So a long time ago before I became a mod, I was a relatively unknown user who's only claim to fame appears to be his way with words. I made a thread like this that was unfortunately deleted when my account got erased. So now, after a long while I've decided to bring it back since it was quite popular at the time.
Basically: I will periodically be releasing some Haiku or Haiku-structured pieces that all describe at least one user in this forum, and you have to guess who he/she is. Unless that user is pretty well-known, the contents of the Haiku usually describe that person's username so
everyone can get it even though they don't really know that person all too well. That doesn't mean it's going to be easy though. Alot of them are going to be obscure references so have your pop culture/google thingie ready to crack some of these things.
I'll be releasing these things at 5-10 at a time, depending on my free time and stuff. Guessed answers will be posted here complete with the answer key (an explanation of why) in spoilers so people who arrive late to this thread can still guess if they want to.
**Update**: Added 6 more. We're nearing the end people!
XIV.
Now God is depressed.
Up in the sky, his tears flow.
Oh wait, that's a shape.
XXIV.
Sisters shoot his kid.
Master of Disaster Flicks.
Taxes, Toll, and Race
XXVII.
Starscream in real life.
The red, black, and silver ones.
Death Metal Zombie.
XXVIII.
After being shot,
my friend rises and changes
to rejoin the sun.
XXX.
Flexing your muscles
can converge them in an arc
that speaks in volumes.
Retro Bonus Round
Some of the Haikus I remember making when I made this thread almost 2 years ago is slowly coming back to me. I've put them here as something of a bonus challenge to those looking for a tough time. These pieces may allude to something that happened back then, or may refer to members that were active back then so, don't kick yourself if you can't get these off the bat. I've also modified some of these haikus because I honestly couldn't remember some of them exactly. Still, the message I wanted to convey remains the same.
**IMPORTANT**: If you were around when these came out and you figured them out or saw these things solved, don't answer them again so we can give these new guys a chance.
B1
Military Man?
Or English Navigator?
Either way is fine.
B2
Common conjunction,
plus a negative response,
and its opposite.
B3
Proud of the fact that
his LARGEST accomplishment?
Tiny. Or exact.
B4
Beginning and End.
Please don't shoot the messenger.
Or I'll stab your back.
B5
Attached at the end
defines mastery of craft
or bullshit physics.
Archives
Solved Haikus will go here so newbies that come here can still solve it without being spoiled.
I.
Victor whats-his-name:
his white lady trapped in glass.
Side-order staple.
II.
Tom Morello freaked
when his weapon of choice was
an alien race.
III.
They thought it was dead.
Persistent permutation.
Shield has problems now.
IV.
Snuffs the tribal torch.
Scumbag lawyer goes to school.
Handles Achmed, Dead.
V.
Survives the gauntlet
of digital displays.
Tens of times over.
VI.
Kindred of The Bat.
Son of knight and assassin.
But backwards when called.
VII.
Half the head of hits.
Loves bondage, heat, and roleplay
How long can you go?
VIII.
From marshes unknown
lives Rudolph's reddish cousin.
Shows off ass instead.
IX.
Precise or abrupt.
I think we all get the point.
Higher note required.
X.
Mistaken for him:
He slices air to thin air.
But pro all the same.
XI.
It's the devil's clone.
These burgers are delicious
unless you live east.
XII.
Infractible cause.
When he scratches the surface:
This head on a stick.
XIII.
The 1890s.
Or 60s if you prefer.
Feelings are mutual.
XV.
You there! Gather all the
teenagers with attitude.
What is your response?
XVI.
Where is my sweetness?
No sevens, bells, bars, and suits.
Show me the money!
XVII.
Tell one of the 12
To take his X-Cross elsewhere
Don't stop! Move move MOVE!
XVIII.
Current Events in UK
praise Helen Mirren's acting.
Rule 63, Bard.
XIX.
The eternal guard.
This dumbass' wish is to
live up to his name.
XX.
In 2012,
big daddy ball of fire
took back from his son.
XXI.
Prepare the bowl, then
season the beef and onions,
and oh--is that all?
XXII.
Across the swept ice.
Giant wheel sparks metal steel.
It hurts when I pee.
XXIII.
Maid of the future.
Homer heralds the morning.
Loveless winter crush.
XXV.
Zuko burned by dad
Adam and Eve go hungry
Vault Dweller can't stay
XXVI.
Comes after the Why
Show me all those pearly whites
Time to give her the
XXIX.
Trade this fixed standard
For in the hills and mountains
A librarian's friend.
Correctly guessed haikus will be noted here, as well as the full explanation behind the haiku. If a haiku hasn't been answered properly yet, it will remain locked. Newly answered ones will be in
BLUE
I. Fries - Is often a side-order of something. It's also the last name of Victor Fries aka Mr. Freeze, who's wife is forever encased in a block of ice.
