Halloween trick or treat party

[acheronista]

Hello, the TCF will be hosting a festival of forgotton souls in the death realm on oct 31 midnight central standard time.  the idea is that NEW players only may come recieve a treat from us be it weapons,tria or whatever....there is one catch, you will have to find out were we are hiding in the death realm to get a treat.  please not this session of generosity will only last a short time, as we will run out of stuff fast....after such we will tell stories, maybe even perform some sacred rite to talad and laanx... anyone interested in being helping us out and giving away gifts to new players post here or contact me in game - Acheronista elite in the choosen few

note to new players, when u find us please do not tell all your friends were we are as this will spoil the fun.

[yayoo]

I already know where you will be hiding but I wont tell  

[Karyuu]

As long as you don\'t call this Halloween ;) That term has no place in PlaneShift\'s world. Good luck!

[acheronista]

i didnt think about not calling it halloween how about the day of souls party?

[yayoo]

No, The Festival Of Forgotton Souls

[acheronista]

sounds good to me the festival of forgotton souls it is

[yayoo]

Yeah i named a Holiday )

[TheMinority]

a great thing for the new players to be sure, but i would still like to do something else along those lines... like, give out candy apples to \"trick-or-treaters\" (or whatever we wish to call them. Wandering Souls? perhaps they can say \"Token for a soul?\" XD) and have a big party in hydlaa. or perhaps in akkaio? or even at the bottom of the death realm.

just a thought to perhaps expand this into the more advanced players. of course, it would be purely for RP, since what can you give an experienced player? apples are about the most festive thing. or perhaps fish or rotten meat can be given as a \"trick\"?

OH! i thought of a better idea!!! somewhat like a hide and seek thing, but with the Wandering Souls!! we can pick, say, 3-5 people to be \"evil spirits\", who will carry with them a fish/rotten meat. they will secretly go up to someone and /tell them that they are an evil spirit, who requires a token from that person. that person must then take the fish/rotten meat from the evil spirit, and they then become the evil spirit and try to find another victim. but! everyone else can be hunting for the evil spirits. if they figure out who is the spirit at the time, they win a prize, and the spirits dwindle. and it continues until the evil spirits have been vanquished from the land, and the forgotton souls festival is over! oh, and the evil spirits only wander in Hydlaa city... they come up from the sewers. XD

whoa, i\'m sorry acheronista, i totally went off on that. XD i just love halloween, and bringing something *like* it into planeshift would be a fun idea. that way planeshift could be as festive as our lives... since i know some of you out there get that holiday bug and just can\'t help but make every aspect somewhat like the holiday. XD

[acheronista]

u know we could turn this into a carnival type thing....some might tell fortunes, or give reading into the future of ones life....some might tell you a story, sing a song, or have a dancing contest...best story song ,and dance would get a prize too..... if u like this idea post more...and tell what prize u might give away to the winners of these events
I like the evil spirit idea alot, so anyone wanting to fill those positions post here.

[TheMinority]

well, the idea behind the evil spirits is that no one knows who they are. some one who is heading up the whole \"Evil Spirit\" thing would have to pick 3-5 random people for it IN GAME a bit before the actual game begins.

For example, October 31 at 11:30, I might be walking around the plaza and see someone named \"JoShmo\", so i /tell JoShmo \"Congratulations! You\'ve been chosen to play the part of an Evil Spirit for our Festival of Wandering Souls! Your job will be to carry around this fish and secretly give it to a \"victim\" of your choosing. You will then tell them that they have now become the Evil Spirit blah blah blah\" and so forth. so it\'s a big game of Popcorn, if you will. all spur of the moment and whatnot.

i do have a weapon to donate as a prize, in case this idea actually takes wing and goes into motion.

[acheronista]

let me clarify what a newbie would be.....anyone that started the game this month or last, and iether has no weapon or just a regualr one from harnquist
we still need participants and sponsers to help with this festival so please post here and contact me in game

[Gellule]

Sweet! I\'ll try to be there with some food. Trepor hearts with pumpkin sauce, rat eyes with mushrooms...

[Valbrandr]

I understand this is not the wishlist, but I like your idea.  I think we need certain holidays for PS, of course not like Christmas with ole Saint Draklar handing out presents to all the good little kiddies ... but authentic PS holidays..

[Shadeslayer]

Wow...never thought that a holiday thing would happen...
This should add to the realism of PS. I\'d just like to ask about the evil spirit thing though...what if the player asked to be the evil spirit sort of goes offline halfway...would this spoil the fun?

[TheMinority]

Wow...never thought that a holiday thing would happen...
This should add to the realism of PS.

i agree. of course it\'s not going to be halloween exactly, but a general festival of the dead. there are many people groups in our world who celebrate festivals of the dead and who know nothing of our halloween, so why not in PS? i\'m sure they have some reverence for the dead as well. ^_^

I\'d just like to ask about the evil spirit thing though...what if the player asked to be the evil spirit sort of goes offline halfway...would this spoil the fun?

nah. there would be multiple spirits roaming (probably 3-5), and should one become inactive for more than say, 10 minutes, a new spirit will be chosen. same goes for if a spirit needs to leave, or goes offline. a crash is okay, but if they stay offline for more than 5 minutes or so, i\'d probably choose a new spirit. ^_^ this would be announced too, probably though a /shout. or we could seclude this into a large group thing, and invite people to join. that way we can keep track of who\'s doing what. or whatever. i need some help on this. XD

but then again, i don\'t even know if anyone wants to do this. can i get a yes or no from some people? i mean, i\'d be happy to start this Evil Spirit hunt, but i\'d need some rewards for the lucky ones who guess who the spirits are. as i mentioned before, i have one sword already, but not enough for a whole celebration.

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