The Great Oppo Hunt: Official Game Registration Post

"Dusty Ventures" (dustyventures) 07/23/2020 at 14:00 • Filed to: oppo rally, oppo hunt

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Hello, and welcome to The Great Oppo Hunt, the first ever Oppositelock coast-to-coast scavenger hunt. The goal of this game is to give people an opportunity to go exploring and find fascinating things in their area that they may have never known about, while still (hopefully) allowing people to be safe and maintain social distance (in other words expect everything I send you to find to be outside). This game is open to anyone and everyone across the United States. To those in other countries, I apologize. You are welcome to participate as well if you so desire, but you will likely find it very difficult to find many of the items on the scavenger list.

HOW TO JOIN: First off, you will need an Instagram account. If you already have one but don’t want to inundate your followers with scavenger hunt photos or don’t want to doxx yourself then you are welcome and encouraged to make a new account for the game.

Before the game starts you need to choose a team mascot. This is some portable object that you can bring with you on the scavenger hunt and photograph at the hunt location. This is to ensure no one uses old photos/someone else’s photos from the internet. Your mascot can be anything so long as it isn’t lewd/offensive (as determined by me. My game, my rules). Do keep in mind you’ll be walking around in public with this mascot, so keep your life size Fred Durst cardboard cutout at home if you won’t feel comfortable being seen in public with it. On the other hand, I might give bonus points for a mascot absurd enough to make me actually laugh out loud…

To sign up for the game you need to send a direct message to the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Include a photo of your mascot, the name of your mascot, and the name of your team as you want it to show up on any scoring/standings/game posts. This will allow me to follow you so I can track your submissions, as well as check for duplicate mascots. Make sure your team name is something that, when made into a hashtag, won’t be something that’s used constantly on Instagram. As an example: #TheLlootLlamas is good. #TeamBlessed is bad.

Mascots from Oppo Rally 2018

HOW TO PLAY: On Tuesday, August 4, at 2 PM Eastern a list of checkpoint items will be posted in Oppositelock, as well as on the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . These items are odd and offbeat enough to be interesting, but can still be found in pretty much every state. For example, it could be something like “highway sign with ‘69' on it (nice),” or “artillery gun that’s been turned into a monument/memorial,” or “dinosaur statue.” You will have until 3 AM Eastern on August 24 to locate and visit as many of these checkpoints as possible. To score a scavenger item you will need to take a photo of your mascot with the item/location and post it to your Instagram. Be sure to include the town and state the item is in, the item’s name if it has one (like “Mt Baker” or “Tacoma Narrows Bridge,”) and all the game hashtags, which will be listed at the top of the scavenger post when it goes up on August 4.

On occasion during the game period I will post 24/48 hour challenges for bonus points. These are things that can typically be done in/near your own home, or be done using things you have in your home, but you’ll only have one or two days to do them. These bonus items will be posted on the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .

COST TO PARTICIPATE: Nah. We good.

SCORING/WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT/PRIZES: This event is primarily for fun and bragging rights. While I’ve attempted to fill the scavenger list with things that can be found across the country I realize that there’s no way to ensure distribution of the items on the list is even for everyone. Some people will have more items in their vicinity than others and there’s nothing I can do about that, which is why there won’t be the bevy of fabulous valuable prizes that usually greet the winner of an Oppo Rally. That said, resident artist Arch Duke Maxyenko has offered up one of his automotive art prints to the winner.

There will be a publicly viewable spreadsheet for competitor standings throughout the game. Depending on the number of participants, as well as how much of my time work/life takes up I may at times fall a few days behind on scoring. Please be patient if that happens at any point. (If one or two others want to volunteer to help maintain the sheet that would be appreciated). Similarly it may take me a few days/a week to compile results at the end of the event (particularly as I’ll be traveling August 26-30 for a stage rally).

Fabulous, valuable prizes from Oppo Rally 2018

F.A.Q.: I’ll post any questions about the game up here for easy viewing so people don’t have to check the comments to see if something’s already been asked. Be sure to check back on occasion.

Q: Why is the game duration so long?
A: I created the large game window as a way to insure everyone should be able to at least have one or two available days where they can go hunting. While, in theory, this does give an advantage to those with more free time, I expect most people will be restricted by distance and item proximity before they’re restricted by time.

Thank you, everyone, for your interest and support during the development of this game. I look forward to bringing it to you in a couple weeks!

