The Orange Pranksters - backstaaaage :P

[ulquiorrasch]

ORANGES!!! Hideout timeeee! Are you ready for the shoooow?! Well, this is the place to prepare and plan everything so welp :P now here goes



That's us - the best Colors Band :P I honestly believe we have an awesome squad, both in terms of fun and competition. So let's take a look at our lineup


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Yyyyup. Totally dominating this event ^^ That's a lot of people, I have to say. Some of you I know a little better, some I hope to get to know better in the upcoming month :) So, as the frontman at first I have to say what's it's alllll about - FUN! That's right~! We can achieve anything having FUN! It's a magical key to everything in this world. With enough effort, believing in ourselves and fun we can get anywhere we want! And you know what we want as our goal, right? VICTORY! Trust me, it's that easy.

As of some history, because I don't like the idea of a 'battleground' presented in Musical Magazine, Team Mikan was this close to winning last year's League! Me and Arianne were on that team, and we both experienced how everything becomes achievable with fun around ^^ You can check out our last hideout if you'd like/ Unfortunately little carelessness came around as well, but that didn't stop us from earning a much more worthy title - champions of fun! ;3 This year I'm sure we can get the official title of champions as well and have even MORE FUN, since the more the merrier, right?



That's where you guys come in. We'll need your heart in it as well. That's right. Your. We cannot succeed without acting like a team, each and every one of us. As the team captain I will be bugging you, that's for sure ;D I will ask you to answer to adequate comment below with "COMPLETE" once you've earned a note similarly to last year's system :3 I will also make a spreadsheet in google drive presenting our progress. Since there are no special tasks this year, we can concentrate on the games. It's really easy when you think about it. There'll be 16 games and to win we'll probably have to answer all of them. All of us. Think we can do that? I believe ;p Remember you have the whole rest of the team backing you up, ready to help out in any way - except for giving answers. That's cheating. Cheating's no fun. Uh-uh.

As for the less competitive stuff, I'd like to get to know you a bit better~! So I thought you could answer a few questions if you have time, it can somehow help us all learn a bit about each other :) I don't know about you, but I'm curious ^^
1) Tell us a little something about yourself. Just a brief 'who I am', maybe what series do you like and such
2) Is there a certain reason why you picked the Orange Team as your first/second/third priority?
3) What do you think about our genre?
4) What do you expect from the event?
5) What are the best ways of contacting you?

The last question surely is gonna help a lot in the event :3 Also, we all have our private stuff usually more important than the TCG, so if you know you're going to disappear for a few days, not going to answer games because of lack of time or just anything really, give me a shout! It's much more convenient :)

One last VERY IMPORTANT thing. Remember to include your name and the name of your team in your answer to the games~! It's VERY important. Without it, you don't get the point. And we learned how easy is to forget about that last year. Personally I think the easiest way is to always include your backstage pass in your answer. It states clearly who you are and HOW AWESOME IS OUR BEST TEAM, RIGHT?

Oh right, almost forgot. Take a look at our new totally awesome anthem :P yes, I'm totally gonna spam with SoaD as our genre :3

"System of a Down - B.Y.O.B. Lyrics HD" (Watch on YouTube)

That's all for now, I think. Try to check out this page and its comments as often as you can, it helps alot. We can do it! Remember it's about FUN, FUN and one more time - FUN!!!

Comments

[ulquiorrasch]

My answers to my own questions :3

1) So I'm just an underage physicist. I totally love physics, maths and astronomy and am the kind of guy who's always busy with studying those. As of series I love FMA, Zero Escape, Persona3/4, Hayate no Gotoku, Kingdom Hearts and few others :3 and I totally, maniacally love Naoto Shirogane and Hinagiku Katsura. dot
2) pfffff
3) to be honest I like various types of metal, but yeah I'm a metal person. So well, I'd put myself more in the Industrial or Power metal section, but Experimental as well as Thrash are also awesome, and the one band I totally love in our genre is as you probably noticed System of a Down
4) FUN :D
5) private messages on DW or skype (naociak). I also have plurk, but I may be a little slower with answering there (naociak)

[gilbo]

1) Silas. Aiming to be a professional cake decorator. I prefer video games over anime and manga, but I will indulge in those when I have the patience.
2) I love the color orange!
3) I love metal. Especially neo-classical, since it combines my love for metal and classical!
4) New cards, new peeps, and fun times.
5) PM's on DW, or plurk (mordio. please pm me before adding me since I get so many random invites)

[ulquiorrasch]

Nice to meet you, Silas! Wow, cake decorator, that's cooooooool :D I don't think I know any person like that and it seems like fun xD I'll add you on plurk for emergencies or more constructive talks xD but still our hideout is the most reliable place for announcements, so it'd be nice if you checked up on it quite often :)

[ankari]

IDK WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE POST it seemed okay to me! but whatever this seems more like a ☆secret hideout☆ so I'm definitely not complaining ahaha

1) Tell us a little something about yourself. Just a brief 'who I am', maybe what series do you like and such

HELLO I AM ANKARI I am a musician and idk ask me stuff???? I'm terrible at fandoms but right now I'm very much into The World God Only Knows and Black Lagoon. I'm also watching Rozen Maiden and Free! this season, and Prince of Tennis is my One True Fandom okok. /o\ Anyway, my cards probably reflect my fandoms better than I could say! Also I'm kind of an out-of-season gamer, by which I mean that I rarely play games when they first come out. Right now I'm playing Ni no Kuni on PS3, Animal Crossing on 3DS, Planescape Torment on PC! talk about slowpoke.gif (.gif because we're in Colors)

2) Is there a certain reason why you picked the Orange Team as your first/second/third priority?

I hadn't picked it at first but I'd thought about it, and then Nao said something to me about the Battle of the Bands and I decided to become a follower /o/ I like this team's philosophy of enjoyment and teamwork so yes

3) What do you think about our genre?

I love no-genres. And our no-genre screams Mr. Bungle to me! oh this album this album ohh. /// Mr. Bungle Mr. Bungle Mike Patton kyaa kyaa etc.

4) What do you expect from the event?

FUN 8D.
and cards! winning would be nice too but I'm not gonna obsess over it
also getting to know new people sounds great too :D

5) What are the best ways of contacting you?

Ohhh man. DMs on Dreamwidth, or comments, probably! I'm usually at home freelancing and my email notifs make a very distinctive noise, so it's a pretty immediate way to communicate with me. I have a Plurk but I have a very tsun relationship with it tbh

[ulquiorrasch]

I KNOW RIGHT I SHOULD TOTALLY BAN EVERYONE BUT US HAHA

and wowowow, a musician?! So this year's Colors League's theme must be especially awesome for you :3

sure, I know exactly how it looks like with Plurk :P I shall stick to DW and this place while contacting you in that case :) this hideout is definitely the right place to check on often and generally anything. So I'm gonna post almost everything important here, spoilers :)

[bluechimera]

Aw yiss, secret hideout!!

1) Tell us a little something about yourself. Just a brief 'who I am', maybe what series do you like and such

~ Sup sup, call me Blue! (or Theo lol). Currently working full time and going to school for Art! I am a huge manga/anime/video game nerd (hence my love of this tcg lol) and honestly I have a crapton of fandoms (see my future decks list hoshit its huge). Right now I'm following Free! and Attack on Titan, and I'm a big lover of (and forever behind in) D.Gray-man, Naruto, and Bleach. I also love Dogs: Bullets & Carnage YEAH NAOCIAK GETTIN MY BADOU ON LOL (holy crap both my other options were picked! Ichigo and May wooot! And Naruto is up there too lol I didn't even think of him!)

2) Is there a certain reason why you picked the Orange Team as your first/second/third priority?

~ I have a weakness for the color orange. I also really like SoaD! XP

3) What do you think about our genre?

~ I think SoaD is the closest I get? Haha I sort of have an obsession with soundtracks of various kinds, but my playlists are definitely eclectic and full of all sorts of stuff XD

4) What do you expect from the event?

~ Shenanigans and lots of cards! And possibly some mutual crying over not knowing answers lmao

5) What are the best ways of contacting you?

~ Commenting on DW, pming on DW, or if you really wanna you can add me to Skype (chimerachainsaw) but please tell me that you're from colors when you add me so I know! =3

[ulquiorrasch]

oh, hi there Blue! We are both champions from two years back, ain't we? Let's wreck it again, shall we? ;)

hm, that sounds... time-consuming :P but art schools must be awesome, so many cool people choose them! SoaD FTW :D

and hm, I shall try to stick to DW then :) try to check up on this post quite often, I'll post all important stuff in here ;p

[phibby]

Okay finalllllly posting here lol.

