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Battle Interludes: Haiku Puzzles
Battle Interlude: Haiku Puzzles #1
This was designed, hosted and judged by David TLCB.
In 4th place: Fire Nation
-- « Message sent on Jul 20, 2007, 1:07pm »
score: 1/5
In 3rd place:
Earth Kingdom -- « Message sent on Jul 20, 2007, 2:03pm »
score: 2/5
In 2nd place:
Water Tribe -- « Message sent on Today at 8:55pm »
score: 3/5
In 1st place: Air Nomads -- « Message sent on Yesterday at
9:43am »
score: 3/5
disclaimer: Water Tribes & Air Nomads may have the same score, but Air Nomads
sent their answers first, so they win.
RULES
Can you solve the riddle?
1- I will post a list of
different haikus about the world of Avatar. They can be about characters,
elements, bending, places, animals, objects, shippings, episodes, etc. If it is
in Avatar, it can be a haiku.
2- I won’t reveal what the haiku is about, but I will give one hint.
3- The objective is to find out what the haiku is about.
4- For this contest, it won’t be necessary to have a haiku team. I want all
people from all nations to be able to participate.
5- It is highly advised to create a thread in each nation's board for the
solving of the haikus. With this kind of puzzles it is best to work as a team to
solve them.
6- When all haikus are solved, and everyone agrees that the answers are correct,
a single PM in the name of the nation has to be PMed to me. For example:
Water Tribe: haikus answers.
7- The answers should not be posted in this thread.
8- After the nation sends me their answers, there is not any possibility to send
a second answers PM.
9- The nation with all correct answers, or closest to best, gets 100 points.
Second place will earn 25, and third place 25. In case of a tie, the nation who
sent the answers first will win.
10- This thread will be only for the haikus and rules. Any chatter will be
erased at point blank range. Any questions about the contest have to be PMed to
me, or asked in the Tea Room.
Got all of it?
#1 -- windy
swirl around and up
into the horizon above
get down and twirl it
#2 -- volatile
In this day and age,
My name inspires fear to all
and crisps them to ash
#3 -- light blue
a swift lithe dance,
a polarizing discharge,
it bolts through ether
#4 -- J8
sharp claws and a tail
we come back not with food, but
that which feeds the brain
#5 -- wiggly
turn off your mind
relax, let it stream and flow
for it wets your dreams
ANSWERS
1- Staff/glider
2- Fire Lord Ozai
3- Lightning Bending
4- Library foxes
5- Cactus juice
NATION ANSWERS & RESULTS
In
4th place: Fire Nation -- « Message sent on Jul 20, 2007, 1:07pm »
1-airbending (X)
2- Fire Nation (X)
3- Lightning (X)
4- Spirit Foxes (O)
5- Waterbending (X)
score: 1/5
In 3rd place: Earth Kingdom -- « Message sent on Jul 20, 2007,
2:03pm »
1- air scooter (X)
2- Fire Lord Ozai (O)
3- lightening (X)
4- Wong Shi Tong's Spirit Foxes (O)
5- waves (X)
score: 2/5
In 2nd place: Water Tribe -- « Message sent on Today at 8:55pm »
1-Airbending staff/glider (O)
2-fire (X)
3-lightning (X)
4-spirit foxes (O)
5-cactus juice (O)
score: 3/5
In 1st place: Air Nomads -- « Message sent on Yesterday at 9:43am
»
1- air scooter (X)
2- Ozai (O)
3- lightning (X)
4- Kitsune/spirit foxes (O)
5- cactus juice (O)
score: 3/5
Battle Interlude: Haiku Puzzles #2
ZTAD coordinated the second round of haiku puzzles.
