Posted May 4, 2018 (edited) Well here we are at the end my friends, we had alot of fun, imped and casted a ton of stuff, abused each other with fish and other such nonsense, had countless battles in the arena with the GM's, slayed countless sea serpents, demons of sol, nogumps, death crawlers, slimes and all the more common mobs. Even a few avatars were slain! The arena in general was a blast! Thank you so much to the GM's for doing there best to keep us distracted from the task at hand Especially Retro, Astarte, and Enki who made many appearances and provided some fun trivia games and stuff as well. In terms of prizes we gave out 73 rare's, 3 supreme's, 28 Various PVP kingdome banners and flags, A TC wagon, hell horses, nearly a dozen large boats, and some other misc prizes for events etc. In terms of casts I estimated we put at least 2,500 70+ casts out there and nearly 4500 items imped over the days. Turned at least a dozen items rare, and 2 supremes on my watch alone. This being my first impalong hosting I learned many things, made many new friends and have a full list of updates, changes, and additions i want to make for future events. Also a special thanks to the impalong vets for sharing there wisdom and helping me watch for the totally expected abusers. On that note i only confiscated about 100 items, from folks who thought they were more clever then the vets at this sort of thing. So thank you all for your vigilance without you these things would prob be alot less fun. All items have now been returned via Mail assuming they were properly tagged or in someones room. Hope to see you all again next year with some significant improvements to the event! Some parting words: And now for some event photos! Spoiler https://prnt.sc/kcgief https://prnt.sc/kbjibp https://prnt.sc/kc0opv https://prnt.sc/kc0up5 https://prnt.sc/kc203k https://prnt.sc/kc25tg https://prnt.sc/kc9sh4 https://prnt.sc/kcg8j8 https://prnt.sc/kcgnpf Hello again everyone! I'm here to Officially announce the Summer Friend-A-Long, Hosted by The Academy Network Alliance of Pristine and Dragon Beard Markets! Many of you have known about this for some time and has been eluded to on the Market Thread, but as of now we are set for the end of July. Some of you may be asking what is an Impalong? Well basically is a community event where everyone gets together to imp and cast for other folks for free! Anyone can come, anyone can help imp. The only real restrictions is on channeling skill. We have already built a dedicated deed for the event, collected a massive amount of materials, cotton, body bags, booze and cake (maybe cake) for the event! Please dock on the EAST end of the deed, where the signs are and the land is packed. IF your getting your boat imped then park on the WEST end of the deed, but PLEASE try to park in a fashion that is easy for the impers to get you boats. and please enable everyone may be passenger to make it easier for them to imp, so they dont have to swim. I fully expect them to skip boats that cant do these simple things. When: July 27th-30th Midnight AKST 2018 Where: Pristine, T16, Friendship Bay deed. Map: https://prnt.sc/jdif1w - In game Map location. Map: https://prnt.sc/jdifka - Map from latest dumps. You can also plot to Friendship Bay from the highway network nearly anywhere on pristine. What to bring: Anything you want Imped, Casted, bloods mixed, your imbues applied, Mendings, etc, if it can be improved we can prob handle it here. Friendship Inn: The inn is capable of bedding 80 characters in 70 secure rooms with storage options. If you need a secure room for your stay please make a post requesting a room, be sure to include your character(s) names in the post. There is also a large peice of land set aside for "Tent City" Just up the hill from the Friendship Bay Deed. The Deed: The imping hall itself it a 5 floor pottery building with slate/marble decor. with 3 floors dedicated to various tasks. The First floor is the Smithing area, with 24x forges nestled together in a large group in the center, in the corners you will find some relaxing area's to afk/get out of the way in along with stairwells to the other floors. The second floor is for Non smithing related imps, broken into 4 main area's depending on the skill used. The 3rd floor is the Casting/sermon floor. At previous