On the 18th June, 100 lucky Perplex City players received this e-mail in their inboxes:
Hello,
Season 1 of perplex city has come and gone. What a season it was!
100 limited edition silver leitmarks have been awarded to players who
had the top 100 score on the leader board at the end of season 1.Pat yourself on the back - you are one of those top 100 players!!
As the information we have on the system may be old and out dated, I ask
for you to email me your postal address in the below format so I can get
your hard earned shiny silver leitmark in your hands without further delay./Name
Address line 1
Address line 2
Town
Country, Postcode/If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Best wishes and congratulations!
Ben @ Perplex City Customer Care.
I was one of the lucky players, and immediately replied with my address. Twelve days later, my post was thrown at me, with a suspicious looking white padded envelope with a box shape inside. Ripping it open I found a purple and silver box inside. From the symbol on the top I knew immediately what it was, and opened it to find a shiny silver leitmark. You can see the photos of the box and the leitmark here.
In the twelve days since the players that were lucky enough to receive the silver leitmark were announced, there has been a lot of discussion and controversy as to how the leitmarks were awarded. It seems that despite what we were told, the silver leitmarks were only awarded to the top 100 players on the leaderboard, and not to those that have worked hard within the community. This left many players disappointed, myself included as I knew many players that I would have liked to have been awarded a silver leitmark. I was also disappointed with the way it was handled, but can only come to the conclusion that it was just to tie up the rest of the loose endings in the Perplex City saga.
The full discussion on the silver leitmarks can be found here, which also shows pictures of my leitmark!
Congratulations to all those awarded them!
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