Eorzea Haiku Contest Discussion Thread (EU)

Please post in this thread to hold discussions and ask questions related to the Eorzea Haiku Contest.

Please submit entries in the entry thread.

Insomnia made me find this thread and i made up a quick haiku before seeing the prize... I have legacy status so posting here for posterity :p

Allag's cage descends
Fire rains from stygian wings
A realm soon reborn

Good luck to everyone who enters!!!

Fire rains from stygian wings = 6 syllables :/
(well in the UK it would be, I dunno if you guys in the US make Sty-Gian into Sty-gi-an or something?)

Checked online - it appears it is, please ignore that last post ^^;;

Yay for a EU contest outside of the typical 4 countries ^_^ Australia is back in the game! I won't be entering (no word smithing skill, an odd sense of humour and already in Beta twice as a Legacy player with a Legacy mule account) but I wish everyone else the best of luck and look forward to seeing the awesome entries from around the world! Again, yay for the full EU regions competition ^_^

I just need to say one thing, the prize is a beta key, but aren't most people that post on these forums legacy members, so most of us are already in the beta.

Nothing wrong with giving it to a friend, surely?

I'm not EU but if I were my Haiku would be,

My hourglass figure,
Hiir No Evil, Va va voom~
Thank you Yoshi P!

*snap snap*

Good afternoon, brave (and poetic) adventurers !

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Originally Posted by Fadigre

Nothing wrong with giving it to a friend, surely?

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That is indeed right, if you are one of the lucky winners of this contest you may hand your prize to a dear friend of yours, if you wish. Isn't it February just now, the month of love and affection?

Why are you waiting?
Enter the contest to win
For your friends can join

from the entry thread

Moogle messenger
Delivering Eorzea's mail
All on time kupo!

Eorzea is 3 syllables so its an 8 syllable line?

From the videos the enunciation is "Your zay ah", can Fernhalwes confirm?

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Originally Posted by Sasunaich

Good afternoon, brave (and poetic) adventurers !



That is indeed right, if you are one of the lucky winners of this contest you may hand your prize to a dear friend of yours, if you wish. Isn't it February just now, the month of love and affection?

Why are you waiting?
Enter the contest to win
For your friends can join

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Erm, don't the contest rules state that the prize is non transferable..? Doesn't giving it to a friend count as transferring..?

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Originally Posted by mbncd

Erm, don't the contest rules state that the prize is non transferable..? Doesn't giving it to a friend count as transferring..?

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I think they meant that you can't sell it.

Now I wonder why this is EU only?

Well Its like a Haiku.

A Regni renascentis
Suus 'quod quaerimus
Ad Adventure Quondam Iterum


^_-

I vote for all world
So many more can show it
There talent to all

wow, what is that? latin? esperanto?

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Originally Posted by Junpei

from the entry thread

Moogle messenger
Delivering Eorzea's mail
All on time kupo!

Eorzea is 3 syllables so its an 8 syllable line?

From the videos the enunciation is "Your zay ah", can Fernhalwes confirm?

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エオルゼア
E-o-ru-ze-a

E-or-ze-a

That's a nine-syllable line by my count. To be as you're hearing it it would take a different Japanese spelling. Japanese pronunciation will adhere to their spelling, but it is possible it's as you say and they used incorrect spelling and now subject themselves to "incorrect" pronunciation for the sake of the Romanization.

My first Haiku. Very traditional. Unfortunately no comedy potential.

Land of Aetheryte
Alluring desolation
Midgardsormr's rest

Any ideas as to when the winners will be announced? I know they said the 18th but it's almost midnight JP time and still nothing :confused:

I hear there's something going on down at EU HQ today, so it might be delayed! :D

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Originally Posted by Mjollnir

I hear there's something going on down at EU HQ today, so it might be delayed! :D

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Always with the cloak and dagger tactics! lol