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Gameplay => In-Game Roleplay Events => Topic started by: Karyuu on August 10, 2006, 11:30:29 pm

Title: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Karyuu on August 10, 2006, 11:30:29 pm
All you hunters, trackers, and foragers with nothing to do - listen up!
A Scavenger Hunt will be held in one week (time up for debate)
With the organization of several separate teams
And their pursual of a list of items, which will given at the beginning of the event.

There will be four different teams with 10 players in each[/color] - and the search for team leaders starts right now! Nominations will be taken here as well as through PMs.

The teams will first gather by the Eagle Head at the Bronze Doors fortress, where they will then be told what items they need to hunt for. (So be sure to have a pen and a piece of paper ready!) All items needed can be easily attained, and do not require hidden side-quests. The first team to return to the Eagle Head with all the items (there will be 30) wins, and each member will receive a reward!

To make this absolutely fair, all participants will have their inventories checked to make sure that no team will already have everything in their hands. (And we do have a way of checking!) Exceptions will be made only for coin, glyphs, and weapons already in the participants' hands.

If you need a temporary storage solution, please arrive an hour earlier at the named location to have your excess items checked in - you will be given a number to remember, so that we can later easily match stored item-piles with players. Don't worry, your items will be in an inaccessible location to everyone, until they are handed back to you at the end of the event.

Since the four teams can only be comprised of 10 members, 40 participants overall will be accepted. This number may be adjusted if enthusiasm of the event becomes overwhelming (http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/8936/smilexb5.gif)

So either post your team leader nominations here, or apply as a participant yourself! Once we have the leaders established, you can either choose the leader you would like to be under or let us put you into random group.

The one thing that we need to discuss further is the time for the event. What works for the majority? Weekend or weekday, and what time period of the day, GMT?

Hope everyone has fun!
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: LARAGORN on August 10, 2006, 11:36:42 pm
I would love to be a part of this :)
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Mirashi on August 11, 2006, 02:33:30 am
Oh boy, the server'll die now.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Gyerfry Stoemsaber on August 11, 2006, 02:34:37 am
Me too, problem is i have no idea were bronze doors is :/
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Karyuu on August 11, 2006, 02:38:22 am
Mirashi: the server can handle such a load just fine! :) Tested and proven.

Gyerfry: this event isn't likely to happen within a week, so you have plenty of time to explore. Ask someone for a tour or directions sometime. But to just give you a hint of where to go: exit Hydlaa city from the gates where that single tall brown tower is, and follow the road straight ahead. (Is there still a fork to the magic shop there? I'm completely forgetting. If you see a forest path with a fork, take the left road.)
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Thrud Grudthruster on August 11, 2006, 04:02:00 am
I'd be keen to join in on the action, if for no other reason than to be one of the 40-odd people who, having received their Scavenger Hunt orders, run as fast as possible back to Hydlaa City . . .

 . . . . . . . . . . . . . stam - PEDE . . !!  :o

Although, living in the southern hemisphere n' all, I'm wondering what local time it'll be held at?  My character won't do his team any good if he's still sittin' by the side of the road drinking coffee when the dust clears . . .  :sleeping:

Also, will participants know who their team-mates are before the event?  Having an open yet private channel of communication with your team would be a huge advantage, and so I could see resouceful teams looking to form a Guild so as to use /Guild-talk . . .


Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Siteri Kidachi on August 11, 2006, 04:11:07 am
I might want to do it. But with my luck, I'll fall off a cliff and die right before I'm supposed to bring the critical last item back. (Cliffs have a way of spoiling events for me. I outright missed the Scions of Wyldewood quest competition because I fell off a cliff, and I pretty much missed all of the hunt for the killer for the same reason.)
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Karyuu on August 11, 2006, 04:13:30 am
I think using /group for teams will work just fine :) And yep! You will know who you team members are before it starts.

I'm still unsure of the time - and since no one has made any random suggestions yet, how about I throw something out just to get things going. It'll be difficult to catch all timezones, definitely.

20GMT, Saturday the 19th? Will 1-2 hours later be too late for some folks?

Siteri: Don't the cliffs dissuade you! Show 'em who's boss :)
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: The Wandering Djinn on August 11, 2006, 04:22:34 am
Is it possible for those PlaneShifting with the Mac OS X Client to actually cross the sector map boundary from bdroad2 to bronzedoorsout or bdout or whatever it is called?


Edit: CONFIRMED! Yes, I just entered the BD Region Outer sector map and No Boundary Crash!  \\o//
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Karyuu on August 11, 2006, 04:28:26 am
I have heard that this has been fixed some time ago. If anyone can confirm that, it would be great.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Thrud Grudthruster on August 11, 2006, 04:50:44 am
20GMT, Saturday the 19th? Will 1-2 hours later be too late for some folks?

20:00GMT Saturday 19th = 08:00 Sunday 20th NZ time . . .

 . . . eight in the morning?  On a Sunday?  In the middle of winter . . ?

The things I do for the PlaneShift community . . . :innocent:

I'm thinking a few hours later would probably be a little kinder to anyone around these parts . . . but, as ever, the good of the many out-weigh the good of the few . . .

 . . . but if it eventuates at a time that works, I'm there.

Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Siteri Kidachi on August 11, 2006, 04:52:24 am
Yeah, the Bronze Doors work on Macs now. (Or as Siteri would say, "the curse of the evil wizard Macintosh has been lifted!")
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: The Wandering Djinn on August 11, 2006, 05:08:16 am
Thankyou, Karyuu, and thankyou Siteri  :)
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: neko kyouran on August 11, 2006, 09:12:55 am
If this old coot is allowed to partake in the nights activities I would like to throw my name in the hat.  Any time that weekend works for me, I'll actually be off for those 3 days. 
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Peacer on August 11, 2006, 02:58:37 pm
count me in kary :D

will this count for glyphs and so on too? Else my inventory looks like this

(if others have this too they can use it too :))

arrow
fire
weakness
energy
air
ice
armor
hand
meteor
might
rock
lightning
darkness
summon
sw ss of the defender
alexander-encrusted claymore
opale encrusted broad sword of clear thought
broad sword of seduction
ss
high quality amulet
ulber fur
heavy clay
sw spidersilk ss
book of blades
tefusang fur
ruby encr. balanced short sword of clear thought
worn bs of cleat thought
sack
dagger
2 rock picks
mug
reinforced dagger of seduction
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Mordaan on August 11, 2006, 06:11:12 pm
 \\o// \\o//

Sounds like a fantastic idea!!  Count me in.  The time suggested sounds ... hmm 3pm, will definitely be interrupted by dinner. :-[  A couple of hours later perhaps?  But that's just me.  I'll manage either way.

Exploers Guild presence in this one is a must!   :devil:
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Karyuu on August 11, 2006, 09:01:11 pm
will this count for glyphs and so on too?

That's actually a very good point that I've completely forgotten about. You can keep your glyphs within your inventory :}
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Eliseth on August 11, 2006, 10:33:34 pm
I would like to nominate Peacer to be a leader, anybody care to second it?

Oh... and count me in!
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Peacer on August 11, 2006, 11:03:36 pm
thank you eliseth  :love:

edit: i will still have my glyphs \o/ thanks kary... btw... what about the time :)?
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Thoughtcrime on August 12, 2006, 04:34:44 am
Wow, what a great idea. A weekend day would be perfect for me, somtime around 12-1 AM GMT... \\o// *is excited*
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Farren Kutter on August 12, 2006, 04:55:20 am
I actually had plans for a scavenger hunt that never went into action. I'll see if I can make it for this :)
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Rasela on August 12, 2006, 07:39:36 pm
I would like to join the fun.
Rasela
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Karyuu on August 12, 2006, 07:46:49 pm
I think because gathering participants is a bit slow, we'll organize a time when the numbers are a bit higher :} That way we won't miss more people that just haven't seen the thread yet.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: VMann on August 12, 2006, 08:36:16 pm
Sounds good, i'd like to be there. If it is before the 25th (the first post said in one week, so i guess that the answer is "yes"), almost every time should be possible for me, except the evening of saturday the 12th / morning of sunday the 13th (GMT +2).
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Xillix Queen of Fools on August 12, 2006, 11:03:24 pm
In.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: zhai on August 12, 2006, 11:37:31 pm
i'll try to make it too. :)
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Suzuka249 on August 13, 2006, 12:35:11 am
This shounds like it should be fun. Most times are good for me after this Thursday. Also, I would like to nominate Xillix as a team captain.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Xillix Queen of Fools on August 13, 2006, 03:32:53 am
Having begged and moaned about gm events . . . . get on this people!
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Imshi on August 13, 2006, 09:31:13 am
Second Xillix as team leader, and wish to join team.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Peacer on August 13, 2006, 04:10:24 pm
well then... Since Eliseth :love: nominated me i am willing to stand in charge of one of the other teams :) If you wish to join... just post or get a msg to me in some sort of way... and i'll post the team here

so far:

Eliseth
Peacer
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: ThomPhoenix on August 13, 2006, 05:04:53 pm
This sounds interesting, I will try to make it!
But I wonder over how much area this hunt will take place as my main character is pretty new and can't run for long periods of time. If the hunt would reach to Hydlaa, my character would be running for hours to get there ;)
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Karyuu on August 13, 2006, 06:47:42 pm
Unfortunately in that case, Hydlaa is going to be a necessary pit stop ^^
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Anfa on August 14, 2006, 01:45:15 pm
Count me in!!  \\o//

I too would love to participate in this event and having just seen the thread will get to work kicking people's arses onto the forum to look at it.

