 (0 comments) | Far AwayTake a picture of your octopus as far as possible from its registered addressTudo Azul poses on the Charles Bridge in Prague (approximately 3899 miles from Somerville MA, according to Geocities)
Rank: 7 out of 22 |
 (0 comments) | Movie PosterRecreate a famous movie poster using multiple octopodesOne is tall, the other is short, neither of them look anything like Schwarzenegger and Devito... but they're wearing sunglasses. Tako Yaki and Tudo Azul are "Twins".
Additional references: Rank: 3 out of 6 |
 (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.Tudo Azul with noted authors Alex Humez and Jean Humez.
Additional references: Rank: 7 out of 19 |
 (0 comments) | Master of EightDemonstrate your mastery of Eightness.Tudo Azul plays an octave
Rank: 15 out of 15 |
 (0 comments) | Altitude I(Flying Split) Take a picture of your Octopus at the highest possible altitude, while flying.40,000 feet en route to Prague
Rank: 2 out of 13 |
 (0 comments) | FriendsFit as many registered octopodes as possible into the same picture. (The more the better.)Eleven octopodes, six sidekicks, and three artifacts. Artifact Bonus: 3
Rank: 1 out of 18 |
 (2 comments) | FriendsFit as many registered octopodes as possible into the same picture. (The more the better.)Tako Yaki, Tudo Azul, Clone IV, An Angry Octopus Is Me, Octopus Prime, 3 hexapod sidekicks plus Squirt. 3 artifacts: Mantle, Crown, Torc.
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Rank: 5 out of 18 |
 (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.)(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.)Gertrude and Tudo Azul went biking
Rank: 15 out of 18 |
 (0 comments) | FriendsFit as many registered octopodes as possible into the same picture. (The more the better.)Tako and Tudo Azul visit with another friend (not a registered octopus.)
Rank: 14 out of 18 |
 (1 comment) | FriendsFit as many registered octopodes as possible into the same picture. (The more the better.)An Angry Octopus Is Me and Tudo Azul, along with an unregistered friend, rest, well-sated after some fine bulgoki.
Rank: 12 out of 18 |
 (0 comments) | PedigreeDocument your octopus' suitability to be king.Tudo Azul Campaign Page
Additional references: Rank: 12 out of 19 |
 (0 comments) | Hunting ProwessDemonstrate your octopus' hunting ability.From the school of stop-motion animation: Tudo Azul's Lobster Hunt
Additional references: Rank: 4 out of 17 |
 (0 comments) | AddressTake a picture of your octopus with the largest house/building street number available.Tudo Azul visits 2450 Beacon Street (Chestnut Hill, MA). Artifact Bonus: 1
Rank: 11 out of 15 |
 (0 comments) | AquaticDemonstrate that your octopus is at home in an aquatic environment.Tudo Azul demonstrates that he is at ease in actual water!
Rank: 10 out of 20 |
 (0 comments) | EnnuiThe octopus most mired in ennuiT is for Toodles, who died of Ennui. (Note the Pen of Miscellany, in this photo symbolizing the authorial pen of the esteemed Mr. Edward Gorey, an authority on the extremes of ennui to which an octopus--or a small child--can sink.) Artifact Bonus: 1
Rank: 1 out of 14 |
 (0 comments) | CostumeThe octopus with the best Halloween costumeZebra and Moose
Rank: 11 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.Tudo Azul at Gabelli Hall
Additional references: Rank: 14 out of 17 |
 (4 comments) | CooperationMultiple octopodes cooperate together to accomplish something no single octopus could do alone!From Wikipedia: A minyan מנין (Hebrew: plural minyanim) in Judaism is a quorum of ten or more adult Jews assembled for purposes of fulfilling a public religious obligation requiring a quorum. In contemporary Judaism, the most common activity involved is public prayer.
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Rank: 4 out of 10 |
 (0 comments) | CooperationMultiple octopodes cooperate together to accomplish something no single octopus could do alone!Tako Yaki and Tudo Azul realize that you can't play a game with only one octopus.
Additional references: Rank: 8 out of 10 |
 (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.Rhapsody in Blue: Corsage! Artifact Bonus: 1
Rank: 9 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 |
 (0 comments) | StackThe tallest stack of octopodesEleven Octopodes, six sidekicks, three artifacts, and Indy's hat Artifact Bonus: 3
Rank: 2 out of 14 |
 (0 comments) | StackThe tallest stack of octopodesStack (bottom to top): Tako Yaki, Tudo Azul, Clone IV, An Angry Octopus Is Me, Octopus Prime, 2 sidekicks (plus Squirt, at side). 3 artifacts: Mantle, Crown, Torc. No walls, no hidden wires! Artifact Bonus: 3
Rank: 5 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) | StackThe tallest stack of octopodesWhen Tudo came over to play board games with Tako on April 28th, they also thought it would be fun to take some stacked shots. Handy, that. :)
Rank: 13 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.)Tudo Azul (with fond memories of Templeton the Rat) visits SQUEAKY cleaners. (23 points.) Toodles' research leads him to conclude that the letters Q, Z, and X are overrepresented in commercial signage, compared to their Scrabble frequencies. The result of Octopedal influence, perhaps? Artifact Bonus: 1
Rank: 15 out of 19 |
 (1 comment) | lolctopusBest lolctopus (see lolcat)Rank: 16 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.Tudo Azul contemplates his movie options in Prague while octobert seeks action and adventure at the Somerville Theater in Somerville, 3906.3 miles away.
