Donations promised / received:
50M inf - Stalemate
30M inf - SapphireShot
100M inf - DJKyo
50M inf - Demon Shell
100M inf - Dying Breath
100M inf - Phillygirl
50M inf - Ura Hero
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Various costume recipes - Mr Grey
Various costume recipes - Red Valkyrja
Current volunteers:
Costume and Bio Contests
- SapphireShot
- DJKyo
- Stalemate
Trivia Contest and Promotion
- Archiviste
- Stalemate
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What kind of required INF numbers are you looking at for this to be successful without dipping into funds meant for the larger event?
I have a little over 350M leftover for N P C events.
I'm thinking a similar same amount, to cover all 3 events and the special prize, would be great and might even serve for the next New Player Night - Extreme Triathlon™ 
First place = 50M
Second place = 35M
Third place = 15M
*prize breakdown is tentative
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I should be good for the items listed above.|
Originally Posted by Stalemate
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Influence: If I pull my resources, I should be able to come up with another 50M. I'll email it to you in-game tonight, Stalemate. Trivia: PM me to let me know the type of questions you want. Announcements: Barring any R/L complications, I should able to do it next Monday between 7 and 8 PM EDT and on the 1st starting around 6 PM EDT. Suggestions of messages to broadcast (IMHO):Next Monday (week before event):
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New Player Triathlon Contest (Costumes/Bios/Trivias) Next Monday Nov. 1st, 8 PM EDT in Pocket D. Open to 12-months Vets and under.
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New Player Triathlon Contest (Costumes/Bios/Trivias) Tonight 8 PM EDT in Pocket D. Open to 12-months Vets and under
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I can help out on this and i'll contribute 100 mil influence for your prize pool.
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Shoot me a tell and remind me and I'll chip in 50M.
Tech Support Rule #1 - They will lie to you. Usually intentionally.
Tell me where to send it and you've got 100 mil of my inf.
EDIT: Oh yeah, and I'll judge for costume/bio contests as well.
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I've sent something to your Stalemate global name.
Holy [censored] you guys are quick. 
To Arch:
Player Events - in my best Captain Picard Voice of Delegation: "make it so" 
Trivia - Anything that can be found ingame, but require a little more scouting to find. Info found on history plaques or billboards. Easter eggs. Etc. Were you also wanting to assist during the actual event?
Great job on the broadcast announcements btw. Thanks. 
To everyone else who has (will have) contributed to this whether inf or volunteering: You rock.
If ingame emails are your thing: @Stalemate will reach me.
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Funds received / promised = 480M, which is downright awesome since I never expected to have this much, so soon before the event. Thanks everyone who's donated so far. I've updated my previous post up there to highlight your generosity.
If you're reading this thinking "oh well, they have what they need now - no need to contribute" please consider investing anyhow. Whatever is deemed "extra" will be reinvested in the next triathlon a few weeks after this one, where the prizes will hopefully be of "epic" scale.
The more valuable recipes are also good if you're willing to part with them.
What we really need now are volunteers: Judges, trivia proposals / assistants.
For some of you, time is more valuable than inf/recipes and I understand that completely. But if you're on this server it's because you value its community and the camaraderie it's brought you. Please consider giving an hour of your time on that Monday night as a volunteer to reinvest in your server.
Better yet, if you'd like to be considered an official member of the New Player Council on Protector, please let me know. Whatever time you can invest in encouraging Protector's new players is appreciated.
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Looks like you've already done it:|
Originally Posted by Stalemate
Player Events - in my best Captain Picard Voice of Delegation: "make it so"
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http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=242605
Oh well. If you want to "spruce it up", I made a little sign:
direct link: http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/w...te/COH/NPT.png
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| Trivia - Anything that can be found ingame, but require a little more scouting to find. Info found on history plaques or billboards. Easter eggs. Etc. |
I was more thinking of terms of "fastest guy to press the buzzer (i.e. broadcast) with the correct answer" trivias, like...
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"In which zone can you find the statue of Atlas"
- "wrong... wha-wha-wha..."
I'll send you what I have by the middle of the week.
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Great job on the broadcast announcements btw. Thanks.
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Stale I have the memory of a gold fish please remind me to send you the money when you see me.
"Play Nice and BEHAVE! I don't want to hear about any more of your shenanigans brought up in our meetings at Paragon"-Ghost Falcon @Tritonfree @Philly's 2nd Convenient CIGAL BoBC/INOANN Arts&Crafts Sporks
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Hi Phillygirl.|
Originally Posted by Phillygirl
Stale I have the memory of a gold fish please remind me to send you the money when you see me.
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Send me that money when I see you.
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I've added the banner to the Player Events posting Arch - thx.
The description you made of the trivia contest is exactly what I had in mind as well, hence the need for a few assistants to ensure the fastest repliers are not missed.
BTW, I like your comment about Paragon Wiki, and I think this might even simplify matters on one hand, and allow new players more exposure to Paragon Wiki on the other.
Win-win.
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What channel will be used for the trivia contest ?|
Originally Posted by Stalemate
The description you made of the trivia contest is exactly what I had in mind as well, hence the need for a few assistants to ensure the fastest repliers are not missed. |
Local / Broadcast ? (might be annoying for those in Pocket D. that are not there for the contest)
Team ? (ideal if you have 7 or less contestants
)Request ? (not sure how that channel works, so...)
New Global one, like "N P C 2" ?
The reason I ask if that if you use a specific channel, you simply set up one of your comm tabs to monitor *only* that channel, easier to pick up the fastest replier.
