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This edition of the Witch Trials was held in the field with Unlucky Charlie the scarecrow in Lancre.

It was organized and hosted by Caya.

It started around 9:06 pm GMT on Saturday February 27th and lasted until approximately 12:28 am GMT on the 28th.

Sponsors

Black Caya HikosaSan says, "also...

Please thank Nattick, Grin, Geryon, Staria and the AM Daily, citizens of Djelibeybi, Fole and the Illuminated Teapot, and Ixtlan of the Tanglefoot Trading Company for the lovely monetary donations!

Also thank Nut, Frazyl, and Dextar for donating some prizes, too! Without them... I would probably be in a bigger mess than I am now :p"

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Performances

The performances presented at the trials are recorded here per category in the order presented at the trials.

Mocking competition

Every witch was invited to perform a mock which would inspire the mocked to greater efforts.

Almarna's godbothering mock

Elementalist Almarna Tiaam squints critically at Minister Adyton Veridicus.

Elementalist Almarna Tiaam puts the evil eye on Minister Adyton Veridicus.

Elementalist Almarna Tiaam loudly says: You call that godbothering, Adyton?  You call yourselves Godbotherers? I'm surprised we are not standing in the middle of a thunderstorm right now, with lighting coming down left, right and center! That is not godbothering. It's much more likely to offend the gods! You really have to be more devout and reverential if you don't want to end up as a smoking pile.

Minister Adyton Veridicus looks determined to try harder.

Dirka's watching mock

Dirka squints critically at Black Caya HikosaSan.

Dirka puts the evil eye on Black Caya HikosaSan.

Dirka loudly exclaims with a D'reg accent: You call that watching, Caya?  That is not watching. Our Sssld watches things very carefully, unlike you. You may as well blunder around with your eyes closed for all the watching you did. Sergeant Detritus could be in front of you pounding you with his giant rocky fists and you wouldn't even notice because you are that bad at watching!

Black Caya HikosaSan looks determined to try harder.

Dirka's dodging mock

Dirka loudly exclaims with a D'reg accent: You call that dodging, Caya?  That's about as dodgy as Nanny Ogg trying to dodge a pint of scumble! That's getting right in the way of sharp things that is! You're supposed to dodge out of the way you daft bugger!

Black Caya HikosaSan looks determined to try harder.

Frazyl's watching mock

Literate Frazyl squints critically at Unlucky Charlie.

Literate Frazyl puts the evil eye on Unlucky Charlie.

Literate Frazyl loudly exclaims: You call that watching, Unlucky Charlie?  That watching is just awful. What, you think you're all safe and sound standing there like a blind bug about to be squished by a giant hand? You can't even begin to see the fangs of the tiny invisible demons making two thirds of the people in Howondaland die horribly from internal injury, and that's only halfway across the disc! Why, even Susan Sto Helit would right now have finished a long while ago counting the spots on their impossibly sharp claws (861 756 159 158 billions) and gotten a good way through beating the invasion by the Auditors of Reality! Awww, don't cry Charlie, it'll only make your sight worse. Alright, I'll give you a hint: keep your eyes open and ooooo watch out for that huge hand-shaped thing heading right for you!

Unlucky Charlie looks determined to try harder.

Frazyl's abjuring mock

Literate Frazyl loudly asks: You call that abjuring, Unlucky Charlie?  Are you trying to *help* me curse you? No? Are you sure? Then make your abjuring do a better job protecting you! I know that's a lot to ask but if you let anyone just waltz through you with impunity you'll be scryed, charmed, burned, choked, animated, convoked, bound, enchanted, evoked, earthed, banished, channelled, soaked, summoned, cursed and more before you know what hit you! Why, even Rincewind was better than you at abjuring and the only way he managed to survive so long is to constantly run away from anything and everything and you know how mangy and miserable that left him? Do you really want to endure that too or do you think you can bear to work a *little* bit on yourself?

Unlucky Charlie looks determined to try harder.

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Tricks freestyle 1-2 stages

Magdalena's My Storm Dragon

Dirka's Huggly Kittens

and Qiuyan's Brew A Plot

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Tricks freestyle 3+ stages

Nefret's Storm in a teacup

Nut's Frothy Nonsense

Almarna's The summoning of a carriage

Elspeth's Dull Day

Frazyl's Shadows of Bright Chaos and Dark Order

Mothergoose's Storytime Ii

Wysk's Wyskbuggery

Phujuu's Biddy Laurel's Critter Courtier

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Tricks themed category: Valentine's day

Almarna's A Valentine's Stroll

Sesheta's Arrow and Beau

Mara's Sweet Surprise

Qiuyan's Self Esteem Booster

Elspeth's Elspeth Loves Mancow

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Fruitbat competition

Nefret's Frank N Furter

This is Frank N Furter, a fruitbat that Nefret the Scottish has summoned to do her bidding.  
He looks cute, in a way that only a two foot tall
fruitbat carrying a small basket with its feet could.
He is following Nefret the Scottish.
He is in good shape.
He is flying above the ground here.
He looks well-fed.
He appears to have an apple seed stuck in his fur.
Wearing : a pair of midnight black spider silk stockings, a midnight black leather miniskirt, 
          a midnight black leather corset and Pearl Necklace.
Carrying: Packed Lunch.
His purse is tinkling with coins.

