Tempmas 2009 Starting!

[MarkDarkness]

Is there any prize to win?
Nope, th... oh wait, yes there are plenty! This year our partners have been struggling with each other to supply us with awesome gifts for our beloved tempers. For each of those competitions, we will offer:

• 1st prize: a brand new Nintendo DS Lite console, with the flashcart of your choice!
• 2nd to 5th prizes: a brand new M3i Zero + 4GB MicroSD bundle!
• 6th to 10th prizes: a stylish DS/DSLite/DSi case or R4i adapter.

Please note that the prize list is subject to revision and might be updated in the future!

Wait a sec, I just re-read what the prizes are. So does it mean that the first prize winners don't get a microsd but the 2nd to 5th prize winners do?

Didn't notice that. I'm pretty sure the first prize gets a MicroSD too.

Or it's somehow confusing if not.

Well, some card kits come with a MicroSD, don't they? Maybe that's why they left it out. You could end up getting double cards.

 

[D-Trogh]

Some pictures I did not/could not enter:

My brother who took the pictures with my cellphone:

IT WAS COLD OUTSIDE WITHOUT OUR JACKET!!

 

[MegaAce™]

Some pictures I did not/could not enter:

My brother who took the pictures with my cellphone:

IT WAS COLD OUTSIDE WITHOUT OUR JACKET!!

Why didn't you enter? They look good.

 

[D-Trogh]

Why didn't you enter? They look good.

I entered another picture

It's almost the same as the first one I showed here, but without the sun flare

Thanks btw

 

[Kirah]

Im working on a song right now :]
Its not a rap or anytihng, more of just me singing and some guitarrr if thats alright haha..

 

[science]

My Poem:

The Tale of Tempmas

Christmas brings us lots of joy,
There's girls and boys both writing lists,
Hoping that they may get toys,
With Santa hearing every wish

But Santa doesn't work alone,
"Its had to do it by yourself."
And so he sits upon his throne,
And gets work from his helpful elves

And so they come from 'round the world
To help him to fill up his sleigh,
And with two elves, this tale unfurled,
Of Christmas, GBATemp's Way!

The elves names were Shaun and Costello
Who both wanted to spread more cheer,
"We both love that jolly fellow,
But Tempmas seems much more sincere."

So leaving the cold for the UK,
These happy elves one day did go,
And decided that they should make
A home for fans of Nintendo

And once a year, on this site
A competition they will hold,
To bring more joy and delight
With prizes fancier than gold

And so that year, Tempmas was born
And it was met with great success
So everyone, go sound your horns
And proclaim GBATemp as best!

And my song

Meet Me At The 'Temp - science

Both are so bad but I freaking love these Tempmas competitions, so I entered lol

Someone let me know if the MP3 works or not lol

 

[MegaAce™]

Science, the mp3 works.

 

[Kirah]

My Poem:

The Tale of Tempmas

Christmas brings us lots of joy,
There's girls and boys both writing lists,
Hoping that they may get toys,
With Santa hearing every wish

But Santa doesn't work alone,
"Its had to do it by yourself."
And so he sits upon his throne,
And gets work from his helpful elves

And so they come from 'round the world
To help him to fill up his sleigh,
And with two elves, this tale unfurled,
Of Christmas, GBATemp's Way!

The elves names were Shaun and Costello
Who both wanted to spread more cheer,
"We both love that jolly fellow,
But Tempmas seems much more sincere."

So leaving the cold for the UK,
These happy elves one day did go,
And decided that they should make
A home for fans of Nintendo

And once a year, on this site
A competition they will hold,
To bring more joy and delight
With prizes fancier than gold

And so that year, Tempmas was born
And it was met with great success
So everyone, go sound your horns
And proclaim GBATemp as best!

And my song

Meet Me At The 'Temp - science

Both are so bad but I freaking love these Tempmas competitions, so I entered lol

Someone let me know if the MP3 works or not lol

i actually like the recording alot, its nice a clean :]

 

[science]

Thank you to the above two

 

[NoSmokingBandit]

The rules arent very clear.
I made a completely vector drawing in photoshop, will this be allowed? Its necessary for me to use photoshop because its really hard to draw vectors with a pen/paper. If its going to be rejected let me know asap so i can print it and trace over with pencil or whatever.

