Oprano Contest - Win Prizes - Impress Your Friends

[Red]

I felt we should kick off the new look of Oprano with a contest. Now, since it is MY contest, it's going to involve some literary skills.


Oh, stop groaning, spelling won't count and you only need to write a paragraph or so.

One paragraph, spelling doesn’t count, easy enough, right?

Oh, there is one teensy weensy rule. You must use as many smilies, instead of words, as you can to express yourself.


The contest will last from today through Saturday 9/24



I have begged..uh no, threatened...uh uh...bribed...uhmmm...Morgan has graciously volunteered to judge the entries with me. In the event of a tie, we will turn to the wisdom of our own Solomon and fearless leader, Nick, for a decision.



There will be 4 categories judged:



1. The best story not using any smilies that will make Morgan throw up. You would think a woman who makes her living writing smut would be able to handle these...and you'd be wrong.


2. Initiation for the new mod on the block. That's right, this is for the best story that makes the most brutal fun of Dravyk. I’m sorry Dravyk. I know you don’t know me well, but I’m sure putting you through this will make us just the very best of friends.


3. The story that best seduces the judges. Yes, here is your chance to turn on the women that write the words that make the whole web schwiiing.


4. The most creative story without a category to guide you. This is for those of you who have trouble with following guidelines. Just let your creativity flow.




What's that? You ask. You want prizes? Ah well, I guess it would be too much to ask that you would want to do it just for the literary challenge, so there will be prizes.


From Exclusive Content (http://www.exclusivecontent.com) - a $50 gift certificate to get some of their excellent images.

From TopBucks (http://www.topbucks.com) - One week's worth of traffic from their #1 exit console.

From Homegrown Cash (http://www.homegrowncash.com) - One month of homegrown content feeds

From Written Temptations (http://www.writtentemptations.com) - 2 story packs. One from Morgan and one from myself.

From the Oprano Newbie Webmaster Board's TGP Project - a $25 Amazon gift certificate.

From Oprano - each applicant will receive a limited edition, collector’s item. An Oprano mafia tee shirt.



Attention Mods: You, on the other hand, if you choose to play, will do it just for the literary challenge.



I want to thank our advertisers that have generously donated these fantastic prizes.


Opranauts are intelligent, witty and extremely clever. So get out there and get those creative juices flowing. I know you will make me proud.

[Red]

Oops, I almost forgot. Please post all entries in this thread.

[Winetalk.com]

:waving: this contest is :wankit: by :butt: for :knitting: and I don't need your :stroke:
May I have :wankit: instead of :headshot: ?

[Nickatilynx]

Looks like serge won LOL

[Dravyk]

2. Initiation for the new mod on the block. That's right, this is for the best story that makes the most brutal fun of Dravyk. I’m sorry Dravyk. I know you don’t know me well, but I’m sure putting you through this will make us just the very best of friends. Ya wanna bet? :hmm:

[Winetalk.com]

Looks like serge won LOL
:woohoo: :loveyou: :kneel:

[DrGuile]

Attention Mods: You, on the other hand, if you choose to play, will do it just for the literary challenge.


Oooh... you just ruled out half the board... and according to a recent survey, the mods here really need those prizes to eat...


Here's an entry for you:

"I hear Dravyk is canadian."

[Nickatilynx]

I felt we should kick off the new look of Oprano with a contest. Now, since it is MY contest, it's going to involve some literary skills.


Oh, stop groaning, spelling won't count and you only need to write a paragraph or so.

One paragraph, spelling doesn’t count, easy enough, right?

Oh, there is one teensy weensy rule. You must use as many smilies, instead of words, as you can to express yourself.


The contest will last from today through Saturday 9/24



I have begged..uh no, threatened...uh uh...bribed...uhmmm...Morgan has graciously volunteered to judge the entries with me. In the event of a tie, we will turn to the wisdom of our own Solomon and fearless leader, Nick, for a decision.



There will be 4 categories judged:



1. The best story not using any smilies that will make Morgan throw up. You would think a woman who makes her living writing smut would be able to handle these...and you'd be wrong.


2. Initiation for the new mod on the block. That's right, this is for the best story that makes the most brutal fun of Dravyk. I’m sorry Dravyk. I know you don’t know me well, but I’m sure putting you through this will make us just the very best of friends.


3. The story that best seduces the judges. Yes, here is your chance to turn on the women that write the words that make the whole web schwiiing.


4. The most creative story without a category to guide you. This is for those of you who have trouble with following guidelines. Just let your creativity flow.




What's that? You ask. You want prizes? Ah well, I guess it would be too much to ask that you would want to do it just for the literary challenge, so there will be prizes.


