Silversunset01

The sign sleep would work in the obstacle course, in case of accidental death. I have two other options though, either I need to scatter bonus chests (a bit of food and some small healing potions) or have the ability to become hungry disabled. The first option is easy enough to do, we would just need to monitor the chests in case the maze is used more than once.

STOP BEING SO HELPFUL!

Buzzie had suggested I talk to a Sadmin for something similar in my obstacle course. I don't know that I've seen one around recently - any takers?

Ohhhh I could do that too! The only thing is we'd still need to know when game was completed to restock the winners chests. The only benefit is that if we awarded via modreq then a prize could only be awarded to one person/team one time, admin could just deny the duplicate request. Unless the prize can only be obtained a single time. I was envisioning people running it multiple times and needing to refresh the prizes.

I'm not worried about counting up from first. I'll have three auto locking winners boxes to prevent cheating. So we'd need 6 signs to punch (one in each box, and in each box one for each team color) Also, what if in each winners box there was a secret code. They could modreq that code to claim their prize. That would leave all need for game moderation out of it. Wouldn't really even need a punch-sign in that case, unless we wanted to announce the winners publicly :)

That is my favorite. We should do that. I'll come up with the fancy winners boxes so that the game can be left alone (no need for baby sitting) - if someone can help/do the automated announcement thing? I don't know if I have permissions for that, and even if I did I wouldn't know where to begin (but I can learn!!!)

I actually love this idea. Is it possible to do? I am planning to have three prize boxes, maybe that teams "obstacle course first place" box could unlock if they win it, or second place etc. /modreq plz make this happen! I'll make boxes you make magic mystery chests!

I could do dual boxes in the winners area. Each place (1,2,3) has a red box and a blue box so it could trigger the appropriate event that way. Unless we're using signs to trigger the event. I have no idea how the special plugins work for CTF

I will have a winners chamber for 1st 2nd and 3rd place, I just wasn't sure what would happen *after* that. Maybe they can punch a sign that announces "<player> Came in first place in the obstacle course" (could it be area specific? So it announces to the obstacle course but not the whole server?). I'll also need to come up with a way for them to exit without cheating and claiming a prize. Unless there is only one prize per box that is recycled by the judges - I was mostly trying to make the race non-defendant on judge intervention. I like the book idea to present for a prize. I will come up with some of those to put in the winners boxes. Are we allowed to use command blocks? I'm trying to think of ways to prevent people other than the winners from collecting prizes and wasn't sure if that was an option or not.

misc question on the obstacle course race. When I get to the end, how do we identify the winner without having a ref present? I have a timed starting box so nobody needs to kick off the race but do we use punch signs? I'll have some sort of winners box but what do we do officially? I'll be online tonight 6:30/7pm eastern if anyone wants to chat in game (most likely on mumble too).

You'll be happy to know the Obstacle Course Race of Evil is well underway. I have 3 rooms completed with more ideas to build into it, i'm hoping to have it done maybe Saturday so we can do a test-run to make sure it's not TOO fast.

Recognition EVERYWHERE!

I both hated and loved that maze.

I'm not sure how much value people would see in just a forum-side badge. The lobby is always visible even if you don't come to the forums. And it's also a good place to advertise that we are looking for donations, if someone shows up that doesn't visit the forums and they see a donation wall or something in game they may also think to donate. I didn't even know it was a thing until recently, I though thought the servers ran on magic :)

That's why the Halloween maze had fancy ceiling artwork i imagine..

I guess if people don't know the waypoints until they reach them that would work, so they can't skip ahead. Will players be in creative or survival mode? I've got some REALLY fun ideas for an obstacle course, I really hope I can get in tonight!!

Excellent! I haven't done an event-server obstacle course, any rules I should be aware of? (I.e. Can I do a glass panes-over-lava area or are death traps not allowed? Will I be able to place sleep waypoints like in the maze in the pve admin hunt?)

Oh! If someone gives me a location I can work on the obstacle course if it's still in need of being done. I'm assuming it's a "no death" type, just a race.

The only downside to the monthly model is that people may not stay around long enough for it to be viable - not to say it's a bad option, but it shouldn't be the only option. For long-term players it would be great, but player turnover seems quite high and that may not be as palatable an option to them as one may think. I also think an in-lobby recognition may be more desirable as some people rarely if ever make it to the website. Maybe have a special lobby (like the ones for the holidays) that runs for two weeks after the drive ends that is a special "thanks to our donors" lobby or something. The bigger the thank you the more people will give IMO. A special lobby may be just enough to garner more interest.

I wouldn't necessarily say dinosaurs :) Most of the staff been in the trenches much longer than i have, sometimes you need someone from the outside to poke their head in and tell you the sun really is shining.

I haven't been on a lot this week, my super amazing DSL Internet has been slower than a turtle riding a unicycle up a hill covered in honey. Please, give me something specific to work on, as soon as I can make it work (they say it should be fixed by tomorrow *fingers crossed*) I will get back into E and help get ready any way I can. I haven't been here long but I don't want the community to lose out because we weren't ready for the drive. That being said, and this is just an idea so please don't hate on the noob, has there ever been some sort of recognition system in place for donators? I know from my work with Girl Scouts that people are often more willing to participate in things like a drive if they get something in return that is perceived as special. I don't know that it needs to be much, maybe something on the site or forum, or something in-game (the lobby?) that identifies those who have contributed (with their consent of course). Like those silly walls they have in colleges listing all the people who donated to their fancy new building. Now that we have the stand master, maybe we could institute a "hall of donators" (with an additional call out for "anonymous" donators for those who do not want to be recognized specifically) or something in the lobby to give a special thank you to people who contribute. Doesn't really cost anything, but may be useful as a way to encourage more support.

That is impressive! I am apparently terrible at detail work but if there are any other largish projects that need work done I can pitch in some more. I work best if someone does the "here, do this in that spot right here" if anyone wants to point me in a direction :)

Excellent! It may not be exactly 6, but I'll come find you when I get home from the hell that I call work ;)

I'm just not sure where to go, all I see is the flat world with the sign for warping? If someone is on tomorrow night after 6pm eastern and can show me what I'm doing wrong I can pop in and help with whatever.

Oh I did spawn In a flat world. I just thought we had to go somewhere. Maybe tomorrow I'll get back on after work and see if anyone is working :)