Play the game, win the conference.
St. Louis Edition, 2012
C’s the Day
Introduction
Welcome to the game! The goal of C’s the Day is to lead participants in an interesting exploration of Alternate
Reality Games and the CCCC’s conference itself. We hope you will discover new colleagues, parties, conference
gatherings, and even new histories of the field through participation. You will have the opportunity to receive credit
for networking, win a publication, win a raffle drawing, and even win a coveted Sparklepony.
This year’s game is designed so that you may play as much or as little as you like. In this booklet you will find a long
list of quests. Completing quests will eventually add up to Achievements in certain areas. When you have completed
quests, you should return to one of the many C’s the Day Questgivers who wear buttons to identify themselves. They
will be at our booth as well as major parties and gatherings. They will stamp your booklet to show what you have
completed. Each quest is listed under a Special Achievement that you can earn by completing a few of the quests in
this list but also has several tags that can be used to earn other Achievements.
You may keep your booklet as a souvenier of the game; however, you should turn in the sheet that comes with your
booklet. Whether you do one quest or fifty, turning in your booklet in the box available at our booth (and later at
the Rock ‘N Roll dance) will make you eligible for one of our raffle prizes (signed copies of books from Rhetoric,
Composition, and Gaming authors).
The three top achievement earners will win a publication in Kairos, Enculturation, or Computers and Composition
Online.
You do not have to be present at the Rock ‘N Roll dance when raffle and C’s the Day Grand-Champions will be announced to win; however, you must have filled out your turn-in sheet with contact information so we may ship you
your prizes. Grand-Champions will be awarded a special large sparklepony and be directed to an editor they will be
working with on their future articles.
Please approach your quest-givers with any questions you might have and most importantly, have fun!
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Achievements
Standard Achievements
Complete any 5 Quests: Complete your BA
Complete any 10 Quests: Complete your Masters
Complete any 20 Quests: Complete your PhD
Complete any 35 Quests: Professor Emeritus
Complete any 3 Quests tagged Administration: It’s Great to be in Charge
Complete any 5 Quests tagged Extra Credit: Icing on the Cake
Complete any 10 Quests tagged Extra Credit: Too Much Free Time on Your Hands
Complete any 5 Quests tagged Gaming: NES Cartridge Blower
Complete any 10 Quests tagged Gaming: Red Ring of Death
Complete any 10 Quests tagged Networking: It’s All About Who You Know
Complete any 10 Quests tagged New Media: The Cynthia Selfe
Complete any 5 Quests tagged Pedagogy, Job Market or Tenure Track: Get a TT Job
Complete any 5 Quests tagged Publishing: Assistant Editor
Complete any 10 Quests tagged Publishing: Senior Editor
Complete any 10 Quests tagged Research: Bookworm
Complete any 5 Quests tagged Service: House Elf
Complete any 10 Quests tagged Service: Shouldn’t You Be Doing More Research?
Complete any 10 Quests tagged Social: Life of the Party
Complete any 15 Quests tagged Social: Social Butterfly
Complete any 3 Quests tagged Technical Writing: Too Technical for Me
Complete any 5 Quests tagged Travel: Layovers Schmayovers
Complete any 10 Quests tagged Travel: Around the Conference in 80 Days
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Complete 5 Special Achievements: Honor Student
Complete 10 Special Achievements: Overachiever
Complete 15 Special Achievements: Valedictorian
Special Achievements
To earn each special achievement, complete the number of quests listed.
A Category all by Itself (Complete 1)
“My Little Celestial Pony.” Do something so entirely awesome that the questgiver has no choice but to
award you with a Sparklepony. (Social/Networking/Extra Credit/Sparklepony)
Defend or Die (Complete 3)
“Dissertation Destroying.” Spend some time at the C’s with friends tearing apart an old copy of your dissertation (or the current draft). Please no fire where it is not allowed. (Social/Research/Extra Credit)
“Qualifying Exam.” Answer one question from at least three questgivers pertaining to Composition,
Rhetoric, or any other conference topic. You must get the answer right. (Research)
Complete any 3 Quests tagged Sparklepony: The Sparklepony Whisperer
Complete all 8 Quests tagged Sparklepony: Lord of the Sparkleponies
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“Consort!” Attend the Consortium of Doctoral Programs in Rhetoric and Composition.
