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HONORDAYZ 2009


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As some of you may have heard we are planning a week long festival of events to celebrate PGoH's 12th Birthday (10/11/1997-10/11/2009).

This festival will be known as Honordayz, which was the working title of a similar festival Borg was planning with OSI a number of years ago, but unfortunately it never came to fruition.

We have but a mere month before the festival arrives. Olympus nears completion and will be ready for it's Grand Opening for the festival.

Keeping in line with our devotion to the GODS of skill each GOD/GODDESS shall be represented by an event. Please reply with possible ideas!

Zeus- King of GODS....EVENT?

Mars - GOD of WAR.....PvP Bracket

Ceres- GODDESS of the Harvest...EVENT?

Poseidon- GOD of the SEA....Boat Race/Naval Battle (UP?)

Vulcan- GOD of Blacksmiths....Merchant Bazaar

Apollo - GOD of Music and Poetry....Bard's Night

Vesta - GODDESS of Wood...EVENT?

Artimes - GODDESS of Flight and the Hunt...Archery Tournament

Mercury - GOD of Mischief....Casino/Gambling

Hades- GOD of Death....EVENT?

Venus - GODDESS of Health...EVENT?

Minverva - GODDESS of Intelligence....T Hunting race

Hera - GODDESS of beasts...Dragon/Animal Fights

These are all tentative, please feel free to discuss, brainstorm and contribute. Let's get this one done, it's 10 years in the making!!

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Zeus - Grand Unveiling of Olympus

Hades - Naked (Cloth only) Dungeon Crawl

Minerva - Virtues / Catskills Lore Quiz

Vesta - Decoration Contest. (Will post details later)

Venus - Doctor's Challenge! Do you think you have what it takes to cut it as a healer at one of the towns Healer's Guilds? You'll be given a patient with symptoms, as well as certain tools and potions that must be used to save the patient. Will they live or die? It's up to you!

Ceres - Purple Egg Hunt! Each contestant is given 5 (or 10, if necessary) green thorns, and whomever gets a purple set of eggs first wins!

Edited by Katherine Elle
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I'd actually like to run the archery contest for the fact that I honestly didn't like the system the EM used and I could employ a better one and I want to start doing it every month anyway.

As for coming up with event Katherine basically said mine for Hades except It would be a naked dungeon run from the bottom up. Forcing people to get along or die.

Ceres- A Drinking contest (if we go by ic context I'd so take paul to start a drunken brawl)

Or...

A feast followed by some activity maybe a peerless or champion spawn.

Edited by Scarst
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Zeus- King of GODS....EVENT?

Awarded to those who participated in EVERY event. Closing ceremonies

Mars - GOD of WAR.....PvP Bracket

Or a joust - it seems to be a PGoH tradition

Ceres- GODDESS of the Harvest...EVENT?

A feast.

Poseidon- GOD of the SEA....Boat Race/Naval Battle (UP?)

We (UP) are up for it.

Artimes - GODDESS of Flight and the Hunt...Archery Tournament

Mercury - GOD of Mischief....Casino/Gambling

Pranksgiving (a pookah event) could also apply

Hades- GOD of Death....EVENT?

I like the naked dungeon crawl idea.

Venus - GODDESS of Health...EVENT?

I like the doctor idea, but I also like the idea of keeping the suicidal crafter alive (via cross healing) against impossible odds.

Minverva - GODDESS of Intelligence.

A quest! Full of riddles and mental challenges rather than fighting.

Hera - GODDESS of beasts.

Zoo donation event/drake collecting.

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Zeus- King of GODS.... I like the idea of the opening and the closing ceremonies.

Mars - GOD of WAR..... I had already planned a joust for this and if we do the Naval Battle with UP that will cover doing a pvp event.

Ceres- GODDESS of the Harvest... Purple egg hunt sounds good

Poseidon- GOD of the SEA.... Naval battle with UP

Artimes - GODDESS of Flight and the Hunt...Archery Tournament

Mercury - GOD of Mischief.... I'd be interested in what James could help us come up with for a pranking oriented event.

Hades- GOD of Death.... Humility hunt was just meant for this.

