By Care
The ReVo Challenge was the brainchild of the Cabinet and SoVereign. You may have read the opening article written by Geenky, but if you missed it, please allow me to share some of the intel on the ReVo Challenge.
Any chatter on ReVo could sign up back in March, when the ReVo Challenge first came to light. All you had to do was post on the signup thread and Qristal would start a thread of your own for keeping track of your tasks – however, they weren’t just any tasks. These were specifically designed to help you not just roleplay-wise, but also exercise and real time wise.
The list contained four sections of tasks to be completed.
The Community Section was focused on getting you up and moving, along with sharing a little love toward Roleplay Evolution itself, and included the following:
* Exercise a full workout (at your level) for three days in any one week time frame, for three separate weeks.
* Get up and stand/stretch/walk for five minutes an hour every time you are at the computer for at least four hours.
* No soda for three days.
* Five glasses (8 oz or more) of water a day for five days.
* Post a positive dedication to a fellow player, on site, that you have never made a dedication to before.
* Attend five DJ shows in Big Slice for at least an hour each time.
* Make any purchase from our Join Us page to support the site.
* Attend any on-site advertised event.
I don’t know if you tried it, but I signed up for it, and let me tell you, the one that got me was No soda for three days. That was by far the hardest for me. Everyone else seemed to zoom on by with it, however. Other than that, for me, these tasks were amazingly easy. I mean, come on, exercise three days a week for three separate weeks? That’s not bad, especially if you already exercise.
Next came the Writing Section:
* Participate in five separate writing games on this board.
* Write three short stories, poems, or creative writing pieces and post it to the Mask and Unveil board.
* Share your insight into an entertainment discussion on our Movie / Book / TV board.
* Share ten sessions of roleplay on any of the RP Glory child boards in the Genres category of the forums.
The writing tasks, for many, were easy, and they whipped through them like no tomorrow. These were simple little things that got you involved with the world that is inside the ReVo Boards.
After that came the fun part, in which you had to not only create a new character, but play in all the realms that are on Roleplay Evolution: The Roleplay Tasks.
These tasks seemed simple enough: Roleplay a new character five times on five different days. I almost finished it, but then I ran out of steam – that’s why I have to give it to the players that got through it all.
* Create a character that is played in a Rebels and Reapers room on site for at least 5 sessions.
* Create a character that is played in a Creative Dimensions room on site for at least 5 session.
* Create a character that is played in a Erotic Impulses room on site for at least 5 sessions.
* Create a character that is played in a Fantasy Envisioned room on site for at least 5 sessions.
* Create a character that is played in a Gor Unchained room on site for at least 5 sessions.
* Create a character that is played in a History Relived room on site for at least 5 sessions.
* Create a character that is played in a Supernatural Awakening room on site for at least 5 sessions.
* Roleplay together with someone you do not know.
* Roleplay together with someone on the ReVo staff.
* Roleplay a superhero / police officer / unicorn.
* Roleplay a criminal / demon / villain.
Now, those were fun. What made them especially interesting was some of the people kept the characters they created for this challenge and continued on with them. I personally am one of those people. As well, not a lot of people step out of their rooms, where you already know everything there is to know and you just play – what I call mindless play. That’s not meant to be an insult. What I mean by it is roleplay that you don’t really have to put too much thought into. Well, this challenge brought back mindful play. You had to step out of your comfort zone, you had to create, and you had play in realms you hadn’t played before. This to me was the best part of the challenge as it stretched your imagination.
Last, but not least, we had the Roleplay Prompts section:
* Have your character steal something.
* Have your character kiss a pretty girl.
* Write at least 200 words about your character eating.
* Insert yourself (OOC) in your post now. You are an extra, a background character. Describe yourself how your character sees you.
* Someone is dying, but you cannot tell who.
* Include the lyrics to Bohemian Rhapsody in a post, all natural.
* Have your character lose something.
* In a scene, include a black cat.
* Play a character that is of another nationality than yourself.
* Play a character that is of another gender than yourself.
* Make a post in the ReVo Suggestion Box or on the ReVo Periodicals board with an idea.
* Have your character sneeze in the middle of an intense moment.
What I liked about this part of the Roleplay Challenge was that you had a certain amount of tasks to do, but they weren’t just any tasks – they were prompts that you had to insert into your roleplay and work off of. I read a lot of the posts submitted for this challenge, and it seems like people had fun with these. The prompts did the job they were supposed to, which was to create the roleplay while making a person think about what to do and how to do it.
Many started the challenge, but when it came down to it, only a few finished it. Those are the ones that stood through all that there was and spent months working towards the opportunity of getting into a drawing for a Lifetime or Lifetime Plus membership, day after day, doing exactly what was needed to get them through.
Let’s hear it for the following people that completed the six-month ReVo Challenge:
ChaosLight
Dark
Faerieeva
Covet
Kaliko
Murder
Faile
These seven people trudged through it all. They finished the challenge where so many couldn’t. Don’t get me wrong – some just couldn’t do it because real time interrupted them, while others – well, I’m not sure. I know why I quit, but that’s one of the many, so I have to say congratulations to the fianlists.
However, the Lifetime / Lifetime Plus membership wasn’t the only thing up for grabs. Qristal and the Cabinet made a little side deal: Finish the Roleplay Prompts and you could be entered into a drawing for a twelve-month membership. Thanks to chatter donations, there was also a twenty dollar Amazon gift card. The entrants for this drawing were:
Murder
Care
Christian
Covet
Kaliko
Faerieeva
Dark
Malice
Faile
Chaoslight
You may be wondering, after all this, who finally won? Qristal held the drawings on September 13, 2017. The Winner of the Amazon Gift Card and twelve- month membership was me, Care! I got lucky. The big winner of the ReVo Challenge, though, was Kaliko, who won the Lifetime Plus.
I have to say, watching this was amazing. Seeing who teetered out near the middle and end was not fun, but you know people tried. Either way, this was a great experiment.
I’m going to leave you with a few words from Qristal.
Thank you to everyone that participated. It was pretty grueling, but you stuck with it and I feel it was truly a challenge. Awesome job to all of you.