Task of the year for 2010

**ninja9578** · 12-31-2009 02:17 AM

The Challenge
It's jumping through time challenge. Visit all of the times and perform the associated task.

The death of the dinosaurs: watch the asteroid hit
The dawn of man: show them how to make fire
Ancient Egypt: see how they build the pyramids
Exodus: Watch Moses part the Reed Sea
Height of Rome: Watch (or participate) in a gladiator fight
One of the Crusades: Drink from the Holy Grail
July 20th 1969: Beat Neil Armstrong down the ladder
Future: Witness how the world ends

The Rules
You must visit each time period and do the assigned task associated with it

You must do each one in its own dream, you can't do more than one in the same dream.

Additional Information
Death of the Dinosaurs
Happened 65 millions years ago when an asteroid the size of Mount Everest impacted the earth in what is now the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico.

Dawn of Man
No one knows when man first controlled fire. It is well established that Neanderthals had the ability to start and control fire as far back as 600,000 years.

The Pyramids at Giza
These were built about 5000 years ago. The early scientific consensus was that they had been built by slaves, but current knowledge that the Egyptians never had slaves gives the current idea that they were build by Jewish and Egyptian workers. There are a number of scientific theories as to how there were built (the egyptians didn't have the wheel,) involving ramps and pulleys, as well as weirder ones involving aliens and antigravity machines.

Exodus
The mass exodus of the jews out of Egypt. Christian myth says that they were slaves who Moses lead peacefully out of Egypt and he parted the Red Sea, modern Jewish texts concur that they were slaves, but that moses parted the Reed Sea. Ancient Jewish texts say that the jews were a security army who were paid by the Egyptians and they chose to leave for other reasons, and concurs that Moses parted the Reed Sea. Science says that the jews were paid workers (the egyptians never had slaves,) and that a Moses used his knowledge of the desert to cross the Reed Sea during a tidal low.

Height of Rome
The Colosseum was completed in 80AD and continued to host gladiatorial fights until the fall of Rome in 476AD, often one on one fights, but occasionally more elaborate battles took place within it's walls.

Crusades
The Crusades were a Christian sack of the Holy Land in order to restore Christian rule to the land. It was said that the Knights Templar found the Holy Grail during the first crusades and held it safe. The Holy Grail itself was the cup that jesus drank from at the last supper and collected his blood at his crucifixion. This is widely believed by christians today, however no such cup ever actually existed. The first reference to it appeared during the middle ages a thousand years after the crucifixion, and although Jesus obviously would have drank from a cup, it would have been clay and long since destroyed.

July 20th 1969
Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon. Probably one of the most iconic scenes in the world's history. This famous quote when he first stepped foot on the surface is actually misquoted, and was misheard due to the primitive radios: "That's one small step for [a] man; one giant leap for man-kind." The "a" was not heard on earth and is thus, not part of the famous quote.

Future
Any time after the current date. There are lots of end of the world nuts out there who could give you plenty of dates ranging from May 21, 2011, Dec 21st, 2012, 2016, 2034, 2047... Most of them dreamt up by christian evangelists, so far they've been wrong every single time, dream yourself to one of them and make it happen, or go way into the future and watch the Sun die or a comet strike the earth, or a robotic genocide, the possibilities are endless.

**Exdream** · 01-01-2010 06:34 PM

Great task of the year, I was going to suggest that you have to go to the 5 most well-known locations in the most popular fantasy worlds (Ex - Hogwarts, Minas Tirith, Neverwinter, the White Tower, City of Aydindril)

But this is good too

**Kraftwerk** · 01-01-2010 06:55 PM

This is really cool! I can't wait to watch the end of the dinasaurs... Also: Can you cause the end of the world?

**SweetMelancholy** · 01-01-2010 07:19 PM

Interesting tasks and a tad harder than the tasks of 2009.

**innerspacecadet** · 01-01-2010 07:24 PM

Since it doesn't involve shape-shifting, it might prove doable.

Although, my troubles with shape-shifting in dreams are obviously a matter of psychological blockage, and I should be able to overcome them. Hopefully before this month ends so I can get my damn gold wings already!

