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2018 Photo Tag Game

Hi Fellow Club Members,

It’s Nov 1st, so our official 2018 Photo Tag game has ended for the year.  It was an okay year with 13 photos for the contest using 4 people.  Not very many club members playing.  It’s not for everyone, I understand that and don’t push for involvement; but there are a few like myself that tell me about the fun they have with it and it’s a reason to go out for a ride.

I’d like to go ahead and keep the game going over the rideable colder months.  We’ll just drop most of the rules.  So, if anyone wants to go out and get the current tag and give us a new one, that can be done any time.  Yes, I do still like sending them through the Yahoo group too.  It lets Yahoo deal with storing our photos.

I do still have a yearly listing and copy of the rules here:
www.abcindy.net/indybmw  

Thanks for your time and thanks for playing the game, for those that did.

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Andy Clark – Tag Coordinator
aclark0602@gmail.com
Indianapolis, IN
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2010 BMW K1300GT (“FEBUTT”)
1992 BMW K75 (2013 Club High Mileage Winner)
ABATE, AMA, BMWMOA, IBA, MSTA
BMW Motorcycle Club of Indianapolis

Photo Tag Game

Hello All,

I’m writing this a reminder of our club Photo Tag game.  We don’t use the game much during the busy summer with the National and all, but it usually picks up again this time of year.  Okay, I say ‘picks up’, but for the last year or so, there’s only been me and a couple others playing the game.  Anyone in the club can play though.  You just go find the current tag, take a photo of your bike and the tag, and send it to the Yahoo club email address (subject line something like “Tag Found”) to ‘pick up’ the tag.  Then, within a day, go to a new site and take a photo of your bike and the tag and post that to the yahoo group (use a subject line of “New Photo Tag” or something).  This ‘places’ the tag.  In the posting email, don’t say where the tag is, just a hint about it’s location, making it a game.

There are some places that make this fun.  I like to make the tag interesting looking things to see typically.  If I’m riding along and something catches my eye, I do sometimes thing I’d like a photo of that.  Sharing the photo in the tag game shares it with others too.

Galen had posted the ‘current’ tag back in the middle of June.  I’d dropped the ending time rule since there were only a couple of us playing.  To get the game restarted though, let’s reset the tag at this time.  Whoever posts ANY new tag, it will be current.

Here are the tag rules:
                    http://www.abcindy.net/indybmw/2018/tags/rules.html

Here are the tags from this year:
                  http://www.abcindy.net/indybmw/2018/tags/tag1.html

More about the history of the game:
                    http://www.abcindy.net/indybmw/tags.html

Thanks, and thank you joining the club.

Andy Clark  (tag master)
Indianapolis, IN
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2010 BMW K1300GT “FEBUTT”
1992 BMW K75
ABATE, AMA, BMWMOA, IBA, MSTA
BMW Motorcycle Club
   of Indianapolis

Club Photo Tag Game 2018

Subject: Club Photo Tag Game 2018

(This message send thru club website)

This is an official announcement of the return of the club Photo Tag game. We will officially run April 1 to Oct 31.   However; for the months of April and May, let’s ignore the 2 week reset rule (Rule #6 below).

We’ll run the same way as past few years. The rules are posted with a link below. As few rules as possible, but with a few guidelines to go with them. As in the past, it’s always been for fun and a good time had by all. Hopefully some fun for you. Remember, it is run as unmanaged as possible; if you post a tag, it’s yours, you own it and have to manage it until someone else takes it. Good luck, and remember; it’s a game, have fun. 

For the first tag, we’ll start with one I did as the last Winder Tag.  I’ll re-send it the 30th or 31st, it’ll also on the web page I’ll list below.   Also note that we send the Photo Tag emails on the Yahoo list.  It’s better to let Yahoo deal with the file management and storage.

2018 Photo Tag Game Rules – http://www.abcindy.net/indybmw/2018/tags/rules.html
2018 Photo Tag starting list – http://www.abcindy.net/indybmw/2018/tags/tag1.html
More Photo Tag information and history – http://www.abcindy.net/indybmw/tags.html

Andy Clark
Indianapolis, IN
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2010 BMW K1300GT “FEBUTT”
1992 BMW K75
ABATE, AMA, BMWMOA, IBA, MSTA
BMW Motorcycle Club
of Indianapolis

 

Photo Tag Rules:

2018 Photo Tag contest
(April 1 to Oct 31)
Coordinated by Andy Clark

Description:

A riding game of tag using photos of your bike in a mystery location with an interesting sight to see, good place to ride, or good food to eat. The purpose is to have fun, discover new places and promote friendship and fellowship within the Club. 

