I know that many of you have been waiting patiently for this post... and here it is! Thank you so much to everyone who has helped to make "Captions Outrageous!", The Right Place Photo Caption Contest, one of the most played and very best in the blogosphere!
Now, without further ado, The Right Place is proud to present... drumroll please...
The First Annual Captions Hall of Glory Championship Edition!How the points were awarded:
1st Place = 10 pts
2nd Place = 7 pts
3rd Place = 5 pts
4th or 5th Place = 3 pts
6th Place thru 10th Place = 2 pts
11th Place or Lower, Honorable Mention, or Bonus Caption = 1 pt
Photoshop or Other Creative Work Linked to = 1 pt
Photoshop or Other Especially Clever Creative Work Displayed = 5 pts
I also awarded participation points. Every player, regardless of whether they made the winners' list or not, was given 1 credit for every contest they participated in. It didn't matter whether they submitted 1 caption or 100, each week they played was worth 1 credit. When they accrued 4 credits, they were awarded 1 point. In other words, they got 1 point for every 4 contests they played in, regardless of any other points they may or may not have received...
Participation in 4 contests = 1 pt
Here is a list of everyone who earned participation points and the number of contests they participated in:
12 pts (1):
50 - Rodney Dill
10 pts (2):
41 - D. Carter
40 - spacemonkey
9 pts (2):
37 - Maggie
36 - Doc
8 pts (3):
33 - Hoodlumman
33 - the man
33 - V the K
7 pts (6):
31 - Stew
30 - Steve O
29 - Damian G.
29 - Zsa Zsa
28 - Special Ed
28 - walrus
6 pts (4):
27 - Anna
26 - John Ruberry
24 - McGehee
24 - Pam
5 pts (5):
23 - T.M.
22 - Buckley F. Williams
22 - SJJ
20 - Will Franklin
20 - Windhamite
4 pts (11):
19 - DaveD
19 - jimmy b
19 - THIRDWAVEDAVE
18 - Carl
18 - don
18 - Dr. Phat Tony
17 - charles austin
17 - Sgt. Fluffy
16 - Chris
16 - GOP and College
16 - LongTabSigO
3 pts (8):
15 - I. Ronnie
14 - Greg Finnegan
14 - MFG
14 - radio free fred
13 - Bill W.
13 - Laurence Simon
12 - Bob
12 - hatless in hattiesburg
2 pts (8):
11 - Good Lt.
11 - Peter Halabu
10 - DeanS
10 - ILikeIke
8 - bullwinkle
8 - McCain
8 - Randy
8 - Rob B.
1 pt (23):
7 - Jeanette
7 - Son of the Godfather
7 - Songbird
7 - TC@LeatherPenguin
6 - Chris Short
6 - Dave Craddock
6 - Dave E
6 - FrauBudgie
6 - Pluto's Dad
6 - Scot
5 - bohemianlikeyou
5 - joe-6-pack
5 - Mr. Snitch!
5 - ScottG
4 - Brainster
4 - COGirl
4 - David McKay
4 - Greg (1)
4 - Magical Pat
4 - MorningSun
4 - opine6
4 - RFA
4 - serfer
A total of 73 different players participated in at least 4 contests! Thank you one and all.
VICTIMS LISTIf anyone is curious as to whom we have managed to fold, spindle, mangle and/or mutilate thus far, here is a list of the poor, hapless victims of your rapier wit through the first season, with our most frequent prey listed first (number of appearances in parentheses). Anonymous by-standers are not included. Keep in mind that more than one celebrity may appear in the same picture, and that the President of the United States is easily the most photographed individual in the world on a week to week basis, making him the most likely to appear in a picture that screams out to be captioned at any given time!:
George W. Bush (7)
Hillary Clinton (3)
Howard Dean (3)
Ted Kennedy (3)
Harry Reid (3)
Chuck Schumer (3)
Bill Clinton (2)
Al Gore (2)
John Kerry (2)
John Roberts (2)
Donald Rumsfeld (2)
Cindy Sheehan (2)
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Harry Belafonte
Joe Biden
Barbara Boxer
Jimmy Carter
Hugo Chavez
Dick Cheney
Jacques Chirac
James Clyburn
Russ Feingold
Dianne Feinstein
Al Franken
Danny Glover
Saddam Hussein
Jesse Jackson
William Jefferson
Kim Jong-Il
Junichiro Koizumi
Osama bin Laden
Pat Leahy
Joe Lieberman
John McCain
Cynthia McKinney
John Murtha
Ray Nagin
Barack Obama
Nancy Pelosi
Lisa Marie Presley
Priscilla Presley
Condoleezza Rice
Karl Rove
Al Sharpton
Tony Snow
Abu Musab al Zarqawi [now worm food!]
Ayman al Zawahiri
Other subjects...
