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Community Kitchen Easter Plop Hunt - THE WORK OF MANY

Hoping for a Bugsbury Creme? 

You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes well you just might find you get -- a piggy plop! 

UPDATE - The Work of Many

The contest is now finished, but there are still some prizes to be awarded. 

While the slowness in awarding prizes is totally on me, the Easter Plop Hunt itself was made possible by the work of many. So before announcing the final prizes and prize winners, I want to give applause to those who made it happen: 

The original inspiration for the hunt came from Flowerry Pott. In addition, Flowerry provided many, many plops; helped to hide them together with prize notes; and served as a contest official. 

PTB3 provided ideas that resulted in an event that was both feasible and interesting. He also helped to hide plops and prize notes, and stepped in to an eye on things when I had to be offline unexpectedly.

Flowerry Pott, Ginnis and Enid provided emblems, essences, and cubimals to be given as prizes. Anglic Acid served as a contest official. Help with logistics was provided by Sir Clare, Bunnieboo, and several plop hiders who prefer to remain anonymous. 

The food prizes for the event are the work of the Community Kitchen, a group of Glitchen who enjoy preparing food for the community and supporting events that help to make our game world a friendly and fun place. There are too many people in the group to mention each by name, but you can check out our group to see the roster of members. In addition to the group members, thanks also goes to others who have made donations to the Community Kitchen.

UPDATE - Forum Drawing Winner

Each person who entered for the forum drawing was sent a plop, an ID phrase and a secret code. One of these is the winning combination for the grand prize. Check my posts below to discover the winning combination.

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UPDATE - April 6, 2012

There are two contests. One is a drawing that you can enter by being one of the first 100 people to post to this thread. Each person who posts (except me, of course) will be mailed one piggy plop and one note. One plop+note will be the winning combination, and the person who gets this will win the prize for the drawing.

The second contest is the hunt, which will be held this weekend  At various times on Saturday and Sunday, some plop+note combinations will be hidden in Ur. If you find one of these, you can claim your prize by presenting the note and the seed to one of the contest officials, whose names will be posted here during the hunt. Alternatively, you can claim your prize by mailing the note and the seed to me. You must return an original note to claim a prize. Copies will not be accepted. Each player may redeem one note and claim one prize from each game day.

Every note+seed will be redeemable for a prize. Most of the prizes will be small, but there will be larger prizes as well, which may include stacks of food, herbal essences, and emblems. The specifics of the larger prizes will be announced after their plops are hidden. There also will be a super winner for the hunt, chosen at random from among all those who claim a prize from the hunt by midnight on Sunday, April 7. You must actually participate in the hunt to be eligible for this super prize.

Contents of the super prize will be announced soon™

UPDATE - April 7, 2012

If you find a piggy plop with a note entitled Easter Plop Prize Note, you can redeem the note for a prize in one of two ways:

1. Find a contest official in the game (they may be anywhere) sometime before midnight PDT on Sunday April 8, 2012. Hand the note to the contest officlal and describe the seed you found in the plop. You will be given a prize and you will be entered into the drawing for the hunt super prize. You also may get a bonus prize for redeeming the note in-person. Check my most recent post for a list of current contest officials.

2. Mail the note to Splendora before midnight PDT of Sunday, April 8, 2012 along with a description of the seed you found in the plop. You will be mailed a prize and you will be entered into the drawing for the hunt super prize.

Contents of the super prize will be announced soon™

UPDATE - April 9, 2102

The contest is now closed. Winners will be announced soon™

Posted 8 months ago by Splendora Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • yay! spinach seed, do we claim our prize?
    Posted 8 months ago by feifei Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I will mail the prizes. I have a record of who got what kind of seed, etc.

