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[[File:Gremlin_Haiku_Poster.jpg|right|350px]]
 
[[File:Gremlin_Haiku_Poster.jpg|right|350px]]
  
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The player-run '''Gremlin Haiku Hijinks''' is a forum event taking place during Summer 2011.
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The player-run '''Gremlin Haiku Hijinks''' is a forum event from the Summer of 2011.
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[[File:Worksign.png|200px]]
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<br><br>
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Sponsored by the '''Obsidian Guild''' to herald the arrival of '''The Ironclaw Munitions Factory''',<br>
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Sponsored by the '''Obsidian Guild''' to herald the arrival of the upcoming Tier 2 gremlin boss stratum,<br>
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and the arrival of 2 new gremlin spies...derp...merchants '''Punch''' and '''Vise.'''<br>
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'''The Ironclaw Munitions Factory''' and the arrival of 2 new gremlin spies...derp...merchants.<br>
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== Details ==
 
== Details ==
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== Deadline ==
 
== Deadline ==
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'''July 14, 2011 11:59PM Central (GMT-5)'''
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'''July 14, 2011 11:59PM Central (GMT-5)''' -CLOSED-<br>
  
 
== Judges ==
 
== Judges ==
 
*'''Raspberry'''
 
*'''Raspberry'''
 
*'''Thebadger'''
 
*'''Thebadger'''
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*'''Guest Judges'''
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*'''Eurydice'''
  
 
== Prizes ==
 
== Prizes ==
 
'''The Spiral Haiku Master Receives:'''
 
'''The Spiral Haiku Master Receives:'''
 
*100,000 Crowns
 
*100,000 Crowns
 +
*1000 CE
 
*A Wallpaper Honoring the Winning Haiku
 
*A Wallpaper Honoring the Winning Haiku
  
 
'''Honorable Mentions Receive:'''
 
'''Honorable Mentions Receive:'''
−
*10,000 Crowns
+
*15,000 Crowns
  
 
== Gremlin Haiku Library ==
 
== Gremlin Haiku Library ==
 
[[File:Gremlibrarian.png|200px|right]]
 
[[File:Gremlibrarian.png|200px|right]]
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All haiku will eventually be sorted alphabetically by the IGN(or forum name, if IGN wasn't given) of the submitter.
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The haiku are sorted alphabetically by the IGN(or forum name, if IGN wasn't given) of the submitter.
 
{{showhide|A|content=
 
{{showhide|A|content=
 
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Agger|content=
 
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Agger|content=
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Wandering in the bazaar<br>
 
Wandering in the bazaar<br>
 
Merchanting he likes<br>
 
Merchanting he likes<br>
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<br>
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}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Amethyzt|content=
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<br>We stand together!<br>
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Their hatred burns very hot!<br>
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Knights of Haven go!!!<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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Damage armor<br>
 
Damage armor<br>
 
Merchant happy<br>
 
Merchant happy<br>
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<br>
 +
}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Bomb-Blaster|content=
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<br>More and more missiles,<br>
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Flash...and the big puppies come,<br>
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The battle begins!<br>
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<br>
 +
}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Boss-Scarmiglione|content=
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<br>Rockets, Missiles, BOOM!<br>
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Beware big towering twins,<br>
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Or face destruction.<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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Gremlin Merchant sells him sword<br>
 
Gremlin Merchant sells him sword<br>
 
Sword breaks at first hit.<br>
 
Sword breaks at first hit.<br>
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<br>
 +
}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Coolsoul|content=
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<br>Gremlins come to help,<br>
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But you see their tricky ways,<br>
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And run, run away!<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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Pyros o'er yonder training<br>
 
Pyros o'er yonder training<br>
 
This will not end well<br>
 
This will not end well<br>
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<br>
 +
}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Doom-Dude|content=
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<br>Its all about trust,<br>
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Gremlin Merchant fits or not?<br>
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Only time shall tell...<br>
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<br>
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}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Drakexxq|content=
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<br>Gremlins one and two<br>
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Spies or merchants, which is true?<br>
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Guess it's up to you!<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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}}
 
}}
 
{{showhide|E|content=
 
{{showhide|E|content=
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Espeonage|content=
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<br>It's the gremlin boss<br>
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mender fly; I have no gun<br>
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hijink win this time..!<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
 
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Exnem|content=
 
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Exnem|content=
 
<br>Factory is a go!<br>
 
<br>Factory is a go!<br>
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They come to watch, Eyes open!<br>
 
They come to watch, Eyes open!<br>
 
The sale begins!<br>
 
The sale begins!<br>
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<br>
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}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] FelXaga|content=
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<br>I fix broken things<br>
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Knights like to make broken things<br>
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I make knights broken<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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Alas, a gremlin boss comes!<br>
 
