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[Zuzana]

Kelly wrote: "Just individual mentions though :P Implied number doesn't count.

"There were so many bugs I couldn't keep count" would still only be one :P "

So if there's a fly mentioned 3 times on a page it counts as 3? Even if it's the same fly?

And if there's a swarm of a hundred flies mentioned once it counts as 1.

Is this right?

[Kelly]

Yes, don't worry. The new guy shouldn't affect any of the existing game.

I'm hoping we can do another world even this fall but it would be everyone working towards adding a new game dynamic.

[Nancy]

Zuzana wrote: "Anyway, Nancy, if you'll be able to attack the dragons under the same conditions we did then:

you'll need to level up your hero to LVL 7 (135 XPs), your sword to LVL 7, get 1 Minor Poison Potion, ..."

Oh Wow, Zuzana, I can't believe you've spent so much time doing that. Thank you, thank you!

[Kelly]

Right Zuzana

[Zuzana]

You're welcome, Nancy. I really like planning and this game is perfect for it. There are just so many options. I really had fun working out a plan for you.

P.S. It wouldn't have taken so long but I worked with different options for weapon levels and potions to see what would be most efficient.

[Zuzana]

Yesterday I finished a book that mentioned termites several times but I used it to level my staff. Well, I'll keep looking. I remember seeing a book about killer bees in library. Would killer bees qualify as nasty insects?

[Reva]

Kelly wrote: "Reva wrote: "So are we looking at a minimum of 2000 bugs for this book?

I don't believe you answered the question of selling the balance (1900) at market. :-) "

Lol. No selling bugs at the market..."

The quote is:

He gave her a curious look, probably referring to the pesky insect that descended on Florida twice a year. The creatures went flying around in swarms, Thousands of Pairs Conjoined in bliss until they splatted en masse onto every car in the state lol

at a minimum Thousands of Pairs Conjoined means 1000 x2 = 2000 bugs. Do you not agree?

[Zuzana]

Reva, Kelly explained about the bugs references above.

my question: "So if there's a fly mentioned 3 times on a page it counts as 3? Even if it's the same fly?

And if there's a swarm of a hundred flies mentioned once it counts as 1.

Is this right?"

Kelly's reply: "Right Zuzana"

[Cat]

Has anyone read The Bees by Laline Paull?
1) does it refer to their bee-ness during the text? and if not...
2) as (almost*) every character is a bee... can we take reference to a character = reference to a bug???!

(* hedging my bets, as this is an assumption, not having read it yet)

Also: look at that cover! is bee-tastic! Can we count cover image bees in the bug-hunt count?!

[yes, this is a VERY tongue-in-cheek question, but it'd by super-awesome to find all those bugs in the one (reportedly very good) book!]

EDIT: amazon look=inside garnered me 6 (if I include "fly" thought technically it was used in the verb not noun) insects in the first three/four pages. I suspect this is a winner for the bug challenge!

[Zuzana]

Catherine, it all depends whether bees qualify for this quest. My understanding is that only nasty crawlies count. And bees have a very positive image they are generally very useful and not seen as nasty at all. That's why I asked about killer bees.


quote from the quest description:

"Bugs include Ants, Beetles, Flies, Mosquitoes, Spiders, and anything else you would denote as a creepy crawly."

[Mary]

What about Charlotte's Web Charlotte is a key character in that book so she's mentioned quite a bit LOL Then she has thousands of babies at the end and Quite a few say Hello to Wilber LOL


SCORE! LMAO

[Zuzana]

I've found another good one:

The Swarm: A Post Apocalyptic Thriller by Chris Pearson

"When Dallas is attacked by a horde of giant mutated insects the only thing on Meg Donner’s mind is returning home. Home is Kansas, home is north on the highway. Home is the last stop on a terrifying journey that will take her through the heart of nature’s First World War.
It's Mankind versus Bugkind, and the collective mind of The Swarm."

