TEAM 1 - BipolarChemist, CaptainMeme, Ethel
TEAM 2 - Mist7676, het, Skelda
TEAM 3 - VashtaNeurotic, xofelf, emrysmoonchild
TEAM 4 - hellbooks, schadd_, GeorgeBailey
TEAM 5 - ORAM, the worst, Mina
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Referencing ICB's entries for Team Spirit/Easy as ABC (Episode 1).
The Taskmaster decided to score based on how funny the memes were:
Team
Score
Intensive Care Bears
5
Noraa’s faves (and het)
1
The Human Beans
3
BTS
4
Everyone Else Sucks
2
In this team task, players were asked to take a short video in which they were camouflaged in plain sight and then reveal themselves. The most dramatic reveal would win. The Taskmaster wasn't super thrilled by the submissions as a whole and wasn't sure that a lot of them fit the prompt.
Team
Score
Notes
Intensive Care Bears
3
-Filmed in the dark
BPC jumpscares viewers at end -Described as being similar to EES's entry
Noraa’s faves (and het)
2
-Filmed at the beach
-Mist is barely visible in the ocean and then strikes a fun pose at the end
The Human Beans
4
-Vash is hiding in a conspicuous cardboard box tower and gets revealed by roommate
-Sentimental backstory provided after the reveal
BTS
5
-schadd is hiding in garage in plain sight but dim lighting
-funny fire video effects upon reveal
-cat in foreground gets petted after reveal
Everyone Else Sucks
3
-Voiceover by the worst provides misdirection
-Mina is hiding within the couch and has a sword
In the My Precious solo task, players were tasked with showing off their biggest collection of the same thing within 4 minutes. They were asked to show each item to the camera and then take a photo to show off the whole collection.
Team
Score
Notes
Intensive Care Bears
3
-BPC's collection was of family photos
-showed off several albums of his dad's photos
Noraa’s faves (and het)
4
-het showed off a large collection of records and named many of them
The Human Beans
3
-emrys showed off penny jar
-began dumping a few out at a time to show each penny
BTS
1
-GeorgeBailey ran downstairs to get vinyls and was gone for 3.5 minutes
-didn't get to show much of collection
Everyone Else Sucks
5
-Mina had paper leftover from Rainbow Road nearby and started counting it
-there was controversy over whether simply having paper counts as a collection
In this team task, teams needed to provide the most insightful review of a task from the first MS series of Taskmaster.
Team
S1 Task
Score
Notes
Intensive Care Bears
Bread or Alive (Ep3)
5
-BPC & Searl did sports commentary on Cephrir's attempt
Noraa’s faves (and het)
Cuisine Art (Ep3)
3
-Skelda spearheaded an essay about Mandatory Pet Tax's submission
-explained how orange art was actually about life & death
The Human Beans
We're Open for Business (Ep2)
1
-Infamous "Daddy Durham" video: The Backbreaking Factory's submission
-discussed video as a team after having emrys live watch for the first time
-criticized by the Taskmaster for being overly generous to bizarre entry
BTS
4000 Words (Episode 1)
2
-Cheetory6 reviewed Vash's Bad Ideas submission in the vein of a youtuber
-incorporated dog insights
Everyone Else Sucks
Mafiascum's Bane (Episode 1)
5
-Team submitted an essay re: Mandatory Pet Tax's submission
-explained how it was a scathing indictment of Orientalism
In this team task, teams needed to provide the most impressive spreadsheet (and thereby hopefully impress CM1). Based on this wording, Cephrir decided to let CM1 take lead on the judging.
Team
Score
Notes
Intensive Care Bears
4
-team made a spreadsheet that made an animated picture using formulas and data on various tabs
-to pander, the basis was old avatar of the Taskmaster
Noraa’s faves (and het)
3
-mist presented spreadsheet designed for meal planning
-cool feature: entering that a recipe was eaten automatically deducts all its ingredients from the pantry tab
The Human Beans
3
-team presented spreadsheet for stats and game histories for Codenames forum games
-spreadsheet also included a table-maker for the mod to use
BTS
1
-team presented spreadsheet with statistics on the counting tiebreaker
-data showed that Mina and the worst were by far the most prolific counters
Everyone Else Sucks
5
-spreadsheet had a visual basic video game in it, coded by the worst
-CM1 is the villain and to escape/win you need to defeat him
-incorporated a lot of nerdy Excel jokes
Congrats to the Intensive Care Bears (Searl, BipolarChemist, and Ethel). We commend Searl and BipolarChemist for leading this team and being a duo that stayed on top of deadlines very well. This team effectively used their knowledge of the Taskmaster to pander effectively. They provided a lot of entertainment by trolling the Taskmaster and the production team. Besides being the series winner, they won two episodes.
The Human Beans very narrowly earned 2nd place and also won two episodes. Taskmaster veterans Vash and xofelf were part of the winning team last season and were one point shy of their second victory. They were a very coordinated team, doing a lot of team calls together to tackle team tasks, complete with high production values and frequently the assistance of a roommate. Newbie emrysmoonchild brought joy and enthusiasm.
Noraa's faves (and het) were a dark horse in this series and a big rival to the Human Beans, with het having defected from working with Vash and xof in the prior season, and Skelda maintaining a friendly rivalry with Vash in most games. This level-headed team worked together to try to outsmart tasks (Rainbow Road and Easy as ABC are great examples of this working out for them.) They were a spicy team that sometimes argued with the Taskmaster with great fervor. We saw great examples of their love for art, literature and music in this series.
Everyone Else Sucks were notable for their commitment to the tiebreaker challenge, but their efforts paid off when this helped them win the final episode! This team did not know each other particularly well going into this and came from 3 continents, and so it was a joy to see them connect and work together well in this series. They dubbed ORAM their "funny decider," providing direction among ideas their team threw out. They showed incredible teamwork in their entry for The Sun and the Rain, which comically and unfortunately got removed from YouTube due to violating the medical misinformation policy.
BTS were the underdogs of this series, going in as relatively new to this side of the site and therefore not knowing the Taskmaster as well. We enjoyed matchmaking this already-a-friend-group into being a Taskmaster team. I think that they stood out for the humor that they brought to the game, both in their successes and when things didn't go as planned. schadd_ provided great commentary during the live episodes. GeorgeBailey's commitment to breaking the toothbrush is unforgettable. hellbooks and schadd_ crushed the miracles task when they miraculously were in the same town! hellbooks's childhood game that she thought was a disaster not only won, but actually got played in Mish Mash.
Overall: Fun was had, and this also took longer than it should have to get done. We appreciate Cephrir for stepping up to be our Taskmaster, and are glad he seemed to enjoy it overall. CM1 invested a lot into designing and running this and I'm glad noraa and I were able to assist in making his vision happen.
Likely there will be a season 3 at some point in the near-ish future, so keep an eye out if you're interested in being involved in that in any way.
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