impalongs I've always found the lack of altars frustrating. I've designed this floor around solving that problem. I've broken all the spells into 4 main groups, based on the spell/priests that cast it. each group has at least 2-4 dedicated altars PER priest for that category, the more common priest like vyn/nahjo have at least 15 altars each on that floor! All organized into corners, In the center of it all is another ring of altars, surrounding a rare altar for the sermon goers, and the building is designed in such a way, that everyone below you should be counted as listeners for HUGE faith ticks! We also took full advantage of the new containers, almost eliminating the need for coffins for item storage and overflow. At this time we have about 190,000 Veggies available for saccing, 28k of witch still needs chopping. So if you have a 35+ cooking and feel like donating some time chopping, PM me! Some photo's: Spoiler https://prnt.sc/jdi06s - Forge Area. https://prnt.sc/jdi0o4 - Stairwells. https://prnt.sc/jdi0zw - 4x Stations for various non smithing related work. https://prnt.sc/jdi1lh / https://prnt.sc/jdi1wr / https://prnt.sc/jdi29a / https://prnt.sc/jdi2na - Casting Stations. https://prnt.sc/jdi2vq - Sermon Altars in the center. https://prnt.sc/jdi3hc - Battle Arena seen from the imping hall roof. https://prnt.sc/jdi6vs - Battle Arena. https://prnt.sc/jdi5bf - Imping Hall main entrance. https://prnt.sc/jdi4ru - Friendship Inn Floor Layout (70 Rooms capable of bedding 80 Characters). https://prnt.sc/jdi42v - Friendship Inn Bar/Lounge Area. - All the booze was brewed by the great Fenimore who left us some time ago, but I manage to salvage it all from his deed when it fell back in October https://prnt.sc/jdi3rm - North view from Friendship Inn roof. https://prnt.sc/jdi6nh - Deed shot (View from South) https://prnt.sc/jdi7a1 - Deed shot (View from West) https://prnt.sc/jdi7ho - Deed shot (View from North) Goals: Imping 70+ Casts 70+ What is expected of you as a patron: Be polite and be respectful Dont forget to NAME ALL YOUR ITEMS! Cant stress this enough. Anything not properly named is likely to be lost or stuffed in an overflow bin, and once moved with no name, there is no way to identify it as yours. You do NOT need to label them with what cast you want, just your name. Just make sure you place them in the correct container. Do NOT abuse people's generosity! Dont bring 10 or even 5 of the same item for imping/casting. The only real exception to this might be horse shoes. Anyone caught taking advantage will forfeit there items and be asked to leave. Do NOT sell items that were done for you at the impalong. Its about helping people out, not taking advantage of someone else's work to put coin in your pocket. Getting items casted is at your own risk! Thoe the priest will be required to have at least 80 channeling and demonstrate so with there 70+ title. Shatters can and will happen at an event like this. Item quality plays a big in this so if your going to get something casted, consider imping it first. If you need a secured room for your stay, be sure to reserve one in advance, otherwise follow the signs up the hill to the location set aside for "Tent City" there is a guard tower nearby for when a GM tries to kill you. You should not need to pick any items up that are not your (nor will you be able to) If your items are moved to overflow please contact a "Wurm Lord" Also feel free to help imp items even if you don't have that skill to 70. The only real restriction is channeling. Everyone is welcome to help out! What is expected as an Imper or Caster at the Friend-A-Long: All of the above + Please name your lumps/materials if you have to put them back in the forge etc 70+ in your imping skills of choice is recommended but feel free to chip in with whatever skills you have for imping. -OR- 80+ Channeling skill is required to be permitted to cast on other people's items. You should be sure to wear your 70+ channeling title Materials Provided: Spoiler Material / Quantity / Who donated: --------------------------------------------- 70Q Copper 3,000x VirusMD 70Q Rock Shards 500x VirusMD 70Q Cloth Strings 3,000x Ladygodiva, Hailene 70Q Tin 1,500x Xor, VirusMD Kindling 500x VirusMD Peat 1,549x VirusMD 70Q Marble Shards 500x VirusMD 70Q Iron 5,000x VirusMD, Ladygodiva, Xor/Stevelee, Amath 