• Firstly, Congrats to us. Because many teams signed up and not every team can participate. FYI we are in the open category and there are around *coughs* 250 teams in it. That's not including the others in Family and School category.
  
• Please bring your NRIC on the actual day
• T-shirt collection will only be held next week, please let me know your t-shirt size based on the measures below. Sizes are while stocks last, so if there is no more size, I will take one size bigger. If I don't receive your size, I will gauge based on personal opinion.
  
• T-shirt sizing:(corresponding measurement of T-shirt's circumference around the chest): XXS - 34 ", XS - 36", M - 40, L - 42", XL - 44"
• For reference for the guys, my brother wore M size last year. Anyway, this year's design is white. Nicer than the one last year

• First Group: Xia (Leader), Yilin, Melodie and Mildred
• Second Group: Delon (Leader), Zhiyang, Choon Peng, Zhi Qin
• The rules says that "Teams cannot communicate or cooperatre on Challenge codes and missions with other teams or any other persons at any point during the challenge. Teams found in breach of this rule will be immediately disqualified"
• But who cares, let's do it discretely and run together haha
  

1. Brief Pack at the pre-challenge briefing today (it's with me and my brother) :

• SMRT challenge Mechanism, Rules and Regulations Powerpoint Slides
  
• Integrated MRT and LRT system map
• SMRT courtesy and safety brochure (which is damn important because some mission requires us to answer courtesy and safety questions. *yawn* ) So please grab a brochure at any mrt stations and study it.
  
• Challenge T-shirt (I will collect for you guys next week)
  

• Challenge Number Tag (front and back)
• Challenge License (Scorecard-one per team)
• Bottle of Water
• Challenge Code Breakers (One per team - you need this to break codes. It's like a "legend" ( ie. 1=A, 2=B, 3=C ..)
  
• Poncho (It's a rain or shine event)
• Pen

• Solving clues to locate the challenge route and stops
• locating 5 challenge stops to complete missions (mental and/or physical) related to courtesy and safety and collect one part of the code that Dr Evil had planted at each stop.
• Completing race in shortest time while practicing safe and gracious behavior in SMRT network
• Breaking code to save SMRT's network from sabotage

• From 8.15am, challenge clues for respective categories will be flashed intermittently on stage (we need to write this clue down, this clue tells us which 2 boundary stations/bus interchange we have. This 2 stations or bus interchange will be the 1st and last stop of the 11 station route which we have to follow. So it's like the boundary, it limits the route. You get it?)
• Teams to decipher clue using code breakers provided to determine their challnge route (11 stations)
• Challenge scenario will be played on stage
• Challenge clue for the respective categories (ours is OPEN category) will be flashed on screen for 5 mins before each flag-off
• Teams to move out of challenge base immediately after flag-off
• Teams unable to decipher clues can approach help officials behind stage to exercise safety net option (you use it when you cannot solve clues, but lets try not to use it) 20 mins will be added to your final race time if you used this option.
  

• Teams to locate 5 challenge stops out of the 11 station route
• Teams to complete a mission at each stop to collect 1 part of a code. There's a total of 5 parts to the code
• Another 3 clues to 3 specific challenge stops will be available at the first and last stops within your challenge route. Look out for the challenge clue collection point sign. (That means, after we decipher 1st clue, we head to either the 1st or last stop to get another 3 clues that will tell us 3 stations to go. The other 2 clues can only be found along the way in the missions we do)
• Teams can decide to decipher the 3 clues or to travel along the challenge route to hunt for the 5 challenge stops
• Clues to the other 2 remaining challenge stops will be given to you by your commanders
• There is no fixed sequence to the challenge stops (so we can choose to go to the stops by strategy - the route that save the most time)
  
• In xia's words: There is 2 option to play this SMRT challenge. 1 is by Chance. 2nd is by Strategy. If you play by chance, you heck care about going to the 1st or last stop to get that 3 clues. You just try your luck by hopping one station to the other along this 11 stations and see if there are any missions to do. By strategy, you go to collect the 3 clues, then along the way find the other 2 clues to complete the 5 challenge stops requirement

• At each challenge stop, challenge commanders who are beside a challenge marker will hand out mission slips to teams on a first come first served basis
• Teams will have to perform the missions in the presence of the challenge commanders
• The Challenge commanders will determine successful completion of missions
• Eg of mission: crawl under net to retrieve safety messages (example)
• Our challenge Marker is Pink colour (for open category) so if you see a pink marker at the stop, that means we came to the right place
• The challenge stops are all mostly around the premises of the mrt stations or bus interchange, not somewhere far.
  

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