    I have a sick family member today, so I might not get prizes mailed until tomorrow. Thanks in advance for your patience.
    Posted 8 months ago by Splendora Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thank YOU for hosting this, Splendora!
    Posted 8 months ago by Cadmium Blue Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thank you for posting this contest Splendora! I quite enjoyed it.  And I got ***drum roll*** a spinach seed!
    Posted 8 months ago by Miss Tara Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks for the fun! And hope your family member feels better soon :)
    Posted 8 months ago by Omnika Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks so much for the fun, Splendora! :D I got a spinach, woot!
    Posted 8 months ago by SeerQueen Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I have an ID phrase, a secret code, and a secret plop.
    I won't say what they are though (at least not yet)
    Posted 8 months ago by mr granberry Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks for creating this contest, Splendora! I never expected to have such fun with a plop! Congrats to all the other finders, and to those who posted!
    Posted 8 months ago by gilbert whisper Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thank you, Splendora! Awesome contest and very kind of you to do even while having a sick family member! 
    Posted 8 months ago by Lunarsolar Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yes, Splendora deserves many congratulations! :D Congratulations x many!

    Thank you also to everyone who participated, whether you looked for plops or found plops or if you just thought the idea was amusing. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
    Posted 8 months ago by Flowerry Pott Subscriber! | Permalink
  • You did such a wonderful job and this was a clever contest.  Thank you so much!
    Posted 8 months ago by Brib Annie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Almost all the prizes have now been awarded. For those who participated in the forum drawing, the food or drink you got depended on your ID phrase as follows:

    ID phrase  "So that I think he might have got away altogether" got Ix-Style Braised Meats. 

    ID phrase "It was a blue jacket with brass buttons, quite new" got Awesome Stews. 

    ID phrase "Peter wriggled out just in time leaving his jacket behind him" got Flummery. 

    ID phrase "He rushed into the tool-shed and jumped into a can" got Abassid Ribs. 

    ID phrase "It would have been a beautiful thing to hide in, if it had not had so much water in it" got Fortifying Gruel. 

    ID phrase "Mr. McGregor was quite sure that Peter was somewhere in the tool-shed, perhaps hidden underneath a flower-pot" got Rich Tagine. 

    ID phrase "Peter never stopped running or looked behind him till he got home to the big fir-tree" got Exotic Juice. 

    ID phrase "Presently Peter sneezed "Kertyschoo!" got Savory Smoothies. 

    ID phrase "Also he was very damp with sitting in that can" got Cloud 11 Smoothies. 

    ID phrase "He was so tired that he flopped down upon the nice soft sand on the floor of the rabbit hole, and shut his eyes" got Cosma-politans. 

    ID phrase "His mother was busy cooking; she wondered what he had done with his clothes" got Bubble Tea. 

    ID phrase "I am sorry to say that Peter was not very well during the evening" got Spicy Grog. 

    ID phrase "His mother put him to bed and made some camomile tea; and she gave a dose of it to Peter!" got Mabbish Coffees. 

    ID phrase "One teaspoonful to be taken at bedtime" got Carrot Margaritas. 

    ID phrase "But Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail had bread and milk and blackberries for supper" got Earthshakers.
    Posted 8 months ago by Splendora Subscriber! | Permalink
  • There was super prize drawing for those who found and redeemed the prize notes we hid along with plops all around Ur. The winner of that super prize drawing is -- drumroll --Georgia!

    The hunt super prize was: 50,000 currants, 1 diamond, 2 moonstones, 3 rubies, 4 sapphires, 5 ambers, 1 old tree poison (rare), 4 spoiled strawberry seeds, and a stack each of Awesome Stew, Fortifying Gruel, Expensive Grilled Cheese, Ix-Style Braised Meats, Abassid Ribs, Savory Smoothies, and Earthshakers.
    Posted 8 months ago by Splendora Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thank you so much!  I couldn't have been more surprised to have won--and WOW is the prize bag nifty!

    A Glitchly tip o' the hat to Splendora and to  everyone who had a hand in putting the hunt together.  Thank you for a truly delightful surprise!
    Posted 8 months ago by Georgia Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Congratulations, Georgia! Enjoy your winnings.

    Thanks everyone who participated! :D
    Posted 8 months ago by Flowerry Pott Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The seeds I won have a place of Honor in my new house!
    www.glitch.com/snaps/PCRE2V...
    Posted 8 months ago by Brib Annie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • thank you
    Posted 8 months ago by mr granberry Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks to all who organized this contest, it was fun to participate!
    Posted 8 months ago by matrix Subscriber! | Permalink
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