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Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.
Howdy guys and gals.



How 'bout a little game of chance to make this April 1st interesting? With your precious accounts on the line?

Sharkopath posted:

that idea always blows
Okay.

THE RULES
  1. You may place your bets in this thread. You are betting your accounts, wagering probations. You may request either a sixer, a half-day, a full day, three days, or a solid week. You will not be probated at this time. Read on.
  2. You will be allotted a number of "Tickets" equivalent to your wager. You can only win once but each ticket increases your chances of winning.
  3. On April 1st, in the evening, I will pull five tickets out of a virtual hat. If one of your tickets gets picked, congratulations: you win a free avatar. If none of your tickets get picked, congratulations: you'll serve your probation.
  4. You can only win once. If I pick multiple tickets belonging to the same person, I'll keep pulling tickets until I have five different winners.
  5. In order to keep the high rollers from dominating this contest, one winner will be reserved for someone who bet a day or less. The rest are fair game for anyone.
  6. Along with your bet, please include a cute, funny, cool, or large (but not too large) anime or manga gif or illustration. This will be uploaded as your probation reason. I will veto anything I deem NSFW or capable of crashing browsers. Thanks for understanding.*
  7. DO NOT EDIT YOUR WAGER POST. If I see an edit I will assume you requested a full week but will only give you one ticket.**
THE EXCHANGE RATE
  • Six hours - 1 ticket
  • Twelve hours - 2 tickets
  • One day - 4 tickets
  • Three days - 12 tickets
  • One Week - 28 tickets
OUR FABULOUS PRIZES

As mentioned, five winners will be selected to receive free new avatars. No, you don't need to cash in that offer immediately, but yes, you'll need to remind me if you don't. Mod-uploaded avatars are not beholden to the same standards as user-purchased avatars, and can be a little bigger (both in terms of dimensional constraints and file size) if you'd like, though not too much bigger. As always, I reserve the right to veto avatars that are too big or NSFW. This avatar is for your own account, not someone else's.

You may request a free name change in place of an avatar, if you'd rather.

ENTRANTS
  1. Admoon - 1 day / 4 tickets
  2. Blhue - 6 hours / 1 ticket
  3. VostokProgram - 1 week / 28 tickets
  4. Futaba Anzu - 1 week / 28 tickets
  5. Three Cookies - 1 week / 28 tickets
  6. NotALizardman - 3 days / 12 tickets
  7. Knorth - 6 hours / 1 ticket
  8. Strange Quark - 1 week / 28 tickets
  9. Space Flower - 1 week / 28 tickets
  10. Yes_Cantaloupe - 1 week / 28 tickets
  11. Jostiband - 12 hours / 2 tickets
  12. AnoHito - 1 week / 28 tickets
  13. DisDisDis - 1 week / 28 tickets
  14. SM64Guy - 1 week / 28 tickets
  15. The Colonel - 1 day / 4 tickets
  16. Ryza - 3 days / 12 tickets
  17. Blank Construct - 6 hours / 1 ticket
  18. Huzzah! - 1 week / 28 tickets
  19. Littleorv - 1 week / 28 tickets
  20. Erg - 1 day / 4 tickets
  21. Allarion - 1 day / 4 tickets
  22. Dzhay - 3 days / 12 tickets
  23. Argona - 1 day / 4 tickets
  24. Everything Burrito - 1 day / 4 tickets
  25. EverythingWasBees - 1 week / 28 tickets
  26. Davincie - 1 day / 4 tickets
  27. Lil Baby Anime - 1 week / 28 tickets
  28. Gorf Zaplen - 1 day / 4 tickets
  29. He Might Be Kilv - 1 week / 28 tickets
  30. Endorph - 1 day / 4 tickets
  31. El Burbo - 6 hours/ 1 ticket
  32. Killer Queen - 1 week / 28 tickets
  33. Mentat Radnor - 1 day / 4 tickets
  34. Exercu - 1 week / 28 tickets
  35. Sephiroth_IRA - 1 week / 28 tickets
  36. ThingOne - 1 week / 28 tickets
  37. The Devil Tesla - 1 week / 28 tickets
  38. Kojei - 1 day / 4 tickets
  39. Cake Attack - 1 day / 4 tickets
  40. Simulacra - 1 week / 28 tickets
  41. Senerio - 6 hours / 1 ticket
  42. Constr - 1 week / 28 tickets
  43. EponymousMrYar - 1 day / 4 tickets
  44. Nine of Eight - 1 week / 28 tickets
  45. Emalde - 1 week / 28 tickets
  46. Sydnesider - 1 week / 28 tickets
  47. Boom Boom Boom - 1 week / 28 tickets
  48. Indiana_Krom - 1 week / 28 tickets
  49. Golden Battler - 1 week / 28 tickets
  50. TWIST FIST - 1 week / 28 tickets
  51. Shinjobi - 3 days / 12 tickets
  52. Pinegala - 1 day / 4 tickets
  53. Schwarzwald - 1 week / 28 tickets
  54. Absum - 1 week / 28 tickets
  55. FartRomancer.EXE - 1 week / 28 tickets
  56. Hog Inspector - 1 week / 28 tickets
  57. Dogsicle - 12 hours / 2 tickets
  58. Pewdiepie - 1 week / 28 tickets
  59. ZepiaEltnamOberon - 1 week / 28 tickets
  60. Skullhead Tethyis - 3 days / 12 tickets
  61. HellishWiskers - 1 day / 4 tickets
  62. Xelkelvos - 1 day / 4 tickets
  63. Ninjewtsu - 1 week / 28 tickets
  64. Motto - 1 day / 4 tickets
  65. Christmas Cake - 6 hours / 1 ticket
  66. Chill la Chill - 1 week / 28 tickets
*If you don't have a particular picture you'd like me to use, don't worry; I'll provide one. You can also post the picture you'd like me to use later if you'd like some time to think about it. See below.
**If you'd like to (or need to) change your probation picture, quote your wager post in a second post and reply with the picture you actually want.

