10 Billion in Prizes! - RO 4th Anniversary Celebration

We hope many of you will join us! It will be a great time, and we'd love to have you come join in the fun.

Remember folks, you don't have to win a contest to get a prize. By joining in the fun or trying out for a contest, you can earn participation points. At the end of the celebration we'll have a raffle and award cash to players with the most participation points!

Looking forward to seeing folks at the events.

So Freedom, you're just gonna let one team walk away with 3 billion inf and not do anything about it?

A team from the SG Dark Kingdom has registered for the Training Day Challenge.

They're the first, I hope more Freedomites sign up for this.

What's the Training Day Challenge?
Training Day is a set of single mission arcs created in the MA as a challenging TF/SF for RO members. This contest requires a team to complete the entire set of six missions in the fastest time possible.

You can find more details in this post: https://forumarchive.cityofheroes.dev/topic/2083856#comment-2083856

Players can can register their teams by posting here or sending me a PM with the following information:

• Your Global Name:
• Your Team's Globals:
• SG Affiliation:
• Server:
• Date & Time preferred for Official Observeration:

So no other sign ups except for one team from Freedom?! Looks like there won't be much competition for the prizes.

Dr Robert takes a moment to thank all those who donated to the celebration.

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Originally Posted by Dr_Robert I'd like to take a moment to talk about the prizes. That 10+ billion didn't just fall out of the sky, ya' know. On June 10th, we (Repeat Offenders) started kicking around some ideas for our fourth anniversary. Four years is quite an accomplishment, and we wanted to do something fun and memorable to mark the occasion. On June 15th, after we had some potential events in mind, the discussion turned to prizes for those events... On June 16th, my initial prize estimate was 1.7 billion in total value. I rounded that up to 2 billion, just to be safe, and when fundraising efforts kicked off a day later (the 17th) I asked for 3 billion in donations. I didn't think we'd get that high, but it was worth a shot. Well, it only took five days to break 3 billion. Then, seven days later, we broke 4 billion. By June 29th we'd increased our goal to 5 billion, but even that wasn't high enough. We cleared 6 billion on July 5th. At about that time, Smurphy offered up 2 billion of his own for the Training Day Challenge bonus prize. It's also worth mentioning that those numbers, totaling over 8 billion inf, are all in cash. We had an additional 2+ billion in IO donations come in over the same period, including the following: IO Donations 11x High value purples (Apocalypse, Armegeddon, Hecatomb, and Ragnarok) 3x Luck of the Gambler +recharge 2x Numina's Convalescence +regen/+recovery 1x Miracle +recovery 3x Regenerative Tissue +regen 2x Performance Shifter +end 2x Karma -KB 4x Steadfast Protection -KB 1x Steadfast Protection +res/+def 1x Blessing of the Zephyr -KB 6x Winter's Gift -slow 1x Celerity +stealth 1x Unbounded Leap +stealth By the way, when we figured out the cash prizes for the various events, we deliberately ignored these IO's. They'll be handed out in addition to the other posted prizes on an event-by-event basis. We've already added one of the purples to the pot for the Ninja Run. Finally, I'd like to acknowledge the people who made these prizes possible: the donors themselves. We recieved donations from a broad cross-section of Repeat Offenders members and SG leaders, ranging from our oldest members to our newest (seriously, at least one person donated on their first day as an RO member). The following 77 individuals contributed influence, infamy, and/or IO's: Donors @AbnormalJoe @Alluvion @Alty @Anilo @Ash Lotus @Awesome Dude @Baron Disruption @Bellerophon1 @Bjorn Stoutarm @Blizzaria @Bobaloo @Bombur @Bot Boy @Bryan a Beast @Caiged @CMOT Dibbler @Commander Hawke @Concrete Dragon @Cyan Spike @Doctor Kumquat @Dr. Genkidesho @Dr. Henry @Dr. Robert @Ehina @El Dudereeno @Enots @Evilrat @Faero Malakite @Fiddlesticks @Flavorice @Freeblast @Fried Jedi @Frozen Speed @Gamewolf @GammaWave @Glass the Grey @Graywalker @H8mail @Hobo Healer @Ignatz @IPDaily @Iron Yeti @Jade Eternity @Jasmine Kitty @Jenny Lynn @Kaice @Karma Jockey @King Doomsday @Kona @Krom4 @Maugrim @Max Firepower @MCBiohazard @Meiguess @Merryl @Mighty Kurgan @Monolith @Mrs. Top Doc @Necrotron @Ngetal @Night Elf @Ohmi @OtterCub @Polydeuces @Pyre Flasher @RonJ @Sailor Rush @Smurphy @Son of Caiged @Stablae @Stutz @Swami Monsoon @Taos @ValkyrieRising @Voltak @Walleye @Zantrosi Thanks to all of you. Thanks also to the founding members of RO, many of whom have since moved on to other games: none of this would have been possible without you. -DR

