-[.HyT+C*THalloween.]- ARKHAM: CONGRATS JEANEMON+DOWNSIGHT

[LaBlue Belle]

WELCOME TO ARKHAM ASYLUM - HYTECH+C*CKTAIL HALLOWEEN PARTY





Can you hear me? Is this thing on?

Hi there everybody! It sure is good to see you! You're all excited about Mistah J's homecoming party, aintcha? But you know Mistah J holds the bestest parties and the Asylum is the place to be for Halloween! Since you're all on his special invite list, it would've been very rude if you didn't show up!

. welcome .
. hosts+directory . hytech info . vampire bat
. bat candygram tickets . poison ivy auction . c*cktail info .
. faq . link . music . and then... .

. HOUSE RULES .
♠ Please exercise common sense wherever necessary
♠ Guilt-tripping, pity-partying, attacking other posters - strictly prohibited
♠ All art and ideas are ©HyTech+C*cktail - please do not use without permission
♠ Chatspeak is not recognised - apologies for any inconvenience caused
♠ Please do feel free to discuss and have fun - keep the thread alive! Thank you!

[Maxx D]

Honey, I'm home!

Aw, you showed up to see me? You shouldn't have. But ohh I appreciate it, I do and we can guarantee you a fa-abulous time because the best parties always have the best...punch, of course! Hahaha! Oh, the Titan serum is the best punch you'll ever have, you'll never be the same after...But let's not dwell on technicalities just yet, please let me introduce to you our wonderful guest of honor, our favourite BAT:


Vampire Bat ♂ - Post 4 - HyTech Candygram Tickets Raffle

Unfortunately we've got more tights-wearing partypoopers crashing our delightful par-tay, like his little dickiebird, who is insistent on ending our good time by his curfew...


"You won't get away with this, Joker!" "Better him than me again. We've got to help!"

But don't worry - Uncle Joker won't let the festivities end just like that. We won't be making it easy for him, and we'll have a little help from my friends:


Candygram Lytes - Post 5 - Candygrams/Raffle Tickets

Right, girls?


"You betcha, Mistah J!" "Leave me out of this, Joker."

A good fight always makes a good party! Feel free to wade into the mess of blood and bones whenever it happens. It certainly will.

We're missing one RSVP, tragically. Our dear Ivy is around somewhere...


Poison Ivy ♀ - Post 6 - C*cktail Auction

It seems she's busy playing with the boys...


"Durr..." space"This is just ridiculous."

I think it's a great idea to have lots of fun at the expense of the Bat family and their associated caped crusaders, don't you think? So party long, hard, violently and enjoy the punch!

Jun D

CLOSING ANNOUNCEMENT

CONGRATULATIONS TO JEANEMON FOR FINDING THE ANTIDOTE TO THE TITAN SERUM AND FREEING THE BAT FROM JOKER'S EVIL CLUTCHES!

With this heroic act, the threat of Arkham has been diffused [except for all the Killer Crocs running about the place now I guess] and the streets of Gotham are safe once more! The star of the hour goes home with a mysterious tube that will turn really emo in a couple of weeks pls don't get shot by a mugger on the way back from a Zorro screening...

CONGRATULATIONS ALSO TO DOWNSIGHT FOR PAYING MAXWELL 6.5MIL SCORING THAT VERITABLE VENUS FLYTRAP THAT IS POISON IVY!

That also makes our streets safer in some way!

All helpful citizens who, uh, intercepted Joker's deadly darts and battled the forces of Arkham Asylum, we thank you so much for your outstanding participation, and hope that you've enjoyed an October's worth of crimefighting! [In other words, thank you so much for participating in our geeky ghetto event, sorry for all the snags, and really really hope you've enjoyed it in some way! Both HyTech and C*cktail will be having a couple of events in the coming months - so if you were hoping for a catch and disappointed this time round, we really hope you'll be back the next!]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR KINDNESS!

