On Jan 9, 11:56Â am, Bill Martin
hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> *fires up Master device* Â Okay... setting grab mode to copy, now let's
>>> see, what can I miss from my collection... *grabs the VHS of the Star
>>> Wars Special* Â ... yeah, this'll do.
>
>> Yep, the good ol' Star Wars Christmas Special. Â Whomsoever had the
>> idea to bring that to television should be subject to endless "Stop
>> the Chicken" reruns.
>
> Quit being so kind to them. Â The only good thing to come out of the
> Star Wars Special (wasn't Christmas, 'twas Life Day, since the Christ
> child hadn't been born yet, thus the Messianic movement from the Jews
> couldn't have evolved into Christianity just yet) was Boba Fett.
I know. That's why they get subjected to the Universal Hanna-Barbera
Form of Torture (endless "Stop the Chicken" reruns).
>>>> Rosetta: Â "A whitewater rafting trip. Â But what if we fall out?"
>
>>> Then you try to back-float with your feet pointing downstream to help
>>> protect against rocks, both those visible and below the surface.
>
>> But she doesn't KNOW that.
>
>> (Of course, neither did I...)
>
> If you ever go whitewater rafting, they'll tell you that during the
> half-hour or so prep that you'll go through...
We hadn't gotten that far -- we were still in San Francisco. :)
>> Michael: "They told us this was a whitewater rafting trip. Â Maybe the
>>>> challenge is just surviving the sensory overload of this group!"
>
>>> Nah... but that does give me an idea, or at least, a start of one...
>
>> Ruh, roh... Â I can just imagine where the 2009 New Year's Challenge
>> might go -- or at least one of them.
>
>> "Survive being around all the other teams..."
>
> Only if some of my "omake teams" get thrown in... Â Let's see, what
> violent, psychopathic, and demonic forces could give some teams a new
> meaning of the word fear... Â Hmm...
Yeep... So would that be the Easy Challenge next year, or the Hard
one?
>> ?????: Â "You and your three teammates, on a routine New
>>>> Year's Challenge, get caught by the greatest time window ever known.
>>>> Hastened by the rapids, it'll transport you over a thousand feet
>>>> below,
>>>> to the Land of the Lost (lost, lost lost), to the Land of the Lost
>>>> (lost, lost lost)."
>
>>> *sighs* Â great, forgot the line about the raft, didn't I...
>
>> I pasted that quote right from the challenge itself.
>
> That's why I said didn't I, not didn't you... Â oh well, I'll fix it in
> the archive of challenges...
I know. Just was saying...
>>> Okay... little weak on the exit, but like the rules state, excellent
>>> fic with questionable tactics surpass blasé fic with awesome tactics,
>>> so you pass.
>
>> Yeah. Â Meat and potatoes a little tough and watery respectively. Â But
>> thanks for the pass.
>
> You're welcome.
I couldn't find exactly what was put where to do what at which pylon
or whatever to open a time portal, so I had to go with the "lucky
break" approach and go from there.
>> Any word on the Hard ruling yet?
>
> Nope, might be a while. Â Any info I can find in the places I'm looking
> now don't bode well, but I want to make a well-informed decision, not a
> hasty rush.
Had a gut feeling
-- I mean, as one has said, without healers, it's
basically "a wing and a prayer".
Has ANYONE fully passed this year's Hard Challenge yet?
Mike (Heard a couple partials and a few fails...)