It is a wonderful idea but i have a question. Will the rules be given at the event or can we ask for them now?

Cheers

Edit: Friday/Saturday work great for me {days off} or Sundays after 3pm EST {work til 3pm}
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: ThomPhoenix on August 14, 2006, 01:49:03 pm
I'll guess I'll just have to train my ass off on endurance, then :lol:
And before I forget: No saturdays for me. Sunday would be best.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: SovHed on August 14, 2006, 02:09:20 pm
great idea for an event.. I will happily take part. I would like to nominate Anfa as a teamleader.. A team with her in the lead cannot loose :P

Look forward to it :)
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: c-2501 on August 14, 2006, 06:44:32 pm
sounds like fun, count me in.  :thumbup:

*edit*

gotta dash but, i second anfa for a team leader, and i'll join her if shell have me.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Anfa on August 14, 2006, 06:45:45 pm
great idea for an event.. I will happily take part. I would like to nominate Anfa as a teamleader.. A team with her in the lead cannot loose :P

Look forward to it :)


Only if you are on my team!!  :love:  :P

Anfa looks around for the brilliant Alliva...now to get his arse in here and on the list!!  :devil:

{now to find out how many Scions will be around for the event..ohhh and Zhai, gotta have Zhai in on this!!  ;D }

Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Kecey Ghost on August 14, 2006, 06:54:31 pm
I'm on BST (GMT+1) so between 18:00 and 22:00 GMT is good for me.

and yes count me in

:Edit:

The Way of the Hammer would like to try and make a team if its ok? or at least an all dwarf team.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Peacer on August 14, 2006, 07:03:22 pm
sov yes it can >;]

update:

Eliseth
Janner
Peacer
Teraukey
Thomphoenix

More and more cool people are joining this brilliant team :) love you all <3
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: zhai on August 14, 2006, 07:32:39 pm
great idea for an event.. I will happily take part. I would like to nominate Anfa as a teamleader.. A team with her in the lead cannot loose :P

Look forward to it :)


Only if you are on my team!!  :love:  :P

Anfa looks around for the brilliant Alliva...now to get his arse in here and on the list!!  :devil:

{now to find out how many Scions will be around for the event..ohhh and Zhai, gotta have Zhai in on this!!  ;D }



Zhai packs up a nice 2x4 with an engraving that reads "Plan B"

Anfa, count me in!
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: SovHed on August 14, 2006, 08:40:59 pm
Quote
Only if you are on my team!!

o.O if im not there is no point taking part :P

Go team anfa!
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Proteous on August 14, 2006, 08:51:11 pm
Well i dont visit these forums often, but this seemed like a good cause. I am well up for it.. I am not keen on saturdays (UK GMT) but what ever i will be there. As for teams, i would happily join Anfa's team or if you are short of team leaders, i would be happy to head a team also.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Bonamera on August 14, 2006, 09:03:00 pm
I want to join Xillix.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Thoughtcrime on August 14, 2006, 09:26:39 pm
Umm...well...I don't care what team I'm on. As long as you want me, I'm in. ^^
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Asalya on August 14, 2006, 09:31:35 pm
Count me in! I wanna be on xillix's team :D
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Edicho on August 14, 2006, 10:23:11 pm
one, two, three count me in!
into Lady Xillix team!
wuuuoooo Xillix ! \\o//
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Raum on August 14, 2006, 10:43:44 pm
Add one to the Way of the Hammer team  if time of the event and work schedule can be combined (GMT+1 here)
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Einnol on August 14, 2006, 11:25:23 pm
I'll join in the hunt.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Easton on August 15, 2006, 12:05:05 am
I'm in.. i believe i'll be on with Lady Xillix.

Can;t wait!

Easton Ghent
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: anja on August 15, 2006, 12:25:30 am
I would like to join the fun, too. So count me in.  :sorcerer:
Its not that important which team iam in, i'd like to play with you all.

Sayuluvic Meah

(friday, saturday or sunday 16-23 GMT would be good)
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: tssthorn on August 15, 2006, 12:45:40 am
I (Bradd) will join in on the hunt on Xillix's team.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Ralleyon on August 15, 2006, 12:48:51 am
In I go, following sir Easton into lady Xillix's team.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Anfa on August 15, 2006, 12:57:18 am
sounds like fun, count me in.  :thumbup:

*edit*

gotta dash but, i second anfa for a team leader, and i'll join her if shell have me.

Be more than happy to have you....umm on the team, yeah that's it!  ;D

cheers
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Xillix Queen of Fools on August 15, 2006, 01:30:10 am
Anouncing team Miraculous Recovery!

(http://www.cardshark.com/images_magic/03720.jpg)

Asalya
Bradd [that lovable menki]
Diggah
Easton Ghent
Edicho
Einnol Feldorm
Memienta Moriigal
Proglin Unsir
Ralleyon
Xillix Queen of Fools

Current ALTS*:

Bonamera
Eisana
Gyerfry Stoermsaber
Orthex
Panthro


*there is still room for more alts, alts will play if the first registered cannot make that day or if team sizes are increased by the rules, if an alt goes unused they may join other teams.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Peacer on August 15, 2006, 02:54:57 am
thoughtcrime/kaelith anja/saykuvic i'd be happy to have you on our team :)

tell me if you want to be on it

-Peacer
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: LARAGORN on August 15, 2006, 03:07:23 am
I didnt know we had to pick our teams :(
I thought the leaders where picked and the players would be split randomly
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Redic on August 15, 2006, 04:34:14 am
Throw my name in for the lady Anfas team
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: neko kyouran on August 15, 2006, 04:57:28 am
If the final date and time for the hunt falls on a time I'm off, and I'm able to be there, just throw me on any old team, that is if they can deal with having an old grumpy menki as a teammate afterall.   ;)
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Orthex on August 15, 2006, 05:32:14 am
I'll alt for the Lady Xillix.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Anfa on August 15, 2006, 03:27:33 pm
So tentively Our team looks like this,  :woot:

Anfa
Sov
Alliva
Proteous
Kephira
Vaice
Redic
Kitrianna
Zhai
Kanalal
Baston
Araye

Have I missed anyone?
Ack!! Forgot Baston!!  :love:


Looks to be one more spot open on our team.

Edit: so we are tentively ready to go but if one of our team can't make it we will welcome anyone who would like to join us

Cheers  \\o//

ps. this is still depended on the final date and time.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: .:ZEN:. on August 15, 2006, 03:43:06 pm
Is the date after the 17th  if so i wont be able to make it
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Quin on August 15, 2006, 03:46:54 pm
Wow, with teams already filling up, and me not able to commit without knowing the date/time - I'll just try to show up the day of the event and make myself available as a stand in for no-shows.

This is promising to be quite the successful event!
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Araye on August 15, 2006, 03:50:07 pm
Anfa, did I miss my opportunity?

Araye
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Anfa on August 15, 2006, 03:53:44 pm
Anfa, did I miss my opportunity?

Araye

Not at all Araye, considering alot of the team is dependent on date and time chances are at least one may not be able to make it.
I would love to have you there with me!!  \\o//

Cheers
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Araye on August 15, 2006, 07:45:36 pm
Count me as a member please!
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Peacer on August 15, 2006, 08:14:54 pm
Update:

Members:
Eliseth
Janner
Peacer
Teraukey
Thomphoenix
Rashin
sayluvic



Alts:
Farren kutter
Knurli
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: LARAGORN on August 15, 2006, 08:19:19 pm
I would be happy to be on any team.
I do believe there are 2 full teams and room for two more.
or is it 3 ???

either way throw me in there, even if only as an alt :(
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Peacer on August 15, 2006, 08:36:11 pm
I would be happy to be on any team.
I do believe there are 2 full teams and room for two more.
or is it 3 ???

either way throw me in there, even if only as an alt :(

sure we'll be happy to have you :)

Update:

Members:
Eliseth
Janner
Peacer
Teraukey
Thomphoenix
Rashin
sayluvic
laragorn



Alts:
Farren kutter
Knurli
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Bodacher on August 16, 2006, 04:43:23 pm
Count Bod in....no preferred team....yet :)

A quick question....Is there going to be some way to prevent the DR shortcut or will someone be watching for this?
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: LARAGORN on August 16, 2006, 05:05:33 pm
Exellent, Thanks Peacer :)
Happy to be part of the team.
Looking forward to a great adventure. (http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/LARAGORN/e010.gif)
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Peacer on August 16, 2006, 05:14:52 pm
Count Bod in....no preferred team....yet :)

A quick question....Is there going to be some way to prevent the DR shortcut or will someone be watching for this?


