What did you think of the Halloween Funfest?

Hey GiS!

I've gone through numerous stages of enthusiasm for the funfest.

At the beginning of the month, I was ecstatic. You see, I wasn't here for any of the other Funfests and people had always spoken about them fondly. I was excited to participate in one of the most beloved sm.net traditions.

By the middle of the month, I had lost all enthusiasm entirely. I was pretty busy with stuff at school and work, ect. so the funfest had been pushed into the back of my mind and the beginnings of my entry had been pushed into the back of my computer files.

Now, at the end of the month, I started to feel bad for not participating. I knew I'd regret it if I didn't submit something, so I finished my unfinished product and had a lot of fun with that. Then, tonight (Halloween) I had an idea that wouldn't go away, so I quickly made my second creation only HOURS before the deadline.

Do I think I'll win? I really truley don't know. Though I am extremely proud of my entries The category I submitted to (literature) has some very good submissions that'll be hard to compete with. All in all, I'm happy that I participated.

Anyway, I'm rambling so I better end this letter. See ya next week, GiS!

--PappyCat





Congrats on writing a Letter of the Week!
I hafta' tell you, though. Picking the Letter of the Week this week was murder. It all came down to you and Pancake. It was so hard for me to decide, I had to ask Mr. Washington. After having one quarter stolen by my sister, he decided that YOU WIN!

I was actually disappointed in myself this Funfest. I didn't really get into it much. But when I finally decided to start looking at the entries, I was blown away. Your letter regarding an anti-Halloween petition was quite entertaining, and talent was embedded in your poemy poem. Of cousre there is talent everywhere in the Funfest, of which I am always amazed. ...I'd make this response longer, but then I too would be rambling. Yay for you and thanks for Mailbagging, and...stuff.

--GuyInSummers

The 2002 Funfest has been my first one, and I have to say it's aptly named. It's the most fun contest I've ever participated in! Aside from the creativity it fabricates in you, it is great to see everyone else's ideas. I loved waiting everyday for Eggy's magical little update boxes and going to see what was new that day. Not to mention the coolness of being recognized by your own entry. I was really surprised that people even looked at mine, so it made me so happy to hear that I did a good job and whatnot.

I think it's really unlikely that I'll win any category, though, with all the awesome competition. Goosezilla's entry kinda wiped out all of us who entered fanart. I mean, that entry was amazing. But all the fanart was great. Saturn Storm and emilio have very unique styles that make their art fun to look at, and I like Pikachan's work too. The written entries I enjoyed, and most of them were either pretty funny or creepy.

I was on Deviantart the other day, and saw someone upload a funfest entry and I thought that was really cool. It's strange how EarthBound, seeing as its not popular, basically has a headquarters here at Starmen.Net. Meet any EarthBound lover on the net, and they're sure to know about Starmen.Net. I just brought that up 'cause it was interesting and I notice that a lot.

The Funfest was great, and it's kind of a letdown that it has to end. I hope there's a holiday funfest this year..

(Grr, I submitted two letters again >>; See, I got distracted after a minute by that little BOO! button and I just HAD to press it, to see what it would do.. I was kind of thinking it might make a screaming face come up, like in those pictures where they make you look for a ghost. But uh.. it didn't o.o; Sorry! ^_^;;;; Curiosity killed the cat.)

--Pancake





Yay it's Pancake! And her letter is awesome! So awesome that it almost won! Unfortunately, our first Pres would not have it so. Make sure you try again next week!

Oh, and don't worry. I must have tricked at least 10 people into double-submitting with my BOO! button. ^_^ I'd also like to take this time to apologize. You see, updating at midnight has this funny effect - you're way too tired to reply properly to the last letter to which you reply. Except since I'm not using your letter last, this probably makes no sense. In fact everything I'm saying probably makes no sense. Ooo, a cheesecake. I'm spinning! *thud*

~GiS, who is quite tired.

I'm highly pleased with the Halloween funfest. Not only is the fluke:other ratio lower, but we even got some quality flukes too. Some of the art (like the piece submitted by the always incredible AK) is some of the best I've seen in a funfest and the best thing? It's not just a big inside joke-fest like last year's Christmas funfest was.

--Jim





It's a shame that flukes have gone from art to annoyance, but I suppose that their ease of production dooms them for the label. Anyone can make a fluke, that's the problem. This is why to make a fluke that's actually funny is something that never happens - there are so many not-funny flukes to compare to. The last fluke I can remember laughing at was one in which Ness encountered roadblocks in Giygas's chamber. Unfortunatley, I forget who made this fluke, but kudos to them.

~GiS

Put it like this, it would be hilarious to see a funfest put up, and then see that no-one participates! Boy would your face be red! But what happened here was people from all over the globe... I think.. put in their entries and really let rip! The thing with funfests is that they give you some kind of idea for a fluke/fanfic/poem, but before the funfests ( the uneventful September month to be precise) people have no idea what to fluke or fancficimacate ( Real word). I also noticed that people who you may associate as a world class fluke machine (coughcough*me*cough) actually try out some music or a fanfic. Then, when it all finishes, the losers and heros are parted, and several people get a sticker. Heck, you might create your own category because your work is so original.. I think it becomes more fun when you enter something, like me, and you laugh at all the pathetic entries that cannot compare to yours! Winning is good too.

