Warrior Poets [Completed, Winner: perchorin]

[Pyrhhus]

Robert Heinlein once famously wrote, "Specialization is for insects." In that spirit I introduce a tournament which rewards not only the strategists amongst you, but also those of a more literary persuasion.

The game settings are simple. The number of rounds and number of players each round will be determined by the number of people who sign up, but I would like at least 36. Except for the final game, however, the number of players in each game will be at least 6. The settings for all games are Standard, Automatic, Sequential, Escalating, Chained, Sunny, Casual, on the map Japan.

The choice of map is significant because there are two ways to advance to the next round. The first is the standard method: win the game. A spot in the next round of the tournament will also be awarded to the person who writes the best haiku, as judged by yours truly. The haiku must be totally original (and you better believe I'll be running Google searches, so don't test me), rhythmically accurate, and submitted in the game chat. I will judge the haiku on equal parts depth and humor, with full score given to a poem that is both funny and profound. The exception is, of course, if the tournament comes down to just two people, in which case the winner will indeed take all.

Each participant will play no more than one game at a time, so all members are welcome.

Oh, and anyone who plagiarizes will be immediately dismissed, just in case that didn't go without saying.

[spoiler=Players]

1. [player]alt1978[/player]
2. [player]Bob XIII[/player]
3. [player]soccerghost[/player]
4. [player]amazzony[/player]
5. [player]Hopscotcher[/player]
6. [player]semperfi1974[/player]
7. [player]join cad[/player]
8. [player]kawe85[/player]
9. [player]earlybirdbrew[/player]
10. [player]FreedomFighter01[/player]
11. [player]jsnyder748[/player]
12. [player]luchtloper[/player]
13. [player]koul[/player]
14. [player]kodata[/player]
15. [player]Seigneur-Tidus[/player]
16. [player]jigger1986[/player]
17. [player]danryan[/player]
18. [player]Kilazul[/player]
19. [player]gubarretto[/player]
20. [player]MEK[/player]
21. [player]cleverAvery[/player]
22. [player]Conquistadores[/player]
23. [player]RedFun[/player]
24. [player]DogAlmighty[/player]
25. [player]Leatherhead[/player]
26. [player]MrGlassB[/player]
27. [player]sziv[/player]
28. [player]Andrewrh[/player]
29. [player]Ugly_Moose[/player]
30. [player]Lensois[/player]
31. [player]twbenson[/player]
32. [player]Metricsystemlove[/player]
33. [player]Swifte[/player]
34. [player]PepeAtila[/player]
35. [player]Whitexazn[/player]
36. [player]moshu[/player]
37. [player]Jakes1[/player]
38. [player]Nikotsy[/player]
39. [player]gradybridges[/player]
40. [player]benga[/player]
41. [player]1931roadster[/player]
42. [player]mickunited333[/player]
43. [player]ConorJames[/player]
44. [player]KingRat[/player]
45. [player]swimmerdude99[/player]
46. [player]macbone[/player]
47. [player]lewis.evans[/player]
48. [player]Falme[/player]

Reserves:
[player]SeriouslyANewb[/player] - in for cleverAvery[/spoiler]

[Pyrhhus]

[spoiler=Round 1]Game 7736986
Winner: PepeAtila
Best Poem: swimmerdude99
In a World of Hate
We can't seem to get away
From horrors of life

Game 7736977
Winner: MrGlassB
Best Poem: MrGlassB
behind the shattered
mirror of my dreams I see
me with the hammer

Game 7736978
Winner: perchorin
Best Poem: SeriouslyANewb
Do not pee on me
And tell me it is raining
Though I am the Newb.

Game 7736979
Winner: jsnyder748
Best Poem: macbone
Red flower petals
Blanket the battle's landscape
Brave purple is dead

Game 7736980
Winner: Metricsystemlove
Best Poem: Meticsystemlove
please don't have trade ins
you guys are rays of sunshine
on this dreary day

Game 7736981
Winner: 1931roadster
Best Poem: (none submitted)

Game 7736982
Winner: Swifte
Best Poem: sziv
Crippled by bad play
Sergeant at best forever
Yellow, suck my balls

Game 7736983
Winner: koul
Best Poem: KingRat
pausing to inhale
deep breath - measured moment
death gently granted[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Round2]Game 7846230
Winner: sziv
Best Poem: macbone
Yellow hoists his flag
The wind tousles the banner
Only death remains

Game 7846229
Winner: KingRat
Best Poem: perchorin
me english no good
hoping for some lucky sets
this poem won't win[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Round 3]Game 7957338
Winner: sziv
Best Poem: perchorin
hey hey! r: b: y:
y'all ain't got no alibi!
you ugly! hey hey![/spoiler]

[spoiler=Finals]Game 8073358
Winner:[/spoiler]

[alt1978]

I would like in please
to test my risk combat skills
and crush the others

[Bob XIII]

do you mean to say...

when ill wisdom brings failure
or the dice decide my fate
words may bring triumph

me wants to play too!

[soccerghost]

Sure, I will play too,
On a map thats kinda new,
It will have to do

[Pyrhhus]

I love that you guys are getting in the spirit already. Tell your friends!

[amazzony]

I would want to play
Yet I have no skills to write
a greater Haiku

[Hopscotcher]

typing the word in
brings pleasure beyond renown
and so I write it

uhmmmmmmmmmmmmmm is 240 am. my head hurt

[semperfi1974]

if you have an opening i would like to join.

Thanks

[join cad]

I will crush you all like insects .. I have no conscience

[kawe85]

in plz

[earlybirdbrew]

I'll play

[Pyrhhus]

this update comes
after three days of sign ups
patiently waiting

[FreedomFighter01]

In please
Leaves drop
as foes

[jsnyder748]

in please

[luchtloper]

okay I will play
This tournament will be mine
all will bow to me

luchtloper

[Pyrhhus]

Updated.

Also, I just read the Wikipedia article on haiku and despite what it says I will indeed be looking for a three-line poem of the 5-7-5 syllable structure. I do not know Japanese so the English version of the poetic form will have to suffice.

[koul]

in please

[kodata]

Weapons will only kill you, words can change the world.


in please

[Seigneur-Tidus]

in plz

[jigger1986]

I would like to join,
taunt the clowns to risk it all,
troops will fall like leaves.

[Pyrhhus]

Updated.

[danryan]

In please, far too easy
to say; instead sign me up
for this tournament.

[Kilazul]

I'll play.

[gubarretto]

in pls