2011 Holiday Carol Challenge

[Isulith]

The Challenge: Fa, la, la, la, la… la, la, la, la.

In celebration of this holiday season, take your favorite holiday song and change the words to better fit your favorite SOE Game. Members of the SOE Community Team will select the best one and sing it during the holiday Podcast which will go live on December 18th, 2011.

Sample Carol: EverQuest community member Yaddab, who plays Reviak on the Firiona Vie server wrote this carol last year and it was sung during Podcast 100!

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Look Out Behind You, Honk if You Eat Gnomes Ding, Hiding Catnip From Vah Shir , Stringing Bows Ruining My Own Lands, Filling Halfings With Pie Looking For Graphics, My pet just did WHAT?

Dusting Off Spellbooks and Sharpening Claws DING! Oiling Clockworks, Grrr. Bark. Bark. Bark Grrr. Just Doing Something You Don't Wanna Know About Now Spawning Fippy_Darkpaw, Teaching snakes to kick...

If You Squeeze those Dark Elves You Do not Get Whine Don't Panic, What elephant?, and Look out behind Swimming in lava isn't good for your skin Fitting houses into backpacks, and Bristlebane was Here

Rules: Before submitting an entry, please review the Official Forum Challenge Rules and the additional notes below:

• You are only permitted to submit one entry.
• You must be the creator of your entry.

Submit your entries to [email protected] with “Holiday Carol Challenge” as the title and be sure to include the following:

• (i) your first and last name
• (ii) your email address
• (iii) your character name  
• (iv) your server
• (v) your song

Duration: Submissions for this forum challenge will be accepted from Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011 until Wednesday, December 7th, 2011 at 10:00 am PST. (PST is -8 hours GMT: 11:00 am MDT, 12:00 pm CDT, 1:00 pm EDT, 6:00 pm GMT, 7:00 pm CET)

Reward: Reward: All submissions will be reviewed by the SOE Community team and will be judged for creativity and relevance to the SOE game about which the submission was written. SOE will choose one first place winner, whose song submission will be sung by the Community Team on the holiday Podcast. The winner will also receive an SOE Goodie Bag, containing the following items:

• SOE Tumbler $10
• Station Cash $10
• SOE Stressball $5
• SOE Pen $2
• SOE Flashlight Keychain $5

Total approximate retail value of SOE Goodie Bag: US$32

Happy Holidays!

[Jethal]

I love this contest! and I love Frostfell!  Here's alittle inspiration for the contestants..

I Want a Kunark Rhinocerous for Frostfell - by Jethal Silverwing (MP3 Download)

i want a kunark rhinocerous for frostfellonly a kunark rhinocerous for medon't want a warg, slobbering with drooldont want a horse, i'd look like such a tool

I want a kunark rhinocerous for frostfellrun around the kylong plains with youDont use my chimney, Fr Frostfell I exclaimI got a fire going and you'll crackle with the flames

I can see me now this frostfell morningNibbling on some cheeseto hear a knock at the dooropen it up to find a rhino there for me

I want a kunark rhinocerous for frostfellonly a kunark rhinocerous wil doI'll scratch behind his ears - pat his little headIf i dont keep him happy i'll probably wind up deadMy Rhino Trainer Guy I'm gonna Sueeeee

You may see me ride, 1 ton rhino with a mouseMy butts all black and blue on the rhino i do bounce

Not much room for him, in my room at the innWe bust the doors and crack the floors when we come strolling in

I can see me now this frostfell morningNibbling on some cheeseto hear a knock at the dooropen it up to find a rhino there for me

I want a kunark rhinocerous for frostfellonly a kunark rhinocerous wil doI'll scratch behind his ears - pat his little headIf i dont keep him happy i'll probably wind up deadMy Rhino Trainer Guy I'm gonna Sueeeee

[CorpseGoddess]

I'm going to try my hand at this challenge this year.  I've already got a carol brewing in my head.  

[Calthine]

Streppoch@Guk wrote:

I'm going to try my hand at this challenge this year.  I've already got a carol brewing in my head.  

Me too!

[Arbreth]

Slipps drops a letter in the Norrathian post.  "Mys entries is ons its ways!"

[callipso]

Will the people on the Freeport server like myself have to re-submit my entry from a different server or will I be ok?

[callipso]

I didn't see the podacst listed. Or where the winner was listed.

[Cyliena]

callipso wrote:

I didn't see the podacst listed. Or where the winner was listed.

Saw this today on twitter: The Gnomes got into Podcast #123 and it looks like we will be pushing it live Tuesday December 20th. We are sorry about the delay.

[Elomort]

Congratulations to the winner?

[callipso]

thank you.