cancelled

Due to lack of response to the squirtout, it is CANCELLED for 2011. We'll try again in 2012.

SECOND ANNUAL Neighborhood Squirt Out!

If you have ever had the urge to squirt your neighbor with the hose or soak them with a bucket of water, this is your chance to get away with it! Get ready to participate in the SECOND ANNUAL NEIGHBORHOOD SQUIRTOUT and conquer the neighborhood one neighbor at a time!!

How The Game Works:

Between now and Sunday, July 31st, people from the neighborhood will sign up to participate. Prior to August 1st, you will be contacted via e-mail and will be assigned two targets to find and squirt. Each time you squirt one you will EARN 2 points. There will also be two people looking to squirt you at all times. When you are squirted you will LOSE 1 point. Each time you squirt one of your assigned neighbors you will e-mail in to report the “squirt out” and you will be given another name so you always have two targets. The objective of the game is to hunt down and squirt as many people as possible and gain points while doing so. No one is ever OUT of the game.

Game Rules:

• Begins Monday, August 1st at 12:00 a.m.; Ends 11:59 p.m. Saturday, August 13th.
• You can hit a person with water anywhere on their body (other than directly in their eyes at point-blank range.)
• One drop of water on a person is enough
• No one is allowed to hit your target but you. Others may take a soaking for you but they cannot actually do your dirty work for you.
• If a family member ends up with another family member’s name – anything goes.
• You CAN protect yourself. If a person tries to squirt you and you squirt them first, they have to wait 24 hours before they can attempt to squirt you again – ALWAYS BE READY TO DEFEND YOURSELF!
• Must be 7 years old or older to participate
• Must submit an email address that is checked regularly for game updates. "OUTS" WILL ONLY BE COUNTED IF SUBMITTED BY E-MAIL (See Reporting Your Squirt-Outs below).

Rule Clarifications from Last Year:

• If you visit someone's house on "church business", you CAN be squirted and the squirter will receive points. The rules state "Sundays and church activities are off limits." Church business visits taking place during the week are not off limits.
• You are in a safe zone if you are inside a car. Even if your arm is hanging out the side of the window and you are squirted on your arm, the squirting does NOT count because you are technically in a safe zone.

• If you have a target and your target happens to also have you, if you defend yourself against your target the 24-hour rule applies. However, just shooting your target does not make the 24-hour rule take effect.

**Please try very hard to not hurt anyone or damage anyone's possessions.**

Safe Zones:

Safe Zones are areas in which you cannot squirt or be squirted by anyone. If someone attempts to soak you in a safe zone, please inform him that you are in a safe zone and that their "squirt-out" is invalid.

Safe Zones Include:
• Anywhere indoors is a safe zone
• Sundays and church activities are off limits.
• Inside a player's car

Safe Zones Exclude:
• Anywhere outside is a free-for-all
• Garages are considered OUTSIDE

Acceptable Tools and Strategies:

• Hoses, squirt guns, super soakers, water balloons, buckets, cups…
• Camouflage
• Covert operations and teamwork

Reporting your "Squirt Outs":

When you squirt someone, you should report it ASAP (preferably within three hours) by e-mail to Natalie Redd at natredd@gmail.com. Feel free to include a detailed gruesome story about how the soaking happened and the sequence of events that led to it. These stories (and point standings) will be posted on this blog. Please report your points as soon as possible so that game can run smoothly and new assignments can be made. Because my memory is horrible, "Outs" must be reported by e-mail so I can maintain a written record and report them accurately!

Awards Ceremony:

• BBQ - Wednesday, August 17, 2011 @ Stake Bowery, time TBA
• Categories of awards:
-- Master Soaker
-- Best Strategy
-- Funniest Story
-- Most Creative Squirt Out

How to Sign Up:

Contact Natalie Redd at 801.689.6822 or natredd@gmail.com. Please mention each member of your family that would like to participate, provide your physical address, and your e-mail address. Be sure to invite and remind your neighbors to participate! The more neighborhood involvement the better! And remember, if you don't regard every single person who passes you as someone who might be after your hyde, you just aren't in the spirit of the game...

CONGRATULATIONS!

Once again, thank you and congratulations to everyone who participated in the squirt-out! Here is a recap of the awards:

Best Strategy: Clements’ Family
--Set up a fire pit and roasted smores in their front yard to attract members of the neighborhood. Even though they almost burned their house down, it resulted in squirtout hits.

Funniest Story: Robert Petersen
--Dressed up in his scout uniform and lured neighbors out of their houses by asking about their scout flag placement.

Sneakiest Squirtout: Roseann and Pete Owen
--Drove around on their moped dressed in all black and concealed squirt guns in small backpacks
--Hid in the Ward’s bushes and ambushed them as they got out of their car

Most Creative Squirtout: Amanda Ward
--Pretended to sip from a Diet Pepsi can that was filled with water. Would dump the can out on people as they were unsuspecting.

Most Squirted: Sharon Slack
--Sharon had seven people squirt her and never defended herself or sought out to squirt her targets. Someone with that much patience deserves an award.

Master Soaker: Doug Christensen
--With his far-reaching, high-powered super soaker, targets were no match for Doug. Even though he was tattled on more than any other player, the squirting paid off.

And here are the final point results:

The End

Don't be too sad, but the 1st Annual Squirtout is coming to an end. You still have a few hours to get your targets! Be sure to get them before midnight tonight. And don't forget to join us at the neighborhood BBQ tomorrow night @ 6:00 p.m. at the church!

Oh, and another rule clarification:
If you have a target and your target happens to also have you, if you defend yourself against your target the 24-hour rule applies. However, just shooting your target does not make the 24-hour rule take effect. Hope that makes sense!

Point Standings

As it looks right now, Doug Christensen and Amanda Ward are tied for 1st place (17 points) and Mollie Petersen and Anderson Clements are tied for 2nd place (15 points).

Re-Assignments

So I've arbitrarily kicked people out of the game and made re-assignments.  If you have a question as to who your targets are, please check your e-mail or send me an e-mail.  It's easiest for me to deal with this by e-mail because then I have everything in writing in front of me, in case I forget! 

Also, as the game comes to an end I am going to send everyone their points so you can double-check them for me.  I'd hate to cheat anyone out of their well-deserved points on accident.

POINT STANDINGS

I am going to have to ask everyone to double-check my point standings because even though I have tried to carefully keep track, my pregnant brain gets easily convoluted and confused.  So as of this morning, here is who I have as our leaders:

Anderson Clements and Rachel Ward - 13 points
Amanda Ward, Preston Ward, Maggie Ward, and Doug Christensen - 12 points
Mollie Petersen - 11 points
Marc Clements - 10 points

I was going to post the names of those with the most negative points, but I think I'd rather make a big deal out of that at the BBQ.  That will be much more fun.

I'm making a plea to those who have the above-listed people as their targets - GO GET 'EM!!!