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Postby Sir Anastasia » Sun Nov 15, 2009 4:44 pm

Hey all,

What are the best event prizes that you have received or seen? AND were they given out for anything unrelated to fighting skillz? I am planing for our big event in Jan and I need to start shopping/making. Big Plus for responding with items that would tip the scales to bring you to an event.

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Re: Best Event Prizes that Recruit

Postby Jay HellHammer » Sun Nov 15, 2009 6:57 pm

Whistles and mustaches on a stick.
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Re: Best Event Prizes that Recruit

Postby The Great Gigsby » Sun Nov 15, 2009 7:03 pm

Whistles and mustaches on a stick.

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Anyone who goes to an event for prizes or recognition is not doing it right. Save your chapter/event savings account for things that benefit the entire group and just hand out paper awards, titles, and accolades liberally.

That is to say, I've given out a lot of free crap to a lot of noobs over the years. I've also acted like a stinky butthole to a lot of noobs. In my experience, both strategies yield the same results - people that stick around do it because they love the game, they love the people, and they love to compete. Not because they got a free cloak and a handjob on their first day.

What are the best event prizes that you have received or seen?
Didn't Best Kobold at Chaos Wars get a bag of hair this year? That was pretty sweet.
Big Plus for responding with items that would tip the scales to bring you to an event.
No prize or token would tip the scales in making me go to an event. I like to fight and drink. That's the best prize.
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Re: Best Event Prizes that Recruit

Postby Cib » Mon Nov 16, 2009 10:59 am

I made these up for our event: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=30604 The winers are still wearing them on their belts, people ask what they are, nice tokens.
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Re: Best Event Prizes that Recruit

Postby Judas » Mon Nov 16, 2009 1:47 pm

When the Fianna hosted Beltaine we gave a tooled letter ring belt as a tourney prize. It said something like “Beltaine XIII Champion’s Tournament”. I thought it was pretty nice.
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Re: Best Event Prizes that Recruit

Postby Arrakis » Mon Nov 16, 2009 3:12 pm

Fianna threw DOWN that year, too. There were like three steel swords, that belt, some Edhellen swords all given as prizes.

Make some nifty belt flags or tokens, like Cib said.

Also, you know, Belegarth IS allowed to have A&S tournaments.
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Re: Best Event Prizes that Recruit

Postby Halbrust » Mon Nov 16, 2009 3:35 pm

A prize that would get a new or non fighter to return? A weapon!

With that said, I'd hate to win a weapon, and I'm sure most established fighters would also.

I like the belt flag idea. Maybe a choice of the two?
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Re: Best Event Prizes that Recruit

Postby Titan G » Wed Nov 18, 2009 9:21 am

Giggles wrote: and a handjob on their first day.


i would never ever miss another event. the cloak would just be a bonus.
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Re: Best Event Prizes that Recruit

Postby Big King Jimmy » Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:47 am

3 foot tall Eiffel tower. Actually pretty much anything given away at Melcoarme every year.
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Re: Best Event Prizes that Recruit

Postby Derian » Thu Nov 19, 2009 3:06 pm

Butt paste and ceramic busts of Napoleon always win people over.
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Re: Best Event Prizes that Recruit

Postby Moginheden » Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:00 pm

At our most recent event the plan was to give away a sword to the winner of a noob tournament. The idea was if you already had your own sword you were disqualified from that tourney so whoever won enjoyed the prize. (WAY too many people did qualify...)

I showed up late to that one so I'm not sure how it worked out though. At the same time you could have a more advanced tourney for anyone who didn't qualify for the noob one, (with a belt flag/token/bragging rights as a prize.)

Another thing we did with the token prizes is specifically made it posible for anyone to win 2 of them, so the noobs wouldn't feel left out. We had, tourney winner that obviously a veteran would get, but we also had "best death" and "most tenacious", (most willing to come back after a death in games that allow resurrection, not just wander over to the res point and wander back.)
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Re: Best Event Prizes that Recruit

Postby Mekoot Gorlock » Sat Nov 21, 2009 11:17 am

The key is to go and find the cheapest crap that you can, as long as you think it is funny, and people will love it.
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