EPTHappy new year and welcome to this real life game!
If you missed this blog thread, read it for more information.
It's a great honor to contribute my once in a lifetime 1337 post to create this thread!
[Q] What is this game?
[A] Basically it is a game where you gain XP from doing chores in real life.
[Q] When will this game start?
[A] Monday 4th of January, and you can join in anytime after!
[Q] Why do this way?
[A] First of all, To get people started in this new year with resolutions they might have! To become more motivated, active, more healthy and pursue their goals more efficently.
This thread is not for everyone! If you find yourself perfectly happy with the ways of things, and dont feel you need this to try boost you on the way, then this is not for you. This is for those who wanto wear off that lazyness and get into a new fresh decade with a new attitude!
More reasons why you should do this?
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- To get healthier, you gain more energy in everyday life.
- You get to keep more track of what you do, and look back and see the progress.
- Girls love boys who know how to cook, do laundry, clean etc. The more you do these things, the more comfortable you get doing it, and less problem you will have doing it later on in life.
- It will make you feel more satsified in the end of each day.
- You will grow as a person.
- When you discover new areas you might find hidden talents you never knew you had.
Look at it as a challenge!
What you need to do to get started
- Signup by posting a reply that you wanto join. + Show Spoiler +If you want, you can add uptil 5 XP chore choises you made yourself. These can be use in addition to all the ones in the OP! These 5 you create is to fit your lifestyle. These 5 choises can be changed during the end of each week if they already led you towards your goal or if priorities changed. Eg. "Get a girlfriend" after you got one, it can be changed to a new goal. They are simply there to get your own priorities in this game.
- Find a place where you can keep track of your your XP and what you achieve each day.
- Weekly reports. I will edit this thread with scores at the end of each week
- Make sure to read the guidelines down below.
- To keep more track of your own progress, you can add additonal stats. + Show Spoiler +Eg. 1 point in domestic work, intelligence etc for each hour of work depending on what you do.
- You should add a bonus for each 5 or 10 levels to give yourself an extra reward if you feel it can motivate you even more. + Show Spoiler +Eg. have plans of buying something or wanto travel a place, you can add this, and not allow yourself to do it until you reached a level. Then it will be a reward for your work! You can also keep a friend informed of what you are doing here, and ask him if he can plan a surprise for you once you reach a certain level.
Guidelines
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- Do not add XP for time that you did not spend.
+ Show Spoiler +Eg. If you study, and take breaks every 5mins, it needs effective time spent - Every XP gained, has to be done because you chose to gain it
+ Show Spoiler +Eg. You cannot add a 3min walk to the store as a workout, if you were going to do it anyway. However, if you had a 3min drive, and you chose to walk instead 15min, this can be consider exercise. - You can split the hour, for instance, 25XP per 15min if that fits your sceduale better (note, read 2 rules above)
- Things you gain XP from cannot be things you normally do as hobbies. You must have a harder time doing it in order to gain any decent amount of XP.
+ Show Spoiler +Eg. you cannot add guitar practice, if your already been playing for several years - Normal oblicatory things like going to school or work everyday does not give you XP.
- Be honest about everything, this game is for your own gain!
- XP from own personal XP chores, must be balanced/comparable with the ones in the OP. The final XP can be discussed futher in this thread.
- You will gain additional 50XP from each hour you do hour based things combined.
+ Show Spoiler +Eg. studying for 2hours straight will give you 250XP, 3 hours 400XP etc.
- Tasks to gain experience (XP) from
- Drinking atleast 2 liters of water each day (30XP, 7day bonus 50XP)
+ Show Spoiler +Our body needs an minimum of 2 liters of water each day and more if we exercice. To achive this it helps carrying a bottle with water where you usually spend your time, like class, at the computer, at work etc. If you have trouble with water not beeing clean or does not taste as good, there are special mugs that have cleaners included that can clean the water and possibly make it taste better. - Eating min 5 veggies/fruit each day (30XP, 7day bonus 50XP)
+ Show Spoiler +To keep a healthy body it is recommended to eat atleast 5 fruits or vegetables each day, pref 3 vegetables and 2 fruits. - Keeping a healthy diet (500XP week)
+ Show Spoiler +Avoid unhealthy sugar, fat or unecessary carbs like soda, chips, sweets etc, replace it with fruits & vegetables, proteins and fiber. You can also find your own diet. However, it has to be considered healthy. It is important that you keep your diet in order to gain XP - Workout with weights (100XP / hour)
- Excercies like going for a walk/jogging, sports, swimming, bicycle etc (100XP / hour)
- Gain the ability to do 50 pushups straight (400 XP) (suggested by Lovin)
- Gain the ability to do backflip (200 XP) (suggested by Lovin)
Domestic work - Cooking dinner (50XP)
+ Show Spoiler +To be considered a dinner, you have to atleast use 2 different tools eg. You cannot just throw a pizza in the oven. You have to combine it with a sallad or make fish AND potatoes. 100 Added exp for bigger dinners for several persons in your household done as much as possible from scratch. - Doing the Laundry (30XP)
+ Show Spoiler +includes one wash and one dryer - Doing the dishes (30XP (Small, dishwasher) 60XP (Medium) 100XP (huge))
- Cleaning your appartment/room (300XP once each week)
+ Show Spoiler +includes vacumcleaning and washing
Other - Contributing to Teamliquid or Liquidpedia (100XP)
+ Show Spoiler +Starting a well made OP, a stylish live report thread, making cool banners etc. In order to gain XP you need to link your countribution for approval. - Studying (100XP / hour)
+ Show Spoiler +This includes all new information on a relevant theme. Eg. other subjects that you do not have in school. Also if you study anything at all outside work. - Learning a new language (200XP / hour)
- Learning a new instrument (150XP / hour)
- Ask a girl out (300XP)
+ Show Spoiler +Face to face, or via phone (no sms or msn etc) - Get a girlfriend (500XP)
- Get a job (500XP) (suggested by Spiritwolf)
One time only - Quitting a time consuming MMO (1000XP)
+ Show Spoiler +This includes deleteing characters and never play again - Quit smoking (1200XP) (suggested by KimmoL)
+ Show Spoiler +Never take one cigarette again! Added after 1month of no smoking. If you start again after, points will be removed. - Quit smoking for 2 weeks (200XP) (suggested by KimmoL)
Health
Personal XP choises
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- Play Iccup - 20xp per hour... cause I'm one of these people who read/post a lot on TL, watch a lot of vods but never play. I really need to motivate myself to get better
- Succeed with my preliminary medical exam - 1000 XP - you know... pretty important if I wanna become a doctor
- Get a weight of 84 kg (80kg atm) - 500 XP
GeneralStan
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- Run a mile and a half in 11 minutes (250 XP reward)
- Long Term:Attain the rank of 1 Dan in Go (1000 XP (this is a very difficult goal!))
