Grandmaster Challenge II: Bishop Takes Another Head Kick!

[Metropolis Man]

Grandmaster Challenge II: Bishop Takes Another Head Kick!

Goal
Try and be the player to achieve Grandmaster rank in chess and Grandmaster rank in the Martial Arts Tournament in the shortest amount of time.

General Challenge Rules
The General Challenge Rules always apply. If applicable, exceptions will be noted below.

Specific Challenge Rules

• Create 1 Young Adult Sim (Vampires, Genies, and Werewolves are banned—other life states are fine).
• You may not add to the household.
• All travel is restricted to China. You can take more than one vacation.
• In the event you cannot advance in the chess or Martial Arts Tournaments (NPC’s not showing up, etc) please contact the team via PM. Save your file often, especially before going on vacation.
• This challenge ends when you have achieved Grandmaster rank in chess and Grandmaster rank in the Martial Arts Tournament. Write down the exact time from the game clock in your home town and while on vacation and plug the info into the spreadsheet. Make sure to give us all the info so the team can double check your score.

Scoring

It all comes down to the total minutes it takes your Sim to achieve both Grandmaster titles. LenaLJ came up with a spreadsheet to compute your final total in a snap (thank you so much, Lena!). Just plug in how many weeks, days, hours, and minutes (and if your finishing time was AM or PM) into the appropriate cells in the pink section of the spreadsheet for your Town Time. The spreadsheet will calculate your total Town Time at the bottom of the pink section.

Then, plug the necessary info for every vacation you took and the spreadsheet will give you your total vacation minutes in the purple section. When posting your score make sure to not just give us the minutes, but all the information so we can double check your result. Write down your Week/Days and exact time of the day for your Town Time when you are finished with the challenge. You also need to report the exact time you left for each vacation and of course the final time when you completed the Grandmaster title in the Martial Arts Tournament.

Town Time — When you no longer need to play in your neighborhood, pause the game, mouse over the game clock and note the Week and Day. Then jot down the time of day also. The pink section of the spreadsheet will give you the answer. Note: You are not done when you simply attain the Grandmaster title in chess because if you still have to return to China, then the clock is still ticking — the Town Time is noted when you leave town for the last time.

Vacation Time — When you no longer need to be on vacation, pause the game, mouse over the game clock and note the Day. Then jot down the time of day also. If you need more than one vacation to attain the Grandmaster title in the Martial Arts tournament (there’s room for four vacations in the spreadsheet), then report the Day and exact time when you used your phone to Return Home for each one. The spreadsheet will give you the answer in the purple section.

Total — The spreadsheet converts everything you plug in from both sections to the total minutes at the bottom in the blue cell.

Example: You finish on Week 2, Day 4, 11: 56 PM. That’s your Town Time and that’s exactly how we want you to make your post for your score — Week 2, Day 4, 11:56 PM. Then you need to list each vacation you took and the exact time you finished a vacation (either the time you called to Return Home or the time you attained the Grandmaster title).

So, in this example you took two vacations—the first ended on Day 4, 2:45 PM when you used your phone to Return Home. The second ended on Day 5, 1:37 PM when you finished the Martial Arts tournament. So, we want you to post your score like this—

Town Time — Week 2, Day 4, 11:56 PM
Vacation Time — Day 4, 2:45 PM + Day 5, 1:37 PM
Total — 26178 (minutes)

Ch-Ch-Changes
The team does not want to edit and make changes to the ruleset once this event goes live, but we may have to. This seasons’ events are shorter and the team has less time to test potential loopholes. If an exploit is brought to our attention or we discover something else we reserve the right to ask affected players to redo their effort.

Have Questions?
Please think hard before you ask in the challenge thread because it may be strategy. What you may consider an innocent question could cause another player to go — “oh, I did not think of doing that.” It’s always safer to PM everyone on the team (Metro, ratchie, Nutella, and Blackrosea) for clarifications. Thanks.

