MARKET: +14.2% ▲ ALL-TIME HIGH MOM & POP: MOAT AT ATH ($840 Moat Absorbing) SCRAPPY: +38.5% ▲ 42x Unpaid Interns Leveraged SERGEI: +21.0% ▲ 10,000 Bot Workers Deployed BARON: -3.1% ▼ Injunction Overruled by Cayman Court AMAZOFF: -12.8% ▼ Liquidated in Year 4 SEC STATUS: 0 SUBPOENAS FILED (COMPLIANCE WAIVED) CRASH WARNING: T-30s TICK COMMENCING MARKET: +14.2% ▲ ALL-TIME HIGH MOM & POP: MOAT AT ATH ($840 Moat Absorbing) SCRAPPY: +38.5% ▲ 42x Unpaid Interns Leveraged SERGEI: +21.0% ▲ 10,000 Bot Workers Deployed BARON: -3.1% ▼ Injunction Overruled by Cayman Court AMAZOFF: -12.8% ▼ Liquidated in Year 4
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The Muckrakers
Vulnerable Target YEAR 4–6 RIVAL General Corporate Combatant

The Muckrakers

Filing Identifier: rival.muckrakers
3 Progressive Stages Hostile Debt & Scandal Harassment
PLAYER WIN RATE 75.0% 45W / 15L Record
TOTAL BOUTS 60 15 founder defeats

Hostile Board Lineup & Stage Progression

Opposing 10-slot board lineup, valuation cap, and defeat bounties across combat developmental stages:

3 Progression Stages
Target Operational Stage: STAGE 1 • YEAR 1 COMBAT
STARTING VALUATION (HEALTH POOL) $90 Cap
PASSIVE REVENUE None
#0
Paid Reporter
✦ MVP ✦

Paid Reporter

BASIC
SMALL HUMAN SERVICE
7.0
SEC
Apply 5 Scandal.
Scandal
Fast recurring Loss that ignores Moat — but it blows over.
▼ 40
Consultant

Consultant

BASIC
SMALL HUMAN EMPLOYEE SERVICE
5.0
SEC
Inflict 40 Loss.
Loss
Reduces the rival's Cash. Absorbed by Moat first.
▼ 10 ▲ 10
Hard Worker

Hard Worker

BASIC
SMALL HUMAN EMPLOYEE
5.0
SEC
Inflict 10 Loss.
Profit 10.
Profit
Restores your Cash, up to your Valuation.
Loss
Reduces the rival's Cash. Absorbed by Moat first.
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
Opposing 10-Slot Board Layout (Stage 1, Year 1) Hover any card for cooldown cadence, footprint & active legal clauses

🏆 Stage Defeat Bounty & Liquidation Rewards

Earned on Board Domination
FUNDING PAYOUT +$30 Cash
EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE +3 XP
ASSET ACQUISITION 1 Random Asset of Theirs

Win Rates vs Each Corporate Founder (CEO)

Head-to-head records against this rival when piloted by each executive archetype:

4 Founder Matchups
The Baron
Corporate Raider
No encounters
Mom & Pop
Main Street
No encounters
Scrappy
Bootstrapped
No encounters
Sergei
Venture-Backed
No encounters

Boardroom Tactical Scouting Briefing

Corporate Intel
STRATEGIC ARCHETYPE: Hostile Debt & Scandal Harassment

Highly favorable matchup. Solid founder execution consistently liquidates this entity.

Recommended Founder Countermeasures:

  • Passive Revenue generation (+3/s): avoid slow, defensive attrition; end engagements rapidly before compounding kicks in.
  • Debt/Scandal pressure: maintain high liquidity and legal countermeasures to prevent cascade debt forfeiture.

Framed Narrative Battle Encounters

1 Event Prompts

This rival can be drawn into combat during the following corporate events:

Hostile Takeover Bid Year 4–6

“The Muckrakers are vulnerable. Beat them and claim one of their assets as your own.”