as i've understood it we will be at the bd area at the time of the event... no moving out of there :)

and you are welcome on our team if you want

Exellent, Thanks Peacer :)
Happy to be part of the team.
Looking forward to a great adventure. (http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/LARAGORN/e010.gif)

thank your team mates ;)

and it's a pleasure
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Suzuka249 on August 16, 2006, 05:30:30 pm
I have a few ideas on how to prevent people from using the DR shortcut. Perhaps a GM could be posted in the DR with a list of the participants, to look out for anyone trying to skip the long run. Another idea is to perhaps have some players or GMs act as referees, who would be grouped in with the teams, to watch out for anyone's HP suddenly dropping.
But I don't know if this would completely prevent someone from pretending to die on accident, such as going off a cliff, so some further punishment may be needed. I don't think it should be so extreme as to say that after a person dies they are out of the competition, because some people could accidentaly die (accidentally turning on auto-run in the BD region could be very hazerdous with all those cliffs). Perhaps a lighter penalty could be imposed, such as being frozen for ten or fifteen minutes.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Thoughtcrime on August 16, 2006, 07:17:44 pm
thoughtcrime/kaelith anja/saykuvic i'd be happy to have you on our team :)

tell me if you want to be on it

-Peacer

Surely ^^

I may/may not be able to make it depending on the day though. It has to be after this weekend because I'll be on vacation til Sunday. :(

Oh, and Suzuka, that's actually a VERY nice idea. However, how could we disqualify people? If a GM was wating down there for participants and told them they were out, thep layer could still run right past them and get back to the overworld. Maybe if they did that their entire team would be disqualified, hmm...
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Kecey Ghost on August 16, 2006, 07:22:56 pm
The Way of the Hammer is looking for Dwarven members for there team.

So far we have

Kecey
Mickeal
Raum
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Xillix Queen of Fools on August 17, 2006, 12:19:12 am
and bodacher kecey ;)
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: ThomPhoenix on August 17, 2006, 12:19:45 am
Quote
as i've understood it we will be at the bd area at the time of the event... no moving out of there Smiley
As far as I've heard we will leave the bd area.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Kecey Ghost on August 17, 2006, 12:28:18 pm
and bodacher kecey ;)


Kecey makes a note... that makes 4 then If Bodacher is happy to join us dwarfs
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: SovHed on August 17, 2006, 03:35:14 pm
ok... Team anfa will be coordinated [if its allowed of course.. i see no reason why not..] On teamspeak.. 66.111.255.12:8750.

If you havent used Teamspeak before you can get it at: www.goteamspeak.com
Connecting to a server is easy.. simply:
click connection> connect.
Enter  Your name into "nickname box" and put "66.111.255.12:8750" in the server address box. Select to login as an anonymous user and hit connect.
If you need more help getting in there just ask.. All teams can use it if they want.. I can make multiple channels on it..

The server can hold 200people so everyone is invited subs and all. :D

Hope this makes it more fun and enjoyable for everyone!
See you in there..

NOTE: you dont have to have a mic to listen in to teamspeak.. if you have a microphone you can speak back so it would be an advantage.

NOTE 2: I will setup channels for all teams so if you want to use them they are here already.. If you come on and register beforehand ill give you some control of the channels
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: herah on August 17, 2006, 03:44:34 pm
Hi all from what i can make out there are 3 teams ,can i head one ? is there a 4th already ? some one make it clearer for lil old me please !! :P thanks ...Herah x (i have asked nicely !)
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Anfa on August 17, 2006, 03:50:34 pm
Herah, seems to be four teams already

Team Peacer
Team Xillix
Team Anfa
team Kecey {dwarfs}

Don't know if Karyuu will be interested in allowing more teams if there are enough people interested.

Cheers

Edit: I forgot to put Kephira on the list for my team...yeah Kephira  :love:
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Peacer on August 17, 2006, 04:24:37 pm
@thoughtcrime: /me Updates the list with kaelith

Members:
Eliseth
Janner
Kaelith
laragorn
Peacer
Rashin
sayluvic
Teraukey
Thomphoenix




Alts:
Farren kutter
Knurli
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Karyuu on August 17, 2006, 06:08:28 pm
Wow, this filled up fast! :) I think we can have one more team if there are people still interested.

Now would be a good time to throw out a tentative date: August 24th, 19GMT

Can I have the team leaders talk to their teammembers and report back on how this works? It will be easier to adjust the time if needed based on reports from four people instead of forty+ :)
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Anfa on August 17, 2006, 06:41:24 pm
Well I work the thursday nights so I would be out of this hunt    ::|

could we make it the friday night {aug. 25} ?

Cheers
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: ThomPhoenix on August 17, 2006, 07:27:36 pm
On a thursday?
I'm picking up my roster on tuesday, so I can see then if it's allright (who knows how long the event will take), but the best day for me would be on a Sunday probably, or Saturday evening. (9 GMT for example)
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Karyuu on August 17, 2006, 07:40:29 pm
I've seen a few people post somewhere that weekends wouldn't work. Okay, change of plan :P It's going to take a bit too much to coordinate between individual people in the teams all together, so can the teams themselves come up with dates/times that would work for them (preferrably several) that we can then sculpt into something official?
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Peacer on August 17, 2006, 09:53:38 pm
well... i'll see them :)

and i think friday is better... people are returning from their summer vacations right now :( Me included
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Anfa on August 17, 2006, 10:07:56 pm
So far from the ones I have polled Friday 9pm GMT is the first choice with Saturday 9pm GMT as the not so favoured second choice.  ;D

I will continue to canvass my team and see if anyone can't make it on the friday.

Cheers
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Myrthe on August 17, 2006, 10:41:00 pm
a couple of questions:

whose team can i be on? or is it too full already?

can we make it on a Friday? preferrably the 1st but whatever.

and Kary this is an awesome idea :P
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: LigH on August 17, 2006, 10:51:10 pm
 :oops: I don't even know the term "Scavenger hunt". Looking for "scavenger" in dictionaries doesn't help much, and from the "Gothic" game series, I know Scavengers as fleshy wingless birds...

But according to what I read here, it could be a funny event. I'll try to be there and see if any team would take one of my chars. And if they are all full already ... at least a reporter will be there.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Kecey Ghost on August 17, 2006, 11:49:51 pm
The Way of the Hammer is looking for Dwarven members for there team.

So far we have (this time sorting thing is gona get me confused)

Kecey (18:00 to 23:00 GMT Not weekends)
Mickeal
Raum (after 21:30 GMT) (posible alt)
Bodacher
Cilay (1700 - 2030 GMT and 2130 onwards on week days, weekends i'm all yours)
Evaraj
Ebrasch (Not weekends)
Esanor (08:00 to 24:00 GMT Weekends and 18:00 to 24:00 GMT Fridays)

Plus a few mabys
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: neko kyouran on August 18, 2006, 12:37:38 am
Ligh, its like a big hide and go seek game.  Rather than people, you are looking for items.  The team that finds all the items on the list and brings them back first wins.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Myrthe on August 18, 2006, 02:55:41 am
@ Kecey: sorry, not a dwarf...but i could make one if you would like. but first i would have to know exactly what day.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Peacer on August 18, 2006, 09:58:48 am
a couple of questions:

whose team can i be on? or is it too full already?

can we make it on a Friday? preferrably the 1st but whatever.

and Kary this is an awesome idea :P

well you can always alt for ours :)
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Kecey Ghost on August 18, 2006, 11:23:51 am
@ Kecey: sorry, not a dwarf...but i could make one if you would like. but first i would have to know exactly what day.

Your welcome to make a dwarf to join the team, may I request that you look at strength and endurance when doing so?
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Myrthe on August 18, 2006, 06:09:04 pm
okay, ill create a dwarf but i wont promise to be there unless i, again, know a final date. So ill wait this out before i say anything more  :D
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Asalya on August 19, 2006, 12:43:17 am
for me.. any day at 1900 GMT would work :) except.. any time this week I'm gonna be gone  :'(
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Iamthom on August 19, 2006, 06:42:55 am
im just now noticing this, but if any spots are left open, im in for sure.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Peacer on August 19, 2006, 11:18:11 pm
i would tell everyone on our team to look at their forum pms :)
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Kecey Ghost on August 20, 2006, 11:22:34 am
The Way of the Hammer is looking for Dwarven members for there team.

So far we have (this time sorting thing is gona get me confused)

We still need backup dwarfs

Kecey (18:00 to 23:00 GMT Not weekends)
Mickeal
Raum (after 21:30 GMT) (posible alt)
Cilay (1700 - 2030 GMT and 2130 onwards on week days, weekends i'm all yours)
Evaraj (23:00 to 10:00 GMT is ideal but can do earlyer)
Ebrasch (Not weekends)
Esanor (08:00 to 24:00 GMT Weekends and 18:00 to 24:00 GMT Fridays)
Tronicus (Posible)

Plus a few mabys

From what I can make out Friday at 21:30 looks to be the best time so far, Do we have a rought idea of how long it may take?
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Karyuu on August 20, 2006, 07:12:11 pm
I'd say an hour minimum, perhaps two.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Siteri Kidachi on August 20, 2006, 09:28:49 pm
OK, you know what? If anybody still needs an extra team member, I think I want to do this after all. Stick it to those cliffs!
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Anfa on August 20, 2006, 09:43:43 pm
OK, you know what? If anybody still needs an extra team member, I think I want to do this after all. Stick it to those cliffs!

