~ Carnival Ideas ~

Where to start, where to start... I'm just going to jump into some ideas I've had for awhile now, nothing fancy.

- Triple Triad
- Chocobo Chick Racing
- Texas Hold Em (Variant - Ala Mhigan Hold Em?)
- Soccer Ball Mini-Game (Mini Game To Score Goals via Gathering Bar Mini Game Meter --- Snurble Ball?)
- Guessing Game (Choosing Which Cup Holds the Item ---> More cups = harder game, but better rewards)
- Wack-A-Mole Mini-Game (Grab a mallet and wack (fake) moles for a high score via QTE sequence possibly?)

* These are just a few simple ideas, not necessarily the best, but some could be better than others. Some games earn you tickets and with enough enough tickets means you can trade them in for cool prizes only obtained through the carnival. Some other gambling type games reward you with Gil instead of tickets and can be played with other players attending the carnival.

To enter the carnival requires a small fee, but it good for people looking for another Gil sink option. (optional idea)

* For the Triple Triad idea, I just want to say I've never played it nor FF VIII, so I can't say anything in detail about how it plays or how it should be implemented, but almost every post I've read asks for it. If I was a developer reading these posts, I would most definitely bring that idea up at some future meeting and try to get it implemented though. So that's why I put it on there, so new players and familiar players can all enjoy playing Triple Triad, with an Eorzean theme added to it, of course.

* For Chocobo Racing, I think it would be best to leave those to the major cities whenever the team decides to start planning for them, and use the smaller Chocobos for the little junior races at the carnival. Multiple players can place bets on a single race, similar to the track in FF XI, and lucky winners and runner ups can obtain rewards (Gil or tickets for prizes? Not sure yet)

* I also feel that the Carnival should move around to different locations during the week, rather than placing it around Ul'Dah or Thanalan, like everything else in the game. Maybe one day/week have it somewhere set up in La Noscea, and another day/week have the carnival men/women have it set up around the forest in the Twelveswood, and then somewhere in the deserts of Thanalan or the fields of Coerthas.