Good morning! It's been noted that no Halloween Costume Contest was offered this year. Given that the Rebirth staff have been very busy with full-on zone+++ development work, that's understandable! Plus a lot of additional people have been very busy this year; those who would otherwise have coordinated a costume contest. So...
I am hosting an "It's a Tragedy!" Character Contest event on Saturday, 11/2/24 (tomorrow), starting 4pm US EDT sharp in Dark Astoria, between the hospital and base portal.
What's a Character Contest? It's more than just costume.
You need to have a backstory written too. This contest is to encourage more in-character roleplay on Rebirth.
What's "It's a Tragedy!" about? Well, for this contest, don't focus just on horror or scares. Bring your most tragic character story and costume. I'll be judging on heartstring-pulling, emo, tragic circumstances for your character. Further, I'll judge on what I consider to be originality, along with effectiveness.
Important note: due to the focus of this contest, I likely need to remind some of us to keep it PG-13; there is a definite line for the tragedy without going too far!
Alright, so what are the prizes?
- First place: 1,000,000,000 inf, a Hamidon Cystoskeleton Exposure enhancement, and an Apoocalypse: Chance for Negative Energy Damage enhancement.
- Second place: 500,000,000 inf, an Imperial Might: Recharge/Chance for Knockdown/Knockback to Knockdown enhancement, and a Ragnarok: Chance for Knockdown enhancement.
- Third place: 250,000,000 inf, a Panacea: Chance for +Hit Point/Endurance enhancement, and a Hecatomb: Chance for Negative Energy Damage enhancement.
- Honorable mention: if there any honorable mention winners, they will receive 10,000,000 inf each.
Eligibility for prizes depends upon attendance: all players should only bring one character each; players are not eligible for additional prizes for multiple accounts/characters. No monster mash is planned, but who knows what some Game Master might do.
(If any long-term players would like to help judge rather than participate, please DM me via Discord and I'll include up to four others. Thank you!)
Wow, what a lovely idea! Where would I go to participate in such an event? With the Halloween event forcing perpetual darkness outside, the usual choice of Imperial City probably wouldn't work very well...