Well if we end up with a spot open you know you would be welcomed on our team Siteri!!  \\o//

yeah...how the Scions came to find their motto "To Certain Death"
it is all thanks to the cliffs and stairs of PS {and the really nasty Ulbers}  ;D
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: cotena on August 21, 2006, 05:36:38 am
If there is still room I would really like to participate
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: peeg on August 21, 2006, 12:56:50 pm
Same for me :)
Is there a team that still has a use for a well trained and experienced Kran?
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: neko kyouran on August 21, 2006, 01:08:46 pm
I count 3 official teams so far, with plenty of alts for those teams and teamless others to be made into a fourth so I don't see why not.  As soon as an official date and time are set I can declare myself able/ not able to participate myself.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Peacer on August 22, 2006, 07:23:48 pm
most positive is saturday evening... (europe players some of them)
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Myrthe on August 23, 2006, 07:38:03 pm
ooo weekend not good. gone to Mother's where the comp isnt good enough for PS.

Peeg, i bet we could muster up some Ragers and make a team.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Xillix Queen of Fools on August 24, 2006, 12:25:08 am
hahaha so when is this happening ;)?
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Allive on August 24, 2006, 12:28:49 am
rofl 2 hours minimum you are kidding unless you have like 100 items i doubt it will even take an hour.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Karyuu on August 24, 2006, 12:33:40 am
I said one hour minimum (http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/5710/pleasedwq9.gif) The "maybe two" was the max length.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: zhai on August 24, 2006, 04:30:48 am
 ??? have we scheduled the event yet? It will be impossible to please everyone so maybe we should just choose a date and let those who can make it participate. Maybe Karyuu and the team leaders could come up with a couple of dates/times and people would sign up for those that are best for them. For example:

Saturday, Aug 26 20GMT        or         Sunday, Aug 27 16GMT   
And so on... inscriptions can be PMed to team leaders (so we don't add 40 replies to this thread) until a certain day and then PMed to Karyuu (or any other volunteer) so they can be added up and posted. Those who want to be in someone's team would just need to send them a PM with their availability. The day with most people signed up for is finally chosen... unless of course there's already a date and time and I just didn't notice :whistling:
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Myrthe on August 24, 2006, 08:26:24 pm
Good idea, Zhai.

I suggest one last major post listing every team and all of the definate members. Then we can go from there filling up the places on each team.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: ThomPhoenix on August 25, 2006, 04:07:12 pm
I vote for Sunday, as I'm unavailable Saturday because of a party.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Baston on August 25, 2006, 04:38:09 pm
I've promised Anfa to be in her team, but like ThomPhoenix I can't saturday. So if it could be anytime except from saturday morning to sunday 20h GMT i could keep my promise to Anfa ;)
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Peacer on August 25, 2006, 04:44:45 pm
saturday morning todays evening and sunday's evening i can't sorry :(....


only saturday evening/night to sunday morning

although i think my saturday evening will be your morning baston ;)
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Easton on August 25, 2006, 05:35:34 pm
Sunday is fine for me as well, but at 19GMT there is an SCoY meeting which i must attend. So as long as we don't spend 3 hours doing this i'll be able to attend fully..

Easton
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: LigH on August 25, 2006, 06:35:18 pm
Not this weekend!

- Games Convention (computer gaming fair)
- Birthday party (and crappy hardware in Leipzig)
- wedding of Kaelith and Delsabor

Next weekend would be perfect...
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: ThomPhoenix on August 25, 2006, 06:43:09 pm
Next week, then?  ;D
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Karyuu on August 25, 2006, 06:54:22 pm
A little closer to deciding then :P I see that a good amount of people are having problems with weekends - depending on the majority, I suppose it'll be either Friday or Saturday. Still have some leaders to do a bit of poking I believe.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: zhai on August 25, 2006, 09:36:46 pm
Then I suggest team leaders let Karyuu know their favored times so they can post the options and participants could sign up via PMs... posting here when every single person can make it might get too confusing. Let's try to come up with specific dates and times and work from there. :sorcerer:
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Kecey Ghost on August 25, 2006, 10:19:06 pm
Just look back for my teams reply, If i dont have a full team on the day then I will be open to none dwarfs
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Xillix Queen of Fools on August 25, 2006, 11:45:33 pm
I like weekdays too
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Myrthe on August 27, 2006, 12:42:45 am
specific dates and times, eh?

here goes: Friday, September 1st anytime after 6 EDT?
-or-
Sunday, September 3rd about 4 GMT (after Rangers' Meeting!)
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Karyuu on August 29, 2006, 06:32:27 am
We have to settle on something or nothing is ever going to get run :P And this definitely will not be the only event of its type - if some folks cannot make it to this one, perhaps we'll simply hold another on the next available day.

So! Let's run two! Pick the one that will work the most for you, weekday or weekend, and hope to see you there.

1. Friday, September 1st 20GMT
2. Saturday, September 2nd 20GMT

Going for 20GMT on both dates as it seems to be the best type out of what's been posted so far.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Kecey Ghost on August 29, 2006, 07:26:38 pm
well I can make both as it turns out. /me runs of to inform his team
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Thoughtcrime on August 29, 2006, 08:11:11 pm
Bah, have mercy on the Eastern Standard Time :'( I can only make the Saturday one, and that's not even a promise...
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Allive on August 29, 2006, 11:17:47 pm
oh yay i wonder if tem anfa will be there for both :P.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: SovHed on August 30, 2006, 12:24:11 am
I will be there for both :)

TS Reminder: 66.111.255.12:8750 All teams and participants welcome. Everyone in fact :)
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Anfa on August 30, 2006, 05:15:30 am
Sure going to try if it is okay for us to participate in both?

Cheers
Anfa
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Karyuu on August 30, 2006, 05:19:21 am
The more the merrier :]
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Asalya on August 30, 2006, 05:26:36 pm
I will be able to participate in both :) as long as something urgent doesn't suddenly pop up.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Myrthe on August 31, 2006, 02:59:06 am
EDIT: i thought i was good at math :P :EDIT

well have fun at the friday one! ill definatley be there for the saturday, though. someone take pictures!
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: neko kyouran on September 01, 2006, 10:07:00 am
Bah, have mercy on the Eastern Standard Time :'( I can only make the Saturday one, and that's not even a promise...

Erm?:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/thebaronvonperrine/PS%20stuff/tzconvert.jpg)
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: LigH on September 01, 2006, 12:19:12 pm
Some people still work on a friday afternoon or are just traveling home by this time. ;)
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: neko kyouran on September 01, 2006, 02:21:39 pm
oopsie, missed a quote.  It was referring to Myrthe.  He/She fixed their math error already it seems.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Karyuu on September 01, 2006, 08:07:29 pm
Hey guys!

Good news/bad news: My hard drive ate itself and left no remains, thus rendering the only PC that can run PlaneShift utterly and completely dead :\ The good news is that the Scavenger Hunt will still be run today, with Tarel! So the plan is pretty much the same - try to come with as empty inventories as you possibly can.

I'm not sure what's going to happen tomorrow - so far I haven't found a GM who can take my place, but I will keep nudging people about that.

Good luck guys!

*edit*

Right now I'm crossing my fingers and hoping Tarel will manage to show up. Slightly bad feeling that things may not go as expected... Keep me updated here :)
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Kecey Ghost on September 01, 2006, 09:22:32 pm
Kecey arives at the eagles head after a tiring run, his team members following shortly.  Only a few are gathered so far but people are slowly turning up from all over the place, a few not to sure of the hight but they still come.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Thoughtcrime on September 01, 2006, 09:23:17 pm
Bah, have mercy on the Eastern Standard Time :'( I can only make the Saturday one, and that's not even a promise...

Erm?:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/thebaronvonperrine/PS%20stuff/tzconvert.jpg)

I know what time it is. >.> Letm e explain the situation:  my parents are divorced; my dad's computer is the only one which PS works on. I don't go to my dad's til 7 on Fridays. Therefore, I can't make it today, but I can tomorrow. ;)
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: ThomPhoenix on September 01, 2006, 09:24:14 pm
I'm on my way to the Eagle's Head from Hydlaa right now.
And Syilph is back from vacation & managing things!
It's 21:15 GMT now, and I"m not sure if I can stay longer. The event hasn't started yet  :'(
Okay, it's 23:32 here (21:32 GMT) and I have to leave :(
Good luck to anyone who can make it if the event starts!
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Kecey Ghost on September 01, 2006, 11:33:35 pm
we still havent started, taking to long to store items
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: LARAGORN on September 02, 2006, 01:04:56 am
I guess I missed it :(
SORY GUYS
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Siteri Kidachi on September 02, 2006, 01:27:09 am
It took to long so I had to go eat supper at about the time it started... oh well. I'll see if I can make the next one. Just go faster next time so it starts on time!
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Anfa on September 02, 2006, 03:26:58 am
I will not be attending the next so anyone who thought to play on team Anfa you will need to find another team leader.


