techant
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Updated because of sandstorm.
As I was having a hard time figuring out where I wanted to go next so I complied this simplified list of the Campsites, see http://forum.caravelgames.com/viewtopic.php?TopicID=11998 for the complete list.

Campsites:

Host       Name of Campsite      (smallish discription)

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NiroZ        Oracle of NiroZ!(one stop shop for all your answers)
Click here to view the secret text
×I got more questions than answers but fun anyway
coppro       <IWCH>    (LAN Parties and Carbonated Ice Cream)
Click here to view the secret text
×I got a great ice cream  And used the computer to complete my hunt list.
eytanz       Eytan's Place      (stop for chat/ I will swap)
Ezlo         Virtual Virtual Burning Man and Milkshake Bar)
Click here to view the secret text
×I got a great choc milkshake  
  
Ezlo new version - (three exciting areas to explore)
Elfstone     Elfenhaven (quiet repose and gentle conversation)
Click here to view the secret text
×Went and had a nice rest
Drgamer      Drgamer's Real life Virtual DROD!
Click here to view the secret text
×this was great fun but I have to go and secure my campsite.
Chaco        Bicycle Trampoline Fun
Lst6         Armin's Restaurant  (Now combined with Sanctuary)
techant      Sanctuary           (Bird hunt and animal rescue)
Jason        Chess Galore! Explosions!  
Banjooie     Just comments
Rabscuttle   Un-named
Bunches      Animals on things (The movie, but better)
Tim          postpone this tent
Someone Else     (2 tents="Do not touch the device" "Opens soon")
RoboBob3000      (note says "Remain Silent.")
The_Red_Hawk  Camp Ice Cream (you choose what to do)
silver        Not a Real Campsite  (list of stuff collected)
jamesdenem    Jamesdenem's Tricky Travels    (prize)
Lardarse      After the Massacre...(you see a man,)
Syril Ram     Syril Ram's Radical Uber Land  (swimming, Wii,...)
Schik         I don't have a campsite
schep         I don't have a campsite

(Not have a spacing ability really made this hard)
Thanks    Rabscuttle






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I have been continually playing contest on the forum since Dec 2004. Having often been addressed as a he my new avatar shows that I am a "Lady". And one with a very sharp sword, too.



I love the monthly contests but it took me a long while before I even placed. 21 contests in fact.



Virtual Burning Man was the first contest I took any place in and I got 1st, wow!. Yes, I have received my prize, a sweatshirt from the DROD store, and I love it.



It took 14 more contest but next I took 1st prize in Media of the Eighth Nov07, followed by a win in the Secret Santa 2007. Check out my entry: http://www.gailswebplace.com/NightSky/index.html



Suddenly I was a winner but, still the goal of a winning hold based contest eludes me....



I keep trying so come and join me.

 http://forum.caravelgames.com/viewboard.php?BoardID=83



[Last edited by techant at 10-13-2006 08:01 PM]

Jason
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Except that I am not chess anymore. I am... Explosions! Come and see for more infomation!

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Tim
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It seems that somehow my place has other stuff from the dust storm as well. If you think there are stuff here that belongs to you, just take it.

I haven't followed the contest threads lately, so if there is anything I need to do to give things back, please tell me.

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Elfstone
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Tim wrote:
It seems that somehow my place has other stuff from the dust storm as well. If you think there are stuff here that belongs to you, just take it.

I haven't followed the contest threads lately, so if there is anything I need to do to give things back, please tell me.

Thanks Tim - you don't seem to have anything belonging to me, but it is possible that I have thing(s) belonging to you; I have quite a lot of new items which have not been claimed yet. Have a look here and if you want any of it just let me know.

Elf.

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techant
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techant leaves you an invitations:

........Attention Everyone........

A Big Thank You Bash at Sanctuary and Armin's Restaurant

Starting this Friday Nite (what ever is your Friday Nite) we are throwing a food filled Sandstorm Survivors Thank You Bash. The party will go all weekend till Erik makes us stop so come when you can.

If you hadn't notice already Sanctuary has joined forces with Armin's Restaurant brought to you by Lst6, together we feel we can give you a better experince. So either transfer over to Sanctuary or Armin's both of us are there waiting for you.

We will have special entertainment by our bird trainers and wonderful food brought to you by the Excellent Chef Lst6. There will be lots to do and see, so don't miss it. Even the tiger will be there.

So many of you helped us get through the storm that we just want to say thanks - Everyone is welcome even if you were too busy or not around to help. Here is your chance to relax and take in the birdy nite life....

