Scott (Admin) RJ: Ratan Joyce CO: Ratan Joyce Post Rating: 0 + / - Total Posts: 1175 Karma: 5083 Joined: Jan 13, 2012 |
Posted on Mar 21, 2012 (Last edited on Mar 24, 2012) Contest Ended, Results:LIST OF BAD NEWS Jackos Investments The Invisible Hand strikes again One of your Q50 passenger jets was hijacked by The Invisible Hand! Fortunately you were able to recover half of its cost from the insurance company. (-1 Q50 Passenger Jet, +150mil company cash) Valley Prospector Co Thieves After staying unpaid for weeks, some of your workers decided to simply drive off with your gold ore. (-10000 gold ore) Valley Prospector Co... Again Allegations Long term mining inspector Brutus Calamine is being investigated after a disgruntled miner noticed him taking bribes from Walter Yorkshire. Interviews taken make claims of Walter Yorkshire having had unsafe conditions for years, Brutus Calamine decided enough was enough and finally admitted to accepting bribes, and ignoring safety protocols for years, hiding the deaths of miners, covering up accidents and even closing mines while miners were still in them. Having made a plea bargain, Brutus will testify against Walter and in return will be provided amnesty. If found guilty, Walter Yorkshire could face $2 billion in fines, 1 week in prison, and loss of 3 mines. (-$125 mil in company expenses, rumor says it was spent to purchase a vacation home for Judge Greenhog) Chosen Industries Strawberry Flu! A new strand of flu virus is detected in your strawberries, you are forced to destroy all of the strawberries in your warehouse. (-14863 strawberries) Farming Corp AIDS You received a terrible anonymous message saying you and your employees have AIDS. After spending $10mil on various tests, it turned out to be a false alarm. (-10mil company cash) Barrows Company Fields Destroyed Monsoon Season hit's your crops are completely destroyed, your un-harvested fruits and crops have been destroyed. (Lose all current production in planation/fruit plantation, and their production costs - Nothing happened because the company did not own any plantations) EDL Energy Electrical Fire In a top news story today, An electrical fire in the industrial section of the city has claimed 2 factories belonging to EDL Energy. When questioned about the fires Tyrone Summers quickly left the vicinity of the reporters. Investigations suggest these fires may or may not be accidental, some believe these fires were set by Tyrone himself in an attempt to collect on insurance. (The 10 m^2 fruit plantation gets destroyed, +$1 million) The Magical Co CEO Framed for Murder A dead hooker was found in Arigon's car trunk, but Arigon swears he is innocent! Shareholders flee although Arigon is proven innocent after paying $1.5 million in legal fees. (MAGIC stock price drops 20%, Arigon sold 100k shares of MAGIC to cover legal expenses) Elry Fake Silver After six months of investigations customs police agents uncovered a network of fake silver smuggling! The companies involved had enormous profits by buying a cheap mineral and turning it into expensive jewelery very closely ressembling true silver jewelery, police kept the information secret until now... It is a scandal of enormous proportions that involved the major jewelery companies in Econosia: ELRY, Googgle and Rat & Joy Co. (All silver jewelry confiscated) Elry... Again Illegal Stock Activity You were found guilty of running away with the share holders money. The court has sentenced you a fine of $30 million. (-500k personal shares of ELRY) Rat & Joy Co Fake Silver After six months of investigations customs police agents uncovered a network of fake silver smuggling! The companies involved had enormous profits by buying a cheap mineral and turning it into expensive jewelery very closely ressembling true silver jewelery, police kept the information secret until now... Its a scandal of enormous proportions that involved the major jewelery companies in Econosia: ELRY, Googgle and Rat & Joy Co. (All silver jewelry confiscated) Googgle Fake Silver After six months of investigations customs police agents uncovered a network of fake silver smuggling! The companies involved had enormous profits by buying a cheap mineral and turning it into expensive jewelery very closely ressembling true silver jewelery, police kept the information secret until now... Its a scandal of enormous proportions that involved the major jewelery companies in Econosia: ELRY, Googgle and Rat & Joy Co. (All silver jewelry confiscated) Dey Group Illegal Stock Activity Last week your company was involved in the illegal trading of stocks, and as a result your company's share prices have fallen by 25%. (-25% share price) Now... The Popular Companies Police Raid Police raided a suspected prostitution house near the Black Teapot District in Econosia. No evidence of prostitution was found, although chairmen of the below companies are found naked, presumably involved in business planning with perfect transparency. Companies: Zxektok Megatron, Strawberry Schmaaberry, Creamsicle Daydream, Ether Portfolio Group (No effect besides public embarassment) --------------------------------------------------- Original Contest Description: This contest shall be both SECRET and EVIL. Deadline: This contest shall last for only 3 days, ending on Saturday March 24, 2012 6:00 Server Time. Description: Instead of praising others, now is the time for revenge! Simply write a short company news message, and optionally its effect. The news message must be bad news, and I may change the effect or increase/decrease its severity based on my secret evil thoughts. Submission: DO NOT POST HERE! Send your message to Ratan Joyce through in-game message with the Subject of CONTEST. Also pick between 1 to 3 companies as your targets, ONE of those can be your own company if you choose to play "defensively". (see below) Reward: For each target you pick that is ONLY targeted by you, you gain 500 influence points (so max 1500 for 3 targets). Your target receives your customized news. For each target that is chosen by you and someone else, you will gain 250 influence points, and your target will suffer twice. and the fun part: For each target that is chosen by more than two people, you will get nothing, and... not only is your target IMMUNE to all bad news, but he/she will gain an additional 500 influence points as a popularity bonus! |
Karim Shibl RJ: karim shibl CO: hamdy Post Rating: 0 + / - Total Posts: 62 Karma: 64 Joined: Feb 8, 2012 |
Posted on Mar 21, 2012 LOLlike it wait my evil :D |
Scott (Admin) RJ: Ratan Joyce CO: Ratan Joyce Post Rating: 0 + / - Total Posts: 1175 Karma: 5083 Joined: Jan 13, 2012 |
Posted on Mar 21, 2012 Oh, and the news will be anonymous, and the reward list will NOT be posted so your victims can keep guessing :-)
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Scott (Admin) RJ: Ratan Joyce CO: Ratan Joyce Post Rating: 0 + / - Total Posts: 1175 Karma: 5083 Joined: Jan 13, 2012 |
Posted on Mar 24, 2012 I love the huge number of responses from this contest, although I kept about all of them unopened just to be fair. (Since I haven't started writing my own)Anyways, less than a day left :-) |
Scott (Admin) RJ: Ratan Joyce CO: Ratan Joyce Post Rating: 0 + / - Total Posts: 1175 Karma: 5083 Joined: Jan 13, 2012 |
Posted on Mar 24, 2012 (Last edited on Mar 24, 2012) Contest ended. Results posted in first thread and in your company news if you're affected.
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