Class trip

OMG I actually forgot the login username for this blog! And I had to scan the entire senior's blog to check the login details. So busy gonna lose my brain.

And anyway, here's the information for the class trip.

D&T: 24 Nov at 9am
Venue: Meeting at letter box area
Hunt location: Undisclosed
Expected to arrive back home: 3-4pm

Restricted:

No skirts (but you can wear something beneath the skirt to cover up)
No expensive gadgets (such as iPad or PSP etc)
No umbrellas needed
Do not run and scream and create a scene!
Do not pester the Gamemaster for clues or answers! Severe penalty for this!

Things to bring:

EZ link card
Water bottle
Sweater/jacket/cardigan (1 piece)
Cash (do not bring more than $50)
Pen

Instructions:

Division into 2/3 groups. We might have odd numbers. The game starts when you get your first riddle. Solving the riddle will reveal the mystery location. Once you've solved the riddle and checked your answer with the Gamemaster, you are allowed to proceed to your location. If you can't solve the riddle and require assistance from the Gamemaster, each assistance will cost you a penalty.

Throughout the game, you will have to come back to the Gamemaster to get new missions to perform. Once you've completed the mission, you are to report back to your Gamemaster to check for answers/produce evidence of your completion and get the next task. If you are stuck, you may seek clues from your Gamemaster but each clue given will cost you a penalty. There is no time restriction for each mission (except for special missions which timing restriction will be imposed) so you can take your time to complete each mission.

If you were to complete a mission wrongly (i.e. produce wrong answers/bought wrong items/went to wrong places) your Gamemaster will not clear you for that stage. You must go back and attempt that mission again. If you get it wrong a 2nd time, a clue will be given to you to help you complete the mission. However, that would impose a penalty on your overall grade.

Remember - TIME is not the most important factor! Take very careful note of what is expected of you to do! Being fast doesn't give you any additional grades but failing to adhere to instructions or doing the wrong thing WILL cost you penalties.

At all times, one member of each team MUST keep her mobile phone where she can hear the ringtone or sense the vibrations. The Gamemaster must be able to locate the team for updates. You must not wander off to other destinations outside of the building without prior information to your Gamemaster (i.e. leave the mall and head to another mall across the road).

If you require any assistance, please do not hesitate to contact the Gamemaster directly. This means meeting with complaints from public, injured or lost of items. The Gamemaster will try to render assistance but is not able to guarantee that you can retrieve items you've lost.

If your team attracts complaints from public or mall security officers, your team will also receive a penalty.

For some stages, you may be required to make purchases. Money will be provided to you if you managed to clear the previous mission in 1 try. If you are unable to clear the previous mission with 1 attempt, the money given to you for your next mission shall be reduced (depending on amount given to Gamemaster, the sum could be reduced from 10% to 50%). If you are unable to complete the mission with the lesser amount, you can use you 'Trade' option.

In the 'Trade' option, you will perform a small task as decided by the Gamemaster in order to exchange for more resources to complete the mission. Sometimes, it is a MUST to use this option or you will NOT be able to clear the stage. You MUST perform the task till your Gamemaster is satisfied before you will get the necessary resources to help you cross the mission.

The game will pause (no matter which stage you are at) at 12noon sharp. We will head for lunch first and check on progress. If all teams have finished all tasks, we might have a little 'bonus' activity by heading off to a 2nd mystery location to have another shorter hunt.

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There will be 2 Gamemasters so ideally we should only have 2 groups.
One Gamemaster shall be me and the another shall be my friend Guo Cheng. He is from Tianjin, China and is a PhD student here and you may wish to address him as Cheng ge ge.

Decision of your group's GM will be set when we meet. Similarly, for team members, it shall be set when you are here. However, this time round, Phyllis and Claris MUST be in the same group!

If you have any other questions, please write down and ask when we meet on Wed.

And one last note - make sure you have money in your EZ link card cause you may be asked to take public transport to move to other locations.