~.::Cornelia Death Race 2011::.~

[Archie]

I realize this might not be in the right forum but maybe other servers can use our idea. This was originally my plan to alleviate some of the boredom before 1.18 but with the help of other LSs I've made it into a server wide event.

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[size=18]Cornelia Death Race 2011 sponsored by the ULC.
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What is it?: Individual foot race starting in Ul'dah, through Mor Dhona making stops at checkpoints(camps) along the way, and finishing in North Western Coerthas. (The route will not be revealed to contestants until the day before the race)

Date and time: Saturday June 11 at 3pm Est/8pm Gmt

Total prize pool: Proposed budget: 50 Million gil*. Total prize is still being negotiated.

Rewards: 1st place: 25 Million gil or 50% of total accumulated prize
2nd place: 12.5 Million gil or 25%
3rd place: 7.5 Million gil or 15%
4th place: 5 Million gil or 10%

Entry fee: Free for members of ULC LSs. 150k for general entry but newer players may be allowed to enter at a reduced price. 50k discount for those willing to run the entire race in nothing but a subligar.

Desired attendance: 50+

Rules: 1. Must use a rank 1-10 job and wear no equipment other than main hand and/or subligar. (DoW,DoM,DoH,DoL)
2. Use of ANY abilities is prohibited. This includes movement/defense enhancing abilities.
3. Use of magic and items is prohibited.
4. No teleportation except for returning to an aetheryte after being KO'ed.
5. Contestants must wear their Death Race pearl they received at registration. Must touch all checkpoints on the map and the winners will be determined by being the first 4 people to cross the finish line.
6. As this will be an individual event, no parties will be formed.

Important dates:

June 10: Registration closes and race map will be revealed to contestants.

June 11: 2pm Est/7pm Gmt final race prep. Contestants should arrive at the starting line at least 20 mins before the race. (Ul'dah gate of Nald)
3pm Est/8pm Gmt Race begins.

Registration procedure: Register on the ULC forums here: http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/rc/forum/thread?gcid=1760164&threadId=1066528

Notes:

~There's no limit to how many people from a single LS can join.
~Entry fee can be refunded should a participant not be able to make it.

[Azurymber]

Should be on your servers forum, but:

can't see this being successful

1. people can cheat with ports so you need ppl to watch rly carefully
2. ppl can glitch out the map and run through walls too easily in this game
3. ppl who have the archer quickstride ability or who have gathering jobs will have serious advantages as they can boost their speed

[Alixandir]

Great idea!

I play on Palamecia so can't join, but this should spark some life into your server.

Only problem I can see is how to prevent people from cheating.

[Vesperia]

We did this in Mortal Online and it was fun. It was even better because the race participants split up into two routes and one route was ambushed by PKers (everyone who took the most obvious and "quickest" route got slaughterered) ... and of course there was no instant teleporting.

I was going to host something like this on my own server but I dont have enough friends to monitor the route to make sure people dont cheat and just teleport to the finish line .

[Gramul]

Should be on your servers forum, but:

can't see this being successful

1. people can cheat with ports so you need ppl to watch rly carefully
2. ppl can glitch out the map and run through walls too easily in this game
3. ppl who have the archer quickstride ability or who have gathering jobs will have serious advantages as they can boost their speed

Check the rules. They gotta get to check points and they can't use abilities.

But I can imagine it being difficult to moderate.

[KaedrianLiang]

Rules: 1. Must use a rank 1-10 job...

No fair

[Archie]

We're having event staff stationed at camps to deter any cheating.

[Balbanes]

We did this in Mortal Online and it was fun.

How is Mortal Online doing anyway? I played for a while at release, and the game was even worse off than XIV was at it's release (if anyone can believe that).

[Vahzl]

Ingame gambling is prohibited in most EU countries, so this would end up stopped by the GM's.

Nice idea though.

[Asmeret]

Make everyone be in a party. That way if someone cheats, you're going to know about it.