind Center?
Crazy at bazzar.

Mon, 06/20/2011 - 08:04

Bigfootm

Also, If you need pic people

Also, If you need pic people still i did enter a haiku, can I be a photo person? If I can only be one, then sorry. I'll have to stick with my entry. Add me, -IGN Bigfootm

Mon, 06/20/2011 - 08:55

Eurydice

Community Manager

Haiku contest judge? Iceni,

Haiku contest judge?
Iceni, I'd be honored!
Awaiting beauty...

Mon, 06/20/2011 - 08:59

Bigfootm

@eurydice

Nice. A reply in the form as a haiku... I like it.

Mon, 06/20/2011 - 09:13

PDotAlex

Legacy Username

Look out for

They have run over

In order to support you

Energy only.

IGN: Iskender.

Mon, 06/20/2011 - 09:25

#10

PeterS

Legacy Username

I'll offer this:

June is dry tinder.
Tier Three fires burn shyly:
In tier one decon!

(Not for submission, but I wanted to write it:

Cicadas and ants,
Butterflies and the silkwings,
Crown loss and lockout!)

My character's name is Armorjack, by the way.

Mon, 06/20/2011 - 09:21

#11

Dogrock

Dogrock is the IGN for those who haven't figured out.

Munitions abound
Pyros o'er yonder training
This will not end well

Mon, 06/20/2011 - 09:48

#12

Boelens

Legacy Username

IGN : Boelens Gremlins Damage

IGN : Boelens
Gremlins
Damage armor
Merchant happy

(Yeaah, I suck at this.)

Mon, 06/20/2011 - 10:02

#13

Trojandeathlord

Haiku

Ironclaws for hire!
Eligible if skilled at:
Bombs; Heals; Thwacks; Scorching.

IGN: Trojandeathlord

Mon, 06/20/2011 - 10:46

#14

Kilrain

This was tougher than it seemed.

Gremlins don't get along with tranquil nature imagery. Anyway, my attempt:

Singed fur, toothy grins.
Armor smoking in silence
After thund'rous blasts.

IGN: Kilrain

Mon, 06/20/2011 - 10:50

#15

JoshMK

Legacy Username

Haiku

The twin shopkeepers
Ride a breeze to market square.
Will costs rise like sun?

IGN: Hirus

Mon, 06/20/2011 - 11:10

#16

Dasparian

On Gremlin Strata.

Crimsonite + Moonstone =
Mechanized Mile, Decon Zones.
Where's my Dark Matter...

Mon, 06/20/2011 - 11:08

#17

Tipiak

Flamelash Arena When the fire

Flamelash Arena
When the fire is "broken"
Gremlin barbecue

IGN: Tipiak

Mon, 06/20/2011 - 11:17

#18

Ozymandius

Legacy Username

War is the season.

I hear gremlins shout,
Hammer and Fire! And I see,
Death falls like blossoms.

ign Ozymandius

Mon, 06/20/2011 - 11:28

#19

Hexxy

Oh look, gremlin lore!

King Tinkinzar speaks
Crimson Order battles knights
For Cradle's future.

IGN: Hexxy

Mon, 06/20/2011 - 11:36

#20

Duskdash

On Ironclaw Menders

IGN: Duskdash

Mender ascetics:
while clockworks turn like seasons,
hone ironclaws on spikes.

Mon, 06/20/2011 - 11:37

#21

Fly18

Legacy Username

Outcasts with distrust Will

Outcasts with distrust
Will they really help us out?
Emberlight Gremlins

IGN: Kalsb

Mon, 06/20/2011 - 13:09

#22

Guardianknight

Here goes nothing.

New Gremlin Merchants?
But I Am Inflammable
Firebreak Armor

IGN The one and only, Guardianknight.

Mon, 06/20/2011 - 13:20

#23

Raspberry

@ jooozek

Awww, I'm sorry that we did not get to see your haiku, jooozek. While there is a 5-7-5 syllable convention, one or more of the judges is likely dyslexic and might transpose the convention. Also, a real Asian arts master knows, the zen of enlightened awareness is thinking outside the box once you know all there is to know about the box.

