Uh oh! Well I'm a big lister and more than happy to help with keeping score if you still need someone

- please let me know if you still need help with score tallies. I'd be more than happy to create and keep an Excel spreadsheet for you.

- sadly? Hope everything is alright with you.

- as I learned from the troll, you are an excellent lister!

Congratulations on the great score!

, our team has in the past been last.. I still think we did a great job. I am super fine without any scoring at all. It is the fun doing the roleplay and costumes draws me back all the time (that and I HAVE to find out what happens next in the story). Thankfully others do the puzzles.

Congrats teams, keep up the good work. You're all awesome!

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Way to go, guys! hugs all round, and for the other teams too!

Done a great job with the scores . Keep up the good work.

wait so the score includes chapter five as well? I didn't know that was up yet :o

Scores for chapter five just went up with the ping. No detailed responses yet, but we'll see. Grats on the potion lottery win, by the way. You seem to snag that often. I don't want to know how much sP you're dropping on tickets.

they keep giving me the crap winnings :p

I'm surprised that most got a max on the RP and riddles in chapter 5. those were HARD!!! congrats on pulling ahead to your group :D

Hey, I'm still impressed that you're right up there with just you. I would not be doing half so well on my own. Honestly WS is composed of nothing but awesome people. tackles you and snuggles

hehe thanks ^_^

As you have seen, the scores for chapter 5 are posted on the first page with you total.

The judges liked everyone's Shishin chase so much and the solutions were so diverse it was hard to compare, so everyone received a full score, which meant the difference was in the riddles and the folktale.

If you got only one part of the folktale, you got 50 points; if you gave me a measuring tape instead of a ruler, it was accepted.

There was a single appeal on the riddles and it was granted, and that one has been listed and acknowledge. The only other complaint was generated by a team who actually got it right! (Go figure.) So I refuse to discuss this any further. ;)

Thanks and congratulations teams...

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Way to go teams! :)

Yay!! I love this game! Give that team a cookie and a Fluttershy Doll!

Scores aren't up yet, but since I know I'll get cards and letters on this, I have the FarEast Trivia scores for you. I do know there's some debate on whether India and Pakistan are part of the "Far East," but since it's a Eurocentric term anyway, I gave you credit. These were awesome scores overall, and you should be proud. This was not easy!

Far East Trivia Answers

1. Mandarin
2. Duanwu/Dragon Boat Festival
3. Fuwa, Snowlets, Tiger
4. Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying and Nini; Sukki, Nokki, Lekki and Tsukki;Hodori (If you went ahead in time to 2020, and gave me the upcoming cat from Doraemon (El Gato Cosmico for Japan and Soohorang, the white tiger for South Korea, it was accepted.)
5. Macau (This was missed by almost everyone, including one poor team who had it right and explained in detail why it couldn't be, because you know--I was wrong.) The key here was the prosperity of Macau, and its truly autonomous status. If you pointed out that the controversial arrival cards are now being used, not without difficulties, as an acceptable substitute for the actual passport stamp, you still got it right.
6. Korean dog
7. Peking Duck
8. Cherry/Sakura
9. Hanami
10. Tokyo, Shanghai, Seoul or Tokyo. Delhi, Shanghai (Several combinations were accepted.)
11. Donburi
12. Nango or Yokohama (Mount Fuji is no longer active on a yearly basis)
13. Kimchi
14. South Korea (Mongolia does have active "black shamans" who are not part of Buddism, but they are still mostly confined to tents/yurts, and do not enjoy equal status.)
15. Chuseok
16. Hanok
17. Ulaan Baatar (While Kuala Lumpur does have a high crime rate, its fairly stable--it's bad --don't walk at night!--while the growth in Ulaan Baatar is stunning, and has escalated quickly.)
18. Pagodas and earthquakes.
19. Giant Panda, Raccoon Dog, Tiger (We also accepted Green Pheasant)
20. Shin Yun Bonus: Falun Dafa or Falun Gong (Not just that the government doesn't like arts--on the contrary, it's big business there. Falun Dafa represents a way of thought, and that's the deal. BTW, if you ever get to see Shen Yun live---go! It's worth every penny, and is just breathtaking!)

Okay--fire away, but this was supposed to be hard and I'm ready! I'll clear your answers out of in inbox now, so you'll have to reference them in the complaint/appeal. :D

Argh at the answers for 5, 14 and 17. I had those on my possibilities. Lesson to me, go with my gut

we just keep plugging away.

You both did well, though!

Scores are updated in the first post!

Congratulations everyone! , scores up, good job!

There is a decision to be made on SL today.