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The Portal 2 Perpetual Testing Initiative is a really fun

The Portal 2 Perpetual Testing Initiative is a really fun map editor and sharing platform. Making maps and sharing them with friends really brought me back to my early map making days with Wolfenstein, Doom, Warcraft 2 and Starcraft. Looks like Valve is taking the Perpetual Testing Initiative one step further and allowing people the ability to make co-op maps!

A snip from the Valve blog post:

"That's right: Puzzle creators can now design and publish co-op maps, which puzzle players can now greedily consume. Well, as long as they have a co-op partner. Which the 75% off coupon should help them (i.e.: you) find. We've also added a "Quick Play" feature that creates... Read All

Awesomenauts fo life. I love playing this game in my off

Awesomenauts fo' life. I love playing this game in my off time. Its a great game to play if your ever feeling a bit bored and want a quick game to make your fun meter go up

Aurora frozen in stars; twinkling shimmering off the

Aurora frozen in stars;
twinkling shimmering
off the glistening guns

BR Supporter wrote on 08/27/2012 at 10:10pm

Brennan_Murphy wrote on 08/27/2012 at 10:25pm

December_Wolf wrote on 08/27/2012 at 11:33pm

Paul_Luna wrote on 08/28/2012 at 01:41am

Jocelyn_Garcia wrote on 08/28/2012 at 03:51am

ryan_murphy wrote on 09/02/2012 at 09:30pm

SteveOmash wrote on 09/02/2012 at 09:41pm

Ryan_Cheung wrote on 09/04/2012 at 03:08am

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Emperor_LoPan wrote on 09/05/2012 at 01:37am

Karrah_Shockey wrote on 09/05/2012 at 01:39am

Vikki_Mcmillen wrote on 09/06/2012 at 01:59am

Kelly_Rankin wrote on 09/06/2012 at 02:35am

Vikki_Mcmillen wrote on 09/06/2012 at 02:35am

ONE MORE DONE

Chad_Williamson wrote on 09/06/2012 at 03:09am

Jay_Capitulo wrote on 09/07/2012 at 03:37am

Doreen_Reyes wrote on 09/07/2012 at 07:17pm

Michelle_Harris wrote on 09/10/2012 at 02:59pm

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Matthew_Wade wrote on 09/13/2012 at 06:07pm

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Auvay_W wrote on 09/15/2012 at 04:31am

Coffeemonster wrote on 09/15/2012 at 06:13pm

+1 to this freakin guy

Kent_Wong wrote on 09/15/2012 at 06:18pm

johzho wrote on 09/15/2012 at 06:26pm

branden_brooker wrote on 09/15/2012 at 06:42pm

+1 to this athletic beast

Alexander_Johns wrote on 09/15/2012 at 06:50pm

Sue_Moody wrote on 09/15/2012 at 07:04pm

John_Greco wrote on 09/15/2012 at 07:07pm

Nick_Richardson wrote on 09/15/2012 at 07:09pm

Rachel_Richardson wrote on 09/15/2012 at 07:14pm

Mary_MurphyMetcalf wrote on 09/15/2012 at 07:17pm

Keith_Murphy wrote on 09/15/2012 at 07:20pm

Duncan_Farstock wrote on 09/15/2012 at 07:36pm

Kyle_Lamb wrote on 09/15/2012 at 07:39pm

Tony_Malonie wrote on 09/15/2012 at 07:44pm

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Jenny_Murphy wrote on 09/15/2012 at 07:56pm

Vladdrax wrote on 09/15/2012 at 07:58pm

BR Supporter wrote on 09/15/2012 at 08:00pm

ITS OVER : 3:00PM

Axel_Mller wrote on 09/15/2012 at 08:01pm

Really? JENNY MURPHY and KEITH MURPHY? I have a feeling you're using fucking alts.

Jacob_Richardson Post Author wrote on 09/15/2012 at 08:02pm

Its not alts. Its called family members bro.

Jacob_Richardson Post Author wrote on 09/15/2012 at 08:03pm

My moms side is all Murphys. check towards the top. ryan murphy is my cousin. and Moody and richardson is my other side

Axel_Mller wrote on 09/15/2012 at 08:04pm

Maybe, but the time interval of these posts are bothering me. But whatever. If you win, you win. But It pisses me off that you're going to win by a haiku that's not even correct.But if the person who owns the site wants to change the rules, that is his choice.

