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It's high time we had a competition!

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It's high time we had a competition!
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RE: It's high time we had a competition!
May 19, 2013 at 5:40 pm
Spoilsport!
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura

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RE: It's high time we had a competition!
May 19, 2013 at 5:42 pm
(May 19, 2013 at 3:54 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: So, pretty much like every other day here at AF? Is that what you're suggesting?

Pretty much. I was actually just trying to come up with a competition for which I would have a good chance of winning.
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RE: It's high time we had a competition!
May 19, 2013 at 6:00 pm
I think the handwritten thread could have been a good idea for a competition, too.

But, it just won't be that fun, I suppose.
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RE: It's high time we had a competition!
May 19, 2013 at 6:22 pm (This post was last modified: May 19, 2013 at 6:25 pm by Darwinian.)
How about a conundrum competition whereby members post 'their own' mind bending problems to be answered by other members in a special thread.

Who's ever conundrum has not successfully been answered after seven days is the winner. Answers will not be available on the net as they will be the brainchild of the member who posted them and to stop members simply saying, "No, you haven't got it yet" all answers should be submitted to the staff prior to the conundrum being posted.

In the event that after seven days there is more than one successfully answered conundrum then those members are invited to submit new conundrums to another thread. This could continue until there is only one unanswered conundrum left and thus, a winner.
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RE: It's high time we had a competition!
May 19, 2013 at 6:25 pm
Global game of hide and seek. Whoever find the most members wins!
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RE: It's high time we had a competition!
May 19, 2013 at 8:43 pm (This post was last modified: May 19, 2013 at 8:43 pm by Cinjin.)
Lets face it. We'll never decide on a competition because all of us are good at different things. I'm reasonably sure I can't compete with Tiberius in a programming competition, but I really don't think he would stand a chance against me for a song-writing competition.

Point being - to get a majority vote on a competition may prove to be far more difficult than the actual competition.
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RE: It's high time we had a competition!
May 19, 2013 at 8:58 pm
Well at least we can see this is a community of real individuals. Always nice to see that.
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RE: It's high time we had a competition!
May 19, 2013 at 10:55 pm
So everyone is good at something different. Let's do our own little version of America/Britain/etc's Got Talent. Everyone posts something depending on what they're good at, but it has to have something to do with AF or atheism in general.

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Pointing around: "Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, you're cool, fuck you, I'm out!"
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RE: It's high time we had a competition!
May 19, 2013 at 11:11 pm
Competitive facepalming.
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RE: It's high time we had a competition!
May 19, 2013 at 11:34 pm
I agree with Ivy Smile Incidentally, Cthulhu's facepalming idea will be included in that because we all know there's gonna be some jacked up shit submitted.
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