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 08/19/2009 12:27:31 PM · #1
I think it would be cool to have a challenge of an icon of your city, such as: Eiffel Tower, Times Square, etc
 08/19/2009 12:34:55 PM · #2
Originally posted by nicoleangel:
I think it would be cool to have a challenge of an icon of your city, such as: Eiffel Tower, Times Square, etc

I think we already had this challenge once, but I can't remember what it was called.
Correction: I was remembering a challenge that Fujimugs had called "Landmarks."

Message edited by author 2009-08-19 12:38:51.
 08/19/2009 12:37:31 PM · #3
Cool idea, though it could leave some people out of the challenge that don't live near any well known landmarks.
 08/19/2009 12:53:41 PM · #4
It wouldn't necessarily have to be a well known landmark...just a landmark around your area...every1 has landmarks....could be something like a courthouse or a monument of sometype
 08/19/2009 01:19:09 PM · #5
i like this idea a lot. for people who don't have a monument or landmark (which they probably do) it's a reason to go on a short trip to find something :)
 08/19/2009 01:25:36 PM · #6
Every city has something to show!!! And its a cool way to get to know a little more about other countries :
 08/19/2009 01:30:01 PM · #7
My 'city' is one block long and there is nothing to show.
 08/19/2009 01:39:08 PM · #8
Landmarks - yes, good. And landmarks can be well-known or anything you might use to navigate (e.g. the broken tree on the hill, the pink neon nightclub).
 08/19/2009 01:48:26 PM · #9
Originally posted by skewsme:
Landmarks - yes, good. And landmarks can be well-known or anything you might use to navigate (e.g. the broken tree on the hill, the pink neon nightclub).


the barn that burned down 2 years ago, or where the cow was standing last week...lol
 08/19/2009 01:56:00 PM · #10
Originally posted by cowboy221977:
Originally posted by skewsme:
... or anything you might use to navigate (e.g. the broken tree on the hill, the pink neon nightclub).

the barn that burned down 2 years ago, or where the cow was standing last week...lol

Those of us who live near a well-known city icon (the Eiffel Tower, the Empire State Building) won't necessarily have an advantage. I expect voters would judge those photos pretty harshly, having seen them a zillion times before.
 08/19/2009 02:56:08 PM · #11
Originally posted by skewsme:
or anything you might use to navigate (e.g. the broken tree on the hill, the pink neon nightclub).


Problem with that is only someone local would know that and consider it a 'landmark.'

08/19/2009 03:18:20 PM · #12
Originally posted by CEJ:
Originally posted by skewsme:
or anything you might use to navigate (e.g. the broken tree on the hill, the pink neon nightclub).


Problem with that is only someone local would know that and consider it a 'landmark.'


i don't see why that would be a problem. the whole idea is to introduce this little known landmark or point of interest to people who don't know about it. that's what makes the challenge idea fun.

of course, it's also a chance for certain voters to say "zomg doesn't meet challenge, 1 lol" but honestly, you're going to get some of that anyway ;)
 08/19/2009 03:48:57 PM · #13
Ok, so I can take a picture of a tree on a corner and call it a landmark since at some point someone used it in giving some lost soul directions. Makes sense.
 08/19/2009 03:53:17 PM · #14
Originally posted by CEJ:
Ok, so I can take a picture of a tree on a corner and call it a landmark since at some point someone used it in giving some lost soul directions. Makes sense.


in my opinion it would have to be a tree that was largely accepted as a clear landmark to a lot of people in the town. a random tree is probably pushing it and not in the spirit of the OP. but if it's an awesome picture of a really cool looking, interesting tree, then i think that would be sweet.

i just really like this suggestion :)
 08/19/2009 03:57:28 PM · #15
Originally posted by Steef:
Originally posted by CEJ:
Ok, so I can take a picture of a tree on a corner and call it a landmark since at some point someone used it in giving some lost soul directions. Makes sense.