Screenshot Scavenger Hunt -- Villains
Saturday, August 15 @ 12am ET - Sunday, August 30th @ 11:59pm ET
We post a list, you take screenshots and win a prize. Easy peasy lemon squeezy!
Server: Freedom, Justice & Virtue
Contact: @Dr. Robert / @Alty
Prizes: 150 million x2, 100 million x2 + 2-10+ Participation Points | Total Prize Value: 500 million Inf

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Screenshot List

Puppeteer
Basic: Any Nemesis lieutenant
Advanced: Manticore Automation
Master: Nemisis (AV class, must have 50% health or less)

Nova Roma
Basic: Ashley McKnight
Advanced: Proximo
Master: Romulus Augustus

Alien Nation
Basic: Any Rikti boss
Advanced: The Rikti Mothership
Master: Ukon Gr'ai

Rocketman
Basic: Any Goldbricker boss
Advanced: The Warburg Rocket
Master: A Missile Launch in progress

Something Fishy
Basic: Any Coralax lieutenant
Advanced: Barracuda
Master: The Eye of the Leviathan

Demonologist
Basic: Ractespriel
Advanced: Lilitu
Master: Infernal vs Bat'Zul

Pyramid Scheme
Basic: Hardcase
Advanced: Silvertongue
Master: Johnny Sonata's Soul (AV class, must have 50% health or less)

Ebil Marketeer
Basic: Sell any item at the Black Market.
Advanced: As above. Sale price must be 10 million Infamy or more.
Master: As above. Sale price must be 100 million Infamy or more.

• Note: To take a screenshot of the market UI, hit the "Print Screen" key, paste (Ctrl + v) the image into an external image editor (such as Microsoft Paint), then save (Ctrl + s) the resulting file. CoH/V will not automatically save the image in your default screenshot directory, so doing it manually is the only way to get this shot.

• A list of "subjects" will be published on the main forums at 6:00pm EST on Saturday, August 15th, 2009. Take screenshots of these subjects and enter to win fabulous cash & prizes!
• Villains only, levels 1-50, on Freedom, Virtue, and Justice.
• Self-paced; there is no teaming schedule for this event.
• Limit of one contest entry per global account.

• Will contain 17 subjects to be captured.
• Each subject will be broken down into 3 levels of increasing difficulty: Basic, Advanced, and Master.

• Basic: can be solo'd by a level 1 character. Every subject will be something that can be found in an open zone.
• Advanced: can still be solo'd, but you'll need a high level character to do so. Most subjects will require access to level restricted zones and/or use of the Flashback system.
• Master: will be difficult or impossible to solo. Most subjects will require use of SF/Trial content and/or the completion of an exceptionally dangerous task (such as the defeat of a Hero or Archvillain).
• No randomly occurring events (i.e. Giant Monster spawns or similar) will be required at any level.
• Please submit only one screenshot per subject.