Anfa walks away from anymore GM events.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: SovHed on September 02, 2006, 03:29:02 am
I believe you speak for us all anfa, I withdraw as well.. and i believe the rest of the team will follow for the same reasons
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Xillix Queen of Fools on September 02, 2006, 03:38:49 am
What Happened?
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Janner on September 02, 2006, 03:59:15 am
Hour after hour after Hour went by finally about to go CRASH. list of items to find, many not posable to get one in game no more, just over half way through GMs disappearing and finally Noxide all alone to clean up, sorry its blunt, but now 6 hours later and players still waiting to get there items back.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Xordan on September 02, 2006, 04:05:56 am
In hindsight it would have probably been better to cancel the event today as Bakuun wasn't able to be there (so other GM's had to rush to sort things out) and hold it on another day where everyone was more organized.... Ah well. :/
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Karyuu on September 02, 2006, 04:09:09 am
There's nothing for me to do but offer a very deep apology at the turn of events. Thank you to players and GMs both for sticking to it as long as they did.

Things will be on hold in this department until I return.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: zhai on September 02, 2006, 04:48:47 am
Yes, having impossible items in the list to begin with was a mistake and the wait was very long BUT it was fun trying though and Noxide did his best. Let's not be so draconic, this is all work in progress: trial and error.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Thoughtcrime on September 02, 2006, 04:52:21 am
I agree...yes, things get messed up, but we can't lash out at the GMs. Don't you think they're going to improve on things? No need to throw a hissy fit.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Easton on September 02, 2006, 07:20:14 am
So... no go tomorrow then?

Good try guys, i'll keep attending the GM events even if the next 500 are duds. No skin off my nose.

Easton Ghent
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Tarel on September 02, 2006, 10:50:09 am
I can tell you the problems of the this event too, from the Game Masters side.

The collecting of items started before 20:00 GMT and it was expected,
that only a handfull of people wanted to store they're items, so we could start quick.
But the opposite has happened. more then 30 people approached us to store items,
so it took more then 3 hours, before we could even start running the event.
And also when i was inspecting playersinventory, there were still players around with nearly full inventory, so they had to be send to the "Vault"too.
There was a large amoount of items and much piles of items from the players in the NPCroom. luckely we draw a map of which pile belonged to who. but because we needed to sleep quickly at the ending of the event, we had to tell the last GM the order of the piles too.
6 items were giving problems, because of the quests that are not working and items that are not ingame. [Mug, Falka, Waybread, HQ Amulet, Mushroom and Blue Dye].

To end my post i can tell you, that the storing of playeritems was the major problem.
If we had less to store, then the event could have started much earlier.
And also another big problem was, that my client was lagging very heavy, when moving between the BD-fortress and the NPCroom.

The other events, that we have ready and waiting, will not require to store you're items.
These events can be started on the spot, without having to check players first.
I hope you will like these events better.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Kecey Ghost on September 02, 2006, 11:36:12 am
From what I see the GM's did very well to do what they could, even if i was about for 6 hours from start to finish and didn't get to bed untill 2:30am.  with so many people needing to store items im not suprised it took so long.

The bit that upsets me is why playes were so upset after my team won, all teams had the same list and all got the same information as the list was updated, all had the same chance of wining.

Anyway, thankyou to the GM's who helped to organise and run the event, even if it didn't go to planed, and thanks to my team, we all worked together and made it happen.  The prize was a nice suprise and I must say that the items suit us well.

Karyuu, sorry to hear about your hard drive, it makes one think about there own 120 gig thats half full...
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: LigH on September 02, 2006, 12:22:44 pm
To end my post i can tell you, that the storing of playeritems was the major problem.
...

The other events, that we have ready and waiting, will not require to store you're items.
This is probably right.

Getting as many items as possible to solve a task, means that as many items as possible are forbidden to carry with you.

The Scions' hunt which required to contact people secretly and understand verbal hints, might be the better concept.

Maybe cou can find a compromise for the next events, to mix riddles and items better.


What I don't understand, is such a childish kind of reaction from "those who lost just by a few minutes". You all know the technical problems which sometimes happen. The rule, which team wins, did not really change; only the amount of items which were really necessary.

A dwarf-only guild did not even have an advantage, because they did not have any Enkidukai who could death-travel quickly to Ojaveda and try to get the special items early (which were later removed because of not reliably working quests). And "despite their short legs" ;) they were just faster back with enough items...

The strategy to retrieve items fast, even via item sharing with a chain of high-endurance runners, was obviously the key - you know that you had to wait for team members carrying even easy-to-get items. But I respect the fact that you retrieved more items, and kept trying the quests (or getting them from other sources?), and I agree that your team indeed should earn a reward too. Simply because you had just the same strong group feeling.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Einnol on September 02, 2006, 08:14:50 pm
6 items were giving problems, because of the quests that are not working and items that are not ingame. [Mug, Falka, Waybread, HQ Amulet, Mushroom and Blue Dye].

Actually, I stored my mug with the rest of my items before the start of the hunt and acquired a brand new set of them thru the normal quest so a mug was possible.  Maybe I was just lucky tho.  My first attempt resulted in an offer for another quest involving rodents, but after another couple tries, I got the one for the mugs.  Generally speaking tho, quest reward items are a bit difficult riight now with the work being done on the NPC speech system.

Considering Karyuu's unforeseen last minute PC problems, I think the GM's involved did a pretty admirable job jumping into it and trying to pick up the slack.

My thoughts on possible improvements:

Maybe there could be a points system with each item having a point value (undisclosed the the competitors).  More difficult to obtain items could have a higher point value than easier items.  For example, a stock requires more mining (plus the work and knowledge to make it) than a lump of raw ore so the stock could have a higher point value.  Bonus points could be awarded based on the order that the teams finished.  Each team's points could be totalled up to determine 1st place, 2nd place, etc.

Also, maybe a more clearly defined method of indicating that your team has arrived and are finished would help.  It could be required that alll the items be carried by one person (maybe the team leader) at the finish line.  Only that person would approach a GM and indicate that they were finished.  That player could then be ported to NPCroom so none of the other team members could give them more items.  The team's finishing position (1st, 2nd...) could be recorded and the items checked by another GM in NPCroom for checking the items and totally up the item points.

It might also be nice if not only one team was rewarded, but instead a scale of rewards with 1st place getting the biggest reward and going down from there with last place getting the consolation prize (a complimentary copy of the home game of Scavenger Hunt?  ;D  ).

Finally, the rules on the forbidden items were not exactly clear.  My understanding was 'weapons, armor, and glyths only allowed'.  So, I ended up storing my books which made it impossible for me to make the stock item.   ::|  Luckily, another team member did not and was able to make it.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Kerol on September 05, 2006, 12:55:47 am
Now that I'm back and see what happened.. I say.. :oops:
I haven't been involved in the planning and running of that event at all, but I only can shake my head upon the idea to make people to have empty inventories. That's just nonsense - organisational wise as well as RP wise.
That the HD screws just before the event starts was really bad luck.. but there the event should have postponed right away.
Especially since Karyuu was the main organisor of that event.
Well. Let's regard the event as screwed and learn from what went wrong.. that's all we can do.

If you think you need to avoid GM run events.. I can't help you :P
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Peacer on September 05, 2006, 08:30:29 am
Actually, I stored my mug with the rest of my items before the start of the hunt and acquired a brand new set of them thru the normal quest so a mug was possible.  Maybe I was just lucky tho.  My first attempt resulted in an offer for another quest involving rodents, but after another couple tries, I got the one for the mugs.  Generally speaking tho, quest reward items are a bit difficult riight now with the work being done on the NPC speech system.

you weren't the only one, the quest worked for us too...

@tarel: the time it took to store items and the time it took to start didn't went very well. Maybe it shouldn't have been world shout that this event would start seeing that more people who didn't prepare for it by storing items might have been added to the list.  Don't know if this can be taken up for aproovement though :).

The worst part however woren't that team anfa didn't win or the dwarven team did win and didn't care much about team anfa, for both sides... It's all the players who got all their items stored but had to leave and were having troubles getting them back (don't know if some still does) But they had to run around without theese and if that weren't enough they were standing there at the eagles head wasting their time waiting exited for a gm event but had to log off

As for our team (the shadowless ghost) I think we did quite well and won in being the coolest team :p, getting 27 items and learning our team members to know better was a pleasure to us, So i give out a big thanks to our team for working greatly together (and for being cool).
If there's another scavenger hunt going up and running i'll offer a mule to put items on :)

@karyuu: sad that your hd blew up, hope it got sewed together nicely again ;)

[hint]find the hidden and your mind bitten[/hint]
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Akaye on September 05, 2006, 07:06:41 pm
I will not be attending the next so anyone who thought to play on team Anfa you will need to find another team leader.