From Exclusive Content (http://www.exclusivecontent.com/) - a $50 gift certificate to get some of their excellent images.

From TopBucks (http://www.topbucks.com/) - One week's worth of traffic from their #1 exit console.

From Homegrown Cash (http://www.homegrowncash.com/) - One month of homegrown content feeds

From Written Temptations (http://www.writtentemptations.com/) - 2 story packs. One from Morgan and one from myself.

From the Oprano Newbie Webmaster Board's TGP Project - a $25 Amazon gift certificate.

From Oprano - each applicant will receive a limited edition, collector’s item. An Oprano mafia tee shirt.



Attention Mods: You, on the other hand, if you choose to play, will do it just for the literary challenge.



I want to thank our advertisers that have generously donated these fantastic prizes.


Opranauts are intelligent, witty and extremely clever. So get out there and get those creative juices flowing. I know you will make me proud.






smartassness aside...its a nice prize :)

:okthumb:

[Sabby]

I still havent figured out how to post a smilie on the new board!

Where are they?


Sabby:)

[Nickatilynx]

Hit "post reply"

[Sabby]

Yeah I did. Wheres the smilies?


Sabby:)

[TheEnforcer]

They should be just to the right of where you write your reply with a little link at the bottom of the box that says "more" that you can click on to bring up a seperate window that has em all. I am guessing since you don't appear to see that that you might have smileys turned off in your settings for your account.

[Newton]

Nice job Red and some sweet prizes ... It could even be about any webmaster that has crossed your path and left you with a bitter taste in your mouth ..

[Sabby]

Okay some nice person turned them on for me.

Oh cool my boobies are here! (This smilie is even named after me on Netpond, LOL)


Sabby:flash:

[MorganGrayson]

Ya wanna bet? :hmm:

Pssst....Drav!
Writer that you are, the ability to say "Vengeance is MINE!" is completely within your grasp! The only prize you'll get is the ability to say "TAKE THAT!!" but that can sometimes be *more* than enough! :D

DrGuile...one of my absolutely favorite movies is "Vertical Limit." I've seen it a dozen times at least. I hope I'm quoting this correctly, but if not, you'll get the gist.

Skip Taylor: "She's French Canadian. Sometimes she's Canadian and can be quite pleasant. Today she's obviously French."

That line reminds me so much of you. Not necessarily because of the "Candian/French" bit, but because you can't seem to decide whether you're a nice guy or not. That's always fascinated me.

Sure, I won money in a contest sponsored by MacDaddy Bucks. I'm not an employee of MacDaddy Bucks. You really should work harder on getting over it. Old news.

[XXXPhoto]

:lyn_night
:double-fi :soapbox: :boxer:

:lyn_night
:ranting: :bjcum: :hmph:

:lyn_night
:mental:
...cont

[XXXPhoto]

:scratchin
:bulb1:

:woohoo:
:smily506:

:worship: :-pearl:

:v:

~fin

[Sin]

I have a full out story but it won't let me post it due to the following...:

You have included too many images in your signature or in your previous post. Please go back and correct the problem and then continue again.

Images include use of smilies, the vB code [img] tag and HTML <img> tags. The use of these is all subject to them being enabled by the administrator.

[Trev]

I have a full out story but it won't let me post it due to the following...:

You have included too many images in your signature or in your previous post. Please go back and correct the problem and then continue again.

Images include use of smilies, the vB code [img] tag and HTML <img> tags. The use of these is all subject to them being enabled by the administrator.
You should be able to post it now. :)

[Sin]

One day :) was feeling :( so :( had a :1party: to try make :( :D again.

Part of the reason :) was feeling :( was because :) was single. :) really needed some :inlove: but :) preferred to hang out at home andd :smily506: ...largely because :) was very :unsure: and :blush:

B) and :cool2: were friends with :) however, and the B) :cool2: duo, when together, was pure :bulb2:

B) and :cool2: decided that to make :( :) again, that :( needed to stop :wankit:, have a few :beer:, get :hic: ...and get a :bjcum: by having a :3some: that ended up :3some2: To be sure that they got :) a :bjcum: at the very least, B) and :cool2: made sure they invited a wide variety to the :1party:

Friendly :waving: types, drop dead gorgeous :zoinks: types, :flash: and :moon: types, demanding :eatme: types, :cheer: and :fanning: types, :angel:s and :butt: & :boober: and :whip: and :alc: types.