1) Tell us a little something about yourself. Just a brief 'who I am', maybe what series do you like and such
I'm Arianne, and I've been playing Colors for about two and a half years now! I'm in my early twenties and work at a small private school in the US. Beyond that I'm pretty boring, lol. My hobbies are basically the standards - reading, watching anime, playing games, and listening to music.

There are way too many series I love, but I'd say my main fandoms are Sailor Moon, Slayers, Tiger & Bunny, Guilty Gear (XRD OMGGGGG), and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (omg down to one month till All Star Battle soooo excited).

2) Is there a certain reason why you picked the Orange Team as your first/second/third priority?
Orange is my favorite color! Plus I've been on the orange team for both of the previous leagues, so of course there's team loyalty.

3) What do you think about our genre?
lol I have to admit that my sole exposure to SOAD is this. I don't have much exposure to any metal, honestly! Judging by my Last.fm I'd say I mainly listen to rock and electronic, with a bunch of random stuff thrown in. But that said I'll take sick guitar riffs wherever I can get them.

4) What do you expect from the event?
Fun, of course! Beyond that, probably tons of trading. This round of the playground is already pretty intense. orz

5) What are the best ways of contacting you?
Commenting on my trade post, private messages, or e-mail if you'd like!

[ulquiorrasch]

Ariaaaanne~!
omg, private school, I'm still in High School, but I'm totally high-fiving you, as I've spent all my life in private schools and wholeheartedly believe they're the best thing ever~!

Yyyup, DW it is! Make sure to check up on this post quite often, but why am I telling you this, you're an experienced player ;p

[ulquiorrasch]

Comment here with COMPLETE once you've earned a note for our team in Game 1!

A nice game based on Pokemon. If you're not familiar with how it works feel free to ask me or other teammates. :) As for searching for the Pokemon cards I suppose Art Shop is the best solution, unless you have something that fits already in your trade pile.

I shall use Mikan icon in important organization comments :P

[ulquiorrasch]

COMPLETE~! :D

Piece of cake, first note down, all the rest - here we come!

[frogberri]

1) Hello, I'm Berri! I'm 22, but I love "old" magical girl series and girly stuff like that. I'm a lolita in both fashion and some lifestyle choices as well as a nerd. I hope to help you all out this year!

2) Mikan is the cutest.

3) I know nothing about it. Mikan is the cutest.

4) I hope to make friends with everyone and be helpful!

5) Skype, AIM, Plurk = TaiyakinoNaku . DW messages work too!

[ulquiorrasch]

SHE TOTALLY IS :D

oh, we're all friendly here, that's for sure, welcome Berri~! Nice to meet you! You're already being helpful, I can see that, that's 100% gonna come in handy and you're very much appreciated :3

thanks alot, also it'd be nice if you checked up on this post quite often, everything important will most probably be posted here :)

OFFERING HELP FOR POKEMON

[frogberri]

I have crayons I am willing to use for the event and lots of cards for art shop trading.

The crayons I have are; green, gray, orange, 3 purple

I can also trade a number of cards to help you guys out. Please do not hesitate to ask me. I might be a lower ranking member, but I can still lend a hand~!

Re: OFFERING HELP FOR POKEMON

[ulquiorrasch]

/joins the offer~!

You can all guys use my crayons if you need to, I have awfully lot of them haha ;p

[duosion]

1) i'm duo! i'll be going back to school in the fall for pastries, and my favorite series are dangan ronpa, pokemon (obviously), touhou, and devil survivor 2 at the moment. though that changes on the drop of a hat depending on what game i'm playing, HAHAHA...i'm kinda busy with my part-time job, but i'll do as much as i can for the event! i have at least a few hours on the computer every day, after all.
2) i think mikan is the cutest character tbh
3) ahaha, i don't really have a preference for any kind of music, so i think it's great! i sort of like everything.
4) fun!!!!
5) probably via pm to this journal, or i can make my AIM account (hugpunches) public for the event. i do have a skype but i barely remember to use it, so it's not very reliable...

