Weekly Costume Contests from The American Legion
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Posted on: 2010-07-07 17:38 in Virtue
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I've participated and won a few honourable mentions in these contests, but I watched this one from the background as I personally couldn't come up with a good absence of colour themed character (although someone mentioned a creepy black and white clown that they thought they should have made and I kicked myself for not thinking of something so very simple). I've always admired the professionalism of the Legion in how they handle the large contests and their willingness to dole out hundreds of millions twice a week, and I was extremely impressed when a few of them actually got right into the contest themselves and shifted into gray scale costumes. I liked how, despite being a black, white, and shades of gray contest, the Legion characters themselves each had a different take on which shades should go where, resulting in their usual matching uniforms all looking very, very unique. It was kinda cool |
Originally Posted by Camille Thompson
I didn't understand the outrageous amount of rage last night. The entire situation was compromised by the supreme oddity of a zombie invasion followed by a Mapserve. Things got pretty nuts, people got REALLY rude, and I think it all added to the usual amount of "That's not fair I wanted to win"-ness going on. If people don't like it, they don't have to enter. If people feel they should have done better, they should just enter again. The contests are so frequent that everyone has a chance to shine at some point.
Personally speaking, there's nothing wrong with a simple costume if it's effective. You can't make everyone happy. |
The zombie invasion sucked, and a couple of characters actually predicted it before the contest even started. It's nothing really new, as it's happened before with Rikti invasions, but it still sucked. The mapserve really sucked
I do have to disagree with you, Camille, as it was so blatantly obvious why people became upset. The Legion let someone continue for a good 20 to 30 minutes with his rant against another character for what was a common occurrence (he was nudged off the ledge, then he threatened to report people, loudly and repeatedly, for throwing snowballs), and only once did a member of the host group ask, "What's going on here?" As Matt's pointed out, that person was then rewarded handsomely with the top prize after he had told people to shut up and that they had no hope of winning.
Frankly, the excuse that "it fit the requirements of the contest" doesn't really cut it here. The requirement of being in black, white, and shades of gray was adhered to by almost everyone in attendance (although I'm pretty sure I saw one person in bright red and another with green armor...the instructions were so clear!) met those requirements. I was surprised at how many actually made a gray scale costume that worked conceptually. Personally, I wasn't impressed with the choice but I respect the right of the contest holders to make it. It did look, however, like the overall perception held by many in multiple channels that the Legion's judgment was questionable. The admission that channels weren't being watched and the player's conduct didn't factor in at all doesn't make matters much better.
I'm sorry to say that I found the entire night's events very unfortunate.
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Honestly, I've given up trying to figure the reason some of the winners/honorable mentions are chosen over other, obviously better costumes. I just shrug my shoulders and wait until next time.
As one example, during the cowboys/cowgirls themed contest a female toon won an honorable mention even though she was not dressed as a cowgirl. The toon was wearing a modern looking top with detached sleeves, blue jeans, and a cowboy hat. She looked like she just stepped out of any country western bar on a Saturday night, after a night of boot scootin'. Her outfit had nothing to do with being a cowgirl other than the fact she was wearing the hat.
Sometimes you just have to say "whatever" and move on.
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My apologies to the 'Legion for starting anything in this thread with my comments. I should have used better judgement and kept them to myself.
Hopefully you all have thicker skin/armor/carapaces than I might have in your position.
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For the first time since we began these contests last July; I was not able to attend last night's contest due to outages caused by the winter weather here. So I cannot comment on the behavior that may have occurred by the person who ultimately won the grand prize. What I can comment on is our method of choosing winners. Each member of the Legion participating as a judge reviews the contestants and then sends one vote to the host of the contest (usually me) to be recorded. When all votes are in; the contestant with the most votes is awarded the grand prize. If there is a tie; the contest host casts a tie breaking vote. Often times people disagree with our choices; but I believe our method of selecting winners is fair and consistent; and ultimately that is the only thing I am concerned with.
I would suggest in future events; if someone is exhibiting behavior that is detracting from the contest and you see no action being taken; simply send a tell to the contest host and ask if they have noticed the behavior. While I try to monitor all channels during the contests; it can be difficult to catch everything. I will not Monday Morning quarterback last night's event but instead would like to thank all of you who participated and would like to publicly thank the members of The American Legion that come out twice a week; every week; to judge these contests despite the often times harsh and unfair criticism that is heaped upon them.
That being said...this thread is meant to be a fun thread for themes and winners of contests...so let's get back to it. The next contest is this Thursday at 10 PM EST and the next themed contest is next Tuesday at 10 PM EST. The contest will be Sports Themed.
Damn I missed the shades of grey/absence of color?!
I made a PERFECT guy for it too. Musta been distracted by the ice storm by me.
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Thursday's winners!
Grand Prize 100 Million: Monkey-Suit
Honorable Mention 25 Million: Emi Arizona
Honorable Mention 25 Million: Silver Firebird
Honorable Mention 25 Million: Cat Momma Love
Honorable Mention 25 Million: Gremelina
Honorable Mention 25 Million: Captain Impassivity
Honorable Mention 25 Million: Shadow Guardsman
Honorable Mention 25 Million: Distoritionist
Honorable Mention 25 Million: Storm Spectre
Honorable Mention 25 Million: Trioxin
Honorable Mention 25 Million: Hasdrabul Skaras
Honorable Mention 25 Million: Moonshadow
Honorable Mention 25 Million: Alienware m15x
Friendly reminder about the theme for this Tuesday...Sports Themed!
