An EoFF Halloween - Results. Also my vote title was catchier than the one after it.

[nik0tine]

Okay, so I thought this might be sort of fun. Basically, I'm going to hold a small contest. The subject will be Halloween and the only rule is to create something that pays tribute to, or embodies Halloween. It can be literature, music, drawings, whatever. Create whatever the hell you want. I don't care. Just make sure it's Halloween related. A few days before Halloween I'll reveal all of the submissions and the community can vote on their favorite. On October 31st the top 3 winners will be announced.

When you've finished your creation, PM me and we'll work from there.

The deadline to submit your stuff will be a few days before Halloween, but I'm not sure of the exact date yet. I'll get back to you guys.

Also, right now I am planning on participating in this, so I'm going to need someone to count the votes for me so I don't cheat. PM me if you want that responsibility (Why anyone would volunteer for this is beyond me, but whatever.)

[Xaven]

*fails at creative stuff*

[tan]

Sounds like a great idea :D

I want to do something, but I don't know what. I'll figure it out sometime soon.

[Decessus]

Rye should submit her Jess-Art.
It scares the living hell out of me.

[nik0tine]

Faris has Volunteered to count votes for me. Nobody else needs to worry about that now.

[Paro]

This is going to be fun!!!

[Faris]

Bwhahaha, I am the counter of votes here!

Awesome plan nik, I hope this goes well =D

[Levian]

Can I be in charge of cups and ice? I really want to be in charge of cups and ice. :(

[kikimm]

When the voting is occuring, will it be anonymous? Like, will people vote for Submission A B 1 2 etc etc, and not Levian or Faris or nik0tine?

[DarkLadyNyara]

Sounds interesting. So... Faris... anything in particular that would make a good bribe? :shifty: Everyone else, ignore that...

[Rainecloud]

Give me your postal address, and I'll send you something real scary.

Like a DISEMBODIED HAND, perhaps!

[nik0tine]

When the voting is occuring, will it be anonymous? Like, will people vote for Submission A B 1 2 etc etc, and not Levian or Faris or nik0tine?
Ooh, that's a good idea! Yes. It will be anonymous.

[Rye]

I shall submit the ultimate of Jess Art. :bigsmile:

[Quindiana Jones]

I'm gonna create something worse than Jess Art could even imagine. Yeah. That bad.

[Rye]

I'm loving this competition, nik. Great idea. I've been working on my submission for about 2 hours and I can't look at it without lawling with love. :jess:

[fire_of_avalon]

This is a good idea. :)

[Nominus Experse]

I like this.

I will enter something, most likely a drawing, into this contest of yours.

However, I have one question:
Some creative works, be they musical scores, writings, drawings, etc. have come with an accompanying creative work. I was curious if it would be agains the rules to submit something that has an accompanying work, such as a story that has a paired illustration of one of its scenes?

I most likely will not do this as I am terribly slow and can only really possibly achieve one piece of work, but others may in fact want to do this.

[Evastio]

Okay, so I thought this might be sort of fun. Basically, I'm going to hold a small contest. The subject will be Halloween and the only rule is to create something that pays tribute to, or embodies Halloween. It can be literature, music, drawings, whatever. Create whatever the hell you want. I don't care. Just make sure it's Halloween related. A few days before Halloween I'll reveal all of the submissions and the community can vote on their favorite. On October 31st the top 3 winners will be announced.

When you've finished your creation, PM me and we'll work from there.

The deadline to submit your stuff will be a few days before Halloween, but I'm not sure of the exact date yet. I'll get back to you guys.

Also, right now I am planning on participating in this, so I'm going to need someone to count the votes for me so I don't cheat. PM me if you want that responsibility (Why anyone would volunteer for this is beyond me, but whatever.)
Can I submit my sig? It's scary enough.

[Fuzakeru]

Ooh. I'd like to enter! n_n I already have an idea of sorts but I have the same question as Nominus. Huzzah, I'm excited! Now I have to rush through the tons of other stuff I have on my "To-do-List" so I can start on this right away!

[nik0tine]

However, I have one question:
Some creative works, be they musical scores, writings, drawings, etc. have come with an accompanying creative work. I was curious if it would be agains the rules to submit something that has an accompanying work, such as a story that has a paired illustration of one of its scenes?That's an excellent idea and I encourage it. Actually, I don't see why two or more members can't work as a team in creating something. That's cool too.


