I think it's great to provide more "typical" IRE content in the festivals (tricky quests, competitive things that pit wit against wit in a zero sum game, etc...). However, please continue to provide light-hearted "idiot" content for the rest of us. I have a feeling I am not the only one who appreciates it, and it's sort of an exception in that sense, because most "games" in IRE are incredibly intense, and pit the sort of people who can easily solve complex problems against each other, and any other players are basically foolish to even attempt to play.
I'm up for other ideas for holiday events that can run along side the festivals.
St. Paddy's Day could have had shothunts, drunken tumble races, drinking contests, arena events(possibly drunken), whatever. Limerick contests, maybe? Dress @Caelya up as a leprechaun and chase her?
Anything at all that takes some kind of skill and actual interaction. The current games bother me because they're entirely RNG dependent. We might as well just all roll a bunch of dice and the highest number gets to be Holiday King. They're content that doesn't really feel like content.
"On the battlefield I am a god. I love war. The steel, the smell, the corpses. I wish there were more. On the first day I drove the Northmen back alone at the ford. Alone! On the second I carried the bridge! Me! Yesterday I climbed the Heroes! I love war! I… I wish it wasn’t over."
I'm all for that, I did try to do games last year, and the year before. It's quite exhausting when you have no other people around to help. But I'll keep that in mind for next year.
One nice thing about the games that are currently run for each holiday is that I know I can actually get "fun little doodad" (whatever that is). I mean, we are not talking about the staff of nicator here, but the usual way things are done in IRE is that pretty much every festival game would normally be set up as though -that- were the prize Haven't got a great system for blah tumble races? Aren't the guy who comes up with just the best insulting limericks? Screw you, why did you even join the game? As well, the current games are also set up so that I don't have to camp out 24/7 for a weekend because omg I missed out on the Eburnean shark pup that one time and I am still sadface about it. That is a relief too! I mean, yes, by all means do more "serious" games, but please don't go "full IRE" and get rid of everything that isn't "srs competitors only"
On another note that is sort of kind of related, I love that the wheel promo has given us the opportunity to get vanity pets (or familiars if that's your thing) that were exceedingly rare. Heck, the market is even a little flooded right now. And I am pretty fine with that (I mean, it won't be forever, and part of the reason that the prices are so low in some cases is just that we're not -that- pet crazy here). Some people definitely don't feel the same way, but for me, I don't care if I have omg one of only three reindeer in the game (or whatever). In fact, that just makes me sad. And slightly afraid that Tikal might kill me in my sleep for my reindeer. NOW I CAN SLEEP WITHOUT FEAR.
I won my first duel against @Vasharr, yay to other Demonic people who came along to watch, and didn't interfere with my noobiness like some people seemed to think they would.
Boo to losing the rematch, because my rebounding tracking got wonky, so he fulfilled my bounty. Sorry to the other people who wanted to duel afterwards for it :P
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(Ring): Lartus says, "Then it exploded."
(Ring): Zsetsu says, "Everyone's playing checkers, but Theophilus is playing chess."
"On the battlefield I am a god. I love war. The steel, the smell, the corpses. I wish there were more. On the first day I drove the Northmen back alone at the ford. Alone! On the second I carried the bridge! Me! Yesterday I climbed the Heroes! I love war! I… I wish it wasn’t over."
(Ring): Lartus says, "Then it exploded."
(Ring): Zsetsu says, "Everyone's playing checkers, but Theophilus is playing chess."
(Ring): Lartus says, "Then it exploded."
(Ring): Zsetsu says, "Everyone's playing checkers, but Theophilus is playing chess."
(Ring): Lartus says, "Then it exploded."
(Ring): Zsetsu says, "Everyone's playing checkers, but Theophilus is playing chess."
Imperial Logging Company, Sienna branch is a go.
Edit: I also love civil talks between foes when we get to the ferry at roughly the same time about how the fight went.
-insert choice expletives here-
I heart this.
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