<Cthulu> Greetings Don Epi! I expect a full video review of this one when  it's out! <Epimundo> hahaha greetings everybody! may this blender end succesful and  without too much casualties <Cth_mist> oh no, I'm going to slaughter everyone at the end <Cthulu> sorry, did I say that out loud? <Roboto> you thought it <Epimundo> I expect a little bit of murdering, of course <Roboto> we can read your mind, cthulhu <Cth_mist> my thoughts are pretty transparent  computer art computer art computer art... accordion <Roboto> hahahahahaha   ߱     hen        ߱          ۲  ۲   ۲           ۲        t h e ޲۱     e r    ޲    ޲ ܲ۱     ۱                             the blender: there will be juice ߰  <Cth_mist> Hello to all the idlers in the channel! Anyone here actually awake?  OK, uh, I'll try again in 5 minutes. <TooCool> not really awake, but almost half-awake <Cth_mist> A sign of life!   w o r d s f o r t h e w e i r d s       <Cth_mist> OK, for the next, let's say 21 minutes, we're still in the word- gathering phase of the Blender privately send me suggestions of topics for this compo: subjects, actions, locations  at 11:30 I'll announce the three main topics this time around If the system works as designed, I won't use more than one topic from a given contributor so don't worry about sending me a complete slate of words all harmonized to work perfectly together, it ain't gonna happen <Skrubly> I'm late but also I have no idea for words <Cth_mist> skrubly, quick, get a dictionary and open it to a random page  true story, mistigris name origin myth  classic dada game <Skrubly> ok  it says 'ACME SAND AND GRAVEL COMPANY'  ...  this might be a phonebook <Cth_mist> it's comedy night here on Blender this morning <TooCool> hahah <Cth_mist> We're unlikely to reuse topics that have already been the stars of  earlier Blenders so if you are hoping to do another blender where hulk hogan is in hell because he committed suicide, sadly you're out of luck though of course you're welcome to make retro blender topic tributes whenever you like, just not as part of the main compo stream <Skrubly> god, we've been doing Blender so long it is inevitable that we will  have predicted some horrific event <Cth_mist> someday we will all be characters in a low budget indie horror movie  <zir> clint eastwood, sculpting, atlantis <Cthulu> I know what you're thinking, Namor -- did I glaze my pot between  firings in the kiln? In all the excitement I kinda lost track.  Do you feel lucky, King of Atlantis? Do ya?  please note the request also was for subject submissions to be sent  _privately_ <zir> sorry  clint eastwood, sculpting, atlantis. _privately_ <Cthulu> this relieves social pressure for us to use words from cool kids, or  for the mob to turn on contributors of unpopular topics  instead they all can direct their scorn and disdain at me  <Cth_mist> OK, I'm mulling over the words now Usually this is the point where I argue with Warpus for a half-hour over what the best mix of them is Warpus is not with us at the moment, so it leads me to the much rougher situation of arguing with MYSELF for a half-hour <Cthulu> shut up, you loser <Cth_mist> Hear me out <Cthulu> Haven't you said enough? <ConsoleJockey> SPIDERMANS_POINTING_AT_EACH_OTHER.JPG <Cth_mist> Anyway, I think you all can appreciate why these deliberations are  best kept private <Cthulu> yeah, so they don't call the funny farm on you <Cth_mist> so sit tight and we'll get some topics assigned in a few minutes  <Cth_mist> All right friends, I think I have triumphed <Cthulu> That's what you think! <Cth_mist> Stay down! <Cthulu> Not without taking you with me! <Cth_mist> OK, we have some words <Cthulu> FLYING ELBOW DROP!!! <Cth_mist> ... <Cthulu> OK, I think he's down for the count <Cth_mist> ... <Cthulu> "Flying elbow drop" weren't the words  (though it might be fun if they were)  OK, since I'm playing the evil twin in this production, I'm going to  announce the topics in reverse order...  the location involves a SKYSCRAPER <Cth_mist> ... <Cthulu> where there is a skyscraper naturally there is also GODZILLA <Cth_mist> ... <Cthulu> and the activity going on <Cth_mist> PLAYING CHESS!!! <Cthulu> ... seriously? <TooCool> hahahah <Cth_mist> That's right, Godzilla is playing chess at (or with) a skyscraper <Skrubly> excellent, no notes <Cth_mist> OK, try to get your entries in to me for noon PST tomorrow "We" will deliberate over the entries and announce winners shortly thereafter <Cthulu> We'll see about that <Hennifer> Last time I played chess was in a bar because they had a set  sitting on the bar  So I played with a buddy, both of us basically know the rules but no  strategy whatsoever  By the end of the game we had a big crowd of old guys standing  around us and they would let out a loud groan every time either of us made a move <Cthulu> I admire your "trolling the gaffers" energy at some point just start making deliberately bad plays <Hennifer> We didn't have to do it deliberately   n e w b l e n d i n g f r o n t i e rs     <Cthulu> 37 minutes remaining, Skrubly! <Skrubly> excellent. 