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Taskmaster! (It's Over!)

Post Post #0 (isolation #0) » Tue Feb 23, 2021 6:17 pm

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Hello, and welcome to Taskmaster! In this game our Taskmaster is going to make five teams of three people each perform some tasks for him. Why? Because he can; he's a very powerful man. Look at him.

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That's right, our Taskmaster is none other than our very own xRECKONERx. He has personally* devised a wide range of tasks and he demands nothing short of perfection in your efforts to perform them. The ones he likes will earn points! The ones he does not like will also earn points but not nearly as many. And when all the tasks are done, the winning team will receive
a golden bust of Reck's head
the title of First Ever Mish-Mash Taskmaster Champions.

So, how does this work?
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As the Taskmaster's assistant it has fallen on me to divide the tasks into two types: Live Solo tasks, and Team Tasks. I will present a list of the task names as well as any required materials. It will look something like (but not exactly like) this:
Live Solo Tasks: Choose one person on your team to sign up for each of these; everybody must do at least one solo task.

Task 1: Sample Pun Name
Materials required: Blindfold, three pairs of socks
Proof required: Video

Task 2: Another Pun Name
Materials required: Pen, Paper, Tape
Proof required: Photo

Task 3: Mystery Team Task
Materials required: None
Special: Two members of the team must do this task live

Team Tasks: Your team may choose when to start the timer on these, and then you all discuss how to do it together and submit your best idea.

Task 4: Sus Egg
Materials required: Egg
Proof required: Photo or short (<10 seconds) video
Time limit: 48 hours

Task 5: Yet Another Pun Name
Materials required: None
Proof required: Photograph
Time limit: 48 hours
For the team tasks, you will just inform me something like "Hey, we want to try the Sus Egg one!" and I'll give you the details and start the timer. Unless specified otherwise your team can do as many "attempts" as you want within the 48 hours but in the end one entry will be used as the "final" submission. For an example of what these can look like, here are some examples from a Taskmaster game I played in.

For the solo ones, those will be performed live on a Skype or Discord call with me. You will not know what the task is until it is time for you to perform it. Image
Some of the live tasks will require me to record the video to show the Taskmaster your attempt. If this is a major problem for you let me and your teammates know; there are some tasks where only an audio call is strictly necessary and I can steer you to those.
Image However, each member of the team must do at least one live solo task, so hopefully you have two and preferably three people who are comfortable recording themselves.

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How will we find out who wins?


As soon as all the teams have done all the tasks I will collate all the submissions into a handy presentation and then we will do a call on Discord with the Taskmaster and members of the teams where I will show the task attempts (Not the full attempts necessarily; they will be edited for time and player comfort with privacy) to our Taskmaster and he will award each one between 1 and 5 points. His word is final; if you think you deserve more points then you are wrong because he is the Taskmaster and we are doing these tasks for him.

This call will be open to an audience but people aren't required to be on video for it. I imagine everybody will be paying attention to my screen-shared Powerpoint anyway.

How long will this take?


Excellent question! There is no immediate rush to get everything done; if everybody somehow does all the tasks in a week then we'll make that work but if tasks trickle in slowly and it takes a month or two then that is perfectly fine too.

How many tasks our there?


There are 7 Live Solo tasks and 8 Non-live Team Tasks.

How do I sign up?


Sign up in this thread! We are looking for five teams of three people each, so either recruit your friends or post in here that you are interested and wait for likeminded people.

I have a question that isn't answered here!


Feel free to ask it! I know this is a new game and new format for MS so I expect there to be some questions.


Current Teams:

1) Vash's Bad Ideas v het and xof's better ones (VashtaNeurotic, het, xofelf)
2) Unnamed Second Team (CaptainMeme, CreativeMod1, PrivateI)
3) Unnamed Third Team (brighteningskies, lilith2013, Menalque)
4) The Backbreaking Factory (Skelda, Noraa, T-Bone)
5) Mandatory Pet Tax (Pine, Equinox, Gammagooey)





*by delegating the job to me
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Post Post #9 (isolation #1) » Wed Feb 24, 2021 9:13 am

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In post 8, brighteningskies wrote:In for any team that'll have me :D
Wow, CM1 shunting you off to another team? That’s cold.
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Post Post #17 (isolation #2) » Wed Feb 24, 2021 2:25 pm

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Right, I've sent the list of tasks out to the three registered teams. Want to see them too? Then sign up with your own team!
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Post Post #20 (isolation #3) » Wed Feb 24, 2021 6:36 pm

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Every season needs a Nish Kumar.
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Post Post #26 (isolation #4) » Thu Feb 25, 2021 3:48 pm

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Cool, Skelda/Noraa just need one more person!
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Post Post #39 (isolation #5) » Fri Feb 26, 2021 9:52 am

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I will send you the tasks as soon as I’m not on my phone!
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Post Post #44 (isolation #6) » Fri Feb 26, 2021 2:03 pm

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Perfect! All teams have been granted their task lists! I look forward to proctoring some tasks soon!
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Post Post #46 (isolation #7) » Fri Feb 26, 2021 5:24 pm

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For the record, you are allowed to do team tasks concurrently; you can start the timer for multiples at once if you know you all have free time.
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Post Post #58 (isolation #8) » Mon Mar 01, 2021 9:29 am

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Current Task Status:

The Backbreaking Factory: 4/15 complete.

