 (0 comments) | Far AwayTake a picture of your octopus as far as possible from its registered addressTentaculus visiting the home of his good friend, An Angry Octopus is Me, 34 miles away as the crow flies.
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 (0 comments) | Movie PosterRecreate a famous movie poster using multiple octopodesAdditional references: Rank: 1 out of 6 |
 (0 comments) | Movie PosterRecreate a famous movie poster using multiple octopodesCuttle-man, aka Argonautia, faces off against the evil Nanaoctopacious Rapacious
Rank: 2 out of 6 |
 (0 comments) | Famous FriendTake a picture of your octopus with a famous person. The more famous, the better.Tentaculus and Professor Jack Wisdom, the inventor of spacetime swimming.
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Rank: 6 out of 19 |
 (0 comments) | Master of EightDemonstrate your mastery of Eightness.Tentaculus, Master of Course 8
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Rank: 10 out of 15 |
 (2 comments) | FriendsFit as many registered octopodes as possible into the same picture. (The more the better.)From the bottom: Stubford, Squirt, Alizarin, unnamed sidekick, Octopus Prime, Crazy 8, Captain Cephalopod, Tentaculus, Danger Girl, Super Lass,
Rank: 2 out of 18 |
 (0 comments) | FriendsFit as many registered octopodes as possible into the same picture. (The more the better.)(plus Squirt the sidekick)
Rank: 7 out of 18 |
 (0 comments) | FriendsFit as many registered octopodes as possible into the same picture. (The more the better.)Rank: 18 out of 18 |
 (1 comment) | FriendsFit as many registered octopodes as possible into the same picture. (The more the better.)Please observe Clone IV and his three friends out for a lovely day of punting on the Thames.
Rank: 9 out of 18 |
 (0 comments) | FriendsFit as many registered octopodes as possible into the same picture. (The more the better.)With Little Tremo the Sidekick
Rank: 10 out of 18 |
 (0 comments) | PedigreeDocument your octopus' suitability to be king.Tentaculus shows here the great Fortress of the Octopodes under construction, built in to bring together both human and octopus alike (note raised platforms and moats). He also has a very nice purple necklace.
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Rank: 10 out of 19 |
 (1 comment) | Hunting ProwessDemonstrate your octopus' hunting ability.Rank: 9 out of 17 |
 (0 comments) | AddressTake a picture of your octopus with the largest house/building street number available.A very large number!
Rank: 7 out of 15 |
 (0 comments) | AquaticDemonstrate that your octopus is at home in an aquatic environment.At home in water
Rank: 11 out of 20 |
 (0 comments) | EnnuiThe octopus most mired in ennuiArtifact Bonus: 2
Rank: 12 out of 14 |
 (0 comments) | CostumeThe octopus with the best Halloween costumeTentaculus in his halloween costume of a Royal Mummy. Artifact Bonus: 2
Rank: 9 out of 11 |
 (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.Tentaculus goes to dinner at the Top of the Hub, 52 stories above Boston. The building itself is 759 feet tall; the radio mast is 846 feet above sea level and 771 feet above the ground, suggesting the base of the tower is 75 feet above sea level. So a total height of 834 feet minus whatever the distance from the top story to the roof is.
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Rank: 10 out of 17 |
 (0 comments) | CooperationMultiple octopodes cooperate together to accomplish something no single octopus could do alone!Octopus Prime and Tentaculus spin yarn to make new octopodes! Prime works the foot pedals, and Tentaculus drafts the wool.
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Rank: 3 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.Tentaculus chooses his background very carefully. (Unfortunately, reflectance is harder to match). Artifact Bonus: 1
Rank: 11 out of 18 |
(0 comments) | StackThe tallest stack of octopodesFrom the bottom: Stubford, Squirt, Alizarin, unnamed sidekick, Octopus Prime, Crazy 8, Captain Cephalopod, Tentaculus, Danger Girl, Super Lass.
Rank: 3 out of 14 |
 (0 comments) | StackThe tallest stack of octopodesTentaculus and Stubford. And a mysterious unregistered non-octopus.
Rank: 14 out of 14 |
 (0 comments) | StackThe tallest stack of octopodesFront stack: Inky and Tenty. Artifact Bonus: 2
Rank: 9 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.)(28 points) Artifact Bonus: 2
Rank: 11 out of 19 |
 (1 comment) | lolctopusBest lolctopus (see lolcat)Rank: 10 out of 16 |
 (0 comments) | Twins(Separated at birth!) Submit two pictures, one of each octopus, in circumstances as identical as possible. Include documentation of where each octopus is; scoring will be based on how close the pictures are in content, how far apart the octopodes are in physical space, and how complex and interesting the pictures are.Argonautia and Little Tremo enjoy a tasty picnic in Sebastopol, CA. Tentaculus and Ood enjoy a tasty picnic in Somerville, MA. (2695 miles by Google Maps)
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Rank: 1 out of 6 |
 (0 comments) | MazeBecause of their intelligence and flexibility, octopodes are very good at solving mazes.Tentaculus in the Great Library of the Octopodes, doing research for another volume he plans to write on mazes. Additional documentation demonstrates his comprehensive research, and also his first published book about mazes, on the shelves of the Great Library. Tentaculus advises to all maze- and labyrinth-solvers that they bring balls of string with them in order to find their way out of confusing places.
