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[Ministry of Social Affairs] Welcome and let the games begin!!!

Quick word of Welcome!
This org is an eSouth Africa government run department. The goal here is NOT to make a profit, but getting people more involved in eRep, IRC’s, forums etc and in general trying to make things more fun and exciting (and raising funds for military, gov projects like hospitals etc) There will be other games, lotteries, puzzles etc for all to do. If you have any good ideas for any of the afore mentioned, please send me a PM.
The South African Forums are here: eSA Forums
(Joining is free and keeps you up to date on occurrences around eSA!!!)
Other Events that are happening around eSouth Africa at the moment:
1) Cesog is running a Poker Tournament
2) Remon777 is running eCricket matches, tournaments etc
* For new players, if a word is light blue it means it’s a link you can click *
If you have anything else you would like me to add to this list, please let me know.
I will post all other relevant information in this newspaper in the future so stayed tuned!
Battleships!!!

Right, first game for this week, or next couple of days anyway, is battleships.
Game Information:
There is a 15 by 15 grid labeled A to O on top and 1 to 15 on the side (SEE BELOW FOR PICTURE OF EXAMPLE!!!). Hidden on this grid are 2 ships. 1 Battleship which is 3 blocks long, and 1 destroyer that is 2 blocks long.
The ships are ONLY positioned horizontally (sideways) or vertically (top to bottom)! They are NOT diagonal! Each player pays to takes shots to try and sink the ships!

Cost:
2 shots = 4 ZAR
5 shots = 8 ZAR
10 shots = 15 ZAR
20 shots = 25 ZAR
Prizes:
Sinking Battleship = 50% of total money collected
Sinking Destroyer = 25% of total money collected
(15% will go to the military, 10% will go towards other games prizes!)
Rules:
1) Only players can play, NO orgs!
2) Maximum shots allowed per player = 20 in total (so 10 + 10 if later needed are ok)
3) After donating the money to this org, you send your equal amount of shots
Example: you buy 5 shots, msg you send this org B2, B3, L5, A15, B15
4) You MUST hit all the pieces of the ship to sink it!!
5) If more then 1 player sinks the same ship, then money gets split..
Example: if 2 players sink destroyer, each player gets 12.5% of winnings
Now according to Zamrg, our glorious Minister of Intelligence, there are around 628 active players in eSA (out of the 1080 or so in our country) I have high hopes here eSA, of getting EVERY player to participate in these games. Please VOTE, SUBSCRIBE and PARTICIPTE!!! 4 ZAR is not that much and you stand a chance of making LOADS and having fun
GreyHunter
Minister of Social Affairs
ps Lets aim for 150 votes first up!!!
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SORRY LINK IN SHOUT IS MESSED!!! its eREP not me i promise!!
I'm in, but you guys go first. Let me know where you shoot.
Great stuff Greyhunter.
not too sure why doesnt like the link in the shout.. sorry all!
PS I am not scared to spam your inbox so please participate!
It would be nice if you formatted this rather than leaving it as several walls of text.
Bolds, italics, and size changes are nice.
Here's the ZA themed border I use in all my articles. Free for all to use. If anyone wants a differnt themed border, I can make it as well.
Very nice. The formatting makes it much easier to navigate.
How about a link to where to send the donation?
<a href="http://www.erepublik.com/en/organization/2162928" target="_blank">http://www.erepublik.com/en/organization[..]62928</a> Here BFSwitala
I'm in for for some shots, PM sent
Nicely done Grayhunter. Glad to see this ministry with some publicity and enthusiasm under you.
ps grid is 15 x 15 (example just to show how it works
When do we see the results of our shots?
day 736 champ nick