Anfa walks away from anymore GM events.

 :( Wow anfa I thought you of all people would understand karyuu's hardware computer problems. It is obvious that she had some troubles and due to that could not make the event all it could be. Plus the item storing. You have played long enough to know how long that would take. I would hope you will reconsider your decision. It saddens me that you are angry with the Gm's. Obviously they tried the best they could.

@everyone: I wasn't there but from what I can gather, almost everything that could possibly go wrong did. I am sure noxide did the best he could. *Akaye gives Noxide a hand in his efforts* Please understand that planning out these sorts of things takes time. Do any of you remember when we had a guild war for the shadows roleplay?  ::) We waited half the darn day to get that going before something happen, and that was ps players that put that together. So it isn't just the gm's who have these sorts of problems. I would hope that one event going wrong won't be judged upon as all the gm events will go wrong. As a matter of fact this is the first Gm run event that was disastrous. It wasn't like the Gm's weren't doing their jobs. Thank you to all of the players in this thread who understood and were forgiving to the Gm's, that is what makes this a lovely community.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: ThomPhoenix on September 05, 2006, 07:55:09 pm
Noxide? I'm not sure, I thought Syilph ran the event.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Karyuu on September 05, 2006, 07:56:32 pm
Both of them did, though Noxide ended up staying much longer and smoothing out the ends.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Akaye on September 05, 2006, 07:59:13 pm
 :o I didn't know Syilph was there too. Well, a hand to him as well.  \\o// 
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Tarel on September 05, 2006, 11:49:59 pm
4 GM's were running the event.
I offered Karyuu to lead his event, when i had the required information.
Syilph, Noxide, Hadfael and me were present at the event.
Both Syilph, Hadfael and me were very tired at the end of the event.
Syilph and Hadfael logged as first GM's out.
I still managed to not fell asleep, till the first group returned with the required items.
Noxide offered, to stay online longer, because he was not tired.
So Syilph explained which piles of items belonged to which player.
And after that i explained Noxide the same things for the items, that i had stored.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: ThomPhoenix on September 06, 2006, 12:48:27 am
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I offered Karyuu to lead his event
Quickly edit, before she finds out!
/me hides

And :love: to all the GM's that helped out, especially Noxide at the moment.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Peacer on September 06, 2006, 08:54:24 am
Our whole team agrees with thomphoenix :wub; to all the GM's that helped out, especially Noxide at the moment.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Anfa on September 06, 2006, 04:22:51 pm
Seems to be a misunderstanding as to what we were upset about..

Kudos to all the GM's who tried to get this to work, but the delays were not the reason we were upset. As you pointed out, with any large event delays are expected.

Anfa shrugs..as I was told "who makes the rules" by one GM, I took that as a "shut up, if you dont like it, don't participate"...

Good Luck on all your future Events, I am sure everyone learnt alot from this.

I know I did,

Cheers

edit: perhaps a clarification

A scavenger hunt is not a shopping trip, the items on the list are not meant to all be easy. IRL if your list requests a calendar do you take the one off your mother's wall or go all the way down to the store to buy one? well sorry, but Momma's going to need a new calendar, just like boots..they can be purchased or they can be wrestled off the first friend/guildmate you come across [wrestling is more fun]

When we were given the list at the beginning of the hunt it was stated then by Proteous that some of the quests weren't working. the items were requested anyway. So off we went.

Our protest is how the hunt was ended. We did not agree with the changing of the rules near the end of the event. Supposedly unobtainable items were taken off the "required" list although several of the groups had been able to obtain them, just not in the easy traditional way. They had to be scavenged. [First two items were no longer required, than after a bit of a wait three more were dropped I believe]

Our arguement was..if no "one team" was able to get all the items off the orginal list, than the one team able to get the most items should have been declared the winner. [at the time Peacer had stated that his team had gotten 29/30 items, so I pointed out that makes them the best scavengers and therefore they should be the winners.] We felt it unfair to change the rules at the conclusion of the event. To suddenly drop the number of things required allowing the "winning" team to fulfil the list requirement did not sit well with us since having the "unobtainable" items did not earn bonus points. Time was spend searching and scavenging for those items and it irked us that all that time spend was suddenly for nothing. [considering you can find mugs in the local tavern in most people's hands we do not see how this item was suddenly "unobtainable" other than you would have had to ask nice to get one of the players to cough it up, same goes for the amulet which most people are more than happy to give away, especially if it is just a borrow]

After being ignored by the GM and getting tired of being told to "stop having hissy fits" and being "poor losers" by the "winning" team, [who by the way did not have the most items accumulated but enough to fulfil the modified list] It was pointed out that the GM's can do whatever they damn well please because they make the rules so too bad..so sad. there was no avenue for discussion about how the players felt about this turn of events. I got the message and I stopped arguing with the GM about it. We gave up the arguement and went over to sit quietly to wait for the return of our items in storage.

{Perhaps it was our mistake not realizing that the items on the list could only be obtained the traditional way ..ie, by doing the quest, or buying the item or killing the creature yourself and that actually scavenging the items off friends strangers and guildmates was not allowed. That would than explain why items that are fairly common throughout Yialkum were suddenly dropped off the list. [the mug/the amulet/the mushroom/falka and blue dye were the items removed I believe.]}
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Karyuu on September 07, 2006, 02:03:40 am
That longer explanation helped a ton, Anfa. Thanks for typing that out - I didn't have any other source of information as to what happened.

I'm afraid the list with the quest-requiring items is my fault - at the original time of composition, all the quests were working and there were no NPC problems. I should have modified it before the event start, and this is completely my mistake. Impossible items should have been taken off the list entirely. Again, I'm really sorry for this lapse.

I think the GMs just weren't entirely prepared to take this over for me. They didn't plan the event and didn't have the sort of "inside mini-plans" on how to handle various situations and speedbumps. Thus they were worried and frustrated and trying to balance all these things at once and not entirely attentive - not the best situation, but still a bit understandable I hope.

A lesson, all in all.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: neko kyouran on September 07, 2006, 05:25:18 am
Maybe to smooth things out, Everyone who participated could begiven a little something as a "thanks for being involved in our event, sorry it didn't go so well, hope this makes up for our mistake" kinda present.  No matter who was declared the winner, it seems that everyone that participated desserves a little something for their patience during the event.  :)

(and to anyone who thinks I'm just tryin to get free stuff, I'm not.  I was sleeping during the event so I missed it.  Just trying to be mr. nice guy negotiator and make everyone happy.)
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Karyuu on September 07, 2006, 05:34:06 am
Sure, sounds good :]

Can you guys make a list of who was present, for as much as possible?
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: LigH on September 07, 2006, 07:48:33 am
Karyuu - in my opinion, simply putting a list of items to collect was not the kind of "Scavenger Hunt" I expected. From the explanation which kind of event it would be, I expected instead something similar to the Scions' hunt, where people were sent between several stations and were told hints to find the next station. Such a kind of event does not require to empty your pockets before starting. It required several participants, though; but I am sure that some more experienced players would have taken such a task with joy...

This event could have been a chance to make people familiar with the area. Instead, they got sent away from it.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Peacer on September 07, 2006, 08:07:14 am
last time i heard scavenger being used it was for a group of people who were searching treasures in piles of garbage to find something useful, i didn't expect a list of items either but to run around the bronze door region and collect as many items as possible.

@karyuu: our team :)

hassadria
miaua
me
fellice
janner
arurele
memienta
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Karyuu on September 07, 2006, 09:49:59 am
I thought this was mentioned already. Why the surprise?

[...] With the organization of several separate teams
And their pursual of a list of items, which will given at the beginning of the event.

The teams will first gather by the Eagle Head at the Bronze Doors fortress, where they will then be told what items they need to hunt for.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: LigH on September 07, 2006, 10:06:23 am
Sorry - the thread was already loooooong when I started to read it; and english is not my native language - I miss such details easily. :(
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Einnol on September 08, 2006, 01:15:08 am
Can you guys make a list of who was present, for as much as possible?
Since Xillix was unable to be at the event due to unforeseen scheduling problems, I tried to assemble as many of her team members as possible and then recruited some more thru shameless begging.  :D  With a big thanks to Ralleyon for helping me re-create the list from logs, this was our team:

Ralleyon
Arka
Morduk
Zirkron
Huor
Lyudeena
Zhai
Belaf
Einnol
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Syilph on September 08, 2006, 03:37:30 pm
Here's who I helped with inventory storage. These guys were there too :)
Ararich
Cophikey
Rashin
Eliseth
Huor
Belaf
Miaua
Areree
Einnol
Fellice
Geloy
Thorin
Naaroth
Abzishi
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Anfa on September 09, 2006, 03:25:45 am
also add the names..