(Research/Networking/Administration)
Publish or Perish (Complete 5)
“Going Up?” Practice your elevator speech. Give a comprehensive, 15 second description of the
entirety of your research, M.A. thesis, Diss, or C’s presentation. Extra points for each theorist you can
coherently mention in the allotted time.
(Networking/Research)
“Hole of Glory.” Insert a dirty phrase into an article, book, or dissertation. Show evidence to a
questgiver that it was not removed during the editing process. (Research)
“The Reviewer.” Write a review of a panel, including a summary of all speakers, for potential use in
Kairos. (Research/Publishing)
“It’s Time for a Break Kid.” Drag someone out of his/her room who is studying for QE’s rather than enjoying the conference. (Research/Social)
“Going Up, Again?” Pitch your book or textbook idea to another player. (Publishing/
Research/Networking)
“It Ain’t All About the Vita, Kid.” Get into a conversation with a conference attendee who just got a job, and ask him/ her for a single piece of useful advice about how they managed it. Discuss your newfound skills with a questgiver. (Networking)
“The Editor.” Help somebody edit down their C’s paper less than 24 hours before it’s due. (
Publishing/Research)
“Stop, Just Stop.” Get caught writing your dissertation during a panel. (Research)
“Get Your Head in the Game.” Attend two panels related to scholarly publishing or textbook development. (Publishing/Research)
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“Distribution.” Go to the book exhibit and acquire 3 free textbooks (from any publisher). Give these books away to other people in return for a business card. (Publishing/Networking)
“Focus!” Convene an impromptu focus group. Write down the topic and have participants (at least 3 people) sign in. (Publishing/Research/Networking)
“Swag Hag.” Gather a giant pile of books, CDs, samples, pens, candy, etc. from the publisher’s booths without lying about your intentions for the loot. Present stash or photo of stash to a questgiver.
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(Publishing/Social)
“Dirty One Liners.” Find the smuttiest sounding first line of a book. Show it to a questgiver. (Publishing)
Another Node on the Network (Complete 5)
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“Illuminate Me.” Meet a field luminary without being obnoxious. Ask him/her to sign your booklet.
“Pitch Me.” Ask 3 people to pitch their books to you. Offer constructive criticism or an advance (Networking)
contract. (Publishing/Networking)
“The Proposal.” Acquire a sample book-proposal, proposal template, or actual book proposal
(other than your own). Publishing/Networking)
“Starstruck.” Get the signatures of 3 luminaries. Double points if you get a picture with each of them.
(Networking)
“Schmooze-N-Learn.” Ask anyone who works for a publishing company how they got into that
line of work and what they consider was the best preparation for it. (Publishing/Networking)
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“Working the Room.” Get business cards from 4 different people. (Networking)
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“Greasing the Departmental Wheels.” Attend the panel of someone in your department (not
including your own panel). Extra points if that person is higher up in the departmental ladder
than you are. (Research/Networking)
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“Tomes of Eldritch Knowledge.” Get a luminary to contribute to the C’s The Day “lore” section.
(Research/Network/Gaming)
“Enlightenment.” Ask a good question to a luminary at his/her panel. (Social/Research)
“Still Working the Room.” Get business cards from an additional 4 people (for a total of 8). Double points if you get a picture with each of them. (Networking)
“The Listener.” Listen to the “elevator speech” given by another player. (Networking/Publishing)
“The Small Fry.” Take a picture with and get a signature from an undergrad at the conference. (Social/
Networking)
All Your Quests are Belong to Us (Complete 3)
“Tenurize Me.” If you have one, give the questgiver a digital copy of your tenure portfolio. If you don’t, make an argument why you deserve tenure right now. (Social/Tenure Track)
“Sparklepony Bomb.” Once you earn a Sparklepony, take pictures with luminaries and friends. Show
the questgiver or post pictures to our facebook group to turn in this quest. (Gaming/New Media/
Sparklepony)
“It’s Twitterific.” Post about the C’s on Twitter. (New Media/Networking)
“Kiss my Astley.” Rickroll the C’s. Provide evidence. (New Media/Gaming/Extra Credit)
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“2 Legit to Put a Ring on It.” Participate in a Flash Mob. Provide evidence. (New Media/Gaming)
“Viral Pizza.” Order pizza delivered. Get the pizza place to draw something on the box for you. Show box or pictures to a questgiver. (Social/Gaming/New Media/Extra Credit)
“Turbo Hustle.” Get the Chair of your program to do the Turbo Hustle at the Rock n Roll dance. (Social)
“You Spoony Bard!” After turning in a quest, compose a poem consisting of at least 3 lines using any rhyme scheme of your choosing, to describe the experience of completing that quest.
