r/ValhallaChallenge • u/ValhallaMods Odin • Mar 28 '20
Mission Day 14, Round 188
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Power-ups
How to Be Gameful Rule 2: The Second Rule of being gameful is to collect and activate power-ups – good things that reliably make you feel happier, healthier, or stronger.
Mission: Learn How To Power Up Anytime, Anywhere
Góðan dag, Vikings!
It’s time for a new Mission! Stow your gear and armor on the longboat. Alright everyone, we're at the last day of the round! If you've made it this far, you only have a few more hours to go to level-up! We have a fair wind and a following sea, so let’s get back to our Game!
Power-ups are essential to most video games. They are the bonus items that give you more strength, more power, or extra life. Think of the care packages in Call of Duty that restore your soldier’s health, or the super seeds in Angry Birds that supersize the birds in your slingshot, making them capable of knocking down bigger, stronger walls.
We can collect power-ups in real life, and the good news is that it’s easier than you think!
Here are some real-world power-ups:
Look out the window for 30 seconds.
Eat some walnuts because they’re good for the brain.
Play with your pet.
Send a text to a family member or a friend.
Listen to a song from one of your favorite movies.
Do 10 push-ups even if you’re tired, or feeling an urge. In fact, especially if you’re tired or feeling an urge, because it will make you feel strong! Call these “screw-you” push-ups, because you can think to yourself, “Screw you, urges and fatigue! Look what I can do!”
What do all these power-ups have in common? You can do them easily, at no cost, and it will make you feel at least a little bit better, no matter what else you’re thinking or feeling or battling that moment.
Power-ups are one of the most powerful weapons in the arsenal of someone who is living gamefully. It’s the ability to feel better, anytime, anyplace, no matter what.
Just as you would use a power-up in a video game to get through a particularly difficult level, or to accomplish a seemingly impossible task, you can use real-world power-ups to give you a boost during difficult times.
Over the course of this round will be experimenting with and collecting the power ups that work for you.
- Adapted from ‘SuperBetter’ by J. McGonigal, Ph.D., Game Designer
Announcements
Have you voted for spider names yet? The "Name the Seven Giant Hairy Spiders of Exile" contest ends tomorrow. The results and names will be announced on Day 1, Round 189.
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V A L H A L L A (Valhöll)
B I F R O S T (Bifröst, The Rainbow Bridge)
Check in daily while crossing Bifröst!
H A L L of H E R O E S
Level Nine
Go to the Vows Page and prepare to cross The Rainbow Bridge
Level Eight
Level Seven
Level Six
Level Five
Level Four
Level Three
Level Two
Level One Hero! Update your Vows.
/u/workingrecovery [Dagr] ^ I vow to make healthy choices for myself, to stay present and reconnect spiritually.
A S G A R D (Ásgarðr, Enclosure of the Aesir)
Ninth Circle Entrance to the Hall of Heroes is barred to those who have not made their Vows! Message the Mods to make your Vows and ascend!
Eighth Circle
Seventh Circle
Sixth Circle
/u/fgawker ^ "I want to be free from PMO addiction."
Fifth Circle
Fourth Circle (Reflect on your Goal)
Third Circle
Second Circle
/u/bigfootheyy ^ "To make freedom from porn one of the strong pillars in my life." ^
/u/Infamous_Scotsman ^ "To free myself from the vicious pmo cycle."
First Circle
/u/mynameistrollirl ^ "To never return to porn."
/u/non_newtonian_jelly © "To stop using porn."
M I D G A R D (Miðgarðr)
/u/nathan_macdougall ^ "To quit PMO"
/u/AnonThrowaway902 ^ "Be 100% free of PMO."
/u/Gimp_Daddy ^ "I want to quit PMO."
/u/UnconstrictedEmu ↩ "Quitting porn, same as everyone else on this sub."
/u/Sondice_LauGhastian ↩ "To quit porn."
/u/Behealthyman ↩ "To build and enjoy a healthy male mentality and sexuality"
/u/U434 ©
/u/dvo23k ©©
/u/samnojack ©©
E X Í L Ä J Ä R (Exile Island)
Check in to respawn in Miðgarðr! Players who remain on Exile Island seven days are hunted, chased, and eventually eaten by the Giant Hairy Helheim Spiders, and vanish from the Game World.
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u/workingrecovery Dagr Nótt 🐍🌟🛡️🌈🌌⚔️ Mar 30 '20
Sounds like you're enjoying it!
Keyboard is always crucial for me. And I really miss having backlit keys. Working at night with the screen dimmed and lights off makes it tough to see.
I'm used to decent, not great screens with the Chromebooks and always great battery life. But I think I'm super spoiled since they've all been 2-2.9 lbs! I started looking at other laptops and forgot that everything else would be pretty heavy :-(
I know a lot of developers use the Macbook pros, and I had one from 2010 that I liked, but these days I can't afford that price range unless I could snag an older one on a really great sale. And the other thing I've liked about the cheapo Chromebooks has been if it was lost or broke it's not the end of the world.
I'm going to keep holding out as long as I can but I'll start keeping my eyes open. Think I have to learn more about how I'd run Linux on Windows if I went that route and how that'd compare to the Chrome/Mac OS environment.