Paper Telephone [EPYC] game - [Concluded]

[Double A]

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[Askthepizzaguy]

Subotan (caption)

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As turtles multiply and fly through purple skies, the Prince of Pies cries and dies as his many shy wives stab him with knives, whilst the wise goblin of lies fries his ties.

Askthepizzaguy (image)

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Death is Yonder (caption)

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Hearing, the root of everything. Hearing the three koopa paratroop soaring through the sky one time, hearing a film star gushing with admiration for delectable pastries, then hearing him cry when the pastries were stolen, then his death throes as the desperate housewives armed themselves with butcher knives, and cut him to pieces, all smiles. Lastly, the green goblin was caught lying, promptly tied up and roasted to death, screaming.

ArpeggiateTHIS (image)

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Joooray (caption)

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I once heard a story about a flying Koopa Paratroopa and young Bootsy Collins, when he still had a afro. Bootsy was in love with pastries and so he cried a lot when a criminal came and stole it. Shortly after came the evil housekeeper and cut off Bootsies arms. In the end the Green Goblin was burned to death while entangled with a chain of lights, but maybe it was all a lie, because the Green Goblin kept on thinking about a small boy that grew a very long nose.

Splitpersonality (image)

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Amsel (caption)

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Things weren't going well for the Starman: he'd accidentally attached himself to a Koopa; his beloved Scandinavian souvenirs had been stolen; and just five minutes later, an octopus samurai removed one of his appendages.

Winston Hughes (image)

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Renata (caption)

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What we have here is the tragic tale of a sad star who thought rainbows are poop. So he rode a turtle to the Hamburgler, who interrupted his tryst with the Scandinavian polka dancers long enough to direct the sad star to an octopus god who could fix his delusional thinking. But instead the octopus god chopped off one of the star’s rays. Poor sad star.

Myrddraal (image)

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Yaropolk (caption)

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"Rainbows are crap"
Sighed the Star on the tortoise
"Watch out it's a trap!"
Said Hamburglar with purpose
Alas, it's too late,
And the Star lost its glimmer:
His macabre fate
Sealed by Saint Octopus' cleaver

Double A (image)

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Diana Abnoba (caption)

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The Star, disguised as a turtle is thinking rainbows are for s***. This makes him sad. While the hamburgler is thinking he is Ackbar, which makes him happy. When somewhere else the star is sad that the 1/2 man 1/2 octopus, has a clever. Even even though the octopus man is good, he wants to kill the star with the clever, which make the star very sad and hurt.

Crazed Rabbit (image)

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Chaotix (caption)

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In a dimensionally-confused world reminiscent of M.C. Escher's work, an armored, lizard-footed star warrior defends the toilet at the end of the rainbow from an axe-wielding octo-man, while in the distance the McDonalds Hamburglar readies his fleet of spaceships for battle.

Skooma Addict (image)

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Captain C (caption)

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Doc Ock had invented a new portal he thought would take him right to Spiderman's lair, but unfortunatly he miscalculated and ended up in the middle of a battle inside an MC Escher world. The Hamburgler was directing a fleet of Romulan spacecraft in their attack upon an elephant sitting on a flying toilet propelled by rainbows and a samurai frog.

FLAWLESS VICTOLY

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Jon Stewart has no idea what kind of drugs you're all on.

[Romanic]

I am SO glad I didn't participate this time. The starting caption was crazy.

[Yaropolk]

Much respect to CR's drawing abilities.

[Renata]

LOL.

[Death is yonder]

Whoops

I kinda loved how it degenerated into madness from my caption onward

oops

In again please, as either a caption or an image

Jon Stewart has no idea what kind of drugs you're all on.

[Myrddraal]

CR: Out of curiosity, how long did that take you?

"Rainbows are crap"
Sighed the Star on the tortoise
"Watch out it's a trap!"
Said Hamburglar with purpose
Alas, it's too late,
And the Star lost its glimmer:
His macabre fate
Sealed by Saint Octopus' cleaver

Love it!

[Askthepizzaguy]

I know some of you are waiting for my commentary; it is coming. But I had to do an Askthepizzaguy Mafia writeup, check on my Silent Hill game, do some chores around the house....

Working on it now. I'm a busy boy.

[Crazed Rabbit]

CR: Out of curiosity, how long did that take you?

Somewhere between 4 and 8 hours, I'm not sure exactly. And I probably wasn't working at 100% efficiency.

Here's the full size version (1600x1200, Be warned!):

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Man, the captions for this game started out crazy and didn't relent. I think it's neater when the beginning is not quite so crazy and we can see how it evolves from the more mundane into the weird.

CR

[Askthepizzaguy]

Subotan (caption)

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As turtles multiply and fly through purple skies, the Prince of Pies cries and dies as his many shy wives stab him with knives, whilst the wise goblin of lies fries his ties.

