10 BILLION in prizes - RO 4th Anniversary Celebration

We're all very excited about the celebration and hope to see folks out for the events. We have tons of goodies to give away!

Also, remember that just joining an event can earn you participation points which are added up at the end of the celebration. You don't have to win a contest to get a prize!

Any teams forming up to take on any of the numerous challenges?

Woot!

I'm game - what's the best way to win Influ and influence people?

You have several options. The Ninja Run is a fun and easy choice, plus there are ninjas in it..who doesn't love that! The Screenshot Scavenger Hunt,goes for the entire celebration. If you're good with the ole snapshots you can fatten your wallet with ease. If you fancy yourself a costume designer then you won't get any more trouble free than our Costume Contest! Of course, if you're looking for something a bit tougher to chew on and more cash for the homestead then the Training Day Challenge is for you.

Here's a list of the events:
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Scheduled Events - Overview

Ninja Run -- Heroes
Saturday, August 15 @ 3pm ET
Lowbie race from Atlas Park to Peregrine Island, with a twist...Now with more Ninjas!
Server: Virtue
Contact: @Sailor Rush
Prizes: 150 million x1, 100 million x1, 50 million x3 (1st, 2nd, 3rd-5th) | 3 Participation Points | Total Prize Value: 400 million Influence


Meritocracy: TF/SF Marathons -- Heroes & Villains
Saturday, Aug 15th through Sunday, Aug 30th
We'll be running Task Forces/Strike Forces throughout the celebration event and advertising them in the RO Events global. Join our TF/SF and earn participation points!
Server: Freedom, Justice & Virtue
Contact: Individual RO Team Leaders
Prizes: 3 Participation Points (per run)


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


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



“Save the Day with RO” - Zone Event/GM Hunting - Heroes
Justice/Heroes: Sunday, August 16 @ 6 pm - 10 pm ET | 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


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



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


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

Where's my jaw? Where's my jaw? WHERE'S MY GOSHDARN JAW?!

This sounds ridiculously incredible. I only hope I can make it to even one of these events.

Plenty of events to sign up for, Fen, including the Ninja Run this Saturday. Being held only on Virtue. Only need a brand new lvl 1 blaster (with the Ninja template) to participate!

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.

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!

Winners of the Costume Contest

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Originally Posted by ottercubdc 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.

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

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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

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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

*slow clap*

I commend thee, valiant warriors! I'm seething with angry jealousy, but common decency demands I put that aside... So congrats!