Sandy

[font=Century Gothic]Remember that the person who ends up being your team's volunteer should send me a PM to confirm it, so that there's no misunderstandments. Thanks! ;D[/font]

I am a [I]bit[/I] bitter that I had to share my spot among the Fifty Nifty, but since this is the first time I actually got in it, I shouldn't be complaining. ;P Besides, if there's one person I'd be willing to share my spot with, it would definitely be White. Like the text said, I believe both of us bounced from being back-row members to the absolute front row during last year, with both of us becoming mods and competing in OA2 etc.. So cheers for us, Whiteman! ;D And of course thousands of thanks to everybody who deemed me nifty! I feel loved...

[B]Important:[/B] for the next challenge, I need [B]one volunteer from each team[/B]. Make the decision between your team and then the person volunteering should send me a PM about it. After I get each team's volunteer, the fourth challenge will commence. ;D

I'm surprised but glad that there weren't more casualties, the shooting taking place in a crowded mall. I also feel very lucky for living in a small, peaceful country where guns aren't "free market" items. [QUOTE=SunfallE][COLOR=RoyalBlue] Honestly I wonder if it?s a growing trend, or if things like this are just getting more news coverage than they use to, though I agree with Kei, obviously we need better programs to at least try and help people who are struggling with mental issues. Though how you would go about that I haven?t a clue.[/COLOR][/QUOTE] The keyword is [I]pre-emptive work[/I], which means that people should get help in the troubling situations in their lives [I]before[/I] they lose their mental health. Poverty, unemployment, poor social care, lack of education, organized crime... it's all those things that drive people into despair and desperate actions. I honestly believe that if the US government would've put all that money that went to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars into social- and health care, there would be so much less internal problems over there. But that's another issue of debate, and I wouldn't want to go there in this thread. My heart goes out to the loved ones of those who died - including those of the killer.

[font=Century Gothic]The results of the [b]third Team Council[/b] are in. The player leaving [color=DarkOrange]Team Argo[/color] today is [b]Ezekiel[/b] with two votes, whereas both Shy and Allamorph got one. Evicted from [color=Green]The Laugh Out Louds[/color] is [b]Rachmaninoff[/b], who got three votes against Kitty's one. Ezekiel, Rachmaninoff... Thank you both for playing, you made it quite far though. You can now post one more farewell post to this thread, if you so please. As for the next challenge, the fourth, it'll begin soon, and boy are you in for a [i]twist[/i]. Meanwhile, the four teams can opt to change captains, if the current one isn't doing their job well. See you soon, Survivors![/font]

[B]*Angry Brittish accent*[/B] Get your [B]hands[/B] off o' me [B]bolding[/B], the [B]pair[/B] o' you! >:P

[B]50 OtakuBucks[/B] for [B]sakurasuka[/B] to come in [B]3rd[/B] place. Why? I don't know, I just feel like testing my luck... ;D

