NEW POLL! Vote (again) for the date for Oppo Rally (plus other stuff)

"Dusty Ventures" (dustyventures) 02/13/2018 at 20:35 • Filed to: oppo rally 2018, oppo rally

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If you already voted on a date for Oppo Rally 2018 I hope you like voting for this twice, because I’ve redone the poll!  

So it occurred to me there’s a problem with having people only able to choose one date in the poll. Most people can do two or three dates and asking them to choose just one could result in people not voting or casual, flexible voters grouping on a date that may be impossible for others. So I reset the poll, and this time I want everyone to pick ALL the dates that work for them (even if that’s all four).

If you forgot how last year’s Oppo Rally worked, or you weren’t around yet back then, !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! This time around the rally will be in Massachusetts and the schedule will be the similar to last year: Registration will open in Worcester (exact location TBA) at 7 AM, at which time you will get your checkpoint list. The rally officially starts at 9 AM. Deadline for posting checkpoint photos will be 10:00 PM. Any photos posted after that will not be scored. 10 will also be the deadline for arriving at the finish check-in (near the New York border, exact location TBA) and handing over any acquisition items or bribes you collected along the way, and regaling the judge(s) with tales of your day and why you deserve bonus points. If you didn’t collect any items to hand over and you don’t have any tales of triumph/woe you don’t need to attend the check-in. Awards will be the next morning at 9 AM.

Here are the options for dates, please check all the dates that would work for you :

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One moooore thing. As many of you know, I just finished up the Lemons Rally about a week ago. As some of you also know, this was the inspiration for Oppo Rally. One of the things they did this year was use Instagram to log the checkpoints, and it worked brilliantly. Thanks to the use of hashtags it was easy to log checkpoints, log extra bonus stuff, and even see others’ photos for a checkpoint if we were having trouble finding it. It also made it easy for family and friends to follow along from home, and made seeing who went where and tallying up the score at the end of the day a much less daunting task (this is something I had trouble with last year). Not to mention it allows an option between posting photos or videos without having to delve into youtube or something. I’m inclined to use the same tactic for Oppo Rally this year, but want to make sure people are on board. The downside of course is that the game won’t be here on Oppo for all the loonies to see, but dropping (OCCASIONAL) links to instagram posts can help fix that. If you have an instagram already and you don’t want everyone knowing your handle you don’t need to use your personal account. A number of teams at Lemons created team accounts for the event and I endorse you doing the same (bonus, this means if there’s multiple people on your team you can all have your phones logged into the account and take turns on who takes/posts the photo based on convenience/which one of you is busy driving/navigating/sleeping/picking your toes). What say you?

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CalzoneGolem > Dusty Ventures 02/13/2018 at 15:06

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I’m totally down for this. As long as it isn’t the 14th I should be able to make it.

shop-teacher > Dusty Ventures 02/13/2018 at 15:09

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This being in the summer, there is an outside chance I could make it this year. I’ll have my family in tow if I can make it happen, so we’ll be wildly uncompetitive, but it would be a fun adventure.

Chuckles > Dusty Ventures 02/13/2018 at 15:13

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The Oppo Rally last year was one of the most fun days I’ve ever had while driving a car. It was well worth making the drive from Pennsylvania, and I highly recommend it to anyone thinking of going this year. I’ll check with my co-driver and vote on a date.

facw > Dusty Ventures 02/13/2018 at 15:21

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This looked fun last year, and I’m in the right part of the world this time around. Will have to see if a suitable co-driver is free.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Dusty Ventures 02/13/2018 at 15:29

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None of these dates:

http://cincyscca.com/autocross/2018-schedule-and-results/

Dusty Ventures > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 02/13/2018 at 16:50

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Literally the only dates without a stage rally/LeMons Rally/a wedding for someone who would probably literally murder me for putting Oppo Rally the same weekend

Stef Schrader > Dusty Ventures 02/13/2018 at 17:43

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None of these are Memorial Day, which thanks to the racing world’s tendency to stack things on top of each other, is a bad weekend that has scarred me for life forever.

BLESS YOU

Chuckles > Dusty Ventures 02/13/2018 at 17:49

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June 30th is the Saturday before the 4th of July so I’d imagine that it might interfere with some people’s travel plans, in addition to possibly having a lot of traffic on the roads. Any of the other dates seems fine to me.

MM54 > Dusty Ventures 02/13/2018 at 17:50

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I would like to make it but cannot guarantee anything; I’m not going to vote based on that (and none of the dates are better than any of the other as far as I know at this point).

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Dusty Ventures 02/13/2018 at 17:52

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I’m fine with all of the dates in the poll.

Poor_Sh > Dusty Ventures 02/13/2018 at 19:16

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Missed it last year due to vacation timing... same timing this year so please not June 30th! Might have a new (to me) car by then too...

tromoly > Dusty Ventures 02/13/2018 at 20:41

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Aside from the Instagram part, if I don’t end up working whatever weekend I might try to make it this year.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Dusty Ventures 02/13/2018 at 20:48

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I’m nowhere near there but if you make decals I would like to buy one! I collect them.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Dusty Ventures 02/13/2018 at 20:53

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If I can find a co-driver, I will be in the R-GT class.

Stef Schrader > Dusty Ventures 02/13/2018 at 21:04

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I’d prefer not doing early June just in case of Le Mansage, and for some reason, late July sounded like it had something going on, but yeah. THINGS.

someassemblyrequired > Dusty Ventures 02/13/2018 at 22:11

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Dang, I wish there was a southern route from DC. As much as I love driving up in CT, NY and western MA, the 7.5 hour staging drive is a bit much. And the kids probably have something that weekend. Like they do every damn weekend.

