[ Poll ] DON'T PANIC! [event thread mock-up]

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Total Votes: 10

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DON'T PANIC!
The Holidays are here~!

A towel is a very important thing.

''A towel, it[the Hitchhiker's Guide] says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. Partly it has great practical value - you can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie on it on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of Santraginus V, inhaling the heady sea vapours; you can sleep under it beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world of Kakrafoon; use it to sail a mini raft down the slow heavy river Moth; wet it for use in hand-to- hand-combat; wrap it round your head to ward off noxious fumes or to avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (a mindboggingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can't see it, it can't see you - daft as a bush, but very ravenous); you can wave your towel in emergencies as a distress signal, and of course dry yourself off with it if it still seems to be clean enough.''

The winter holidays are a time of warm, fuzzy feelings but it takes more than just feelings to keep warm on these cold winter nights. For that you'll need a warm, fuzzy towel and I'm more than happy to supply you with one.
Stick around and chat too. If you do you might be one of the handful of lucky people to find themselves to be the new owner of a shiny, new, non-towel shaped bunch of pixels. =D

Do you know where your towel is? Yes or no?
Are you panicking? Yes or no?
What color would you like your towel to be? white, black, blue, yellow, pink, green or purple.
What are you hoping to get for the holidays? Please stick to items on Gaia.
Is there anything else I should know? This is mostly for if you plan on donating. Tell me here if I should send you a trade or gift the towel to you. If you don't specify I'll gift it.

[size=14][color=crimson]Do you know where your towel is?[/color][/size] [size=11]Yes or no?[/size]
[size=14][color=green]Are you panicking?[/color][/size] [size=11]Yes or no?[/size]
[size=14][color=crimson]What color would you like your towel to be?[/color][/size] [size=11]white, black, blue, yellow, pink, green or purple.[/size]
[size=14][color=green]What are you hoping to get for the holidays?[/color][/size] [size=11]Please stick to items on Gaia.[/size]
[size=14][color=crimson]Is there anything else I should know?[/color][/size] [size=11]This is mostly for if you plan on donating. Tell me here if I should send you a trade or gift the towel to you. If you don't specify I'll gift it.[/size]

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the Rules
o1. Don't panic.
o2. No spam. I'm vegan. I don't like spam be it canned or typed. This means no bumping, no quoting any posts on the first page, no flaming, etc. None of that. I don't want that crap my thread.
o3. If you want a towel fill out the form in the first post and put your request in the thread. I won't accept requests for towels that don't use the form or requests that are PMed to me.
o4. I'm a busy college student. Don't give me crap if I don't send you your towel right away.
o5. Read the FAQ before asking me or my mods any questions about the thread, towel giveaway, contests, ect.
o6. Don't be afraid to stay and chat! Just please try to keep chat speak and what not to a minimum. I speak English. wh3n u r1t3 liek th1s it confuses me. I don't like being confused and I don't want to waste my time translating your post.
o7. Don't advertise your thread/shop/whatever in a post in my thread. I don't care if you have a link in your sig but to come and post an ad in my thread would be rude. I don't go around whoring out my thread in yours, do I? If you want to trade links PM me and I'll probably be happy to oblige.
o8. Pan Galatic Gargle Blasters are available for the regs but no more than one per person, k?
o9. More rules can and will be added later... maybe.

the FAQ
"I want a towel but I don't know what color I want! Will you pick one for me?"
_____Sure. =D
_____If you don't know what color you want I'll pick one to match your current avi.

"I want to donate! What should I do?"
_____First off, thanks! If you want to donate send me a trade with "towel" somewhere in the title. If you're donating gold/items and you've asked for a
_____towel I'll send you a trade with your towel in it.

"I want to buy a towel from you. How much are they?"
_____The towels I'm handing out are 9oo gold in the shops.

"What colors do the towels come in?"
_____Towels come in black, white, blue, purple, pink, green, and yellow.

