Lady Mischief - New Years Competition

[doe]

Subtitled: What happens when devs get together and have time to kill....... ;D

So 7r4(Yen (because I can't find the symbol on the keyboard) and I were killing time earlier today, shooting the breeze over a couple of drinks and thinking of a way we could pay tribute to some of the awesome wheelers here....wheelers who have enhanced our 2009 PD experience and made it a real joy to be part of this unique site.

So here is it folks.....

The Clover/Doe ringing in the new year with our favorite wheelers competition.

You may remember that 7r4(Yen posted the link to a fairy name site last week. Well, what do you get when you input some wheeler names into that site and then add a bit of Clover and Doe pixie dust? The results appear in 7r4(Yen's post below.

Your task, dear friends is to match a fairy description to each of the following wheelers:

[/li][li](a) - power pony
[/li][li](b) - bbuf
[/li][li](c) - inspirational_spazmoid (triassic)
[/li][li](d) - roger
[/li][li](e) - beanzoze
[/li][li](f) - phil
[/li][li](g) - E
[/li][li](h) - maelstrom (windy)
[/li][li](i) - mrniceguy


Just to make things a little trickier, one wheeler has two descriptions, because frankly he deserves it and well, we just couldn't decide which one was more appropriate!

Entries should be posted in this thread and must be posted by 12.00am, 3 January 2010, PD board time - that is the time that is shown on the board before you log on and switch it over to your own time zone. The most correct entry will be the winner. Clover and I will be the judges and no correspondence will be entered into - although we are plainly open to bribery and corruption via PM ;D. Only Clover and I know the answers ;D. Winners will be announced in this thread on 4 January 2010.

The winner will receive the glory of knowing they were right and an all expense paid trip to the 2010 Dev Convention to be held sometime in Florida. In the event of a tie, there will be more than one first prize awarded.

So go for it, guys/girls and remember... this is all firmly tongue in cheek and we love you all .

[Inigo Montoya]

Here are the descriptions...

1. Fire Goblinshimmer
He is a bringer of riches and wealth.
He lives where fireflies mate and breed.
He is only seen when the first flowers begin to blossom.
His clothes glow with fiery colours. He has green wheels.

2. Feather Snowfilter
He is a cleansing force and a peace-bringer.
He lives in high places where the clouds meet the earth.
He is only seen on midsummer's eve.
He wears pale blue like the sky. He has pale blue wheels.

3. Gossamer Moonwand
He is the moon goddess's messenger.
He lives in spiderwebbed wonderlands and insect grottos.
He is only seen when the seer holds a four-leafed clover.
He wears tiny black spiders on his clothes. He has funky blue wheels.

4. Fidget Hailwand
He is a protector of the lonely.
He lives in rotting woodlands near poisonous toadstools.
He is only seen when the seer holds a four-leafed clover.
He wears red with white spots, like the toadstools. He has cheery turquoise wheels.

5. Fire Rainbowtree
He is a fortune bringer.
He lives where fireflies mate and breed.
He is only seen when the first leaves fall from the trees.
His clothes glow with fiery colours. He has multicoloured wheels.

6. Moth Reedtree
He is a panpipe player and enchantment singer.
He lives close to crystal caverns and stalagtite grottos.
He is only seen when the first leaves fall from the trees.
He collects crystals to wear on his clothes. He has wild green wheels.

7. Fidget Rainbowdancer
He is a fortune bringer.
He lives in rotting woodlands near poisonous toadstools.
He is only seen when the bees swarm and the crickets chirrup.
He wears red with white spots, like the toadstools. He has multicoloured wheels.

8. Berry Icefly
He is a bone chilling bringer of justice for the vulnerable.
He lives in fruit orchards and vineyards.
He is only seen at midday under a quiet, cloudless sky.
He wears red, cerise and purple berry colours. He has icy blue wheels.

9. Gossamer Willowfly
He is a caster of weird dreams.
He lives in spiderwebbed wonderlands and insect grottos.
He is only seen at midday under a quiet, cloudless sky.
He wears tiny black spiders on his clothes. He has green coloured wheels.

10. Fire Elfshimmer
He is a cheerful sprite.
He lives where fireflies mate and breed.
He is only seen when the first flowers begin to blossom.
His clothes glow with fiery colours. He has green wheels.

Good luck!

[doe]

Example entry:

a3
b5
c6 and 8
d1
e2
f4
g9
h10
i 7

[Inigo Montoya]

This is fun! I wanna hang with you more often! w00t!

[doe]

Thanks lucretia and welcome back to the board.

[Triassic]

you know...i REALLY DO own panpipes.

and i REALLY DO have loads of chrystchuls in my place; some wearable.

[Inigo Montoya]

;D Um, this might be a good time for an additional disclaimer....

Neither Doe nor Clover has been inside the abode of any of the gentlemen listed here (so we don't really know what their homes are like... unless she's holding out on me ) but we both sincerely doubt that any of them live in rotting woodlands with poisonous toadstools OR spiderwebbed wonderlands. All results are from that silly random-ish web ap and you know how those are.

Do you play the pan pipes, inspirational_spazmoid? Do you use the crystals or are they just for decoration? I picked some up this fall... Hey, do you remember that guy who used to have the pan-pipe commercials? ;D What was his name? Zephyr?

[Pony]

Well, I'm going to say I'm probably #5 coz I do live where the fireflies mate and breed. In fact, I've mated with a few, and I can tell ya they're quite the little turn on. However, my clothes are NOT fiery coloured...I like my Ballerina tights in heather-grey!

[Phil]

*scratches head*

Huh?

If I look confused, it's only because I'm confused.

This cold weather is getting to my brain.