**ninja9578** · 01-01-2010 07:37 PM

Originally Posted by Kraftwerk

This is really cool! I can't wait to watch the end of the dinasaurs... Also: Can you cause the end of the world?

Sure, you can cause the end of the world, it's gotta be in the future though

**cygnus** · 01-01-2010 07:40 PM

oh wow this sounds fun. i think i'll actually attempt the task this year

. i already witnessed an asteroid impact last month and it was awesome, so i'm looking forward to the dinosaur extinction

**Kraftwerk** · 01-01-2010 07:40 PM

Originally Posted by ninja9578

Sure, you can cause the end of the world, it's gotta be in the future though

Time to set the big crunch into motion B)

**KittyKatGirlLOL** · 01-02-2010 02:53 AM

It looks much more simpler than last year, since i actually know what this stuff is LOL
wish me luck!!

**redisreddish** · 01-02-2010 02:57 AM

Awesome! I'm definitely going to try.

**EspadaInMyCloset** · 01-02-2010 03:09 AM

Now I actually have time to finish it XD

**Hazel** · 01-02-2010 03:20 AM

I think I'm going to try my hand at this, as one of my New Year's resolutions.

The gladiator fight will be my favorite.

Oh, and don't you mean Red Sea?

**Mariano** · 01-02-2010 03:22 AM

mmm, it needs some images for inspiration ! =P
I'm going to do it !

**Kraftwerk** · 01-02-2010 03:56 AM

Here.. I'll gather some images.

Oh HELL yes. This is gonna be fun

**nina** · 01-02-2010 04:25 AM

I haven't done a lucid task in quite awhile, but I look forward to giving this a shot.

**Muggler** · 01-02-2010 04:46 AM

I really need to step up my game if I want to do this. I'll give it a try! Best of luck to everyone!

**Maria92** · 01-02-2010 05:23 AM

Sounds awesome. I'm game. Bring 'em on!

**Loaf** · 01-02-2010 07:50 AM

Wow. Maybe I'll do this for once?

**mrdeano** · 01-02-2010 12:56 PM

Ohh wow!
I am really liking these tasks! I can't wait to get started :O I am going to participate in a Gladiator match first

that one sounds really fun.

Great job here Ninja!

**ninja9578** · 01-02-2010 02:49 PM

Originally Posted by Hazel

Oh, and don't you mean Red Sea?

No, the Red Sea is huge and doesn't have tidal lows like the Reed Sea. Scientific evidence (as well as ancient Hebrew translations) say that Moses crossed the Reed Sea

**Hazel** · 01-02-2010 05:14 PM

No, the Red Sea is huge and doesn't have tidal lows like the Reed Sea. Scientific evidence (as well as ancient Hebrew translations) say that Moses crossed the Reed Sea

Heh, at first I thought you were just joking. Well, you learn something new every day.

**lovelyrita** · 01-02-2010 09:22 PM

The 1969 one is definitely my favorite. This task is really cool, I can't wait to get started!

**KittyKatGirlLOL** · 01-03-2010 07:47 AM

I'm going to try Neil Armstrong's tonight. I'm gonna push him down, and step on his back and scream "HAHA ladies first, sucka!!". If all goes smoothly, I'll make a documentary about it and make a Warner brothers film. Wish me luck!!

**Creation X** · 01-03-2010 11:47 PM

looks fun, I haven't done tasks in a while, I think I'll give this a shot.

**dark_grimmjow** · 01-04-2010 04:38 AM

Originally Posted by Hazel

I think I'm going to try my hand at this, as one of my New Year's resolutions.

The gladiator fight will be my favorite.

Oh, and don't you mean Red Sea?

Originally Posted by ninja9578

No, the Red Sea is huge and doesn't have tidal lows like the Reed Sea. Scientific evidence (as well as ancient Hebrew translations) say that Moses crossed the Reed Sea

This might help clear up some confusion. http://www.gnmagazine.org/issues/gn1...rchaeology.htm It seems up for debate, but it seems more likely that it is red sea. Either way, it is still a great miracle from God that he parted the waters and then drowned the Egyptians that were chasing the Israelites. If it was the reed sea, it would still be an awesome miracle; because that would mean that God drowned the Egyptians in a few inches of water.

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