RE: Medical Examination
So the competition is do a standup routine and record it?
If I'm honest I'm not sure if it's a format that best lends itself to this platform, as standup without an audience track is a bit weird and getting a spot on stage for this competition is a lot to ask for. Unless @idikuci means more of a funny rant/monologue, then I suppose it could work.
Are the prizes dependent on the upvotes on that post or are they set?
I fear that the barrier to entry to such a competition is a bit high. But I may be wrong so there's no reason not to give it a try I guess.
I threw a decent vote on the post. Hopefully you'll find some interesting entries.
I was thinking more along the lines of simpler competitions with lower barriers to entry like a hashtag game or a 'come up with a funny line for this random gif/picture' game. Maybe in the future.
Thanks For the support I greatly appreciate it.
I would love to see people doing Dtube stand up but it isn't madatory, the posts can be anything. These great posts you do with @traf can be an entry. Anything funny really. The idea for ComedyOpenMic as a tag was it Sounds better (I think) than ComedyOpenPost. Although maybe we change the name next week, still very fluid.
Prizes are set. I don't like the "resteem me/upvote me" and earn a piece of my payout. Just hoping to promote comedy a bit more. I am hoping that the competition can pay for itself but I'm happy to put in my own SBD's if it really can bring people into steem and beef up the profile of #funny it'll be worth it.
I'd love to see an entry from @traf and @trafalgar... We're all kind of jonsing for another @trafalgar post.
I've seen a couple of caption contests but I was thinking to do something more inclusive. allow people to do funny songs, or funny stories or fight with their brother over pizza.
Cheers,
idi
Ahh, I didn't get that impression at all from the description of the competition
It read to me like it had to be at least a sound recording of a stand up routine, if not a video, maybe I misread.
Do show me the winners if I miss them. A reply on the latest traf post like what dj did is by far the best way to reach me. If I like them I'll throw out a small vote.
I get demoralized reading the comments of my longer comedy posts on trafalgar. Most people read the title and answer something in the comments hoping to get a 1% vote. I honestly think about 5-10 people actually read those trafalgar posts, it's just not where internet comedy is heading. People don't have the time to read anything longer than a sentence these days.
Hopefully your competition will do well.
Awesome, I will quote you on that. Seriously appreciate your support with this. If no trafalgar post, a traffy entry would be great. You're the maestro, won't be the same without you.
hear! hear!
Read that again @trafalgar / @traf
get it?
one more time
nuff' said
I disagree. Some of my best stuff was long, people enjoy it, and my comment section lights up, so I put on an after show.
I was certainly impressed with the size of your last post.
I don't know if we're talking dick jokes or being serious right now... :)
Can one truly joke about a dick? personally I find it hard to be in such situations, raises my blood pressure it does, when people use inuendo.
Speaking of dicks, the package has been delivered.
I sent that 10 SBD for prizes, your way, just now.
Awesome, I'm positively giddy with excitement awaiting you package delivery.
I am very happy to hear that this will be more of a cornucopia of comedy. We just don't have a large enough funny community to have a narrow focus. I too think the platform is currently best suited for quick images and jokes but I will support anything funny. It would be cool to get a ton of funny videos, songs, standup, one liners, memes gifs, and hashtags.
I like the way you phrased it as requiring a "low barrier to entry". That is the key. We need to provide an easy way for people to get involved. For some people quick one liners are tough but a funny song is easy.
This is letting everyone choose their own method to make people laugh.
Absolutely! @coruscate is planning on creating a spoof song for the comp. I can't wait, I'm a little excited to see it. it's going to be some much fun!!!
I want to be very clear that not only do I plan on reading every word of every long post you make, I plan on responding with a positive review dripping with so much unnecessary purple prose, people won’t be sure if Steemit had forgot to renew its domain name resulting in some middle-management Time Editor quickly snatching it up so he could fulfill his dream of building a competitor to the Thesaurus.
You see the level of dullness, overwriting, and comedic mis-timing I just did there?
That is going to be on EVERY long-form comedy post you make from now on.
When people start reading my comments on your posts, their minds will snap them strait into a State approximating a heroin nod, except instead of Euphoria, the nothingness is accompanied by the same feeling you get when you stub your little toe on the coffee table for the third time in an hour.
Your copy, which is already great, will read, in comparison to my comment, like it was authored by Zombie Mitch Hedberg on crack (which is really just Zombie Mitch Hedberg on heroin, on crack).
Continue the long-form!!!
Absolutely. I just love the long @trafalgar posts. It really is a shame he doesn't feel people read them.
yeah i for one would definitely upvote food fights, even without bikinis
I'd have to insist on the bikini. Will be so much better.
oh thanks itchy, i can always count on you to challenge me to be slutty
definitely jonsing here for @trafalgar ;)
good thinking itchy, I'll talk to @steembirds to do a comedy song for #comedyopenmic
don't worry itchy, if we call it #comedyopenmic it will still work even if it's more like #comedyfreestyle,potaytoe - potaatoe, everyone in the community will help build a brand around it!