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Jun-19-2012 20:57

People of Sleuthville, lend me your ears!
I call out now to all you tomb-raiders and treasure seekers! To those who love the thrill of a good treasure hunt!

In the spirit of friendly competition i propose a challenge.
This challenge will require 10 adventurous detectives to be split onto 2 Teams, each team consisting of 5 members, in 2 newly made Agencies of my own making in NY.

These two agencies will compete against each other in Treasure Hunts.
The first team to get their agency to 7,000 Fame wins:

$200,000 Prize to be split among the team evenly.
(Working out to $40,000 a piece for each teammate...not too shabby huh?)
Also each team after the contest ends will vote amongst themselves on who alone among their team was MVP (someone who went above and beyond, did a really excellent job, etc) The MVP's from Both teams will win a 3 month gift subscription from me personally.
You also win bragging rights and honor for your home agencies on being an awesome treasure hunter.
Whether your team chooses single or multi-city hunt strategy is entirely up to you.

Obviously this competition will run for a while, (I'm venturing a guess at anywhere between 2 weeks to a month depending on how luck smiles on you or how good you and your teammates are).

It goes without saying that you would be required to resign temporarily from whatever agency you are currently in to join my competing agencies for the contest. You are allowed to enter an alternate detective if you wish if you're too attached to have your main detective leave your agency, and the only rules are:

1) Absolutely NO Password Sharing.
2) Only one entry per contestant
3) Have fun.

I want to know who among you treasure hunters really has what it takes to come together and co-ordinate as a team to truly be the best.

(Cont'd)

Jul-28-2012 20:22

congrats to both teams! also congrats to the reporter who was able to cover the contest with such eloquence (no names shall be mentioned, but i will say i am sending the reporter some nuts.)

Jul-29-2012 00:46

Congratulations to everyone!!!!

Raiders, I won't lie, you had us quaking in our boots these last couple of days, it made Biggie go just ever so slightly mental with worry :)

Everyone worked so hard and the co ordination of everyone was brilliant. It's been a heck of a lot of fun. Yes there were some errr 'kinks' ;) but there is with most contests on this scale when they are new.

Jason, thank you for all the hard work you have put in organising this contest, you must have been pulling your hair out at times hehe.

Jul-29-2012 12:03

Well everyone im glad you all had a great time, that was my hope in this entire contest, friends made and fun to be had, you all impressed me with your passion and dedication, everyone deserves bragging rights. :)

If i forgot anyone's reward of the $100,000 prize let me know, the MVP business will be sorted out shortly. :)

Jul-29-2012 12:05

Also i know everyones thanking me for everything and all the hard work ive supposedly been doing but its overly generous, i had a LOT of help setting up the agencies and paying out the rewards, i only had an idea and a few people helped me iron out the details, there was more than just my mind and effort at work for this, no one really wants names named so i'll say you know who you are and i cant thank you enough, without you this contest wouldnt have happened. Seriously, thank you all.

Jul-29-2012 18:25

City News will make its final report once it has an MVP.

Jul-29-2012 19:00

I also want to thank Jason, The Raiders, and my amazing Crusaders teammates--who won despite being a detective short in the last two days as I was suddenly hospitalized with a nasty knee injury and couldn't get phone reception in the ER (I think that was more traumatic than hurting my knee!). It was amazing to play with and against some of the best detectives in the game, and get to know people better as well. Seeing my name up in lights a few times in the City News didn't hurt either--thanks for the colour commentary, SS, it was amazing! I'm sorry I couldn't see my team through to the finish, but it was an honour working with them throughout. Yay!

Jul-30-2012 13:31

Thank you everyone for a Great Time!

It brought back memories of hunting treasure years ago. This should also go to show the young agencies that you can get those treasures ;)

I am looking forward to doing this again ;)

Jul-30-2012 15:23

The City News apologises to anyone who thinks they or their Agency ought to have been mentioned in the final report to this competition. Fortunately past reporting should have prepared our gentle readers for the many errors the City News is prone to make. :)

Never let it be said that we let the truth get in the way of a good story!

Squirrel out.

Jul-30-2012 17:40

Congrats to both teams. You all did a fantastic job!