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Detroit is Crazy Week Started by: Marietta on Apr 23, '09 15:53
(ROUGHLY $20 MILLION IN PRIZES BELOW!)

Marietta, obviously not her usual self and most likely drunk on booze and power and probably something else, steps onto a solid gold soapbox. Rolling up a stack of papers to make a makeshift megaphone, she raises her hands to wave people over to her. With a smile towards the small crowd of people she calls out,


"STEP RIGHT UP, STEP RIGHT UP! Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen. You are here to bear witness to the first ever Detroit Has Gone Crazy Week!"


"What does that mean? I'm sure you're all quite intrigued! It means that starting this VERY moment until Friday, May 1st, Detroit will be out of control! AND NO, not in a bad way! We will be turning off our own families' taxes all weekend long, as well as running a few competitions for the Motor City. In planning, though, my cohorts Aurora and RourkeyRourke figured why SHOULDN'T we share the wealth? Why shouldn't YOU get the chance to participate in contests for cash prizes! Prizes! Prizes!"

People begin to look at Marietta strangely and she apologetically clears her throat.


"Got a little out of hand there. A quick thank you to our brothers in New York who helped to pitch in a few ideas for the week. Lets get this started, then! Here I have the flyers for all the contests going on this week. I will let you judge for yourselves whether or not you want to participate in Detroit's RIOT! and insanity!"

Marietta hops down from the beautiful perch, uncurling the papers folded in her hands and passing them out to the Mobsters gathered.

MOTOR CITY JAIL BIRDS


Do you like to jailbreak? So do we! What does that mean? For two days we will be allowing YOU and YOUR FAMILIES the chance to jailbreak in Detroit- for free! That's right! On April 24th and May 1st, between the hours of 15:00 and 20:00, the Detroit Upper Structure will be launching crackdowns every 10 minutes! Come on over and bust bust bust!

BUT THAT IS NOT ALL! Every hour, on the hour (16, 17, 18 and 19 o'clock), all people active within the Detroit City Limits will be entered into a raffle to win ONE MILLION DOLLARS. That's right! YOU COULD WIN ONE MILLION DOLLARS! There will be FOUR winners PER DAY total! THAT'S FOUR MILLION DOLLARS A DAY! THAT'S EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS THIS WEEK! THIS FLYER IS GETTING TOO INTENSE!!


People eligible for the One Million Dollar raffle will be in Detroit, actively jailbreaking and criming at least half an hour before each drawing. That means if the first drawing is at 16:00, you better be in the city at 15:30 jail breaking!


For Detroit's rules and regulations on jail breaking, look here. Come on down for some busts and bucks!



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SITUATIONAL STORIES (RPS)


Are you a budding story teller? Do you like to actively share your stories with the Eight Cities? WELL YOU ARE IN LUCK! The next contest on the roster is the Situational Story (RP) Contest!


Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to create a story (RP) to share in the Streets. BUT HOLD ON RIGHT THERE SKIPPY! There are some things that you'll need to include!


The story you tell to the masses must include five things. After compiling a list with the powers that be, the final list is composed of items, Detroit people and a situation. The objects are a blender and a potted plant, the people are Aurora and Death-Knight, and the situation is a bank robbery on Fifth Street. Your story must include those things for them to qualify.


So what next? Create your story and share it on the Streets! There is no length restrictions- do what you want with it! When you are done, send the location of your story (the link) to Marietta in a mail with the subject line: Situational Story or you will not be eligible to compete. When the contest ends, at 00:00 on Friday, May 1st, a panel of Detroit judges will pick three winners they feel have met one) the requirements and two) went above and beyond in their creativity for the story. Third place will win 500K, second place will win 750K, and first place will win ONE MILLION DOLLARS! Only one entry per participant, please.


What are you waiting for?! HAVE FUN AND BE CREATIVE!



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POET AND DIDN'T KNOW IT?


Are YOU a budding poet? Then DETROIT WANTS YOU!


Your mission, should you choose to accept, is to write a poem about your favorite petty crime. There are no length restrictions, nor are there any word requirements. Simply make it entertaining! (We will make allowances if you wish to write a "rap" instead of a poem. Please no use of vulgar language, including but not limited to ethnic or racial slurs, derogatory gender comments or sexual acts that I personally just don't want to hear about.)


When you are done with your poem (or rap), send them to Marietta via mail with the subject line: Poem. You MUST send them to Marietta, do not leave them littered in the Streets. When the contest ends at 00:00 on Friday, May 1st, Marietta and a panel of Detroit judges will be presented the poems anonymously, and will judge the most entertaining among them. THREE winners will each get 200K for their efforts! TWO-HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS EACH?! DETROIT MUST BE CRAZY! Submit as many entries as you would like.


Get crackalackin', Shakespeare!



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NEW YORK WANTED TO CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING TOO


Here in the underworld it seems we have been limited in the choices of petty crimes we can commit: purse snatchings, 7/11 robberies, and knocking over liquor stores. NO LONGER!!! New York wants you to all think about different crimes you would enjoy committing, or some that you find would be more plausible than what exists.