The :1party: was :v: but :) :bitchslap B) and :cool2: because now :) was :idontknow

Luckily :waving:, :zoinks:, :flash: & :moon:, :eatme:, :cheer:, :fanning:, :angel:, :butt: & :boober:, :whip: and :alc: were happy to :beer: and :bdance: Had an :bulb2: ...They all had held a little :wub: for :) at some point or another, so they had an orgy :1party:

:( was :) again, ...even :D. :cool2: and B) were left :huh: and :blink: before they joined in.

From that point on, :) was the :kneel: of :1party:

[Sin]

lame I need to edit it apparently, the party smiley isn't working

[Sin]

Or if someone can please fix it so that the party* smiley doesn't conflict with the : p smiley...

[Trev]

lame I need to edit it apparently, the party smiley isn't working
Let me take a look at it. ;)

[Sin]

YAY thank you Trev!!!!

[Trev]

YAY thank you Trev!!!!
No problem. ;)

[Newton]

Looking for a lobster smilie, a scat smilie and a tranny smilie now ...

[Dravyk]

Looking for a lobster smilie, a scat smilie and a tranny smilie now ...Good luck on the latter two.

Btw, there are two emoticons named "butt", the human and the monkey, and so it defaults to the monkey all the time. Suggest making one of them "butt2". http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/smile.gif

[Sin]

I vote yes for that too Dravyk ...there are not supposed to be any monkeys in my story damnit!

[Trev]

Good luck on the latter two.

Btw, there are two emoticons named "butt", the human and the monkey, and so it defaults to the monkey all the time. Suggest making one of them "butt2". http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/smile.gif
Done :)

[Dravyk]

Thanks, Trev!

Hmmm. You know, when you have the power to influence the changing of a 16 pixel graphic from a naked monkey shaking his butt to a naked guy shaking his butt, that your entire life hasn't been wasted.

[Trev]

Thanks, Trev!

Hmmm. You know, when you have the power to influence the changing of a 16 pixel graphic from a naked monkey shaking his butt to a naked guy shaking his butt, that your entire life hasn't been wasted.
Use that power wisely ya hear ;)

[Dravyk]

Use that power wisely ya hear http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/wink.gifThe pressure. The pressure! http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/wacko.gif

[spideriux]

wow nice contest

[Red]

Since I've been away for most of the weekend, I've decided to extend this contest until Tuesday. This will give it one full week.


So I'm giving you all another shot. This board is full of intelligent and witty people, so lets see some of it.
I've got lots of prizes to give away.

[ReighlynnRaine]

Bear in mind that it's late and I've had waaaaay to much soda pop and not enough sleep.



My Entry:

:) was feeling rather :happy45: so he decided to :car-smile to a club and :butt: on the dance floor. After a few :140s: he got up the nerve to ask :knitting: to dance. Why she was knitting at a dance club, no one knows. So they :dance: all night and at the end of the evening :knitting: invited him up for :Lets_do_i . Like a jackass he did the "I'm gonna score dance" :woohoo: so :knitting: went home with :cowboy: instead. :( ended up :car-smile home by himself to :wankit: . He learned never to do the "I'm gonna score dance" again.:-oops:

[Nickatilynx]

Bear in mind that it's late and I've had waaaaay to much soda pop and not enough sleep.



My Entry:

:) was feeling rather :happy45: so he decided to :car-smile to a club and :butt: on the dance floor. After a few :140s: he got up the nerve to ask :knitting: to dance. Why she was knitting at a dance club, no one knows. So they :dance: all night and at the end of the evening :knitting: invited him up for :Lets_do_i . Like a jackass he did the "I'm gonna score dance" :woohoo: so :knitting: went home with :cowboy: instead. :( ended up :car-smile home by himself to :wankit: . He learned never to do the "I'm gonna score dance" again.:-oops:

author!!! Author!! Bravo!!!

:)

[TheEnforcer]

Bear in mind that it's late and I've had waaaaay to much soda pop and not enough sleep.



My Entry:

:) was feeling rather :happy45: so he decided to :car-smile to a club and :butt: on the dance floor. After a few :140s: he got up the nerve to ask :knitting: to dance. Why she was knitting at a dance club, no one knows. So they :dance: all night and at the end of the evening :knitting: invited him up for :Lets_do_i . Like a jackass he did the "I'm gonna score dance" :woohoo: so :knitting: went home with :cowboy: instead. :( ended up :car-smile home by himself to :wankit: . He learned never to do the "I'm gonna score dance" again.:-oops:

Ahahahahahahaha...


Good one!!

[Dravyk]

Bear in mind that it's late and I've had waaaaay to much soda pop and not enough sleep.



