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Minthe
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Hades, Lord of the Underworld, needs your help! He has taken control of Jorvik Island (Midnight) and Sakejima Island (Cobalt and Viridian) to establish his vacation home, but he doesn't know what else to do. This is where you come in. Players are requested to draft a plan of action. This will detail how they propose the island in question will be run. Put your thinking caps on, and get creative! The rules: 1. Draft up a plan for how you would manage and run an island. 2. See the judging criteria below and the example plan to get an idea of how to go about with this. 3. Players must include the name of their pirate and ocean of play. The plans should be specific to the island on that ocean. 4. Entries are due on October 24th at 11:59 pm, Pacific Time. 5. Post entries to this thread. The thread will be locked at the deadline. The judging: The judges will consider all plans with the following criteria, in roughly this order of importance: 1. Feasibility. The plans should be possible to put into action under the current rules of the game. 2. Independence. While some OM assistance is available, plans which can be put into action without such will be valued more highly. 3. Creativity. Original and unique ideas will be valued more. 4. Fun. Creative ways of conveying the plan (without losing clarity) are good for brownie points. An Example Plan Hecubus came up with this one, but it sucks, so we fired him. Plan to install Master upon the throne of Jorvik! Using spoons, we shall tunnel under the island and undermine the foundations of the very palace itself. When the palace crumbles, we shall step in and save the people from their inevitable tumble towards barbarism. After we build a new citidel to the master, we shall tax them into oblivion. Upon a mountain of our crushed underlings, we will relax with pina coladas and enjoy our well-earned vacation. Master will be pleasured by 71 alabaster virgins. I shall take one of the extras for myself. The prizes: The winners will get a chance to put their plan into action. That's right, if you win, you get to be Governor. The best entry for each ocean will grant the entrant the power over a whole island. Other prizes as appropiate. Rules for the prizes: 1. You must have a free slot for a pirate. You will create a character who will be entered into Death's Gate (Hades' crew). This character will have a white name. If needed, we can move a character from your account to make space. 2. This character will be made governor of the island 3. This character will be used to carry out the plan. 4. The player must remain in-character. 5. The player must do his or her best to stick to the plan proposed. 6. The player must stay active with the governor character. 7. Within reason, Hades is able to provide prizes for events and contests planned and run by the Governor. ---------------------------------------- [Edit 1 times, last edit by Minthe at Sep 27, 2005 5:56:05 AM] |
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ihope127
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What about us Sagers? :-) ---------------------------------------- No soy un número. ¡Soy un hombre gratis! |
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mattmartin72
Joined: Jan 30, 2004 Posts: 650 Status: Offline |
Will the Island be blockadable once the new Governor is installed? ---------------------------------------- Napalm Captain of Die Fish Die Encaustic art Av by Skullcracker, click for more of Skullys work |
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Mlik
Joined: May 27, 2004 Posts: 1134 Status: Offline |
If the plan involves furniture or giving away billions of poe, will they be provided by the OMs or do we have to get it ourselves? ---------------------------------------- Mlik, playing the Forum Game. Play Diplomacy! Xephin tells you, "Viva le Revolution!" |
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Whitefire
Joined: Oct 15, 2003 Posts: 8315 Status: Offline |
How long is the plan suppossed to be? 1 month? 6 months? A year? EDIT: Which Island? The post never specifies if the contest is for one or for all 3. EDIT 2: Who are the judges? ---------------------------------------- [Edit 2 times, last edit by Whitefire at Sep 27, 2005 6:00:36 PM] |
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Minthe
Minion of Evil
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It's a bit early for Sage.
Not initially. At some point the islands may be opened, however.
We'll probably favor plans that don't require a lot of OM support, but that doesn't mean support will be lacking.
That isn't defined. Some plans may only cover a few months, some may be very long term. We're not going to limit you to one or the other.