Venus - GODDESS of Health... The doctor challenge sounds like a fun one

Minverva - GODDESS of Intelligence.... Combination of riddles and treasure hunts. The main idea would be to come up with riddles describing a location and provide a map with the marked treasure on it. In the chest at the location would be another riddle and map leading to the next. In place of spawned creatures for the chests we could use areas with a natural spawn.

Hera - GODDESS of beasts... I like Aneirin's idea for drake collecting for the zoo or we could do a lower level taming contest oriented towards collecting points for rideables, or one of the lower taming level pets in the zoo.

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There are some good ideas here! It would be awesome if we could get Borg to drop by for one of the events so he could see, but I don't know how plausible that is. I thought we'd discussed it with him last time he was on to hang with us, but I can't remember now. I'm just wondering, do you think we can fit all this into a week? Haha. Seriously, bards' nights in and of themselves can take ages. We'll really need to get serious on implementing time constraints, or we could be there for hours on end, and people start to get pretty bored after that long. Plus, if some people tell excessively long ones, other people who wanted to participate may not be able to if they don't have the time to stay all night. So yeah, that's one suggestion.

  • Zeus -- Nthing the opening/closing ceremonies jazz.
  • Mars -- A joust would be more accessible, although pvp may be more fitting. As always, with these events, I support providing GM armor for participants. I feel like that way, it really comes down to raw skill more than to what gimped-out armor you have. Yes, on my fighting character, I lose skillpoints in fencing from my hat and all kinds of stuff when I take off my magic gear, but it makes it more fun. Those are just my thoughts on it if we do a pvp thing, though I'm personally indifferent on whether we do that or a joust. Whatever the majority would prefer.
  • Ceres -- We could combine the egg hunt and feast. Do the egg hunt first, then have a feast afterward. Everyone will be tired and hungry after chasing all those crazed bunnies anyway! Although I have some ideas on this that I don't want to mention in public. There's a reason for this! I'll mention it to you guys on ICQ or whatever.
  • Poseidon -- A naval battle could work, as could an event with throwing out special nets to increasing levels of difficulty. That's always fun.
  • Vulcan -- A bazaar would be great, and the marketplace is the perfect location. Or we could do a street bazaar in Trinsic like we used to.
  • Apollo -- Bard's night. Yarp. I think Thom and I sorted it out, for the most part.
  • Vesta -- Interested in hearing ideas on the deco contest. If that doesn't work for whatever reason, we could switch some things around. For example, we could give Vesta the bazaar event, and we could do a different one for Vulcan. One possibility would be protecting blacksmiths as they go into a dungeon to mine, and the first smith to have a certain amount of a predetermined type of ore within a set period of time would win.
  • Artemis -- Archery contest, duh. Also interested in Scarst's ideas on how to run it. He's been wanting to do this for a looong time.
  • Mercury -- Something fun since he's my favorite. If memory serves, he does have connotations with gambling for us, though there may be a more creative option. I'll think on it, and we can ask James for advice. Or just make everyone think something else is going to happen and have James come in and firebomb the place in the middle! That's mischievous, right...?
  • Hades -- A Humility Hunt into one of the creepier dungeons. We'll have to see how many attend and figure out where to go from there, so it's neither too easy nor annoyingly difficult.
  • Venus -- The doctor challenge sounds neat, but I guess I need it explained more in-depth because I don't know if I'm getting the context right, the more I think about it. I'll ask when I next see you on, Katherine.
  • Minerva -- I like Thom's idea, except we'd have to have actual people handing out riddle books at the locations or someone would just be a jerk and take the book with the next riddle in it to keep everyone else from playing. This might get too complicated to do, depending on how many people we have available to help with that sort of thing. We could just do a scavenger hunt with riddles type of thing.
  • Hera -- I was thinking a zoo donation event before seeing others had the same idea. This is a good thing to do for the shard as a whole. Even non-tamers could go and help protect or heal their tamer friends while they get the animals if they were so inclined. There are a number of characters in the guild that IC I don't think would stand for animal fights anyway.

Keep the ideas/criticisms coming, guys.

Edit: Damnit Scarst, I just now saw that last post of yours... haha. Piper wranglin'. It's the sport of kings.

