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Contest Winter is here! ❄️

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Loki

Loki

The West Team
Howdy Cowgirls & Cowboys,

we have prepared a new event for you. :)
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Winter is here!
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Contest​


You have 3 ways of entering the contest:

1) Draw/manipulate (edit) a Christmas image.
Must be The West themed (using at least 3 elements from the game).

2) Write a Christmas story or poem using at least 5 of the following words:
• Gatling gun;
• Donkey;
• Wizards;
• Spaceship;
• 9 bananas;
• Lab coat.

3) Show us your best/funniest in-game Christmas clothing (using at least 3 sets).

Each successful task will grant you 1 entry to the raffle.
You can participate in 1, 2 or all 3 ways.

Post your entry/entries here
by December 15th, at 11:59 p.m. (CET) for the chances to win:​

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Rewards
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1st place: 2 "Creativity Set" items + 400 Nuggets + 500 Bonds
2nd place: 1 "Creativity Set" item + 300 Nuggets + 400 Bonds
3rd place: 1 "Creativity Set" item + 200 Nuggets + 300 Bonds
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All participants will receive:
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The winners of the "Creativity Set" items get to choose their items.

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Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to message @Loki or @ChickenMcGuy.
Do not forget to share your feedback!


Yours sincerely,
Loki
Community Manager
 

*Colonel*

Lance Corporal
We all know that movie. Retired American corporal joins shogunate rebels during Bakumatsu. That period of Japanese history is not very well known, though everyone is familiar with the Last Samurai.

It tells us about the transformation of the society from an isolationist to cosmopolite westernized culture of capitalism. As it usually does, elites are the first to catch the flow. Though a true westerner, American corporal, after being captured by the rebel enemies went through a painful mind transformation. It rooted so deeply in him that he was ready to give his only life for the idea that Japan should have its own way.

He fought with samurais against the modern army. Perfected swords against all penetrating bullets. Honor against brutality. Though, as often happens. those who fight for the right thing end up on the deathbed. This is exactly what happened to his closest friend, who died under the wall of bullets fired from the latest military innovation - a Gatling gun.

But this confrontation of ideas was not left aside. As a result, Japanese rulers accepted that they should have their own way, just as they did for hundreds of years.

This beautiful story has however little to do with real history.

According to my very well-proven sources, we were all given fake information.

What happened back then in reality is that a drunken corporal messed everything up. Instead of military form, he wore lab coats. Instead of horse he rode a donkey. And instead of westernized Japanese, he fought alongside samurais. Scientists say it can happen if you consume 9 bananas within a minute, which he did after a long well-deserved hangover. But what scientists did not figure out, is that those bananas per minute is a way to become a wizard. Our beloved corporal cast his spells and sent the entire samurai Batallion (himself as well) to Mars, leaving only the bravest ones to fight for their cause.

Hence, after an exhausting long trip, we have no more water on that planet.

This is how a single person can make a significant impact on the cause of both history and the future.

Sorry English is not my native, but I guess it was sufficient to understand.

Cheers!
 
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Roll into town on the back of a donkey
Can't get into the hotel room - they gave us the wrong key.
Get out of the snow! Approaching - A Blizzard!
Get down on your knees and pray to sky wizard.

The baby is coming, this day will be of note,
Quickly, call for the man in the white lab coat.
The doctor arrived still wearing his pyjamas,
There's no universal healthcare yet so the procedure cost them 9 bananas.

