Tour of Arlor Challenge - Week 2

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TOUR of ARLOR CHALLENGE

Week 2 of the Tour of Arlor Challenge continues with elite Dead City and Kraken Isles. To complete this weeks challenge, players must complete (and submit valid screenshots of) the specified elite maps for these two zones. The maps to complete are as follows:

Elite Dead City

• Arcanum Grounds
• Arcanum Castle
• Tower of Mardrom

Elite Kraken Isles

• Windmoore Harbor
• Grog Beach
• Ancient Mariner Reef
• Skull Cove
• Palm Rock Island (via Explore option at Dragon's Jewel)
• Lost Cove (via Explore option at Dragon's Jewel)

COURTEOUS POSTING
Week 1 has been extraordinarily difficult to record. With over 1,100 posts, and each post averaging about 5-6 screenshots, we have had a difficult time keeping up. What has made recording these runs challenging has been the changing party members, bouncing around maps out of order, super small screenshots, duplicate screenshots, as many as 17 screenshots in a single post, etc.

So, I would kindly ask that you observe these guidelines - it will help us to record faster and with fewer errors.

• Keep your party the same for all screenshots on one post! If your party changes, start up a separate post.
• Try to post maps in order when possible
• If you are running the same map over and over, start up a new post when you change maps
• Please do not post more than 5 screenshots at a time (unless you are posting all maps in order once)
• Full size screenshots only please! The super-small screenies make it especially difficult to enter the names correctly
• Try to get some separation between players - 4 players stacked on top of eachother makes it tough to tell if you're on-screen, or whether you are a sorc, tank or rogue.
• No duplicates please. If you accidentally upload the same screenshot twice (or more) on the same post, edit and remove it.
• Name the map. Some maps look very similar, so to avoid confusion, let us know which map is which.

Remember, there are only a few of us trying to keep up with hundreds of players posting screenshots around the clock. Even though it is an application based system, data entry is still a manual process, and we are all putting A LOT of time into this, so please, try to make the work a little bit easier. A large-scale event like this has never been created before, and the workload is immense! Anything that you can do to help make entry and validation more efficient will be greatly appreciated.


RULES

1. To receive points, you must post ONE screenshot for you and your party, with all players visible on screen. Players that leave early or are not on screen will not receive points!
2. Only players with their <Guild Tag> visible will receive points
3. The boss must be visibly dead on screen OR the chat box must be visible and show the boss loot. If I can't see the loot in chat, nor the dead boss, NO POINTS will be awarded!
4. At least one player in party must say the secret phrase. If I do not see this phrase in chat or in a chat bubble, the screenshot will be discarded, and no points awarded!
5. No duplicate posts! Duplicates will be discarded, so party members, discuss before the run who will post the screenshot. Sorting out duplicates are a pain in the neck, so please be courteous and avoid duplicate posts.
6. There are no restrictions on party size or party make up. You can run solo, with guildmates, with friends from other guilds, or even in PUGs.
7. Any screenshot posted after the end-time (see timer below) will be discarded.

SECRET PHRASE
Secret Phrase is:

DUDE

Please remember, if I don't see the phrase in chat or in a chat bubble, NO POINTS WILL BE AWARDED!


POINT SYSTEM

• Each player will receive 1 point for each successful run (tanks receive 2 points). You can run the same map over and over if you choose.
• In order to receive the one-time weekly bonus of 100 points, you must complete EVERY MAP in the challenge (i.e, run all 8 maps at least once).

WEEKLY PRIZES
Top Guild of the Week by points scored: 1,000,000 gold (payable to the guild master of the winning guild)

TOP PLAYERS (BY POINTS)
1st: 500,000 gold + Grimm Egg
2nd: 250,000 gold + Grimm Egg
3rd: 100,000 gold + Grimm Egg
4th - 25th: 50,000 gold


SPECIAL STS PRIZE
Remember, in order to receive the special gift from STS, you must complete all four weekly challenges (i.e., receive the 100 bonus points all four weeks). If you do not complete any one week, you will not be eligible to receive the prize.


START AND END TIME
Similar to last weeks challenge, this will be a three (3) day event. These are not end-game maps and many of them can be run in just a couple of minutes. Completing all maps this week shouldn't take much time, and for those looking to get to the top of the leaderboard, I'm sure you can keep up the same volume of posts per day (almost 400 posts per day last week). These are still scaled maps; end-game maps begin next week.

Start Time: Start Time Countdown

EndTime: End Time Countdown


TRACKING AND REAL-TIME LEADERBOARD
I have built a tracking website so players and guilds can keep track of where they stand, which maps have/haven't been completed, activity, etc.

You can access this website at the following URL: Tour of Arlor Tracking Website

If you have any questions about this website, please feel free to PM me, or anyone on the event management team here (Twoxc, Blipz, KingMartin, Candylicks, Raregem, Starkinea)

**And guys, no funny business please. I put this together in my (limited) free time, and I am hosting this out of my home network. If I see any funny business, or any behavior that I don't like, I will shut this down, because the security of my home network is more important to me than what happens in game here. So, please, be respectful with what I am trying to do for you folks and don't ruin it for everyone else.**


QUESTIONS, COMMENTS?
If you have any questions or comments, please post them to the main, planning thread: http://www.spacetimestudios.com/showthread.php?204843