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The Amazing Race Team Challenge - Round 7 - Tracking/Q&A/Announcements
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If you got your previous task on or before 5/31 - you are good to start the last task as soon as you post your completion here!If you got your previous task on 6/1 - please wait until Saturday to begin the last task. (Remember honor system folks!)
Teams 8 and 13 - I will post your task tomorrow morning - EDT because that is where I am right now. 😊
MountainKat wrote: "LAST TASK - Teams 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 & 17Read a book initially published in February or August of any year.
This year has a couple of major milestones for me - the ki..."
Does the book need to be exactly 300 or 450 pages, or do books with 355 pages count as 2 books, 467 pages count as 3 books?
Eugenia wrote: "MountainKat wrote: "LAST TASK - Teams 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 & 17Read a book initially published in February or August of any year.
This year has a couple of major milest..."
Does not need to be exact. Over 300 pages but under 450 would count as 2. Remember posts has to have all required info and a correct page count to qualify for the task.
Last Task - Teams 8 and 13 onlyRead books with a 2 AND an 8 in either the first edition Kindle page count OR in the initial publication date. Months can be converted to numerals for this task.
Books selected for this task will need to have both a 2 AND an 8 in a first edition Kindle page count - if there are multiple editions released on the initial publication date (or earliest date), you are free to use any of those page counts. Remember that the 2 and 8 must both be in the same edition’s page count. OR you can select books that have a 2 AND an 8 in the initial publication date - months can be converted to numerals for this task. If there is a date at the top of the editions page - USE IT! Otherwise I will be looking for the earliest dated English language edition regardless of format for that qualification. For this task, books with page counts in multiples of 150 will count as more than one book. For example if your book is 300 pages - it will count as 2 books, if the book is 450 pages - it will count as 3 books, and so on. So don’t be afraid to read longer books! Don’t forget to use the first edition Kindle page count!
Remember completion posts with errors or missing elements will not count towards your team total or the completion of this task. The task will be considered ‘completed’ when each team member has completed one book for this task, additional books will count towards a tie breaker if necessary. Help each other out by double checking posts are complete with the first edition Kindle page count!
There is no need to post a team completion in the Q&A thread, I will be checking all team threads at the conclusion of the challenge. 😊
Challenge Ends on Sunday, June 4, 2023 at Midnight US EDTDoes this mean
11:59pm today June 3rd, then it is 12:00am June 4 and the challenge is over.
or does it mean we have all day June 4th until 11:59pm
This always confuses me.
Susan A wrote: "Challenge Ends on Sunday, June 4, 2023 at Midnight US EDTDoes this mean
11:59pm today June 3rd, then it is 12:00am June 4 and the challenge is over.
or does it mean we have all day June 4th unt..."
The challenge ends Sunday night.
MKat...Team 17 is confused on what we should be reading for??https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
We were assigned a task on 6/1 and are still reading for that.
Team 10, Snakes on a Plane, has finished our last assigned task and are now starting the final one.
What time Sunday night? Our time or EDST?
Eugenia wrote: "What time Sunday night? Our time or EDST?"Hi Eugenia,
I'm not sure what Kat's schedule is like today (I know it's been a busy week/weekend for her) so I figured I'd jump in and answer. The challenge ends at midnight EDT, so just about 2 hours from now.
Thanks Karen! I was just coming to say you had just about an hour and a half left to post your completions!Because I am on EDT right now - I'm usually on the West Coast, and we are doing another niece's birthday celebration tomorrow (not the one who graduated), I could be delayed checking the team threads. I'll do what I can when I can and get the results up as soon as possible.
Thanks, Karen! We should be able to finish my book in time.
Thanks, Karen! We should be able to finish my book in time.
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ARE DOUBLE CHECKING FOR ERRORS IN YOUR COMPLETION POSTS!!I've only done a little checking, but I have already found errors. 😢 I want ALL your books to count! I will allow corrections until noon EDT tomorrow - please repost all corrections made after the challenge ends tonight. DO NOT EDIT your posts after the challenge ends!
Nearly done, but we are about to leave. I will post the final results this evening!
