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*Goods including t-shirts, starter packs, mugs and posters were available for sale
*Goods including t-shirts, starter packs, mugs and posters were available for sale
*Each team received one special, light blue PCAG bag, and every participant received a PCAG [[Leitmark]]
*Each team received one special, light blue PCAG bag, and every participant received a PCAG [[Leitmark]]
*Base camp puzzle trades
*The members of the winning team received clear cubes as prizes
*The members of the winning team received clear cubes as prizes
*After the games concluded, the top 8 teams were taken to the London Eye, where they intercepted a conversation (?) in morse code, flashed with torches on either side of the river; this has not yet been translated
*After the games concluded, the top 8 teams were taken to the London Eye, where they intercepted a conversation (?) in morse code, flashed with torches on either side of the river; this has not yet been translated
*Later, everyone retired to the Horse and Groom pub on Great Portland Street for social interaction lubricated by alcohol
*Later, everyone retired to the Horse and Groom pub on Great Portland Street for social interaction lubricated by alcohol
<gallery>
Image:Camerainterview.jpg|Cameras interview players at base camp
Image:Merchandise.jpg|Merchandise for sale
Image:Endscreen.jpg|End screen
Image:Puzzlemonkeyswin.jpg|Puzzle Monkeys take first place!
Image:Pub.jpg|Hanging out at the pub
Image:Blurrypub.jpg|Group shot at the end of the night
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===Challenge sheets===
===Challenge sheets===
*16 questions requiring observation from walking round an area of central London (a triangle between Leicester Square, Trafalgar Square and Picadilly Circus) that we had to text back to HQ for varying amounts of points (10-40). With hindsight the questions were in a good walking order, although those that did it backwards didn't get waylaid by the anti terrorism march and demonstration. (340 points)
*16 questions requiring observation from walking round an area of central London (a triangle between Leicester Square, Trafalgar Square and Picadilly Circus) that we had to text back to HQ for varying amounts of points (10-40). With hindsight the questions were in a good walking order, although those that did it backwards didn't get waylaid by the anti terrorism march and demonstration. (340 points)
<gallery>
Image:Chavhome.JPG
</gallery>




===Photo evidence===
===Photo evidence===
*Six photo questions that required you to MMS photos of your team in various locations (260 plus open-ended 5 points per letter photo)
*Six photo questions that required you to MMS photos of your team in various locations (260 plus open-ended 5 points per letter photo)
*These consisted of:
**1) Photos of the whole team at the following Tube stations:
***Chancery Lane
***Picadilly Circus
***Charing Cross
***Leicester Square
***Each of these was worth 20 points with an extra bonus 20 if you got them all.
**2) Fit up to 6 people in a phone box. (5 Points per person)
**3) Sit up to 6 people on a Trafalgar Square Lion. (5 Points per person)
**4) Form a human chain between two diagonal Trafalgar Square Lions, with each end touching the Lion. (40 Points)
**5) Form a human chain on the ground around Nelson's Column. (60 Points)
**6) Spell out a real word using people, either standing up or lying down. (5 Points per letter)


These consisted of:


1) Photos of the whole team at the following Tube stations:
<gallery>
 
Image:Liontrafalgar.jpg
*Chancery Lane
Image:Liontrafalgar2.jpg
 
Image:Leicester.jpg
*Picadilly Circus
Image:Chancerylane2.jpg Team Viridian
 
Image:Chancerylane.jpg
*Charing Cross
Image:Jazzhandscharingcross.jpg
 
Image:Perlexity.jpg
*Leicester Square
</gallery>
 
Each of these was worth 20 points with an extra bonus 20 if you got them all.
 
