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As a reminder, and for those who don't know about the Necronomicon, it's an ancient book of text that was compiled by Abdul Alhazred (also known as the "Mad Arab") in the 8th century, and it contains magic spells and incantations that can summon the darkest of evil. The Necronomicon was originally called Al Azif that Abdul wrote while living in Damascus before his sudden and mysterious death in 738. It was later translated into Greek and given the name Necronomicon.
It is said that studying the text of the Necronomicon is inherently dangerous, and for anyone attempting to master its arcane knowledge, there's potential for meeting an unexpected and untimely death. However, that said, the Cultists are an advanced civilization quite prolific in their own use of arcane magic. They worship Cthulhu and are in his service to do whatever bidding is expected of them, including mastering the dark magic from the Necronomicon that will ultimately awaken him from his death-like sleep in the City of R'lyeh at the core of Monria.
The Necronomicon is comprised of substantial text, but in the unabridged version located at the Miskatonic University Library, a specific passage stands out:
"Nor is it to be thought...that man is either the oldest or the last of Earth's masters, or that the common bulk of life and substance walks alone. The Old Ones were, the Old Ones are, and the Old Ones shall be. Not in the spaces we know, but between them, they walk serene and primal, undimensioned, and to us unseen. Yog-Sothoth knows the gate. Yog-Sothoth is the gate. Yog-Sothoth is the key and guardian of the gate. Past, present, future, all are one in Yog-Sothoth. He knows where the Old Ones broke through, and where they shall break through again."
As a result of Pinthas (Cthulhu's twin brother Kthanid, and the one who put him in his death-like sleep) refusing to assist Decca, K'Tan and the other Cultists primed to perform a ritual of incantations and magic spells to awaken Cthulhu, they are now working with Yog-Sothoth as well to determine a way to summon other dark forces in an attempt to find a work-around without Pinthas. I don't need to tell you how deeply dangerous this is for Monria.
The question we asked last year at this time was ... is Monria all that we have to be concerned about?
This year, we know there's more to be concerned about because dark forces have also invaded both Toulan and DSEC-9, and we know that Decca has a hand in it at some level. Monria is always in danger, but during Halloween, the threat level rises and we have to be even more vigilant.
I suppose the question we should ask this year is ... with the escalation of chaos that seems to be imminent, will we be able to continue being victorious in these battles?
Oh, and ... based on who authored the Necronomicon, the question would be ... is there a connection in all of this to Toulan?
MONRIA HALLOWEEN EVENT | RULES & GUIDELINES
Time | 00:00 -to- 23:59 Game Time
(to determine game time -- click on your System tab in the chat box and then press U ... or
press the period key if you haven't remapped your keyboard since the graphics update)
Location | Entire Moon
RULES & GUIDELINES
- you do not need to register at EntropiaLife for this event ... globals/hofs are automatically recorded
- please ask questions in Monria chat and refrain from PM'ing DME if at all possible
- be considerate of your fellow participants during the event
- --- this includes not cluttering TP areas in the craters with vehicles and/or landing on top of people
- --- when going back out into the field, please be considerate of where you land and pick up vehicles
- --- turrets don't work during our events, so please don't drag mobs to the TP areas
- TEAMING
- teams must have the name Monria in the team name to be eligible for prizes
- please do not use symbols in your team name so it gets into the filter for the event data spreadsheet
- please register your Team Name and Team Leader in this thread
- --- any prizes won will be given to the Team Leader for distribution
- societies cannot have more than one team name with their society name in it
- HEALERS
- if you hire a healer and don't team, your globals/hofs will count as Solo entries
- if you team with a healer, or anyone else, your globals/hofs will count as Team entries
- MINING
- all of Monria is open to those who wish to participate in the mining portion of the event
- if you get a claim in an area where you are challenged to excavate it because of mobs ...
- --- ask in Monria chat to see if any of our VCAT members are available to assist
24 HOUR HUNTING & MINING | DETAILS
Location | Entire Moon -- (see specific increased mob spawn locations in the link below)
YOU MIGHT WANT TO REVIEW THE INCREASED MOB SPAWNS A BIT MORE CLOSELY Right click on the following links and open in a new tab -- these are PDF files for downloading:
Halloween Event | Increased Mob Spawn Locations
Monria Mob Levels / HP - Wave Locations - Pets - Yogs Burrow Sweating
Also, here are links to help you navigate Monria, but also find items in shops and shopkeepers:
Right click on the links to open in a new tab.
Monria Interactive Map
Monria Shops Inventory Tool
HUNTING & MINING | EVENT PRIZES
- Daily Missions
- Mining Guild Representative Mining Missions
- The Order of the Elder Gods -- (Chapters/Horns mission)
- Toy Soldier -- (Monria Plushies mission)
This too is a downloadable PDF file -- right click and open in a new tab.
Chapters Mission -- Ant's Statement
- Single Highest Global/HoF -- Shoggoth -- Prize -- 200 PED -- Tony K0lb0sa K0lbasters
- Single Highest Global/HoF -- Yog -- Prize -- 200 PED -- Gredrrik Alhakekhist Malgar
- Single Highest Global/HoF -- Cultist -- Prize -- 200 PED -- WellPlayed Cod4 WellPlayed
- Single Highest Global/HoF -- Shub -- Prize --> 200 PED -- Yog Synial Sothoth
- Highest Team Global/HoF -- Shoggoth -- Prize --> 200 PED -- Groovy Monria Moon
- Highest Team Global/HoF -- Yog -- Prize --> 200 PED -- Everybody Monria!
