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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...>]

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Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Jul-10-2011 19:08

Other bits:

A. Stay in Noir theme. eg no mobile phones, jet ski's, etc etc

B. Whilst "Yo ho ho" type 'pirates' weren't really about in the 1920's/30's [when Noir is supposedly set] there were definitely still pirates / smugglers of the era etc around. So it would be great to see some piratey type entries, rather than 'just' entries set aboard the Sleuthetania.

C. Judges. I'll get round to sorting that out.

D. Final say: Me.

Lady Jas
Lady Jas
The Chosen One

Jul-10-2011 19:39

Very nice idea SS! :)

brick84
brick84
Sleuth About Town

Jul-10-2011 22:43

Sounds Cool, SS!

Cordelia Falco
Cordelia Falco
Battered Shoe

Jul-12-2011 01:28

*goes off to find some inspirational grog*

brick84
brick84
Sleuth About Town

Jul-12-2011 09:21

I'm goin' with you Cordelia. ;-)

Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Jul-12-2011 16:49

aww Cordy you've always been my favourite yo ho ho... [insert punctuation where applicable]

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.

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