Name the Island Winners!

That's an awesome name for a Northern island, congrats spiky shallows!

 

Congratulations Spiky Shallows !

 

3 winners you say @Lynsey [Midoki] ? Quite a surprise if I say so myself!! Anywho...enough jibber jabber,..Congratulations Spiky Shallows!!

 

Congratulations to Spiky Shallows! Here’s a piece of information collected from Wikipedia (for those too lazy to google it, I barely managed myself. But I couldn’t resist commenting it a bit :

“Tyrfing, Tirfing or Tyrving (The name is of uncertain origin, possibly connected to the Terwingi) was a magic sword in Norse mythology, which figures in the Tyrfing Cycle (…)

Svafrlami was the king of Gardariki, and Odin's grandson. He managed to trap the dwarves Dvalinn and Durin when they had left the rock where they dwelt. Then he forced them to forge a sword with a golden hilt that would never miss a stroke, would never rust and would cut through stone and iron as easily as through clothes.”

Now, at this point you might think that Midoki is promoting slavery (or dwarfish slavery which would be even worse, those poor little folks already work a lot for unpaid wages during Christmas time). But no, wait for it …

“The dwarves made the sword, and it shone and gleamed like fire. However, in revenge they cursed it so that it would kill a man every time it was drawn and that it would be the cause of three great evils. They finally cursed it so that it would also kill Svafrlami himself.”

Anyone else sees the metaphorical connection with gems, also a source of great evil for our bank accounts?

“When Svafrlami heard the curses he tried to slay Dvalin, but the dwarf disappeared into the rock and the sword was driven deep into it, though missing its victim.”

And that (Svafrlami fellow) would be us, ranting around this forum, and Midoki team disappearing into … well maybe not rocks but somewhere deep …

 

Soooooooooo...anywhooüüü... lol

 

Nice story Barbe Rose, well done , i like it very much. Your metaphor is

the best is here:
And that (Svafrlami fellow) would be us, ranting around this forum, and Midoki team disappearing into … well maybe not rocks but somewhere deep …

 

I would have expected nothing less from a passionate historian like @Barbe Rose -- conducting research, expounding on it, and making metaphorical connections to the present context

 

A very fitting name -- congratulations skull island!

 

Congratulations Skull Island !

 

Nice! Congrats to you Skull Island. Enjoy your spoils!!

 

Congratulations Pappa Bob! 'Icengard' and 'Coldplayce' are both ace names for the Northern islands. I think I would have chosen the former over the latter as well, even though I have a fondness for Coldplay, listening to their music while snowboarding down the slopes of Val d'Isère is my idea of heaven.

 

Congratulations Pappa Bob !

 

Congrats to Spiky, Skull & Pappa! All well-deserved, and I'm looking forward to discovering all of your islands soon.

Thanks to Midoki for giving us armchair pirates a way to be part of the next update, too.

 

Congratulations to the winners! That was a great initiative from Midoki. Really hope we see more stuff like that coming up.

Time for learning some useless facts? Alright. There is actually a Frostbite Cove: it’s located in Canada (next to Furby’s Cove, in the Little Passage). But again, when you are looking for something strange it’s often in Canada (I heard Snoop Dogg was already there).

http://www4.nrcan.gc.ca/recherche-de-noms-de-lieux/unique/ACDHU

On a more personal note: Frostbite is also what my (witch)doctor told me was happening to my finger because I keep pushing that “next” button when searching for rival island’s.

I do have to agree with Lindsey though: a cold, remote and god forsaken place far up north is indeed where Coldplay deserves to be. And I’m not talking about Iceland (poor fellows there have done nothing wrong, well except maybe Björk).