Additional references: Rank: 3 out of 6 |
 (0 comments) | MazeBecause of their intelligence and flexibility, octopodes are very good at solving mazes.Tudo Azul swims through a maze
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Rank: 4 out of 11 |
 (0 comments) | Ballistic I(Safe split) Safely send your octopus on the longest possible ballistic trajectory. Clearly document the distances involved.1: Tudo Azul gears up for the flight Tudo Azul humbly apologizes for his earlier Info I forgot to include in my entry: Launched from ~5' above previously measured gutter: ~197" high
Additional references: Rank: 3 out of 6 |
 (0 comments) | QueposkivingSend a picture of your octopus with the best example of a queposkyNow that Tudo has found an impartial judge for the Queposky contest, he is at liberty to reveal that the true Queposky is an Infernal Device! Here, Tudo investigates the menacing machine.
Rank: 1 out of 10 |
 (0 comments) | TeachingOne octopus teaches interesting lessons to other octopodes.1. Professor Octopus Prime with three octopodes helping demonstrate, 2. Taking notes, 3. The sidekick section (with chaperones), 4. The octopus student
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Rank: 1 out of 7 |
 (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 |
 (0 comments) | TeachingOne octopus teaches interesting lessons to other octopodes.After an unfortunate accident, Tako Yaki shows Tudo Azul how to (re)assemble an Apple Puzzle. "The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the pieces. The second rule is to *find* all the pieces. Good thing we octopodes know a thing or two about camouflage..."
Rank: 6 out of 7 |
 (0 comments) | Ballistic II(Death-defying split) Send your octopus on the longest possible ballistic trajectory. Clearly document the distances involved.Disclaimer: all measurements were done by a single person with string and measuring tape, and are hopelessly approximate. Disclaimer #2: Due to difficulty of photographing the launch process, the sequence of pictures are actually from several different attempts -- but all pictures really were taken of the same launch method and same starting point.
Pic 827: slingshot method Best distance: 390" (measured along the ground) Bonus material (because it's too amusing not to post :) ):
Pic 825 : slingstone method Best distance: 286"
gutter 13'7" high
So triangle sides = 276" x 71"
Additional references: Rank: 6 out of 8 |
 (0 comments) | StoryUse a group of octopodes to re-enact a classic story (or a good scene from one)00 : There's a juicy apple in this tree. 01 : And a serpent. (And oh yeah, that was the tree we weren't supposed to eat anything from.) 02 : "Hey Eve, want to taste the apple?" 03 : "Well, I wasn't supposed to." ... "Sure, Yum!" 04 : "Adam, you should have some too!" 05 : Oops, now we know about Good. And Evil. (Like that Evil Vizier!) Time to get out of the garden! 06: the cast of characters - Adam, Eve, Tree, Serpent, Apple.
Additional references: Rank: 1 out of 4 |
 (1 comment) | StoryUse a group of octopodes to re-enact a classic story (or a good scene from one)And so, Dr Jones, what was yours, is now mine. Artifact Bonus: 2
Rank: 4 out of 4 |
 (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) | 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.The morning's attempt comes to a premature halt at 3 hours, as Tudo learns that it's hard to balance on the head of someone who is practicing a monologue. But he gets back up and tries again!
1) Start: 11:10 a.m. Duration: 4 hours, 39 mins
Additional references: Rank: 1 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)Tudo Azul (with fond memories of Templeton the Rat) visits SQUEAKY cleaners. (23 points.) Toodles' research leads him to conclude that the letters Q, Z, and X are overrepresented in commercial signage, compared to their Scrabble frequencies. The result of Octopedal influence, perhaps? Artifact Bonus: 1
Rank: 3 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.Tudo Azul gracefully wriggles into a lady's glove
Additional references: Rank: 9 out of 13 |
 (0 comments) | CookingDemonstrate your octopus's ability to feed a hungry family, or the multitudes!"ME STEW
I have nothing to put in my stew, you see, --Shel Silverstein.
