Archive through November 2, 2005

Prodigy: (ooc) Player Discussion: Contest #1 (complete): Archive through November 2, 2005

Taraqha (Taraqha) Friday, September 30, 2005 - 8:01 pm

lol more like if the anominus person wins a pize there listed but the prize goes to the next person and there prize goes to the one udnder them and what not?

töff (Töff) Friday, September 30, 2005 - 9:29 pm

> .. < mmm

Nero (Goldm2) Sunday, October 2, 2005 - 11:25 am

Yay! i'm back from camp. Though it didn't seem like i was gone here...

töff (Töff) Monday, October 10, 2005 - 10:36 am

Cool, 8 entries so far! Looks like I better get those prizes ready to ship. I wonder who will win?!?! btw I put a countdown in the banner strip that's supposed to show up at the bottom of all M&M screens. http://www.mysteryandmagic.com/banners/ProdigyContest.shtml

Nero (Goldm2) Monday, October 10, 2005 - 12:55 pm

yea i noticed it doesn't go away. ooh aanother anonomys post.

Rab Jacobs (Rebel) Tuesday, October 11, 2005 - 2:08 pm

Thought I'd put one in . This is actually an idea for a character I had a LONG time ago, but never used it. I might try applying for it, but first I'd like to see if it can be a "Cool Character".

Nero (Goldm2) Tuesday, October 11, 2005 - 6:24 pm

nice charachter she could so be a good investigator with the voices in mind thing and shapeshifting shape shift into a rat or my favorite a cat.

töff (Töff) Monday, October 17, 2005 - 10:06 pm

TWO WEEK WARNING! Should we vote one character off the island?

Nero (Goldm2) Tuesday, October 18, 2005 - 5:21 pm

Were on a island? eek!! i forgot to pack and i gotta bring sunblock an cheezy hawaian shirts and eek!

töff (Töff) Tuesday, October 25, 2005 - 10:50 am

ONE WEEK WARNING! (ONE DAY LATE!)

Nero (Goldm2) Tuesday, October 25, 2005 - 4:46 pm

only 9 people entered out of like 100. This was highly unsuccesful. worth the try though. I'll use that charachter like in 4 months

töff (Töff) Tuesday, October 25, 2005 - 5:09 pm

There's nowhere close to 100 actual players in this game. The number of user accounts does not reflect the number of actual real people playing. Unsuccessful? It was meant to be fun. I think it has been fun. I don't know what other measure of success there could be for it. It was not a recruitment drive or anything.

Nero (Goldm2) Tuesday, October 25, 2005 - 5:48 pm

or was it? *twilight zone music plays* Turn that @#$% thing off!! Well it was fun

töff (Töff) Friday, October 28, 2005 - 11:35 am

FINAL WARNING! Get your entries done over the weekend and posted by midnight Monday, Megatropolis time (ET). The winners will be announced nlt the following weekend.

töff (Töff) Friday, October 28, 2005 - 11:35 am

LAMINA - I am totally not understanding your contest entry post. The posted profile is "too long"? eh ... it's very short. Um. Huh?

Rab Jacobs (Rebel) Friday, October 28, 2005 - 2:06 pm

I didn't think we were allowed to post current characters? I mean, I just thought it was sort of understood...because if thats the case, I'm submitting all of mine! See, that would be kind of silly...either way...just asking, not trying to shut Lamina down or something.

töff (Töff) Friday, October 28, 2005 - 2:47 pm

As long as you wrote him yourself, and he's cool, you can post him in the contest. BE WARNED. Grabbing all your characters ever, and throwing them onto the Contest Entry page, whether they are cool or not, "just cuz i hope i win cuz at least 1 is kewl so i'll put them all," is going to annoy the judges, which is usually unwise. Even if one of your characters WAS kewl, he would not win, because the person entering him was acting like a jerk. Nuff said?

lamina (animal backwards) (Nicolas333) Friday, October 28, 2005 - 3:02 pm

toff i dont have a real good attention span (thnx to my "adhd") i wouldnt beable to write it all with out skipping any thing or adding stuff in. i might even leave my computer with out it finnished or sumthin.

töff (Töff) Friday, October 28, 2005 - 3:09 pm

> .. < mmm

lamina (animal backwards) (Nicolas333) Friday, October 28, 2005 - 3:26 pm

>..< mmm what?

from the depths of only god knows heres (lamina) (Nicolas333) Friday, October 28, 2005 - 3:46 pm

what does tht mean

töff (Töff) Friday, October 28, 2005 - 4:41 pm

It means what the heck are you talking about with your ADHD etc. I am just trying to figure out if you are entering the LAMINA profile as a contest entry. The profile as posted looks very sparse and short to me--I count 156 words--although you said it was "too long." Then you said something about leaving parts out and walking away from your computer. This caused me to make an expression of frustration ... >..< mmm That is a Grr face. It's what I look like when I cannot comprehend someone's words. It makes me go "Grr." I apologize for being opaque and impatient. I just want to know if there is a valid contest entry in here somewhere. That's my question. quote: LAMINA ugalstaff 14 animal shapeshifter male kind of in the middle does villianish thing and thing that a hero will do. looks like a 14 year old white child. kinda short and not heavy looking at all. look at my profile for more appearence pics. can turn into any animal when ever he wants. loud noises be cause he has great hearing as a animal. when this happens it causes him to turn back into a human form. can read very well. extended vocabulary. not very tall. he is very obnoxious. great sene of humor.and very responsible. no file on history or origin. i was walking home when i heard a sound in the distance, so i changed into a bat and used my super sonic hearing to listen to what was happening. it was a woman screaming and a bunch of men laughing. i changed into a cheeta and raced to help with the lady.

