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Competition of the Month - May Edition

Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 1:21 pm
by Avron the S'wit
Welcome one and all to the Competition of the Month!
(Please note: the contents of this month's competition may contain spoilers for Skyrim's Dawnguard DLC. Proceed at your own caution!)
These monthly competitions are a chance for you to demonstrate your creativity and talents while getting a chance to know your fellow members and have a little fun. Each month is going to have a different theme and a different talent – and maybe a surprise or two! But only one member can wear the purple coins and fancy title of CotM Winner! Do you have what it takes?

The basic rules are as follows:
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» Members can contribute pieces based on the talent (writing, art, screenshots, etc.) and theme during the submission period, after which no further entries will be accepted. Then we will vote via a poll to see who gets to wear that month’s winner’s badge!

» If you are posting artwork, please post a link from an off-forum website such as Photobucket; if you are posting a written piece, please hide it under a spoiler when creating a new post. This is to ensure that posts are not too long and the thread appears orderly for everyone. If you are unsure how to do either of these, don’t be afraid to ask!

» Be respectful and polite about your fellow members’ work. Anyone who says anything rude about another’s work will be hearing from a member of the Mod Squad and may not be allowed to participate in the next competition. There is no such thing as “good” or “bad,” and everyone has a unique way of demonstrating his or her talents. Enjoy the variety!

» All members are welcome to join, including moderators. Don’t forget that we’re members, too!
May's a month everyone can enjoy, so we're going to have a competition everyone can enjoy. This month your task is so easy that anyone can do it: caption that screenshot! That's right. Attached to this post, and under the tag below, is a screenshot from The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim. Give it a witty, deep, or hilarious caption of your choosing and then upload it here, where everyone will get a chance to vote for the one that they enjoyed the most!

Your screenshot for May (which contains possible Dawnguard DLC spoilers):
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Link to screenshot

When posting your entry, please make sure to put it behind a hidden tag. Entries outside of hidden tags may not be considered.


Our schedule for the May event is as follows:
May 1: Competition begins! Start planning and send in those submissions!
May 26 - 30: Voting period – vote for your favorites!
May 31: Our winner is announced!
Please note that all times are determined by me, Avron the S’wit, and therefore will run according to GMT -5/Eastern Standard Time. (Click here if you’re unsure when, exactly, that is!)

Remember that the CotM is not possible without you, so please participate, contribute, discuss, and vote!

As an aside, if anyone would like to join the street team to help plan and set up the CotM, please send me a PM or visit my wiki talkpage. Until then, have fun and good luck!
Member Entries:
The-Shadow-One - Misplaced Sweetroll Recipe
Zephyr - Back To You Now, Jim
Musicman247 - DovahJerk is More Like It
p-sto - The Console of Legends!
AddictedtoMorrowind - We <3 Argonian Maids
all_freed - F2P - Guys...?
tornadokirby - I Know What I'm Doing
Eltee - Those Merciless Divines
Frost Mage - Ponies (I Know We're All Surprised)
HatofMadness - And That's the Bottom Line
Werozzi - Daaayum!
ZeRoc - Bueller?
Daric Gaersmith - So Easy, a Dummy Can Do It!
BetaB17 - A cruel fate
Nova - Ikea is too complicated!
Mars - I wish I could read
(This fun event is hosted by yours truly. If you have any questions, feel free to ask them within this thread or by sending me a PM by selecting the appropriate button below my signature. Have some suggestions on what you'd like to see? Head over to the ideas thread and join in on the discussion!)

Re: Competition of the Month - May Edition

Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 2:28 pm
by Ripcage
Avron the S'wit wrote: May's a month everyone can enjoy, so we're going to have a competition everyone can enjoy. This month your task is so easy that anyone can do it: caption that screenshot! That's right. Attached to this post, and under the tag below, is a screenshot from The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim. Give it a witty, deep, or hilarious caption in a word program of your choosing and then upload it here, where everyone will get a chance to vote for the one that they enjoyed the most!
So we actually have to use something like Microsoft Word to upload our submissions? So just typing it on here will not cut it? Just wondering...

Re: Competition of the Month - May Edition

Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 2:31 pm
by Musicman247
We're looking for finished images. You can use Paint, Gimp, Photoshop, or even online meme makers!

Re: Competition of the Month - May Edition

Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 2:41 pm
by Ripcage
Musicman247 wrote:We're looking for finished images. You can use Paint, Gimp, Photoshop, or even online meme makers!
Ah! I see! You want an image sorta set up like a meme! Not an actual caption. >_> Silly me.

Re: Competition of the Month - May Edition

Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 2:47 pm
by Musicman247
You know, I may be wrong....

Re: Competition of the Month - May Edition

Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 2:56 pm
by Avron the S'wit
Meme is probably a better description. That's perfectly fine!

Re: Competition of the Month - May Edition

Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 3:35 pm
by Frost Mage
Too many funny possibilities. ;~;

Re: Competition of the Month - May Edition

Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 3:52 pm
by The-Shadow-One
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Goddamnit Dragonborn!
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Re: Competition of the Month - May Edition

Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 6:12 pm
by Zephyr
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Re: Competition of the Month - May Edition

Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 6:19 pm
by Avron the S'wit
Hahaha, those are brilliant. :D

Re: Competition of the Month - May Edition

Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 6:50 pm
by Musicman247
What the heck is that thing at his side? Now we know...
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Re: Competition of the Month - May Edition

Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 7:07 pm
by Avron the S'wit
On a scale of 1 to 10, how guilty does that Dragonborn feel when
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he realizes the moth priest is now blind?
:P

Re: Competition of the Month - May Edition

Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 7:12 pm
by BetaB17
Daw>_< I just thought of a perfect quote..
Also nice Mm, gotta love the tickle tickle

Re: Competition of the Month - May Edition

Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 7:32 pm
by p-sto
Hey, my first CotM entry.
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Re: Competition of the Month - May Edition

Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 9:39 pm
by AddictedtoMorrowind
Is it really an Elder Scroll?
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Re: Competition of the Month - May Edition

Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 11:55 pm
by all_freed
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Re: Competition of the Month - May Edition

Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 10:46 am
by tornadokirby
It's not great but I'll give it a shot.
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Re: Competition of the Month - May Edition

Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 10:51 am
by BetaB17
^Better than what I can muster up :oops: I don't even know how to edit>_<
So far everybody's pics look great :mrgreen: and it's only day 5!

Re: Competition of the Month - May Edition

Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 1:27 pm
by Musicman247
For anyone who isn't entering because they don't know how to edit images, you can use roflbot to put words on a picture, then host it on imgur

Re: Competition of the Month - May Edition

Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 2:10 pm
by Eltee
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Re: Competition of the Month - May Edition

Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 5:20 pm
by Frost Mage
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Re: Competition of the Month - May Edition

Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 6:41 pm
by p-sto
Musicman247 wrote:For anyone who isn't entering because they don't know how to edit images, you can use roflbot to put words on a picture, then host it on imgur
I don't know how to edit images in any meaningful way. All I did was open Paint and insert a textbox. Getting the font right was tad annoying. Be sure to zoom out on the image before you save to make sure the text is readable if you're doing it the way I did.

Re: Competition of the Month - May Edition

Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 3:52 pm
by Avron the S'wit
Those are super entries...but we still need more. 8)

Re: Competition of the Month - May Edition

Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 4:15 pm
by HatofMadness
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Re: Competition of the Month - May Edition

Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 4:17 pm
by Avron the S'wit
Now that's the spirit, Hat! :heart: