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Flitworth
Level 3: 314 points
Alltime Score: 5119 points
Last Logged In: April 24th, 2018
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The Failure by Flitworth

December 8th, 2007 5:33 PM

INSTRUCTIONS: Was there a Task that you bombed? Were you too ashamed to post it or too afraid of the dangerous red X?

Here is where you can claim partial credit.

Tell us what task you were attempting, why it went wrong, and what you plan to do about it.

I restored this task in the name of the Revolution!

And completely failed to follow the intent of Restoration

The task is below. I un-submitted it after a player pointed out a fatal flaw in my plan. I consider it a failure because it is the first time I've looked over a task completion of my own and thought, "I buggered that one up". I don't usually look at the praxis for tasks I want to do until afterwards because I do not wish to be unduly influenced either by the content or the quality. When a player shplanks (is this right?) a task it makes it harder to not be self-conscious and to pursue the task with appropriate abandon.

My original interpretation of Restoration was too convenient. I thought I had found a way to task and spread the word of the Revolution and was so caught up in it that I failed to consider the far more likely intent of the task and the key placement and choice of the word "completion". I reviewed the other completions of Restoration and determined that I had failed to meet the criteria, however, I put a great deal of effort into this completion and wanted to see it on the Praxis. For those who voted for this under Restoration: Thank you but I was too bothered my the gap in my interpretation and the intent of the task to accept the points. It is not that I am not extremely appreciative.

As for what I am going to do about it. I have already begun research on a completion to restore and am considering a very different approach to making amends as well.

Without further ado:

A Revolution is nothing if word is not spread. I felt I must inform the masses of what is afoot. As I have promised to bring only roses I again used them to carry the message that "to know the Revolution is to sympathize". Because this is Korea I had a coworker give me an approximate translation of that same message in Korean and placed both fortunes, along with SF0's address, inside the roses. Instructions to open the rose were also bilingual and placed on the bottom, where it was obvious where to separate the folds.

Creation process, edited: You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video

I departed in the late afternoon with 41 fortune roses.
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Most of the placements were boring or difficult to get good pictures of in the dark (like the mouth of a lion statue). Evidence of dull placements at the bottom. I chose to go to an area of Seoul called Itaewon. It is the foreigner district and I thought my odds of piquing interest would be highest there. I dropped off a few in a Starbucks and in an Irish pub as well as many bus stops. All but 8 of the 41 were placed on this trip. The remaining 8 will be placed the next time I go out.
My favorite placement was this:
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PLEASE NOTE: If you arecompeting for my affection, the Pirates are now in the lead.

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My Love for SF0 is a Red, Red Rose

My Love for SF0 is a Red, Red Rose

This was in the parking lot of a Catholic church. Not obvious but too fun to pass up.


Fortunes

Fortunes

So. Much. Writing.


Roses Grow

Roses Grow


Bus Stop Rose

Bus Stop Rose

Most of the roses ended up in mundane places like bus stops.


Subway Rose

Subway Rose

I placed one on each train I took to Itaewon and back for a total of four.


Which of These Things is Not Like the Other?

Which of These Things is Not Like the Other?

The proprietor actually came out to check on me, having seen me put something in her flower bed (or so she thought...).


Tasking Hat (1 minute OK!)

Tasking Hat (1 minute OK!)

I couldn't resist getting a tasking hat. I shall probably make use of the 1 Minute Man's services again (no, really, he'll embroider anything in one minute).



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posted by Charlie Fish on December 9th, 2007 4:11 PM

Flitworth, this is brilliant.

However, it freaks me out somewhat that you look a lot like my wife in that last picture. You don't normally look like my wife, I might add, but that last picture... well, I fancy a bit of that.

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posted by Coreopsis Major Bloden Melen on July 28th, 2008 6:42 AM

Honestly, I'm voting for that great picture of you looking coy in your tasking hat.