This is just an ordinary contest. Kinda like the Celebrity Death Pool. I will keep score as the thread goes along (IF it goes along).
Here is the main point. You take a peice of paper. You write on it “SDMB” in legible handwriting so it can be read at a distance of at least 5 feet. You then take a photo (or have one taken) of yourself HOLDING the slip of paper so that we can see the address.
This may sound pretty normal. Something easy that anyone can win. But then, ahhhh, you scroll down and see that I have made a LIST. A list in which I have assigned various point values to. Higher point value = more difficult (in my opinion) it would be to get or take the photo in the said “location” or while doing said “task”.
Also, please make sure to read my disclaimer at the bottom. It’s very important.
First, the Rules:
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The photo MUST be of you. Yourself only. Nobody else. If anyone else IS in the photo, please make sure to have their permission before posting the photo. But since we’d never really know if you did or not, just try to stick with you alone in the photo. I realize that with a lot of these things it might be hard to not get another passerby in the photo, but please try your best. If need be, take the photo at an upward angle, so that the cam is looking up at you mostly while also getting the thing behind you.
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Only ONE photo can apply to ONE thing. For example: If you take a photo of yourself bathing in the fountain outside the Taj Mahal, you cannot have it apply to both Taking a bath photo and In front of the Taj Mahal photo. You must pick one (preferribly the one with the most points). This is especially true for those of “anywhere in” a certain town or city and any monument that is IN that town or city. Sorry, but one per photo.
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Once a photo is taken and accepted it is DONE. Nobody else can take that photo again nor take the points for it.
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All photos must be PG 13. No nudity or sex or anything. Please be wearing clothes in all of them (save for Taking a bath or Taking a shower, however as you’ll see from the bylines on those specific things, even then you’ll either be covered up or really clothed).
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At the end of one year, on November 2nd of next year, the contest will end and whoever has the most points will be declared the winner. The winner will get a whole bunch of nothing materalistically, however will earn free bragging rights and the privlege of calling themselves the SDMB photo contest champ. This is all just for fun anyway.
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All things listed are meaning the actual things. Like, In front of the Taj Mahal or In front of a windmill means, IN FRONT OF the/a real one. Not a photo of it, not a display or built structure of it…the/a real one.
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Please, no photoshopped photos.
Finally, the list:
Anywhere in:
Madrid, Spain 10
Libson, Portugal 10
Istambul, Turkey 10
St Petersburg, Russa 10
Hamburg, Germany 10
Oslo, Norway 10
Ottawa, Canada 10
Brussels, Belgium 10
Sofia, Bulgaria 10
Tokyo, Japan 10
Mexico City, Mexico 10
Los Angeles, California, USA 10
Anywhere in South Africa 10
[please have yourself near a sign or SOMETHING that verifies you’re in that place]
In a classroom 20
On a playground 20
On a football field 20
On a baseball field 20
On a hockey rink 20
On a basketball court 20
In a bar 20
In your car 20
On a subway 30
On a farm 30
In an arcade 30
In the snow 30
In a pool 40
In a cornfield 40
With a live snake around your neck 40
On a miniature golf course 40
On a Merry Go Round 40
On a Ferris Wheel 40
On top of a mountain 50
In a court room 50
On a Rollercoaster 50
On a boat (that is on water) 50
With the Mississippi River behind you 50
While taking a shower [important notice, please do not have any nudity visible. Either be clothed or have bubbles or other things that “sneakily” hide your bits. Remember, PG-13] 50
While taking a bath [important notice, please do not have any nudity visible. Either be clothed or have bubbles or other things that “sneakily” hide your bits. Remember, PG-13] 50
With a lighthouse behind you 50
On a trampoline 50
In a movie theatre 50
Washington DC, in front of:
Capitol Building 50
Washington Monument 50
Lincoln Memorial 50
White House 100
In front of a Hard Rock Cafe 100
On a plane 100
In a limo 100
At Niagra Falls 100
At the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame 100
With any dam in the background 100
At the top of the Empire State Building 100
With the Sears building behind you: 100
At the Alamo 100
At a zoo standing outside of the Tiger pit/cage 100
With these bodies of water behind you, or you in them:
Pacific Ocean 100
Atlantic Ocean 100
Gulf of Mexico 200
Indian Ocean 200
Caspian Sea 300
Mediterranian Sea 300
Black Sea 300
Red Sea 300
Yellow River 200
Nile River 400
Amazon River 400
Berring Strait 400
Gulf of California 400
Arctic Ocean 1500
[please have yourself near a sign or SOMETHING that verifies you’re in that place]
In a hot air balloon 200
At the Grand Canyon 300
With the Las Vegas Strip behind you 300
At Knott’s Berry Farm 300
With a windmill behind you 300
With the St Louis Gateway Arch behind you 300
With Mount Rushmore behind you 300
On any of the following:
Horse 100
Donkey 100
Llama 300
Elephant 300
Ostrich 600
With the Statue of Liberty behind you 400
With the Kremlin behind you 400
Standing next to a giant Redwood 400
With the Golden Gate Bridge behind you 400
In the West Edmonton Mall 400
With Big Ben behind you 400
In front of the Taj Mahal 400
In front of the Effiel Tower 400
In front of the Sydney Opera House 400
On a Venice Canal 400
In front of an Egyptian Pyramid 400
With part of the Berlin Wall behind you 400
In front of the Colosseum 400
With any part of the Great Wall of China behind you 400
At the Leaning Tower of Pisa 500
At the Panama Canal 500
At Stonehedge 500
By any other work of art in the Louvre other than the Mona Lisa 500
At Disneyland/world/Eurodisney (with Disney character in costume) 600
On a glacier 700
By the Mona Lisa 700
In TubaDiva’s House 700 
While skydiving 1500
Various other photos:
[the following photos don’t need to have you or anyone else in them]
SDMB written in chalk on a sidewalk 100 [Not large, in chalk that can be washed off, preferribly near or at your house]
SDMB typed on a peice of paper and tacked up on a pole 100
SDMB as a “high score” name on a video game 200
SDMB written on a one dollar bill (or form of currency)[Not large] 200
SDMB written on a banana 200
SDMB written in the sand 200
SDMB written on a chalkboard in a classroom 300
Disclaimer: As a participater in this thread, you know that your photos may be seen by anyone on this forum, publically and can be found on the net in general. However you reserve the right to delete your photo[s] at any time for any reason.
Personal Disclaimer: I, Idle Thoughts, do not mean or want for anyone to deface, ruin, vandalize, or destory anything in getting the “various” photos, nor do I mean or want for anyone to hurt themselves in any way, nor anyone else in getting the “Location” photos. Please use caution in anywhere you ever travel and be safe.
Lastly, but certainly not leastly…if you can think of anywhere else that I haven’t mentioned on this list (and I’m sure there are MANY) feel free to post and suggest it/ask how many points it would be worth if you were at “blank”, and I will tell you a point score. This is for all the things out there in this world that I didn’t put on a confining list that would still get you points if you happen to go there. Just as long as the rules are the same, that you have “SDMB” on a paper and have a photo taken of yourself so we can read it.
