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Jan-2-2012 23:31

What: An Arch-Villain Hunt Tournament
When: Starts Jan. 9 (a Monday)
Who: Anyone subscribed: newbies, intermediate, and advanced players

Prizes!
Winners (yes, that is plural) will win 3-month gift subscriptions. If there are 7 or more in a category, runner-ups will win 1-month gift subscriptions. If you are just starting out or been around since the start of Sleuth Noir, there is a category for you.

Categories will be:
Jack Rabbits (sleuths with less than a million points)
Jackalopes (sleuths with less than 10 million points)
Old Dragons (8 figure sleuths)
Note: You cannot enter more than one category. Your category will stay with you as to where you are when you accept your round 1 mission from the prince.

Competition will be head-to-head. No teams, simply individual. Very simple. To reduce the blind luck factor, there will be playoffs as follows:
2-3 competitors: Best 2 out of 3 with all competitors
4-6 competitors: Top 2 sleuths will have a sudden death playoff.
7-9 competitors: Top 3 in sudden death
10 or more: a 2nd round will be announced where the top half will advance.

You can start your AVH anytime on January 9. Entries starting after that date will not count (except by special permission). If you fail your AVH, you are simply outâ€"so be careful. Subsequent rounds will start January 16. January 16 may be pushed back depending on the results of the 1st round. You are timed simply on the day you finish. NOT on the time of day. Don’t want anyone feeling like they have to start at a particular time of the day to be competitive. Only whole days will be counted, and YES, there may be ties. Any category must have 2 or more contestants to be viable.

Special Note: If January 9 is a bad day for you and you still want to enter this contest, please state so in a reply. Also state what date you can start. Reasonable requests will be accommodated, and only your total days on your AVH will be counted.

EVERYONE join in!

Jan-10-2012 14:43

Do you have some cheerleaders behind you King? Do they encourage you, the matter that you go with the speed of light? Come on, you can share your little secret with me. It's just between us, I swear. Nobody will know! :)

Jan-10-2012 14:49

Between you and me? I use the Steepers as spies...

Jan-10-2012 16:01

Yay, Aknas, I'm glad she wants to join! :)

Jan-11-2012 01:17

Knock on wood. Rap rap rap.

Nobody has had an AVH mishap. That is super, super great considering how many of you are pretty new to the whole AVH experience. I expect there may be some finishers later today. For the rest of you, do NOT be discouraged. The final outcome of this contest does not rest on one single hunt.

Also, there will be a few that will start their AVH's today.

One final declaration. I would like to bestow everyone with the dreaded, Repeat Clue Award. Myself included. ;)

Jan-11-2012 03:39

My hunt moved to the second city, NY... I don't have enough cases to go there today so I think I lost 2 cases in the hunt. Well, we'll see tomorrow how this progresses.

Jan-11-2012 06:21

First city complete, off to NY tomorrow

Jan-11-2012 06:33

Jan-11-2012 06:32
Arch Villain Captured!
The notorious criminal Hemlok "the Tarantula" Jaeger was brought to justice by Riza Hawkeye after a painstaking hunt in which the heroic detective successfully tracked the villain around the world.

Jan-11-2012 07:45

Sherry has bowed out of the competition, wrongly accused co-conspiritor(although I was sure it was the holy man), no worries, I will pick myself up and start a new AVH tomorrow, to all you guys still in the competition I wish you all the best of luck

Jan-11-2012 07:46

Way to go Riza, congratulations on completing the Hunt.

Jan-11-2012 07:59

Congrats Riza, unless Sal finishes today, you clearly won for our division.

I am STILL in London (2nd city). Been there for TWO days needing ONLY the gender clue, and it doesn't look like I'll get that last clue today either!!!

BTW, you know how people complain about DELHI??? Yeah well that's how I feel about LONDON, I hate it here with a passion and it's by far the WORST city ever for me!

Good luck Sal!