This Event is Now Closed

Player	Town Time	Vacation Time	Total
Chare	6409	5278	11687
Ghostmira	6491	5328	11819
Blackrosea	6848	4982	11830
LenaLJ	4243	8053	12296
Turoskel	1452	11890	13342
ratchie	5105	10477	15582
Femke82	9277	6781	16058
Jagid	6085	11382	17467
Metropolis Man	6743	11022	17765
MarianT	4018	14172	18190
mismck	7422	11901	19323
Heathwyn	9487	10333	19820
susiesue	7254	12704	19958
kearn76	6671	13869	20540
molokaimac	8146	13090	21236
Ravencloud999	11734	11312	23046
Sarleenia	13663	10583	24246
Kirstie	7786	16519	24305
Tiamet	5341	19604	24945
mayayeti72	9113	16318	25431
YukiA	9224	16314	25538
MomOfMany	11220	15669	26889
sethelD93	10886	16124	27010
purpletiger	11051	18313	29364
rubywyld	21895	9161	31056
rokrchik	16145	15206	31351
Tandrael	16363	16808	33173
jesirose	17471	20511	37982
CynKuy	16524	24585	41109
Abyshep	--	--	DNF

[LenaLJ]

If anyone needs a helping hand with the spreadsheet, feel free to PM me about it.

Other than that im excited to see this challenge return.

[Deklitch]

Thank you for the challenge, it appears that it'll be fun. Thank you also to Lena LJ for the spreadsheet

I'm presuming that we aren't restricted to two weeks in our main town in this challenge?

[Metropolis Man]

Thank you for the challenge, it appears that it'll be fun. Thank you also to Lena LJ for the spreadsheet

I'm presuming that we aren't restricted to two weeks in our main town in this challenge?

No, this is the type of event that is a speed challenge — complete x as fast as possible, however long it takes.

[Noocherenee]

If you have reached a rank in Chess but not in Martial Arts...do you stop the clock in the hometown.  Or does the clock run until both are complete.  I'm waiting for mood buff to end to travel again, and I think the clock is still running at home but wasn't sure.

[Metropolis Man]

If you have reached a rank in Chess but not in Martial Arts...do you stop the clock in the hometown.  Or does the clock run until both are complete.  I'm waiting for mood buff to end to travel again, and I think the clock is still running at home but wasn't sure.

First of all it sounds like you have started your file. Or are you just practicing? The challenge does not officially begin until March 1. Anyways, whenever you are done in your hometown and are no longer "there" then write down the time. I do not want to explain any more than that. If you are still confused then PM the team.

[Noocherenee]

Sorry Metro,

I was just practicing.  I haven't started a scoring file I know the challenge hasn't started yet but I thought practicing was okay.  I think I understand I'm just having a hard time knowing when to stop the clock or not.  I think I've got it now though. 

[Metropolis Man]

I want to clarify the Town Time and how you end up writing down what exactly is indeed your final time. Someone PM'd us and had the notion that if they finished the Grandmaster chess title but still had the moodlet preventing them from going on vacation would they just write down when they got the chess title and ignore the additional waiting time? No. Your Town Time is however long it is in your town, not just when you attain the Grandmaster title.

[EtnaFan666]

Interesting to see this challenge recycled. 

[Metropolis Man]

I wanted to clarify the Town Time rule before someone potentially made an error, so here we go —

Town Time — When you no longer need to play in your neighborhood, pause the game, mouse over the game clock and note the Week and Day. Then jot down the time of day also. The pink section of the spreadsheet will give you the answer. Note: You are not done when you simply attain the Grandmaster title in chess because if you still have to return to China, then the clock is still ticking — the Town Time is noted when you leave town for the last time.

[jesirose]

Edit: score removed.

Metropolis Man has given me permission to resubmit my score due to a misunderstanding about an official rule, which we PM'd about.

[ratchie]

Town Time: Week 3, Day 3, 9:04 pm
Vacations: Day 3, 4:25 pm + Day 3, 6:10 pm + Day 4, 10:17 am + Day 5, 2:28 pm

Total: 41304                                                

The challenge does not officially start until the 1st of March.

Rachel

[Deklitch]

The challenge does not officially start until the 1st of March.

Rachel

Rachel, it is 2nd of March here in Australia

[ratchie]

Rachel, it is 2nd of March here in Australia

Ooops forgot about that. Go about your everyday business nothing to see here  It is still February on my planet.

Rachel

[jesirose]

The challenge does not officially start until the 1st of March.

Rachel

It's Saturday March 1 in Texas, and I spent a few hours playing while my son napped.