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Challenge 2: Your Wheel of Fortune

Post Post #0 (ISO) » Sun Oct 21, 2018 5:43 am

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{ROUND 02 TEAM CHALLENGE}


Your World of Text


You know what we all need? A good dose of nostalgia. Let's revisit early Mish Mash LSGs back when the idea of an anonymous game was a new and novel idea. Challenges were rather different then. Ready, Aim, Fire wasn't looked at in horror and disgust. Challenges were much less intricate. And that's where things like YourWorldOfText thrived. You could do all sorts of things with a YWOT challenge: scavenger hunts, ACSII art creation, cooperative challenges in realtime, and all sorts of things. We've decided to revisit for good nostalgia for some people, and a completely new experience for others. Let's dive in to see what we have in store for you!


RulesFor today's challenge, you'll be splitting up into 2 groups of 6: a group of writers and a group of finders. Since 3 of the teams only have 11 members, one player on those teams will have to be part of both groups.

When they're ready, your group of writers will be given a different YourWorldOfText URL to work with. A letter will be placed in the center of the page. Your group will have
15 minutes
to work together and place additional letters/numbers/symbols building off of that letter in any direction. All characters MUST connect (diagonal counts) in order to be part of your grid. You'll want to build as big of a letter fort as you can, because you also need to hide
6 words
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Once all writer teams are finished, each group of finders can begin. When you're ready, the group will receive a random YourWorldOfText URL from one of the other teams; each YWOT will only go out to one team. The finders will need to find all 6 words as quickly as possible and send them to a moderator. You may alter the YWOT page, but be warned that if you do, you may make it impossible to find a word by overwriting part of it. It is possible that you'll find a word that wasn't intentionally placed on the page by the team of writers, but we'll have screenshots of the page when it was completed to verify if that word was there before you started - meaning you can't win by secretly adding your own words to the page. You only get one guess at each of the six words. An incorrect guess adds on 30 minutes to your time. Once the finders make a guess at all six words (they don't need to be circled or screenshotted unless you find a word that doesn't match our list), their time will be stopped.

After all the finders have gone, the times will be scored. Your team's score is equal to [the time of the team who solved your team's grid MINUS the time it took for your finders to find all 6 words]. Obviously this will result in a negative score for at least one team. The objective is to have as high of a score as possible. The team who has the highest score will be crowned the winners of this challenge, and are the only team safe from elimination.

You have
72 hours
to determine your groups and for the writers to take their turn. After that, the finders will be given
48 hours
to complete their portion. Good luck.


Spoiler: Allowed 5-letter words
spite
tired
novel
young
spend
check
tempt
scrap
lobby
cater
Venus
shake
witch
worry
donor
brake
story
guilt
utter
lunch
sight
metal
elite
petty
seize
drain
clear
union
lodge
thigh
train
tight
piano
range
disco
carve
forum
robot
spine
flock
lease
faint
tiger
float
chest
trust
snarl
waste
cheat
reign


Spoiler: Allowed 6-letter words
speech
muscle
volume
rabbit
common
exceed
turkey
bridge
cancel
comedy
height
insert
acquit
peanut
memory
import
cancer
topple
forget
heroin
deadly
weight
settle
harass
attack
profit
escape
stride
polite
season
report
planet
retain
hiccup
colony
lesson
tumble
bottom
relief
inside
poison
assume
letter
refuse
sketch
sacred
banish
blonde
accept
stroke


Spoiler: Allowed 7-letter words
feather
justify
looting
passage
silence
highway
scholar
breathe
courage
dictate
dialect
element
mystery
nursery
control
shallow
warrant
missile
failure
payment
housing
teacher
opposed
deposit
gradual
improve
secular
jealous
current
exclude
kitchen
average
nervous
torture
freckle
harmony
sweater
monarch
project
falsify
passion
battery
tension
holiday
dribble
deliver
relieve
emotion
network
drawing


Spoiler: Allowed 8-letter words
tolerant
fragment
creation
invasion
helpless
restless
conflict
flourish
contract
complete
reaction
restrict
illusion
estrogen
generate
abnormal
familiar
arrogant
railroad
abstract
marriage
relation
scenario
momentum
shoulder
innocent
reliable
rhetoric
survivor
crackpot
delicate
discreet
sandwich
disclose
original
audience
necklace
equation
marathon
skeleton
judgment
umbrella
identity
feedback
building
football
retailer
campaign
ambition
elephant


Spoiler: Allowed 9-letter words
pollution
influence
character
horseshoe
satellite
disappear
adventure
rebellion
undertake
promotion
guideline
construct
earthflax
interface
consensus
publisher
copyright
eavesdrop
prejudice
quotation
highlight
communist
reinforce
relevance
liability
pheromone
confusion
reference
reception
treasurer
fascinate
fabricate
reconcile
directory
departure
notorious
determine
explosion
beginning
conscious
franchise
circulate
elaborate
overwhelm
willpower
talkative
economics
therapist
criticism
provision