So if giant mutated insects count we're fixed. :D

[Cat]

Zuzana wrote: "I've found another good one:

The Swarm: A Post Apocalyptic Thriller by Chris Pearson

"When Dallas is attacked by a horde of giant mutated insects the only thing on Meg Donner’s mind is returning ..."

and on kindle-unlimited (UK anyway), so free!

[Kelly]

Lol. I'm ok with bees. Charlotte's Web is fine too but the "thousands of babies" is still a single instance of a creepy crawly. :P

[Mary]

LOL I'm having too much fun with this one Still laughing

[Kelly]

Y'all just like bugging me :P pun intended

[Zuzana]

LOL! I just got The Swarm by Chris Pearson. I did a Kindle search and it has 104 separate references to bug or bugs. ;) I didn't bother to search for swarms and insects. :p XD

[Reva]

CURE STATUS:

8 civets to Reach Cure 1

7 books to complete Cure 2

[Cat]

Zuzana wrote: "LOL! I just got The Swarm by Chris Pearson. I did a Kindle search and it has 104 separate references to bug or bugs. ;) I didn't bother to search for swarms and insects. :p XD"

The Swarm is awesome. as well as BUGS. BIG BUGS. (that's a truncated quote) there's lots of discussion about Jungian theories of Collective Unconscious. And bikes (my boyfriend would be keen that that be mentioned. Bikes as the best mode of transport in an apocalyptic situation)

Plus, in the first FOUR chapter (36% in) I have counted the following:
39 Bugs
12 Ants
7 Locusts
4 Mosquitoes
3 Beetles
3 Dragonflies
2 Moths
2 Insects
1 Fly
1 Bee
1 Grasshopper
1 Cricket
================
76 Creepy Crawlies

Plus uncounted mentions of The Swarm

A truly excellent find Zuzana!

[Zuzana]

Glad, you like it, Catherine. Monster bugs sound like great fun. XD

[Rebecca]

Man I really wish I didn't have a big ole fear of bugs right now! Mutated bug.... no thank you.

That's amazing that you found a book with so many bugs!

Maybe I'll just have to find a book that takes place in the jungle or something.

[Kelly]

Lol. And I assumed you wouldn't be able to find them all in one book.

[Reva]

RebeccaS wrote: "Man I really wish I didn't have a big ole fear of bugs right now! Mutated bug.... no thank you.

That's amazing that you found a book with so many bugs!

Maybe I'll just have to find a book that t..."

Why settle for anything else? If it ain't broke...

[Cat]

Kelly wrote: "Lol. And I assumed you wouldn't be able to find them all in one book."

I've also found a book that gets me all the way from Paperville to Novelette - 80 furlongs in one bound :)

[Cat]

RebeccaS wrote: "Man I really wish I didn't have a big ole fear of bugs right now! Mutated bug.... no thank you.

That's amazing that you found a book with so many bugs!

Maybe I'll just have to find a book that t..."

If you are Ok with bees, The Bees by Laline Paull will fit the bill (333 mentions, according to kindle search). less blood & gore & car-sized mutant insects.
I am slightly worried how I'll sleep tonight!

[Rebecca]

Catherine wrote: "RebeccaS wrote: "Man I really wish I didn't have a big ole fear of bugs right now! Mutated bug.... no thank you.

That's amazing that you found a book with so many bugs!

Maybe I'll just have to f..."

Bees are fine! Bugs in books are usually fine....but huge mutant crazy bugs coming after you....definitely not a book I can read before bed.

[Reva]

Catherine wrote: "RebeccaS wrote: "Man I really wish I didn't have a big ole fear of bugs right now! Mutated bug.... no thank you.

That's amazing that you found a book with so many bugs!

Maybe I'll just have to f..."

Do you have to download the book to do a word search? Is there a way to check before you get a book?

