12-10-2010, 09:00 PM | #1 |
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Mid-Winter Festival Tree Building Contest!
Ho Ho Ho little Hobbits and Hobbitesses! Haaaaaappy Mid-Winter Festival To You!!
It seems old STRIDER is in need of a few trees to fill the palace in GONDOR! Apparently some naughty little elfling who shall remain unnamed but-is-really-sorry-it-happened-and-is-going-to-fix-it-he-just-needs-some-more-time.... may.... and I stress to you that this is a may.... have broken the WHITE TREE when he was trying to decorate it. ... so there's that. Contest rules are simple! Build a tree! Example: $ ^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ** Code:
This is what I did to make it center: [--center]$ ^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^ **[--/center] Then remove the "--" before the word "center" and everything will pop to the middle. Later on, depending on what we decide, there may even be a prize for the winner.... depending on whether or not Tessar manages to get the WHITE TREE fixed in time, because if not.... >.> |
12-10-2010, 09:49 PM | #2 |
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12-11-2010, 01:02 AM | #3 |
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Look very carefully between the brackets for the politically correct Mid-Winter Festival Tree Building tree. (It is actually an early winter festival since the season doesn't begin until the Solstice - see the Astronomy thread.) PS Hektr du ist aliv! Merry Christmas!
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12-11-2010, 01:10 AM | #4 |
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Ta da! Merry Christmas!
* ^^ ~~~^^^^ ~~~~~ ^^^^^^ ~~~~~~~ ^^^^^^^^ ~~~~~~~~~ ^^^^^^^^^^ ~~~~~~~~~~~ ^^^^^^^^^^^^ **** ( **** )
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12-11-2010, 03:41 AM | #5 |
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12-11-2010, 04:28 AM | #6 |
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Awww, those are great, you guys. A+ for everyone.
... except for Inked. D-. No conceptual trees allowed!! |
12-11-2010, 06:04 PM | #7 |
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I'll enter the contest with a Christmas tree seed, because I'm perpetually short of time
. Hopefully it will grow up soon and I'll decorate it
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12-11-2010, 07:24 PM | #8 |
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Tessar! It is not a "conceptual tree"! If you look at it, you will see the tree between the brackets. It may help to have bifocals like myself, or it may not.
The tree is there. It is politically correct. [ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]
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12-11-2010, 07:43 PM | #9 |
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I cannot see it either, inked. What's wrong with me?
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12-12-2010, 02:36 PM | #10 |
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[. .] . -----.----- ....[. .]..... -----.----- You need bifocals.
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Midge's Christmas Tree:
Quote:
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Oh, and also, my replica is a REAL tree, so it's weird shaped, just like the one in my home.
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12-13-2010, 03:23 AM | #12 |
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Great work, Midge!
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12-15-2010, 05:30 PM | #13 |
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By the way, you are allowed to enter more than once. Contest ends on January 3rd... American time.
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12-16-2010, 06:16 AM | #14 |
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12-29-2010, 09:57 PM | #15 |
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Elleth's 2nd contest entry
*A selection from Father Christmas's (Tolkien's) 1938 letter to Priscilla and Chris.
Don't copy this idea! (had to put in powerpoint and then upload as image to use font)
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12-30-2010, 05:28 AM | #16 |
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A calligramme! I like it
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12-30-2010, 06:23 AM | #17 |
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12-30-2010, 02:41 PM | #18 |
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Thank you! I'm always inspired by T's poetry.
This time he inspired me to grow a tree!
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12-31-2010, 04:01 AM | #19 |
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You are most welcome, buddy!
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01-03-2011, 02:56 PM | #20 |
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Is this thread judged today?
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