Ultimate Selfie and Scavenger Hunt Game

cmcollins001

WOW..when I started typing this, I didn't know it was going to be so long. So:

TL;DR - Ultimate Selfie and Scavenger Hunt Game. You take a picture of you, a fitness related item, and the target item, post the picture, if you're first, you get to pick the next target. If you are interested any further, please continue reading below:

Ok, so I am totally ripping this off of another forum I used to follow way back when, and I need to give props to them if this goes anywhere. The other forum was a motorcycle forum and the game went something like this: The person who first posts a picture of the target item gets to select the target item of the next hunt.

Example would be, You, Your Motorcycle, and a bouncy house. So you would ride around and get a picture that included you, your bike, and the bouncy house. You post that picture in the forum and then you set the next target, but always include the "You, your motorcycle, and..." part.

So, in this picture below, you see me, my bike, and the bouncy house, so I would post the picture:

And as long as I was the first one to post the picture with the bouncy house, I win that round and I get to pick the next target and I would post under the picture.



"Next Target: You, Your bike, and a police officer."

And now onto the rules of the game as they apply to us:

First and foremost, let's keep this as clean and within the guidelines of the forum. The game lasted for years on the other forum, and for all I know, is still going on. There is no need to get this locked down because someone thought it would be funny to have someone post something that would get this locked and deleted.

Since we are geared toward fitness, calorie counting, exerise, etc., instead of a motorcycle, the picture needs to include you, a fitness related item and the target item

Example: You, your fitness related item, and an orange fish. - In this case, "your fitness related item" can be your heart rate monitor, pink dumbbell, running shoes, protein shake, favorite sweat band, fitbit, shakeweight or whatever you have that you wear, use, drink (protein shake), whatever it is that is your "go to" fitness thing or an old fitness item you have laying around.

No Photoshopped pics

So, if you think you have hit the target, reply to the thread (reply, no need to quote), post your picture, and if you're the first one to post the picture of the target and you have all the items required (you, your fitness related item, and the target all in the same picture and all things can be clearly seen), then you set the next target.

If your fitness related item isn't as obvious as a pink dumbbell or an exercise ball, just point it out like, "This is me, wearing my favorite sweatband and the orange fish" Then post the next target. Try to have fun with it, if you have some weird fitness related item (read: shakeweight) then use that.

All new targets should be preceded by "Next Target: You, Your fitness related item, and " so that everyone knows it's a new target and that everything is kept as close to uniform as possible.

All pictures must be new pictures, again NO Photoshop

If you see that you were not the first one to hit the target, please don't post your picture since that would be confusing.

If there are two "winners" posted close together and one was posting at the about the same time as the other, the post's timestamp will determine the winner. If it is deemed a tie, then a tiebreaker will be determined at that time. The person who did not win that round should edit their post to delete the picture.

Please keep target items as generic as possible. Not everyone on this site will have access to things that are specific to your region or country. For example, to post a target like, "You, Your fitness related item, and you using a handgun" would be unfair to many people who don't have a handgun, don't have access to a handgun, or live in a country or place where handguns are illegal. We want to keep this as open to everyone as possible.

Try to keep targets original to avoid duplicates.

The purpose of this game is to get out, be creative, see things, do stuff, be engaged with fitness, MFP, and others, to take pictures, share, and overall have fun. Some of the funnest targets were available but took effort to find or get a shot. I've had to ask someone to take the picture for me, like in the case of the bouncy house.

While there will be times where the target will be something as simple as you...and a treadmill, that's "too easy", but if it's you, your fitness item, and you in front of a karate school doing your best karate kid crane pose...then it gets us out, makes us do something that may be a little ridiculous and that'll make it fun.

Another example from the motorcycle forum: (this is not a picture of me, but it was one of the targets)



Put some thought into it, and if you post a target item that is not "hit" within a certain amount of time, you will be given an opportunity/asked to change the target so that things don't go stale. However, all targets must be left as is until a public change is requested due to lack of participation if a week from the target post date has gone by.

IF this get's rolled and this OP is copied on the next thread, I'm going to post the first target in a new post, so it doesn't get confusing later on.

If this catches on, I'll step in, toss out a special target with a prize awarded to the winner(s) from time to time. It won't be much, but it'll be something, just to keep things interesting.

If you have any questions, or don't understand the rules, ask the question, and I will do my best to provide an answer.

cmcollins001

First Target: You, your fitness related item, and a tennis court or what is close to a tennis court in your area.

_John_

_John_

MireyGal76

First Target: You, your fitness related item, and a tennis court or what is close to a tennis court in your area.

I like this idea, but I'm snowed in.... I'll have to sit this round out. :laugh: