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Bicycle Photo Tag game

The point of the Bicycle Photo Tag is to reproduce a similar photo of an object or place that can be found in many different locations around the world. Much like a scavenger hunt, examples include specific street signs, a railway crossing with train, yourself at a toll booth with reciept, etc.... Get creative

Rules are easy...

1. Find a SIMILAR (ie; Not The Same, Different) tag and reproduce the photo (as best as possible). Take the tag to a new location, get the photo and post it here.
2. Upon posting your new tag, the tagger is responsible for specifying what it is in the photo that must be reproduced. Be specific, but not so specific that no one else will be able to play because we couldn't find another pink school bus.
* Try to place the tags in interesting locations, objects or places that could probably be found in at least the majority of the planet.
3. Tag must be: Common amongst all human habitation. Dirt is ok, but remember most of us are on street bikes. We don't want to exclude those who don't like to get dirty (wimps).
4. The first person to post a found tag gets to place the next tag. If you get a tag, but somebody else posts their picture first, you lose (bruced).
5. One tag at a time within thread. File photos are NOT permitted. You gotta ride to play this game.
6. No whining There are plenty of folks here that will help you understand the rules
7. The holder of the tag determines if the tag has been duplicated and acknowledges it by posting on the thread. (Surrendering the Tag)
8. No Pre-Arranged Tag Handoffs / Linear Tag sequence
9. Last but not least, should the tag be soo ridiculous that no one is able to reproduce it, it can be voted down if a majority of the active participants feel necessary.



Remember, the point of this is not to win the game, or get a better picture than the guy who just "bruced" you, the point is the ride. On that note, if someone tags a post office. Rather than get out and ride a block to my local post office, I might ride an hour or so, out to the historic post office a few neighborhoods over.... Make it interesting.

So the first tag is your bike in front of a house with Xmas lights

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Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on January 23, 2013 at 7:34am

I know.  I was ready Sunday to take pics of one of two ATA members and I turned it down so someone else could get it!  Come on people.  ATA office is 9 W. Hubbard.

Sarah D. 1-3.3 said:

I thought J.A.W. was going into the office, which was the whole idea. No one can do this one? Jeez, lazypantses. 

Permalink Reply by Ed on January 23, 2013 at 9:21am

I vote to keep this one too.  Someone will get it.

Permalink Reply by daWillinChi on January 23, 2013 at 9:34am

Bring it down!

Ed said:

I vote to keep this one too.  Someone will get it.

Permalink Reply by yaj 7.4 on January 23, 2013 at 10:25am

I vote to keep it up too.

Permalink Reply by Ed on January 23, 2013 at 11:16am

Maybe I can get a picture at their suburban location.

Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on January 23, 2013 at 12:24pm

I think the problem with it is not so much the alleged difficulty, but that people keep talking as if they intend to go out and get it presently. Rumor has it that saying you're going to do something that you're actually not seriously intending to follow through with is not such a great thing, even beyond the context of a bicycle photo tag game.

Ed said:

I vote to keep this one too.  Someone will get it.

Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on January 23, 2013 at 12:25pm

OK, nobody do anything because Ed is on his way to the Active Alliance's Suburban Office-plex as I type.

Ed said:

Maybe I can get a picture at their suburban location.

Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on January 23, 2013 at 1:54pm

I've been reminded once again that democracy is messy, imperfect, and inferior to just letting me decide.

Permalink Reply by Doug Haynes on January 23, 2013 at 7:42pm

It's like you've been inside my mind...

Kevin C 4.1 mi said:

democracy is messy, imperfect, and inferior to just letting me decide.

Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on January 23, 2013 at 9:46pm
It was open.

notoriousDUG said:

It's like you've been inside my mind...

Kevin C 4.1 mi said:

democracy is messy, imperfect, and inferior to just letting me decide.

Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on January 23, 2013 at 11:15pm

Do not confuse sweet, reserved Doug with the online persona of DUG.

Cameron 7.5 mi said:

Wait a minute was Doug just discribed as open minded?

Kevin C 4.1 mi said:

It was open.

notoriousDUG said:

It's like you've been inside my mind...

Kevin C 4.1 mi said:

democracy is messy, imperfect, and inferior to just letting me decide.

Permalink Reply by Ed on January 24, 2013 at 9:01am

Searched the south and western suburbs all day yesterday, couldn't find their suburban office.  Someone else will have to get this tag.



h' 1.0 said:

OK, nobody do anything because Ed is on his way to the Active Alliance's Suburban Office-plex as I type.

Ed said:

Maybe I can get a picture at their suburban location.

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