The_Masque

First off let me say this TC, you shouldn't ever feel you need to apologize on behalf of PERC or any player run event. These events are only possible because of the time and effort that volunteers (such as yourself) donate to the player base as a whole. Participation is not required nor guaranted as with any player based event.

I do however think that PERC opens itself up for these types of attacks on a few fronts:

1) It seems as if most of the events being run are subjective rather then objective.

2) There are too few reps per server.

3) Change is good.

Suggestions:

1) I would strongly advise PERC to run less subjective contests. These types of contests only lead to claims of unfairness and being 'rigged'. Contests with clear winners would minimize these types of complaints.
A) Subjective contests: Costume contests; story contests; screen shot contests; etc.
B) Objective contests: Time trials; scavenger hunts; quiz show type of events; etc.

2) There should be every effort made to have 1 player from each server in PERC. Believe me I know the issues with trying to get people to donate time and run events, however, the reason this is important is illustrated in some of the complaints voiced with this most recent contest.
A) If you bring judges in from other servers to 'host' an event, the likely hood that they will be a member of some of the more populated global chat channels is minimal. Therefore, you may miss a good portion of the population who would attend an event (spur of the moment) if you only broadcast in /HC or /Arena.
B) Having a familiar face/name/avatar will lend credibility to an event. "Oh yeah I know that Frozen Death guy, he wouldn't cheat" as opposed to "Who the hell is this Masque guy, I bet he gives the prize to one of his buddies from his server".

3) Change- It might be time to switch up events, it seems as if the same few events keep being repeated. I know coming up with ideas is again a hard thing, however, give the people a voice and you might find some really creative ideas (think of AE... no not the farming, the actual stories that people came up with, some are much better then the current story arcs available to the player base).


Last thing, your donation of time and effort is appreciated. Without players such as yourself there wouldn't be events so keep up the good work, and stop apologizing, it isn't necessary.

^this.

Yep!!! blame the little dolls, clearly they caused her son to try to kill someone.

No I will not call you what you asked me to, in that tell.

You know what Im talking about!

Thanks.

I 'believe' (I can only guess, because I am not part of PERC) that this years speedy version of the contest was in fact due to complaints last year about how long it took. I also believe that the 'no pre-registration' was due to issues last year where people complained about walk-ins.

While I am not a huge fan of the biggest rewards/prizes being given out for a subjective contest, I think PERC did make the attempt to fix some of the issues raised last year.

What I kind of find a little ridiculous, is the issue that people need to be reminded that a contest is going to happen. The threads were posted, and for the most part bumped prior to the event. I think people really need to take some responsibility for themselves if they want to participate in a contest. Do you expect the lottery to come to your door each Tuesday and Thursday to remind you to buy a ticket because the drawling is the next night?

As far as being on the community calender, I think that is a very valid point. I honestly though, don't even know where this calender is and I may not be typical but I just find out about things by reading the forums.

Thanks