[ulquiorrasch]

welcome, Duo~! I'm glad everyone's in with the fun attitude :D

PMs it shall be! And also comments in this post, that's the most basic way of contact I suppose :)

[ulquiorrasch]

Comment here with "COMPLETE" once you've answered to Game 2!

Check out this sweet spreadsheet I made showing our progress :3

[gilbo]

Complete!

This game was cute!

[ulquiorrasch]

Comment here with "COMPLETE" once you've answered to Game 3!

Also, have a song :3

[gilbo]

Finally Complete!

Intro!!

[nepetan]

1) Hello, I'm Eri! o/ I'm a former mod who's been playing at Colors since it opened! I have... too many series that I like to just pick a few, so instead I'll just say that I enjoy art and am currently getting prepared for a convention next weekend! I'm hoping that con prep stuff won't prevent me from completing all my games, but I always have the option of finishing them up once I get back (I'll be away from August 9th to the 11th)!

2) Mikan is my favorite Colors member by default since I put so much love into her design, so I'll usually try to get onto her team if I can :P

3) Honestly, I'm... not the right person to ask about music genres. :3;; I don't know much about music at all.

4) LOTS OF PRIZES -- ahh, I mean, an awesome time scoring a victory with some other awesome people? :D;

5) You can contact me through a DW message, or add me on plurk if you have it - though my plurk is semi-private since I've had some bad social experience with plurk in the past, so I don't use it very much!

Re: Intro!!

[ulquiorrasch]

Hi, Eri~! Yeah, you've always been around :) and oh, a convention? Don't let Colors stuff steal you too much time! League's open until 24th so that's still almost two weeks when you get back! Have fun with the con, and you can catch up here later :)

Right~! We all owe her design to you :3 she's dazzling btw ;)

DW messages can come in handy, as for plurk... I think I've sent a friendship request ages ago :P

TASK THREE - offering help!

[frogberri]

I should have cards of all colours in my trade pile. Let's do this, guys! I'd really like those orange crayons ngl

Re: TASK THREE - offering help!

[gilbo]

This is a good idea!

I have a lot of different colors over here!

Random trades are fine with me!

Purple and orange are done!

[oniclaws]

1) Hey I'm Oni and totally late to the orange party. Aspiring novelist, hopeless gamer, movie theater drone. Yes, this is me. Hello!
2) Uh, to be totally honest it was my last choice. I was picking based on music genres. Orange was among the "eh don't care" category, and was the best color of the lot.
3) Mostly neutral. Not my favorite, but neither is it totally awful. I'd much rather listen to a good throbbing beat that goes down to the bones or a rousing battle theme from my favorite game.
4) Originally in it for the cards, but hey, I'll hop on the games and fun train. :D
5) What are the best ways of contacting you? Plurk. oniclaws Failing that, a PM.

[ulquiorrasch]

novelist? We've got all kinds of different people in here :D let's rock this event Oni, shall we? ;)

hmm, alright, added you on plurk!

[ulquiorrasch]

Also guys, I forgot I have one more question to ask you all. Where do you live? ;pp knowing it just is going to help realizing when is the day and night for you~! You may also mention something like that you're always busy in the evenings if you'd like :P

As for me, I'm from Poland so that's middle Europe and I don't really have any restrictions about when I'm available as it's holidays for me right now. :)

[ankari]

I currently live in Mexico! But my free hours are strange so don't even try to understand them...

[ulquiorrasch]

Comment here with COMPLETE once you've answered Game 4!

Also, it'd be nice if you guys mentioned the words you used here, as only 1 word you use can be shared with other people from our team's answers :P

[ulquiorrasch]

COMPLETE, OH MY GODDDDDDDD, THAT WAS HORRIBLE... ;_; I wholeheartedly hate those kind of games, they're definitely the most difficult for me, I remember me struggling with Game 2 two years ago as well :'(

anyway the words I used:

Butter
Banana
Bunny
Stone

Record
Plates
Tones
Metal

[ouo]

HELLO I AM HERE

1) Hello everyone, my name is Adeline and I am but a humble job-searching recent BA in theatre (I do lighting, mostly!!) and sociology! Fandom-wise I am currently into a lot of oldschool shoujo manga (especially Kaze to Ki no Uta), Les Misérables (I was about to say this is not relevant to Colors BUT IT ACTUALLY IS THERE IS AN ANIME), and Fire Emblem (in fact FE9+10 are to blame for my late response)!

