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The Amazing Race-Glitch Edition

Do you like solving riddles? Enjoy exploring Ur? Appreciate hearty competition?  

Join us for The Amazing Race-Glitch Edition 
Saturday March 3, 6pm ET 
Starting Point: Wherever you happen to be in Ur. It is only required that you are online, on time, and in the Amazing Race Chat Channel (you will receive a group invite if selected)

Details: 20 lucky Glitchen will be selected for the race.  At the start time, you will be provided with a clue in the group chat. You will read the clue and solve the riddle within to find your next checkpoint. Including the finish location, there are a total of 5 checkpoints. When you reach a checkpoint, you are to give the Referee at that location the item required on the clue.  Upon successful completion of this task, you will be handed your next clue. This process will repeat until you reach the final location/Referee.  When you arrive and follow the clue instructions, you will be invited to a Toxic Moon Party where you will enjoy food, drink and fun until the winner is announced and prizes are given.  

Keep a low profile!! The less you make your participation in the game known, the better.  2 Yields will be given out during the game to the first person at each of 2 checkpoints (only 1 yield permitted per person).  If you receive a yield (in the form of a note handed to you by the Referee), you have the option of selecting one other player in the game who will have a penalty upon reaching that checkpoint before they get their clue--they will have to eat a pumpkin pie, thereby slowing them down for a period of time. 

Prizes? Did Soupie say prizes? Yes she did!  Three prizes will be awarded to the player arriving at the final checkpoint first, second, and third.  First prize: a gift bag with items totaling a 100,000 currant value! 

If you are interested in competing, please reply with your interest in this thread.  20 lucky players will be chosen via random.org to participate.  We will also select 5 alternates in case the full 20 players do not arrive in the Race Group Chat by start time.  Please only register to be a participant if you know you will be available and online for the entirety of the race, which will be a minimum of 1-2 hours.  If you are selected as a participant/alternate, you will receive a message to notify you and remind you of the expectations. :) 

Honor System: There are some things that are simply too difficult for us to control so we ask that all participants behave according to an honor system for the following:

Inventory--carry what you have, thats fine. Please don't stuff your bags with tons of random items in the hopes of one-upping someone by already having the clue-requested item. 

Teleportation-we request that you not use teleportation (yes this is a slight change from the original plan).  You must walk and/or take the subway to all checkpoints.

This and That: 
-Referees can be identified by their wardrobe--a striped shirt (yellow/black) and bobbles on their head 

-In the event of multiple participants arriving at a checkpoint at the same time, they will be given the chance to get their clue in the order that the Referee's local chat indicates they arrived. 

-Anyone who replies to the thread wishing to be a participant that is NOT selected as one of the lucky 20 is still welcome at the epic wrap party on toxic moon. By all means, add us to your contacts and send us a message at 6pm ET 3/3/12 to be invited! Please note:due to the volume of messages and amount that I will be juggling, I may just invite and not be very chatty :D

Convoluted? ABSOLUTELY! :D  Ask anyone who came to the first hour of my Level 60 Party--It may be a pain to get in, but BOY is it worth it!! :D  Now, who wants to Throw their hat into the ring?

Deadline to sign up for the participant drawing is 12pm ET Thurs 3/1/12

Posted 10 months ago by Soupie♨ Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • Congrats Cardinal! Sadly, I was unable to make it to the party due to RL stuff. Are there any pics of the party or the race? If so will someone be kind enough to post them here?
    Congrats again! :D
    Posted 9 months ago by Sweet Stuff Ng Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I think we were all too intensely into getting there fast so we forgot all about picture taking....
    I'd also like to congratulate Cole Frehlen for making it to the final checkpoint first.
    Posted 9 months ago by AwesomeCardinal2000 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • next time we need a photographer! i was so busy, the only pic i got was of some of the refs before the race!
    Posted 9 months ago by Soupie♨ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • this race was the most fun i have had since i started playing glitch. brilliant! thanks guys!
    Posted 9 months ago by Electric Wizard Subscriber! | Permalink
  • congrats Cardinal!! What was in the bag if I may ask?
    Posted 9 months ago by Sir Rachel Subscriber! | Permalink
  • In the bag: a Toxic Moon Party Pack, an Icon of Lem, a emblem of Humbaba, a emblem of Zille, two cubimal boxes ( cactus and butterfly), a Modestly Sized Ruby, two Gameshow tickets. and another mineral I'm pretty sure was the Showy Sapphire.

    Would you guys like it if I posted my account of The Amazing Race?
    Posted 9 months ago by AwesomeCardinal2000 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • AwesomeCardinal--Please do!  Short of answering a frenzied barrage of messages, handing notes, and pulling random yields, I pretty much missed all the action! lol
    Posted 9 months ago by Soupie♨ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • *annoying duplicate post*
    Posted 9 months ago by Soupie♨ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • *annoying duplicate post*
    Posted 9 months ago by Soupie♨ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • k. I might have it up today or tomorrow.
    Posted 9 months ago by AwesomeCardinal2000 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This was really a blast! I was always right in front of or right behind Bender, and edged him out finally to come in third. Won cool prizes including a party pack for my favorite spot, Pitchen Lilliput. Truly a fun time! (Even if I did get lost once or twice...)

    Thanks again, Soupie and my iron lung and all the refs!
    Posted 9 months ago by Pii Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This was a huge amount of fun, although I was stuck at the first clue and never had a chance to overcome that. I did figure out all of the others in short order though, and if that damn Uncle Friendly was not such a bore, I coulda been a contender!

    Thanks to Soupie and all of the others who put this together - this was probably the best organized Glitchy event I have participated in.
    Posted 9 months ago by Kookaburra Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I found out about this too late. Will it happen again?
    Posted 9 months ago by Lorris Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Klikini-yep, we'll be doing another one soon :)
    Posted 9 months ago by Soupie♨ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Whooo, hope it's soon!
    Posted 9 months ago by NightDraconis Subscriber! | Permalink
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