 

[Hatsu]

The rules arent very clear.
I made a completely vector drawing in photoshop, will this be allowed? Its necessary for me to use photoshop because its really hard to draw vectors with a pen/paper. If its going to be rejected let me know asap so i can print it and trace over with pencil or whatever.

I think that is allowed.

 

[1upm4n]

i sent my picture.

 

[Hatsu]

i sent my picture.

Cool! Sneak preview?

 

[NoSmokingBandit]

The rules arent very clear.
I made a completely vector drawing in photoshop, will this be allowed? Its necessary for me to use photoshop because its really hard to draw vectors with a pen/paper. If its going to be rejected let me know asap so i can print it and trace over with pencil or whatever.

I think that is allowed.

I just submitted it. It was a ton of fun making it and i think its goofy enough to put a smile on someone's face, even if its not allowed.

Preview:

The preview is rather small, but in the stockings theres an NES controller, a Wii-mote, and a DS game. I'd be pretty jazzed about that on christmas morning!

 

[MegaAce™]

I thought about posting my entries as well.

I entried for the graphics and writing contest. (But I worked on the graphics harder

)

This is just some picture I made before my real entry, I think it's kinda funny.

I posted it already in the Shoutbox, but not all members can see the shoutbox, so I'll just post it here again.

Spoiler

THIS is my real entry for the graphics section, I almost needed 2 weeks for it.

Spoiler

And this is my attempt of a poem/story (Its half half, because I tried to rhyme, and it is pretty long for a poem.)
The rhymes are pretty poor, but it was fun making it.

Spoiler

There was a young boy,
his life wasn't full of joy.
He had something on his mind,
that he couldn't leave behind.

So he wrote a letter,
with his question,
that contains the reason for his depression,
to Santa.

"Dear Santa,
I have a question on my mind,
that I easily can't leave behind.
I'm not greedy, have no fear,
just tell me, why is Christmas once a year?
Do you need time to get all the presents?
Do you need to move every year because of your rents?
Thats the only thing I want to know,
you dont need to go and say hello,
please just respond to this letter,
so that my mind could get better.

With Love,
Meg"

Some days later, Santa got this mail.
He reads the letter with a big smile.
He sat on his chair to write a letter,
so Meg could sleep better.

"Dear Meg,
I would dearly tell you the secret,
why Christmas only is once a year, without regret,
if it would help you to get better.
But its like the secret of the illusions of a magician,
if you like to know, go on a mission,
learn it by yourself.
Theres a good friend of mine,
he's always on the line,
his name is Tempy,
he owns one of the best sites in the world,
the GBAtemp.
I'll give you a hint, where to find that guy,
he's in a place under the sky,
a place that you'll never think of.
Go and find him, he has the answer.

Yours,
Santa"

With that words, Meg took off, on the tour,
to get the answer, to be sure,
why exactly Christmas is once a year.

He went over hills and valleys,
through all the empty alleys,
over canyons and mountains,
getting tired of all the fountains.

He even found the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow,
he walked through the whole world of snow.
He took a rocket and flew to the outside of the earth, the space,
because he couldn't find the place.

After his desperate search for something,
that didn't exist, he went home.
He sat himself on his bed,
thought about everything,
then he heard a tone,
then a men appeared, in red.

He weared a Santa suit,
something that only Santa suits,
but it suits him too.
He wore a mask, on the one half
a cross, on the other 4 circles, and he had a great laugh.

He started to tell Meg:
"It was my brother,
who told me about your bother.
I'll SHOW you the answer,
and I think it will make you to a dancer."

He took out something, it looked like his mask,
but with a screen, what is that, Meg wanted to ask.
But then, the screen started glowing
and something funny it was showing.

Tempy gave the device to Meg,
because he knew, Meg would start to beg.

Meg was fascinated, he saw little figures jumping all over the screen,
it was something he never has seen.

"Do you understand now, what we do the other days in the year?"
"Of course!" Megs eyes started to get teary.
"I'm so relieved, I think I can sleep better now."
"Thats great to hear" Tempy took a bow.

