That contest is a little broad... I'll try it anyways, not sure if I can come up with anything amazing that is that short. ;)
people have been going insane proposing phrased! it may be abroad but im shocked the feedback it has had today!!!!! hahaha OMG SUBMIT YOUR PHRASE OR MANY PHRASES NOW! its really cool ;)
this is going to be a though contest! :D
omg koko, you will not believe the amount of submits we've had and we are talking about launching this contest today and to get over +10 in less than an hour ;P, I've been sort of peaking myself but I'm currently working and sneaking in around here to see how things go, havent had time to see all the submit files and such :)
BUT OMG IM SO GLAD EVERYONE IS EXCITED WITH THIS so are we, believe us, Neil and I were happy as hell when we said again after 3 days of work nonstop aka gather everything to put it together and stuff... "SO THAT'S IT?!" "OMFG THATS IT!!" lol ;P we just love it when we do updates now (the monthly updates) ;P
I am so glad that ya'll are letting us fans have so much input...it's so sweet of you guys! We feel so important!
Catherine
Well,
this game is for you guys, so the more imput we can get from you, the better!
Thanks for the kind words :D
pr and web have developed a lot featured for you to get closer to what the whole team and project is about, for example the online auditions, the forum enhancement, the games, the contest, you pick it, there are always ways to reach us and not even so but also participate, hang around and enjoy we will try to bring you always cool stuff :)
its not random, its general
I cant give you specifics of what is it going to be used for, time, moment, and such cuz it will ruin completly the feature, as well the surprise of the game.
It is about being spontaneously creative, it has to be kq related and even more if you believe it could suit us. You still have a month to figure it out.
Quote from: Say on February 29, 2004, 10:58:52 PMI cant give you specifics of what is it going to be used for, time, moment, and such cuz it will ruin completly the feature, as well the surprise of the game.
It is about being spontaneously creative, it has to be kq related and even more if you believe it could suit us. You still have a month to figure it out.
Heh, fair enough I guess. I suppose I'm just being selfish in that all my creativity is of the "problem solving" variety, meaning I need a goal to work from/towards. If you said like... I dunno... "We need something that sounds like a marketing slogan," or "We need something that sounds like part of a magic spell," or "We need something a townsperson would say,", I could do that no problem. But I can't think stuff up just "out of the blue". :-\
Plus, there's a difference between something that will be for dialogue, something that will be a narrator description, something that will be part of an item, etc.
In short, too... many... choices! Ack!
Peace & Luv, Liz
Not sure if you guys can do this, as there may be so many entries, but...
Would it be possible for you all to send a one-line comment on our submissions perhaps? :D Just to give an idea of how much you like it, no need to rate it out of ten or anything.
Quote from: Jeysie on March 01, 2004, 05:57:18 AM
If you said like... I dunno... "We need something that sounds like a marketing slogan," or "We need something that sounds like part of a magic spell," or "We need something a townsperson would say,", I could do that no problem. But I can't think stuff up just "out of the blue". :-\
Plus, there's a difference between something that will be for dialogue, something that will be a narrator description, something that will be part of an item, etc.
No marketing slogan, no spell, no dialogues, no narrations, and
try to be creative as in funny or original
Quote from: oldbushie on March 01, 2004, 12:00:23 PM
Not sure if you guys can do this, as there may be so many entries, but...
Would it be possible for you all to send a one-line comment on our submissions perhaps? :D Just to give an idea of how much you like it, no need to rate it out of ten or anything.
we are waiting for the time of the contest to be over to review them all, I must say ppl! its though one :P AND there has been a lot of entries, you still have time :P
and dont worry I will keep you all informed about the progress of it :)
If it makes you feel better, Jeysie, I don't know what it's going to be used for either ;-)
There's been about 25 entries so far! ;D Some were really funny, some were like... WTF? But overall the entries are really great!
Plus only one of them had an invalid e-mail address! Woo! But it's ok since his phrase made no sense anyway. ;D
who judges these things anyhow?
haha, i forget if team members were excluded from the contest, but I figure I'll keep out..I already put enough phrases in the script as is ;B
On the phrase contest team members can participate, and as far as I know project directors are the one going to pick it, aka cesar and rich. If you want you can participate, its a matter of creativity anyhow. It has to like Cesar AND Rich, though.
the game contest on the other hand its my call, the better the highscores are the happier I will be and the better the surprise will be ;)
anyhow I will explain further in the game thread ;P
Oh! I see!!!
