With the Cult of Rapture Xbox Theme and Gamerpics announced... I now have opened up the official Haiku Contest Thread!
Post your BioShock haikus here, and I'll grant 20 lucky winners codes of their own: 10 themes and 10 gamerpic packs.
Get writing, because this thread will close on Monday, June 4th!
Last edited by 2K Elizabeth; 05-29-2007 at 04:08 PM.
Is the prize for the haiku just XBOX360 stuff?
Yep, this round will be for the theme and gamerpic pack.Originally Posted by Raveness
How many verses are you looking for, Elizabeth? Is there a minimum/maximum? Just a single three-line verse?
Writing this Haiku
Without owning an xbox
Is silly of me.
Look Mister Bubbles
Kill him rip him to pieces!
Now back in the vent
Be sure to breathe deep
The electrobolt plasmid
A bit of a shock
I shall wait for now
I do not have an Xbox
PC prizes please.
XBox I have not
But haikus I love to write
A prize in itself
If this isn't an original premise for a contest, then I don't know what is! Well, without further ado...
The sound of water:
Drip drop. Drip drop. Drip drop. Drip.
Madness is catching.
An Xbox have I
My soul I shall give to you
For I love the 2k
Sorry haikus I love, but my skill in writing them is not so much
5The Agressors are dining..
on the Adam from the dead and the dying
This Splicer is grooving
to those awesome dudes crooning..
on rapture radio!
Hey little Sis!
Are you gonna whinge..when I take your syringe
Skip,skip little sister..all the way home!
7
5
You do know the haiku formula right?
I'll have to wait until the PC contest is up.
Not really no-I was just playing with words!
I walk in the halls
Behold the shame of Rapture
Shelter men no more
Decay and death wild
A child I see with my eyes
Draped in dread and fear
Friendly giant looms
His spear one of destiny
Breathe the new shelter
Combined they prevail
Forces of poison will yield
When you do decide
Please keep the haiku's to a 5,7,5 formula to make 2K Liz life easier
Also try and title your official haikus so that they can be easily discerned
Last edited by Raveness; 05-29-2007 at 05:12 PM.
disregard that first one (unless you like it) but if I can only have 1 official entry this is it
In the ocean deep
Rapture awaits your presence
Paradise or Hell?
If I can have more official entries I will probably come up with more later
Everything is gone
His life's work he has destroyed
Can you save yourself?
Yes or No good sir
i am asked on arrival
of this sunken grave
Palms are aching now
sweaty nightmares, rotting flesh
Rapture embraces...
ah, zen in rapture
your halls are never ending
i lost my soul there
flat carnival smile
his grimacing metaphor
thine big top has drowned
that last one is for you, Andrey
so liek, are these rewards for 360 or what? rofl
Last edited by Bioshock_FTW!; 05-31-2007 at 06:05 PM.
Haiku Entry
the damp cold water
seeping in all around me
welcome to rapture
Last edited by Nias Wolf; 05-29-2007 at 07:31 PM.
Plasmids are your doom
Abusing them like lil' sis
Killing you slowly
Rapture is dieing
Filling up with dead bodies
And water to boot
The plane crashes hard
Freezing Atlantic water
Chilling to the bone
Here comes Big Daddy
Saving beloved Adam
Turned into a child
What has Rapture shown
Docters, Artists, Architects
Can NOT get along
Shotgun and pistol
Beside my electro-bolt
My best buds down here
Opportunity
It says on the free pamphlet
But just death awaits
Thats all I got..........for now.
Last edited by Rapture_Survivalist; 06-03-2007 at 11:05 AM.
Survivor I am
Burning wreakage near
Is this my last breath?
I wish it not so
But wait a lighthouse!
It is my savior
Only way is down
A hidden city beneath
Better then my death
Monsters all around
Once people they were
Will I become them?
Will I become them?
Should life end to save my own?
Can I live with it?
These dark thoughts are there
Driving me mad with contemp
Can I go around?
Contemplate the choice
I have taken down the beast
The little girl looks
She has nothing left
Looking at me with sad eyes
I take her life too
This is my Entry
I'm not good with Haikus
this is my first try ever
so I have some doubts
im not sure if that was supposed to be a haiku but it goes 5,7,5 and in this you have 6, 7, 5 haikus is two sylables
I guess it is the way I pronounce I'm I pronounce it as one Sylable so that is why I have it like that.
ooo i see i forgot about that if so nice haiku for your first one
I hope mine isn't too long...
