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ABOUT THE CHALLENGE
// 16 weeks of creative chaos, one spreadsheet of truth, and a single champion left standing. Here's the story behind EAYL Taskmaster.
about --what-is-this
What is EAYL Taskmaster?
> EAYL Taskmaster is an EAYL Academy competition inspired by the cult TV show — a season-long battle of creativity, cunning, and committing fully to a bad idea. Over 16 weeks,25 players take on a new task each week and fight for a place at the top of the leaderboard.
> Tasks range from the clever to the chaotic: keep an egg alive for seven days, build something out of nothing, bend the rules without technically breaking them. There's rarely one right answer — just the most points.
> Some weeks you compete solo, some weeks as a squad. Points stack up across the season into both individual and team standings, until only one winner remains.
$ count weeks
16
Weeks
$ count players
25
Players
$ count tasks --done
2
Tasks completed
$ sum points
153
Points awarded
about --how-it-works
$ release task
A new brief drops every week — a creative, often ridiculous challenge with a strict deadline.
$ submit entry
Players interpret the brief however they dare and send in their attempt before time runs out.
$ judge --taskmaster
The Taskmaster reviews every entry and awards points. The decision is final, fair-ish, and non-negotiable.
$ update leaderboard
Points roll into the individual and team standings. Rankings shift, rivalries ignite, repeat.
whoami --taskmaster
Callum Mohan
The Taskmaster
> Callum Mohan is the creator, host, and supreme authority of EAYL Taskmaster. He writes the tasks, sets the deadlines, judges every entry, and awards the points — generously, arbitrarily, and absolutely.
> His word is law. His scoring is final. His reasoning is occasionally shared, never appealed. If you think a decision was unfair, you are probably right, and it will not be changing.
> Every brief, every twist, and every questionable points total flows from one source — this whole thing is, and will always be, a Callum Mohan production.