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|  Announcing! The Gypsy's Gala
Announcing!
The Gypsy's Gala An elite social occasion demanding the best attire and entertainment.
Come prepared for a feast with a compliment of free spirits, the best in the known world. Come prepared to dance, to flaunt your excess, to demonstrate your social cunning, your grace.
A King and Queen will be chosen from among the gathered to mark the history books and reign over the year following the Gala.
The Gala's main attraction is the raffle, a shameless display of wealth and artifacts to which you can lay claim. The details of the raffle are explained below.
The entry fee to the Gala is Ten Thousand (10000) True, paid at the door.
Don't miss out on the social event of the year. All are invited -- queens and magistrates, soldiers and thieves -- provided one can pay the fee to enter. The streets will be filled to see who attends this affair.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rules of the Raffle:
There are three tiers of goods to be raffled. For each tier there are one hundred (100) tickets, for a total of three hundred (300) tickets. Raffle tickets cost thirty-five thousand (35000) True each.
Tier One contains seventy-five (75) items.
Tier Two contains fifty (50) items.
Tier Three contains twenty-five (25) items.
You may purchase tickets in advance.
You will not be told to which tier the tickets belong until after the Gala has begun. Once the announcement has been made, tickets may be swapped during the Gala, but selling tickets is strictly forbidden, nor will you have much time to broker a deal between the time of the announcement and the time the drawings begin.
At the time of this announcement, there is a maximum of two tickets per person. Access to more tickets will be released at a later date.
Seventy-five tickets will be drawn for Tier One, fifty for Tier Two, and twenty-five for Tier Three. A winning ticket entitles the holder to exchange their ticket for a good of their choosing from the Tier to which the ticket belongs. This means the first person drawn in the Tier has the most options, and the last person drawn in the Tier must take the final item.
All winning tickets will be exchanged for a raffle item. All non-winning tickets are redeemable at the Arms for a free meal and drink.
Detailed descriptions of the raffle items will be circulated prior to the Gala, and in waves. The Tier to which an item belongs will not be disclosed until the Gala.
All requests for tickets and other feedback should be directed to Steel, Current Steward of the Arms.
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07-02-09, 11:37 AM
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| Re: Announcing! The Gypsy's Gala
Did someone say free spirits?!
*makes a note on a soiled napkin*
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07-02-09, 12:30 PM
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| Re: Announcing! The Gypsy's Gala
Well put Wren down for two tickets now and expect him at the Gala event, washed and well dressed and hopefully with a friend.
Wren Thendor
//numbers 149 and 150 please
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07-02-09, 02:01 PM
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| Re: Announcing! The Gypsy's Gala
I would like two tickets as well please.
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07-03-09, 06:47 AM
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#5 | | Lich Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: USA, West Virginia
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| Re: Announcing! The Gypsy's Gala
//Is the old rule of no selling or trading of items won still in force? It was the absolute pits to win something wonderful. but totally useless to the character. | | | | | The Following User Says Thank You to Serissa For This Useful Post: | | |
07-03-09, 09:28 AM
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| Re: Announcing! The Gypsy's Gala
I'm fairly sure Milty was going to arrange it so there was some manner of open trade - but you'll have to hear it from him. | | | | |
07-03-09, 10:10 AM
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| Re: Announcing! The Gypsy's Gala
//I want to know at least on an ooc level if not an ic level where all the proceeds of this event are going, please. If you don't want to post here, please feel free to send me a pm. Thanks.
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07-03-09, 02:42 PM
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| Re: Announcing! The Gypsy's Gala
Two tickets for Elgon In'Darsus please.
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07-03-09, 03:53 PM
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| Re: Announcing! The Gypsy's Gala
I would like to reserve two tickets also.
~Lareth Vathach~
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07-05-09, 09:15 AM
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| Re: Announcing! The Gypsy's Gala
I am unaware if this is the place to do it, but I'd like FOUR tickets for Fenrir as well.
Cheers,
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07-08-09, 10:43 AM
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| Re: Announcing! The Gypsy's Gala
Where is the money that you make from this going Steel? In to your own pocket, charity or maybe one of your latest shadows?
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07-08-09, 11:17 AM
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| Re: Announcing! The Gypsy's Gala
*Wren reads Emie's note tacked to the other notes and grins*
I thought the proceeds were going to pay for the after gala event party. I dont think Emie wants to be there, I hear the event coordinator is a high priestess of Xeen.
Wren
*laughs a lot as he tacks this note up*
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07-08-09, 11:55 AM
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| Re: Announcing! The Gypsy's Gala
Tyra sees Wren's note and scoffs.
"If I have any say, there wouldn't even be wine served at the Gala, let alone ale... Steel better not have any Xeenites involved or I'm gonna take him by the horns and throw Him out of the Arms..."
She the goes back to going around looking for some "respectable" people to help cover security for the event.
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07-08-09, 02:28 PM
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| Re: Announcing! The Gypsy's Gala
//Are these items going to be oxed to make sure they are the right version?
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07-08-09, 02:52 PM
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//They should all be in the correct version already I believe. | | | | |
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| Re: Announcing! The Gypsy's Gala
*wren goes home and gets his best suit out for cleaning*
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07-08-09, 07:33 PM
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| Re: Announcing! The Gypsy's Gala
*a scrawl underneath the notice*
Ten and a half million true on yer fancy toys. Ten and a half million. How quickly did yer eyes skim o'er the words 'shameless display'??
