ZOMBIES!!! Greater Faydark Event <Knights Who Say Ni>

[myxomatosii]

bumped 11/15/2013, may hold this event again, thinking Rivervale this time

If you wish to donate cheap items as prizes please contact me via forums or in game on any of the aliases listed in my signature.

http://i50.tinypic.com/dgm8oh.jpg

It was stressful but fun, thanks everyone. You all made it possible by self-governing and helping me manage.

Special thanks to Sirken, who went out of his way to promote at the request of some of my attendees (unknown to me at the time), when I saw that I knew I was about to be overwhelmed.. haha. Also thanks Doccuz, Seliaa, Mantic.

Also, if attendees see this, please respond to this thread with your zombie name and your character name, I'm curious who was who!


Knights Who Say Ni is holding an open game of Zombies in Greater Faydark, Friday @ 9pm EST. Meet at the PoD lift.
This should give PST players enough time to get home and participate.

--Rules--
1: Everyone must be a level one, High Elf. (No rangers, no track, no hide, this solves this)
2: No items other than starter weapon and tunic/robe.
3: You must PvP flag.
4: Innocents must have their weapons equipped to show they are not a zombie.
5: Zombies must have their weapons unequipped and may only fight hand to hand.
6: You may attempt to kill the zombies, but if they touch you, you're a zombie now
7: My word is the last word when it comes to the rules.
8: All participants must guild tag their participating character for guild chat, this avoids rule spam in ooc for non-participants.
9: Everyone must have a macro similar to, "/shout BRAAAIINSSS %t!!". You will click this macro after you have tagged someone with melee damage as a zombie.
10: No inventory clickies. (Jboots, Lev Rings, Invis Potions, Ring of Shadows, Peg Cloak, etc) There will be DMF referees.
11: No outside buffs, defined as, buffs not cast on you by yourself or another level 1 participant.

This macro will replace %t with the name of your target, such as if your target was Biggslick, it would say, "BRAAAIINSSS Biggslick!!". This will help me keep track of who is in the game and who has been converted to a zombie.


--Provisional Rules That May Be Called (Will Be Announced Before the Round Starts)--
10: Zombies must walk. (Ctrl + R)


-- How to become a zombie --
a: Being betrayed and killed by other innocents.
b: Dying to a guard, dying in any way.
c: Melee attack of 1 dmg or more from a zombie, misses do not count
d: Falling off Kelethin, even if you survive
e: For caster zombies: zombie spells do not tag you, unless it kills you

I encourage high levels to come along and participate as referees if they choose not to roll a lowbie.

I encourage new players to participate, there will be minimal prizes announced at the beginning of each round. You do not have to be a guild member to win but in order to participate we will be tagging your game character to keep track of everyone in guild chat.

How the game works

/random 100, the highest roll will be the zombie, in case of a tie for highest, the tie rolls either reroll OR all become zombies

Everyone else will go up into Kelethin and hide, the zombie will count to 10 in /ooc

(see above for technical rules, feel free to post questions, critiques, comments, & concerns)

Last man or woman standing wins the round

Prizes up for grabs for various rounds (Prizes for that round will be announced before the round starts)

A BIG thank you to item donations, which came from: Chiefe, Eccezan, Seliaa, Mantic, Altaiir, Cuktus, Straxo, Verenty, Trainstomper, Doccuz, Musique, Nukehard, Peekae, Uhntiss.

