Acr-o-philia IV: It's Back [Next Deadline: 14-Apr]

[RequiemEternam]

The rules can be found here.

Scores:

code:

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As of the end of Round 6:


Orbiting     28


ZutAlors!    20


Logain       6


UnheardVoice 6


dethwing     5


rlp          5


kevinatilusa 4


Werebear     3


casinopete   2


The Dark     1


mith         0

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[This message has been edited by RequiemEternam (edited 04-11-2003 11:27 AM).]

[RequiemEternam]

Round 1 is away!

Acronym: H W C
Theme: Things You Can Pet?

Send submissions to salonga@fas.harvard.edu by 9AM Friday. Please include your GL username. Loving notes and gratuitous compliments are appreciated, but will not affect the outcome.

[wordcross]

well, that was fast... I checked last time and we had like 5 people in, and now the game has started with like 12 people!

[dethwing]

/sent

[RequiemEternam]

18 hours to go, 4 entries received.

[RequiemEternam]

Round 1 - Voting

1. Half- Wild Chihuahuas
   
2. Hamsters, When Catchable
   
3. Helpful With Cat
   
4. Hot White Chicks
   
5. Humans... (With Cash)
   
6. Hamster- Wool Coats
   
7. Her Wondrous Cat
   
8. Hedgehogs (When Careful)
   
9. Hot White Chicks

Please send an e-mail containing the number and full acro that you are voting for, along with your GL username to salonga@fas.harvard.edu by 9 a.m. Monday, March 31, 2003 (GL time). Include the word "acrophilia" in the subject line.

Some notes: If a submission contains multiple entries, only the first one will be considered official. I understand that there is some confusion about the rules, all of which will be cleared up here.

Submissions will not be edited for content, and there is no . That said, use your best judgment, but don't be afraid to say anything. If there is ANY question, I will contact you about it, and possibly delay a round until a proper acro can be submitted.

Notice there are two identical entries in this first round. This is not a problem; each is unique in my eyes. Voting for the first one will give a vote to its author; likewise for the second. This is why it is vital that you include the number of the acro in your vote.

If there is any other question, please don't hesitate to ask here or via e-mail.

[RequiemEternam]

Round 2 - Submissions

Acronym: T L N D
Theme: It seems like only yesterday...

Send to salonga@fas.harvard.edu by 9 a.m. Monday, March 31, 2003 (GL time) with "acrophilia" somehwere in the subject. If this is your first submission for the game, please indicate that in your e-mail. Have a great weekend!

[RequiemEternam]

And of course, please do not vote for your own. (If you're the author of one of the identical ones, and you accidentally vote for your own, that vote will be given to the other identical one.)

This point of rule courtesy of someone who shall remain nameless, but whose name sounds like an anti-balding treatment when pronounced by a native Japanese speaker.

[Werebear]

Can you put us latecomers on the board?

[RequiemEternam]

Round 1 - Results
Here's how the voting turned out:
Hedgehogs (When Careful) casinopete (5: dethy,-o-,logain,werebear,kevinatilusa)
Humans... (With Cash) UnheardVoice (1: rlp)
Hamsters, When Catchable -o- (2: ZutAlors!, UnheardVoice)

casinopete garners the most votes, and so would earn 8 points, but earns 0 points for not submitting a vote.
1 point each to those who voted for casinopete's
An extra 2 points to -o- for 2 votes.
An extra point to UnheardVoice for 1 vote.

Also, one Mod point to rlp, because I so royally typoed her submission. My apologies!
Scores have been updated.

[RequiemEternam]

Round 2 - Voting

Acronym: T L N D
Theme: It seems like only yesterday...

1. That Lewinsky Needed Daddy
   
2. True Love Never Dies
   
3. That Life's Now Done
   
4. Tomorrow Looked Nice... Dammit
   
5. That Love Never Died
   
6. That Luna Needed Diapers
   
7. The Lakers: Not Dumb!
   
8. Teenaged, Leery, Nervous, Doubtful
   

Please send an e-mail with the acro and number you feel is most deserving to salonga@fas.harvard.edu by Wednesday, April 2, at 9am GL time.

[This message has been edited by RequiemEternam (edited 03-31-2003 11:28 AM).]

[RequiemEternam]

Round 3 - Submissions

Acronym: G O C L S
Theme: You'll be sorry

Send submissions by 9am Wednesday, April 2, with "acrophilia" in the subject line and your GL username somehwere in the message. Newcomers, feel free to join in this round. No vote needed!