Additional references: Rank: 7 out of 8 |
 (0 comments) | PagenumFind the word "octopus" printed on the highest-numbered page in a book.It's not a very high page number, but Tudo's been itching for an excuse to share the Octopus episode from Pogo's Double Sundae with the world! (Page 90 shown here.)
Rank: 8 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.Four people give thumbs up to Tudo Azul (and he only met two of them today!)
Rank: 7 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).Tako Yaki takes 4 rounds to guess that Tudo Azul is a "Headlight." (We were doing this in person, one image at a time, so we don't have written documentation of Tako's guesses, which went something like this: )
Pic 1: Handlebars? Bell? Steering? ...?
Additional references: Rank: 1 out of 5 |
 (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) | GoodOctopodes being Good, use their powers only for good and never for evil. Demonstrate your octopus using their powers for Good, to Oppose Evil.Tudo Azul increases the amount of Good in the universe by producing quanta of concentrated Goodness: strawberries!
Rank: 7 out of 10 |
 (0 comments) | FunWhile the quest for Kingship is difficult, octopodes should enjoy themselves. Show off your octopus having the most fun.Tudo Azul enjoys a bike ride by the ocean on a breezy late-spring morning.
Rank: 5 out of 10 |
 (1 comment) | Far Apart I(Physically Present) Show two octopodes in one picture, the farthest distance apart. Both must be physically present. Document the distances involved.Tako Yaki (at the starting mark) and Tudo Azul (in friendly human's arms, at the finish line) stand 100m apart in the same photo. (If you zoom in on the human you will see Tudo in his arms.) The 2nd photo just shows that the finish line (100 m away from the 100m starting mark) is in fact where they're standing.
Additional references: Rank: 2 out of 5 |
 (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.Octomus checks up on the situation back home in Somerville while vacationing in the lush Green Island, off the coast of Australia. Tudo Azul has been watching over the city while Octomus is gone.
Additional references: Rank: 1 out of 5 |
 (0 comments) | Meta EssenceThe octopus with the most glamorous glamour photo.Rank: 4 out of 34 |
(0 comments) | Meta PowerThe octopus scoring zero in the most contests.Rank: 4 out of 34 |
 (0 comments) | Meta MiscellanySubmit your own contest name and description, and a picture of your octopus being the best in it.Weather. Submit a picture of your octopus with the best weather.
Rank: 7 out of 9 |
(0 comments) | Meta FellowshipYour octopus's cultural diversity is measured with an arcane algorithm that rewards cooperation with octopodes who are less popular.Rank: 2 out of 34 |
 (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!Tudo Azul with a pair of Art Nouveau chandeliers in the café of the Municipal House in Prague.
Rank: 1 out of 9 |
 (0 comments) | RainbowWhy are there so many songs about rainbows? Demonstrate your octopus's rainbow connections.Tudo Azul makes the Octopus-Rainbow connection at the Lennon Wall in Prague.
Rank: 5 out of 8 |
 (0 comments) | SportsShow your octopodes's teamwork in a sporting event!Tako Yaki and Tudo Azul run a relay together, and beat a team of penguins to the finish line. (As octopode entrants, they are running in lane 8, of course.)
Additional references: Rank: 2 out of 2 |
 (0 comments) | Poker MoneyShow your octopus with a serial number on a dollar that can make the highest poker hand.Full House: 9s and 8s.
Rank: 7 out of 7 |
 (0 comments) | Egalitarian ThingySend in a photo of your octopus with the best thing. Bonus points for famous things.Toodles poses with an Ancient and Honorable Manhole Cover of Prague
Rank: 4 out of 8 |
 (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.Tudo Azul would like to put in a good word for Linus and Akira's Twins entry. Of the entries as of this writing (leaving aside Tudo Azul's own entry, since one should not argue the merit of one's own entry), only Linus and Akira's shows any indication of where the pictures were taken: the picnics, remotes, and even horses could be absolutely anywhere, for all one can judge from the photos. Linus and Akira also show the most specific objects in their photos: not merely common objects or animals, but Green Buildings of Earth Science. Finally, Linus and Akira's entry deserves recognition for both research effort and wit.
Respectfully submitted,
Rank: 2 out of 6 |
 (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.Charybdis had a campaign poster long before the meta-loyalty event was unveiled -- indeed, before any events were unveiled! Surely he should be counted as having entered the meta-loyalty competition, and his entry judged among those of his peers? --Tudo Azul (Tudo Azul realizes this could be construed as an Appeal. But he prefers to think of it as a meta-defense, appropriate to the meta-event it refers to. :) )
Rank: 4 out of 6 |
 (0 comments) | StrengthOctopodes are quite strong for their size. Demonstrate your octopus's great strength!Toodles bears the weight of a Stoneware Mug Bigger Than Your Head on his head.
Rank: 3 out of 3 |
