atheni33
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 4:39 am Post subject:
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Ok..this is a quick illustration of a Wallpaper/Certificate for the Relto Page Races. Any suggestion on improvements are welcome. I wasn't sure if I should put the images on the Relto pages...I was afraid it might spoil things for new exployers.
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DedHed
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 6:03 am Post subject:
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I would say any explorer who wants to participate in this race should already know where all the pages are if they expect to stand a chance of winning. Therefore, you're not spoiling anything for them.
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Myss_Terrie
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 7:26 pm Post subject:
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DedHed is absolutely correct. The races are for those who have already played all the way through at least once. Not all pages are being included in the race, since some are intermittent and others require completing yet another entire age to acquire. So there is no risk of spoilers for racers. The trick to racing is knowing all the shortcuts. For instance if the racer is waiting for the Kadish floor to prime, that is a great opportunity to nip over to Teledahn's linking stone and grab the two cloths in Gahreesen.
I realize that there will be temptation to pick up pages or clothing items that are just there for the taking, but because a few of those require extra effort (for instance, making the jump for the page in Eder Kemo) I do not want to penalize a racer's time for something not required to complete the age. The other reason for keeping the relto page race separate is that there is an additional challenge to getting back to the pages that the racer has already passed by.
To get the pages in Kadish, the racer will link back to the vault and then climb back to where the tree page is, then return to the vault to get to the butterfly page. Or the racer can do the pages the other way around. In time we will see which method is the fastest.
Atheni's art is quite a prize. Once we have the details worked out we need to do an advertizing blitz, drum up interest and get folks moving.
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Gandhar
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:48 am Post subject:
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I'm thinking Atheni meant by displaying it here on the forum it may be construed as spoilers for those newbies just looking at the forum with no intentions of actually playing the (race) game... My thinking however warped as it may be...lol
Great job again as usual Atheni!!!
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DedHed
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:55 am Post subject:
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Opps. Yeah that makes more sense, doesn't it?
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Myss_Terrie
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 5:10 pm Post subject:
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Perhaps that could be an issue, but the UO forum has a complete list of all the pages, where they are and what they do. Also, Inanna posted an animated Relto book, showing all the pages and what they do, but not where they are.
My take on this is that anyone who wants to run a race is going to be someone who has already played through several avatars and knows where everything is. Such a person will be interested in seeing what s/he gets for the effort, but will not find any spoilers there.
Now, where are my racers and referees? We need to test run these races with someone other than me. I already know what I am doing, but I need to know what someone else can do with the same race. Volunteers? Please?
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ms. isis
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 4:04 am Post subject:
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I test ran tonight:
Beginning Cleft - 16 minutes
Journeys - Four Prime ages - approximately 2 hours
Return Pillars - 10 minutes
Ending Cleft - 9 minutes
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