(Research/Service)
“Born and Raised in South Detroit.” Get someone (or someones) to do karaoke to “Don’t Stop Believing”
during the C’s. (Social)
“Video Games Aren’t Just for Kids” Show the questgiver your handheld gaming device. Double points for showing a questgiver your fav game. (Gaming/New Media)
The Socialite (Complete 3)
“One Night Stand.” Attend the Rock n Roll dance. Stamping will be available at the dance. (Social)
“Should I Stay or Should I Go?” Use text messaging to attempt to meet up with friends at a panel or party.
Completely fail to do so due to one or more of you deciding to do something else.
(Social/New Media/Networking)
“So That’s Why The Books Are So Expensive!” Attend a publisher’s party. (Publishing/Social)
“A Warm Welcome.” Attend the new-comers coffee hour, even if you are not a new-comer yourself. (Social/Networking)
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Second Place Still Might be a First Place Finish (Complete 3)
“The Job Market.” Find five other players who have been on the market within the past five years.
Find out the hardest or strangest question they were asked and list below. (Job Market/Networking)
“HR, We Hate You.” Fill out an utterly pointless form that nobody is ever going to read. (Job Market)
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It’s Service, Not “Servant” (Complete 5)
“I Swear It’s ‘Service.’” Share the strangest line from your tenure portfolio. (Service/Tenure Track)
“How Many Are You On?” Attend a committee meeting during the C’s. (Service/Tenure Track)
“It Ain’t All About the Vita, Kid.” Get into a conversation with a conference attendee who just got a job, and ask them for a single piece of useful advice about how they managed it. Discuss your newfound skills with a questgiver. (Networking)
“I Have to Pay How Much for Health Insurance?” Give a job seeker advice on negotiating contracts and what to watch out for when accepting an offer. (Job Market)
“Make me a Meme.” Create a meme at the C’s. You can’t be the only person that knows about it. (New
Media/Social/Gaming/Service/Sparklepony)
“Badly Told Bad News.” Share with a questgiver the worst rejection letter/email/phone call you ever received while on the job market. (Job Market)
“But You’re My Bad Influence.” Let Questgiver Jill talk you into doing something. Do it. (Social/Service/
Extra Credit)
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“SPF? Meh.” Offer Questgiver Sheryl sunscreen while outdoors. Pale skin + sun = Lobster Woman.
(Service/Extra Credit)
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“The Hemingway.” Try more different types of beer and alcohol than you attend panels. Extra points for
microbrews. (Social)
“Raid Leader.” Recruit at least five people into joining the game. (Social/Networking/Gaming/Service)
“Fifty Hours of Community Service.” Tell us about the community service you do in support of your tenure binder. (Tenure Track/Service)
“I Need a Beer to Deal with This.” Blow off you afternoon workshop for lunch. (Social)
“Paid in Texts.” Tell a questgiver of an unpaid job you had that was worth it solely for texting/tweeting
material. (Service)
“Dressed for the Occasion.” Have the best outfit at the Rock n Roll dance. (Social)
“One Night Stand.” Attend the Rock n Roll dance. Stamping will be available at the dance. (Social)
“Strange Brew.” Deliver to a questgiver the name and proof of ingestion of the strangest beer found in or
around the conference site. “Strange” may be defined by the player. Bonus points for bringing a sample or buying a sample for a questgiver. (Social)
“I Have a Life!” Provide proof of hobbies or interests outside your job/research. (Social)
“Sparklepony Bandz.” Win a Sparklepony Silly Band. Share the cutest cat or dog picture to win this lovely prize.