Edited by Piper
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Well there are like 4 piper characters haha and I wouldn't be opposed to being the riddle giver for a group of people if it is set up in teams I mean after all Rotep has nothing better to do depending on when I have my surgery and class time and book reading and paper writing and general fatigue that is.

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Aneirin could do that but the god of suicide isn't on the list haha.

I prefer the idea of the joust over the pvp event. The joust is more accesible and it is something we're known for doing. I was planning on restarting the monthly jousts after the celebration. If we did do a pvp event instead then i'd suggest gm only armor and weapons. It just makes it more challenging and more skill based.

Piper's net tossing idea could work too. Better than being killed in 5 seconds by a bunch of stinking pirates with potions haha

James firebombing the place would be a little past mischievous I think...

As far as the riddle event I suggested... i've been thinking on doing that for a while now and have a couple of ways to do it to minimize cheating and griefers from ruining it for everyone.

The taming event would probably be our best bet. I'm not sure who else would have problems with an animal fighting event but I know Thom would never be ok with it IC.

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Aneirin could do that but the god of suicide isn't on the list haha.

I prefer the idea of the joust over the pvp event. The joust is more accesible and it is something we're known for doing. I was planning on restarting the monthly jousts after the celebration. If we did do a pvp event instead then i'd suggest gm only armor and weapons. It just makes it more challenging and more skill based.

Piper's net tossing idea could work too. Better than being killed in 5 seconds by a bunch of stinking pirates with potions haha

James firebombing the place would be a little past mischievous I think...

As far as the riddle event I suggested... i've been thinking on doing that for a while now and have a couple of ways to do it to minimize cheating and griefers from ruining it for everyone.

The taming event would probably be our best bet. I'm not sure who else would have problems with an animal fighting event but I know Thom would never be ok with it IC.

...Maybe Aneirin IS the god of suicidal tendencies and reckless behavior.

I'm totally fine with a joust as opposed to pvp for Mars. Like we've both said, it can include a wider audience for participation. That's the same reason I was suggesting the nets, honestly. There seems to be potential for more people to get involved.

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Scavenger hunt = Brilliant!

Aneirin being the god of suicidal tendencies.... I'm so stealing that idea. (He misses Laur by the way)

Nets are probably better for the shard than getting killed by a bunch of pirates. Besides, the Naval battles are coming. We have a plan and characters selected SOLELY for naval dominance. We just have to find good test enemies to work on our tactics. We aren't satisfied with things as they are, but that's a different subject entirely (and ongoing).

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Great Suggestions So Far!!

From the list that's been generated here's my thoughts...

Zeus - Opening/Closing Ceremonies...lighting of HONORDAYZ torch (Brazier Deco)....start running the torch through Britannia?

Mars - Joust...with betting on matchups (NCAA tournament style...can make part of Mercury event)

Ceres- Easter Egg Hunt/Feast

Poseidon - Battles at Sea/Naval Warfare

Vulcan - Merchant Bazaar....Olympus Marketplace

Apollo - Bard's Night

Vesta - Deco contest sounds fun...not sure if how difficult it would be to implement...ALTERNATIVES?

Artemis - Archery Tournament

Mercury - Lottery/Gambling/Joust Brackets....where to host? Galehaven? Casino night type night? Would be best if we had a brothel...

Hades - Nude Dungeon Crawl...ALTERNATIVES?

Venus - Healer's Challenge

Minerva - Riddles and Puzzle Challenge

Hera - Zoo Donation

Given the # of events we are planning we'll likely have to make this a 2 week affair. Plan the more popular events on the weekends and such.

Next step will be to finalize the events we want to host, choose leads for each event (i.e. Scarst put together rules/rewards for Archery tourney), then we can begin advertising.

FOR HONOR AND EMPIRE!!!

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I think we can squeeze it all into one week honestly. Nothing says we can't run more than one event a day, or even at a time. There are at least 3 events on the list that we've all pretty much supported that could and probably should be run over the course of the whole week with winners decided at the end of the week. We should get a vote together and finalize the events by the end of this week if at all possible. It's rushing things a little but we still have to decide who is running them and when which will probably take longer to plan out.

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