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Forum Battle 2008 - Matchups are up and you have time. Be like Batman.
Larlar
consecutive normal brunchesModerator, ClubPA mod
consecutive normal brunchesModerator, ClubPA mod
It is time, my doggies.
Objective
With the slow, steady growth of "forumer weirdness," this is becoming harder and harder to define. When this first began, entries would be vague depictions how a fight would go between an entrant and his opponent, using a presentational medium of his own choosing, and that typically resulted in his opponent's demise. This is now more of a traditional approach than a mandatory formula, and people who have a fair idea of how this contest works (and are not tedious, irritating clods) will theoretically have some undefinable advantage over any newcomers. As such, if you have never seen this contest before, you are strongly encouraged to sit back and watch and wait for the next iteration. (This recommendation doesn't apply to everyone since we're all well aware of at least a few forum neophytes who have quickly become notorious as creative, talented artists.)
Anyway, both your entry and your opponent's will go up under a 24-hour poll, and people vote based on the quality of the entries and/or how much they like you and/or how much they don't like your opponent. It's all done single-elimination style, so the winner moves on to the next round and the loser is cut. This contest can be very obviously unfair at times, and anyone who feels the need to point that out is probably the same guy at a party who wants to talk about how his cat is different from all other cats.
Strict timeline of doom
It worked wonders last time, so we're sticking with it: any entries submitted even one second late will not be accepted. No exceptions. I'm also pretty sure last time that I put this next part in some uniquely bright color and some people still somehow managed to fuck this up, so here you go, I can't do any better or be any more openly condescending than this:
(Note: If you know yourself to be an idiot, please read the above again. Twice. Say it out loud. Write it on your best friend's forehead if you have to.)
Submission reliability (no doom)
This part is new. Last year, close to one third of the first round were no-shows, and that's not even including subsequent rounds. That's as many as 18 no-shows. And that's terrible. If you plan on signing up, do us all a favor and make sure you're at least going to submit something, because despite the bitching people might direct at some of the "lesser" submissions, any entry is still better than no entry. If we get a ridiculous miss rate like last year, this will be the last 64-person forum battle ever made.
Prizes?
I doubt there will be any from me this time. Were there any last time? Will there be one from someone else? It is a mystery.
So, once the contest is underway, all submissions should be sent to my PM inbox. If hosting is required, I will not provide it, so make sure you've got it set up on something that won't crap out on you. If one of those "bandwidth exceeded" messages pops up, the battle will not be put on hold and you will most likely get proper fucked in the poll (pro tip: some people last time were smart enough to set up a mirror or two, when needed). Other than that, I'm going to try and get the same monolithic 64-person bracket going and -- excluding last year's four finalists who have been reserved and guaranteed a spot if they want it -- if you want to participate this time around, post your interest in this thread in red text. It makes my job easier, plus it helps me weed out the inevitable handful of people who are compulsively unable to follow simple instructions.
There will be a minimum of one week from the day the first round of matchups go up (estimate: at least May 1st) to the day of the first scheduled battles (estimate: at least May 8th). After that, as we progress from one round to the next, the preparatory time you're given may naturally get shorter and shorter as fewer and fewer battles are taking place. This is natural. It's designed to get rough.
Let's fight.
I'm going away for a week in May, but I should still have access to the Internet. So while the dates may be subject to change, hopefully they won't need to be (changed). And remember, these dates are when your battle is set to take place, not the date your entry is due.
Note for doofuses and/or doofi: Zot is "cold salmon and hatred",
is "The Plain Girl From The Low-Quality American Remake Of The Office" and commie is "I'd Fuck Chuck Lidell Up".
Double secret note: everyone thank mully for this awesome bracket.
Objective
With the slow, steady growth of "forumer weirdness," this is becoming harder and harder to define. When this first began, entries would be vague depictions how a fight would go between an entrant and his opponent, using a presentational medium of his own choosing, and that typically resulted in his opponent's demise. This is now more of a traditional approach than a mandatory formula, and people who have a fair idea of how this contest works (and are not tedious, irritating clods) will theoretically have some undefinable advantage over any newcomers. As such, if you have never seen this contest before, you are strongly encouraged to sit back and watch and wait for the next iteration. (This recommendation doesn't apply to everyone since we're all well aware of at least a few forum neophytes who have quickly become notorious as creative, talented artists.)
Anyway, both your entry and your opponent's will go up under a 24-hour poll, and people vote based on the quality of the entries and/or how much they like you and/or how much they don't like your opponent. It's all done single-elimination style, so the winner moves on to the next round and the loser is cut. This contest can be very obviously unfair at times, and anyone who feels the need to point that out is probably the same guy at a party who wants to talk about how his cat is different from all other cats.
Strict timeline of doom
It worked wonders last time, so we're sticking with it: any entries submitted even one second late will not be accepted. No exceptions. I'm also pretty sure last time that I put this next part in some uniquely bright color and some people still somehow managed to fuck this up, so here you go, I can't do any better or be any more openly condescending than this:
All entries are due by 11:59:59 p.m. EST the day before your battle is set to take place. By the way, EST stands for Eastern Standard Time, which is one of many timezones that are rumored to form the temporal makeup of our planet.
(Note: If you know yourself to be an idiot, please read the above again. Twice. Say it out loud. Write it on your best friend's forehead if you have to.)
Submission reliability (no doom)
This part is new. Last year, close to one third of the first round were no-shows, and that's not even including subsequent rounds. That's as many as 18 no-shows. And that's terrible. If you plan on signing up, do us all a favor and make sure you're at least going to submit something, because despite the bitching people might direct at some of the "lesser" submissions, any entry is still better than no entry. If we get a ridiculous miss rate like last year, this will be the last 64-person forum battle ever made.
Prizes?
I doubt there will be any from me this time. Were there any last time? Will there be one from someone else? It is a mystery.
So, once the contest is underway, all submissions should be sent to my PM inbox. If hosting is required, I will not provide it, so make sure you've got it set up on something that won't crap out on you. If one of those "bandwidth exceeded" messages pops up, the battle will not be put on hold and you will most likely get proper fucked in the poll (pro tip: some people last time were smart enough to set up a mirror or two, when needed). Other than that, I'm going to try and get the same monolithic 64-person bracket going and -- excluding last year's four finalists who have been reserved and guaranteed a spot if they want it -- if you want to participate this time around, post your interest in this thread in red text. It makes my job easier, plus it helps me weed out the inevitable handful of people who are compulsively unable to follow simple instructions.
There will be a minimum of one week from the day the first round of matchups go up (estimate: at least May 1st) to the day of the first scheduled battles (estimate: at least May 8th). After that, as we progress from one round to the next, the preparatory time you're given may naturally get shorter and shorter as fewer and fewer battles are taking place. This is natural. It's designed to get rough.
Let's fight.
I'm going away for a week in May, but I should still have access to the Internet. So while the dates may be subject to change, hopefully they won't need to be (changed). And remember, these dates are when your battle is set to take place, not the date your entry is due.
Note for doofuses and/or doofi: Zot is "cold salmon and hatred",
is "The Plain Girl From The Low-Quality American Remake Of The Office" and commie is "I'd Fuck Chuck Lidell Up".Double secret note: everyone thank mully for this awesome bracket.
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then the smarter part of me says 'no you don't you suck at stuff like this'
this is my exact thought process
i dont remember what happened?
but i sure do have some crappy drawings i cobbled together
Steam
I'm in
i'm in
Oh WHAT AM I DOING.
Not this time.
I'm in.
Dicks.... cumming....
I'M IN
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck
I'm in
I already feel inadequate enough.
I still go back and watch some from previous years.
My entries will probably be animated gifs, or ten second wav files.
It's not an art contest.
Make a video of you shitting on a picture of your opponent.
trying to do flash would probably just make it even more horrible
Like polishing a turd
good point
like when Knob recorded his reading of that Doom fanfic
"..YOU are the demons!"