(Extra Credit/Sparklepony)
A Rhetorician, a Sophist, and a Pedagogue Walk Into a Bar (Complete 5)
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“Seconds of Clarity.” Remember approximately five minutes of the conference when it’s all done. Keep this booklet as proof of what you did and who you saw (or the opposite). (Social)
“The Idea Brewery.” Purchase a round for three or more people and have them sign off on this quest. Bonus points if it is the questgivers. (Social)
We Call it “Being Resourceful” (Complete 3)
“Magical Creed.” Receive a copy of a list of all the places where free alcohol and food can be gotten at the C’s created by a department (but not particularly your department- we aren’t all so lucky). (Social)
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“Shower Schedule.” Share your C’s hotel room with more than three people. (Social/Extra Credit)
“RideShare.” Share a car or van with 4 or more other C’s participants. (Travel)
“What the…?” Play the game with last year’s game booklet. (Gaming/Social)
“Land of Plenty.” Attend a free party/function that offers food. Justify, in the case of finger foods or appetizers, how this counts as a complete and nutritionally balanced meal. (Social)
New Media Guru (Complete 5)
“Prezi Puke Up.” Observe someone (or yourself) be physically sickened by the swirling of someone’s Prezi.
(New Media/Extra Credit)
“Social Networker.” Meet someone face to face that you previously only knew on facebook or twitter.
(New Media/Networking)
“The Freeloader.” Pay for no food and drink for a 24 hour period during C’s. Describe to a questgiver how you accomplished this while still eating all meals. (Social)
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“Whuffie.” Raise your social capital at the C’s. Provide proof. (New Media)
“Chat Roulette.” Find evidence (panel, in person discussion, etc.) of someone using a technology in the
classroom that you believe has no place there. Be able to defend your position to a questgiver. (New Media)
“The Times and Travails of Sparklepony.” Post pictures of you and your sparklepony traveling to the C’s to the Sparklepony Adventurer Society. (Sparklepony/Travel/Extra Credit)
“Smoke and Mirrors.” Scope the competition’s new media offerings: visit the exhibit hall and attend a demo
of a new online tool, system, or e-book offering. Have the demo-giver sign off on the quest. (Publishing/
New Media)
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“#hashmanship.” Devise a clever variation on the (various) conference hashtags. Bonus points if you
manage to get someone else to use it, too. (New Media/Networking)
“Can You Hear Me Now?” In the course of one panel, observe 4 different cell phones going off, or the same cell phone going off twice. Double points if the phone belongs to the presenter. Negative points if it’s yours. (New Media/Extra Credit)
“Always Connected.” As a presenter, receive a text message from an audience member during your panel.
(New Media/Networking/Extra Credit)
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“Ready to Patent.” Come up with a good new media/social networking writing tool that doesn’t already
exist; explain this idea to a questgiver who will determine whether it qualifies to meet the conditions of this
quest. (New Media/Publishing)
“MyPad or Yours?” Share your favorite iPad App. (New Media)
“No, I Will Not Fix Your Computer.” Help someone with their computer right before their presentation.
(Social/New Media)
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“Stage Prop.” Identify screenshots of editing software in a TV series or movie. Show a questgiver visual evidence and name of software shown. (New Media)
“The Early Riser.” Drink hard alcohol before noon. (Social/Extra Credit)
“Too Tired for Tech.” Find a low-tech or more complicated alternative for contacting another
conference participant. Explain the communication method to a questgiver. (New Media/Extra Credit)
“You Got Up When?” Get up 3 or more hours before your roommates not on the day of your own
presentation. (Travel/Social)
Travel (Complete 3)
Morning Person (Complete 3)
“Burning the Candle at Both Ends.” Attend an evening party and then an 8 am panel the next morning (doesn’t count if it’s your own panel). (Research/Social)
“There is Life Outside Your Apartment.” Visit and provide proof of visit to at least one local landmark. Quest
may be repeated. (Social)
“The Early Bird Special.” Attend both a Thursday and a Friday 8 am panel. (Research)
“My Lungs Hurt Like Burning.” Be as sick as you’ve ever been. Go to the C’s anyway. Bonus points if you
present. (Social/Travel)
“Corporate Whore.” Buy $25 worth of St. Louis stuff for the people back home. (Social)
“C’s the Starbucks.” Miss a panel you wanted to see while standing in the giant early-morning line for coffee. (Travel)
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“Perfect Balance.” Your luggage for the whole week magically weighs in as close to 50 pounds (or whatever measure is used on your airline) as possible. Take a picture of the scale for proof. (Travel)
“I Just Really Love Airports.” Go through two or more plane changes on your way to the C’s in order to get the cheapest plane ticket possible. (Travel)
“But Walking is Good For Me So…” Stay at a hotel two or more miles away from the C’s. (Travel)
“The Cheryl.” Travel to the conference by train. Bonus points for Sparklepony pics.
