CHALLENGE OF THE LIVING DEAD (CLOSED)

nikki8marie

Hey guys, I like the spreadsheet. I can keep track of what I've done. Hope everyone's had a good week.

mmiiaa

Yay! Finally off the waiting list. You're looking at the newest member of Team Ranged, and I am ready to kick some serious butt.

... I'm way too excited about this challenge.

annacataldo

Bump

babybluz33

Hey guys. Alright so I'm setting up some google docs for everyone so we can record our information and have it nicely assembled for mrtentaclenun. I will be sending you guys the link to your page which you should update with your information (I put in some of as an example so you know what to type). Every week instead of messaging us the info you will be entering it in here. I will also send the link to mrtentaclenun who will be the only other person looking at your information. Please keep it updated by check in every week!

Expect to see the messages with the link between today and early Sunday morning (EST).

Fantastic, thanks babybluz33 for the great idea!!!!


...and thank you mrtentaclenun and ACowboyKid for setting this up for us!!!!

No problem, glad I could help! They look fantastic!! . Hope everything went more smoothly!

ACowboyKid

WEEK IV - ONE STEP AHEAD

The terrain was rugged and the river was wild. Luckily this mean few of the undead could pass through into the wilderness. Only a few ghouls had been stumbled upon by the climbers passing through the mountains once they had gotten far enough. Where as the river proved too harsh for any undead to lurk beneath the surface. Although many of the undead began to trail behind the survivors following them along the banks. Occasionally one would stumble too close to the water and fall in quickly being swept away but the others shuffled onward, their moans growing distant.

It had taken a couple days to climb through the mountains, the river route reached the small town first. The collection of survivors apprehensively paddled towards the dock while scanning what they could see of the town. Unfortunately in the rush to escape from the city the survivors had not considered nor had time to consider collecting supplies for their travels. Already those in the mountains were finding their resources severely limited but those that already passed through the mountains and stumbled upon this abandoned town only had this crossing their mind for the past few hours.

Quietly the rowers banked their boats and climbed out while continuing to scan the town for any sign of life. Nothing. Once everyone was from their boats they entered into the deserted town. Doors were left open, swining in the wind. Windows broken. Trash scattered about the street. There was the occasional pool of blood or smeared hand prints in dried blood along the buildings but not a body part could be found. “I don’t like this,” someone whispered in your ear. The silence was suffocating.

Then a gasp broke through the crowd as they turned the corner. “Over here!” someone shouted out. Their voice being far too loud for comfort. The group quickly moved towards the person to witness a giant heap of burned and charred bodies which seemed to have been put out with water. Thankfully they were upwind but the sight was scarring enough.
“There must be someone uninfected here,” someone said.
Then a strange voice broke into the commotion, “There following you.” A few new survivors from the town emerged from the buildings. They had been watching you.
“Seems you’ve attracted the attention of every one of those abominations for miles. They’ve been moving up the river, maybe not more than a day behind you.”
“None of us can stay here now! We were safe!” Shouted an angry townie. Hostility high in their voice.
“We we’re never safe. Its about time to move onward anyways, we can’t cling to this town any longer.”
“We have people in the mountains though!”
“We’ll just have to get them. We can’t just abandon them and we must move on now.

Negotiations then began quickly. The survivors discussed the radio signal mentioned previously and how they must abandon the river for fear of running cities further down which were fully infected. The small band of survivors merging in with the larger cluster. The two teams then began to gather supplies. Pots, pans, food, knives, blankets, flash lights, portable radios, and anything they could gather which could be carried. A couple bikes were found and distributed amongst the survivors which caused quite a fuss. Then the cargo was distributed while the plans were made to travel up through the mountains to reunite the teams and travel onward through farmland further on.


CHALLENGE:

As with the previous challenges please come up with your mini goal weapons (ie. drinking more water, under calories, more veggies, etc). The two options are either hike carrying supplies or bike. Those that chose the mountain climb are still expected to choose one of the options. Each work out is to be done 4 days this week (think of this as a break week).

Option A - You will be walking or jogging about 3 miles for 4 days this week while carrying some type of weighted load. You may decide the weight you will be carrying. Please specify what it will be. Whether it is a backpack filled with books, a heavy purse or maybe a weighted vest. I realize that some people have limitations so use your own digression on how much you will be carrying.

Option B - Seeing as your bike will be carrying the weight you are instead required to bike for 6 miles 4 days this week. Please remember you’re trying to move fast to reach the mountain climbers as fast as possible so biking fast is what you want to be doing.

scantrll

Love the story and this looks like a GREAT challenge! Thanks for your hard work again this week! :happy:

agreenmess

Acowboykid, you are seriously good at writing storeys!!

Sounds like a really good challenge, is it possible to mix them up and do some bike riding/walking??

Nessy x

nikki8marie

I love it! The story and the challenge, keep up the good work. Good Luck everyone! Go team Ranged!
I really appreciate the 4 days a week part, some days your muscles just need a break.

mrtentaclenun

RESULTS WILL BE POSTED TOMORROW! Sorry guys but since it's the first week with spreadsheets, I won't get the links to everyone until after 9pm and that is just too late for me to get started. So keep an eye out for the results tomorrow!

mrtentaclenun

WEEK 3 RESULTS!!!

As you may notice, a lot of names have nothing after them/blank spots. A few people have dropped, as well as there are new people who have yet to check in yet. I also noticed I put a yes under challenge completed for team ranged when there is no name for that row. Don't worry it wasn't added into ranged's points, i have a whole other spreadsheet (one of many!) that adds up the points so that was all an accident sorry!

