This Contest applies to my Nav-Page:
http://cheri.shyou.org/~csandel/nav-page.html
Even if you don't want to play, read the page. It's really neat.
This is a friendly wager for anybody who really likes reading webcomics and loves a ridiculously difficult challenge.
Thus, Mightily, Spake the Mighty Dog, Mightiest of the Online Comic Fans, and Mighty Creator of the Mighty Nav-Page, Which Shineth in its Mighty Might
Anyone who can read the archives of every comic, and view every site that is posted on my nav-page -- EXCLUDING ones you have already read in their entirety RECENTLY -- in under a year... gets a song composed for them, a mix made for them (with all of the trimmings, of course), and becomes a regular character in Walking Backward when it begins (or, if it has already begun, when the contest is completed).
Note: EVERY page must be explored to its fullest extent with the exception of the “Crucial Links” section of the nav-page. Negotions defining 'fullest extent' will be my prerogative to define. (for example, a participant will not have to download every song from remix.overclocked.org, and players with delicate sensibilities need not even visit the WeakCum Oekaki. Nobody gets away with skipping Sexy Losers, though.)
The wager begins when the contestant notifies me, and the requirements are the comics on the nav-page when I receive the e-mail. The page will be periodically updated with new comics and pages, so those interested should reply quickly. The player must also offer something up (and I must agree on said something) as a reciprocal item-- if they lose the challenge, they must give me my own sort of prize for risking my neck. It doesn't have to be big, but it should be personal (like the prize!) and we both have to agree on it.
THERE WILL ONLY BE THREE WINNERS OF THIS CONTEST, AT MOST. Those who win after the first three will have to accept a muted kind of prize. One that doesn't exact such a toll on my mind and body, probably.
"Winners” will be tested extensively on their knowledge until I am certain that all comics have been read.
If you win, I must incorporate your character by the beginning of WB's next 'chapter', I must deliver the mix within three weeks, and I must have written the song within two months.
You choose the songs and track order in the mix, and give me whatever quotations you want in it and where you want them. The song I compose for you is up to me, but you may work with me on it. It won't be about you unless you ask for it to be. The character inserted into WB will be you by default, but you can have a character you crafted yourself, if you'd like.
Good luck for anybody who wants to try this thing.
~~Dog oddyellowdog@hotmail.com
Cirne and Cori entered the contest on April 28, 2003 with this copy of the nav-page:
http://cheri.shyou.org/~csandel/nav-page1.html
If Cirne fails to complete the challenge in 6 months (deadline: October 28, 2003), he will buy me nice art supplies. He said 'the best I can think of', but I know he doesn't have that kind of money. If he fails to complete the challenge in one year (deadline: April 28, 2004), he will increase production on the gift he's been working on for ages dramatically.
Kind of makes you wonder why they're not switched...
If Cori fails to complete the challenge in one year (deadline: April 28, 2004), she will construct a dog mask similar to the class project she did earlier this year for me.
The progress pages of these players (if they choose to keep one) can be found below:
I'm in. I can't resist a ridiculous, insane, obsessive challenge. --Cirne
Yipe. So the contestants have to read the entirety of the Onion's and Brunching Shuttlecocks' (et al.) archives, too? --SabreCat
Not quite. Like I said, “fullest extent” is negotiable. Still, they had best come out of The Onion knowing who H-Dog is and where he works. ~~Dog