Sov
Maulus
Alliva
Kitiranna
Geloy
Proteous
Nefert
Abzishi
Thorin

This was the final team Anfa [we had others in the beginning of the wait but there was alot of shuffling due to the long wait]

Cheers

Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Siteri Kidachi on September 09, 2006, 03:27:08 am
I went there but it took so long to get started that I had to leave for supper... do I still count?
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Karyuu on September 09, 2006, 03:29:01 am
If you didn't get to play at all, unfortunately it won't count. Sorry Siteri :/
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: LARAGORN on September 09, 2006, 03:44:11 am
Well i arrived late, and as the belongings were being sorted I got to jump from the Eagles head. That was reward enough.
I got some nice screenies on that fall :)
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Peacer on September 11, 2006, 02:46:07 pm
[curiosity]Have they ben given yet and can they be given while offline?[/curiosity]
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Karyuu on September 11, 2006, 08:30:44 pm
I don't think rewards for nonwinning teams have been given out yet. Will probably have to wait a bit for those, but they will be given out :} We'll have to catch you in-game for them.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Akaye on September 11, 2006, 11:40:04 pm
Well after reading your edit and explanation I can certainly understand your frustration. I am definitely getting the impression there was major stress on both sides. [ Players and Gm's] What a mess, but at least we can all learn from this right? One thing that truly does bother me though is what I have quoted below in bold .......

Quote from: Anfa
After being ignored by the GM and getting tired of being told to "stop having hissy fits" and being "poor losers" by the "winning" team, [who by the way did not have the most items accumulated but enough to fulfil the modified list] It was pointed out that the GM's can do whatever they damn well please because they make the rules so too bad..so sad. there was no avenue for discussion about how the players felt about this turn of events. I got the message and I stopped arguing with the GM about it.

I understand that there are two sides to this story, one of which we haven't heard BUT if in fact this did happen the way you discribe it, then that kind of attitude is uncalled for and very disappointing. GM's are there to police the game and help players in sticky situations, but we do not make the rules. We follow rules that have already been made by the devs and Talad. I would hope in the future that all GM's would hear the players out and their suggestions. (though I have yet to met one who doesn't hear out the players .... my good luck I guess) I am sorry Anfa that you felt that you were unheard, and I am hoping this is all just a huge misunderstanding due to the stress of the event. Just know though .... if I ever get a day off from being a wage slave and throw an event you are coming.  >:( I will teleport you if I have too!  :P  It will go something like this ....

Anfa walks off
Akaye teleports Anfa back
Anfa walks away again
Akaye teleports back
Anfa starts to walk away again
Akaye freezes Anfa in one spot
Anfa swears at Akaye
Akaye transforms Anfa into a clacker and makes her apart of the event. 

What do you think?  ;)



:thumbup: Rewarding all the players for the time they spent in this event is awesome, especially under the circumstances. I just wish there was some way to reward the Gm's who put a ton of effort into this event that was suddenly brought to their attention. Give yourselves a pat on the back because you guys deserve it. Hopefully the general public will understand the delays and be forgiving in this matter.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Anfa on September 12, 2006, 12:31:51 am

Anfa walks off
Akaye teleports Anfa back
Anfa walks away again
Akaye teleports back
Anfa starts to walk away again
Akaye freezes Anfa in one spot
Anfa swears at Akaye
Akaye transforms Anfa into a clacker and makes her apart of the event. 

What do you think?  ;)

hehehehehehhehehehhe  :woot: do I get to call you really baaaaad names?  :whistling:
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Peacer on September 12, 2006, 11:50:03 am
I just wish there was some way to reward the Gm's who put a ton of effort into this event that was suddenly brought to their attention. Give yourselves a pat on the back because you guys deserve it. Hopefully the general public will understand the delays and be forgiving in this matter.

go to advisormode and halven their work :)

I'll make a shortswordmod with your names on it, one of where all names are on and a bunch of others with only one name on it... ofr individuality :)... if you want
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Gharan on September 12, 2006, 11:56:54 pm
Will there be another scavenger hunt held i sadly missed it  :-[
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Karyuu on September 12, 2006, 11:57:44 pm
Probably not for a while, but I'd like to run a successful version of something similar sometime :}
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Gharan on September 13, 2006, 12:06:39 am
Well when you do Karyuu im a big yes i didnt hear about the other one until after :'(
Maybe i should check the PS forum more often
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Janner on September 13, 2006, 12:46:38 pm
Well after reading your edit and explanation I can certainly understand your frustration. I am definitely getting the impression there was major stress on both sides. [ Players and Gm's] What a mess, but at least we can all learn from this right? One thing that truly does bother me though is what I have quoted below in bold .......

Quote from: Anfa
After being ignored by the GM and getting tired of being told to "stop having hissy fits" and being "poor losers" by the "winning" team, [who by the way did not have the most items accumulated but enough to fulfil the modified list] It was pointed out that the GM's can do whatever they damn well please because they make the rules so too bad..so sad. there was no avenue for discussion about how the players felt about this turn of events. I got the message and I stopped arguing with the GM about it.


I understand that there are two sides to this story, one of which we haven't heard BUT if in fact this did happen the way you discribe it, then that kind of attitude is uncalled for and very disappointing. GM's are there to police the game and help players in sticky situations, but we do not make the rules. We follow rules that have already been made by the devs and Talad. I would hope in the future that all GM's would hear the players out and their suggestions. (though I have yet to met one who doesn't hear out the players .... my good luck I guess) I am sorry Anfa that you felt that you were unheard, and I am hoping this is all just a huge misunderstanding due to the stress of the event. Just know though .... if I ever get a day off from being a wage slave and throw an event you are coming.  >:( I will teleport you if I have too!  :P  It will go something like this ....

Anfa walks off
Akaye teleports Anfa back
Anfa walks away again
Akaye teleports back
Anfa starts to walk away again
Akaye freezes Anfa in one spot
Anfa swears at Akaye
Akaye transforms Anfa into a clacker and makes her apart of the event. 

What do you think?  ;)



:thumbup: Rewarding all the players for the time they spent in this event is awesome, especially under the circumstances. I just wish there was some way to reward the Gm's who put a ton of effort into this event that was suddenly brought to their attention. Give yourselves a pat on the back because you guys deserve it. Hopefully the general public will understand the delays and be forgiving in this matter.

 Sorry but have to disagree with this bit, turned it green and so it seams do YOU.
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Now my standing on this is ....  I am fine and will follow any rules that Talad and the Gm's set down. Thing is this P.U.B.S Auction has been posted for about a month. Why wasn't it addressed before this event took place by the Gm's. Surely reading the post you would assume they would be using the auction box. Someone should have approached Proglin or Bodacher and spoke with them about this before this event took place. Not during!!!! The is completely disrespectful.

 Also would remind you of this...
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by Xordan.. I agree. GM's should not make new rules like this and not tell the players anywhere except in the middle of an auction. I believe the auctions channel was designed to be used like this anyway, so GM's probably shouldn't make such rules without consulting the developers who designed it (aka, Talad). If there's a problem with flooding then we can code a solution I think.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Akaye on September 13, 2006, 05:40:24 pm
Remind me of what? That people make mistakes? Those last two quotes are from a mistake that a gm made. A mistake ..... not something that happens all the time Janner. Hopefully the Gm's learn from that mistake and the community carries on without throwing one Gm's mistake in all the Gm's faces.

As for the quote you turned green, I am sorry but I am not understanding where you are going with that, and what point you are trying to make. Could you maybe rephrase the statement you made?
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Nilrem on September 13, 2006, 06:46:43 pm
I've been reluctant weather or not to post a reply in here.
Two reasons have lead me to this, the first one, that the event did not go as expected, thus, there was a risk of my comments being taken as using this to do who knows what. The second reason is the fact that it seems that this thread's turning into a discussion about GM, and we're just a step away from the personal attack.
Still, what decided me to post, finally (after reading those more than 180 replies this thread has, that prevented me from knowing what it was, till I decided to face such an amount of pages and replies, fortunately they were short, not at this one I seem to be composing :S) was the certainty that my reply would be in place, as I intend to talk about the event itself.

I did not attend to the event.

Ok, now that half the people jumped to next reply, I can freely talk for as long as my fingers resist (talk with fingers... wow) feeling half the pressure.
Did I mention I did not attend to the event? (Oh well, I doubt this trick works twice in a row...)
IMO, the event was created to put some life into the "Bronze Doors Area" by congregating there a crowd of people, with something to do. The purpose is correct. When I first read it, I thought it was a matter of searching for items, but specifically spawned items hidden here and there. It resulted into a search of "obtainable" (everyone reading the whole thread will understand the use of " ") items. Fine with me. Someone suggested, Ligh I think was, that perhaps a more immersive experience would have been adding some riddle, or some text after the item is found. Perhaps it's true.