in my opinion it would have to be a tree that was largely accepted as a clear landmark to a lot of people in the town. a random tree is probably pushing it and not in the spirit of the OP. but if it's an awesome picture of a really cool looking, interesting tree, then i think that would be sweet.

i just really like this suggestion :)


So to make it fair to everyone, lets have an "Interesting Tree Challenge".
 08/19/2009 04:00:46 PM · #16
what about the challenge of tunnels and caves? Not all the cities have them, especially those that are "only one long block and nothing to show" ;)
 08/19/2009 04:01:36 PM · #17
Originally posted by rodneyg:
Originally posted by Steef:
Originally posted by CEJ:
Ok, so I can take a picture of a tree on a corner and call it a landmark since at some point someone used it in giving some lost soul directions. Makes sense.


in my opinion it would have to be a tree that was largely accepted as a clear landmark to a lot of people in the town. a random tree is probably pushing it and not in the spirit of the OP. but if it's an awesome picture of a really cool looking, interesting tree, then i think that would be sweet.

i just really like this suggestion :)


So to make it fair to everyone, lets have an "Interesting Tree Challenge".


i don't have any interesting trees near me, but i'd happily vote in that one. i like trees.
 08/19/2009 04:07:31 PM · #18
Originally posted by Steef:
Originally posted by rodneyg:
Originally posted by Steef:
Originally posted by CEJ:
Ok, so I can take a picture of a tree on a corner and call it a landmark since at some point someone used it in giving some lost soul directions. Makes sense.


in my opinion it would have to be a tree that was largely accepted as a clear landmark to a lot of people in the town. a random tree is probably pushing it and not in the spirit of the OP. but if it's an awesome picture of a really cool looking, interesting tree, then i think that would be sweet.

i just really like this suggestion :)


So to make it fair to everyone, lets have an "Interesting Tree Challenge".


i don't have any interesting trees near me, but i'd happily vote in that one. i like trees.


I beg to differ with you. How about your demotivational picture, that was an interesting tree!
 08/19/2009 04:24:22 PM · #19
Originally posted by rodneyg:
Originally posted by Steef:
Originally posted by rodneyg:
Originally posted by Steef:
Originally posted by CEJ:
Ok, so I can take a picture of a tree on a corner and call it a landmark since at some point someone used it in giving some lost soul directions. Makes sense.


in my opinion it would have to be a tree that was largely accepted as a clear landmark to a lot of people in the town. a random tree is probably pushing it and not in the spirit of the OP. but if it's an awesome picture of a really cool looking, interesting tree, then i think that would be sweet.

i just really like this suggestion :)


So to make it fair to everyone, lets have an "Interesting Tree Challenge".


i don't have any interesting trees near me, but i'd happily vote in that one. i like trees.


I beg to differ with you. How about your demotivational picture, that was an interesting tree!


more of a sapling. all the trees near me are silly and try to grow where they can't really plant their roots :P

but back to the topic, i feel like every town i've ever been in has had at least one thing that at least all of the locals know about, and probably some tourists. maybe a certain record store or diner, a giant red barn, a peculiar tree, a monument, a park, a lighthouse, a huge statue of a cowboy with a lasso standing next to a giant bull for some reason... something! it just sounds like a lot of fun
 08/19/2009 04:28:58 PM · #20
I agree that this challenge will be fun, but I think will be, more or less, just another "Postcard" challenge, not that that would be a is a bad thing.

Question: would you (the listeners) limit the challenge to architecture specifically, or any icon of a city/town.

Just some food for thought.
 08/19/2009 05:45:03 PM · #21
I like it...City/Town Icon...heck, that could even be a person. As far as a challenge description goes, leave it blank and let us make up our own minds as to what the icon is.
 08/19/2009 05:50:37 PM · #22
That would be cool, but my nearest famous land mark is the Space needle and thats about 300 miles away. Dang.
 08/19/2009 06:40:45 PM · #23
Oh, something like Challenge 284 Landmarks?
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