Organized World RPPvP Event Spectacular 7000 For Your Enjoyment

[Skaadvik]

So the idea here is that all of us RPers, horde and alliance, can get together at some world PvP objectives, and maybe just random locations to fight over, and then go at it. At least, that's the basics of it... I'm going to be trying to organize this, and I'd like a general idea of who would support/show up to such an event. Hopefully, something like this might reinvigorate interest in RP if even a bit, especially alliance side.

I'm hoping for raid on raid action here, just to be clear. The more the merrier!

[Riffs]

I'd be there in a heartbeat on Sharps, my hunter.

[Rand_Shea]

Just set a date and a time, and chances are... people will show up.

Claim you're going to take over Halaa and we can have a repeat of the 5 hour war for control of Nagrand. :P

[Moknim]

Halaa is my favorite place for world PvP, but yeah - if you plan it...they will come.

[Vyraal]

I'll come on Grimal, and die... alot.. to rogues.... >.<

[Skafloc]

Or sometimes even if you don't plan it but have a sizable force and set off as many local alarms as you can in a logical sequence.

e.g. Like the Ghants and Melar did in Theramore, followed by Menethil, Wetlands, Loch Modan..etc. By the time we got to the tunnel leading to the Searing Gorge there was a huge Honor Guard force waiting for us in ambush. That was some epic fighting that night. *sigh*.

[Lisbet]

Well, so long as it isn't a monday - thursday night between 6:30pm and 11:30pm server time, Heidenreich, myself (perhaps on Mae, but that depends on what is going on) and probably Fynne, Jilliane, and Maybe Sare if he's not working(Silly EMT's) will be up for the challange.

[Eowynn Blackstone]

The Blackstones will be there if I find out ahead of time, and there's not a tavern running when you plan it. :cool:

[Irontoe]

Or sometimes even if you don't plan it but have a sizable force and set off as many local alarms as you can in a logical sequence.

e.g. Like the Ghants and Melar did in Theramore, followed by Menethil, Wetlands, Loch Modan..etc. By the time we got to the tunnel leading to the Searing Gorge there was a huge Honor Guard force waiting for us in ambush. That was some epic fighting that night. *sigh*.

I remember that! I was the one who alerted everyone in the HG channel, formed the raid, and got them to come to that spot! Fond memories.

Of course, then I got steamrolled at Thelsamar trying to kill Malorii solo while she was in the middle of the raid. I barely succeeded, but there was no way I was going to make it out alive >.< Ultimately, backup came, but I was unable to find her again.

I forget why I hated her so much.

[Keraph]

Time and place, and Infection will be there en masse.

[Jergal]

I wonder if Korrin and I can two-man an entire RP-PVP raid...

Hell, probably not. I'll bring a couple more people.
And I will spread the word among my peeps, as well.

[Bir]

I wonder if Korrin and I can two-man an entire RP-PVP raid...

Hell, probably not. I'll bring a couple more people.
And I will spread the word among my peeps, as well.

I think you guys could if Kali went with you.

[Grainia]

I'll come on Grimal, and die... alot.. to rogues.... >.<

And I'll just die a lot.

[Skaadvik]

Halaa is fun, but it's also been done a lot. I was thinking of doing a battle for Hellfire Peninsula. If it goes well, I'll try to keep scheduling them...

Thursday night is also a good night for me, as it's my Friday. Seeing no other opposition to Thursdays, I will tentatively schedule this to begin around 8:30 pm Realm Time, on Thursday the 17th. I can't show up before that for sure.

[Lisbet]

Damnit, I hate that my guild members don't log in on weekends so we have to raid on weeknights.. blablabla I want a life blabla whiney babies!

We won't be there to enjoy in the fun :( Focault doesn't take "Sorry, I can't come to BT tonight, I have to go do an RP epic battle for Hellfire" as an answer.

[Acherontia]

Yargh! That's when our raiding happens as well. :(

[Abric]

Ug, I hate writing out a post and then having to go back to it because you become side-tracked. If I start to ramble off on this post; blame Acherontia.