The Process:

Assume the Photo Tag is already started by ‘Fred’ posting a photo of his bike at a covered bridge. ‘Jimmy’ then rides to “tag” the current location of the same covered bridge. Jimmy rides his bike to the covered bridge and takes a photo with his bike positioned so it and the bridge are visible in as similar manner to Fred’s photo. He submits the photo to the club email list thus “claiming” that tag. Jimmy now rides to another location of his choosing, say outside his favorite restaurant. He positions his bike and takes a photo. He then submits it to the Club yahoo list with a tasty nugget of information to provide a clue but does not tell the actual location. The next day Susie says, “I know where that’s at!” and heads off to the restaurant. She grabs a photo with her bike positioned similarly to Jimmy’s and submits it to the list being the first to claim that tag. Now Susie sets off in search of another interesting feature, landmark or location to set the new Tag by submitting a photo of her bike at that spot within about a day. And so on. 

Rules:

1. It’s a game, have fun!
2. A legit Tag is a newly taken photo of your bike at a location within the
      confines of the state of Indiana submitted to the group’s email list.
3. The first person to “Tag” the current location moves it to a new location.
4. To make the new “Tag” take a photo of your bike in a new location and submit it to the list.
      It will now be the new Tag. (If more than 24 hours go by without posting a Tag photo
      at a new location, it will revert to the prior Tag and will be someone else’s to grab.)
5. Another person must grab the Tag and move it to a new location. You can’t move your own Tag.
6. If a location turns out to be so disdainful that no one tags it after two weeks, then the Tag
      will revert to its prior location and be eligible for someone else to grab.

Guidelines:

Keep in mind the following when you make a new tag:

    .  Landmark, historical marker, good restaurant, interesting road-side attraction, good
       motorcycle road.
    .  It should be safely accessible to the general public (without paying admission).
    .  On or near a paved road not miles down a gravel road (see Dual Sport below for more info)
    .  Don’t tag where it would be dangerous to get off the bike.
    .  It may be somewhat a mystery, but be sure to provide a hint of some kind so people can figure
       it out.
    .  Remember your bike and the landmark must both be visible in the photo.
    .  Photo should be at least 800 x 600 pixels but also not huge like 4000 x 3000.
    .  A ‘tie’ where two people tag the same spot, we will use the first to be posted on the yahoo
       list as the winner.
       (smart phones with cameras have made this possible, make sure you can post with it)
    .  No repeats! If it’s been tagged before during the current running year, it’s out of play. Look
       for something new.
    .  If you accidentally tag something old, and someone new lets you know, admit your public
       humiliation and post a new tag.
    .  Make sure “Photo Tag” is in the subject of your email. (so you can filter them out if needed)
    .  Any disputes can be settled by group therapy, questions go to the tag master, with the
       ultimate adjudicator being our Club President.
    .  This is an unmanaged game for the most part, and for fun. Help out if people are having
       trouble with your tag.
           *If a week goes by and no one has found the tag, the original poster should post up a new
             hint as to the location if it’s not obvious.
    .  If your tag is interesting or unusual, you might want to post some extra info about it AFTER
       it has been found.

Dual Sport

There has only been discussion of adding gravel and dirt roads to the Photo Tag rules. We would
like to share photos of such places. We would like to have some place to post your photos and share
this type of riding with the club, but it cannot be used in this game. Send such pics to the me at
the address below and I’ll start a web page of the photos to share them. 

For this game: Hard surfaces only.

Off road or ‘dual sport’ photos to Andy at bmwpics@abcindy.net with a subject line saying “Off Road Pics”

Location Choice:

We will start fresh every year. Any tag locations used in previous years are again fair game, but no 
repeats allowed during the year.

Game Management

This is going to be as unmanaged as possible. I will however try to keep up with the tags and the photos. 
I’ll do my best to keep up a list but I don’t want to be in the middle and ‘manage’ each individual tag. 
It’ll be up to the person that posted the tag to keep track of that tag as far as timing and making sure 
the person that finds it is correctly.

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2018 Photo Tag Game Rules/Photos/Etc.:
http://www.abcindy.net/indybmw/2018/tags/

Here are the tags from 2017.
Web Site: http://www.abcindy.net/indybmw/2017/tags/tag1.html 

Here are the tags from previous years. 
Web Site: http://www.abcindy.net/indybmw/tags.html
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2018 Photo Tag Photos