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COMPETITION - A Nautical Tale
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Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Jul-10-2011 19:07

To coincide with 'Talk Like a Pirate Day', on September 19, tell a nautical story *aboard (or about) the SS Sleuthetania* using one of the following formats:

1. An 'Mystery Intro' set aboard the Sleuthetania
http://noir.playsleuth.com/map/cityhall/write/intro.spy?new=true

2. A Sea Shanty - a nautical song eg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blow_the_Man_Down
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Australia_(song)

Wikipedia has a wealth of examples.

3. An Entry in the Captain's Journal for an 'incident' on the Sleuthetania. This entry could be written by the Captain, but could also be written by someone else if the Capt. was absent, or the entry demanded a certain viewpoint.

Entry:

A. Deadline: entries in by September 12, 2011. Judged and announced on September 19.

B. Enter via posting in this thread.

- for the Intro please just tell us in this post when you submitted and under what name.

- for the Shanty and Journal Entry try and limit yourself to one entry in this post, but I'm reasonable, so if there's a bit of overflow that's fine.

C. Multiple entries are acceptable.

Prizes:

A. If from 1. The winning entry will appear as an Intro (with the annotation 'Winning Entry etc etc')

If from 2. The Winning Entry will be posted somewhere on the Ship.

If from 3. The Entry will appear as an entry in the Captain's Journal.

B. The winning entry will receive a 3 month sub, a piece of piratey gear and the title 'Salty' (or words to that effect)

- please note the Title is not transferable, and will only be allotted to the sub under which the competition was entered.

c. I reserve, depending on the number of entries, the right to allot a 2nd & 3rd prize.

D. All entries deemed suitable will appear in a collectible Book hidden on the Sleuthetania. [*more...>]

Replies

Cordelia Falco
Cordelia Falco
Battered Shoe

Jul-13-2011 01:09

*checks that her parrot isn't listening*

Lady Jas
Lady Jas
The Chosen One

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AndrewX
AndrewX
Washed Up Punter

Aug-12-2011 08:50

Hi I played Sleuth 3 years ago and now I made a new player.I'm unsubscribed so I guess I can't enter the competition?

Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Aug-13-2011 20:17

Open to all. Subbed or non-subbed.

Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Aug-13-2011 20:20

Heh and I suppose if you are unsubbed and you win then I'd have to give you a sub so you could actually see the Sleuthetania. Mind you if you are unsubbed and you win - double kudos eh for writing about a ship you've never been on. :) :) not impossible or improbable though :)

yoyofoshow
yoyofoshow
Old Shoe

Aug-28-2011 19:21

I've never really tried one of these things out but this looks like it's right up my alley.

yoyofoshow
yoyofoshow
Old Shoe

Aug-28-2011 22:35

Could someone doing the sleuthetania missions PM me some of the 'filler text'. I haven't experienced those missions yet.

Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Aug-29-2011 19:44

I would but err I haven't done them myself :D

Andrew Corelli
Andrew Corelli
Huntsman

Sep-11-2011 21:20

*Format 3, entry in the Captain's Journal*

Today we found a rather interesting ship. It was around the second watch when we saw a pirate ship, travelling without lights and with so few crew members they even didn't answer the radio. But right when we were about to shoot them, they showed their true colors: it was a theatre company ship--that is, according to the captain of that ship, Capt. Flint, a vessel whose mission it was to entertain every ship they could find. I'd never heard of that kind of ship, but they showed a rather interesting (and amateur) judging by the nervous way they acted, play about pirates looking for buried gold ,and the treachery of the crew. They even had a couple of real-looking prop guns. At the end I invited them to dinner, but they refused on the grounds that they had to keep travelling. It was a good thing since hours later the chef told me that all the silverware was gone; I would have felt terrible if they had realized we didn't even have a spoon. Yet I'm sure this morning all the silverware was in its place.

Riza Hawkeye
Riza Hawkeye
First Nomad

Sep-11-2011 21:45

Format 1: Intro #1787 submitted September 11, 2011 under Riza Hawkeye.

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