Pointless Prize: 2022 Photo Scavenger Hunt
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Rules:
This year we have two competitions: a main competition and participation prizes! You can compete in both simultaneously or just one.
- To compete for a participation prize you must (1) upload one or more photos of the item to your Strava ride for that day. (2) title your Strava ride with the hashtag #scavhunt. Please only hashtag ONE ride per day with #scavhunt. This hashtag will ensure you automatically show up and get ranked onto our scavhunt leaderboard (https://freezingsaddles.org/pointless/hashtag/scavhunt).
- To compete in the main competition (with one or more points awarded daily based on photo creativity, beauty and/or the capricious whims of Millie and Rumi) your entries must be posted HERE on the Forum in this thread (http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?18934-Pointless-Prize-2022-Photo-Scavenger-Hunt)
Detailed rules are below:
- Obvs, you should be a participant in Freezing Saddles ’22
- It has to be on a bike ride on the day it was requested
- For the main competition, it has to be posted in the Forum on the day for which it was requested, i.e., 12:01 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST for the day it was requested. Sorry, we won’t count ones that aren’t posted for the day it was requested. That’s part of the challenge
- The reason we say “for the day it is requested” is because we will release a weekly list of scavenger hunt items ahead of time, with one item for each day — but don’t take and/or post the pic until that day comes.
- The Scavenger Hunt calendar will be updated weekly here: (https://tinyurl.com/2022scavhunt) Each (Saturday-Friday) week of items will have a common theme. We will always update it in advance of the week ahead so you have time to make plans!
- Your Forum post must be titled with the date and the found object/theme. Example: IF the item for January 1st was “borscht”, you would title your Forum post: 1/1/2022 borscht
- Description, short backstory or location are optional (but nice). That said, if your pic is abstract or not obviously relatable to my request, please explain (e.g., I ask for “happiness”, and you post a pic of a tennis ball you found on a ride, please explain how that tennis ball = happiness)
- It has to be a picture you took. You don’t need to be in the photo, but if you are in it, it either has to be a selfie or done with a self-timer
- Only one pic/day should be posted in the Forum. Please don’t pad by adding more than one pic/day. (You can include as many photos as you want on your strava ride.)
- It has to be a picture, not a video
- Let’s stick to things you find out there during your ride, and not things that you bring or make yourself (unless otherwise specified). Example 1: if I say find “2022”, don’t scratch it into dirt. Example 2: if I say find a flower, don’t bring a flower with you on your ride and take a pic of that. This kinda takes the fun out of looking for things, which is the whole point.
- Unless specified otherwise, your bike does not have to be in the photo.
- Found item needs to be clear and discernible (or legible if text) in the picture. If you are using Tapatalk and are having trouble posting pics that are large enough, let us know and I/we can try to help you with it.
- Filters are OK, but no obvious/blatant photoshopping… not that we would know anything about such things
Scoring
Scoring will be different for FS22 and there are two different prizes you are competing for simultaneously:
- Main Competition: To compete in this prize you must post in this Forum ( http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?18934-Pointless-Prize-2022-Photo-Scavenger-Hunt ) complying with the rules above. Scoring will be arbitrary and capricious, and only one person per day is guaranteed to get a point each day. Hopefully this will cut down on some of the back-end work. How will you be the lucky point-winner for the day? Impress us with your creativity. Since we are publishing an entire week at a time, it should give you some time to come up with a creative idea. The rider with the most Main Competition points at the end of the competition is the… winner of the Main Competition.
- Participation Winners: There will also be participation awards for the top tier of daily participants. Tag one ride each day with #scavhunt, add your photo(s) of the item, and watch this leaderboard https://freezingsaddles.org/pointless/hashtag/scavhunt . This will be scored automatically by the leaderboard itself (one point per daily #scavhunt ride), is honor-based. Please do not tag more than one ride per day with the hashtag. Anyone in the top 10% of the leaderboard (based on number of rides, not mileage!!) at the end of Freezing Saddles will get a special prize!
Good Luck! Millie and Rumi
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At long last, it is time to announce the winner of the “beauty” contest portion of this scavenger hunt.
We had a lot of fun being arbitrary and capricious – to a certain point. Rumi and I judged most of the days, but sometimes we called in guest judges. What were the standards by which we judged? Well, arbitrary and capricious, of course.
But seriously, for me it was often looking through the photos, figuring out which ones sparked a certain emotion in me upon immediately viewing it, and then figuring out exactly why I felt that emotion.- For instance, when Indiana submitted a picture of the sun for her sphere entry, I was surprised and amused!
- Camiller and catedrew made me laugh with their waterway entries.
- I felt an adrenaline rush when I saw AlanA’s 18% grade photo for roadway.
- DCAKen’s equating of a School sign to Pisces for his entry was creative.
- Bigredboiler kept wowing us with mountains, like his national park entry.
- Serdar’s submission for war memorial included a really clear shot of the constellation Orion.
- Nadine found a bright teal house in a line of somewhat monochromatic houses for her painted lady entry.
Etc. etc. etc.! If you haven’t read the reasons why we chose different photos, make sure that you check it out on the tally calendar.
TWO people chose the beauty prize option for their 19 March submission. My panel of bikey people who are not participating in Freezing Saddles chose Serdar’s photo as the winner of that day.
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This is a really cool shot! Serdar was already one point behind the lead, and thanks to the extra 5 points, he came out on top and won!
Congratulations, Serdar! Your prize is a piece of art by me! I will be creating this within the next month and reaching out to you for info on how to get it to you.
Thank you, everyone! We had a lot of fun judging all of your photos in this scavenger hunt.
Millie & Rumi
@Mtansill 218744 wrote:
At long last, it is time to announce the winner of the “beauty” contest portion of this scavenger hunt.
We had a lot of fun being arbitrary and capricious – to a certain point. Rumi and I judged most of the days, but sometimes we called in guest judges. What were the standards by which we judged? Well, arbitrary and capricious, of course.
But seriously, for me it was often looking through the photos, figuring out which ones sparked a certain emotion in me upon immediately viewing it, and then figuring out exactly why I felt that emotion.- For instance, when Indiana submitted a picture of the sun for her sphere entry, I was surprised and amused!
- Camiller and catedrew made me laugh with their waterway entries.
- I felt an adrenaline rush when I saw AlanA’s 18% grade photo for roadway.
- DCAKen’s equating of a School sign to Pisces for his entry was creative.
- Bigredboiler kept wowing us with mountains, like his national park entry.
- Serdar’s submission for war memorial included a really clear shot of the constellation Orion.
- Nadine found a bright teal house in a line of somewhat monochromatic houses for her painted lady entry.
Etc. etc. etc.! If you haven’t read the reasons why we chose different photos, make sure that you check it out on the tally calendar.
TWO people chose the beauty prize option for their 19 March submission. My panel of bikey people who are not participating in Freezing Saddles chose Serdar’s photo as the winner of that day.
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This is a really cool shot! Serdar was already one point behind the lead, and thanks to the extra 5 points, he came out on top and won!
Congratulations, Serdar! Your prize is a piece of art by me! I will be creating this within the next month and reaching out to you for info on how to get it to you.
Thank you, everyone! We had a lot of fun judging all of your photos in this scavenger hunt.
Millie & Rumi
Thank you tons, Rumi and Millie! I enjoyed this game very much. And it will be an honor to have an artwork by you, Millie.
@JessicaH 222253 wrote:
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Wrong message thread!!!
Use the 2023 thread [mention]JessicaH [/mention]
This is 2022!!!
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