[LaBlue Belle]

But if you really wanna be in the VIP section you gotta play by Mistah J's rules! Mistah J is a real stickler for his rules and you'd better check it out so you don't make him angry...you wouldn't like him when he's angry~ [Though I like him all the time!]

. CRASH COURSE .

Before you apply for a Hyte, you really should read all the information in our Shop Thread.
Just in case, though, here's a crash course to cover the basics and the most important bits you need to know!

. About the Pets .
♠ 5-stages [RP +1] with unique lineart for each pet past protoform cylinder
♠ Most Hytes take an average of about 3 months to fully mature [not including RP +1]
♠ All pets are breedable - please refer to Shop Thread for details

. In-house Example of Growth Progression.



All the same, please do visit the Shop Thread to read up on all the information if you haven't done so!



. THINGS TO NOTE .

. About Naming .
♠ Allowed: Proper names from any culture | Most nouns | Heck, most words
♠ Disallowed: Chatspeak | l337 [in most cases] | Lame combination handles [e.g. LadiesMan217, number optional]
♠ Discouraged Culture-specific names unsuitable for cultural context of the Hyte | Overtly dubious fandom names

. About Roleplaying .
♠ While Hytes are usually RP-optional, as these are RP event Hytes, they will be RP-enforced
♠ In HyTech’s case, RP-enforced is a very flexible term: we will generally give you one task to fulfil for each stage progression.
The first progression will be the set-up of a simple cert thread/RP journal, and thereafter…well. You can peruse this thread for an example…
♠ Evolution will thus depend on both the normal amount of time taken for a Hyte to evolve and fulfillment of the developments,
with evolution occurring with whichever comes later
♠ Each pet will come with a cert thread that can be used as an RP journal
♠ The RP incentive stage [please refer to Showroom for details] will still apply, and will depend,
as for all Hytes, on continued intensive RP after the normal final evolution [Adult stage]

. TERMS AND CONDITIONS .

Rehoming - If the Hyte is not yet an adult but the owner seems to have disappeared, HyTech is usually quite forgiving for up to approximately half a year, but if no contact is forthcoming and everything falls into a state of impending extinction, don't be too surprised if Social Services comes around and decides to rehome one's Hyte…

Return Policy - If the owner tires of the pet, HyTech will accept a return and rehome the pet at reduced prices. While we do not perform exchanges, a previous owner may still purchase other pets in the future.

Speaking in Terms of Reality - While the owner owns the character of the pet and may display the images and certs at will, the art and character design itself is still property of HyTech, and must be credited as such. The artist reserves the right to display or use the artwork and pursue other avenues with the design. All better-sized images are accompanied by a background logo for our image protection - owners may request unmarked versions for the cert threads. Thank you for your understanding!

[Jun D]

Did Oracle send you?
I don't know if that's Br - Batman in there, but we've got to get him out of that madhouse!



. Vampire Bat ♂ | Keyword – BROODING .

. Points to Note About Vampire Bat .
♠ He has arm-wings that will reach ridiculously cape-like proportions
♠ His hairstyle/colour and eye-colour are special, 'against type', meaning that there are elements that would ordinarily not be included on a Hyte with its human form conceived off of its base animal [i.e. short hair on a short-furred animal is 'to type', long hair on a short-furred animal is 'against type']. This is an attribute that only customs and rare special events may have.
♠ His Adult Stage does not come with a Tektek’d outfit option – he will be depicted in…well, it won't be spandex, per se… [the owner cannot choose]
♠ He comes depicted with an Arkham Asylum batarang, and has a ghost emblem on his certificate to indicate his special status
♠ HE'S THE GODDAMN BATMAN.

