Big news!
Our Fancy New Website is up and running thanks to the folks over at Britehouse!
You could do it the old fashioned way and follow the link HERE
OR
You could use a QR code scanning application like
THIS ONE for Android,
THIS ONE for WINDOWS Phones
or THIS ONE for Iphone
(Don’t forget, ICON 2016 has Free Wifi sponsored by AlwaysON, so if you’re worried about data download it there!)
to Scan
THIS QR CODE RIGHT HERE
and score yourself some points straight away!
You will need to log in to the site of course.
This is just so we can get hold of you if you do win a prize and will be used for no other purposes!
You can log in either via your Google, or Facebook accounts. If you have neither of those, the option exists to create an account from scratch on the site too!
What’s a GGC you ask?
The GREAT GEEK CHALLENGE is a simple concept.
Born from the desire to “cross pollinate” the various geeky pursuits at a convention, the challenge was envisioned as a test no con-goer or festival participant could resist. This, coupled with the opportunity to spread the word about some of the amazing things you can find in some corners of conventions and festivals, resulted in the first ever challenge being issued in the year of 2014 at ICON, this lead to a major success.
Complete the tasks listed up to the best of your ability!
At the end of the weekend, you stand a chance to win some great prizes when we do a draw at the ICON prize giving!
The more achievements you complete, the higher the odds of you winning a prize, so take some time to read over the list at the website and check out which you think you can manage in order to optimise your chances of winning.
You can track who is scoring the best via the Live Leaderboard on the website.
This year, with ICON 2016 being even bigger and better, we’ve had a great response from stores!
Special thanks to Kulcha Kollektive, The Blade Lady, The Silk Road, 4EverOdd, Sector Comics, Soul Array, Leigh Le Roux, Animation in Suspension, Inks M.D., Art By Ryan, Plushies by Colleen, Vile Bunnie, Sin Bin, Boardgame Exchange, AI Fest, Revolutionary Ink, Outer Limits, Bag Life, 3+, Skycastle, Solarpop, Unplug Yourself, Neil Stacey, Timeless Board Games, Tales of Teana, Mead Legends and of course, our friends over at GeekXP
Thanks to the kindness of these stores, the Prize pool this year is as big as always!
Entering stands you a chance to win some of our great prizes
For reference, here are the general rules governing all challenges:
GREAT GEEK CHALLENGE RULES
Participating in the Great Geek Challenge is a simple thing: sign up for a challenge sheet and review the printed tasks and achievements of geeky strength. As you complete each task, mark it appropriately in the “Done” column, then get a witness to sign off that you did it. Once you’ve completed all the challenges you wish to attempt, return the form to where you picked it up and your score will be uploaded.
At the end of the day, prize winners will be drawn from those who returned forms. Your chance to win a prize increases based on the number of tasks you have completed i.e. every achievement completed is another entry into the overall draw for prizes. But please remember the following:
1. Thou shalt be honourable in your conduct during the pursuit of this challenge.
2. Thou shalt respect thy fellow geeks whilst pursuing the challenge.
3. The number of entries allowed per person is ONE. TWO is too many and ZERO is not enough.
4. Thou shalt not interfere in the ongoing of other sanctioned Con/Festival events in order to complete a task
FAQ:
What does it cost to enter? – Nothing! Just five minutes of your time to give us your contact details. We may send a promotional email at a later date to tell you the winners and other info, but if you don’t want that, let us know when you hand in your challenge sheet!
I’m not going to be here by then end of the Con/Festival… will I miss out on my prize? – No, so long as the mail address and/or cell number you gave is legitimate, we will contact you and keep your prize till you can collect it. It does mean you won’t be able to choose the prize pack you want however!
What if my challenge doesn’t have an associated QR code? – If you complete a challenge, but there is no QR code to scan, just click on the quest in your quest log and select the complete option. Write the name of the person you completed it with then click complete. BAM the quest is done! Remember, this is an honour system (see Rule 1)
Pfft, Honour system, what’s to stop me from just getting my friend to complete everything? – Seriously? Why are you even asking this? Go ahead and try it buster… To keep things fair our elite team of Con-ninjas are going to be spot checking claimed achievements here and there for inconsistencies. But at the end of the day, this is a self-test, we expect you to be honest about your achievements
What counts as “Interfering in a Con/Festival event?” – Did the event have to halt for longer than a minute? If so you’re probably disrupting it. Don’t ruin other people’s fun with your need to get achievements (see Rule 2) and likewise they won’t ruin yours!
What sort of prizes are there? – Loads of goodies are always up for grabs from several of the Con/Festivals’ vendors and are many and varied. Prizes will be on a selection basis as winners are announced, should the winner be present during the draw, (so those at the prize giving who have their name called will get to pick first), otherwise prizes will be allocated randomly to each successive winner.
I don’t like the selection of prizes remaining, what do I do? – Good gods… stop whining… you’re getting free loot! Pick something random and give it to someone in the audience… Make a new friend out of the prize!
Why do I have to use my Phone?! Now my battery will be flat Waaaah! – Plan ahead! Bring a power bank! Nobody is forcing you to do the challenge… and if your battery does go flat… well there may just be some challenge points in it for you if you read carefully!
I don’t have enough data for all of this!! – Pay attention! ICON 2016 is sponsored by ALWAYSON Wifi log in and use that free wifi goodness!
Am I allowed to break the time space continuum whilst completing challenges? – No, rips in the fabric of space-time mean we now discourage this action ever since the Archer accords were established
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