Games Master Challenge: Sun vs Moon has started

[Daze]

New images of what appears to be this years Games Master Challenge have been found. Looks like it's going to be Sun vs Moon!


Image courtesy of TDN.

GMC 2013 LINK

AAA has been making tons of plans for this year's Games Master Challenge! We hear that the new theme will be Sun vs. Moon. Which side would you pick? (It's a tough choice for us!) Get your gaming gear ready, because GMC will be live on Monday the 25th. See you at the Games Room!

ETA 25/11/2013: GMC FAQs are now available (In spoiler due to size):

FAQS

Do I have to complete the bonus challenges in order to qualify for the highest trophy tier?
No. The bonus challenges do not count toward the overall completion of the GMC challenges. They simply add to your team’s overall score.

What is the difference between Team Sun and Team Moon?
While there is some overlap in the challenges that the teams will receive, a lot of the games will, generally speaking, be based specifically on the challengers.

When does the Games Master Challenge start and end?
The Games Master Challenge will begin on the afternoon (NST) of November 25th. Day 1 will end at 11:59:59 pm NST on November 26th. Each day after that will be a typical 24 hour day, from midnight to 11:59:59 pm. The Games Master Challenge will end at 11:59:59 pm on December 2nd.

Are the bonus challenges for timed challenges also timed?
Nope! Once you have completed the initial timed challenge, you may then complete the bonus challenges for that challenge at any time.

What is AAA’s involvement in this year’s GMC?
AAA is going to sit back and let others duke it out again this year. AAA has recruited the help of two well-known Neopians to serve as the team captains in this year’s Games Master Challenge, Siyana and Princess Lunara. Both have come to Roo Island to lead their respective teams in a week-long competition and see whose squad has the better gamers.

What do the checkmarks mean on the Progress page?
When you complete a challenge on the day it is released, a gold checkmark will appear over the challenge icon. If you complete a challenge on a day other than the day it was released, then the checkmark will be green.

How can I earn points for my team?
You can earn points for your team by participating in the initial challenge and by completing the bonus challenges.

What's the meter for?
The meter keeps track of which team is winning. At the end of the event, participants on the winning team will receive a prize.

Does each team have a different list of qualifying games?
No, the list of qualifying games is the same for both teams. This is a complete list that includes all of the qualifying games for both teams.

What are timed challenges?
There are a few challenges during the GMC that will be timed. Once a challenge’s timer has been activated, you will have 24 hours to complete that challenge. If you do not complete the challenge in the time given, you will not receive credit or a prize for that challenge. You also won’t be able to play any related bonus challenges if you do not complete the initial challenge in the time allotted.

Does each team have the same number of challenges to complete?
Yes. No matter which team you select, the level of participation required is exactly the same.

Once I have selected my team, can I go back and change it later?
No. Once you have selected your team, you are locked in for the duration of the event.

DAY 1
RANDOM CHALLENGE
Both Teams
Find Five Faves
Add five qualifying games to your Favourites List.
Prize:

Robo Crunch (food)

GAME CHALLENGE
A Beaming Success!
Achieve a score of 184 or higher playing Bumble Beams.
Prize:

Golden Oscillabot (petpet)

DAY 2
RANDOM CHALLENGE
Team Moon
Hack Away!
Reach a score of 683 or greater playing Top Chop.

Team Sun
Mopping Up The Competition
Reach a score of 340 or greater playing Mop 'n' Bop.
Prize (same for both teams):

Mop and Chop (book)

MYSTERY CHALLENGE
Team Moon
Don't Trust The Chef...
Post a score of 2200 or more playing Eye of the Storm.

Team Sun
For The Cup!
Post a score of 260 or more playing Ready to Roll.
Prize (same for both teams):

Storm Roll (food)

DAY 3
GAME CHALLENGE
Team Moon
Hurry Through The Haunted Woods!
Reach a score of 310 or greater playing Edna's Shadow and a score of 400 or better playing Bruno's Backwoods Breakaway.

