Hello

You may remember me from my last giveaway "So you want to be a hero?". Turns out it has a sequel.

Last time I had you thinking up punny game titles, but this time the matters will be more grave. Ha ha! Little graveyard humour there.

I want you to write your epitaph in limerick form in the spirit of King's Quest VII tombstone limericks. A nice helpful guide on writing limericks can be found here.


Example:

Here lies an odd fellow called Starker,
who backed Hero-U on kickstarter.
He sniffed on a sharpie,
inhaled much too deeply
and got a more permanent marker.


The contest will end when the Hero-U kickstarter does and the limerick I dig the most will get the author the Quest for Glory anthology here on GOG. You can change your entry as many times as you want -- the one that's up at the time when the kickstarter ends will be considered the final version.

Speaking of Hero-U, if you're looking to immortalise yourself in an extremely silly manner, there's a reward add-on that gets you a grave for 100$ and your wraith will haunt it for 100$ more, should you not want to give up the ghost.

Tis Ian the Vampire, so bold,
who stalks prey at night, so it's told.
then Gerralt the Witcher,
had 1 too many a snifter,
with a stake, he left Ian quite cold !!

If i by some miracle of literary prowess I win, please pass the prize to Braussie - Thanks +1 :)

lol, nice one Ian! :P
(and nice contest too, Mrstarker!)


I'll try to come back later with something.... probably after some sort of drunkenness... ;p

Here lies Balin, son of Fundin, Lord of Moria...
Oh wait... :-)

Can't think of anything good right now, so this is a placeholder post I'd return to if I have something nice/funny. And that is a big IF because I have no good idea at all for the moment. Anyway, +1 for the contest regardless of whether I join it or not in the end.

This contest is too hard for me, but thanks anyway for another giveaway. +1

I'm going to get copies of the full set of Quest for Glory via rewards for the Coles' kickstarter so that it will go towards funding the first game in their new series "spiritual successor to Quest for Glory", but thanks anyways!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1878147873/hero-u-rogue-to-redemption/

Nope, I'm assuming the tombstone has the name engraved on it.

OK, let me try.....

Under this grave, Panda is the name
Loved roleplay game, like bamboo he ate
The hero of the galaxy
Tamriel called him "thief!"
He's here as he couldn't find his last save

Err.....That's harder than I thought......but very nice contest!

Adam liked many a-game
So much that his legs became lame
When his PC started fryin'
The sparks went a-flyin'
And he couldn't escape from the flame


(Thanks and +1!)

A guide to help people with the task:

http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Limerick

there once was a monkey
who become quite chunky
he ate too many bananas
until he couldn't fit into his pajamas
so they called him stumpy
for being so plumpy
and didn't invite him to the party
with lots and lots of bacardi

Dedicated to Painkiller:

In my car I rode one night and crashed, death was painless and light
Me and my girlfriend died, I was sent off to purgatory, man what a night

In it, this dude with long hair walks up to me and says:
"You have to stop Satan and his army" With any possible ways

Slicers, Steak-Guns and Sniper rifles, they sure gave me an arsenal
With a minigun on my hip I will rip and tear through them all

To heaven, through killing these scumbags will be the only way
Watch out Satan, Heaven's got a hitman and he's here to stay

Not in, as already have the series (thanks to K_1269!), but thanks and +1 for this original giveaway, Mrstarker!

Great entries so far, folks! :)

Here lies not so honorable Madmate,
who was always comin' late.
Did some stupid deeds,
now he no longer breeds
and starts anew with a clean slate.
(hopefully)



Thanks Mrstarker!! Fun giveaway!