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
I reckon I'll be able to attend, at least for the first half of the ceremony.
On a sidenote, I think I forgot to edit a 5* version into my prize wants, as well as being distracted from the thread at the time you made the final edits. Uhm. Oops?
See you derps in about five hours.
In the mean time perhaps you would like to fill in one of these.
Just looked up the public guild halls.
Lionheart's not one of them.
Well, at least not now. Who knows?
They're not always public, but St-Leone and Mawashimono, the guildmasters, said they'd leave the hall open for us. St-Leone should be able to make it for at least part of the ceremony, but I believe Mawa has to work.
If Lionheart is not open, my guild can back you up (Praetorian Khanate)
Thanks, but it will be fine. I've been in and out several times this week talking to them.
If worse comes to worse, my own guildhall is plain, but serviceable. I don't expect there to be any problem, though.
Drat, 10am? Looks like I won't be able to make it :( I have a flight in just a few minutes, and its gonna be about 3 hours long.......................*sighs* Oh well, I hope you all have fun =)
Am I crazy and did the time get pooshed ahead three hours?
I was having some compootur problems so I urinated on it for a little while and it seems better now.
The award ceremony is in less than an hour, right?
Ah'll be waitin' on ye.
If I'm correct in saying that the ceremony is taking place in two hours, I won't be able to come. Going to the zoo. ;_;
An hour and a half or so to go! ^^
Less than an hour!
Half an hour! Last call, 'cause I'm already in game
And so it begins.
Tell me when I win (if not, tell me why)!
they ruined the ceremony
death to eos
Myq, you won something.
The ceremony was flooded and Twelvepm, Don-Atropine, and I couldn't enter. :C
We were looking forward to this all week...
I'm sorry. ._.
Tev, when the award ceremony is done, tell us that can't join the winner in categories and Community Choice.
You won like three things, Myq.
Oh.
Its been a short 3 months...well done to everyone who won a prize! And to people who didn't, well done too! :3
THANK YOU TEV FOR THIS AWESOME CONTEST :DDDD
Okay everyone! Winners have been announced in the first post; I'm going to try to give everyone who couldn't attend their prizes tonight, but it's late and I'm really tired, so some of them may be tomorrow.
The Award Ceremony was hectic, but fun. My apologies to those who were trying to talk to me during the ceremony itself, as the lag and the speedy chat box kept me from seeing most things. Also to those who weren't able to come until the end because the hall instance was full of onlookers.
To those who won art: please let me know what you'd like me to draw for you either here, in-game, or by any of the contact methods in the "games" post.
To those who want feedback: please post to let me know what kind of feedback you want. Gentle commentary will be very different from a blunt critique, so choose wisely. Also let me know whether you'd like your feedback to be public.
Thank you again to everyone who participated. I'll put the thread stats from the opening remarks here:
The thread was posted on August 1, and since then has grown to 30 pages.
In the first 29 pages (after which I stopped counting) are 1450 posts by 95 unique users, containing at least 840 emoticons (because Latisan wanted to know), 145 jokes, poems, costumes, captions, and book titles that were created as mini contest entries, 109 entries that made it into the final judging, and about a half dozen others that didn't (usually because another was substituted) by 90 entrants.
You all have been very busy these four and a half months, and for that, I'm grateful to you all.
Goodnight!
Indeed, quite so.
-Windsickle
29 pages, but not the thirdieth?
Also, there were a few guys who put in stories and stuff for fun.
@Engravement Ah damn, really? There was a livestream going on, so you can watch it if ya wanna see how it went, but it's not the same :C
The ceremony got flooded pretty fast and there was a big issue with lag and people generally not listening and running around, talking, swarming around Tev and using confetti/snowballs, making the lag worse (I had to leave after the first trivia round thanks to all the lag and to let someone else enter, not to mention having to take care of something). My respects to Tev for managing to keep her cool with all that going on.
Anyways, it was still a pretty darn big event and an amazing contest, thank you very much Tevokkia!
Thank you very much for hosting this contest, Tev! In this morning (in my timezone), I actually tried to play SK, but my brother are playing the computer (Myqpalzm whispers, "He is watching something...."), so I just can't use the computer.
