MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet

 

Starting date: January 1st

Link to your Drama list: https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/IvyButton

Progress Habitat:

 


Taxonomy 

In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that according to type or genre. 

3. All About the Gen(r)es  

Progress:

Watch a title from one of the following genres

Choice of Route. 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Historical 

OR 

Sci-Fi 

The Forbidden
 Marriage
HistoricalJune 18, 2023

Comedy 

OR

Tragedy

Big
ComedyDecember 
20 , 2023

Thriller

OR

Romance

Kill It
ThrillerOctober
23, 2023

Youth 

OR

Political 

Reborn Rich
PoliticalJune 19,
2023

Action 

OR

Life

Team Bulldog: Off-duty Investigation
ActionMarch 22,
2023

Getting up Close and Personal 

In the following habitats you are asked to find essentials that have to do with  relationships and the human experience most of these are tags, but in some cases we have  inclosed a list or used the words features so please pay attention. We would also like to warn sensitive participants , as some of the routes  below are indeed dark. but remember you can always choose a lighter route. 



11. Finding a Mate

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

 First Love 

OR 

Nudity: one of the following Nudity/Sexual content | Brief Nudity | Prolonged Nudity | Partial Nudity | Mild Sexual Content | Sexual Content | Extreme Sexual Content

F4 Thailand : Boys 
over  flowers
First
Love
May 16,
2023

Age Gap [Drama Life]  

OR 

Classmates' Relationship 

Fireworks of My 
Heart
ClassmatesAugust 
31,
2023

features a Heterosexual relationship  

OR 

Same-Sex relationship

Roomates of
Poongduck 304
Same - Sex
relationship
September 11,
2023

 Enemies to Lovers 

OR 

Love at First Sight

Love to Hate You
Enemies to
Lovers
November
13, 2023

Nice Female Lead / Male Lead 

OR 

Aggressive Female Lead /Male  Lead

Navillera
Nice male
lead
August 24,
2023


12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying

Progress:

Choice of Route  

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Slight Comedy 


OR


Black Comedy

Love Like the 
Galaxy : Part 1
Slight
Comedy
October 5,
2023

Happy Ending 

OR 

features some type of Doomsday

Lost Romance
Happy
Ending
May 31,
2023

Tragic Past 

OR 

Sketch Comedy

Alchemy of Souls
Tragic
Past
December 31, 2023

features a Celebration 

OR

Mourning

King the Land
CelebrationDecember 30, 2023

 Healing 

OR

Suicide

Love Between Fairy and Devil
SuicideAugust 7,
2023


13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

features a Religious Leader 

OR

Some type of God

The Heavenly Idol
Religious
Leader
October 27,
2023

Misunderstanding 

OR

Character Development

Go Back Couple
MisunderstandingJanuary 17,
2023

 Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot 

OR

LGBTQ+

Birthcare Center
Female -
centered
plot
September
8, 2023

Suspense 

OR 

Slow Burn Story / Slow Burn Romance

Reset
SuspenseJanuary 11,
2023

 Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead 

OR 

Discrimination

Love Alarm
Popular
Male
Lead
November
17, 2023





Treats

This is where you  gather  treats, to use whenever you wish to avoid the paths given in a habitat. You come up with the treats  on your own, they may not cover anything mentioned in this challenge (but you may use previous years' prompts for inspiration). Every time you start a new stage, you will be awarded a new number of treats according to the table below. 

My Treats!

Plains

Used:

/5

Forest

Used:

 /4

Mountain

Used:

 /3

Space

Used: 

/2

Black Hole

Used:

/1

Route

Essential

Substitute for

Notes

Completed


 




















MDL Watch Challenge 2023 Sign-up Sheet

 

Starting date: 1st Jan 2023

Link to your Drama list: https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/periwinkleeluna

Progress Habitat:

 


Taxonomy 

In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that according to type or genre. 

1. Type

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Web Series

OR

 TV SHOW*

At least 5 episodes of  a title listed as a Tv Show The episodes do not need to be in consecutive order. Please list episode air dates OR episode numbers

Singles Inferno Season 3 

watched episodes 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5


       

MOVIE

OR

DRAMA SPECIAL

Dream



       ✓

Co-Produced 


OR 

Starring an Actor/Actress in a project from a country NOT on MDL

Big Bet



        ✓
       

Anthology 

OR 

Omnibus

heart.zip




        ✓

Adapted from a manga / webtoon / manhua / manhwa / Comic

Or

Adapted From a Novel / Book


Moving

adapted from webtoon

       ✓


2. Is it True?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Advertisement  

OR 

Educational (tries to teach viewers something-not the same as the school genre)




