The Festival of Olladra comes to Stormreach!

[GeneralDiomedes]

They put time and resources into THIS ?

for shame.

Sometimes they like to appeal to the portion of the gaming population that has a sense of fun and community.

[cdbd3rd]

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If you multiply the chances of success together, you get the odds that you will match ALL numbers: .000128973 or 0.01289%

Your odds of winning the grand prize are 1 in 7752.

Except, as +Sir has mentioned above, duplicate numbers are possible. Alters the equation, but I'm too tired to adjust it atm.

edit: Told ya i was tired... The 19/20 does account for the duplication of each number. My bad.
/Face dives onto keyboard....
ZZZzzzz......

2nd edit, in my sleep, obviously.

My favorite game quote:
"This forum requires that you wait 60 seconds between sending private messages. Please try again in 109 seconds."

[slothman911]

[QUOTE=Quarion;1212992



Only one entry per account. Only entries whose numbers were exact, will win. There is no entry fee. You do not need to be present (i.e., logged into DDO during the drawing) to win. All active DDO accounts may participate. +Sir will have a record of all entries and will determine the winners for each server accordingly.[/QUOTE]


I submitted 2 entries we have 1 account wife 2 sets of characters, my wife and I but only one forum name. I am not sure why it is set up like this but she has her set of characters and I have mine. Will one of our entries be deleted?

[Sir_Lawrence]

send Sir Lawrence a PM on the DDO.com forums with your pick of four numbers each between 1-20 (for example: 3, 12, 12, 19) IN THE SUBJECT LINE. Be sure to include your character name and server. This information must appear in your subject line of the PM only! +Sir will delete any PM that does not have all required information in the subject line. Below is an example of a proper entry. The subject line should look like this:

Bob, Argonnessen, 2, 11, 18, 20

This is just a reminder because I have already deleted over a dozen entries that forgot to follow this rule of the event. If you think you were one of these people, please submit a new entry if you want to try to win. I like seeing everyone have get a fair chance and not lose theirs because they sent their entry incorrectly.

[Samera]

This is just a reminder because I have already deleted over a dozen entries that forgot to follow this rule of the event. If you think you were one of these people, please submit a new entry if you want to try to win. I like seeing everyone have get a fair chance and not lose theirs because they sent their entry incorrectly.

Also - Sending your entries to me, Quarion, Kommunity Kobold, or the Cube won't get you anywhere.

(I say this because some of you have sent them to us.)

[mocat]

Well, if there are odds of winning, then I am a shoe-in to win.

I definitely am odd!

[Cupcake]

Well, if there are odds of winning, then I am a shoe-in to win.

I definitely am odd!

I'm odder so there.

[Thrust]

I'm odder so there.

I'd say it's a toss-up...

-Peanut Gallery

[mocat]

I'd say it's a toss-up...

-Peanut Gallery

[tekn0mage]

How is an event planned for the forums going to do ANYTHING for the game, the players, or the company?

I don't know what percentage of players have a forum account, but many people don't ever come here.

The sense of community that they are appealing to is a very limited and select bunch. Not worth going through the effort, in my opinion.

In the end, Turbine will pat themselves on the back for a "job well done" and have its select forumites saying 'yay turbine'. Hardly a well-thought out "festival" as they have done in the past.

An in-game event would have at least appealed to everyone, whether or not the game was any fun. At least they had an opportunity to play.

[Beherit_Baphomar]

How is an event planned for the forums going to do ANYTHING for the game, the players, or the company?

I don't know what percentage of players have a forum account, but many people don't ever come here.

The sense of community that they are appealing to is a very limited and select bunch. Not worth going through the effort, in my opinion.

In the end, Turbine will pat themselves on the back for a "job well done" and have its select forumites saying 'yay turbine'. Hardly a well-thought out "festival" as they have done in the past.

An in-game event would have at least appealed to everyone, whether or not the game was any fun. At least they had an opportunity to play.

*shine's big steel toe*

Can someone open that door for me please......

*pulls back...*

Can someone shut that door for me please....thanks.

Now, where were we?

[Beherit_Baphomar]

This is just a reminder because I have already deleted over a dozen entries that forgot to follow this rule of the event. If you think you were one of these people, please submit a new entry if you want to try to win. I like seeing everyone have get a fair chance and not lose theirs because they sent their entry incorrectly.

Stop reminding everyone how to do it properly.

Let the doofuses think they have a chance.

[In_Like_Flynn]

How is an event planned for the forums going to do ANYTHING for the game, the players, or the company?

I don't know what percentage of players have a forum account, but many people don't ever come here.

The sense of community that they are appealing to is a very limited and select bunch. Not worth going through the effort, in my opinion.

In the end, Turbine will pat themselves on the back for a "job well done" and have its select forumites saying 'yay turbine'. Hardly a well-thought out "festival" as they have done in the past.

An in-game event would have at least appealed to everyone, whether or not the game was any fun. At least they had an opportunity to play.

It's going to interest those people who visit the forums. An in-game event is just as limited (to those logged in on a particular server at a particular time). And in-game events are posted on the web page and in the forums, so if you're not visiting here, you're not going to know about them anyway.

And as every good business person knows, 80% of your business comes from 20% of your customers. Targeted marketing to the strongest supporters is just good business.

And I'm still going to win.

[tekn0mage]

fair enough ... I won't beat a dead horse. Just saying in as nice a way as possible "I object."

[Coldin]

Suggestion: (Please read Samera, Quarion, Sir Lawrence)

For all upcoming server/forum events, send out an in-game mailing to every character much like when new content comes out. That way everyone will be informed b/c everyone checks their mail.

[Kadagan]

well i've submitted my entry.. but the odds are in favor of nobody winning the big prize.. unless of course there are more than 80,000 subscribers to DDO.. that's the equilibrium point.

If there is no winner, will you pick one of the entries at random and give them the grand prize? Or reroll until there is a grand prize winner? Or maybe even one per server?

[mocat]

well i've submitted my entry.. but the odds are in favor of nobody winning the big prize.. unless of course there are more than 80,000 subscribers to DDO.. that's the equilibrium point.

If there is no winner, will you pick one of the entries at random and give them the grand prize? Or reroll until there is a grand prize winner? Or maybe even one per server?

Yeah......

..... what he said.

[Capstern]

This is just a reminder because I have already deleted over a dozen entries that forgot to follow this rule of the event. If you think you were one of these people, please submit a new entry if you want to try to win. I like seeing everyone have get a fair chance and not lose theirs because they sent their entry incorrectly.

I used that format but I had to put a character in the body of the message to make it send - would that have disqualified me?

[FlyinS]

This is just a reminder because I have already deleted over a dozen entries that forgot to follow this rule of the event. If you think you were one of these people, please submit a new entry if you want to try to win. I like seeing everyone have get a fair chance and not lose theirs because they sent their entry incorrectly.

It would be helpful if you included what we should put in the body of the message then as I don't know of a way to send it with nothing there. It won't let me.

[hirmor]

Yes, guessing the same number (such as 1) more than once in your guess is valid. So, yes, you could guess 1, 1, 1, 1. SO you have to ask yourself one question: Do you feel lucky? Well, do ya? (okay, maybe two questions.)

Well the probability of you rolling a 1, 1, 1 and 1 is the same as rolling any other combinaison... Each roll is an independent event and thus has the same statistical chance... so much for "feeling lucky"... It is pure statistics... I guess I don't qualify cuz I don't believe in Lady Luck... Nothing like pure simple statistics to an assassin... Nothing left to chance... Rather trust in Vecna and a better UMD roll... Any "chance" of you ever awarding a +5 or better UMD item as reward... Lol