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Dusty Ventures 07/23/2020 at 14:08

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CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Dusty Ventures 07/23/2020 at 14:08

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I've sent a message with my Mascot. Hopefully playing from Canada is cool?  

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > Dusty Ventures 07/23/2020 at 14:15

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CB > Dusty Ventures 07/23/2020 at 14:22

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Any bonus points for being incredibly remote and definitely needing to travel for points?

CB > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 07/23/2020 at 14:23

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I'm hoping it is, considering I want in.

shop-teacher > Dusty Ventures 07/23/2020 at 14:24

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Cool!  I think I have an instagram account still ... maybe ... I’ll figure it out.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > CB 07/23/2020 at 14:28

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How do we know that one of the challenges won’t be “take a picture of some canola” and then you get a MASSIVE advantage?

Dusty Ventures > CB 07/23/2020 at 14:31

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Dusty Ventures > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 07/23/2020 at 14:33

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Send some syrup as a bribe and you're in

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Dusty Ventures 07/23/2020 at 14:39

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That’s the other side of Canada.  Best I can offer you is a dead salmon

PowderHound > Dusty Ventures 07/23/2020 at 14:39

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Fun! I’ll create a fake instagram, find a mascot, and get all signed up this week! I need a reason to aimlessly drive around and get out of the house.

Poor_Sh > Dusty Ventures 07/23/2020 at 14:43

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Does vehicle used count for points this time? 

Dusty Ventures > Poor_Sh 07/23/2020 at 14:50

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Nope

Dusty Ventures > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 07/23/2020 at 14:57

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You got yourself a deal

TheRealBicycleBuck > Dusty Ventures 07/23/2020 at 15:02

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I have a serious case of the wants for that Baja Bug.

Cash Rewards > Dusty Ventures 07/23/2020 at 15:03

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Wont know if the family is actually up for this until we see this list, but I'll throw our hat in the ring

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Dusty Ventures 07/23/2020 at 15:03

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Fi nally! A chance to use that other account I accidentally created. #teamaltoidaddict

Thank you for putting this together Dusty!

Dusty Ventures > TheRealBicycleBuck 07/23/2020 at 15:26

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Same, man. Same

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Dusty Ventures 07/23/2020 at 15:53

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LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com > Dusty Ventures 07/23/2020 at 15:59

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What is the latest date and time that we can @ you to sign up? Work is looking to be a bear in August, but I may also take some vacation time, so I’m really back-and-forth on this.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > Dusty Ventures 07/23/2020 at 16:02

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Excellent! I just need to figure out my mascot and a team name. I doubt I will be able score many points but I’ll try anyways. Thank you for making this span almost a whole month, it is definitely feasible to spend at least a day in there somewhere trying to get some of these things! Now to think of which car part I have laying around would make the best mascot.

AkursedX > Dusty Ventures 07/23/2020 at 16:09

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Hmmm. I think I’ll do this. Watch out for Team Border-Blooper!

Dusty Ventures > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com 07/23/2020 at 17:19

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Hell, any time before the game ends is fine

MM54 > Dusty Ventures 07/23/2020 at 17:41

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I’m in.

Now I need to figure out how instagram work. I assume I need to download the app first.

[old man shakes fist at cloud picture]

Just Jeepin' > Dusty Ventures 07/23/2020 at 17:57

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You have successfully lured me back into Instagram. Now just have to find a mascot, hmm.

LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com > Dusty Ventures 07/23/2020 at 21:25

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You are doing good work making the world entertaining for oppos, thank you.

sdwarf36 > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 07/24/2020 at 12:21

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I’d love it-as long as “been thru the press-and done cooking french fries” counts.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > MM54 07/24/2020 at 14:08

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You  Can sign in on your computer

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Dusty Ventures 07/24/2020 at 14:32

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“This game is open to anyone and everyone across the United States.”

Future next gen S2000 owner > Dusty Ventures 07/24/2020 at 15:02

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I claim puffalumps as my mascot.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Dusty Ventures 07/24/2020 at 15:12

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Can we email places so as to not location dox  ourselves?

TysMagic > Dusty Ventures 07/24/2020 at 15:23

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Team Boring Cars signed up with the good ol pinned up autoplush miata at the he lm , sounds like a good excuse to do drive around looking for stuff.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 07/24/2020 at 15:45

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Canada can tag along too. The rest of the world can suck it. Well, you can try but we stacked the deck against you. 

