MegaManFan Posted October 28, 2003 Share Posted October 28, 2003 I figured in honor of this ignomious achievment I should do some sort of significant contest. The problem is I'm not as good as Ben at creating mind-bending, colossally challenging puzzles, and I don't want to just throw this away on something like "10th or 100th person to respond wins" either. So in what might be a first for the contest forum or for AtariAge contests as a whole, I'm creating something so bizarre it will have you scratching your head and asking "WTF is wrong with MegaManFan?" (That is, if you weren't already from the fact I have 10,000 posts.) I'm having the "Create a Contest" contest. No, I'm not kidding. There will be two winners to this WTF is wrong with MMF contest. The first winner will be the entrant who comes up with the most creative contest for giving away a free prize (video game or related). I may enlist someone for help judging which one is the best contest, someone far wiser or with far more status on these boards than me, such as Albert or CPUWIZ, if they are willing. Otherwise I could be accused of bias in picking the best contest if the winner also happened to be a good friend of mine. The prize for designing the best contest is as yet undetermined, but I'm sure that for the winner it won't be a waste of his/her time at all. The second prize will of course be the actual contest that someone else designed for the demented mind of Mr. MMF. To be fair, the prize awarded in the contest designed for the contest will not be of greater value than the prize awarded in this contest. Confused? So am I. Suffice it to say one prize won't be vastly superior to the other or vice versa. So if you think you're up to the challenge, start designing a contest to win this contest. I may be demented, I may be crazy, I may even think I'm funny when I'm really not, but the one thing that's no joke here is that two actual prizes will be awarded - one for designing the contest, and one for the winner OF the designed contest. I have to say though that the winner of the first contest is automatically ineligible to win in the second contest, since he/she designed it his or herself of course. That would be cheating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophero Sly Posted October 28, 2003 Share Posted October 28, 2003 Congratulations on 10,000. I marvel at your achievement. Oh, and 10,000 posts on AA...that's certainly original! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smile_walle Posted October 28, 2003 Share Posted October 28, 2003 You are the most mighty and powerful posts!! Congtrats!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakpack Posted October 28, 2003 Share Posted October 28, 2003 You are on fire!Congrats MMF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Monkey Posted October 28, 2003 Share Posted October 28, 2003 Here is an idea for your contest... A 2600 picture guessing game, like the thread here: http://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=30054 You could have about 20-25 pictures, each one representing a different game. The contestants would have a limited amount of time to peruse the pictures and then submit, via PM only, a list of their guesses as to which game each picture represents. Allow the contestants to submit only one entry for the contest. The contest can then be scored by the number of correct entries. If there is a tie, the tie can be broken by the time/date the entries were submitted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted October 28, 2003 Share Posted October 28, 2003 the "put your hand in my pocket and guess what's inside" contest! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted October 28, 2003 Share Posted October 28, 2003 How about a web based scavenger hunt for items that cannot be found using a simple search engine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanman Posted October 28, 2003 Share Posted October 28, 2003 Crongrats..... How about a picture of the person holding a 2600 cart. But they have to be doing something wierd, like skydiving or something. That would be cool and hilarious. DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW DO NOT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted October 28, 2003 Share Posted October 28, 2003 How bout a guess what items MMF is selling contest? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...egory=4315&rd=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted October 28, 2003 Share Posted October 28, 2003 Don't click on that link people ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted October 28, 2003 Share Posted October 28, 2003 I have an idea: The contest should be to see who can get Ben to come back to AtariAge AND get him to create another contest! (Oh, what a shame it is for me that he's not here creating his puzzles these days, since I have so much time on my hands... ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted October 28, 2003 Share Posted October 28, 2003 Don't click on that link people ! Gawdammit CPUWIZ you coulda waited a post or two and at least let SOME fun ensue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakpack Posted October 28, 2003 Share Posted October 28, 2003 Don't click on that link people ! Gawdammit CPUWIZ you coulda waited a post or two and at least let SOME fun ensue. Too late........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vb_master Posted October 28, 2003 Share Posted October 28, 2003 what was it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted October 28, 2003 Share Posted October 28, 2003 what was it. Why don't you click on it and find out ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad2600 Posted October 28, 2003 Share Posted October 28, 2003 I have an idea for a contest, MMF. How about a contest where one must attempt to correctly list the total number of PAL games? It would be challenging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krisjohn Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 "The most screens competition" Give people a month to photograph Atari 2600 games running on as many different TVs, monitors, projectors or screens as they can. They must be in each photo and photos should be recent (might include a newspaper dated after the start of the contest). Games can be emulated, but should be functioning (not just a still shot). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 IHow about a contest where one must attempt to correctly list the total number of PAL games? It would be challenging. More like impossible. There are hundreds out there that are as of yet not listed anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted October 29, 2003 Author Share Posted October 29, 2003 There have been a LOT of great contest ideas so far! I suppose I should set a deadline for when you have to have your contest ideas in. Let's say 10 days from the start of this thread (to the same hour and minute of that day as post #1). I still haven't enlisted help in judging the contests yet, but I'll work on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 I still haven't enlisted help in judging the contests yet, but I'll work on that. how about enlisting the help of the winner of phase 1 of the contest tp help decide the winner of phase 2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Primus Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 How about a "name that cart" contest, where you have to guess what a cart is based on either a screenshot taken with a flash in a brightly lit room on an old TV tuned between channels, or a fuzzy, out of focus shot taken of the cart itself at an angle. Or, similarly, a "name that Atari item" contest, where a very close-up shot is taken of a piece of Atari gaming hardware, and you have to figure out what it is. Ian Primus ian_primus@yahoo.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted October 29, 2003 Author Share Posted October 29, 2003 I still haven't enlisted help in judging the contests yet, but I'll work on that. how about enlisting the help of the winner of phase 1 of the contest tp help decide the winner of phase 2? That would be fine! I still need help judging the entries for phase 1 though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARI TROLL Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 Congrats MMF on your achievement LMFAO at NE146 and CPUWIZ. I clicked it! Had too! Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2600Lives Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 Hmmm. How about a "Garbled Game" contest? Take an Atari cart and put it in the machine, then "fry" it by flipping the power button on and off rapidly. Then, show a pic of the garbled screen and have everyone guess what game it is. Another possiblity. Show a screenshot of a single sprite from a game, then have everyone guess what game it's from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candiru Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 I don't know how swifty you are at working with graphics but it might be cool to post a bunch of screen shots, say 10 or more, of different Atari games but give them a little tweak. Put something out of place, missing or extra, wrong color, the possibilities are pretty limitless. Then the contest is, obviously, guessing what's wrong. I think this one would be good because it would encourage actually playing the games, and paying attention to details of gameplay. I know this one could end up being a lot of work but I'm sure you'd find plenty of volunteers to help out. Myself included. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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