Anonymous asked:
Now that the hunt is over, I'm trying to decide if my team has any chance whatsoever of winning :). Do you know about how many points a team generally needs to win? Thanks!!

Safe Little Thoughts

I don’t know. And I’m bad at maths, so I’m not going to attempt to crunch the numbers. If you got pretty close to completing the list, you should feel somewhat comfortable, however (and this is the important part) the judges are not necessarily looking for quantity.

You could complete all of the items on the list and lose to a team that did just over half because they got double points - because while you rushed to do everything, they took the time to make sure every item they submitted was A+, gold standard, “I-would-hang-this-in-a-legitimate-art-gallery” beautiful quality.

Look at your items with an objective eye. Are they all sharp, clear, nicely lit? Do they have nice backgrounds? Have you gone over for any of the time limits in the videos? Have you gone the extra mile for any of them? I mean, do you look at the photo and think “I barely managed to do what was asked of me,” or do you say “I absolutely did what they asked of me, exactly,or do you say “well, I did what they said, but also upside-down in a spider-man costume because I could.

Gishwhes is hard. When you first look at the list some of the stuff seems impossible. If your items have even the smallest, personal touches that make them unique or different while still fulfilling the parameters of the item, you will probably have a decent chance of getting some good points. As for whether that will garner your team the win? That’s hard to say! There’s some stiff competition out there!


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