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[PRESS] Final leg of contest on hold

**Posted:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:52 pm

aliendial

Well THAT's a hoot!

**Posted:** Wed Jun 27, 2007 12:45 pm

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rose · ...and then Magic happens Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Posts: 4104

woo. real treasure! I wonder if the partner had an idea that the treasure might be nearby? So the partners chose that spot to hide the game treasure. Reminds me a bit of Cryptonomicon.

**Posted:** Wed Jun 27, 2007 1:37 pm

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The article claims that the two spots are not anywhere near each other. The company claims their new find is in international waters in the Atlantic, while they placed the POTC chest in territorial waters near Gibraltar.

The timing is coincidental, they say. But the new wreck was found in the same time frame that the company had boats at Gibraltar for the dropping of the POTC chest (allegedly not near their new wreck). Spain is claiming the company was working on the new wreck somewhere in their territorial waters when in fact it was POTC.

And the holdup is Spain is threatening to seize the company's boats, and as the company is the only one that can find the POTC chest, and they're not willing to put their boats at risk, the winner can't have her three hour tour to "find" the POTC chest. Either that or Gilligan and the Skipper aren't available.

All will be sorted out in litigation someplace. Or as soon as the company feels safe revealing the exact location of the wreck to disprove Spain's claims. If they can.

**Posted:** Thu Jun 28, 2007 6:21 pm

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rose · ...and then Magic happens Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Posts: 4104

This is a great lesson in games (and maybe life) whatever can go wrong, will at some time go wrong - and it is impossible to foresee and plan for all the things that might go wrong. I'm great at planning for contingencies -but I would never have come up with the scenario of "company hired to plant treasure finds real treasure; because of the value of the real treasure, the country near where the planted treasure is located threatens to seize company's boats - essential to their work - so the company refuses to go to the location of the planted treasure, but can't reveal the location of the planted treasure because it is a contest."

You can't make this stuff up. Maybe there is money in advertising law. Although I've heard rumors that their clients complain bitterly about the lawyers not letting them have any fun. Smile

**Posted:** Fri Jun 29, 2007 6:44 am

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Slight update on this soap opera. One ship released by Spain, but still unsure whether the ship at Gibraltar can leave without interference....

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070720/ap_on_re_us/treasure_ship;_ylt=AiU06knN6j.GRPnGhEM61AFH2ocA

**Posted:** Fri Jul 20, 2007 7:26 am

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