[FONT=Century Gothic]Alright, teams, I have now read through each of your entries. First of all I have to say that I truly appreciate the hard work and time you have put into this challenge, but unfortunately it wasn?t a good thing for some teams. With much less work you could?ve gotten a much more focused [b]short movie[/b] screenplay. I have to add, though, that I loved to watch the creative process that each team had in their own threads. All teams showed a remarkable amount of co-operation, although naturally some people took more responsibility than others. But now, I will review each team?s screenplays separately. A warning in advance: [b]I won?t be nice[/b]. [COLOR=DarkRed][B]The Mercenaries:[/B] I almost can?t believe that just [i]three people[/i] were able to do what you guys have done. I don?t even know where to begin? Well, the most important thing is probably that I saw the events unfold before my eyes as I read it. The plot was dark, it was thrilling, and it was very graphic. All good things. The setting was a bit clichéd, and you could?ve taken the theme into a completely different direction, but at the end you have nothing to be ashamed of in your screenplay. Now, I was worried that the overly large cast might do you in, but you handled it quite efficiently. The amount of students could?ve been smaller, and they could?ve been more fleshed out as individuals, but you swiftly got rid of the excessive characters. The antagonist was quite creepy, although I?m glad you didn?t make him invincible, like in so many (poor) horror movies. I was surprised of how few inconsistencies there were (I only spotted the one where the kids talked about the police refusing to come to their help ? which was a fact that only Gavin knew and he had no opportunity to tell it forward before his death), on the contrary, the plot was very consistent. And I love plot-twists, even though they were pretty predictable in this. The layout was very nice, blood-spattered pink was a macabre but fitting choice. The closure brought chills down my spine, I took it as a symbol of the evil every human carries inside them. As I said, this would make an excellent short-movie ? or even a full-length movie if the characters were developed more ? and you should be proud of your accomplishment. The only thing missing from it is a title.[/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Team Argo:[/B] I have to say I had some expectations for the theme I gave you, which affect my review, so I beg your forgiveness for that. It was a good thing that you started making a retelling of an old myth, especially the one that you named your team after. I hate to say this, but your screenplay was too slow in the beginning, and too hasty in the end. To be honest, I can't imagine it being filmed into a short movie. It lacks focus for that. It started with long pieces of dialogue (which soon got repetitive), there were many totally unnecessary details (like the talking cat), and the fact that the history of the Fleece was [I]told[/I] and not [I]acted out[/I] was a big flaw. At some point, I found myself bored, actually, wondering where this "fantastic adventure" would really begin. The characters of Mother and Allam Orf were interesting, but the others were quite insignificant - especially Kalon, who served as nothing but the token character dying dramatically. Much to my chagrin, the actual adventuring (?it's all about the journey?, don?t you remember?) was brushed off in a few short scenes (sailing, fighting, sailing, some more fighting, much more sailing). Then suddenly comes the end climax, and this is where things really just begin. And then it's all over, all too fast and all too predictably. The writing itself is riddled with inconsistencies, suddenly there's some Lafontaine guy doing voice overs in the middle of everything, the heroes are called ?the Argonauts? once, and the character personalities do wild turns in the end (for example, Allam Orf changing from the information giver to the greedy egoist). The plot is just one big trip to the Clichéland (except for Zeke, the [i]heroine[/i], doing the swordfighting), and I'm having a hard time finding anything positive from it. Quite frankly, I'm disappointed in your team. If you had just focused on making a [I]short movie[/I] out of this, you could've left out so much of the unnecessary details and inconsistencies, and actually come up with something concentrated and entertaining.[/COLOR] [COLOR=Blue][B]The Titans:[/B] Hmm, I think you had something good going on. The plot of your short movie was clichéd on some parts (the superpowers weren?t anything new), but it was also somewhat unconventional (the death of JJ so early on, and the whole vendetta against Sandy). The pace of the screenplay was decent, the beginning especially had quite a good rhythm, although there were too many montages of each characters. Each character had a distinct personality, although they could?ve been even deeper. The vendetta I mentioned was pretty weird, though, since you couldn?t say that Ms. Beth and the kids were super[i]heroes[/i] ? they did nothing heroic during the movie, except maybe getting rid of a criminal mastermind. Sandy as the villain was oddly evil and lacked a motive, but perhaps he just wanted to wipe out the Titans until they would become too much of a threat. You should?ve described the infiltration of Sandy?s building instead of cutting to the climax all of a sudden, and the ending should?ve had a proper moral, instead of just ?evil gets its ass kicked?. All in all, your screenplay lacked other action besides fighting, but the characters were sympathetic and the length was good. The addition of music was a nice touch, although the pieces sounded more like game music, and thus were somewhat distracting. The text itself was sometimes written too much like it had a narrator, but I could definitely see the scenes as motion pictures in my head, and that?s the most important thing.[/COLOR] [COLOR=Green][B]The Laugh Out Louds:[/B] Your theme was probably the hardest to make a short movie out of. Fortunately you have a master comedian as you Team Captain. I laughed and chuckled on many occasions. The jokes were all funny, although many were quite random, and the plot was as consistent as one could expect from a ?crazy comedy?. It really reminded me of Leslie Nielsen?s and Mel Brooks? movies. But unfortunately it didn?t get quite to that level. The problem with your screenplay was that it was an OB-parody fanfic with many jokes that only the members of these board would get. If it were filmed as a real short movie, it wouldn?t get audience outside this site. I know it wasn?t clearly prohibited to make inside-jokes, and to certain extent it would?ve been just fine, but at times it seems that you?re whole screenplay is built upon those type of jokes. Also, some jokes would be impossible to transfer into a movie (like the ?dumb guard?-joke). You also used quite a lot of repetition as the basis of your jokes, there could?ve been less of that. I have to applaud you, however, for the great ending. It also seemed as if the whole short movie was built upon your captain?s persona, and if I didn?t know better, I could say he wrote this all by himself. I would?ve appreciated a bit more effort from the other team members as well. To sum it up, your entry is good and funny as a written product, but as a screenplay for an actual movie it is dubious.[/COLOR] So there. I hope I didn?t offend anybody too much, I know you all went through a lot of trouble for this challenge and I want to repeat how much I appreciate that fact. But as is the nature of the game, not everybody can win. There are two [B]winners[/B] for this challenge, and they are [color=DarkRed]The Mercenaries[/color], by far the best, and [color=Blue]The Titans[/color]. Congratulations, you two teams, you are safe from voting people out. This means that [color=DarkOrange]Team Argo[/color] and [color=Green]The LOLs[/color], you are facing the? [center][size=5]Third Team Council[/size][/center] One person from both [B]losing[/B] teams will get voted out. As usual, the voting takes place via private messages to me, stating the name of the one you want out this time. Who holds your team back? Who doesn?t pull his or her weight? Who do you think enabled the loss of this challenge? It?s time to vote [i]who[/i].[/FONT]

