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The Blender kicked off again last weekend.  The timing is never a surprise,
since we announce every upcoming Blender date in the footer of the previous
Blender pack's infofiles, but softcore artists fail to put the date in their
calendar and don't make time for it when the time comes.  Present company not
excepted -- Cthulu has had to ghost a Blender because his family was being
terrorized by Canada geese at a bird sanctuary, and this time around Warpus
was on the road between his family cabin getaway and home.  In the summertime
it doesn't matter whether people know about the Blender or not, they just
have other stuff they need to do!  No excuses needed, that's just the way of
the world.

<warpus_> I MADE IT
<Cth_mist> got tired of faking it?

That said, the Blender blends on, whether it's a big compo or a small one.
As long as we have three words, three entries and one host, there's a compo!
This time we passed that low bar.  And then there are the fans and enthusiasts
floating around, drinking in the Blender milieu but unrepresented in the final
reckoning.  They can make it look like you're going to have a big Blender, but
if they don't send art in, all you got was good IRC log for the infofile.  And
to be fair, isn't that the foundations that a decentralized, virtual community
is built on? ... But I digress.  First, let's get our words out of the way:

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<Cth_mist> so before we can kick this compo off
           people need to send in some topics
           it excites artists to be tapping subjects they just personally came
           up with and inflicted on the rest of us
           or as heinlein said about editors, they like the taste better after
           they pee in it a little...
<Skrubly> Hm, that heinlein quote reminds me about the duck from battle chess:
          https://bwiggs.com/notebook/queens-duck/
          Brian Wigginton: The Queen's Duck
<Cth_mist> I remember hearing how the South Park guys made some scenes in Team
           America as censor bait, thinking that if they filled their appetite
           removing scenes that crossed the line 100%, they might overlook
           scenes that only cross the line 50%

<Cth_mist> OK, more word suggestions needed everyone
           you don't want to leave it to me or I'll just pull the strings to
           make all the artists required to re-enact scenes from Zardoz
           "aw no, not again!"
<pcrtxn> lol i was also trying to do that but just the sean connery part last
         night
<Cth_mist> you were trying to revive apathetics by making them drink your
           sweat?
<pcrtxn> yeah - it was the natural extension of threatening to sell my boob
         sweat on the internet to pay my bills and quit working. heat wave
         fried my damn brain
<Cth_mist> streamlining the belle delphine equation
<pcrtxn> in troll timelines, gamer girl pee was around on irc long before she
         was old enough to type.
         efnet: not just the birthplace of extremist content

<Cth_mist> all right friends, we have words!
           start your engines
           who is this Blender about?
           THE GRIM REAPER
           (we decided to keep it light)
           what's he doing?
           SPREADING PESTILENCE
           (summertime fun)
           where is he doing it?
           LIVE ON STAGE AT A MAJOR AWARDS SHOW
           see you all in 24 hours!

<pcrtxn> that's basically the last few years :(
         the topic just made me sick to my stomach.
         first computer virus to jump to humans <3
<Cth_mist> it's a sign of the times
<Skrubly> As usual, my reaction to the selected words is dismay,
          followed by anguish
          .... and then by INSPIRATION!
<Cth_mist> OK friends, I'll be in and out over the next 24h, I will be
           disappearing entirely at some point trying to upgrade my wireless
           access point, and hopefully I don't botch it so bad you don't see
           me online again by tomorrow

(spoiler warning: they saw me online again by tomorrow... because I unplugged
the new, uncooperative router and stuck my old one back in its place in time to
wrap the compo... then went back to wrestling with the new one for two more
days!)

<Cth_mist> Are you going to try your hand at blending again, filth?
<filth> Word up, I most likely will be!
         I feel like the blender topic is similar to a few metal shows
         I've been to in the past
         Something about this just screams "Megadeth"
<warpus_> nice!
          i also have some ideas for these words..
          but i sort of ate one too many edibles about an hour ago
<filth> You're so ready for this

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A shiny white limousine with 12 wheels and gold contours pulled up to the
entrance of the recently-renovated Dolby Theatre.  This was by no means the
most extravagant vehicle to pull up to the theatre that night, but it drew a
commotion from the crowd nevertheless.  While most of the focus remained on
the red carpet and the royal hovercraft, several paparazzi drones flew over to
inspect the new arrivals.

One of the doors slid open and a foot stepped out of the limo.  Wearing a
furry vest with raisins, Robo Brad Pitt's left foot descended down onto the
red carpet with graceful authority.  Waving to fans behind the security
forcefield, he extended a hand and allowed his concubine to step out with
equal grace.  Wearing a lettuce-based leotard, the mysterious companion was
covered in the latest in galactic fashion, including the space whale cheese
hat.