(Travel/Sparklepony)
“The Moneysaver.” Return to the C’s with your Sparklepony from last year. (Travel/Sparklepony)
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Pedagogy (Complete 5)
“Workaholic.” See someone grading papers at C’s. Bonus points if it is during a session. Minus points if it is
you. (Pedagogy/Research)
“That’s Awkward.” Share a story with a questgiver (or on your turn in sheet) about the most inadvertent (but
awkward and gross thing) you’ve found out about a student. (Social/Extra Credit)
“Scare Tactics” Visit the Turnitin.com table in the Publisher’s area. Come back not only with literature about
all of the nifty things that Turnitin can do for you, but also with a pen, hat, or cookie that can be placed in
your office during student conferences. Almost as effective as a jar labeled “Gonads of problem students.” If
you don’t yet have an office, we recommend grading with the pens. (Administration/Publishing)
“The Panda Inseminator.” Best example of worst sample written in, during, or for class. (Pedagogy)
“The Wiki Warrior.” Cite a source in your C’s panel that you wouldn’t let your own students cite. (Research)
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“Kayak Down the Stairs.” Deliver to a questgiver the best true story about your students. (Pedagogy)
“I’m Gonna Take Him Home and Cuddle Him and Call him George.” Describe to your questgiver your favorite assignment to give freshman composition students. Bonus points if you can share a
digital or physical copy. (Pedagogy)
“My Dog Peed on my Students’ Papers.” Describe the worst thing you accidentally did to student papers. Proof is always nice. (Social/Pedagogy)
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Attack of the SMEs (Complete 3)
“User Centered Technology.” Write a direction set and draw a map that helps a drunk colleague find their
way somewhere (hotel, their panel, the bar, you know, whatever) (Technical Writing/Social)
“Well When I Worked in Industry.” Find someone who worked in a real company before rejoining academia. Get them to sign your booklet. (Networking/Technical Writing)
“About Time I Got Out of That Cookie.” Produce a wonderful, witty, or otherwise astounding fortune cookie
slip (gotten at the C’s or otherwise). (Extra Credit/Social)
“A Picture is Worth 1000 Words.” Attend a poster session. (Research)
“Stop Sneezing on Me.” Describe to a questgiver the most disgusting thing a student has ever done to
you. Bonus points for pictures. (Social/Pedagogy)
“Plugged In.” Attend any part of the Computer Connection. (Research/New Media)
“If I leave these kittens in my car they’ll freeze.” Share with the questgiver the cutest, grossest, or strangest animal that has ended up in your composition classroom. Bonus points for pictures.
(Pedagogy)
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“Party Crasher.” Identify someone from ATTW crashing the C’s. (Social/Technical Writing)
“Science What?” Find two different academics with completely different definitions of science writing. Share them with a questgiver. (Technical Writing/Networking)
Administration (Complete 5)
“A Warm Welcome.” Attend the new-comers coffee hour, even if you are not a new-comer yourself.
(Social/Networking)
“Follow the Leader.” Attend the Chair’s address. (Research)
“Gotta Vote.” Attend the business meeting Saturday morning. (Service/Networking)
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“Procrastinator.” Catch someone making their Powerpoint, paper, or other C’s document during the conference
itself. Bonus points if it is during their own panel. (Research)
“Stuck in the Webex from Hell.” Have to attend a webex or other online meeting during C’s.
(Research/New Media/Administration)
“Reality Check.” Attend a panel explicitly about Community Colleges or Business-orientated schools.