37 minutes is much better than negative fifteen minuts <Cthulu> you can do a lot of writing in negative fifteen minutes <Skrubly> strangely enough this is actually NOT a writing submission.... it is  FULL MOTION VIDEO  this is literally something that would have been impossible for me to do back in the old blender days, it's really insane how acccesible things are now I mean jesus I would have needed an amiga and a camcorder <Cthulu> skrubly, we are all keen to see what you've been cooking up  and I hope that including the video doesn't destroy our artpack file  size 8) <Skrubly> oh damn that's right it's got to go into an artpack... errrr... I'll have to see. I guess I'll render it as an mp4 or something Or I should get a fisher price pxl camera, aim it at the screen, record it, and send you the cassette tape   f i n a l r e c k o n i n g . . .      <Cthulu> the compo is officially wrapping damn, there is a ton of great art here this time ok everyone, I have to retire to the judging chambers with my esteemed colleague <Cth_mist> the esteemed colleague being me, that is <Cthulu> help me focus and amuse yourselves here by sharing godzilla jokes and  stories <Roboto> godzilla steps in a bar ... and that's it <Cthulu> thanks for your patience everyone, with this many submissions it's not as easy as judging when there are only three it's a good problem to have though! <Cthulu> ok I think we're going to have some very confused scoring <Cth_mist> all right friends, I have some ranking announcements to make <Roboto> ooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO00000000oooooooOOOOo  ready!!! <Epimundo> ooooh <Roboto> drums <Cth_mist> complicated ones <Epimundo> omg <Skrubly> un poco :-/ <Cth_mist> we have an issue here because there are too many high quality submissions dammit! <Epimundo> poor people <Nitron> so, trial by combat then <Epimundo> jajaja <Cth_mist> trial by godzilla chess  we're going to have some ties  I'm very sorry if this comes across as a giant middle finger to  everyone denied from the podium, I really appreciate all of the  submissions from everyone <Roboto> OOOoooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO <Checs> ohh i need battle chess now <Cth_mist> so a big honorary mention thanks to toocool, darkman almighty and  consolejockey (in their first blender!) for their submissions  really it's always such a surprise when darkman almighty draws  anything that's not star trek related <Roboto> clapping in respect <Epimundo> hoorah <Cth_mist> hm... star trek vs godzilla...  ok, save that thought. in THIRD place...  winning one point  we have a tie  between Nitron, somehow representing Blender itself  and Checs, who I am assuming is here as part of the HPM crew <Roboto> WWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO <Cth_mist> you would have done better if only so many heavy hitters hadn't  shown up  <Cth_mist> and now  in SECOND place...  winning two points  we have ... another tie <Roboto> OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooo00000000000 <Cth_mist> a THREE-WAY tie m <Epimundo> wtf <Nitron> how can this be?! does PHYSICS even allow this?! <ConsoleJockey> thats a lot of ties! <Checs> mindblowing <Nitron> PICTURE_OF_A_CLOSET_FULL_OF_TIES.JPG <Cth_mist> nitron, that picture says a thousand words Strong work out of Zirkus Freak from Fire willld block ASCII from axb of Mist  AND <Roboto> riots <Cth_mist> a joint VIDEO submission by Skrubly and Minoomah of P.U.P. a multigenerational production <Roboto> mindblowing  <Cth_mist> all right, in FIRST place...  you can probably guess... <Epimundo> yeah <Roboto> TIE!!  TIE!!!  TIE!!! <Nitron> THREE TIES? <Cth_mist> I couldn't decide which of these were better  two very different approaches to dominating a Blender <Epimundo> hehehe <Cth_mist> three points each to Mister Roboto of HPM <Nitron> once again artificial intelligence dominates over humanity <Cth_mist> who I believe continues a streak of taking home 1st in every  Blender compo he has ever competed in... <Roboto> WOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO <Epimundo> traeme la copa, robotooo <Cth_mist> and to Hennifer of Lazarus with his more polished entry, taking the  long game strategy of first founding the Blender in the '90s and then  coming back 30 years later to win it <Hennifer> In the end I believe we all tied (pretty much) <Cth_mist> a lot of points for a lot of people in a lot of crews, something for everyone again, apologies to everyone left out of the ties, and congratulations to everyone tied up in them! <Cth_mist> Blender Will Return Oct 21-22 2023  probably with Warpus back in the fray It's just a pleasure to trick so many people into making silly art on random subjects <Skrubly> Sorry I was distracted, P.U.P. is currently filming a bonus clip, 'The Acme Sand And Gravel Company Safety Video Series: Fire Bad!' <Cth_mist> People want to make art, they just need an excuse. A silly excuse. <Nitron> godzilla always draws a crowd [use your imagination here to insert an ANSI scene of Godzilla at a painter's eisel, holding a brush in one hand and painting a group portrait]   n e x t u p . . .     if there ever is another blender, it will most likely be held: (if not sooner!) saturday, october 21st - sunday, october 22nd, 2023 2:00pm - 2:00pm (est) #blender (on EFnet) please join us. - hennifer & warpus & cthulu SAUCE00Blender 2023C infofile Cthulu, Warpus & HenBlender! 20230730OPIBM VGA