This has to be the boldest competition of all time. Certainly the best prize ever in a player-based event. Naomi is giving away a Land Area which includes a teleport, global chat message and unique DNA. A virtual dream come true for many players. Naomi who is in Menace 2 Society started playing Entropia Universe when he saw an article about the sale of CND in a local ICT related website. I take this opportunity to ask him about his earlier days, " I started getting sweat from Daikiba's, actually I was quite good at this and scrambling away when a Berycled approaches and trying to drown it before I would die. But before that, it took me like 2 days before I had figured out how to move around properly.” This brought back my own memories of when I had started. Naomi jests, “Then you see big guys running around in full goblin armour, while you only have a few pixie parts.” I can see he is now getting into his early days. He continues, “Start hunting Daikiba, after a while Berycled as well, that was awesome! Once I was running a bit further to the west from the old Port Atlantis, and I suddenly saw a Cornundacauda at the horizon, man! I was so shaken by its monstrosity that I logged off for the day! I thought I had encountered a very rare and most dangerous creature.” I laughed and we shared a few more memories. I ask Naomi if his real life friends joined him, “I tried so much convincing my best friends, but they didn't seem to have the dedication for this. Some of them tried it out, but they wanted to be able to hunt some more for free before deciding to become more involved.” At which I couldn’t help thinking about the new Gateway for starters which allows them to hunt for free. Times change and wonder what the newcomer experience would be like twenty years from now. Naomi bought the LA earlier this year from Gandalf, “My goal was to make some events, have a share of fun with it, and of course make some money with them.” So I ask the obvious question, why decide to sell it, “I made some improvements at the LA, had a share of fun with it, and some profit, but actually I'm kind'a fed up with it. It takes a lot of work to make a lot of money. I have 3 kids now, and I prefer spending more time with them as well. Right now I like to log in when I have some spare time, not on a planned schedule that an LA and events require. Also, I sold/traded my Improved FAP and I miss it. On top of that, a larger car would be better with 3 kids, since we travel a lot.” When I asked Naomi about this event idea he wasn’t a hundred percent sure how he came up with the idea of giving it away, he smiles and says, “Sometimes ideas just pop into my mind.” At which I couldn’t help smiling myself. I was a bit bemused why the poster for the event states at max two tickets per avatar. On questioning Naomi about this he responds, “You can participate in as many qualifiers as you want, but I don't see the use of that, since you can only win two tickets per avatar to the pre-finals. For this, the tickets for the next round will be handed out manually.” This reporter was still confused so, “I do this to make sure that some high-roller don't win all the tickets with the purpose of selling them. I want everyone to have a good chance. If someone gets more than two top two places in the qualifiers, the ticket will be given to the next one in line.” Readers should also note as a safety clause players can only win if enough players join. If not enough players join, 95% of the money collected from ticket sales will become the prize. This is still likely to be somewhere between 150 000 and 250 000 peds. Looking at the poster I noted most of the mobs are manageable by a mid-level player, except maybe the Proteron, “Well, first I don't consider Proteron Youngs as a hard mob. I think as good as all mid-level hunters can take those down. Secondly, I want to make it at least some challenge. Fappers are allowed.” At which I couldn’t help asking if he likes his curries hot and spicy, he responds, “I like Thai food” Makes sense, I suppose it’s not just about money but about entertainment. What could be more thrilling than stretching yourself and hunting the Proteron. For event details see: Win a LandArea - probably the biggest private event ever ! Credits Article courtesy of EntropiaPlanets. Banner by: Lykke. Article by: Ace. Wikipedia input: Tass. Edited by: MindStar9 Thanks to Naomi for all his cooperation for this article and we wish him all the best with the event. This article is also posted on: entropiaplanets.com, NEVERDIE.com,
To the administrator: There's difficulties when you make long posts. The page jumps up all the time which makes it impossible to edit and correct any text which is filling more than the window (the text in the bottom). I have to say it's quite annoying as I wanted to put some colored text in the last section of the post - and include one link. That wasn't possible at all. Seems like yet another vB4 bug ...(or feature lol).