Winners are as follows:
Fourth Place were the Water Tribes
Third Place
were the Air Nomads
Second Place was the Earth Kingdom
First Place was the Fire Nation
#1
- Disadvantage
Soaring in the sky
Broken legs and restored wings
Spirit of freedom
#2 - Slides
A hidden people's
second hope for survival,
sailing on the dunes
#3 - Cute
following mother
across the royal courtyard
beware the large rock
#4 - Flow
inspire Fire,
turn attack into defense
with adaptation
#5 - Silver
He lost everything;
Robbed of his inheritance
And his family
ANSWERS
1- Theo
2- Sand Gliders
3- Turtleducks
4- Waterbending
5- Iroh
NATION ANSWERS & RESULTS
In fourth place: water tribe:
1- Teo (O)
2- Sand gliders/sand sailors (half-credit because you didn’t pick just one
answer)
3- turtleducks (O)
4- water lightning (X)
5- Iroh (O)
score: 3.5/5
In third place: air nomads:
1 – Teo (O)
2 – Sand Gliders (O)
3 – Zuko (X)
4 – waterbending (O)
5 – Iroh (O)
score: 4/5
In second place: earth kingdom:
1- Teo (O)
2 - The sand Gliders (O)
3 - Turtle ducks (O)
4 - Lightning Redirection...(half-credit b/c it's the scene, but not the answer)
5 - Iroh (O)
score: 4.5/5
And in first place: fire nation:
1- Theo (kid in wheelchair glider in Northern Air
Temple with the EK Mechanists) (O)
2- Sand Gliders (Tho I prefer to call them sand skiffs... too much Star Wars I
guess. I am referring to the sailing sand thingies that the sandbenders use as
transportation) (O)
3- Turtleducks (O)
4- The Lightening Redirection Technique that Iroh taught Zuko. (It was inspired
by waterbenders and their style was adapted to redirect an offensive lightening
attack.) (half-credit because it's the scene, not the answer)
5- We feel is Uncle Iroh. (crosses fingers and prays this is right) (O)
score: 4.5/5
A/N: Fire Nation submitted their answers before the Earth Kingdom did, so they
got first.
Thanks for playin'!!
Battle Interlude: Haiku Puzzles #3
Scarletcougar coordinated the third round of haiku puzzles.
4th Place: Earth
Kingdom
3rd Place: Air Nomads
2nd Place: Fire Nation (you posted later)
1st Place:
Water Tribes (you posted before the Fire Nation)
Congrats to the winners!
#1 - Mercenary
Flick of the tongue
a mighty hunter stalking
Its prey by scent trails
#2 - Loser Disgraced
Honor is the law
Gods of fire meet for battle
Only one survives
#3 - Lost Tribe
Of water but not
They shape the world around them
Jungle hicks can bend
#4 - Lady's Man
Lone Wolf, a hunter
A boy made man too young
Poet on the ice
#5 - Books
And so the wheel turns
Winter to Spring to Summer
Fall brings new season
ANSWERS
1-
Shirshu
2- Agni Kai
3- Foggy Swamp Tribe (or swamp people/plantbenders of the swamp)
4- Sokka
5- Book 3: Fire (the new season 3 of ATLA coming out this fall)
NATION ANSWERS & RESULTS
FIRE
NATION: Kaji
« Message
sent at 11:06pm »
#1-My guess would have to
be a Sheershu, the thing that Jun had to track Katara from her neckless. Also,
touching it's tongue can cause temporary paralysis.
#2-My guess has to be an Agni Kai, a fire duel. Agni Kai's, as he have learned,
are all about honor and respect, and only one man comes out victorious.
#3-Have to go with the swamp tribe on this one. They can bend water, but their
not really part of the Water Tribe. They usually bend the water in the plants,
and reshape their swamp because of it.
#4-Sokka. I was thinking Zuko, but it said ice, and since his dad left him in
charge of their tribe at 14, he was definitely made a man too young.
#5-Season 3. Self-explanatory.
~~ 5/5~~
WATER TRIBES: Flam
« Message sent at
8:47pm »
1-Shirshu
2-Agni Kai
3-The Foggy Swamp Tribe
4-Sokka
5-Book Three: Fire
Hope they're right. >.>
~~5/5~~
AIR NOMADS: David TLCB
« Message sent at
12:37am »
1- Jun and her shirshu(you said mercenary. Jun is the
mercenary)
2- Agni Kai, reminds me a lot of the battle between Zuko and his father Ozai
3- The tribe of water benders in the swamp who could bend the water in the vines
4- Sokka
5- Avatar season 3 Book: Fire
~~ 4.5 / 5 ~~
EARTH KINGDOM: Nuncle Zero
« Message sent at 12:19am »
All right, we think they are...