So this phrase would be like an easter egg of sorts like in KQ3 where you can peek behind the tapestry or in KQ4 where you see a message in a bottle from KQ3. ;D
Oh yeah, and Say, when the contest is over you'll show us the top 50-100 right? ;) Except for the one that won, of course.
you guys want me to show the other close ones to win?, hence they may wont be used I guess I could, I'll think about it.
When it says name ??? Dose it mean user name or Real name ???
Real name. Since we'll be adding you to the credits if you win. !!!
Yes, this phrase will be an easter egg.
I don't want to tell you what phrases we considered BEFORE coming with the contest idea because I don't want to set a precedent. We are basically looking for something that when you read it, it makes you laugh. It can be sarcastic as hell, it can be something about us partying in hawaii after releasing the game, whatever your mind creates. I've seen some really good phrases, and I'm glad because of that, we didn't set a phrase as example, because we may end up using something really different to what we first had in mind.
If a freind helped us should we put their name to ???
Sure, but just put one e-mail address or the form might screw up. ;P
To any one that has read one by Patrick Miller and Alex Snell Could they say how they were :)
A think that there should be a humourous phrase in their like: "We have been in 9 games so far and the Final Fantasy series is still beating us!"
Damn now i cant use that for a phrase ;)
lol ; ) wouldn't work anyway, cuz it's too long ; )
It's too long yeah, but that's exactly the kind of stuff we are looking for ;)
Can members of the KQ9 team submit phrases? Cause I just submitted 2 (I can tell you now, though, they won't be used - and NO, they aren't offensive - well, perhaps to Cesar - JK! There's no reference to Cesar at all in them).
Quote from: mfortunato on March 05, 2004, 11:30:43 AM
Can members of the KQ9 team submit phrases? Cause I just submitted 2 (I can tell you now, though, they won't be used - and NO, they aren't offensive - well, perhaps to Cesar - JK! There's no reference to Cesar at all in them).
Quote from: Say on March 01, 2004, 02:25:58 PM
On the phrase contest team members can participate... If you want you can participate, its a matter of creativity anyhow.
Asked and answered! ;-D
I submitted a phrase !!!
Alright everyone, you have exactly one week left exactly to submit all the phrases you want, contest ends next weekend.
Gosh, I haven't submitted anything yet!! :o
Not that I have anything to submit... :-\
I leave this contest to those better familiar with the English language than I, as I leave the other contest to those better familiar with games that require coordination 8)
But I'm still waiting for a contest I could actually win to come around... how about "who can sleep the longest?" ;P
your Engish isn't that bad, is it? I mean you sound quite understandable to me ; )
Even if u did have bad english u could just submit and they would fix up the mistakes ;B
BTW i started playing Kings Quest 8 2day and started clicking on things that were to far away :suffer:, i even recorded him saying "tis beyond my reach" :suffer:
contest will end next weekend, you have exactly this week to submit.
i dont know what else to do for a phrase :-\
Oh a good idea just popped into my mind ;D, seeing i had a major Glitch in my MoE game i might revolve it around paying out MoE ;D
Just an idea though ;B
Quote from: B'rrr on March 22, 2004, 01:18:40 AM
your Engish isn't that bad, is it? I mean you sound quite understandable to me ; )
Gee, thanks ;P
My English isn't terribly bad (at least, not in comparison to that of most people I know, present company excluded) but I still think native speakers have the adventage there :-\
Then again, it could be my excuse for not being able to come up with anything creative enough :P
I had that problem myself, presumably they can read around the \ ;)
ok ;D, thanks Oldbushie ;)
last reminder, today is wednesday, you have till this weekend... the contest will officially be over this weekend, its going to be HARD, there are SO many good phrases! <3
Im really really looking foward to see the directors are going to pick ;)
Quote from: Say on March 24, 2004, 09:40:17 AM
There are SO many good phrases! <3
Discourage me some more, why don't you? :P
Okay, I just submitted 25 phrases. ;D
:o :o :o :o :o :o
you did?? ...I only submitted 3 ; / ...<sigh>, must be your picture thinking ; )
Probably. ;)
Quote from: Storm on March 24, 2004, 10:02:07 AM
Quote from: Say on March 24, 2004, 09:40:17 AM
There are SO many good phrases! <3
Discourage me some more, why don't you? :P
hahahaha awww storm, wtf i want your phrases submitted! thats an order :P !!
