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Painbringer · Jun 29, 2007, 08:54 PM // 20:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rahja the Thief

Where to hold the event?!!?

Dwarves love beer and festivities. I vote for a mountain location.

Lord Sojar · Jun 30, 2007, 09:32 PM // 21:32

Oktoberfest is still planned, and it is FINAL. Location is now again undecided.

However, I am still looking for ideas on contest etc. Any ideas are welcomed, and would encourage you to post them here, no matter how stupid or brilliant you think they are. I can still take an idea and get a concept out of it. So, please please, ideas? Thanks guys and girls.

FlameoutAlchemist · Jul 03, 2007, 07:13 AM // 07:13

I vote for a Beer-Goggles Costume Contest.

Using the lessons we learned from the masquerade ball, we could hold another costume contest. Just one catch - the judges are drunk (in-game of course). Winner is chosen like last time.

dsnesnintendo · Jul 03, 2007, 07:44 AM // 07:44

some crappy ideas of mine
idea 1

This is my (not fully developed idea) you customize a bunch of masks(dont know which one you would want id say lion mask as it looks the drunkest

you give 3 to 3 of your friends (if possible make them have funny names like Assassin here or Free stuff wammo)=9 rounds
You give a riddle to their identy or just say their name and the first person to open trade with them gets the mask
winners get something like 5k or booze'

idea 2
drunken rock, paper, scissors
basic game but with the power of whiskey

idea 3
drunken tic tac toe
get ten of your friends (yes 10 i can count 5 red 5 blue depending on who goes first)
you choose a random person and clear a space and you give orders to the red and blue people they move accordingly with the power of whiskey

idea 4
I CHALLENGE YOU TO A ROCK OFF!!!

people organize a band (limit of 8-10 people) and the best looking show wins
can have dancers and playing instruments

dont flame unless your comment is funny

Lord Sojar · Jul 09, 2007, 06:47 AM // 06:47

Ok, this thread needs to COME UP NOW! I have posted a poll on GWO, and I hope I continue to get input from you guys and girls here at Guru. Please, I want input. I have called upon Mog from GWO to be a co-host with me during the event planning stages as well as during the actual event.

Nintendo, I love the band idea! Great great great! Tic - Tac - Toe would need to be refined and well organized, but it has some potential!

Be creative guys, I want concepts. The ideas don't have to be flawless masterpieces of your inner soul, just rough sketches as to how events may function, what you think will be fun.

There will be a costume contest, but the format is to be decided. I will get back with you on that as we progress with plans.

Please Guru, I need feedback. If you help me, I PROMISE TO MAKE THIS HUGE AND FUN!

I am devoting over 4 million gold to the event, and UNLIMITED ale will be served (provided people don't exploit my generosity and try and horde 100s of ale for use in their ale hound title)

Oktoberfest is going to be great, but only if you guys and girls help me make it that way. Input, ideas, concepts, any form of support is more appreciated then you can imagine!

As for flaws with the ball, I will quote what I said on GWO.

"So, I know there were a few issues with my last contest, and a few people were upset for various reasons. Some of those reasons were legit, and as a result, I have/am going to take steps to avoid those mix ups and unfairness. An example of this will be the prize distribution. Rather then offering a few lucky people gigantic prize purses, I am going to offer nice prizes for almost every person if donations and my funding permit. Another example is organization and distribution of events. We had an issue with the costume contest, and some people were not included because of lack of organization. This WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. Period. I refuse to allow inequality to take place again on account of my lack of preparation."

So, with that said, let this thread pick up pace and let Oktoberfest get rolling full ale, I mean steam...

Love,

Rahja.

Operative 14 · Jul 09, 2007, 09:15 AM // 09:15

One of the things I have seen suggested as a guild event, and in fact something that me and a guildmate have done, is a hide and seek competition. Just choose an obscure outpost, and perhaps the first person to party you get's a prize.

As has been suggested, I think a Running competition might be fun; a nice simple run from say Ascalon to LA.

A Raffle might be good, and would help build funds for future events. You could charge people 1k, then give out stacks of various numbers of items. Then, when it comes time to raffle, you could say for instance "122 Grey, 67 yellow" and whoever had the stack of 122 grey dyes and 67 yellow dyes would win. I can easily imagine the logisitics of this becoming very difficult however.

