Hack II

Contest is Officially Closed


Hello Gamers,

I want to play a game of "Let's Make The Hack into an Incarnate" starring you. There is a secret sect within the Midnight Squad known as the Lumen Nachti, or the "enlightened midnighters" loosely translated. This sect is rumored to have an ancient artifact that grants the power of the gods to the one who wields it. Yes, my good heroes of Paragon City, I'm speaking of Incarnates. Oh, I know full well that someone like you has little need for an artifact like that. I, on the other hand, would be willing to risk everything to obtain such power.

Just how much am I willing to risk? I've decided to put the fate of my Incarnatehood into your hands. Oh, but don't worry... I'm sure I've made the right decision. You remember that silly little shipping mistake with the flu vaccines? Thanks to Dr. Chase's extreme efficiency, I calculate that every child who was vaccinated will be dead shortly after midnight tonight, unless of course they were to receive an antidote...

As luck would have it, I happen to have just the cure they need and I will freely trade it for the Lumen Nachti's treasure. Recover the past to save the future, so to speak. I think you know what needs to be done.

Oh, just one more thing. This game won't be as simple as recovering the artifact and trading it for the cure. No, there will be sacrifice involved. Each stage of the game will require specific clues to be solved in order to move on to the next stage. Only by a hero "sacrificing" his or her chance at participating in subsequent stages will the game progress. If every stage is completed and the artifact is delivered to me no later than midnight tonight, the children of Paragon City will be saved.

You already received your first clue yesterday. I hope for the sake of the children you could make sense out of it, as it points to one of the four following locations. The contact at the correct location is sympathetic to your cause and will help you along in your quest. However, beware the remaining three. If they are with the Lumen Nachti, you can be assured that they will do everything in their power to stop you.

The Hack


Stage 1 FINISHED- "Inherent Fitness" Consolation Prize - *** Prize Claimed by @Nick is Epik ***

Location 1 - City Hall in Atlas Park - Arc ID#: 475277

Location 2 - Midnighter Club in Croatoa - Arc ID#: 475278

Location 3 - Paragon Police Department in Independence Port - Arc ID#: 475279

Location 4 - University in Steel Canyon - Arc ID#: 475280

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Stage 2 FINISHED- "It's Raining Merits" Runner-up Prize - *** Prize Claimed by @Wrong Number

Arc ID#: 475292

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Stage 3 FINISHED- "Slotting the 3rd Build" Grand Prize - *** Prize Claimed by @Tritonfree

Arc ID#: 475332




***Claiming Prizes***

Things to remember if you're considering claiming a prize:

1. The prizes will be released in 3 Stages during the event, starting with the Consolation Prize (Stage 1) and ending with the Grand Prize (Stage 3).

2. By making a winning entry to fulfill a Stage and claim a prize, you forfeit your ability to fulfill any future Stages and submit a winning entry for their respective prizes.

3. Until someone has submitted a winning entry for the Stage that the event is in, no other prizes or Stages can be claimed. Also, the event will remain locked in that Stage until a winning entry is submitted.

4. Each successive Stage will require all preceding Stage answers in your post in order to fulfill the requirements for that Stage. So, if you skipped claiming the prize in Stage 1 and then claimed the prize for Stage 2, your answer will need to have the correct screenshots for both Stages 1 AND 2. For Stage 3 you will need all 3 stages in order to claim the prize.

5. Think carefully before deciding to claim a prize OR holding off on claiming a prize, as there is potential for one entrant to claim all 3 prizes for him/herself. Rather than explain it with a giant wall of text, follow along here:

A. If no players submit a winning entry to Stage 1 before midnight (est) tonight, then no prizes will be awarded to anyone.

B. If Stage 1 is successfully completed by Player A, but Stage 2 remains unsolved by midnight (est) tonight, then the player who successfully completed Stage 1 will receive all remaining prizes from the remaining stages (in this example all 3 prizes would be awarded to a single player).

C. If Stage 1 is successfully completed by Player A and Stage 2 is successfully completed by Player B, but Stage 3 remains unsolved by midnight (est) tonight, then Player A will receive his prize for Stage 1 and Player B will receive the prizes for both Stages 2 and 3.

D. If all 3 Stages are successfully completed by Players A, B and C respectively by midnight (est) tonight, then all 3 players will receive their respective prizes according to their Stage.