[casinopete]

oops.

[wordcross]

sorry, i'll have to be /out now. Other stuff going on. sorry.

[RequiemEternam]

24 hours until the next deadline. Get your votes and acros in while you can.

[Homsar]

/Hammertime.

(Translation: I'm /out too.)

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I am mayonnaise, hear me roar!

[jadesmar]

Crap.. sorry, missed this one.
Email confirmation would be appreciated next time.
Sorry all.

[RequiemEternam]

Round 2 - Results

Here's how the voting turned out:

Tomorrow Looked Nice... Dammit Orbiting (5: dethwing,rlp,ZutAlors!,kevinatilusa,casinopete)
That Lewinsky Needed Daddy dethwing (2: UnheardVoice,Logain)
That Luna Needed Diapers Logain (2: Orbiting, Werebear)

Orbiting wins the round with 5 votes, for a total of 9 points.
Dethwing earns 2 votes and voted for -o-'s, for a total of 3 points.
Logain garners 2 votes, for a total of 2 points.
One point each to rlp, ZutAlors!, kevinatilusa and casinopete for voting for the most populate acro.

Scores have been updated.

[RequiemEternam]

Round 3 - Voting

1. Going Over Calculus.... Last Second?
   
2. Guard's Out! *Click* Luck's Shot
   
3. Growing Old Causes Long Suffering
   
4. Going Overly .com? Lousy Stocks!
   
5. Giving Orangutans Chocolate Laxative Supplements
   
6. Getting Observed Criticizing Leader (Stalin)
   
7. "GODDAMN!!!...." (Omnipotent Chucks Lightning) "...*Sizzle!*..."
   
8. Go On, Call Luna Stinky
   
9. Get Off Chuck's Little Sister
   
10. Giving Out Certain "Love Samples"
    

Lots of excellent entries. This is going to be a tough one. Get your votes to me by 9am, Friday, April 4. Don't forget to include your GL username, the number of the acro, and the acro itself.

[RequiemEternam]

Round 4 - Submissions

Acronym: D Y B R T L
Theme: It's all Ellhnikoz to me

Submissions due in my inbox by 9am, Friday, April 4. Be sure to include your GL username, and the word "acrophilia" somehwere in the subject line.

[dethwing]

It's all what? What's that mean?

[casinopete]

*cannot tell is dethwing is being facetious*

it means "Greek" (in Greek)

[dethwing]

I wasn't, and thank you.

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To a computer scientist, there are only three numbers: 0, 1, and I don't care.

To a mathematician, reality is a special case.

[eixdeuce]

Would this have been over the top?

Gerbils oiled carelessly leave scars.

Man, I love acrophobia. Just in case someone hasn't heard, it's back at Uproar.

[Orbiting]

Wow. Thanks eixdeuce! Acrophobia is my favorite game ever.

[RequiemEternam]

Round 3 - Results

Here's how the voting went:

8. Go On, Call Luna Stinky Orbiting (2: UnheardVoice, rlp)
5. Giving Oranguatns Chocolate Laxative Supplements Werebear (2: ZutAlors!, Logain)
1. Going Over Calculus.... Last Second? dethwing (1: Werebear)
6. Getting Observed Criticizing Leader (Stalin) casinopete (1: kevinatilusa)
10. Giving Out Certain "Love Samples" ZutAlors! (1: dethwing)

There was a tie.
Orbiting had the most popular acro and submitted it before Werebear, and so would earn 2 points plus 5 bonus points, but earns 0 for not voting.
Werebear earns 2 points for two votes.
dethwing and ZutAlors! earn one point each for one vote.
rlp and Unheardvoice earn one point each for voting for the winning acro.
casinopete would earn one point for one vote, but earns 0 for not voting.

Score have been updated.

[RequiemEternam]

Round 4 - Voting

Acronym: D Y B R T L
Theme: It's Ellhnikos to me

1. Damn You Bastards! Reading Tax Law!
   
2. Do You Britons Recognize That Language?
   
3. Daedulus, Yes, Built Rapidly Theseus's Labyrinth
   
4. Does Your Brother Really Translate Languages?
   
5. Defeated! You B***** Robbing Trojans Lost!
   
6. Daedalus, You Bonehead! Redesign The Labyrinth!
   
7. "Doin' Young Betas" Replied The Lambda

Send votes by Monday at noon. I figured 9am was too early for most people after a weekend. Don't forget: Gl name, "acrophilia", number, acro. Thanks!

