I have been asked by a couple of people if there are going to be any mining events.
I know from experience that miners often get left out of events which are normally geared towards hunting or pvp.

here is one idea I had, but would like feed back on improving it or suggestions on a different approach to mining events.

---------------------Sample event, not actually going yet--------------------------

The 12 Claims of Christmas - A Mining Event

To win this event you must post a screenshot for each of the following 12 in sequential order.
The screenshot must contain a time/date stamp (press U on your keyboard ingame to display the timestamp)

1. On the First Day of Christmas I found some Fruit.
2. On the Second day of Christmas I found an II Claim of xxxx
3. On the Third day of Christmas I found an III Claim of xxxx
4. On the Fourth day of Christmas I found an IV Claim of xxxx
5. On the Fifth day of Christmas I found a V claim of xxxx
6. On the Sixth day of Christmas I found a VI claim of xxxx
7. On the Seventh day of Christmas I found a VII claim of xxxx
8. On the Eighth day of Christmas I found a VIII claim of xxxx
9. On the Ninth day of Christmas I found an IX claim of xxxx
10. On the Tenth day of Christmas I found an X claim of xxxx
11. On the Eleventh day of Christmas I found an XI claim of xxxx
12. On the Twelfth day of Christmas I found an XII claim of xxxx

The trick though is that each claim has to be of a different resource, so the trick would be to not use the more common resource types up for your first few easy claim sizes, save them for the larger ones.

Your first post should include the first line "On the First Day of Christmas I found a pile of ......" It can be any fruit/or precious stone found on the ground.
Included in the post should be a screenshot of
1. your loot window showing the find
2. the line in chat saying "you have picked up x# of fruit"
3. the time/date stamp

Your second post would have lines 1 and 2, and the screenshot for your II size claim.
Example "On the Second day of Christmas I found a II claim of Belkar"
The screen shot should have.
1. Either the finder displaying the claim size, or the deed info window open showing the size and resource type.
2. the time/date stamp

The third post on will continue the same way, including the previous lines and adding your next one w/ screenshot.

1st person to complete it will get 100ped
2nd person 50ped
3rd person 25ped
4th person 12.50ped
5th person 6.25ped

Special bonus! if any of your claims show a Something Out Of The Ordinary (SOOTO) find, (usually angel scales or hansidion) then your prize is doubled! If you have 2 SOOTO finds showing in your 12 screenshots, then your prize will be quadrupled!!!!
Sorry, max multiplier is x4 so it is possible for the person who finishes 1st to get a 400ped prize, and the person who finishes 5th to get a 25ped prize if they get 2 or more SOOTOs.

Each screenshot must be posted within 24hours to be eligible.

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What do you guys think?
A good idea for an event, or should i scrap it for some other idea?

Thanks for your input,

narfi

great idea Narfi, something differnet than the highest global event as everyone should have the same chance of winning.

If you do this event give me a shout and I will drop you something to include with 1st place to help sweeten the pot hehe (Something for miners to use)

I'm not a miner myself but it sounds like a great idea, may be a little tricky to screen all those claims.
Could be better to ask to screen just the information in the window or does that defeat the purpose of "proving" your claims by showing screen with the time/pos in global chat with the loot info box?

would be much easier to log if the screens are smaller I think... for Example:

.......
On the Ninth day of Christmas I found an IX claim of Crude oil

.......

Even if the screen is made with the loot info box behind chat box showing time/pos, probably would svae on huge uploads.
I dont know about yours but my connection stinks.

I have a horrid connection and have never had an issue with a couple of screenie uploads a day. Ive done that and more for different camping projects ive done in the past.
Maybe Im wrong though?

narfi

I really think this idea is perfect.

Cool, thanks for the feed back guys, ill Start the event thread today when i have time

narfi

And we are LIVE

The 12 Claims of Christmas - A Mining Event