Team Sun
Bows and Pharaohs
Reach a score of 25 or greater playing Ultimate Bullseye II and a score of 1500 or better playing Sutek's Tomb.
Prize (same for both teams):

Plate of Sun and Moon Cookies (food)

TIMED CHALLENGE
Both Teams
Beat The Clock!
Post a score of 35000 or more playing Nova Defender.
(Click on "Start Timer" to begin this challenge.)
Prize (same for both teams):

Shooting Star Background (wearable)

MYSTERY CHALLENGE
Team Moon
Celestial Spheres
Post a score of 1800 or more playing Spinnacles

Team Sun
Four Or More To Score
Post a score of 150 or more playing Faerie Bubbles
Prize (same for both teams):

Sword of Elements (battledome)

DAY 4
MYSTERY CHALLENGE
Team Moon
Don't Get Docked...
Send a score of 445 or better playing Stowaway Sting

Team Sun
The Pen Is Mightier...
Attain a score of 190 or better playing Extreme Herder 2
Prize (same for both teams):

Babaa Stowaway Plushie (plushie)

GAME CHALLENGE
Both Teams
Berry Or Negg: Which Fish Is Finest?
Post a score of 250 or greater playing Meerca Chase II and a score of 400 or better playing Turmac Roll.
Prize (same for both teams):

Conkerberry Negg (food)

GAME CHALLENGE
Both Teams
The Guests Know Best...
Reach a score of 1000 or greater playing Berry Bash.
Prize (same for both teams):

Hidden Fruits Foreground (wearable)

DAY 5

GAME CHALLENGE
Team Moon
Don't Let It Drive You Batty!
Post a score of 650 or more playing Korbats Lab.

Team Sun
Cloudy With A Chance Of Cannonballs
Achieve a score of 386 or higher playing Cloud Raiders.
Prize (same for both teams):

Cloud Mining: A Guide (book)

GAME CHALLENGE
Both Teams
Keep On Bouncing!
Reach a score of 378 or greater playing Kass Basher and a score of 308 or better playing Super Hasee Bounce.
Prize (same for both teams):

HasseeKass (plushie)

GAME CHALLENGE
Team Moon
Mine Control
Achieve a score of 110 or higher playing Petpet Rescue.

Team Sun
Shoot For The 'Chutes!
Post a score of 408 or more playing Cooty Wars.
Prize (same for both teams):

Cooty Rescue (gift)

MYSTERY CHALLENGE
Both Teams
Grappling With Success
Post a score of 47000 or more playing Shenkuu Warrior II
Prize (same for both teams):

Shenkuu Lantern Balloon (wearable)

DAY 6

GAME CHALLENGE
Team Moon
Always Keep Your Cool
Attain a score of 500 or greater playing Let It Slide and post a score of 1500 or better playing Snow Roller.

Team Sun
A Boulder Plan Of Attack...
Attain a score of 1000 or greater playing Destruct-O-Match III and post a score of 900 or better playing Pterattack.
Prize (same for both teams):

Rock Slushie

RANDOM CHALLENGE
Both Teams
Quest Quintet
Play five qualifying games from your favourites.
Prize (same for both teams):

How Will the World End? (book)

TIMED CHALLENGE
Team Moon
Strike The Right Note
Achieve a score of 44 or higher playing Rink Runner.
(Click on "Start Timer" to begin this challenge.)

TIMED CHALLENGE
Team Sun
Can You Stand The Heat?
Achieve a score of 440 or higher playing Volcano Run II.
(Click on "Start Timer" to begin this challenge.)
Prize (same for both teams):

Ice Volcano Background (wearable)

GAME CHALLENGE
Team Moon
Ready, Aim... Snowball!
Reach a score of 350 or greater playing Snowball Fight.

Team Sun
A Cut Above
Reach a score of 1300 or greater playing S.M.E.L.T..
Prize (same for both teams):

Tyrannian Snowball

DAY 7

GAME CHALLENGE
Both Teams
Not Your Garden-Variety Challenge...
Get a score of 771/790 or more playing Wingoball.
Prize (same for both teams):

Undead Lawn Gnome (wearable)

RANDOM CHALLENGE
Both Teams
What's Your Next Move?
Play five of the 10 most popular strategy games.
Prize (same for both teams):

Potion of Strategic Maneuvers (battle)

RANDOM CHALLENGE
Both Teams
Taste Is Everything
Send a score of 870 in Attack of the Gummy Dice AND send a score of 170 in Feed Florg AND send a score of 1100 in Meepit Juice Break.
Prize (same for both teams):

Jelly Banquet (wearable)

GAME CHALLENGE
Both Teams
Rest Assured, This Challenge Is Very Real...
Achieve a score of 409 or higher playing Bouncy Supreme.
Prize (same for both teams):

Proof Of Jelly World's Existence (book)

GAME CHALLENGE
Both Teams
Staggering Sixty
Send a score in 60 different qualifying games.
Prize (same for both teams):

Crown of Light and Shadow (wearable)

* I will have to pick Moon, as my star-sign is ruled by the Moon.

