Avatar Contest April 13-19

[Ronald Bryan]

I had an idea for an Avatar contest about two years ago that I lost a tie break on so I never got to use it. This makes the idea of this contest even better. So here it is, Delayed. What item or event took a while to finally happen/be released?

Rules? I guess there are some. It's been so long since anyone posted them. Oh yeah, you have to use the avatar during the week, no claiming an avatar and then not actually using it, voting is on April 19, and please at least say what your avatar is so when iArchaeologists are studying the forum in 1000 years they have an idea of what your avatar was. And of course, have fun.





I'm still using my original idea for the contest since it's supposed to finally be coming out after a 1997 announcement, Duke Nukem Forever.

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[jessecuster3]

I am in with a championship 49 years in the making.



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[BigMike20X6]

Still waiting for this to continue...

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[Cei-U!]

It took twenty years and a complete change of regimes at both DC and Marvel but those of us who'd gotten so very excited at the prospect of JLA/Avengers a.k.a. Avengers/JLA finally had our patience rewarded in 2003. It was worth the wait.

Cei-U!
I summon the big payoff!

[Slam_Bradley]

A short delay. But a very very annoying one.

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[DubipR]

37 years later, Brian Wilson put out Smile in 2004.

[Captain Clarkie]

I'm in with the predicted to be imminent, but always just around the corner End of the World!

Summed up by this-

How will it be, this end of which you have spoken, Brother Enim?
Omnes:
Yes, how will it be?
Peter :
Well, it will be, as 'twere a mighty rending in the sky, you see, and the mountains shall sink, you see, and the valleys shall rise, you see, and great shall be the tumult thereof.
Jon :
Will the veil of the temple be rent in twain?
Peter :
The veil of the temple will be rent in twain about two minutes before we see the sign of the manifest flying beast-head in the sky.
Alan :
And will there be a mighty wind, Brother Enim?
Peter :
Certainly there will be a mighty wind, if the word of God is anything to go by…
Dudley :
And will this wind be so mighty as to lay low the mountains of the earth?
Peter :
No - it will not be quite as mighty as that - that is why we have come up on the mountain, you stupid nit - to be safe from it. Up here on the mountain we shall be safe - safe as houses.
Alan :
And what will happen to the houses?
Peter :
Well, naturally, the houses will be swept away and the tents of the ungodly with them, and they will all be consuméd by the power of the heavens and on earth - and serve them right!
Alan :
And shall we be consumed?
Peter :
Con..sum..éd? No, we shall not be consuméd - we shall be up on the mountain here, you see, while millions burn, having a bit of a giggle.
Jon :
When will it be, this end of which you have spoken?
Omnes :
Aye, when will it be - when will it be?
Peter :
In about thirty seconds time, according to the ancient pyramidic scrolls… and my Ingersoll watch.
Jon :
Shall we compose ourselves, then?
Peter :
Good plan, Brother Pithy. Prepare for the End of the World! Fifteen seconds…
Alan :
Have we got the tinned food?
Dudley :
Yes.
Peter :
Ten seconds…
Jon :
And the tin-opener?
Dudley :
Yes.
Peter :
Five - four - three - two - one - Zero!
Omnes :
(Chanting) Now is the end - Perish The World!
A pause

Peter :
It was GMT, wasn't it?
Jon :
Yes.
Peter :
Well, it's not quite the conflagration I'd been banking on. Never mind, lads, same time tomorrow… we must get a winner one day.

[Michael P]

Dibs on A Dance With Dragons.

[Donald M.]

I am in with a championship 49 years in the making.



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I'll see your 49 years and raise you 86.

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[thehod]

I'll see your 49 years and raise you 86.

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And I'll see your 49 years and your 86 years and give you 136 years without a major trophy win.

Until a glorious day at Wembley Stadium in February of this year when Birmingham City finally reached the end of the road.

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[WestPhillyPunisher]

Okay! I'll play! How's about this?

http://www.firstshowing.net/img/punisher-frank-castle.jpg

[StoneGold]

Dibs on the Second Coming.

[Captain Clarkie]

Dibs on the Second Coming.

Heh, I considered that.

[Matt Algren]

Dibs on the Second Coming.
No porn, dude.





Oh wait, you mean something else.

[StoneGold]

Here we go. And who better to depict the Messiah than the Comics Messiah, Rob Liefeld?

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[The Beast Of Yucca Flats]

Dibs on Planetary #27.

I thought reading that series in trade paperback would at least cut down somewhat on the buttpain of long waits.

Then I finished Book 3; that was in the summer of 2007. (sigh)

[Matt Algren]

I'm in with Wile E. Coyote, who taught us that your fall will be delayed until you know you aren't on the cliff.

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[Donald M.]

Okay! I'll play! How's about this?

http://www.firstshowing.net/img/punisher-frank-castle.jpg

There's a specific theme, not just any old avatar will do. Sorry.

You're still welcome to play if you want to change your avvy to one that does fit the theme. If not, you can always still vote at the end of the week. Participation is absolutely encouraged!

[Sagafan]

Voting time. I'll give mine to Torgo the White with a nod to Matt Algren.

Sorry I didn't compete this week. Couldn't think of anything I was satisfied with.

[Cei-U!]

Tough choice this week but I'm going with Matt Algren and Wile E. Honorable mention to Donald M.

Cei-U!
I summon the SOOper GEEnius!

[Dreadstar]

In honor of the premiere of Game of Thrones, I'm going with Michael P. and Dances with Dragons.

Maybe this mini-series will galvanize him to get the 6th and final book done within the next 6 years.

[Michael P]

In honor of the premiere of Game of Thrones, I'm going with Michael P. and Dances with Dragons.

Maybe this mini-series will galvanize him to get the 6th and final book done within the next 6 years.

Actually, the plan is for seven books.

[Slam_Bradley]

Matt Algren.

[Dreadstar]

Actually, the plan is for seven books.

Seven!



We're doomed!

[Dreadstar]

I joke, because the way I understand it, book 5 has was done a while back, but he keeps adding to and changing the manuscript. And a fair amount of book 6 has been roughed out, too.

The man needs a damned editor with a whip.

[The Beast Of Yucca Flats]

Matt Algren.

[Mac Danny]

I must vote for Donald M.

in the name of the Big Papi, Tek, and the Bloody Sock!

[Captain Clarkie]

Torgo the White for me. I really want to find out whodunnit.

[Matt Algren]

StoneGold.

[Ronald Bryan]

Michael P since the book might still not be coming out, even with a release date.

[Donald M.]

Stonegold

Been a long time comin' that one.

[Spike-X]

Michael P.

[jessecuster3]

DubipR for me.



And I would just like to say to Donald, there is no championship like the Stanley Cup.

[StarsAndGarters]

I wouldn't get any votes if I said my own avatar was delayed, would I?

Beast of Yucca Flats gets my vote, with an honorable mention for Matt Algren.

[Sagafan]

Tally time.

With one vote each: DubipR, Donald M. and The Beast of Yucca Flats.

With two votes each: StoneGold and Torgo the White.

And tied with three votes each: Matt Algren and Michael P.

So the next vote for either Matt Algren or Michael P decides it.

[DubipR]

And tied with three votes each: Matt Algren and Michael P.

So the next vote for either Matt Algren or Michael P decides it.

And to break it...me!
Ok...after much consideration and a best out of 5 coin flip, the winner is Matt Algren.

[Sagafan]

There we have it then. Congrats Matt!