"Please, Can I have that thingy?"
"Gee. Lets play some PS3!"


And that was the story of Meg and the Christmas secret.

 

[Raika]

THIS is my real entry for the graphics section, I almost needed 2 weeks for it.

Spoiler

...
That's... Awesome...

!!!

 

[MegaAce™]

THIS is my real entry for the graphics section, I almost needed 2 weeks for it.

Spoiler

...
That's... Awesome...

!!!

Thanks man

The santa in the sledge is supposed to be Tempy too,
If you zoom really wide into it, you can see the 4 buttons of his mask.

 

[janouis]

This is my entry for the graphics section i made this simple and cool looking santa... i want to make a full body vector image of a gbatemp santa with a cool background but i'm too busy.. i hope i can make it into 2-5 place i want a m3i zero.. Merry Tempmas Everyone!!!

 

[updowners]

I thought about posting my entries as well.

I entried for the graphics and writing contest. (But I worked on the graphics harder

)

This is just some picture I made before my real entry, I think it's kinda funny.

I posted it already in the Shoutbox, but not all members can see the shoutbox, so I'll just post it here again.

Spoiler

THIS is my real entry for the graphics section, I almost needed 2 weeks for it.

Spoiler

And this is my attempt of a poem/story (Its half half, because I tried to rhyme, and it is pretty long for a poem.)
The rhymes are pretty poor, but it was fun making it.

Spoiler

There was a young boy,
his life wasn't full of joy.
He had something on his mind,
that he couldn't leave behind.

So he wrote a letter,
with his question,
that contains the reason for his depression,
to Santa.

"Dear Santa,
I have a question on my mind,
that I easily can't leave behind.
I'm not greedy, have no fear,
just tell me, why is Christmas once a year?
Do you need time to get all the presents?
Do you need to move every year because of your rents?
Thats the only thing I want to know,
you dont need to go and say hello,
please just respond to this letter,
so that my mind could get better.

With Love,
Meg"

Some days later, Santa got this mail.
He reads the letter with a big smile.
He sat on his chair to write a letter,
so Meg could sleep better.

"Dear Meg,
I would dearly tell you the secret,
why Christmas only is once a year, without regret,
if it would help you to get better.
But its like the secret of the illusions of a magician,
if you like to know, go on a mission,
learn it by yourself.
Theres a good friend of mine,
he's always on the line,
his name is Tempy,
he owns one of the best sites in the world,
the GBAtemp.
I'll give you a hint, where to find that guy,
he's in a place under the sky,
a place that you'll never think of.
Go and find him, he has the answer.

Yours,
Santa"

With that words, Meg took off, on the tour,
to get the answer, to be sure,
why exactly Christmas is once a year.

He went over hills and valleys,
through all the empty alleys,
over canyons and mountains,
getting tired of all the fountains.

He even found the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow,
he walked through the whole world of snow.
He took a rocket and flew to the outside of the earth, the space,
because he couldn't find the place.

After his desperate search for something,
that didn't exist, he went home.
He sat himself on his bed,
thought about everything,
then he heard a tone,
then a men appeared, in red.

He weared a Santa suit,
something that only Santa suits,
but it suits him too.
He wore a mask, on the one half
a cross, on the other 4 circles, and he had a great laugh.

He started to tell Meg:
"It was my brother,
who told me about your bother.
I'll SHOW you the answer,
and I think it will make you to a dancer."

He took out something, it looked like his mask,
but with a screen, what is that, Meg wanted to ask.
But then, the screen started glowing
and something funny it was showing.

Tempy gave the device to Meg,
because he knew, Meg would start to beg.

Meg was fascinated, he saw little figures jumping all over the screen,
it was something he never has seen.

"Do you understand now, what we do the other days in the year?"
"Of course!" Megs eyes started to get teary.
"I'm so relieved, I think I can sleep better now."
"Thats great to hear" Tempy took a bow.

"Please, Can I have that thingy?"
"Gee. Lets play some PS3!"


And that was the story of Meg and the Christmas secret.

How the heck am I supposed to top that?

I've barely even started my drawing and yours has taken almost two weeks

 

[Toa_235]

my drugged tempa claus is crap...