Bad Seafood fucked around with this message at 02:07 on Apr 2, 2016

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Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.
Reserved.

Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.
No.

Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.
I've expanded the low roller charity slot to include anybody who bets a day or less.

Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.
Lotta high rollers in here.

Endorph posted:

there's like 70 words there i cant read all of them!

c'mon seafood let it slide
Sure.

That rule was put in place mostly to stop people from editing out/down their wagers if they lost, but then I started recording them anyway so welp.

I'll allow editing posts from now on, but whatever wagers I write down and record in the OP are written in stone and cannot be changed once they're there.

Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.

Sephiroth_IRA posted:

I'll take the probation and sacrifice the tickets if I get this embedded as my probation reason,

:nws:
http://45.media.tumblr.com/98e7c4be2432a704fae100bb6be25f97/tumblr_mm5anzbkH61rqo4p4o2_500.gif

:noriko:
Nope.

Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.

Futaba Anzu posted:

i can't believe bad seafood is reneging on his word....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsW9MlYu31g

Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.
Nixing that gif. Please choose another.

Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.
Acceptable!

Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.
Honestly didn't expect this many people to bet a week.

Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.
I made that exception for everybody.

I'm just keeping it in the OP cause I don't want to encourage it.

Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.
Nixed.

Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.
The requisite three signatures have been gathered.

The charter is now under review.

Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.
Signups will close whenever I wake up tomorrow and remember to check this thread.

Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.
Signups are now closed.

Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.
The first winner will be picked in a few hours, with every subsequent winner picked an hour after and so on.

Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.

The Devil Tesla posted:

this is the only time people are paying attention to him
Some people want their five minutes of fame all together but I like an hour break in between each one.

Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.
First winner soon. I'm punching in the tickets.

pinegala posted:

Is Webm ok?
Afraid not.

Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.
And our first winner is...Strange Quark!

Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.
Our second winner is...Simulacra!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GsY96gI37s

Bad Seafood fucked around with this message at 02:06 on Apr 2, 2016

Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.
The third winner, continuing the S train...Sydnesider!

Fun fact: I actually drew a second ticket for Strange Quark before drawing again and getting Sydnesider. Very lucky.

Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.
The bell tolls for the fourth and final high roller.

As to their identity, well...He Might Be Kilv!

Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.
:yum:

Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.
The fifth and final charity case low baller winner will be reveled in 10 minutes cause who cares about those pansies who only bet a day.

Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.
Alright, alright.

The last lucky loser of the night is...Mentat Radnor!

Big shot gamblers whose tickets were torn up until I pulled a low-end penny pincher: Space Flower, DisDisDis, Constr, EverythingWasBees.

Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRJtk0KjDQk

That's all folks!

Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.

Shinjobi posted:

Bad Seafood


tell me--tell me it was worth it.:smith:

Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.
Alright, that's everybody queued.

Happy April Fools, guys.

Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.
Strange Quark, Simulacra, Sydnesider, He Might Be Kilv, and Mentat Radnor, you may request your new avatars at your leisure, either through PMs or email or by posting in this thread. This thread will be locked by the end of the weekend though, so don't dawdle too long.

If you'd rather not change your avatar, you can give your prize away to someone else, but you cannot forcibly choose or change someone else's avatar against their wishes.

Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.

Baal posted:

Who are any of these people
People who signed up on time.

Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.
No can do, but I've got another idea.

Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.
Soon.

Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.
When I woke up this morning I said to myself, "I bet all those jokers are still alive."

Yep.

Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.
Alright, new plan: everyone who bet a week is just gonna get slapped with a sixer 28 times in a row.

Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.
Ah, El Spider.

Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.

a cartoon duck posted:

i thought you got an admin's co-operation before doing this
The admins operate on their own time.

Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.
Imagine four guillotines on the edge of a cliff. Then four more. Then four more. Where's the executioner? The guillotines are just piling up but nobody's doing anything about it. What's going on. Finally, a day/several days/a week later, the cliff face collapses under the weight of all the guillotines and everything crashes into the ocean.

Moderation works the same way.

Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.
It begins.

Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.
It stopped.

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Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.
*Kicks probation machine.*

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