Overkill by GYØ Ben, Sombrero Guy, Haberley Mead, Optical Dave, KristinawithaK, Secret Agent, Adam, Charlie Fish, Tøm
October 22nd, 2008 7:47 AM / Location: 52.035254,-0.772819MKØ, GYØ, LondonØ and formerly-BKØ-but-soon-to-be-GAØ all gathered on a sunny couple of days in August, and decided to complete the Overkill task.
At first, we opted for an epic water fight. We had large guns, Very Large Guns, and RIDICULOUSLY large guns. We had water balloons, and we had normal balloons that got VERY BIG when you filled them with water.
We had two flags: an SFØ flag and a GYØ flag. And two teams. And a park.
The result? A mad game of Capture the Flag. No-one escaped a soaking (except Vixen, who was documenting), and Charlie Fish eventually outran the opposition (and got lucky with a water balloon bounce-off) to win.
It was big, but it wasn't enough. We wanted something more. Vixen came up with the perfect idea:
EXTREME HOPSCOTCH!
Basically, we bought up all the chalk in Milton Keynes, drew six stupidly long hopscotch courses on the big plaza outside the train station, and then got random members of the public to join us in WACKY HOPSCOTCH RACES!
We had to start at the first "launch point", run to the swirly choice machine, then hop our way through one of the endless hopscotch tracks and launch ourselves back to the beginning. There was a subtle blend of silly rules and no rules.
We went through a lot of chalk drawing the courses. In the background, you can see two of the girls who we persuaded to race with us. Yay! Random members of the public tasking!
Hop! Hop faster, little fish, GYØ Tom is right on your fin!
This picture shows the view from the beginning of the six courses. See the rest of the photos and videos below for more!
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Run!
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It would be impossible to get all of the courses into one picture.
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Huddled on the first launch point, waiting for the starting pistol!
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Hopping is not a good look for you, Vixen.
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Vixen gets her hop on.
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GY0 Tom overtakes Charlie Fish...
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...and the others trail behind!
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Conagh picked a slow course.
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Concrete cow says moo.
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Getting into the spirit of childhood pastimes, we had lego alter-egos. Can you tell which player is which?
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Secret Agent drawing an unusual hopscotch square around Charlie Fish
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Hopscotch square #2011 isn't a square at all. Rather than hopping through it, you were supposed to lie down in it before you could progress...
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At the end of one of the courses there was a multiple choice, which led you to one of the other tracks.
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Vixen and GY0 Tom getting creative with their hopscotch courses. In the background, the two random girls who watched us with bemusement while we drew the hopscotch, and then joined us for the races! (edit by Ben: no, no they didn't. they STARTED one race and just disappeared shortly afterwards. tsk)
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This hopscotch track got a bit surreal towards the end. I'm not exactly sure how you were supposed to hop through this.
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The numbering got very odd here, and there was a Dance Patch - which slowed down our racers a lot.
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The Beginning, from which you had to choose one of six hopscotch tracks to race on.
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Hopscotch squares number 41, 42, Life, The Universe, and Everything.
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Secret Agent standing somewhere in the middle of the six giant hopscotch courses, gesturing towards the launch pads closer to the station which could be used to catapult to the track starting point.
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Chalky hands.
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The Giant Water Fight team
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Tom, ready to slide away at any sign of trouble...
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Charlie, loaded up
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Charlie tries to draw out the other team's defences...
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Ben on the offensive
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Charlie, after making a run for the flag and getting a massive soaking
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Run away!
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Ben fails to get away with the flag
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Charlie makes a mad dash for the poorly defended flag...
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...and, breathlessly, succeeds!
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We use up the rest of the water...
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...and Adam gets his revenge
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Then we all play on the swings. EXTREME SWINGING! no wait...
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I wish I'd been there for the water fight...
The hopscotch was good fun, though.
I can haz games too??? I'z got 4 eyes and 2 moufs. I can playz reel good.
hahahahahahaahahahhahaha
lowteck for the win, again!
you all has win.
I no has votepoints.
It makes me happy to see extreme hopscotch see the light of day.
points appeared in my vote wallet... which means...
points for you!!!
That happened to me too. Is there some kind of vote point lottery or an allocation of welfare points?
I suddenly got around 30 without deserving it before this task was submitted.
Both of those looked like they were a lot of fun!