1,000 Platinum
Ornate Rune Blade (http://wiki.project1999.org/Ornate_Rune_Blade)
Robe of Living Fungus (http://wiki.project1999.org/Robe_of_Living_Fungus)
Black Tome WIth Silver Runes (http://wiki.project1999.org/Black_tome_with_silver_runes)
Goblin Parrying Dagger
Smokey Quartz Dagger
Idol of Woven Grass (http://wiki.project1999.org/Idol_of_Woven_Grass)
Mountain Death Belt (http://wiki.project1999.org/Mountain_Death_Belt)
Splitpaw Hide Gloves (http://wiki.project1999.org/Split_Paw_Hide_Gloves)
Sainy's Singing Dagger (http://wiki.project1999.org/Sainy's_Singing_Dagger)
Tome of the Eternal (http://wiki.project1999.org/Tome_of_the_Eternal)
Beetle Stinger (http://wiki.project1999.org/Beetle_Stinger)
Crested Spaulders (http://wiki.project1999.org/Crested_Spaulders)
Spiked Goblin Ring (http://wiki.project1999.org/Spiked_Goblin_Ring)
Crystalline Spear (http://wiki.project1999.org/index.php/Crystalline_Spear)
Kylong Arm Guards (http://wiki.project1999.org/Kylong_Arm_Guards)
Kylong Boots (http://wiki.project1999.org/Kylong_Boots)
Rotbone Bracelet (http://wiki.project1999.org/Rotbone_Bracelet)
Journeyman's Walking Stick (http://wiki.project1999.org/Journeyman's_Walking_Stick)
Flayed Skin Sleeves (http://wiki.project1999.org/Flayed_Skin_Sleeves)
Gatorscale Sleeves (http://wiki.project1999.org/Gatorscale_Sleeves)
Jagged Band (http://wiki.project1999.org/Jagged_Band)
Iron Leash Collar (http://wiki.project1999.org/Iron_Leash_Collar)
Dwarven Axe (http://wiki.project1999.org/Dwarven_Axe)
Golden Amber Earring (http://wiki.project1999.org/Golden_Amber_Earring)
Blackened Iron Crown (http://wiki.project1999.org/Blackened_Iron_Crown)
Lumberjack's Cap (http://wiki.project1999.org/Lumberjack's_Cap)
Shiny Brass Shield (http://wiki.project1999.org/Shiny_Brass_Shield)
Ivory Bracelet (http://wiki.project1999.org/Ivory_Bracelet)
Bloodstained Tunic (http://wiki.project1999.org/Ivory_Bracelet)
Sebilite Scale Gloves (http://wiki.project1999.org/Sebilite_Scale_Gloves)
Leering Mask (http://wiki.project1999.org/Leering_Mask)
Shard of Darkness (http://wiki.project1999.org/Shard_of_Darkness)
A Shimmering Orb (http://wiki.project1999.org/Shimmering_Orb)
Fine Silk Turban (http://wiki.project1999.org/Fine_Silk_Turban)
Mask of Wurms (http://wiki.project1999.org/Mask_of_wurms)
Many more items..

http://i.imgur.com/ZsQQtAL.jpg




If you wish to donate cheap items as prizes please contact me via forums or in game on any of the aliases listed in my signature.

[gotrocks]

Sup buddy :)

I'd be willing to referee here on my shaman, if I'm around at that time. I'm usually not on at 5pm (pst) but I will definitely try to be.

sounds like a cool event!

[whippetofspades]

So what's to stop people just claiming they didn't get hit?

[myxomatosii]

So what's to stop people just claiming they didn't get hit?

Well, by the time the zombies begin to take over, I assume they'll just start killing innocents instead of just hitting them once. And, just general decency, beyond that hopefully a few high levels will show up to referee.

Also, there will be a monitor initially following the starting zombie, so it will be easy to keep track of until he starts to spread his disease.. then it'll get crazy haha.

[Swish]

Sounds like fun, off to take Walking Dead names before anyone else gets them ;)

[Smilkers]

this sounds like a lot of fun.
however, after someone is killed and becomes a zombie, where are they supposed to loot weapons? from their original corpse? this may stifle the fun (zombies need to be able to zerg!), and you're gonna get people who can't find their corpses.

sounds like innocents should be carrying the weapons instead of the zombies (and this would make more sense, too).

[myxomatosii]

this sounds like a lot of fun.
however, after someone is killed and becomes a zombie, where are they supposed to loot weapons? from their original corpse? this may stifle the fun (zombies need to be able to zerg!), and you're gonna get people who can't find their corpses.

sounds like innocents should be carrying the weapons instead of the zombies (and this would make more sense, too).

That's true. Rules changed accordingly.

What if zombies had to walk? Ctrl + R.

[Swish]

What if zombies had to walk? Ctrl + R.

They'd never catch the innocents right? Unless they got cornered in the upper reaches of the city.

[myxomatosii]

They'd never catch the innocents right? Unless they got cornered in the upper reaches of the city.

If you've ever played games like Zombie Fortress in gmod or Team Fortress they do eventually get someone hiding in a house or someone that gets stuck and by the time you reach mid game there are so many zombies they tend to corner people quickly anyway. But yeah, that would slow down games, I'll keep us in the realm of 28 Days Later zombies. SPEED ZOMBIES!!

I do however maintain the ability to call provisional rules from match to match, we might have a walking round~

[SyanideGas]

sounds like a pretty rad event.

[myxomatosii]

They'd never catch the innocents right? Unless they got cornered in the upper reaches of the city.

Also, I'm sure someone is going to fall off Kelethin.. lol.

Which is auto-zombie. Hopefully I have enough people to sit at each lift to watch for cheaters trying to sneak back up.

[Vadd]

ANY class High Elf?

LoH, heals, buffs, etc., ya know?

[myxomatosii]

ANY class High Elf?

LoH, heals, buffs, etc., ya know?

