Here is the first of several characters from the contest that I will be posting.

Orchestra

I tried putting the character in the forum, but it had major problems with the formatting.

Ah yes, that old chestnut. I sent an e-mail to you, but it deserves pointing out to everyone else, UBB really does not like nested tables. Don't use them, unless you want a mangled table...

The table didn't look that bad. The main thing was that the text for the gender, weight and heights wrapped, which I didn't want. Also, I just thought it was too much test to be crunched up in the message. The amount of info on Orchestra is brief compared to some of the other entries, and I don't want people making themselves crazy trying to read 3 columns.

I can see why it took you a while to look through all the contestant's entries. Wow. That IS a good character. O_O;

Revisions on the Grand Prize are taking a bit longer than I expected, so I thought I would go ahead and post the majority of the entries here. The winner is included in this list, but I am not saying who that is. Congrats to everyone that entered a character that made it into this list.

Characters
Apep
Ashnod
Buzzword
Chill
Cipherman
Cruel
Endeavor
Great Monster C
Hex
Orchestra
Photon
Rush
Teknokat

All the characters are listed in alphabetical order, which has no bearing on how they ranked in the contest.

There are several characters from the OpNet Board, which I think people will enjoy reading about.

I just wanted to let everyone know that the image for the winner is finally finished. I will post it sometime during the next week. Also, we have a special surprise coming up.

YAY!
I've been anxiously waiting to see what he's come up with for this.

So this surprise thingie... gonna give us a hint?

Please?

ooooh, I love surprises!

?_? Suprise?
Usually when someone tells me that, it's a bad thing. Especially if I don't know the guy. :p Just kidding.

Endeavor, I agree, most of the surprises I get are bad. However, what I have is hopefully all good. Perhaps I'll give a hint in the near future.

Did you bring presents for all of us daddy?!?
Sorry, sugar rush. :p

Very fine artwork on Mssr Cruel!!!!

Does that note about "1st runner up coming soon" mean that we'll be graced with further artistic endeavors from the contest?

That would be sooooooo awesome!

Yes it does. And yes, that is part of the surprise I mentioned earlier, with the other part of the surprise being the new forum setup. That's why it took us so long to get to this point, because Matador was nice enough to do a few characters.

Are you trying to sublminally ask if Endeavor will get a pic? If so, good job. If not, then be careful, because Endeavor is already bouncing off the walls with a suger rush and doesn't need any more excitement.

I am going to wait a week or 2 before I post the next pic to give Cruel enough time to shine.

Whooooooo HOOOOOOOO!!!! Now I know why they make padded rooms! They're FUN! WHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! BOINGY! *OW!* Forgot, ceiling.... not.... padded.... *Thud!* X_X;

Very nice work, Ehecatl. Quite evocative.

Sorry, I'd give much more kudos, but I just saw it, and I think I'm in shock...

Whoa.... Ehecatl wows me again... *speechless*

Bring on the next pic! We're frothing with anticipation here, Chosen!!!!!

^_~

I am not sure if this will make things better or worse as far as anticipation goes, but expect to see a couple characters that have been known to hang out in the opnet forum very soon.

Oh, you're a cruel man!
:p

Ok, I got the 1st runners up posted. I hope everyone likes the pic. I thought that it was very fitting that the 2 characters tied for second place. Congrats Apep & Ashnod.

*bounces up and down*

Yay! Happy day! (even if Ash's energy crack has vanished)

Thank you Matador!

...I'm definately going to have to view this on a friend's compy. I so want to see the pics of Ashnod and Apep!

Took the time to deal with the riga-ma-ro of downloading the pic for viewing!
Again, Matador comes through with another fine peice of work!
Now, we wait for the Honorible Mentions.

Ashnod's player was sooo excited, she had to come and visit me at work to tell me about it.

Thanks Matador!

Very nice on both accounts! Very spiffy.

I also wait for the Honorable Mentions. Should be cool...

I dunno if I want to know about the honorable mentions. I didn't expect to win by any stretch, hell, after reading the entries, I didn't expect to rank in the top three. But, outright knowing I didn't even make honorable mention would just be more than my little heart could bear.

Aw hell, bring em on!

Hey, Prodigy, don't blow a gasket. Just think this way: The forums will be more colorful from now on.

Sweet, sweet pics. Makes me hope I got the honorable mention. Though I know my characters don't look all that special.

I just want to say I'm jealous of everyone who did win.

May I introduce the next winner in our character contest, The Lovely Endeavor.

Wow. Nice pic. Congrats, Endeavor.

*Big ass evil grin*

I think we have a picture! YEAHHHHH! Merry friggin' christmas everyone! Matador r0x0r$!

Now our little anime girl will be on the desktops of bored buisiness men EVERYWHERE! Yeahhh BABY!

Damn, Matador knows how to rock the party.

I'm just... *tears well up* So moved!! *sniffle*

Excellent pic, Matador. Very nicely done.

Though I had no idea Endeavor was so endowed. Must be that anime influence. ^_~

I would um like to have one done of Sandy, I have a good idea of what she would look like, I just don't have it all worked out, as in she looks like it..But not really.

Ashnod, we are lucky she did get the anime infuence of a woman like Naga, her breasts are each bigger than her head...

A pretty image to be sure. Not certain what "an owman like Naga" means but it's very lovely.

Congratulations Matador. You've crafted something inspirational here.

Naga is an anime character who is well known for three thing, big breasts,bad laughter and realy big breats.A lot of anime character are like this.In fact most anime girls are on the top heave side..

http://www.geocities.com/xelzel/naga.html there is a link to a Naga fan site

Is this your site?

Nope, not even close to what Sandy looks like.I would put a picture of what she looks like up but the only real site I have apicture of her is on oen that is a bit mature.Not wholely a site full of porn, but it is has pictures that are not suited for all ages.Even if Sandy's picture is a face shot,well the one I use right now.

I would free give the link out to the site,and to the pisture I use right now. Just ,I would do so in private, in the understannding that no 13 year old gets a hold of it.(for some slight;y legal reasons).Ask in either in this oo a PM,I will Pm you with it asap.

I thought Naga was some sort of comic character. I didn't know what an "owman" was. Now I do.

...
Erm.
eheh.
Naga. What a well... endowed... woman.
(Endeavor stares at me with jealouus eyes.)
Erm, E-Chan...
("Baka." *Mallet hit*)
Owww...

[Sorry, caffeine overdose. I'll be back to sane soon. Question though: Would Matador mind if I made a wallpaper using his pic of Endeavor? And would he mind if I posted it here for the gang at N! Prime to enjoy on their desktops?]

It is your pic so you can do whatever you want with it. Matador and I are just glad that everyone seems to like their pics.