Sunday Steam Sale Celebration Sweepstakes: Min’s Metered Match for a Melange of Magic Merriment (winners announced!)

EDIT: for the winners, see this post.

[color=blue][size=16]SUNDAY, SUNDAY, SUNDAY![/size][/color]

SEE GAMERS BATTLE for amazing cash* prizes!

COMPETE AGAINST OTHERS for a bounty of digital comestibles!

FIGHT WITH NAUGHT BUT YOUR WIT for the fair hand of the lovely maiden†!

WIN A CUSTOM-TAILORED bevy of awe-inspiring stories!

The Aventure Baron™ has been inspired by tales of generosity and ponycorns to bestow classic point-and-click nirvana upon those few worthy souls‡ who can prove their merit in an arena of classic verse! Use this thread to regale us with your fondest point-and-click Adventure Game memory, treatise on why the Adventure Games is the superior genre, or your favorite moment otherwise related to — you guessed it — Adventure! Entries will only be accepted in one of the following forms of classic verse: Haiku, Limerick, Quatrain, American Cinquain, Septolet, or (for the over-achievers) Sonnet.

The Grand Prize§ will be awarded Monday, with one or more Runners-up to receive lesser prizes and complimentary car wax. The Grand Prize will be tailored to the winner's tastes and current Steam library, but currently stands at the following (and growing):

Amnesia: Dark Descent
Beyond Good and Evil
Botanicula
Broken Sword
Broken Sword 2
Broken Sword 3
Costume Quest
The Dream Machine (including future chapters)
Dreamfall
The Longest Journey
The Next BIG Thing
Machinarium
Psychonauts
Runaway
Runaway 2
Runaway 3
Samorost 2
Scratches: Director's Cut
Stacking
Yesterday
...and many more!

[color=red]Play today[/color] to WIN!

[size=8]*No actual cash prizes are available
†Or dashing prince. Whichever you prefer.
‡Multiple entries accepted. Valid in participating territories only. Void where prohibited. GWJ employees and their families are not eligible. Quintin_Stone shouldn't even bother trying. No purchase necessary.[/size]

Minarchist wrote:

Play today

I'll be honest, I was half expecting that to be a link to the Kitty Cat Dance video.

[size=1]Except you're not Lobster[/size]

Reaper man on stilts
Young pirate drinking Grog Lite
I miss Lucasarts

Great idea, Minarchist. I think I pretty much own every single game I'd ever want at this point, so I'll pass to give someone else a chance.

[size=1]Because let's face it, I'd win all those games. I'm a lyrical genius. Man, this fine print stuff sure is popular today.[/size]

Seriously, very generous of you.

Hyetal wrote:

Great idea, Minarchist. I think I pretty much own every single game I'd ever want at this point, so I'll pass to give someone else a chance.

[size=1]Because let's face it, I'd win all those games. I'm a lyrical genius. Man, this fine print stuff sure is popular today.[/size]

Seriously, very generous of you.

Likewise, but

[size=1]any excuse to make Haikus :P[/size]

Minarchist wrote:

...The Grand Prize§...

I blame this on you, Q-Stone. I will not forget this.

The Leisure Suit Larry collection
was fun, despite copy protection
But the problem with it
was the tits were 8-bit,
so you couldn't quite crack an erection.

Right good of ya, Min!

Here's a quick link to the submission page.

Watching to see who wins.

Maq wrote:

The Leisure Suit Larry collection
was fun, despite copy protection
But the problem with it
was the tits were 8-bit,
so you couldn't quite crack an erection.

IMAGE(http://i.imgur.com/f4SeT.jpg)

Also, I was so proud of myself, when I was able to crack the 'kid-proofing' in LSL3

Tanglebones wrote:

Also, I was so proud of myself, when I was able to crack the 'kid-proofing' in LSL3 :P

CTRL-ALT-X?

Also that was beautiful Maq.