Greenpeace
Hippies
Modern Art
PETA
Road Sign
Santa Claus
And now, ladies and gentlemen, we proudly present to you:
The Official Right Place Year One CapHOG Honor Roll...
NOTE: Ties were allowed to stand this time, but to determine the order in which the players were listed, tie-breaks were applied as follows (in order):
Top Finish; Times at Top Finish; Second Highest Finish; Times at Second Highest Finish; Each Successive Remaining Ordinal; Times at Each Successive Remaining Ordinal; Times Charted; Times Participated; Week of Most Recent Participation.
THE CHAMPIONSGOLD MEDALIST 1) D. Carter (279 pts) 5x WINNER: Weeks 19, 31, 33, 36, 51
[92 Times Charted, 31 Top Fives, 51 Top Tens]SILVER MEDALIST 2) Rodney Dill (253 pts) 7x WINNER: Weeks 12, 14, 22, 32, 43, 45, 52
[87 Times Charted, 25 Top Fives, 42 Top Tens, 1 Photoshop, 3 Creativity Bonuses]BRONZE MEDALIST 3) V the K (206 pts) 6x WINNER: Weeks 16, 17, 23, 30, 38, 39
[74 Times Charted, 21 Top Fives, 45 Top Tens]THE ELITE (The rest of the top 25)
4) walrus (194 pts) 4x WINNER: Weeks 40, 41, 49, 50
[93 Times Charted, 18 Top Fives, 28 Top Tens, 1 Creativity Bonus] 5) Steve O (113 pts) 2x WINNER: Weeks 34, 47
[44 Times Charted, 11 Top Fives, 23 Top Tens] 6) spacemonkey (100 pts) 2x WINNER: Weeks 2, 42
[35 Times Charted, 10 Top Fives, 21 Top Tens] 7) Doc (74 pts) WINNER: Week 35
[27 Times Charted, 8 Top Fives, 11 Top Tens] 8) Hoodlumman (71 pts) WINNER: Week 3
[25 Times Charted, 7 Top Fives, 18 Top Tens] 9) Chris (67 pts)
[17 Times Charted, 1 Top Five, 10 Photoshops] 10) Buckley F. Williams (57 pts) 2x WINNER: Weeks 5, 26
[16 Times Charted, 4 Top Fives, 10 Top Tens] 10) T.M. [aka Giacomo] (57 pts) WINNER: Week 29
[19 Times Charted, 6 Top Fives, 12 Top Tens] 10) the man (57 pts)
[24 Times Charted, 6 Top Fives, 11 Top Tens] 13) Son of the Godfather (54 pts)
[23 Times Charted, 6 Top Fives, 14 Top Tens] 14) don (51 pts) 2x WINNER: Weeks 6, 37
[14 Times Charted, 6 Top Fives, 9 Top Tens] 14) Damian G. (51 pts) WINNER: Week 20
[19 Times Charted, 4 Top Fives, 8 Top Tens, 1 Creativity Bonus] 16) Special Ed (47 pts)
[16 Times Charted, 6 Top Fives, 8 Top Tens] 17) Maggie (43 pts) WINNER: Week 8
[14 Times Charted, 3 Top Fives, 8 Top Tens] 17) I. Ronnie (43 pts)
[12 Times Charted, 5 Top Fives, 9 Top Tens, 2 Photoshops] 19) McGehee (41 pts)
[20 Times Charted, 2 Top Fives, 9 Top Tens] 20) charles austin (39 pts) 2x WINNER: Weeks 4, 25
[8 Times Charted, 4 Top Fives, 5 Top Tens] 21) Pam (38 pts)
[23 Times Charted, 1 Top Five, 8 Top Tens] 22) Windhamite (36 pts)
[9 Times Charted, 4 Top Fives, 6 Top Tens, 1 Photoshop] 23) John Ruberry [aka Marathon Pundit] (34 pts) WINNER: Week 27
[11 Times Charted, 3 Top Fives, 7 Top Tens] 24) Laurence Simon (29 pts)
[7 Times Charted, 4 Top Fives, 7 Top Tens] 25) Dr. Phat Tony (26 pts) WINNER: Week 21
[7 Times Charted, 2 Top Fives, 6 Top Tens] 25) THIRDWAVEDAVE (26 pts) WINNER: Week 15
[7 Times Charted, 2 Top Fives, 6 Top Tens] 25) hatless in hattiesburg (26 pts)
[11 Times Charted, 2 Top Fives, 6 Top Tens] 25) Will Franklin (26 pts)
[12 Times Charted, 1 Top Five, 6 Top Tens][Those of you listed above, don't forget to scroll down and pick up the code for your HOG Top 25 badge, which you may now wear proudly on your blog forever more! Those of you below, you may also pick up a generic Caption HOG badge for your own blog! Details are at the bottom of this post.]THE CONTENDERS (Minimum of 10 points each)