Another suggestion is a Dodge Ball Tournament.

I don't know what you were planning, but I would suggest setting up a temporary Oktober[Fest] guild to facilitate this event, and have a guild hall. The Hall could be used for the costume contest, facilitate the Dodgeball tournament should you choose to have one. and anyone who signs up to be a steward at this event could join; It would make communication a lot easier. Please direagard this if you were already planning on doing this, just my two cents

I think i saw at the last event that you had a [Ball] guild tag, but I wasn't sure if it was your normal guild or a temporary one like what i just mentioned.

BTW Here's a poster I made for fun becuase I had the idea floating around in my head. Use it as you please, and if you desire any changes I'd be happy to make them.

Friday · Jul 09, 2007, 09:54 AM // 09:54

^^ Stunning poster Operative14!!!

Still collecting goodies for you for prizes, Rajah. I know storage was a problem for you for the Ball, so I'll keep them on my mules till you need them (alcohol, party favors and random golds that drop). May not be much in the grand scheme of things - but hope that it will help you build up a good stock.

Fight well
Friday

Feminist Terrorist · Jul 10, 2007, 04:37 AM // 04:37

That is a truly outstanding poster.

I'm still holding on to my alcohol for this event. Easy to do since I'm not playing much these days. Shoot me a PM here if I can be of any help. I still check the forum nearly every day to see if anyone wants to talk to me. lol

Lord Sojar · Jul 19, 2007, 12:02 AM // 00:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Operative 14

One of the things I have seen suggested as a guild event, and in fact something that me and a guildmate have done, is a hide and seek competition. Just choose an obscure outpost, and perhaps the first person to party you get's a prize.

As has been suggested, I think a Running competition might be fun; a nice simple run from say Ascalon to LA.

A Raffle might be good, and would help build funds for future events. You could charge people 1k, then give out stacks of various numbers of items. Then, when it comes time to raffle, you could say for instance "122 Grey, 67 yellow" and whoever had the stack of 122 grey dyes and 67 yellow dyes would win. I can easily imagine the logisitics of this becoming very difficult however.

Another suggestion is a Dodge Ball Tournament.

I don't know what you were planning, but I would suggest setting up a temporary Oktober[Fest] guild to facilitate this event, and have a guild hall. The Hall could be used for the costume contest, facilitate the Dodgeball tournament should you choose to have one. and anyone who signs up to be a steward at this event could join; It would make communication a lot easier. Please direagard this if you were already planning on doing this, just my two cents

I think i saw at the last event that you had a [Ball] guild tag, but I wasn't sure if it was your normal guild or a temporary one like what i just mentioned.

BTW Here's a poster I made for fun becuase I had the idea floating around in my head. Use it as you please, and if you desire any changes I'd be happy to make them.

Amazing picture! I believe that will be the official poster for the event! Wonderful work! And yes, I was planning the custom guild. Hopefully staff members can join the guild, or ally their guild within the alliance.

Yes, running contest would be wonderful. However, hard to judge considering map travel... I would hope no one would cheat.

Any other super ideas or photoshop goodies I can use?

Operative 14 · Jul 19, 2007, 02:17 AM // 02:17

One thing you could do for the running competition is to just have trustworthy people tag along to make sure nothing... evil... happened

Super Ideas, none right now. Photoshop Goodies, what do you need?

Lord Sojar · Jul 19, 2007, 05:35 AM // 05:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by Operative 14

One thing you could do for the running competition is to just have trustworthy people tag along to make sure nothing... evil... happened

Super Ideas, none right now. Photoshop Goodies, what do you need?

things like that above! more posters for the event, and once i announce stuff, photoshop fun for those as well. decorate the wiki page with art!

