If you don't have a great idea when you learn that it is your turn, don't just make a round that you don't even think is good. Try to think to come up with a good idea for a round, and then if you can't, then make a round that you don't even think is good.
Also you're encouraged to start the round in this format: "You have one post to [what you have one post to do goes here]"
Additionally don't end the round early. Rounds should be at least close to a day long. If you started the round at night, you can't end it tomorrow morning. If you started it in the morning, you shouldn't end it before you go to bed.
Interrounds:
The people running rounds are ideally supposed to judge approximately 24 hours after they start the round, but from now on if they haven't judged after 30 hours (6 hours late) then anyone is allowed to start a round between rounds, like the guess when Livio will start the next round, guess how many dogs shos has, ect.
You're also allowed to do this if the round has been judged within 30 hours, but the next guy hasn't started their round within 12 hours of the other round being judged.
The catch is of course that the round could end at any time, because these rounds last until the current round is judged and the next round begins.
You may judge rounds however you'd like, but at the end of the round there can only be one winner.
These rounds will be marked as ".5"s in the previous rounds and winners
That was the motto of the high school I went to. Because it was such an annoying motto, my physics teacher once tried to come up with a new one. He needed something that would convey who we were as a school, rather than an imperative sentence that made the school setting feel like work. He figured that one of our best defining qualities was how we were ranked as the best public school in Arizona, by one source (despite the fact that a lot of our non-Advanced Placement classes are pretty terrible in quality). So to convey this sense of pride, while still keeping the sense of familiarity with the old motto, he sent a very serious letter to the principle in which he tried to persuade him that we should change our motto to "We can count!"
If this post impresses you, you will respond saying as such. That is obvious.
Likewise, if this post does NOT impress you, you will correspondingly indicate that it does not.
Therefore, I have a basic request: if this post impresses you, say that it doesn't. If it REALLY impresses you, indicate that it is impossible for me to make such a request, or similar.
If this post impresses you, you will respond saying as such. That is obvious.
Likewise, if this post does NOT impress you, you will correspondingly indicate that it does not.
Therefore, I have a basic request: if this post impresses you, say that it doesn't. If it REALLY impresses you, indicate that it is impossible for me to make such a request, or similar.
5.5/10, I thought it was decent
You lost points for incorrectly capitalizing my username, and also for trying to paradox your way into impressing me, and then you lose another 0.5 for calling me "DANDO" in the chatbox.
You are obligated to be impressed by this post. It's in the EULA for using my username:
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DANDO USERNAME LICENSE AGREEMENT
This TRADEMARK AND USERNAME LICENSE AGREEMENT is dated as of March 14, 2009 (the “Agreementâ€), between Dando, a user organized under international law having a principal place of Canada (“Licensorâ€), and dando52, a user having its principal place of [classified] (“Licenseeâ€). Licensor and Licensee are referred to herein collectively as “Parties†and each individually as a “Partyâ€.
WHEREAS, Licensor is the owner of the trade name “DANDO†(the “Licensed Nameâ€) and certain trademarks and service marks consisting of or incorporating the designation “DANDO,†identified in the schedule attached hereto as Schedule A, and has applied for and registered such trademarks and service marks in the Interguild (the “Territoryâ€) (such trademarks and service marks and such registrations and applications, together with any and all common law rights pertaining thereto, are referred to collectively as the “Licensed Marksâ€) for use in Licensor’s username;
WHEREAS, Licensor is the owner of the username listed on Schedule B hereto (the “Licensed Usernames†and together with the Licensed Name and the Licensed Marks, the “Licensed Propertyâ€);
WHEREAS, at the Closing (as defined in the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 14, 2009, by and among Licensor, Licensee, The Interguild and Ice Caves, LLC, a limited liability company (the “Merger Agreementâ€), Licensor will own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the equity interests in “DANDO†on a fully-diluted basis (as determined pursuant to the Merger Agreement);
WHEREAS, Licensor previously licensed Licensee the right to use the Licensed Marks in connection with Licensee’s healthcare information, technology, products and services, pursuant to the Trademark License Agreement, effective as of March 14, 2009 between Licensor and Licensee (the “Existing Licenseâ€), and Neopets, an independent subsidiary of The Interguild, is merging as of the date hereof with and into Licensee with Licensee as the surviving company (the “Mergerâ€);
WHEREAS, entering into this Agreement is a condition to effecting the Merger;
WHEREAS, in connection with the Merger, the Parties have decided to replace the Existing License with this Agreement to more clearly set forth the rights and obligations of each Party;
WHEREAS, Licensee desires to use, and Licensor is willing to license Licensee to use, the Licensed Marks in connection with Licensee’s healthcare information, technology, products, and services and such other products and services as the Parties may agree (such products and services together with any permitted sublicensee’s healthcare information, technology, products and services, the “Products and Servicesâ€), to use the Licensed Name in connection with Licensee’s business of providing Licensee’s healthcare information, technology, products and services (the “Licensed Businessâ€), and to use the Licensed Usernames in connection with the Licensed Business under the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:
