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@rumpuscat – reposting my earlier post (and see page 89 for another post w/my email).  DM me on Strava (after you enable DM) or email me….unless you want to post your address here 🙂    …congrats!

Follow-up…I could only DM @cvccalhoun, @AlanA, @rumpuscat, @Indiana….everyone else, let me know how to reach you to get your address and/or email me (see above).  To enable DM on Strava, I had to add my birthdate (month/year) to my profile.  Probably same for you if you’re interested in enabling.

Kris

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Two Updates for all:

1. I’ll have to ship individually to winners (email me your address or DM on Strava…we need to follow each other + you have to give Strava your birthdate to enable DM).  Hopefully my silly prize idea actually works out (sourcing from shady China website, so don’t hold your breath :).   Alan – I’ve sent an order to your address.  Waiting to verify they shipped what I am expecting before I place orders for others.
2. Summary of some statistics and “facts” from the pointless prize below

Fun facts

28      # of players in forum
37      # players via Strava #flag
1334  # flags counted via forum
1454  # flags counted via Strava #flag (incl bonus flags)
6        # players w/flag everyday
2        # players only missing 1-2 days
197    # unique flags I tracked before giving up 🙂
23241  Total miles ridden on #flag rides

Speculation “facts”

AlanA               Most states traveled to collect flags
CVCalhoun      Longest day on bike for flags
DCAKen           Most Embassies (reg days)
CVCalhoun      Most embassies (single day)
Matteblack      Most “seasonal” flags
Matteblack (tie)  Best “thematic” flag search daily [“seasonal/specialty” flags]
DCAKen (tie)       Best “thematic” flag search daily [Nation flags]
AlanA               Best “surprise” flag that caught my eye [Seabees]
CBGanimal     Best “surprise” flag that caught my eye [Seabees]
consularrider  Most surprising ride location (and flag) for me [Indiana Univ!]
Kbikeva            Best job catching me “off guard” with rules question

Kris

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Follow-up…I could only DM @cvccalhoun, @AlanA, @rumpuscat, @Indiana….everyone else, let me know how to reach you to get your address and/or email me (see above).  To enable DM on Strave, I had to add my birthdate (month/year) to my profile.  Probably same for you if you’re interested in enabling.

Kris

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@serdar I can’t make it to happy hour 🙁  If you can announce, that would be great.

Overall winner: @cvcalhoun

Runners-up: 7 others who also played daily throughout BAFS.

@matteblack, @AlanA, @CBGanimal, @DCAKen, @CaseyKane50, @Indiana, @rumpuscat

To all winners – Who is going to HH?  I would like to ship a small prize to everyone.  I can ship individually and/or to one person who can distribute to others at HH.  I’ll message each of you via DM on Strava.  If you see this, you can reply to forum, my DM on Strava, or email me at cyclestein and the domain is the one owned by Google for email….

Kris

p.s. expect still another message from me here with summary/statistics of the game & a thank you.

 

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Awesome and impressive work by all.  More to come (details on winners, prizes, statistics/fun facts, etc.).  Give me a few days please.  Hopefully this coming wknd at latest.

@Cvcalhoun – Congratulations on the overall win.  You were certainly determined on Sunday 🙂

@matteblack – most impressive to find “seasonal” flags everyday this year.  I never would have guessed it to be possible.  And congrats on the big haul Saturday.  I didn’t think anyone would come close to that.

To all others who played daily (and did or didn’t realize the final twist)….thank you all for the dedication, and sorry I had to keep the “surprise” for the last minute.  I wanted to limit any mastermind route planning over days 🙂  I figured it would be tough to balance alerting everyone vs art of spontaneous surprise.

To all who played here & there along the way ….my thanks to you as well.  Always fun to see the interest and humbled to know you took the time to spot a flag on a ride, stop to photograph it, and then take even more time to share on Strava and the forum (no small task :).

Kris

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3-17 West Douglas Co #4 (Colorado)

Nothing special. Wide-angle to at least get a red door

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Amazing all!   I have a lot of Strava feeds/photos to look at 🙂

@cvcalhoun & @matteblack – most impressive dedication!

@cvcalhoun – awesome job running #Bingo this year! and thank you for carrying on the torch!  way easier to play vs run it 🙂

@alana – I guess we’ll see if Strava has a 10k photo limit per ride 🙂  Thank you for the LOL! and thank you for daily dedication.  Also, I really enjoyed working a fire station into my rides each day (that I rode).  I had to make a Google map to keep track of which ones got.  My guess is DC had the density advantage vs Denver (fair as makeup for my #420 advantage last year 🙂

To everyone else who also played daily, don’t give up……one day to go (and maybe one more surprise up my sleeve, so keep playing!).

Kris

 

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3-16 South Metro (Denver) #40

Plenty of snow to go around

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@matteblack – post all pics to your Strava and tell me the # here.  Please post vs holding back in spirit of keeping it fun. I’ll take your biggest day if that makes it more fair.

@alana – I was thinking this would be for daily people plus the couple near daily, but to your point, technically someone way down could jump ahead. I’ll really only look at those who have been playing regularly throughout.

@kbikeva – the base is a technicality I didn’t consider :). I’ll give you 12 from there if you find 4 distinct places within and 3 flags each. Or more places within but 12 total.

Kris

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@Indiana, only 3 flags from a single location throughout the game still applies. So, you can go back to a location again this weekend, but max 3 flags in total throughout the game.

Kris

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@cvcalhoun. Yes!  No more than 3 flags from one location. Essentially, you can get many flags on one ride and all existing rules apply. Only post one to forum though, since it’s time consuming.

My goal was giving everyone the flexibility to choose which day is better for you, but not to much time to plan too much in advance.

Kris

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IMPORTANT UPDATE — TIEBREAKER — NEW RULE for March 16-17 ONLY

For one day (rider’s choice) – either Sat or Sun, March 16-17, you can get as many flags as you see on your ride.

Details:

• You can only do this one day (your choice; either Sat or Sun).
• You only need to post one flag to forum.  Tell me how many flags you are claiming though.
• I will check your Strava to verify.
• I will add all valid flags to your total in the Google tracker spreadsheet.
• Same rules as always…needs to be a “real” flag
  • Basically at least 3’x5′ rectangle…can be other shaped sometimes
  • Generally on a pole (my discretion  for other mounts)
  • The goal is making sure it’s a “real” flag (not a banner, tiny yard sign, etc.)

Hit me up with any questions.  I’ll try to keep monitoring the forum.

Kris

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@AlanA – glad you hear you are enjoying the game.  I’m enjoying seeing and learning so many flags from everyone (and the occasional crazy back story :).  I just hope all the daily players are reading forum to see my update.  p.s. I did check the DC weather to see that it is looking good for the final few days.  Unfortunately, not the same for me with a couple FEET of snow today.  Luckily, I did ride everyday my first winter in Denver (a few sleaze rides required)…..this year I’m fine letting my FS team down with a few days off when not practical 🙂

 

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*** IMPORTANT NEWS ***   TIEBREAKER DETAILS COMIMG FRIDAY ***

Check the Forum Friday late afternoon/evening for tiebreaker details.

• I’ll post a update at top of the 1st post in this thread
• I’ll also post the details in-line as a new post
• I’ll post Friday afternoon / evening (exact time TBD; probably around this time ± 1-2 hours)

Everyone has done such an impressive job riding & finding flags each day.

Six players have been finding a new flag everyday of freezing saddles.  Couple others only off 1-2 days.

Time to do something to shake things up for the final weekend….more to come! 🙂

Kris

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3-13 Xmas ornament

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