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Breitkat
Breitkat
Pinball Amateur

Aug-9-2016 16:36

There will be 3 activities this week. All events will start on Thursday, August 11, 12:00 AM, SST. Last week was a sprint. This week (and next) is a marathon. Good luck. ;-)

1. Treasure Hunts - Week 1
This event will last TWO weeks. You need to complete a total of six hunts, 3 Single-City, and 3 Multi-City. Any hunt opened before Thursday, August 11, 12:00 AM, SST, will be discarded. Hunts can start in any city, and be from any faction. All teams get 30 points for each hunt they participate in. Teams who win a hunt get 100 points. Once teams have completed all hunts, they are ineligible from further competition in this activity.

Hunts will be divided under the following categories:

Prizes you can Wear.
Prizes you can Hold.
Prizes you can Use.

For example, The Sacred Atlas of Al Capone is a Multi-City hunt currently being run out of Delhi. An atlas is NOT something you can wear. It is, however, something you can hold, or use, so it would qualify for the second or third categories, but not the first. Another example, The Golden Ring of Al Capone, is a Single-City hunt currently being run out of Shanghai. A ring is something you can wear and hold, but not use. So it would qualify for the first and second categories, but not the third. Teams may determine which categories their prizes fall under, but only one category may be used for one prize. You must use 3 Single-City hunts in each category, and 3 Multi-City hunts. If you have a question about what category a prize falls into, please PM the Judges (Breitkat, Riza, or Squirrel).

2. Scavenger Hunt - Week 1
This is part one of two. Teams have ONE week to complete this activity. All teams must empty their Lockers of all IH favor reward items, unless they are a part of a member's uniform. Please send a screenshot to Riza Hawkeye when you have done so for verification. Please also remember that we have an honour system in place for this competition, and we are trusting you NOT to hoard things in your Apartments.

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Vulkie3
Vulkie3
Haynes

Aug-15-2016 13:28

I've offered the barber some ice cream - I do hope he's willing to work with you guys this time :)

Breitkat
Breitkat
Pinball Amateur

Aug-16-2016 01:21

Just wanted to let people know, yes, I will get back to you about all this. We're still discussing a couple of things. Thank you for your patience.

In the meantime, please keep going as you are. ;-)

Since nobody has asked any questions about the writing contest for the week, I'm presuming things are going swimmingly for all the teams!! Yay!! ;-D ;-D ;-D

We'll have an answer about all your questions in a few hours. Thank you. ;-)

Breit

BadAss
BadAss
Charioteer

Aug-16-2016 03:53

When will I win the lottery?

Breitkat
Breitkat
Pinball Amateur

Aug-16-2016 22:50

Chuckle. Cute, BadAss, cute. ;-)

Hi guys. The Head Judges have been having a discussion about all of your questions, and we're making a couple of changes to the scoring system.

Before I announce them, yes, I know, we didn't put these up at the start. And yes, we're making a change about halfway into an event. And yes, I know, there will be people who are not happy with either the new system, or the old one. The judges have spent the past two days discussing all this, BECAUSE we knew there was going to be controversy with whatever we decided, and we wanted to make things as fair, and as easy to understand, for everybody, as possible. Anyone who has a problem with these is welcome to PM me, or post their opinion on here (providing they can do it without starting a riot ;-). I will do my best to provide feedback as best I can.

Now, for the scoring changes:

All hunt scores have been changed from 100 points to 10 points. This means when your team wins a hunt, you get 10 points per hunt, instead of 1oo previously stated (we've simply divided it down by 10). And yes, we are retroactively scoring all hunts that all teams have won to 10 points per hunt. Nobody has really lost any points against another team, statistically speaking. We're just taking out a zero from the math.

Second: All teams will now get 3 points for the FIRST hunt you open and complete at least one favor for in each category (and we will be determining that for this, not you guys),. We were giving you points for any hunt your team opened and did at least one favor in, before. That has changed. Now, you will be given participation points for ONLY the first six hunts you open in each of the categories. We are retroactively crediting all teams for any hunt that they have opened and completed a favor for (and yes, we have been keeping records). Again, we realize this is controversial. Anyone who wishes to discuss this may PM me, or leave their post here. I will do my best to provide feedback.

Breitkat
Breitkat
Pinball Amateur

Aug-16-2016 22:51

The second week is drawing to a close. Some events will continue into Week #3. Some will close this week. I do want to tell ALL of the teams that you've done great work this week, and keep it up!! Some of you thought you wouldn't be able to solve even one Treasure Hunt, or find one item on the Scavenger Hunt. All of the teams have solved two hunts (or are VERY close to it), and have found several items on the S.H. List. Huh. Who'da thunk that one.... ;-D

Let's go, Race!! Way to go, Rick's!! C'mon, Chariots!! Here comes Assassins!! ;-D ;-D ;-D

GGGGOOOOO TEAMS!!!! ;-D
Breit

DevilishWings
DevilishWings
Charioteer

Aug-16-2016 23:26

So we can open 18 hunts and we don't have to keep track under what category they each fall and they only matter if we do one favor for it, right? And each will be awarded 3 points unless we win in which case we get 10 points. Can you guys tell us when we're done with a category, or close to it? Also, you previously said that competition ends when a team wins 6 hunts, 2 for each category, one single, one multi city. Does that still stand? Or, you know, when the two weeks run out.

DevilishWings
DevilishWings
Charioteer

Aug-16-2016 23:29

Oh, and since the item hunt ends this week, when are we going to find out what the new activity is starting tomorrow to complement the TH and the writing competition?

BadAss
BadAss
Charioteer

Aug-16-2016 23:53

To be honest, I 've only kept a score of the hunts we won. Could you give us feedback for which categories we're still eligible to get points?

Breitkat
Breitkat
Pinball Amateur

Aug-17-2016 00:08

You keep track of what categories you need hunts to WIN with. We keep track of what categories the hunts you have opened qualify for, for the participation points. (I said before that each team makes the determination which hunt qualifies for which category when they win it, and that still stands.) You do NOT need to win a hunt to get 3 participation points for it. But unlike before, there's now a limit of 18 total participation points, not upwards of 50 like before.

And yes, when you have one single-city and one multi-city win in each of the 3 categories, You. Are. Done. The other teams can keep going, but your team is finished with hunting. If no team gets to 6 total wins, we will take the number of wins for ALL of the teams.

As to will we let you all know when you're close to the end in your participation points, that is entirely up to Riza. (I can pretty much guarantee all of the teams are going to end up with 18 participation points by the end of the 2 week period.) It's up to her if she wants to notify all of you, though.

I'll try and give you the list I have of each team's hunts that they've opened so far, up here, shortly. I do NOT guarantee, though, that this is the official scorelist (that would be Riza's list).

Hope that answers your questions, Devi and BadAss. ;-)
Breit

BadAss
BadAss
Charioteer

Aug-17-2016 00:12

I just want to make sure I understand this correctly. If we already got 3 points in a certain category, do we still get 10 points if we win a hunt in this category?

Also, do we get feedback about the jury their opinion in which category a hunt we finished belongs?

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