Prepare for the Summer E Games!

[Spinwhiz]

Prepare for the Summer E Games!

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Beginning Monday, August 17, The Escapist will be launching the Summer E Games, a two-week long event full of quizzes, contests and competitions for badges.

There will be 6 main events:


The Legacy Battle - 32 of The Escapist chosen legacies will be going head-to-head for the title!
Flash Game Playoffs - 10 different flash games in 10 different days, sponsored by Kongregate.
Haiku Contest - Write us your best Haiku and see if you can win yourself a gold, silver or bronze medal badge.
Photoshop Contest - Make us your best rendition of gamer art and submit it for your chance at a badge.
T-Shirt Contest - You've got ideas and we want to see them! Submit for a badge... and maybe even more!
Epic Quiz - 6 different categories, 25 questions each... and all for a badge!


If you would like a little brain warm-up before the games begin, we've re-released the quizzes from last year's GamerLympics. There are 3 quizzes, 125 questions each and timed. These are not for the faint of heart, and nobody has managed to get them all correct yet!

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[li]GamerLympic Movies Trivia Quiz [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/quizzes/view/2][/li]
[li]GamerLympic TV Trivia Quiz [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/quizzes/view/4][/li]
[li]GamerLympic Game Trivia Quiz [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/quizzes/view/3][/li]
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All of these events, along with a special forum, launch on Monday, August 17th at noon EDT. Put your game face on, strap on your creativity hat, stretch your gaming muscles and get ready to win some badges!

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[Curtmiester]

Watch me fail in every event!

 

[Armored Prayer]

I got to start photoshoping now.

And learn how to do Haiku.

 

[oliveira8]

This seems quite big. Hope it doesn't go the way March Madness went.(doubt that...)

 

[dekkarax]

I won a medal last year
*points at badge*
So I hope I can win one this year too.

 

[Zildjin81]

Yeah it seems like Flash games are going to be my only hope of winning anything.

 

[Sir Ollie]

Huzzah! lets do this.

 

[xitel]

Why did you have to choose the week college starts up again!? Spinwhiz, why must you hate me so!?

 

[Spinwhiz]

I got to start photoshoping now.

And learn how to do Haiku.

Inspiration:

 

[Radeonx]

Is the photoshop contest the same one that Labyrinth set up a few days ago? Or is that different?

 

[AboveUp]

About the game trivia quiz, mentioning that Dragon Quest is named what "here".

Actually in Europe we're using the same name for it as Japan.
Just pointing that one out.

Anyway, I loved all 3 of them.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

*pulls out spare brain*

Now, this is serious business.

 

[Florion]

=3 I'm enjoying the countdown.

Andandand surely I am not the only one hyperventilating because of how awesome-fun this sounds. No no. I am not alone... am I?

 

[Knight Templar]

Photoshop Contest, Haiku Contest and T-shirt contest are not going to be easy for me, lacking artistic skill and Photoshop.

I like the countdown, they seem to be very popular these days.

 

[Woem]

Still 8 hours left *sigh* It's Monday 10 AM already here!

 

[Spinwhiz]

Why did you have to choose the week college starts up again!? Spinwhiz, why must you hate me so!?

LOL, sorry about that.

Is the photoshop contest the same one that Labyrinth set up a few days ago? Or is that different?

Very different, The Escapist is running this one.

About the game trivia quiz, mentioning that Dragon Quest is named what "here".

Actually in Europe we're using the same name for it as Japan.
Just pointing that one out.

Anyway, I loved all 3 of them.

Thanks for the heads up, I'll give it a change.



It's almost here! About an hour away!

 

[Proteus214]

Well this should certainly make the rest of the month interesting with the Stonking Great contest at the same time? You would think I had a part time job at the Escapist or something lol.

 

[Woem]

There will be 6 main events:


The Legacy Battle - 32 of The Escapist chosen legacies will be going head-to-head for the title!
Flash Game Playoffs - 10 different flash games in 10 different days, sponsored by Kongregate.
Haiku Contest - Write us your best Haiku and see if you can win yourself a gold, silver or bronze medal badge.
Photoshop Contest - Make us your best rendition of gamer art and submit it for your chance at a badge.
T-Shirt Contest - You've got ideas and we want to see them! Submit for a badge... and maybe even more!
Epic Quiz - 6 different categories, 25 questions each... and all for a badge!

I'm wondering when we'll know which t-shirts for the t-shirt competition will actually get printed. The results were expected about two or three weeks ago but we haven't heard anything since then. Does that mean that no t-shirts from the contest were deemed good enough, or that the graphical team is still working on them?

 

[Spinwhiz]

There will be 6 main events:


The Legacy Battle - 32 of The Escapist chosen legacies will be going head-to-head for the title!
Flash Game Playoffs - 10 different flash games in 10 different days, sponsored by Kongregate.
Haiku Contest - Write us your best Haiku and see if you can win yourself a gold, silver or bronze medal badge.
Photoshop Contest - Make us your best rendition of gamer art and submit it for your chance at a badge.
T-Shirt Contest - You've got ideas and we want to see them! Submit for a badge... and maybe even more!
Epic Quiz - 6 different categories, 25 questions each... and all for a badge!

I'm wondering when we'll know which t-shirts for the t-shirt competition will actually get printed. The results were expected about two or three weeks ago but we haven't heard anything since then. Does that mean that no t-shirts from the contest were deemed good enough, or that the graphical team is still working on them?

I'll have to check in with our production team and let you know. Please stay tuned.

 

[Woem]

There will be 6 main events:


The Legacy Battle - 32 of The Escapist chosen legacies will be going head-to-head for the title!
Flash Game Playoffs - 10 different flash games in 10 different days, sponsored by Kongregate.
Haiku Contest - Write us your best Haiku and see if you can win yourself a gold, silver or bronze medal badge.
Photoshop Contest - Make us your best rendition of gamer art and submit it for your chance at a badge.
T-Shirt Contest - You've got ideas and we want to see them! Submit for a badge... and maybe even more!
Epic Quiz - 6 different categories, 25 questions each... and all for a badge!

I'm wondering when we'll know which t-shirts for the t-shirt competition will actually get printed. The results were expected about two or three weeks ago but we haven't heard anything since then. Does that mean that no t-shirts from the contest were deemed good enough, or that the graphical team is still working on them?

I'll have to check in with our production team and let you know. Please stay tuned.

Any luck on that one?