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 07/24/2020 at 16:15

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Nah... the US-Canada border is closed to non-essential travel.  So we’re screwed.

Dusty Ventures > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 07/24/2020 at 16:54

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That’s the point of creating an alt Instagram account. Create a new account, don't post anything that would tie it to your real self or your Kinja self.

Dusty Ventures > Future next gen S2000 owner 07/24/2020 at 17:00

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I see your game and I like it. However, unless you're bringing every variation of Puffalump ever made to each checkpoint you can't claim Puffalumps as a whole

Dusty Ventures > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 07/24/2020 at 17:02

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You should be able to find some of the items in Canada, others though are too American (read: too silly)

Dusty Ventures > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 07/24/2020 at 17:03

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Can’t post from a computer though

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Dusty Ventures 07/24/2020 at 17:13

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Shows how much I use IG

Kiltedpadre > Dusty Ventures 07/24/2020 at 22:49

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I sent a message to join so hopefully I did it right since it’s my first attempt at Instagram. Since I’m super creative my team name is my handle here. If I screwed up just let me know.

Dusty Ventures > Kiltedpadre 07/25/2020 at 09:24

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You did it right

Kiltedpadre > Dusty Ventures 07/25/2020 at 10:19

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Thanks

505Turbeaux > Dusty Ventures 07/25/2020 at 14:12

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Oh you know I’m in

LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com > Dusty Ventures 07/26/2020 at 12:55

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The wife is into it, and we’ve just ordered a number of dog toys, from which we have chosen our mascot. Hopefully we will be able to find the time to make a good showing. Thanks again.

Stef Schrader > Dusty Ventures 07/26/2020 at 19:11

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Team Not Safe for Lemons, checking in.

That’s not our rally vehicle and it’s an old photo from a country I’m not allowed in right now. :( Send Almdudler, breh.

The team mascot is a snaccccc c: Theo Bunny.

We’re two-wheeling this (as in, human-powered two-wheeling) as much as possible for maximum Lemons Rally illegality.

LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com > Dusty Ventures 07/26/2020 at 21:32

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“We’ have already changed the team name, and we (no quotes) are now mildly uncertain between two potential mascots. We are off to a great start here. I’m holding back on sending you anything until it doesn’t seem likely to change.

Jerry Harding > Dusty Ventures 07/26/2020 at 21:53

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Oh, this is perfect. I am in. I’ll send you a message on IG once my mascot arrives. This will probably be a good way to get the boys out of the house one at a time and into the RX-7.

Justin Hughes > Dusty Ventures 07/27/2020 at 10:44

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Kristen Lee > Dusty Ventures 07/28/2020 at 11:04

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This is awesome! 

medumdum > Dusty Ventures 07/28/2020 at 11:49

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I’ve always wanted to participate in a rally but never been amazing with people. I can’t say how excited I actually am for this thing. 

Gamecat235 > Dusty Ventures 07/28/2020 at 11:55

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You mean I have a week to figure out how IG works? Not long enough. Should have been on Oppo more often.

I might try to figure it out. I need an excuse to leave the house more.  

Dusty Ventures > Gamecat235 07/28/2020 at 12:26

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If you can figure out Kinja then Instagram is a cakewalk

ToddinTN > Dusty Ventures 07/28/2020 at 13:14

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I’m in with the fam.  Team moniker and mascot TBD.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Stef Schrader 07/28/2020 at 14:22

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I approve of both the snaccccc and the actual snacks. Happy Colas are the best. 

Thomas Donohue > Dusty Ventures 07/28/2020 at 14:33

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Which version of CakeWalk are we using? Or are we doing with Sonar?

VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely > Dusty Ventures 08/11/2020 at 16:53

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This looked like it was a lot of fun! I may have to do the next one.

Dusty Ventures > VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely 08/11/2020 at 17:37

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You can still get in on this one if you want

VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely > Dusty Ventures 08/11/2020 at 18:20

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While I appreciate the offer I’m so buried deep into work aside from Oppo I will not see the light of day for 2 weeks

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Dusty Ventures 08/20/2020 at 11:11

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If we find an item that meets 2 categories, can we use that for both points? example left hand british car, for both british car and enemyofthedrivethrough?

and the double is dip for another of a similar category. such as aircooled beetle 20pts , then another air cooled beetle, for 15 points?

Dusty Ventures > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 08/20/2020 at 12:44

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You can only score one category per item. And correct on the double dip