2) Fit up to 6 people in a phone box. (5 Points per person)
 
3) Sit up to 6 people on a Trafalgar Square Lion. (5 Points per person)
 
4) Form a human chain between two diagonal Trafalgar Square Lions, with each end touching the Lion. (40 Points)
 
5) Form a human chain on the ground around Nelson's Column. (60 Points)
 
6) Spell out a real word using people, either standing up or lying down. (5 Points per letter)




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Answer: ''"What is Perplex City's currency?"'' Lecks
Answer: ''"What is Perplex City's currency?"'' Lecks
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===National Gallery trail===
===National Gallery trail===
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===Ranger verification===
===Ranger verification===
*Two questions requiring you to be witnessed either singing as part of a 6 team choir for 90 seconds in Leicester Square or playing various video games against other teams at the Trocadero Arcade. For free, too! (100 Points per team for the choir, 80/50/30 Points at the arcade, depending on how well you did)
*Two questions requiring you to be witnessed either singing as part of a 6 team choir for 90 seconds in Leicester Square or playing various video games against other teams at the Trocadero Arcade. For free, too! (100 Points per team for the choir, 80/50/30 Points at the arcade, depending on how well you did)
<gallery>
Image:Happybirthday.jpg|Choir singing "Happy Birthday"
Image:Hokeypokey.jpg|Doing the Hokey Pokey in Leicester Square
Image:Trocadero.jpg|DDR at the Trocadero
</gallery>




===Base camp===
===Base camp===
*Two questions that required you to compete against other teams building a biscuit tower or spelling backwords (60 plus open-ended 10 points per letter spelling).
*Two questions that required you to compete against other teams building a biscuit tower or spelling backwords (60 plus open-ended 10 points per letter spelling).
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Image:Biscuitstack.jpg|Stacking custard creams
Image:Biscuitsmeasure.jpg|Measuring biscuit stacks
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**The undisputed* winner of the biggest item for £1 was the [[media:Toilet-Paper-=-ftw!.gif|toilet roll]] bought by the CRT (Cube ReCoventry Team). With two 2-ply rolls for the bargain price of £0.95, and weighing in at an amazing 119.04 metres long, or 13.09 square metres in area, it truly was value for money! Toilet roll runs from left to right through the far doors in the photo and then some way up the stairs.
**The undisputed* winner of the biggest item for £1 was the [[media:Toilet-Paper-=-ftw!.gif|toilet roll]] bought by the CRT (Cube ReCoventry Team). With two 2-ply rolls for the bargain price of £0.95, and weighing in at an amazing 119.04 metres long, or 13.09 square metres in area, it truly was value for money! Toilet roll runs from left to right through the far doors in the photo and then some way up the stairs.
***(*may not have actually won!)
***(*may not have actually won!)
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Image:Newspaper.jpg|Spreading the newspaper on the floor
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==Results==
==Results==
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==Facts==
==Facts==
*Biggest event of its kind
*127 people in the conga line
*127 people in the conga line
*3830 texts sent out
*3830 texts sent out
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==The London Eye and Morse Code==
==The London Eye and Morse Code==
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Image:Londoneye.jpg
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==Photographs==
==Photographs==
'''Please add a link to your photo galleries here. When adding images on flickr, be sure to tag them ''pcaglondon'' '''
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*'''[http://flickr.com/photos/tags/pcaglondon/ All flickr photos tagged pcaglondon]'''
*[http://flickr.com/photos/lhall/sets/72057594071168772/ LHall's flickr photoset]
*[http://flickr.com/photos/lhall/sets/72057594071168772/ LHall's flickr photoset]
*[http://flickr.com/photos/15909250@N00/sets/72057594070753420/ Mikey_J's flickr photoset]
*[http://flickr.com/photos/15909250@N00/sets/72057594070753420/ Mikey_J's flickr photoset]
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*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/60912246@N00/sets/72057594071488099/ kksweety's flickr photoset]
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/60912246@N00/sets/72057594071488099/ kksweety's flickr photoset]
*[http://flickr.com/photos/sequoya/sets/72057594071651095/ Sequoya's flickr photoset]
*[http://flickr.com/photos/sequoya/sets/72057594071651095/ Sequoya's flickr photoset]