The guidelines for this contest are as follows:

- The petty crime needs to be Prohibition Era accurate

- The petty crime should be something that you immediately get money from

- The petty crime cannot in any way resemble a major felony that would get you put away for the rest of your life by the cops, it should be something that is punishable by a fine or minimal jail time


The prize money, which has been contributed by Godfather ThomasRourke, Noir, Premier, Caius, and Phantom_Ghost, will be divided as such:

1st Prize: $3,000,000

2nd Prize: $2,000,000

3rd Prize: $1,000,000


Entries are to be submitted to MARIETTA by 00:00, Friday May 1st with the mobmail title "Petty Contest".


*You are allowed to submit as many entries as you can possibly think of, we need great minds thinking about this!



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FAMILY MEMOIRS


Do YOU like money? Of course you do! Don't be crazy! Want to earn some for simply recounting a bit of family history? Of COURSE you do!


Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to tell a story in the Streets of how you or your Father/Mother (or any other close relative of yours) got started in This Thing of Ours. There's only one guideline, and that is that your speech should be at least 400 words long. I KNOW that's a lot of talking, but this is your FAMILY you are talking about here!


Either way, once you have made your speech, send the location of your story (the link) to Marietta via MobMail, with the subject line: Family Memoirs. YOU MUST TURN IN THE LOCATION OF YOUR STORY TO BE ELIGIBLE TO WIN! The contest ends at 00:00 on Friday, May 1st, at which time a panel of Detroit judges will pick three winners based off who had the most CREATIVE telling of their histories! Third place will win 500K, second place will win 750K, and first place will win ONE MILLION DOLLARS! Only one entry per participant, please.


GO! SHOUT YOUR HISTORY FROM THE ROOFTOPS!



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A CONTEST MARIETTA LIKES THAT THOMAS WOULD NEVER AGREE TO


BUT SHE'S GOING TO DO IT ANYWAY! ANYWAY! ANYWAY!!!!


As some of you may have noticed, Godfather ThomasRourke does not have an official family name! This is driving Godmother Marietta crazy, so she is now enlisting YOUR help to create one! (He may or may not use it, but we want your input anyway!)


Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to create a family/crew name for the Godfather HQ in New York. Be creative, be fun, be respectful. All entries must be sent to Marietta via MM with the subject line: Godfather Name. Send in as many ideas as you wish!


Every person that enters will be sent one crackdown. That's JUST for participating! When the contest ends, 00:00 o'clock on May 1st, a panel of Detroit and New York judges will pick the top three entries they feel best represents the New York crew. Three winners will be the recipients of 100K each as well as 10 crackdowns to use, sell or throw in people's faces!


So what are you waiting for, ladies and gents? GO CREATE A CREW NAME!

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Great can't wait.
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Great can't wait.
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I'm excited to see this, Godmother Marietta. It should be a good time- I hope to claim at least one or two of the prizes myself. I'll also be encouraging my family to participate.


Thank you for providing what should be a fun time to the 7 and a half cities.
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Brilliant!!!
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Shakes Fist


I still HATE because I can't make cool grey boxes !!!


Outside of that, I am very much excited about some of the more "Literary" contest's. The chance to learn a little more about some of our family lines, or get reaquainted with some history I may have forgotten over the years.

Nods in appareciation
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Nice I'm looking forward to it.
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Burns his ticket home and motors off to the motor city
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Haha Wow alot of Stuff going on i really want in on this and win some Monies :)
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Wow, this is absolutely crazy indeed. I can't figure out on which contest to start working on first. I like them all!

They're refreshing and definately a challenge, with the amount of quality writers around here these days things will become very interesting.


And oh dear, a crew name for ThomasRourke.. can this be true?!


See you tomorrow in Detroit!

Scipita goes off to bake cakes with files in it.
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Marietta rolls up the leaflets into a make-shift megaphone once more and calls to the crowd.


"We've already had an amazing amount of entries for these contests already. I urge you all to keep it up! I look forward to seeing many of you within Detroit city limits tomorrow as well."
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Lol. I'm so down.
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Noir watches Marietta shouting from her solid gold soap box


It would seem Detroit really has gone crazy! Some fantastic innovative ideas for competitions, with more then generous prizes. I will be making sure my members will be trying to win some of them.

Noir wanders off wondering how many golden soap box's he will buy with his winnings
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Rourkey starts yelling at Marietta


Hey boss, can I PLEASE stop pretending to be a solid gold soap box for just a few minutes?
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Marietta digs the stem of her high heel further into Rourkey's kidney as she balances precariously upon her Left Hand.


"Shush," she hissed out of the corner of her mouth. "I told you you weren't allowed to talk. Go back to being motionless and pretty."
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Rourkey sparkles and glistens in the sunny afternoon.
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Vampire! Kill it! Oh I mean, I will most certainly be entering this contest. Probably all three of the literary ones.


Godmother, is there a limit on the poems? May we send in one for each petty or are we limited to just one poem?

Kittie sends over her attack ferrets to hide in Rourkey's beard for future deployment and stops in at the stationary store for a new bottle of ink.
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"Submit as many entries as you would like for the poems, m'lady!" Marietta chirps brightly, leaving another trail of bruises on Rourkey's back as she shifts her weight from foot to foot.
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This is going to be Fun Fun Fun :P
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Hell I thought the D was crazy before now were just insane!
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