Serpentine draft

[Menden]

Greetings Norrath!

An idea came up in the UN Discord. A serpentine draft! I asked Jutebox from KWSM to write up a proposal for it. He received a lot of feedback from the the UN members and Senior CSR staff and this is the results

All content listed within this draft is reserved between January 1st at 12:01AM EST and is unlocked 11:59PM EST on January 9th. After that server reverts back to the existing ruleset.
Player or players attempting or killing targets they are not permitted to will be handled accordingly.

Draft picks


Note: A raid entity is defined as a guild or alliance of guilds that can kill Derakor the Vindicator without outside help.

This policy will outline how all the guilds will be given the opportunity to participate in a quarterly serpentine style draft. The proposal will be in effect for one year and reviewed thereafter. Draft days will be on the first Saturday of January, April, July, and October of 2021. CSR has the ability to modify the draft if something isn’t working.

Actual Draft Dates:
January 2nd (with a lockout starting on January 1st at 12:01AM EST)
April 3rd
July 3rd
October 2nd

Starting with January 2nd at Noon EST, a representative from all qualifying raid entities on the server will meet Greater Fay Wizard Spire to start the draft. Participants will draft raid targets until all raid targets are chosen in a snake approach - so A, B, C, D, E, E, D, C, B, A. Two rounds make up one full snake.

At the beginning of the draft and again after every completed snake, entities will /random 0 - 1000 for pick order, with the highest roll selecting first. Teamups must be declared before each roll and teams will count as one entity and be locked together for those two rounds.

Each entity will have 2 minutes to make their pick when their turn comes. If entities have not picked at the end of 2 minutes, they will be asked for the pick. If the entity does not make a selection, CSR will pick for them. We will collaboratively time each other to help move the draft along, without persecuting one another.

All participating guilds will select one representative to participate in the draft. Menden requested that the representative not be the leader of any guild.

Representatives will coordinate with CSR (on any questions about the draft, Jutebox can also help clarify questions), they will roll for your guild, announce team ups before each roll, and make selections for your guild at the draft.

CSR will participate in the draft to make picks for server-wide events that they’d like us all to help run. CSR will roll to determine pick order like all other entities. Loot at server-wide events will be need before greed /random 0 1000 for participating players who must be 46+. CSR may decide to throw in some extra server-event pixels at server-wide events to encourage players from drafting guilds to help lead and participate. All this is subject to change however CSR desires.

Once an entity picks a target, those entities cannot pick that same target for the next two drafts (with Vulak as an exception, see section on Vulak).

New Guilds

If you are leading a guild that is not in the UN and you want to participate in the draft, please join the UN and message CSR to be tagged as such.

https://discord.gg/F5NUmhzQPy

Concessions

All concessions pause till after the draft week. This means that entities can pick targets they’ve conceded on during draft week, and those concessions roll over to the following week. If you are conceded on a target and do not select it during draft week, that does not count toward your concessions. It is as if draft week did not exist.

Time to Slay Picks & Multiple Spawns

Raid entities have the entire week to slay their targets. If a draft pick becomes available (spawns) or unblocked late in the week, raid entities are extended 72 hours to slay their pick.

Thus, if a drafted pick spawns or becomes unblocked on the Friday after the draft, raid entities will have until Monday to slay it.

Question: What happens if there are multiple spawns of my drafted mob in a week (like if there is an Earthquake, or it spawns late and then early in the window, or it is a 3-5 day timer)?

Answer: For mobs with 7 day timers, entities are guaranteed no more than one kill for that target. Subsequent spawns are FFA. Coordinate with the entity that picked that target if you are unsure if they’ve killed theirs yet or consult the spreadsheet. For mobs with 3-5 day timers, entities reserve those targets for the entire draft week. These rules apply unless specified elsewhere (like in how packages are defined, see CT/Fear packages. Draft week ends at 11:59PM EST on the Saturday following draft week.

Blockers & Package Picks

Due to the nature of some encounters, some picks should be package deals where, if selected, entities give up their second pick for the package deal. Thus, an entity could select a package in the first round, skip the second round, and select a package in the third round and skip their fourth pick. Packages can only be selected in odd rounds (1st, 3rd, 5th, etc).

Packages:

Doubles (Jorl, Lady N)
Trips
Lord Koi & Lady M
Vulak (With special rules, see Vulak section below)
CT (includes CT-spawned golems and draco,
All sets of 3-day golems and any non CT Dracolich) The golem races will be postponed a week.
Sleeper's Tomb (All Week)
All of VP
Statue & AoW
Ring War (All Week)
Dozekar & all HoT Minis


Vulak & the Draft:

If a raid entity has drafted and killed Vulak, they must pass future Vulaks until all raid entities have had an opportunity to slay Vulak.

Good Sportsmanship:

The intent of this draft is for all participating guilds and players to have fun! This means that guilds should work together and collaborate when necessary to accommodate each other. The rules of this event should not be construed in such a way that they are used as a weapon, or a tool to coerce or punish. CSR reserves the right to interpret the rules of this event in line with this spirit when necessary.

List of Raid Entities:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...j1Q/edit#gid=0

Q26: What exactly does the staff consider a Raid mob?
A: Aary, Avatar of War, Cazic_Thule, Cekenar, Dagarn, Dain, Dozekar, Druushk, Eashen, Faydedar, Final_Arbiter, Gorenaire, Gozzrem, Hoshkar, Ikatiar, Innoruuk, Jorlleag, Kelorek_Dar, King_Tormax, Klandicar, Lady_Mirenilla, Lady_Nev, Lady_Vox, Lendiniara, Lord_Feshlak, Lord_Koi`Doken, Lord_Kreizenn, Lord_Nagafen, Lord_Vyemm, Master_of_the_Guard, Nexona, Phara_Dar, Progenitor, Sevalak, Severilous, Silverwing, Sontalak, Statue_of_Rallos_Zek, Talendor, Telk, Trakanon, Tunare, Velketor, Venril_Sathir, Vulak, Wuoshi, Xygoz, Yelinak, Zlandicar, Zlexak, as well as Fright, Dread, Terror, and Draco in Plane of Fear

Added for the sake of the draft: Ring War