from the depths of only god knows heres (lamina) (Nicolas333) Friday, October 28, 2005 - 4:44 pm

yes thts the one im putting in and sorry to frustrate you

töff (Töff) Friday, October 28, 2005 - 5:21 pm

It's alright. I seem to live in a perpetual state of frustration of various sorts. Anyway thank you for clearing it up.

Nero (Goldm2) Friday, October 28, 2005 - 5:38 pm

156 words? it is possible!!! yay!!

Anonymous Friday, October 28, 2005 - 5:44 pm

Hmm, you said it wasn't limited to one entry... and anyway cool is a very relative term. Well, whatever, I don't write characters for coolness. If I don't win, well, that's because the characters aren't really written to be cool. Coolness is usually an excuse for lack of substance, look at Hollywood movies today. They look very cool but are really very stupid. A character design might be cool, and I won't deny that there were some very good entries (not mine, really, although 48 is very cool in his original game, it just won't come across in a desperately shortened contest entry). Well, once they are played, then the characters might - correction, will usually - become very cool.

Nero (Goldm2) Friday, October 28, 2005 - 6:22 pm

yea i don't like the coolness judging either. and the hollywood movies normally stink either way. but the CGI is always cool! kinda like that movie Flightplan or something. How do you get lost on an airplane?. you got nowhere to go besides falling off the plane and falling to your death and living with the hollywood magic. I just love the hollywood magic don't you? You cna be right on the porch of a building about ot explode thne a second later your 20 yds away form the porch as it explodes.

töff (Töff) Friday, October 28, 2005 - 6:23 pm

It is not limited to one entry, correct. But the judges are suscpetible to frivolous flooding. Coolness in this sense is explained in the rules. The opposite of coolness in this sense is boringness, non-originality, flatness, and as you say "lack of substance." And I think I expressly mentioned Hollywood as being rather short on coolness. So, Anon, I think you and I are on the same page.

Anonymous Friday, October 28, 2005 - 6:44 pm

Well, then I'm glad to hear it. I'm in retrospect also glad I didn't post the remaining two characters I still had in mind . Four entries would have really been spamming the contest...

Rab Jacobs (Rebel) Monday, October 31, 2005 - 8:18 pm

This sucks...because I certainly don't want to flood the constest, but looking at my other characters (Ones in the game) I know at least 3 I would put in this competition. I didn't, though, because I thought it was only for unused characters. Oh well, I stand besides the coolness of Spaz and Catalyst...both of which I'll probably end up applying for soon enough, lol.

töff (Töff) Monday, October 31, 2005 - 8:53 pm

There's no rule against a "flood" -- especially if the characters are all very cool. My warning was against the half-baked incomplete entries, just shoving them off on us, in the hopes that we might like one and it doesn't cost anything to enter anyway. I count just over FOUR HOURS REMAINING for those of you last-minute guys to get revision made, get a word-count, get that one last super-cool tweak, get your character posted! Happy Holoine!

Nero (Goldm2) Monday, October 31, 2005 - 10:21 pm

Holoine? holoine? Two holidays in one day!! omg i think i'm gonna- *faints*

Beware the wail of the (Banshee) Tuesday, November 1, 2005 - 12:30 am

Happy Halloween and Blessed Samhain everyone! A note of interest: tomorrow is both All Saints' Day and the dark of the moon. Not sure what it means, but it sounds groovy! Peace and roses, Deb

töff (Töff) Tuesday, November 1, 2005 - 1:25 am

Let the judging begin! Wayne and I will huddle and report the winners by the weekend. And the PLAYER VOTE may commence as well! Each individual player* may cast a vote for his favorite. Post here! *(NOT one vote per character you control! One player one vote.) GOOD LUCK, and thanks to all participants!

Rab Jacobs (Rebel) Tuesday, November 1, 2005 - 10:09 am

My vote is for Johnny Angel.

Nero (Goldm2) Tuesday, November 1, 2005 - 6:37 pm

Since i don't have much time to read every single person, i'll just vote for me.

töff (Töff) Tuesday, November 1, 2005 - 6:39 pm

LOL and that's why Plato was nuts-on about democracy. Anyway, back to the regulary-scheduled program.

Nero (Goldm2) Tuesday, November 1, 2005 - 7:25 pm

grr i hate regulary scheduled programs. Well since i got your attentign if yuo been reading my new thread (doubtful) i was wondering why it own't accept my picture? btw i lovwe your colourful psots they remind me of the old days... wait a second. I'm not old!

from animals to aliens(lamina) (Nicolas333) Wednesday, November 2, 2005 - 5:42 pm

i vote for lamina

Nero (Goldm2) Wednesday, November 2, 2005 - 5:45 pm

thats almost as muhc of a surprise as my vote was! I'm still not old!!!