challenges Flashcards
CURSED! Get on a late train
Get on a late train; the next train you get on must arrive at the station where you board at least one minute late. “One minute late” is reached at the start of the minute after the indicated one (e.g. for 12:43 scheduled “late” is as soon as the clock displays 12:44.) Reward: 1,250
CURSED! Turn the language settings on your research phone to Japanese for the next two hours
Turn the language settings on your research phone to Japanese for the next two hours. If drawn as a team, both teammates must participate. You must also only use the Japanese keyboard. Any research must be done on Japanese-language websites, found on Japanese-language Google. Use of apps is allowed. Reward: 1,500
CURSED! You are now Hello Kitty
You cannot advance in the game until you find or create a pink bow and put it on. Once you find the bow, you must wear it for the next two hours. You cannot talk to or text anyone other than the camera for that period of time. If this curse is pulled as a team, only one team member must become Hello Kitty, but Hello Kitty may not talk to the camera so long as the team members are together. Reward: 1,500
CURSED! You may not advance in the game until you have acquired a melon
You may not advance in the game until you have acquired a melon. If you have not acquired a melon within 30 minutes, this curse is automatically vetoed. Until the next time that you are tagged, return to your zone, or the end of the round, you must carry the melon with you. If you lose the melon, you must acquire a new melon. If you break the melon, you must carry all parts of the melon that are recoverable, or may acquire a new melon. If you draw this curse as a team, both team members must carry a melon. Reward: 1,250
CURSED! Until the next time you are tagged, return to your zone, or the end of the round, you may only speak in Spanish
Until the next time you are tagged, the end of the round, or when you re-enter your territory, you may only speak in Spanish. If anything is already in English, you are not permitted to read it. Reward: 1,000
BE FAST AND FURIOUS
Reach a speed of 20 mph by your own power while angry ranting about something you don’t like. You can confirm speed by using the Speedometer Simple App. If you do this in a spot you can confirm was a filming location for Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift, you earn double reward. Reward: 750
BECOME TOTORO
At a bus stop, stand holding an open umbrella above your head and smiling for five minutes. Reward: 750
BREAK COPYRIGHT LAW
Find at least 4 places where we’ll have to mute the audio for copyright reasons. Each place must be at least 100 feet apart from any other selected place. Any audio volume that can be picked up on camera counts. You may not initiate the playing of any sound on any device. Reward: 1,000
CATCH A POKÉMON
Purchase anything with an image of a Pokémon on it. You must clearly identify what Pokémon it is. You may not use your phone to research the location of any stores that may have Pokémon, though you may use it for general navigation. Reward: 750
CLEAN UP 3 PIECES OF LITTER
Each piece of litter must be equal to at least the width or volume of a quarter. Each piece of litter you collect must be at least 10 feet apart from any other piece of litter you collect. Reward: 750
COLLECT 3 MARIO KART ITEMS
Collect 3 items from Mario Kart. Your options are: banana peel, mushroom, big yellow star, shell, bullet (not real obviously), bomb (not real obviously), boomerang, coin, squid, feather, venus fly trap. No duplicates. These items may not be makeshift and must primarily portray themselves as above-described. Reward: 750
DO 100 SQUATS (FOR REAL)
Your thighs must go to an approximately 90 degree angle to the ground for each squat. You may take as many breaks as you wish. If done as a team, the 100 squats may be split between teammates. Reward: 750
EAT AN EGG
It must be an actual egg (not a chocolate egg, etc.) It may be in any form, but it must recognizably be an egg. You must be able to point to the egg and say “that’s an egg.” You must eat roughly one egg’s worth of egg. The egg cannot be completely raw. Reward: 600
EAT WAGYU
You may eat any amount of wagyu. You may not eat raw meat. Anything labeled as wagyu counts. Reward: 750
FIND 3 NEW FRIENDS
Find 3 species of living, non-bug, non-bird, non-human animals. You must clearly capture them on camera. Reward: 750
FIND A MANEKI NEKO
Find any maneki neko and take a photograph of it. Any statue or figurine of a cat with a raised paw counts. Reward: 750
GET A SNACK ON A STICK
It must be on the stick when you buy it. Reward: 1,000
GET AT LEAST ½ A MILE FROM YOUR NEAREST 7-ELEVEN
While you may use transit to get away from the 7-Elevens, you may not be on transit at the moment you complete the card. A simple Google Maps search for nearby 7-Elevens is sufficient to confirm your distance from the nearest. Reward: 1,000
GO SUPER SAIYAN
Paraphrase: This challenge requires players to gel their hair straight up. Reward: 750
GO TO SOMETHING INTERESTING
Without researching on YouTube, go to something that has a YouTube video about it with at least 100,000 views. The YouTube video’s title must either include the thing’s name, or clearly be referencing it as its main focus. If you cannot find a video correlating to your location you may either retry or veto the challenge. Reward: 1,000