Miss & Mister Atys
"Bankrut, teenies. *hears a laugh*
– It's bankun, seamstress.
– Yes, yes, well... Bless you! I could never remember these damn new languages. Go get a cookie, a beer, and get settled.
– You going at last to tell us about the temples?
– Nay, not yet this time. *smiles*. I will tell you about the elections.
– Elections? *a young looking at her with surprise* Elections of what?
– Miss and Mister Atys. *smiles* At one time we loved to entertain ourselves other than by fighting. *teasing* It is summer 2529, the young Aularia embarks on a great organization for an election of the prettiest homina and the most beautiful homin. Everything was in camera. There was the selection period, during which you have only to send your autolucios. The goal being to retain 40 participants: 20 homins and 20 hominas, of any race, any horizon. http://forums.ryzom.com/showthread.php?t=17324/ The first ballot began shortly after with closed votes. We had to put ballot papers in the ballot boxes in town. Then everything was routed to Aularia so she could count the votes.
– Uh... No convoy was attacked?
– Nay, *laughs* everything was under protection, under seal. There were about 160 voters.
– Oh?
– At that time, the word on the street ran slower than nowadays. Only the curious ones went to the billboard. So the first ballot passed: we had to choose two hominas and two homins in the selection. http://forums.ryzom.com/showthread.php?t=17651/. From 40 the number of participants fell to 16. Alas, Tregian, an Animi, and Beathnic were eliminated on that ballot.
– Ah, we know this one, the one who sold himself at auction. *says a young she-guard, blushing*
– Then *smiles* in the fall, came the semifinal. And came the finale. For the homina side, there were Angia, Horion, 2 Fyros, Melowen, a Tryker, and Zortine, a Zoraï. For the homin camp, there was Bloudi, Ufo, two Fyros and Berku, a Matis. And the votes went on in camera. Voting was ultimately more of popularity than beauty or value. But even so the lucky ones were a nice couple of winners. Horion and Bloudi were at the top of the podium. There were about 160 voters in the beginning and 250 on the final ballot.
– Oh, no kidding!
– Yes. *smiles* For the next edition, Aularia was thinking of a little change in the rules, like hiding the names of the participants under their lucios so that popularity was not taken into account. She would also have liked the election to be announced elsewhere than on the billboard because at that time, there was no town crier as we have today.
– Huh? No drum announcing important events?
– Nay! None of that, just the billboard.
– You participated, did you?
– Hu-ho! I was young, reserved and Tregian already wanted to participate. An Animi was enough in the contest and I did not want to be in the spotlight. Some time later, in Yrkanis, there has been a parade of some of the participants and we discovered the bi... *oups* the strong she-Matis, a spoilsport. The homins laughed a lot seeing her marching with so much zeal and nonchalance. Alas, we had to wait till 2534 to see a fashion contest organized by Miena and a friend, Prysma. http://forums.ryzom.fr/showthread.php?t=24186 http://mienatys.blogspot.fr/. There occured even an invalidation of a Miss Atys for breaking the rules. http://forums.ryzom.com/showthread.php?t=29681/ http://forums.ryzom.com/showthread.php?t=29447/. We had to wait 2551 to have a new edition of Miss & Mister Atys.
– Waow! Nothing in the meantime?
– Nay! Nobody who had feel like organizing them again in the meantime. Let's go! To be continued tomorrow. Night all.
– Banrund the seamstress."
"Bankrut, teenies. *hears a laugh*
– It's bankun, seamstress.
– Yes, yes, well... Bless you! I could never remember these damn new languages. Go get a cookie, a beer, and get settled.
– You going at last to tell us about the temples?
– Nay, not yet this time. *smiles*. I will tell you about the elections.
– Elections? *a young looking at her with surprise* Elections of what?
– Miss and Mister Atys. *smiles* At one time we loved to entertain ourselves other than by fighting. *teasing* It is summer 2529, the young Aularia embarks on a great organization for an election of the prettiest homina and the most beautiful homin. Everything was in camera. There was the selection period, during which you have only to send your autolucios. The goal being to retain 40 participants: 20 homins and 20 hominas, of any race, any horizon. http://forums.ryzom.com/showthread.php?t=17324/ The first ballot began shortly after with closed votes. We had to put ballot papers in the ballot boxes in town. Then everything was routed to Aularia so she could count the votes.
– Uh... No convoy was attacked?
– Nay, *laughs* everything was under protection, under seal. There were about 160 voters.
– Oh?
– At that time, the word on the street ran slower than nowadays. Only the curious ones went to the billboard. So the first ballot passed: we had to choose two hominas and two homins in the selection. http://forums.ryzom.com/showthread.php?t=17651/. From 40 the number of participants fell to 16. Alas, Tregian, an Animi, and Beathnic were eliminated on that ballot.
– Ah, we know this one, the one who sold himself at auction. *says a young she-guard, blushing*
– Then *smiles* in the fall, came the semifinal. And came the finale. For the homina side, there were Angia, Horion, 2 Fyros, Melowen, a Tryker, and Zortine, a Zoraï. For the homin camp, there was Bloudi, Ufo, two Fyros and Berku, a Matis. And the votes went on in camera. Voting was ultimately more of popularity than beauty or value. But even so the lucky ones were a nice couple of winners. Horion and Bloudi were at the top of the podium. There were about 160 voters in the beginning and 250 on the final ballot.
– Oh, no kidding!
– Yes. *smiles* For the next edition, Aularia was thinking of a little change in the rules, like hiding the names of the participants under their lucios so that popularity was not taken into account. She would also have liked the election to be announced elsewhere than on the billboard because at that time, there was no town crier as we have today.
– Huh? No drum announcing important events?
– Nay! None of that, just the billboard.
– You participated, did you?
– Hu-ho! I was young, reserved and Tregian already wanted to participate. An Animi was enough in the contest and I did not want to be in the spotlight. Some time later, in Yrkanis, there has been a parade of some of the participants and we discovered the bi... *oups* the strong she-Matis, a spoilsport. The homins laughed a lot seeing her marching with so much zeal and nonchalance. Alas, we had to wait till 2534 to see a fashion contest organized by Miena and a friend, Prysma. http://forums.ryzom.fr/showthread.php?t=24186 http://mienatys.blogspot.fr/. There occured even an invalidation of a Miss Atys for breaking the rules. http://forums.ryzom.com/showthread.php?t=29681/ http://forums.ryzom.com/showthread.php?t=29447/. We had to wait 2551 to have a new edition of Miss & Mister Atys.
– Waow! Nothing in the meantime?
– Nay! Nobody who had feel like organizing them again in the meantime. Let's go! To be continued tomorrow. Night all.
– Banrund the seamstress."