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	<title>Scavenja Blog</title>
	
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	<description>Get that nut!</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Becoming a Scavenja Sponsor</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rosie</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[advertising opportunity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been getting some questions from companies on what exactly Scavenja can do to help their company.  Scavenja offers unique opportunities for business owners and individuals wanting to create a fun interaction among friends, colleagues or with a new product or brand. We have several ideas and ways to customize a game that is [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We&#8217;ve been getting some questions from companies on what exactly Scavenja can do to help their company.  Scavenja offers unique opportunities for business owners and individuals wanting to create a fun interaction among friends, colleagues or with a new product or brand. We have several ideas and ways to customize a game that is right for your needs.</p>
<p><span class="nfakPe">Sponsor</span> a public Scavenja game for your:</p>
<div><strong>Event Promotion<br />
Store and Grand Opening </strong></div>
<div><strong>Promotional Giveaway<br />
New Product Launch<br />
Rebranding Campaign<br />
Movie Premiere or CD Release</strong></p>
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<p>With over 30,000 pageviews in less than a month and growing, Scavenja provides a unique opportunity for brand interaction and advertising.  There are a variety of options and levels of <span class="nfakPe">sponsor</span> participation.  We&#8217;d love to talk with you about an opportunity to <span class="nfakPe">sponsor</span> one or more games. You can send us an email to <a href="mailto:info@scavenja.com" target="_blank">info@scavenja.com</a> or send a direct message by twitter to discuss how sponsoring a game can help your company.</p>
<p>We also have capability to <span class="nfakPe">sponsor</span> a private game for your:</p>
<div><strong>Orientation and Training Program<br />
Bachelor/Bachelorette Party</strong></div>
<div><strong>Family Reunion</strong></div>
<div><strong>Corporate Team Building</strong></div>
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</div>
<div>And players, stay tuned: We have a new game starting soon!
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		<title>New Game: Olym-PICS!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:21:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rosie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s right, it&#8217;s that time again, squirrely players!  A new game has begun today on Scavenja!  So join in the Olym-PIC fun!
Here&#8217;s an interesting new event to be added to the Office Gymnastics games next Olympic season: Mobile Phone Put!

by kewlnis
Start playing now! You can win a gift card to fill up your iPod with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s right, it&#8217;s that time again, squirrely players!  A new game has begun today on Scavenja!  So join in the Olym-PIC fun!</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s an interesting new event to be added to the <strong>Office Gymnastics</strong> games next Olympic season: Mobile Phone Put!</p>
<p><img src="http://scavenja.com/userimage/sub603_thumb448.jpg" alt="" width="448" height="336" /></p>
<p>by <strong><a href="../../player_details.php?entrant=159">kewlnis</a></strong></p>
<p>Start playing now! You can win a gift card to fill up your iPod with music for when you train for the next 4 years for the next Olympics.  We&#8217;re hoping that Scavenja-ing will be added as an event, too!</p>
<p>Log in and <a href="http://scavenja.com/game.php?game=11">play now</a>!</p>
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		<title>Congrats, Sassy1092!</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scavenja/~3/376599844/congrats-sassy1092</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:16:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rosie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Congrats to Sassy1092 who won the My Pet Romance game!

For Goal: My pet is actually a super hero. I am just the sidekick.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Congrats to <a href="http://scavenja.com/player_details.php?entrant=95">Sassy1092</a> who won the <a href="http://scavenja.com/game.php?game=10">My Pet Romance</a> game!</p>
<p><img src="http://scavenja.com/userimage/sub565_thumb448.jpg" alt="" width="288" height="194" /></p>
<p>For Goal: <a href="../../goal.php?goal=66">My pet is actually a super hero. I am just the sidekick.</a></p>
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		<title>Congrats to Newest Scavenja Winner, jtbritto!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rosie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest game, Lights&#8230; Camera&#8230; Scavenja! game is closed! Congratulations to jtbritto for taking the win!  Excellent job jtbritto and thank you to Hahn&#8217;s Travel for the vacation voucher.  This game was specifically based off of various popular movie themes and quotes.  Here are some of our winner&#8217;s submissions.

(From Nobody puts Baby in the Corner!)