Please Note: The preview shown is of his third stage evolution
Please refer to Crashcourse for growth details

. GramTicket Holders .
1 - Enikil . 2 - Dracul Vladimir IV . 3 - Ravina Loki . 4 - Loki Saimar . 5 - Kyoupiruchi
6 - Aphismet . 7 - Restless Honor. 8-57 - Jeanemon . 58-92 - x_Nata_x . 93 - Kaitaia
94 - thyPOPE . 95 - o0 Sephiros Immortal 0o . 96 - Rapidashtrainer . 97 - Restless Honor . 98 - Mriae
99 - Sukkubus . 100-102 - Ruriska . 103 - Kuuro Kitten . 104-106 - Ruriska . 107 - x_Nata_x
108-157 - Malhyanth . 158 - Cosmoses . 159 - toxiin . 160 - 209 - Enikil . 210 - Restless Honor
211 - x_Nata_x . 212 - Malhyanth . 213 - Kaitaia . 214 - 263 - toxiin . 264 - 313 - Restless Honor
314 - elfgurl1234 . 315 - Enikil . 316 - Raiu-Chan . 317 - Strawberry Mints . 318 - Ririka
319 - Restless Honor . 320 - Rapidashtrainer . 321 - x_Nata_x . 322- kyo_the_dogdemon . 323 - Ruriska
324 - 373 - SalivaDrink . 374-375 - Kaitaia . 376 - leon_a_darkangel . 377-378 - Astro Zombies` . 379 - leon_a_darkangel
380-381 - Ruriska . 382 - leon_a_darkangel . 383-384 - elfgurl1234 . 385 - leon_a_darkangel . 386-885 - Jeanemon
886 - toxiin . 887 - Cosmoses . 888 - loquitadeindiana . 889 - elfgurl1234. 890 - Jules V
891 - Kaitaia . 892 - Kamileunaire . 893 - Petite Kitsune . 894 - Ruriska . 895 - Rapidashtrainer
896-945 - SalivaDrink . 946 - RuthieAngel . 947 - Sukkubus . 948 - Syrcaid . 949 - Mistress Rabbit
950 - toxiin . 951 - Pennie Black . 952 - Epine de Rose . 953 - Dragain . 954 - Dihydrogen
955 - Uta . 956 - EchoLimaFoxtrot . 957 - Sayuri_Nitta . 958 - Tsunake . 959 - Faid Shadowlight
960 - Kaisanti . 961 - mouslet . 962 - Tweekend . 963 - Dragain . 964 - Nisshou Hakuyaiba
965 - RuthieAngel . 966 - Restless Honor . 967 - leon_a_darkangel . 968 - elfgurl1234 . 969 - Kuro -squared-
970 - AnimeEyeshime . 971 - Kaitaia . 972 - Enikil . 973 - RuthieAngel . 974 - thyPOPE
975 - o0 Sephiros Immortal 0o . 976 - x_Nata_x . 977 - Kuuro Kitten . 978 - Kyoupiruchi . 979 - Petite Kitsune
980 - Slanndalous . 981 - Mriae . 982 - Sukkubus . 983 - Syrcaid . 984 - Ruriska
985 - Kamileunaire . 986 - Tygress Dream . 987 - Mystaira . 988 - frozen_flames06 . 989 - Jeanemon
990 - Bardess Ookami . 991-994 - Witchneko . 995-1001 - Kaitaia . 1002 - Astro Zombies` . 1003-1008 - Kaitaia
1009-1058 - TygressDream . 1059 - frozen_flames06 . 1060-1061 - LinChan . 1062-1562 - Jeanemon . 1563-1567 - Naotsuki
1568-1571 - setsunasakuya . 1572-1574 - DownSight . 1575 - JadedTiger22 . 1576 - Siren Lawliet . 1577-1584 - The Only Death Note
1585-1586 - Saint of Revenge . 1587-1636 - Mystaira . 1637 - angelrah . 1638 - Lady Stray . 1639-1688 - o0 Sephiros Immortal 0o
1689-2188 - Jeanemon

Stats last updated: 31st October 2009 - 2.17am PST

VENDING OVER: ONE OF THE GRAMS WILL BE THE WINNER @ 8PM PST

I hate that we've got to play the Joker's little game to do it, but it's the only way to keep him safe for now…
Catwoman will tell you what to do - but watch yourself around her!