[font=Century Gothic]Another reminder for those teams that are panicking to get their entries up: the purpose of this challenge was to make a screenplay for a [B]short movie[/B], I'm not expecting to see too long scripts. Short movies usually last from ten minutes to half an hour, so there isn't time for that many scenes in them. Good luck for what's left of the challenge, Survivors![/font]

[font=Century Gothic]I wake up on Sunday here just about after the time that you go to sleep on Saturday there. So it's practically the same day anyway. But for future record, I go by [B]European time[/B] everytime I announce a deadline.[/font]

[QUOTE=Darren]So how do you want us to present them? Directly through OB, disregarding the slight errors that may occur in the format? OR... hosted through another sight and just give you a link? (In which case, I'd need some examples of services to use because I can't find any)[/QUOTE] [FONT=Century Gothic]First option, please. I'm more focused about the contents than the presentation. Don't mistake me for a film industry professional, either. ;P [B]Edit:[/B] Just to remind all teams, the third challenge will close [B]after tomorrow[/B], so all entries should be put up during Saturday. I will determine the winners in Sunday, or if all entries are up sooner than that.[/FONT]

[FONT=Century Gothic]Thanks for your sign-up, Tekkaman, I was wondering where you vanished. ;P Here is the updated list of players in [B]standby[/B]: [indent]Crazy Kev Dario Matt (previously Doublehex) sakazaki Tekkaman Veritas[/indent] Although the game is on it's third challenge already, I wouldn't lose my hope to still get in if I were you. ;D [/FONT]

[QUOTE=Andrew] [size=1]I'm your everyday average avionic engineering apprentice.[/size] [/QUOTE] Yeah, that's one common job... XP But seriously, it's cool that you've found such an interesting field of work. Myself, I'm still studying social pedagogy, specializing in children and youth. It means that when I graduate, I will be qualified to work in the fields of day care, youth work, school (as a curator of sorts), child protection, family guidance, alcohol & drug addicts' care, criminal care, and different organizations and projects. Right now I'm thinking about a career in youth work or school, and I'm in a practical training in an open café aimed for young people between the ages of 13 and 18. The work we do there has very little to do with the work they do in actual cafés, though, it's more in the lines of socializing the youth and keeping them out of the streets. ;D This is a very interesting field of work for me, and although social care in Finland is in very good shape, there's always room for improvements, and I dream to one day be improving it on my own behalf in some way. Heh, I certainly didn't expect to end up doing what I do now in the childhood. I was "destined" to become an actor - that is until I went to a upper secondary school which had an emphasis on performing arts, and I realized I wasn't cut out to be a pro in it, and I didn't even want it. As a hobby, drama is great and fun, but as a work it's exhausting. So yeah, I'm fast becoming a "social upbringer"...