(Administration)
“Not on My Campus.” Discover evidence, through attending panels or listening to conversations, of at least one
policy at another school that you would never let happen on your own. (Administration)
“Sleeping With the Enemy.” Report to a questgiver (or on your turn in sheet) the worst assessment practice at
your University or College. (Administration)
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“Insanity Plea.” Become entirely convinced that you could do everything better than the way that schools are already doing it. That’s why you became an administrator after all, isn’t it? Decide
to start your own University. Write up a short mission statement. Recruit two tenured faculty members, one publisher, and two graduate students to agree to help you in this endeavor. (Social/
Networking/Administration)
Open a Can of WPAss (Complete 3)
“Luddites, not Ludology.” Attend two panels using overhead projectors. (Research)
“Program Champion.” Talk to at least five people from a variety of schools about your own
program or department without complaining. (Networking)
“Adjunct Advocate.” Take a picture with and get a signature from an adjunct at the conference. (Social/Networking/Administration)
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“Commiserate! (Because there can never be enough C’s).” Attend the WPA half-day workshop.
(Administration)
“The Grass is Greener?” Scope the competition’s books: visit a publisher’s booth and ask about books for a
specific course. Have the person you spoke to sign off on this task. (Publishing)
“Winter Wrap Up.” Lead a group in a song. (Social/Extra Credit/Gaming)
“Rut-Row.” Observe an argument from the WPA Listserv drift into real life. (Social/New Media)
Writing Center (Complete 3)
“List-a-holics Anonymous.” Hear somebody cite the WPA-l list. (Research)
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“It’s Always Christmas in the Writing Center.” Attend 3 Writing Center related panels. (Research)
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“Stripper Guy.” Find a person who tutors in a Writing Center and have them tell you their strangest WC related story. (Networking/Research)
“The Tutor.” Help somebody write their C’s paper since they didn’t start before the day they gave it. (Social/Research)
“Learn to Plagiarize Right!” Share with a questgiver your worst story of caught plagiarism. (Pedagogy)
“Fairway Groundskeeping.” Find a new, unexpected, and possibly slightly gross way to repurpose basic office supplies. Share with a questgiver. (Extra Credit/Technical Writing)
“No, I Will not Proofread your Paper.” Find a spelling or grammar mistake on a PowerPoint or handout used during a panel. (Extra Credit/Publishing)
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“Standing Appointment.” Say hello to someone you met for the first time at last year’s C’s. (Social)
“Can you Look over My Paper.” Ask another conference participant to edit your paper. The second he/she
starts to read, vanish from sight. (Extra Credit/Publishing)
“Is That Denzel?” Find a conference participant who resembles a celebrity. Bring the person or photo with
person to a questgiver. (Extra Credit/Social/Networking)
“Walk-ins Welcome.” Meet 3 people who are attending C’s for the first time. Have them sign your book.
Double points for taking pictures and/or additional signatures. (Social/Networking/Writing)
“Thinking Outside the Box.” Attend a panel that does NOT make reference to the conference theme/title in the
panel title. (Research)
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Panels, Panels, Everywhere (Complete 5)
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Research Rejection.” Attend two panels that have nothing to do with your area of study.
(Research)
“Thinking Outside the Box.” Attend a panel that does NOT make reference to the conference
theme/title in the panel title. (Research)
“Going the Distance.” Attend 4 consecutive panels in a single day. (Research)
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“Powerpr0n.” Notice someone using inappropriate imagery or language (perhaps accidentally, perhaps not) in
their presentation, or do so yourself. Show evidence to a questgiver. (Research/New Media)
“PUG it Out.” Attend a panel where the participants submitted individual papers and were grouped by the
conference organizers. Get them to sign your booklet. Bonus points if you get them to exchange business
cards or pose for a group photo. More bonus points if it is with your sparklepony. (Research/Networking/
Social/Sparklepony)
“All Ur Panelz R Belong 2 Us.” Attend at least one panel in every area of the conference building. (Travel/Extra
Credit)
Research (Complete 3)
“The Main Attraction.” Attend a featured panel. (Research)
“Peeny, 2005.” Present us with the weirdest, dirtiest, but nevertheless realest citation you can find. (Social/
Research)
“How Unfortunate.” Attend a panel with more speakers than audience members. (Research)
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“Math? In English?” Attend a panel that has charts, math, or graphs. (Research)
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“Smart Bomb.” Attend a panel that is delayed by a total of 15 minutes due to technical malfunctions.
