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Conditions:

1) Only one video per person permitted.
2) You must NOT reveal your entry or your votes to anybody but Sillygostly.
3) You may submit virtually any video from YouTube or similar video sites. Embeddable videos are encouraged, but not mandatory.
4) If the content of your video contains excessive thematic, violent, coarse, nude, sexual or drug content, then you may need to provide an edited alternative for those who do not wish to view such material. Consult Sillygostly if you're unsure about the content of your video. In most cases, the uncut version will still be eligible for viewing.
5) All entrants are expected to vote. Entrants who fail to vote within a reasonable timeframe may have their ranking lowered in accordance with how they may have fared if they had voted.
6) In the event that you are unable to vote, you are allowed to nominate an understudy to vote on your behalf (bearing in mind that the understudy cannot vote for you; and the voter will be identified by their own username). This voter cannot be someone who is competing in the contest.
7) Once the videos are revealed, you must then submit your votes (this is done by ranking each video in order of your most to least favourite, excluding your own) to Sillygostly via private message.
In the event that the eBlah forum is closed down, you may join the "eBlah Video Song Contest" group on Facebook to commence your involvement in the contest, or you may contact me via email at u_r_talkin_2_sum1 at hotmail dot com.

Considering these upcoming changes, I think our upcoming grand finale will also be our last (and this may be followed by a full blown series finale which will see our 3 grand finale winners pitted against each other in a final farewell). Anybody who wishes to contribute to the EVSC's last hurrah are welcome to do so.

Anywho... enjoy the contest!]]> Tue, 28 Sep 2010 12:10:58 sillygostly http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/eblah/m-1284456734/ http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/eblah/m-1284456734/#num1 ]]> Tue, 14 Sep 2010 19:32:14 MeanDean http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/eblah/m-1279691008/ http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/eblah/m-1279691008/#num1
These were really popular when I was in the 5th and 6th grade.  You'de start off reading the book and it would be story telling you what you're doing and what you're seeing and descriptive.  I don't think it was ever complex enough to have much character development but the idea is that when you got to the end of a page (some of them longer than others) you'de be presented with 2 or more choices and for example:
"blah blah blah and you feel like dancing.
If you listen to Lady Gaga, turn to page 78.
If you listen to Metallica, turn to page 3.
If you listen to Cher, turn to  to page 12."

Obviously this isn't something where on a forum we can have set things that will happen, however it does provide the opportunity for anyone to follow loosely along a hopefully somewhat coherent story and then leave the next person to post with two or more options that they can take.  They would then write, long or short, their contribution with it being at least very slightly relevant to the option they chose, and then end it with a set of two or more options for the next person.  This doesn't work near as well as the books, but I thought it might be an interesting thread for a change.

I know we've had "make up story" threads before.  If we're lucky then this format will be more successful despite there being few people here.  The appeal for me is not being restricted to just a few words and also being able to only type just a few words if I woud so choose.

For those historically interested, here's the Wikipedia article on the original books http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choose_Your_Own_Adventure they were fun stuff when I was a kid.

I'll kick off a story in the next post.  Lets keep each other out of the story by the way.  I know I'll be tempted to write poetry about Dara and I'm sure no one is interested.  I might also get upset with someone and write it in and again I doubt anyone would want that included either.  So assuming the thread doesn't go the way of the second page of the forum, lets keep it impersonal to each other.
]]> Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:43:28 MeanDean http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/eblah/m-1277503605/ http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/eblah/m-1277503605/#num1 Sat, 26 Jun 2010 08:06:45 MeanDean http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/eblah/m-1271555374/ http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/eblah/m-1271555374/#num1 Sun, 18 Apr 2010 11:49:34 aquamonkey http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/eblah/m-1266375014/ http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/eblah/m-1266375014/#num1
I was just wondering, where do the winners names get published on the site for the weekly competitions?]]> Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:50:14 fengari http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/eblah/m-1266218740/ http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/eblah/m-1266218740/#num1 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:25:40 Matt http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/eblah/m-1263259107/ http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/eblah/m-1263259107/#num1 Asian House Gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus)

These geckos have taken over my house and are starting to get into appliances. When I first saw them I thought ... cute. Second - alright he's got a friend. However they've grown to almost 20!!

I've since read on forums that although they kill insects and bugs in your house. They have killed off native gecko species in the Brisbane area as well have exploded in numbers recently. There have been many cases of them getting into and causing the breakdown of computers, air cons, fridges and microwaves.

I'm all for nature, peace and love but not at the expense of aussie geckos AND appliances I can't afford to replace. Besides that these little buggers DUPLICATE like crazy, poo on everything and make so many loud "chuck, chuck, chuck" noises...  

I've found a pile of eggs already in the bottom of my monitor..  

I miss the old house geckos.. they were cute and stayed out of your way.. lol. I don't know if anyone else has this problem but I thought I would try eblah and see if anyone can help.. Oh, I tried insect spray and bombed our house over the holidays to only find their skin tone had changed to a shade darker.. lol.

PLEASE HELP!!!  
]]> Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:18:27 lurveit http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/eblah/m-1260516124/ http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/eblah/m-1260516124/#num1
Place an X by all the things you've done and remove the X from the ones you have not.

This is for your life!

( ) Gone on a blind date  
(x) Skipped school
(x) Consumed alcohol
( x) Smoked
(x) Watched someone die
(x) Been to Sydney
( )  Been to Melbourne
( x)  Been to Brisbane
( x)  Been to Darwin
( )  Been to Perth
( )  Been to Adelaide
( ) Been to New Zealand
( ) Been to America
( ) Been to Europe
( ) Been to Asia
( ) Been overseas
(x) Been on a plane
( ) Been on a cruise ship
(x ) Been lost
(x)  Been on the opposite side of the country
(  ) Gone to Canberra
(x) Gone to the Kimberley’s      
(x) Swam in the ocean
(x) Cried yourself to sleep
(x) Played cops and robbers
( x ) Coloured with crayons
(x) Sang Karaoke
(x) Heard music live
( X ) Paid for a meal with coins only
( X ) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't
(x) Made prank phone calls
(x)  Laughed until some kind of beverage came back out
( ) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
(x) Danced in the rain
(x) Written a letter to Santa Claus
( )  Been kissed under the mistletoe
(X) Watched the sunrise with someone you cared about
(X) Blown bubbles
( ) Gone ice-skating
( ) Been skinny dipping outdoors
(X) Gone to the movies
( ) Been in a movie
(x) Had a nickname
( ) Have a tattoo/s
(x) Have a piercing/s
(x) Vacationed in the last year
(x) Had Weet-Bix dry
(x) Been on TV
(x) Stolen a traffic sign
( ) Been in a car accident
( ) Stayed overnight at hospital
(x) Drive a car
( ) Drive a boat
( ) Fly a plane
(x) Eat meat
( ) Don’t eat meat
(x )  Had tomato sauce without anything else
( x) Had vegemite without anything else
(x) Had a bbq with family/friends
( ) Been a boss
(x) Done something naughty
]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:22:04 lurveit http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/eblah/m-1260246674/ http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/eblah/m-1260246674/#num1
1: lucerne ....Switzerland]]> Tue, 8 Dec 2009 15:31:14 LB