Big Sal

Ok, scores posted and map updated (except for fleets), and as a bonus I think I managed to get all the pictures back for last week's builds. Also, welcome @von Katfisch!

Haha, this is hilarious

Location: C04 Aeristus Tags: My important underwater mission for M-Tron continues. Today I’m looking for- You’re not in M-Tron. Yes I am! M-Tron doesn’t exist any more. AFFIRMATIVE. What?... I… Yet another thing you’ve screwed up. Leave me alone! I’ll hide in that patch of seaweed. I’ll be safe there. His condition is improving now. How long before he wakes up? Perhaps a few more weeks. You can talk to him if you’d like. On some level, he may be able to hear the people around him. What… Who’s there? Me. Johnson! I told you it wasn’t safe. We all told you it wasn’t safe. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah! There’s no escape from the web, Sal. You’ve made a lot of enemies in this galaxy, and you have no friends to help you. Some friends are always with you. An epic sword fight ensued. This post is dedicated to Gnewal Gwevus.

Fixed! Apologies for the delays in judging at the minute - we hope to be back to normal service soon

Ok, builds have been scored and the map updated, except the fleets, which I don't know how to do So, to repeat: Octan's fleet stays on H04. Kawashita's fleet stays on F10. M.A.N.T.I.S.'s fleet stays on F03. First Aliens' fleet moves from F10 to G10. Second Alien's fleet stays on A04 to A05. Third Alien's fleet moves from G07 to H08.

There is no truth to rumours of torturing/experimenting on prisoners

Yeah, that will happen along with the final tomorrow

Sooo close!

Haha, that last shot is brilliant!

Note: the TV studio is from a previous build, and shouldn't be judged. Hello everyone, and welcome back to OSPN, your completely impartial source of news from the Olympics. I'm Joan Hapley, and you're joining us for the exciting final of the mixed doubles lawn tennis between Octan and MANTIS. With me are former galactic lawn tennis champion John McMurray... Hi Joan! ...and the head of Alpha Centauri University's History of Sport Department, Professor Alfred Perry. Afternoon Joan. Now, looking at the live feed from the court it seems the players are still warming up, so John, for those tuning in who aren't familiar with the game, perhaps you could give us a quick introduction? Sure thing Joan. May I say first how lovely you're looking today? Aw, thanks John! Now, lawn tennis is an ancient sport from Earth which we still play by the original rules. In Old Earthish, 'lawn' was a word which roughly translates as 'lethal wall of fire'. Generally speaking, the aim of the game is to hit the ball through the wall of fire in the middle of the court and set the opposing team on fire. How exciting! Now, Professor Perry, apparently there's some controversy about whether the rules we play by today really are the original rules? That's right Joan. For example, we know for sure that tennis was first invented by King Henry VIII of America way back in the 18th century. However, my research indicates that the game might have been played on grass courts and- That is completely ludicrous! This is a game in which the ball is usually on fire! A grass court would immediately go up in flames! Well, the thing is- Joan, I don't know how clear it is to those watching at home, but here in the studio it's very obvious that the Professor is an enormous nerd. I can confirm that's correct. Hey- And we all know nerds don't know anything about sports. Especially "Professors" of "History" of "Sport". That doesn't make any- That seems to be a compelling point John, but I'm hearing that the match is about to start, so let's go live to courtside. But- It looks like Octan have won the toss and have chosen to serve first. A good choice: Ms Walliams has a powerful serve that regularly A.C.E.s her opponents. A.C.E. is a term from the original rules, standing for 'Absolutely Combust Entirely'. Actually- Oh! It seems there's an altercation on the court. No doubt the MANTIS team is causing trouble. Octan's players, of course, are known for their strict sense of fair play. We'll take this opportunity to go to a commercial break, while the umpire hopefully disqualifies the MANTIS team. Stay tuned in to OSPN, your completely impartial source of news from the Olympics. Thanks for reading! Not a very involved build, but it looks like I'll be super busy next week so I wanted to at least get something up now. I may expand it if I have time. C&C welcome!

Austina Anteca thought of herself as a pretty funny person. The life of the party, in her mind. So when it was time to name her vehicle for the race, she decided to name it after a famously slow creature from Earth. She thought that was hilarious. Thanks for reading! C&C welcome! Turns out that what looks like a clip at the front of the spiders holding the entire thing together is not actually a clip, so this has a nasty habit of randomly springing apart. That's why I got sick of fiddling with it and posted early

Ok, so late entries for the weekly build and Challenge 5 Cat C will be accepted (within reason)

This is extremely dumb. Whoever made it should be ashamed of themselves

Fred Ratulon was a terrible pilot. One of the worst anyone had ever seen. But when he applied to be part of the M.A.N.T.I.S. GARC team with the top of the line racer his extremely wealthy parents had bought for him, no one was going to turn him down. Even when they heard he'd named it FR3D... Thanks for reading! C&C welcome!

Yeah, that's allowed

I'd just like to clarify that it is both allowed and encouraged to cut up stickers to decorate your GARCs, as long as the stickers are official LEGO ones (guess what I've been doing all evening )

Yeah, needed to get this done on Sunday morning but didn't want to wake up the wife by rustling through real bricks

Haha, thanks for the entirely sincere compliments! You might just escape being punched in the face

Yes No

M.A.N.T.I.S. mechanic Lyra Zema didn't know much about boats. But she figured they couldn't be much different from the spaceships she spent all day repairing at work. So she built the Stickleback. Some people said it looked too much like a spaceship. Some people got punched in the face. M.A.N.T.I.S. mechanic Lyra Zema didn't know much about accepting constructive criticism. Thanks for reading! Rendered using bublible's SunFlow MOD v20160717. C&C welcome!

Trails don't count towards the size limit, but they also won't be judged (i.e. they'd count as part of the background).

It's a knockout competition where half the contestants are eliminated in each round, so the total number needs to be a power of 2. It's the crossbow ammo from Nexo Knights: http://brickset.com/parts/6139234 Then aliens win the gold medal (but they won't win any gold or credits), and the runner up will get mithril.

Excellent build and photography - the functional doors are just the icing on a very nice cake

I'll try to go back through and do this for everyone's if I get time, but it's trickier than it sounds - there are some builds where drawing attention to the fact they're related might be a spoiler

Thanks for that