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Gantic
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tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap

The hammering struck clearly on the balmy Spring day two weeks past the official start of the season. Of course, no one would heed the diminutive rabbit as he hastened to the next post with rodentlike fluidity. But he wasn't a rodent. He was a rabbit, or possibly a hare. No one knew for sure which, but that didn't matter. What mattered were the posters he had posted up all along the ways and thoroughfares of Armor Games.

http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq105/strawpony/mayfest.png

~~~Mayfest 2010~~~

Yes! Mayfest is coming! This is a new tournament for characters like you to participate, have fun, and be creative. So what is the point of this Mayfest? I'm sure there's a pamphlet somewhere around here. Hmm... Rotten Parsnips! I left them at home. But be prepared for 7 rounds of challenges that will award one winner the Grand Pies!

- Mayfest is hosted by the Rabbit Guy, and yes, he can ban you for inappropriate behavior. In-universe actions do not necessarily translate to real world actions unless you blatantly break AG rules.

- Mayfest is set up entirely within the Arts Plaza, so there's lots of space to move around and no blockage of streets. The layout of the Festival and activities will be detailed in the Mayfest pamphlet.

- Mayfest challenges will start before May 1st and run until about mid-August real time, so please make sure you have time to participate before you apply. In-universe time is 7 days, however, so it will start on May 1st and end on May 7th even though it's August. That means each round is one day.

- Deadline to apply for the main plot will be Saturday the 17th. This is a strict deadline, as the first challenge starts before the start of the Festival. All other deadlines are flexible (but I wouldn't encourage being late for the first challenge. ;D) due to final exams and whatnot because I've got exams too!

- Writing, drawing, animating, etc. (any or a mix of all) is a must for contestants. Creativity is encouraged all around.

- There will be eliminations. The process of elimination may change depending on the challenge.

- There are perks for non-contesting participants and eliminated contestants, such as King/Queen for a Day.

*** Did I mention hidden prizes? Yes, there will be hidden challenges that may earn you extra points, so keep an open mind and a wary eye out.

~~~For Contestants~~~

Contestants will enter into the official competition for the grand prize and face challenges that may result in their elimination!

Please include the following in your application:
- Image of your character - basic and distinguishing physical features of your character
- Physical description of your character - height, weight, fitness, etc. and more detailed information on physical appearance and physical attributes
- Identity of your character - name, age, etc.
- Personality of your character - Include favorite and least foods of your character, include types of pies, reasons for like and dislike are a bonus and can be added to background
- Background of your character -

Basically the official AG characters template, but please do not post your character there even if you are approved for Mayfest. That thread is managed by the Ninja Horse, not the Rabbit Guy. You will need approval from Strop to post there.

Please also include the phrase "My name is _____ and I want the pies!" in your application to denote your status as an applicant for the contests. Fill in the line with the name of the character. This also proves that you have at least read this portion of the post. :P

~~~Other Participants~~~

Mayfest is open to everyone, not just challengers! There will be opportunities for cameo roles, but you still need to submit an application. Participants are not part of the official competition for the grand prize.

Contestants have until Saturday the 17th AG time to apply, to allow for character tweaks and the first challenge, as the first round of Mayfest will start on the the 1st of May.

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kingryan
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You're hilarious Gantic.

Would be interesting if this was actually real...

Strop
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Says the guy who doesn't want to be pigeonholed.


Now who's to say, or what's to say, that Strop is Strop? Or is it that we are referring to a player that is Strop but refers to Strop as a character? Or is it that Strop the character is Strop the person behaving as a character as he would as a person? Or is it a combination of the above, or neither?

Who, then, is it who does not want to be pigeonholed?
Gantic
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Hey Gantic, are you British?


What are you rabbiting about? You need someone to have a butcher's at your loaf.

And that was a pretty good April Fools joke- I totally believed it along with the other people :P


Probably because it looks legit even if it's suspiciously out of the blue. Strop's awesome poster made it even more legit. It's all colorful and awesome looking and that always means you can trust that it's legit.

Would be interesting if this was actually real...


:\\ ... ... :\\ ... ... >:\\ ... ... >.<
Yes, yes it would. It's all so disarmingly interesting.

Who, then, is it who does not want to be pigeonholed?


Strop the Dude Strop who makes the posts.
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Yes, yes it would. It's all so disarmingly interesting.


Non-British translation: PIE.

Strop the Dude Strop who makes the posts.


I'm not sure how I can be said to "not want to be pidgeonholed" in any meaningful way.
Gantic
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I'm not sure how I can be said to "not want to be pidgeonholed" in any meaningful way.


Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure you don't care how you're categorized.
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Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure you don't care how you're categorized.


That's what I was thinking, but you had me wondering for a little while xD

And that's when I thought "...doesn't everybody not want to be pidgeonholed in some way or another despite the fact that pretty much everybody does it one way or another?"
adios194
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lol @ the joke. I was hoping there would be another one.

TheCheeseMaker
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I am sad.... Sorry but I need to leave the tournament.... I don't have the time to do it. Very busy....

Ernie15
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What are you rabbiting about? You need someone to have a butcher's at your loaf.


If you aren't British, you've made a terrible spelling mistake in the title.
Gantic
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lol @ the joke. I was hoping there would be another one.


It's a subtle death of humor when it's something we so want to believe in that we relent in our cynicism. I might even be able to pull this off again next year.

If you aren't British, you've made a terrible spelling mistake in the title.


If you don't know the conventions, don't flaunt it. I'm a rebel.
Strop
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If you don't know the conventions, don't flaunt it. I'm a rebel.


I still can't see any spelling mistakes ;_;
Gantic
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I still can't see any spelling mistakes ;_;


Americans don't tense with ll (canceled vs. cancelled, traveled vs travelled). However, Americans fulfill rather than fulfil and install but rather than instal. Plus, the words are cancellous, cancellareate, and cancellation. Fulfil/l is always fulfilled and not fool-filed. Instal/l is always installed and not in-staled. So who's inconsistent? I don't rightly care and will give a round grammatical smacking to anyone who says I'm wrong (*insert requisite jibe at Canadian grammar* :P). I'm not being published, so I have the liberty to use ll. And English is not a Romance language, albeit Latin ironically uses ll. Anyone who's exceled in grammar/spelling knows that there is only one misspelled word in this paragraph, unless I happen to suffer at the hands of Muphry's Law.
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Should the "Exceled" bother me, or were you referring to something else (that I obviously did not notice)?
English class all over again...

I take it you already know
Of tough and bough and cough and dough?
Others may stumble, but not you,
On hiccough, thorough, lough and through?
Well done! And now you wish, perhaps,
To learn of less familiar traps?
Beware of heard, a dreadful word
That looks like beard and sounds like bird,
And dead: it's said like bed, not bead -
For goodness sake don't call it deed!
Watch out for meat and great and threat
(They rhyme with suite and straight and debt)

- Richard Krogh
Strop
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That would make sense then. Australia uses UK spelling but thanks to the weight of the great American cultural hegemony, we often simply stop caring about which spelling we use. Except we don't use those godawful zeds in the place of esses! Ever!

But.

instal


I've never seen this word in my life. And somehow I don't think I should have, either.
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Muphry's Law


Who is this Muphry, and what has he done with Murphy?
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