I am always in approval of small, hour/two-hour PvP events that don't require me to really think. Show up here, hit what is red, then leave. Mission accomplished. RP comes from what is done, not so much what drives it ... since it doesn't obligate you to somehow be part of some driving epic force or battle that is pressuring you to do something in a structured, linear way.

I was throwing around ideas about a weekly/bi-weekly RP-PvP event a good number of months ago; but it never got off the ground. I didn't have enough time in the day to plan and organize and it didn't see a lot of folks were interested past the development stage.

What was the idea, you ask? Well, you didn't ask ... but I'll put it down anyway, in hopes it might spur somebody with motivation to pick it up and run with it. The intent of this was, originally, to be a guild-event. While it's nice for the solo-artists to reap rewards; what can one man do to save the galaxy!?

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Backstory: Across Azeroth, there is a hidden web of magical energy, known to mages as ley lines. Where ever these lines pass, a nexus is created - a place of incredible magical energies. To the casual observer, these nexuses are the places of myth and legend... but to the trained eye, the possibilities of power are unimaginable.

Recently, there has been a disruption of the ley line network. Once, only the most powerful of mages and creatures were able to tap into these energies, there are reports that anyone who comes into contact with these nexuses show an increase in strength, power, and magical aptitude. Further reporting has been vague, as scouts from both the Horde and Alliance have not returned.

Objective: Each zone in Azeroth has one (possibly two, dependent on activity size) Nexus of Power. Once a week, there will be a designated hour where these Nexuses of Power can be fought over, to fall under control by the Horde, Alliance, or a mysterious force (i.e. neutral/unclaimed.) As the Horde and Alliance gain control of these Nexuses, they can expand to control even more - but the more you hold, the more it takes to defend them.

How to take over/defend a Nexus: Everything is open to attack, but you can only gain control of a Nexus by having 5 guild members at the Nexus at the end of the hour. To defend, or keep control of a Nexus, you must have 3 guild members at the Nexus at the end of the hour. If there is still combat by the end of the hour; if the defense wins with at least one member standing, they keep control of the Nexus. If the offense wins, but has less than 5 members alive, the Nexus turns becomes neutral - no one wins.

Other rules, not really set in any particular order.

- Nexus control is either Guild-controlled or Neutral.
- Guilds who control a Nexus have to defend their Nexus; other Guild members or non-guilded personnel do not count among the three required to keep control of the Nexus at the end of the hour
- Multiple guilds can attack the same Nexus, but at the end of the hour only one can claim control. If no agreement is made (through the RP, mind you) then it becomes neutral.
- Same Faction Guild cannot assault each others Nexuses
- To claim defense or asault of a Nexus, a screenshot must be provided showing a time-stamp of 9pm; or later if there was combat at 9pm. Time-stamp must be in-game; either by the in-game clock or a chat window time-stamp
- Each guild has one guild member designated as their representative. Representatives are mediators and judges of any disputes.
- Representatives can participate, but cannot mediate or judge their guilds activities. Another representative will have to do that
- Screen-shots are judged for accuracy by the opposing factions representatives. Guilds involved (either defense of a Nexus or claiming a Nexus) do not have say in any judgments of the accuracy of their own guild activities
- Majority rules on disputes among representatives
- Abric receives 5000 gold from all Horde guilds participating. 2000 gold from all Alliance guilds; and one member must be forced to reroll a dwarf warrior who is always drunk and uses two-handed axes (ok, this one is a joke.)

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Think that's everything. I couldn't find the post I originally made; and all the emails sent were deleted out of the TNG mailbox, when we used to only have 50!

[Grainia]

I'm sure Infection will have a good turn out.

[Kaliera]

I think you guys could if Kali went with you.

Mmmm, stormstrike charges... *drool*

[Moknim]

Halaa is fun, but it's also been done a lot. I was thinking of doing a battle for Hellfire Peninsula. If it goes well, I'll try to keep scheduling them...


The main reason I like Halaa is everyone goes away with something (the PvP tokens).

I am down with whatever, though.

[Styxen]

Mmmm, stormstrike charges... *drool*

bloodlusted wrath spam go

[Skaadvik]

Acherontia, Lisbet, is there a night that would work better for either of you? I'd like to try and include as many people as possible. I could schedule it much earlier, as well, if we tried to do it on a Friday or Saturday, as those are my days off...

Abric, that's an interesting idea. If this works, I'll schedule another simple one (Halaa, most likely), and then we can see if we can work something out for yours. The biggest obstacle with an idea like yours, as sweet as it is, is it requires a lot of organization and works best if everyone involved is on this forum, which they won't be necessarily. We will see, though. I really like the idea.

Also, thank you guys for so much feedback. I hope this works, and is awesome!

[Keraph]

I like Abric's idea as well, VERY cool, and something I'd love to see fleshed out. As far as scheduling goes, the majority of Infection is available pretty regularly, as we don't bother with that raiding mumbo-jumbo, but I think best numbers could be fielded on a saturday, just for the fact of the weekend.

[Abric]

The biggest obstacle with an idea like yours, as sweet as it is, is it requires a lot of organization and works best if everyone involved is on this forum, which they won't be necessarily. We will see, though. I really like the idea.

The initial set up would be the most difficult part, but so long as a few people are working towards the goal, and things start to run smoothly... then hey, it all does itself. Of course, most of the rules/regulations/guidelines are for all the arguments that stem from PvPing in an organized fashion among the factions. It happens... everyone wants to be a winner... and the other faction *always* cheats (especially those damn Night Elves.)

Swinging the thought spike around, this is them of the stuff needed - in no particular order.

Event Board. Could put something on the TNG here, so everything is public - no need to have anything secret or 'admin-like' among representatives. Everyone is in 'the know' about what is happening. Of course, the guild reps have most of the say and decision making power.

In that board, you have posts for each week. Let's say we did it today - Wednesday. Somebody designated as the board bitch makes the post "Wednesday, 9 July Assaults." The first post would just give the statistics of the day.

- Changes of Nexus Points; what was won/lost and by who
- Additional Info; if needed

Reps post their guild screenshots for confirmation. The five folks (minimum) who took a place over with the time-stamp, and the three folks (minimum) who defended a place with a time-stamp. If any rep wants to refute something; then in that post the reps start their discussion.

Example: Cristok, Grim Rep. Argues that Skaadvik, Fabled Order Rep, did not properly take over the Badlands Nexus Point. There was five Alliance there, but only two were Fabled Order - so it should become Neutral. Horde reps then give their passing (Yeah, they don't get it or Yeah, they do get it because that one guy is Fabled Order - the screenshot guy just didn't have guild names put up.) Of course, the rules are set that if the person taking the screen shot is a dumb ass and didn't take a good enough screen shot ... then by default you lose it. It'll teach people not to be silly.

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Another, we have an overall map of what is controlled by who. Somebody who is an image guru makes something of Kalimdor and Azeroth and shows each zone - color-coded to be Horde, Alliance, or Neutral. Then in the middle of it; we put guild tabards or images or something pretty to make all of our RP e-peens hard.

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Another post, you have the rules. Set for standard on the overall level, then rules for taking over and defending Nexus points.

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Another post, you have all the guilds active; both Horde and Alliance. What lets guilds in? Well, they roleplay ... that's about it. There are a lot of guilds out there, not on TNG, who have RPers in it or are RP as a whole. A perfect example are the two high-ranking guilds: First Legion and Hellscream Marauders. Are they RP guilds? No, but they have RPers in it. If the guild agrees to test their hand at the RP aspect of it, I see no reason why they can't participate.

Of course, we have to be careful with who we say this to ... since there is always the possibilities of people griefing. It will happen... it always does ... but ensuring we have things set in place and everyone involved agrees not to become bitches about it; we can just factor that out of the equation.


But, start small and think big. One step at a time, baby!

[Skaadvik]

Hope you're all ready. About to log on. The official starting time is still 8:30... but I'm sure things are already heating up there.