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Oct-1-2009 22:03

Do you have what it takes to outlast all others? Do you think you can rise above the rest and stand out as the ultimate contender? Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to Survivor: Sleuthville!

10 Detectives enter, face off against each other in a different challenge every week, and the last left standing will be crowned Sleuth Noir Survivor! The winner will walk away with a one-year subscription to Sleuth Noir and bragging rights over the entire community. The rules are simple:

1. The first ten Detectives to post an entry will be entered and placed on two teams of five.

2. It's advisable to be subscribed. Some of the challenges may require travel, and if you can't participate, it's likely your team will vote you off at elimination. I won't bar anyone based on this, but it's your call.

3. The losing team at the end of each event will have to vote off one member. To do that each team member will submit a PM to me, which will remain anonymous with the name of the person he or she is voting for, and a short reason why. It can be as simple as-

Name: Heimlich VonVictor
Why: He didn't write any of the poem. It's no wonder we lost!

4. Challenges will be one week long and a winner will be announced at the end, in the event of a tie, a coin will be flipped.

5. Anyone may enter including mods, editors, or even Ben and Sunny themselves if they so choose.

6. The contest will begin when all ten detectives have entered and been placed on teams. It will conclude after nine weeks of elimination challenges.

That's all! Get out there and outwit, outplay, and outlast!

Feb-18-2010 19:12

*really nervous at being in a room with a bunch of really smart folks*

I do not know how many outside of your group (that being the most talented and involved players) have been watching this competition, but for those who do and do not post I would like to acknowledge and congratulate all of the contestants. I was drawn into this thread back in the day when there was a solicitation for endorsements. I tentatively responded. While responding I did a little browsing, and what I found was a community of friendly, welcoming competitors.

I have always enjoyed competition, that is when I was able to appreciate and recognize the skill required, both as a participant and a spectator. Thank you all, for in my curiosity I have discovered a new world. Your talents and personas have opened a multitude of doors exposing desires, excitement, awe, envy, wishful thinking, possibilities, and so much more. In short, I have seen some of the best of the best in Sleuthville and found new ways to repsect and appreciate what has been built here.

Even as I now aspire to, I do not presume to be capable of your expertise. I suspect RL, if nothing else, will corral me. But I am happy to be able to observe and, in some small way, contribute from time to time. And I thank all of you for this blessing.

Alas I have again exposed my prolixity.

Let me simply add one thought. My hat comes off and I salute Heimlich Von Victor. You have superbly orchestrated this competition with welcoming tact, discretion, strategy, imagination and authority. You have spotlighted the best of the participants. And in doing so, you have demonstrated your own prodigious talent. You are, in addition to your title "Story Teller", the "Game Master - Potissimus Optimus".

*really hopes he hasn't made a really big fool of himself, especially after he realizes he really uses some words really often - too often. ... Darn.*

Feb-19-2010 00:27

The entries are in, and boy are they something! I wouldn't be surprised to see these cities popping up very soon.

Joseph Zeo's Moscow:
http://tinyurl.com/moscowjz

Anais Nin's Cuidad de los Cesares:
http://tinyurl.com/loscesaresan

Riza Hawkeye's The Sleuthville Express:
http://tinyurl.com/sleuthvilleexpressrh

For some reason on Riza's entry the conversion didn't take, so here is a picture of what her map should look like:
http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/3457/trainmap.jpg

Judges please let me know your decisions :)

Feb-19-2010 00:41

awesome!

Feb-19-2010 01:37

Looks great. Rizas original link that you posted worked fine for me. I saw it all.

Great job everyone!

Feb-19-2010 08:03

Impressive everyone! Ben...looks like there's some good ideas here!! :)

Feb-19-2010 09:30

Wow guys, they all look like great places to visit. It must have taken a lot of work to put together.

Feb-19-2010 14:42

Difficult to choose between those new cities... But each one interests me Judges, make a wise decision ^^ (And Ben, can't we implement all these things? xD)

Feb-19-2010 16:20

Haha, dance my little puppets, dance!


all of the submissions were fantastic, I wish we COULD implement all these! Ben!* poke* Ben! Benbenbenbenben!

Feb-19-2010 20:56

Ladies and Gentlemen, the results are in. Every contestant received at least one vote, and all of the judges expressed that they loved all of the submissions and wish that they could all become part of the game. Great job guys.

However, one submission did receive more votes than the other two. The person who has received immunity for this week is...





Joseph Zeo!

Congrats Joseph, as you are the only contestant not on the chopping block this week, and the other two contestants would just cancel each other out, the duty falls to you to cast this week's only vote. Please PM me your vote within 24 hours.

A special thanks to the judges' panel this week, made up of several former contestants, and a very special thank you to Miss Molly Maltese who designed this final challenge.

Feb-20-2010 00:44

NO! Dont tell them, I'll be lynched!
*goes into hiding*