In the distance a group of Bulgarian ventriloquists danced in unison to the
tune of the latest k-rock hit about toasters.  This year's International
Cabbage Awards were gearing up to be the most exciting in decades!

(then something happened and the dose of the edibles must have drifted either
too high or too low in potency, Warpus' story ends here...)

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<TheKnight> how much time is left?
<Cth_mist> Like 8 minutes
           Time to get started, tk!

<warpus_> wooo
          the big apple has dropped
          and the tiny tomato
          send in any last subs now!
          wondering if @filth finished his sub?
<Cth_mist> he actually changed his order to a sloppy joe
           Skrub is down for the count, but we're receiving a submission
           from his daughter Minoomah again
           her first ANSI!
           this is the long game folks
            (is a skrub a guy who can't get no love?  no, it's spelled
           differently, trust me)

<Cth_mist> OK, relatively low participation makes for quick judging
           kniffy, we don't score past the top three, and we had four entries
           to judge.  so your song gets an honorable mention but no place at
           the podium!
           in third place... progeny of Blender legend Skrubly... making her
           first ANSI screen ever... one point for Minoomah of P.u.P.!
<warpus_> in second place..
          probably representing mistigris..
<Cth_mist> second place... demonstrating again he isn't strictly limited to
           Star Trek subjects... Darkman Almighty!
           sorry warp, I lapped you there
           you can announce the winner
           just don't leave him hanging for hours this time
<warpus_> ... DARKMAN ALMIGHTY
          dramatic pauses are a lost art
<TheKnight> And the winner is? drumsolo
<Cth_mist> tk, you can probably guess!
<warpus_> whoa it's tk WITH A SURPRISE FINAL SUBMISSION
          or not
<Cth_mist> that would have been cool, but
           .
           .
           .
           warpus, is that pause dramatic enough?
<TheKnight> oh c'mon, this pause is way too dramatic ! the people need the air
            Cohaagen! tell us !
<warpus_> this is approaching mexican soap opera levels of drama
<Cth_mist> all right warpus, put him out of his misery
<warpus_> MR. ... ... ....
<Mr Roboto> pooppy butthole
<Cth_mist> sadly, mr. poopy butthole was unavailable to participate this time
           around, but if we're lucky  next time they may subject us to their
           ongoing explorations into the use of the colour brown
<warpus_> ROBOTO
<TheKnight> Oh how devious of Mr Roboto - like staying silent on chat for
            weeks, and then winning blender secretly !
            But congrats anyways man.
<Mr Roboto> well, I have an announcement!
            I'm taking a break from Blender
            3 wins on a row! This is like Casino
<warpus_> remember, 5 wins in a row and you win a free blender
<Mr Roboto> you have to retire when you're winning!
            Congratulations to everyone participating this time,
            it wasn't an easy topic at all!
            hope you enjoy the piece
<TheKnight> See this is why i don't compete any more. There's always some
            secret super hero outgunning you with more blocks and more skillz.
<Cth_mist> tk, it's a good problem for the scene to have!
<warpus_> the next superhero could be youuuuu
<Cth_mist> no, probably not me.
<TheKnight> i'm too old man, my horse won't carry me much further and my
            platemail is wearing me down in this desert
<warpus_> have you tried turning your horse off and back on again
<Cth_mist> warpus, I try to avoid turning my horse on

<Cth_mist> ok everyone, good game!  We'll get the pack out "shortly" and ...
           I'm guessing we'll see you (not roboto though) around here next up
           circa October 22-23!
<Cth_mist> Thanks to our participants and winners, kniffy, minoomah, darkman
           almighty and mr roboto!

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To recap, in short, Skrubly's kid Minoomah wins a point for their made-up
group "P.u.P" with their first ANSI ever, which demonstrated a solid grasp on
at least one of the topic prompts (one more than we detected in kniffy's song,
which wasn't a terrible piece of music but didn't seem to be making great use
of the topics); Mistigris claims the points for Darkman Almighty's second
place win, and Mister Roboto sends his three points from his latest 1st-place
win (having won every single Blender he has ever participated in!) to his new
affiliation with the LIA crew at https://lia.rebelion.digital/ ... and that's
how things will remain until the next chance to shake up the rankings comes up
in October, a bit over a week before Hallowe'en!  Mark it in your calendar or
... run the risk of complaining that you weren't aware it would be happening.

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          if there ever is another blender, it will most likely be held:
                                (if not sooner!)

              saturday, october 22nd - sunday, october 23rd, 2022
                              2:00pm - 2:00pm (est)
                               #blender (on EFnet)

please join us.                                                     - hennifer
                                                                      & warpus
                                                                      & cthulu
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