[Orbiting]

Pah - I forgot to play this round....

[RequiemEternam]

Round 5 - Submissions

Acronym: L E C M N S A
Theme: Celebrities - Dead or Alive

Submissions due by noon on Monday, April 7, GL time. Insert standard bureaucracy here.

[mith]

For some reason I thought that said 9 pm. Oh well.

[Werebear]

I don't get bonus points??? But I voted!!

[RequiemEternam]

I was so excited, Werebear, when you tied for first. Unfortunately:

Originally posted by me in the Rules:

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¹Ties for first will go to the earliest submitted entry among those tied.
²Points are awarded first, THEN cancelled for lack of participation.

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Keep up the good work, and get those acros in ASAP.

[dethwing]

haha, mith sucks

[The Dark]

Bah!, missed the start - I found acro back at uproar.com by accident - unfortunately they have removed the 6 and 7 letter rounds - my favourites

[RequiemEternam]

Just a friendly reminder to get your acros and votes (especially votes!) in by noon today.

Also, to The Dark, jadesmar, and anyone else interested in joining late: please do! Entry is just like in Acrophobia: you might enter a room late, and others might already have points, but you can still start submitting, because we don't stop until someone has thirty points. With the six and seven letter rounds, there's lots of bonus points to win.

Also, please note that this game is called Acrophilia, which is the GL version of this game, and takes much, much longer to finish. Acrophobia is registered by the nice folks at Uproar (nee Bezerk), and goes very, very quickly. My inbox filters aren't sorting your e-mail right if the subject line doesn't have "acrophilia" in it. I'd hate to miss your submission because it got buried in the spam.

[UnheardVoice]

Sent.

Werebear, that's gotta be the ugliest smilie I've ever seen. Freaked me out when I first saw it.

[RequiemEternam]

Round 4 - Results

Survey says:

6. Daedulus, You Bonehead, Redesign The Labyrinth! ZutAlors! (6: -o-, rlp, kevin, Logain, UnheardVoice, casinopete)

4. Does Your Brother Really Translate Languages? Werebear (1: ZutAlors!)

7. "Doin' Young Betas" Replied The Lambda Logain (1: dethwing)

ZutAlors! wins the round, earning 6 points for votes, and 6 points for the bonus, for a total of twelve points. Congratulations!
Logain earns 1 point for an earned vote, plus one point for voting the winning the acro, for a total of 2 points.
One point each to Orbiting, rlp, kevinatilusa, Unheardvoice and casinopete for also voting the winning acro.
Werebear would earn one point for one earned vote, but earns none for not voting.

Scores have been updated.

[RequiemEternam]

Round 5 - Votes

Acronym: L E C M N S A
Theme: Celebrities - Dead or Alive

1. Like Every Celebrity, Mark Now Signs Autographs
   
2. Lovely Egypt's Cleopatra Memorably Nursed Suckling Asp
   
3. Legendary Entertainer Carmen Miranda Needed Shirts "Ample-sized"
   
4. Like Eminem, Candy Machines Need Slot Activity
   
5. "Lennon Exposed" Cover: Merely Nudity? | Stunningly Avant-garde
   
6. Luckily, Escapee Charles Manson, Nabbed! Safely Arrested!
   
7. Look, Everybody! Celebrities! Must Nab Some Autographs!
   
8. Lauded Entertainer Crowe Marries Nice Spencer Actress
   
9. Look! Elvis' Corpse Moves! News Shocks America!
   

Send your votes (number, acro, your GL name) to me by 9am this Wednesday, April 9.

[RequiemEternam]

Round 6 - Submissions

And we're back to three letters.

Acronym: V B P
Theme: Newbie Hot Seats, War with Iraq, and other Dumb Ideas

[RequiemEternam]

Round 5 - Results

Here's how the voting went:

9. Look! Elvis' Corpse Moves! News Shocks America!
by Orbiting (6: rlp, The Dark, UnheardVoice, kevinatilusa, ZutAlors!, Logain)

4. Like Eminem, Candy Machines Need Slot Activity
by Logain (1: dethwing)

7. Look, Everybody! Celebrities! Must Nab Some Autographs!
by UnheardVoice (1: Orbiting)

Orbiting wins the round with 6 votes and 7 bonus points, for a total of 13 points.
UnheardVoice and Logain each earned one vote and voted for the winning acro, for a total of 2 points each.
rlp, The Dark, kevinatilusa and ZutAlors! each earn one point for voting for the winning acro.

Scores have been updated.