(From [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The latest game, <a href="http://www.scavenja.com/game.php?game=9">Lights&#8230; Camera&#8230; Scavenja!</a> game is closed! Congratulations to <a href="http://www.scavenja.com/player_details.php?entrant=124">jtbritto</a> for taking the win!  Excellent job jtbritto and thank you to <a href="http://www.hahnstravel.com">Hahn&#8217;s Travel</a> for the vacation voucher.  This game was specifically based off of various popular movie themes and quotes.  Here are some of our winner&#8217;s submissions.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.scavenja.com/userimage/sub456_thumb448.jpg" alt="" width="448" height="336" /></p>
<p>(From <a href="http://www.scavenja.com/goal.php?goal=54">Nobody puts Baby in the Corner</a>!)</p>
<p><img src="http://www.scavenja.com/userimage/sub467_thumb448.jpg" alt="" width="448" height="336" /></p>
<p>(From <a href="http://www.scavenja.com/goal.php?goal=59">We need to talk about your TPS Reports</a>)</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t forget we&#8217;re still playing a game <a href="http://scavenja.com/game.php?game=10">My Pet Romance</a>. So join in on the fun and have a chance to win a great prize and join our winner&#8217;s circle!</p>
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		<title>My Pet Romance Game - Starts Today 8/13/08!</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scavenja/~3/363878657/my-pet-romance-game-starts-today-81308</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rosie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Well scavenjas, or is it squirrel friends? I&#8217;m not sure&#8230;what I am sure of is that there is a new game starting today just before lunch time that will rock you and your pet&#8217;s socks!  That&#8217;s right, you and your furry friend can play this upcoming 2 week game.  Don&#8217;t worry, if you don&#8217;t have [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well scavenjas, or is it squirrel friends? I&#8217;m not sure&#8230;what I am sure of is that there is a new game starting today just before lunch time that will rock you and your pet&#8217;s socks!  That&#8217;s right, you and your furry friend can play this upcoming 2 week game.  Don&#8217;t worry, if you don&#8217;t have any pets you&#8217;ll still be able to play!  We&#8217;re all looking forward to seeing what you come up with!</p>
<p>Just to get you pumped, here are some great uploads from the current game, &#8220;<a href="http://scavenja.com/game.php?game=9">Lights&#8230; Camera&#8230; Scavenja!</a>&#8221;</p>
<p style="center;">The Graduate-Hoffman or Bancroft? by <strong><a href="../../player_details.php?entrant=5">cmachuca</a></strong></p>
<p style="center;"><img src="http://scavenja.com/userimage/sub436_thumb448.jpg" alt="" width="336" height="448" /><br />
Make them an offer they can&#8217;t refuse by <strong><a href="../../player_details.php?entrant=124">jtbritto</a></strong></p>
<p style="center;"><img src="http://scavenja.com/userimage/sub440_thumb448.jpg" alt="" width="253" height="448" /></p>
<p style="center;">NOBODY puts Baby in the corner! by <a href="http://scavenja.com/view_submission.php?submission=466">paul_p</a></p>
<p style="center;"><img src="http://scavenja.com/userimage/sub466_thumb448.jpg" alt="" width="440" height="293" /></p>
<p style="center;">Unlikely Bond gadget by <a href="http://scavenja.com/view_submission.php?submission=490">tiffani</a></p>
<p style="center;"><img src="http://scavenja.com/userimage/sub490_thumb448.jpg" alt="" width="448" height="336" /></p>
<p style="center;"><a href="http://scavenja.com/view_submission.php?submission=492">Airrun </a>reenacting the orgasm scene from When Harry Met Sally</p>
<p style="center;"><img src="http://scavenja.com/userimage/sub492_thumb448.jpg" alt="" width="377" height="448" /></p>
<p style="center;">Look out cause Nanners wants to talk to you about your TPS Reports.  by <a href="http://scavenja.com/view_submission.php?submission=468">theshaffers</a></p>
<p style="center;"><img src="http://scavenja.com/userimage/sub468_thumb448.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="400" /></p>
<p style="center;">
<p>Leave these folks comments, give them creativity points and submit your own photos!  You could win prizes and it&#8217;s a whole lot of fun&#8230; more fun than a barrel of squirrels!</p>
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		<title>New Scavenja Game Starts Monday, 8/4/08 — “Get that nut!”</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scavenja/~3/354628324/new-scavenja-game-starting-monday-8408</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Get out your cameras. It&#8217;s time to go squirrel hunting!  A new scavenja game starts on Monday, August 4, 2008, and we&#8217;re giving away some great prizes! This game will be a 2-week game with one goal delivered each week day&#8230; but we can&#8217;t tell you what time each day, you&#8217;ll have to keep checking [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Get out your cameras. It&#8217;s time to go squirrel hunting!  A new scavenja game starts on Monday, August 4, 2008, and we&#8217;re giving away some great prizes! This game will be a 2-week game with one goal delivered each week day&#8230; but we can&#8217;t tell you what time each day, you&#8217;ll have to keep checking our Web site at <a href="http://www.scavenja.com">http://www.scavenja.com</a> to find out!!  If you signed up to receive notices about upcoming games and goals, you&#8217;ll receive an email for each new goal release.</p>