- Short Term: Attain the rank of 5 Kyu (200 XP)
- Clean a rack with no misses in 8 ball (200 XP)
- Play Starway to Heaven with no mistakes (200 XP)
- Level 5 reward: breakfast at my favorite diner
losso
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- Playing iccup (20XP/hour) (i need to get in shape in order to do well in a bulgarian league and im lazy as fuck as far as massgaming goes)
- Secure a scholarship for the next school year (1 time - 750 XP)
Lovin
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- Breathcontrol practice (100XP / hour)
- Make new friend that I can really talk to in reality (300 XP)
- Gain the ability to do the 5x5x5 Rubik's Cube (200 XP)
- Hold breath for 5 minutes (200 XP) (I love swimming)
phase
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- Doing research at my research center. (100xp/hour)
- Spend less time on lunch/dinner breaks. Spending > 1 hour on a regular meal = -100xp
- Play less LoL. Each game of LoL played = -100xp
- Play more Starcraft and stream myself playing it. (20xp/hour)
- Practice singing more to improve my vocal stamina/range. (100xp/hour)
- Get up earlier in the morning. Sleeping past 9am = -100xp
R4ptur3d
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- Personal Goals:
- Quit WoW for good (I have been off and on it lately I need to put that game in the grave.)-(1000xp)
- Ask this girl out for real.(300xp)
- Get to C- on iccup (500xp)
- Lose 100 pounds and go to college.(Being those combined is Basically beating the game for me.)
ThePhan2m
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I cannot come up with any big ones now. But these are small ones.
- I want to get more order in my papers and computer. I got alot of paperwork and order that needs to be sorted into folders or thrown, including sorting documents and files on my PC. (70XP / hour)
- I got an injury that req me to treat my legs, massage my legs as often as I can. (30XP /hour)
Current Level scale
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Level 0-5: 300XP each level (1500XP@5)
Level 5-10: 500XP each level (4000XP@10)
Level 10-15: 700XP each level (7500XP@15)
Level 15-20: 1000XP each level (12500XP@20)
Level 5-10: 500XP each level (4000XP@10)
Level 10-15: 700XP each level (7500XP@15)
Level 15-20: 1000XP each level (12500XP@20)
Limit Break system (Handicap)
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This is an added hadicap for those who want to add some more challenge. It will add a [L] on the side of your ID, saying that your do this on harder mode. This includes, basically that you cannot do anything of entertainment value until your Limit Break is full. You gain 25limit energy each hour of challenge, that means you have to do 4hours of usefull study or domestic work, before you can play a game of BW or watch your favorite show during a day. The next day its the same cycle over again. You can also decide to try this for a day, or a week at the time.
Punishment system (Handicap)
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People are different. Not everyone get the same motivation from rewards, so if you want to add punshments, feel free to do so. This will be marked by [P] on the side of your ID. You can also decide to try this for a day, or a week at the time.
Participants by XP
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- Level 13: 6290 / 6800XP ThePhan2m (week 5)
- Level 12: 6086 / 6100XP Lovin (week 5)
- Level 8: 3310 / 3500XP 7mk (week 1)
- Level 8: 3010 / 3500 (week 4)
- Level 4: 1490 / 1500XP GeneralStan (Day 5)
- Level 3: 920 / 1200XP ilistis (Day 4)
- Level 1: 520 / 600XP losso (Day 5)
- Level 1: 390 / 600XP Spiritwolf (Day 1)
- Level 1: 330 / 600XP RHCPgergo [P] (Day 3)
- Level 0: 0 / 300XP R4ptur3d
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- 0XP drinking
- 0XP drug_vict1m
- 0XP eNoq
- 0XP nttea
- 0XP Quirinus
- 0XP stoned_rabbit
- 0XP Zoler
Note: This game is under develpoment. This OP will change constantly with new improvements.
Please feel free to suggest new things. Every week I will add these (with tag to who suggested it) and things already suggested will be edited for balance. Please speak out if you think something does not give the right amount of XP.
If you got anything at all to contribute, suggest changes, corrections or other feedback you wanto discuss, let me know by PM or reply in this post.
On January 04 2010 18:12 ThePhan2m wrote:
I'm sorry if some people misunderstood. These 5 choises you add in your spoiler, are ones you create yourself to get XP from personal stuff you might wanna add in. They are in addition to the ones in the OP. I hope this clears things out.
I'm sorry if some people misunderstood. These 5 choises you add in your spoiler, are ones you create yourself to get XP from personal stuff you might wanna add in. They are in addition to the ones in the OP. I hope this clears things out.
