Füsters
Three weeks down and the game is now in full swing. Based on the last couple of days of game play, it doesn’t appear anyone did irreparable damage to themselves with last week’s inaugural celebrations so good on you.
Here’s this weeks update:
A point of clarity around the bonus play: unless it clearly states otherwise in the bonus allowance description, all bonuses are valid through the end of the game. Most can only be taken once so once you’ve scored your bonuspunkte, you can cross that one off you personal list.
Almost everyone is doing a great job with identifying their Skwäd names when they text GG proof of a Skwädron bonus (long dogs, planks and yes, there’s a new one posted on the bonus page). So keep it up and if you haven’t been doing it, ask yourself why you want to hurt GG.
GG has noticed that a handful of Füsters are reporting fasting points on non-fasting days. While GG has previously stated that you can move fasting days around with cause, he does need to know what you’re doing before you do it. If he sees that you’re reporting points for a fast on a non-fasting day and you haven’t run it by him, he ‘ll assume you reported this in error and ignore it. Open communication is the key to a healthy Geschäftsführer.
And while we’re on the topic of fasting . . . Tuesday and Wednesday are both HG Days and combined they create the dreaded 48 hour full fasting event. That means that after Meatless Monday, at midnight, you begin your clear liquid only two day fast. Now, you may choose to only do one of the two days and only score one of the two points. Entirely up to you. And you may choose to only do the Fastentag dawn to dusk fast on Tuesday instead. Or you can say hell with this and not fast at all this week. OR (and) you could then just eat a whole pizza while wearing nothing but a trash bag and screw this whole Füste thing, what what was I even thinking pizza is SO good and so are donuts and sitting on the couch and . . . see, it’s a slippery slope. Do the 48 hour fast. Be smart about it. Use the warm lemon water and maple syrup drink as needed, don’t get crazy and pass out and crack your head open. It’s only 48 hours. You can totally do this.
GG is spending a lot of time going back each day to see if the people who didn’t make the cutoff for reporting the day before actually reported later in the day. He’s then been adding these points back in to your score. Starting this week, he will no longer be providing this courtesy. If you don’t report by noon each day, your points are gone. It has to be done. All you have to do is set an alarm for yourself and report by noon. That’s it. The only exception is our night shift friends (we have a couple) and they’re usually confused and on edge so GG gives them a little leeway.
This week is the last week of January (which doesn’t even make since given it was Xmas like three days ago) and as such you have one week left to score your January STRAVA Challenge bonuses. That’s the 5K and 10K runs, the 100K Gran Fondo bike ride, etc. Next Sunday at midnight we’ll switch to February’s bonuses and any of the +6p you didn’t earn for January will be lost to you. So finish strong and get all your bonuspunkte before the end of the month!
That’s it for now. Couple of interesting things happening this week so keep your eyes and ears open and be ready to respond. One last thing of note, GG is on the road all week and as anyone who has Füsted in the past can tell you, this often leads to delays in both general communication and also posting the Bestenliste. With all the new systems in place, GG doesn’t anticipate we’ll see a lag in the Bestenliste but he will definitely be slow to respond to text comms so please be patient. GG promises he’ll get to you as he has time. Thanks for your understanding.
As always, may the Füste be with you!
Griswalde