Re: In case anyone cares... on 09/26/2012 02:04 PM CDT
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I can only say, the only form of announcement this received was a player noticing that tickets were on sale. I know there wasn't any announcements via NIR that I saw and I read these boards heavily. There most definitely was zero notification on the homepage of the website. Perhaps, there error was in lack of notifying the populace and a somewhat select group getting the chance to go in and buy all the tickets before many knew about it. I'm only guessing. I don't know how long premies has to buy tickets before primes. I got mine yesterday.

~Galenok
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Re: In case anyone cares... on 09/26/2012 05:51 PM CDT
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I just noticed that it was on the website when I went to read the boards and that no one had signed up for it yet. I posted about it and then purchased a ticket after deciding which one I would be able to attend. I know someone that was prime purchased one later the same day I purchased my premium one so it probably wasn't that long. If it was, no one knew about it anyway.

We've been discussing it on lnet as well, I'm sorry Aprelli you didn't know. Had I know you wanted a ticket I'd have told you ingame. I don't know if they just think no one cares because the event has been run so many times it doesn't warrant an announcement or what.

Velvette...bowcrazy
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Re: In case anyone cares... on 09/27/2012 04:11 AM CDT
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No one told Velvette it was her turn to tell everyone? I am sure that somehow that its Hoy's fault! Can't trust those halflings you know.

Ardwen
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Re: In case anyone cares... on 09/27/2012 09:04 AM CDT
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I missed out on the first run and it was on the main page. Darn that reading! At least I got into this set of runs.

- Anonymous
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Re: In case anyone cares... on 09/27/2012 10:04 AM CDT
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But I did tell everyone Ardie! I posted here and told everyone on Lnet. That's all that I can do since I live in Illistim and most of the population still prefers that backwater town known as the landing.

Velvette...bowcrazy
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Re: In case anyone cares... on 11/26/2012 06:40 PM CST
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Electric spark or fire ball making rings
Fully unlocked creepy jester dolls from Ebons 2012
Pets!
Please no crystal amulets or gold rings that don't crumble, they are such a sad prize and is such a let down to pull.

Thanks for taking our suggestions Wyrom!
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Re: In case anyone cares... on 11/26/2012 07:09 PM CST
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Hedgehogs would be cool.

~James
Player of Septimius
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Re: In case anyone cares... on 11/26/2012 08:58 PM CST
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Still offering a 1x enchant to the winner of round one and 10 points of padding up to exceptional padding for the winner of round two?
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Re: In case anyone cares... on 11/27/2012 11:22 AM CST
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There won't be a second item pull on this weekend run. It will be like previous weekend runs where you get a souvenir pull. The grand prize this time around will be a private property. We'll provide more details soon (just not RSN).

For those wondering, I didn't just post the best 20% of the prize pool. I just picked out items I liked. There are some duplicate, or near-duplicate prizes, like every run as well, keep in mind. I'm not your DMCMC (hah) but I'm just one of the GMs who contributed prizes.



~Wyrom, ASGM
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Re: In case anyone cares... on 11/27/2012 03:22 PM CST
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Excited by the prospect of a property but concerned about the downsides. If a citizen of elven nations wins a home in river's rest or teras, they may not be interested. In the past private property has not been exchangeable. Perhaps this would be a mini flying dinghy (thinking about the grand prize of the original races). Obviously should the winner already live in the town the property is offered there isn't as much a downside (just that you have the chance to win something you will have to pay rent each month to keep)
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Re: In case anyone cares... on 11/27/2012 03:31 PM CST
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Wonder if it will be a deed or a must claim now.

~James
Player of Septimius
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Re: In case anyone cares... on 11/27/2012 03:48 PM CST
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The property is in the Landing. You do not need to be a citizen there to claim ownership. It is a workshop. And the winner will get to fully remodel the place. I think it's a pretty awesome prize. Big thanks to GM Kaikala, for donating it.



~Wyrom, ASGM
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Re: In case anyone cares... on 11/27/2012 03:53 PM CST
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Will it be transferable upon winning though? I already have a property, so I was wondering.

~James
Player of Septimius
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Re: In case anyone cares... on 11/27/2012 03:55 PM CST
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I'll find out.