Have fun and enter your Spiral Zen Haiku jooozek.

Mon, 06/20/2011 - 14:04

#24

Rezrov

IGN: Rezrov Two Gremlins, red

IGN: Rezrov

Two Gremlins, red hair
Their masked eyes are sparkling stars
Born to sell used cars

Mon, 06/20/2011 - 14:04

#25

Guardianknight

@Iceni.

Is there a rule on the # of entries?

Mon, 06/20/2011 - 14:04

#26

pwkalt3

Legacy Username

Go for the mender So very

Go for the mender
So very close, casts his dome
Bounced into a mine

IGN: Neofalcon

Mon, 06/20/2011 - 14:16

#27

kevomatic

Legacy Username

...

a gremlin haiku?
what is this I don't even...
too busy grinding

IGN: Couture

Mon, 06/20/2011 - 14:22

#28

Dirty-Harry

Gremlin Haiku Hijinks Entry

More than one mender
Hammers surrounding my rear
please don't thwack me bro.

IGN: Dirty-Harry

Mon, 06/20/2011 - 14:24

#29

Necrax

I love haikus!!!

Two shady figures
A cause for celebration?
A battle ahead

IGN: Necrax

Mon, 06/20/2011 - 14:52

#30

inhanzt

Legacy Username

i prefer sudoku

Poetry is lame
W T F is a haiku
Wikipedia

Writing a haiku
I can't think of syllables
These stupid haikus

Other spiral knights
Please go die in a fire
So i get your heat

Disqualify me
mine are not about gremlins
and i posted four

Mon, 06/20/2011 - 15:31

#31

Raspberry

# of Entries = 1

@ BlackSword

Objective:
Submit 1 haiku only based on the two new Gremlin spies...I mean Gremlin merchants or The Ironclaw Munitions Factory Gremlin boss stratum to this thread.

@ inhanzt

Disqualify me
mine are not about gremlins
and i posted four

Yours resemble trolls
Tad uglier than gremlins
Love the zen thinking

@ Dogrock

Thank you much for helping to add the Haiku to the Gremlin Haiku Library on the Wiki.

Mon, 06/20/2011 - 16:03

#32

Fusoya

Legacy Username

Let's see if I can take a

Let's see if I can take a stab at this -

No food past midnight
Not your typical mogwai
This guys no Gizmo

IGN: Fusoya

Mon, 06/20/2011 - 16:56

#33

callumjon

Legacy Username

A look into the Demos minds

IGN: Gotname

Redfur fix Clockworks
Redfur has broken something
Redfur needs more bombs

Mon, 06/20/2011 - 17:12

#34

Dogrock

Thank you much for helping to

Thank you much for helping to add the Haiku to the Gremlin Haiku Library on the Wiki.

You're quite welcome. I had a terrible day where I nearly had to go outside to entertain myself. Luckily I found a task that needs doing.

Mon, 06/20/2011 - 17:54

#35

Diggidy

Legacy Username

My-ku

I hear them plotting
Filling Cradle with their stench
Trust gremlins? Never

IGN: Diggidy

Mon, 06/20/2011 - 18:54

#36

TBoltz

Legacy Username

Do not be afraid These

Do not be afraid
These gremlins bring goods for sale
Lay down your crowns now

IGN: Thunderboltz

Mon, 06/20/2011 - 18:55

#37

Guardianknight

@Iceni

Thanks for the info Iceni.
I guess I was so excited about the competition
I read the rules to fast. Haha

IGN The one and only, Guardianknight.

Wed, 06/22/2011 - 14:50

#38

Nechrome

Advance scouts

Advance scouts are here
Plotting Havens ultimate
Demise. Get ready...

IGN: Lordofnecromancers

P.S.:just so u know, the advance scouts are the "merchants" (yeah, like we're gullible enough to believe that they're our friends...) cause some pople(like my brother) had no idea how this was reated to the contest guidelines stuff.