You get hit, you're a zombie anyway. You don't have to be killed, LoH and buffs aren't going to help zombies :)

[Cuktus]

Sounds like fun.

[Nagash]

2 questions:


1- "7: Innocents must have their weapons equipped to show they are not a zombie."
Does this mean zombies must un-equip their weapon?

2- People will start level 1, must they stay level 1? With a high level buffing you before you turn in your PvP book, it'll be easy for some to level up and even ungeared become untouchable by sheer level difference.

3- How about buffs? Get high level valour/skin/talisman/etc buffs on you before you turn in your book and you are almost unhittable by anyone level 1 for 45 min or more almost guaranteeing a win or 2.

Edit: That was three questions, shame I will be long asleep when this start :(
Edit 2: Ni!

[Yibz]

I <3 this! Very cool idea. Make the zombies walk for sure :P

[Rayge]

i will attend! mmbrains

[myxomatosii]

2 questions:


1- "7: Innocents must have their weapons equipped to show they are not a zombie."
Does this mean zombies must un-equip their weapon?

2- People will start level 1, must they stay level 1? With a high level buffing you before you turn in your PvP book, it'll be easy for some to level up and even ungeared become untouchable by sheer level difference.

3- How about buffs? Get high level valour/skin/talisman/etc buffs on you before you turn in your book and you are almost unhittable by anyone level 1 for 45 min or more almost guaranteeing a win or 2.

Edit: That was three questions, shame I will be long asleep when this start :(
Edit 2: Ni!

1: Yes, zombies will be fighting hand to hand (as Smilkers stated this makes more sense anyway). Edited clarity into rules.

2: I can't stop people from leveling beyond 1, or cheating in general, I can deny them victory should they win whilst breaking the rules set forth.

3: High level buffing won't really have an effect really, once you're tagged you're out anyway. Death is not a requirement, only a possibility. Let's hope the amount of cheaters is low enough that they are overwhelmed by the amount of zombies. People may attempt to cheat, I don't really know why, but I can't stop this without considerable strain and lessening of the fun of the game for everyone.

I just hope the cheaters won't interfere with everyone else's fun, they can get their kicks from cheating or whatever makes them happy, and the rest of us can just play the game.

[myxomatosii]

Brainsss...

Rules updated to final version, everything is mostly smoothed out now I think.

Let the games begin tonight at 9~~

[myxomatosii]

BRAINNNZ MUTHA FKA

[Rayge]

and there' red names everywhere :)

[Sirken]

http://i50.tinypic.com/dgm8oh.jpg
when Blue goes Red

har har

[Maultriss]

Thanks for putting it on. Wasted a few hours hiding from zombies and killing civilians. :D

[Slave]

Thank you GMs for facilitating the event with server messages!!

[myxomatosii]

http://i50.tinypic.com/dgm8oh.jpg
when Blue goes Red

har har

My face when I saw that many people.

What have I done.


All in all somehow it ended up working out well :)

[Knuckle]

damn that looks fun

[SamwiseRed]

bump good shit. imo pvp is why you gear/level up. fuck ai. i hope more events like these slowly get people into eq pvp. not to gloat but i hosted something like this a long time ago. only had like 30 or so people but it was fun as hell. i organized everyone to make lvl 1 halflings on blue and turn in book. basically RV became a bloodbath.

http://i.imgur.com/5jIS9.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Czl7b.jpg

got so bad amelinda came and cleaned up all the corpses lol

[myxomatosii]

bump good shit. imo pvp is why you gear/level up. fuck ai. i hope more events like these slowly get people into eq pvp. not to gloat but i hosted something like this a long time ago. only had like 30 or so people but it was fun as hell. i organized everyone to make lvl 1 halflings on blue and turn in book. basically RV became a bloodbath.

http://i.imgur.com/5jIS9.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Czl7b.jpg

got so bad amelinda came and cleaned up all the corpses lol

Haha awesome. I was thinking of doing another event where we have 1 bag of gear passed around and whoever gets it is the Juggernaut and everyone else has to take him down in a team. Rivervale :)

[SamwiseRed]

ya i actually apped to be a guide specifically for pvp events. on live all the events were scripted (at least all the ones i did) and only a few were pvp. My senior guide wasnt into pvp so i never got to do them :( anyways i have so many cool ideas. seeing as how this was pretty successful I might try and hold some future events.

[Swish]

I was in the back end of Felwithe having a crack at the guards on my necro at the time... I had a bunch of savvy elves asking for a DMF and told them where to go - too OP for such an event :p

Glad you all had a good time ;)

[myxomatosii]

Considering doing another one of these events, any suggestions for city? Kelethin is kinda the best I think.

[Joseppi]

that is a lot of people whoa!

[Meiva]

Let's do it!