~Wyrom, ASGM
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Re: In case anyone cares... on 11/27/2012 04:18 PM CST
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The deed is fully transferable until claimed. Properties are limited to one per account. You will have until 1/15/13 to claim the property. All of this is listed on the deed at this time, so it's all spelled out.

So while this isn't padding, I'm sure you can still make it worth your while.



~Wyrom, ASGM
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Honorary QC Lackey
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Re: In case anyone cares... on 11/27/2012 04:22 PM CST
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Definitely. Thank you!

~James
Player of Septimius
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Re: In case anyone cares... on 11/27/2012 04:44 PM CST
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And are the plans to do another plat run still in the works?

-Richard/Fjalar.
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Re: In case anyone cares... on 11/27/2012 04:45 PM CST
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This is quite a worthwhile grand prize as it has a workshop. Kudos to the donation, though I'm curious which property in the Landing it might be...I don't think I know of more than 2 in the Landing with a Workshop...
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Re: In case anyone cares... on 11/27/2012 04:52 PM CST
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When is DMC going to be offered again because it's really not fair that it wasn't announced and by the time people realized it was going on, it was all sold out.

>>We are the ones who will never be broken. With our final breath, we'll fight to the death. We are soldiers.
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Re: In case anyone cares... on 11/27/2012 04:57 PM CST
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There are at least five in the Wehnimer's area with workshops. Kodos, Tedra, Dartagan, Aanalar, and Cerulian all come to mind. I'd guess there are one or two others that I'm just not thinking about too. I'll leave it to Ardwen to fill in those blanks.

Kerl
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Re: In case anyone cares... on 11/27/2012 05:55 PM CST
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Kodos shop was turned into an open museum, I own the former Aanalar's, Its Possible the either Dart's or Tedra's has gone dormant, havent seen either owner recently. And I dont recall who owned Cerulean's. Believe that's all the landing shops though, possible I am forgetting one of course.
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Re: In case anyone cares... on 11/27/2012 06:02 PM CST
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Whose workshop was the one where you had to eat the berries to get inside? I remember finding that place in my first few months playing and thought it was the coolest discovery. I thought sure no one had found it yet!

Lochiven
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Re: In case anyone cares... on 11/27/2012 06:17 PM CST
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Lochiven, that was one of my "coolest discoveries" too! I remembering coming back to town and whispering to one of my few friends that I'd found something neat and he had to see it. Good times.

Kerl

PS: Sounds like I got them all, yay!
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Re: In case anyone cares... on 11/27/2012 07:31 PM CST
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Ye old oddity workshop, Odds workshop then owned by Dartaghan
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Re: In case anyone cares... on 11/27/2012 07:46 PM CST
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Neat, is this berries place still around? If it is I would love to see it!
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Re: In case anyone cares... on 11/27/2012 08:52 PM CST
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Heh I had to go explore and re find the place. I knew it was near town..cause I was probably brave enough to hunt orcs at the time. It is on the upper trollfang map near the foothills.

[Mountain Path, Ledge]
You are standing on a narrow ledge jutting out from the sheer, rocky slope of the canyon. The odd runes carved into the rock here that first attracted your attention are close enough to read now, even in the dim moonlight. You realize they are inscribed above a foot-high vertical fissure recessed into the rough stone.
Obvious paths: down

>read rune
In the Common language, it reads:
Within this stone fastness, is contained great power. To be worthy to enter, you must humble yourself before the Lords of Liabo.

I won't post what entering the place looks like as it really should be experienced. Ya that was definitely my most memorable find. But then finally figuring out how people were entering the bathhouse yet never exiting it was also up there on my list. Man I remember people yelling at me on the amulet to get out of the bathhouse because I was in there looking for a trapdoor.

Lochiven
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Re: In case anyone cares... on 11/27/2012 08:58 PM CST
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Finding the old backdoor to the bathhouse in the sewers was one of those ah hah moments for me way back when
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Re: In case anyone cares... on 12/03/2012 08:09 AM CST
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>When is DMC going to be offered again because it's really not fair that it wasn't announced and by the time people realized it was going on, it was all sold out.

I asked this in another thread and it has yet to be answered. I was hoping for another run at Christmas but at this rate, I'm not too hopeful. I'm going to be away now, too. Boo hiss!

♫ Arpelli ♫
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Re: In case anyone cares... on 12/03/2012 09:12 AM CST
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I don't see another DMC run in the cards for awhile (In Prime). This obviously can change, but I'd like to move away from this structure of event for a bit.



