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Apr-13-2005 11:24

It would be helpful, I think, to know who opened the treasure hunt. That way they get the credit and the agency could pay the possibly pay them back.

Apr-15-2005 19:32

That was lowdown & sorry. Apologizing before the fact was fruitless. Especially if it was the other agents 1st hunt. What a devastating blow. I'm with Akano if they're not a team player. They wouldn't stay in my agency.

Apr-15-2005 19:56

Just to play devil's advocate here (I don't really like what that agent did either), I remember before Ben slowed the hunts back down, the difference of using a key or letting an agent spend 10 minutes solving the last favor was often the difference between whether your agency got the trophy or whether ERT nabbed it.

Apr-15-2005 20:08

If that was the issue that person should've said that in the PM rather than "I'm going to crack the safe, hope you don't get mad." Of course I'm not the type of person who would be ultra competitive when it came to hunts. I might be wrong but I seriously think there was another issue going on here.

Apr-15-2005 20:13

Sounds like pure dee meaness to me.

Apr-15-2005 21:16

I suggested adding all the names to the trophy displays some time ago, possibly on the suggestions post on Game Announcements, and there was quite a discussion about it, in case anyone wants to hunt it down.

It's nice to see the topic come up again, because it confirms for me that there was some merit to the idea.

If I did three favors and someone else did one, etc., I don't think it would need to list each one I did for that particular hunt. It could just say "Won by Moonshh, Webb, Jenwin, Stanz and schmunchkins," for example.

Alternatively, there could be a counter that kept track of how many successful hunts each person in the agency has contributed to, rather than a list with each treasure. That would save the Trophy Room from getting cluttered with lists of names but still honor the efforts of those who do many favors for hunts.

Apr-16-2005 21:05

Yes, MTBird, it would have been her first. She was so anxious to win one too, and I felt so sorry for her...oh well. Anyway, when I won my first one, I yelled, hollored, screamed and cheered, until it's a wonder a neighbor didn't call the cops...hehe. When I'm playing competitive, I try to help all agents win one. It encourages them to get involved more in the treasure hunts, plus they get to experience the thrill of it.

Apr-16-2005 21:21

No, I believe it wasn't done out of spite or to be mean, though it seemed to be at the time. I just think she loved the thrill in winning and wanted to see her name in the lime lights, and how many trophies could be won. However, could have been a bit greedy...lol.

Apr-17-2005 03:38

Maybe having a link under each trophy, to bring up another page with every contributor's names, would work?

Apr-17-2005 05:21

Or instead of a list of names just the agency name, that will save space. So in the news it will show that Fat Kitten won a trophy and not Reda from FK. Cause the last person should'nt have all the glory, its team effort.
And coming back to the original suggestion: seeing the name of the one who opened the hunt is great idea. Not because I think it should be paid back (could be though, depends on agency strategy) but because then you can see who is contributing to the agency.

Apr-17-2005 15:43

I don't mind taking the names of individuals off of the City News, although I would rather see the list of all who participated on the hunt there.

I don't think listing all the names in the Trophy Room is the perfect solution, but I think that taking them all off would be worse.

I still like the suggestion I made above about the counter for successful hunts each agent has participated in. Anyone else like this thought?