[QUOTE=The Boss][color=darkred][size=1] If Sandy will let me get them in late, I may, but I doubt it'd be worth it. [/color][/size][/QUOTE] [FONT=Century Gothic]Not a chance, Mike. ;D I expect to have each team's full script posted to the main thread during next Saturday.[/FONT]

[color=DarkGreen][B]PWNED[/B], I'm still not sure whether I should've give this a chance, but this game is quite poor in quality. I want you to put more effort to the text itself (punctuation, paragraphs etc.) as well as the contents (seriously, where's the story?). Feel free to post it again when you've improved the concept. - Sandy [B]*thread closed*[/B][/color]

[font=Century Gothic][B]Aaryanna:[/B] in a script format, you don't have to write in all the gory details that you would in a story format. For example, finding someones severed head would be written [Aaryanna find a head.]. That's perfectly okay for even the most faint-hearted people, isn't it? ;D [B]Beth:[/B] I consider "script format" to be a wider concept, that includes both of your examples. Either one is fine by me. I just wanted to make sure that nobody would start to write it in the style of a novel.[/font]

[QUOTE=Shy][size=1]Question: How many pages (roughly) is this supposed to be? -Shy[/size][/QUOTE] [FONT=Century Gothic]I assume you mean pages in Word? Well, [I]at least[/I] two (take into consideration the loose script format), but as I said, it's not the length that counts but the quality. ;D [/FONT]

[FONT=Century Gothic]It's time to move on with the game. Prepare yourselves for the... [center][size=5]Third Challenge: Otakuwood Studios Proudly Present[/size][/center] This time each team will create a [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screenplay][B][U]screenplay[/U][/B][/url] (

[QUOTE=NIKI12345] After a while I noticed that nobody talked to this guy. Here is the scary part why. He has this list of people he wants dead! Yeah it scared me to the first time I saw it too.[/QUOTE] Don't worry, many bullied kids have those. I had one too when I was a preteen, just not in written form but in my mind. It's the bullied students' way of getting back at world, and only in the most gravest circumstances have people "used" those lists. I wish the school faculties would try to see where the problems lie if they find that sort of writings, instead of freaking out because there's a "black list" and kicking the poor person out of the school. ... Oh, the topic is about freaks in general. I don't know if I believe in dividing people to "freaks" and "normal" people. We're all quirky in our own way. Besides, when I watch American high school dramas, I'm more freaked out by the always-aggresive jocks and airheaded cheerleaders than by the goths or nerds. ;P

Finland has the funny situation that we actually have both the "American Idol" as well as our own "Idols" running on TV at the same time (not simultaneously, but I think you get what I mean). If I had to compare, the American version has much better singers, at least in the finals, but it's also much more cruel in ridiculing the contestants, and I gotta say that some of the auditioners just aren't from this world... X/ I'm just wondering, since all the winners are such good singers and performers, that would they have [I]really[/I] needed to go to the show to success in their singing career? It's the easy way up, yes, but I think hard work pays itself off by making the success last longer. As for the Finnish version, it's much more toned down, the singers aren't that great at least in the semifinals where we're at, and the viewer-base is constructed from teenage girls for a large part, resulting to such things that last year, a "funny guy" won over a girl who could really sing. It was a big shame, but teenagers are a force to be reckoned with when they get to vote. XP For me, I like Idols, just like I do almost all big reality-contests. The drama and the emotions are just overwhelming, something you wouldn't see in a fully acted show.

