Where in Vana'diel is the Community Team?

How well do you know Vana'diel? Could you find your way through the Yuhtunga Jungle blindfolded and navigate to safety by sound only? Do you know each individual crevice and nook of the maps of Vana'diel? The Community Team has concocted a series of trials to put your knowledge of Vana'diel, as well as your riddle-solving abilities, to the test!

The Community Team will make an appearance on the Test Server and hide in special locations scattered across Vana'diel. Once the team member has made their way to the hiding spot, we will announce a hint regarding the location on both the forum and also in-game via linkshells that will be distributed. Players must then hunt down the hidden Community Team member. The first three players to find the hiding Community Team member and purchase a Red Rose from their bazaar will be awarded a Chocobo Beret!

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Event Details

When
First Event: May 18, 2012 at 6:00pm (PDT)
Second Event: May 25, 2012 at 6:00pm (PDT)

Where
FINAL FANTASY XI Test Server (Undine) at the Lower Jeuno home point crystal

How to Participate

1. Log into the Test Server and head to the Lower Jeuno home point crystal on May 18th or May 25th at 6:00pm (PDT)
   
2. The Community Team members will pass out linkpearls to everyone present (don’t worry if you are not there at 6:00pm as there will be a member in Lower Jeuno that will continue passing out pearls to those arriving late.)
   
3. A single Community Team member will warp and hide in a secret location.
   
4. The Community Team will announce a hint as to the whereabouts of the hidden team member via the event linkshell as well as on the forums.
   
5. The first 3 players to find the hidden Community Team member in-game, and purchase a Red Rose from their bazaar will be awarded a Chocobo Beret on their public server character.

Additional Details

• Five rounds will be held on each day, with 15 Chocobo Berets distributed per event
• A total of 30 Chocobo Berets will be distributed
• We ask players to focus on the event itself as the Community Team members will not be answering any unrelated questions or tells
• We may release videos and/or screenshots from the event, so please understand that character names may be shown in chat windows and party lists.
• There may be cases the event is canceled due to unforeseeable circumstances.
• If we determine that a player is impeding the flow of the event in any way or disturbing other players, that player will be warned and/or reprimanded. If it is determined that the actions are being performed that interrupt service, we will terminate the event
• Any players that do not follow staff directions and cause problems with the event may be penalized

Please Note

• Only one Chocobo Beret can be won per participant.
• The prize for this event is an in-game item and has no monetary value.

What about PS2 and Xbox 360 players?

sucks to be you?
furthermore, are players allowed to use their own chocobos?

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The Test Server is only available to PC players.

Anyways, you just know it's going to be Yuhtunga Jungle. I know the original developer has probably left SE for about 8 years now, but I still fantasise about meeting him/her at a random event and just shaking them, asking WHY DEAR GOD WHY?

it would be worse if they hid in the gurfurlur the menacing room. need the three keys and six people to get there

glad your all doing this on 2 differnt days, since i'll be missing the first

You can get a PC that can handle FFXI just fine cheaper than a 360 or working PS2. Shouldn't be an issue really.

Your solution is that they should waste hundreds of dollars on a pc when a phone can do a ton of stuff you used to need a pt for nowadays?

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Originally Posted by Khajit

Your solution is that they should waste hundreds of dollars on a pc when a phone can do a ton of stuff you used to need a pt for nowadays?

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You mean my phone can haste me, cure me, AND tank a mob? Please show me how to get it to do this.

ALSO: If you're too poor to buy a ratty old PC that's capable of playing FFXI, your priorities should lie elsewhere.

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Originally Posted by Eric

You mean my phone can haste me, cure me, AND tank a mob? Please show me how to get it to do this.

ALSO: If you're too poor to buy a ratty old PC that's capable of playing FFXI, your priorities should lie elsewhere.

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I swear, there is an ap for EVERYTHING today.

wait, there are people that live in the 21st Century that don't own a PC? let alone ones that pay for a subscription to an internet service provider without one?

Okay so why only the test server ?.? Are we who don't play on test server not worth S.E.'s time any more?

They're using the Test Server as a means of crowd control. They need to tell everyone to meet at a specific place ahead of time, so they need to announce it publicly. If, then, a couple hundred people gathered, including those ineligible to participate, they would have a problem with organizing those that are accepted to participate.

That being said, I believe the Atomos Challenge held on the Test Server Atomos was available to all platforms, and I feel that that may have been a better route to take; however, I could be mistaken.

This sounds fun! I'm a little worried about my test server copy though. I hope it doesn't take too long for my character to copy over! The application page says to just wait and try again for my character to appear. I'm wondering if that means "Try again to apply" or "Try to just re open the Test Client."

Hey everyone!

We are just about an hour out from starting the first day of this event.

For those who might not be able to log in just yet due to being out and about or for other reasons, feel free to check here for round information and our progress of the event.

We are looking forward to seeing you all :)

Let's play some hide-and-seek :D!!!

You are all teases!

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4...k0oo1_1280.png
The community reps fighting Vrtra soon after it was announced that there were three winners for round 4(?). :)

Thank you Camate, Bayohne, Rukkirii, and Okipuit for staying after work and giving your own personal time to create and host this event for everyone. It was an amazing event, surprisingly fun, and was pretty difficult at times not only figuring out what the clues meant but having a race with 30-40 players trying to get to the same exact spot you're trying to get to to buy one of the 3 red roses.

It was so fun I'm coming back again next Friday and I hope there are more events like this where you interact with the community. It was the most fun I've had in this game in years, no new content updates could even come close to what you gave us tonight. Thank you again community reps.

Was great fun! Thanks for hosting this event :D See you all again on next Friday!

Thank you all very much, it was an extremely fun event, and I look forward to next week's rounds as well :) I wasn't aware that they had stayed after work to make this for us, that's just great >^-^< I can't say it enough, but thankyou thankyou thankyou! :D

I'd just like to offer some tips for contestants interested in the next contest on 5/25:

• Install and update your Test Client well in advance, it takes quite a while.
• Your character profile gets mirrored over at time of Test Server Registration. Make sure you load up on anything you think you might need beforehand.
• There are special NPCs that will give free Sneak Oils, Prism Powders, Job levels & spells.
• There are special NPCs near the 3-nations that will grant instant access to all of VoidWatch, for VW teleports.

Good luck!

There also appears to be a bug where you cannot zone into your Mog House without crashing if you have the event items or Cake furnishing placed in your Mog House on the live server.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...into-Mog-House

This makes it impossible to access the GM Moogles to cheats your stats for the event. :P

Got my hat today! Just want to say thanks to the community team for the awesome event, and a chance at getting some rare goodies! Can't wait until Friday.

Howdy!

We are getting prepped to start our event in just a bit!

If you are not in-game and wish to join later you can keep track of where we are here. :)

Camate (or whichever Dev ends up reading this), I mis-gave the character name. If it's not too late, please send the item instead to Maikerukun (as opposed to Hitsukun which I had given) on Sylph, if it is still at all possible.

That aside, thank you for a wonderful event. It definitely reinvigorated my love for this game. I really cannot wait to see the fruition of your Poison Dash event!