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After a few days worth of battle, the Spoopy Mansion has finally been boarded up so that it can be deep cleaned to remove any lingering green particles, and so that no one has to deal with that unbearable, gassy smell.
"Okay, it seems like everyone is back to normal now," Querel said after ensuring that no one was particularly green or gooey. "I guess I should say sorry; I didn't give you as potent a vaccine as I should have to make you completely immune because we needed the show to go on for a little longer."
Seeing some confusion on a few faces, Querel continued speaking. "So, I'm sure you all know that Greta and Aketch have been a little different ever since that candy fiasco they pulled. Well, we had our suspicions over what happened, but we couldn't really... prove anything, y'know? At least, we wanted to be careful about it, since we didn't know what they would do if we acted too soon."
With all eyes on him, Querel took that as a sign that everyone wanted to know more. "It seems like those two were enthralled by the chaos all of you created, and so we were able to get the upper-hand on them. Tech was able to place a tracker on them, and he went with Miksa to track them down. I'm sure wherever they're going, that's where the real Greta and Aketch are."
Even after that explanation, everyone seemed to be waiting expectantly. "... This isn't about a 'reward' or 'prizes,' it is?" After a bit of clamoring from his audience, Querel sighed deeply. "Okay, okay..."
As stated before, participation was the greatest factor in this event, and so the trophies will be handed out in regard to that! The top 10 participants will receive a Gold Zombie A-chomp-calypse Trophy, regardless of which team they were on! The next top 25 participants will receive a Silver Zombie A-chomp-calypse Trophy, and everyone who posted at least ten times will receive a Bronze Zombie-A-chomp-calypse Trophy for their participation!
Additionally, we have some "team based" achievements for those who posted 10+ times!
A shirt that reads "I survived the Zombie A-chomp-calypse and all I got was this dumb shirt." This item is a reward for those who switched teams during the Zombie A-Chomp-calypse event and unlocks the "Jack of All Teams" achievement.
You never know when zombies may attack, so it's best to always be prepared! This item is a reward for those who began as an Uninfected player and was never infected during the Zombie A-chomp-calypse event, unlocking the "I'm a Survivor" achievement.
It seems like someone didn't finish their dinner! This item is a reward for those who began as an Infected player and was never vaccinated during the Zombie A-chomp-calypse event, unlocking the "Brain Connoisseur" achievement.
We know that this event was a bit different in comparison to our usual events, but we hope that everyone enjoyed the change of pace and perhaps even made a few new friends! We will take into consideration the feedback thread that was created, and due to various instances of unsportsmanlike conduct, we will also reevaluate how we handle those cases in the future so that the events remain fun for everyone. The story will continue during our winter festivities, so please look forward to it!
Posted by Aywas Official
(#2) on Tue Nov 3, 2020 9:39am
- Alana
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Posted on: Tue Nov 3, 2020 11:00am
I had fun ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- Pika Elf
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Posted on: Tue Nov 3, 2020 11:03am
I'm really disappointed, to be honest. I love being able to participate in things and interact with people but I'm really frustrated with the lack of information and the fact that I wasn't even able to participate. I don't understand how you can hand out participation trophies when some of us weren't even able to participate. And then not being able to get any info from the mods? I feel like this was really designed to exclude those who didn't know what was going on and that's not what I have come to expect from this community. Very upset, very disappointed. Aywas has always been like a second home to me and I feel like I got locked out on the front porch steps.
- flightless (ToT)
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Posted on: Tue Nov 3, 2020 11:11am
I got my trophy, but didn't get the tshirt thing? I definitely posted more than 10 times and I switched teams from uninfected to infected and back again
- flightless (ToT)
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Posted on: Tue Nov 3, 2020 11:13am
Ignore my comment, I did get my shirt I just missed it at first haha
- Draylin (Saphire)
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Posted on: Tue Nov 3, 2020 11:16am
oh no. I am pretty sure I didn't get 10 posts in. Damn social anxiety. Now I feel like a failure and miss out on the shinies.
- Voluspa is on Hiatus
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Posted on: Tue Nov 3, 2020 11:21am
If it's true that some users weren't able to participate at all (and it's not confusion due to maintenance or not being able to post in the "opposite" part of the spoopy mansion forums) then yes that's a huge shame.
As for "designed to exclude" anyone (or "rigged" as has also been used), that's implying staff had an intent to hurt people and I can't see anyone actually believing that? Tech mistakes or glitches, sure. And sometimes they take time to fix - it's not like we have a multi-staffed 24 hour IT department here.
But there were plenty of confused (and shy) people participating and plenty of answers to read even if you couldn't post. There's also every chance to post for help in the normal forum section, or even pm staff directly if something's wrong... Sorry if I come off as a grump here but my own enjoyment of the event was impacted a lot more than I like to admit, by complaints about it all being "unfair".
- Voluspa is on Hiatus
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Posted on: Tue Nov 3, 2020 11:23am
Saphire <3 Lassombra (#407) - you did get a trophy ;)
- Haru
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Posted on: Tue Nov 3, 2020 11:30am
I'm guessing Calankh meant those initial errors we've been getting with "meme 404 error" and then when the forums finally went live we couldn't post for some time in some of the topics... At least I got those. 🐌 Voluspa (#67552)
- Voluspa is on Hiatus
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Posted on: Tue Nov 3, 2020 11:43am
Yeah, I know there were times when it just seemed odd, with different types of messages when the forum was unavailable. But I for one kept checking back... One can try again or ask for help or report a bug, rather than complain after the fact. (And I'm not referring specifically to Calankh here, but to several complaints I've seen.)
Posted on: Tue Nov 3, 2020 10:57am
Yeah, I would be merrily posting as the infected would chomp me to death so it's all thanks to Astra's major help that I stayed uninfected till the end... Taking baby steps wasn't enough it seems lol