Sure, that looks like a beast. I was slightly intimidated when I first saw it, but then I realized there was a simple key to making it make sense in picture form.

Clever and difficult starting line.

Askthepizzaguy (image)

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The key was sounding it out. If I could get people to SOUND OUT what I was saying, they would realize that 90% of the image was meant to RHYME.

So, the very first thing I did was tell the next person in line that you're meant to listen, sound it out, hear, whatever. That's represented by the ear, followed by the colon, to indicate you're supposed to LISTEN to the following: (colon.)

3 turtles flying in the sky, multiplied by 1, is 3 turtles flying in the sky.

Ear symbol on the Purple sky (easy enough): sky
Ear symbol on the flying, multiplying turtles (simple): fly, multiply
Ear symbol on Prince, combined with pies (easy if you know who prince is): Prince of pies.
Ear symbol on Prince, with teardrops (easy if you get the rhyme scheme so far): cry/crying/cries
Ear symbol on skull and crossbones, with Prince with his eyes crossed out (easy): dies
Ear symbol on 3 knives (easy): Knives
Ear symbol on each: 5 women, shy smiley face, wedding rings (medium hard): five shy wives
I could not symbolize "wise" and still have it make sense, and I was running out of space, so I ignored the "wise" part.
Goblin plus Pinocchio with an ear symbol (easy): Goblin of lies
Goblin pointing at ties, ear symbol, then the ties pointing at the fryer, ear symbol, with a different colored arrow: the Goblin fries his ties.

Then another reminder to sound it all out. Here's what you get if you do that:

The turtles fly and multiply in the purple sky. The Prince of pies cries, then dies, stabbed by five shy wives with knives. The Goblin of lies fries his ties.

Compare to:

As turtles multiply and fly through purple skies, the Prince of Pies cries and dies as his many shy wives stab him with knives, whilst the wise goblin of lies fries his ties

I give myself a 95% on that one. But you be the judge.

Death is Yonder (caption)

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Hearing, the root of everything. Hearing the three koopa paratroop soaring through the sky one time, hearing a film star gushing with admiration for delectable pastries, then hearing him cry when the pastries were stolen, then his death throes as the desperate housewives armed themselves with butcher knives, and cut him to pieces, all smiles. Lastly, the green goblin was caught lying, promptly tied up and roasted to death, screaming.

Hearing: kinda sorta.
Flying turtles: Check
Sky: Check
Pastries: pies (half credit)
Prince: Film star (not quite)
Cry: Check
Death: Check
Wives: Check
Knives: Check
Shy: Smiles? (not quite)
Goblin: Check
Lies: Check
Tied: ties (mostly, yeah)
Roasted: Fried (not quite)

Definitely very close to what I was going for. Most of the original concept sneaks through. I give it a B+, the only real problem was DIY did not get the rhyming clue (ear symbols).

But hey, that's kind of abstract and you don't normally think outside of the literal for these things.

ArpeggiateTHIS (image)

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Hearing/Ear: Check
Koopa Paratroopa: Check
Flying through the sky: Check
Film star/pastries: Check, check
Crying when pastries are stolen: Check
Death throes, stab with knives, housewife: Check, check, check
Green Goblin: Check
Lying: Check
Tied up and roasted: Check

Arpeg successfully gets all of the main concepts into his image. A+

A lot of the original concept has still survived as well. Maybe 70%.

Joooray (caption)

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I once heard a story about a flying Koopa Paratroopa and young Bootsy Collins, when he still had a afro. Bootsy was in love with pastries and so he cried a lot when a criminal came and stole it. Shortly after came the evil housekeeper and cut off Bootsies arms. In the end the Green Goblin was burned to death while entangled with a chain of lights, but maybe it was all a lie, because the Green Goblin kept on thinking about a small boy that grew a very long nose.

Hearing: Check
Flying Koopa Paratroopa: Check
Bootsy Collins?
Pastries: Check
Cry: Check
Stealing: Check
Housewife: Housekeeper (Kinda.)
Lying: Check
Green Goblin: Check
Burned to death: Check
Tied up: Entangled (Kinda, check)

The concept transfers easily back into written form, with some variations. I give this one a B+

Much of the original concept is still there... but it's getting near 50% of the original. Some of the concepts still rhyme, but that's pretty much gone now/not noticeable as a pattern.

Splitpersonality (image)

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Hearing: Nope.
Flying Koopa Troopa: Check
Bootsy Collins: Check
Pastries: Check (Kind of disturbingly the same image...)
Stealing the pastries: Check
Evil housekeeper: Yes, but with octopus body? Check
Cut off arms: Check
Green Goblin/chain of lights/lie: Nope, not present.

