Mini Event Giveaways Ideas

[citizen1080]

I'm back...and bored already! Which means free Plat for everyone*!


I have been trying to think of some events I can host to give away some plat...but my brain being what it is...I havn't had much luck. I hosted some pretty fun ones in the past but we needed GM intervention to make it happen. Anyone remember the trains lol...?

What I want is some ideas that we can do in about an hour start to finish with a single winner who gets like 5kpp or something to that effect. Needs to be something everyone can participate in. So maybe everyone has to roll a lvl one etc. Needs to be something that people cant cheat at...so races...lvl 1 pvp brawls...are out I think unless you guys can think of a way to moderate the event.


Ill make a list of the best ideas and then maybe put up a poll and do 3-4 of them.

So start posting up some ideas and we will have some fun =)



-Bob


*everyone does not actually mean everyone.

[Ephirith]

If you have an accomplice, you could start by thinking of a non-google-able riddle that gives some kind of clue as to where your accomplice is hiding (in an adjacent zone or something), and who it is. Then the accomplice gives those who are able to find him another riddle, or a task or something. Which could either lead to a third accomplice nearby or the reward itself.

I think it would be a little less likely to be griefed if the trolls have to carry their attention spans all the way to the next zone, and they would have to expend at least some effort to figure out which nearby zone it is. A mobile event also has the benefit of lacking a large, stationary audience for the "lals so funnay trolez XDDDD"

Ideally you would need to actually solve the riddle to find the accomplice, which would negate the advantages of porters, trackers, trolls, and super-fast bards. Maybe you need to say something to him to get him to give you the next riddle.

But no matter what you do it's difficult to run an event without the ability to death touch, I think.

[citizen1080]

I like it...especially the death touch part...everyone petition the GMs to give Bob deathtouch please

[India]

Trivia! I love hosting it, just need assistance with someone keeping track of who had the first correct answer and the scores.

PS
I only host standard trivia since that's the game I happen to have and can just read from the cards.

[skorge]

who gets like 5kpp or something

Welcome back man! You should probably know that 5k is the equivalent to maybe 500p from when you last played, lol. Not trying to sound like a dick I just thought you should know that.

[citizen1080]

Trivia is a good idea, tho with google it comes down to who can do a search faster hehe.

Welcome back man! You should probably know that 5k is the equivalent to maybe 500p from when you last played, lol. Not trying to sound like a dick I just thought you should know that.

Thanks! I dont know about that...i dont see too much inflation..90% of the items seem to be cheaper now than when I played last...fungi is half the price...and I hear it was even cheaper a few months ago. Only thing that gained value was manastone from what I have seen so far =)

[India]

Trivia is a good idea, tho with google it comes down to who can do a search faster hehe.



I don't give them time to search :)

Ask the question and people answer within seconds. If not, there's a quick countdown, time is up and on to the next question


Let me know if you're interested and we can set up a date/time

[citizen1080]

So you're even richer then! Think you can afford a bit more than 5k for an event friend

Don't believe everything you read on the interwebz...however if you want to donate to my event I will make sure your name is mentioned! =)

And if 5kpp is not enough for your feel free to not attend =) Only on P99 would someone complain that free money was not enough free money lol.

Sounds like it would work India..I will add it to the list and see what other ideas we get.

[Swish]

Only on P99 would someone complain that free money was not enough free money.

:D

@Skorge - Is that the original Skorge and are you just trying to wreck the reputation of the dude that bought your account ages ago? :p

[citizen1080]

No one wants free plat!? Need some more ideas. I have had a guide offer to help moderate the event...so we can get a little more creative now =)

[India]

Scavenger Hunt across Norrath!! Or limit it to one continent :)

[Swish]

Does planting items on regular mobs work on this server? Potential there for people to track down a quest item (something hard to find quickly like shark meat or ice giant toes so nobody just buys it off a vendor) and trade it in for "Reward X"...done in a zone where there's a ton of mobs (GFay, EC etc) it could be a challenge.

Would be quite a story if a high profile item was found looted on an orc pawn :D

[citizen1080]

Does planting items on regular mobs work on this server? Potential there for people to track down a quest item (something hard to find quickly like shark meat or ice giant toes so nobody just buys it off a vendor) and trade it in for "Reward X"...done in a zone where there's a ton of mobs (GFay, EC etc) it could be a challenge.

Would be quite a story if a high profile item was found looted on an orc pawn :D

That sounds pretty fun actually...can anyone test this?

Would need to figure out how to make it so only lvl 1's can participate..otherwise we would have high lvls aoeing down the zone.

[Woahnelly]

It would have to be the turn in variety as opposed to the loot variety then. If a high level attempts to turn in the item for a reward, simpy deny them the reward.

