Afternoon, Füsters!
The first week of Sömmer Kamp ‘25 is wrapping up tonight and it’s been a pretty successful week for almost everyone. Main focus is just to remember to report each day so you don’t lose out on all the punkte you’re earning by grinding out the daily workouts and denying yourself the sugars and drinks!
One thing GG wanted to brief everyone on is the Bestenfüste category at the end of the game. Sömmer Kamp is often the sand box where GG works out structural issues and experiments with how this thing called the Füste is designed and played. This year will be no exception. After last Winterfüste’s insane 12 player tie for first place, GG is going to experiment with a new idea around how best to identify and crown a single game winner (this has been a challenge for years). So here’s what we’re going to try . . . Any player that finishes the game with all possible earned points will be crowned “Bestenfüste” (as per normal game rules). But in addition to this, GG is creating a new singular category called the “Überfüste” and for this there can be only one winner! While the game will still end the evening of August 29th, if you’ve earned the title of Bestenfüste and you want to make a run at being the first ever Überfüste, you will need to complete a three part competitive event on the following Saturday or Sunday. On one of those two days, you will need to complete three separate challenges:
A 13 mile walk/run
A timed plank (the longest plank wins)
Mystery category
All three of these challenges will be “handicapped” based on age and overall performance during Sömmer Kamp to make this final competition as even of a playing field as possible. Points will be awarded for each of the three challenges. Whichever Bestenfüste finishes this FInalefüste Überkompetition with the highest point total will win the vaunted title of ÜBERFÜSTE. And this won’t be a participation trophy kind of thing; you either beat all other competitors and take the title or you retire out as a Bestenfüste and call it a game! So, we’ll see how this goes come late August as GG has no doubt there’s a couple of maniac players among us who fully intend to score all possible points this Sömmer Kamp and GG really wants to push them to perform at the next level!
And one quick note on Fun Coupons . . . remember, you need to earn the 3 daily points each week Monday through Friday AND complete that week’s Fun Coupon Challenge (see below for this week’s details on the Challenge). Once you’ve earned a Coupon, you can use it immediately that weekend OR hold on to it and use it later in the game either on its own or coupled with other Fun Coupons. When you do choose to use it, you need to let GG know that morning so he can mark it off your tracking sheet. Then you can enjoy whatever it is your hard work has earned you!
That’s it for updates for Week 2, now let’s finish up with a simple summary of this week’s full gaming requirements.
Here’s what Week 2 looks like:
Daily exercise: Singelts
Long Sümmer Stroll: 4 miles (counts as a Singelt)
So Many Stairs: 40 flights
Mountain Climb #1: 506ft (Singelt)
After Dark (Singelt)
Special events:
Monday, July 14th: 12h water only fast 6a-6p
Every other day Homework assignment.
Completion of second Fun Coupon Bonus Challenge: go out and play a round of miniature golf, a classic summer time activity. Send GG a pic from the course to score you Fun Coupon!
GG hopes everyone has a great and successful Week 2 of game play! Have fun and enjoy being proactive and driving yourself to be healthier and flank meat free!
Griswalde