Almarna's Flederwicht

This is Flederwicht, a fruitbat that Almarna Tiaam has summoned to do her bidding.  
He looks cute, in a way that only a two foot tall fruitbat
carrying a small basket with its feet could.
He is following Almarna Tiaam.
He is in good shape.
He is flying above the ground here.
He looks well-fed.
Carrying: Apfel, The Luggage, Federn, some honey and a small satchel.
His purse is home to only moths!

Magdalena's Fhtagn

This is Fhtagn, a fruitbat that Magdalena has summoned to do her bidding.  
He looks cute, in a way that only a two foot tall fruitbat carrying a small
basket with its feet could.
He is following Magdalena.
He is in good shape.
He is flying above the ground here.
He looks well-fed.
He appears to have a melon seed caught in his fur.
Wearing : a red velvet robe and an octarine coloured velvet sash.
Carrying: a hessian sack, a black silver studded carpetbag, a pink kitten carpetbag, 
          a large sand white and ivy green carpetbag, a black lacquer writing box and
          a pair of tongs.

Dirka's CamelOfTheSky

Dirka gives a broomstick to CamelOfTheSky the giant fruitbat.
This is CamelOfTheSky, a fruitbat that Dirka has summoned to do her bidding.  
He looks cute, in a way that only a two foot tall fruitbat carrying a
small basket with its feet could.
He is following Dirka.
He is in good shape.
He is flapping sadly close to the ground here.
He looks well-fed.
Carrying: two broomsticks, Watermelon Bag, Dirka's Clothesbag, Dirka's Loot Pile, 
          an emerald-studded sword belt, Medikit, a large turquoise bottle and a staff
          harness.
His purse is fit to burst!

Mothergoose's Muffet

This is Muffet, a fruitbat that MotherGoose has summoned to do her bidding.  She looks cute, in a way that only a two foot tall fruitbat carrying a
small basket with its feet could.
She is following MotherGoose.
She is in good shape.
She is flying above the ground here.
She looks well-fed.
She appears to have a melon seed stuck in her fur.
Wearing : a pale rose dotted quirm frock.
Carrying: a cured juicy melon, a tote basket, some dried yarrow, a deep red silk backpack and some honey.

Frazyl's Ablyss

This is Ablyss, a fruitbat that Frazyl has summoned to do her bidding.  
She looks cute, in a way that only a two foot tall fruitbat carrying a small
basket with its feet could.
She is following Frazyl.
She is in good shape.
She is flying above the ground here.
She looks well-fed.
She appears to have an apple seed stuck in her fur.
Wearing : a pair of fur-lined leather boots, a blue furry wing cosy, 
          a pair of furry leggings, a leather skirt, a leather waistcoat, a dark green spider silk
          scarf and a flowery bonnet.
Carrying: a striped frog, Bone Flower, a small basket and a black silk backpack.

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Winners

Winners chose their prize amongst those in the category they won in order, skipping those who were absent who got what was left.

Monetary prize

In addition to object prizes, monetary prizes were also awarded.

For each competition, the 1st place winner won 35 royals.

For each competition, the 2nd place winner won 30 royals.

For each competition, the 3rd place winner won 25 royals.

For each competition, those who took part and came after the first three positions won 10 royals.

For those who tied, the monetary prize is divided amongst them.

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Custom hats

Furthermore, custom witches hats were distributed to all the participants.

Raffle

There will also be a raffle for all participants (picking from a hat in real life) of a few other prizes.