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 16:00, 28 February 2006

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General

  • On Saturday, Feb. 25, players gathered in London for the much-anticipated PCAG competition, the follow-up to the New York PCAG event
  • Starting at 10 AM, 25-35 people turned up for "Brunchfast", a pre-event social at JD Weatherspoon's pub (though no one brought a pink balloon, the pre-determined identification symbol)
  • Meanwhile, nine players and representatives crammed themselves into a phone booth at Trafalgar Square for publicity shots with a professional photographer (by the way, the world record is 14)
  • Doors opened at 12 PM for signing in 200 individuals, broken into groups of six (38 teams total)
  • After an introduction by Adrian, the games began at 1 PM
  • Goods including t-shirts, starter packs, mugs and posters were available for sale
  • Each team received one special, light blue PCAG bag, and every participant received a PCAG Leitmark
  • Base camp puzzle trades
  • The members of the winning team received clear cubes as prizes
  • After the games concluded, the top 8 teams were taken to the London Eye, where they intercepted a conversation (?) in morse code, flashed with torches on either side of the river; this has not yet been translated
  • Later, everyone retired to the Horse and Groom pub on Great Portland Street for social interaction lubricated by alcohol


  • Cameras interview players at base camp

    Cameras interview players at base camp

  • Merchandise for sale

    Merchandise for sale

  • End screen

    End screen

  • Puzzle Monkeys take first place!

    Puzzle Monkeys take first place!

  • Hanging out at the pub

    Hanging out at the pub

  • Group shot at the end of the night

    Group shot at the end of the night


The Games

  • Players received on Perplex City bag per team, containing a folder with challenge and information sheets
  • Teams had until 4:00 PM to complete as many challenges on the sheet as possible. This included:
    • Taking phone camera pictures of the task as evidence and sending them in via MMS
    • Having helpers visually verify tasks
    • and texting base camp if the challenge could be answered in words
  • Teams would also receive trivia texts throughout the day, with points for each correct answer
  • Other texts would be sent out if a new challenge was happening close by


Challenge sheets

  • 16 questions requiring observation from walking round an area of central London (a triangle between Leicester Square, Trafalgar Square and Picadilly Circus) that we had to text back to HQ for varying amounts of points (10-40). With hindsight the questions were in a good walking order, although those that did it backwards didn't get waylaid by the anti terrorism march and demonstration. (340 points)


  • Chavhome.JPG


Photo evidence

  • Six photo questions that required you to MMS photos of your team in various locations (260 plus open-ended 5 points per letter photo)
  • These consisted of:
    • 1) Photos of the whole team at the following Tube stations:
      • Chancery Lane
      • Picadilly Circus
      • Charing Cross
      • Leicester Square
      • Each of these was worth 20 points with an extra bonus 20 if you got them all.
    • 2) Fit up to 6 people in a phone box. (5 Points per person)
    • 3) Sit up to 6 people on a Trafalgar Square Lion. (5 Points per person)
    • 4) Form a human chain between two diagonal Trafalgar Square Lions, with each end touching the Lion. (40 Points)
    • 5) Form a human chain on the ground around Nelson's Column. (60 Points)
    • 6) Spell out a real word using people, either standing up or lying down. (5 Points per letter)


  • Liontrafalgar.jpg
  • Liontrafalgar2.jpg
  • Leicester.jpg
  • Chancerylane2.jpg Team Viridian
  • Chancerylane.jpg
  • Jazzhandscharingcross.jpg
  • Perlexity.jpg


SMS trivia questions

  • Eight trivia questions texted through the day (7x20 + 1x10 = 150)


13:22:11, "Trivia - What year is it in Perplex City? Code: 601 Points: 20"

Answer: 269 AC


14:53:47, "Trivia - What surname is shared by Sente, Violet and Scarlett? Code: 602 Points: 20"

Answer: Kiteway


14:54:14, "Trivia - What's the tallest building in Perplex City? Code: 603 Points: 20"

Answer: Ascendancy Point


14:54:31, "Trivia - Which river runs through Perplex City? Code: 604 Points: 20"

Answer: The Mazy River


15:06:15, "Trivia - What is the leading newspaper in Perplex City called? Code: 605 Points: 20"

Answer: The Perplex City Sentinel


15:17:20, "Trivia - What is Scarlett's blog called? Code: 606 Points: 20"