Axel_Mller wrote on 09/15/2012 at 08:08pm

Because putting them togheter, editing them into making a related haiku is "stealing"? Yeah. Thanks. Seriously, If Jacob wins, he wins. I'm upset, obviously. But who wouldn't have been after getting so many votes.

BR Supporter wrote on 09/15/2012 at 08:08pm

You didn't even create your own haiku, you just stole lines from other games and pasted them in the lines of a haiku

BR Supporter wrote on 09/15/2012 at 08:08pm

And you didn't edit them. They are direct quotes

Jacob_Richardson Post Author wrote on 09/15/2012 at 08:10pm

Well dude i knew you reported me and honestly I would have gave you a comment paying my respects for competing with me. But It just struck me as crazy that you reported my haiku when my is directly about info released for borderlands 2. Obviously yours was for humor but you didn't see me jumping on it and I didn't try to turn you in for it either.

Axel_Mller wrote on 09/15/2012 at 08:10pm

I edited it to fit with the syllables. The direct quote is "Cut the flesh". I wrote "Cut flesh.". It's Borderlands related, and I thought it fits with the punchline. I get it, you hate it.

Axel_Mller wrote on 09/15/2012 at 08:11pm

I'm sorry jacob. I don't mean to be angry on you. I've just been trying too hard. I'm really sorry.

Axel_Mller wrote on 09/15/2012 at 08:11pm

Congratulations though. I hope we can put this behind us.

BR Supporter wrote on 09/15/2012 at 08:12pm

"Paint the man, cut the lines" is from amnesia. Which has no relation to borderlands. It has to do with performing surgery on people.

Axel_Mller wrote on 09/15/2012 at 08:13pm

And yes BR, I know. That's why the punchline is there. Don't get your knickers in a twist like I did. I'm bad enough for going topsy-turvy on Jacob.

BR Supporter wrote on 09/15/2012 at 08:14pm

I know, just getting defensive. My bad.

Axel_Mller wrote on 09/15/2012 at 08:14pm

No, it was all my fault. I shouldn't have been so upset. I guess I didn't know enough people.

Jacob_Richardson Post Author wrote on 09/15/2012 at 08:15pm

It's okay and thanks. congrats to you too man. It was a lot of votes and im sure you have lost equally as much sleep as i have i havent slept in almost 52hours. I wish you good luck in all the future prizes that im sure they will give away. I didn't hate your haiku by the way. It was clever.

Axel_Mller wrote on 09/15/2012 at 08:17pm

Thanks. I actually found yours fantastic. But I was really bothered by the invalidness. I thought I had won until I saw the whole rule changes thing. And I didn't really lose any sleep because of my time zone.

Jacob_Richardson Post Author wrote on 09/15/2012 at 08:22pm

Well I have actually put up on feedback for the site a suggestion a few days ago to jdodson about making the contests apart of a steam community giveaway on steamgifts. Like you register for the site and then can get added to the steam group. So that way hopefully its less vague. I to was also confused on the symbol things i mean i knew how many is in a normal haiku but everyone who had already posted had some slightly off so i wondered if that was even a requirement at all. I had two versions made and went with the one that simply sounded better in regards to applying to nature and communicating it back to something in the real world.

Jacob_Richardson Post Author wrote on 09/15/2012 at 08:23pm

syllables* sorry my typing is horrible right now from all the sugar and caff. I've gone through to stay awake.

Travis Admin wrote on 09/15/2012 at 08:28pm

First off, thanks to both of you for resolving this dispute amicably. It's always better for all parties when cool heads prevail.

I helped jdodson come up with the contest and, in hindsight, we should have been a lot more clear with the rules. It's our first giveaway, so mistakes were bound to happen. We decided to err on the side of acceptance rather than denial since we weren't clear to begin with, and some invalid haikus had been submitted with a lot of votes already.

In the future we will be more clear about things, and we had considered a private group giveaway through SteamGifts but decided to go with one to foster creativity :)

At any rate, I just made a post about this here: http://cheerfulghost.com/panickedthumb/posts/584

We have some confirming to do over the next 24 hours, and then we'll make the official announcement!

