Epic Chanty!
I'm posting this as something of a deadline reminder. I set you all the fun and awesome task of creating together an updated Epic Chanty, a song in poetic form marking ths history of the game since the move from Azure Ocean to Midnight Ocean. Verses can cover any game development, such as new puzzles, new oceans, new features - pets, housing, sea monster hunts, Brigand Kings, etc. The aim is to construct a single Chanty out of the contributions made, making the final product a collaborative effort! And anyone whose work contributes to the final Chanty will get a nice trinket and (if they choose) a real-life Y!PP item as well.
The event thread, with all the rules and instructions, is here, and there's also a thread for theme suggestions here if you want to write something but are not sure what to write about!
The event does require a very specific meter for the verses you enter, so make sure to read the event thread to get that right. I would like to mention, to reassure you, that I set a mini-Epic Chanty (can you have a mini-Epic?!) challenge as part of the Easter Easel contest, and given only 24 hours, 60 people managed to put entries in, and most of them managed the rhyme and meter scheme just fine. (I love my doodlers - they can do ANYTHING!)
The deadline for the Epic Chanty event is the end of April 30th, so take a look now and see if you'd like to write a part of our history!
Posted by Apollo in OMbrella-ella-ella | Apr 28, 2009 | 3 Comments | permalink
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Posted by Camen
cool.
April 29, 2009 at 02:00 PM PDT | permalink
Posted by Castawayjoe
Just want to say to everyone... Don't get intimidated by the scarily-named poem format*! The emphasis patterns do not take long to get the hang of. Try saying your poems out loud or in your head to see if they sound right-you'll probably know if something's 'off'. Or do what I do and rock back and forth in your chair while muttering under your breath and nodding your head with each emphasized syllable... You'll look kind of goofy but everyone knows genius is never appreciated in its own time. Especially /epic/ genius.
*(anapestic tetrameter? is that like swine flu?)
April 29, 2009 at 03:20 PM PDT | permalink
Posted by Bennyboi
Polloe, what are you up to now? What the deuce is a chanty? Why am I even here?! xD Princessina says hai. Oh yeah, and you missed by birthday. Totally NOT cool. joo dorp 2 numbr 4 on mi list of top 5 oh emz. kthx.
May 03, 2009 at 08:22 AM PDT | permalink