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BTW, I like your comment about Paragon Wiki, and I think this might even simplify matters on one hand, and allow new players more exposure to Paragon Wiki on the other. Win-win. |
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These are the zones I'm planning to hit to Broadcast the announcements about the New Player Triathlon, tonight and on November 1st.
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Just popping in (ex. Train Station or Ferry), Broadcast and popping out.Hero Zones
Yellow Train Station
Atlas Park 01 - 06
The Hollows 05 - 15
Perez Park 07 - 14
Recluse's Victory 40 - 50
Galaxy City 01 - 06
Kings Row 05 - 10
Skyway City 10 - 19
Steel Canyon 10 - 19
Green Train Line
Skyway City 10 - 19
Bloody Bay 15 - 25
Faultline 15 - 25
Steel Canyon 10 - 19
Boomtown 10 - 19
Independence Port 20 - 29
Terra Volta 20 - 29
Striga Isle 20 - 29
Talos Island 20 - 29
Dark Astoria 21 – 29
Croatoa 25 - 34
Brickstown 30 - 39
Crey's Folly 30 - 39
Founders' Falls 30 - 39
Eden 33 - 39
Rikti War Zone 35 - 50
Peregrine Island 40 - 50
Villain Zones
Rogues Isles Ferry
Mercy Island 01 - 08
Port Oakes 05 - 15
Rogues Isles Ferry
Cap au Diable 10 - 20
Sharkhead Isle 20 - 30
Siren's Call 20 - 30
Nerva Archipelago 25 - 40
St. Martial 30 - 40
Warburg 30 - 38
Grandville 40 - 50
Cooperative Zones
Pocket D 01 - 50
Cimerora (via Cap) 35 - 50
Praetorian Zones
Nova Praetoria 01 - 09
Imperial City 09 - 15
Neutropolis 15 - 20
Any other zones I should add ?
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"This event will consist of 3 parts:
Costume contest
Bio contest
Trivia contest "
We are having a peeing contest? Sweet.
Just finished announcing the event in 38 zones, took me about 1h20.
I'll need to plan more efficiently for next Monday.
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The other trivia contests I ran had questions and answer submissions in the request channel. We can let whoever is present in Pocket D, which is relatively deserted usually, know to use that channel only for submitting their answers.|
Originally Posted by Archiviste
What channel will be used for the trivia contest ?
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Since we're no longer needing to have teams (Paragon Wiki link will be announced to the participants) the assistants will be able to focus on pinpointing whoever answered correctly first.
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Originally Posted by Archiviste
Just finished announcing the event in 38 zones, took me about 1h20.
I'll need to plan more efficiently for next Monday. |
Thanks for stepping in and offering. Next Monday I can handle the hero-side pre-announcements so that will be less work for you.
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Originally Posted by Jerikko
"This event will consist of 3 parts:
Costume contest Bio contest Trivia contest " We are having a peeing contest? Sweet. |
Dork.
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Monies sent
"Play Nice and BEHAVE! I don't want to hear about any more of your shenanigans brought up in our meetings at Paragon"-Ghost Falcon @Tritonfree @Philly's 2nd Convenient CIGAL BoBC/INOANN Arts&Crafts Sporks
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Likewise.
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Originally Posted by Phillygirl
Monies sent
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Tech Support Rule #1 - They will lie to you. Usually intentionally.
Thanks guys.
That concluded the original donations that had already been promised.
That leaves 7 days to get more volunteers for the contests themselves.
Event Info post above is updated with current volunteers.
I must admit that I'm surprised at the generalized lack of interest from the Protector community in general. I know the Halloween Event is in full swing, but this New Player Night was scheduled so it would not overlap anything else.
We could make do with what we have so it's not a big deal, but I recall some past NPNs where we had to turn away people.
If I'm the problem, please let me know, and I'll pass on the New Player Council management to someone else. The goal is to help out new players, and retain them on our server. It matters not who's in charge, and if people feel others are more competent to do this I would concur as well. They just need to step up.
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So... the questions are given out in Broadcast, and we get replies via Request ? Or do we do everything via Request ?
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Originally Posted by Stalemate
The other trivia contests I ran had questions and answer submissions in the request channel. We can let whoever is present in Pocket D, which is relatively deserted usually, know to use that channel only for submitting their answers.
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Hot on the heels of the Halloween event, Protector's New Player Council and the Mentor Project are hosting a New Player Triathlon - Intro Edition on Monday, Nov. 1 at 8PM (eastern).
- Costume contest
- Bio contest
- Trivia contest
There is an influx of new players and it's time for us to highlight what makes Protector great, by having another run of the New Player Night. It's one of those that sets Protector apart - an idea which has sparked a new player assistance project that now spans all servers across North america and Europe.
Let's set the pace and start things rolling again by greeting our new players officially.
This event will consist of 3 parts:
All events will occur in Pocket D. Allowances will be made for the trivia part, where participants will be allowed to leave the zone and send their answers to a team leader who will report correct answers back to me.
It will be open for participants who show 12 months of vet rewards and under, and each category will have an amount of inf given to the best spot(s) of each category.
There will also be random participation prizes offered in the form of costume recipes (nods to Red and Grey here). I'd also like to hand out a special prize for whichever new player the participating volunteers vote upon as having the best attitude / demeanor that night.
Right now, I'm asking for the following from our current volunteers, and any other kind-hearted generous regulars who would like to participate:
I'm listing this event as an introduction since it will not require as much activity from the players this time as, say, a TF run or monster defeat competition.
Thanks for any help you can offer, Protector.
*I'd like to hold onto the current stash of New Player Night funds for the larger upcoming event, since this one is more of an intro thing, hence the request.
**PM or /t me with these please, to avoid giving too much away too soon.
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