SF&F Av Contest: School Days

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  1. auntiehill

    auntiehill The Blooness Premium Member

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    First off, thanks for the win, gang! It's my first two-fer in this forum, I think.

    So, in honor of Fall and the back-to-school rush, this week's contest is School Days! Avs should feature SciFi & Fantasy characters who are teaching, studying, being students, reading, mentoring, learning, etc. I will also accept school buildings, like the ones featured in Buffy or Harry Potter, for example.

    I'll start off with my man Indy (what a shock), doing that part-time Professor gig:
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  2. nx1701g

    nx1701g Admiral Admiral

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    I think I may go with the Avatar I'm wearing.
     
  3. auntiehill

    auntiehill The Blooness Premium Member

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    ^Huh? I don't see the "education" aspect in that av, although it is very cool on its own.
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    *Oh, wait....is that a chalk board in the background? I can't really see it.
     
  4. nx1701g

    nx1701g Admiral Admiral

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    ^ It takes place in a school room circa 1940.
     
  5. auntiehill

    auntiehill The Blooness Premium Member

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    OK. Got it. :techman:
     
  6. Klaus

    Klaus Vice Admiral Admiral

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    As if using Jar-Jar last week wasn't bad enough, I'm going to try for negative votes! :lol:

    Wesley's psych test in the Starfleet Academy entrance exam:

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  7. nx1701g

    nx1701g Admiral Admiral

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    It's not an entry, but this thread reminded me of this. Our secretary made this over the summer before classes resumed at our university for her wallpaper (she's an even bigger fan than me).

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  8. Flying Spaghetti Monster

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    Michael Good Bad Influence Moderator

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    Well, for this one you'll get a positive vote from me. :bolian:
     
  10. Trippy

    Trippy NaNoWriMo Victim Admiral

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    Well of course I'd have fun with this theme! :lol:

    A really bad school...I don't teach like this...really :wtf:

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    :p
     
  11. Rowan Sjet

    Rowan Sjet Commodore Commodore

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    I'm voting for this one purely for the kid in the bottom corner. :lol:

    Here's my entry:

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  12. auntiehill

    auntiehill The Blooness Premium Member

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    These are wonderful avs! Of course, the board limits are 140x140 and 70.0 KB. :p But I'll waive that for the contest, because these are so darn good.
     
  13. Trippy

    Trippy NaNoWriMo Victim Admiral

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    ^damn...I thought I got mine down to 70...I can play around a bit with the frames :techman:
     
  14. nx1701g

    nx1701g Admiral Admiral

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    I may have to vote for this one.
     
  15. Klaus

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    I thought we were using 100k now, since there's actually a sliding scale depending on your rank... :( I can try to trim if it you'd like.
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  16. nx1701g

    nx1701g Admiral Admiral

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    ^ I thought we selected specific rules for the contests to give everyone an equal chance.
     
  17. Klaus

    Klaus Vice Admiral Admiral

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    I thought we'd settled on 100k since most people don't wear theirs anymore... but whatever, I'm probably misremembering it.

    ...actually, on further review they appear to have disabled the sliding-scale thing since I last checked. My limit is now 70k, though I think it used to be higher.

    Harrumph.... I'll make a new one then, don't want to stretch the limits. BRB.

    ETA: Here we go, only had to snip one frame and make it a little smaller...

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  18. nx1701g

    nx1701g Admiral Admiral

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    ^ I also think it was diminished. I had an av at few weeks ago that was 105kb and it was rejected when we switched over to the new system.
     
  19. Flying Spaghetti Monster

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  20. auntiehill

    auntiehill The Blooness Premium Member

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    You know what....just leave it as it was. I'm not that picky. :lol: Same for you, Trippy. Just leave yours as it was. It's just one contest.
     
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