MDL's 2025 Challenge FAQ and Discussion

 Magnoliee:

Hi Shiro, thank you for your answer! 🤗 That's great! 

In addition to my previous post I've another question, if I understand it right: 

Would it be possible to make up myself five prompts (from the Art District) and exchange them with five prompts from five arbitrarily Blocks? For example exchange them with the prompts "Mentioned in a game" (Block 2), "Festival/Faire" (Block 12), "Signage" (Block 17), "Bridge" (Block 21) and "Athletic arena" (Block 22) ?

Thank you! 😃

Yes. Perfectly acceptable

 AthenaTheStorierX:

An arena is a place where sports and other events are hosted for an audience. It’s built for an audience, meaning that there are built-in seats of some sort, and a field/stage of some sort. So it depends on the set up.

if the type of play/opera is a traditional art form of a culture, then yes.

Athletic Arena - There didn't seem to be any built-in seats in the rural wrestling competition.  Same drama, another episode, a wrestling match is also held in the city at what seems to be an indoor stadium. Again, I didn't notice any seating as the camera focus was on the match.

So, does the no (visible) seating  rule out both of these above scenarios - ?

How about these dramas?

1) FL running at a school's athletic field.  There were stadium style rising seats, but at a distance.

2) ML playing basketball at an outdoor court, some cheering people seated on scattered benches around the court. 

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The Double - Play/opera - I googled it and it does seem to be in the tradition of ancient Chinese operas  with the singing and painted face etc. So, I'm going to use this then.

Thanks!!

 Shiro:

Q: Athletic Arena - There didn't seem to be any built-in seats in the rural wrestling competition.  Same drama, another episode, a wrestling match is also held in the city at what seems to be an indoor stadium. Again, I didn't notice any seating as the camera focus was on the match.

So, does the no (visible) seating  rule out both of these above scenarios. 

A: I would probably recommend you use the first one in  block numner 15: Athletic competition. 

As for the second one if it is held in a stadium go for it you do not have to see the seats. If not you can use that one for athletic competition 😉

Q: How about these dramas?

1) FL running at a school's athletic field.  There were stadium style rising seats, but at a distance.

A: Seems more like field training, not an arena. 

2) ML playing basketball at an outdoor court, some cheering people seated on scattered benches around the court. 

A: This is a basketball court not an arena. 

Re. seating - got it. 

This is a screenshot of the one that looks like an indoor stadium - link.

And FL running - uploaded a screenshot here. 

Can I use any of these for Athletic arena? 

Also, if a concert or something other than a sports event is held in a stadium/arena, I'm guessing it still counts for this prompt - ?

Thanks @Shiro!

 Grumpy Witch:

Hello. I have two questions: 

First, I think I found a blockbuster for Block 14, Crash Landing on You. The only thing is it doesn't outright just  say "Family" , it 's tagged as family business,  family dispute, mother son relationship and things like that. Would that still  be acceptable? 

Second,  even if it isn't, I also found a Blockbuster for Block 13.  If I choose to use this , does that mean one block is completed, in this case Block 13,  even if I don't complete the extra prompt in the Runway District?

Thank you for any clarification you can provide.
 

Re. CLOY - I'd also like to get this clarified since I too had CLOY put down for block 14. I thought it did count since it had so many Family related tags.

Edited to add - I also have another block where 4 out of 5 prompts are from the same drama. For the fifth prompt, can I use a prompt from the Art District to get a blockbuster? I know it is only one blockbuster for the whole challenge, so asking this in case CLOY doesn't work out.

@bitcoolkat

Theres nothing in the rules against using a art destrict create-your-own prompt as part of a blockbuster. But i would like to just note that it defeats the point of the Blockbuster extra challenge.

I have a lot of questions now that I am finally going through the blocks. Bear with me.

1. In block 5:1 City in the title - does Check in Hanyang count? As per Wikipedia, Hanyang was one of the  old names for Seoul.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Seoul

2. For the art block, create your own prompts, does the new prompt have to match the theme of the block. Example if I am replacing the prompt mentioned in a game, does the new prompt have to match the MDL theme of the block or can it be random like "child supporting actor", "spot a cat", etc?

3. Block 6:5 Park Attendant is one of the options. Is that a person who admits people into a park or theme park or a parking lot attendant or someone else?

4. For block 7:4 Performer/Celebrity, can I use a reality show like Boys Planet about training to be idols (would they count as main/supporting characters?) or real life celebs in Rented in Finland? Or does it have to be a fictional character playing a performer/celebrity? 

5. In blocks 7:5 as well as 9:3, politicians are mentioned in the prompt. The difference between one is a main/supporting character and the other is a spot a character. Is that correct? Just looking to confirm.

That's all for now. Thanks in advance!

 AthenaTheStorierX:

I’m not sure what youre asking here? Using a blockbuster at any point in the challenge automatically counts as your blockbuster completion of the extra challenge in Runway District. And you can only use 1 blockbluster.

Thank you for the clarification.

Yes, I know only one Blockbuster may be used. My question is, any block that is used to fulfill the Blockbuster be considered completed. Like if CLOY did meet all the requirements would that mean Block 14 can be marked completed and would that count as 1 block done?

 Grumpy Witch:

Thank you for the clarification.

Yes, I know only one Blockbuster may be used. My question is, any block that is used to fulfill the Blockbuster be considered completed. Like if CLOY did meet all the requirements would that mean Block 14 can be marked completed and would that count as 1 block done?

Yes.