The City of Heroes Creative Caption Craziness Contest


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Submissions open every Wednesday only from 10 AM Pacific Time (1 PM Eastern Time / 6PM GMT / 19:00 Central European Time) until 5:00 PM Pacific Time (8:00 PM Eastern Time / 1:00 AM GMT / 2:00 Central European Time) between November 9, 2011 and February 1, 2011).

Welcome to “Creative Caption Craziness”!. Every Wednesday (except holidays), we will post on the Official City of Heroes® Message Board, a picture for you to write a creative caption for. You’ll have until 5:00PM Pacific Time (7:00 PM Eastern Time / 1AM GMT / 2:00 Central European Time) on the applicable contest date to post your submission. After that time, the judging made by members of the Paragon Studios Community and/or Development team will commence.

The individual who posts the winning weekly caption will receive their choice of one of the following Costume Codes and the Forum Title "Caption Champ [date]":

• Carnival of Shadows Harlequin
• Freakshow Tank Boss
• Paragon Police Department Hardsuit
• Carnival of Shadows Ring Mistress
• Knives of Artemis Lt.
• Praetorian Clockwork
• Praetorian Police Department
• Rikti Mentalist
• Vahzilok Meat doctor
• Coralax
• Victoria MK VI
• Olympian Guard

This week's Screenshot (click on the image for a larger version):


Rules -

1) Reply in this very thread created for each weekly Creative Caption Craziness” with your caption submission.

2) Your reply must contain a single caption to the picture posted in the thread. Entries with more than 1 caption will be disqualified.

3) Your submission must also contain the following statement. Please note that your submission will be disqualified if this statement is not present in your post:

If I am a winner, I permit NC Interactive, Inc. and NCsoft Europe Limited to use my name, likeness, photograph, hometown, and any comments that I may make about myself or this contest that I provide for advertising and promotional activities. I also certify that I am at least 13 years of age and am eligible to participate in this contest.

4) To enter the contest weekly, as of November 9, 2010, you must be 13 years of age or older. If a winner is under 18 or a minor in his or her state/province/country of residence, his or her parent or guardian must also sign any applicable releases and documentation.

5) Please note, only 1 (one) entry per forum account will be accepted. If you post a second time, you'll get disqualified, so make your one entry count!

6) Entries must conform to the Official City of Heroes Freedom™ Message Forum Rules and Guidelines.

7). If you win the City of Heroes® Creative Caption Craziness Contest one week, you are not eligible to do so again for the next 6 weeks. This is to allow other people the opportunity to win. Please be courteous to others and bear in mind that, while you are able to participate during the weeks you are not eligible to win, you will not be able to win again until after the 6 weeks have passed.

8). The use of copyrighted material or trademarks NOT owned by the Sponsors or yourself is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. Your submission must not infringe any patent, copyright, trademark or other intellectual property right, or any privacy, publicity or publishing rights of any third party, or be libelous, obscene or otherwise contrary to law.


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6... 5... 4... Hey guys!? There are explosives behind us!!!!


 

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Voter turn out was surprisingly small this year


 

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caption: "local heroes give city officials a 6/10 on new city hall design"

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"Okay, nobody move! I dropped my contact lens."


 

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Before I give my answer I must state my objection to being limited to only ONE response... I may very well have pulled something restraining the urge to list...

In any case... my entry:

"Today the Federal Government threatened to withdraw funding from the Hero Education Program following deplorable results in the Standardized Math Test."


My mind wanders so often you've probably seen its picture on milk cartons. - Me... the first person version of the third person Steelclaw

 

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There were many disappointed people at City Hall when they learned that "Free Six Day" was not a typo.


 

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6,666,666 The number of the stuttering beast.

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Quote:
Originally Posted by reiella View Post
Until I see something that states to the contrary, going to assume VK is right .

 

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"Now let's see how our studio audience voted!"


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Somewhere along the line, Statesman had found out how to cheat on an eye test.


Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

 

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"No, No, No...its the 999 plan...your numbers are upside down again!"



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MA: Bikini Rescue! 1678

Arshalla Emp/Psi 50
Oracle Hestia Fire/Emp 50
Glass Spider Claws/SR 50
Edica Dual/Will 50
Merry Met Ice/Emp 50
Crouton Eng/Eng 50
Shadowfax Warshade 50
Klotho Mind/Kin 50
Lolth' M/M Dom 50
Ten Ton Tomato Stone/SS Tank 50
Ruprecht Monkey Boy Fire/Kin Cont 50
Balefire Fire/Fire Blaster 50

 

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"As the 'Occupy Atlas Park' movement dwindles down; protesters continue to alter their signifier from being the 99% to the current (and measly 6%)."





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Apparently, I play "City of Shakespeare"
*Arc #95278-Gathering the Four Winds -3 step arc; challenging - 5 Ratings/3 Stars (still working out the kinks)
*Arc #177826-Lights, Camera, Scream! - 3 step arc, camp horror; try out in 1st person POV - 35 Ratings/4 Stars

 

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After forgetting the equipment, the new, hastily-improvised game rules turn this year's Dice Rolling Contest into a farce.




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Justice Hunter, 50 Inv/SS Tank

Slenszic, 50 Sword/Energy Stalker

MA Arc IDs: 1355, 2341, 2350

 

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Ok, i see a number of you brought your "6". Now who among you have remembered your violins?


 

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"In a failed effort to visually represent a Tool song, the Paragon City Music Society created their tribute 'Forty Sixes and Two Landmines.' There were no survivors."


My guides:Dark Melee/Dark Armor/Soul Mastery, Illusion Control/Kinetics/Primal Forces Mastery, Electric Armor
"Dark Armor is a complete waste as a tanking set."

 

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"I think i'm lost, can someone please tell me where 'City Hall' is?"


 

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Conspiracy theorist point to this picture that the shivans were here long before their invasion on Galaxy, Longbow however have claimed these rumours to be untrue.


@Damz Find me on the global channel Union Chat. One of the best "chat channels" ingame!

 

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The first ever Super Speed Dating night didn't get off to the best of starts.


 

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Occupy Paragon City Hall is now into its 6th day of protests by the 6%....

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@Killerhurtz & @Killerhurtz 2 of Justice

Arc ID# 95628 What If...#1 The 'Hurtz' Family

 

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Sam McGee was surprised to learn that he had just won the latest Atlas Plaza superhero costume contest for "Most Original Costume", especially considering that he was just a lawyer.

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AE Arcs: #10482 N00b Rescue Duty, #164100 The Four Treasures of the Tuatha De Dannan

 

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Disclaimer:
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Since Plan 6 had not at all worked out like he thought it would, Lord Recluse considered that it was perhaps time to try Plan 9, the one that Black Scorpion had thought up.


@Oroborous and @Oroborous2
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From the Groundhog Day Attempt at Citadel: GM, "There's no badge for breaking a TF."

 

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"Flambeaux's reflecting pool swan dive from the globe met with a disappointing response from the judges. We wish her a speedy recovery."


 

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"6+6+6+6+6+6+6? No, guys, standing around in Atlas is not the answer to life, the universe, and everything..."

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@Draeth Darkstar
Virtue [Heroes, Roleplay], Freedom [Villains], Exalted [All Sides, Roleplay]
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"This supergroup is brought to you by the number 6"

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Premium accounts can't edit signatures.
Huh.

 

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Tom Rather reporting LIVE from the steps of Paragon City hall on Day 6 of the Occupy City Hall movement, where heroes are protesting the inequity of city zones to doughnut shops. As you may know, 100% of the doughnut shops in Paragon City are in Overbrook, which has hungry heroes upset...