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The Golden sands! Wednesday 8pm EST

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FloriaRaine

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When? Wednesdays at 8pm EST! Where?! Eastern Thanalan (15,29) just out side of halatali!

 

OOC Information!:

 

Welcome to the golden sands! A weekly combat tournament based out in halatali, a professional combat show! Up close melees, long ranged guns and bows, and mages all alike welcomed. Come fight for fame and glory and fortune! Hear the roar of the crowd as you set up your signature move!

 

Alright, i'm trying to figure out how i want to explain this ... and i can't come up with that right words, so hopefully i can get the image across.

 

So think of the rune stone, the grind stone, combined with the glitz and glamour of the coliseum and showmanship and silly narratives of wwe. That's what i'd like to aim for with this event. A martial tournament with some silly narrative and narrations going on in the background, perhaps some personas going on and just ... a show for the crowd and fighters both to enjoy!

 

So come on down to the sand gates/halatali on wednesday 8pm EST!

 

IC: Posters set up all throughout the city states "New combat tournament, the gold sands!". Retainers handing out linkshells to gruff looking sorts and bored looking individuals, anyone who made eye contact with the retainers ended up with a link pearl "We're announcing the gold sands really soon!"

 

Once all the pearls have been handed out "Greetings Everyone!" A woman's voice spoke across the linkshells "I am Snowel Silwin, Head of Silwin industries, soon to be the top magitec workshop in all of Eorzea*! And i'm here to announce ... The gold sands! What is that you ask? why, it's a combat tournament! come by halatali on wednesday to find out! Test your strength or come to view the show! Bring your stories and your blades and your lust for fortune and fame!"

 

RULES:

 

1: Do not attempt to kill or seriously maim your opponent. Anyone who makes an attempt on the life of their opponent will have their own life ended as well. "Silwin Industries is not held responsible for loss of life or limb, but we can guarantee an Eye for an eye policy. If you attempt to kill anyone, fighter or viewer, your life is forfeit."

 

2: Combat will be /random based, each fight will begin with a roll for initiative and then go on from there. If players wish to use rolz or similar websites, both parties should agree. If you're un sure of something, please ask questions!

 

3: Be respectful towards each other (ooc! feel free to trash talk icly all you want! egg the audience on and become the villian everyone loves to hate!)

 

4: Punctuality! If you wish to fight, please be lined up by 8pm EST sharp! We don't want to be waiting too long for things to get started, and announcements and rules will be reviewed as the event starts.

 

4: Rules on weapons. Icly all projectiles will be blunted/blanks suitable for non lethal yet damaging shots, and magic should be more flash than bash! Make it as showy as you want, but it's power will be considered non lethal and limited.

 

* advertisement may be false and silwin industries is not responsible for crushed hopes and dreams of employees.

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FloriaRaine

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Hah, you had me so confused at first. Was like wait my FC is doing something?! (Gilgamesh)

 

Good luck with the event still!

 

haha,i was originally going to go with a different name then the golden sands were suggested, i had only noticed a ls/fc post for it in the linkshell hall a couple hours after posting this.

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FloriaRaine

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Thanks to everyone who showed up at the event! it a huge success and a lot more than i could have hoped for showed up!

 

Now, before the next one starts up, i would like to take suggestions for the event.

 

The area i chose for the event seems to be rather cramped, and more intended for a smaller turn out, perhaps a location change is in order? perhaps out around the lake in dry bone?

 

Also, funding for winner prizes. Unfortunately i don't have much free gil to be able to fund many ooc prizes, soo ... i'd like some opinions, ideas or suggestions.

 

Perhaps charging a small entry fee, which would go to the winner? Community donations?

 

Let's here some suggestions!

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LiveVoltage

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Evening.

 

Before the grindstone was funded by the people who ran the event, the people in charge used to charge a 500-1000 gil fee for entry to fund the prize pot for the winner.

 

Also, the event tonight was great. I was really happy I managed to win. 5 hours into the event and the finals match was an hour long but the win felt very satisfying.

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banndsand

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Advertisements is an interesting idea. Otherwise I wouldn't mind a small entry fee. :) I think the setting in front of Halatali is nice given the dungeon's original purpose, but there certainly were a lot of people, as you say.

 

I had a lot of fun at the event and look forward to more. I was just a spectator but it was quite a learning experience. :D

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Warren Castille

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Donations from interested parties are always a plus, so long as they come unsolicited. It gets awkward when you ask folks for cash in an MMO (and this is coming from someone who's technically done that twice.)

 

The only other trap you want to be on the lookout for is making the prize large enough that you get a bunch of folks not interested in RP as much as they're interested in free gil. The money should always be a bonus for hanging out, not the reason.

 

Congratulations on your first turn-out though! Seemed like a lot of folks were interested and turned up. Balmung loves to fight, that's for damn sure.

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T'shina

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I haven't been in a tournament in awhile and I thoroughly enjoyed participating. And I think I can say on Blazerro's behalf that he did enjoy helping!

 

Though it seemed we lacked in healers and the cramped space did make it difficult for everyone to keep track of the matches they wanted to a more spread out area will be better next time!

 

A small fee may be necessary for entry while you are getting things off the ground so you can have a prize. I'm sure that most people wouldn't mind putting in an entry fee to help keep it going. Balmung seems to have a big thing about their fighting tournaments.

 

Also, if you want to have FCs help sponsor let me know! The Gilded Rose enjoyed our time there and we'd be happy to sponsor future events!

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FloriaRaine

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I haven't been in a tournament in awhile and I thoroughly enjoyed participating. And I think I can say on Blazerro's behalf that he did enjoy helping!

 

Though it seemed we lacked in healers and the cramped space did make it difficult for everyone to keep track of the matches they wanted to a more spread out area will be better next time!

 

A small fee may be necessary for entry while you are getting things off the ground so you can have a prize. I'm sure that most people wouldn't mind putting in an entry fee to help keep it going. Balmung seems to have a big thing about their fighting tournaments.

 

Also, if you want to have FCs help sponsor let me know! The Gilded Rose enjoyed our time there and we'd be happy to sponsor future events!

 

i might open up advertisement for the week of the 29th, so if you'd like to put in a sponsorship then, that would be great!

 

for next week, i won't be charging any entry fees since the reward has already been covered, but i will bring up some ideas in the thread. perhaps tomorrow morning i'll scout out some areas around for a wider location and post them up here for people thoughts on relocation, just so we can spread out more easily.

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FloriaRaine

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Alright so I've decided that we'll try to use the area out side halatali once more and see how effectively we can manage the space there. If we have to, we can spill out the gates on either side. Last time was just a little hectic and i did misjudge how many groups we had when splitting groipw between the enforcers. I would like to have an extra enforcer or two available if anyone wants to volunteer for the role. I'd also like a few healers on hand, if anyone wants to volunteer for thay as well

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