I hope yer proud.
*(of course) unsigned*
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Reason: Please note there are entirely IC reasons for this post, OOC I wish Milty good luck! :)
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07-08-09, 10:56 PM
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| Re: Announcing! The Gypsy's Gala
I would like to purchase 3 tickets please.
I dont know what specific ticket numbers are available, so feel free to use your random magical ticket number chooser for me. 
Abi Firesteed
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07-09-09, 06:07 AM
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| Re: Announcing! The Gypsy's Gala
I'd like two tickets, please.
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07-09-09, 06:39 AM
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| Re: Announcing! The Gypsy's Gala
I would like 2 tickets please
/Galathea
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| Re: Announcing! The Gypsy's Gala
The following flyers are seen scattered by Mistonian couriers and tradeships: Quote: | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Gala Gypsies are on the move! Be on the lookout for their caravan. If they visit your village, you could win money, jewlery, fine clothing, tickets to the Gala, and even raffle tickets!
Games, stories, scavenger hunts and more await those who find the Gala Gypsies!
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///// Keep an eye on the player calender for periodic mini-events prior to the Gala. I'll post up calender links as the events are scheduled. /////
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| Re: Announcing! The Gypsy's Gala
Not but a few days after the previous flyers are circulated, new flyers appear: Quote: | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hear ye! Hear ye!
The Gala Raffle ticket prices have been slashed! Cut down by the mercenary's blade!
Until further notice, all raffle tickets will cost Twenty-five Thousand True, and the purchase limit is increased to four tickets. Raffle tickets will soon become available for pick-up at the Leringard Arms.
In addition, increasing demand for participation in the Gala means a change in the door charge. Until further notice, the price to get in is only One Thousand True or one material donation item. Acceptable donations are currently limited to wooden, cloth, and metal raw materials.
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| Re: Announcing! The Gypsy's Gala
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Originally Posted by jrizz  Well put Wren down for two tickets now and expect him at the Gala event, washed and well dressed and hopefully with a friend.
Wren Thendor
//numbers 149 and 150 please | Please add two more tickets to Wren. I will stop by the Arms shortly.
//numbers 147 and 152 please.
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07-09-09, 01:38 PM
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| Re: Announcing! The Gypsy's Gala
*Jaelle mentions to Steel one day that she's been meaning to buy four tickets. She decides to let fate (or perhaps Steel) choose the numbers.*
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| Re: Announcing! The Gypsy's Gala
I'll take 2 tickets please - I picked up tickets Red 86 and Blue 49 and deposited the true in the chest.
Trenton Bartholomew
//I don't think I'm going to be able to get online that day, will this be an issue?
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Reason: The Gala tickets are now paid for.
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07-09-09, 01:58 PM
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| Re: Announcing! The Gypsy's Gala
I'd like one ticket, please.
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07-09-09, 01:59 PM
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I'll take two additional tickets, please.
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| Re: Announcing! The Gypsy's Gala
I'd like three tickets, please!
-Tod
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//numbers 147 and 152 please.
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//I don't think I'm going to be able to get online that day, will this be an issue?
| /// More information to explain the above issues will actually be presented IC at a later (probably this weekend) time. ///
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| Re: Announcing! The Gypsy's Gala
Put Flynn down for one ticket
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| Re: Announcing! The Gypsy's Gala
Another flyer circulated throughout Mistone: Quote: | And now, what everyone has been waiting for...
The Raffle Tickets are available for purchase. Simply visit the Leringard Arms at your convenience, enter the Loadson Tavern (first door on the right), and take up to four tickets from the chests. Lily, the Arms' hostess, will oversee the exchange. All payments for tickets should go in the chest marked "Ticket True Lockbox."
You will find three ticket colors: red, blue, and white. There are one hundred of each color. The colors will be used to randomly determine to which tier each ticket belongs at the time of the Gala. | /// Thanks to OneSt8 and Orth's work on the storage logging system, you can pick up your tickets whenever you wish, with the chests logging who removed which tickets and who left payment. The door to the Leringard Arms remains unlocked. ///
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07-28-09, 09:14 AM
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| Re: Announcing! The Gypsy's Gala
/// News! We discovered what was causing the ticket error mentioned in this thread, and while we haven't been able to directly fix the issue, I have developed a workaround that will allow you to once again pick up tickets at your liesure. Essentially, each chest will only ever have one of each ticket color available. I will check every evening to restock any tickets taken. Thanks for your patience and be looking for the next announcement which will tell to which tier each item belongs.///
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08-04-09, 03:50 PM
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| Re: Announcing! The Gypsy's Gala
Does this mean the tickets I have now are no good anymore? DO I have to go pick up more tickets to replace them?
I really really want to keep my numbers and colors 
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08-04-09, 10:02 PM
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| Re: Announcing! The Gypsy's Gala
Nope, jrizz, no need to replace. Your tickets and every other purchased ticket is fine.
Also, the Tier of each item has been added to the table of raffle items.
Don't forget, even if you plan to attend the Gala with one of your characters, you can purchase tickets for your other characters that won't be attending the Gala. Just post the items they hope to win in the "Gala Raffle Items Sorted/Requests for Absent PCs" thread (and buy tickets, of course).
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08-09-09, 09:11 PM
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| Re: Announcing! The Gypsy's Gala
/// Just want to say thanks to all who participated and made the event a lot of fun. It turned out to be very much worth the effort.
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