Lunar New Year Special

[Aranticus]

Chinese New Year or Spring Festival is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is sometimes called the Lunar New Year, especially by people outside China. The festival traditionally begins on the first day of the first lunar month (Chinese: 正月; pinyin: zhēng yuè) in the Chinese calendar and ends on the 15th.

According to tales and legends, the beginning of Chinese New Year started with the fight against a mythical beast called the Nian or "Year" in Chinese. Nian would come on the first day of New Year to devour livestock, crops, and even villagers, especially children. To protect themselves, the villagers would put food in front of their doors at the beginning of every year and believed that after the Nian ate the food they prepared, it wouldn’t attack any more people.

Once, people saw the Nian was scared away by a little child wearing red, they then understood that the Nian was afraid of color red. Hence, every time when New Year was about to come, the villagers would hang red lanterns and spring scroll on windows and doors. People also used firecrackers to frighten the Nian and from then on, the Nian never came to the village again.

Traditionally, Red envelopes or red packets (Mandarin: 'hóng bāo' (紅包) are passed out during the Chinese New Year's celebrations, from married couples or the elderly to unmarried juniors. It is common for adults to give red packets to children. Red packets are also known as 壓歲錢/压岁钱 (Ya Sui Qian).

Red packets almost always contain money, usually varying from a couple of dollars to several hundred. The amount of money in the red packets should be of even numbers, as odd numbers are associated with cash given during funerals (帛金 : Bai Jin). Since the number 4 is considered bad luck, because the word for four is a homophone for death, money in the red envelopes never adds up to $4. However, the number 8 is considered lucky (for its homophone for "wealth"), and $8 is commonly found in the red envelopes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_New_Year

So what does this has to do with Khyber. Jan 26 will be day 1 of the Lunar New Year. On day 3, Jan 28, I'll be hosting a event to celebrate the festival. Gambling is a very common practice during the Lunar New Year and thus I'll take this opportunity to create some fun as well as awareness for the festival. A LFM will be put up to advertise for the event. As with the previous contest held by me, the event will be held in the Phoenix Tavern situated under Lordsmarch Bank in the Marketplace. As Jan 26 is a normal working day for me, it means American players will be working while I'm hosting the event. As such, I'll add Jan 29 (Jan 28 for Americans) for another round of festivities. Any special draws will be held on that date.

This is what it takes. It'll take 1 vale ingredient to enter the game. Any ingredient is acceptable. Yes i know most are going to give me petals or husks but it doesnt really matter. Both me and the other player will roll a 1d100. This is the outcome of the result.

Same number rolled as me: 3 Large Scales or Stones (Roll another 1d2 to determine what you get)
Rolled number is within 5 from me: 1 Large Chain, Shrapnel or Bone (Roll another 1d3 to determine what you get)
Rolled number is within 10 from me: 10000 plat
Rolled number is within 25 from me: 2500 plat

As you can see, there is a 50% chance of winning something. This is to hope that everyone can have fun. Note that the prizes do not stack.

What about new players or anyone who do not have any vale ingredients? No worries. There will be a chance for you to play as well. You do not need anything to roll. There is absolutely no entrance fee for the roll but prizes will be different. This is what you get.

Same number rolled as me: 10000 plat
Rolled number is within 5 from me: 2500 plat

Again, the prizes do not stack. Only 1 roll will be allowed per character.

Special Event 1: Da Lootmaster Draw
All contestants will roll 1d1000 in addition to whichever event they entered for. The player who has the highest roll shall recieve from His Royal Luckiness, Boldrin, a +1 wounding heavy pick of puncturing. In event of a draw, Boldrin shall row a dice to decide the winner of the special event. The winner shall recieve his/her prize in the mail.

Special Event 2: The Holy Grail
All 1d1000 rolls will be recorded. At the end of the event, I'll invite The Holy One, Blakroc, sponsor of the prize (+2 charisma tome), to roll. The number closest to his roll will recieve the tome.

Special Event 3: The Path of the Gimped
As with the other 2 special events, the 1d1000 will yet be used for another prize, a Superior Focus of Earth. A must have for anyone waiting to build a Mineral II. The lowest roll will with the focus. Get it from His Royal Gimpiness, Hordo! Fret not if you are not gimped enough, next lowest will get a +1 charisma tome.

Special Event 4: Project DDO
Post a screenshot of your finest gear in this thread and stand to win +1 charisma tomes. Categories are divided into armor and robe wearers. Judging criteria will be based on the theme "Lunar New Year".