No yours isn't boring it is actually really good when I read yours I could actually picture everything, but that is also from the Screenshots and videos but I think yours is the best.
here's mine, they're all stand alone pieces, not one long haiku:
To extract or help?
The mental choice brings anguish
But her death brings wealth
A problem is easy
When the solution is change
Brought by a syringe
Welcome to Rapture
There is only one rule here
Evolve or pass away
A foe is a friend
When a common threat is found
Rapture's threat is you
A foe to avoid
A protector of the weak
Someone to call "dad"
A great fanservice
It would be if 2k liz
picked me as the victor
:P
Last edited by lotkrotan; 05-29-2007 at 07:12 PM.
Drills and syringes
Big,fast,men in diving suits
A gamers heaven
Roses are bright red
Big Daddy's are rusty brown
Harvesters are pale
Big Daddy's are nuetral
Andrew Ryan is helpful
Splicers are f#@^%d up
Electro Plasmid
You are so shockingly cool
You help me make friends
Oh Mister Bubbles
You keep the bad guys from me
With your drill of truth
hope those were good
Big Daddy's are nuetral = 6
other then that, they're decent.
unless you attack them they are nuetral
(ive never attempted a haiku before now, thanks raveness for providing numbers =P)
splicers really suck
with the slashing and hurting
killing my mind slowely
gun modifying
make splicers explode oh please
i need a belt first
lol
Thanks Poison. I tried to find the right words. So thank you for the compliment
This utopia;
has dreamt the impossible
but screams failure now
For humankind's best
a promise for the challenged
has sprung light for those
A madman's delight
or a godsend to us all
can breed hope for some
An ocean's calmness
hints of an omnious depth
one can imagine
Stuck underwater
Big Daddy's down for slaughter
Little Sister: oops!
Rapture's down the drain
Andrew Ryan is insane
...wish I had my plane
Yay Mr. Bubbles
you're the end of my troubles
you suck at hopscotch
You have a good start you just need to pare it down a bit.Not really no-I was just playing with words!
Ya know? I didn't think somebody could make a funny haiku about as creepy a game as boshock, but I was proven dead wrong. I think I just lost big time. Great job everybody
Last edited by Nias Wolf; 05-29-2007 at 10:27 PM. Reason: sounded funny
I guess i'll have a go at it.
As the waters flood
Are you willing to spill blood
To better yourself
The city is dead
For one mans greed and power
Would you do the same
Choices must be made
Insanity lurks within
Can you restrain it
Savior or killer
Fear in the face of a child
Now at your mercy
Do you spare her life
Or do you take her last breathe
You are now her god
In a world gone wild
Through the eyes of a small child
Humanity's lost
Last edited by zombiehorde; 05-30-2007 at 02:43 AM.
Mutating and cold.
innocent insanity.
Twisted miracle.
The Lurching Horror
Twisted flesh marches,
Walks to the rhythm of death
With a child in tow.
A cry in the dark:
"Look Mister Bubbles! Adam!"
And a ritual.
What cruel life is this?
Rusting on the ocean floor
You kill to survive.
Note: I pronounce ritual "ri-tyoo-uhl", although some people could pronounce it "rit-chool". Wow, I love poetry. Xanadu!! Woo!
Last edited by darthkiwi; 05-30-2007 at 08:42 AM. Reason: Gave it a title.
Crying in schorch'd room
Child in pain, waiting for doom.
Should i relieve it?
I say more rit-chu-ul. But that's just me.Note: I pronounce ritual "ri-tyoo-uhl", although some people could pronounce it "rit-chool". Wow, I love poetry. Xanadu!! Woo!
The first line has five
The next, seven syllables
The last has five, too
Haikus are easy
If you count on your fingers
You can not go wrong
Americans note
The different English styles
Aluminium
Last edited by v.dog; 05-30-2007 at 04:31 AM. Reason: different = dif_rent, styles = sty_els
Rapture
Night and on the sea
I've crashed this awful party—
Is this the sixties?!
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