First and foremost, I will give props to Shawnski for suggesting this great game last year for the Stampede. To see the original thread, go here:
http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showthread.php?t=76278
I am posting this to see if there is interest in doing this again for 2010? I'm not volunteering to manage this, as I expect to be out of town for this weekend and next, but will definitely play when in town, as I remember how much I enjoyed it last year. If someone would like to volunteer to manage this, that would be awesome!
The rules are as follows, copied from Shawnski's original post:
The first person to spot each American State license plate and post here gets 1 point for every kilometer from the capital of the State to Calgary. They must be
DRIVING to get the 1 pt/km. If you find them
PARKED, it is one point for each 5 kms (i.e. 20% of the value.)
The points are derived from using the shortest driving time from Google Maps (not necessarily the shortest driving distance.) And yes, even Hawaii was listed. Kinda funny the directions too. Links for each are in the spreadsheet linked to below.
There are one hundred "targets" to spot. Each of the 50 States driving, and each of the 50 States parked.
You cannot claim both driving and parked in the same "viewing"! If they are different vehicles, then fine.
Only the FIRST person to post the State plate (either driving or parked) in this thread gets the credit.
Vehicles MUST BE IN CALGARY.
Pictures of your spotted plates are cool but do not endanger yourself or others trying to get them.
The only prize is that you get to be number one on the list
I suggest we start the game on Thursday, so that everyone starts at the same time, but will leave that decision up to whomever decides to volunteer to manage this.
There is a link to the spreadsheet Shawnski used last year if whomever decides to manage this wants to use it as a template.
Lastly, Shawnski, if you are around (I see that your last post was sometime in 2009) and want to make your own post for your excellent game, please do so and we can have the mods lock this one up.
2010 Long Drive Contest - Stampede Style