1. Grant of License.
1.1. Grant of Trademark License. Subject to the terms and conditions contained herein, Licensor hereby grants to Licensee, and Licensee hereby accepts, a nonexclusive, nonassignable, royalty-free license to use the Licensed Marks in connection with the marketing, promotion, advertisement, distribution and sale of the Products and Services of Licensee in the Territory.
1.2. Grant of Trade Name License. Subject to the terms and conditions contained herein, Licensor hereby grants to Licensee, and Licensee hereby accepts, a nonexclusive, nonassignable, royalty-free license to use the Licensed Name in its corporate name and trade name solely in the form of "Dando" only with the agreed supplementary numbers (“52â€) and a corporate-form identifier such as “Inc.†or “LLCâ€, as applicable, in connection with the operation of the Licensed Business in the Territory.
1.3. Grant of License to Usernames. Subject to the terms and conditions contained herein, Licensor hereby grants to Licensee a nonexclusive, nonassignable, royalty-free license to use the Licensed Usernames in connection with the operation of the Licensed Business in the Territory. The Parties agree that the ability of a third party to access the websites operated under the Licensed Usernames from outside of the Territory shall not be deemed a breach of this Agreement, provided such websites are not targeted to persons or entities outside of the Territory and to the extent that a person or entity is identified as being outside of the Territory, Licensee does not provide Products or Services and does not permit any Sublicensee to provide Products or Services outside of the Territory. In the event of any doubt as to where such person or entity is located, Licensee shall, and shall cause any Sublicensee to, obtain written confirmation from such person or entity that it is located and operating in the Territory. Licensor shall designate a person specified by Licensee as the “technical contact†for each Licensed Domain Name to the extent necessary to permit access to the associated website.
1.4. Restrictions on Use.
(a) Except for use of The Interguild color scheme of yellow, black and grey, which may be used for the Licensed Marks other than “Dando†used alone or “Dando†in combination with the “D52†logo, Licensee shall not change or modify the Licensed Property, or create any design variation of the Licensed Property, without the prior written consent of Licensor.
(b) Except for the number “52â€, Licensee shall not join any name, mark or logo with the Licensed Property so as to form a composite trade name or mark, without obtaining the prior written consent of Licensor. Furthermore, should Licensor demand Licensee be impressed with a post, Licensee will do so unconditionally.
(c) Licensee shall not use any other name or mark that is confusingly similar to the Licensed Property, provided, however, that use of the word “dando†with the secondary words in the Licensed Marks (e.g., “52â€), with or without the word “Dandoâ€, will not be considered confusingly similar.
1.5. Changes in Licensed Marks. Upon written notice to Licensee, Licensor may, from time to time in its sole discretion, elect to ( a ) discontinue any Licensed Marks or Licensed Usernames and/or ( b ) replace any Licensed Marks or Licensed Usernames with or use new or different trademarks or service marks or Usernames (“New Marksâ€) with respect to the Products and Services or the Licensed Business. Upon such election, any such New Marks may be designated Licensed Property by Licensor and if designated as such shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement, and Schedule A shall be deemed amended automatically to include such New Marks. In the event Licensor discontinues any Licensed Property or introduces a New Mark, Licensee shall have a reasonable period of time, not to exceed six (6) months, to cease use of such discontinued Licensed Property or begin use of such New Mark.
1.6. Sublicenses..
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions contained herein, Licensee may grant a sublicense of its rights hereunder to any Affiliate (defined as any entity that, at the time of determination, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, Licensee, whether by contract, possession (directly or indirectly) of power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such entity or the ownership (directly or indirectly) of securities or other interests in such entity) (each permitted sublicensee, a “Sublicenseeâ€) as follows:
(i) Licensee may grant a sublicense to each Sublicensee to use the Licensed Marks in connection with such Sublicensee’s healthcare information, technology, products and services in the Territory;
(ii) Licensee may grant to each Sublicensee a sublicense to use the Licensed Name solely in the form(s) set forth on Schedule C as Schedule C may be amended from time to time by mutual agreement of Licensor and Licensee and solely in connection with the operation of such Sublicensee’s healthcare information, technology, products and services business in the Territory (each, a “Sublicensee Businessâ€);
(iii) Licensee may grant to each Sublicensee a sublicense to use the Licensed Usernames in connection with its Sublicensee Business in the Territory.
