 (0 comments) | Far AwayTake a picture of your octopus as far as possible from its registered addressGertrude goes to DC and rides the metro.
Rank: 16 out of 22 |
 (0 comments) | Movie PosterRecreate a famous movie poster using multiple octopodesAdditional references: Rank: 6 out of 6 |
 (0 comments) | Famous FriendTake a picture of your octopus with a famous person. The more famous, the better.Gertrude is hanging out with Ray Tomlinson, the programmer who implemented the first email program and sent the first email ever, inventing the use of the @ sign for email addresses.
Additional references: Rank: 5 out of 19 |
 (0 comments) | Master of EightDemonstrate your mastery of Eightness.Gertrude has mastered the number eight in eight languages.
Rank: 13 out of 15 |
 (0 comments) | FriendsFit as many registered octopodes as possible into the same picture. (The more the better.)From the top down: Linus, Tudo Azul, Gertrude Gardener, Clone IV, MC (sidekick), emarcus' octopus, Greenie (sidekick), and Orly. Also featured is the Crown Of Power. Three sidekicks of Clone IV are also present, below the stack. Artifact Bonus: 1
Rank: 4 out of 18 |
 (0 comments) | FriendsFit as many registered octopodes as possible into the same picture. (The more the better.)Linus, Gertrude, Tudo Azul, and Clone IV are friends (plus three sidekicks)
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Rank: 6 out of 18 |
 (0 comments) | FriendsFit as many registered octopodes as possible into the same picture. (The more the better.)Gertrude and Tudo Azul went biking
Rank: 15 out of 18 |
 (1 comment) | PedigreeDocument your octopus' suitability to be king.As we all know, for want of a nail, the kingdom was lost. Gertrude is totally prepared with a big pile of screws so that if she is king, the kingdom will not suffer for lack of fastening agents.
Rank: 15 out of 19 |
 (0 comments) | Hunting ProwessDemonstrate your octopus' hunting ability.Gertrude snuck up on a hawk and pulled out a tail feather without the hawk even noticing.
Rank: 16 out of 17 |
 (0 comments) | AquaticDemonstrate that your octopus is at home in an aquatic environment.Gertrude is a pied piper with fish and can lure them by humming sea ditties.
Rank: 20 out of 20 |
 (2 comments) | EnnuiThe octopus most mired in ennuiGertrude is literally overwhelmed by loops of ennui. No one does ennui like Sylvia Plath, and a copy of her poem surrounds and weighs down Gertrude like the inescapable repetitions that are life.
SYLVIA PLATH
Tea leaves thwart those who court catastrophe,
The beast in Jamesian grove will never jump,
Rank: 9 out of 14 |
 (0 comments) | Altitude II(Ground Split) Take a picture of your octopus at rest (on the ground or on top of a structure), at the highest possible altitude.Gertrude made a quick stop at Jupiter, which is very high up.
Rank: 16 out of 17 |
 (0 comments) | CooperationMultiple octopodes cooperate together to accomplish something no single octopus could do alone!Clone IV and his friends went duck hunting the other day. They cooperated to herd the ducks over a cliff. The weapon of choice was the mighty fork (also, incidentally, good for eating the ducks after the hunt). Later on, they cooperated to carry a giant penguin.
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Rank: 9 out of 10 |
 (0 comments) | CamouflageOctopodes are masters of color-changing and camouflage to perfectly blend in with their backgrounds. Or maybe they just choose their backgrounds very carefully.Gertrude determined which colors of paint are most appropriate.
Rank: 13 out of 18 |
(0 comments) | StackThe tallest stack of octopodesFrom the top down: Linus, Tudo Azul, Gertrude Gardener, Clone IV, MC (sidekick), Octobert, Greenie (sidekick), and Orly. Also featured is the Crown Of Power. If you zoom in on the top, you see the stack measures 26.5".
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Rank: 1 out of 14 |
 (3 comments) | StackThe tallest stack of octopodesClone IV, Tudo Azul, Linus, Gertrude, and sidekicks demonstrate stacking
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Rank: 7 out of 14 |
 (0 comments) | Scrabble I(Original Split) Photograph your octopus with a commercial sign with the highest-Scrabble-scoring word of eight letters or less. (Proper names ok. Scoring site here.)Gertrude and Charybdis up the Z count to with "Pizza Pizzazz"
Rank: 4 out of 19 |
 (1 comment) | lolctopusBest lolctopus (see lolcat)Gertrude says yum.
Rank: 14 out of 16 |
 (0 comments) | MazeBecause of their intelligence and flexibility, octopodes are very good at solving mazes.Gertrude navigates the incredible maze that is the US tax system.
Rank: 10 out of 11 |
 (0 comments) | Video GameOctopus with the highest score in a video game.Gertrude has been playing SF0. Although she is only level 4, she points out that her game playing efforts are very well documented, with action photos. And, although she has not achieved the highest level in the game, two of her tasks have already been awarded the fleur-de-lis of awesomeness. Unlike many video games, with SF0, one cannot simply pose in front of someone else's high score board, or have someone else play while using your username. Not that Gertrude is implying that anyone else might have done anything like that.
Additional references: Rank: 1 out of 10 |
 (0 comments) | TeachingOne octopus teaches interesting lessons to other octopodes.Tudo Azul and Orly give a lesson on octaves. Left to right on the keyboard: three sidekicks, Clone IV (+crown), Octobert, Gertrude Gardener, MC, Greenie, and Linus. Artifact Bonus: 1
Rank: 4 out of 7 |
 (1 comment) | StoryUse a group of octopodes to re-enact a classic story (or a good scene from one)"You cannot pass!" Gandalf said. The orcs stood still and a dead silence fell. "I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. You cannot pass. The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udûn. Go back to the Shadow! You cannot pass."
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Rank: 3 out of 4 |
(0 comments) | Scrabble II(Strict Split) Photograph your octopus with a commercial sign with the highest *valid* Scrabble scoring word. (Scoring site here)Gertrude and Charybdis up the Z count to with "Pizza Pizzazz"
Rank: 12 out of 19 |
 (0 comments) | CharadesUsing a word you generate here, get another octopus to guess it using only pictures of your octopus. (No writing, and don't reload excessively).Tudo Azul gets Gertrude Gardener to guess "zebra".
Additional references: Rank: 5 out of 5 |
 (0 comments) | Meta EssenceThe octopus with the most glamorous glamour photo.Rank: 3 out of 34 |
(0 comments) | Meta PowerThe octopus scoring zero in the most contests.Rank: 6 out of 34 |
(0 comments) | Meta FellowshipYour octopus's cultural diversity is measured with an arcane algorithm that rewards cooperation with octopodes who are less popular.Rank: 31 out of 34 |