Alas, a gremlin boss comes!<br>
 
I shall burn you good.<br>
 
I shall burn you good.<br>
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<br>
 +
}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Grittle|content=
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<br>when gremlins are dead<br>
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they turn into small kittens<br>
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they are sinister<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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selling, passing their free time<br>
 
selling, passing their free time<br>
 
scorching and bombing<br>
 
scorching and bombing<br>
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<br>
 +
}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Knightydood|content=
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<br>Crafty Scorcher pair<br>
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Now the Bazaar is aflame!<br>
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A fire sale<br>
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<br>
 +
}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Knightlancer|content=
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<br>Burn Haven they say?<br>
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The Twin Roarmulus awaits!<br>
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Things just got hotter!<br>
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<br>
 +
}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Kral|content=
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<br>Bark Modules tempt us.<br>
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Gun puppy or lumber boss?<br>
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We will soon find out.<br>
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<br>
 +
}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Kuritaro|content=
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<br>爆弾を<br>
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爆発すると<br>
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爆笑し<br>
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<br>
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Translated as:<br>
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<br>
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The Big Angry Bomb<br>
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explodes in angry constrast<br>
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as laughter explodes.<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{showhide|L|content=
 
{{showhide|L|content=
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Lawlol|content=
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<br>Can't wait for new Boss<br>
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New levels, this is so cool<br>
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Too bad I can't win<br>
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<br>
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}}
 
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] LeJerque|content=  
 
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] LeJerque|content=  
 
<br>Gremlins aren't so tough.<br>
 
<br>Gremlins aren't so tough.<br>
 
I can handle guys like you.<br>
 
I can handle guys like you.<br>
 
OH GOD GUN PUPPIES<br>
 
OH GOD GUN PUPPIES<br>
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<br>
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}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Lhykos|content=
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<br>From fog, Twins emerge<br>
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Roaring, missiles and bullets<br>
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Air becomes as death<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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But so expensive... Damn them,<br>
 
But so expensive... Damn them,<br>
 
Those greedy gremlins.<br>
 
Those greedy gremlins.<br>
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<br>
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}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Masterfang|content=
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<br>Old Gremlin Motto,<br>
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A Manual reads as such:<br>
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Dodge, Toss, Toss, Toss, Dodge!<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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With friends and brothers in arms<br>
 
With friends and brothers in arms<br>
 
Ironclaw wins again<br>
 
Ironclaw wins again<br>
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<br>
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}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Prisega|content=
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<br>The Roarmulus Twins<br>
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Our Knights have defeated them<br>
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Angered Gremlins come<br>
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<br>
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}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Providence|content=
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<br>Acrid smell of oil;<br>
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Twin hounds bereft of mercy:<br>
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Leave me alone, jerks.<br>
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<br>
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}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Pula|content=
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<br>Missiles everywhere!<br>
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The summer sun shines above.<br>
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Knights, we shall prevail!<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{showhide|R|content=
 
{{showhide|R|content=
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Radish|content=
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<br>Clockworks tick as we<br>
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tow the pieces of machine.<br>
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Our hands bring forth life!<br>
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<br>
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}}
 
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Redten|content=
 
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Redten|content=
 
<br>Sneaky Gremlin kind<br>
 
<br>Sneaky Gremlin kind<br>
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Defective goods aplenty<br>
 
Defective goods aplenty<br>
 
Conning knights of crowns.<br>
 
Conning knights of crowns.<br>
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<br>
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}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Riot-Creator|content=
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<br>Mysterious place,<br>
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Darkness lurks every corner,<br>
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No light exists here.<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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"Remember last time?" you say<br>
 
"Remember last time?" you say<br>
 
Oh whoops I'm on fire<br>
 
Oh whoops I'm on fire<br>
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<br>
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}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Scissoleo|content=
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<br>Sounds of Tinkering<br>
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Bulky Metal Canines Rise<br>
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Endless Projectiles<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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Don't trust them! Probaly spies<br>
 
Don't trust them! Probaly spies<br>
 
Spying in the night...<br>
 
Spying in the night...<br>
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<br>
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}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Silfrith|content=
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<br>Mechanics is all<br>
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Gremlins enjoy to work hard<br>
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Hunting alien knights<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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Soon: Ironclaw factory!<br>
 
Soon: Ironclaw factory!<br>
 
Now, bullets kill knights...<br>
 
Now, bullets kill knights...<br>
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<br>
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}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Snipeh|content=
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<br>Factory today<br>
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Rockets from the darkness fly<br>
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I hold X and pray<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
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}}
 
}}
 
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Teferi|content=
 
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Teferi|content=
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<br>Clockworks hum behind<br>
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<br>Explosion echoes<br>
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patter of feet, Gremlin laughs.<br>
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Another wave of Rockets.<br>
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See you soon Haven.<br>
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They had to make two...<br>
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<br>
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}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Tetrino|content=
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<br>Past countless missiles<br>
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Prepared to strike down the twins<br>
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Oh god lag I'm dead<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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Enter the Haven Bazaar,<Br>
 
