My guild has been actually considering doing a Murder Mystery night for the server for awhile now, but as it turns out, thinking of running a large scale event like that (Which is usually like, 10 people tops IRL) is extremely difficult. I've thought about driving up to the Stanley Hotel (About 30 minutes from me) and asking how they do it, since they put on a huge Murder Mystery Party every Halloween.
Then, once you get the logistics of guests down, you gotta write the thing, get people to play the parts, figure out a way to toss around clues.
It's definitely a lot harder than "Tavern Night" or "Date Auction." for what could be far less gain (Kind of niche, maybe people won't even show up!)
You fall back on the things you know bring people and are easy to plan because... it brings people and is easy to plan.
Date Auctions are ridiculously popular - Hell the Night Blades threw one just for us in order to raise money for Airships (We didn't think it was fair to take outsiders money for that) - and raised 3 million in a night. It's ridiculously profitable and it's EASY to set up. The temptation is obviously going to be there to use that as a resource.
Then, once you get the logistics of guests down, you gotta write the thing, get people to play the parts, figure out a way to toss around clues.
It's definitely a lot harder than "Tavern Night" or "Date Auction." for what could be far less gain (Kind of niche, maybe people won't even show up!)
You fall back on the things you know bring people and are easy to plan because... it brings people and is easy to plan.
Date Auctions are ridiculously popular - Hell the Night Blades threw one just for us in order to raise money for Airships (We didn't think it was fair to take outsiders money for that) - and raised 3 million in a night. It's ridiculously profitable and it's EASY to set up. The temptation is obviously going to be there to use that as a resource.
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