[FONT=Century Gothic]The results of the [B]second team council[/B] are in. [COLOR=Green]The LOLs[/COLOR], the first person you voted out is [B]Peanut[/B], with three votes against Rachmaninoff's two. Sorry, girl, but you must say your goodbyes now to this thread please. As for other decisions, [B]Aaryanna[/B] is officially the new leader of [COLOR=DarkRed]the Mercenaries[/COLOR], and [B]The Boss[/B]/Mike joined [COLOR=Blue]the Titans[/COLOR] and the game. Expect the [B]third challenge[/B] to start soon. Just to give you a heads up, it will last all the way to Saturday, 10th of February. Yep, it's just that darn'd long. ;D[/FONT]

[FONT=Century Gothic]BKstyles and Darren, you are both correct, and have taken the [B]third[/B] and [B]fourth place[/B] for your team, respectively. That's right, the "spectacular names" were names of OB's own spectaculars, also known as Community Events. Here's the final results: [INDENT][I]1st place:[/I] [COLOR=Blue]The Titans[/COLOR] [I]2nd place:[/I] [COLOR=DarkOrange]Team Argo[/COLOR] [I]3rd place:[/I] [COLOR=Green]The Laugh Out Louds[/COLOR] [I]4th place:[/I] [COLOR=DarkRed]The Mercenaries[/COLOR][/INDENT] That means that [COLOR=Blue]the Titans[/COLOR] are allowed to choose one new player from the [B]standby[/B] to join their team. Here are your candidates: [INDENT][SIZE=1] [u]Crazy Kev[/u] 14 years old male from USA Strengths: Videogames, RPGs Weaknesses: Creative Writing, Movies [u]Dario/Leon[/u] 15 years old male from USA Strengths: Music, Videogames/Computers Weaknesses: RPGs, Art/Graphics [u]Doublehex/Matt[/u] 18 years old male from USA Strengths: RPGs, Creative Writing Weaknesses: Art [u]sakazaki/Theo[/u] 14 years old female from Malaysia Strengths: Anime/Manga, RPGs Weaknesses: Discussion/Debates, Music [u]The Boss/Mike[/u] 17 years old male from USA Strengths: RPGs, Creative Writing Weaknesses: Anime/Manga [u]Veritas/V[/u] 18 years old male from USA Strengths: RPGs, Music Weaknesses: Graphics, Social Interaction[/SIZE][/INDENT] [B]Beth[/B], I want you to announce your team's choice to this thread after you guys have discussed about it. I also have to check from the one you choose if they are still willing to participate, but after that, they will automatically move into your team. [COLOR=DarkOrange]Team Argo[/COLOR], you guys can take a break for a while, as you will not gain any new members but won't lose any old ones either. As for [COLOR=Green]the Laugh Out Louds[/COLOR] and [COLOR=DarkRed]the Mercenaries[/COLOR], you are going to vote, both teams for different reasons. This is... [CENTER][SIZE=5]Second Team Council[/SIZE][/CENTER] [COLOR=Green]The Laugh Out Louds[/COLOR], you came in third, so you will now have to [B]vote out one from your ranks[/B] for the first time. Please do it by sending me a PM with the name of the one you want evicted asap. [COLOR=DarkRed]The Mercenaries[/COLOR], I'm sorry to say that you lose your Captain, [B]indifference[/B], as a result of this race. Crystia, you are entitled to one farewell-post into this thread, please don't post to your Team Thread anymore. It was great to have you! Now, the rest of the Mercenaries should come up with a [B]new captain[/B] amongst them. Will it be [B]Aaryanna[/B], [B]Anomaly[/B] or perhaps [B]Darren[/B]? Take your pick and then the new captain should [B]report[/B] to me either by PM or by posting to this thread. After this Council is over, we move onto the third challenge, which, to make up for the shortness of this one, will be a very long one, involving heavy planning, compromises and buckets of creativity. Now it's [B]time to vote[/B].[/FONT]

