September 24, 2012

It's been a long saga, for a small amount of currency. What did we learn?

(1) Redundancy is good. (Redundancy is good.) If you're ever trying to do this, it's more successful to send many pennies to many people, rather than circulate a single penny along a lengthy path.
(2) But inefficient can be really interesting.

Phase 3: November of 2011
Penny Flooding
All remaining taskers were invited to send a penny to all other remaining taskers.

Penny Flood Recipients:

(Player Receiving, Date, Player Sending)
1. Loki & anna one 15 Nov, 2011 Rongo Rongo
2. Charlie Fish, mid Nov 2011, Rongo Rongo
3. Rongo Rongo, 22 Nov 2011, Loki & anna one
4. Charlie Fish, 22 Nov 2011, Loki & anna one
5. Rongo Rongo, 27 Nov 2011, Charlie Fish

6. Loki & anna one, 28 Nov, 2011, Charlie Fish


Phase 2: February through Spring of 2011

This task has been in progress for years, with sporadic cries of "Who's got the penny?" and much long-distance shrugging. The One Cent reboot began on February 18, 2011. We got our your pennies ready to send, and saved up nickels and dimes to pay for postage!

On March 6, 2011, twelve players were each given a not-quite-randomly ordered destiny list of all the other participants. Each player was asked to start a penny moving, enclosing that penny's destiny list. In the penny packet, along with the penny and the address list, they could also enclose tag-along souvenirs.

Upon receipt of any penny, the receiving player was asked to update this write-up with documentation of the journey. Then, using the destiny list that was accompanying that penny, the player should have mailed the supplemented penny packet to the next recipient.

(List of pennies and recipients)

Penny 0
Starting player: Charlie Fish
Nickname for penny: Penny Ø
1. Mailed out: 24 March 2011
2.Received by C.M. March 30, 2011, Mailed in April at some point.

3. (was supposed to be received by Teucer)

Penny 1
Starting player: Cthulu Kitty
Nickname for penny: Lady Copperbottom
Mailed out March 16th

1. Lincoln mailed it off March 18th

2. (was supposed to be received by Rather Dashing)


Penny 2
Starting player: C.M. González

Nickname for penny: Li'l Railsplitter
1.Sent in April, 2011
2. (was supposed to be received by Praximity)

Penny 3
Starting player: Lincoln
Nickname for penny: Dave

Mailed out March 18, 2011
1. (was supposed to be received by UXØ Adam; never received)

Note: I'm really sorry but I never recieved this penny. It's out there somewhere, in a mail depot at Heathrow or at the bottom of the Altnatic or maybe in the house of an envious postman. - Adam

Penny 4
Starting player: Loki and anna one
Nickname for penny: The Mint Penny
Mailed out: March 8

1. (was supposed to be received by Teucer) Confirmed received by Teucer,
2. delivered to Rather Dashing (date unknown)

Penny 5
Starting player: Praximity
Nickname for penny:
1. (was supposed to be received by Loki and anna one) Not received.

Penny 6
Starting player: Rather Dashing
Nickname for penny:
1. (was supposed to be received by Spidere; never received)

Penny 7
Starting player: Rongo Rongo
Nickname for penny: Wishing Well
Mailed out on March 16!
1. (was supposed to be received by Rather Dashing)

Penny 8
Starting player: Spidere
Nickname for penny: The Bear of the Sea

Mailed out: March 25th
1. Rongo Rongo. Arrived March 26, I think. Remailed April 7.
2.
3. GYØ Vicki - arrived 30th April (I think I'm 3rd...) Remailed beginning of May
4. Charlie Fish - arrived sometime in May and sent onwards
5. (was supposed to be received by Praximity)

Penny 9
Starting player: Teucer
Nickname for penny:
1. (was supposed to be received by Praximity) Reported as not sent.

Penny 10
Starting player: GYØ Vicki
Nickname for penny: 2010 - The Year of the Penny
1. Sent to Charlie Fish at beginning of May
2. Charlie Fish sent it on May 12
3. Loki & anna one sent it on May 19
4. Lincoln sent it on May 24
5. Rongo Rongo sent it on June 14.
7. (was supposed to be received by Rather Dashing)

Penny 11
Starting player: UXØ Adam
Nickname for penny:
1. (was supposed to be received by Cthulu Kitty)

Penny -12
Starting player: Evil Cthulu Kitty
Nickname for penny: Mr. Brightsides

Mailed out March elebenty six
1. Rongo Rongo received a penny from Evil Cthulu Kitty on March 18th
2. Spidere received the penny from Rongo Rongo sometime in March, passed to Loki + anna one on April 9th
3. Loki + anna one sent the penny on April 13th
4. (was supposed to be received by Teucer) confirmed received by Teucer,
5. reported delivered to Rather Dashing (date unknown)

Phase 1: 2008
The original single penny trail

THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL PENNY TRAIL, AS FAR AS WE KNOW IT.
If you have the penny, or know who has it, please tell them to move it along!

GYØ Adam
Great Yarmouth, UK


Lincoln
Los Angeles, CA


Susy Derkins
Mexico City, Mexico


Flea + TOPICAL COMMENT
NI, UK


lowteck
San Fran, CA


zer0gee
Chicago, IL

The Animus
Chicago, IL

rongo rongo
Boston, MA


teucer (formerly Doktor Harmon)
Durham, NC