Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag played the shark card last week and you all called its bluff in the 'Shop Contest. Today we have two dozen finalists compiled, including three double-finishers, plus SteveFish, a first-timer at overall number one!
Gang, it is no secret the 'Shop Contest has been through a challenging year, thanks to format changes and other problems here. But when it can kick out two dozen gutbusters on a run-of-the-mill exploitable like ACIV's latest pack of screenshots, I feel like it's back at fighting weight.
For some of the more subtle ones, I absolutely howled at the efforts of EllieRyan (5), ForeverWhatever (6) and all the others who put the shark in Ezio/Altaïr's hood. Recently published author sciteach (17 and 18) made two great obscure pop culture references that likewise had me chortling.
Pirika (16) uses the same goddamn toothbrush I do, and that made him so , so close to an overal No. 1. I wish my teeth were that white. MicBeezy's appropriation of Jabberjaw (13) the Hanna-Barbera shark, was just ... I'm wiping a tear right now. JussAren (10) fought his way out of gray-land with an homage to one of the worst movies I or my friends ever paid money to see in the theater. Kanzler666 (11), also got a battlefield promotion from the grays, doing it all up like another Ubisoft title, Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon.
Despite Billysan's stripped-to-the-waist Batman whipping out the shark repellent (4), and Orionsangel's (15) and ONoelson's (14) fabulously timely references to Phil Fish, SteveFish's cereal box cover (19) is just pants-shittingly funny. The toothy, crisp salute puts me on the floor every time.
So I offer all of you a crisp salute in return—just don't soil your own britches. See you back here tomorrow.
actuallyisnotafox
arniejolt
arniejolt
billysan
EllieRyan
ForeverWhatever
GiantBoyDetective
halfbeast
JussAren
Kanzler666
Kcity
MicBeezy
ONoelson
Orionsangel
Pirika
sciteach
sciteach2
SteveFish
TheReno
Tom Bomb
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uscg_pa2
Wiisley64
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