Pointless Prize: 2022 Photo Scavenger Hunt

[rumipumi]

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:

1. Obvs, you should be a participant in Freezing Saddles ’22
2. It has to be on a bike ride on the day it was requested
3. 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
4. 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.
5. 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!
6. 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
7. 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)
8. 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
9. 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.)
10. It has to be a picture, not a video
11. 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.
12. Unless specified otherwise, your bike does not have to be in the photo.
13. 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.
14. 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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[Shawnbeast]

@rumipumi 212205 wrote:

Millie is my partner in crime running this! Also the image seems to be broken on this post. Can u fix?

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Ok, I think I fixed it. Thanks to both of you!

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[Boomer Cycles]

1/01/22 – Square

“Bike May Use Full Lane” sign, King Street Metro Station, Alexandria VA

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[tomacsh]

1/1/2022 SQUARE

Grids of glass block windows at Rochambeau

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[HokieBeth]

1/1/2022 Square (at the Y)

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[Catedrew]

1/1/2022 Square

This is a square tile design set into the exterior side of the Adult Education Building for Arlington County at Sequoiah Plaza. What’s fun about it is that I didn’t even realize that I captured myself in the window reflection taking the photo.

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[camiller]

1/1/2022 Square — part of the fence design on StorageMart at the corner of Old Lee Highway and Shirley Gate Road in Fairfax

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[ALClayville]

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[Laurie E.]

@rumipumi 212145 wrote:

Welcome to the 2022 Photo Scavenger Hunt. The weekly theme for Sat Jan 1 through Friday Jan 7 is SHAPES!
Sat Jan 1: Square
Sun Jan 2: Rhombus
Mon Jan 3: Sphere
Tues Jan 4: Right triangle
Weds Jan 5: Pentagon
Thurs Jan 6: Cone
Fri Jan 7: Cuboid

Watch this calendar for scoring of the daily winners and future scav hunt objects and themes: http://tinyurl.com/2022scavhunt
Watch this leaderboard for your participation prize progress! https://freezingsaddles.org/pointless/hashtag/scavhunt
Full rules: http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?18934-Pointless-Prize-2022-Photo-Scavenger-Hunt

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The square is the middle sign on the post.

[josh]

1/1/2022: Square
I was lured back to FS, albeit as a slacker. Here’s my square:

Rittenhouse Square is pretty during any season, although this picture of an adjacent building’s temporary address sign doesn’t quite demonstrate that.

[Julie K]

1/1/2022 Square – FDR
memorial

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[cvcalhoun]

1/2/2022 Rhombus

[rumipumi]

@josh 212229 wrote:

I was lured back to FS, albeit as a slacker. Here’s my square:

Rittenhouse Square is pretty during any season, although this picture of an adjacent building’s temporary address sign doesn’t quite demonstrate that.

Please add date and item to top of scavhunt posts (“1/1/2022 SQUARE”)

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[rumipumi]

@Laurie E. 212228 wrote:

The square is the middle sign on the post.

Please add date and item to top of scavhunt posts (“1/1/2022 SQUARE”). Please do that instead of quoting the original post. Thx!

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[rumipumi]

@Indiana 212206 wrote:

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Inspirational squares found outside an elementary school. Good ones to refer to throughout Freezing Saddles and the rest of the year: You are Loved and NEVER GIVE UP!!

So happy the photo contest lives on. Thank you!

Please add date and item to top of scavhunt posts (“1/1/2022 SQUARE”)

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[Serdar]

@Dawn_F 212202 wrote:

1/1/2022 Square Toppled traffic cone.

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Did you knock it off intentionally?

[Author]

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