~Wyrom, SGM of QPP
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Re: In case anyone cares... on 12/03/2012 11:52 AM CST
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Thank god.
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Re: In case anyone cares... on 12/03/2012 01:38 PM CST
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>I don't see another DMC run in the cards for awhile (In Prime). This obviously can change, but I'd like to move away from this structure of event for a bit.

Bummer. That's disappointing.

♫ Arpelli ♫
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Re: In case anyone cares... on 12/03/2012 05:39 PM CST
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oh, can we go back to the "Convocation of Coraseine Field" next year for once?

Well, can't hurt to ask, now can it?

Velvette...bowcrazy
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Re: In case anyone cares... on 12/03/2012 07:39 PM CST
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It can ALWAYS hurt! ALWAYS!!!



~Wyrom, SGM of QPP
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Re: In case anyone cares... on 12/04/2012 03:27 PM CST
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I almost posted how this is frustrating due to the way this run wasn't announced, sold out, we were told there were more runs going to be opened for those that missed out, the prize pool is actually buffed up with usuable mechanical items instead of crumbly stuff(great for those in the run, yet doubly frustrating for those that missed it), now we find out that there aren't any more runs being added and that likely we won't see it again for awhile, etc.

But what would be the point? Nothing would change, we'd still get a random outcome generator determining how snafu's are addressed. If nothing else I suppose its at least not boring.
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Re: In case anyone cares... on 12/04/2012 05:59 PM CST
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I don't know where it was listed that more tickets would go on sale, I went back and checked. So I apologize if someone announced more runs. That was never the plan. And I do realize this event sprung up out of no where and players quickly bought it out. I understand there is a lot of demand for this event, even though it is the spark of a lot of controversy.

QPP (formerly EPP) has undergone some staffing changes. We had some LOAs, and eventually, I moved over from TTQC to QPP as the SGM. I'm just getting settled though. So bear with me as I get caught up to speed on everything. This isn't me passing the blame or anything like that. Just trying to explain some things from a staff perspective. I don't expect anyone to be any less frustrated about how this run of DMC went.

We're currently working on our events for next year, so all I ask is for your patience and that we hope to bring you a great time for events in 2013.



~Wyrom, SGM of QPP
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Re: In case anyone cares... on 12/04/2012 06:39 PM CST
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You forgot to use RSN in your list of acronyms.

-Richard/Fjalar.
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Re: In case anyone cares... on 12/04/2012 06:42 PM CST
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a random outcome generator determining how snafu's are addressed


Boy, if that doesn't sum how things are run at SIMU, I don't know what does.

On a positive note, I am really seeing impressive work done by Wyrom and it gives me much hope for the future. Now if we can just get him to work on sorcs, it would be double bonus Christmas!

-Taakhooshi, and Me

For the Story of Taakhooshi:
http://www.gsguide.net/index.php?title=Taakhooshi
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Re: In case anyone cares... on 12/04/2012 08:49 PM CST
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<<Now if we can just get him to work on sorcs, it would be double bonus Christmas!>>

Don't say that.. we actually want him to stay and continue rocking.
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Re: In case anyone cares... on 12/04/2012 10:08 PM CST
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It was my understanding that Solomon had floated the idea of additional runs for those that missed the thread where someone noticed the tickets for sale. I don't think it was here on the official forums but on twitter or some other social platform I don't use. This is secondhand info I read in a pc thread if memory serves me. So who knows. I'm not angry or anything, its just the usual roll of the dice and I've had a string of snake eyes with DM starting with missing the original run. :)
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Re: In case anyone cares... on 12/05/2012 06:06 AM CST
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Here's what Solomon said back on October 1, when I posted my disappointment on how this run was stealthed.

>I know you guys like the Maze and they're fun for us, too. Watching the "play by play" commentary, seeing the runners running around like chickens (sans heads), and the hearing folks in the observation rooms cheering and jeering make every run into a riot. We'll definitely do another Maze event and we'll give preference to those folks who didn't get a shot at these tickets. We'll also do better on making sure things are announced multiple times through multiple sources.

So yeah - I totally expected we would not only have another run to play with, but that we'd get preference on buying tickets.

C'est la vie.

♫ Arpelli ♫
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