[Demi End]

I don't know why the Joker must involve me in his tiresome tricks, but there's a bit of green in it, so I can't complain too much…

This is how you get tickets for the Bat - so listen up!




Price - 3000g [3k] Each
What are Lytes? Read about them here…

WE'RE ALL OUT - YOU'LL BE TRICK OR TREATED TONIGHT!

♠ Joker is shipping out these Titan serum darts as CANDYGRAMS and on Halloween,
they'll burst open to reveal one of the three Lytes depicted in the preview above: it's random, you can't choose!
♠ Each Candygram is worth 1 ticket for the Vampire Bat Raffle
- to be eligible for the Raffle, you must be in possession of at least 1 Candygram
♠ You can buy Candygrams for yourself or send Candygrams to your friends
- if you send Candygrams out, you can choose whether the raffle ticket is for you or them

ONE of these darts contains not the Joker's Titan serum -
but Batman's antidote to it!
On Halloween, the Ticket List will be run through random.org
- and the winner's dart will transform not into a Lyte, but into…

…That's why you've got to watch your Candygrams on Halloween.

I know what you're thinking…what if you want that Bat really badly, hmm?
Who wants dozens of useless candygrams cluttering up your space when what you really want are raffle tickets by the thousands?

That's why I'm making an offer for serious buyers…completely off the record, of course…

. MONEY SINK PACKAGE .
…The you've gotta be crazy - or really want that Bat - option…



Price - 100000g [100k] for all 3 CUSTOM COLOURED
WORTH 50 RAFFLE TICKETS [i.e. bonus of 16.6+ tickets!]

Let's face it - the only reason why we're running our traditional event raffle through such weird ways is because we're crazy suckers for thematic distribution
- I mean, what sane people would throw away an average minimum raffle haul of 1m to do a lot of work…
We can't imagine anyone would take up this option
- BUT there might be rabid Batfans out there who don't really want a million candygrams but do want a million tickets.
If you're one of them and you want to go hardcore, THIS IS YOUR ROUTE.

. ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS .

♠ To order, PM LaBlue Belle using the following template, and start a trade with the total as soon as you send the PM:

Gram Template

Recipient: [name of recipient | if yourself, put "Me"]
Trick or Treat: [Trick - raffle ticket for yourself | Treat - raffle ticket for recipient]

[Cut&Paste Form for as many Candygrams as you are sending]

Money Sink Variant: [Hexadecimal codes for 3 colours for custom-colouring - specify which for skin, hair, clothes]
* Note: If you don't give us colours, we'll send you the defaults - sorry, we just don't have time to do otherwise.
The same colour combination will be used for all 3. Killer Croc-Lyte has no hair, colour will be used elsewhere. Eye-colour for all cannot change.

♠ Once the PM is received, we will PM you a confirmation and accept the trade
♠ Once you confirm the trade and the gold is received, we will start work on the order
♠ You may order whenever you like, as often as you like
♠ The deadline for Trick-or-Treating is 11.59pm PST on the 30th October 2009

[HyTech - Maxwell]

Women are my Kryptonite, yeah, and she just happens to be the same colour too....which is the same colour as Poison Ivy, 'course. Man, she is gorgeous. And hot.

. -[ .C*CKTAIL…@HQ. ]- .
…Auction…



.Poison Ivy ♀ | rum . mango rum . midori . pineapple juice . soda water

♠ Danger lies under a beautiful countenance: she is at once sexy and exotic, but also fruity and psychotic.
♠ Since the last one was a raffle and we don't have time for an RP prompt event, she's an auction...Sorry about that, guys. Feel free to keep it low and slow.

Please Note: The preview shown is of her FINAL STAGE
Please refer to Crashcourse for growth details.

