Isolated: Espionage

Overview: There are three bricks - blue, purple, and orange. I have made wordfilters in the manner of :color: (so blue, purple, and orange with : on either side) for easy access.

In your confessional, you will build a tower. Starting with a post that has just an blue brick, you will follow that with a post featuring the purple brick on top of the blue brick, followed by a post with the orange brick on top of the prior images, and continuing in that pattern throughout. The posts should look something like this:

Post One:



Post Two:




Post Three:





Post Four:






The person with the highest tower at the end of the challenge will win Head of Household. However, there are a few wrinkles.

First, you will only be able to build for thirty minutes starting from the time of your first post. Any posts or edits made after time expires will not count toward your total score. Additionally, you may only post additions to the tower at the :x0 or :x5 second marks - should you post on any other second mark, a gust of wind will knock your tower down and you'll need to begin rebuilding. You can post on ANY SECOND ending in 0 or 5.

To be completely clear, missing a 00 or 05 second will not knock your tower down, only posts on an 01, 02, etc. timestamp will collapse the tower. You can take as much times as you'd like between any two posts, and can stop building short of the 30 minute mark if you're satisfied with your progress.

If at any point you post the wrong image on top of the last, your tower will come crumbling down. If you do not catch this and begin rebuilding, your total will be counted as 0. Additionally, your score will likewise count as 0 if any image in your tower was added on an improper timestamp.

At the end of the challenge, the juror with the highest tower will re-enter the game and the housemate with the highest tower overall will become the new Head of Household. The returning housemate is also able to win Head of Household.

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Rules:
- This is an individual challenge, no helping
- You only have 30 minutes after posting your first brick.
- You must post the bricks in the correct order
- You must post on a timestamp ending with 0 or 5

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Deadline: 9e/8c Friday Night. The jurors will be leaving shortly after.

@Houseguest @Jury

So two questions,

1. We are using the image tags for the bricks correct?
2. How do we know what second we are posting on? and won't loading times after clicking change the second?

I figured out how to change my computer clock at least to seconds

Hold on. I posted something explaining that. I will find it and repost.

Click your name to go to your profile. Click the gear to go to user settings. Scroll down to clock settings and click custom.

Set your time and date settings to: Custom: D M d, Y g:i:s a

Spiral wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 9:46:36 pm So two questions,

1. We are using the image tags for the bricks correct?
2. How do we know what second we are posting on? and won't loading times after clicking change the second?

1. They said to use the :colour: thing not image tags.

Yes. If you type :.blue: without the period, it will automatically post the brick.

BB Alpha wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 9:50:56 pm Yes. If you type :.blue: without the period, it will automatically post the brick.

good thing this isn't a reading comp

BB Alpha wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 9:49:29 pm Click your name to go to your profile. Click the gear to go to user settings. Scroll down to clock settings and click custom.

Set your time and date settings to: Custom: D M d, Y g:i:s a

Does this just provide us the time while we're timing our posts being submitted? Will we have to get used to loading times or does the website recognize it as a post the minute we hit submit?

Parker wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 9:53:26 pm

BB Alpha wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 9:49:29 pm Click your name to go to your profile. Click the gear to go to user settings. Scroll down to clock settings and click custom.

Set your time and date settings to: Custom: D M d, Y g:i:s a

Does this just provide us the time while we're timing our posts being submitted? Will we have to get used to loading times or does the website recognize it as a post the minute we hit submit?

It will just show you the timestamps of your post after you make them. The board time should be sync with your computer clock or a website like time.is which is what I use to time my posts for challenges.

BB Alpha wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 9:49:29 pm Click your name to go to your profile. Click the gear to go to user settings. Scroll down to clock settings and click custom.

Set your time and date settings to: Custom: D M d, Y g:i:s a

I seriously can not find this lol

go your person at right hand corner and click control panel, board preferences

Edit Profile
Go to board preferences, scroll down.

BB Alpha wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 9:59:18 pm Edit Profile
Go to board preferences, scroll down.

got it, thanks!

Also, are we allowed to do a practice post in the DR? I'm assuming so but wanted to make sure.

BB Alpha wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 9:54:55 pm

Parker wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 9:53:26 pm

BB Alpha wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 9:49:29 pm Click your name to go to your profile. Click the gear to go to user settings. Scroll down to clock settings and click custom.

Set your time and date settings to: Custom: D M d, Y g:i:s a

Does this just provide us the time while we're timing our posts being submitted? Will we have to get used to loading times or does the website recognize it as a post the minute we hit submit?

It will just show you the timestamps of your post after you make them. The board time should be sync with your computer clock or a website like time.is which is what I use to time my posts for challenges.

Oh okay well I see the times for posts without even activating that setting!

Amanda wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 10:02:24 pm

BB Alpha wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 9:59:18 pm Edit Profile
Go to board preferences, scroll down.

got it, thanks!

Also, are we allowed to do a practice post in the DR? I'm assuming so but wanted to make sure.

Yes

After this challenge, I'm convinced the BB in our host's names stands for big bully. I admire the creativity though!

It's been three weeks. Of course we're going to be harder on you now. :)

This is maybe a stupid question, but why didn't the word filters activate in your post? Are we supposed to type them a different way than in the post?