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==The Games==
==The Games==
*Teams received a sheet of questions to answer for points, and received text messages throughout the day containing trivia and spot challenges
*Players received on Perplex City bag per team, containing a folder with challenge and information 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)
*Teams had until 4:00 PM to complete as many challenges on the sheet as possible. This included:
**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)
**Taking phone camera pictures of the task as evidence and sending them in via MMS
**Six photo questions that required you to MMS photos of your team in various locations (360 plus open-ended 5 points per letter photo)
**Having helpers visually verify tasks
**Two questions requiring you to be witnessed either singing as a choir or playing video games (180)
**and texting base camp if the challenge could be answered in words
**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).
*Teams would also receive trivia texts throughout the day, with points for each correct answer
**Eight trivia questions texted through the day (7x20 + 1x10 = 150)
*Other texts would be sent out if a new challenge was happening close by
**Three or four other tasks texted through the day, including choir practice, Wacky Races and a conga line
 
**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 [[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.
===Challenge sheets===
****(*may not have actually won!)
*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)
 
 
===Photo evidence===
*Six photo questions that required you to MMS photos of your team in various locations (360 plus open-ended 5 points per letter photo)
 
 
===SMS trivia questions===
*Eight trivia questions texted through the day (7x20 + 1x10 = 150)
 
 
===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 a choir or playing video games (180)
 
 
===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).
 
 
===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 [[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!)




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**3 newspapers
**3 newspapers
**1 toilet paper roll
**1 toilet paper roll
==The London Eye==





Revision as of 13:55, 27 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Later, everyone retired to the Horse and Groom pub on Great Portland Street for social interaction lubricated by alcohol


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)


Photo evidence

  • Six photo questions that required you to MMS photos of your team in various locations (360 plus open-ended 5 points per letter photo)


SMS trivia questions

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


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 a choir or playing video games (180)


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).


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!)


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

  • 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

Photographs

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References