I'm not really sure of the number. I think we're on eight, but I could be wrong. Anyhoo, due to popular (i.e. one person's) demand, here's another What Are The Rules of This Contest.

For those of you who have never played, here's the deal. Unlike a normal Comic Competition where you're given the rules which your comics must follow, here you start with diddly squat. I have a list of ten rules. I'll start by posting some comics which follow all, none and some of the rules.

Your job is to figure out what those rules are. You post comics, and I'll tell you which rules they follow, and which rules they break. The first person to submit a comic that follows all then rules wins a big fat coconut.

Any questions? No? Good. Gentlemen (and ladies) start your engines.

Follows all 10 Rules
[Click to view comic: 'The Fundraising Efforts']

Breaks all 10 Rules
[Click to view comic: 'The Force is Strong with This One']

Follows Rules 1-5; Breaks Rules 6-10
[Click to view comic: 'Friends Don't Let Friends Drive Without One for the Road']

Breaks Rules 1-5; Follows Rules 6-10
[Click to view comic: 'Yeah, Right. For School.']

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100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.

Does this one follow all the rules?

[Click to view comic: 'The Fundraising Efforts']

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"I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown." -- mrjass@mindless.com

No. Rule #10 is 'Comic may not be created by a fuckwit'.

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100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.

[Click to view comic: 'Fear Factor']

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"You'll burn for this. Burn in jail!"

Follows: 6,7,8
Breaks: 1,2,3,4,5,9,10

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100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.

God no.

Please Gabe , for the love of god , and the sake of the sanity of the posters here , dont do this.The last one drove half of us to back the "Get Wirthling Laid" campaign.

This is a bad idea. Its like asking for someone to post the links to the entire Bazilla back catalogue. And we saw what happened there.

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"Life Sucks, Then you Die. The bit inbetween isnt very funny either"

I'll give it a whirl anyway.

[Click to view comic: 'Paranoia, nice to know ya']

[Click to view comic: 'Gabe's Contest, entry #2.']

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"You'll burn for this. Burn in jail!"

You are aware that you're under no contractual obligation to open every thread, right?
Maybe we need an item about that in the faq.

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"You'll burn for this. Burn in jail!"

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God no.

Please Gabe , for the love of god , and the sake of the sanity of the posters here , dont do this.The last one drove half of us to back the "Get Wirthling Laid" campaign.

This is a bad idea. Its like asking for someone to post the links to the entire Bazilla back catalogue. And we saw what happened there.

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Paranoia, nice to know ya by andydougan
Follows: 2,7
Breaks: 1,3,4,5,6,8,9,10

Gabe's Contest, entry #2. by itsclark
Follows: 4,5,6,8
Breaks: 1,2,3,7,9,10

I'm pretty sure Andy's got 2, likewise with 5 and 6 for clark. The other ones might be luck, but maybe not.

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100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.

[Click to view comic: 'Rules Contest 8: Abduction']

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The what mentioned above is total fiction. Please don't take it seriously!

Rules Contest 8: Abduction by evil_d
Follows: 1,3,8
Breaks: 2,4,5,6,7,9,10

I have no doubt that he knows #1. It's pretty tough to get by accident.

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100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.

Gabe: Which rules did my presidents comic happen to comply with?

[Click to view comic: 'I really should have posted this one before evil_d did his']

... since this should also be #1-compliant

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ken.kaufman@gmail.com

[Click to view comic: 'Stay good, Butch! Stay good!']

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This signature has performed an illegal operation and has been shut down.

[Click to view comic: 'If David Koresh had lived']

You broke rule #1, you gimp.

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"And Wirthling isn't worth the paper he isn't printed on."

I think I know one of the rules x 43 by kaufman
Follows: 2,3,7
Breaks: 1,4,5,6,8,9,10

Incidentally, you had 2/3rds of #10.

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I really should have posted this one before evil_d did his by kaufman
Follows: 1,3,8
Breaks: 2,5,6,7,9,10

You could argue that you got 2. If you really knew what it was, there would be loads of better choices that would leave no room for argument.

4 is really weird. To be brutally honest, I can't tell if you got it or not. If you knew what it was, there are numerous other choices that are less ambiguous.

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Stay good, Butch! Stay good! by DexX
Follows: 3,7
Breaks: 1,2,4,5,6,8,9,10

Seems like most people have figured out #1. If you have, I would say that technically this comic doesn't pass scrutiny. Certainly you could argue that it does. Like with some of the others above, there are lots of better choices. I'm sure that you of all people would be aghast at the method I'm using to test the validity of rule #1.

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If David Koresh had lived by andydougan
Follows: 2,6,7
Breaks: 1,3,4,5,8,9,10

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100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.

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Stay good, Butch! Stay good! by DexX
Follows: 3,7
Breaks: 1,2,4,5,6,8,9,10

Seems like most people have figured out #1. If you have, I would say that technically this comic doesn't pass scrutiny. Certainly you could argue that it does. Like with some of the others above, there are lots of better choices. I'm sure that you of all people would be aghast at the method I'm using to test the validity of rule #1.

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Well, I would recognize the effort (despite it's being unintentional) but in laying out the rules I picked a completely unbiased judge, and unfortunately it said 'No'. Though I have to admit, that particular judge contains an awful lot of entries along the same lines as that of DexX's comic, so maybe I should have said ok.

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100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.

[Click to view comic: 'Rules Contest 8: Magic']

I think I have rule 6 now. Anything besides that and 1 is coincidence.

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The what mentioned above is total fiction. Please don't take it seriously!

[Click to view comic: 'It's not the heat, it's the stupidity']

Hoping to score #4.

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ken.kaufman@gmail.com

[Click to view comic: 'This Comic has been signed for the Rule-1-Impaired']

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"And Wirthling isn't worth the paper he isn't printed on."

[Click to view comic: 'More Fun with Rule 1']

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ken.kaufman@gmail.com

[Click to view comic: 'Trials and Tribulations']

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"And Wirthling isn't worth the paper he isn't printed on."