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Breitkat
Breitkat
Pinball Amateur

Aug-23-2016 23:44

There will be 4 activities this week. All events start on Thursday, August 25, at 12:00 AM, SST. Good luck. ;-)

1. Sleuthetania Scavenger Hunt - All team members will board the Sleuthetania and hunt for a list of items that will be provided to them on the Sleuth Talk boards Thursday morning. As with the other hunts, once a team member has found the first item on the list, stored the item to the Agency locker, and sent a screenshot or copy/paste of the reward page to Riza, team members may proceed to look for the next item on the list. The team with the most items found gets 10 points. Team with the second highest amount found gets 7. Third gets 5. Fourth gets 3. PLEASE REMEMBER: Once you are on the boat, you CANNOT access your Agency, so clean out your locker before you board the ship. Riza will be expecting a screenshot of each team's locker before Thursday.

All teams may do a MAXIMUM of *TWO* trips on the Sleuthetania. You have until Wednesday, August 31, 11:59 PM, SST, to complete this activity.


2. Journal Pages Hunt - While on the boat, all members will do a hunt for Journal Pages. We have recorded each person's current collected Journal Pages. On Thursday, September 1, around 12:00 AM, SST, we will again compile a list of everyone's collected Journal Pages. All participating players get 3 points (this means you have to collect at least ONE Journal Page to get the participation points). The player with the most Journal Pages collected gets 10 points. Player with the second most Pages collected gets 7 points. Player with the third most Pages collected gets 5 points. Player with the fourth most collected Pages gets 3 points. And yes, there can be more than one point winner on the same team.


3. Introduction Creation Contest - Each team will create and submit TWO intros. One MUST be set on the Sleuthetania, and have a nautical theme. The second MUST have an Olympic theme of some kind. Spelling and grammar will be taken into account.

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Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Aug-29-2016 04:24

mmm this just happened to me, but I was doing a favour for my contact (by the way, I really would like Trap Detection).

BadAss
BadAss
Charioteer

Aug-29-2016 06:27

I have two words for you SS: Nemesis Hunt

Speaking of words, I was working on my intro entry and entered it into the writer's workshop to see how the tags worked. This morning I logged in to do some more work on the intro and found that somebody approved it as is. I wasn't done with it. I hope I'm not going to be held to what was entered there?

Sophie4
Sophie4
Gopher to the Sleuth Gods

Aug-29-2016 07:38

I have found that the contacts amnesia kicks in when the case involves a journal page. On the ship only of course.

Molly Maltese
Molly Maltese
Old Shoe

Aug-29-2016 08:22

Can you still edit it BadAss, cause if so you're fine.

Murray Arty
Murray Arty
Charioteer

Aug-29-2016 10:08

All of these strange things happening in one day and all 3 people onboard the USS Sleuthatania....it has to be related to Bermuda Triangle.

Sultry De Mon
Sultry De Mon
Con Artist

Aug-29-2016 10:17

My contacts are just plan avoiding me, I still haven't got one. And when I finally do, want to bet they forgot they are my contact.
Yeti, I think the ships crew needs some reprogramming. A Stepford crew would be nice, as long as they don't revolt.

Riza Hawkeye
Riza Hawkeye
First Nomad

Aug-29-2016 12:47

Twists/Closers Competition Results:

First Place: A Race to Adventure (13 points)
Judges’ Comments:
- There was a lot of good detail and imagery that made the scene come to life
- A well-written, chilling closer--it stayed me with long after I had finished reading it
- A good use of Sleuth personality Cyrus Tibby and place
- The nightmare/horror elements of the twist were well-placed and well-executed

Second Place: Rick’s Cafe Americain (10 points)
Judges’ Comments:
- There was a nice amount of detail, with colorful and humorous descriptions throughout
- The reference to the presidency helped set the time period
- The tone change from light-hearted in the twist to somber in the closer had a disjointed feel
- The author(s) probably meant “clammed-up” people, and not “clammy” people

Third Place: Feminine Assassins (8 points)
Judges’ Comments:
- The use of Ben/Sunny/John tags was funny
- The twist does a good job of making the reader doubt what they know, and works well as a plot element
- A good twist overall, but I would have liked to see more descriptive wording
- I like that the twist managed to cover a variety of outcomes, both upon solving and quitting

Fourth Place: Chariots of Fire (6 points)
Judges’ Comments:
- I loved the grounding of the intro with Big Lucy and Larry the Toe--it shines an interesting light on two Sleuth personas we know very little about
- The twist could have used more imaginative and descriptive words to achieve a greater effect
- I really liked the idea of the closers affecting the price of Big Lucy’s goods in the game

BadAss
BadAss
Charioteer

Aug-29-2016 13:10

I'm lacking the imaginative and descriptive words for the effect I'm experiencing now :)

DevilishWings
DevilishWings
Charioteer

Aug-29-2016 13:12

Congrats everyone! Job well done. Big applause to the winners. Great twists!

Sultry De Mon
Sultry De Mon
Con Artist

Aug-29-2016 13:33

Yes great job everyone.

BadAss--- *Your chest fills with pride as you watch your lovely wife and her team mates climb the awards podium. The cheers of the fans fills the Olympics stadium as they accept the gold medal. Looking at your team mates the same sense of pride fills you. The four of you have worked extremely hard and one lousy event won't defeat Chariots on Fire.*

:-)

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