if you need help with your translation into english please consider anyone else help, you can do so, in fact if you need help you can ask bushie, or neil to help you translate (I mean someone who originally speaks english as main language), but submit! darnit ;P
I'll help translate ;B
but dont ask for help openly here, you must IM, email or use msn somewhere else privately :P
B'rrr and i use IM to share our evil plots with each other ;B :suffer:
Welcome back (again), Peasant_Girl!! ;DQuote from: Say on March 25, 2004, 12:31:01 AMif you need help with your translation into english please consider anyone else help, you can do so, in fact if you need help you can ask bushie, or neil to help you translate (I mean someone who originally speaks english as main language), but submit! darnit ;P
Have I given anyone the impression I have difficulty with English and/or translation?? :o
I'm really sorry if I have... I was trying for "indistinguishable from a native speaker" :P
... then wtf are you waiting for to go submit 85973495874 phrases?!?! lol :P
It's kinda hard to come up with just "phrases" though. It's difficult for me... I work better (and indeed very well) with things with descriptions...
I did send in like 5 phrases. Some were crap, some I'm proud of.
I sent i two and IMO they both sucked !!!
This one was too long but I thaught I'd share...
"This game is brought you by the letters “Kâ€, “Q†and the number “9â€"
HAHAHAHA! Awww I actually like that one. <3
sneak it into the contest, I won't tell anybody... ;)
Do the phrases have to be original? 'cause I'm much better at quoting others than at making up my own stuff :P
I liked eric's phrase tooo :P
:D
CONTEST ENDS TODAY
Geez, if I knew I was spamming myself with every submitted phrase I wouldn't have sent so many :-\
I forgot that im a day a head which means i can still send them in !!!
no you cant, sorry
in fact the last ones we got were storm's
I wont be accepting anymore, the contest was officially shut down at around 6 pm east time on sunday
Quote from: Say on March 28, 2004, 09:01:00 PMin fact the last ones we got were storm's
I wont be accepting anymore, the contest was officially shut down at around 6 pm east time on sunday
Heh, just made it 8)
After I submitted they had to shut down the contest... they were afraid I'll send more ;P
When will we know who the winner is? ???
I believe in the next update (next weekend) we should have available that info, I think the winner is about to be selected :D but I was considering we may show as well the ones we are not using becuase they were SO MANY SO GOOD :D <3
really, from the bottomz of my heartz! thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! I couldnt expect any less from our kick ass fans from around here, you certainly RULE, to the point that it took us a while to decide!! cuz all of them were seriously really good hahaha :D
It was supposed to be Cesar and Rich as jury, but it was really hard to choose (cuz of so many cool phrases) so we selected among all directors :D <3
Really really cool, cant wait to show tha worldz the best phrases everz :D, AND... more ;-D
btw, we will announce the winner, but the winner CANT say the phrase!, or he will be discarted and we will pick someone else's, what we may show are the other kick ass phrases we did like a lot :D.
Quote from: Say on March 29, 2004, 07:40:01 AM
but I was considering we may show as well the ones we are not using becuase they were SO MANY SO GOOD :D <3
Not mine, please :o :o
That would be too embarrassing :o
Well, if you really insist on letting people read that crap, you should at least keep my name out of it :P
lol, love to see all those phrases!! thnx!! ; ) ...btw are the real names shown, the initials or no names at all??
yikes... well, I'll show the list of phrases if anyone wants to have their name shown then they should email me and let me know... k? ;P
Thanks a bunch!! ;D
thnx Say.... I guess, I will mail you... or not ; )
k k, dont worry though, so its settle we will show the best phrases and whoever who sees themselve there should let me know for have your name beside your phrase, I meant it when I said there are a loooot of great ones :D
anyhow, new monthly contest the bear contest! let me open the tread now :D
Oh man...I'm getting really antsy to see what some of the phrases are!!!