Everyone else combined: 0/15 complete.
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Post Post #62 (isolation #9) » Tue Mar 09, 2021 1:25 pm

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No team names, but here are the current numbers of tasks complete per team:

0/1/2/4/12

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was overzealous and ruined my ability to make the world's shittiest binary notation model.
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Post Post #66 (isolation #10) » Wed Mar 17, 2021 9:27 am

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In post 65, xRECKONERx wrote:
In post 62, Haschel Cedricson wrote:No team names, but here are the current numbers of tasks complete per team:

0/1/2/4/12

Somebody
was overzealous and ruined my ability to make the world's shittiest binary notation model.
UPDATE ME
The new count is 1/3/3/4/13, with a few tasks in progress!
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Post Post #72 (isolation #11) » Tue Mar 23, 2021 12:59 pm

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Current count:

1/3/4/9/14

I know there's no official deadline but at the same time I would prefer to see, if not progress, at least the planning for progress.
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Post Post #76 (isolation #12) » Thu Apr 01, 2021 7:27 am

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Two teams have made significant progress, and two others have plans to start tasks this weekend!
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Post Post #78 (isolation #13) » Thu Apr 01, 2021 8:02 am

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Like, start specific tasks.
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Post Post #83 (isolation #14) » Sat Apr 10, 2021 8:10 am

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Current progress rate:

14/11/10/3/3 tasks completed, and multiple are currently in progress.
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Post Post #88 (isolation #15) » Sun May 30, 2021 6:46 am

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Here are the current task completions:

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Please, let's
get these done.
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Post Post #93 (isolation #16) » Fri Jun 11, 2021 9:53 am

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Update:

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Post Post #96 (isolation #17) » Tue Jun 29, 2021 1:37 pm

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We now have two teams who have completed their tasks, and a third team will be done as soon as they can all be online at the same time.

I have also started working on the videos/slideshow. Please enjoy a sneak peek after the chart.

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Post Post #101 (isolation #18) » Sun Jul 04, 2021 3:02 pm

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Need a replacement for Brightskies. Hit me up if interested.

Edit: Thank you Cephrir!
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Post Post #102 (isolation #19) » Mon Jul 05, 2021 2:54 pm

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We are coming down the home stretch!
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Furthermore, the initial plan was to reveal all of the tasks tonight but then I did the math of 15 tasks * 5 teams * x minutes per attempt and decided that was a terrible idea so instead there will be three "episodes" of five tasks each. I have the first batch of five ready to go! As such, I will try and schedule a time when our Taskmaster is available to grade the first five tasks and hopefully we can get that done soon.
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Post Post #103 (isolation #20) » Tue Jul 06, 2021 5:33 am

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Captain Modty has completed all their tasks!

Episode One is tentatively scheduled for not this Wednesday but next Wednesday.
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Post Post #108 (isolation #21) » Sun Jul 11, 2021 4:26 pm

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Reminder that this Wednesday evening at 8 Eastern / 5 Pacific will be the first episode of MS Taskmaster! I also plan on streaming/recording everything for everybody who is unable to attend.

In other exciting news, I can finally announce the first prize task of the season. In your PTs, please give me a link to
the coolest thing on Amazon that costs less than $5!
Whichever team submits the coolest thing that costs less than $5 will get five points, and the winners of the episode will get to split five cool cheap things amongst themselves.

EDIT: lol as soon as I post that Amazon breaks
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Post Post #111 (isolation #22) » Wed Jul 14, 2021 4:02 pm

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Episode 1 is complete!



Skip to 21:23 if the episode doesn't start right away; Youtube is still processing the trimming.
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Post Post #112 (isolation #23) » Wed Aug 11, 2021 7:12 am

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Episode 2 is finished, now with 100% less echo!

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Post Post #114 (isolation #24) » Sat Sep 25, 2021 12:28 pm

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And here is the finale!



Thanks again to Reck for being a wonderful taskmaster, and to all of the players for taking a chance on a new kind of Mishmash game and knocking it all the way out of the park.
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