<p>As for the prizes for this game, details are coming soon&#8230; so be sure to follow us on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/scavenja">Twitter</a> at <a href="http://www.twitter.com/scavenja">http://www.twitter.com/scavenja</a> and visit <a href="http://www.scavenja.com">Scavenja</a> to get the news first hand!!</p>
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		<title>The Scavenja Winners’ Circle</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scavenja/~3/351614585/the-scavenja-winners-circle</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:59:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rosie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It was tough competition but we do have a few people who came out Scavenja champions!
 The Recent Winners:
Go Nuts! Sponsored by EdgeOffice:
capitalfellow 

(From goal: Mark your location on a map, hold it up and take a picture of you in it.)
This is No Longer a Vacation: This is a quest. Sponsored by Hahn&#8217;s Travel:
theshaffers

(From [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It was tough competition but we do have a few people who came out Scavenja champions!</p>
<p><strong> The Recent Winners:</strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://scavenja.com/game.php?game=5">Go Nuts!</a> </strong>Sponsored by EdgeOffice:</p>
<p><strong>capitalfellow </strong></p>
<p style="center;"><img src="http://scavenja.com/userimage/sub282_thumb448.jpg" alt="" width="311" height="233" /></p>
<p style="center;">(From goal: <a href="http://scavenja.com/goal.php?goal=34">Mark your location on a map, hold it up and take a picture of you in it</a>.)</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://scavenja.com/game.php?game=6">This is No Longer a Vacation: This is a quest</a>. </strong>Sponsored by Hahn&#8217;s Travel:</p>
<p><strong>theshaffers</strong></p>
<p style="center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://scavenja.com/userimage/sub183_thumb448.jpg" alt="" width="396" height="297" /></p>
<p style="center;">(From goal: <a href="http://scavenja.com/goal.php?goal=27">It&#8217;s too darn hot, but I&#8217;m cooling off</a>.)</p>
<p><a href="http://scavenja.com/game.php?game=7">Hello Mr. Squir R. El</a>. Sponsored by Hahn&#8217;s Travel and Truffles by Ana:</p>
<p>1st prize: <strong>EFindlicher</strong></p>
<p style="center;"><img class="aligncenter" style="middle;" src="http://scavenja.com/userimage/sub326_thumb448.jpg" alt="" width="343" height="257" /><br />
(From goal: <a href="http://scavenja.com/goal.php?goal=38">Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who is the Squirrelish of them all</a>)</p>
<p>2nd prize: <strong>theshaffers </strong></p>
<p style="center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://scavenja.com/userimage/sub360_thumb448.jpg" alt="" width="354" height="265" /></p>
<p style="center;">(From goal: <a href="http://scavenja.com/goal.php?goal=42">Sign Someone&#8217;s Cast and capture the moment on camera</a>)</p>
<p><strong>Congratulations to our winners</strong> and thank you for playing everyone! <strong>Some of the prizes included $50 worth of Truffles, a free vacation and a $400 voucher for a new designer office chair from EdgeOffice. </strong>There are new games starting up occasionally with new prizes to win!  So join in on the fun!  We have a special surprise for <a href="http://barcamp.org/BarCampRDU">Barcamp RDU</a> attendees this weekend so stay tuned for details if you&#8217;re attending.  <strong>For everyone else, Monday starts a new game!</strong> So rest up this weekend and brush up on your scavenja skillz for Monday&#8217;s game.</p>
<p>For inspiration for the upcoming game, be sure to check out the new <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scavenja/">Scavenja Flickr account</a> - We&#8217;ll be posting the best of the best there - and browse or past games to see what great creativity we have!</p>
<p>If you don&#8217;t have an account, <a href="http://scavenja.com/register.php">be sure to create one</a>.  You can request an invite code by emailing info@scavenja.com</p>
<p>Thanks again to our sponsors!</p>
<p style="center;"><a href="http://www.edgeoffice.com/" target="_blank"><img src="../../images/sponsors/edge_office.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://hahnstravel.com/" target="_blank"><img src="../../images/sponsors/hahns_travel_small.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://trufflesbyana.com/" target="_blank"><img src="../../images/sponsors/truffles_by_ana.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a></p>
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		<title>Scavenja New Game and Updates for July 23</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scavenja/~3/343761309/scavenja-new-game-and-updates-for-july-23</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:39:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Howdy everyone!