Can I submit my sig? It's scary enough.I said there were no rules, didn't I?

[Skarr]

I guess I should think of something/ :mog:

[themagicroundabout]

This is a splendid idea. I am going to get to work on my entry right away! Well. Tomorrow. Perhaps. But I will get one done in the end, and that is what counts, eh comrades?

[Tasura]

Maybe if I get really bored, or really in the mood I'll think of something as an entry.

[nik0tine]

My computer crashed yesterday so I may not be participating after all. We'll see.

Anyhow, have your stuff done by October 25th. If you need more time please PM me ahead of time and we'll work something out.

[Sephex]

Okay, I may do this.

[Quindiana Jones]

OMG! 25th October?? ONE DAY BEFORE MY BDAY! SWEET! *cough* hint hint *cough*

[Jess]

This is a good idea, awesome. I don't know if I'll participate yet, though. :jess:

[Yew-Yevon]

DUDE! I am so going back to drawing hellspawn :D (My old drive in art)

[Rye]

I have finished my submission and sent it in. I am so proud of it, I worked on it for 3-4 hours. :bigsmile:

[nik0tine]

Is anybody other than Rye actually going to turn in/working on a submission?

I really like this idea and I think it'd be cool to realize it, but I need some sort of participation on your behalf. :p

[Rye]

If no one else participates, a cascade of tears will pour from New York and flood a good portion of the United States. ;__;

[Quindiana Jones]

I've hacked into everybody's computers and stopped them sending things in because I want Rye to win. For no sexual reasons whatsoever. :shifty:

[nik0tine]

Just a reminder that this is still going on. :p

[Faris]

If it were stickied it would problably get more attention =\

Edit: Thanks whoever stickied it =D

[nik0tine]

Thanks.

[KH-Cloudy]

Execellent! A halloween parade ;)

[Mogi]

Well, since there are no rules I'll definately be using a picture of I... performing the dark and ancient ritual of the five moogles. Demon moogles. Be afraid.
:mog:

translation: COOL!

[Chloe.]

This sounds like fun! I might make something in photoshop :bigsmile:

[Twilight Edge]

Sounds fun. I'll see of I can work something up.:bigsmile:

EDIT: Can I submit a story?

[Ultima Shadow]

I guess I'll come up with something, if I get any time for this. It's a nice idea. :cool:

[Noctivagus]

I'll enter, proberbly a poem.

---------------------

HALLOWEEN MAGIC

A bald-headed ghost
Drank some witches' brew
And on top of his head
A strange thing grew.

It was pointed and tall
And black as a bat
With stringy long hair
Where his head was flat.

The sad little ghost
Didn't want any hair
Or a black pointed hat
So he said, "Witch beware!"
Then he chanted some words
With a spell-casting switch
And gave Halloween Night
A bald-headed witch!!

~Barbara M. Hales~

LAWL - wish it was mine :(

[rubah]

I guess I'm in this now

[nik0tine]

Please try to get your submissions in by tomorrow, but if need be, I can extend the date a little, since nobody is sending anything in. :mad2:

[Christmas]

Do you accept lowly MS Paint pictures? :(

[NGU]

I'LL put in one

[nik0tine]

the submission date has been extended to the 27th.

[Markus. D]

*fails* I might make a video... lypsyncing something...

[41-Inches-Wide]

can you extend to the 29th? :3 *hides*

[nik0tine]

I might, but I want to leave time for people to vote.

[Rocket Edge]

My costume for Halloween is pretty funky. Can i use that?

[nik0tine]

My costume for Halloween is pretty funky. Can i use that?
So long as you made it yourself, yes. Someone is already making a costume.

[Kryton87]

awesome... I just wish I had my internet back a few days ago so I could have seen this... I do have a costume thats pretty darn awesome... but I don't have a pic of it, and its 2:30am... I'll see what I can do tomorrow I guess....

[Chloe.]

Whoops, I totally forgot about this :eek:

[Rocket Edge]

My costume for Halloween is pretty funky. Can i use that?
So long as you made it yourself, yes. Someone is already making a costume.
Can i still use it? It's make-up being used so it an art form of such.

[Mogi]

Aww....

I started drawing it and everything, then I forgot about it.

*pouts*

[McLovin']

http://www.uploadimage.info/images/2913BOO.JPG

Booya.