[quote name='Sandy][FONT=Century Gothic][b]6.[/b] The [b]winner[/b] is the team that posts the name they got out of the thread titles as well as the complete list of titles they found [b]to this thread first[/b]. [color=red]The poster does [i]not[/i] have to be the captain of the team.[/color'] The challenge will go on until all four teams have posted their answers.[/FONT][/quote] [font=Century Gothic]Sorry, Shy, but you guys came in second.[/font]

[quote name='Aaryanna][COLOR=DarkRed']I have a question, if a team puts up their answer and they are missing one of the threads, so long as they have at least ten do they still win? Or do you tell them they are missing some? Or do they get penalized and automically lose if they put up an answer with 10 threads when you actually put the letter in 11 different threads? [/COLOR][/quote] [FONT=Century Gothic]Each team has a specific amount of letters, and a specific amount of threads to find. A perfect answer requires [I]all[/I] the threads that have the S-symbol of your team's color in it.[/FONT] [QUOTE=Sakura][COLOR=Navy]I'm not sure if my team will hate me for this but I'd like to submit our answer, and I'm willing to accept any hatred that comes toward me from anyone. I'm assuming we won't be penalized for incorrect answers, but here goes... (...) Using the first letter of each thread title I came up with the words; [B]BIG BROTHER[/B][/COLOR][/QUOTE] [FONT=Century Gothic]You took the risk of completing the challenge (almost) by yourself, Mary, and I won't penalize you for that. As it happens, your answer is correct, and it has earned your team the [B]first place[/B] in this challenge. Congratulations![/FONT] [QUOTE=Aaryanna_Mom]I do not want to vote out another member of the team so I hope I found all of the correct threads as I did not search the part Shy had already done. Here are the threads: (...) And the word I came up with is [B]OTAKU AWARDS[/B] I must have stared at those letters for over thirty minutes since in my vocabulary, Otaku is not a word. And it took looking at the site and seeing the words OtakuBoards for me to realize what the answer most likely was. Now, I hate to do this Sandy, but I?m going to give you a complaint about this round. I realize you spent a lot of time thinking of this challenge and in setting it up. But it was horribly unfair to the other players who unlike myself have jobs and school and other commitments. I am disabled and other than doctor?s appointments and occasionally getting out I am homebound due to my health. It was unfair towards everyone here, including my own daughter who is currently at school at this very moment. I?m sorry to say that since I thought the whole concept was rather clever and fun to actually do.[/QUOTE] [FONT=Century Gothic]Your answer is correct as well, Kathy, so your team came in the [B]second place[/B]. Now for your complaint. It is justifiable as such, but since there are contestants from across the globe with different life situations, it's impossible to go by [I]everybody[/I]'s time. I knew when I invented this that it would be a quick challenge, and not everybody could participate in it. In any case, there are a lot of things attributed to this game, but "fairness" isn't one of them, and I hope I have never given the allusion that it would be. With that being said, it's unfortunate that [COLOR=Green]the Laugh Out Louds[/COLOR] and [COLOR=DarkRed]the Mercenaries[/COLOR] have to fight for the two losing spots. That's just the spirit of the game. If it's any consolation, the future challenges won't be based on speed.[/FONT]

