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Christmas Fun !! A SPECIAL DAY !!! and TWO CONTESTS !!! :-)
« on: December 11, 2012, 01:11:02 PM »
So...

I believe I have WELL abused of your sanity and time with minutes (mmm... hours.... days ?) of your life you'll never see again. So this time, I've turned things upside down,

A "simple" riddle to find a 12% discount coupon for the whole website, valid tomorrow only because


it will be 12/12/12 !


Then, we'll proceed with a creativity contest that I'll detail further




Riddle.
Solutions uses capital letters and digits, no space or weird characters.
First to find the (working) code can post it IF HE/SHE wants, there's nothing to "win" except the discount itself  ;)

- Like Trainspotting but for a very specific animal
- They are twelve, for sure
- A country from The Americas that produces what I need daily



use the discount code at the end of the checkout process



And now for something completely different
Creativity contest :

you might believe I've been making fun of you with all those riddles, with a single "chosen one" for the reward, you came home dirty and broke  from the mad dash and the mud fight, you lost 7 keyboards back in the F5 days,


time to get your vengeance  ;D


Build up a funny story about me. Rib my chest. No blatant insults please ;)
The goal is to be creative. You can write something, draw something, make a cartoon, a comic strip, a short story ANYTHING. Try your best to do something WELL MADE, get some proof-reading. Movies accepted but think about it as a director, with a story and good editing.
Feel free to imitate / impersonate me. I don't care about my accent, being from a whining country or being overweight.

The goal isn't to find my limit but to have fun, even if it includes making fun of my, my OCD, being an engineer, whatever !

Example :

Erv' frowned at the threadmill. While "props that work" is generally fun, he thought that he would prefer this time a "hero" static piece of equipment. *sigh*.

The threadmill control panel emitted a funny melody as Erv' scanned his 3rd finger (the one you give to the gym) followed by a vader quote "don't make me destroy you, I find your lack of exercise disturbing".
Customization is supposed to have an end, but it barely applies in the Plecterlabs basement.

As he starts jogging, Erv's mind start flowing. Connecting a generator to the threadmill to power the CF automated chip placer was not such a bad idea at the end, and more efficient than the army of minions that were BBQed, back in the summer.  xxx economy, even food is expensive now.
Being force to run to make the boards production happening was probably the best move to make, even if for now I'm not technically going very far, he thinks. Still, it's generating funds, and it's a worthier fat conversion compared to Tyler Durden's soap.

"I have to keep going", he whispers to himself, as sweat starts to drench his "resistance is futile if < 1 ohm" t-shirt. 1 mile for 2 produced CF isn't such a bad deal after all.



I could probably ramble like that all day but I'd like to HEAR your stuff. Paper creativity (ie, what can be printed) is preferred as I might get it paginated and printed at lulu.com. After all I'm a darn collector too. You can also technically "build" something IF (and only IF) it tells a story on its own (and then take pictures of it)


RULES :

- One submission per person
- Anybody can participate
- your submission must be public (no anonymous stuff, be proud of what you do and do not focus on others) and posted below. No reason I'm the only one who can admire your work
- I'll have sincere consideration to anything / everything.
- People, no bashing. I work in the field of contemporary art and I'm an open minded person


DURATION : you can post your work until christmas (25th included, pacific time)


PRIZES :

#1 : CF + CEx or CF-LS if it's ready you choose
#2 : Petit Crouton or Blaster Core you choose
#3 : Nano Biscotte

« Last Edit: December 11, 2012, 01:18:27 PM by erv »

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Re: Christmas Fun !! A SPECIAL DAY !!! and TWO CONTESTS !!! :-)
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2012, 01:21:54 PM »
Hey erv, I've been out of the loop for a while (this isn't my entry btw,  :))
But can you say what the CEx and LS stand for next to the CF?
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Re: Christmas Fun !! A SPECIAL DAY !!! and TWO CONTESTS !!! :-)
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2012, 01:28:28 PM »
Hey erv, I've been out of the loop for a while (this isn't my entry btw,  :))
But can you say what the CEx and LS stand for next to the CF?

CEx is a Color Extender, and LS if the CF that handles LED strings (as opposed to the standard LEDs 99% of us use)  ;)


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Re: Christmas Fun !! A SPECIAL DAY !!! and TWO CONTESTS !!! :-)
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2012, 01:36:00 PM »
Cool, thanks! Jeez, I know I've seen the LS before somewhere, I completely forgot about the LED strings.
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Re: Christmas Fun !! A SPECIAL DAY !!! and TWO CONTESTS !!! :-)
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2012, 06:19:56 PM »
Hey, Alex Gordon, if you're reading this:

I have finals this week.  I am OUT.  Lol.

