3rd Biannual U4G Contest! FINAL RESULTS ARE IN

[OldManRupee]

Welcome friends to the THIRD BI-ANNUAL U4G CONTEST!

So whats U4G? Well, I suggest you check out the following image-link:

Its a thread where people can leave adventure ideas for anyone else to use, leaving them "Up For Grabs" or U4G for short!

So the contest is: start a new forum adventure using an idea (or a combo of a few ideas) from the U4G thread, after the adventures run for 4 weeks I'll assemble a team of secret judges and the best adventure's author will win a t-shirt of their choice from Topatoco! Because of this I ask that anyone entering will be willing to PM me a shipping address IF you win (which I will instantly dispose of after use). If you don't want to share this info, the back-up prize will be fanart for your adventure from everyone involved including me!

Contest Rules:
* Sign-up begins NOW! And will be open for a week and a half, until midnight Thursday 26th January.
* To sign up, simply comment here with which idea you'll be using from the U4G thread.
* You are allowed to use more than one idea from the thread, but new rule this year: no more than 3 U4G ideas per entry please.
* You can use any idea that has already been used in previous contests, just don't blatantly copy word-for-word or picture-for-picture!
* All new adventures will start on or as near as possible to the same date: February 1st
* After 4 weeks, we'll check which adventures are still active, and a secret panel of judges will choose a winner! If every single adventure becomes inactive before then (unlikely) the judges will judge the 3 adventures with the most updates. Please note: You can still continue your adventure after the contest finishes, please don't rush it so you "finish" in the month!
* The winner will receive a free T-shirt from the Topatoco website, paid for by me! Including Postage!
* If you don't want to PM me with your address for posting (understandable, but I promise to treat your details ultra-responsibly, and delete them straight after), everyone involved will give you the gift of fanart for your new adventure instead.

Confirmed Participants:
* Ford Johnes: Hatebot
* greyscaleScavenger: Remnants
* Anomaly: Voice of the Damned
* Chwoka: Wordy Rappinghood
* kd7sov: The Baker's Wife
* TheBoyd: Killian Code
* Kieros: End of an Era
* Ed: Spooky Radio
* SquirrelPants with "rainy day cult making" idea
* absoluteCertainty: Second
* Supersinger472: Some Heroes are Minty
* Solaris: UNBELIEVABLE SANDWICH BLOODBATH
* Dragon Fogel: The Broken Prophecy
* Askia: Zombie Trip
* Hero122 with "Bacteria science competition" idea
* Pharmacy: Last Checkpoint
* avidGamer: Fractured Reality
* animatedBlasphemy: Quest for the Godwich
* CraftyJongleur: MAGICAL PRINCESS PRETTY FRIENDSHIP SISTERS DELUXE
* PinkMawile with "AI adventure" idea
* Cynicus and Plaid: And Then There Was A Sailing Boat
* BluddoSW: Sick Jams
* crepuscularDissembler: Outclassed: What's Really Important
* acerbicAves: Canon Fodder
* rambunctiousOrganic: Stock Crashed - A Killing at the Stock Market
* djinn: Visio Umbrae
* OrangeAipoms: Teen Mystery Teens Team
* Lasershark with "slime vs universe" idea
* Whypurplewhy: You're New At This

Note: Names like this have dropped out of the competition.

[Ford Johnes]

Hatebot. Fight me.

[greyscaleScavenger]

I want to do that Bard one. I'll find it later because right now Into the Woods is on. =u=

Edit: This one.

[Anomaly]

Joining with this one.

[Chwoka]

I'm thinking this:

Your character is a blind man/woman. One night when you are out walking, something strange happens and you gain/regain the ability to see. Except you can't really see images, just words hanging in the darkness. Unfortunately you can't even read the words because you've been blind for so long. Eventually you learn that the words actually correspond to people, objects, animals, etc. and you start learning the language (mirrors just show the word 'mirror'). The words usually show the person's name and another word which is the same for everyone, but then you notice that some people have a different word. The word everyone usually has is 'human'...