70Q Clay 1,000x Zeldagold, Amath 99Q Garlic 111,152x Hailene, Almostsolitude, VirusMD, Ladygodiva 70Q Steel 5,000x VirusMD, Almostsolitude, Hailene, Serraphine, Tilda 70Q Zinc 1,000x VirusMD, Almostsolitude 70Q Yarn 2,000x Ladygodiva 75Q Logs 1,200x Almostsolitude, Amath 70Q Gold 3,000x Tamat, VirusMD, Samvimes, Ladygodiva 70Q Brass 2,000x Ladygodiva, Xor, Serraphine, VirusMD, Almostsolitude, Savagitarius 70Q Bronze 2,000x Ladygodiva, Xor, Serraphine, VirusMD, Almostsolitude, Savagitarius 70Q Lead 2,000x Xor/Keyos 70Q Silver 3,000x VirusMD, Xor, Ladygodiva, Samvimes 70Q Leather 1,000x Ladygodiva Material Donations: Spoiler 100q Hides 450x - Keyos 90q Iron 2000x - Shydow. Thank you Shydow for your generous discount on 90/95/100q Iron! 300x 85q Logs, 300x 90q Logs - Baloo 50,000 100q Garlic - Ehizellbob. Thank you bob for this excessive donation! The gods will be fat even for there standards! 300x 95q Iron, ~100 95Q+ Logs - Donated by Brandonsf 10,000 100Q Garlic - Kushier .30kg of Source Salt for mixing - Smackeddown 600x 80q Logs - Donated by Paradise Harbour (Jimbean) - T8 Newspring, Xanadu 600x 90q Logs - Donated by Paradise Harbour (Jimbean) - T8 Newspring, Xanadu 1200x 85q Iron - Donated by Paradise Harbour (Jimbean) - T8 Newspring, Xanadu 600x 92q Iron - Donated by Paradise Harbour (Jimbean) - T8 Newspring, Xanadu 338x 100q Iron - Donated by Brandonsf 300x 97q Iron - Donated by Brandonsf 280x 85q Logs - Donated by Jaz 900x 70-85q Logs - Donated By Samvimes Prizes Donated: Spoiler An 85q Fo runed, Knarr - Donated by Shadyone 90Q Steel Shield - Donated by Brandonsf A 50q Cog - Donated by Cormall A 51q Corb - Donated by Welmari A Corbita - Donated By Kunibert A Wolf Vs Bison Hota - Donated by Evening 7x Rare Weapons - Donated by Xor 1x JK Tall Kingdom Banner - Donated By Smackeddown 2x JK Kingdom Banner - Donated By Smackeddown 2x JK Kingdom Flag - Donated By Smackeddown 2x Macedon Kingdom Banner - Donated By Smackeddown 2x Macedon Kingdom Flag - Donated By Smackeddown Rare File, Zinc - Donated by Dragonshearts Mask of the Isles - Donated by Dragonshearts Supreme Huge Axe - Donated By VirusMD Supreme Dredge - Donated By VirusMD Rare Spindle (Enchanted) - Donated By VirusMD 2x Rare Stone Chisel (Enchanted) - Donated By VirusMD 3x Rare Grindstone (Enchanted) - Donated By VirusMD Rare Bee Smoker - Donated By VirusMD Rare Longsword - Donated By VirusMD 2x Rare Rope Tool (Enchanted) - Donated By VirusMD Rare Small Maul, Iron - Donated By VirusMD Rare Spatula (Enchanted) - Donated By VirusMD Rare Grooming Brush (Enchanted) - Donated By VirusMD Rare Breast Plate, Iron - Donated By VirusMD Rare Large Anvil, Brass - Donated By VirusMD Rare Breast Plate, Steel - Donated By VirusMD 2x Rare Long spear, Oak - Donated By VirusMD Rare Cheese Drill - Donated By VirusMD 2x Rare Whetstone - Donated By VirusMD Mask of the Enlightened - Donated By VirusMD Mask of Rebirht - Donated By VirusMD Yule Goat (Original) - Donated By VirusMD Yule Reindeer (Original) - Donated By VirusMD A TC Wagon + 6 flags - Donated By Moirai Rare Small Shield - Donated By Ladygodiva Rare toolbelt - Donated By Ladygodiva Rare Saddle - Donated By Ladygodiva List of Staff Members: Spoiler Host: VirusMD / Dragon Beard Markets Co-Host: Academy Network Alliance Wurm-Lords (Friend-A-Long Managers): Shrimpiie Tuga? Punishlife Margus Ladygodiva Xallo Alyeska List of Registered Impers: Spoiler Floaters (Can do everything): Galatyn (Blood Mixing) Williamwierd Pingpong Blacksmithing: BrandonSF VirusMD Hailene Demonix MissWilc NeeNee Hexd Bloodscythe Ninjarubberduck Ladygodiva Moirai Freddykrueger Aetherwalker Permo Kelody Anarres Mrjonnyboy Teebomb Finnn Welmari Ammar Bowery: Cambriaa Ladygodiva Aetherwalker Capentry: BrandonSF VirusMD Hailene Cambriaa MissWilc Shrimpiie Hexd Punishlife Bloodscythe Ninjarubberduck Ladygodiva Aetherwalker Permo Kelody Chaoskiller Anarres Dragonhead Mrjonnyboy Teebomb Finnn Ammar Mrcoolman Chain Smithing: Hailene Demonix Hexd Ladygodiva Moirai Freddykrueger Aetherwalker Finnn Welmari Ammar Mrcoolman Cloth Tailoring: Cambriaa MissWilc Shrimpiie Bloodscythe Ladygodiva Aetherwalker Kelody Xagru Fine Carpentry: VirusMD Hailene Cambriaa Hailene MissWilc Ninjarubberduck Ladygodiva Aetherwalker Kelody Chaoskiller Anarres Teebomb Finnn Ammar Mrcoolman Jewelry Smithing: Hailene Demonix