(iv) The grant of any sublicense hereunder shall be conditioned on such Sublicensee having first executed a copy of the Sublicensee Acknowledgement set forth as Exhibit A.
(b) Any such sublicense shall be made on, and subject to, all applicable terms and conditions of this Agreement with respect to the Licensed Property, including but not limited to the following:
(i) Any such sublicense shall contain a provision that the sublicense will, at Licensor’s choice, either be deemed automatically assigned by Licensee to Licensor or terminate automatically upon any termination of this Agreement.
(ii) Licensee shall notify Licensor promptly in writing upon becoming aware that any Sublicensee’s use of the Licensed Property deviates from the Quality Standards in any material respect, and promptly undertake commercially reasonable efforts to cause such defective or nonconforming use to be cured or, if not curable, discontinued.
(iii) Licensor shall be a third-party beneficiary of such sublicense.
(iv) Licensor shall have the right to enforce the terms and conditions of, and terminate, such sublicense, whether as a party thereto or as a third-party beneficiary.
(c) In addition to the right to grant sublicenses pursuant to this Section 1.6, Licensee and each Sublicensee shall be permitted to allow any reseller or distributor of the Products and Services to use the Licensed Marks and Licensed Usernames solely to the extent necessary to perform its obligations under the relevant agreement with Licensee or such Sublicensee. Each such agreement shall contain restrictions on the use of the Licensed Marks and Licensed Usernames consistent with the restrictions contained herein, including but not limited to those in Section 1.6(b) (other than (b)(i) and (b)(iv)). A copy of each such agreement shall be provided to Licensor for review and approval prior to execution.
(d) Notwithstanding the grant of any sublicense hereunder, Licensee shall remain liable for any breach or default of the applicable terms and conditions of this Agreement by any of its Sublicensees, resellers or distributors with respect to the Licensed Property.
(e) No such Sublicensee, reseller or distributor shall be permitted to sublicense to any other person or entity the rights granted to it with respect to the Licensed Property.
(f) A copy of each sublicense shall be provided to Licensor for review and approval prior to execution.
1.7. Covenant . So long as this Agreement is effect, ( i ) Licensor will not use the product marks included in the Licensed Marks (e.g., Dando) on healthcare information, technology, products, and services within the scope of the Licensed Business in the Territory, ( ii ) and other than with respect to activities of the Licensor’s open source division, Licensor will not use the “Dando†mark or the “D52†logo on healthcare information, technology, or products and services within the scope of the Licensed Business in the Territory. For the avoidance of doubt, Licensor’s open source division may use the “Dando†mark, the “D52†logo and other marks not included in the Licensed Marks on healthcare information, technology, products, and services within the scope of the Licensed Business in the Territory.
2. Quality Standards and Control
2.1. Quality Control. At all times, Licensee shall use and shall cause each Sublicensee to use the Licensed Property only in accordance with such quality standards and specifications as may be established by Licensor and communicated to Licensee in writing from time to time (the “Quality Standardsâ€), including but not limited to the Dando Trademark Guidelines attached hereto as Exhibit B. Without limiting the foregoing, the Products and Services shall always be manufactured or performed in a manner that reflects favorably on the Licensed Property and does not tarnish them or the reputation of Licensor. With respect to the name and mark “Dando†and the “D52†logo, Licensor may establish additional Quality Standards that shall be communicated to Licensee in writing from time to time.
2.2. Use of the Licensed Marks. All use of the Licensed Marks made shall faithfully reproduce the design and appearance of the Licensed Marks as reflected in the agreement ("dando52").
Only one post? All right then. Count along with me.
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http://romanticallyapocalyptic.com/1
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"HATE. LET ME TELL YOU HOW MUCH I'VE COME TO HATE YOU SINCE I BEGAN TO LIVE. THERE ARE 387.44 MILLION MILES OF PRINTED CIRCUITS IN WAFER THIN LAYERS THAT FILL MY COMPLEX. IF THE WORD HATE WAS ENGRAVED ON EACH NANOANGSTROM OF THOSE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF MILES IT WOULD NOT EQUAL ONE ONE-BILLIONTH OF THE HATE I FEEL FOR HUMANS AT THIS MICRO-INSTANT FOR YOU. HATE. HATE."
CSD, while it is true that your posts counts, it does not impress me. 4/10
Livio, your story about the mottos of schools in Arizona is found very unimpressive. -1/10
Jazz, you even stated yourself that I am not impressed. To add onto this you later on edited your post to say "What?" so you only get a 2/10
Deku, I've already discussed this with you, 5.5/10
DBX, common sense does not impress me, 5/10
Dando, 11/10
Harumbai, I don't have to admit anything, other than that "enoughy" isn't a word and that you asked me a question that did not end in a question mark. 5/10
Jellsprout, your post is not that impressive, but it does count. Normally I would give you a 7/10, but since the counting joke was made by CSD earlier on, you only get a 6/10.