[Teresa]

For the relay race, what do you mean by sub-title, is it any extra title written on the cover or the series title, ore does it have to be part of the good reads title. For example The Party Boy's Guide to Dating a Geek, on the cover it says "A clumsy Cupid's dating guide" but that isn't included in the goodreads entry or The First Three Rules where the cover is My Brother's Keeper: the first three rules, but good reads lists My Brother's Keeper as the series name.

[Cat]

Reva wrote: "Do you have to download the book to do a word search? Is there a way to check before you get a book? "

so far as I know, you have to download it. Kelly seems to like googlebooks, which might be searchable (and return a count) before you own/download it. I've never been able to get on with googlebooks though.

[Kelly]

I've counted subtitle as the title after the colon. They're added when you add the goodreads title as a link.

Examples:
Slide: ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences
The Arrangement 16: The Ferro Family
Four: A Divergent Story Collection
Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography

[Kelly]

Catherine wrote: "Reva wrote: "Do you have to download the book to do a word search? Is there a way to check before you get a book? "

so far as I know, you have to download it. Kelly seems to like googlebooks, whi..."

People also have luck using the preview function in Amazon. I think you have to go to the print edition of a book to do that though.

[Reva]

Civets will be done by tomorrow. Do you have the next cure ready?

[☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎]

Hi everybody. I so have to catch up with my updates for this challenge but with all the graduations, I'm been pretty busy and crazy too. I see we've got ourselves a conqueror awesome! I'm going to have to back track and get caught up. I'm hoping after Thursday I'll be able to to get myself back on track

[Reva]

Welcome back Carmen!

[Kelly]

Reva wrote: "Civets will be done by tomorrow. Do you have the next cure ready?"

I'll work it out tonight. I might launch both the next ones since one is aimed at higher level players only.

[Reva]

Cool dude.

[Cat]

For those who might also be reading Zuzanna's find The Swarm, my tally of creepy-crawlies is:
107 Bug
40 Crawling ones (ant, beetle, etc)
52 Flying ones (dragonfly, moth, bee, wasp etc)
13 Grasshopper types
94 Spider types
==========
306 TOTAL

plus some slugs, which I refused to count on account of having a huge horror of them from reading Shaun Huston's "Slugs" at a too-tender age.

The book itself does what it says on the tin: mutant insect apocalypse road trip fun: enjoyable nonsense!

[Kelly]

Cure 1 is written and Treatments 3-5 are written.

So Dr. Cottage will be having a few more announcements soon.

[☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎]

Reva wrote: "Welcome back Carmen!"

Thanks :) and congrats! I saw you kicked some dragon bu** :)

[Reva]

ARRRRGGGGHHHH AYE I DID! So did a few others. Just need a fistful of potions and proper planning.

[☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎]

Reva wrote: "ARRRRGGGGHHHH AYE I DID! So did a few others. Just need a fistful of potions and proper planning."

hahahahaha

[Reva]

Soooo There's 1 civet left. Who will do the honors?

[Mary]

how many potions?

[☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎]

Reva wrote: "Soooo There's 1 civet left. Who will do the honors?"

I'm so lost that I don't even know what that means and so that my exit to head out to bed *yawning* it's after 12 midnight and need a functioning brain in 5 hrs

[Mary]

if nobody's done it in 48 minutes I'll do it

[Reva]

That depends on many factors

Your health level
The level of your sword
The level of your staff

What Dragon you plan to attack.

Are the cat and horse active?

Do you have Spock's plasma weapon
Death's Wish

Minor poison potions
Damage or Enhanced weapon potions
Minor Heal potions
Heal potions
Major Heal Potions

[Mary]

Hang on let me log what I've read lately I'm not totally up to date LOL

[Kelly]

Mary wrote: "if nobody's done it in 48 minutes I'll do it"

Heh. I think I might be asleep by then. I shall check in the morning to see if Dr. Cottage can make his announcement.

[Mary]

well it is only 27 minutes now

[Emily]

Great job on the Civits! Drinks all around!

And an extra pint on me to anyone who kills a Winter Dragon!