"How do you make a Pan Galatic Gargle Blaster?"
_____o1. Take the juice from one bottle of that Ol' Janx Spirit.
_____o2. Pour into it one measure of water from the seas of Santraginus V.
_____o3. Allow three cubes of Arcturan Mega-gin to melt into the mixture (it must be properly iced or the benzine is lost).
_____o4. Allow four litres of Fallian marsh gas to bubble through it (in memory of all those happy Hikers who have died of pleasure in the Marshes of
________Fallia).
_____o5. Over the back of a silver spoon float a measure of Qualactin Hypermint extract, redolent of all the heady odours of the dark Qualactin
________Zones; subtle sweet and mystic.
_____o6. Drop in the tooth of an Algolian Suntiger. Watch it dissolve, spreading the fires of the Algolian Suns deep into the heart of the drink.
_____o7. Sprinkle Zamphour.
_____o8. Add an olive.
_____o9. Drink... but... very carefully.

"What is your favorite version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?/Who is your favorite character?"
_____Well, I want to say the books are my favorite but I haven't read them all yet, so until further notice I'm going to go with the tv series.
_____My favorite character is New Movie!Marvin because he looks awesome and I love Alan Rickman. Book and TV!Ford are super close behind in
_____second.

"D= What do you mean you haven't read the books?!"
_____Don't get me wrong. I'm not the sort of person that hates reading. In fact, I've been wanting to read really anything of Douglas Adam's for ages
_____now but I never had money to spare on books. Recently I managed to get a copy of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and The Restaurant at
_____the End of the Universe at a used bookstore for under five dollars, so don't worry. I am making my way through the books. =]

"What is the ultimate answer?"
_____42... duh.

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the Hitchhikers
these are the people that run the thread. if they tell you to stop doing what you're doing you should probably listen.
o1. sickSYRINGE - field researcher for the guide and seriously hoopy frood.
o2. Behatzlacha-S - resident undead penguin

the Regs
to get on this list you must be active in the thread. to be considered active you must have a non-bump post on at least five pages.
o1. Karlii Alorade
o2.
o3.
o4.
o5.

the Donors
you may thank these people but do not spam them with pleas for gold/items. that would be a rude and ungrateful thing to do to such kind people.
o1.
o2.
o3.
o4.
o5.

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the Poll Contest
When the poll reaches 42 votes the first person to send me a screen shot of it will win a set of hand held towels(one in each color) or a complete set of towels in the color of their choice.
The poll question will be changed after it hits 43 votes.

the Page Contest
The first person to post on pages 12, 25 and 42 will win a set of hand held towels(one in each color) or a complete set of towels in the color of the winners choice.
Bumping to get the first post on these pages will result in disqualification. More prize pages will be added after we get to page 42.

the Caroling Contest
All you have to do for this is take a christmas carol and rewrite with a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy twist. Try to PM me your entry by Christmas Eve at the latest and I'll try to get the winners posted sometime on Christmas.
Prizes: First Place - 1ooo gold
Second Place - 5ooo gold
Third Place - 1ooo gold

the Art Contest
This is pretty simple. The only requirement is that you draw my current avi.
Aside from that you can do whatever you'd like. You can even take off items if it makes it easier for you.
Prizes: First Place - 2oooo gold
Second Place - 1oooo gold
Third Place - 5ooo gold
Please note that prizes are subject to change.

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the Banners
most of these are pretty old.
make me a new one and i'll <3 you forever. =D

new:

[url=http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/charity-quests/don-t-have-a-towel-don-t-panic-we-do-open/t.56114571_1/][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v678/Zero_lives/gaia/dontpanic.gif[/IMG][/url]

by Karlii Alorade

old banners(feel free to use them still):

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by iphones

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by 4dreamcastonly

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by Kharmia Attradie

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the Links
want to trade links? pm me. please don't post your banner in my thread without my permission. that sort of thing isn't cool.

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