Event system coming

[mexxa]

Have it so when you go to the event terminal, there you buy an event deed, the quality(expense of the deed) decide how much you can charge people. This deed is taken back to the terminal when enough people have signed it. Then it gets put on the event viewer, were you give a description of the event along with the fees etc. The day before the event the event deed owner must visit an event terminal to rent the items he wants to make his space interesting. Different spaces would also be allocated to the event depending on the cost of the event deed, huge events would be small colosseums with two columns of signatures, one for competitors and one for viewers. Some huge events would global. The event view should also have a rating so people rate each event making it possible to just look over the ratings of events to find good ones. The winnings ought to be either an item or a percent of the cash raised,this must be set before the deed has been bought and be noted on the deed.

EDIT: goddamit I post and threads die

[KapokWu]

I list here a kind of a minimum event mechanism:

Organisers may need to send and receive messages from participants
and other organisers, whereas participants could only message with
organisers. That would make large events manageable and reduce lag.
Participants could be colored differently in radar, and the avatar text
could indicate what event the guy is into.

Organisers need to see who is in and out, and kick some if needed.
Also opening and closing the registration are needed. The head
honcho of the event could nominate some participants as organisers.
Some participants or organisers could be given right to talk in the
event chat. The event chat is ordinarily used for global info blurps
about events, except when you are in an event, you see it as
the event chat.

I guess events could be free to enable noob events like massive
sweating feast. The publication of the event could be charged
according to how widely it is visible (locally/globally visible events,
duration of the event entry in the events list 2h/24h/7 days).

Those who have properties and land areas could associate it
to the event. Also some public event sites could be (some of them free, some not). Event would have the access control in these cases
and an entry fee (0... infinite peds) could be set for the audience.

Events could be also an efficient new way to manage societies and
to do business. One could call this kind of events with utility value
as "projects" or "missions".

The kind of the results table could be accessed from the event terminal
right after the event is created, and it would show a list of organisers,
participants and two info blurp slots per each avatar:
one edited by organisers, and one for a personal blurp.

[Renegade_59]

Is there a limit to how many events can be hosted simultaneously from one player and/or one society?

[Pretender]

Originally Posted by Knoop

Maybe the 10th (?) floor on the apartment building can be used as "arenas" with a little modifacation.

just checked that (1th time)
yes, good place. and places for viewers are also there.

[mexxa]

I think event deeds would be worth-while.

[Akadian]

Hey Everyone,
The good word travels fast about the event system! I hope to be back in the game and running events again for you all.
So grab your party hats and get ready for me.

anyone who remembers me has definately been playing a long time for sure!
if you dont, have no worries Dee made a nice site on the EP website with a few of my events.




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[Renegade_59]

Of course i remember you.

welcome back Akadian.

Long Live Bloody Boxing!

[Akadian]

We Dont speak of Bloody Boxing event anymore

oh boy, what a mess

[Lucid]

I read a few of the posts, but I lack the time and attention to read through 9 pages of that, so I may reuse somebody's idea. Please forgive me.

The idea of a purple Event terminal rocks house! That or a deep blue... I don't really care about the color though.

First of all, I think that only Soc Leaders and Top Rankers should be able to use it. Maybe. I'm not so sure I like that idea the best...
Secondly, there should be several event types (ie. Boxing Match, PVP War, Bar Meet n' Greet, Footrace [Town to Town; Short Distance], Cross Country/ Marathon [Long Distance with several Checkpoints along the way], Scavenger Hunt, Hunting Race). I think you should be able to choose from one of these event types, as each of them will have several characteristics (and possibly different costs).

Also, some sort of prize system should be implemented, so the runner of the event could pick a winner for a door prize (for non-competitive events), or a prize to be automatically given to the winner (for the race type event).

On the above idea, for races, or any event, an entry fee system could be collected. So when somebody enters the event, they would have to pay the set entry fee (the fee amount would be decided by the event sponsor). And maybe the event sponsor could set a % of event fees collected could go the prize winner?

This point is Critical: for each event type, a special system has to be used to set up the event. For races, some kind of map has to be shown, or item used to make the checkpoints. An item that the sponsor gets could be used, and each one numbered, so they could drop the checkpoints wherever they wanted to in an exact location, or using a map system where points could be made on a map.
For a social event, something so select the bar to go to, or less specifically, the city where the bar is, so that everyone can meet at the desired place.
For a Boxing Match/ PVP War, a way to select teams, or for the sponsor to pick the teams would have to be implemented. That or, for the boxing, a Ladder system of some sort for a Boxing Tournament.
For a scavenger hunt, some way to add a SCAVENGER attribute to an item, so only participants can pick it up, or have a few set items that the ET (event terminal) dispenses (eg. Easter Egg, Torch, Glowing Coloured Balls?) These items should be labeled as SCAVENGER ITEM when looked at so noobs dont crowd around it trying to pick it up, giving it away.
For a Hunting Race (either most of a type of mob killed, or a set loot amount [first person to get 5 PED loot wins]), a system of counting the mobs killed, or the loot gathered would have to be used.

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MA could release the Event terminal with only one or two event types in it, and add different event types in each VU. The cross country race, the bar meet, and the PVP War/ Boxing Tournament sound the coolest to me. I dont know. Maybe there are better ideas I havnt read yet.

Feedback? Anyone?

[Devilmaster]

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