Please PM techant or RSVP on the Explorer Thread if you are planning to come. I will send out PM to those who have not RSVP'd so everyone gets invited.

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ErikH2000
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The contest portion of Virtual Burning Man has finished aside from voting, but there is no harm in keeping VBM going for as long as people care too. If there's interest in continuing, just let me know, and I can move the topics over to "Forum Games".

-Erik

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Chaco
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Ah, dang. I was hoping it would be over later.

For those of you interested, I was trying to set up a sort of a bicycle obstacle course, with the beanbags being used from the helicopter somehow - but I couldn't put it all together. Obviously, getting most of my stuff back would be unoriginal and dull.

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Nillo
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This was pretty fun, even though I sort of occupied myself with DRODer! by the end and only visited two different campsites. What I'd like to know is the solution to Robobob's riddle. I could glean that the letters were probably worth something in different M&M's, but it didn't add up and I started getting fractions after a while.

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RoboBob3000
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At first I was just going to display random amounts of M&M's and squirt people whenever I felt like it. I wanted to have a highly eccentric booth. But then I decided that would upset people, so I created some order to what was going on.

For those not involved, players deposited an item in a milk crate by my booth. I responded by dishing out various amounts of colored M&Ms.

The yellow M&M's represented the number of different vowels represented. For example, CHOCOLATE had an AEO, so there would have been three yellows, regardless of the double. Although it never occurred, deposits with a Y would have received an additional smashed yellow M&M.

Red was the number of letters in the word minus three.

Green was the number of consonants in the word before the first vowel.

Blue was the number of letters that occurred in the word more than once.

Speaking or placing an item in the crate that was larger than the crate got you squirted with my Super Soaker.

The mystery item was:

? OO OOOOOO


Tuttle figured out that I was looking for a although Schik saw that a worked as well.

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Lardarse
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Very clever. And it's nice that you finally gave us the answer. Any chance that I can have the final item list? I'd like to see what it was, so that I can see if my friend can work out what the missing item was.

JBluestein is dripping wet.

I assume that he wasn't able to remain silent...

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Global Progress

CANDIES OOO OOOOO

BANANA O OOOOOO

TISSUE OOO OOOOO

CHOCOLATE OOO OOOOOOOOOO

STRAW O OOOOO

DIRT O OO

SUGAR OO OOO

BANANAS O OOOOOOO

BALL O OOO

FRISBEE OO OOOOOOO




? OO OOOOOO




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ErikH2000
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Sorry to be so late with this wrap-up. I've been hustling hard to get DROD: The City Beneath dialogue ready to record.

Virtual Burning Man went off great! The people here displayed a lot of freeform creativity. My only regret is that I didn't visit campsites myself. So I don't even really know what campsite owners did that gained so much appreciation. When I came back from the real Burning Man, I had similar thoughts like "why didn't I go visit that one cool place--the one where everyone glued feathers to their skin and jumped on trampolines?" Oh well.

What I did see was a lot of enthusiasm and--weirdly--a strong sense of ownership. It really seemed to matter to people when their stuff got randomly redistributed by my storm. I didn't think people would try so hard to get back their original inventory. Techant's efforts to save her virtual animals actually made me feel a little guilty. There are other more-developed computerized worlds--MUDs and MMOGs--out there that don't make you work so hard to support the reality. The software will manage your inventory, track where you are in the world, and enforce what you can and can't do. I'm encouraged that we can ad-hoc something together with just our forum as the supporting technology, and hey, it actually works! Imagine what could be done with some specialized software behind it all.

But that's a different story. Let's get back to the contest...

Jason won 3rd-place after we ran a tie-breaker poll between Someone Else and The_Red_Hawk. (By the way, the tie-breaker poll reminds me of why we switched over to the "ratings" style polls long ago. What if the tie-breaker poll had been another tie?) Jason gets 25 rank points.

I think many people were intrigued by EytanZ's decision to just bring one potato with him to Virtual Burning Man. It showed a certain sense of... what's the word, I want... counter-munchkinism. Eytan gets 50 rank points.

Long-long-time contest participant, Techant, has won her first contest. Congratulations! Techant, you get 100 rank points and any item of your choice from the Prize Pile. Also, don't forget you still have the "Bully Pulpit" prize from "Don't Ask", where you get to post an announcement of your choice in the scrolling marquee shown on DROD's title screen.

Who were the rookies? Lardarse and Drgamer joined us for their first contest. We appreciate newcomers, so they both get 10 rank points.

Much thanks to all who participated!

-Erik

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