The images in the adventure would consist of words 'hanging' on a black background with some sense of depth and be accompanied by some description about what sounds you hear and where the sounds are coming from. The words would have to be in unique script so that the readers have to figure it out themselves what words mean.

Yeah, that was all inspired by a single line in a Billy Joel song.

[kd7sov]

Count me in, with The Baker's Wife.

(Curious coincidence, GS, I'm intending to take Into the Woods as inspiration for, for instance, character designs.)

[wlzrobert]

I've written a new idea in the thread if anyone is interested in it.

- You are a young scientist who just got a job at this suspicious company but the pay and benefits are great. On your first day of work, you are in for a surprise when you find out that your company is attempting to evolve deadly bacteria to take over the world by producing many "blank slate" cells and each scientist controls their specific cell to develop the bacteria. If you can develop the bacteria first, you get a huge prize! (See: Ruler of New Australia)

[Plaid]

Are collabs allowed? I don't have enough time to do another whole adventure on my own, but I was thinking of doing art for someone else while he does the writing.

[TheBoyd]

Wait, you're still using that picture I made you? I don't know why I find this funny.

I've been meaning to start a new adventure, might as well join in on this.

I think I'll take the cat burglar one from this post.
I'll try my best to not rip off the Chzo Mythos series.

[Kíeros]

I came in _jointsecond in the first one, and sat out the second. There's no way that I'm not going to join this one; I need to keep up my spot of being the only one to finish in number 2!
I like this one. I'll do it.

You know what; I realized that we've never had a bronze medalist.

[Ed]

I wasn't sure about joining but this is way too charming to let it pass.

[SquirrelPants]

I am doing this I think because it just sounds like a barrel of fun.

Also if collabs are allowed then I would totally take Plaid up on the offer of doing art just because I'm not so great at it.
If not, I WILL STILL USE THIS IDEA MUAHAHAHA

[Plaid]

I already had someone in mind, sorry

[SquirrelPants]

In that case, refer again to the final sentence! :P I'm sure that was hiding in the context of what you said somewhere, but I am tired and slow today so I probably skimmed over it

[absoluteCertainty]

i wish i could pick up the one i did last time, but there were just so few resources i could find to help me worldbuild... maybe later.

on that note i'll take this one
it will be fairly short i think so that is a good thing~
it should help me get back into adventure drawing again :>

[Solaris]

I am playing u4g hard mode.
When I get home I am going to go to random.org and draw three numbers that I need to use for ideas unless they are chosen already.

[supersinger472]

i so want to use this idea because that monster looks so cool

[Chwoka]

[Chwoka]

* All new adventures will start on or as near as possible to the same date: February 1st

Oh, whoops. What should I do now?

[Ed]

Lock the thread until the date comes?

[Solaris]

I am playing u4g hard mode.
When I get home I am going to go to random.org and draw three numbers that I need to use for ideas unless they are chosen already.

Details under spoiler.

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Okay so this isn't the best start, while this is HARD MODE, I am not going for SUPER HARD MODE and watching a full anime for this thing, so let's look over the other two before the RE-ROLL.

Okay cool.

Oh god. Note: I am going to cheat and pick which concept from the chat after I get the other random'd ones. HARD NOT SUPER HARD!

Not an idea, haven't played the game, also not an idea, not an- oh wait it is a mechanic suggestion.
I can work with this.

tl;dr
I have this one, made in first person, and called "79. 00:13 Anomaly[drawing] UNBELIEVABLE SANDWICH BLOODBATH"

[Dragon Fogel]

I didn't take part in the last two, but I was tempted to use this idea the last time around, and I think I will:

You are the sidekick of a hero prophesied unequivocally to be the one who will end the evil plaguing the world. (S)He has just died in battle.

[Cynicus]

I and Plaid (writing by me, art by her) will be contesting with "We've been sailing for ten years now" as seen here: http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread...=1#post3782888

[Cynicus]

Apologies, I accidentally double-posted.

[OldManRupee]

Chwoka you naughty thing! Not yet! Please ask suggestors not to suggest anymore until we officially start!

Plaid, as far as collabs go..... umm... ok! We'll see how it works out, I can always say no for the next contest if it doesn't work out in this one!