WPASADI Week 9 Details Announced!

[Tinkerbelle739]

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

Lisa, where did you see Lauri's decision?

Am I missing a thread?

Obi-Wan posted it on page 1 and said she would allow it if EVERYONE agreed--that is what I agreed with after I posted my unsolicited opinion and her response was in line with mine.

Sorry--should have worded differently.

Not decided in that capacity yet.

 

[MeanLaureen]

Okay, I have thought things over. I had toyed with the idea of letting you all create websites to showcase your projects but this is a creativity contest and not a tech savvy contest so to even the playing field I am going to not allow creations of websites.

If you ALL say you are cool with allowing links to roadblock areas you choose, I am okay with it. I just want to make sure that everyone is okay with it because some states and attractions may not have websites for the areas and I don't want one players work to "appear" as less.

So let me get official answers from everyone on the link issue.

 

[kaylajr]

I am OK with weblinks but i am a little worried about how the judges will see it
if some locations do not have websites

I have 2 of mine done and they both have sites
not sure of the third though

do you think entries without links would be at a disadvantage with the judges??

what does Phil think since he will pick immunity

 

[MsLeFever]

Since I brought it up - I would love to use links. I've only got 2 of mine done but I thought that since the areas have their own websites it might be interesting for a reader to be able to learn more about them!

So - do the links replace images or are they in ADDITION to the three images?

(I would have voted for building sites but honestly am a bit relieved not to have to!)

 

[Tinkerbelle739]

I am keeping mine simple. 1 photo per task, driving directions and a description of the task. No links

Not because I cannot set up a site or include links, I can. I think it would be easier on the judges to NOT have to sift through a website for each task and for each contestant. That could possibly be 15 different website links. Who has the time to look at all of that!? I say, use your creativity to describe the place where the task takes place and keep it simple. I am.

 

[kaylajr]

(I would have voted for building sites but honestly am a bit relieved not to have to!)

i'm with you on that

 

[kaylajr]

oops double post

 

[DemonLlama]

Now that I'm tinkering around with some of the roadblocks this morning, I find myself less inclined to want to include links.

If someone in the judging wants to check out the place, they will google it anyway and find numerous links for some of these areas.

I rather keep it simple and just include the words and the three images.

This way no one will feel at a disadvantage if they have a cool place to include a roadblock that doesn't have a link to it.

 

[kaylajr]

I rather keep it simple and just include the words and the three images.

This way no one will feel at a disadvantage if they have a cool place to include a roadblock that doesn't have a link to it.

OK with me I want everyone to be on a fair playing field

 

[MsLeFever]

I'll go with the simple thing if that's what you all want!

 

[MsLeFever]

did we ever get to see the judging from last week?

 

[tarmand]

Since we can't create websites, I will not use links. I agree with DL and Tink that we should just Describe our location, provide directions and describe the task. That's what I will also do.

 

[DemonLlama]

did we ever get to see the judging from last week?

No, unless I missed it and it didn't have WPASADI in the title!

 

[MsLeFever]

without search we really need to keep WPASADI bumped up!

 

[Tinkerbelle739]

Bumpity bump!!

 

[DemonLlama]

 

[kaylajr]

still wondering about last weeks judges thread????

 

[tarmand]

Good morning contestants! And then there was 5.. Kaylajr, DemonLlama, Tinkerbelle739, Tarmand and MsLeFever all have a 1 in 5 shot of winning the title of Wickedly Perfect Amazing Surviving Apprentice DIS Idol!

You all have come a long way and worked very hard. This week will be no exception though.

Here is your challenge. It is a specialty challenge in honor of The Amazing Race finale last week.

You are to design a "leg" of the Amazing Race in your home state. We have 5 different states being represented - Texas, Louisiana, New Jersey, New York and West Virginia - so there will be no issue of duplicate entries. Here are the details of your task:

*You must research your state to find 3 (three) areas to hold a "Roadblock" (for those not familiar with the Amazing Race, a Roadblock is where they have to complete some type of task having to do with something local.. it's often unusual and hard). I don't want you guys to take the easy route and pick well known landmarks in your state. I want you to dig and find the "off the beaten path" stuff. For instance:
~lets say that I was in the race. I live in Virginia. I would not pick things like Williamsburg, Monticello, etc. I would dig around and find things like "White Post- Virginia's Dinosaur Land south of Winchester is home to about 37 fiberglass prehistoric creatures ranging in height from 3- to 30-feet tall and as long as 90 feet." or "The Jeane Dixon Museum & Library is devoted to the psychic who was best known as The Psychic Who Predicted Kennedy's Assassination." or "Smithfield - Guinness World Records officially named Smithfield's 250th Anniversary Ham Biscuit as the World's Largest! See the interactive-screen exhibit of this 2,200-pound delight at the Isle of Wight Museum, where you can also see the World's Oldest Smithfield Ham — 103 years old — protected in a glass case in one of the museum's ham galleries. Be sure to ask which ham gallery." - Don't you all want to visit The Old Dominion now?

*Once you have your 3 locations, you will design a challenge that would have to be done by teams at each stop. Make them unusual and different.

*You may provide 1 (one) graphic per stop/challenge

*Present them in order geographically and provide directions from a major interstate that runs through your state (for instance I-95 or I-64 in Virginia) You don't want the teams to have to run back and forth across the state. The race should flow.

The deadline to get your entry to me for this week is Weds. May 18th at 9pm EST.

Now.. there is a twist. Isn't there always a twist?

This week will not be judged like the previous. There is a problem with the work not remaining anonymous due to the geographical locations. This week, our esteemed judge Phil Keoghan of The Amazing Race will assign Immunity to the one entry he deems best. The following 4 entries will then go on to be judged in private by a jury of your peers. You will not know who these people are until the results are in. They will be people that I believe will be impartial and judge on the merit of the work and not on "popularity or friendship"

The 2 contestants with the lowest scores will leave the game and the three remaining contestants will move on to the FINAL ROUND of WPASADI and have a one in three shot of becoming known as "the ULTIMATE DISer!"

Good luck everyone!

Okay, now that I'm working on it, I'm getting a bit fuzzy on the requirements of this challenge. Are we designing a "leg" of the race, or are we just designing three roadblocks. There aren't three roadblocks in a "leg" are there? I thought a leg consisted of a roadblock, a detour, and a route marker. I haven't watched the show since season two, so I don't really remember.

 

[Tinkerbelle739]

I think it is a twist on The Amazing Race.

Our task, as I see it, is to come up with 3 roadblocks in a row for the "contestants" to perform.