Mon, 06/20/2011 - 20:24

#39

Pupu

Legacy Username

IGN Tantarian

Gremlins around you
Bullets come, dodge them all
Got hit by a wrench

Tue, 06/21/2011 - 01:36

#40

drmchsr0

Legacy Username

War And Peace, I guess :3

[These haiku are not for the contest, just something I thought up for flavor]

I don't know if The
Good General Patton Approves
Of Gremlins in Haven

But All I Know Is
The fastest route to The Core
Is Through The Factory

"Onwards, Knights!" Patton
would say. "The quickest way home
is through Ironworks!"

Hearing those words, I grab
my Faust and Vog Cub Suit, and
entered Ironworks

Alas, my love, it was
Not to be! A Mender came and
Shot off my poor knee!

As I lay dying, with
my last breath, I silently cursed
General Patton.

[This one is]

Mechanical Fiends!
Their Arcane Factory Looms!
Onwards, Knights! To Glory!

[Wait, one more for the road, probably not gonna enter this]

Those Gruesome Gremlins!
Their aim: Roast Snipe for Mealtimes!
Boswick, go get them!

IGN: Drmchsr
(If anyone asks, I don't think I am very good at this, and I keep thinking of General Patton. Also, more info regarding General Patton. I am ashamed that I did not mention somethong about him, as unrelated to SK he is. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_S._Patton)

Mon, 06/20/2011 - 22:07

#41

Shadownox

Here's King Tinkinzar...

Here's King Tinkinzar
With his army of gremlins
Ready to destroy...

IGN: Shadownox

Mon, 06/20/2011 - 22:10

#42

Shadownox

???

hi this is not for the contest i was just wondering who the heck is General Patton

Mon, 06/20/2011 - 22:27

#43

Green-Onion

Fiery Tape

Gremlin bombs abound
Frenzy heats up the office
Working over knights

IGN: Green-Onion

Mon, 06/20/2011 - 23:05

#44

Hlowan

Legacy Username

Crossover Time!

Two gremlin merchants...
They are spies! Looks like they are...
Sappin' my Haven!

IGN: Hlowan

Thu, 07/07/2011 - 19:11

#45

redten

Legacy Username

Haiku

IGN: redten

Entering:
Sneaky Gremlin kind
Wouldn't trust them with ice cream
What are they planning?

These two are for lols.

Those stupid bombers
Dropping land mines like hot cakes
Fill em' with holes, mates

Big King Tinkinzar
And his nasty gremlin crew
What you gonna do?

Tue, 06/21/2011 - 00:50

#46

ZephyoFire

Legacy Username

Of Flamethrowers and Gremlins

Oh freaking Gremlins!
How can you all torch me so!?
Oh God oh God oh-

~IGN: Kevaan~

Wed, 06/22/2011 - 02:44

#47

parvus

Legacy Username

Proper submission: Gazing at

Proper submission:

Gazing at the sky
With friends and brothers in arms
Ironclaw wins again

And a couple more purely for fun :P

Darkfang flamers come
This floor once cold is blazing
3 caps aren't enough

Deconstruction zone
O no here we go again
Fodder for gremlins

IGN Parvus

Tue, 06/21/2011 - 08:23

#48

Katmint

Deep in the Clockworks Mender

Deep in the Clockworks
Mender fires ember bolt
Embarrassing death

IGN: Katmint

Tue, 06/21/2011 - 08:50

#49

Fly18

Legacy Username

@Fusoya I love that movie!

@Fusoya

I love that movie!

Tue, 06/21/2011 - 09:17

#50

zenstar

Legacy Username

IronClaw Gremlins...

IronClaw Gremlins come
I forsee explosions
Craft fire resist gear

IGN: Zenstar

Fun:
Skelly suit, let's go
Into fiery dungeon depths
Now just skeleton :(

Snarby fun:
Wolver howl by night
Bright red eyes in the shadows
Pure white fangs flashing

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