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Today is the opening ceremonies of the Olympics. We come today with one event, the Scavenger Hunt.

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Today's challenge is worth 100 CC to anyone who is able to finish it and 5 GOLD to the winner. The top 5 will all receive gold as prizes. Without further ado, I bring you the first scavenger hunt puzzle.

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First Clue:

Article Title: [WinterOlympics] 1st Clue: Diary of Charlie the Dog

This is an excerpt from 'The Life and Times of Nathan Badley' & belongs to him alone.



Dear diary,

As you know, I have very feW possessions. There Is the basket of toys That, tHrough great pain and sufferIng, I have finally ripped all of The squeakers out of. There is my dog disH which, thanks to the humans, Is always full of those awful dry pellEts. I have neVer figurEd out how priSoners on death row are allowed real food while I, theIr faithful dog, is stuCk shOvelling chalky browN bitS into my mouth day after day. I have my pen, ThOugh I would happily get Rid of thaT.

Most importantly, though, is my blanket. My dear green blanket. It is my most prized possession, alWays there on the couch for me. Sure, the woman tends to thInk she has a righT to tHis blankeT, but it will always be mine.

Sometimes, tHough, hEr desperate need to claim the blanket as her own can be irritating.

I was lying on the couch the other day when she walked into the liVing room. I had spent the better part of an hour gettIng positioned perfectLy in the blankEt. some people Think all you need to do Is curl up uNder the blanket to be comfortable, but thoSe people are idiots. It’s a mucH bigger prOcess, getting each fold exactly wheRe iT should be, draping the blanket just so. If it ends up in the wrong place, the next thing You know you will bE furiously trying to geT the fibers out of your nose.

as usuaL, she sat down next to me on the couch. Then, just Like that, the blanket was gone. She was off of the couch and headed down the hall. It happened so fast, I haD no Idea what was happening. For a second, I was stunned. I jumped up and followed. This was unacceptable behaVior, even for a renowned blanket hog llke her.

I trotted down the hall and theN I saw it. There shE waS, pUShing the blankEt, My blankEt, into the wAshing machiNe.

I diDn’t know what to do. I went back to the couch and hopped back up. I tried my beSt to get comfortable, but it wAs impossible. I mean, who could possibly be comfortable on a couch without a blanket? I’m not a saVAge!

The worst part is I know how this eNds. The blankeT will be brought back to me in a couple of hourS smelling like a spring rain. A stupid, disgusting spring rain. She will plop it right back onto the Couch like nothing ever hAppeNed, but we boTh know the truth. I wiLl have tO SpEnd the next day trying to adjust the blanket back to its appropriate scent.

I don’t know how I aM going to find thE tIme to get my blanket back to its proper stAte. I have a busy day already scheduled, what with the licking and napping.

I really don’t think My life could be any rougher.

Until tomorrow,
Charlie

Hope you enjoyed this example of Nathan's work and good luck with the clue! 😃

Best Regards,

P.S. CENTER OF GRAVITY.

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The Answer links to a country in eRepublik Country Ranking. The www.tinyurl.com/"CountryName"-eRep will have the next clue.

Fill The Form at the end of the 5 clues so we know you worked out all the puzzles.
Best of luck and let the games begin!

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Trivia will be held tomorrow at 14:00 eRep time in #USWP-Trivia on the Rizon Network.

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I'd like to thank our current donors who have made this possible thus far:
Contrajuris
Sparkfyre
Torrin
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I'd like to make a special shout out to Sparkfyre who has offered to help run some of our competitions. This generous contribution make this leaps and bounds easier to run and if anyone else is interested in helping please feel free to contact me.

While I will be funding this on my own and am ready to put up more than enough to make this work, donations are appreciated. Money, GOLD and Q7 weapons will be the prizes, so if you'd like to make a donation of any of these things please feel free to do so.

Major donors will be represented in future articles and if you'd like to sponsor a competition please feel free offer what you feel is fair.