The 2,020 Blarney Build

[Quantumsurfer]

Awesome, thank you.

[Quantumsurfer]

3 days after today until the contest draws to a close.

[Archduke]

https://brikwars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=17926

I know it's sliding in under the wire, but I made a thing

[Quantumsurfer]

Final Day for Entries.

[ninja_bait]

Final Day for Entries.

Ay yi yi yi eep

[Red_SPAMbot]

Man, so many great entries this year. I never managed to get my shit together for mine, but I did want to share my cocktail recipe anyway, in the spirit of inebriation.

The Rabid Leprechaun
Needed: 1 cocktail tumbler/rocks glass OR 1 julip cup OR 1 half pint beer glass and 1 shot glass
2 oz Hard Rootbeer
2 oz Stout (in honor of the Blarney, this should be Guinness, but an oatmeal stout has a good body for this)
1 shot Irish Cream Liqueur
1/2 shot Absinthe

Combine rootbeer and stout in the tumbler. Then fill your shot glass with a shot of Irish cream and float half a shot of absinthe on top. Drop the shot into the rootbeer stout and shoot the whole thing in one go. CHUG! Do not stop in the middle or it will be bad. It starts with a strong fennel/black licorice taste then finishes tempered by the Irish cream to have a flavor that is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike a rootbeer float. It's foamy and frothy, has a dab o' green, and tastes like a bitter black jellybean. This approaches the territory of a punishment shot. If that's your thing this will be your thing.

[Quantumsurfer]

Sorry for the delay. I see some of the judges have started judging. Thank you very much. If you haven't already judged the entries, please go ahead whenever you're ready.

[Food_Truk]

I just need to judge the LDD builds, did bursts depending on competition type. Taking a small break to catch my breath and maybe take a shower since I'm also fighting against a stomach flu (right in the middle of the Corona virus so yaaaaay).

[Quantumsurfer]

Oops! I missed these entries and have now added them to the master list in the OP. Judges, please judge these entries as well:

Trattorian Dropship by ninja_bait
Worst Investment Ever by Kommander Ken
Panzer und Stug III by AnnoyedZebra

[Spectral]

I just need to judge the LDD builds, did bursts depending on competition type. Taking a small break to catch my breath and maybe take a shower since I'm also fighting against a stomach flu (right in the middle of the Corona virus so yaaaaay).

oooooooof, hope you feel better man.

[Food_Truk]

oooooooof, hope you feel better man.

Years of constantly getting ill have made me surprisingly resilient to most side-effects of being ill. I'm going to end up with an immune system where I kill everyone around me simply by not noticing the symptoms of the next black plague I'm carrying somehow.

Also Quantumsurfer c'mon man

[MadMario]

Finished with judging. Even the missing ones now. Good contest with many high quality entries. At least we all know how to kill time reasonably.

[Quantumsurfer]

2020 Entries and Final Scores


Brik by Brik

• "De Koekjes Schicht" AKA "The Cookie Streak" by Food_Truk -- 67
• Type 31 infantry tank by AnnoyedZebra -- 74
• Ooyama's Blue Gunner MK2 by Space Bunny -- 73, 9 Boast
• The New Gungir Police Riot Control Mech by TheGuyRightBehindYou -- 80
• "Quarantine Supplies" or Scalping During The Kanona Outbreak by Food_Truk -- 72, 14 Boast
• Matilda II by AnnoyedZebra -- 72, 8 Boast
• The "Benevolent" Class Siege Ship by Space Bunny -- 82, 11 Boast
• The CSA Maniac Beer Laboratory by MadMario -- 82, 1 Boast
• Treefolk Bramblehulk by Zahru II -- 86
• ~ The Legend Of The Seven Maniac Beers ~ by MadMario -- 79
• The Creation of Peacekeeper Mk. I by Food_Truk -- 73, 18 Boast
• Trattorian Dropship by ninja_bait -- 83
• Panzer und Stug III by AnnoyedZebra -- 71

2020 BrikMason



Zahru II, for the original build "Treefolk Bramblehulk"



Digital Dimension

• I6M Zulu by AnnoyedZebra -- 73
• The Brickers Broadsword by AnnoyedZebra -- 74
• Polish Strażnik MKIII Cruiser by Duerer -- 75, 8 Boast
• LAC Lazarus Destroyer & Gideon Frigate by Duerer -- 79
• Han Khan First Battlegroup by Archduke -- 75, 8 Boast

2020 Digital Arkitekt



Duerer, for the original digital build "LAC Lazarus Destroyer & Gideon Frigate"



Drunken Madness

• Drunken Madness at the Infernal Gates by Bookwyrm -- 80
• GGE Light Bomber "Pegasus" by ninja_bait -- 84
• Bad Tom's Battlethrone by Spectral -- 73
• Worst Investment Ever by Kommander Ken -- 72

2020 Town Drunkard



ninja_bait, for the original drunken build "GGE Light Bomber 'Pegasus'"



Thanks to all participants for your entries into this year's Blarney Build.

A fantastic number of entries this year that really both stepped outside the box and pushed the envelope for what should become the accepted standard. Excellent builds all around, as usual. There were a lot of pretty close races so special mentions go to ninja's sleek and simple Trat build, Mario's wildly inventive Maniac Beer Laboratory, the dead heat between Duerer's annual Polish entry and Archduke's slick looking Battlegroup, and Bookwyrm's kickass dragon at the Infernal Gates. I hope that this year's contest and its incredible entries will inspire more builds in the immediate future and I look forward to next year's buildoff. Without further ado, I announce the winner of this year's contest:


The 2,020 Blarney Build Winner and our next BrikWars StudGod



Zahru II
for the original brik by brik build Treefolk Bramblehulk

[Quantumsurfer]

ninja_bait, you can award the winner the Maniac Beer Recipe portion of the contest whenever you are ready.

[Duerer]

Oh sweet. Grats to the other winners. This year's entries have been pretty lit overall.

EDIT: Damn, did I really just win the digital trophy for the third year in a row?