[Quindiana Jones]

*soils pants*

[nik0tine]

Alright, here we go. I'm about to upload all of the submissions. We don't have time for voting, but it's up to you to 'unmask' each and every one of these guys.

[nik0tine]

Images

Costume no. 1

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v380/nik0tine/HalloweenDress001.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v380/nik0tine/HalloweenDress002.jpg

Costume no. 2

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v380/nik0tine/halloweentailolzks1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v380/nik0tine/halloweenweaponlolziq0.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v380/nik0tine/ultimahalloweenlolzkd8.jpg
Costume no. 3

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v380/nik0tine/mullet.jpg

Costume no. 4

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v380/nik0tine/profilepic21420_7.png

These are all of the 'costumes' the fit in the image category. Have fun unmasking them while I go get FFXII.

[nik0tine]

I forgot about these two three:

Image #5
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v380/nik0tine/frenchiehalloweentextgood2blushfing.png

Image #6
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v380/nik0tine/rubahhalloween.gif

Image #7
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v380/nik0tine/Unbearable_pain.jpg

[nik0tine]

Literature



Pumpkins growing in fields of grey.
While one three horned devils on hearts they prey. Angels of Death their victims they meet.
While bat winged humans their food they greet.
An oath to halloween the day of kings.
The sweet soft call of the children rings.
Trick or Treat is what they'll say.
So give'em some candy not glass or hay.




Old Hallow Eve

As the day goes by, children giggle,
There eyes light up like the jack o latern
To see the smile they have every year, tis a treat
without the trick.

As the dawn grows near, the sky turns dark,
the tricks soon appear, masks, glow in the dark knives, fake blood.
You hear a knock, then a "Trick or treat" as you answer.

Fake blood drips down your door, you hear the sounds of screams, near and far, money, candy or something more?

Old Hallows Eve grows to a end, children count the money they earned, and eating. Parents grow tired.
As the last childs head touches the Pillow, he falls asleep, and no more Old Hallow Eve.

[nik0tine]

I apologize for not updating this sooner. I had to leave abruptly to pick up a friend. There are two more Submissions. This time they are in the form of music. One is an arrangment and the other is an origional composition.

Arrangement no. 1

http://media.putfile.com/Haunted-Hell

Composition no. 1

http://media.putfile.com/Halloween-fugue-in-G-minor

[Ultima Shadow]

Awww, no voting? How sad. I wanted to vote for that awesome 3-picture submission with "haloweentai" and the "haloween weapons" so badly! It was by far the best! I wonder who came up with that? Must have been a very cool and extraordinarily awesome person! :cool:

...

...what? :greenie:

[Psychotic]

Why can't we still have voting? It doesn't really matter if you declare the winner after Halloween.

[Leeza]

I agree with Psy. It matters not that Halloween is over. :cat:

[nik0tine]

Alright then. If voting is what you guys want then voting is what you guys will have. Don't start voting yet though. I want to give Faris an ample heads up so she isn't bombarded with this unexpectedly.

Also, when you vote, I encourage all of you to try to guess whose submission is whose.

[Faris]

Start it whenever you want. Just let me know when you want me to post the results. Oh, are they voting for each category, or overall?

[nik0tine]

I'm not certain about the category thing. It sounds like a good idea. Do you think we should implement it or not?

[Faris]

It would give more than one person some glory. :p But we could fuse the idea and have a winner for each category and an overall winner? But I'll wait for an opinion for this.

Also, when you vote, I encourage all of you to try to guess whose submission is whose.

If you want, you can send me the names and I can determine who guesses the most correctly.

It really doesn't matter to me how they vote, just so long as it's sent in a way that I can understand. I can give an example once we figure out how we want to do this.

[Faris]

Alrighty folks, here is the voting system! Before you vote, please do take a look at every submission (I'm providing links to each below)

There will be one vote for each category, one vote for your overall favorite entry, and then you make your guesses.

So, here is an example set-up for the voting:

Images
# 1 - 4 (http://forums.eyesonff.com/showpost.php?p=1963911&postcount=59) # 5 - 7 (http://forums.eyesonff.com/showpost.php?p=1964035&postcount=60)

Literature
# 1 or 2 (http://forums.eyesonff.com/showpost.php?p=1964037&postcount=61)

Music
Arrangement (http://media.putfile.com/Haunted-Hell)or Composition (http://media.putfile.com/Halloween-fugue-in-G-minor)

Overall Favorite
Pick from any category, remember, only one vote.