We&#8217;ve got a new game up on our website with some great prizes, incuding a vacation from Hahn&#8217;s Travel for the winner and Truffles By Anna for the second place finisher. We&#8217;ve also added some new features and made some changes to the site&#8217;s design, including:

usernames link to profile pages everywhere they appear
link back [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft" style="float: left;" src="http://scavenja.com/images/sponsors/hahns_travel_small.jpg" alt="" width="116" height="101" /><strong>Howdy everyone!</strong><img class="alignright" style="float: right;" src="http://scavenja.com/images/sponsors/truffles_by_ana.gif" alt="" width="141" height="90" /></p>
<p>We&#8217;ve got a new game up on <a href="http://www.scavenja.com">our website</a> with some great prizes, incuding a vacation from<a href="http://www.hahnstravel.com/" target="_blank"> Hahn&#8217;s Travel</a> for the winner and <a href="http://trufflesbyanna.com" target="_blank">Truffles By Anna</a> for the second place finisher. We&#8217;ve also added some new features and made some changes to the site&#8217;s design, including:</p>
<ul>
<li>usernames link to profile pages everywhere they appear</li>
<li>link back to goal page from submissions on player profile</li>
<li>new leaderboard formats
<ul>
<li>home page contains leaders in creatitivity points and all-time points, in addition to the most recent submissions</li>
<li>Individual leaderboards for each game can be found on the game pages</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>leaderboards contains thumbnail of most recent submission for each user</li>
<li>sponsor graphics moved above leaderboard</li>
<li>players can delete pictures from the goal pages</li>
<li>improved handling of current and past games on the home page</li>
</ul>
<p>As always, we welcome your feedback on this changes. We still have a long ways to go on implementing some more robust features (uploading from your cell phone, email submissions, etc) but just know that we&#8217;re working on new things each day.</p>
<p>Thanks for stopping by!</p>
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		<title>New Features - Comments, Creativity Bonus and More</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:47:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is a big day for Scavenja. First, shout outs to all the teams that participated in RTP Startup Weekend, which was discussed in a CNBC segment earlier today and will be featured in a different one later today (4pm Eastern Time if anyone&#8217;s watching).
