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Apr-13-2011 22:39

Attention ladies and gentlemen, at the request of several players, I am proud to announce the Sleuthville AVH Tournament 2011! *trumpets blare and streamers fly*

The format will be 16 detectives, randomly paired off into teams of two by a third party, to face one other team. For this competition, players going through Cairo will have a day taken off their totals. The winning team will be the one with the lowest combined number of days for hunt completion. Failed hunts will not count against you. You will not be disqualified. If you fail your hunt and would like to start another, you may, but the day count will start from the official start date of the round. Irene will be tracking progress using her new program, so this can be considered as further testing.

The rules:

You may:
-travel to Shangri La the night before, but NOT start the hunt
-use a travel kit
-use head of faction privileges
-use agencies and apartments to swap gear

You may not (enforced only by the honor code):
-use sidekick cases (for either clues or travel)
-enter second/third detectives, etc.

The winning team(s) from each round will go on to the next round until a winning team is determined. In the case of a tie, both teams will move on to compete in a triple threat pair matchup. The last team standing wins. Anyone who would like to join, please POST here. Participants will be gathered on a first-come, first-served basis. The first matches will start on Monday, April 25, 2011.

Each following round of the competition will start on the next Monday at 0:00 sleuth server time, unless one of the matches takes longer than expected. In that case things will be adjusted accordingly and you will be updated as soon as possible.

May-6-2011 13:43

There is a trick witch allows you to enjoy villain hunts for 4 or 5 days without any problems.If you discover the right ingredients of game play,you can play long villain hunts as if it was a natural thing to do.

May-6-2011 18:07

Hi all, good luck on your hunting. I'm subbing for Anne aka Breit today (migraine). Just caught up on the last few days of boards from you all. So one correction to post from a few days ago:

Peter -- The cat does NOT wear boots. They're kneepads (as in the pads on a tweed jacket but for the knees).

Have fun all!

May-6-2011 18:18

The notorious criminal Dorian "Switchblade" Stone was brought to justice by Breitkat after a painstaking hunt in which the heroic detective successfully tracked the villain around the world

May-7-2011 04:23

May-6-2011 23:28
Arch Villain Captured!
The notorious criminal Benton "Black Thumb" Boucher was brought to justice by Andrew Corelli after a painstaking hunt in which the heroic detective successfully tracked the villain around the world.

- and since my better half went through Cairo, we are going on to the next round, together with Peachikkas!!! YAY!!!

May-7-2011 04:58

The notorious criminal Wily Cassandra Hruby was brought to justice by Vulkie3 after a painstaking hunt in which the heroic detective successfully tracked the villain around the world.


- finally, after a bunch of repetitive clues -.0. I wish Meadowfire and Peter O'Neil the best of luck, since I know they're also in their last cities (hopefully). And that we may battle eachother again xD

May-7-2011 07:19

Hi Irene,
I cant seem to get into the scoreboard this round? Would you mind reposting the URL?

May-7-2011 08:16

The start date for Round 3 will be Tuesday May 10 at 0:00 Sleuth Server Time, due to ongoing VHs and therefore pending match-ups for the next round.

MeadowFire, here is the link to the scoreboard. The results from this round are on the bottom half of the page.

http://playsleuth2.com/Noir/bonus/Scores/AVHtournament.spy?id=4

May-7-2011 09:17

May-7-2011 08:39
Arch Villain Captured!
The notorious criminal Emira Alexandra Wolf was brought to justice by Peter O'Neil after a painstaking hunt in which the heroic detective successfully tracked the villain around the world.

May-7-2011 09:45

Looks like a tie for my team and Breitkat's team. I'll be glad to battle once more to these excellent detectives!

May-7-2011 10:05

While I realize this will not make a difference to the outcome (since even if my silent partner captures today, the best we can score is 8), I believe I went through Cairo on my hunt yet the -1 adjustment was not applied. Perhaps this has something to do with the confusion with scorekeeping in the first days?

Again, I know it will not affect the outcome. Just sharing as an FYI to Irene. Thanks so much for your hard work on making Sleuthville a better place to be.