Sir-Gruth, we're working on that. Stay tuned!

Yup! There will be blood~! 8D *bounces up and done excitedly*

Just to update, we haven't decided on who is the generals yet. Plus it's confirmed that this will happen on Sunday, November 27th. The problem that Sir-Gruth has showed is kind of a good one. Somebody should announce if the flags are down, although this is kind of based on trust. Bleh, it's kinda obvious solution but I don't see anything else...

Will post some revisions to the rules in a few... stay tuned. Plus, with this new (horrible) Winter's "Gift" campaign, we will need to assess how this change will affect CtF. More to come.

Mob-u-dhabi
RULES OF CAPTURE-THE-FLAG (version 1.4.0)
A contest hosted by NYBG, on November 27th, time TBD
Who is invited? you, and you and everyone else

How it works
This is a modified game of capture the flag, in this case, the “flags” are 5 beacons created by the players ArchitectFlag and AnimatorFlag. The simple object of the game is to knock out all five of the other teams beacons before your beacons get knocked out.
OJs should all friend ArchitectFlag, and Hippie-style Greenies should friend AnimatorFlag ,if you want to play.

Rules:
We are trying to keep this as simple as possible, but there are some rules that have been generally agreed upon


1. Each team will have 3 “Generals” who are in NYBG, and approved by the opposite team. The generals will help coordinate strategy, help recruit and spread the word and also update and monitor their teams beacons during the contest. Generals will also help to beacon in international players at the start of the contest.

2. Each team's Flag account (ArchitectFlag, AnimatorFlag) will create 5 beacons in the rivers off Manhattan (we will post screenshots for those unfamiliar with NYC geography) The animators will place their beacons in the Hudson river off the West side of Manhattan and the Architects in the East River (which is of course, on the east side - and also of course not a river but a tidal strait) The placement of the beacons is up to the team and its generals, with the following conditions being met:

a. beacons must be placed south of 110th street (the northern border of Central Park) and north of houston Street (a main East-West Artery in southish Manhattan)

b. beacons must be placed so that a mage whose orb is floating on the edge of manhattan, can see the beacon from said shoreline.

c. beacons must be in water - the only exception is Roosevelt island in the East River, beacons may be placed on Roosevelt.

d. team’s generals will be on their word that the locations of the flags satisfy conditions a,b,and c above


3. 30 minutes before the start of the contest, ArchitectFlag and AnimatorFlag will cast 5 out-of-power beacons in their locations, these will be the only structures casted by the flags. At this point, team generals may start to beacon in players and mount defenses as they see fit. All structures are allowed, in any configuration.

3.5. If you are participating and setting up structures, we are encouraging a cease-fire on the island of Manhattan from when the beacons go up, until the start time. This is obviously impossible to enforce, and we wont accuse people of cheating if we see them doing suspicious things in central park, but we can gently nudge and request people to respect the cease fire until...

4. Team Flags will signal the start of the contest and then - anything goes. You can use any structure, attack from any direction, I plan on physically swimming to the Animators base in the Hudson. Any natural gameplay not associated with the capture the flag contest will just be part of the game. Apologies to the level 6 who will be banned repeatedly when he unknowingly spawns in midtown.

5. One last plea - please, no alts, spoofers, spying and no cheating. Again, this is impossible to enforce, and i’m sure this is going to happen, but we are asking pretty please with sugar on top (splenda or stevia on top for those with glucose intolerance issues)

6.Team flags will essentially go dead after the start of the contest, their only function being confirming when their beacons are killed. The people driving the flags have been thoroughly vetted and approve of this message and will not recast beacons after an original beacon is "captured." I know this because I know the ArchitectFlag closely, and while a flawed individual, I would trust with my magelife.

7. Tactical strategies, we leave to the generals, their brigadiers, leftenants, cavalry, peasants with sharp sticks, et. al.

8. A Time limit has not yet been decided, but will likely be in the neighborhood of 2 hours

9. Fun will be had


this is being posted as "Rules of Capture the Flag" too




Edited by Mob-u-dhabi (Nov. 12, 2011 18:27:43)

Unfortunately I haven't time to rework Mob's original post, as quoted above, in order to incorporate the rule revisions. So... review what's listed above and account for the following changes and new items:

NOVEMBER 27th
START TIME: 6PM E.S.T.
* From 5PM, a cease-fire will be in effect in Manhattan
* At 5:30PM, AnimatorFlag (aka Annie) and ArchitectFlag (aka Archie, or my sweet Babboo) will cast beacons in the designated zones; all structures from those other than the Flags are now permissible.

ADDENDUM TO RULE #1: Generals have been nominated and both teams have approved the other's candidates. Generals: represent!

For the Animators (yay!): Dualanpa, A333, and Codex

For the Architects: Mob-u-dhabi, Newskybear, and katebeckett

Generals, please post here to identify yourselves so that your fellow teammates may add you.

ADDENDUM TO RULE #2: All 10 Flag beacons (5 Animator and 5 Architect) will be out of power (OOP) for the entire game. To ensure this when only one flag remains, Flag mages will cast catchers outside of NYC in a safe location. No other Flag structures, aside from the beacons, will be allowed in NYC during game time.

CLARIFICATION TO RULE #5: We kindly and humbly ask Architects and Animators whose physical locations happen to be along the opposing team's designated flag areas to refrain from spawning during the cease-fire (5PM-6PM). This is to ensure that the game remains as awesome as possible. Spying, spoofing, etc. are strongly discouraged.

MODIFICATION TO RULE #6: Flags will be active throughout the game. This is due to the GA beacon list catastrophe that has affected all mages near and far. So as to alleviate any potential beacon list confusion (missing flags, reappearing flags), Mr. and Mrs. Flag will monitor their beacons and post status updates when a flag is captured. Be sure to friend your Flag!

MODIFICATION TO RULE #8: No time limit. We play til we drop.

POTENTIAL GA-GENERATED MONEY-WRENCH IN THESE PLANS: Due to the new BG distribution, we will need to assess how this will affect coordination and communication for CtF. Please stand by for one of our operators, who will answer your call in the order it was received, as quickly as possible.

CtF Committee: Did I miss anything vital? Screw anything up? Please let me know and I'll edit this post as necessary.

Edited by Codex (Nov. 22, 2011 00:17:23)

I didn't know who had created who. Thanks Etho, but I might not be able to make it to Capture-The-Flag because I will be spending the holiday with my Grandparents, and they may not have a wireless network, so I may not be able to play Shadow Cities.

That was fun. Thanks all!