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Sarizaddi
06-02-2004, 04:02 PM
Between balancing everyone wanting to do Mission 5/1 and then Rank 6, and then the wants of everyone to participate in the next great LS event, I have to say I will have to plan LS wide for the next great LS event, and localize the event for 5/1. Layman's Terms: Mission 5/1 will be setup one-on-one for participants, But Here are the details for the next LS Event!

The Nephilim Goblin Relay

There will be a number of teams decided by the number of people that want to participate, Relay Teams will consist of 4 members each. This will be a tricky and trying race, and high level members are suggested. Each team will take the agro of a goblin and meet at the Konschtat Valkurm zone. It is suggested for high levels only, because the point of the race is to relay the goblin from one end of the zone to the other, back to the start, and to the end of the zone again.

The first team member will be holding the agro of the goblin until the start of the race (As advice, Sleep works well to hold agro while waiting, you just might not want to sleep the gob right before the go). On go, the first teamate from each team will run its goblin to the Gustav Tunnel Zone, where teammate 2 will be waiting to take the agro away from teammate 1. Teammate agros the goblin and teammate 1 zones, then teammate 2 runs back to the Konschtat Zone with the goblin. Then, to end, Teammate three will be waiting at the Konschtat zone to take the agro away from teammate 2 while teammate 2 zones, then teammate 3 will run the goblin back to the Gustav zone!

That may seem like a long distance to travel while maintaining agro, but it isn't nearly as hard as most think. There are a couple of tricks to this match:

The first is that the goblin your team ends the match with MUST be the same goblin that your team started the race with. If your original goblin dies, your team loses. It isn't a relay race unless you are relaying the gob, so you'd be disqualified for losing it.

Any team that interfers with another teams gob is automatically disqualified. You may think that this wouldn't be possible, but there are ways to sabotage another teams race. i.e. Anyone that heals a runner to steal the agro from the runner will be disqualified, and if a team outruns the gob and loses the claim on the mob, then you kill or steal the goblin from them, then you are also disqualified. That's not to say you are safe if you outrun the mob and lose the claim, as participants aren't the only ones that can steal a mob. It would be a good idea to take precautions to maintain claim on your mob (occasionally spamming of provoke, etc.)




Well, as it was, there was concern with training linking goblins. So I have devised a master plan.

There are, if you noticed from before, four man teams. There are, however, only 3 runners per team. What does this fourth man do then?? The fourth man is the Train De-Railer. This is a VERY IMPORTANT teammate, and here's why:

When the teams make it to the the Gustav Zone for the second time and initialize a trade with me (the finish line), I will only accept the trade if they have ONLY ONE GOBLIN. If there is a train, then I will refuse trade until the train is gone. And I do not mean killed, I mean gone, they can not be anywhere near. The Train De-Railer will have to find a way of taking all of the train off of the runner except the Relay Goblin!

Everyone knows the goblins of Valkurm fairly well, like what you can and can't do to keep agro, which goblins might be better than others for speed, or other goblins for survivability, etc. I'll leave these discussions to teammates, you can discuss among yourselves, how to do it, and maybe even get some practice in.

Race Time: 6 PM PST
Race Date: Thursday, June 17th, 2004
Entry Fee: 5,000 gil per team (not per player, per team)

The purse for this race:
80,000 gil !
:longjaw:
to the winning team

(part will be LS funding, but the majority comes from me) I really want to make this race a success!

Takk
06-02-2004, 04:22 PM
Wow, that sounds like a lot of fun! And the reward!!! :shocked:

Great idea, I never would have thought of anything like this. :thumup:

Juell
06-03-2004, 02:53 AM
I'll be in Tennessee :sadsad: But it sounds like fun. One thing to consider, however, is that other players in Valkurm may try to "save" you from the goblin that's chasing you because it looks like you're running away. Anyway, take lots of screen shots for me :P

Gimlas
06-03-2004, 06:08 AM
It sounds really cool, if I am able to, I am definately in. Please I need teammates!!! The pot is Great, BUT, Sarizaddi you should not have to pitch in alot of your hard earned dough for this, I realize that you want this to be a success, but at what cost. Is there another solution to funding this event? I don't even really care about the pot being that high. This just sounds really fun; just to do! Can't wait for the 17th... :slidinggl

Sarizaddi
06-03-2004, 06:44 AM
The 17th is my B-Day, so the pot and the event is a gift I'm giving myself ^^

The more people that come, the more fun it'll be, and the more its worth it to me to have a big pot. I really don't mind, when I put me mind to it, 80k only takes a couple days of farming. It means much more to me to have a great turnout.

Eilyndel
06-03-2004, 02:47 PM
heh, I'm not sure if I have to work that night, but if I do I'm gonna do everything in my power to get it off. I sooo wanna do this :D

Gimlas
06-04-2004, 05:07 AM
Count me in...Sarizaddi thank you!!! :slidinggl I need teammates.

Takk
06-04-2004, 03:34 PM
Can't wait for this event, count me in! :D

Sarizaddi
06-11-2004, 03:39 PM
One week left and counting, and no one has registered a team yet. I very much would appreciate a few advance notice enrollments. I really think this event is going to take a little planning, so it really would be a good idea to start putting together teams and strategies now. Anyways, just a notice that I'm still very excited about this event!

Gimlas
06-13-2004, 05:06 AM
If you need a teammate I will help, I don't care who is on my team really. It is just me so far for the team. Join me and lets win!!! I will also join anyteam if they need members. what is the proper way to sign up Sarizaddi?

Sarizaddi
06-14-2004, 10:35 AM
For this event, I don't think its terribly unreasonable to think we'll have at least 4 teams. So what we need is a team captain to step forward and either enter the team into the race or collect the gil from each and send it to register the team. The team captain sends the entry fee and then either sends the name of the members, or has a team slot reserved and can recruit as they want. For reference, I'll make a list here of those enrolled and the teams, and will edit this post with teams and members registered.

Team 1
Laucian
Valqroma
Darkculex
Zephiris


Team 2
Sainochi
Takk
Gimlas
Shido


Team 3
Vilebird
Loranna
Noy
Melmeow


Anyone wishing to start a new team or if you have a team set-up, please send the entry fee to me and I'll add the names here, and post here if you have more information.

Shido
06-16-2004, 09:56 AM
hehehe, Takk, Vade, Sainochi and I should be in a team :D. I'll give you guys a call later.

Takk
06-16-2004, 12:58 PM
hehehe, Takk, Vade, Sainochi and I should be in a team :D. I'll give you guys a call later.

Sounds good Shido! :thumup:

Sarizaddi
06-18-2004, 07:34 AM
Congratulations to the Winning team! Zephiris, Laucian, Darkculex, and Valqroma win the pot!

Takk
06-18-2004, 12:44 PM
Yes, congratulations on winning! And thank you, Sari, for organizing the event. It was tons of fun!
:jumphappy :grin: