nogoodnamesleft said:

I cheated and started early on the strains I had initially picked for this.

I can do some other varieties on the 1st though to make up for it and ill still include the early starters as well.

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Buddaking said:

I am going to start at 1205 on the 1st.
That gives me time to get fresh with the ole lady, Beat the children & put em to bed, Grab a good ole military shower then have a nice long corn liquer induced sporeorgy...

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GypsyBastard said:

Someone had asked me about starting early in a message because they had just started a variant before seeing the LAGM thread. This is the response I have to really most questions of the nature.

" All starting at the same time and starting from spores really are the only two "rules" I think they have previously held but there is also nothing at stake here other than the community and knowledge. I would say start some on the first and just go ahead and include the (early variant) in your log as well. If there do end up being any prizes or contests the I would say the (early variant) would be out for those but still plenty to contribute to the log and community."

Just to elaborate a little bit. I am trying to approach this not as my rules but the rules of the spirit of LAGM in general. The spirit of this, as I see and understand it, is about community and shared experiences and critical mass of minds and knowledge so that all involved both gain and contribute to create greater minds and greater knowledge for all involved.

As such, I have a hard time saying anyone be excluded from that over a technicality. The thread loses and the member loses. However....
I almost feel it more important to consider the psychological effects of the sooner on the community. Part of the thrill of anything co-op event like this is, as Inthepit mentioned, the flood of share experiences. 01/01/2021-01/05/2021 is going to be a massive flood of spores and plates and sterile teks. Then waiting. Then the next step but these steps will be shared, with 10s of people doing each part almost simultaneously. It takes away for that to have those one or two people post fruits and fruiting teks with everyone else is just going to grain.

This is about knowledge and more info is a plus, but not so at the cost of diminishing the experience. If you have already started and have more spores, I strongly encourage starting more no sooner than 00:00.01 01\01\2021 your local time.
If you haven't started yet, I ask that you wait and start with the thread.
I totally get many may be doing other things or in no mindset for lab work at that time; no worries. I may have to start mine in the morning. It makes not real difference but in the spirit of LAGM, I will start a few hours late rather than a few hours early.

With that being said, enough rules talk grab some spores, grab some agar, and let's grow some things and learn some things!!!!

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