Event in Hydlaa: hide and seek!

[Hieronymus]

The hide and seek event of this thread was cancelled because of low attendance, but there might be another try, so keep an eye on this thread

Hello everybody,

I am organizing a hide and seek event in Hydlaa. This Saturday, October the 8th, at 19:00/7:00 pm GMT (you can find out what time that is in your own region here), some players will hide all over Hydlaa: maybe in the sewers, maybe in the temple or it\'s dungeons, maybe in the arena, maybe in a part of the town itself... Just anywhere in the Hydlaa vicinity. Not in the forest or beyond, though.

When you are the first to find such a hiding player, the player will give you a price! The prices so far are:
- a fire broadsword and a frosty broadsword (both 54 slash)
- two frosty short swords (both 40 slash)
- a broad sword of the whirlwind, a longsword of the whirlwind and one or two more of these kind of weapons (20-30 slash)
- several magic glyphs
If you want to participate in this event, we will all meet at the plaza in Hydlaa at the start of the event, so come there.

I am still looking for more hiders... if you want to be a hider, please contact me in-game (my character\'s name is Jerom) or send me an email (j.boven@gmx.net). You can also tell me half an hour before the event (6:30 pm GMT), when I will be at the plaza. You can choose your own hiding spot, but:
- it has to be in the area described above: the Hydlaa region, the Library region (southern Hydlaa), the arena, the temple and it\'s dungeon or the sewers
- it will have to be reachable for everyone without megajumping, flying or steep slopes which you can only climb in a particular angle
- it may not be too near the spot of an other hider who has chosen his spot before you have chosen yours
- it must of course be a good hiding spot not too well known, not too obvious and not wide in the open where you can be seen from many sides
If you want to be a hider and do not know a good spot or if we (the other hiders and me) decide that your spot is not a good one, we can give you an other spot instead.

Remember, as a hider you can also win prizes, because some prizes will be allotted among the hiders after the event! In fact you have a better chance to win a prize as a hider than as a seeker! Also, if you hide and are not found in 2 hours, you can keep the prize for yourself!

Also we could use the help of a GM, to be able to tell/shout to all the players who are online at the moment the event will start and to transport seekers to the plaza and hiders to the hiding places. Which GMs will be available, and willing to help, at that time?

Please everybody spread the word about this event, in-game and out-game. I am sure it will be a great event with a whole lot of fun, and I hope you will all participate!

[yayoo]

I love this :] Ill be there

[Cha0s]

Why not just use this thread?

[Hieronymus]

Originally posted by Cha0s
Why not just use this thread?

Because:
- I honestly did not read it well (I did read the first post, but the abbrevation HAGS and the purpose of the competition wasn\'t very clear to me). Yeah I know, I know, I should have read better or used the search...
- The setup for that hide and seek party is quite different from the one I am planning
- It is an outdated thread and posting in it would not draw much attention, I fear...
Nevertheless, I will post a link to this thread in it.

Yayoo, would you like to be part of the event and be one of the hiding people? If so, please contact me We have some very good hiding spots for you but you can pick your own as well (as long as it is reachable by normal means, not by jumping, megajumping, very steep slopes which only can be taken in a particular angle or by glitches).

Also, I will say so again, we could use some Game Masters, to make sure everything will be allright and to prevent any cheating. So please, Game Masters, contact me if you can help me organizing and also post here some suggestions and experiences from the last try (Drey, fireofsoul?).

How about the players, the people who will participate and go seek? How much interest is there for this event anyway? The hide and seek party in the other thread was cancelled because of lack of interest, but that might also be a result of the date and time it was organized (right before/after the wipe, wasn\'t it?), or the setup. Remember everyone, there will be some fabulous prizes as well (especially if some Game Master can come up with even better prices). So if you like the idea and think you will participate as a seeker, please post a message here, so we will have an idea if there will be much participants.

[Hieronymus]

Let me explain a bit more what I had in mind about the setup:

There will (most likely) only be one round, unlike the other hide and seek attempt a while ago. There will be about 5 people hiding (there are three people who have volunteered to be one of the hiding people so far, if you want to be one, please contact me). These people will carry prizes with them. So the other \"normal\" participants will only be seeking, and will not be hiding themselves.

The names of the ones hiding will be revealed at the start of the event (and if a Game Master could arrange it, the hiding ones could also temporarily have some kind of tag with their name, like with guild names). If you are the first one to find a particular hiding player, he/she will give you a prize (or several prizes). Also it will be announced to everyone that this particular hiding player has been found in a particular place, so the others do not need to seek for this one any further.

If anyone (especially Game Masters with experience in this) has any suggestions of improving this setup, please do tell me!

[SuburbanPlankton]

If it fits in with my schedule, I\'d be happy to participate.  

Being an Explorer, I\'d obviously rather seek, than hide

[TheMinority]

likewise. should schedule permit, i\'d be happy to assist in any way. if you need another hider, i\'ll be one. but if not, i\'d love to seek. XD

we\'ll have to see when it is, my precious...

[rugbyfan]

Yes i will also participate! if i am online ! is their a date for this event?

[Drey]

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[Karyuu]

For anyone who didn\'t get that little string of insanity, Drey will help if he\'s around ;)

You forgot the full stop, Drey :P  .-.-.-

[Drey]

Punctuation and grammar is for women.

[yayoo]

You tell them Drey

[Hieronymus]

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I have consulted the two players of who I know that they will help and hide, and we agreed that this Saturday (October the 8th) would probably be the best day. We have not set a time yet (the more because they live in Autralia and I live in the Netherlands ). Please come with any suggestions for a time (or date), when are the most people online?

We could still use some more hiders, though. In the best situation we would have 5 hiders and 2 or 3 backup, if some of the 5 cannot make it. We have three now... I will try to rally some more people in-game. TheMinority, if you can indeed be a hider this Saturday, thank you very much, your help is greatly appreciated. What is your in-game character? I will show you some of the hiding spots we have chosen, but you can also pick your own. I am considering also giving rewards to the hiders, as well as to the people who will find them first (oh dear, my character Jerom will be completely broke after this event ).

And Drey or any other Game Master who can be present at that time would be mostly appreciated. I can anticipate a dozen of things which would be handy that only a GM could do, like letting everyone currently in the game know that there is an event in Hydlaa, transporting players who want to participate to Hydlaa and transporting the hiders to their hiding spots. I will have the exact locations of the hiding spots, and by transporting the hiders the seekers can identify the hiders before it starts and we can be sure that nobody can follow the hiders to their hiding spots.

[rugbyfan]

sounds great! Where will we be meeting ?

[Hieronymus]

Originally posted by rugbyfan
sounds great! Where will we be meeting ?

At the plaza, as far as I\'m concerned

By the way, there seems to be someone in the game who is impersonating me... The only reason I could think of why he/she would do this is to get to know the hiding places... So please, every hider, make sure that you are talking to ME (Jerom) when you discuss hiding places and stuff. If it is an other character (with another name) who claims to be an alternative character of mine, it is not me!