Starting Bid - 15K [15000g]
Minimum Bid Increment - 1K [1000g]

. Bidding Instructions .
♠ We will be accepting bids for 3 weeks from 2.30pm PST on 12th October 2009 to 8pm PST on 31st October 2009
♠ Pure Gold is preferred, but Rares, Collectibles and Letters are accepted at 5% below lowest Market Prices
♠ Please do all the math - list the values next to the items and total them up for your bid [we will double-check]
♠ There is snipe guard of 10 minutes - a bid made in the last 10 minutes will extend the bidding by another 10 minutes
♠ The winner will be announced in the thread and contacted through PM on 31st of October 2009

To submit your bid, simply post in the thread with the form below:

A KISS COULD BE DEADLY
[ insert bid here ]

[color=mediumseagreen][size=24][b]A KISS COULD BE DEADLY[/b][/size]
[ insert bid here ][/color]

. CURRENT HIGH BID .

DownSight - 6.5mil

HyTech - Maxwell

::breaks out of character to sound a tad less dumb:: Because no one wanted to challenge DownSight's 6.5mil for Ivy [and boy, I can see why], the end of the auction has passed pleasantly [that's good, because I'm not good at recording down bidwars] and so congratulations and thank you, DownSight, for the winning bid! Please start the trade with me as soon as possible, and let me know what you'll be calling her, with casual name bolded. Thank you for all the bids, everyone, they were very much appreciated! wink

Stats last updated: 22 Oct - 9.45am PST

. Bid History .
likeLinen - 300k
DownSight - 598.5k [209k (Yama no Tamago 5th Gen) + 389.5k (Picolitrosso's Urn)]
leon_a_darkangel - 620k
Faewynd - 650k
Slanndalous - 700k
DownSight - 1.2mil
Slanndalous - 1.5mil
DownSight - 1.7mil
Slanndalous - 2mil
DownSight - 2.5mil
Slanndalous - 3mil
DownSight - 3.5mil
Slanndalous - 4.10105mil [3mil pure + 687.8k (Gogh Reed) + 413.25k (Picolitrosso's Urn)]
DownSight - 4.5mil
Slanndalous - 6.03525mil [3mil pure + 2.755mil (Angelic Pendant) + 280.25k (Chuchip's Blessing)]
DownSight - 6.5mil

[HyTech - Julien]

Don't listen to him! Ah, he's just hopeless when it comes to women - or Ivy's pheromone control.
I wouldn't advise you to start bidding, mini-Ivy will be nothing but trouble! But if you're still interested…uh, here's a guide…



. About the Pets .
♠ 3-stages with unique lineart for each pet past Drink Stage
♠ C*cktails take about 1 month to fully mature: 1 week as drink, 3 weeks as child
♠ C*cktails come in both male and female forms, but with a higher female to male ratio
♠ Co-owning is allowed but discouraged - C*cktail is not liable in event of dispute
♠ Roleplaying is not required, only checking-in till Adult stage
♠ Roleplaying is entirely optional
♠ Each pet will come with a cert thread that can be used as an RP journal
[ IRL: Child+Permatween Stage Lineart by Jun D | All other Stages+Colour by Maxx D ]

And since you are here, it would be advisable to adhere to our manner of addressing and naming people:

In tribute to the oft-dyslexic inebriation caused by overconsumption of alcohol, most C*cktail names are derived from anagrams of their original cocktail monikers.

To illustrate -

East Liqueurs In
is rearranged from
Tequila Sunrise

and

Lust Equate Sin
is rearranged from
Tequila Sunset

The entire anagram is taken as the full name on the cert, with a choice word or two - such as East or Sin - bolded to denote the casual name in daily usage.

There are three ways to arrive at a name for a C*cktail:

1. Visiting the Internet Anagram Server



One can either generate anagrams point-blank - do remember to adjust the number of anagrams generated on the advanced search page - or cut down on scrolling by first opting for the 'candidate word list', an option near the bottom of advanced search. It will give you words that could possibly be derived from the original term, which can then be used to try out anagrams structured around it.

2. Rearranging the letters yourself to form non-word names. The anagrams derived do not have to make sense - they just have to look as pretty as you want them to.