[citizen1080]

It would have to be the turn in variety as opposed to the loot variety then. If a high level attempts to turn in the item for a reward, simpy deny them the reward.

I think you underestimate the sneakiness of our playerbase =) I am sure they would just hand the quest item off to a lvl 1. Or have one on hand to loot the item if it was no drop.

[Woahnelly]

If I was in that same boat I would just do something sporadic and unannounced. If you can give an npc an item so that it becomes lootable on death, just hit up a random zone and do it. I don't think many high levels would be running around killing caimans in oasis for the hell of it.

[Ravager]

About a week or so ago I was in GFay and on a whim I said in ooc that the first person to bring me pixie dust, wasp poison sac, bat fur and a bone chips would get 200pp (sadly all I had on me at the time). I was expecting it to take at most 10 minutes for someone to win, but I discounted the fact that there was a server repop that day, so it ended up taking like an hour. Folks were scrambling for pixies, was kind of fun.

[letsallkillandy]

About a week or so ago I was in GFay and on a whim I said in ooc that the first person to bring me pixie dust, wasp poison sac, bat fur and a bone chips would get 200pp (sadly all I had on me at the time). I was expecting it to take at most 10 minutes for someone to win, but I discounted the fact that there was a server repop that day, so it ended up taking like an hour. Folks were scrambling for pixies, was kind of fun.

Slaughter of the pixies!

[Nirgon]

level 1 jousting

[NoWaiJ]

level 1 race across norrath. players could start, for example, humans in qeynos and have a race to highkeep. it would be fairly dangerous and time consuming. no gear or buffs allowed of course. shorter and more dangerous situations could be though of no doubt.

[webrunner5]

level 1 race across norrath. players could start, for example, humans in qeynos and have a race to highkeep. it would be fairly dangerous and time consuming. no gear or buffs allowed of course. shorter and more dangerous situations could be though of no doubt.

I like it. :rolleyes:

[citizen1080]

I like it. :rolleyes:

I like the race ideas a lot. I just have not figured out how to keep people from cheating. Even with a guide to help us I am not sure we could ensure someone didnt buff their lvl 1 buddy mid race or port him closer to the finish line.

[Ravager]

Level 1 King of the Mountain PVP in Kelethin might be fun.

[webrunner5]

I like the race ideas a lot. I just have not figured out how to keep people from cheating. Even with a guide to help us I am not sure we could ensure someone didnt buff their lvl 1 buddy mid race or port him closer to the finish line.

You know it is just crazy to think you have to make anything you do anymore "Cheat Proof". What a goofy world we live in now. Scary as hell. :eek::eek:

[rsloans84]

Some good ideas here id like to hear more ideas because i plan on running some events in the future. Btw bob how did u get last name the broker? Titles arent allowed?

[Swish]

level 1 race across norrath. players could start, for example, humans in qeynos and have a race to highkeep. it would be fairly dangerous and time consuming. no gear or buffs allowed of course. shorter and more dangerous situations could be though of no doubt.

This is a popular one. It was done on Venril Sathir (EU server) and quite successful, except they made us run from Qeynos to Freeport. The sneakiness is the problem though, and the lengths people will go to will depend on the prize.

Offer a FBSS, and watch every possible trick in the book being used.

Offer 500pp, and you've got a fun lowbie event where most of the veterans will either play properly (I'd like to think, for a smaller prize) or not bother doing it.

Stipulatons could include not being able to be anonymous, making everyone the same race/deity combo (that can only be started from Qeynos...monk?), and having a few referees with see invis posted in NK/WC/South Ro/Feerott/Lavastorm/Nektulos/North Ro etc at wizard/druid locations. Not fun work but probably necessary.

Make each character register with the organiser before the race starts with a tell (or just by listing down names in Qeynos before it gets going). Then anyone else who turns up claiming to have won, who hasn't sent that tell beforehand...is technically not part of the event :p

Have some runners/observers invis and following the leaders? If someone darts past or catches up to the leading pack with a sow its going to be obvious.

Also, if doing to Freeport, its worth considering a ban on taking the Rathe Mountains route to keep the course fair.

Have a well buffed Lvl 1 run the course before the event, to determine an approximate legitimate time.

Just a few thoughts, trustworthy volunteers certainly required.

