Tasks / The High Score Task
put up a flag on top of the sutro tower....
2 to 3 players
1000 points
Level 8
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I win.
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Everyøne jøkes abøut this but øne day…
Øne day.…
Sømeone is gøing tø take this seriøusly and dø this task før real.
And then yøu will be tø stunned tø laugh
(Evil Laugh)
it has been taken seriously. There has been some extensive research into what it would take to accomplish it....turns out it is pretty hard...like a federal offense and mandatory jail time hard.
But looking at the logistically of it all 1000 points seams quite petty next to the satisfaction one would feel upon completing this successfully or the despair one would feel having failed
But looking at the logistically of it all 1000 points seams quite petty next to the satisfaction one would feel upon completing this successfully or the despair one would feel having failed
It's a level 8 task. I imagine once you hit level 8, points become quite the non-issue, and certainly not a motivator.
Not unless there's a secret level 9 in the game.
At least one player had a very good idea for this, but the plans fell through. In any case, I think it's not impossible. Do bear in mind that any attempt that'd get you arrested might well get you microwaved first.
One day I will do this. Points are of no regard.
I see someone wasted no time in signing up for this task…
The High Score Task (1 completed) (1 in progress)
But one completed? Is that a glytch?
Nope not a glitch, more like a test. If my history serves me correctly that was the second task ever completed.
To quote the http://help.sfzero.org/pmwiki.php/Main/AddingTasks-
Don't worry too much about being Location-specific. Brilliant SFZero players will find a way to do your London task in Chicago.
Anyone mind if we find a tower in GY to stick a flag on?
Suitably tall of course.
keep in mind, its 1000 points because its pretty much impossible.
many have had ideas for this task that they consider good, the truth is its not going to happen. its an unbelievably important asset to bay area TV and radio and they will not allow a flag on it. on top of that, it can't be climbed. the radiation would kill you. and they only shut it off for brief periods.
i think these tasks would be more appropriate:
up up and up
vertical jaunt
while not quite worth a thousand points, i'd think putting a flag up would give you a couple extra votes
even if you could get to the roof of a tower like this, the feet wouldn't be half as impressive (ie not worth 1000 points)
What if we bribed the security guards with an exorbitant amount of money?
Not that any of us have that much cash. Or maybe there is a dirty rich sf0'er out there.... SPEAK UP, YOU RICH MUTHA-TRUCKER!
Anyone know anything about remote control model planes?
How about a hang glider? hmm.. crashing and getting electrocuted doesn't sound like much of a payoff though.
he's not the first to have the remote control idea.
the problem is attaching a payload that would consist of a flag and whatever would be needed to attach it to the tower. you might need a big plane. there were also many unanswered question about interference. would an RC plane even work at the top of such a tower?
and there's need for a good deal of control, which is difficult at such a distance
The "attatchment" is easy enough. The task says "plant", and doesn't specify flag size. A smallish flag attatched to a bottom heavy sand filled platform should do the job... All you need to do is get whatever it is above the surface and bombs away...
super strong magnets could attach it. But i don't know anything about the iterference or control. We need an engineer. I'll work on that...
hmmmm I think that there will be a way to do this. what about.... what we need is someone on the inside.... there is a platform at about 700 feet, for maitnence. We need someone on the inside, to get us in, and up there, and then from there, we can manage. Or maybe someone who is going up to put up new sender out things.... We need to get someone on the inside, and someone who can lobby for some sort of pointless new addition, like the sutro cam, which needs someone to go up to put it up, then access to the person who is supposed to put it up.
I think.... hmmmm... I think I should have payed more attention in the wavelengths portion of chemistry class last year. Well, thats ok, I'll just study it myself. We need to know what would be good for getting it up those last 200 feet. Of course they wouldn't let a flag stay there, but the point is to get it there, not to keep it there.
simply kill the power, walk up the stairs, get a lead suit, and then you free hand it the rest of the way. Simple
Since all my solutions usually hae to do with marrying someone, I won't say anything.
two of them. one tethered to the top left of the flag, one tethered to the bottom left. Has the battle of Hoth taught us nothing? the price of destroying two r.c. airplanes has got to be smaller than bribes or medical bills.
Just an idea from a new kid in STL. Take it if you want. Maybe it's dumb. But there would have to be two pilots, in range, who can both dance like they want to win. That means practice, and maybe a getaway car.
Good idea, bad idea, or ugly noob? I see someone thought of it, or something like it. Why shouldn't it work?
Sniper rifle, sticky flag bullets.
Okay, so everyone should know that all television will go digital I think by 2009. Which means that all signals will stop being broadcast, because antennae on a tv or 'bunny ears' cant be used. So if the antennae wont be illegal, then that means that the gov't is shutting down the signals being broadcast i.e. Sutro Tower. Right? So that would mean that the radio waves wont be broadcast and therefore no nukeage. So, at that point, what can the tower be used for? At least my impression was that it is used for tv signal mostly. So, if the tower is rendered mostly useless, will it become an abandoned structure? If so, is it possible that if this task is completed, it can also be used for the 'climb a structure at least 30 feet high' and the 'enter into an abandoned building.' or something like that?
cause if this theory is correct, I will ahve a plane ticket to SF from Orlando on the day that the TV broadcast signal ends...
Unfortunately for us taskers, it doesn't work that way; signals will continue to be broadcast after the analog sunset hits in 2009. It's just that instead of an analog signal or an analog/digital mix, the broadcast will be digital only.
Not to say I don't have my own ideas about how to accomplish this... *grin*
I will definitely "flag" the "first completion" of "this task."