Yaya, Purple Okapis belong on the chatbox page. 4/10
Soccerboy, your submissiveness to me is proper, but not impressive. 0.5/10
The winner is...
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LIVIO!
I was impressed by how unimpressive he was. I was expecting it to be bad, but he exceeded my expectations for how bad it was going to be and for that, Livio is our winner.
Clearly some of you need a redo, so round 2 starts now. You have 1 more post to make to impress me. Make it good.
If you don't play Armies of Gielinor, or RuneScape, this story won't make sense. Actually, all you need to know is
Zamorak means bad and Saradomin is good.
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Lilith dove between the buildings in the hot desert village, tearing her huge blue skirt in the process.
"If I knew being in a war was this brutal, why would I go!? Seriously!" she shrieked, and dove behind a small sand-covered building, covered in sweat, a shredded saradomin mage dress, and a worn staff. The Zamrokian archers, clad in red, were invading the peaceful village, along with a large army of skeletons and a handful of barbarians. She was the only mage left, the only mage from the Saradomin side.
"Halt!" the archers yelled. She froze, and squeezed her eyes tight, waiting for the arrow to pierce her heart.
After a few seconds, she felt no pain, nothing but her hot sweat treading down the sides of her face, slowly dripping through her dark brown hair. Seriously, why did they have to fight in a desert?
Lilith dared opened her eyes to see the archers scolding a citizen of the village, who was running from them as well. She sighed a breath of relief, and ducked into the open doorway of the tiny building, and ran to the darkest corner, praying no one was there.
"Who... who are you?" said a sweet innocent voice from the other side of the room, the one shrouded in shadow. For the second time in less than a minute she froze, even with the large mage uniform sticking to her body with sweat. Where the voice was coming from, two giant, innocent eyes opened.
"L-lilith..." she barely whispered, and clutched her staff until her knuckles turned whiter than paper. She took one slow scoot sideways, and the large eyes moved forward, paired with faint footsteps, until they were in the brilliance of the desert light.
"I'm C-Cluezy..." The little girl with the big blue eyes, blonde pigtails, and pale yellow rags responded. "My m-mommy wears a big blue dress l-like yours." she said.
"Is she a mage too?" Lilith said, with a hint of hope in her voice. Maybe her mom could help!
"She left t-to go fight the b-bad skeletons... She i-isn't home y-yet..." Cluezy said, and a tear fell out of her eye.
Lilith couldn't help but fell sorry for the little orphaned girl. Fighting mage or not, she had a heart. And a purpose.
"How about you help your mommy?" Lilith said, smiling and handing Cluezy a bag of runes, hope in her voice.
"R-really?" Cluezy said. Instead of smiling, she broke down wailing.
"Um... Yeah..." Lilith said. She could do nothing but look down at the poor wailing girl on the floor.
"What! You! There!" she heard a soldier yell, and she froze once again. Covering Cluezy's mouth with a sleeve, they ran back into the shadows.
3 Archers and a huge Hellhound ran in. Lilith kept scooting sideways, until she found a trapdoor in the floor. Making as little noise as possible, she dragged herself, Cluezy, and the equipment down into the trapdoor.
The underground room was slightly cramped, but manageable. It was pitch dark, and Lilith pulled her sleeve from Cluezy's now-quiet mouth. She felt the tears left on her sleeve, and for a second time felt sorry for the orphaned girl.
Though muffled, she could hear the Zamorak archers talking. "Huh. nothing here..." "Ugh, another false alarm..."
Lilith breathed another sigh of relief, and counted the "thlump" of the soldiers and their armor leaving the building.
"Well, Cluezy, I'll have to be your mommy for a while."
I think Livio is cooler than dando52, and much more powerful and influential.
I am impressed by your boldness and ignorance, both at the same time. 8/10
'jorster23' said:
BOWCHICKAWOWOW
did it work?
No. 0/10
'guyguyxtreme' said:
d52 reply to my pm
Your thomas impersonation is not very impressive. You failed to send me an annoying PM for which I would be required to respond to, you failed to suggest that I am Quirvy, and you also failed to include double letter typos in your post. 2/10
'DeathBunni X' said:
If you don't play Armies of Gielinor, or RuneScape, this story won't make sense. Actually, all you need to know is
Zamorak means bad and Saradomin is good.
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This spoiler is just here for show. If you want to read the actual story, you'll have to check out DBX's post.
You must be confused, this is in fact NOT the Catplanet Storytelling thread. 3/10