3. In the case that a C*cktail has a nigh-unanagrammable name, discuss the possibility of giving it a name that resembles the others derived from our usual naming conventions with Maxwell. In other words - you may fake an anagram phrase or word.

Take it easy, okay? And if anything happens, don't say I didn't warn you…

[Jun D]

This is more Oracle's expertise, but I'll do my best to answer your questions…

. FAQ .

Do I have to call him Bruce?
HE'S THE GODDAMN BATMAN.
Is he Bruce? Is he the incarnation of an Arkham inmate who believes he's Batman? Or is he merely the bio-organic product of a pair of overly geeky mad scientist petshop owners? Who knows? Good name though, Bruce…

What about Ivy?
She's a tiny psycho femme fatale who looks and acts a lot like Ivy… Okay, let's be honest. These guys, the Bat and the Ivy, they're pretty much the closest we ever get to self-motivated cosplay pets…but that doesn't mean you have to think of them like that? ^^;;

A Halloween event? I thought you were dead!
Yeah, we didn't know we were going to do it either until we sat down last Friday and drew and coloured everything in a night. Well - to be fair we knew we were going to do a vampire bat for Halloween from two years back…and we realised that with the hype the game release has generated, this was really going to be our only chance to do a topical Arkham Asylum event.

…Come on!

This raffle system seems kind of complicated, a waste of your time, and a waste of my money.
It is all three…but it just didn't seem right to give Batman a vampire bat away in a regular raffle! Titan serum darts! The antidote! It all makes so much sense! WE'RE GEEKS. WE'RE MASSIVE GEEKS.

Sorry about your money though - to be very honest, we're actually really dying in college, and had to price the Candygrams up to cut down. Although inflation has been horrible lately, hasn't it? It's especially silly since we've calculated an opportunity cost of about 80% for us using this method in comparison to a regular raffle. BUT. TITAN SERUM DARTS!

Nightwing and Catwoman weren't in Arkham Asylum!
Eheheh. We would have done Oracle instead, but nobody has red hair and a wheelchair…

Superboy and Robin?! And the cosplays suck.
Eheheheheh… For what it's worth, the C*cktail subplot is a nod to the initial World's Finest meeting between Kon and Tim. And we know the costumes don't make sense…seeing as that's post-Kon-death Robin and now that Kon's back Tim is running around as Red Robin and - what? The hair and ears? Um…

I'm totally lost.
Sorry, we know our geekiness can alienate people sometimes… emo If you know nothing about Batman and friends, we…don't even know where to begin. But if it's the Arkham Asylum bits you're confused about, this might help [spoiler warning]. The event is not directly based on it, but borrows certain elements for a good, fun time!

Can we co-own/gift the Hytes/C*cktails?
Yeah, okay. But in this case we would really really prefer it if the intended owners know who they're based off…

Can I enter if I already own a Hyte?
Yes. Do we actually have any other customers anymore? emo

More questions will be added if they are asked!

. CREDITS .
The following are shamelessly but lovingly ripped off…
All elements variously pulled off arrow Arkham Asylum and the general Batman mythos
Timecard-format of Cert [it's a loving homage!] arrow Sam & Max Season 2
Various comic fonts arrow Blambot

[LaBlue Belle]

Spread the word and spread the fun! We've got enough punch for everyone!

. LINKING .

[url=http://tinyurl.com/hct09hw][img]http://tinyurl.com/09hwban[/img][/url]

[Maxx D]

I like having an active hand in my partays, so this DJ isn't taking requests but I am taking over your sound-system. Trust me, I'm very good at atmosphere.

Now Playing

Electric Six - Dance Epidemic

Ooh, how telling!

[HyTech - Maxwell]

hi i'm not dead anymore

[HyTech - Julien]

Gee, if only I weren't running around crazy in Europe now that my best friend isn't dead.

[Jun D]

You're sick, Joker! Etc. etc.

[Demi End]

...What? You expected a meow or something?

[LaBlue Belle]

i don't think i make a good blonde~~



The thread is open!!