Independent Film 

OR 

Propaganda




Documentary Genre


OR


 Mockumentary




Adapted from Folklore 

OR 

Inspired by Real Events / Real Person




Historical Fiction 

OR 

Historical genre  + tag Based on True Story





3. All About the Gen(r)es  

Progress: 5/5

Watch a title from one of the following genres

Choice of Route. 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Historical 

OR 

Sci-Fi 

Jung_E


Comedy 

OR

Tragedy

The Forbidden Marriage


Thriller

OR

Romance

Hit The Spot


Youth 

OR

Political 

Twinkling Watermelon


Action 

OR

Life

The Good Bad Mother



Time is Relative

In the following habitats your mission is to find essentials that have something to do with time,  in the first habitat you are instructed to find essentials that started airing  between certain dates, in the second  and third one  you get to dig deeper in to the concept of time 

4. Year of Origin   

Tutorial

Progress:  5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

in 2023

OR

1940-1959

Love to Hate You





1990-1999

OR

the year a member on this page joined MDL (link to the account/challenge form)

Work Later, Drink Now

 Shiro joined in 2021



2000-2010

OR

the month (not necessarily the year) you were born

Cold Blooded Intern


August


year generated by this website

OR

1950-1969

Lovestruck In The City

2010,2010,2014,2018,2020



2017-2022

OR

1970-1989

Alchemy Of Souls Season 2 

2022




5. Duration of The Hike

 Tutorial

Progress:5/5

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

 Short Length Series

 OR

 Short Film 

 

Chart Running Scholar


DRAMA with 20-30 minute episodes 

Or

DRAMA with  30 episodes or more. 

The Real Has Come
50 ep

DRAMA with 30-40 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts 90 minutes or longer.

 Bitch X Rich

35 min

DRAMA with 40-50 minute episodes

OR

MOVIE that lasts  180 minutes or longer. 

The Glory
50 min

DRAMA with at least one episode that last over 60 minutes

OR

DRAMA with 8 episodes or less.  

Kimi no Koto Dake Mite Itai
4 ep


6. Time Can Be Confusing 

Progress: 5/5

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Full second season of a DRAMA

OR 

Only 1 episode of a DRAMA

Poong, the Joseon Psychiatrist Season 2 


Different Timelines  

OR 

Time Loop

Celebrity

         ✓

Time Skip 

OR  

Time Travel

My Perfect Stranger


Winter 

OR 

Summer

Single’s Inferno Season 2
summer setting

Fall  

OR

Spring

Love And Leashes

         ✓


The Chronicles of MDL 

In the following  habitats your mission is to find essentials by exploring MDL, your personal favourites and  those others have awarded or written about. 

7. Sharing is Caring

Tutorials: 1  2  3

Progress:

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

that has been on your PTW for longer than you can remember


OR

from the Watchlist of another user doing this challenge







with less than 10,000 viewers

OR

ranked 1-1000 (if you have seen them all you can go for 1001)







DRAMA with the smallest number of episodes in your PTW list 

OR

DRAMA with the highest number of episodes in your PTW list







mentioned in the MDL Forums

Or

mentioned in the MDL Feeds (any feeds)







with the newest release date in your PTW list


OR

with a release date older than the oldest title in your Watchlist







8. Examined…

Tutorial

Progress: 

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

on your Recommendations page (add a link to the page) 

Or

appearing in the first 5 pages of MDL Home Trailers section (add a link to the trailer)







found on a Custom List (add a link to the list).

OR

found on a Voting List in the list index (add a link to the list).







from your most viewed tags 

Or

from your least viewed genres under your profile stats







with someone or something mentioned in a Game on MDL (add a link to the game)

Or

found mentioned in an  Article on MDL (add a link to the article)







with over 10 Reviews

OR

with 0 Reviews when you started watching it








9. Your Fanciers and Westminsters

For this habitat, we ask you to link to the award/person's page.

*List with awards

Progress: 

Choice of Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

Award-winning

OR

by the same writer as one of your favorites







from an award-winning director

OR

that has one of your favorite actresses







from an award-winning screenwriter

OR

that has one of your favorite actors






from an award-winning actor

OR

by the same director as one of your favorite titles







from an award-winning actress


OR

by a director/writer you haven't seen anything from before








Getting up Close and Personal 

In the following habitats you are asked to find essentials that have to do with  relationships and the human experience most of these are tags, but in some cases we have  inclosed a list or used the words features so please pay attention. We would also like to warn sensitive participants , as some of the routes  below are indeed dark. but remember you can always choose a lighter route. 



12. Laugh it Off or Die Trying

Progress:

Choice of Route  

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Slight Comedy 


OR


Black Comedy




Happy Ending 

OR 

features some type of Doomsday




Tragic Past 

OR 

Sketch Comedy




features a Celebration 

OR

Mourning




 Healing 

OR

Suicide





13. Seeing is Believing… and some other stuff

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

features a Religious Leader 

OR

Some type of God




Misunderstanding 

OR

Character Development




 Female-Centered Plot / Male-Centered Plot 

OR

LGBTQ+




Suspense 

OR 

Slow Burn Story / Slow Burn Romance




 Popular Male Lead / Popular Female Lead 

OR 

Discrimination






Significant details 

In the following  habitats we ask of you to look for the details in the significant scenes, in the first one (14) we ask you to notice the surroundings, in the other the objects involved (15).  

14. Where Are We?     

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

On a Field  

OR 

On a Cliff




In the Woods 

OR

By the Sea




In a Jungle 

OR 

On a Rooftop




On a Mountain 

OR 

On an Island




In a City 


OR


In a Small Town





15. Humans Have So Many Things

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

An Umbrella 

OR

A Backpack




A Truck  

OR

A Sports Car




A Smartphone 

OR

A Phone Booth



 

A Suit /Dress 

OR

A Hoodie




A Book 

OR

A Crossbow





The Main Attraction 

-In the following  habitats your mission is to find  essentials where one of the main characters  (listed as a main) either is ..., gets a... has a...  Each route will either include a a tag or a link to a list with more detailed instructions. 

 16. Who Are We?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Child Actor/Actress 

OR 

Veteran Actor/Actress 




Idol actor/ Idol actress 

OR

Former Child Actor/Actress 




Trans gender identity  (different than the gender assigned to them at birth)  

OR

Cis gender Identity   (same as the gender assigned to them at birth)




Able Bodied 

OR

Living with a disability 




Public Figure  

OR

Hidden Identity







Pay attention, it can be gone in a flash

-In the following  habitats your mission is to find essentials  that feature  the following things. Each route includes a link to a list with more detailed instructions. 

19. The Petting Zoo

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Pet  

OR 

Pest




Talking Pet  

OR

Animal Death




Zoo animal  

OR

Farm Animal




Veterinarian  

OR

Animal Control




Romantic Ride on a Horse  

OR

Horse Ridden to Out to War





 

21.Friendly Ways to Live or Die

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Funeral Director 

OR

Birth care (Postpartum care)




Virtual Reality  

OR 

Ghosts




Corruption 

OR

Teamwork




Friendly Game  

OR

Death Game




Friendship 

OR

Bullying





22. Who Am I When I Am With You?

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Colleagues 

OR

Inmates




Bromance 

OR 

Sismance




Parent-Child 

OR

Sibling 




Assailant-Victim 

OR

Student-Teacher




Doctor-Patient 

OR

Soldier





Name and Cover 

In the following habitats we ask of you to pay  attention to the name and cover of the title.  For the first one (23) your mission is to find titles that have one of the following things. For the second one (24)  your mission is to look at the cover. Each route includes a link to a list with  more detailed instructions. 

23. It's Only Words in the Name 

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Celestial Body 

OR  

Body Part 




Color 


OR


Emotion 




Object 

OR

Verb 




Animal

OR

Number 




Season 

OR

Calendar-related word 





24. Pretty Pictures on the Cover   

Progress:

Choice of Route 

Essentials 

Notes

Completed 

Domesticated Animal 


OR


Wild Animal 




Flower 

OR 

Building 




Light Colors 

OR

Dark Colors 




Rainbow 

OR

Door 




Only Words 

OR 

Geometrical Shapes 





Origin

-In the following habitat your mission is to find essentials from the countries of MDL. You get to choose either watch 5 titles from 5 different countries Or watch  7 titles from 7 different countries. 

Note:  You must  gather essentials from all 7 countries in every environment if you wish to get to the next stage (environment) of the challenge.  You may not use treats in the international habitat if you wish to get the TIGER badge.

25.  Countries of MDL

Progress: 

Route

Essentials

Notes

Completed

China




Hong Kong




Japan




Philippines




South Korea




Taiwan




Thailand





Treats

This is where you  gather  treats, to use whenever you wish to avoid the paths given in a habitat. You come up with the treats  on your own, they may not cover anything mentioned in this challenge (but you may use previous years' prompts for inspiration). Every time you start a new stage, you will be awarded a new number of treats according to the table below. 

My Treats!

Plains

Used:

/5

Forest

Used:

 /4

Mountain

Used:

 /3

Space

Used: 

/2

Black Hole

Used:

/1

Route

Essential

Substitute for

Notes

Completed


 



















xxmai locked this Dec 31, 2023 04:52 pm
xxmai unlocked this Dec 31, 2023 04:59 pm