[Emphase]

Wouldn't everyone arrive right around the same time? depending on loading times and how quick you were to hit run right when it started

[India]

Wouldn't everyone arrive right around the same time? depending on loading times and how quick you were to hit run right when it started

I imagine most, if not all, would die at least once :) Freeport to Qeynos would not be an easy run for a level 1

[Stormhowl]

I imagine most, if not all, would die at least once :) Freeport to Qeynos would not be an easy run for a level 1

Highpass (orcs and gnolls blocking the road) and West Commons (Small zone with decent mob density) would probably be the only hard parts of such a race. The karanas, Qeynos Hills, and EC are all either well guarded by NPCs or have such a low mob density that you'd have a hard time getting aggro unless a werewolf in WK took interest in you. ;)

[Rhambuk]

I like the race ideas a lot. I just have not figured out how to keep people from cheating. Even with a guide to help us I am not sure we could ensure someone didnt buff their lvl 1 buddy mid race or port him closer to the finish line.

Red Race

Everyone turns in books at the start or they arent eligible
Must finish red
no blues can buff or heal them plus it would add to the danger of high levels turning in their books to gank noobies racing.

High reward needs a high risk!

[Emphase]

that sounds better haha

[Nirgon]

Lvl 5 troll SKs, rusty 2 handers, go

[Lyra]

Advance registration required

At the start of the competition, each registrant is PM'd a name to use for the competition. (racera, racerb, racerc.....raceraa, racerbb, racercc etc) You can have multiple people PM'ing a "list" of registrants so this is simultaneous. Obviously you can't use race. You would be creative here to insure no one already has used the character name.

This prevents advanced creation.

I like a triathlon that requires leveling to 3, swimming, and travel.

Swimming could be just from one end of the Freeport docks to the other.

I don't know how you prevent buffs, unless you allow all contestants to have the same buffs and provide druids to do buffing.

[Tecmos Deception]

If you WERE to do a race... why not a race with a buddy system?

Everyone who wants to participate makes a level 1 of whatever race you choose, gathers at a certain point, and then gets randomly matched up with a buddy. The first pair to finish whatever race is selected wins. Helps reduce the odds of cheating, since two people who probably don't know each other would both have to consent to the cheating?

[kotton05]

bob i've always had a vision of having everyone start near gfay on a new toon, you provide fine steel, get a few people to PL them to lvl 10, lets say an hour maybe? if you have enough people to help. Then we clear out the ent to Crushbone, pull EMP to zone in and the mass zerg of folks have to kill him... with the killing blow winning a prize along with first to engage. of course this would need like 30 folks id guess but would be fun imo.

[Argh]

dwarf chess

[Lyra]

dwarf chess

I do like this!!

Is it a real chess board size?

Bearded women could be pawns
Each face/gender type could be assigned to a different piece.

You get a bunch of scarab bp's (green) to differentiate white / black.

Two people take turns moving the "pieces". They also have to keep their pieces alive when the chess board spawns.

[Rhambuk]

bob i've always had a vision of having everyone start near gfay on a new toon, you provide fine steel, get a few people to PL them to lvl 10, lets say an hour maybe? if you have enough people to help. Then we clear out the ent to Crushbone, pull EMP to zone in and the mass zerg of folks have to kill him... with the killing blow winning a prize along with first to engage. of course this would need like 30 folks id guess but would be fun imo.

great idea, my guild on live did this once for laughs we had 25-30 noobs with 3-4 high lvl buffs classes to keep them going, emp cb can 1 shot noobs until lvl 10 or so =p

Dwarf chess is another great idea and gets me thinking what other geographical oddities could we use. One of the arms in Everfrost? gnome race from akanon to everfrost. set a time limit and its not first to arrive its which gnome can reach the highest when they believe they have reached their max height we record and whoever gets the highest wins.

[rsloans84]

Here's my idea I'm gonna try and do Qeynos to Freeport Drunkard Race Must be Human Monk turn in your Book to turn red. No buffs, No ports, No boat,No Rathe M, No clickies No cheating allowed! Must drink 10 elven wine ( or such and such heavy drink) @ certain zone in's... Big pay off for 1st to finish. Something like that... Still thinking of details and prize etc. I'm gonna be putting on some events eventually that will just get everyone outta the grind of lvling

[kotton05]

Female Highelf = Queen
Male Highelf = King
pawns = gnome war
knights = erud pally

etc etc...

a live game of chess with people being the actual pieces would be funny.

[Rhambuk]

If you came up with an elaborate enough event and provided the dev/gm staff with all of the details and did pretty much all of the work.

I think the staff would help you put on an actual event.

[citizen1080]

Keep them coming guys..next few weekends are gonna be busy for me but I still plan to get something together.

[citizen1080]

Red Race

Everyone turns in books at the start or they arent eligible
Must finish red
no blues can buff or heal them plus it would add to the danger of high levels turning in their books to gank noobies racing.

High reward needs a high risk!

How do we account for druids porting their friends around?

And I already have a guide on board to help with the event.

[kotton05]

Maybe like have a pace maker. A bard or someone who can't be out run. Watching the leaders?

[Rhambuk]

How do we account for druids porting their friends around?