Hallowe'en funfest is an early call for people to warm up for the Christmas funfest, which is a month away, and then that happens, butthen.. silence.. the months fly past.. until.. October!Better cut them pumpkins!

--Hawian Shirts





I agree, the Funfest is a lot more fun when you actually enter. ...which is probably why I wasn't in to it as much this year. But I can't wait for the Holiday Funfest...I'm going to enter the crap out of it! ...if I'm not too engrossed in Metroid Prime, that is. I've already purchased the bunker, steel doors, sleeping pills and year's worth of food in preparation for that game.

Well, there's a reason that the Halloween Funfest and Holiday Funfest are so close. They have the best material. I mean, can you really envision an Arbor Day Funfest?

~GiS

What do I think of this funfest? Hard to say. I only took the time to see maybe three entries (one being SimonBob's, which was cool). No offense to any of the other entrants. I just have my own funfest entry to do. It's a story I've been working on since the begining of this month. It would be done by now, but work = time theif. Most of the story was written in school, like in Algebra. Who needs Algebra, I mean really? Anyway, it should be done soon. Halloween is coing too fast, though. It was all written on paper, which means I'll have to take time to type it too. Well, some of it. I already hired someone to type the first 40 pages (20 pages front and back, written) for me. It's a long story. Both the actual story and the story behind it, I mean. I hope you all enjoy it when/if I can get it done before Halloween!

--The Losar





What a coincidence. SimonBob's entry was the third one I bothered to look at too. Except once I saw everybody referencing to entries in Mailbag I was suddenly pressured to look at all of them. Personally, I I laughed at SimonBob's entry - mostly because I was really tense after staring at Ness's room waiting for something to scare the crap outta' me.

~GiS

Alright let's see The Funfest has had great entries this year. It had some bad ones too, but I guess everyone wants a chance. There were a lot of insane cultist jokes, but I was just fine with that 'cuase they're my favorite enmies.

Overall Funfest was pretty good, and lots of fun to see other people's entries, but I couldn't help but think someone could have sent in something better. Maybe it should have been me...or maybe it should have been you. If you personally think that you could really do a better job, redeem yourself By submitting again. But you don't have to.

Think of it this way. If everyone DIDN'T try to be the best for funfest...it wouldn't fun...or fest. So there would be no reason to have it. AND NO ONE WANTS THAT.

OK, now that you have wasted your life reading my stupid letter, go read the better ones.

--Dr. Jelly Donuts





You think too lowly of yourself. You wrote a good letter.

Redeem myself by submitting again? Well, it's too late for that now. But hopefully I'll come up with something for the holiday funfest.

~GiS

The funfest I think is great since there are alot more of all fan made sections and it is updated alot more often then the other sections seem to be. Also GiS don't change the colors to that bright orange. If you are going to change the colors of the text then change it to a dark color that can still be read easily.

--Heero0m





Aw, where's the holiday spirit? It was Halloween! How else could I deck out in the holiday best? Just be glad I didn't change the color like THIS! Hah, you don't like this, do you? DO YOU? WHO'S LAUGHING NOW PUNK? ^_^

The Funfest? Well, one word describes the majority of it: Fanart. Does Sephy get this much? That I don't know, since I am a really cruddy artist. Anyway, the Funfest was sure Eye Candy. Of course, the Fanfics came in, too, and I guess there were a few other things. I thought most of it was pretty good, even if the tsunami of Fan Art flooded Eggy's home. Oh well.

--Ness's Cousin





I must say, I too was suprised at the amount of Fanart. Or moreso, the amount of quality fanart. Like Goosezilla's, and emilio's. Dang, I loved emilio's! His style is so awesome! But...no Skyday Funfest entry! :( I was hoping she'd take the time to enter. Well, that's okay Skyday. We know how busy you are. But...enter the Holiday Funfest...please? If you can find the time, that is.

(Skyday is my favorite Sm.Net artist. Can you tell?)

~GiS

This years funfest was dissapointing. There were far too many poorly made submissions. Half of the flukes I looked at had nothing to do with Halloween. There weren't very many fanfics, but the ones I read were like this long:_________.
Plus, they were written like a script. Some of the art caught my eye. This site has a lot of good artists.

I'm still not finished my entry, a fanfic that's not written in script form. It's gonna rawk!

Anyway, I think there should be a quality standard for next years funfest.

--Ninten1





Well, there is sort of a quality standard. Eggy rejects the entries that are just so stupid and pointless that they are an embarrasment to the Funfest's good name. However, there are always going to be inferior entries due to the incredible artists we have here at Starmen.net - some things just can't be beaten. Also, all of the entries should be Halloween related, or else Eggy should've nuked them.

~GiS