Answer: The Scarlett Kite


15:28:25, "Trivia - Which Perplex City artist released an album on Earth? Code: 607 Points: 20"

Answer: Viard


15:43:38, "Trivia .-- .... .- - / .. ... / .--. . .-. .--. .-.. . -..- / -.-. .. - -.-- ... / -.-. ..- .-. .-. . -. -.-. -.-- Code: 608 Points: 10"

Answer: "What is Perplex City's currency?" Lecks


National Gallery trail

  • A special National Gallery section that gave cryptic clues for a trail through the gallery with a bumper 250-point question at the end to tempt us. Also to be texted. (370 points)


Ranger verification

  • Two questions requiring you to be witnessed either singing as part of a 6 team choir for 90 seconds in Leicester Square or playing various video games against other teams at the Trocadero Arcade. For free, too! (100 Points per team for the choir, 80/50/30 Points at the arcade, depending on how well you did)


  • Choir singing "Happy Birthday"

    Choir singing "Happy Birthday"

  • Doing the Hokey Pokey in Leicester Square

    Doing the Hokey Pokey in Leicester Square

  • DDR at the Trocadero

    DDR at the Trocadero


Base camp

  • Two questions that required you to compete against other teams building a biscuit tower or spelling backwords (60 plus open-ended 10 points per letter spelling).


  • Stacking custard creams

    Stacking custard creams

  • Measuring biscuit stacks

    Measuring biscuit stacks


Spot challenges

  • Three or four other tasks texted through the day, including choir practice, Wacky Races and a conga line


Final challenge

  • The final task was to purchase the largest object possible for £1, with receipt
    • The undisputed* winner of the biggest item for £1 was the toilet roll bought by the CRT (Cube ReCoventry Team). With two 2-ply rolls for the bargain price of £0.95, and weighing in at an amazing 119.04 metres long, or 13.09 square metres in area, it truly was value for money! Toilet roll runs from left to right through the far doors in the photo and then some way up the stairs.
      • (*may not have actually won!)


  • Spreading the newspaper on the floor

    Spreading the newspaper on the floor


Results

Rank Team name Points scored
1 The Puzzle Monkeys 1200
2 Perplex Monkeys 1072
3 Logic, Intelligence and excellance 1062
4 The Cube ReCoventry Team 1017
5 Team Jazz Hands 1002
6 Serpentine Road 962
7 Good Guys, Bad guys 'n' explosions 957
8 Reservoir Frogs 937
9 Chic Geeks 892
10 Random Genius 880
11 Anglo Irish Contingent 827
12 Simba's Waffles 772
13 NorfolkFour 762
14 The Klatchian Foreign Legion 752
15 The Red Folks 752
16 The Argonauts 745
17 Muddled to the power of 5 727
18 The Sharkheads 720
19 The Minkies 707
20 The Wildcards 702
21 The Roofers 672
22 Viridian 665
23 Team Cambridge 637
24 Exit, pursued by a bear 617
25 thekipsclubb 615
26 The Goodies 612
27 lippy yank 590
28 kalimotxo 527
29 Smarties 492
30 The IT Crowd 465
31 Hunters with attitude 455
32 Sigma Chi 450
33 Noumenon9 435
34 Violet-Harlow 425
35 Lill Baz 390
36 The Bells 305
37 The Deadly Viper Assassination Squad 300
38 And so it begins 290


Facts

  • Biggest event of its kind
  • 127 people in the conga line
  • 3830 texts sent out
  • 1153 texts recieved
  • 27276 points earned
  • 2 things going completely wrong
    • The first was that culture wardens in Trafalgar Square wouldn't allow any "professional" filming of the events around Nelson's Column.
    • The second was the huge angry protest march which gathered in Trafalgar Square, *on* Nelson's Column...about 30 seconds before the Conga Challenge started right in front of them.
  • 0 arrests
  • £1 challenge:
    • 5 people sold for £1
    • 3 countries
    • 3 newspapers
    • 1 toilet paper roll


The London Eye and Morse Code

  • Londoneye.jpg


Photographs

Please add a link to your photo galleries here. When adding images on flickr, be sure to tag them pcaglondon


References

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