Hydlaa wants *you* there!

[Zan]

The grand Hydlaa Festival of the Hunt will be an event no self-respecting citizen of Yliakum can afford to miss.

This festival will host tournaments, free to enter for all who are skilled in magic, weaponry or unarmed combat to test their power.  We will also find out who will be the ultimate champion of Hydlaa as s/he can stand undefeated for up to two hours in the ring. Anyone will be allowed to challenge our champion and should they be victorious take their place as reigning champion. Those who are undefeated in their categories will recieve a prize, as well as smaller prizes for those who managed to win atleast one duel.

For those who \'d rather measure their tracking and hunting skills with others we will be offering the hunting game. The hunter that can collect the most trophies within one hour without breaking the rules will be declared master huntsman and recieve their prize. Second and third places will also recieve prizes. In this game people with little fighting skills will stand as much chance as those grand swordfighters to come out a winner so it doesn\'t matter how experienced you are.

Aside from those main events there will be bards, storytellers, merchants, dicegames and food for everyone.

And of course you are all most welcome to cheer on your favorite champion or hunter.

All this will take place on saturday the 23rd of April from 10 am till 10 pm GMT  in the Arena. (check this site for the exact time: http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com)
The entrance to the arena can be found to the right of Harnquist the blacksmith, with your back to the plaza. Follow the tunnel until you will see a large building surrounded by mountains. Spectators can go to the tribunes in the middle of the arena while those willing to participate in tournaments should find their way to the fighting pits.
A website is currently under developement, thanks to mikewsnc, where we will set up a hall of fame (and shame) to honor the winners. There will also be a page dedicated to all those who aided me in the realisation of this project.

Tournaments will be held throughout the day. The rules are simple: only use the methods assigned to that specific tournament (ex.: only unarmed, magic or weapons) and no leaving the fighting pit during a duel.

The hunting games will be held on 3 pm and 5 pm GMT (can be compiled into one game if we lack participants). Registration in advance, by replying to this thread, is required.

We will end the day with the final tournament starting at 8 pm and declaring the ultimate champion at 10 pm.

All tournaments and games will be supervised by assigned referees and supervisors. Failure to follow the rules will result in disqualification.

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We will be accepting registrations for the hunting game underneath. Please post the desired time, either 3 pm or 5 pm, and your character\'s full name in your reply underneath.

If you have any other questions, remarks or ideas please contact me through PM or email instead of replying to this thread.

[Draklar]

Originally posted by Zan
All this will take place on sunday the 23rd of April from 10 am till 10 pm GMT  in the Arena.

That would be saturday

[Zan]

Figures there was an error I overlooked, thanks for pointing it out Draklar .. editted now.

[Shooree]

Nice! I\'d like to apply for the 5 pm one.

Name:
Shooree Farook

[Zan]

You \'re in Shooree

So far the main prizes will at least be several thousand trias .. and increasing every day. So sign up and make a chance to earn some money.

[Lyrah]

Are crowds welcome to watch? I doubt I could beat a limp noodle in the arena...but I would love  to cheer the fight on from the stand.

*stands on the edge* Kick him! that\'s it, WATCH OUT...Hey! that is dirty fighting...that is surely a Yellow card. Where is that ref!!

OOOooooo now that was a good one!


I will be there to watch.



***added afterward to help clarify time zones**
Central time is -5hours GMT during daylight savings...which started a week or two ago and lasts until fall.  
Those in the US can use that fact to figure their times out.

[Robinmagus]

Ah Zan, Sign me up for everything! You know i want to see exactly what your capable of..and maybe show off a bit... *cough* Yes..Im gonna play alll day.

[mikewsnc]

You know how lucky I am....I never get off saturdays, I uselly work 11+ on saturday which would mean I would of had to miss the festival buttttttt my boss decided to give me a saturday off this month and the 23rd is it....

Anyway for what I made this reply for.....

The website is up though not finished....

http://www.ps-festival.cjb.net



Aranis

[Icefalcon]

Hmm, Ill try to be there. Will this become an annual festival?

[mikewsnc]

well I havent talked with zan yet but I am hopefull we can get steady sponsorship and make this be a monthly event....


Aranis

[Icefalcon]

Don\'t make it monthly. It wouldn\'t be special anymore. Every six months perhaps. Any more frequent and it will become just a common thing and not very many people will come.

[mikewsnc]

true....ok maybe every four months...that would be 3 a year...what you think


Aranis

[Ecolem]

7pm-7am on a saturday...sounds ok to me, though i already know whos gona win.

*Extra, extra read all about it! Manden wins ALL duels....some how (you know what im talking about Blitzers )*

And maybe make it just before the Data Wipe...that way we can get rid of all our food, weps ect so all the newbs feel like they earned something

[Zan]

Lyrah, of course crowds are most welcome to watch and cheer Also even if you can\'t do much damage, you can still play and perhaps even win the hunting game so feel free to sign up for that.

Robin .. signing you up for everything I \'m assuming your Robinmagus character?

Aranis, thanks again for the work on the website and getting lucky with work is great to hear.

Icefalcon, we are looking into making this a bi-annual event, meaning it will be held twice a year if it turns out to be succesful. The URPS, along with several individuals have been very helpful with sponsoring and providing manpower so I think it is definitely off to a good start. Monthly would indeed be a bit much.

Mondo glad to have you come .. we \'ll see about who is going to win though And the problem with holding it just before the wipe is that nobody really knows when the wipe will be exactly. Or at least nobody is telling. We all know it will come \'soon\' though so this is the perfect time for a testride to see if we can hold it more often in the future.

[Adyna]

Originally posted by Icefalcon
Don\'t make it monthly. It wouldn\'t be special anymore. Every six months perhaps. Any more frequent and it will become just a common thing and not very many people will come.

I totally agree - it will loose it\'s \'Special Event\' feel and  (IMHO) it will become a headache for the organisers to keep it interesting.  Once every 3 months sounds about right, it will give the organisers plenty of time to sort things out and won\'t loose it\'s appeal to players.