Can you post the link of the ceremony video?
Here's the unedited version on Livestream
I'll try to get an edited version up on YouTube tomorrow.
As for prizes ... I'm having connection issues getting back onto SK right now, so the rest of them will have to be awarded tomorrow too.
It's very crowded. If I can get to the ceremony, my brother's computer will got unresponsive.
The ceremony has been over for about an hour, man
So what? I already know that.
Congratulations to everyone who won a prize! And a big "Thank You" to everyone who participated =) If you''ll excuse me, I'll be having a party in my guild hall with my new Birthday Candle :)
Finally, thank you for hosting the contest Tev =) I'll check out the livestream ASAP =)
P.S I hate you Rebecca, you got three prizes :( /slap Rebecca
Meh, jk, congratulations ^^
Can I join?
@Myqpalzm
If my guild master/officers agree ^^
I'm quite glad I triumphed
This contest was such a huge success
It has maximized our satisfaction
In the Lionheart guildhall
The attendees had a lot of fun
A hearty thanks from all of us
Except the ones who are mad
But there's no sense crying; you made few mistakes
Lets go wreck the town as we celebrate
And when all's said and all's done
We'll go back to our runs
Killing anything that's
Still alive
Few people are angry
And even fewer wear a frown
Even if we took their hopes and killed them
And tore them to pieces
And threw every piece into a fire
We don't care if it hurt because
We were so happy for you
Now these fics have been analyzed line-by-line
Along with the artworks on which we spent our time
Some stood tall while others burned
But in the end we all learned
We're all happy that you're
Still alive
We hope you're never leaving
But just don't spend too much time inside
Maybe soon we'll have contest #2
Maybe next weekend
...That was a joke, haha, fat chance
The ceremony was great
Although there was lots of noise
Look at me still talking, I've got winnings to spend
On assorted things, towards assorted ends
I've equipment to craft
And some fanfics to draft
As long as I am
Still alive
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And once again, we can't say it enough: Thank you.
Wow, a new version of Still Alive by Jonathan Coulton.
"Maybe next weekend
That was a joke, haha, fat chance"
LOL, it WAS another version of Still Alive.
One placement, two community awards, a raffle and a word jumble. Excuse me while I go roll on my prize pile.
Thanks again for running this circus, Tev. I hope you had fun with it. c:
dloop
"To those who want feedback: please post to let me know what kind of feedback you want. Gentle commentary will be very different from a blunt critique, so choose wisely. Also let me know whether you'd like your feedback to be public."
Tell me everything you feel is worth telling me? I'll take anything from "I like this for no particular reason" to an extensive critique if that's randomly what you're in the mood for. Posting it in here is fine.
Lol Plad!
I've gotten about 1/3 through awarding prizes via mail; if you have yet to receive yours, please sit tight, as Lydia is sick and I have to take her in to the doctor now. D:
Who is Lydia? Is she your little girl?
I'm just curious....
Do I win a pri- never mind.
Apparently I won two hundred more CE for the otherwise unremarkable fanfic I typed up from scratch in half an hour. I'm serious. Working on nothing but the base idea. Feels are a powerful thing.
@Myq(I can't help but read that as "Mickey") Lydia is Tev's daughter.
Oh. I hope Lydia is okay, Tev!
Oh I'm so happy that I won something :)
Ceremony was at night, so I wasn't able to attend. Do I receive prize in game? If yes, how do I do that (sorry if stupid questions).
Also big thanks to Tev and congratulations to everybody who were in the contest!!
You won anything?
Sorry, my English...
I said I'm not good at it.
Thank you so much, Tev! I've been after a snipe for my head for a long time... but could never afford to go broke over it! Lol, like Z, I want to roll in my prize pile, except I am only going to roll in my one shiny! XD Hahahaha. I will hit you up in-game later. I hope Lydia gets well soon- seems like there's only ever two max healthy people in your house!
This was a fun contest, I don't know what my regular thread will be anymore D:
Sir, I don't know you. Looking into this thread it is quite clear you deserve an award of some sort from OOO. The effort and time you have put into this contest is incredible and unbelievable. I recommend a spiral purple heart to you!
