SOE Staycation "Geeks of Summer" Forum Challenge

[Kiara]

<p align="center"><img src="http://station.sony.com/images/community/promotions/geeksofsummer/banners/staycation_2010_500.jpg" /></p><p align="center"><strong>SOE Staycation "Geeks of Summer" Forum Challenge</strong></p><p><strong>The Challenge: </strong></p><p>The Geeks of Summer are once again invading your beaches! We're inviting SOE gamers to show everyone that geeks know how to have fun in the sun too!Based on the number of submissions, we'll separate the entries into categories to determine winners! Don't have artistic skills? Don't worry! If we like your submission enough, we may make a category just for you!Submissions can be in the form of artwork, screenshots, or modified screenshots and must include at least three of the following items as well as character(s) from your game. It doesn't have to be your character, but can be either NPCs or PCs.</p><ul><li>BBQ grill </li><li>Beach </li><li>Beach ball(s) </li><li>Beach umbrella </li><li>Bikini </li><li>Boat </li><li>Bonfire </li><li>Cabanas </li><li>Campsite </li><li>Beach buggy/car </li><li>Firepits </li><li>Fireworks </li><li>Fishing poles</li><li>Frisbee </li><li>Garden/flowers </li><li>Ice cream </li><li>Jet ski </li><li>Lounge Chairs </li><li>Nets (fishing) </li><li>Palm tree(s) </li><li>Picnic </li><li>Sail boat </li><li>Sand castle </li><li>Scuba diving </li><li>Sea Shells </li><li>Shark</li><li>Straw hat </li><li>Sunset </li><li>Sun glasses </li><li>Sunshine </li><li>Surfing </li><li>Swimming pool </li><li>Swimsuit </li><li>Tropical fish </li><li>Tropical fruits </li><li>Tropical drinks </li><li>Volleyballs </li><li>Waterfalls </li><li>Water/Lake </li></ul><p><a href="http://everquest2.com/news/read/082010/3649" target="_blank">Read more</a>!</p>

[weazelphreak]

<p>Title: Drifting Away</p><p>Character: Splintyr</p><p>Server: Kithicor</p><p>Caption: Nothing like soaking up the rays on a pool float after a long hard day on the Battlegrounds.</p><p><img src="http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/ac106/weazelphreak/everquest%202/EQ2_000019.jpg" width="1024" height="576" /></p>

[Twinklin]

<p>I cannot find the official forum contest rules and was wondering if images containing rooms in player housing that have been decorated with the help of editing layout files are permitted in the forum decorating and screenshot challenges. ie flipping items, setting things into walls and "breaking out" of certain housing like kelethin to build on the platforms. Thank you.</p>

[Brekkik]

<ul><li> Title: Evening Picnic</li><li>Character Name:Brekkik and Cearia</li><li>Server: Blackburrow and Nektulos, respectively.</li><li>Caption: Brekkik tries to impress Cearia with his fishing skills, though she seems more interested in the food.</li></ul><p><img src="http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp83/Argonianiac/EverQuest%20II/EQ2_Evening_Picnic.jpg" width="1022" height="542" /></p>

[Katanalla]

<p><img src="http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg285/Katanallama/ToProveaPoint_Katanallama.jpg" width="800" height="600" /></p><ul><li> Title: To Prove A Point</li><li>Character Name: Katanallama</li><li>Server: Permafrost</li><li>Caption: Wood elf rejection's got me so low <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" /></li></ul>

[Kiara]

<p><cite>Twinklin@Crushbone wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I cannot find the official forum contest rules and was wondering if images containing rooms in player housing that have been decorated with the help of editing layout files are permitted in the forum decorating and screenshot challenges. ie flipping items, setting things into walls and "breaking out" of certain housing like kelethin to build on the platforms. Thank you.</p></blockquote><p>That's fine <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Amnerys]

<p>It's time to announce the winners of this challenge! <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>Congrats to... (/insert drumroll)</p><ul><li>weazelphreak</li><li>brekkik</li><li>katanallama</li></ul><p>Huzzah!</p><p>Prizes will be awarded on Weds, September 8th. Winners need not be present to get their prizes. The prize for this challenge is the "of Norrath" title.</p><p>Please join me in congratulating the winners!</p>

[Katanalla]

<p>but what categories did each of us win in? <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /></p>

[Amnerys]

<p>It seems that the judges decided categories weren't needed. <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Katanalla]

<p>and yet you torture us with a week's wait <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Amnerys]

<p>Ok, I believe these prizes have been awarded. Everyone was offline so to my three winners, please check your available titles and see if "of Norrath" is in your list now. If not, let me know and I'll try again. I'll confess I'm a n00b with the CS tools, but it says it was granted. I'm just not sure if I believe it. <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[weazelphreak]

<p>ok i sent a pm about this... got a scroll in my overflow, moved it to my bag, and all it lets me do is examine or destroy. No title in my titles box, just the lonely scroll that I can't even place in my house <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> Please help me.</p>

[Brekkik]

<p>Same problem here. I logged in to find a scroll in my overflow. I can't do anything with it other than examine. There is no new title in my title list.</p>

[Katanalla]

<p>and I as well! I now demand a 'the Bounty Hunter' title!! o wait dang ur good, covered in contest rules</p>

[Amnerys]

<p>Aww, that makes me a sad panda. <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> Alrighty, let me check with the powers that be, during the regular business day tomorrow, and I'll see what I can find out.</p><p>Thanks for being my Beta Bunch on this experiment. <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[weazelphreak]

<p>Still no title... <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />  Any idea when we will be able to recieve them? Makes me a sad little Ratonga <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Katanalla]

<p>Yea they fixed the item that was supposed to give you the title. I only figured that out after removing mine from the broker lols, oh if only I had kept it listed for 1,000plat! <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" /></p>

[Amnerys]

<p>Great googly moogly. I think I may have to have to meet each of you in game. If you're going to be online on Monday, let send me a PM with when you think you'll be on. I'll nudge Kiara too, to see if she knows any magic trickses.</p>

[Katanalla]

<p><cite>Amnerys wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Great googly moogly. I think I may have to have to meet each of you in game. If you're going to be online on Monday, let send me a PM with when you think you'll be on. I'll nudge Kiara too, to see if she knows any magic trickses.</p></blockquote><p>Can I change my entry from permafrost.katanallama to permafrost.khanda? <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Amnerys]

<p>This has been such a mess! I sincerely apologize for the delay here. When the prizes were chosen I had no idea how tough it would be to get them awarded. My daily work scheduled is so unpredictable (meetings, last-minute notices and other fires that need tending to) that it makes meeting up with you in-game a bit of a challenge, to say the least. I had hoped that I'd be able to put them right into your inventory. <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>Let's try again on Friday. If you're available in-game sometime between 10am PDT and 5:30pm PDT, send me a PM. I will do my darndest to meet up with ya!</p>