And I already have a guide on board to help with the event.

im not 100% that reds can receive ports from blues but to prevent it you could probably find a few people willing to be markers standing in each zone, when a racer enters they /shout the marker checks it. If a racer makes it to the end without being checked then you could assume they were ported.

or make them have to be non role/anon so you could /who <GUILD> (make a gnome race guild to make it easier) keep track of people and if you see someone go from gfay > BB > WC...

[citizen1080]

Possible..but would only work if everyone follows the same route. If the group splits up taking their own shortcuts anything could happen at that point.

One thought...Mass lvl 1 dorfs all red to stop buffs...gather at unrest ent...and first one to reach the basement wins.

Or something along these lines...Have guide stand in middle of kithkor at night and first lvl 1 hobbit to reach him wins etc.

Only issue i see with this is no one can really watch the event.

[Rhambuk]

lvl 1 red dwarf swim race kedge keep entrance to phinnies lair. just EB them at entrance / have GM's wipe the zone of mobs

CT Maze challenge, have gm's wipe the zone of mobs, lvl 1 red ogres. start in the Cy and have a few people setup at specific locations in the maze, mini aof/mask room/ other dead ends ogres must enter the door run through the maze hail all 5 pc's who give them 1 item, and then turn them into the last person at the top of the temple past maze.

Unrest always had a good backstory, clean the zone have the gm's spawn a few named npc's or just change the name / illusion a few willing PC's. Rerun the story of the dwarf killing the qeynosian quellious family ( i think ) have a few mini events set up at the zone when the dwarf first enters you have to warn the family, then when he enters the house you have to escort them downstairs, when he gets closer he catches and kills the girl ( the little girl zombie in the moat area ) in the end he kills them all and have noobs capture him / try him which he ends up being beheaded (dwarf ghosts heads arent attached ) whoever gets the killing blow on the dwarf gets the prize or whoever does the most dps.

lots of things to do )

[citizen1080]

Heres a crazy idea...

Lets have an GM event for the GMs.



Everyone who wants to participate rolls a lvl 1 pvp enabled toon. GMs summon them to a remote zone, somewhere semi dangerous as well. Once the event starts the lvl 1s scatter to hide/run etc and are given 1-2 minutes before the GMs start the hunt.

They can use SOW and Deathtouch but no tracking abilties.

Last 3 lvl 1's left alive get rewards. Maybe have a consolation prize for the person with the best name.

Who doesnt like hide and seek? This should be fun for all the lvl 1's running for their lives.

Who doesnt like to slaughter helpless noobs? This should be a blast for the GM's as well. And after all the time they donate to the server the bitching and whining they put up with...I think they deserve to kill us a few times =)

[Rhambuk]

haha not a bad idea, tox forest comes to mind or steamfont.

[Vega]

I've thought alot about how fun a race from Rivervale to Halas would be. Was thinkin people would prob die too much at level 1 unbuffed, so you'd have to make sure you have enough druids there at the start to do pack sow right before (and perhaps during to people who die and respawn). Would also be pretty good to have them all pvp flagged, but then even your druids couldn't buff them. Maybe if you did have a GM they could just flag all of them right after start. Could call it like the "Ironling Triathalon".

Would be neat to see if people picked to run through Runnyeye or Highpass. Would probably have to have a couple 'pace cars' to keep track of the head of the pack. If somehow you beat a pace car to Halas then you prob cheated. The previously proposed idea about registering and getting names seems cool, but unfortunately might be a cluster in implementation (can you imagine how many will show up without having registered?).

[vulzol]

Need GM really to insure against cheating for practically any event.

For any race I'd suggest stationing volunteers in every zone along possible routes. When a player enters zone they must make a shout. At end of race each volunteer reports the names they received during the race and you check the path of the winner. If the winner indeed followed an approved path then they win. Problem is finding enough trustworthy volunteers...

Man red races are fun ... so much PvP and drama.

[Swish]

Heres a crazy idea...

Lets have an GM event for the GMs.



Everyone who wants to participate rolls a lvl 1 pvp enabled toon. GMs summon them to a remote zone, somewhere semi dangerous as well. Once the event starts the lvl 1s scatter to hide/run etc and are given 1-2 minutes before the GMs start the hunt.

They can use SOW and Deathtouch but no tracking abilties.

Last 3 lvl 1's left alive get rewards. Maybe have a consolation prize for the person with the best name.

Who doesnt like hide and seek? This should be fun for all the lvl 1's running for their lives.

Who doesnt like to slaughter helpless noobs? This should be a blast for the GM's as well. And after all the time they donate to the server the bitching and whining they put up with...I think they deserve to kill us a few times =)

10/10...definitely down for that! :D