February 28th - The Brave Gnome Race

[zags]

Originally Posted by Pacatus [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

From Vill "As long as long as active player-made agreements are subverted and rules exist limiting our access to competitive endgame content. Seal Team will no longer be participating in or sponsoring server Open Raids. We have also withdrawn from all outstanding agreements regarding rotational content."

It was safe to assume or question if the Gnome Race was still on since the current sentiment is the opposite for communal efforts/events? Am I mistaken?

In case you are someone like Pacatus who isn't familiar with what competitive endgame content is, a gnome race is not the same as an open raid. If people want to interfere with the event, or believe it is being used to "make up for something", realize this event was announced well before what happened yesterday. If you want to make the decision to boycott the event due to what happened yesterday, that is of course your choice. I'll still put on the race, and hopefully we will see a winner like the one from two races ago, a guy whose highest character on the server was level 12.

[Lostfaction]

I was told community events are all canceled on green. Glad that isn't the case!

[zags]

This is 100% happening tonight. Due to boat schedules the race will likely officially start at 8:15 or so. Try and get there by 8 as we will be going over rules and doing some item raffles before we start.

[Vizax_Xaziv]

Originally Posted by zags [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This is 100% happening tonight. Due to boat schedules the race will likely officially start at 8:15 or so. Try and get there by 8 as we will be going over rules and doing some item raffles before we start.

8pm EST @ AKANON y'all!

[zags]

This is my event, nobody can cancel it but me [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[YendorLootmonkey]

Originally Posted by zags [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This is my event, nobody can cancel it but me [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Aren't you a member of Seal Team?

[zags]

I am, but I am not sure how that is relevant to this event. I've put on multiple gnome races, sometimes my guild contributes prizes, sometimes other guilds contribute prizes. Individual members of my guild and others have contributed prizes, artwork or fantastic streams of the races. This event is meant to be something anyone can jump into and have fun with for an hour with no barrier to entry.

If people want to make it about the raid scene and avoid the event, that's fine, but for me I just want to give folks an opportunity to race and win some prizes regardless of the status of their other characters.

[zaldaben]

Originally Posted by zags [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I am, but I am not sure how that is relevant to this event. I've put on multiple gnome races, sometimes my guild contributes prizes, sometimes other guilds contribute prizes. This event is meant to be something anyone can jump into and have fun with for an hour with no barrier to entry.

If people want to make it about the raid scene and avoid the event, that's fine, but for me I just want to give folks an opportunity to race and win some prizes regardless of the status of their other characters.

so are open server raids.

[zags]

Originally Posted by zaldaben [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

so are open server raids.

Open server raids are a player made agreement from the UN. They have no relation to this race.

[YendorLootmonkey]

Originally Posted by zags [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I am, but I am not sure how that is relevant to this event. I've put on multiple gnome races, sometimes my guild contributes prizes, sometimes other guilds contribute prizes. This event is meant to be something anyone can jump into and have fun with for an hour with no barrier to entry.

If people want to make it about the raid scene and avoid the event, that's fine, but for me I just want to give folks an opportunity to race and win some prizes regardless of the status of their other characters.

I hate to be that guy, but if you are still a member of Seal Team after what your guild has done to the other raid guilds of this server over the past several hours, as well as the entirety of the level-appropriate player-base at the open Vox raid tonight, then the players of this server truly have no backbone at all if they do not boycott this event.

I apologize for being blunt, but I am being honest here... your guild is a bad look on you and counterproductive to the community events you work hard to put on. Hopefully, you understand where I am coming from. You can't have it both ways... you're either for the community or against it. Time to choose, man.