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Pandora is Tough destruction has no limits gear up and kick

Pandora is Tough
destruction has no limits
gear up and kick ass

Pandora is full the chests hidden in the depth beat your

Pandora is full
the chests hidden in the depth
beat your enemies

Not much to share because PopCap hasnt shared much with us

Not much to share because PopCap hasn't shared much with us yet... That said, Plants VS Zombies 2 has been confirmed by PopCap for release for Spring of 2013.

http://beefjack.com/news/plants-vs-zombies-2-coming-spring-2013/

Hoping it comes with difficulty modes or something that makes it harder for multiple replays!

Ultimate Treasure Weapons, loot, friends, bandits,

Ultimate Treasure
Weapons, loot, friends, bandits, death
Funny sidekick Claptrap

My Haiku Entry On a deadly path A dashing man comes in

My Haiku Entry

On a deadly path
A dashing man comes in view
Sights, aim, trigger, night

Haiku Vault Hunters Unite Co-Op Time But treasure is mine

Haiku

Vault Hunters Unite
Co-Op Time
But treasure is mine

Hear ye, Hear ye, Today we announce the Cheerful Ghost

Hear ye, Hear ye,

Today we announce the Cheerful Ghost Borderlands 2 Haiku Contest

To celebrate the upcoming Borderlands 2 launch on September 18th, Cheerful Ghost is having a Borderlands 2 Haiku Contest. You have two chances to win a copy of Borderlands 2 on Steam and the details are as follows:

We are giving away one copy of Borderlands 2 on the Steam Gifts site here: http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/RaQNV/borderlands-2 One lucky winner will be selected at random to win on Steam Gifts site.

We are also going to be giving away a second copy of Borderlands 2 to the Cheerful Ghost user that creates the coolest Borderlands 2 Haiku. The winner will be determined by which... Read All

Rudyard_Stone wrote on 08/29/2012 at 07:24am

This is a Haiku
It's about Borderlands 2
I hope I win it

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 08/29/2012 at 03:09pm

Thanks for the submission Rudyard.

If you want this one to be considered for the contest, it will need to exist in its own Borderlands 2 post so people can vote on it.

It would be too hard to parse out whom votes for what in a comment thread with different Haikus.

Thanks again!

Sebastian wrote on 08/29/2012 at 08:03pm

Borderlands was sweet
Now I want to play the next
How will I do it?

Well I heard of sites
Mainly Cheerful Ghost dot com
I might win this award

First is a contest
This haiku is my entry
I really hope I win

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 08/30/2012 at 12:01am

Hi Sebastian.

Thanks for the comment. If you want any of those to be in the contest, they should be a proper Borderlands 2 post so people can comment on them.

Thanks!

Axel_Mller wrote on 09/05/2012 at 10:49am

Will you be checking the Haikus authenticity at the end of the contest to see if they follow the 5-7-5 pattern?

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/05/2012 at 11:41am

Yes, we will.

Axel_Mller wrote on 09/05/2012 at 12:48pm

Oh. I'm glad to hear that. I made sure to proof-read mine several times.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/05/2012 at 02:21pm

Actually I'll confer with @panickedthumb about that. Let you know.

Axel_Mller wrote on 09/05/2012 at 03:11pm

Thanks!

TonyJapMayo wrote on 09/14/2012 at 10:59pm

Hi, So do we get the winner based on the votes?

If yes, cant people just make fake accounts to +1 etc?

Thank =)

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/14/2012 at 11:00pm

They could but it doesn't seem like that's the majority of people voting.

The next contest will be different :D

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/14/2012 at 11:01pm

And yes, winner is based on votes.

Axel_Mller wrote on 09/14/2012 at 11:05pm

I've been trying hard on this. I hope it ends up well.

TonyJapMayo wrote on 09/14/2012 at 11:05pm

Oooh, temptation >< haha.. nah, I'll play fair.. I love Japan n Haiku is Japanese ><

Btw, I hope your vote = 20 votes =P haha.. Thanks for the chance jdodson =)

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/14/2012 at 11:09pm

No problem.

Bryden_Gee wrote on 09/15/2012 at 06:22pm

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
I Have A Gun Get In The Car

Axel_Mller wrote on 09/15/2012 at 06:23pm

Do you wanna play,
The rape game? No!
That's the spirit...

Tsunami wrote on 09/15/2012 at 08:01pm

Rise and shine brave men!
The whole world is up and down!
Free your mind!Go Fight!

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