Tasks / The Failure

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.
1 to 10 players
15 points
Level 1
Created by Joshua Kelly
28 completed :: 3 in progress
Interested in collaborating on this: (no one yet!)
this task is retired
Comments
Nah, this is for tasks where you didn't meet the requirements but still put a lot of effort into it.
It was my intent for the value of The Failure, to be either 5 points or no points, just more as a place to post attempts
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is this intended to replace the do over task or be in addition to it? isn't this the same thing?