Alphabet Game

monster · 10-03-2011, 10:08 PM

Take pictures of the unintentional letters you see in life. Like the Js I see in today's IotD. Enter as many times as you like for each letter (but only one pic of each scene). If there are too many entries for a given letter and you have a zillion, I will ask you to choose your top entries.

I will not cheat and use the pics I have from my Alphabet City Focus Study.

Archive pics may not be used. Pics must be taken from this point on.

Deadline is Halloween. Polls posted sometime during November. Guidelines for judging: 50% similarity to written letter; 30% originality; 10% composition; 10% discretionary. Some dwellars use cheap cellphones, some have cameras that cost $1Ks. All are welcomed and encouraged. Please do not judge based on blurry, low res or other camera quality issues.

Scores:

1st place: 10 points
2nd place: 7 points
3rd Place: 5 points
4th place: 2 points
5th place: 1 point

Prize: Bragging rights.

jimhelm · 10-03-2011, 11:09 PM

Are we going in sequence?

Extra points for tough letters like Q?

Do they have to be unintentional?

BigV · 10-04-2011, 04:28 AM

Quote:

Archive pics may not be used. Pics must be taken from this point on.

: epic eyeroll :

EXIF or it didn't happen.

monster · 10-04-2011, 07:30 AM

no, sequence not required, yes unintentional, no extra point Q is not tough, trust me -circle with a line through it?

V, I'm cool with trusting people, don't be a dick.

glatt · 10-04-2011, 08:25 AM

What does unintentional mean? You mean the letter just looks like a letter and isn't really one, right? We can intentionally take a picture of it, right?

glatt · 10-04-2011, 08:28 AM

Oh, I would add:
No Photoshop except for cropping, resizing, and rotating.

monster · 10-04-2011, 10:22 AM

yes sorry unintention means you can't arrange the object to form the letter. of course you take the picture intentionally. i'm an idiot.

GunMaster357 · 10-04-2011, 05:23 PM

Already done there : Google Maps Alphabet

monster · 10-04-2011, 07:43 PM

Already done in many places. But that's pretty cool. It's fun to find your own, though.

monster · 10-04-2011, 07:46 PM

And let stick to the english alphabet. 26 polls is all I can cope with. upper and lower case will be lumped together.

In fact, let's eliminate I, O and L because they are too easy and that takes it down to 23 which is a great number.

monster · 10-04-2011, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

And let stick to the english alphabet. 26 polls is all I can cope with. upper and lower case will be lumped together.

In fact, let's eliminate I, O and L because they are too easy and that takes it down to 23 which is a great number.

I guess we coul dget rid of X too, but 22 is a shitty number.

BigV · 10-05-2011, 12:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

I guess we coul dget rid of X too, but 22 is a shitty number.

you could, but there's a catch...

Gravdigr · 10-05-2011, 01:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

In fact, let's eliminate I, O and L because they are too easy and that takes it down to 23 which is a great number.

Dammit.

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

I guess we coul dget rid of X too, but 22 is a shitty number.

Dammit, twice.

BigV · 10-05-2011, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Dammit.

Dammit, twice.

I think what you're saying is:

Gravdigr · 10-05-2011, 03:45 PM

Well, dammit one more time, just to make a complete set.

10-03-2011, 10:08 PM	#1
monster only 99c Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tena City Posts: 24,150	Alphabet Game Take pictures of the unintentional letters you see in life. Like the Js I see in today's IotD. Enter as many times as you like for each letter (but only one pic of each scene). If there are too many entries for a given letter and you have a zillion, I will ask you to choose your top entries. I will not cheat and use the pics I have from my Alphabet City Focus Study. Archive pics may not be used. Pics must be taken from this point on. Deadline is Halloween. Polls posted sometime during November. Guidelines for judging: 50% similarity to written letter; 30% originality; 10% composition; 10% discretionary. Some dwellars use cheap cellphones, some have cameras that cost $1Ks. All are welcomed and encouraged. Please do not judge based on blurry, low res or other camera quality issues. Scores: 1st place: 10 points 2nd place: 7 points 3rd Place: 5 points 4th place: 2 points 5th place: 1 point Prize: Bragging rights. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-03-2011, 11:09 PM	#2
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,324	Are we going in sequence? Extra points for tough letters like Q? Do they have to be unintentional? __________________ -- I'm breathing, so I guess I'm still alive. Even if signs seem to tell me otherwise. - Maynard Keenan

10-04-2011, 07:30 AM	#4
monster only 99c Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tena City Posts: 24,150	no, sequence not required, yes unintentional, no extra point Q is not tough, trust me -circle with a line through it? V, I'm cool with trusting people, don't be a dick. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-04-2011, 10:22 AM	#7
monster only 99c Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tena City Posts: 24,150	yes sorry unintention means you can't arrange the object to form the letter. of course you take the picture intentionally. i'm an idiot. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-04-2011, 05:23 PM	#8
GunMaster357 Professor Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Brest (FRANCE) Posts: 1,837	Already done there : Google Maps Alphabet __________________ "War is God's way of teaching Americans geography." - Ambrose Bierce

10-04-2011, 08:25 AM	#5
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 18,008	What does unintentional mean? You mean the letter just looks like a letter and isn't really one, right? We can intentionally take a picture of it, right?

10-04-2011, 08:28 AM	#6
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 18,008	Oh, I would add: No Photoshop except for cropping, resizing, and rotating.

10-04-2011, 07:43 PM	#9
monster only 99c Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tena City Posts: 24,150	Already done in many places. But that's pretty cool. It's fun to find your own, though. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-04-2011, 07:46 PM	#10
monster only 99c Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tena City Posts: 24,150	And let stick to the english alphabet. 26 polls is all I can cope with. upper and lower case will be lumped together. In fact, let's eliminate I, O and L because they are too easy and that takes it down to 23 which is a great number. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-05-2011, 03:45 PM	#15
Gravdigr The Great Offender Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 12,021	Well, dammit one more time, just to make a complete set. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

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