Enter the Haven Bazaar,<Br>
 
They will be waiting.<br>
 
They will be waiting.<br>
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<br>
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}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] The-Unbeatable|content=
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<br>Where two gremlins twine:<br>
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A place sublime and divine,<br>
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What is to occur?<br>
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<br>
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}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] thezeronumber|content=
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<br>With shady conduct,<br>
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"View our wares, curious one"<br>
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The sly Gremlins snarl.<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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}}
 
}}
 
{{showhide|W|content=
 
{{showhide|W|content=
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Watchey|content=
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<br>Gremlins more than one,<br>
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Spies or not which is to trust?<br>
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Guess its up to us!<br>
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<br>
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}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Wfawwer|content=
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<br>Useless Archeron.<br>
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Roarmulus Epilepsy<br>
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Burning Computer<br>
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<br>
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}}
 
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Whitelancer|content=
 
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Whitelancer|content=
 
<br>Brave knights be ready<br>
 
<br>Brave knights be ready<br>
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Everywhere in this thread;<br>
 
Everywhere in this thread;<br>
 
Poor gremlin merchants.<br>
 
Poor gremlin merchants.<br>
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<br>
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}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Kral|content=
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<br>Lots of explosions?<br>
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Michael Bay must be down there<br>
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In the gremlin forge<br>
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<br>
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}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Kuritaro|content=
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<br>The bomb is now set<br>
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like the mirthful smile I wear<br>
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what a blast this is!<br>
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<br>
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Scheming, "Love" Puppy<br>
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finds reverse psychology,<br>
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the cruelest technique<br>
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<br>
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Though we covet coin,<br>
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you can keep your gold monsters.<br>
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No thank you, we say<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
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O no here we go again<br>
 
O no here we go again<br>
 
Fodder for gremlins<br>
 
Fodder for gremlins<br>
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<br>
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}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Radish|content=
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<br>All work and no play.<br>
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Building contructs through the night.<br>
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Built strong. Built to fight.<br>
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<br>
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Blood, oil, sweat, and tears.<br>
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Crafting, building, filled with fears.<br>
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Fighting for our lives.<br>
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<br>
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Menders, please spread out!<br>
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Bombers, run around and shout!<br>
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Go forth! Have no doubt!<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
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Submit your haiku.<br>
 
Submit your haiku.<br>
 
<br>  
 
<br>  
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}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Teferi|content=
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<br>Clockworks hum behind<br>
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patter of feet, Gremlin laughs.<br>
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See you soon Haven.<br>
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<br>
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Therring|content=
 
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Therring|content=
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== Winners ==
 
== Winners ==
 
'''Spiral Haiku Master:'''
 
'''Spiral Haiku Master:'''
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*{{star|5|color=6cb0b9}}'''TBA'''
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*{{star|5|color=6cb0b9}}'''Ozymandius'''
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
'''Honorable Mention:'''
 
'''Honorable Mention:'''
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*{{star|4|color=6cb0b9}}'''TBA'''
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*{{star|4|color=6cb0b9}}'''Katmint'''
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*{{star|3|color=6cb0b9}}'''TBA'''
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*{{star|3|color=6cb0b9}}'''Tantarian'''
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*{{star|2|color=6cb0b9}}'''TBA'''
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*{{star|2|color=6cb0b9}}'''Providence'''
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*{{star|1|color=6cb0b9}}'''TBA'''
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*{{star|1|color=6cb0b9}}'''Brysonic'''
  
 
=== Wallpaper ===
 
=== Wallpaper ===
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[[File:Construction.jpg|250px]]
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[[File:Death_Blossoms.png|450px]]
  
 
[[Category:Player-run events]]
 
[[Category:Player-run events]]

Latest revision as of 12:24, 3 September 2012

Gremlin Haiku Poster.jpg

The player-run Gremlin Haiku Hijinks is a forum event from the Summer of 2011.

Sponsored by the Obsidian Guild to herald the arrival of The Ironclaw Munitions Factory,
and the arrival of 2 new gremlin spies...derp...merchants Punch and Vise.

Details

Competition details are at the following link: http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/12071

Entries are only accepted through the official Spiral Knights forum link or Spiral Knights facebook link: http://www.facebook.com/SpiralKnights

Deadline

July 14, 2011 11:59PM Central (GMT-5) -CLOSED-

Judges

  • Raspberry
  • Thebadger
  • Eurydice

Prizes

The Spiral Haiku Master Receives:

  • 100,000 Crowns
  • 1000 CE
  • A Wallpaper Honoring the Winning Haiku

Honorable Mentions Receive:

  • 15,000 Crowns

Gremlin Haiku Library

Gremlibrarian.png

The haiku are sorted alphabetically by the IGN(or forum name, if IGN wasn't given) of the submitter.


Spiral Fun-ku Outtakes

Funku.png

The entire Spiral Community had fun tossing non-competition haiku, including staff and judges...

Winners

Spiral Haiku Master:

  • ★★★★★Ozymandius


Honorable Mention:

  • ★★★★☆Katmint
  • ★★★☆☆Tantarian
  • ★★☆☆☆Providence
  • ★☆☆☆☆Brysonic

Wallpaper

Death Blossoms.png

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