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Event Pokémon: Pudgie, Sandry & Vesper!; Shiny Pidgey, Sentret and Ponyta!
Topic Started: Sep 4 2009, 09:35 PM (1,104 Views)
Cranlon
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I am the cubone
Bearing the burden of her
Mother, are you there?

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Jakkaru says: (8:23:36 AM)
YOU SHOULD POST THAT IN THE THREAD.
Jakkaru says: (8:23:40 AM)
.D. Share the lulz.

Well-- uh... fine.

I am Sephiroth
Bearing the burden of her
Mother, are you there?
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MizuJakkaru
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@Tilla
Looks ontop to me, Til! I know you said you were worried, but a boy that wants to run free with Furrets and Sentres damn seems on topic. XD So worry not.

@Cranny
... ;_; That makes me want to bawl.

God. So many haiku... it's going to be hard to judge. DX;
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Zephy
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A small lone Solrock
Asks a question to the bright sun
"Sun, are we related?"

There's my crappy little haiku. I have my fingers crossed!

EDIT: Oops, sorry. Edited it accordingly. I counted one too few on the last line.
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sumdood
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Um, zephy, I'm sorry to burst your bubble, but I think I count one syllable too many......... :|
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Zephy
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A small lone Solrock
Asks a question to the bright sun
"Sun, are we related?"

There's my crappy little haiku. I have my fingers crossed!

EDIT: Oops, sorry. Edited it accordingly. I counted one too few on the last line.

Ne, ne, Zephy .D. Your Haiku is 5-8-6 instead of 5-7-5 ><;;
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MizuJakkaru
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CONTEST UPDATES

Today is... Thursday. After midnight (12 CDT) tonight I will not be accepting anymore entries to the Adventure contest (the contest for Ponyta). They take a bit longer than expected, varying in degree from entrant to entrant. Because of that, for them to be ready in time for judging, I have to cut their entries off early. Even if all you do is send me a single sentence PM stating you're GOING to enter, that is fine, but get one in to me as soon as you can.

There's no possible way, however, that I expect these Advents to be finished in time for Friday 12 CDT for judging. That being said, Advent is extended until Monday. But ONLY if you've had an entry or place holder PM sent to me by the Thursday 12 CDT time line.

As soon as the last is finished, the results will be posted. The Advent contest is the only one being extended, all over contests will be judged around midnight Friday night and results will be posted for them accordingly.
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Up early because I don't expect an entry in the next 40 minutes.

CONSOLATION AND PRIZE RECEPTION
If you did not place, you may claim a consolation prize. The list of people eligible to claim consolation prizes is at the bottom, and it will be updated when the Adventure contest is finished. Prizes of any form are accepted here, and you must tell me whom they are going to in your collection of characters. If you wish to give them to another RPer, you can also do so.



HAIKU
First Place: BoriBam
Noctowl wings, beating,
adorn midnight flight. Gleaming
eyes reveal their path.

Second Place: Shiay
Running through the plains,
Their hooves beat against the ground.
The swift Rapidash.

Third Place: Cranlon
I am the cubone
Bearing the burden of her
Mother, are you there?

Results:
The theme was Pokémon and Nature. And while a great many of the haiku were beautiful, these three are the ones I feel portrayed nature best. The first is beautiful, I can practically hear the soft feathers striking the air on a moonless night and it has a definite rhythm for a piece so short. The second, too, portrays nature in the form of a herd of Rapidash across a wide expanse. And while the last does not portray nature in the literal sense, it portrays the very nature itself of Cubone, the Lonely Pokémon.

This was a very, VERY, VERY, hard contest to judge. I've switched the winners at least five times now.



