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Rolling Stone · **Bastard Gunslinger** Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 494

The Human Day contest is famous for consistent failure to deliver the prizes won by its contestants. I give you all an opportunity to actually win something by entering Rinku's Human Day contest. The rule is that your game has to make me laugh out loud at least once and it has to completely disobey the thematic rules of the Human Day contest while being officially entered in said contest. If your game does this then I will create an original piece of artwork as a prize, either a sculpture or a drawing depending on what I'm in the mood to make for you. If thirty of you manage to make me laugh, thirty of you get prizes. The number of prizes awarded is literally indefinite (The only limit will be if I break my hand making the prizes, if a thousand of you win I'll spend all next year making prizes).

If Rinku manages to deliver the prizes promised last year on or before December first, then my contest will be cancelled. These prizes are the reviews for the first three places and the fanart. I don't care that that was Harlock's responsibility, it's Rinku's responsibility to deliver it and I don't care where he gets it from, if he draws stick figures it counts as delivering the goods (So long as he really does put effort into it).

So remember, if you want to be revered in the eyes of.. well Rinku at least, follow his rules, if you want to make something funny and fun to play and earn prizes in the process, enter mine!

PS: If you follow Rinku's theme rules but manage to make me laugh out loud three or more times, then you won't be disqualified from my judging and you'll still win a prize.

Examples of what you might win:

PSS: To be fair and since I'm the only judge, I'll list the OHR games that make me laugh the most; Arfenhouse (duh), Powerstick Man, Put On Shoes RPG, Don't Push The Button, Super Walrus Man War Of The Food and Super OHR Monetary Battle II. A note on the last one, it was the ad campaign that made me laugh, if you can create promotional gimmicks that make me laugh then you'll get a prize whether or not there's even a game file to go along with it (Think Airship 2600).

PSSS: I'm actually an even better pencil artist now than I was then, but I don't have any of my newer work to put online.

PSSSS: If I can find some of the original sketches used in the I Made Dis cutscenes, I'll be giving away pieces of OHR history as prizes!
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Sephyroth · Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 6:01 pm Post subject:

how could I ignore a chance to win a picture of zombie-hunter-Elvis?
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Machu · Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 6:07 pm Post subject:

I guess whether or not I try for Gilbert's prizes depends on how much I like Rinku's theme, or if the theme can be easily made humorous. Can't go wrong with Gilbert's art and sculpture!
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RPGCreations · **E Pluribus Unum** Joined: 18 May 2003 Posts: 345

So, in short, it wasn't good enough for you to completely destroy the Do Something With Nothing contest, now you have to go and derail Rinku's contest aswell?

Why are you even using this engine if all you do with it is mock it? Why even be around if all you can do is destroy other people's want to make serious games, instead of turning it into a circus just so you can have your shits and giggles at others expense?
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Shadowiii · **It's been real.** Joined: 14 Feb 2003 Posts: 2460

Don't listen to Fyre, I want that sculpture.
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Fenrir-Lunaris · **WUT** Joined: 03 Feb 2003 Posts: 1747

Machu · Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 8:05 pm Post subject:

Keep in mind, the Human Day Contest is not only OHR. I honestly plan on making something with Game Maker. And it's not exactly "other's expense", as he is offering his own prizes. Unless you meant Rinku's expense, as I'm sure Gilbert hates him.
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Gizmog1 · Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 10:13 pm Post subject:

This contest, it really piques my interest. Especially since I was planning to toe the line from day one, (I won't say EXACTLY what my entry idea is again, as I said it in IRC, and I don't want the involved parties to have time to build themselves up mentally for what I plan, but trust me, it's crazy-go-nuts) this offers me a good safety net, and plenty of prestige to go with it. Consider Al Concino Cucharacha Hachacha Sexy Bitch Gizmog officially entered, Captain Gilbybaby.

rpgspotKahn · Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 10:24 pm Post subject:

Rolling Stone · **Bastard Gunslinger** Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 494

Thank you Fen, that's exactly what I had in mind. Rinku and co have never failed to mismanage this contest, to turn it into a dishonest mockery of itself. I'm merely trying to bring jaded contestants and cynical would be contestants back into the mix. I'm creating my own criteria for winning because I'm not Rinku's lackey, what pleases him in games isn't what pleases me. I want to make this the first Human Day contest that fits the definition of the word 'contest'.

Do I hate Rinku? Of course not, but he commits minor acts of fraud against the community every single Christmas with his so called Human Day "contest". If anything I'm saving this contest's life, I bet you a dollar that this contest will have the biggest turnout of any human day contest before and it'll be the first where the winners are all awarded their promised prizes. I do respect games as art, but I respect humor as art, even Rinku will tell you that humor is entirely valid, I mean, Giant Turtle tops my most wanted list so there you have that. Basically I'm grabbing the reins of the most popular winter OHR contest because its originators have shown nothing but incompetence and failure while in charge of it, the biggest motivator for this contest is seeing all the great games that'll come out in December and to have them awarded. Look, we ALL agree that Mormon Mission is the best Human Day contest ever and it was in total disagreement with the Human Day rules, I'm simply encouraging such games as Mormon Mission.

Notice how I said I would cancel this contest immediately if Rinku delivers last year's prizes to last year's winners. I'm not disgracing him at all, I'm giving him a chance to restore his reputation in these parts lest I steal it out from under him and fix it myself in the same way child protective services take children away from their neglective parents. If you take games and contests seriously then you should admit that someone who fails year after year to deliver the prizes should not be allowed to run contests anymore. If you don't agree with this then you have no place arguing with about contests and... Jeez you know what Fyre? Fuck it, it's easier to get through to you if just call you stupid, stupid. Is there a way to ban people from threads?
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RPGCreations · **E Pluribus Unum** Joined: 18 May 2003 Posts: 345

In summary, you are promoting disrupting Rinku's contest in the name of "putting him in his place" and "restoring his legitimacy". (Be aware that virus creators use the same logic) You are doing what you have done before. You're using someone else's back to give yourself a lift, a high. You believe contests are a mockery, yet you mock all contests. You have yet to come up with something original that doesn't mock or parodize, you cannot take a single thing seriously. This is proven by your prizes, which are all characters/people (Frankenstein, John Lennon, etc) that you have not made (except for maybe the cavegirl). You claim this spurs creativity when there is nothing creative about doing this.

Gizmog1 · Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 1:10 am Post subject:

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Gizmog1 · Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 1:23 am Post subject:

I believe the terms of agreement were stated, and by making a game, you were agreeing to his terms, rather necessitating a contract. One could bring up the fact that most of the entrants are minors, and thus it's not binding, but then again, Gilbert's blackmail charge is also entirely academic. Plus, his promises made, almost always included (After the fact) a promise that "Oh, they'll get there by so and so" and followed by a "Well, we can't get the prizes". As evidence that the prizes likely will not ever be received, note comments regarding another contest on the first post of this: www.livejournal.com/users/ohrrpgce . Any arrangements to give the prizes will probably be resulting only from any guilt and or nagging from this current scenario. Also, might I take the time to remind Fyre, that he owes people registered copies of SoJ2, due to trivia winnages. Seems like your argument just got SMOKED Smokin'