*wets pants*
Huuuurry up, Saaaaaay....*pokez* :D
Only the best phrases? I'm in the clear then ;)
Yup, the top 9 or 10. There were around 160 submissions in total. :D
Wicked! I put in like 80. :D
Naw...only like, 10, maybe.
Most of them were, "WTF does this have to do with anything....let alone KQ."
I hope mine didnt make it into the top 10 :-\
hahahaha, I shouldnt say and stop making me... :P
YOU WAIT TILL I PUT IT ONLINE.. :P
stop wondering :D, I wont say now :P
You don't need to say anything... I KNOW I'm not in the top 10. It'll be a miracle if I'm in the top 100 :P
If the winner of the contest submitted more than one phrase, would you tell him which of them won, or just leave him to wonder? ;)
ok Say ill stop trying to get information from you ;B, but im not gonna stop wondering ;P
Quote from: Storm on March 30, 2004, 11:16:55 PM
If the winner of the contest submitted more than one phrase, would you tell him which of them won, or just leave him to wonder? ;)
The majority of the people submitted more than one phrase, and I believe we said somewhere that the winning phrase wouldn't be announced (on the site or to the winner). So they'd know they won, but would have to wait until the game comes out to know which of their phrases won. :P
Ok, I'm going to admit it right now...most days I just kinda skim the posts because of my schedule, so I'm going to ask this, and I don't think Say has answered it yet. When will she post the phrases? I know she's busy, but I'm just kinda wondering when we'll see which were the cool phrases, but, sadly, did not win.
Cat
;D Next weekend:
Quote from: Say on March 29, 2004, 07:40:01 AM
I believe in the next update (next weekend) we should have available that info, I think the winner is about to be selected :D but I was considering we may show as well the ones we are not using becuase they were SO MANY SO GOOD :D <3
OMG AS ALWAYS NEIL SAVES UP THA DAY, thankies for answering neil, yah I did say :P
AND... I think we do have a winner already actually? but as soon as I confirm this info with Cesar I cant say who the winner is, and yes, we wont announce the phrase but we will say who won, AND, stop being silly you ppl :P darnit, when I said they were plenty of grea phrases its cuz they are, dont recall everyone's submittion (wtf it was + 160 lines to go though) but it was great, really, you will all see why we lub doing contest for you :P the phrases are really good :D
If I get to know the winner before weekend, I will announce it remember you cant say your phrase or we will hunt you down and tickle you till you die lol :P, seriously if the winner does not respect the rules he will be disqualified and we will select another one. So be good kiddies and wait till weekend for the phrases :P
lol, congratz J-Roc and congratz to the runner ups!! those are nice phrases!! ; )
Congratulations everyone ;D
Oh gee, I sort of won something (“Derek Karlavaegen Slept Hereâ€)… where has my mind been… nobody really needs to answer that. By all means please attach my name to it if you like!
I feel honoured. Of course you may do whatever you want with my phrase and my name.
I see mine didn't even make it on the list...yes, I know...it was horrible XD
Cat
Mine didn't make the list either... no wonder, since the phrases on the list are GOOD 8)
lol stfu or I will publish them all :P
Quote from: Say on April 04, 2004, 09:46:28 PM
AND THE WINNER IS James Ingram a.k.a. J-ROC congratz sweets, Im very very happy you won you got total of votes on one of your submitions, congratz congratz you just designed one of our easter eggs and your name and marvelouz brilliant unique writting skill shall appear in the game! :D
Two words: I ruelz! :D
B'rrr: Thank you kindly, sir. :)
I would also like to thank my family, for all their love and support as I pursued my dreams. Say, for bringing me back to the world of Kings Quest. I would also especially like to thank the Academy...I mean, the KQ9 team, for selecting my movie...I mean, phrase, as the best. *sheds a tear* :D
LOL! I DO REMEMBER THAT DAY
I was working with Neil trying to get it all together and you were like "*pokes* what are you doing? :P" lol and you nagged me so I nagged you to submit lol, you were also one of the first entries too :P
amaze us all, what were they??
its ok though the contest is over :P
(DO NOT POST YOUR WINNER PHRASE LOL) ;P
Honestly, I don't remember...the only one I just thought of now was:
Real men aren't afraid to wear tights.
wutz up everyone! im new to the forum but i wuz one of the runners-up! Knight me baby one more time! lol i thought it wuz pretty corny myself :P
welcome Josiah and congratz!!
Welcome Josiah! :D
I'm sad that none of my phrases were runner ups, though. :'( I submitted 25 phrases even. :P
Here they are:
Say is prettier than Rosella!
Alex's birthmark is a Phoenix!
César's teddy bear was here.
Have you hugged a Say today?
The world is a Disc.
Wnted: Jntr to cln mgc mirror. (Wanted: Janitor to clean magic mirror.)
Ad:Crispin looking for a date.
Fear the mango of doom!
Look! A three headed monkey!
Look beneath the golden ocean.
The item you need vaporized.
Chocolate is good for you!
The item you need is...
Rosella has a birthmark too...
Cedric is now your pet. Enjoy!
Say's smile is worth a fortune.
Help! I'm trapped in a whale!
Crispin and Cedric know all.
Haha! That tickles.
The Isles are really maroon. (instead of Green. ;P)
Every owl has his day.
Not the cliff again! Aaaaahhh!
Do you really want to quit?
Oldbushie is completely crazy.
It's a story, of a manly lady!
Granted, half of them had names in them or were slightly nonsensical, but still. ;P
I wasn't sure what the "no names" rule meant, I thought that just meant along the lines of "no mention of random celebrities and complete names for no reason".
LOL!! welcome to our forums Joshia and congrats!!
you know, we had many many many with 1 votes that I couldnt publish and you had many many good ones!
I leave the ones I did like, which are
Quote from: Oldbushie on April 07, 2004, 12:11:43 AM
Say is prettier than Rosella!
Alex's birthmark is a Phoenix!
César's teddy bear was here.
Have you hugged a Say today?
Fear the mango of doom!
Chocolate is good for you!
The item you need is...
Rosella has a birthmark too...
Say's smile is worth a fortune.
Haha! That tickles.
Do you really want to quit?
I feel praised :P <3
but WTF ?! "have you hugged a Say today?" lol, wtf?? ;P
;D
Well, it's based on that old McDonald's slogan of "Have you had your break today?". I figured KQ9 could use a catchy slogan too. ;)
I'm glad you liked a lot of my quotes though! <3
Mine sucked ;D, i knew they did thats why they werent published ;B, im kinda glad they werent cos they really sucked :-\
yeahhh.... mine too
hahaha, but i knew that from the beginning ; ) , I'm just not creative with words
Welcome Josiah! XD
Your phrase was hilarious! I think it made my top 3. :D
I was about to post which ones I liked and then realized Say posted all of my favorites! J-Roc's must have been awesome for yours not to make it!
Can't wait!
Cat
My first phrase was "Since 1984, and only 9 games!"
Personally i believe that it sucked ;)
My second phrase was even worse "Why weren't we in MoE?"
So im glad mine didnt make it ;B
Hehe, a lot of people around here are wacko as well. 8)
Oh yeah, a few more people have asked me to post their names beside their phrases (http://www.tsl-game.com/contest/). Thanks again! :)
lol... yeah we're all a little wacko ;D btw, im glad u liked my phrase yonkey!
Quote from: koko_99_2001 on April 07, 2004, 05:34:17 AM
J-Roc's must have been awesome for yours not to make it!
It was. Because I'm a flippin' genius! ;D
great phrases !!!, congratz every1 XD
My phrase, even though the contest's over(I wish I had joined sooner :( ).
"If Kings Quest 9 was a fruit, it would be a pumpkin." 8)
That probably would have been too long, actually. :S
I had a ton of entries that didn't seem long, but took up more than 30 characters (including spaces, those tightwads! :D)
Quote from: J-ROC on August 11, 2004, 01:11:19 AM
That probably would have been too long, actually. :S
I had a ton of entries that didn't seem long, but took up more than 30 characters (including spaces, those tightwads! :D)
I'll fix it. :D
"Kings Quest 9 is a pumpkin"