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Rules for the 12th Genesis All Hallows Eve Scavenger Hunt
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The scavenger hunt lasts 2 weeks, from noon on Saturday 29 October, until
noon on Saturday 12 November (Genesis-time). Items submitted before or
after this time slot will not count toward the hunt result.
The objective is to collect as many different items from the scavenger hunt
list as you can find. Not all items can be reached by every individual.
Trading is permitted. Note that several items were newly created and hidden
in the world solely for the scavenger hunt. Exploring thus may pay off. The
list will be revealed when the scavenger hunt starts. It can be listed at
the pumpkins in the common board rooms.
Scavengers may work individually AND in teams. Teams are to register at the
pumpkins in the common board rooms. This may be done at any time during the
hunt. To form a group, the group leader has to go to one of the pumpkins
near the common boards, and do "group invite <person>". The invited person
can then accept this invitation with "group join <groupname>". Please note
that when you have joined a group, it is NOT possible to leave it again to
switch to another group. Maximum group size is 4 persons.
There will be two types of group prizes:
- for the group(s) that find the most items on average per group member.
- for the group(s) that find the highest no. of different items amongst the
members.
Items count toward the team total, as well as toward the individual's total.
So you can be in a team AND in the individual contest at the same time.
Only one of each item will count towards your individual score. Submitting
more than one specimen will not increase any score.
Items must be brought to the pumpkin receptacles at the common boards, so
that items turned in are credited to the right team and person. Note that
the pumpkins are not trash cans, so do not indiscriminately dump items that
do not match the description. A person who overflows the pumpkin on purpose
may be penalized.
The individual contestants will be rated according to their size, meaning
that there will be prizes for several categories of mortal sizes. There
will also be a reward for unique items (items only found by one individual).
The costume shop in the Mvsevm of Events will be open for business while
the scavenger hunt lasts. Don't forget to dress up!
For your convenience:
"help scavenger_event" will give this text at any time.
"help scavenger_list" will give you the list of items.
DISCLAIMER:
On a donut as large as this one, it is practically impossible to make 100%
sure that the description of one item upon casual inspection is not exactly
the same as the description of some other item elsewhere.
Thus it may happen on occasion (but rarely) that you find what you think is
the right item, but when you try to submit it, it doesn't get accepted. In
that case somewhere else in the realm there is another item with exactly
the same name that is actually meant to be submitted. OR... you haven't
looked all that carefully and you found a grAy mouse instead of a grEy one.
The AoE office is quite certain that the list does not contain typos, but
we do not take responsibility for an occasional item existing with the
exact same name.
The Event Team thanks Cherek for creating the scavenger list.
Happy Hunting!
Stern Urya-Yare for the Event Team
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