Hades and myself. We may bring in some additional judges. |
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meow123_456
 Joined: Mar 28, 2005 Posts: 885 Status: Offline |
Silly question: Can the winner use one of their current alts as the governor? ---------------------------------------- Oxbridge of Hunter
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Whitefire
Joined: Oct 15, 2003 Posts: 8315 Status: Offline |
I play on two oceans, so I can enter for both? If I win for Sakjewima in Vid can I govern Jorvik in Mid? ---------------------------------------- [Edit 1 times, last edit by Whitefire at Sep 28, 2005 9:09:48 AM] |
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Kaibaman2004
Joined: May 12, 2005 Posts: 601 Status: Offline |
heh, i'll be entering, now to think of a plan. You'll be seeing me here some other time! /me waves. Aidios! -Hidendra, hoping to win ---------------------------------------- Midnight: Hidendra ---------------------------------------- [Edit 1 times, last edit by Kaibaman2004 at Oct 1, 2005 12:27:05 PM] |
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shateon
 Joined: Jun 23, 2005 Posts: 37 Status: Offline |
I might as well enter for Sakejama, the pirate will be named "Reddishguy" ---------------------------------------- Loitering Lima since 2005. [Viridian] Pirate: Shateon |
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Minthe
Minion of Evil
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I think I'd prefer your governor alt to be dedicated to the governing. And you might want one that's thematically appropiate.
You can enter for both. I don't think we'll be letting anyone win more than one governorship, but if your entries are so good that they're the best, we may let you choose which one.
Make sure you post your entries to the proper thread! Also, as an added help, we've got the .xml file for sakejima available for people to peruse and play around with in the island editor. You can grab it from here. You can find Nemo's original post with links to all the island design tools here. |
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Kaibaman2004
Joined: May 12, 2005 Posts: 601 Status: Offline |
Oops. /me didn't see that at top of this page... Fair winds! -Hidendra ---------------------------------------- Midnight: Hidendra ---------------------------------------- [Edit 1 times, last edit by Kaibaman2004 at Oct 2, 2005 8:58:21 AM] |
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kmf
Joined: Sep 26, 2003 Posts: 137 Status: Offline |
---------------------------------------- kmf Looterati, Midnight Ocean Painting Midnight purple, one ship at a time... |
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brendan41
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wat is the crew and flag i will have to join if i win and if this 100 % genuine and when will sakejima on viridian be blockadeable and do we have to blockade it first to win it ---------------------------------------- Bejntam Captain of Los Siete Mares Prince of Killer Saxons |
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DubRub
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---------------------------------------- Dubbrub - The Mad Professor next door ---------------------------------------- [Edit 1 times, last edit by DubRub at Oct 2, 2005 4:26:17 AM] |
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Kaibaman2004
Joined: May 12, 2005 Posts: 601 Status: Offline |
No, you will not have to blockade it first to win, however this is an OceanMaster event, I believe, as Hades (Developer or OceanMaster?) took over the island, I will not reveal the truth as some already know. And it is real. Contest info can be found here at the top of the page. :)
That's the answear to
;) Fair winds! -Hidendra ---------------------------------------- Midnight: Hidendra |
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Flib
Joined: Aug 14, 2005 Posts: 625 Status: Offline |
i am assuming that we might be able to host contests where the winner gets a familliar. just wondering if this is possible? -flibber ---------------------------------------- Flibber / Flib of Cobalt Avatar by Mellish Prometheus says, "Arr! UPS" |
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AquaDrake
Joined: Apr 19, 2004 Posts: 1913 Status: Offline |
Rule of thumb on familiar events (Used to be accurate, should still be close). Anyone that can design and organize a large event that will appeal to a large group of the ocean can ask the OM's by PM/Petition if it can be made a familiar event. Normally they will require that you've done a trial run to show that the kinks have been worked out, and will require that you've run other large events so that you have experience doing it. About one such event per month per ocean is the highest rate that such events can be held. ---------------------------------------- Maybe "historical" dragons were pterosaurs? http://www.livescience.com/animals/090107-pterosaur-flight.html "No plain fanfold paper could hold that fractal Puff -- He grew so fast no plotting pack could shrink him far enough." |
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Minthe
Minion of Evil
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That's certainly possible, but any event would have to be up to the standards of other familiar events in order to qualify a familiar prize. By all means, I'd love to see someone come up with something to knock my socks off. It's looking good so far. I don't think there'd be a problem with people commenting on entries. Think we should add a commentary thread? |
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Flib
Joined: Aug 14, 2005 Posts: 625 Status: Offline |
i think a commentary thread would be quite useful... now i just have to figure out a contest good enough for a familiar... -flibber ---------------------------------------- Flibber / Flib of Cobalt Avatar by Mellish Prometheus says, "Arr! UPS" |
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scuz3d
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Is there a required or "suggested" length of our plan? Should i plan out regular events that would continue for months, or a series of events leading to an ending? Or are both acceptable? |
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scuz3d
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Also I'm guessing Sakejimma's taxes are at 0% right now? Scuz Hoping somebody will answer his questions <_> |
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Minthe
Minion of Evil
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Make them cover as much ground as you like. While I can't guarantee that you'll be able to put the entirety of a plan that runs for months and months into effect, that won't nix a plan from the get-go. If you've got a plan that can be run and implemented entirely in three days, cool. If it takes eight months, also cool. Just make sure it's a good plan.
