The prize pool started with 5 Trivia Point Tokens. The Judges’ Choice was sacrificed and the prize pool base was increased to 6 Trivia Point Tokens.

Each player started with 50K to begin their acquisitions. Etadan began with an extra 20K as her starting advantage.

In Part One -

Justa got hustled for pretzels and 0 eligible pies to sell.

Etadan led with a starting advantage as a Returning Unrealist. She continued to dominate and collected 11 unique pies.

Spank may have gone awol or mia?

Thayaric bought 4 pies for 175k and told us all so we don’t feel bad about breaking confidentiality.

Zealus bought one pie for min bid, 105 gold.

In Part Two -

Thayaric resold his pies and still ended with a loss. He returned 0 gold pieces for the prize pool.

Etadan sadly experienced death of her link… no gold has been returned for the prize pool, yet.

Zealus unfortunately experienced auction retention as his single pie was not bid upon. He returned the 49,895 gold remaining from the starting budget.

Justa had no pies to sell and attempted to recover by mustering donations.

Stay tuned for updates!

Players returning from Challenge #1 receive a starting advantage in this challenge.

The prize pool for the winning team (determined by public vote) is starting at 5 Trivia Point Tokens, and will be increased by the end of the challenge through the efforts of contestants.

Each Team Captain will be given 50,000 gold pieces at the start of the challenge. The teams will then have 45 minutes to collect as many unique manor pies as they can. Teams may opt to use their own personal funds to acquire pies, the 50K is just a starting kick in the pants.

At the end of the collection portion of the challenge, judges will verify the teams’ collections, note their acquisitions and then the auction portion will begin its duration for 45 minutes.

During the auction portion of the challenge, teams are tasked with raising as much gold as possible by SELLING the pies they have just collected.

At the end of the auction portion of this challenge, Team Captains will turn in their funds from their pie sales. A portion will be added to the Champion Prize pool to be awarded at the end of the competition. The rest will go to the Prize pool for this challenge.

A note will be posted on the Games board with a recap of teams’ performances including how many pies they collected, how much gold they have turned in and the gold/pie average of their team. It is then up to the public to vote for the winning team. Is it the team that collected the most pies? The team with the most gold raised? The team with the highest gold/pie average? The team that looks best in tulip skirts?

Voting will be open for 6 hours. Judges will also select their choice team for best performance. The judges choice team will receive an additional 1 Trivia Point Token per team member, which is NOT taken from the main prize pool.

Unreality Participation Credits will be awarded to all contestants and will flow upon the winners!

Because we had just two teams, one that won the public vote and one that won the judges’ choice, every contestant is considered to have winning placement!

As an incentive for repeat contestants, any challenge winners that compete in the next consecutive challenge will begin with a starting advantage. This means everyone that competed in AROUND THE WORLD is eligible to begin the next challenge with an advantage!

Challenge #2 will be a TEAM challenge, hosted over the weekend of July 4, 2009. The final time of the competition will be announced on the Games board.

Teams will compete in an item collection and fundraising auction. A portion of the funds raised will be distributed in the Challenge Prize payout, with the remaining funds added to the Champion Prize pool to paid to the Unreality Champion at the end of the competition.

Funds raised as gold will be converted to Trivia Point Tokens at a rate of 4.25M/1 TP.

Challenge winners may opt to receive their payout as Trivia Point Tokens or as gold.

The prize pool beginning this challenge is 5 Trivia Point Tokens. The winning team will receive 5 Trivia Point Tokens plus the portion of funds raised that are distributed at the end of this challenge.

The winning team will be determined by public vote. The results of the challenge will be announced on Games board and the public vote will decide which team has won based on their performance in both the item collection and auction portions of the challenge.

The judges will talk to each team after the voting has begun and deliberate to select the judges’ choice. The team that wins judges’ choice will receive 1 Trivia Point Token per team member.

An MVP may also be chosen by the judges for outstanding performances by individuals. MVPs will be awarded an additional 1 Trivia Point Token.

Unreality Participation Credits will be awarded to all contestants and will flow in mass upon winners and MVPs. The contestants that have accumulated the most UPCs through the course of the competition will be eligible for the final vote that will crown the Unreality Champion! The more UPCs the Champion has earned, the bigger their prize!

Interested in judging as a guest or regular panel judge? Contact VelvetLies!

Sebastion and Alorien each win 1 Trivia Point Token!

Team Cheerios Wins Judge’s Choice!

Ezrah, Etadan and Trurien each win 1 Trivia Point Token!

Judges select Alorien as MVP!

Alorien wins an additional 1 Trivia Point Token!

Guest judge Dorleac helped facilitate results and general snarkiness and receives heartfelt thanks!

Stay tuned for more details and updates!

The most notable change is in the contestant makeup. Instead of one group of contestants competing to a final vote-off, each challenge will recruit players that are able and willing to play at the time of the event.

Each challenge will award Unreality Participation Credits to all competitors and winners. UPCs will be tallied throughout the competition and the top scorers will be put to the public vote one final time to select the Unreality Champion.

This means that the total prizes awarded in gold and Trivia Point Tokens will be higher throughout the competition. Winners of individual challenges will be awarded greater prizes and the final Champion prize will be scaled to the winning voters total Unreality Participation Credits.

CONTESTANT STATUS: ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS. Submit to Gaardian on Personal Board. Applicants must have at least 48 hours online, no other character traits are required. Some challenges will require contestants to be online and active for a number of hours. These events will be scheduled to the best convenience of all involved.

JUDGES’ PANEL STATUS: ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS. Submit to VelvetLies on Personal Board or contact directly for more information. Judges’ responsibilities include evaluating and expediting contestant performance in each challenge, providing feedback and maintaining details and functioning of the overall competition. Judges may serve a permanent or guest judge seat on the panel.

CHAMPIONS PRIZE POOL: CURRENTLY UNDETERMINED. The prize pool will begin with an initial pot determined by the total number of accepted contestants. Certain challenges will raise the prize amounts. The top 3 finalists will receive prizes awarded as trivia point tokens or gold pieces at a value of 4.25M per trivia at their choosing.

APPLICATIONS ARE BEING ACCEPTED JUNE 21, 2009 UNTIL ALL POSITIONS ARE FILLED OR UNTIL JUNE 28, 2009, WHICHEVER IS SOONER.