'Tis the season to be merry and it's time for the one and only Merry Mayhem 2010! Lock and load for this special treat and blast the event all the way past the New Year and into the next one. Let the fireworks from your blasters shine over Eudoria and Amethera. Points are awarded to participants based upon specific creature kills during a specified time period. Participants with the most kill-points are awarded special prizes. So gear up and prepare to share with the mobs of Planet Calypso. Hohoho. EVENT DATES Dec 21st: Skill chipping is no longer allowed for Mayhem participants. You may get the Mayhem mission from Carl Tucker in Port Atlantis. Kills are not registered yet. Dec 26th: Competition opens 00:00 UTC. Kills are registered. Final category qualification happens on first kill. Dec 30th: Competition ends 23:59 UTC. Kills are no longer registered. You may no longer get the Mayhem mission. Jan 1st: Skill chipping is allowed again. Jan 8th: You can hand in the Merry Mayhem Mission to Carl Tucker; when you do, you get a Mayhem Participation Diploma. Winners and prize announcement, including the top 200 list for all categories with points and time. COMPETITION STRUCTURE This year, we will use the mission system to track Merry Mayhem. The Mayhem Mission is available from the contact Carl Tucker in Port Atlantis. This mission will track kill points and category. You can get the mission from Dec 21st, but kills will not register before Dec 26th. Don’t forget to get the mission! You can get the mission up until the last minute of the competition, but if the mission is not active before Jan 8th, we cannot track your kill points and you will not participate in Merry Mayhem. Do not abandon the mission! If you abandon the mission, you forfeit all kill points that you have collected. You can get the mission again, but your kill points are reset and you have to start over again. Even worse, you will have wasted valuable online time. The competition will have four separate categories. Category qualification will be based upon a participant's highest Professional Standing from the following qualification list: BLP Sniper (Hit) BLP Pistoleer (Hit) Laser Sniper (Hit) Laser Pistoleer (Hit) Swordsman (Hit) Knife Fighter (Hit) Brawler (Hit) Your highest Professional Standing from the qualification list will determine which of the following categories you qualify for: Category 1: Highest Professional Standing 0-24, including Level 24. Category 2: Highest Professional standing 25-49, including Level 49. Category 3: Highest Professional standing 50-69, including Level 69. Category 4: Highest Professional Standing 70+ You will be preliminary sorted into a category when you get the mission. This preliminary sorting is for your information only, in order to help you prepare for the event. The final category qualification will happen when you make your first kill of a target creature after the event starts on Dec 26th. If you skill up until then, you may qualify to a higher category than the one you were preliminary sorted to. You will remain in the category that you qualify for at the beginning of the competition, regardless of whether you level up to a new category or not. The creatures assigned to each category are: Category 1: Cornundacauda Category 2: Feffoid Category 3: Eviscerator Category 4: Scipulor EXTRA SPAWNS New spawns will be introduced at: Cornundacauda: South of Fort Ithaca (68527,87352), North-West of Fort Zeus (85641,95217), South-West of Camp Caravan (86002,88857), North-East of Fort Ares (80322,80413) Feffoid: West of North Space Base (88383,96443), South-West of Livas (66255,83459), South-West of Fort Argus (75157,91348), South-East of Jurra Plateau (71089,71215) Eviscerator: South-East of Cape Corinth (62341,87899), North-North-West of Nymphtown (85921,81041), North of Fort Troy (80616,69192), West of Fort Troy (77281,68723) Scipulor: South of New Switzerland (26439,58775), South of Timbesha (30899,42190), North of Myrene Island (20079,30656) SCORING Points will be awarded to participants based upon the maturity of creatures killed as follows: Young - 1 point Mature - 1 points Old - 2 points Provider - 2 points Guardian – 3 points Dominant - 3 points Alpha – 4 points Old Alpha - 4 points Prowler - 5 points Stalker - 5 points Or equivalent maturity levels 1 to 10 for each creature species. Elite or boss maturities do not award kill points. PRIZES 10 Prizes will be awarded to the participants that accumulate the highest points within each category. Prizes are as follows: Category 1 Merry Mayhem Arm Guards + Full set of Boar Armor Merry Mayhem Arm Guards + Full set of Bear Armor Merry Mayhem Arm Guards + Full set of Vigilante Armor Merry Mayhem Arm Guards Merry Mayhem Arm Guards Merry Mayhem Arm Guards Merry Mayhem Arm Guards Merry Mayhem Arm Guards Merry Mayhem Arm Guards Merry Mayhem Arm Guards Category 2 Merry Mayhem Arm Guards + Full set of Angel Armor Merry Mayhem Arm Guards + Full set of Jaguar Armor Merry Mayhem Arm Guards + Full set of Boar Armor Merry Mayhem Arm Guards Merry Mayhem Arm Guards Merry Mayhem Arm Guards Merry Mayhem Arm Guards Merry Mayhem Arm Guards Merry Mayhem Arm Guards Merry Mayhem Arm Guards Category 3 Merry Mayhem Arm Guards + Land Area Merry Mayhem Arm Guards + Full set of Shadow Armor Merry Mayhem Arm Guards + Full set of Angel Armor Merry Mayhem Arm Guards Merry Mayhem Arm Guards Merry Mayhem Arm Guards Merry Mayhem Arm Guards Merry Mayhem Arm Guards Merry Mayhem Arm Guards Merry Mayhem Arm Guards Category 4 Merry Mayhem Arm Guards + Land Area Merry Mayhem Arm Guards + Full set of Vain Armor Merry Mayhem Arm Guards + Full set of Eon Armor Merry Mayhem Arm Guards Merry Mayhem Arm Guards Merry Mayhem Arm Guards Merry Mayhem Arm Guards Merry Mayhem Arm Guards Merry Mayhem Arm Guards Merry Mayhem Arm Guards Also, each top-10 participant in each category will receive a special Merry Mayhem Diploma. All Merry Mayhem participants get a Merry Mayhem Participation Diploma when the mission is handed in to Carl Tucker, at any point after Jan 8th. You will not get the Merry Mayhem Participation Diploma in any other way. RULES To participate, get the mission “Mayhem 2010” from Carl Tucker in Port Atlantis. You can get the mission from Dec 21st, but no kills will be registered until the event opens on Dec 26th. If you do not have this mission, you will not participate in Merry Mayhem! If you abandon this mission, you will lose your participation in Merry Mayhem and forfeit all kill points, even if you get the mission again! During the 5 day event period, a participant may only compete for a total of 30 hours. Your total time online for the event must not exceed 30 hours. You may distribute these 30 hours as you want over the event, as long as you’re total playing time does not exceed 30 hours. Please note that your online session time counts from when you enter login and password to after the 20 second countdown on logout is finished (regardless of whether the client is closed or not), not from when the game world renders to when you press “log out”. Play responsibly. First Planet Company strongly recommends that you take regular breaks and get an extended rest period after long sessions online. No skill chipping is allowed between December 21st 12:00 UTC and December 31th 12:00 UTC for participants in this event. Kill points are awarded to the player that inflicts the most damage to a killed creature. All participants remain in the category they begin with for the duration of the event, regardless of leveling-up that may occur. First Planet Company will monitor the competition closely to ensure a fair event for all participants. Any breech of the rules stated will result in immediate disqualification. Judges’ decisions are final. More...