Spoiler: Allowed 10-letter words
mainstream
substitute
vegetarian
generation
productive
prevalence
psychology
systematic
girlfriend
reputation
federation
retirement
depression
relaxation
excitement
convulsion
mechanical
withdrawal
basketball
continuous
experience
functional
production
dictionary
negligence
discourage
permission
enthusiasm
opposition
redundancy
correction
memorandum
understand
earthbound
assessment
microphone
photograph
chauvinist
censorship
commission
prediction
goalkeeper
engagement
conspiracy
illustrate
artificial
mastermind
excavation
earthquake
laboratory
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Post Post #1 (ISO) » Sun Oct 21, 2018 5:54 am

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Post Post #2 (ISO) » Sun Oct 21, 2018 6:51 am

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If you want to get a feel for how YWOT works, you can check it out through here: http://www.yourworldoftext.com/home/ they link to two YWOT pages from there.
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Post Post #3 (ISO) » Sun Oct 21, 2018 7:16 am

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Post Post #4 (ISO) » Sun Oct 21, 2018 1:10 pm

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oh cool. A wild challenge has appeared.
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Post Post #5 (ISO) » Mon Oct 22, 2018 10:28 am

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To make things easier, the writers and finders groups will only consist of 4 players each per team.
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Post Post #6 (ISO) » Mon Oct 22, 2018 11:04 am

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discord is blocked at my school and that but if you need me tell me here
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Post Post #7 (ISO) » Tue Oct 23, 2018 10:12 am

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Alright guys... they can’t all be winners.

After some reflection, us mods have realized this is a bad challenge. Let’s count the reasons why.

1) 15 minutes to hide words is way too much time given the amount of keyboard spamming you can do in that time.
2) Multiple teams are having trouble scheduling 4 players to be on at once, which we should have helped schedule at the start!
3) There’s no way to lock down the YourWorldofText page after the 15 minutes are up so teams can continue editing secretly.
4) Word searches aren’t very fun when you don’t know what words you’re looking for.

I wrote this challenge and accept full responsibility for its failures, and I want to apologize to all the time and effort wasted. We’re going to try to move on from this and forget it ever happened by throwing in a new challenge in its place.

{ROUND 02 TEAM CHALLENGE v2.0}


Wheel of Fortune


This challenge will be played as individuals. When you’re ready to begin, fill out the below form and you’ll receive 4 categories, each with 5 words or phrases that fit in that category. However, the vowels will be removed and replaced with blanks. As fast as you can, fill in the blanks and complete the words/phrases. Once you submit the form again with your answers, your time will stop. The team with the fastest average time wins and is safe from elimination. You have
48 hours
to begin.

To begin, fill out
THIS FORM
. You can pass on ones you can't figure out, but a wrong/no answer on any clue adds 5 minutes to your time.

Outside sources are NOT allowed, as well as discussion about the challenge with other players.
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Post Post #8 (ISO) » Tue Oct 23, 2018 10:17 am

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Aw man, we at Sunrise Land had developed some magical methods to tackle the YWOT challenge, all for nothing :(
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Post Post #9 (ISO) » Tue Oct 23, 2018 10:23 am

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Your Wheel Of TFortune
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Post Post #10 (ISO) » Tue Oct 23, 2018 10:24 am

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but what is the history of wheel of fortune
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Post Post #11 (ISO) » Tue Oct 23, 2018 10:32 am

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As a fun fact, that's also the average time it takes for a contest to awaken from Pat Sajak's venomous bite!
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Post Post #12 (ISO) » Tue Oct 23, 2018 10:32 am

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I'd like to play as soon as possible. I get busier as the week goes on

Right now- not doing a thing
Later tonight - I'm available but have fun stuff I'd rather do
Tomorrow/Thurs - wife is home and usually gets my attention over mafiascum. I could make time but it's not ideal.
Friday - leaving for an out of state trip. Back on Monday.
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Post Post #13 (ISO) » Tue Oct 23, 2018 10:34 am

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In post 10, Haschel Cedricson wrote:but what is the history of wheel of fortune
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Post Post #14 (ISO) » Tue Oct 23, 2018 10:35 am

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The history is: Once upon a time, Pat Sajak hosted a game show and it got somewhat popular where everybody(probably) had heard of it. So it made it's way to Mish Mash. And that, dear children, is how history is made.
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Post Post #15 (ISO) » Tue Oct 23, 2018 10:36 am

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In post 10, Haschel Cedricson wrote:but what is the history of wheel of fortune
this is the game that never ends~
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Do I REALLY suck? That's up to you to decide.

