4/16/2016: Spring Social Event - The Moving of Bodies
Apr 16, 2016 23:12:42 GMT
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Post by Ari on Apr 16, 2016 23:12:42 GMT
Event Title: The Moving of Bodies (Spring 2016 Social Event)
Event Availability: OPEN
Timeline: April 18th to May 31st.
Due to this event being a purely social event, ALL players can participate regardless of profile status.
Hook:
In the subsequent months of the Sword Art Online incident, the numerous involved nations have teamed up with the international Red Cross/Red Crescent in a bit to track down and funnel players into international hospitals for evaluation and ongoing monitoring. By tracking internet traffic and the known buyers of the Nerve Gear system, the numerous countries involved have utilized their respective police and emergency services to come up with a plan to detach players from the system with minimal downtime by utilizing local cellphone networks and satellite uplinks. While a player in game will be unable to move or act while in this “limbo” state due to high latency, their bodies will be able to be moved safely into the regional hospitals. The player has no method of knowing what is actually occurring outside of the world of SAO however some may be able to guess what is actually happening to them in the real world since the majority of players will begin to pass out for a time as their internet traffic slows down to a trickle. If a rare unfortunate soul is in combat during these events, the NPCS fighting them will see them as temporary immortal objects and will no longer attack due to the large amount of lag that will be experienced.
OOC Hook:
This one is a special event because we get to see life outside of the game for a bit, meaning that you finally will be able to use your character’s real names in posts. To keep things a bit organized, since this is our first WIDE OPEN event (everyone can participate at their leisure, alts included) I ask that all entrants limit their entries to three posts. If you do not include three posts consisting of the topics below, your entry will be marked incomplete and you will not be eligible for the voting reward.
Entry posts can begin to be posted as soon as the event thread and GM-setting post are visible on the evening of April 18th.
1. The first post will be what your character is doing and how they react to people all around them falling asleep or passing out. (In-game)
2. The second post will be your character’s body actually being transported. Feel free to post family and friend reactions, as well as all the real life details that people have been dying to know. This includes the first portion of your new hospital stay. (Real World)
3. The third post will be the character waking back up again in game a few hours later, wondering what exactly happened. (In-game)
Post Order and Word-Count Restriction:
Since this event is completely open, there is no post order to be followed…you can knock out all three posts in rapid succession, or you can trickle out all three as everyone begins to post. In addition to this, since all characters are limited to just three posts, each post must be over 1500 words…As much as I hate to do this there is a lot of rewards to be had here and I want to ensure that everyone puts in a good bit of effort since these forays into the real-world are rather rare here. There is however no maximum word count for each post, so feel free to include all that you would like within reason.
Monster Log:
None! Social Event
Unique Item and Method of Attainment:
As with the earlier holiday event…One special unique item will be issued to the player that receives the highest amount of votes at the end of the thread…a tie breaker vote will be supplied from me (if it is needed) and as such I will be ineligible to receive the item (If I jump in as a PC). No one will know about the name or effect of the item until it is finally received by the worthy player. Votes will be given on the basis of quality of posts, character development, and creativity. Additionally, player col/XP awards will be given in accordance with the event-bounty system and precedent.
Event Availability: OPEN
Timeline: April 18th to May 31st.
Due to this event being a purely social event, ALL players can participate regardless of profile status.
Hook:
In the subsequent months of the Sword Art Online incident, the numerous involved nations have teamed up with the international Red Cross/Red Crescent in a bit to track down and funnel players into international hospitals for evaluation and ongoing monitoring. By tracking internet traffic and the known buyers of the Nerve Gear system, the numerous countries involved have utilized their respective police and emergency services to come up with a plan to detach players from the system with minimal downtime by utilizing local cellphone networks and satellite uplinks. While a player in game will be unable to move or act while in this “limbo” state due to high latency, their bodies will be able to be moved safely into the regional hospitals. The player has no method of knowing what is actually occurring outside of the world of SAO however some may be able to guess what is actually happening to them in the real world since the majority of players will begin to pass out for a time as their internet traffic slows down to a trickle. If a rare unfortunate soul is in combat during these events, the NPCS fighting them will see them as temporary immortal objects and will no longer attack due to the large amount of lag that will be experienced.
OOC Hook:
This one is a special event because we get to see life outside of the game for a bit, meaning that you finally will be able to use your character’s real names in posts. To keep things a bit organized, since this is our first WIDE OPEN event (everyone can participate at their leisure, alts included) I ask that all entrants limit their entries to three posts. If you do not include three posts consisting of the topics below, your entry will be marked incomplete and you will not be eligible for the voting reward.
Entry posts can begin to be posted as soon as the event thread and GM-setting post are visible on the evening of April 18th.
1. The first post will be what your character is doing and how they react to people all around them falling asleep or passing out. (In-game)
2. The second post will be your character’s body actually being transported. Feel free to post family and friend reactions, as well as all the real life details that people have been dying to know. This includes the first portion of your new hospital stay. (Real World)
3. The third post will be the character waking back up again in game a few hours later, wondering what exactly happened. (In-game)
Post Order and Word-Count Restriction:
Since this event is completely open, there is no post order to be followed…you can knock out all three posts in rapid succession, or you can trickle out all three as everyone begins to post. In addition to this, since all characters are limited to just three posts, each post must be over 1500 words…As much as I hate to do this there is a lot of rewards to be had here and I want to ensure that everyone puts in a good bit of effort since these forays into the real-world are rather rare here. There is however no maximum word count for each post, so feel free to include all that you would like within reason.
Monster Log:
None! Social Event
Unique Item and Method of Attainment:
As with the earlier holiday event…One special unique item will be issued to the player that receives the highest amount of votes at the end of the thread…a tie breaker vote will be supplied from me (if it is needed) and as such I will be ineligible to receive the item (If I jump in as a PC). No one will know about the name or effect of the item until it is finally received by the worthy player. Votes will be given on the basis of quality of posts, character development, and creativity. Additionally, player col/XP awards will be given in accordance with the event-bounty system and precedent.