User:Misanthropy/The Barhah

The Quandry

It's a question that has puzzled Malton's philosophers for entire seconds at a time. Just what is the barhah? Is it a state of mind, a philosophy to be followed; or is it a phenomenon, a wave of events given a name? Is it pro-death? Anti-life? Both? Is it the state of brotherhood between zambahz, or the goals they band together to achieve? And what about the role of the harmanz - are they always antagonistic to the barhah, or can they be attuned to its means and ends? All these questions and more have occupied Malton's greatest minds, usually only shaken loose when said minds are then occupied by yellowed teeth.

The Challenge

How do you define the barhah? On a personal level, we all have some notion as to what we feel it is, and here on the wiki, far from the prying eyes grasping hands of the crusading undead, is the time to get to the bottom of things. To this end, I'm opening up a writing contest, open for entry to absolutely anyone. Simply write a piece between 150 and 500 words describing your personal views on the matter, in a subpage of your namespace, and link it here. Being a contest, there will be a winner, but I won't be judging the peices - a winner will be determined via a vote, with each entrant picking their favourite entry (not including their own!) at the deadline. Try to keep your entries original but don't be off-the-wall just for the sake of it.

The contest will begin right away, and the final deadline for entry will be 00:00 GMT on Sunday 18th July (01:00 Monday 19th BST).

Due to some feedback from potential entrants, and slow progress, the deadline has been extended seven days to 00:00 GMT on Sunday 25th July (01:00 Monday 26th BST).

The Entries

Please link to your entry below and include a timestamped signature.

Yonnua Koponen's Entry --Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 23:17, 12 July 2010 (BST)

Rachel Akebre's Entry --Ryvyoli ^{Y R} 09:45, 13 July 2010 (BST)

JN's Entry (By Birra Moretti) --JN 22:35, 13 July 2010 (BST)

Skull Grin's thoughts on Barhah. --Goribus 21:06, 16 July 2010 (BST)

The Barhah -- Zombiegeorge 21:43, 16 July 2010 (BST)

Warning! This page may contain dangerous levels of redneck. ~ Red Hawk One ^{Talk | space for lease} 23:31, 16 July 2010 (BST)

User:Mayhem2010 --Mayhem2010 13:19, 17 July 2010 (BST)

Better on time than never... --VVV ^RPMBG 23:46, 25 July 2010 (BST)

Babel, Backwards 00:07, 26 July 2010 (BST)

gragh --jorm 22:24, 20 October 2010 (BST)

The Votes

Beginning as soon as the deadline is over, entrants can vote on their favourite entry below.

Voting has begun. Each entrant can now choose their favourite entry.

YonnuaGotta love literalism. ~ Red Hawk One ^{Talk | space for lease} 02:07, 26 July 2010 (BST)

Rachel Akebre - The way she described Barhah is closest to what I feel is the best way to explain it to someone that's never heard of Barhah and doesn't know what it means. It was also well written and well thought out. I especially liked the concluding statement about Barhah being life in it's truest most raw form. -- Goribus 03:34, 26 July 2010 (BST)

TripleU Because nothing is better than an explanation that actually explains nothing at all. --Ryvyoli ^{Y R} 09:46, 26 July 2010 (BST)

Red Hawk One For excellent writing, insight, and making me laugh.--JN 11:14, 26 July 2010 (BST)

Misanthropy - I'm lazy, so I went for a short one. Of the three short ones, Misanthropy's had the word "just" in it the most times.--Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 11:25, 26 July 2010 (BST)

If Misanthropy wants to force a draw, I'll have to take him out of the tie-break by abstaining.--User:Yonnua Koponen/signature2 19:07, 4 August 2010 (BST)

Abstain -- Zombiegeorge 02:25, 28 July 2010 (BST)

Mayhem - Misanthropy is cheating by making me vote before I have time to choose properly. He should be disqualified! --VVV ^RPMBG 01:17, 4 August 2010 (BST)

Goribus - super fun time DRAW! 01:18, 4 August 2010 (BST)