New Years Eve “40K the Easy Way”~ Treasure Hunt!!

[Achilles]

Greetings Mateys!

New Years Eve “40K the Easy Way”~ Treasure Hunt!!
We at the Founders Guild Association are also pleased to see another year of POTCO life continue. We are in high hopes of continuing adventures for all Pirates.
We would like take this opportunity in the joyous festivals by bringing in the New Year with a fun filled contest hosted by the Founders Guild Association.
Find the secrete Pirate, hunt him down and win big,...

Yes Mates, WIN Big as in 40,000 in GOLD transferred to your Pirate. (it got even better Gang, see update)
What would you do with 40,000 in GOLD ??
Shopping spree for the new clothes..?
New Tattoo
Been eyeing that new War Galleon or War Sloop or the Fantastic War Frigate.?
Perhaps some new weapons are just out of reach and the Gold would put your hook right on it?

Here’s the specifics:
Who: Any Pirate, as long as you have come and signed on before the start of the event. (a simple acknowledgement in this thread of participation is acceptable)
When: New Years Eve, December 31, 2008 @ 8:00 pm (pst) to 11:30 pm (pst)
Where: Pirates of the Caribbean Online Servers. (specific server(s) to be announced at POF Forums 30 minutes prior to the event.)
If there are 1-10 participating Pirates we will use one server,
If there are 11-30 participants, we’ll use 2 servers, 31 to 60, three servers and so on.

Game Concept and Rules:
You are hunting down and making verifiable contact with a specific Founder Pirate.
You will take a screen shot of your contact as the Founder Pirate acknowledges your victory. (as will the Founder Pirate too)
The covert Founder Pirate will be hiding on any island, fort, cave, unusual location.
The covert Founder Pirate will not be static but dynamic,.. meaning He will be moving around, perhaps sailing from one place to another seeking shelter from his opponents for He doesn’t want to release his gold booty, but is bound to a oath by Davy Jones to release to the Magical Pirate with the ability to find him.
The covert Founder Pirate will not use any glitch or hide in a place that is not normally accessible by any Pirate.

Server and specific Founder Pirate Character to be announced 30 minutes prior to commencement of event.

Let’s have some fun and bring in the new year with some Gold!!

UPDATE,... just got word from a fellow Founders Guild member stating he too would like to do a joint venture in this as a Covert Founder with his Pirate,
Mates, this boost the stakes to 2 Covert Founders with TWICE the Bounty!!,.. that's right, 80,000 in Gold Prize loot!!!All the same rules, twice the fun, twice the odds of winning, find em both and go crazy in Piraty Booty!! (one may have to make another Pirate for Gold storage...lol)


UPDATE,... This is a Update to the Update Mates,...just got word from another fellow Founders Guild member stating she too would like to do a joint venture in this as a Covert Founder with her Pirate.
Mates, this boost the stakes to 3 Covert Founders with THREE TIMES the Bounty!!,.. that's right, 120,000 in Gold Prize loot!!!

(Achilles staggers,...stagers...staggers.... then passes out) <----- most likely from the rum!




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[thefadedrose]

Okay, sounds cool! Sign me up please!

Kani of Spartan Ellites

[combatlizzy]

Sounds like alot of fun but I have 2 questions and a comment:
1) Will there be any clues to the where abouts of said founder?
2) Since me level 40 pirate is the only one capable of performing this feat and she is usually maxed out on shiney...could the money be transferred to one of her lower level pirates?
And my comment: East coast peeps would be on-line right through the Midnite celebration...no problem with that if you are not planning any festivities in real life which at this point I am not...but it kinna limits EST and CST peeps to participating...just a thought that entered me pirate brain as I read the thread.
I am thinkin about joining the event...but waiting on a response to above questions before I actually decide. Thank you for your attention to this pirate's inquisitive mind...

[mlratto]

sounds like a blast...sign me up

meaning He will be moving around, perhaps sailing from one place to another seeking shelter from his opponents

oh yeah, forgot to ask...does this include teleporting?

[Edward Edgemenace]

Sounds very fun - add me to the list!

Will we know the target founder's ship name in advance? Do we have to attune them? :-) Are they allowed to hide in LOOKOUTS (like underground gambling, or on the Black Pearl?) Mlratto's question...also, are those on the scavenger hunt also allowed to teleport? Or just founders not allowed to teleport, once they are hiding? Or no teleporting at all?

[Captain Grizzly]

Sounds like fun but the big question...how is the gold to be transfered? Is this a Disney sponsored event and the gold to be placed into the winners coffers? Or is this a guild event with transfer being made by playing poker? Just curious as the specifics aren't stated.

[Jade Darkcastle]

That sounds fun!

[Achilles]

Greetings My POTCO Family,

Just got home from work, so I can respond to some of these questions.

Combatlizzy asked:
1) Will there be any clues to the where abouts of said founder?
2) Since me level 40 pirate is the only one capable of performing this feat and she is usually maxed out on shiney...could the money be transferred to one of her lower level pirates?

Great Questions Combatlizzy,..
1) clues will be limited to these statements... "The covert Founder Pirate will not be static but dynamic,.. meaning He will be moving around, perhaps sailing from one place to another seeking shelter from his opponents"... and "The covert Founder Pirate will not use any glitch or hide in a place that is not normally accessible by any Pirate" But,.. with that said,.. if for some crazy reason the covert Founder is not detected within one half hour of the remaining time frame, I will post a very decisive clue that could lead Helen Keller to his path.
2) The Gold can be disbursed to who ever the victorious Pirate wishes, if not to themselves, then they can choose to who, but all must go to one Pirate, not divied up in lower denominations
hope to see you in this endeavor, it will be fun!

mlratto asked: oh yeah, forgot to ask...does this include teleporting?

another great question Miratto, the answer is no teleporting whatsoever by the covert Founder, nor will he be hiding in the water somewhere floating adrift. His movements are limited to his Olympic running stride and or Ship transportation, he will not be sitting on a Ship either. Ship involvement is merely for getting from one place to another by this fleeting Pirate.

Edward Edgemenace asked: Will we know the target founder's ship name in advance? Do we have to attune them? :-) Are they allowed to hide in LOOKOUTS (like underground gambling, or on the Black Pearl?) Mlratto's question...also, are those on the scavenger hunt also allowed to teleport? Or just founders not allowed to teleport, once they are hiding? Or no teleporting at all?

another bullseye on the great question scale,...
1) You will not know the target founders ship name, you will have to get close enough to determine if you see a gold coin and name... hehe
2) No hiding in lookouts , or the Black Pearl since that would be very limited who could see that. Remember, the covert Founder will only be where any normal Pirate could go without glitches, nor in PVP and not in SVS,.. but Pirates can go many places without such,.. and this will be where yer wits come into play
3) Teleport limitations are bound to the Covert Founder only, others can teleport all they wish,.. but keep in mind, you fly over a lot of ground that way

Captain Grizzly asked: Sounds like fun but the big question...how is the gold to be transfered? Is this a Disney sponsored event and the gold to be placed into the winners coffers? Or is this a guild event with transfer being made by playing poker?

ahh,.... the Gold you ask, ...? great question indeed,...
since this is sanctioned specifically by the Founders Guild Council of the Association, The gold will not come by way of the "Gold Bug" from a Admin but rather from the Founders Guild Council via the good ol' Poker transfer route


UPDATE,... just got word from a fellow Founders Guild member stating he too would like to do a joint venture in this as a Covert Founder with his Pirate,
Mates, this boost the stakes to 2 Covert Founders with TWICE the Bounty!!,.. that's right, 80,000 in Gold Prize loot!!!All the same rules, twice the fun, twice the odds of winning, find em both and go crazy in Piraty Booty!! (one may have to make another Pirate for Gold storage...lol)

[Davil]

Isn't that over the maximum limit though?

[Rnmusie]

id like to join but that is 10 pm central time to 1 30am central time that pretty late idk i might be able to look for a little bit but not the whole time



nate mcsteel lvl 37

[swashbuckler II]

Sign me up it will be fun watch

[Achilles]

sounds great Guys,More the Merrier!! We are gathering many players.
This was posted over at the Seafur'ys site as well.

Davil, good question Mate,
my statment in saying "(one may have to make another Pirate for Gold storage...lol) was in that regard, as one Pirate may only have 65k, one would have to make another Pirate perhaps to store the loot if one Pirate found BOTH "Covers Founders" ...who knows,.. there may be even more gold available before the start of the event...?? Keep yer eye open Mates! (since some Pirates have a patch over the other)

Best Regards,

-Achilles

[Rackat]

Interesting concept and it seems like it will be a lot of fun. However, I will not be participating.

Enjoy your festivities.

[Achilles]

Greetings Mates,

I wanted to give you a update on this event as details unfold,
I will find out in a few hours for certain, but it appears we may have yet another Founders Guild Association member stepping up as a Covert Founder,..

Gang,.. that means the total Prize loot would climb to 120,000 in Gold,.. CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT!!! stay tuned for confirmed details.

Allow me to give a brief description of Founders Guild members role in this New Years Evening Event.

Founders Guild members will partake in one of two ways,...

1) As a Event Referee.
Or
2) As a Covert Founder.


Event Referee
If they choose to be a Event Referee, They will communicate via Guild chat with the members. They will help keep structure and oversight with participating members of the event and ensure that all are keeping to event rules. Referees will use their Founders Guild Pirate for the event. They can teleport to other Event Referees but They cannot teleport to the Covert Founder(s).

Covert Founder
If they choose to be a Covert Founder, they must be willing to let loose with 40k in gold and be as stealthy and cunning as possible without violating the event guidelines as a Covert Founder. They cannot teleport anywhere, They cannot use any glitches or abnormal POTCO methods. They may communicate via Guild chat with Referees and other Covert Founders only. The Referees will know who the covert Founders are at commencement of the event. (…hehe)


So,.... as you see "Founders Guild" name tags, keep a sharp eye out, Some are Event Referees, and few will be the Treasure. You will recieve the specific names of the Covert Founders 30 mins prior to the start of the event listed here , on my user page and on this thread

[Achilles]

UPDATE,... This is a Update to the Update Mates,...just got word from another fellow Founders Guild member stating she too would like to do a joint venture in this as a Covert Founder with her Pirate.
Mates, this boost the stakes to 3 Covert Founders with THREE TIMES the Bounty!!,.. that's right, 120,000 in Gold Prize loot!!!
your problem will be on how to store all that Gold if you get more than one winning!! YeeeeHaaaa,.. such a fantastic dilemma

(Achilles staggers,...stagers...staggers.... then passes out) <----- most likely from the rum!



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