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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Pumpkin contest winners for Final Fantasy XI]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/11/08/pumpkin-contest-winners-for-final-fantasy-xi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/11/08/pumpkin-contest-winners-for-final-fantasy-xi/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/11/08/pumpkin-contest-winners-for-final-fantasy-xi/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/fantasy/" rel="tag">Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/final-fantasy-xi/" rel="tag">Final Fantasy XI</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/contests/" rel="tag">Contests</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/fan-art/" rel="tag">Fan art</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/events-real-world/" rel="tag">Events, real-world</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</a></p><a href="http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/story.html?story=20407"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="top" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2009/11/ffxi-pumpkinwinners-epl-1107.jpg"  alt="" /></a><br />
As Halloween fades into a memory of candy, costumes, and cheaply-made outdoor decorations, the MMOsphere slowly closes its doors on the various holiday events.  <a href="http://www.playonline.com"><em>Final Fantasy XI</em></a>'s pumpkin-carving contest on <a href="http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/">Allakhazam</a> has finally <a href="http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/story.html?story=20407">drawn to a close</a>, with the votes in and tallied and the winners determined.  And if you doubt that there's a great deal of talent and originality on display with the contest, the excellently-rendered San d'Orian knight charging into battle above wasn't the winner -- they placed <a href="http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/wiki/09PCC_Ode_to_the_Past">fourth</a>.<br />
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Third place went to <a href="http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/wiki/09PCC_Tales_from_the_Cryptaru">a rendition of the title image</a> for this year's Halloween event, while second place went to <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/Final-Fantasy-Xi-/"><em>Final Fantasy XI</em></a>'s <a href="http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/wiki/09PCC_Shantotto">resident mad professor herself</a>.  First place went -- quite deservedly -- to <a href="http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/wiki/09PCC_Tonberry">this hauntingly well-rendered image</a> of a tonberry in the darkness.  The <a href="http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/story.html?story=20407">official announcement</a> includes a tally of the votes, but that might not be quite as exciting to casual observers as a <a href="http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/wiki/2009_Pumpkin_Carving_Contest">gallery of all the entries</a>.  Congratulations to the winners, and here's hoping that next year brings still more pumpkin-carving fun for <em>FFXI</em>.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/11/08/pumpkin-contest-winners-for-final-fantasy-xi/">Pumpkin contest winners for Final Fantasy XI</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/index.shtml>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/11/08/pumpkin-contest-winners-for-final-fantasy-xi/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/19227586/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/11/08/pumpkin-contest-winners-for-final-fantasy-xi/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>contests</category><category>fan-art</category><category>ffxi</category><category>final-fantasy-xi</category><category>halloween2009</category><category>news-items</category><category>pumpkin-carving</category><category>pumpkins</category><category>real-world-events</category><category>square</category><category>square-enix</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eliot Lefebvre]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
