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    Default Mission ADOMPossible Signup

    This is the official signup thread for the Mission ADOMPossible challenge. This is a mission-based challenge when you will be competing against other players, either as a team or as a single, to try to make it through (most) of the game, while wracking up points for surviving each challenge. If you are interested in signing up, please post here, and indicate whether you prefer to play as a single or on a team, and if you are able to play on the server or not. Please note that I am actively trying to encourage people to play on teams, so I will happily give unfair disadvantages to singles. The challenge will take approximately one four weeks, starting hopefully sometime next week, depending on numbers. You should be prepared to play ~5000 turns every 3-4 days (about an hour or so, I'd guess).

    How It Works

    Players will be divided into teams, the size of which will depend on the number of players who join. I will probably assign people on teams mostly randomly, but I'll make sure each team has at least one "experienced" player on it. Prior to the start of the challenge, each team will receive a randomly assigned set of races, one for each player. Each team will then make a list of all of the classes in to play, in order from most favoured to least favoured. Then, each team will be assigned one class for each player based on their lists and a random draw, so that (unless we get a tonne of players), no class will be played twice. Teams then combine their races and classes to create a set of characters.

    Singles should also submit a complete list of classes. In the draw, I will count all singles as one team, then will randomly assign the chosen class to one of the players within the "singles" team.

    At the start of each round, all players will receive an identical mission, and players on teams will choose who will get to play which character. The mission will have a set number of turns, and set locations that the PC is allowed to visit. The PC will be required to reach a certain area, kill a particular monster, or retrieve a particular item. Completion of the mission will count as 1 point for your team per player. Incomplete missions will count as zero. If you die, then on the next mission, that team must reroll that PC from level 1 and play the mission with that character. Newly spawned PCs will receive 1000 extra turns of play to complete their mission.

    At the end of each round, scores will be tallied for all surviving players. The team with the lowest score for the mission will then be allowed a steal. In a steal, they may trade any character of theirs for any character from the highest scoring team, or any single, subject to the following restriction: if the stealing team is trading a dead PC, they can only get a dead PC in return; if they are trading a living PC, they may steal a living PC. Note that this rule only applies to the current mission. PCs that have died in previous missions but are currently alive may be traded for other living PCs. If multiple teams are tied for the lowest score, then each team will get a steal. Teams must post .vlgs of all of their characters at the end of each round. Teams must accurately report relevant details concerning their PCs at the end of the mission, such as the locations of any caches of important items, for example. Single players will never be able to steal, but may be stolen from.

    Players so far:

    JellySlayer (Teams, Server)
    Tihh (Teams, Server)
    _Ln_ (Teams, Server)
    grobblewobble (Teams, Server)
    Silfir (Teams, EU Server)
    zsomkovacs (Teams, No server)
    Albahan (Teams, Server)
    ShiftJC (Teams, ?)
    Grey (Single)
    bl0ken (Teams, Server)
    Soirana (Single)
    gekko (Teams, No server)
    Last edited by JellySlayer; 10-05-2011 at 05:50 PM.
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    I'd like to participate in this challenge. I'm interested in playing in teams and I could play on the server.

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    I missed some points...

    So team gets to play one person/one char per mission?
    So far rolled 15 casters with RoDS and shamelessly killed them within 200 turns. For eternium glory!
    (after 15 I stopped counting...)

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    I'm in as a team player and surely can play on the server.

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    In as team. Can server.

    EDIT:
    What I mean is that I can play on the server. However, if you need an extra team member in a non-server team, I will happily fill that role, it would save me having to re-install putty and stuff.
    Last edited by grobblewobble; 10-05-2011 at 11:39 AM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Soirana View Post
    I missed some points...

    So team gets to play one person/one char per mission?
    Yes. If Team A has 4 players, then each player will play their own character for Mission 1. At the end of the mission, they can swap characters amongst the players on the team as they like (probably subject to a requirement that you can't play the same character twice in a row) for the next one. If a PC dies, a new PC of the same race/class gets rolled and added to their roster in replacement of the original for the next mission.
    Hoping to win with every class, doomed. Archer, Barbarian, Bard, Beastfighter, Druid, Elementalist, Farmer, Fighter, Monk, and ULE Priest down.

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    I'm in this so hard it's not even funny. I can also play on the server - the European one, at least. I suspect JellySlayer might lump me in with the "experienced player" crowd based on my embarrassing postcount and twenty-five wins, so I apologize in advance to the team that's going to have to pull my weight.

    Also, to all newbies and lurkers around that might not have been around for past events, do not hesitate to jump in. Regardless of how serious business this stuff looks with all the rules and whatnot, it's still basically you having fun playing ADOM, with a twist. And if the dudes and dudettes with postcounts above 1000 start flaming each other, do remember that having a postcount of 1000 and above is equivalent to being certified insane. Nothing is meant to offend, for we do not understand basic human customs. We are as ape-people, fit only for eating bananas and playing the shit out of ADOM.
    Last edited by Silfir; 10-04-2011 at 01:02 PM.
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    I'm in. I'll play in teams, but can't play on server.
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    I'm down to be in a team, and I can play on a server.

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    I'd like to join in, but I have two issues:
    1. I'm really new to this. The furthest I've ever got is just past the water temple.
    2. I am really restricted to when I can play, which is mostly a few hours at night time (as in after 8PM GMT+0) and occasionally day time, would this be a problem?

    Even if I can't join this looks like it would be really fun.

    EDIT: Oh and if I can join, I'd prefer team.
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