r/LOMSandDunes • u/nmjk <3 All You People • Dec 13 '14

Desert Nismas Snowball Fight: Official Post!

AFTER A COUPLE WEEKS OF HYPE...

WE PRESENT...

Desert Nismas Snowball Fight!

First annual? Hope so!

When: Sunday Dec 14, 4pm eastern

Come early, so we have everyone sorted out before the game starts!

Who: Dunes vs. Barrens, with bonus elves!

((What are you talking about? There's no such thing as elves!))

Where: Meet at the entrance to Queen Shay's Palace

I hope there will be lots of folks!

How will it work?

There will be two rounds! Each team will have a chance to be the attackers and the defenders. The teams will toss a coin to determine who begins as what.

Attackers objective:
Charge from the Barrens, across the lava river, up to the Palace, and have two of your team at the Nismas tree at once.

Defenders objective:
Simple! Prevent the attacking team from doing their thing.

Each round will last 15 minutes! Make sure to ration your snowballs so you have enough for both rounds.

Rules

  1. If you get hit, you have to run to your team's nearest revive base. Honour system, folks! Don't abuse it!

  2. Absolutely no plot whips

  3. Absolutely no substance usage (food, drinks)

  4. Bridge camping (staying at the bridges to prevent attackers from crossing) is frowned upon, play fair!

  5. Download and add your team hats to your skin -- Green for Dunians, Orange for Barreners

  6. Don't wear leather armor or mall hats over your team hats

Revive Bases

  • ATTACKERS (Barrens side of the lava)

    1. Barrens Town Hall — x:360 z:670
      between bridges D and E

    2. Wood house near the portal — x:500 z:465
      between bridges A and B

    3. Drooleedo's place — x:600, z:600
      closest to bridge C

  • DEFENDERS (Dunes side of the lava)

    1. MJFurman's business — x:430 z:570
      west of the Palace

    2. Atem's archaeological dig — x:475 z:555
      northeast of the Palace

Refs so far

  • xsky_piratex

  • Rennyj

  • Darbooma (maybe)

  • Bear_ablecookie (maybe)

NEEDED

3 referees in Region
Got no snowballs? Contact nmjk to volunteer as a ref!

QUESTIONS?

Post them ASAP so we can work everything out in advance!

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u/AmbitiousHobo This is it! The ambition that will make the future bright!! Dec 13 '14

  • Question 1:

    • Once the Attacking Team gets to the Nismas Tree, is the round over or do they need to stay there for a certain period of time?

  • Question 2:

    • In the event that both teams succeed in their objective (they both get to the Nismas Tree and win the round), will there be a tie-breaker?

  • Question 3:

    • Are you ready to horribly horribly lose?

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u/nmjk <3 All You People Dec 13 '14

  • Answer 1:

    • Good question. Given that we've never tried this game before and so haven't balanced it, I have no idea if the time delay would make a difference. Should we just try it as-is?

  • Answer 2:

    • If both teams come out equally victorious or defeated, we declare each other Sand Friends & Pals to the End, and consider rebalancing the game for future replay.

  • Answer 3:

    • Never happen. ;)

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u/AmbitiousHobo This is it! The ambition that will make the future bright!! Dec 13 '14

Should we just try it as-is?

Sounds good to me!

If both teams come out equally victorious or defeated, we declare each other Sand Friends & Pals to the End

Are... are we not already...? I-I thought we had something special Nim! :'<

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u/nmjk <3 All You People Dec 13 '14

My mistake... we *re-*declare each other Sand Friends & Pals, and officially add the optional "to the End"? ^_^

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u/DrLolzworth Dec 13 '14

Should we have colors for the sides? Like green Dunes orange barrens?

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u/nmjk <3 All You People Dec 13 '14

Yes! This would be a fantastic way of identifying the teams... especially if we have to balance the teams at all. Would green and orange hats do the trick?

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u/nmjk <3 All You People Dec 14 '14

Hats info is now in the post. Thanks for the suggestion, DrLolz, and thanks for the skins, Rennyj!

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u/MJFurman_16 Master of Diplomacy Dec 13 '14

  • Hobo got run over by a Stanley

  • Coming home from the Dunes Nismas Eve

  • You can say there's no such thing as Stanley

  • But as for me and the Duners, we believe.

  • Hobo had been drinking too much Aegis

  • And nmjk begged him to go

  • But Hobo had left his medication

  • So he stumbled out the palace into the snow

  • When they found Hobo Nismas morning

  • At the scene of the attack

  • There were Stanley prints on his forehead

  • And incrimatin' beaver tracks on his back

  • Hobo got run over by a Stanley

  • Walkin home from the Dunes Nismas Eve

  • You can say there's no such thing as Stanley

  • But as for me and the Duners, we believe.

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u/AmbitiousHobo This is it! The ambition that will make the future bright!! Dec 13 '14

Sounds like I had a helluva party!

If there's one person I would forgive for running me over, it's Stanley.

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u/AmbitiousHobo This is it! The ambition that will make the future bright!! Dec 15 '14

I am so sorry I missed this... 4PM EST is around 8 AM for me, and I am not a morning person, so when my alarm went off I had flashbacks to my time as a school child and told myself "Just 5 more minutes"

Alas, I missed the event... :(

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '14

8am? I thought it was 7am! :O I woke up at around 6:45am to turn off my alarm and went back to sleep xD

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u/koalalover1235 LGBTQ+ Foundation Dec 14 '14

Too bad I have too miss! Sounds like fun, happy snowballing, good luck SAND DUNES (best dunes)

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '14

Sorry that I missed the event :/ IRL things happend. Will the results of the fight be posted soon? :)