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Post Post #16 (ISO) » Tue Oct 23, 2018 11:53 am

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In post 10, Haschel Cedricson wrote:but what is the history of wheel of fortune
It wasn’t over yet. And then it was. And now it isn’t what is wrong with us
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Post Post #17 (ISO) » Wed Oct 24, 2018 6:25 am

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Your World of Wheel of Fortune
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Post Post #18 (ISO) » Thu Oct 25, 2018 7:22 am

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Time for results! Thankfully everyone was able to do this challenge, and we have to thank everyone again for being so cooperative with the change in plans. Let’s see everyone’s times from best to worst, one team at a time.

Fire and Brimstone


Spoiler:
Errantparabola: 0:17:02
Klick: 0:17:13
Irrelephant11: 0:22:19
implosion: 0:25:28
racefan12: 0:26:05
D3f3nd3r: 0:40:40
randomidget: 0:41:31
Aurathebirb: 0:44:03
zoraster: 0:52:41
Tatsuya Kaname: 1:01:15
ChiakiNanami: 1:40:00

That leads to an average time of
0:40:45
. Not bad, but let’s see how it holds up.


Blues Brothers/Sisters


Spoiler:
SleepyKrew: 0:18:05
Haschel Cedricson: 0:20:27
Panthaleon: 0:29:06
mallowgeno: 0:31:01
TanisNikana: 0:37:10
Adorabebs: 0:43:43
CaptainMeme: 0:57:00
Radja: 0:58:38
entreri: 1:40:00
Iprobablysuck: 1:40:00

kdowns hasn’t gotten a chance to complete the challenge, but it’s mathatically impossible to win.

That’s an average of
0:49:31
.


Sunrise Land


Spoiler:
StrangerCoug: 0:24:48
DeasVail: 0:29:23
Felissan: 0:30:27
VashtaNeurotic: 0:45:22
Xalxe: 0:49:18
McMenno: 0:58:12
CreativeMod1: 1:04:14
Shadoweh: 1:20:35
Vijarada: 1:22:34
mastina: 1:27:23
DeathNote: 1:38:28

Unfortunately that’s an average time of
0:58:54
. Not gonna cut it.


Ba Sing Se


Spoiler:
Save The Dragons: 0:19:58
Aronis: 0:24:55
Blackberry: 0:27:18
TheWayItEnds: 0:29:04
Cheery Dog: 0:40:30
Mina: 0:45:12
Kmd4390: 0:56:23
Cephrir: 0:57:43
N: 0:58:53
Invisibility: 1:33:13
ManateeDude: 1:40:00

TheBreeze hasn’t finished the challenge, but it’s mathematically impossible to win.

That’s an average of
0:50:17
, meaning that
Fire and Brimstone
wins and is safe! The second elimination will be posted shortly.
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Post Post #19 (ISO) » Thu Oct 25, 2018 7:24 am

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Ok, hang on a second
I'm one of my team's top performers? That's not normal. At all.
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Post Post #20 (ISO) » Thu Oct 25, 2018 7:55 am

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We accepted minor spelling mistakes if the intent was clear, we're not monsters.

Classic movies:

Easy Rider
Oliver!
Some Like it Hot
A Streetcar Named Desire
Field of Dreams

Fun and Games:
Peekaboo
Equestrian Sports
A Dip in the Pool
Aerobics Class
Easter Egg Hunt on the White House Lawn

On the Map:
Costa Rica
Indianapolis
Eastern Rocky Mountains
Albuquerque New Mexico
Southeastern Idaho

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Double Double Toil and Trouble
Insure Domestic Tranquility(yes we did accept ensure)
Once Upon a Time
Use the Force Luke
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Post Post #21 (ISO) » Thu Oct 25, 2018 8:17 am

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Yeah some of the movies and quotes I was never gonna get. Also struggled with figuring out how to submit which hurt my time a lot. Sorry team.
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Post Post #22 (ISO) » Thu Oct 25, 2018 9:05 am

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Where i come from we dont say no good deed is ever lost. We just lose them

Also what does that mean
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Post Post #23 (ISO) » Thu Oct 25, 2018 9:35 am

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Dunno. Never heard it before. But somehow got it right.
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Post Post #24 (ISO) » Thu Oct 25, 2018 11:27 am

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If the spaces between words were given (or if they were there and I simply didn't see them, thus meaning that they needed to be bigger), I'd have stood a chance.

As-is, I was butchered; I couldn't figure out any movie quotes, didn't know most of the films so had no choice of getting them (similar to the quotes, I can't get what I never have heard!), had no clue what any of the games were, and got 5 guesses. Of 20 questions.

And yet.
SOMEHOW.
I wasn't last?

Holy shit.
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