Final Standings
🥇 Team 13: Rainbow Tarts - 29 Tasks, 14 books
🥈 Team 8: The Loitering Layabouts - 29 Tasks, 5 books
🥉 Team 2: Stop and Smell the Books - 28 Tasks, 39 books
🏅 Team 3: Rather Be Reading - 28 Tasks, 19 books
Team 4: Fast Like Molasses - 27 Tasks, 27 books
Team 14: Alley Katz - 27 Tasks, 7 books
Team 1: Spicy Sprinters - 23 Tasks, 11 books
Team 11: Radiant Rainbows - 21 Tasks, 30 books
Team 7: Chase The Rainbow - 16 Tasks
TIED!
Team 6: Wahredua Wildcat Wild Readers - 15 Tasks
Team 17: For The Love of Books - 15 Tasks
Team 12: Reading Between the Spines - 14 Tasks
Team 10: Snakes on a Plane - 12 Tasks
Team 5: Story Squad - 10 Tasks
Team 9: The More the Merrier - 8 Tasks
Team 16: Bookish Pandemonium - 4 Tasks
Team 15: Around the World in Books - 3 Tasks
Big congrats to the winners - Team 13: Rainbow Tarts! And to The Loitering Layabouts for keeping it so close throughout the challenge! And congrats to all the teams for a good challenge! I hope you all had fun, that is always my goal for any challenge!
I also want to give some extra kudos to The Loitering Layabouts for their consistency! They have completed all seven rounds of this challenge and have received the maximum number of tasks in every round. That means they have been in the read off to win in every round! I find that pretty amazing!!
If anyone wants more explanation of how they finished in the final task, please ask and I will post more info in your team threads.
Congratulations to the winners! And thanks again to MKat for all your hard work.
Congrats to everyone, and thanks so much Kat - I love this challenge, it's so much fun :).Have a great summer everyone!
Congrats to the winners. And thank you Kat for another wonderful round.
Congrats Rainbow Tarts!And thanks, Kat, for all your work keeping us in line for another great round!
Thank you Kat for all of your hard work and support!
Congratulations Tarts!Thank you Kat for an amazing game. This was my first time and I thoroughly enjoyed the game.
Congratulations to the Rainbow Tarts!! Thanks again for a fabulous challenge Mkat, always a fun one. Great job to all the participating teams.
Well done Rainbow Tarts ..Thanks Kat for another great challenge 😁
Congrats Tarts! Thanks for a fun challenge Kat!
Thank you, MKat for all your work!! It was a blast :DCongrats to The Loitering Layabouts for your perfect runs!
It was a great run for both teams, The Loitering Layabouts - I wish we'd tied in the end!And thank you, MKat, for everything you do to make so many wonderful challenges happen. It must be a huge amount of work, and it's incredibly generous of you to share your time with us. It's been fabulous!
Eugenia wrote: "When is the next Amazing Race?! 😍"In the fall. Not sure of dates yet.
Congrats Rainbow Tarts!! Great reading throughout, keeping us (and some of the other teams) on our toes!!Thanks Kat for your dedication to keeping us reading 🤓 This is always such a fun challenge 😍
Thanks Kat!!Congrats Rainbow Tarts!!
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Read a book initially published in February or August of any year.
This year has a couple of major milestones for me - the kind that end in zero! One of those milestones occurred in February, my birth month. The other will happen in August, my anniversary month. So for this task, you will need to read books initially published in either of those month. If there is a date at the top of the editions page - USE IT! Otherwise, I will be looking for the earliest dated English language edition regardless of format for the qualification. For this task, books with page counts in multiples of 150 will count as more than one book. For example if your book is 300 pages - it will count as 2 books, if the book is 450 pages - it will count as 3 books, and so on. So don’t be afraid to read longer books! Don’t forget to use the first edition Kindle page count!
Remember completion posts with errors or missing elements will not count towards your team total or the completion of this task. The task will be considered ‘completed’ when each team member has completed one book for this task, additional books will count towards a tie breaker if necessary. Help each other out by double checking posts are complete with the first edition Kindle page count!
There is no need to post a team completion in the Q&A thread, I will be checking all team threads at the conclusion of the challenge. 😊