Contest #1 Winners

And the Winner is...

Me!

1st Place – “Diameter - 12,756.3km; mass - 5.976e24kg, nickel-iron core, one moon, mostly dirt and pigeons.”

2nd Place (team Dandy) – “The world is the forgotten playtoy of some random god with ADD.”

3rd Place (Elizell) – “Collective of intellectually underdeveloped secular humanists, covetous egoists, homosexuals, and religious fanatics.”

Congratulation to me, I knew I could do it. I have known me for a long time and I can honestly say that I deserves this. Equal congratulations to team Dandy (of which I am ½ of) for their fine work. They will receive a medal or trophy or something else ridiculously valuable. And finally, congratulations to Elizell. I have no idea who you are, but we are all very proud of you. If you disclose yourself as a person, I will send you your prize. I’ll put the full details of the results as a comment. Thank you all for participating. Rock on!

Comments

Dan Lipka said…
Transparency is good. Results: I awarded 5 points for a 1st place vote, 3 for a second place vote, and 1 for a third place vote. The raw scores are in the parentheses, key = (1st place votes, 2nd, 3rd, Total Points).

Most people are in poverty. The aristocracy rules. Technology marches onward, upward. (1, 1, 0 = 8 points)
God's Habitrail, series of puzzles, final exams, ant farm, experiment gone awry. (0, 1, 0 = 3 points)
People care if you help them, hurt them, or can be blamed. (1, 0, 0 = 5 points)
Too much war. Different religions kill. Technological Push, Oh yeah fuck Bush (1, 1, 0 = 8 points)
***Diameter - 12,756.3km; mass - 5.976e24kg, nickel-iron core, one moon, mostly dirt and pigeons. (2, 2, 0 = 16 points)
Able to land a rover on mars, But can't stop middleeast violence. (0, 1, 3 = 6 points)
The world is a Krispy Kreme doughnut wrapped in bleeding leather goo. (0, 1, 0 = 3 points)
*Collective of intellectually underdeveloped secular humanists, covetous egoists, homosexuals, and religious fanatics. (1, 2, 1 = 12 points)
Irrelevant piece of dirt covered with little things that aimlessly move around. (1, 1, 1 = 9 points)
Six billion people. Who the hell cares. Apathy isnt so bad. Whatever. (0, 1, 1 = 4 points)
**The world is the forgotten playtoy of some random god with ADD. (2, 0, 3 = 13 points)
Unequal and diverse communities being "globalized"/homogenized deliberately and through communication revolutions. (1,0,0 = 5 points)
I'm building an arc, I expect another flood any second.
(2, 0, 1 = 11 points)
A work in progress, our significance overestimated. a coin toss ending. (1, 1, 1 = 9 points)
what is the world? (W) wonderous (O) onorous (R) re-inventorous (L) lascivious (D) dangerous. (0, 2, 1 = 7 points)
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