[BA]

Nah, Phil. I am totally confused too. I would totally fail this one here. Too cryptic for me. The only thing that seems to be a common thread is "where fireflies mate" and since there are three of those, I will say they belong to the Florida dudes.

[Phil]

Dec 29, 2009 20:08:03 GMT -5 BA said:

Nah, Phil. I am totally confused too. I would totally fail this one here. Too cryptic for me. The only thing that seems to be a common thread is "where fireflies mate" and since there are three of those, I will say they belong to the Florida dudes.

I see fireflies in the summer. Not many, but some. Not many brave the trip up the east coast. Are they mating? I never really looked that closely, lol. You know, privacy and all. But I did hear one playing Johnny Mathis CD's once.

Here's a firefly that's trying to mate:

[Inigo Montoya]

If fireflies are lighting up then they're in the mood for love. :-) It's a mating behavior.

As far as this goes, we were just pissing around with the little "What's your fairy name?" generator thingy. Some fairy "descriptions" seemed kinda close... like mine was.

Buttercup Reedfrost
She is a panpipe player and enchantment singer.
She lives in clover fields where fairy rings grow.
She is only seen during the first snow of winter.
She wears bright clover green. She has gentle green butterfly wings.

As far as these things go, it's fairly "accurate" in that it mentions clover twice. I put my real name in, not my screen name. So, it's pretty random... the game is to try to figure out or just plain guess which wheeler's name goes with which fairy name. We changed "she" to "he" and made some other minor changes... we thought some kinda fit and some kinda don't.

It was funny when we posted it. I thought... it's really not something to take very literally or seriously. Promise.

[doe]

Four Leaf, this was funny and is funny and look into my eyes and forget about anyone else.....look into my eyes.... look into my eyes......

Seriously folks, just look at the line after each fairy name - that's the descriptor.... the rest is just fairy fluff .

Four Leaf, why don't you let one of the cats out of the bag as a teaser?

[Inigo Montoya]

I just did mine! lol...

Are your eyes doing that thing like the snake in the Jungle Book? I'm mesmer'eyesed' ;D

Okies... I'll let you have.... *riffling thru her files....* I'm feeling generous, so I'll give a couple... that leaves 8.

I....am...Courage (formerly known as Triassic) is ...
1. Fire Goblinshimmer
He is a bringer of riches and wealth.
He lives where fireflies mate and breed.
He is only seen when the first flowers begin to blossom.
His clothes glow with fiery colours. He has green wheels.

which is not one of the "accurate" ones because he really does have a pan flute* and crystals. (Although, I'll reiterate that I didn't know that at the time... sorry)

mrniceguy is...
8. Berry Icefly
He is a bone chilling bringer of justice for the vulnerable.
He lives in fruit orchards and vineyards.
He is only seen at midday under a quiet, cloudless sky.
He wears red, cerise and purple berry colours. He has icy blue wheels.

... which was kinda accurate because he's been talking about harassing the scammers... get it? ;D

Tony, doll, you can't have a partial entry... sorry.

*The guy with the pan flute commercials was Zamfir! Can someone explain to me why I can remember that useless info but can't remember to get everything I need at the grocery?

[Inigo Montoya]

Here are the answers...

Triassic
Your fairy is called Fire Goblinshimmer
He is a bringer of riches and wealth.
He lives where fireflies mate and breed.
He is only seen when the first flowers begin to blossom.
His clothes glow with fiery colours. He has green wheels.

Fubb
Feather Snowfilter
He is a cleansing force and a peace-bringer.
He lives in high places where the clouds meet the earth.
He is only seen on midsummer's eve.
He wears pale blue like the sky. He has pale blue wheels.

Tony…
Gossamer Moonwand
He is the moon goddess's messenger.
He lives in spiderwebbed wonderlands and insect grottos.
He is only seen when the seer holds a four-leafed clover.
He wears tiny black spiders on His clothes. He has funky blue wheels.

Tony
Fidget Rainbowdancer
He is a fortune bringer.
He lives in rotting woodlands near poisonous toadstools.
He is only seen when the bees swarm and the crickets chirrup.
He wears red with white spots, like the toadstools. He has multicoloured wheels.

Phil
Fidget Hailwand
He is a protector of the lonely.
He lives in rotting woodlands near poisonous toadstools.
He is only seen when the seer holds a four-leafed clover.
He wears red with white spots, like the toadstools. He has cheery turquoise wheels.

Beanzoze
Fire Rainbowtree
He is a fortune bringer.
He lives where fireflies mate and breed.
He is only seen when the first leaves fall from the trees.
His clothes glow with fiery colours. He has multicoloured wheels.

E
Moth Reedtree
He is a panpipe player and enchantment singer.
He lives close to crystal caverns and stalagtite grottos.
He is only seen when the first leaves fall from the trees.
He collects crystals to wear on His clothes. He has wild green wheels.


Mrniceguy
Berry Icefly
He is a bone chilling bringer of justice for the vulnerable.
He lives in fruit orchards and vineyards.
He is only seen at midday under a quiet, cloudless sky.
He wears red, cerise and purple berry colours. He has icy blue wheels.

Windy
Gossamer Willowfly
He is a caster of weird dreams.
He lives in spiderwebbed wonderlands and insect grottos.
He is only seen at midday under a quiet, cloudless sky.
He wears tiny black spiders on His clothes. He has green coloured wheels.

Roger
Fire Elfshimmer
He is a cheerful sprite.
He lives where fireflies mate and breed.
He is only seen when the first flowers begin to blossom.
His clothes glow with fiery colours. He has green wheels.

And the winner is..... Tony because, upon further reflection, the judges decided that a partial entry was acceptable after all.

Happy New Year everybody!