Basic: Any Clockwork Spawn (easily found in most low level zones)
Advanced: Psychic Clockwork King (found only in a level 40-44 mission, accessible via the Flashback system)
Master: The Clockwork King (found only in the Synapse or Lady Gray TF)

• Screenshots of Mission Architect / Architect Entertainment content will not be accepted.
• All screenshots must be taken with UI enabled. For perfect results every time, use this handy slash command: /screenshotui 1
• Your character(s) must be at least partially visible in each screenshot. However, you do not need to use the same character for every shot, or even take them all on the same server.
• If the subject is a targetable entity (an enemy, ally, NPC, etc.), then it must appear in your target window.
• Screenshots must have filenames and/or tags that indicate their subject matter. If in doubt, use this format: "SubjectName (DifficultyLevel).jpg"

• Perfect: "Clockwork (Advanced).jpg"
• Unacceptable: "screenshot_2009-08-25-14-19-53.jpg"
• Upload all screenshots to the online host of your choice (such as www.Photobucket.com). Please keep images as close to their native resolution as possible (shrunken images may be difficult to judge).
• Once you have uploaded a qualifying screenshot of all 17 subjects, post the link in this thread and PM the link to: Altoholic_Monkey also, include your global name.
• Submissions will not be accepted after the deadline of 11:59pm EST on Sunday, August 30th, 2009.

• Images will first be evaluated to ensure they meet technical and subject matter requirements.
• If all 18 images are accepted, your entry will be awarded between 18-126 points:

• 1 point per Basic level image.
• 2 points per Advanced level image.
• 3 points per Master level image.
• 4 bonus points per image captured while participating in any other RO Anniversary event. If you believe one or more of your images should qualify for this bonus, please mention it at the time of your submission.
• No partial credit. 16/17 subjects = 0 points.

• The first complete entry submitted (any difficulty level) will receive: 100 million Infamy
• The first complete Advanced level entry submitted will receive: 100 million Infamy
• The first complete Master level entry submitted will receive: 150 million Infamy
• The submission that is awarded the most points will recieve: 150 million Infamy

In the event of a tie, this prize will be divided equally among the winners.

Hello, everyone! I just wanted to briefly post the details here for tomorrow's costume contests!

As a reminder, the events will be open to both heroes and villains, as the contests will be held in Pocket D. There will be one contest per server:

Justice - 9 pm ET
Virtue - 10 pm ET
Freedom - 11 pm ET

Please be prompt! There is no guarantee that late-comers will be considered.

When you arrive, please line up along the East wall of the main room of Pocket D. Remember that powers are not allowed. Also take a look at your biography - because one of the five prizes in each contest will be for the best costume/bio combination.

Each server will have 5 winners, each of which receive 40 MILLION influence/infamy! (This is the one contest that does not count as participation points for the anniversary event.)

Hope to see you there! Any questions? Send me a PM on the RO boards, or shoot me an ingame tell - @ottercub.

Costume Contest -- Heroes & Villains
Monday, August 17 -- Justice @ 9pm ET, Virtue @ 10pm ET, and Freedom @ 11pm ET
RO's own warped hybrid version of Project Runway and America's Next Top Model. - Bring your sense of fashion and possibly leave with a wardrobe of cash.
Server: Freedom, Justice & Virtue
Contact: @Ottercub
Prizes: 40 million x15 (5 categories, x3 servers) | Total Prize Value: 600 million Inf


Just a reminder that this is tonight in Pocket D on Justice, Virtue, and Freedom! Hope to see everyone there!

First a big thank-you to Alty and AbnormalJoe for helping me with judging the contests. And of course a shout-out to Caiged for caging the prize money. Also to those who helped spread the word this evening - thanks! It was especially crazy on Virtue, where we ended up splitting into 2 shards, and had to run back and forth.

Without further ado, here are the winners. Each received a cool 40 million inf - thanks to our donors!