We rolled out a new game today - &#8220;This is no [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft" style="float: left;" src="http://scavenja.com/userimage/sub127_thumb448.jpg" alt="" width="243" height="182" />Today is a big day for <a href="http://www.scavenja.com">Scavenja</a>. First, shout outs to all the teams that participated in RTP Startup Weekend, which was discussed in a <a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=796474574">CNBC segment</a> earlier today and will be featured in a different one later today (4pm Eastern Time if anyone&#8217;s watching).</p>
<p>We rolled out a new game today - &#8220;This is no longer a vacation. this is a quest. Sponsored by <a href="http://www.hahnstravel.com/">Hahn&#8217;s Travel</a>.&#8221; Hopefully that gives you at least a hint about what the prize for this game will be. So now we have two games going on at the same time.</p>
<p>We&#8217;re also excited about some <strong>new features we released today.</strong> We&#8217;ve been listening to what you&#8217;ve been saying about the games and getting your feedback to improve (hopefully) the game play experience. Today we implemented a few things:</p>
<ul>
<li>Ability to click on thumbnails of pictures so you can see bigger sizes</li>
<li>Comments so you can engage in squirrel talk and let people know what you think about their pics</li>
<li>Voting system to give bonus points for creativity. So even if you aren&#8217;t one of the first to submit you still can score a lot of points if you&#8217;re creative</li>
<li>Added a second leaderboard for our new game</li>
<li>Added minimum points levels for past goals, so they don&#8217;t go down to zero</li>
<li>Ability to click on a player&#8217;s name (leaderboard only right now) and see all their past submissions</li>
</ul>
<p>We&#8217;d love to hear what you think about these features. If you have any ideas for other features definitely let us know! We will be making many more improvements to the site and game so stay tuned&#8230;</p>
<p><strong>P.S.</strong> Thanks to patricia for the image. You can view it and the comments <a href="http://scavenja.com/view_submission.php?submission=127">here</a>.</p>
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		<title>Squirrelly Pictures From Recent Scavenja Game</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Our first real Scavenja game launched yesterday. We&#8217;re still in invite-only super stealth mode but if you follow us on Twitter, you may be able to snatch an invite code. The current game is sponsored by Edge Office, a design consultancy in Raleigh, NC. They&#8217;re also providing a really sweet prize &#8212; a $400 voucher [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our first real <a href="http://www.scavenja.com">Scavenja</a> game launched yesterday. We&#8217;re still in invite-only super stealth mode but if you <a href="http://www.twitter.com/scavenja">follow us on Twitter</a>, you may be able to snatch an invite code. The current game is sponsored by<a href="http://www.edgeoffice.com"> Edge Office</a>, a design consultancy in Raleigh, NC. They&#8217;re also providing a really sweet prize &#8212; a $400 voucher for one of their super comfortable office chairs. Yeah we pimp Edge Office, but we&#8217;d do it even if they weren&#8217;t a sponsor, because they rock!</p>
<p>There have been some great pictures submitted so far for this first Scavenja game. Some pictures are original, some are photoshopped and some are from who knows where. And that&#8217;s ok. We wanted to let the game evolve on it&#8217;s own and see what people like, rather than force rules on people. We might eventually implement some more rules and types of games, but for now we&#8217;re just trying to gather feedback. We know we have a lot of kinks to work out and a lot of features to add, but we&#8217;re still excited about how things are going so far.</p>
<p>Here are some of my favorite pictures from the game so far&#8211;from the 4 goals released so far:</p>
<h3>Post a squirrelly picture</h3>
<p><img src="http://scavenja.com/userimage/sub39_thumb180.jpg" alt="" width="180" height="135" /><img src="http://scavenja.com/userimage/sub42_thumb180.jpg" alt="" width="170" height="180" /><img src="http://scavenja.com/userimage/sub55_thumb180.jpg" alt="" width="180" height="121" /></p>
<h3>Post a review of a local restaurant. Also tell myfriessuck.com what you think</h3>
<p><img src="http://scavenja.com/userimage/sub63_thumb180.jpg" alt="" width="180" height="135" /><img src="http://scavenja.com/userimage/sub65_thumb180.jpg" alt="" width="180" height="135" /><img src="http://scavenja.com/userimage/sub76_thumb180.jpg" alt="" width="180" height="135" /></p>
<h3>May the force be with you in a bar. Don&#8217;t forget to visit barsforus.com</h3>
<p><img src="http://scavenja.com/userimage/sub84_thumb180.jpg" alt="" width="180" height="135" /><img src="http://scavenja.com/userimage/sub97_thumb180.jpg" alt="" width="135" height="180" /><img src="http://scavenja.com/userimage/sub100_thumb180.jpg" alt="" width="135" height="180" /></p>
<h3>Sign a credit card receipt as a fictional character</h3>
<p><img src="http://scavenja.com/userimage/sub109_thumb180.jpg" alt="" width="135" height="180" /><img src="http://scavenja.com/userimage/sub106_thumb180.jpg" alt="" width="135" height="180" /><img src="http://scavenja.com/userimage/sub107_thumb180.jpg" alt="" width="180" height="135" /></p>
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