We will be hosting the  Pass The Baton event on Saturday, Feb 11th at 12:00 until Sunday, Feb 12th at 12:00.

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Each District will be competing against each other in a battle of wits and skills while participating in a district level crowd sourced story.

To be eligible to win, there must be at least a minimum of 8 people, consisting of at least 2 CLs *or* upper structure competing and representing each district. (Example: 1 CL and 1 LHM)

The users will each take part in adding onto their previous writers story with a minimum of 500+ words each, with the end result of a district created mafia themed story. (Think a tiny book, with each author contributing a chapter, OOC or RP, whatever floats your boat)

There is a pool of words that will be assigned to you in real time. Your opening line must use the opening word and your last line must use the the ending word. (You may modify the word for tense, possession, pluralization and so on)

Your first writer hits a URL that provides them with their starting/ending words. They will now start their story in the appropriate thread, starting off their story by using the opening word in the opening line. When the writer has finished and posted their part of the story, they pass the baton over to the 2nd author, who now gets a new word. This continues on with each writer in your group until the last one, who does not draw a word, but instead uses the very first opening word for the #1 author, as their closing word.

The previous authors ending word is now the next authors opening word. Below is an example:

Woman (Opening word for #1 author)
Money (Closing word for #1 author)

Money (Opening word for #2 author)
Father (Closing word for #2 author)

Father (Opening word for #3 author)
Promises (Closing word for #3 author)

And so on...

Funeral (Opening word for #13 author)
Woman (Closing word for #13 author, by using #1's authors opening word)

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The competition lasts 24 hours to make it easier on your writers and their time zones. You can start whenever on 02/11 after 12:00, and end whenever on 02/12 before 12:00.

Prizes have been set aside for all districts for this event. In the event a district does not participate, their prizes will be split among those that do enter. Since people don't read, if you put an asterisks after your last word in the final post you will be given a bonus.  In the event that a district participates but does not qualify (not enough writers, or doesn't finish in time). Their prizes will be prorated based upon the effort put in and the remaining will be distributed to the other cities.

The pool is of 30 words, which means you may have up to 29 entrants if you so please.

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The prizes will be substantial and will greatly help the district as a whole, as well as the members who participate. This game was founded on the art of storytelling, this is a skill that I really look forward to heavily rewarding.

The judging will be done by 5 people that do not play the game to remove all chance of bias in addition to 5 people in the game.  This means that getting the final results back will take a few days.

Each entry must be 100% written by the poster at the time of the posting, any proxy submissions will result in harsh penalties.  Any pre-written stories will lose their points.

To begin the event, visit https://mafiareturns.com/comm/baton.php You will be given a link to your district's event thread and shown the current start and end words. You may visit this page again at any time to find your thread or check the current words. The current words are also shown above the editor when posting in your district's thread. The words will update automatically each time someone posts in your district's thread.

I heavily advise you organized with your fellow district mates and come up with an order.  Being organized will save a lot of potential mix ups.  If two people post with the same words because they both thought it was their turn, this will count against you.

Good luck!