Board the train to good ol' Nantucket
Past a guard asleep on a bucket,
But a cat hair mustache
Was needed to pass.
"That's bullsh*t," I said. "Oh, f*ck it."

shoptroll wrote:
Tanglebones wrote:

Also, I was so proud of myself, when I was able to crack the 'kid-proofing' in LSL3 :P

CTRL-ALT-X?

Also that was beautiful Maq.

Nope, encyclopedias and asking parents for trivia answers

Magic Crystal sale
The secret is Summer Steam
Goodjer ponycorns

The Secret of Monkey Island

It was a tale of pirates and sword fighting,
With adventure and insults quite delighting,
It had swords and a treasure,
A value you can't measure,
And some of the best ever writing!

The Last Crusade seemed like my kind of gig
Until I wound up in some castle's brig
The controls were so shoddy
I couldn't fistfight a Nazi
So I left it to go play The Dig.

Some great stuff so far. I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone else comes up with!

Spoiler:

Except you, Lobster. You're on my naughty list.

Minarchist wrote:

Some great stuff so far. I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone else comes up with!

Spoiler:

Except you, Lobster. You're on my naughty list.

Alas and alack, poor Guybrush is doomed
LeChuck awaits him with rotting flesh
No doubt our young hero will be entombed
In piratical straits he is enmeshed
Through voodoo's root and bubbliest water
He'll strive to resist dark Thaumaturgy
Will he win the heart of Marley's daughter
Impress her with bold magic Zymurgy?
Sweet buccaneer, your worries are in vain
By night's end, Elaine will ride the Threepwood train

Spoiler:

zy·mur·gy/ˈzīˌmərjē/
Noun:
The study or practice of fermentation in brewing, winemaking, or distilling.

Wait, I read the fine print. Does that mean I'm out?

momgamer wrote:

Wait, I read the fine print. Does that mean I'm out?

Nah, you're good. 'Twas really aimed at the CEOs and Wordsmythe who work on the site every day. Or just drink a lot of Corona and talk about Diablo. Whatever.

Er...the problem is the internet already won this contest!

IMAGE(http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/4537/thelabyrinthcallmemaybe.jpg)

Minarchist wrote:
momgamer wrote:

Wait, I read the fine print. Does that mean I'm out?

Nah, you're good. 'Twas really aimed at the CEOs and Wordsmythe who work on the site every day. Or just drink a lot of Corona and talk about Diablo. Whatever.

I wouldn't touch Corona without a hot-suit and a Geiger counter. If you can read through it, it ain't beer.

Deep in the forest, lies a stump that's quite fine.
In it, a hole. Does it lead to a mine?
I try to squeeze through...
but need disk 22!
Guess I'll have to call LucasArts' helpline!

Load "*",8,1
Old games were just so much fun
You would wait 15 minutes
Hit your patience limit
Game on! Set your phasers to stun

Here's another one

A recipe for grog:
Mix together acetone and rum
Add a big hunk of chum
Stir-in axle grease so it thickens
Mash up 2 rubber chickens
And garnish with a right hefty loogie. YUM!

My quest through space was quite a ride
Two Guys from Andromeda served as my guide
But when it came to advancing the plot
Finding the right phrase I could not
So I picked up my keyboard and threw it outside.

[EDIT: Realized I wasn't obeying the rules...]

momgamer wrote:

I wouldn't touch Corona without a hot-suit and a Geiger counter. If you can read through it, it ain't beer.

Nonsense; Corona is a perfectly acceptable water-substitute.

In a mansion maniacal,
happened an act diabolical.
A hamster was nuked,
but nobody puked,
since the graphics were too primordial.

Yet Nintendo insisted,
that something so twisted,
be removed from
NES SCUMM
before a Seal would be gifted.

(eh, it sounded better in my head

There once was a puzzle so wacky
The solution was nothing but tacky
Take the hair from a cat
Apply the syrup like that
Gabriel Knight has a moustache which is swanky

Sorry