(New Media/Research)
“Not Just for Knights.” Attend a roundtable and participate. (Research)
“Going for Speed.” Attend 2 panels during the same concurrent session. (Research/Extra Credit)
“The Matinee Performance.” Attend both a Thursday and a Friday 3:15pm panel. (Research)
Gaming (Complete 5)
“I Listen Better this Way.” Be caught or catch someone playing a game in a panel. (Gaming)
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“Apples to Apples.” Report to a questgiver (or in your turn in sheet) the coolest use of gaming in the writing or
English classroom that you have personally done. (Gaming/Pedagogy)
“Sparklepony Bomb.” Once you earn a sparklepony, take pictures with luminaries and friends. Show the questgiver or post pictures to our facebook group to turn in this quest. (Gaming/New Media/Sparklepony)
“I’ll Take it From Here!” Identify someone on a panel, workshop, or roundtable who does little to no work and
yet takes much of the credit. (Gaming/Networking)
“Revise and Resubmit.” Suggest a quest that absolutely must be included in the next version of the game.
(Gaming/Research)
“Fair Trade.” Find someone that has a sparklepony you like better than yours. Trade and sign each other’s books.
(Social/Sparklepony)
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“My Little Sparklepony.” Give your sparklepony to a child or a brony. Teach them well and let them PWN the day. (Social/Extra Credit/Sparklepony)
“The C is for ’Curmudgeon.’” Meet a conference attendee who scoffs at the game you’re playing, or
at games in general. Get him/her to pose for a picture or sign your book. (They have to do this
willingly.) Infinite bonus points if you convince this person to play the game him/herself.
(Social/Networking/Gaming)
“Games: Not just for Computer Science Majors Anymore.” Write out one quest or achievement not already part of the C’s the DAY. (Gaming)
“Workshop Participant.” Attend the PlayWrite Workshop. (Gaming/Networking/Research)
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“Kiss my Astley” Rickroll the C’s. Provide evidence. (New Media/Gaming/Extra Credit)
“Fair Trade.” Find someone that has a sparklepony you like better than yours. Trade and sign each other’s
books. (Social)
“Out of Place Award.” Person looks the absolutely most out of place at the C’s based upon appearance, clothing, drink choice, and/or persona. Bring person or photo of person to a questgiver. (Social/Extra Credit)
“Seconds of Clarity.” Remember approximately five minutes of the conference when it’s all done. Keep this
booklet as proof of what you did and who you saw (or the opposite). (Social)
I’m Just Here for the Great Dancing (Complete 5—Come on, what else are you doing??)
“The Slacker.” Go to the C’s. Attend no panels. Seriously, what are you doing here? (Social)
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“Play Santa with Me in Private.” Be hit on in the creepiest way possible at the C’s. Provide evidence. Tell us
about it. (Social/Networking)
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“Dedicated to the Field.” Get a tattoo of the name (preferably copied from a real sig) of your favorite critical theorist. Show the quest giver. Extra points if it’s in a personal location and you’re even somewhat attractive.(Extra Credit/Social)
Extra Credit (Complete 5)
“Old friends, New Friends.” Played the game last year? Want to help this year? Become a questgiver
and get a prize (sure it’s just a stamp, but it’s a really nice stamp). (Gaming/Social/Networking)
“Loose Lips.” Present a questgiver with a Shamrock Shake. Bonuses will be given for ginormously large
shakes or directions to where a questgiver can obtain another one. More extra credit will be given if said
Shamrock Shake comes with a My Little Pony Happy Meal toy. (Social/Service)
“Does this Count as Creative Writing?” With a few friends, writea a Rhetoric/Composition or CCCC’s drinking game then play it during an evening event (or during a panel--yours if you dare!) Mention Burke, take two drinks. (Social/Partying/Gaming)
“The Casual Gamer.” Have the high score on Plants Vs. Zombies, Bejeweled Blitz, or some other casual game
of all participants in the game. Show evidence to a questgiver. (Gaming/Social)
“Sure You Are.” Slip and fall, completely sober, due to the strange dress shoes you always wear to conferences. Have no one believe you about your sobriety. (Social/Extra Credit)
“May the Odds be Ever in Your Favor.” Arrange a group movie night for The Hunger Games during the
conference. (Social)
“The Shelley.” Start the game at the Rock ‘n Roll dance. (Social/Gaming)
“The Calculus-ator.” Solve the following derivative correctly: f(x)=3x2+4y4-2x+5 (Extra Credit)
“I Can Cite Foucault in My Sleep.” Provide three quotes with complete citations in MLA or APA format from memory. (Research)
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