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Rank: 3 out of 11 |
 (0 comments) | Ballistic I(Safe split) Safely send your octopus on the longest possible ballistic trajectory. Clearly document the distances involved.Tentaculus goes for a short ballistic hop in his comfortable Safety Pod. (80 inches total)
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Rank: 4 out of 6 |
 (0 comments) | Video GameOctopus with the highest score in a video game.You don't enter your name in Lumox until you get on the high score list. (Other names are due to the "random name" feature). Tentaculus is, in fact, better at this game than Laura is, judging by the high scores (which have not been reset). (Score: 17141) Artifact Bonus: 1
Rank: 8 out of 10 |
 (3 comments) | QueposkivingSend a picture of your octopus with the best example of a queposkyTentaculus would like to note that if you do a Google search for 'queposky', his fine queposky is the first example given. What could be more archtypically queposkian? Artifact Bonus: 2
Rank: 6 out of 10 |
 (0 comments) | Ballistic II(Death-defying split) Send your octopus on the longest possible ballistic trajectory. Clearly document the distances involved.Tentaculus defies death (scissors, knife, cuisinart blade, spear point, spear, rum + car keys, circsaw blade, poison, acid, chisel, sonic screwdriver, paint gouger, cleaver, and spoon) in his ballistic leap. At a total distance of 140 inches, that's one death defied every ten inches.
Additional references: Rank: 3 out of 8 |
 (0 comments) | Head SittingStatistically, it appears that sitting on the heads of people and other octopodes is part of the Octopus Nature. Keep your octopus on your head for the greatest length of time, without the aid of string, hats, fancy hair tricks, or other fasteners.Start time 8:56am, fell at 12:10pm when I stood up. Total time: 3 hours 14 minutes
Additional references: Rank: 3 out of 9 |
(0 comments) | Scrabble II(Strict Split) Photograph your octopus with a commercial sign with the highest *valid* Scrabble scoring word. (Scoring site here)(28 points) Artifact Bonus: 2
Rank: 8 out of 19 |
 (0 comments) | EnteringDue 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.While it is not small compared to, say, a breadbox, MIT is definitely hard to get into! Here, Tentaculus demonstrates that he's been accepted as an incoming freshman by registering for his Athena account (note that he is found in the class of 2012).
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Rank: 12 out of 13 |
 (0 comments) | PagenumFind the word "octopus" printed on the highest-numbered page in a book.Page 2927 Artifact Bonus: 1
Rank: 3 out of 8 |
 (0 comments) | PopularityDemonstrate your octopus's popularity by having its picture taken with the largest number of people giving it a thumbs-up.Fifteen thumbs plus some duplicates.
Rank: 3 out of 7 |
 (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).Stubford manages to guess "nailfile", the word in question.
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Rank: 4 out of 5 |
 (0 comments) | GoodOctopodes being Good, use their powers only for good and never for evil. Demonstrate your octopus using their powers for Good, to Oppose Evil.Tentaculus works at the Call Center, using his powers of AFS sysadmin bits and Kerberos bits to help users with their computer woes.
Additional references: Rank: 4 out of 10 |
 (0 comments) | FunWhile the quest for Kingship is difficult, octopodes should enjoy themselves. Show off your octopus having the most fun.Tentaculus celebrates the return of travelling friends, with wine and cheese.
Rank: 10 out of 10 |
 (0 comments) | Far Apart II(Telecommuting) Show two octopodes in one picture, the farthest distance apart. Both need not be physically present. Document the distances involved.Tentaculus and Argonautia, recursively far apart! That's 2692 miles one way, and then 2692 more back the other way! Artifact Bonus: 1
Rank: 4 out of 5 |
 (0 comments) | Meta EssenceThe octopus with the most glamorous glamour photo.Rank: 22 out of 34 |
(0 comments) | Meta PowerThe octopus scoring zero in the most contests.Rank: 1 out of 34 |
 (0 comments) | Meta MiscellanySubmit your own contest name and description, and a picture of your octopus being the best in it.Scariest Octopus: Tentaculus as Cthulhu
Rank: 4 out of 9 |
 (0 comments) | Meta LoyaltyIn order to campaign for the loyalty vote, submit the best campaign poster.Vote for Tentaculus!
Rank: 1 out of 3 |
(0 comments) | Meta FellowshipYour octopus's cultural diversity is measured with an arcane algorithm that rewards cooperation with octopodes who are less popular.Rank: 1 out of 34 |
 (0 comments) | NumismatismShow your octopus with the oldest legal coinPenny from 1941
Additional references: Rank: 7 out of 9 |
 (0 comments) | ChandelierStatistically, in addition to sitting on heads, octopodes seem to like chandeliers. Send in a photo of your octopus with the Best Chandelier!Rank: 2 out of 9 |
 (2 comments) | RainbowWhy are there so many songs about rainbows? Demonstrate your octopus's rainbow connections.Tentaculus has yarn in all colors of the rainbow to make connections with!
Rank: 8 out of 8 |
 (0 comments) | NutritionEight is the number which is best for you! Show your octopus with the nutritional info on a food package, that has the most eights on it.Rank: 5 out of 5 |
 (0 comments) | DefenseSome octopodes seem to think that various entries by others have not been given enough credit. Your octopus may submit a Spirited Defense of another's entry which it thinks should have been higher, and this contest will give it another chance at points.Tentaculus must admit that Argonautia's balloon flight does not reach the same heights as those octopodes travelling in 747s. But, to see the lone octopus, brave and tiny against the vast blue sky - no steel case surrounding him, no burning jet fuel buoying him up, no pilot and flight crew to coddle him. One small octopus, slipping the surly bonds of earth, dancing in the skies, alone. Tentaculus concedes that Argonautia's altitude is not, numerically, as great as those other entrants. But surely his spirit soars!
Additional references: Rank: 6 out of 6 |
