COVER THIS - MUSIC GAME & HUNT

This announcement is in English and German. Scroll down for the German text.
Diese Ankuendigung ist in Englisch und Deutsch. Für den deutschen Text bitte nach unten scrollen.

WELCOME TO ALL MUSIC EXPERTS - JOIN OUR GAME. 

WE HAVE HIDDEN 9 CD/LP COVERS ON DREAMING MERMAID ISLE.

NAME THE SINGERS/BANDS AND THE ALBUM.

EACH COVER HAS A HINT AND A LETTER IN HOVER TEXT, TOO. THESE 9 LETTERS (IN THE RIGHT ORDER) FORM A WORD (A FAMOUS MUSIC EVENT).

Send a notecard or chat message with your solutions (singers/bands + album + 9-letter-word) to Durandir Darwin or MaryAnn Inshan. 

Closing date March 16st, 2010.  Lucky winners will be drawn on March 18th, 2010.  

THERE ARE CASH PRIZES (444 L$) FOR 9 WINNERS WITH MOST CORRECT SOLUTIONS: 

1x 111 L$, 2x 66 L$, 3x 44 L$ AND 3x 23 L$.

Good luck

Durandir & MaryAnn 

DREAMING MERMAID MUSIK COVER SPIEL

Findet die 9 versteckten CD/LP Cover auf Dreaming Mermaid Isle..

Von welchen Bands/Saengern stammen die Alben und wie heissen diese Alben?

Jedes Bild enthaelt ausser einem Loesungstipp noch einen Buchstaben im Hovertext. Diese 9 Buchstaben (in richtiger Reihenfolge) ergeben ein zusaetzliches Loesungswort.

Schickt uns die Namen der 9 erkannten Bands/Saenger UND Alben sowie das Loesungswort auf einer notecard oder per IM an MaryAnn Inshan oder Durandir Darwin.

Einsendeschluss: 16. Maerz 2010

Die Gewinner mit den meisten richtigen Loesungen werden von uns am 18.03.2010 gezogen.

Geldpreise (444 L$) für die ersten 9 Plaetze (1x 111 L$, 2x 66 L$, 3x 44 und 3x 23 L$).

Viel Glueck wuenschen

MaryAnn Inshan & Durandir Darwin

Year of the Tiger Photo Quiz - Solutions & Winners

So here are the solutions to our photo quiz about Asia. 

The eight countries (starting top left, clockwise) are:

China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Cambodia.

And congratulations to our 9 lucky winners:

222 L$: Roland Teichmann

111 L$: Fin Alderton

50 L$: Laurel Leavitt, Anisha Sugarplum & Shanice Halostar

24 L$: Soo Steampunk, Serina Halostar & Sirius Starfall 

Special Prize 1 week free rent: Star Applewhyte

Good luck to all tigers & tigresses in the Chinese New Year. 

March 1st is National Pig Day ;-)

GERMAN TEXT BELOW 

National Pig Day is an event held annually on March 1 to celebrate the pig. The celebration was started in 1972 by sisters Ellen Stanley and Mary Lynne Rave of Beaufort, North Carolina. The purpose of National Pig Day is "to accord the pig its rightful, though generally unrecognized, place as one of man's most intellectual and domesticated animals."

So pig, sorry, pick up your FREE pig at Dreaming Mermaid Isle. And test your knowledge with our piggy trivia. There are 16 multiple choice questions - 8 in English, 8 in German. Send us your solutions - each right answer will earn you 1 L$. And best - have fun with it!

"Wir lassen die Sau raus" - "Die Schweine von heute sind die Schinken von morgen" - "Der Magen einer Sau, die Gedanken einer Frau und der Inhalt einer Worscht bleiben ewig unerforscht."  

Es fällt schwer, einen passenden Teaser zu finden - daher einfach die Fakten.

Der 1.März ist ein überaus wichtiger Feiertag:

 

"National Pig Day is an event held annually on March 1 in the United States to celebrate the pig. The holiday celebration was started in 1972 by sisters Ellen Stanley, a teacher in Lubbock, Texas, and Mary Lynne Rave of Beaufort, North Carolina. According to Rave the purpose of National Pig Day is "to accord the pig its rightful, though generally unrecognized, place as one of man's most intellectual and domesticated animals." (Wikipedia)

Und wir feiern dieses herausragende Ereignis mit einem Multiple Choice Quiz zum Thema Schwein. 16 Fragen (8 davon auf deutsch, 8 auf englisch), je 4 Antwortmöglichkeiten zur Auswahl (nur eine ist richtig). Die Notecards sind im Schwein (wo sonst) und Poster auf Dreaming Mermaid Isle zu finden.