29) radio free fred (25 pts) 30) SJJ (24 pts) WINNER: Week 1 30) Carl (24 pts) 32) Rob B. (22 pts) WINNER: Week 10 32) Zsa Zsa (22 pts) WINNER: Week 48 32) wg (22 pts) 35) Stew (20 pts) 36) Bill W. (19 pts) WINNER: Week 9 37) bullwinkle (18 pts) 37) Songbird (18 pts) 37) Anna (18 pts) 40) Edward (17 pts) WINNER: Week 7 41) ILikeIke (16 pts) WINNER: Week 18 41) LongTabSigO (16 pts) 43) DaveD (15 pts) 44) Brainster (14 pts) WINNER: Week 13 44) RFA [aka eeoowww] (14 pts) WINNER: Week 24 44) Sgt Fluffy (14 pts) 47) jimmyb (13 pts) 47) Peter Halabu (13 pts) 47) GOP and College (13 pts) 47) MFG (13 pts) 51) Darrell (12 pts) WINNER: Week 44 51) Mike (12 pts) WINNER: Week 11 53) JannyMae (11 pts) WINNER: Week 28 54) Jamie Dawn (10 pts) WINNER: Week 46 54) Greg Finnegan (10 pts)MORE FINE PLAYERS9 PointsGerry Owen
MagicalPat
Evan
8 PointsAdjustahDeanS
BobDave Craddock
7 PointsSean P
PK
BeermeMr. Snitch!6 PointsEstel [aka anybodyinpoulsbo]
5 PointsLorie Byrdoregano
dave
Axel Kassel
4 PointsbohemianlikeyouDave Ejoe-6-packMorningSunGood Lt.3 PointsLaerseanmahair
bill cCrimsonfistedGreg Toombs
Jeanetteopine6
TC@LeatherPenguinScot [aka liberaltreehugger]McCain
2 PointsStephen JohnsonDane BramageGunnNuttWalter Clark
Ken
Ferdinand T. CatMikey
John the Trog
piercello
Tony M
Emile Zola
DL
Algonquin
Keith
FrauBudgieScottGDavid McKay
Randy
1 PointLynMTRepublican VetsortapunditW.C. VaronesFbLRurik
BCL
cahmd
Chris ShortPluto's DadGreg (1)
serfer62
COGirlCongratulations to one and all, and thank you so much for playing!
All Season One Winning Caption Contest Entries...
#1 -
Oh, Thank Heaven for 7/11 Edition#2 -
Fickle Finger of Fate Edition#3 -
Things Are Looking Up Edition#4 -
Rage in the Cage Edition#5 -
Not So Mellow Fellow in Yellow Edition#6 -
The Beards and the Beads Edition#7 -
Weapons of Mash Destruction Edition#8 -
You're Al I Ever Wanted Edition#9 -
His Cup Runneth Over Edition#10 -
The Eyes Have It Edition#11 -
Jeepers Veepers Edition#12 -
Huggermugger Edition#13 -
Ear's to You Edition#14 -
Heavy Medal Edition#15 -
Village of the Damned Edition#16 -
White on Rice Edition#17 -
Sunny Side Up Edition#18 -
Absentee Mallet Edition#19 -
French Tickler Edition#20 -
In Through the Out Door Edition#21 -
Frankenstein Meets Godzilla Edition#22 -
Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel Edition#23 -
Spirits of Christmas Present Edition#24 -
Dorito Bandito Edition#25 -
Shadow of His Former Self Edition#26 -
When the Saints Go Mouthing Off Edition#27 -
The Face That Sunk 1000 Ships Edition#28 -
Surely You Jest Edition#29 -
And the Camel They Rode in on Edition#30 -
Chucky Squeeze Edition#31 -
On Dangerous Ground Edition#32 -
Here's Cooking at You Edition#33 -
Catch a Falling Star Edition#34 -
Iran So Far Away Edition#35 -
Weapons of MASS. Obstruction Edition#36 -
Censure and Sensibility Edition#37 -
Big Easy Rider Edition#38 -
Acid Reflex Edition#39 -
Pride in Prejudice Edition#40 -
A Bush in the Hand Edition#41 -
Wouldn't You Give a Hand to a Friend Edition#42 -
The Forecast Calls for Snow Edition#43 -
I Shot the Sharif Edition#44 -
Giving Him the Boot Edition#45 -
Frozen Assets Edition#46 -
In Over Her Head Edition#47 -
Globe Al Warming Edition#48 -
A Thousand Points of Light Edition#49 -
All Your Fitzmas Are Belong to Us Edition#50 -
Russian Hands and Roman Fingers Edition#51 -
Junichiro Has Left the Building Edition#52 -
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