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The One Sentence Competition Retrospectives: Seasons 1-8
- Thread starter Pi on my Cake
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And the original was better!
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Woohoo! Welcome back!
Architectural Guinea Pig
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Evilgidgit
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Yay! I am in!
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Dinosaur has better pacing
Welcome to the game!
Woohoo!
Yay! I am in!
Brer Panther
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I'm in! I'm in!
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Welcome to the game!
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I am super excited for the response so far! I got some good stuff planned and I think we're gonna have a lot of fun!
Like I said, in the lead up to the game I'm gonna do a retrospective on each past season. Showcase how the game has grown and changed over the years! Plus, share my favorite prompt from these seasons as a sort of discussion question if anyone wants it. Once we're done all the retrospectives, the game will start!
1SC Retrospective
Season 1
Hosted by: @Turtle
Started on: July 4th, 2013
Won by: @unkadug
This is where it all began! Over a FULL DECADE ago!
Basically, games were getting more and more complex. Which can be a great thing, but can also lead to some burn out and make the forum less accessible to newcomers. So, @Turtle decided to do the opposite of the trend and make something about as simple as possible.
Simple was the name of the game.
Prompts were only one sentence long.
Reviews were only one sentence long.
Ironically, the projects were 2 sentences long. Even at the very start of the game the title "One Sentence Competition" was a misnomer! We wouldn't get a season where the 1SC was actually based around only one sentence for a few more years lol
The game was capped at only 6 players, but the small crew was passionate and invested till the end of a long game that included 20 challenges and playoffs after that. The only still semi-active participant in this first season was @englanddg. While the original host and many players don't come around often, the game still lives on!
On a sadder note, the original winner, @unkadug, has actually passed away. He wasn't someone I knew well (he passed not long after I joined), but he made a big impact on this forum and on many people here. The memorial thread for him was pinned on the imagineering forum for a long time and an award for the best One Sentence project of the year was named after him in the Imagineering Year End Awards.
The game has grown so much since the first season, but the spirit of a simple and accessible competition has stayed the same since the very beginning. A tradition I intend to continue as we head into the future!
Check out the 1st Season here!
As a Discussion Question for today, let's look at one of my favorite prompt from Season 1!
"CHALLENGE 7 - DHS gets an interactive park game (like Sorcerer's of the Magic Kingdom, Ducktales World Showcase Adventure, or Wilderness Explorers). What should the theme be?"
Like I said, in the lead up to the game I'm gonna do a retrospective on each past season. Showcase how the game has grown and changed over the years! Plus, share my favorite prompt from these seasons as a sort of discussion question if anyone wants it. Once we're done all the retrospectives, the game will start!
1SC Retrospective
Season 1
Hosted by: @Turtle
Started on: July 4th, 2013
Won by: @unkadug
This is where it all began! Over a FULL DECADE ago!
Basically, games were getting more and more complex. Which can be a great thing, but can also lead to some burn out and make the forum less accessible to newcomers. So, @Turtle decided to do the opposite of the trend and make something about as simple as possible.
Simple was the name of the game.
Prompts were only one sentence long.
Reviews were only one sentence long.
Ironically, the projects were 2 sentences long. Even at the very start of the game the title "One Sentence Competition" was a misnomer! We wouldn't get a season where the 1SC was actually based around only one sentence for a few more years lol
The game was capped at only 6 players, but the small crew was passionate and invested till the end of a long game that included 20 challenges and playoffs after that. The only still semi-active participant in this first season was @englanddg. While the original host and many players don't come around often, the game still lives on!
On a sadder note, the original winner, @unkadug, has actually passed away. He wasn't someone I knew well (he passed not long after I joined), but he made a big impact on this forum and on many people here. The memorial thread for him was pinned on the imagineering forum for a long time and an award for the best One Sentence project of the year was named after him in the Imagineering Year End Awards.
The game has grown so much since the first season, but the spirit of a simple and accessible competition has stayed the same since the very beginning. A tradition I intend to continue as we head into the future!
Check out the 1st Season here!
As a Discussion Question for today, let's look at one of my favorite prompt from Season 1!
"CHALLENGE 7 - DHS gets an interactive park game (like Sorcerer's of the Magic Kingdom, Ducktales World Showcase Adventure, or Wilderness Explorers). What should the theme be?"
Disney Warrior
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I remember doing something like this for a 1SC back in 2021, I did a SEA themed game but I can do better than that; how about a Pixar themed game involving searching for Pixar balls while you are trying to help Pixar characters?
Brer Panther
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Maybe something Muppets-related?
Lord Fozzinator
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Mind if I join
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That sounds like a lot of fun! Reminds me of the scavenger hunts they do for festivals at Epcot which I always make a point to do because they are great lol
Can never have too much Muppets. I was working at a movie theater when the Muppets Most Wanted came out and was in charge of doing little games to promote new movies. So, I "detective notepads" for kids and hid "Muppet Capers" around the lobby. They were little bits of Muppet trivia and then they could write their answers on the notepads to enter a raffle. It was great! I could see a similar simple "mystery" game working here. Find the clues scattered around the studio or something and log them in the Play Disney app to solve some sort of Muppet Movie Caper
Welcome! Everyone is invited here! The actual game doesn't start until later, but we're doing daily retrospectives and for fun questions from past games until it does!
Lord Fozzinator
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Well I have an idea, maybe a park game where you have to find hidden mickeys around the park. To make this fair new hidden Mickeys will be placed around the park. To avoid cheating a cast member will be placed at every hidden Mickey so no one can take pictures of it, of course not giving it away.
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Tony the Tigger
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Love it! Scavenger hunts are great and between the hub of Studios being one giant hidden mickey and the centerpiece of the park housing a Mickey ride, it really is the perfect spot to implement a Hidden Mickey Hunt like this!
Yahoo!
spacemt354
Chili's
I'm in!