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Twice a year, the bravest souls on Comedy Twitter gather in one place to do battle for the title of OFAPZ Champion. Seven have held it to date. This month, we will crown the 8th. Who’s it gonna be?
Before we find out, let’s set the table once again.
HOW IT WORKS
Our contest plays out under conventional bracket-style rules. Think the Karate Kid, not the one with Jackie Chan and America’s heartthrob Will Smith’s son Or NCAA Basketball, bowling, maybe Mortal Kombat.
Contestants are initially seeded based on follower count, to do battle over the course of several rounds, each with its own unique topic or theme. All tweet matchups are judged anonymously based on the text of the tweets alone, by a diverse panel of judges including accomplished writers, artists and humorists from primarily outside of the Twitterverse. They do not see race, gender, or what Pokemon you like to dress up at when you solicit people on Craig’s list.
WHAT IT MEANS
Anonymous judging and the diversity of our judging panel help ensure that your tweet will rise (or fall) on its merits alone. You won’t get any special consideration for your follower count, Favstar trophies, which Twitter clique you claim, or the percentage of your AVI that consists of cleavage. Your reputation and past glories don’t matter. The judges choose between two tweets based on their ability to put a truly unique and funny spin on the topic at hand. The winner moves on to the next round, and so on and so forth, until one champion remains standing.
THE RULES
All contestants will be given the round’s theme and have a week (Round 1 and 2 or 24 hours or sometimes more to respond with a new, original tweet.
Once you have posted your tweet, submit it to @theobscuregents account and @obscuregent will then send you and your opponent’s tweets text-only to a panel of 9 judges.
Once you submit, your opponent will be notified. Once they submit, you are both locked in and judging commences.
Winners will be announced as they are decided.
All contest updates will be sent to the individual contestants by DM and posted on the TheObscureGentlemen.com
Brackets will now be posted here: http://bit.ly/2KB6FNs
The website also has features that will update in real time of winners and losers and you will be able to make your own predictions (Which there will also be prizes for)
FINAL BATTLE RULE:
To make things interesting, the championship match is a best of three battle: one new themed tweet on the given topic, one new freestyle tweet on a topic of your own choosing, and one old tweet of your choosing from your own timeline.
SWEETENING THE POT
In addition to bragging rights, the winner of Obscure For A Penny Zero 8 receives the following:
-One of your tweets turned into an Obscure Gentlemen comic
-Obscure Gentlemen hoodie
-Obscure Gentlemen t-shirt
-Obscure Gentlemen baseball cap
-Obscure Gentlemen AVI
-You select topics for the 12 For A Penny, Plain Zero, and Obscure Gentlemen podcasts
-You choose one food item for the Adult Male to review on YouTube
Second Place
-Your runner-up tweet turned into an Obscure Gentlemen comic
-Obscure Gentlemen Hoodie
Bracket Prediction Winner
This person will be chosen by whoever gets the most points after submitting your predictions via the website: http://bit.ly/2KB6FNs
-Your runner-up tweet turned into an Obscure Gentlemen comic
-Obscure Gentlemen tank, shirt or hoodie
TIMING
The first topic will be announced on May 28th and your first round tweet will be due on June 4th by 1:38PM. That’s right, you get one full week. No excuses.
FAQs
Q: What if my opponent doesn’t submit?
A: In round 1 there is a list of people on stand-by. They will take their place. All other rounds it will earn you a forfeit.
Q: What if I have very mundane sex tweets that are really just overused clichés. Will I win the whole thing for thinking I’m edgy?
A: If it’s clever and funny, maybe. If it’s the standard lewd sex stuff you can hear anywhere then probably not.
Q: I go viral every other week so I have to win right?
A: Tweet decking has no power here and neither does yo momma.
Q: I’m sore as fuck because my friends told me I’m so funny. Can I complain and annoy @ObscureGent?
A: Sure you can. He will probably say things like “Oh wow, crazy”, “Better luck next time”, and “Wha happen.” What he really means is: It’s just a fucking contest, move on.
Q: I’m a big fan of the Obscure Gentlemen. Do I have an edge for knowing them?
A: No! The judges hate each other and their friends and will hate any kind of pandering.
Q: Do RTs or Favs matter?
A: Judges don’t care. Again, nobody cares in this contest.
Q: Can I tweet as many times as I want before choosing one to submit?
A: Everyone has different tactics and strategies. Tweet as many or as few responses to the prompt as you want. You only submit one. Just make sure you’re happy with it. Send one tweet and one tweet only to @theobscuregents via DM. You can, however, change your submission as long as your opponent hasn’t locked in the battle with their submission.
Q: I’m like the greatest tweeter and all of my friends in my DM rooms say so, how did I lose to a shit tweet and how did my ego get so big from writing jokes for free on the Internet?
A: Fam. Can I call you fam? Sometimes both tweets are subpar and ones just moves on by necessity. Or maybe one only works as an inside joke for Twitter. Just remember, your friends will lie to you and say your tweet is better than your opponent’s even if it isn’t. That’s what friends do. Statistically speaking, it’s extremely likely that you will lose. But there’s always next time.
Q: Can I find out what the score was, how many judges voted for me vs my opponent?
A: Naw. Your humble host is tired of looking up battle results. It might have been close, it might not. Does it matter? In the end, are we all not dust in the wind?
Q: I’m going to ask @obscuregent for advice in choosing the tweet I submit. That’ll give me an edge, right?
A: No. Do NOT ask him for advice. He hates giving it and his track record isn’t anything to write home about.
Because this is a venerable contest, it seems not to include tweets with images. So, no caption tweets?
Also, you may say it somewhere here, but I missed it. Is this new tweets only?
New tweets only (unless specified otherwise). In addition images can be used and the image will be given to the judges with the text only
P.S. And I should have said that I would like to compete. I think losing in the first round would be exciting!
It’s the greatest adventure!