Well at least Split knows who Bootsy Collins is. The Koopa is an original concept still present, and the pies have become pastries which are still around. The housewives have become an octopode evil housekeeper... the knives have become a samurai blade.

Most of the other concepts have fallen away. Maybe 30% of the original still exists.

Amsel (caption)

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Things weren't going well for the Starman: he'd accidentally attached himself to a Koopa; his beloved Scandinavian souvenirs had been stolen; and just five minutes later, an octopus samurai removed one of his appendages.

Koopa: Check
Bootsy Collins: Star man (Kinda)
Pastries: Scandinavian souvenirs?
Stolen: Check
Evil Housekeeper with octo-body: Octopus Samurai (Yeah, mostly!)
Slicing off Bootsy's arms: Check
Five Minutes Later: Check

Original Concept: Koopa, slicing. (10%)

I guess Amsel didn't know who Bootsy Collins was either. My sympathies, Amsel! No idea about the scandinavian souvenirs part.

Definitely worth a B+ though.

Winston Hughes (image)

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Koopa: Check
Star Man: Check
Things weren't going well: Rainbows turn into poop (Yeeeaaahhh I see where you were going with that, but I dunno if the next person in line will. )
Five minutes Later: Check
Stealing: Hamburglar (Check)
Scandinavian souvenirs: Scandinavian ladies
Octo Samurai: Check!
Slicing off his appendage: Check!

Very nice, easy to follow image. B+

Original Concept: Koopa, slicing. (same!)

Renata (caption)

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What we have here is the tragic tale of a sad star who thought rainbows are poop. So he rode a turtle to the Hamburgler, who interrupted his tryst with the Scandinavian polka dancers long enough to direct the sad star to an octopus god who could fix his delusional thinking. But instead the octopus god chopped off one of the star’s rays. Poor sad star.

Sad Star man: Check
Rainbows: Check
Poop: Check
Starman on top of Koopa: Rode a turtle (Check)
Hamburglar: Check
Scandinavian dancers: Check!
Octopus samurai: Octopus god (close!)
Chopped off star appendage: Chopped off star's ray (close!)
Five minutes later/clocks: nope.

Pretty much describes the image exactly, minus a couple minor details. Good job! B+

Original concept: Koopa/turle, slicing/chopping: About 5%.

Myrddraal (image)

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Poop/rainbow: Check!
Sad Star on a turtle: Check!
Hamburglar: Check!
Scandinavian polka dancers: Nope!
Octopus God: Check!
Chopping off star's ray: Check!

Nicely hand-drawn. Excellently done, just missing the Polka dancers. But admittedly hard to draw. B+

Original concept: Turtle, chopping: About 5%

Yaropolk (caption)

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"Rainbows are crap"
Sighed the Star on the tortoise
"Watch out it's a trap!"
Said Hamburglar with purpose
Alas, it's too late,
And the Star lost its glimmer:
His macabre fate
Sealed by Saint Octopus' cleaver

Rainbows/poop: Check!
Star on Turtle: Check!
Hamburglar: Check!
Octo God: Close, Saint Octopus, check!
Chopped by the Octupus' cleaver: Check!
Hamburglar seems to be pointing at a trap: Bonus observation.

I give this description a 100. A+

Original concept: Turtle instead of Koopa, cleaver instead of knife/stabbing. 4%

Double A (image)

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Rainbow/poop: Check
Star on Turtle: Check
Hamburglar: Check
Trap: Ackbar (Check)
Octopus Saint with cleaver: Check
Sad star: Check
Cleaver attacking Star: Pretty much.

Very easy to follow, all the concepts seem to be in there. Does not convey the concept of poetry, however.

95% = A rating!

Turtle is still there, cleaver is still there for the knives/killing. About 4% of the original.

Diana Abnoba (caption)

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The Star, disguised as a turtle is thinking rainbows are for s***. This makes him sad. While the hamburgler is thinking he is Ackbar, which makes him happy. When somewhere else the star is sad that the 1/2 man 1/2 octopus, has a clever. Even even though the octopus man is good, he wants to kill the star with the clever, which make the star very sad and hurt.

Turtle: Check
Star on Turtle: Not quite, but the Star is there.
Rainbow: Check
Poop: yes.
Sad: Yes
Hamburglar: Yes
Ackbar: Yes.
Octo with cleaver: Yes.
Killing the star with a cleaver: Yes.

It describes it pretty well. Good carry over. There's a bit of a flaw with the Star on Turtle transposing to Star disguised as Turtle, but otherwise perfect. A rating!

Mention of turtle, cleaver for the knives, killing, about 3% of the original.

Crazed Rabbit (image)

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First of all, major kudos on the image. Wow.