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PRIZE LIST:

"Slotting the 3rd Build" Grand Prize - One (1) Prize Package consisting of one billion (1,000,000,000) inf and one thousand (1,000) Reward Merits. Merits to be redeemed at the sole discretion of the winner by one of my level 50 toons.


"It's Raining Merits" Runner-up Prize - One (1) Prize Package consisting of one thousand (1,000) Reward Merits. Merits to be redeemed at the sole discretion of the winner by one of my level 50 toons.


"Inherent Fitness" Consolation Prize - One (1) Prize Package consisting of one (1) of each of the following recipes: Regenerative Tissue +Regeneration; Miracle +Recovery; Numina's Convalescence +Regeneration/+Recovery; Luck of the Gambler +7.5% Global Recharge. The winner of this prize package may specify the level of each recipe.


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What you'll need:

1. Forum account to post in this thread.

2. Somewhere to host screenshots (such as Photobucket or Imageshack).

3. Ability to post in-game screenshots with the UI visible. From paragonwiki: http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Screen...User_Interface

4. Attention to detail. The time and date of release has already been given.

5. Familiarization with The Hack might not be a bad idea. "Hack"

6. Watch this thread for further instructions.



***Contest Rules***

The following rules will govern this contest as run by @Cai and all final decisions on potential winning entries will be decided by @Cai:

1. This contest is closed to new entrants. If your entry was not posted in this thread by 11am est on 12/19/2010, then you are not eligible to compete for prizes.

2. Only 1 prize may be claimed per person, regardless of the number of accounts held by that person. Using the honor system here people, don't be "that guy" or girl.

3. This is not a team event, i.e. you should be going solo. While I can't enforce this rule in-game, I again appeal to the honor system.

4. All prizes to be claimed and rewarded on the Justice Server. Payouts will be to the exact toon pictured in the winning entrant's photo.

5. Claiming a Prize. The prizes for this contest are going to be handled a little bit differently this time. Stay tuned for more instructions regarding this soon.




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Hello Justice. I want to play a game. (link)

Teaser Trailer 1

Teaser Trailer 2




***Fine Print***

All prizes offered above are done so by me, @Cai. Only one winner for each prize will be awarded, subject to the Contest Rules as explained above. In the event of a dispute, I retain sole rights to make any final decision. If it is determined that cheating may have been involved in some way, @Cai may request more information from the potential winner in order to verify that no cheating in fact took place. Each winner will have until December 31, 2010 to contact me either in-game at @Cai or on the forums at _Cai_ and make arrangements for prize pick-up. All presents not given out by January 15, 2011 will be returned to my prize fund for my next event. If you're still reading this far, then give yourself a pat on the back. I honestly didn't expect anyone to read this far, but you... you took that extra step. Let me offer you my sincerest wishes that you claim one of the above prizes for yourself, if only for your dedication to make sure every 'i' is dotted and every 't' is crossed. However, if you have read this far and then submit an answer during the contest that has to be disqualified for not following the rules, then allow me to be the first to LOL in your face. I mean seriously, who reads the fine print only to go on and not follow the rules? You know you'd deserve it, and I can't help but think that deep down you'd be laughing with me at your own incompetence. Happy hunting!

OOOOOOoooo!

Ooh nice.

I'm all excited again.

not sure why anyone is excited. didnt show anything and the static tried to blow out my speakers

Cool another game. Can't wait to give this one a go.

COOLNESS!

Missed out on your first one. Looking very forward to playing!

I just have to say what an ingenious way to get people into AE and for using AE in such a creative manner. This really is a stroke of brilliance!

Prize list added.

Some very nice prizes as usual

Yay! Looking forward to this. Also, to reading the directions thoroughly this time.

Just to get it posted here in the forums for all to see, I have a question to ask Cai (again).

Is teaming allowed or is it against the rules?

Yeah, seems ridiculous for the person that doesn't even team at Hami or Ship raids to ask about teaming, but well, some people need things spelled out specifically.

This coming weekend! Hooray!!!

Contest is live.

Miss Jersey
@Wrong Number
"I'M A TREASURE HUNTER!"

Mind.Blitz
@Jail.Bird
I'M A TREASURE HUNTER!