Special Event 5: Hide N Seek
Seek out Gypsy Mouse's character in Stormreach. The first to get to her wins a +1 dexterity tome. There are 2 tomes to giveaway!

Special Event 6: Stormreach Trivia
2 rounds of trivia will be posed with a +1 intelligence and +1 wisdom tomes as prizes. Random participants will be sent a private tell asking about Stormreach city and its citizens. The first person to give the correct answer will win the tome. Many thanks to Gypsy Mouse for the prizes for events 4-6.

Special Event 7: Shroud Lunatics
Closest roll of d1000 to mine will get 5 of each Large Ingredient for a total of THIRTY larges, enough for you to build that double shard! The next closest will get 500 000 platinum. May the lucky one strike BIG!

[Aranticus]

Winner - 30 Large Ingredients, Uthgeld



Winner - 500 000 Platinum, Bady




Winner - Wounding Heavy Pick of Puncturing, Swordsponge



Winner - Superior Focus of Earth, Kryptonight



Winner - +2 Charisma Tome, Leatherface




Winners - Large Ingredient




Winners - 10 000 Platinum





Winners - 2 500 Platinum

[Aranticus]

Reserved

[Mts]

Good stuff Shug - I should be all geared back up by then so I'll be happy to donate to the cause.

[Hordo]

Shug, you know I will not miss this for the world! I will figure out my schedule to coincide with yours and you will know the luck of Hordo's dice rolling!!!!! (ok...so, I'll probably figure out a way to die just rolling dice, but it's all for fun and the new year!)

[Aranticus]

Shug, you know I will not miss this for the world! I will figure out my schedule to coincide with yours and you will know the luck of Hordo's dice rolling!!!!! (ok...so, I'll probably figure out a way to die just rolling dice, but it's all for fun and the new year!)

since you roll so bad why not sponsor!

mts, thanks for your support, how abt getting boldrin to sponsor 1 w/p?

[Mockduck]

This is awesome! Congrats on coming up with a cool idea. Sounds like fun. And thanks for actually putting it on the DDO calender - it makes it easy for me to keep track of it!

[Hordo]

since you roll so bad why not sponsor!

mts, thanks for your support, how abt getting boldrin to sponsor 1 w/p?

You know I will sponsor.

[Arkat]

Did anybody else besides me think Nian = Tarrasque as soon as they read about the gobbling up of livestock, people, and stuff???

[Aranticus]

Did anybody else besides me think Nian = Tarrasque as soon as they read about the gobbling up of livestock, people, and stuff???

its very probable thats where the idea comes from. after all lunar new year has been celebrated for thousands of years

[Boldrin]

I will sponsor 1 w/p heavy pick all ya gotta go is ask Shug.

[Aranticus]

I will sponsor 1 w/p heavy pick all ya gotta go is ask Shug.

thanks boldrin for sponsoring the side event

as per what boldrin wished, all players who rolled shall roll an additional 1d1000. the highest roll will take home the pick (boldrin will mail). in event of a draw, boldrin will roll to see who is the lucky person

[BLAKROC]

great stuff shug. I sent ya a pm

[Aranticus]

added Jan 29 morn (Jan 28 nite for americans) to spread the fun further

[Boldrin]

That is assuming you roll between 25 and 75 of course.

I will be there, and knowing my luck I will probably roll so badly I will have to send Boldrin large scales.

Yay!! I knew there'd be a way to profit out of giving away a wop, lol. Oh and I want to make sure even the free entrants who have no ingredients get to roll on it too. I think it would be great for a newer player to get a WoP.

[SteeleTrueheart]

As you can see, there is a 50% chance of winning something. This is to hope that everyone can have fun. Note that the prizes do not stack.

That is assuming you roll between 25 and 75 of course.

I will be there, and knowing my luck I will probably roll so badly I will have to send Boldrin large scales.

[Uska]

I will sponsor 1 w/p heavy pick all ya gotta go is ask Shug.

As always you show how lucky khyber is to have you just wish connection and lag issues hadnt caused me to start over on another server.

[Boldrin]

As always you show how lucky khyber is to have you just wish connection and lag issues hadnt caused me to start over on another server.

Is the lag better elsewhere? Maybe I'll move too

[Lufia]

looks like an awesome event, this should be Thread of the week =p

[Hordo]

Is the lag better elsewhere? Maybe I'll move too

Yah, I'm always looking for more lag! Heck, what am I saying? I'm on all servers already! YIPE!