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Trenched Contest RESULTS!!!!
Alex Barbatsis | 11:08 PM on 07.05.2011 7 comments




So here are the contest RESLUTS (way better than results) as well as my thought process behind the winners.

First, the haiku about a Dtoid editor.
Right off the bat, Manasteel88 had this very strong haiku, but tell me if you can see something wrong….

“Jonathon Holmes, huh?
Why do you love your wii so much?
Why not me sweetie?”

JonathAn Holmes is weeping into his Wii because of your misspelling.
The winner is NEKOBUN! His ode to Sterling

“Oh my, Jim Sterling
Let me rattle your Dry Bones
'neath that flesh beanbag”

Well done sir! Very sexy stuff going on there. Very sexy...

Now, the second contest, which was to draw a dtoid community member as an animal.
Here are the three entries received.

Manasteel88's picture of Wry Guy:


Caiters' pic of Corduroy Turtle:


Jack Earl's pic of Sonic9jct:


Now, maybe I’m being super fickle, but I expected to see community members as animals. Now, Sonic9jct’s avatar is already an animal, so technically this is a drawing of Sonic9jct as a cyborg, adding the Mr. Destructoid robot body and all. While clearly being the best drawing, I cannot award victory to Jack Earl. Should have made him a dog or something. (I’M FICKLE!!!!)

So it’s between Manasteel88 and Caiters. It would have been a clear win for Caiters if she would have wrote “Shit” instead of “S#!%” (I fucking love swearing).
So, here’s a point by point pros and cons list for both entries.

Manasteel88
Pro:
-Good use of avatar as monkey face
-Same color sky as in Frogbun picture (see gallery), makes Dtoid zoo seem plausible.
Con:
-Bark too smooth on tree.
-No sunglasses on sun.
-Weird hemorrhoids on monkey tail.
-Is Wry Monkey about to eat that banana? Why isn’t it semi peeled?

Caiters
Pros:
-Turtle has a cute face
-Multiple colors
-A lot of colons
Cons:
-Is the face on the top of the head? On the back of the neck?
-aforementioned self censorship
-Tail on the “u” in the sentence “blowing s#!% up” is too long. Also, p is cut off, making is say “Blowing s#!% 41”
-No background image. Is this turtle existing solely amongst words?

Well, they both had 4 cons, but Caiters had 3 pros and Manasteel88 had 2.

CONGRATS CAITERS!!!! YOU’RE A STAR!!!!

You got so close in both cases Manasteel88, but you blew it at the finish line. Go wash your mouth out with soap.

Congrats again to nekobun and Caiters. I will be DMing you soon with the codes!



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manasteel88's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2011 23:42
manasteel88
HAHAHAHAHA

At least I lost badly twice. You totally missed the fact that I ultimately SUCK at writing Haiku's. Seriously, it's like I'm allergic to them. 2nd line has 8 words in it.

I seriously thought I was gonna get reamed out for that and what happens...I fucking misspelled Holmes's first name. Great contest and congrats to those who deservedly won over me.
Caitlin Cooke's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2011 11:34
Caitlin Cooke
Haaaaaaahahahaha I love your analysis (and not just 'cause I won!). And FYI yes Corduroy Turtle exists on his own plane in space and time and he is looking up at you amongst his words.
Mr Andy Dixon's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2011 11:37
Mr Andy Dixon
Hilarious!
Corduroy Turtle's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2011 12:42
Corduroy Turtle
It's true - my face is on the back of my neck. While it's great for catching people who are trying to sneak up behind me, it makes driving a car a horrendously dangerous affair for everyone involved.

Congrats to the winners! The game is fantastic!
KyleGamgee's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2011 14:21
KyleGamgee
So wait, how many syllables in 'Muir'?
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