Tricks freestyle 1-2 stages

First place: Esmeralda Weatherwax's trick

First place after Granny: Qiuyan's Brew A Plot

prize: A small compact and 20 handfuls of purple powder

Second place after Granny: Magdalena's My Storm Dragon

prize: A bronze helm

Third place after Granny: Dirka's Huggly Kittens

prize: A furry Pinkfish doll

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Tricks freestyle 3+ stages

First place: Esmeralda Weatherwax's trick

First place after Granny: Nefret's Storm In a Teacup

prize: A moonstone ring that is a permalight

Second place after Granny: Tie between Almarna's The Summoning Of A Carriage and Phujuu's Biddy Laurel's Critter Courtier

prize: Phujuu chose the flat cap, Almarna couldn't be there but got a charged Worm sword

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Tricks themed category: Valentine's day

First place: Esmeralda Weatherwax's trick

First place after Granny: Almarna's A Valentine's stroll

prize: She couldn't be there but got 2 thief's daggers with scabbards

Second place after Granny: Sesheta's Arrow and Beau

prize: A pair of iron (str) gauntlets

Third place after Granny: Elspeth's Elspeth Loves Mancow

prize: A prize set of 8 charge blue ring, elegant ring, and blue crystal brooch

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Mocking Competition

First place: Esmeralda Weatherwax's innate ability to mock others

First place after Granny: Tie between Dirka's dodging mock and Frazyl's watching mock

prize: While both offered the first choice to the other, a decision had to be made.

Dirka won the guess closer to the number game and chose a prize set consisting of a 11 charge blue ring, bubble earrings, and an elegant ring

Third place after Granny: Frazyl's abjuring mock

prize: Since she won both tie and second place, she got both remaining prizes: A pair of black leather (dex) gloves and a chocolate sword

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Fruitbat competition

First place: Esmeralda Weatherwax's invisible bat

First place after Granny: Nefret's Frank N Furter

prize: 2 tiger fangs

Second place after Granny: Frazyl's Ablyss

prize: A prize set of 1000 smelly seeds and 1000 sugar lumps

Third place after Granny: A three-way tie between Magdalena's Fhtagn, Dirka's CamelOfTheSky and Mothergoose's Muffet

prize: A grflx set divided amongst the winners to be settled later

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Last revised announcement post

Bulletin Boards: Witchesguild

Witch Trials 2010! There's still time!

Note #20 by Caya at Sun Feb 21 22:24:51 2010 [EST] on board witchesguild

Wotchers all! This is a repost since it is near scrolling off! This also includes the update about mocks! This is not limited to only skilled witches! Newbies can also participate!

Witch Trials are set for Saturday, February 27 at 21:00 GMT! They will be held in Lancre Town where Charlie hangs in his lonesome (awww). Here are the time conversions for some time zones:

Pacific time (ex: California) - 13:00 or 1:00PM on Saturday, Feb 27, 2010

EST (ex: New York, New Jersey) - 16:00 or 4:00PM on Saturday, Feb 27, 2010

GMT (ex: London) - 21:00 or 9:00PM on Saturday, Feb 27, 2010

Sydney, Australia - 8:00AM on Sunday, Feb 28, 2010

So! If you have an entry, please mudmail me by the 22th confirming you want to make something (give specific details of categories) and the 26th for the name of the trick/fruitbat and skill for mock with the rest of the details needed (see below). I can take last minute entries, but please don't force me to do so many last minute ones. :(

We have many amazing sponsors that I huggle lots and lots for not making me empty my bank account! Please thank Nattick, Grin, Geryon, Staria and the AM Daily, citizens of Djelibeybi, Fole and the Illuminated Teapot, and Ixtlan of the Tanglefoot Trading Company for the lovely monetary donations! Also thank Nut, Frazyl, and Dextar for donating some prizes, too!

This year's trials will be somewhat different from the previous trials. We will have 3 competitions!

Tricks (only 1 freestyle trick and 1 themed trick max!)

Freestyle 1-2 stages

Freestyle 3+ stages

Theme (any amount of stages)

---This year's theme is: Valentine's Day

Mocking Competition (2 mock submissions max!)

Freestyle (there were not enough submissions, so I changed the category)

Only rule is that you need to mock a valid skill. You can't just mock something like Caya-ing or something.

Best-Dressed Fruitbat

There are no categories and it will be freestyle. Even though it says best-dressed, it can also be what they are carrying, their name, etc. It is possible that a person will vote based on everything they see!

I am aware there are witches who believe in only having naked bats, but it is all for good fun! You can even submit your naked bat if you want! We shall just have a competition where people will vote for the bat they like the most (traditionalists can vote on traditional nakedness)!

Your name, the competition you are entering, and, depending on the competition:

Tricks: name of the trick, what category you are entering in, summary of what your trick is about

Mocks: what category, what skill you are mocking

Fruitbat: name of fruitbat

There may be changes in the competition due to how many we have that participates this year. Please stay tuned for updates! If this gives you any motivation, the plan is that first place will get at least 10 royals IN ADDITION to an item of choice! We will go by order of who wins to get the prizes. Also, applicants will still get a reward if they do not win!

Caya HikosaSan

Is in over her head >_<

(Caya edited this message at Mon Feb 22 03:24:51 2010.)

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Abridged log

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