GRcade Tasks of the Week: Week 2 - New players welcome!

Taskmaster wrote:Hmm, quite the pickle you are in.

All the pictures are taken, yes? It's just a matter of you uploading them, right?

If this is the case, I will give you the points as long as you post the pics at some point tonight or tomorrow.

Yeah, got pictures of my tower, my picture I drew and my time capsule. You can trust me Mocky. If I don't get the pics uploaded soon enough you can take the points away from me. I'm fighting hard to get it working though and am willing to stay up all night to do so.

Zenigame wrote:

Taskmaster wrote:Hmm, quite the pickle you are in.

All the pictures are taken, yes? It's just a matter of you uploading them, right?

If this is the case, I will give you the points as long as you post the pics at some point tonight or tomorrow.

Yeah, got pictures of my tower, my picture I drew and my time capsule. You can trust me Mocky. If I don't get the pics uploaded soon enough you can take the points away from me. I'm fighting hard to get it working though and am willing to stay up all night to do so.

The points are yours then. Tomorrow will be fine for the pictures. A good night's sleep is of utmost importance.

Can I get a task get now please? I dont think you've ever given me a simple, no questions TASK GET yet..

Falsey wrote:Can I get a task get now please? I dont think you've ever given me a simple, no questions TASK GET yet..

Ta...

Oh, sorry, that's the phone. brb

I am cry.

Easy

1. Altruistic Act

I bought Lunch for my team at work, what an ace guy I am

2. Music for the Soul

The power of music has been recognised for centuries. Music can instil you with a sense of euphoria but it can also bring you to tears. For this rather introverted task, you have to create a playlist of 6 songs to encompass a range of following emotions:

Anger - Deftones - 7 Words

Love - City and Colour - The Girl

Happiness - Eagles Of Death Metal - Whorehoppin (gooseberry fool, God damn)

Sorrow - Tantric - Mourning

Courage - Stan Bush - Dare

Fear - Days of the New - Flight Response



Medium (3 points each)

1. Super-Continental Food Challenge

Eat a traditional meal from any 3 of the following six continents - Europe, Australasia, Africa, North America, South America and Asia.

Asia - Vegitable Fried Rice

Africa - Piri Piri Chicken

North America - Ye Olde Cheese Burger - seems my photo is broken on this, will try and sort it, but its a Burger, you have to believe me on that.
Europe - Fish and Chips


Only 4, I had Piri Piri down as south America, and it ruined my weeks plans for food, so I could not really go back and change, though I did have a lovely Morrocan Chicken soup, which was great, but sadly didnt help on the challange, like I originally thought, and as for Australian food, well bollocks.

2. Towering Ambition

First attempt actually ended with several smashed bottles, this time it collapsed everytime I got it this high, but if thats a problem, lets just remember the Marmite:


1. Trapped In Time
Yes I have put food stuffs in my time capsule, yes it could be foolish, but lets be honest, its a limited edition Whisper, it could be worth millions in the future.



2. Paint a Picture

I wish I had given myself more time, it was not as terrible as I feared, but I really wanted to create a whole event, rather than just a character.

I'm a man of my word so here are the pics, Mocky. (Took strawberry floating ages. Installed and unistalled the software so many times before I got it working):

My Tower of Toilet Paper:

Better than MCN's one.

Picture:


"a picture of something meaningful to you". Had to pick my car. Which I love. But is sadly confined to its parking space at the moment due to failing to start. . Rushed picture is rushed.

Time capsule. First my letter:


Short and simple. But an important question that I hope I can answer when it's time to open the capsule. Messy handwriting is messy.

The "Capsule" and contents:


A "Time Folder". Contents:
Letter to self - That I hope to have a good answer to.
Drawing of car - I doubt I'll still have my car when the time to open the capsule arrives so this serves as a nice reminder of it
1 penny - Symbolises my current lack of money. Something I hope will change.
Portable CD Player and a "mix-tape" cd - It's great re-discovering music you love but may have forgotten about. This'll have it covered
Pikachu - May be worth something in the future.

I then sealed the capsule (read: Closed the folder and duct-taped it over) and burried it (in my cupboard under a load of junk).

Zenigame wrote:This ******* Samsung PC Studio **** is pissing me off. Finally managed to get the **** installed but it refuses to acknowledge that my phone is ******* connected via USB. *Downloads updates*

ROFL I had exactly the same problem, my burger photo is stuck. Should be working tonight, but gave up last night.

Banjo's Belated Second Week

Some of you may have noticed that my points had been tallied for Tasks that I did not post evidence of. Now, because of some issues in my personal life I was not able to post up everything before the deadline. However, Mockmaster, being a gent, allowed me soem time to sort through that first and post up later.

Note: This doesn't mean that I had extra time to do the Tasks. The reason Mockmaster allowed it was because I had been PM'ing him throughout the week with evidence of Tasks I had completed, asking whther they were good enough. He believed in me, and I am grateful.

So, on with the Tasks!

Easy

Altrusitic Act
I refer back to the scenario in which White Rabbit and myself both accomplished that Task.

Music For The Soul
Sorrow


Love


Happiness


Fear


Anger


Courage



Medium

Super-Continental Food Challenge

Europe - ******* and Peas
North America - Louisana Gumbo
Asia - Chicken Chow Mein
Africa - African Burger

Australasia - Kangaroo


A Review of 'Roo
My god, this gooseberry fool was delicious. I cannot get over how strawberry floating amazing it is. Two quite small steaks that tasted unbelievably bloody good. Best of all, I cooked them for myself at a party, so everyone could be amazed at what I was cooking.

I cocked up the first one. I read this method of cooking online that detailed that I should sear it for about a minute then pop it in the oven for 10 minutes. Then leave it set for 10 minutes to allow the flavours to optimise. While this was indeed delicious, it was too well done, as in no pink in the middle (unlike the picture you see). I may as well have had a normal steak, even if it was far meatier and juicier, it didn't taste as revolutionary as I was hoping.

Before I had the second more people arrived to the party, and were aghast at what I said I was cooking. To illustrate the point I was even hopping around when singing its praises, but my heart wasn't in it, I was expecting better.

So, the next one. Marinated in some Olive Oil for a while (worked nicely) then slapped in the frying pan for about 2 minutes tops. Really bloody as you can see.

strawberry floating nora, it was mind blowing. So juicy, so tender, so satisfying. That little steak had so much packed in it, and not an ounce of fat on the entire thing, everly last bit was gobbled up. Hell, I even managed to get a vegetarian friend to try some, that's how damn good it looked. I savoured every last bit of it, letting out some very questionable sounds too. I tmay have been expensive but totally worth it. To emphasise the flavour I ate it by myself, as I deemed it to be worthy of being the whole meal. Rest of the night I was content, content in the knowledge that I had eaten something divine. It's power was so great that not even copious amounts of alcohol could unsettle my stomach, Kangaroo had calmed it to a serene tranquility. Even as I type I'm getting a little bit dribbly over the juicy goodness. Breathtaking.

Next time, Ostrich.

Towering Ambition
Beat this.



Hard

Trapped In Time


Paint a Picture
Not as impressive as some of my other Tasks, but I'm gooseberry fool at drawing.



So yeah, Week Two accounted for. Sorry ittook me so long to get the pictures sorted.