My Entry:

:) was feeling rather :happy45: so he decided to :car-smile to a club and :butt: on the dance floor. After a few :140s: he got up the nerve to ask :knitting: to dance. Why she was knitting at a dance club, no one knows. So they :dance: all night and at the end of the evening :knitting: invited him up for :Lets_do_i . Like a jackass he did the "I'm gonna score dance" :woohoo: so :knitting: went home with :cowboy: instead. :( ended up :car-smile home by himself to :wankit: . He learned never to do the "I'm gonna score dance" again.:-oops:I agree! Excellent! :rokk:

[ReighlynnRaine]

*bow* Thank you, thank you. Insomnia + Smilies = Fun!

This contest kicked ass. How many times can we enter?

[Trev]

*bow* Thank you, thank you. Insomnia + Smilies = Fun!

This contest kicked ass. How many times can we enter?
We'll need a ruling from Red on that one, but I'd say as many times as you want. ;)

[ReighlynnRaine]

Awesome. And even if they can't be legal entries they're still fun to do.

[Red]

You may enter as many times as you wish.
:)

[MorganGrayson]

Since I've been away for most of the weekend, I've decided to extend this contest until Tuesday. This will give it one full week.


So I'm giving you all another shot. This board is full of intelligent and witty people, so lets see some of it.
I've got lots of prizes to give away.

*bump* :)

[ReighlynnRaine]

Red: Yay!!

[ReighlynnRaine]

Another entry. Still no sleep so here goes...

Once upon a time there was a :kneel: who kept his :cheer: daughter locked in a tower. She was a bit of a :flash: so he hired :shooter:, :snipe:, :woo:, :uzi: and :kapow:to gaurd it. A nearby :kneel: heard of the sluttly little princess so he hired some :ninja: to capture her. The :ninja: began to :bitchslap all the gaurds and rescue the princess. Once inside the :ninja: found out that the :cheer: had been replaced by :1DBH: who promply :1spank: him for entering the tower. :ninja: liked it so much he decided to stay in the tower and be :whip: for the rest of his days. The End.


And even though it has no place in the story every entry should have :butt2: in it because it makes me giggle.

[MorganGrayson]

http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/huh.gif lived alone except for his http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/cat.gif and http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/dog.gif . They kept http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/huh.gif company while he http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/lyn_night.gif . The occasional http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/smily506.gif to online friends was nice and broke up his day. Other than that, http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/huh.gif didn't do much. His best friend, http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/wwww.gif , thought it was http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/sad.gif . http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/wwww.gif decided that http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/huh.gif needed to get out and http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/beer.gif and http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/party.gif. First, http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/huh.gif said "http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/nervous.gif." Then he tried to http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/run.gif . But http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/wwww.gif was a http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/cool2.gif who wasn't going to let http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/huh.gif stay http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/sad.gif . http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/wwww.gif http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/scratchinghead.gif and decided to http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/bitchslap.gif http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/huh.gif into going out. http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/wwww.gif and http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/huh.gif went out to http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/alc.gif. http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/wwww.gif arranged for http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/DBH.gifto meet http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/huh.gif . http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/huh.gif went http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/safeyet.gif. "Oops," http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/wwww.gif thought. He called http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/boober.gif . http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/huh.gif met her and http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/thud.gif. http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/wwww.gif http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/scratchinghead.gif some more, and finally called http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/angel.gif who owned a http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/dogstare.gif , http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/car-smiley-003.gif and was a http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/cheer.gif . (http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/wwww.gif thought she was http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/cuckoo.gif but he was http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/pissedoff.gif .) http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/huh.gif met http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/angel.gif and http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/smile.gif . http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/angel.gif and http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/smile.gif http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/beer.gif and http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/gossip2.gif . Then they http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/dance.gif. It was obvious they http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/wub.gif .


http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/wwww.gif was exhausted, so he went and had a http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/usuck.giffrom http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/boober.gif to reward himself.

[Newton]

Absolute class :okthumb:

[gigi]

Cast:

:wub: = Red

:cheer: = Morgan

:stroke: = Dravyk

:devilguy1 = Nick

:salute:= MikeAI


:flash:= Sabby

:sheep: = Serge

:KongBeat = Anthony

:matey: = Vick

********

:devilguy1 hired :stroke: to join the Oprano Mod team. :cheer: and :wub: were thrilled to have :stroke: join the Oprano team; finally a :newbie: gopher they could :bitchslap and amuse themselves with!

:cheer: :gossip2: to :wub: and :stroke: noticed them :rotflmao1. :stroke: said, "Whatcha :rotflmao1 at?"

:cheer: and :wub: told :stroke: that they were just thinking about having a :3some: with :stroke: and how :rotflmao1 that would be because :stroke: wouldn't know what to do with :3some:!

