MDL's 2025 Challenge FAQ and Discussion

Can I watch mostly movies and short films for this challenge? I want to complete all 26 blocks but discovered challenges late in the year.

 Shiro:

You may also use anything you watched this year before you joined the challenge.

Whoa okay, that's cool! Is it wrong to assume that I can check what I watched this year by going to each series and movie's history tab in the edit view of any title? I never made a "Watched in 2025" custom list.
Like this:

 Shiro:

Go for it

Ended up making a custom list of what I watched earlier this year by going through my completed list instead.

I have another question: I just got done adding all the movies and dramas I want to watch for the challenge and was wondering what to do about the Airport District. It says "watch at least 20 series/movies of a country to get a stamp" but does that mean it counts series from the optional Districts as well? Because if you don't count those, you can't fulfill the stamps of all countries. In the main challenge, 26 blocks have 132 titles and 132 / 20 = 6.6 not 7 which is needed for all countries to have at least one stamp.

 Florentina:

Ended up making a custom list of what I watched earlier this year by going through my completed list instead.

I have another question: I just got done adding all the movies and dramas I want to watch for the challenge and was wondering what to do about the Airport District. It says "watch at least 20 series/movies of a country to get a stamp" but does that mean it counts series from the optional Districts as well? Because if you don't count those, you can't fulfill the stamps of all countries. In the main challenge, 26 blocks have 132 titles and 132 / 20 = 6.6 not 7 which is needed for all countries to have at least one stamp. 

The challenge has multiple rounds, so if you complete all the blocks, then you've completed round 1 and can go for round 2. Now all the blocks are available again and you can put new titles in the prompts. So it's possible to watch as many titles and get as many stamps as you would like! 

 ColourMePurple:

For a title with a rating that should be 6 or less, does it count if it's upto 6.9 or it should be 6.0 and under?

6.0, there is a link provided with that search in the form. 

 ColourMePurple:

I just noticed it now. Thanks.

For hide and seek, does it strictly have to be a game?

Im not really sure how to answer this, but I guess so since the word play is used. But if you can find another type of play that includes hide and seek it's ok

 ColourMePurple:

Thank you. Struggling a bit with this prompt which is why I keep asking coz I have seen scenes where characters are hiding and being sought but it isn't a game but it is also not something like a criminal hiding. I decided to skip the prompt for now until I get lucky.

The hide and seek (like most prompts for this challenge) has a rec list linked to it.

 Pinwheel:

Hey, so this is a few days late but perhaps it could help you still. On your MDL settings there's a tab called Widgets where you can select "completed" titles and it will show you the most recent titles you've marked as complete, you can decide how many. It's not a perfect list, because if you change the rating of previously completed titles, those will also show as recently completed. But it works for me when I don't remember what I've watched recently or even a few months ago.

Whoa, I didn't know about this trick! I mean, I knew about the widget but had no idea it can be used in this way. Thanks a lot for the tip! :D