Can’t encourage people to go enough though, if you are relatively local, you will have a great time on the back roads in that area. Lots to see, lots of awesome places to stop.

deekster_caddy > shop-teacher 02/13/2018 at 22:49

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Last year my team was my brother and I.b” We had no idea what we were doing and we won. So just do it! It was exhausting though and your kids will probably be nearly-dead by the end of the day...

shop-teacher > deekster_caddy 02/13/2018 at 22:50

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I imagine they’ll sleep through a lot of it. They’ll be 3 and 5.

deekster_caddy > Dusty Ventures 02/13/2018 at 22:51

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I voted “against” instagram only because I’ve been avoiding it for reasons unknown to me. If you go with instagram I would probably create an account for the rally though, so it’s not a strong against.

Dusty Ventures > deekster_caddy 02/13/2018 at 22:56

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Yeah, that’s what a number of teams at Lemons did. They created accounts for the rally then abandoned them afterwards

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > Dusty Ventures 02/14/2018 at 04:19

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Is this rally motorcycle friendly? Like crotch rocket? Both fun cars may be down all summer but id love to come on my bike i might be purchasing

nerd_racing > Dusty Ventures 02/14/2018 at 11:12

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Where is this located again?

Dusty Ventures > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time 02/14/2018 at 11:31

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Yes, or at least as motorcycle friendly as Massachusetts streets can be

Dusty Ventures > nerd_racing 02/14/2018 at 11:32

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TL; DR?

Long-Voyager > Dusty Ventures 02/14/2018 at 13:50

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Hey Dusty,

CarsofFortLangley Sent me your way, told me you could get me added to Oppo so I could track a couple of my builds.

nerd_racing > Dusty Ventures 02/14/2018 at 14:21

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There’s more than one Worcester?

PartyPooper2012 > Dusty Ventures 02/14/2018 at 14:25

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RALLY

Dusty Ventures > nerd_racing 02/14/2018 at 14:44

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Fair point. I figured the name of the rally told the state, but I’ll add it in the post so it’s clear

nerd_racing > Dusty Ventures 02/14/2018 at 15:15

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*facepalm* I missed that. It’s been a long week already...

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > Dusty Ventures 02/14/2018 at 15:26

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Who did your graphic design?

jasmits > Dusty Ventures 02/14/2018 at 15:52

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Even if someone’s already an avid Instagram user a separate account is a good idea, something like this would be beyond annoying for most of my followers(I had a friend use insta to track a scavenger hunt I didn’t care about and having my feed overrun with that got old fast) and people who like cars or would care could just follow the other one.

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > Dusty Ventures 02/14/2018 at 20:12

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I mean they cant be worse than MI roads...

Im tempted to ride over for it. Would be a fun trip.

Dusty Ventures > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 02/14/2018 at 20:50

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I did

Dusty Ventures > jasmits 02/14/2018 at 20:51

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I only remembered after Lemons Rally that my instagram is connected to my dating profile. And is currently full of stuffed animal and hearse pictures

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > Dusty Ventures 02/14/2018 at 21:02

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You up for a Oppo South one? I’m about to get organizing another Nashville meet

Dusty Ventures > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 02/14/2018 at 21:03

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You mean making the graphics for it?

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > Dusty Ventures 02/14/2018 at 21:15

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Yeah and maybe some stickers

yamahog > Dusty Ventures 02/14/2018 at 21:45

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so you’re saying this sound I’m hearing is all the goth girlfriends banging down your door?

Dusty Ventures > yamahog 02/14/2018 at 22:14

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Should’ve put a hearse on my profile years ago

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > Dusty Ventures 02/15/2018 at 11:18

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If it wasn’t for the fact that I can’t trust my Legacy with even making the four hour drive out of Maine, I’d be quite happy to join in on the rally, since it’s so close.

Justin Hughes > Dusty Ventures 02/15/2018 at 11:53

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I’m in! Not sure if we’ll try to redeem the Flex from last year or go full Oppo with the Jetta ute. Probably depends on whether we think the Jetta will actually survive the rally or not.

Owen > Dusty Ventures 02/16/2018 at 15:22

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I’m sorry if this has been asked before, but, what is the registration cost for this?

Dusty Ventures > Owen 02/16/2018 at 20:09

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$5, which is the cost of printing the event sticker

Owen > Dusty Ventures 02/17/2018 at 06:37

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Well, hell, count me in!

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > Dusty Ventures 02/28/2018 at 08:44

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What is a “Massachusetts”? Seems like something made up to trick kids at spelling bees and I won’t be a part of it. 

deekster_caddy > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time 03/03/2018 at 15:39

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Do you have a 2 seater? Last year time was tight and I highly recommend bringing a co-pilot/navigator to research things while you drive.

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > deekster_caddy 03/03/2018 at 23:19

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yea but i dont really have anyone who would want to ride that far with me lol. Id honestly just follow people and be there for the fun not try and win

Herr Quattro - Has a 4-motion > Dusty Ventures 03/05/2018 at 12:22

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Hmm.. Yeah I want to do this. Couldn’t last year, but god willing my car makes it, I’m down.

Are you open to suggestions for possible destinations?

Because USS Massachusetts is pretty awesome.

thejustache > Dusty Ventures 03/14/2018 at 14:21

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Oh hey, this seems like fun. If it ends up being on June 9th or possibly July 14th and I can get my wife on board (she is a fan of random road trips, which helps) this might work! The fact that it potentially ends near the NY border is a plus for us too as it’s probably an hour drive home from there...