Nash Vegas · Jul 19, 2007, 02:30 PM // 14:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by Operative 14

One thing you could do for the running competition is to just have trustworthy people tag along to make sure nothing... evil... happened

I'm sure this may become time and/or staff intensive depending on applicants, but we could hold a race rally-style. Each runner goes on their own, along with a judge. The judge dies so that he/she can follow the runner more easily. The judge tells the runner to start, and times the runner from portal to portal (or maybe sign-post to sign-post). The judge then summs up the runner's total time and submits it to a master list. If the runner died en-route, they will be forced to start that leg over again (timer resets as well) if they spawn farther up than they had died, or simply keep going from where they spawn with the timer still running. I'm sure the rules would need to be balanced out depending on the route, but this is an idea, anyway.

Naylyn · Jul 19, 2007, 02:37 PM // 14:37

I vote for henge as well.

The running contest sounds awesome (even though my mesmer would be useless). My idea for how to run(no pun intended) the running contest.'
1- Have each race held over several stages(ie areas) with points being awarded for the person who maps each area.
2- The winner of each race is the person who ends up with the most points at the finish line.
3- Cheating is avoided by having an observer who kills themselves at the start and watches (though this would require a lot of staffing) or have each person report the result separately so that if one person lies they will be caught out by the other people.
4- Possibly have play-offs between the players who get the best scores.

I'd like to see the return of the "catch me" contests where the first person to open trade gets a prize. This would be much more interesting in a huge area.

Have a worst dressed competition. A good outfit might be nice to look at but an atrocious outfit is hilarious.

Lucky door prizes.

I'll have a think and post more ideas if they come to me.

Operative 14 · Jul 20, 2007, 01:13 AM // 01:13

Okay, new Goodies. I did a new Poster with the new logo;

And a new Logo;
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...stLogocopy.jpg
(needs to be in link since it's bigger than 640 pixles)

Lord Sojar · Jul 21, 2007, 09:15 PM // 21:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Operative 14

Okay, new Goodies. I did a new Poster with the new logo;

And a new Logo;
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...stLogocopy.jpg
(needs to be in link since it's bigger than 640 pixles)

hahha! that one is great too! i like the first one a bit more, but A+! hahaha. Logo is prime work, definitely gonna be the official logo.

Lord Sojar · Jul 22, 2007, 05:04 PM // 17:04

Up up up this thread goes. Where are my genius event planners with those Einsteinian ideas!??!

Kay84 · Jul 22, 2007, 05:36 PM // 17:36

Great idea Rahja! I'll save up for a donation.
Henge sounds like a nice place for the event..
Hahaha.. and the posters rule!! Especially the first one.

- Divine Punisher

Molock · Jul 22, 2007, 09:04 PM // 21:04

1. I think that it should be held at Henge of Denravi
2. Ill stock up on greens/golds/alcohol/candy for the event :P
3. GW:EN will be out by then. There might just be a big city there, also its in the Shiverpeaks with dwarves which fits perfectly with the event. The only downside might be availability.

Edit: I checked out Henge, and yes it is perfect. Huge, has a "stage" that is big and is visible from ALOT of different angles, no spam in local or trade chat, generally very few people, accessible.

Killer Kasperl · Jul 24, 2007, 08:05 AM // 08:05

::claps::

Im so excited about the event. I too, I have items to donate. A stack each of Red Bean Cakes and Rice Wine...thanks to the recent festival. And some minis, too.

At any rate, Simon Says could be fun. A Scavanger Hunt, too. Like obtaining collector drops, dyes and something a bit more challanging like a minipet as the difficult item to obtain. (which would also provide for future give-a-ways). Or and I-Spy Game. Trivia Game. A game of Tag. All may sound a bit adolecent, but fun all the same.

Thank you for your time, effort and generosity...it is sure to be fun.

Let me know if I can help in any other way.

ign..Princess Lone Tree

Mr. G · Jul 24, 2007, 10:06 AM // 10:06

How about a before and after poster of The fortune teller and some half naked ele? - Beer does that to me!

Hmm if we ever get a location (or have we?) I vote to get some mods done (for those who dare use them) simple things like puttin beer on the banners and the like, may not effect most people - But imagine how spectacular the screenshots and movies will be!

If you need me to help staff im always willing to manage the helpdesk liek i sorta got roped into last time ><

ya know bouncing around the districts telling people whats happening where, whens this happening, why is water wet (belive it or not thats because its water)

still looks like a dandy event (and yay for better planning ^^)