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Mar-1-2007 13:41

In honor of that lousy waste of a month February being over, I have decided to hold the first-ever Sleuth March Madness Tournament!

The premise is pretty simple. We compile a list of 64 of the game's most recognizable players, seed them into a tournament bracket, and allow Sleuthville to vote for the "best" in each matchup.

Rules for eligibility:
You must be subscribed and over 30 days old
You must PM me with your intent to enter the tournament or to nominate an eligible member for the tournament. If you are nominating someone, you must also be subscribed and older than 30 days.
Entries and nominations should be messaged ASAP. As soon as we get 64, the seeding process will begin and the matchups will be posted.

After the initial bracket is filled, I will post a few matchups here every day. Then, the people involved in those matchups will have an opportunity to say "anything" on this thread that they feel will allow them to advance to the next round of competition. Sleuthville votes will be what decides the winners, and voting information will be coming soon.

The overall winner of this tournament will receive $100,000 sleuth cash.

Please begin sending your nominations and entries to me ASAP, and good luck!

Mar-3-2007 18:32

AMENDMENT:

Voters will only be eligible if:
They are over 30 days old
Are not a "double" of an existing voting character

Mar-3-2007 19:29

I am heading out the door to travel to Vegas for my wedding ( I know, very excited). I just want to let everyone know that I am very honored to be nominated and I treasure all of the friendships I have made here at Sleuth.

Thanks for thinking of me!
Lil

Mar-3-2007 19:35

ooh Congratulations Lil!

I hope you have a flying Elvis coming!!!! :)

Mar-3-2007 21:41

***OFFICIAL BRACKET POOL ANNOUNCEMENT***

The bracket form has now been set up. In order to receive the link, you will have to submit your $1000 (sorry, the price has been changed due to my cheapness complaints lol) any way you wish. You can do this by PMing me under either Biggie528 or Special_K and making arrangements to transfer the money. I can either invite you to the AVL Clearinghouse London Branch and you can deposit the money in the safe, or send the AVL Courier to you to pick up the money from your agency directly.

Once the money is received, I will PM you the link to the bracket. PLEASE do not pass this address out, I will be able to weed out people who didn't pay but I don't want to have to do a lot of it.

DIRECTIONS FOR FILLING OUT YOUR BRACKET:

Fill your name in the top box called "Characters Name"

Choose the name of your projected from the drop down lists *Please note that if you choose a name in later rounds which you have already eliminated, it will be considered null and you will not move forward, so look carefully at who you've already eliminated*

Click the button at the bottom to submit your selections.

To research ahead of time, please check out Serges' fabulous looking brackets at: www.lkentertainment.net/sleuth/brackets.html

**ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE IN BY NOON SERVER TIME ON TUESDAY, MARCH 6**

PM me with any questions and good luck!

Mar-3-2007 21:50

ooh and also, it would be good if I told you how the system works:

For each round you make your picks correctly, you will receive points:

Round 1 (64 members): 1 point

Round 2 (32 members): 2 points

Round 3 (16 members): 4 points

Round 4 (8 members): 8 points

Round 5 (4 members): 16 points

Round 6 (2 members): 32 points

The person with the most points at the end of March Madness is the winner! In case of a tie, the winnings will be split.

Remember that the amount you win is based on how many people enter the pool, so encourage others to join as well! :)

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Mar-4-2007 01:09

Alright, here are the first group of matchups!

Remember, voting does not start until TOMORROW for these matchups, however, the competitors and their 3 spokesmen may each make their persuasive post anytime from now to when the polls close.

The matchups being decided on Monday, March 5th, are:

(4) Tinuviel vs. (13) Yoyofoshow
(8) Ranier Peperhaut vs. (9) Zanjana
(6) Ms Helen Corning vs. (11) Shannonbanshee
(2) Coco Cola vs. (15) Longwater

Results of these matches will be posted on Tuesday, March 6th.


(previous modded post contain inaccurate pairings)

Mar-4-2007 01:32

*buys a thesaurus, a rhyming dictionary, a Vanilla Ice greatest hits album, a cameo full of bear fat and a pound of frozen bacon from that weird kid who's always in front of my building in anticipation of his throwdown*

Mar-4-2007 01:51

.......... Dream sequence begin ...........

Beauful women in spandex line a white stair case... A suave angelic Frankie Avalon smiles and saunters down the stairs. Music wafts in the background, the beautiful women sway to the beat, and he sings, "Beauty School Drop Out... "

The Music Screeches to a halt suddenly. A Giant Acorn swings across the staircase, careering into the angelic figure, wiping him off the stage.

Moments later Secret Squirrel comes trotting down the stairs, "Get yer own dream sequence Pretty Boy", he shouts at the limping and somewhat dishevelled Avalon.

SS makes his way to the nearby microphone, as the Giant Acorn swings to a halt behind him. The words "VOTE 1 Yoyofoshow" burn brightly on it's facade.

"So you all know why I'm here", SS begins, "So let's keep it short and to the point... GO NUTS!!!" Someone coughs in the background "No Nuts!"

"Err yes", Squirrel shuffles his little feet and looks apologetic, "In summary..." he looks at the back of his hand and then looks off stage and whispers, #all I have is that he's a teen, and not a tool!#

#Well...# comes the whispered reply.

SS shrugs, "VOTE 1 Yoyofoshow, he's a teen, and not a tool!"

#And...# comes the whisper from the sidelines.

"Oh yes', SS raises his hands above his head, "GO NUTS!!!".

A giant shepherds crook appears from the side of the stage...

.......... Dream sequence end ...........

lol if you didn't get it, VOTE 1 Yoyo. It's a vote for him, and it's a vote to remind all us old(ish) fogies that this game 'can' be for 'everyone': age, sex, colour or creed.

Squirrel out.

Mar-4-2007 02:29

Thanks for the nomination, I'm honored. But Im not on much during the week... So will be hard for me to follow this. If someone wants to post for me when my matchup is coming. Feel free ;)