Have fun, guys,  This'll be fun to see come together.
    


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Re: Christmas Fun !! A SPECIAL DAY !!! and TWO CONTESTS !!! :-)
« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2012, 06:29:38 PM »
Yeah i'm here...naturally...  :D. Finals for me as well.   :'(  but i think i should let someone else have a chance this time.  That said, i'm having my wisdom teethout wednesday, so i'll be doing a lot of sitting around.   ;D


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Re: Christmas Fun !! A SPECIAL DAY !!! and TWO CONTESTS !!! :-)
« Reply #6 on: December 11, 2012, 07:19:36 PM »
CREATIVE SUBMISSION  ;D


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If boards were bread and I was bored,
I'd breed a bread and get on board. 
The boards I bred would be a brand.
A badge to bear, I'd brand each board. 
If bread I'd borne would bear a brand,
I'd be not bored: to bear a bread laid bare.


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Re: Christmas Fun !! A SPECIAL DAY !!! and TWO CONTESTS !!! :-)
« Reply #7 on: December 11, 2012, 08:11:26 PM »
erv, fabriqués à partir de peau pâle connaisseur avec un étrange sentiment de l'humour est prêt à être utilisé dans les soupes, les sauces, pâtes, pizzas, hot-dogs, des hamburgers, chow mein ou sur quoi que ce soit d'ajouter un délicieux goût épicé toasts brûlés en particulier

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Re: Christmas Fun !! A SPECIAL DAY !!! and TWO CONTESTS !!! :-)
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Re: Christmas Fun !! A SPECIAL DAY !!! and TWO CONTESTS !!! :-)
« Reply #9 on: December 11, 2012, 10:39:57 PM »
excellent french babble fish (hilarious)

muhaha, keep it coming.


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Re: Christmas Fun !! A SPECIAL DAY !!! and TWO CONTESTS !!! :-)
« Reply #10 on: December 12, 2012, 11:28:40 AM »
The Best Font On Erv


What's this?

I digged my Vader Voice up and created this very special Saber Font for our very own Erv.


How does it work?

Just install the font on your plecter sound board (prefered CF6 to have the full amount of vocals, but it will also work on CF5/NB/CS/PC2.0) and select Swing/Clash Random Mode "1" in your config.txt


How does it sound?

Once you've praticed the characteristics of the font and you swing your saber in the right way:

- the power sounds say "saber on" and "saber off"

- the swing sequence says: "Hey I Am Erv The Sound Board Dude, I Am The Guy Who Boosts Your Mood"

- the clashes say: "pERVection", "pERVormance", "wondERVul", "powERVul", "sERVice", "lightsabERV", "ERVerkill" and "the queen is ERVmused"

- the blasters say: "Crystal Foculicious" "Petit Croutonicious" "Nano Biscottelicious" "Blaster Corelicious"

- the lockup says: "erverververververververververververververververv..."

- the force effects say: "I Am Your ERV" and "We Are Keepers Of The "Buttered Toast" - Not Soldiers"


Let's have a listen how it actually sounds:

AUDIO DEMO


It's AWESOME! Where do i get this font?

Right here:

DOWNLOAD
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Re: Christmas Fun !! A SPECIAL DAY !!! and TWO CONTESTS !!! :-)
« Reply #11 on: December 12, 2012, 12:12:11 PM »
LOL Blako, I thought it was going to be Erv's actual voice haha



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Re: Christmas Fun !! A SPECIAL DAY !!! and TWO CONTESTS !!! :-)
« Reply #12 on: December 12, 2012, 12:35:48 PM »
awesome ! really impressed, that's some work !

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Re: Christmas Fun !! A SPECIAL DAY !!! and TWO CONTESTS !!! :-)
« Reply #13 on: December 13, 2012, 02:16:54 AM »
so nobody found the coupon code  ::)

comment with *Emmanuel Zorg voice*

oh well, I won't reveal it, I'm happy to provide some activity to AG while he's sitting around  :D
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Re: Christmas Fun !! A SPECIAL DAY !!! and TWO CONTESTS !!! :-)
« Reply #14 on: December 13, 2012, 06:43:42 AM »
Oh I think I might have an idea if I have the time  ;D







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