Guessing who created the entry
Costume no. 1:
Costume no. 2:
Costume no. 3:
Costume no. 4:

Image no. 5:
Image no. 6:
Image no. 7:

Mystery Poet no. 1:
Mystery Poet no. 2:

Arrangement no. 1:
Composition no. 1:

Start sending in your votes =D

[nik0tine]

Thank you for doing this Faris. I really appreciate it.

[Faris]

No problem!

We need more votes! I'll make votes due for next Wednesday.

[NGU]

C"MON VOTE GOD DAMMIT!!!

[nik0tine]

srsly.

[Faris]

srsly.
Only 4 votes. :cry:

[Psychotic]

I'll ban every single member that doesn't vote. The four of us can re-populate the forums by breeding.

[NGU]

I'll ban every single member that doesn't vote. The four of us can re-populate the forums by breeding.

Good work.

[Quindiana Jones]

You don't wanna breed with Psy...he's got diseases. :(

[Faris]

Well, now we're up to 7. Keep them coming!

[Leeza]

I voted. You can't ban me. :cat:

Ha! You couldn't have banned me anyway. :)

[Cruise Control]

I voted, but I really don't want to reproduce with any of you, sorry Psy.

[NGU]

Ha i voted no banning for me :) You have to pass the Limit test to breed with me. Your female? you pass

[Faris]

Votes are to be posted tomorrow, and I'd hate to have to extend that. So far we only have 8 votes. 8! >=o! I'd like to have a little more than 10 :p!

Oh, and thank-you to those who voted. You get a cookie :cookie:

[Evastio]

Wouldn't it be kind of unfair for me to vote because one of the entries are mine? :confused:

[Faris]

Wouldn't it be kind of unfair for me to vote because one of the entries are mine? :confused:

I don't see why it would be, the more votes the better. For the EoFF Decathalon we were allowed to vote, but not our own entry. I guess I should've thought that through a bit more, sorry about that. For now I don't mind, even if you vote yourself.

[Evastio]

(Votes)

There. Now I'm totally safe from being banned. (I think)

[NGU]

OHH cookie i wanted a potato

[Faris]

Unfortunately I'll have to extend the date for posting the results. There is a fair amount of votes (10), but there are quite a few ties.

Votes will be due November 10 at 8pm EST

[Faris]

11 votes, not bad for a first, I'd think.

Votes

Images
Costume 1 |
Costume 2 ||
Costume 3
Costume 4 ||
Image 5 ||
Image 6 |
Image 7 |||

Literature
Poet 1 ||||| |||
Poet 2 |||

Music
Arrangement ||||| |
Composition |||||

Overall:
Costume 1
Costume 2 ||
Costume 3
Costume 4 ||
Image 5
Image 6 |
Image 7
Poet 1 |
Poet 2
Arrangement ||
Composition |||

Congrats to the winners! Hopefully I'll have the results of who gessed the most correctly soon.

[Cruise Control]

You should post who made the entries.

[Faris]

You should post who made the entries.

I will once I get them.

[nik0tine]

Images:
1. Tan
2. Ultima Shadow
3. Flying Mullet
4. Evastio
5. Rye
6. Rubah
7. Rantzien

Literature:
1. Limit Breaker
2.Noctivagus

Music:
Arrangement: Cruise Control
Com:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou: nik0tine

[Faris]

Psychotic: |||||
Rantzien: ||||
The Summoner of Leviathan: ||||
Leeza: ||
Evastio: |
Neel: |
Ultima Shadow: |

Well done everyone!

[Psychotic]

WHO NUMBA 1? PSYCHOTIC NUMBA 1! OOOOOH YEAH SMOKE YOUR DADDY!

Yeah, that's my lot for today.

[NGU]

Hey for winning the lit part do i get a potato??

[Rantz]

Ooh, I won best image! ^^

Thanks all who voted for image 7 :)

[Cruise Control]

xD I won music, but damn you nik, you still won overall (how the hell does that work).

Yeah, my arrangement kicks ass.

[Flying Mullet]

Ahh, I got no votes with image 3. :cry:

I worked so hard on it too...

[nik0tine]

Ahh, I got no votes with image 3. :cry:

I worked so hard on it too...
In all reality you should have won.