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Aug-2-2016 17:29

The Arch Villain Hunt

Choose two detectives from your team. Those two players will do an Arch-Villain hunt, with the usual rules applying for a tournament. Both detectives have until Wednesday, August 10, to capture their villains. Hunters may travel up to Shangri-La the previous night (Wednesday, August 3), but ANYONE who starts a hunt before Thursday, 12:00, SST, will be disqualified (so make VERY sure you don't do it). Scores will be determined on a team basis, and by days, not time (people overseas won't have to be up at odd hours of the night to deal with Server times this way). Anyone traveling through Cairo MUST either post it on the boards, or send a PM to Riza or Breit announcing that they are (we WILL be verifying that). Sidekick cases are banned, as usual. Apartment and Agency gear is legal. If, for some reason, there are technical issues with the servers, all hunters will be given extra time to complete their hunts.

An individual hunter's number of days will be counted up, added to his/her teammate's number of days, and the lowest combined sum will be the winner. The first TEAM to capture their villains will receive 10 points. Second team to capture will receive 7. Third will receive 5, and fourth will receive 3. All teams receive 3 participation points each for each AV hunter on their team (I.E. - 6 points total).

If, for some reason, you guess wrong, and fail a hunt, DO NOT QUIT. Go back to Shangri-La and start over. BOTH members of the team must capture in order to receive placement points. So keep going (even if you takes you four times, voice of experience talkin' here ;-).


The Cairo Scavenger Hunt

For the other two detectives from your team, you will be going to Cairo (big surprise there ;-). You need to complete ten favors from EACH of the townspeople in Cairo, in no particular order. Once you have completed a favor from a townsperson, you MUST make a screenshot at the end (completion) of the favor, like this:

Aug-3-2016 12:23

Congratulations to Rick's. You're website is truly awesome. Wish I could see the inside of your agency, too. :)

However, the games aren't over yet, and we're planning on kicking some booty in the upcoming competitions, ya'all!

*A Race to Adventure - Racing to WIN*

Aug-3-2016 12:30

You might just get the opportunity to see the inside of select parts of our agency. stay tuned

*United we play, United we win. Feminine but deadly*

oops wrong one (have been wanting to use that for awhile) ;)

**We're rounding up the usual suspects**

Aug-3-2016 12:34

oh the most important thing I forgot to say

Thank you everyone for your kind words.

Aug-3-2016 15:14

Sorry I may have missed it. Is it just Villain hunts that you can't use sidekick cases? Can we use sidekick cases on the scavenger hunt?

*United we play, United we win. Feminine but deadly.*

Aug-3-2016 15:48

Badass: and I'm sure the organizing committee would be glad to point this out but I think they have enough tools ...

Yep, the Organization Committee is full of tools!

Thanks to Dany for keeping me to the task at hand :) We enjoyed looking through all the Agencies. I really had forgotten what RP agencies are like. I'd definitely fall on the side of method over madness, and would probably make a better member of Chariots than the Assassins. :)

Aug-3-2016 15:49

We will have to get Sasha, our leopard mascot, to *help* with the bribe next time :)

Thank you to the judges- you guys had a tough job! Congrats to Rick's, spectacular website! Don't get too cocky though, the game is just starting :)

*United we play, United we win. Feminine but deadly.*

Aug-3-2016 16:08

Squirrel I think we should get extra points. You know how much I loathe Role Play, it nearly killed me writing as much as I did :D

*United we play, United we win. Feminine but deadly.*

Aug-3-2016 16:24

RP is great for the RP'ers who've gone down this path, but it's not 'necessary' per se. You can create a competitive team environment that is engaging to read just by being enthusiastic about the task at hand.

Aug-3-2016 16:40

Congrats to all!

*United we play, United we win. Feminine but deadly.*

Aug-3-2016 19:21

Okay, time to answer several questions and points that have come up.

First, Sidekick cases are NOT allowed for anyone throughout the competition (very few people have access to them, therefore the playing field in general is off balance). This is an honour code kind of thing, but we're trusting that those that do have them will only use your allotted 12 regular cases per day (again, any cases you have in your Apartments or Agencies, if you can access them, are legal). A recruitment drive is not on the books for this Olympics, but it may be an event in a future Games.

Second, the Clerk is there for both your protection and the Judges' help. If we have a question about a particular scavenger item down the road, the Clerk will have a record of it, and Squirrel won't have to go trolling through reams of records just to track down one Fancy Fedora. And if you guys have a question about who used what item that you came to the Agency with, you have a record of it. So. PLEASE keep the Clerk hired for the duration of the competition. Thank you. ;-)