II. Guitarii - Tom Morello is an American guitarist. Need we say more?
III. Hydra - It's a creature who's heads permutate when killed. It's also an enemy of SHIELD in the Marvel Universe.
IV. Jeff - All 3 lines pertain to Jeff Probst (host of Survivor), Jeff Winger (from Community), and Jeff Dunham (the comedian/ventriloquist).
V. Mustika - The haiku alludes to SCORE ATTACK! a somewhat recent event in which Mustika has been a recent winner of. The event lasted 10 rounds.
VI. Naimad - It's 'Damian' backwards. Damian Wayne is the son of Bruce Wayne (Batman, the dark knight) and Talia Al Ghul (from the league of assassins).
VII. Camila - She's half the head of this year's BSE among which 2 of the wildcard themes were hot surfaces and being tied up.
VIII. Firefly - These creatures live in marshes, and their backside glows like Rudolph the Reindeer's nose.
IX. Sharp - The haiku contains 4 definitions of the same word.
X. Jombo - He is often mistaken by noobs for Jomm, who's namesake RHG wields a sword that slices things using the force of air-pressure.
XI. Sacred - Sacred is a roguelike RPG in the vein of Diablo (the devil). And in eastern lands, Cows (where burgers come from) are known to be Sacred Cows.
XII. flamr - Flaming is an infractible cause. And a head on a stick that scratches surfaces refers to a matchstick and how it is lit.
XIII. Gildedguy - The 1890s refer to "The Gilded Age", as well as the sentiments it carried along with the 60s.
XIV. ??????????
XV. Ai - The haiku alludes The original Power Rangers. Zordon--the Mission Control--would always tell his robot assistant Alpha to teleport the rangers in. He's an AI. And his catchphrase is also "aiaiaiaiaiaiaia!!!"
XVI. Charry - She is the cherry; the only component that's missing in the items of a slot machine as they are described in the haiku.
XVII. Andrewgho - St. Andrew was one of the 12 apostles. He was known for being crucified on an X-shaped cross because he claims to not be as worthy as to be crucified in the same manner as Jesus. Also to " Don't stop, move move MOVE" means to "Go".
XVIII. GuardianTempest - The Guardian is a UK news outlet. In a recent production of Shakespeare's (The Bard) "The Tempest", Helen Mirren---a female---makes waves by playing as Caliban...a male role (rule 63).
XIX. Scarecrow - Eternal guards who have no brains, which is a Wizard of Oz reference.
XX. Cronos - Wrath of the Titans came out in 2012, and the villain of this movie Cronos (or Kronos) is in it to drain the power of his son, Zeus who was betrayed by his brother Hades and another god Ares.
XXI. Gyohdon - Japanese Beef bowl is Gyudon. Add an "OH" and you got the name.
XXII. stone - The haiku refers to the 3 ways the objects it use: for curling (the sport), for sharpening metal by grinding them, and as an ailment in the urethra where it hurts when you pee.
XXIII. Rosie - Rosie is the maid in The Jetsons, "Rosy fingered dawn" is an often quoted line from Homer who wrote the Iliad, and the third line just refers to how rosy one's cheeks get during loveless (aka cold) winter or when one is having a crush.
XXIV. ??????????
XXV. Exilement - The haiku depicts 3 characters from fiction (Zuko from the Last Airbender, Adam and Eve from the Bible, and the Vault Dweller from Fallout 3) who were each banished from their respective communities. AKA Exile.
XXVI. Zed - Every line describes a letter in his name. ZEE-EE-DEE.
XXVII. ??????????
XXVIII. ??????????
XXIX. Golden - The Golden Standard is often used for trade. It's found in hills and mountains. And Silence is Golden.
XXX. ??????????
B1. Captain Cook - Is in the military and historically an actual explorer.
B2. Sonoya - Every line describes a syllable in the username.
B3. ??????????
B4. Envoy - An Envoy is a messenger. He did boast winning the assassination game in his sig. The first line alludes Yugioh's Envoy of the Beginning and End, which he is a fan of.
B5. ??????????
Unless extremely prominent, members in this thread are moderately active posters. It helps that they often hang around General Discussion but you never know; there might be a few stragglers.
**IMPORTANT**
One more thing I ask is that if you want to answer these things, please
put them in spoilers for the benefit of those other people guessing. I'll be swooping here from time to time, to say if your answer is correct or not.
Also feel free to use this thread to discuss potential answers. Nominal use of the spoiler tag is recommended but not necessary for those discussions.
Let the guessing games begin!