Und hier schon mal je eine Beispielfrage:

Pigs are found on all continents except ...

A: ... South America
B: ... Europe
C: ... Australia
D: ... Antarctica

oder:  

Der Penis eines Ebers ist geformt wie ein(e) ...

A: ... Kegel
B: ... Weinflasche
C: ... Korkenzieher
D: ... Fieberthermometer

Wir wünschen allen Teilnehmern viel Schwein beim Finden der Lösungen und spendieren pro richtiger Antwort 1 L$ - ist doch besser als Campen ;-) 

Durandir & MaryAnn 

End of Winter Olympics - Free Commemorative Gold Coin

Get your FREE 50 Dollars Canada Vancouver Olympics 2010 Coin. The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Gold Maple Leaf bullion coin weights one ounce in 99.99% purity of gold. This special coin has a face value of $50 Canadian dollars. The back of the coin displays an ice hockey player and two Maple Leaves.

PhotoQuiz Year of the Tiger 2010

1000+ L$ PHOTO QUIZ YEAR OF THE TIGER DREAMING MERMAID ISLE

JOIN OUR QUIZ. OVER 1,000 L$ IN PRIZES (555 L$ IN CASH). FIND THE WALL ON OUR ISLAND WITH 8 PICTURES OF ASIAN SIGHTS AND CITIES.
HIDDEN ON THE ISLAND ARE ALSO THE FLAGS WITH HINTS TO THE COUNTRIES. WHICH COUNTRIES DO YOU KNOW?

Send a notecard or IM with your solution to Durandir Darwin or MaryAnn Inshan. 
Closing date March 1st.  

THERE ARE CASH PRIZES (555 L$) FOR 9 WINNERS WITH MOST CORRECT SOLUTIONS: 
1x 222 L$, 1x111 L$, 3x 50 AND 3x24 L$.

PLUS ONE SPECIAL PRIZE: 1 WEEK FREE RENT IN A HOUSE OF YOUR CHOICE ON OUR ISLAND - WORTH UP TO 499 L$!

And there is a guaranteed prize for every participant: a 50 L$ gift certificate for our Dreaming Mermaid shops.

VALENTINE WORD HUNT RESULTS

Thank you to everyone (49 avatars) who participated in our Valentine Day Word Search.

Congratulations to the following winners:

100 L$ for best story: Betterthan Ordinary

Enjoy reading that wonderful story...

 "Valentine's Day was always so awkward at school. I had a FRIEND -- but I really wished he were more than just a FRIEND. I didn't have the courage to say anything, of course, because I didn't want him to think I was being silly. Didn't we all go through that at some point? where the one we really wished would ask us to the dance never thought of us as a "date"?
  Nevertheless, I decided I wasn't too grown-up to give cards to my friends. I picked a special one for him. It had a picture of CUPID shooting an ARROW through a PINK HEART. There was a little bit of LACE around the heart, and I thought it was pretty ... but not too frilly to give to a guy. The message on the inside was really SWEET, too ... not too silly, not too romantic, just right for the occasion. I held my breath when I signed it, underlining the word 'LOVE' in the bottom line of the text.
  The night before Valentine's Day, I dreamt of the beautiful bouquet of RED ROSES that he would give me. I could hear him asking, in front of all my friends, "Would you be my VALENTINE?" What a beautiful dream it was.
  Of course, it didn't happen. He thanked me for the card and offered me some CANDY in return ... from the same open bag that he had been sharing with all of his other friends.
  I was not completely disappointed, though. Why? Because maybe ... just maybe ... that really was a twinkle in his eye when he read the message on the card ..... "

And our other winners are:

150 L$: Ariella Soulstar who found all 24 words (12 English/12 German)

100 L$: Nicari Neutron

50 L$: Veer Warcliffe

5x 20 L$: Cookiepie5 Mahogany, Jaimme Westland, Maroe Thor, Arian Beresford & Runny Maximus

Two presents (Valentine Lover Retreat & Surfboard Valentine) are waiting for you at our landing point. 

Happy Valentine's Day

Even if the sun refused to shine
Even if romance ran out of rhyme
You would still have my heart
Till the end of time

Happy Valentine's Day

Pick up your Dreaming Mermaid Isle presents at our landing point.