JUSTICE

Best Male - Apep the Destroyer
Best Female - Dark Lure
Best Bio/Costume Combination - Cruel Symmetry
Best Classic Costume - Chrome Omega
Best Cliche' Costume - Supa Fly Pimpdaddy

VIRTUE

Best Male - Omni-versal
Best Female - iMaid
Best Bio/Costume Combination - Y2K-Bug
Best Classic Costume - Major Power
Best Cliche' Costume - El Santo de Aguilas

FREEDOM

Best Male - Fate Spirit
Best Female - Redtail Hawk
Best Bio/Costume Combination - Widow Jenkins
Best Classic Costume - Kid Sovereign
Best Cliche' Costume - Amish Disco

It was great fun - I hope you enjoyed it.

Anniversary Event Today!
Sewer Run -- Heroes
Saturday, August 22 @ 7 pm ET
Teams of lowbies running through the sewers aided by higher level heroes for fun and mayhem!
Server: Freedom
Contact: @Merryl
Prizes: 2 Participation Points

Bump for a reminder:

“Save the Day with RO” - Zone Event/GM Hunting - Heroes
Freedom/Heroes: Sunday, August 30 @ 6pm - 10pm ET
Patrol the Paragon City with RO! Take down giant monsters, save a city from crazy clockwork machines, zombies and alien invasions. Generally do hero stuff with us and maybe earn a badge or two along with some points.
Server: Freedom
Contact: @Bobaloo
Prizes: 3 Participation Points

Meet on the Grassy Knolls in front of the Yellow Line in Steel Canyon at the starting time. This will be our kickoff. But, feel free to come on along whenever you can.

Join the Global Channel "RO Events." We'll be using this for some of our coordination.

Hope to see you there!
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Two weeks ago we ran this event on Justice. We took down 8* of the 11 Giant Monsters on the hero side. Of those regularly accessible, we missed Adamastor and U'Kon Gr'ai. We didn't get the seasonal Winter Lord, either, FWIW.

*For the record, we got:
Babbage (Boomtown Version)
Eochai
Jack in Irons
Jurassik
Kraken
Kronos Class Titan
Lusca
Paladin (x3, at once!)

The RO 4th Anniversary Celebration ends Sunday Aug 30th, but there's still time to win prizes!

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“Save the Day with RO” - Zone Event/GM Hunting - Heroes
Freedom/Heroes: Sunday, August 30 @ 6pm - 10pm ET
Patrol the Paragon City with RO! Take down giant monsters, save a city from crazy clockwork machines, zombies and alien invasions. Generally do hero stuff with us and maybe earn a badge or two along with some points.
Server: Justice & Freedom
Contact: @Bobaloo
Prizes: 3 Participation Points



Screenshot Scavenger Hunt -- Villains
Saturday, August 15 @ 12am ET - Sunday, August 30th @ 11:59pm ET
We post a list, you take screenshots and win a prize. Easy peasy lemon squeezy!
Server: Freedom, Justice & Virtue
Contact: @Dr. Robert / @Alty
Total Prize Value: 500 million Inf

Click here for Screenshot List


Training Day Challenge -- Heroes & Villains
Saturday, August 15 @ 12am ET - Sunday, August 30th @ 11:59pm ET
Take a team of 5-7 players thorough a series of six MA missions and live to tell about it. Do it quickly and get rewarded handsomely. There also a Bunny Bonus (aka Smurphy's challenge)
Server: Freedom, Justice & Virtue
Contact: @Alty
Prizes: 300 million x7 + 5 Participation Points| Total Prize Value: 2.1 Billion Inf
Bunny Bonus: 1 Billion Inf + extras

Read the Rules


Participation Raffle
Monday, August 31
Each anniversary event has points attached to it. Collect points, win stuff. Exception: Costume Contest.
Prize: 400 million Influence x2, 40 million x10, 10 million x40 | Total Prize Value: 1.6 billion Inf