There were a lot of penaltys this week. I realize that we have a new system (which is tremendously helpful I love it) but make sure you guys are messaging me by monday if you cannot figure out your links or they don't work.

Congratulations to FeverRN you are our biggest loser this week!
As a group we lost 35 pounds. Keep it up guys, lets keep dropping those pounds! Don't get discouraged! Look to your teammates for support!
Congratulations to agreenmess, you rocked it out on the challenges this week! Jennyisbusy you were a very close second! You guys are awesome


Sorry again for the delay in the results. They should be up much faster now with our new system of tracking.

So without further dilly dallying, here are the results *crossing fingers that there are no complaints!*

athenawho

WTG everyone!!!!! 35 lbs in total is amazing!!!!!!

scantrll

They again look GREAT! Wonderful job everyone and keep up the amazing work!

You all are awesome!

Jennyisbusy

woot-woot way to go feverRN!

and all the teams!!!

DeviantDarkwolf2

Fantastic work all!!! I can only hope for a loss this week lol :explode:

mousumi30

great job, hopefully by next week i will be able to use the spreadsheet

Theweebarrell

Well done everyone so looking forward to getting my results up for next week and helping my team

annacataldo

I don't mean to seem like im complaining...but why does it say that I didn't finish the challenge? I completed and I did half of the leg challenge as well..? Just wondering what's goin on

mrtentaclenun

I don't mean to seem like im complaining...but why does it say that I didn't finish the challenge? I completed and I did half of the leg challenge as well..? Just wondering what's goin on

I gave you 7 out of 10 points. You did the weekly challenge but did not mention if you had done the mini challenge (3 points) you still got most of the points for your team.

annacataldo

oh well. my mini challenge was doing part of the leg challenge (half each day). thanks for explanation, i guess i shouldve clarified more.

annacataldo

oh and makena dropped out, so thats why theres no weigh in for her. :-)

mrtentaclenun

Thanks. Slowly but surely we are ironing out the kinks. I feel good that next week there will be zero errors.

hepkitty

Hi all,

If you've got a spare spot i would LOVE to join in, this is fantastic! I love the stories

Becky

agreenmess

Hey,

I cannot seem to get into the spreedsheet this week, anyone having the same problem??

Nessy x

Theweebarrell

Hi i got into the spreadsheet at the end it has a -1.4 in it, can someone tell me what this means please , sorry for being thick lol

Theweebarrell

Hi i got into the spreadsheet at the end it has a -1.4 in it, can someone tell me what this means please , sorry for being thick lol

sbrown6

Can't wait to see this week's challenge!

jenfunfur

everything ok at Zombie headquaters?
worried that there has been no challenges posted hoping all ok with acowboykid x

Jennyisbusy

Hi Zombie folks. Not sure what else to say this morning.

Purple_Lurple

Is everything okay guys? All seems a bit quiet on the survivor front, I hope all is well.

athenawho

Ok, well as one of the team Captains, and since this is late, I decided to come up with a small challenge for this week. Sorry, something came up with ACowboyKid so she couldn't post this. Here you go:






WEEK V - Need to Eat to Survive!

The survivors traveled over the mountains and reached a small town on the other side. Weak and tired from their exertsion, they decided to find a place to rest ((Thats right, a fitness break since we started late but there is still a Challenge)).

There were dirt roads leading to a town square, so you and your commrads make way for the police station to check the radio.

Nothing but static filled the speakers. Someone turns the knobs while another person says, "Is anyone there? Is anyone there? We're at the base of Mount--" Nothing.

You wait throughtout the night and part of the next day until you finally give up. One of the other surviviors goes exploring and finds a grocery store a few blocks away. There were only a few Zombie stragglers in the small town and you were able to take them down as a team on your way.

The grocerey store had no lights but it didn't look like it had been abandoned that long ago, you could see a note on the door, "Escaping the country. Italy sounds nice--." You thought that was strange but the possiblity sounded endless, America could be the only place that was infected!

You push open the automatic doors and file in, no weird smell yet, it appears the coolers where still powered on.

Someone said, "We should stock up on food, who knows how long it will be until we find a grocery store." You all agree and walk around looking for food that had expiration dates as far off as possible and could provide the most energy.

((Sorry, I'm not good at this...I'll try to get better next time...and I'll spend more than 20 minutes on it))

CHALLENGE:
This week is a nutrition challenge, just like Fitness is a big part of losing weight, so it was you eat! Since today is Tuesday we'll start Wednesday because I know some of you are overseas.

All right I need you to fill out your own nutrition info from MFP

NEEDED:
Calories
Carbs
Fat

Optional (must pick one or all 3 of the following):
Protien
Sodium
Fiber

or you can add your own, if you'd like.


The way it works is stay in the green on your food diary! Simple as that. So when filling out your sheet all you need to put in is how many green or red numbers you had. If you stayed in the green in calories, carbs, fat, protein, and fiber but were in the red for sodium, then you get 5/6 points. Easy right?

Now I know for some of us this is difficult to keep track of everyday, I just hope you try and that is why you also get 1 cheat day! (to use when ever you like) So you only need to do this for 4 days (doesn't sound to bad right?)

Now for your weapon (or your mini goal for the week) I hope you do pick a fitness like 10 minutes of yoga every morning, or 10 miles in 5 days or something like that.



Thank you for bearing with me. This was thrown together at the last minute because ya'll needed a challenge to know that we're still here and I have to go to work in 30 minutes. Next week we'll be back to fitness.