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[Blue]

I reckon that I'll go with Blue Moon.

[Siniri]

Ooh, I don't know. I prefer the sun because it gives warmth. But it looks like the moon has the puzzly games that I prefer. And it's more fun to bandwagon with you guys.

[Daze]

Lol, Siniri. What have we done!


Looking at the image, it looks like AAA has his arm in a sling so he will sit out and the team captains are Siyana (light faerie - Altador Plot) (sun) and Princess Lunara (moon).

Don't see Abigail though.

[Pickles]

Hm. Not sure who I'll pick. I'll be Abigail is still ticked off at AAA from DD and avoiding him for this one!

[Jacob]

Ooh, I don't know. I prefer the sun because it gives warmth. But it looks like the moon has the puzzly games that I prefer. And it's more fun to bandwagon with you guys.

I'm a tad conflicted like this as well, given that I'm all for supporting the Faeries, yet puzzle games are more rewarding to me. Curses!

[Jelani]

I reckon that I'll go with Blue Moon.

Blue moon,
You saw me standing alone,
Without a dream in my heart,
Without a love of my own.

[Pickles]

JellyNeo has found a bunch of the prizes already: Prize spoiler post

Some of them look particularly awesome!

[Blue]

Nice. Some of them do look good.

[Siniri]

I need that bottled --- whatever that thing is for my gallery. I can't tell if it's a moon or sun prize, though. I'm thinking sun?

[Daze]

Unsure of that prize name, Siniri. It does look like a bottled map. Which doesn't really help in deciding if it is a sun or moon item.

GMC has started! Reslen's Enchanted Planetarium is the NC portion.

Join Team Moon
Yes! You struck me as the Team Moon type. I'm certain you'll fit right in. That said, I should mention there's no switching once you've chosen. So, what do you say? Are you sure you want on Team Moon?

You Like The MOOOOON!
It's official: you have joined the ranks of Team Moon. Here's a reward to show our appreciation.

Moon Handheld Plushie

DAY 1:
Find Five Faves
Add five qualifying games to your Favourites List.

A Beaming Success!
Achieve a score of 184 or higher playing Bumble Beams.

Urgghh! It seems TNT has surpassed themselves with the amount of glitches they can achieve on opening an event.

1. The qualifying games list doesn't show correctly on some browsers. I use FF and I have to zoom out to max to see the list.

2. The first game when you go to send score, it will say SCORE 00. Send it anyway. The proper score will go through to get your prize.

3. The scoring seems to still be stuck on 49 - 51 (but as it only has just started, this may change).

[Siniri]

I couldn't do it. I had to join team sun because I'm hopeful I'll prefer that team's prizes. I'm such a non-rebellious rebel.

And now the GMC has a 404 error... Great job, TNT!

[Pickles]

I joined team Moon. I figure it's a toss-up, and I think I might be slightly better at the dark or space themed games than some of the sun-themed ones. Though Spinacles may drive me a little bonkers if the score is too high. Ah well. It's done.

ETA: And hopefully being on Moon will keep me from having to play Barf Boat. I looooooathe that game.

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[Daze]

Oops, yes that is the other glitch. When you accept your prize for joining, it goes to a 404 error page. You will need to re-open the GMC link.

I am glad the first game score was easy, although I think all-in-all GMC is easier than DD.


*Just need Blue and the gang is all here!

Good Luck everyone!

[Siniri]

No, Daze, I got the 404 when I'd beaten Bumble Beams and refreshed to claim my prize (I'd already claimed most of the bonuses for the favorites challenge, which is the biggest waste of time).

I've re-navigated, etc. and am still getting it. I'm going to clear my cache and see if that helps.

ETA: Managed to get back in. Note that you need to "favorite" 25 different games to get all the bonuses.

My prizes so far:

Sun Handheld Plushie (for signing up)

Robo Crunch (for favorites...) with bonuses:
Well Decorated Meat (the caption made me laugh: You dont eat anything in Altador without making sure it looks good first.)
Peaceful Shenkuu Tree
Starry Toothbrush
Mystical White Cloak

Golden Oscillabot (for Bumble Beams) with bonuses:
Sun Scroll
Siyana Stamp
Aroota
Wain

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