2) I picked this team as one of my priorities because it seemed like the kind of band I might be in if I was in a band in real life!

3) Every time I think of it I think of Kodocha's openings, which is... maybe not where everyone else's minds are going, but there you go.

4) Is "fun" a cliché answer at this point? Creativity! (And free cards aha.)

5) At this point PM or email is best -- my email is nerd.chaos at gmail dot com!

[ulquiorrasch]

haha, fun is an universal answer ;p

okay, noted!

[ulquiorrasch]

Comment here with everything related to Game 5! I know when I give you points here, so no point in "complete" :P however...

IMPORTANT: This game is more catchy than you may think! Last year we had something similar and incautious teams could get stuck. How? Because of the obligatory 3-donations gap between your two donations. If there are latecomers they can get stuck easily. For now it shouldn't be a problem but I may shout through a pm or something if I see a risk xD For now, remember not to donate more than 3 times unless asked to. In case of latecomers ;)

Also: Feel free to grab cards from my trade pile~! Just comment here with what your grabbing and log that I gifted it to you!

Second Lyric

[frogberri]

I believe we need a blue "E" next. I don't have a blue E or a blue crayon, so I can't help with this lyric! In fact, I don't think I have anything I can offer until the 7th lyric, if these predictions are correct;
3rd lyric: A, purple
4th lyric: H, brown?
5th lyric: F, gray
6th lyric: U, red
7th lyric: N, orange

( also thinking we could keep each other up-to-date on what we can and can't donate here? So we can arrange to keep that 3-donations gap in mind. )

[ulquiorrasch]

Annnnd a place for Game 6!

It's veeeery similar to Game 5 in structure. It's just that you don't use cards here. But the possibility of getting stuck stays the same so I'll have to ask you all not to comment more than 3 times unless asked to :P

Complete

[ankari]

o7!

Game 8

[ankari]

This thread for us to start decoding this thing and/or sharing the password if you figure it out!

Re: Game 8

[ankari]

Yeah I'm really bad at this sort of game so anyway!! Here's what I got:

[ulquiorrasch]

Comment here with COMPLETE once you've answered Game 7!

No point in any hints/help here I suppose ;p

[gilbo]

Complete!

That was cute and fun!

[ulquiorrasch]

Comment here with COMPLETE once you've answered Game 8!

COMPLETE

[duosion]

[ulquiorrasch]

so well guys, I'll be leaving for a few days~! Let's see... on my way back to hometown I'll be at SoaD's concert so wowowow :3 our genre FTW ;D annnnd I should be back on the 14th... Until then I'll have veeery limited access to the Internet. I'll try to keep up with the most important things, but don't expect fast responses like usually :P

I really hope some of our teammates show up soon, but for now we've still got a lot of time, so no need to panic.

As for the games - the closed ones will be appearing from now on. Here it's veeery important to include your team name and to remember to comment in the special thread here with "complete" as otherwise I won't have a clue that you answered. Also, I'll be posting my game on 10th. (yeaahhh, still need to think it up...)

We can do it guys! I'm sure with enough effort each of us can answer all the games and we can aim at the 100% score for the victory~! (that's the most fun challenge in here, isn't it? ;D )

[ulquiorrasch]

Comment here with COMPLETE once you've answered Game 9!

It's the first screened game guys, I can't peek on how you do here ;p REMEMBER TO INCLUDE YOUR TEAM NAME

[ulquiorrasch]

COMPLETE~! It took me a while as I never played this kind of game before. (that's actually surprising as I love those type of games)

Anyway, if you're struggling with it on your own you can check up methods presented on wikipedia. (Moon gave a link herself) After some time you are sure to eventually manage to do it. :P I believe in you, guys~!

Game 9 help

[gilbo]

I literally do not understand what this game wants from me. I read the wiki and the other site, and had someone try and help me by explaining it as plainly as they could. I do not understand this game. I have never played a game like this... Is there anyone who can explain it in simple terms? The visual aides made no sense either.

Re: Game 9 help

[ulquiorrasch]

plurk! I should be able to help you after I get back, don't worry about it until then!