Star: Check
Turtle disguise: It's there, and I see how it's a turtle now.
Rainbow: Check
Poop: Toilet (Good)
Hamburglar: Check
Ackbar: Star Wars (Nice! It's the entire "it's a trap" scene, ladies and gentlemen. Can't beat that with a stick.)
Half man-Octo with cleaver: Check
Attacking the star: Possibly! Looks like it.
Sad Star: Check.

I give this one a 100%+ rating. A++

Turtle concept is disappearing or hard to picture, cleaver is still there. Maybe 2% of the original.

Chaotix (caption)

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In a dimensionally-confused world reminiscent of M.C. Escher's work, an armored, lizard-footed star warrior defends the toilet at the end of the rainbow from an axe-wielding octo-man, while in the distance the McDonalds Hamburglar readies his fleet of spaceships for battle.

Star wearing shell and turtle feet: Armored, Lizard-footed star (Close enough!)
Toilet: Check
Rainbow: Check
Octo-man: Check
Cleaver: Axe (close!)
Hamburglar: Check
Star Wars: Fleet of Spaceships (check, needed more specifics)
Strange perspective changes: Dimensionally-confused MCE work. Check!

Chaotix gets most of the concept switched over nicely. B+!

Original Koopa/Turtle concept is totally gone, morphed into a lizard. Knife-Cleaver-Axe.... not close enough, but killing concept still exists.

1% of original.

Skooma Addict (image)

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Lizard with an axe: Check!
Rainbow: Check!
Toilet: Check!
Octo-man: Check!
MCE work: Check!
Hamburglar: Check!
Fleet of space ships: Check!
Elephant pooping: Interesting.

Star Wars becomes generic space ships, generic space ships becomes star trek.

All of the concepts transfer over, but the Elephant is added in. Very close to perfect. A rating!

Killing concept is gone, and all that remains of the Knives is the axe. I guess it's a blade. But not really enough to warrant any resemblance to the original, since he's not killing anyone.

The original concepts are gone! Nothing of the original survived!

Captain C (caption)

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Doc Ock had invented a new portal he thought would take him right to Spiderman's lair, but unfortunatly he miscalculated and ended up in the middle of a battle inside an MC Escher world. The Hamburgler was directing a fleet of Romulan spacecraft in their attack upon an elephant sitting on a flying toilet propelled by rainbows and a samurai frog.

Doc Ock: Check!
MCE world: Check!
Hamburglar: Check!
Klingon spacecraft: Romulan Spacecraft (you lose 1,000,000 geekpoints!)

*Although to be fair the Romulan bird of prey is based on the klingon bird of prey, and at one time they were the same vessel, but the Romulan bird of prey rapidly became redesigned into something that looks totally different, so technically it could be argued that you are not-

GET ON WITH IT!!!

Fine, here's your million geekpoints back ON A TECHNICALITY. But I am watching you....

Elephant: Check!
Toilet: Check!
Rainbows: Check!
Lizard with an axe: Samurai Frog (kinda)

I rate this at about 90% accurate. I give you an A-

Jon Stewart has no idea what kind of drugs you're all on.

This is very, very true.





So,

As turtles multiply and fly through purple skies, the Prince of Pies cries and dies as his many shy wives stab him with knives, whilst the wise goblin of lies fries his ties.

Becomes:

Doc Ock had invented a new portal he thought would take him right to Spiderman's lair, but unfortunatly he miscalculated and ended up in the middle of a battle inside an MC Escher world. The Hamburgler was directing a fleet of Romulan spacecraft in their attack upon an elephant sitting on a flying toilet propelled by rainbows and a samurai frog.

RATING: NOT EVEN CLOSE!!!

And:

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Becomes:

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RATING: NOT EVEN CLOSE!!!














But you tried very hard, and that's what counts.
That's why you're all still the winner. Conglaturation!!!!


Have a balloon -------->

[Double A]

Holy crap! MY FIRST BALLOON!

[ArpeggiateTHIS]

But...but....I want a red one :(

[Askthepizzaguy]

But...but....I want a red one :(

Then you have truly failed.

[Amsel]

Pastries: Scandinavian souvenirs?

Danishes!

Back when I used to host an EPYC game, one habit of captioners that slightly annoyed me was word-for-word (if that makes sense in this context) description of the image, because that tends to lead to basically the same image over and over again, which isn't much fun. I didn't realise that was what you were aiming for. So basically that's why I said Scandinavian souvenirs. Although I did rather think that the man with the star-shaped shades might have been a Starman thing (because of the Koopa next to it).

EDIT: Oh yeah, Crazed Rabbit's picture = brilliance.

[Joooray]

Once again, awesome stuff.
Thanks for hosting this and thanks for the commentary, Atpg.