In any case, what the event needs, is, to my eyes, a reason to be. Not only because we players want to have fun, and partning with others in search of items against the clock will be a thrilling experience, but also for our chars. Why our chars have to be there? I think it should have been offered a background to justify why such a crowd, normally being in Hydlaa, would move to the Bronze Doors, disrupting their normal life. Seek of adventure? It might be... but not everyone, certainly...
I don't know, inventing something such as a "patron" let's say an alchemist, that wants to try a mystical potion, or wants to create orichalc out of coal... and for that he requires rare ingredients, and offers a reward for those brave ones willing to get this items for him. Then people partners, to achieve that goal, and the first group to bring the alchemist the ingredients wins the prize. It's important grouping in events like this, it helps to make "community". Using the alchemist is always a card on your hand, no possible second winners, since probably the laboratory explodes seconds after he mixes the ingredients that the first group gave him/her. No worries about second prizes, nor reclamation on the prize given. I tell you, alchemists.
Could riddles be added to the item getting? Sure thing. I recall one experiment made with GM, where specially spawned items were used. A mortar being one of them. This special items allow Event Makers to put special descriptions on them, as well as making them either static (non pickeable) or pickeable and then respawning after a while. Let's imagine the alchemist requires smashed mushrooms, you then have to give him a mushroom, and also have read the description that the specific item mortar has, because it states that the mushroom has to be of kindA (and the GM boringly playing the poor role of alchemist will have to "check" if the mushroom is of that kind. That is, oocly asking the group members about the name of the mush they gave) the use of those descriptions might be used to to earn "bonus points" such as, in the alchemist case, for instance making a riddle for you to guess a location, where A ingredient grows better than in other places... well I won't extend myself more (I'm the only one reading this, at this point. "Hello, emptyness!") because possibilities, there are many.

A final note only, slightly out of the present thread. IMO, if what is wanted is to bring the "Bronze Doors Area" to "life", one way to achieve that, besides of putting monsters there to be camped... would be putting that place into the players RP. How? Explaining what the place is, what the fortress is meant to be, who created it? what's in the mines? In other words, making the knowledge that, theoretically, our chars know about the area, avaiable also for the players. Once the players know what is the zone about, and what to expect from it, they will gradually start to "incorporate" that into their roleplay (miners telling experiences from those mines, a dwarf with bottle neck glasses sending souvenirs, and renting binoculars to anyone visiting the fortress to enjoy the views, while he tries to sell them almost_already_made roasted rat pieces...) once a place is accepted into the imaginary of the players, via explanations, it's when it has more chances to be a part of players roleplay or history, and it is then, when the place becomes really "alive".
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Janner on September 13, 2006, 08:59:26 pm
  Reply to Akaye.

 Just pointing out you said, "but we do not make the rules." meaning GMs. Before you said in another post. http: //hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=24481.0
"Now my standing on this is ....  I am fine and will follow any rules that Talad and the Gm's set down" By the way that was one of the points of that post, GMs making rules.
 I was not referring to anyone making a mistake, or trying to change the subject, or trying to get into a argument, just pointing out it is clear from that thread that GMs do make rules, and you indeed say so in that thread.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Karyuu on September 13, 2006, 09:01:08 pm
We may make certain rules when it comes to specific events. This is the only thing I can think of.

Janner, check your PMs :}
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Janner on September 14, 2006, 02:01:11 pm
 It looks like you need reminding of this.
Quote
Tarel.  said that at a GM meeting 5 weeks ago, it was decided that auction channel would only be used for description of item and all other bidding and such should be done in tells.

 This is no way an event rule, but a game rule. So either your memory is very poor or you take me and all the others players  for fools.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: ThomPhoenix on September 14, 2006, 03:07:37 pm
I thought that discussion was over  X-/
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Syilph on September 14, 2006, 04:14:09 pm
It looks like you need reminding of this.
Quote
Tarel.  said that at a GM meeting 5 weeks ago, it was decided that auction channel would only be used for description of item and all other bidding and such should be done in tells.

 This is no way an event rule, but a game rule. So either your memory is very poor or you take me and all the others players  for fools.


 :offtopic:

/me puts the rules discution to an end.

Most rules are made by the developpers. We, GMs make certain rules but we always wait for aproval from Talad, if we decide on a certain major rule. Why? Because we can and because we are some sort of rule freaks? No. Because we are more in touch with what happens ingame than the developpers are. So, when we see a problem, or when the playes submit a problem, we will discuss it in a meeting and decide on a rule that will afterwards be aproved by Talad.
Got it Janner?
Ok, now, what Karyuu said is perfectly true (quote) "We may make certain rules". Why are we discussing again questions of semantics?
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Janner on September 14, 2006, 04:47:57 pm
 Thank you for confirming i was right and GMs do make some game rules, that is all I was trying to point out to Akaye.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Kecey Ghost on September 14, 2006, 08:04:50 pm
For reference, The winning team:

Kecey - The Way of the Hammer
Cilay - The Way of the Hammer
Mickeal - The Way of the Hammer
Cophikey - The Way of the Hammer
Telelor - The Way of the Hammer
Esanor - The Way of the Hammer
Xalgorim - The Way of the Hammer
Raum - The Way of the Hammer
Evaraj - Ruby Reign
Ebrasch - Ruby Reign

Team members who couldn't make the event:

Tronicus - The Way of the Hammer
Ararich - The Way of the Hammer
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Peacer on September 14, 2006, 10:12:00 pm
@kecey: ;)
If you didn't get to play at all, unfortunately it won't count. Sorry Siteri :/

and hey... isn't the galkard/pick 'nuff for you ;P?

/me thinks that dwarves must have a thing for shiny items
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Siteri Kidachi on September 14, 2006, 11:12:21 pm
What's a galkard?
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Ralleyon on September 14, 2006, 11:43:27 pm
A Galkard is a (very nice) type of weapon, but not lootable in game which can only be acquired as a GM gift right now. Now what it actually is... it looks like a bigger dagger, but I don't really know into which category it falls. I heard something like a sabre, but can't be sure. In short: it's pwetty and shiny  :)
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Akaye on September 15, 2006, 12:07:20 am
Thank you for confirming i was right and GMs do make some game rules, that is all I was trying to point out to Akaye.

Gm's DO NOT make the rules ..... unless we clear the idea with Talad. We do however make rules to our events that have been approved by Talad. That's just common sense. You are pointing nothing out to me that I don't know already. Talad makes the rules with the dev's. You have to go through him. It all comes down to him, so Gm's don't make the rules, unless they are cleared. Hope that clears up the confusion.

:)  Janner in no way am I trying to fight with you, or accuse you of changing the topic by the way. I seriously hope that when I reply to your posts you know that and that when I respond to you it isn't personal by any means. 
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Siteri Kidachi on September 15, 2006, 12:21:47 am
I didn't get one of those. I think I might have gotten something though...
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Karyuu on September 15, 2006, 12:23:17 am
I thought you didn't get to play, Siteri?
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Siteri Kidachi on September 15, 2006, 12:41:43 am
I didn't. I got as far as storing my items before I had to leave. Then when I got my stuff back I had some extra stuff. (I believe I ended up with a diamond crystal I didn't have before, as well as something else.)
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Karyuu on September 15, 2006, 12:43:15 am
The galkards were given as a reward to the winning team. They wouldn't have found themselves in anyone's inventory by accident :>
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Siteri Kidachi on September 15, 2006, 01:02:29 am
OK. As I said, I didn't get one, so that wasn't the problem.

I wonder why Peacer thought I did get one then.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Peacer on September 15, 2006, 08:14:23 am
i was reffering to kecey with a quote from karyuu... as he posted some who weren't at the event... i could have saved him writing two lines not tirering his fingers <.< do i sound weird?

anyway... that post was for him not for you siteri :)
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Kecey Ghost on September 15, 2006, 07:00:36 pm
@Peacer : The Dwarfs arn't looking for more prizes, I was just posting as a refrence and felt like mentioning members who came but had to leave due to the time.  plus the typing is good practice :p
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: LigH on September 16, 2006, 11:50:57 am
For reference, The winning team:

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Esanor - The Way of the Hammer
...

Esanor got invited into the Way of the Hammer after the event. During the hunt, he was guildless.
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A Galkard is the weaved kind of dagger-like weapon some rogues seem to wield; by game mechanics, it is a "Sword" type weapon; the description says it can also be used underwater.

It does not have an extremely high slash damage, and is quite hard to repair (because it is rather expensive).
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Suzuka249 on September 18, 2006, 05:15:17 am
Are those the weapons that the guard NPCs have in the BD region?
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Kecey Ghost on September 18, 2006, 08:22:19 pm
Are those the weapons that the guard NPCs have in the BD region?
I believe so, yes
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Tarel on September 22, 2006, 02:18:46 am
As i look at the Galkards, they look like a combination of a Dagger and a Short Sword.
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Kecey Ghost on September 24, 2006, 10:34:28 pm
Would it be ok for me to post the description of a Galkard here?
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Karyuu on September 24, 2006, 10:36:17 pm
/me waves the green flag
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Kecey Ghost on September 24, 2006, 10:43:39 pm
Galkard:

Description: A special sword that can be used also underwater

The slash isnt that high but beter than a short sword, looks funky as well
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Peacer on September 25, 2006, 01:04:54 am
Galkard:

Description: A special sword that can be used also underwater

The slash isnt that high but beter than a short sword, looks funky as well

nolthrirs should have one automatically

oh... and i'm a demorian... not a nolthrir :P *sssh*
Title: Re: Scavenger Hunt
Post by: Induane on September 25, 2006, 01:16:45 am
Quote
Galkard

Thats the name of a guildmate!