That's correct. Jorvik also has 0%. I've set up a commentary thread here. Use that if you want to talk about the entries. While I can't say we'll be swayed by the public opinion, we may take it into consideration for the judging. Also, I've noticed some of the entries have been split between parts 1 and 2 or somesuch. Please don't do this. If you want to add to your entry, go and edit the original post. To make things easier for the judging, I may ask an OM to go and splice together posts, but that's not really what they're there for, so if anyone who has split them could pop them together, that'd be excellent. |
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Kaibaman2004
Joined: May 12, 2005 Posts: 601 Status: Offline |
Yes, I've noted that, also. It may make it harder for the judges to see Part 1 of 2 , then they have to go through the entries to find Part 2, so I also agree to you, Minthe, to not do this. :) -Hidendra, Part 1 of 1 ---------------------------------------- Midnight: Hidendra |
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Jimmy555
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i would treat poeple with respect and dignity i would be good with money and never let someone not do something just because i don't like the look of them or there name ---------------------------------------- [Edit 1 times, last edit by Jimmy555 at Oct 7, 2005 6:43:41 PM] |
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Artemis
OceanMaster Joined: Sep 9, 2003 Posts: 7009 Status: Offline |
Yes |
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Gosh1991
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pirate turtlemansay ocean viridin i would make a good govner i am on everyday for about 6 to 7 hours a day my plan would be to build more stalls if we need it and upgrade the stuff we have and maybe put a new type of house on there and to put more tournment's up for free and with a fairly good prize and for the tournment's i might but up one for the new people to join them it will just be for able's only tournment ---------------------------------------- Rajah officer of the Resistance is futile(viridian) ---------------------------------------- [Edit 1 times, last edit by Gosh1991 at Oct 8, 2005 1:07:49 AM] |
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Grogbar
 Joined: Apr 12, 2004 Posts: 17 Status: Offline |
O'Reilly- midnight Aleswash- Arctic Blades O'Reilly Island, a far side outpost where many pirates like to forage. sadly no islands around it can restock you or anything so you have to stock up huge for a trip like that. iI i want to run it so it can be a popular rest stop for ships out of rum or shot. it might also bring many ships to that archapelago. It has a natrual defence agest blockades because you can only get to it through two islands of uninhabitence. I would use my island as a rest stop of some form but hopfuly make it into a highly populated island. i would use it to help piates really nothing more, just to help my fellow pirates. ---------------------------------------- [Edit 1 times, last edit by Grogbar at Oct 8, 2005 7:21:02 AM] |
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Kaibaman2004
Joined: May 12, 2005 Posts: 601 Status: Offline |
Can we edit our entry as many times as we wish to make changes before the deadline? Also, Grogbar, if the following is your entry, please repost in the appropiate thread and it is a contest to Govern Jorvik on Midnight, not O'Reilly:
Since you are on Midnight Ocean you are entering to govern Jorvik, not O'Reilly. Please post all entries here. Thank You. -Hidendra
Please repost your entry here. Thank You. -Hidendra ---------------------------------------- Midnight: Hidendra ---------------------------------------- [Edit 1 times, last edit by Kaibaman2004 at Oct 9, 2005 7:45:55 AM] |
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brendan41
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ive entered my entry and think it is very creative hope u like it too ---------------------------------------- Bejntam Captain of Los Siete Mares Prince of Killer Saxons |
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