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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...>]

Sep-20-2011 11:43

Much thanks, Night Queen!
*Swallows his grog in one gulp*

Yes, believe Night Queen in the fact that she is a countess of her word.
And yes, the dead bodies are always the cause of 3 things:
1.Night Queen + Disobedient Passenger
2.Irritated Tipsy Captain + Nosy Passenger
3.Reckless Excited Energetic Enthusiast + Unnoticed Banana Peel
All the above lead to 'Man Overboard!'.

So DRINK!

Sep-21-2011 00:37

*Raises a tankard to Night Queen, downs it and pours another*

Somehow no-one's ever had a problem getting me to drink. If you don't believe me, ask the parrot.

Oct-2-2011 18:47

Stay tuned for a Christmassy competition...

Oct-3-2011 11:09

I was actually considering a Halloween-ish competition since it's much closer and more of an open door for creative ideas, but Christmas is fine too.

Oct-4-2011 18:54

Yes Halloween is closer. Tru dat. Christmas will be more of an arty thing (well that's the concept at the moment) across both games hopefully. If anyone wants to do something for Halloween that's fine too, but please not it's quite close, and people usually need big notice to wind up to a last minute entry :)

Oct-5-2011 05:17

I think a Halloween-themed competition would be great. I believe most of us did write for the 'Nautical Tale' contest a few days before the deadline, so I think it's doable... :)