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Tuesday's Sports Themed Winners:
Grand Prize 100 Million: Fox Hunter
Honorable Mention 25 Million: Ab Normal
Honorable Mention 25 Million: Basket Brawler
Honorable Mention 25 Million: Sinister Trickster
Honorable Mention 25 Million: Ultimate Boy
Honorable Mention 25 Million: Ultimate Linebacker
Honorable Mention 25 Million: Pom Poms
Honorable Mention 25 Million: Johnny Turbo
Honorable Mention 25 Million: The Rockford Peach
Honorable Mention 25 Million: Ouroboros Goalmender
Honorable Mention 25 Million: Monica Richter
Our next contest is this Thursday at 10 PM Eastern.
Our next themed contest is Tuesday February 15. The theme is Cosmic. You may compete as an Alien or a Human who works in space; like an astronaut.
Thursday's winners!
Grand Prize 100 Million: Gailwind
Honorable Mention 25 Million: Savanna Skye
Honorable Mention 25 Million: Prince Rifter
Honorable Mention 25 Million: Cyberoid
Honorable Mention 25 Million: Space Age
Honorable Mention 25 Million: Miss France
Honorable Mention 25 Million: Xeden
Honorable Mention 25 Million: Eroshimadu
Honorable Mention 25 Million: Honoree
Honorable Mention 25 Million: King Hurt
Honorable Mention 25 Million: Doku Ryu
Honorable Mention 25 Million: Statesmech
Honorable Mention 25 Million: Glory Maiden
Honorable Mention 25 Million: Lady Deuce
Honorable Mention 25 Million: Hidden Depths
Honorable Mention 25 Million: Wicked Alice (Not Pictured. She had to leave before winners were completely announced.)
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When I hear Cosmic I think of Power Cosmic types like the Heralds of Galactus. Are those type of designs fitting for the theme next week? I realize they usually fall into Alien or Human categories of course but just making sure! |
Originally Posted by Trekkin
Our next contest is this Thursday at 10 PM Eastern.
Our next themed contest is Tuesday February 15. The theme is Cosmic. You may compete as an Alien or a Human who works in space; like an astronaut. |
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If it fits the theme of outer space it should fit the category.
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Originally Posted by Goblin_Queen
When I hear Cosmic I think of Power Cosmic types like the Heralds of Galactus. Are those type of designs fitting for the theme next week? I realize they usually fall into Alien or Human categories of course but just making sure!
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Friendly reminder that tonight is the Cosmic CC! 10 Eastern in Atlas!
Great turnout for the Cosmic CC...including some Rikti sore losers -_-
The Winners:
Grand Prize 125 Million: Sputnika
Honorable Mention 50 Million: Caden Soleil
Honorable Mention 50 Million: Archon Khasar
Honorable Mention 50 Million: Ray Girl
Honorable Mention 50 Million: Xia'Zee
Honorable Mention 50 Million: UrsulaMajor
Honorable Mention 50 Million: Alien Ambassador
Honorable Mention 50 Million: Nebulax the Stargod
Honorable Mention 50 Million: Alien Agenda
Honorable Mention 50 Million: Magisterum
Honorable Mention 50 Million: Sentinel Beta
Honorable Mention 50 Million: Asteroid Boy
Honorable Mention 50 Million: Space Wave
Honorable Mention 50 Million: Astro Woman
The next contest is this Thursday!
The next themed contest is next Tuesday February 22. The theme is Elemental (Earth, Water, Air, Fire)
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I believe you mean Earth, Water, Air and Fire.
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Originally Posted by Trekkin
The next contest is this Thursday!
The next themed contest is next Tuesday February 22. The theme is Elemental (Earth, Wind, Air, Fire) |
OMG :'D my name's there! SQUEEEK.
uhm, for elementals...are we limited to those? are we allowed to use the 5th element of metal?
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Metal isn't the fifth in the fire-water-air-earth combination. (It varies, but is most commonly called aether.)|
Originally Posted by Rintera
OMG :'D my name's there! SQUEEEK.
uhm, for elementals...are we limited to those? are we allowed to use the 5th element of metal? |
There is the wu xing, though. Chinese, I think. Fire, earth, water, metal and wood.
ahh that's what I was thinking....Aether.
OH.
yeah, Energy/spirit/whateveritwantstobecalled.
>_> I think I'll make an air costume...because I know fire will be the most commonly done for this CC
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Really late posting this, but just wanted to say thanks! I won on the 4th on Trioxin, friend of mine hopped in and convinced me to join. So it was a pleasant surprise.
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Originally Posted by Kiana Wolf
Metal isn't the fifth in the fire-water-air-earth combination. (It varies, but is most commonly called aether.)
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The Zombie invasion and the Mapserve of AP were not helpful. Once I began the contest, I went into announcment mode, so I personally was not monitoring local and broadcast heavily ( they are in separate tabs from my request channel). So if there was an issue with the person who won and I missed it, then I am sorry.
As a group we are pretty good about policing our events, and if someone was "trolling" it would have been mentioned, so he may have been annoying ( take in mind I don't know what he allegedly did or did not say or do), but was it disqualifying worthy?
As far as the winners go, that was the person with the most votes. I did not cast a vote as I was hosting and would only break a tie. The next person with the most votes was Lightkeeper.
Apparently people found his costume to fit the theme, or else they wouldn't have voted for him.
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