Is that a star, or is it a spaceship?
Well either way we better chase it.
Frankincense and myrrh and a gold chain for drip
Away in his manger on an intergalactic trip.
 

martoru

Lance Corporal
It was the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. Except for one creature wearing a lab coat as cover. A creature who was very much awake, and very much stirring.
This creature was a Gatling gun. A Gatling gun who had been tasked with guarding the house on Christmas Eve. The Gatling gun was not happy about this. He did not want to be a watchman on Christmas Eve.
He wanted to be with his family. But the Gatling gun knew that it was his duty to protect the house. So he stood vigil, all through the night.
Suddenly, he heard something. Something outside the house. The Gatling gun aimed his barrels at the door and prepared to fire.
But then he saw that it was only a donkey. A donkey carrying a large sack.
The Gatling gun relaxed and lowered his barrels. The donkey approached and said,
"I'm sorry to disturb you, but I'm looking for the wizards. I was supposed to deliver this sack of presents to them, but I can't seem to find them anywhere."
The Gatling gun thought for a moment. Then he remembered that the wizards lived in a spaceship. He told the donkey where to find the spaceship.
The donkey thanked the Gatling gun and let him as reward for answer 9 bananas and after that went on his way.
The next day, the Gatling gun saw the donkey again. The donkey was leading a group of children to the spaceship. The Gatling gun was happy to see that the donkey had found the wizards.
The Gatling gun watched as the children went into the spaceship. Then he heard the sound of laughter and cheering. The Gatling gun knew that he had helped make some children very happy on Christmas day.
 

MeadowofAsh

Private First Class
It was the night before Christmas and a little boy was dreaming of all the presents he hoped to get. While he imagined the fancy train set he had seen as the best gift to get, he hoped to also be enjoying banana nut bread made from the 9 over ripe bananas his mother had mentioned needed to get used, as a yummy treat.

Suddenly he hears a loud knock at the door taking him from the fanciful scene he had created. He opens the door and there before him stands a donkey. On the donkey is an old man with a long grey beard and pointed hat.

He holds out a hand and says, “Would you like to go on an adventure?”

The boy shakes his head yes, too in awe to speak and takes the old man’s hand and joins him on the donkey.

As they ride along the man speaks of past adventures that he and his brethren of the order of Winter Wizards have been on. The boy soon has doubts at the old man’s tales as he mentions traveling to unknown lands in a spaceship, the boy can no longer remain silent.

“What is a spaceship, is it a new kind of ship that one takes across the ocean?” the boy asks.

The old man explains what a spaceship is and where it can go and the boy’s mind just can not follow.

“Other worlds, you mean countries, like France?” the boy asks.

The old man once again tries to explain about space travel and the scientist known for his clean white lab coat. The little boy tries to follow his brain trying find a logical conclusion to all that he is being told. His little face is so full of confusion and showing some fear of the strange things he has heard.

Then an idea pops in his head, “If there is so much to explore why do we fight among ourselves so much?”

The old man gets a sad look on his face and replies, “So many set aside their dreams to deal with the reality that life is, without dreamers like you the world remains stuck.”

“Dreamers like me?” asks the boy.

“Yes, everything that I have told you and shared has all come from your mind. If only you would reach beyond the daily troubles you could ….”

Suddenly the very loud rapid fire of a gatling gun is heard and wakes the battle weary man from the innocent fanciful dream he had been having. The rapid fire was a very big reminder that he was far away from home. Long past his days of childhood dreams and his mother’s baking.

The dream did awaken in him the hope of a brighter future might be out there. He made a promise to himself that morning to set aside a few moments to allow himself to imagine how to reach the seemingly impossible task of a better way forward.

That is where we leave this man that has found renewed hope in the face of such horrors of war. Whether it be a simple dream for a train set to looking up and wanting to know what is out there in the stars. We leave hoping that all war weary people can still find some time to dream of a brighter future even if it is for a moment.
 

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Uchiha Madara

Uchiha Madara

Master Sergeant
A donkey by a spaceship,
a Gatling gun in tow.

The wizards gather round in a lab coat show.

Nine bananas to feed the donkey, they cheer and applaud.

The Gatling gun is ready to fire as if it were endowed.

But the wizards will use their magic instead of the gun.

For peace and harmony, that's all they want to be done.

The donkey will stay by the spaceship, content as can be.

And with that thought, I bid you all adieu!
 
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