LIPOGRAMS
First Place: Tilla
Second Place: Shiay
Third Place: ---

This again, was a hard choice. I love both of them (plan on another lipogram event in the future, guys!) but Tilla's eventually won me out. Both focus on the theme presented (ferrets and squirrels, and by extension, Furrets, Sentrets, Pachirisu and similar would have been acceptable) but Tilla's entry brings an alluring sense to the scene. There's a story there that's surrounded by an aura of sadness and emotion. We can FEEL for Clav, which is something I love to see in writing. We feel bad for him, we wish we could save him from his depression and as he slips into his dreams, we're relieved that his sadness fades into the facade of that world. Shiay's, too, is something I enjoyed reading. I grinned more than once while reading it, and particularly enjoy the way it's written like a lecture or a dialogue, which I find almost amazing she avoided "e" in it and remained so fluid, given how people rely on it in speech.
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sumdood
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First off, question: if we win a place prize in one of the contests, but got a consolation prize in another contest, we get both prizes, or do we forfeit the consolation prize? Just not sure. Lol

And, i want my consolation prize transferred to Joshua Taylor please. ^^
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MizuJakkaru
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I considered that, but no, you don't forfeit it. The contests were treated as separate, with separate prizes, there for I see no reason that if someone can place in two contests why someone can't receive a consolation in two or a place-prize and a consolation.

There for, I'll put it in his profile.

I should also mention in big bold letters.

The Advent Contest ends at midnight on Monday. If your entry is not finished, you forfeit and will only receive a consolation prize.
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XD those letters really are big and bold. Lol
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ADVENTURE
If you can see from the results below, things turned out a bit odd, this time around. I'm going to reevaluate the grading system so ties won't happen next time, but since I made no rules and it's my fault that it happened, a tie it is.

Here's how the grading worked:

First Place: Tie
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Sumdood:
Originality: 19
Fluidity: 10
Grammar and Punctuation: 9
Total: 38 Pts

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Shiay:
Originality: 19
Fludity: 9
Grammar and Punctuation: 10
Total: 38 Pts


Second Place:
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BoriBam:
Originality: 17
Fluidity: 10
Grammar and Punctuation: 9
Total: 36 Pts


Third Place:
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Brando the Trainer:
Originality: 17
Fluidity: 10
Grammar and Puntuaction: 7
Total: 34 Pts



With there being a tie for first, the prize has been "cloned" Vesper and Esper, identical twins. Seeing as names can be changed, unless you guys want to keep them the same, I'll leave it up to you two to decide in this thread who gets which Ponyta.





CLAIM LIST
The Consolation prize is Posted Image1,500. YOU MUST CLAIM YOUR PRIZES HERE, IN THIS THREAD AND TELL ME WHICH TRAINER THEY GO TO.

Haiku:
BoriBam (Pudgie)
Brando the Trainer (Posted Image1,500)
Cranlon (Itemfinder)
Shiay (Bike Voucher)
sumdood (Posted Image1,500)
Zephy (Posted Image1,500)

Lipogram:
Shiay (Bike Voucher)
Tilla (Sandry)

Adventure:
BoriBam (Bike Voucher)
Brando the Trainer (Itemfinder)
Shiay (Vesper OR Esper)
sumdood (Vesper OR Esper)
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Hm... I dunno... I kind of want Esper... just because Kene's Mightyena's name is already Vesperus.
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sumdood
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XD I figured i'd tie with Shiay(or that she'd at least be a very close second)! Lol I was confident with my 38. ^^

Anywhozitz, I thinksies I'll make a new character to give my new ponyta to. :P lpl as a starter.

But, before I do, I have a question: could I have vesper/esper appear as a wild in a thread? Just wondering, 'cause if so, then I'll probably just give it to one of my current characters in a thread.
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There wasn't supposed to be a tie. When I realized there was, I was like "oh shi—" It was because of the grading system. I didn't pick the best, I judged each entrant individually.

Hmm... So looking like Shi's taking Esper, if Sumy doesn't mind Vesper?

And yes, I don't see why you can't do that, Sumdood. I'll RP Vesper/Esper for you, if you'd like.

Just tell me who's gettin' who and I'll go about putting em in proper places (and where your damn Vouchers go, Shi.)
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I already told you that one goes to Trixie D< I dunno who the next one is going to D: Perhaps Hiro when I get her profile made.
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