Post by Peter Pettigrew on Apr 27, 2022 6:18:59 GMT 10
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As part of your shared Day 0 experience, you will be able to work together on the season's first Challenge! It's a tribute to the first step many Muggles have taken toward Harry Potter fandom - carefully rereading and rewatching, paying close attention to every last details. Some of the observations gleaned will go on to become theories or points of debate in certain circles, but others are simply worn with pride as a badge of familiarity, testaments to a greater level of fandom.
In this Challenge, both of you will need to work together on six counting tasks, all of which need to be completed within twenty minutes. In each task you will need to diligently notice certain details, then weigh them up to determine which is 'greater'.
To begin playing the Challenge, one of you will need to add yourself to the Member Group 'Joint Account'. This can be done by navigating to your Profile, then the Groups tab. The moment you click the 'Join Group' button, your time for the Challenge will begin. You should then return immediately to the home page of this board, where you will see a new subforum containing the first Trigger phrase for the Challenge (an emboldened phrase made up of "CAPITALLETTERSWITHNOSPACES").
Post the Trigger into this thread and it will magically turn into your first counting task: an image followed by instructions to count two different things in the picture, then determine which count is greater (i.e. higher). You will also receive new Trigger phrases which you can use to lock in your answer and launch the second task.
When you think you know which count is greater for the first task, or aren’t sure but want to move on anyway, make a post containing the new Trigger phrase which corresponds to your answer. This will launch your second counting task, which will contain Triggers for the third counting task, and so on. The Triggers in the sixth and final counting task will turn into a finish image and end the Challenge.
Open these spoiler tags for an example counting task:
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Which is greater?
COUNT A: The number of whiskers shown on Peter Pettigrew's magnificent face.
or
COUNT B: The number of teeth shown in Peter Pettigrew's adorable mouth.
If you think COUNT A is greater, post the Trigger phrase "PETERPETTIGREWHASMAGNIFICENTWHISKERS".
If you think COUNT B is greater, post the Trigger phrase "PETERPETTIGREWHASADORABLETEETH".
In this example the correct answer would of course be COUNT A. However, both Triggers would still present you with the same counting task to undertake next.
You are both allowed (and are indeed encouraged) to post in this thread as often as you like while the Challenge is running, discussing each counting task and deciding together which count is greater. However, only the first answer Trigger posted for each counting task will be accepted, regardless of who posts it.
Each of the six tasks will be significantly more difficult than the one before, so the most important element of this Challenge is time management. Note that if more than twenty minutes elapse from the moment one of you joins the Member Group, any further answers given will not be accepted. You should always keep this in mind and be sure to start the sixth task with enough time to spare.
To reiterate: your twenty minutes will begin the instant one of you presses the 'Join Group' button, so do not rely on the timestamp of your post in this thread containing the first Trigger - twenty minutes after that timestamp will already be too late. We recommend that whoever joins the Member Group should start a timer when they do so, to track how much of your twenty minutes remains.
The pair who gets the most counting tasks correct within twenty minutes will have their greatness recognised with an award of 10 House Points, the first ones up for grabs in The ORG of the Phoenix! These will give you a leg up over your competition and make it easier for you to earn your Mutual ID Reveal earlier in the Game. In the event of a tie for most counting tasks correct, the House Points will be awarded to whichever pair scored their final point the quickest, as measured from the time the Member Group was joined.
You must complete this Challenge by 8:30pm AEST (board time) on Sunday, when Day 0 will end.
If you have any questions about this Challenge or how it will work, please ask the Ministers in this thread. Just make sure that you ask anything and everything before you begin the Challenge, as once you join the Member Group your twenty minutes will begin and we will be unable to help.