Silk's Entries


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Far Away

Take a picture of your octopus as far as possible from its registered address

Silk in Fort Lauderdale

Rank: 15 out of 22
Score: 0



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Altitude I

(Flying Split) Take a picture of your Octopus at the highest possible altitude, while flying.

Silk at 36,000 feet

Rank: 8 out of 13
Score: 1



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Friends

Fit as many registered octopodes as possible into the same picture. (The more the better.)

Silk, Octopus Prime, and unregistered octopus

Artifact Bonus: 3

Rank: 13 out of 18
Score: 0



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Address

Take a picture of your octopus with the largest house/building street number available.

Silk on Mass Ave in Cambridge

Rank: 12 out of 15
Score: 0



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Aquatic

Demonstrate that your octopus is at home in an aquatic environment.

Silk swimming under water

Rank: 9 out of 20
Score: 0



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Costume

The octopus with the best Halloween costume

Silk as Jack the Ripper

Rank: 6 out of 11
Score: 3



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Cooperation

Multiple octopodes cooperate together to accomplish something no single octopus could do alone!

Stubford directs & navigates, Silk operates the stick, Octopus Prime steers, and Oct & Kick work the pedals.

Additional references:
http://web.mit.edu/boojum/www/Octopus/Compete/tn/pedals.jpg.html
http://web.mit.edu/boojum/www/Octopus/Compete/tn/navigating.jpg.html
Artifact Bonus: 4

Rank: 6 out of 10
Score: 7



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Camouflage

Octopodes are masters of color-changing and camouflage to perfectly blend in with their backgrounds. Or maybe they just choose their backgrounds very carefully.

Here's Silk, hiding amongst his natural coloring.

Rank: 14 out of 18
Score: 0



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Stack

The tallest stack of octopodes

Silk, Octopus Prime, and unregistered octopus

Artifact Bonus: 3

Rank: 10 out of 14
Score: 0



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Entering

Due to their squishability and flexibility, octopodes are very good at getting into small, hard-to-get-into places. Document your octopus in the best example of somewhere hard to get into.

Silk fitting into our mailslot. He also happens to be “entering” our house. :)

Rank: 7 out of 13
Score: 2



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Fun

While the quest for Kingship is difficult, octopodes should enjoy themselves. Show off your octopus having the most fun.

Silk's the life of the party! First, he starts with his champagne. And then he's drinking the champagne, with the appropriate strawberries and cheese to fill out the party. After really ramping up, he starts to drink right from the bottle. By the end of the night, he's really become the life of the party as he's swinging from the chandelier! What a fun guy he is!

Additional references:
http://web.mit.edu/boojum/www/Octopus/Compete/tn/SilkFun02.jpg.html
http://web.mit.edu/boojum/www/Octopus/Compete/tn/SilkFun03.jpg.html
http://web.mit.edu/boojum/www/Octopus/Compete/tn/SilkFun04.jpg.html

Rank: 4 out of 10
Score: 5



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Far Apart I

(Physically Present) Show two octopodes in one picture, the farthest distance apart. Both must be physically present. Document the distances involved.

Silk and Octopus Prime across a couple of rooms. Pacing it off makes it to be 25 feet away.
(additional picture makes pen clearer)

Additional references:
http://web.mit.edu/boojum/www/Octopus/Compete/tn/silkop2.jpg.html
Artifact Bonus: 3

Rank: 4 out of 5
Score: 5



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Meta Essence

The octopus with the most glamorous glamour photo.

Rank: 14 out of 34
Score: 0



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Meta Power

The octopus scoring zero in the most contests.

Rank: 13 out of 34
Score: 0



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Meta Miscellany

Submit your own contest name and description, and a picture of your octopus being the best in it.

The “Stylish” contest: Silk, in a Stylish top hat.

Rank: 5 out of 9
Score: 4



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Meta Fellowship

Your octopus's cultural diversity is measured with an arcane algorithm that rewards cooperation with octopodes who are less popular.

Rank: 21 out of 34
Score: 0



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Chandelier

Statistically, in addition to sitting on heads, octopodes seem to like chandeliers. Send in a photo of your octopus with the Best Chandelier!

Silk on Chandelier

Rank: 7 out of 9
Score: 2



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Vertebrate

Octopodes are honorary vertebrates in the UK! Send in a picture of your octopus making friends with the largest living vertebrate it can find.

Silk being friendly with a vertebrate... me!!!

(Said vertebrate being nigh-6 feet tall.)

Rank: 6 out of 7
Score: 2