- Highest Team Global/HoF -- Cultist -- Prize --> 200 PED -- EntropiaRO on Monria
- Highest Team Global/HoF -- Shub -- Prize --> 200 PED -- Sith Family on Monria
- Highest Global/HoF on any ore/enmatter -- 200 PED -- Dakanti Dazz Mann
- First Lowest Global on any ore/enmatter -- 100 PED -- Bradulescu SonicSeven Andrei
- Last Lowest Global on any ore/enmatter -- 100 PED -- xXx Samuraj Mod2x
- Highest Global/HoF -- Evil Leprechaun -- Prize --> 100 PED -- WellPlayed Cod4 WellPlayed
There was a total of 460 globals/hofs during the 24 hr event time.
Event participation was lower due to the Halloween Mayhem event on Calypso.
You can see all of the results in Ant's spreadsheet here where individual global/hof totals are included.
Right click and open in a new tab.
- Solo Hunting, Team Hunting
- you can only win one Solo and one Team hunting prize
- you can also win a mining prize based on the following rules
- you can also win the Evil Leprechaun prize
- Mining
- if you get the highest global/hof and one of the lowest globals ... you win the highest
- if you win the highest, you are not eligible for either the first or last lowest global prizes
- the person who wins the first lowest global is not eligible to win the last lowest global
- if you get the first lowest global, you can continue mining toward getting the highest
- Example ... you get the first lowest global and have the first recorded time
- --- this means you win the first lowest global prize
- --- but there's an incentive to continue mining to see if you can get the highest global/hof
- --- if you do, then the person who had the lowest global with the time right after yours ...
- ---------- would win the first lowest global prize
- Additional Information
- you can win prizes in solo/team hunting and mining based on the above rules
- in case of a draw for any of the prizes, the first recorded time will apply
- Anhithe will extract the data from EntropiaLife after the event and determine the winners
- --- he will also create a gobal/hof data spreadsheet that will be posted with the results
- the results will be added to the first post in this event thread sometime on Sunday
HALLOWEEN COSTUME CONTEST | DETAILS
RULES
- Time | 16:00 game time -- Location | DSEC Military Camp -- Monria Boxing Ring
- at DSEC Military Camp TP, go North around the rock wall, and past Wang's Pet Stable to the boxing ring
- register with the Event Organizer at the boxing ring before 16.00 game time, or Global Event option
- --- this is only for those who are participating in the Halloween Costume Contest
- be sure to register prior to the start of the event, or you won't gain access to the boxing ring
- at 16:00 game time, all participants should be in the boxing ring --- please be on time
- --- stand around the outer edge of the ring at the ropes and not in the center
- --- the Virtualsense Team will be in the center of the ring reviewing your costumes
- your look has to be a complete ensemble and not just a mask --- go all out
- be your most creative self because some costume photos will be published
- if you are not in the running for winning a prize, you will be eliminated from the ring
- --- and you can't fight back
- if you are eliminated, please respect the method of elimination, as well as your fellow contestants
- once eliminated, you may not re-enter the ring
- the eliminations will continue until there are 3 people standing --- they will be the winners
PRIZES
- 1st Place Prize --- 400 PED -- Eleni Von Estlla -- overall Halloween look including painted face mask
- 2nd Place Prize --- 300 PED -- ZeroKewl84 Zero Kewl -- his take on Squid Game
- 3rd Place Prize --- 200 PED --Rigly Redtailed Hawk -- nicely put together Halloween look
- prizes will be given out by DME after the winners are announced
GET CREATIVE WITH A PAINTED FACE MASK | WIN AN EXTRA PRIZE
- get creative with a painted face mask design
- it should be part of your overall Halloween Costume and as Halloween-related as possible
- at the same time that the Halloween Costumes are being judged, a notation will be made of those with original painted face masks
- even if you win a prize in the main Halloween Costumes Contest, you can also win a prize for the painted face mask
- Best Male Painted Face Mask -- 200 PED -- ZeroKewl84 Zero Kewl
- Best Female Painted Face Mask -- 200 PED -- Shadow ShadowDragonV Dragon
- Additional prize for Face Mask -- 200 PED -- Eleni Von Estella
Here is an example of one of the best painted face masks we've see in the past and was created by Trance:
Here are a couple of examples of painted face masks that were designed by Eleni:
We're looking forward to seeing some creativity.
Groovy Monria Moon
Team Leader: Lady Ladyburn Land
Everybody Monria!
Team Leader: WellPlayed Cod4 WellPlayed
Cots on Monria
Team leader: Kingu KinguXnoX Kingu
Monria's Lucky Lovers
Team Leader: Ildiko LittleBerry Igloi
Sith Family on Monria
Team Leader: Sith Meister
USSR on Monria
Team Leader: Morning Monria Star
Monria K0lb&Cool_guys
Team Leader: Tony K0lb0sa K0lbasters
EntropiaRO on Monria
Team Leader: Anda StarTrek Adam
Mos Craciun exista on Monria
Team Leader: Mos Craciun Exista
HAVE FUN AND ... " EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED "
... nice to see some new faces. 