#1 Junes Shirsu
#2 Agni Kai
#3 The Foggy Swamp Tribe.
#4 Sokka
#5 Spirit Library Calender/Planetarium Room
~~4/5~~
Battle Interlude: Haiku Puzzles #4
Winnkey coordinated the fourth round of haiku puzzles. The battle was heating up as the scores gathered in with the fun challenge of these tricky puzzles.
4th Fire Nation
3rd is the Water Tribe
2nd is the Earth Kingdom
and
1st is the Air Nomads.
#1 -- Water
Opposites attract,
They are two sides of a coin,
Each needs each other.
#2 -- Gaoling
A sign of riches,
Not confined to the ground,
Was seen in the swamp
#3 -- Fun
Come one and come all,
Be careful if your not one,
amusement for all.
#4 -- knowledge
Knowledge is his future,
For it’s the place he must stay,
for eternity.
#5 -- Lovers
Place of
great heights,
Once was two but now is one,
From death it begins.
ANSWERS
#1
-- the koi fish, tui and la
#2 -- flying boar
#3 -- Fire Festival
#4 -- Professor Zei
#5 -- Omashu
NATION ANSWERS & RESULTS
4th
is the Fire nation with 2 correct:
#1 is Yin and Yang, I'm thinking X
#2 I'm going with the flying boar (symbol of the Bei Fong family) O
#3 I'm going with Ty Lee's circus X
#4 Professor Zei O
#5 The mountains which hold the Cave of Two Lovers. X
3rd
is the water tribe with 4 correct:
#1 -- Yin and Yang X
#2 -- The Flying Boar O
#3 -- The Fire Nation festival O
#4 -- Professor Zei O
#5 -- Omashu O
2nd is the Earth Kingdom with 4 correct
(responded sooner):
1. Yin and Yang X
2. Flying Boar O
3. Fire Festival O
4. Professor Zei O
5. Omashu O
And 1st is the Air Nomads with 5 Correct:
haiku 1 - koi fishes tui and la O
haiku 2 - flying boar O
haiku 3 - fire nation festival O
haiku 4 - professor zei O
haiku 5 - omashu O
Battle Interlude: Haiku Puzzles #5
Kaji coordinated the fifth round of haiku puzzles. The battle was heating up as the scores gathered in with the fun challenge of these tricky puzzles.
Water Tribe gets 100 points
Air Nomads get 25
Fire Nation gets 25
Earth Kingdom
gets nothing.
Haiku #1: Patience
Waits for the attack
Pounces at the right moment
To claim victory
Haiku #2: Flying
Soaring through the air
Breaks the grip of gravity
Flies away freely
Haiku #3: Stealth
In silence he moves
Watching every single step
To catch you off guard
Haiku #4: Control
Breath in and breath out
Mastering concentration
Is the basic form
Haiku #5: Creek
Flows much like a creek
Spins in circles inside us
Until they open
ANSWERS
#1
– Neutral Jin
#2 - Appa
#3 – Blue Spirit
#4 – Fire Bending
#5 - Chakras
NATION ANSWERS & RESULTS
4th
Place: Earth Kingdom. Sent Aug 27, 2007, 7:44pm
1. Toph (X)
2. Airbenders (X)
3. Blue Spirit (O)
4. Firebending (O)
5.Chakras (O)
3/5
3rd Place:
Fire Nation. Sent Aug 23, 2007, 2:31pm
#1- Toph (X)
#2- Air Benders (X)
#3- The Blue Spirit (O)
#4- Firebending. Like Iroh's or Jeong Jeong techniques of firebending. (O)
#5- Chakras (O)
3/5
2nd Place:
Air Nomads. Sent Aug 23, 2007, 6:40am
haiku 1 -
Neutral jin (O)
haiku 2 - Air nomad (X)
haiku 3 - Blue spirit (O)
haiku 4 - Firebending (O)
haiku 5 - Chakra (O)
4/5
And finally, the Big Winner: The Water
Tribe! Sent Aug
30, 2007, 2:15pm
Neutral Chi
(0.5)
Appa, the flying bison (O)
The Blue Spirit (O)
Firebending (O)
Chakra (O)
4.5/5
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