Ladygodiva Aetherwalker Welmari Ammar Leatherworking: Hailene MissWilc Shrimpiie Hexd Bloodscythe Ladygodiva Aetherwalker Permo Kelody Finnn Welmari Ammar Mrcoolman Masonry: VirusMD Hailene NeeNee Punishlife Bloodscythe Ninjarubberduck Ladygodiva Aetherwalker Xor Anarres Teebomb Welmari Ammar Mrcoolman Plate Smithing: VirusMD Hailene Demonix Ladygodiva Moirai Aetherwalker BDCKoolaid Agememnon Welmari Ammar Pottery: Hailene MissWilc Ladygodiva Aetherwalker Shield Smithing: BrandonSF Hailene Demonix Hexd Ladygodiva Moirai Aetherwalker Permo Welmari Ammar Mrcoolman Ship Building: Ryli Hailene Aetherwalker Kelody Ammar Stone Cutting: NeeNee Tuga Ladygodiva Aetherwalker Mrcoolman Weapon Smithing: Hailene Demonix Ladygodiva Moirai Aetherwalker Finnn Welmari Ammar List of Registered Priests: Spoiler AlexofCorova (VirusMD)- Vynora (93) Japiker (Tuga) - Vynora (90) Jaggy (Margus) - Vynora Alyeska - Najo (90+) Silvertail (Robbinman) - Nathan (90+) Xor - Nahjo Galatyn - Nahjo (95+) Blackfoot (Chaoskiller) - Paa Biff (Welmari) - Nahjo (83+) Event Lists/Signup Lists: Spoiler The classic Fish Duel! - RANDOM RARE/PRIZE GIVEAWAY! How it works: in between events i (VirusMD) will wander around looking for active people, imping, casting, etc. I will attempt to trade them a fish, if you accept you then report to the fish slapping chamber, remove your gear, equip the fish, turn on autofight, and spar until one of you hits the other first in the secret spot ive chosen for that fight ahead of time. Gratz: Spoiler Deed Layout, Teraforming and Design:-VirusMD Arena Design and Construction:-VirusMD, Sprout donation by Seraphine and Almostsolitude Building Material Collection:-VirusMD, Ladygodiva, Almostsolitude, Goldfinch, Pagsiu, Explora, Tilda, Cindylou Inn Contruction:-Explora, Ladygodiva, Goldfinch Imping Hall Contruction:-VirusMD, Ladygodiva Inn Interior Design:-Goldfinch, with support Almostsolitude, Tilda, Cindylou, and VirusMD Imping Hall Interior Design:-VirusMD, with support from Ladygodiva, Pagsiu, and Almostsolitude Edited August 1, 2018 by VirusMD never ending 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 4, 2018 Very nice Virus! Ryli will be there to Improve boats. 90 skill Bobyli will bring a Larder or two to feed the hungry. Looking forward to it! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 4, 2018 I can prolly make it Can do some Shield smithing, BS, Carp and the like. I'll mine y'all some ores as well 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 4, 2018 Good reason to visit the pristine lands of Pristine! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 4, 2018 Look forward to it! Sign me up for everything by cloth tailoring and toymaking. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 4, 2018 Sign me up - I do anything with a forge. I may even bring a few barrels of whiskey and vodka! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 4, 2018 3 hours ago, Bobyli said: Very nice Virus! Ryli will be there to Improve boats. 90 skill Bobyli will bring a Larder or two to feed the hungry. Looking forward to it! 3 hours ago, BrandonSF said: I can prolly make it Can do some Shield smithing, BS, Carp and the like. I'll mine y'all some ores as well 3 hours ago, Hailene said: Look forward to it! Sign me up for everything by cloth tailoring and toymaking. 2 hours ago, Demonix said: Sign me up - I do anything with a forge. I may even bring a few barrels of whiskey and vodka! Thank you all, skills noted Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 4, 2018 I can likely be there on the weekend! Sign me up for not too high quality (but getting there!) masonry, stone cutting, and blacksmithing. And if I give myself enough time, I'll bring snacks, too. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 4, 2018 Bumpity bump, that place looks familiar Looking forward to it and will chat later about anything else useful I might be able to do, it's gonna be fun! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 4, 2018 Sign me up! Carp, fine carp, bowery and cloth tailoring please 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 4, 2018 I can't resist an Impalong, especially if it's named Friend-a-long I can help with leather, cloth, BS, carp and fine carp, pottery, probably more by the time it rolls around. I'm also pretty good at just jumping in where things are piling -- so work me how you want to Wilca 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 5, 2018 10 hours ago, Cambriaa said: Sign me up! Carp, fine carp, bowery and cloth tailoring please 6 hours ago, MissWilc said: I can't resist an Impalong, especially if it's named Friend-a-long I can help with leather, cloth, BS, carp and fine carp, pottery, probably more by the time it rolls around. I'm also pretty good at just jumping in where things are piling -- so work me how you want to Wilca ty both, skills noted Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 5, 2018 14 hours ago, NeeNee said: I can likely be there on the weekend! Sign me up for not too high quality (but getting there!) masonry, stone cutting, and blacksmithing. And if I give myself enough time, I'll bring snacks, too. noted Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 5, 2018 I can help with imping of Carp, Fine carp, Chain smithing, shield smithing, black smithing, masonry and leatherworking. Also willing to donate on behalf of Legion of Anubis.. 5 banners, 5 flags and 5 tall banners as mini prizes for some of your games 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 5, 2018 Hi u can sign me up for Carp, Finecarp, Masonry and Blacksmithing imps Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 5, 2018 Also need to know how many people on each muffin pushing team? Need to start training up the LoA olympic muffin pushing team so they are fully prepared ;D 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 6, 2018 Punishlife signing up as staff (i'm a good boi, shriimpie press ganged me into it last time and it was actually... fun) Can also imp carp 93 , fletch 94 (DONT YOU DARE MAKE ME DO IT) and masonry 85 Also, can stream the events on twitch for those that can't attend, so they can watch.. because its no fun to miss out 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 7, 2018 Consider me where needed in areas of leatherworking, preferably blacksmithing, carpentry, masonry, or cloth tailoring are all viable for impalong as well Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 7, 2018 17 minutes ago, Bloodscythe said: Consider me where needed in areas of leatherworking, preferably blacksmithing, carpentry, masonry, or cloth tailoring are all viable for impalong as well added to the roster, thank you Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 7, 2018 (edited) On 5/5/2018 at 7:16 AM, Ninjarubberduck said: Hi u can sign me up for Carp, Finecarp, Masonry and Blacksmithing imps sorry i missed you, its my fear of ducks in spandex, dont ask.... Edited May 7, 2018 by VirusMD 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 7, 2018 (edited) Sign up my alt Moirai for WSing, CAS, SS, BS, and PAS (if steel provided). Great excuse to top off those [3x] from Epic. Let me know if you need help staff-wise. (I'll bring some TC stuff btw. I'll figure out quantities later) Edited May 7, 2018 by Xallo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 7, 2018 4 minutes ago, Xallo said: Sign up my alt Moirai for WSing, CAS, SS, BS, and PAS (if steel provided). Great excuse to top off those [3x] from Epic. Let me know if you need help staff-wise. (I'll bring some TC stuff btw. I'll figure out quantities later) Noted, and yes we could def use someone with your experience on the staff side. Once we have a basic list of staff ill get with everyone and try and flesh out some loose schedules Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 8, 2018 I don't know that I can make it for certain right now, but do you need anything else? more strings, cotton, etc? I will look around for stuff to donate! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 8, 2018 5 minutes ago, PandyLynn said: I don't know that I can make it for certain right now, but do you need anything else? more strings, cotton, etc? I will look around for stuff to donate! mainly we need veggie choppers right now, but we could also use some random donations for prizes for event or just whatever. In terms of materials shrimpiie suggested we up the strings/yarn so were already stared on strings, perhaps you could do something 70 yarn related? or high q materials. No reason to stop at 70 right? whatever you feel like doing really Share this post Link to post Share on other sites