Time for another batch of Sandy's tough love. ;D [SIZE=1][B]The Boss:[/B] I think your photo-editing did a good service to your picture, it really feels like a screenshot from an old movie. It still doesn't cease to amaze me how somebody can jump that high up without a trampoline, so you better congratulate yourself for having such a talent! ;D Also, bat-gorillas are a funky innovation, I wonder if they are related to those winged monkeys from Oz? [B]SHUN:[/B] Eek, a horsie! 8/ Well, it looks benevolent enough... Nothing out of the ordinary in your picture, I don't think it stands out very well from the other contestants' photos. Your text portion is also quite short in comparison. [B]Clurr:[/B] I'm still not seeing your face. The jungle dance is rad, though. ;D Lion and a blowfish? Would that make a blowlion? *is very afraid* Heh, you'd totally mess out the country that you would rule. X) I like your way of thinking, girl. [B]Desbreko:[/B] Your facial expression and posture does it all, it really looks like the monkey is giving you the ride of a lifetime. ;D Still insisting on the goatee, huh? Your "spaker" is truly an abomination I wouldn't want to encounter. I think you'd make just as good a ruler to your country as you do here. ;D [B]Vicky:[/B] Behold the mighty stick huntress. The playground and the fence break any allusion of you being in the wilderness, though. ;P I'm a sucker for tales from the antiquity, and Pompeii touches me especially since it's a true tragedy. You just got the concept wrong: the city was covered in ash, yes, but it was the ash that turned into stone, not the bodies. The bodies eventually disintegrated, leaving holes into the stone, which were eventually revealed when the archeologists began chipping away the stone and filled the holes with concrete. And now I'm totally off-topic... XP [B]taperson:[/B] Sorry, female booty doesn't do it for me. ;P It's a nice picture, though, shows that people can [I]actually[/I] have fun in summercamps. You didn't put much to your answers, either, and it's a shame. [B]MistressRoxie:[/B] I really like the postcard-theme, it's very original and fun. And Thailand is definitely one of the places I want to visit one day. The picture itself isn't anything special, the people in the background are rather disturbing, but I really believe you saved it by making it a postcard. To answer you rhetorical question: Pengaby. It sounds like a Pokémon. ;P [B]celestialcharm:[/B] Yay, finally a photo that shows it's just as cold and snowy there as it is in here! It's a bland picture, but you look adorable in it. Like a teenager longing to go back to the innocent days of childhood... *sob* A "cowtle" would be a sight, indeed. [B]Darren:[/B] Whoa, risky business! You really did fall, huh? Dogs are pure evil, I concur. *rawrhiss* It's a great shot with actual action, if it had been on video it would've been great material for one of those homevideo-shows on the TV. An "owlypus" would certainly break the news barrier, if you ask me. You probably should've thought of something more original for the second question, though. [B][strike]gayiPodgirl[/strike] sakurasuka:[/B] Despite the fact that your picture is taken indoors, it's not a bad picture at all. In fact, it's the classiest of the bunch, I think. You should've put more effort to your answers, though, like so many others. [B]Japan_86:[/B] Where's the action, girl? All I see is a trio of friends posing. :/ Your answers aren't the most original stuff, either. [B]Revelation:[/B] Isn't it creepy being outside in the dark on a fence? ;P Good call on the racist police, too! >;D Anyway, the picture is thrilling indeed. You would defs make a better leader that G.W.B., but I think the same could be said from all of the contestants. Even Clurr, who would turn the country into one gigantic sushibar. XP [B]Ezekiel:[/B] Aw, I can't resist the British charm of the picture! The colors are just perfect from the lush mossgreen of the grass to the glowing scarlet of your hair. It's a lovely photo, and you almost make me believe that there really is a crocodile in the river. Or at least a sheepah. ;P Going with Black & White as a method of ruling the country wouldn't be a very succesfull one, though. *imagines a giant sheepah attacking New York* [B]nezzyjean:[/B] Why are your...? Nah, I won't ask. XP A candid photo, indeed. I don't a zebraffe would be such a peculiar animal, though, it could almost pass as an albino giraffe with a pigment problem. For the record, utopias don't work because people are selfish bastards. [B]White:[/B] You're dancing? It looks more like somebody hit your face with a snowball during a snowfight. And you're giving the camera the finger. :/ I appreciate you share the same freezing fate as me, though. Gawd I hate winter! Turtledoves have always bothered me too, it's not right to mix up two animal names like that and then not live up to the expectations that come with it! >:/ [B]Sinistra:[/B] More snow... It looks like you're eating it. Are you? :/ What's a saluki? *googles* Oh, a dog breed. We call them "attic dogs" in Finnish language, for some odd reason. You didn't finish your last answer in time, shame.[/SIZE] And with that, I'm done. My favorites this round are [B]Desbreko[/B] and [B]Ezekiel[/B], and this time it wasn't even a tough choice.