:matey: piped in and said, "Besides, :stroke: doesn't have my long hair. There's no way he could possibly be as good as me in :Lets_do_i!"

:salute: chimed in, "And he's a :cuckoo1: liberal for gawd sake! Lazy damn liberals wouldn't stand long enough for a :1usuck:!"

:KongBeat added, "With the muscles :stroke: has, he'll be lucky to have the energy to even :wankit: all night long!"

:sheep: suggested that :alc: some wine and :wankit: a :doggy: would be more fun than having a :3some: with :stroke:.

:flash: just :whistling and :boober: her tits.

:stroke: was :1puppydog. He felt like he was just :nutkick:.

:wub: and :cheer: felt bad for :stroke: and decided to make :stroke: feel better.

:cheer: started :knitting: a wig for :stroke:. "That takes care of the hair problem." :cheer: thought to herself.

:wub: taught :stroke: to :butt:and be a true republican. No more :-pinkelep :-pinkelepfor :stroke:.

:cheer: then got :stroke: to start :boxer: and build up that stamina.

Finally, :wub: got a bottle of wine and she and :stroke: :alc: and :alc:.

Instead of a :doggy: , :cheer: and :wub: got :stroke:and they ended up in :Lets_do_i together. They :tagteam2: and :tagteam2: all night long.

Surprisingly, :stroke: now had hair like :matey:, republican intellect like :salute:, strength like :KongBeat, and wit like :sheep:.

Unfortunately, :stroke: also had :boober: like :flash:.

The moral of the story is, you can imitate anyone, but, once a :boober:, always a :boober:.

[Newton]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA priceless ...

[Trev]

gigi,

:wnw: :okthumb: :wnw:

[gigi]

haha, it was fun to write. Now that I look at it I see places I could have added to...but, it actually flowed out quite easily... :D

[Red]

These are just wonderful.

All right kids, you've got until midnight tonight to get those entries in.
The winner will be announced on Friday.

Keep 'em coming. :)

[ReighlynnRaine]

We have to wait till Friday???

The anticipation will kill us! :lol:

But seriously... more stories people... I love these things. I want to write more.

[Red]

ok, the contest has officially closed.
The winners will be announced of Friday, since I'll be away today and tomorow.

Thanks to everyone who played, you all did great.

[ReighlynnRaine]

Can't wait!! :D

[gigi]

I'm surprised there were no more stories submitted! They were fun to write :)




and the winner IS..........................

[Red]

I'm surprised there were no more stories submitted! They were fun to write :)




and the winner IS..........................

I was surprised too, gigi. I was hoping to bring out the creativity around here, but I loved what was submitted.

I'm working on the winners and I'll announce shortly.

[Red]

And the Winners are...

First, I'd like to thank everyone who participated in my little game. We got some great stories and I hope you all had fun with this.

In the category of The most creative story without a category to guide you. The winner is ReighlynnRaine and she receives a $50 gift certificate from Exclusive Content (http://www.exclusivecontent.com/)

In the category of Initiation for the new mod on the block, the winner is Gigi. And she receives One week's worth of traffic from TopBucks (http://www.topbucks.com/)

In the category of The story that best seduces the judges. The winner is Sin and her prize is One month of homegrown content feeds from Homegrown Cash (http://www.homegrowncash.com/)

In the category of The best story not using any smilies that will make Morgan throw up the winner is ReighlynnRaine and she receives the Amazon gift certificate.

I was hoping we would have had a lot more entries and runner ups, but since we don't each winner will also receive a story pack from Written Temptations. (http://www.writtentemptations.com/)

Unfortunately our limited edition Oprano mafia shirts, never found there way to me, so everyone who entered can choose either a new Oprano coffee mug or hat.

Please PM me your email address so I can put you in touch with the contact for your prize, let me know what niche you'd like the story pack in and your mailing address so we can send out your hat or mug.

Again, thanks for playing and congratulations you guys all did great.

[ReighlynnRaine]

Wow... thanks!! And congrats to Gigi and Sin.


And hey all you newbies... I'm a newbie too so this should be some incentive to post!!

[gigi]

Rockin! Thanks guys!

And congrats to Sin and ReighlynnRaine!

PM is on it's way red :)

[Newton]

Excellent and well done ;)

[TheEnforcer]

Congrats to all the winners and thanks to all of the sponsors who donated prizes. Much appreciated!

[MorganGrayson]

Congratulations to all the winners and thanks to our generous sponsors who dontated prizes! :)

[Sin]

Thank you!! :) I had fun with it... Congrats to the others as well! :D