The Carnival

[Kalkyte]

Overview:

The Carnival is a regioned area, in Zeal or close to it, where weekly events take place. These events would range from spleef, to 1 vs. 1, to party vs. party, all the way to silly things like cake eating contests. The venue would change for each event, and every weekend a different type of event will occur. This would ensure variety, and an ever-changing arena to keep battle interesting. The winner(s) of the event will receive a prize.

Administration:

The building and maintaining of the venue, prizes and other administrative work would fall on the Carnival Leader (CL) and his SIC. One of these MUST be present at each event and have a prize for the winner(s); failure to do so may result in the loss of your Carnival position. (Up to server admins. We all have the real world to attend to.)

Prizes:

Prizes will be whatever the CL and SIC can get. These prizes MUST have a value of over 250c to ensure the events are worth participating in. Each event MUST have a prize. If an event has multiple winners the prize must be worth an additional 50c per added person. IE: A team of six would win a prize valued at 500c+. Donations would be more than welcome and could be given to either the CL or the SIC.

Venue:

The venue would be a 50x50+ plot, regioned of course, at ground level as close to Zeal as possible. The look that I would personally go for is a colorful carnival with a multipurpose ring in the center. It shouldn't be a big fanfare, it's only a carnival after all, but it should be visually pleasing.

Booths:

Booths are mini-attractions and player shops that line the road that leads to the tent (the main arena). Attraction booths will have the following prizes:
-1st place: 1 Diamond!
-2nd place: 2 Redstone!
-3rd place: 1 Leather! A stuffed animal to hug or use as armor!

However, the participant must pay 2c for each attempt.

*If an attraction booth can only have one winner at a time, the winner will receive 1 leather.
*I am paying 100c and covering material costs for each booth made (MUST be good)! Get with me in game when the Carnival is being constructed (very soon)!

Shop booths will cost 50c for a 4x4 plot. These plots will be pre-built, but can be remodeled as desired. Get with me in game to purchase your booth!

Pros:
-More fun for all!
-Prizes!
-Little to no staff involvement. (The events would not need an admin to spawn in monsters for example)
-More PvP!

Cons:
-Yet another thing to cram into, or near, Zeal.

I am more than willing to be the Carnival Leader (tentative title) but a SIC is needed.

If any architects would be willing to build the venue please let me know. I will pay for it.

Please leave feedback, suggestions, etc.!

PS: First event a holiday themed spleef tournament? The spleef arena could have snowmen on some blocks, etc.

 

[mrfreaker]

wow, loving this idea

 

[Kalkyte]

So I think that for events with multiple winners the prize will just have to be coin. Otherwise it would be difficult to split the prize fairly. Therefore, a team's prize is the 250c base plus 50c per extra person split evenly. A team of two would get 250c+50c (base+extra person) which would then be evenly split so each person in this example gets 150c.

Basic math!!

Also, possible locations for the Carnival: near the end of the Zeal region on either side of the road; all roads except for East. The large, empty plot in the southeast part of zeal. I don't know what it is but its empty so I'll write it down. I was thinking it could be next to the Nexus on the West side of the North road. It's in Zeal, its empty and it puts 3 major locations near each other (Nexus, Arena, Carnival).

Let me know what you think!

 

[Kainzo]

Sounds neat

 

[Iarbobray]

Would be cool if people could buy a small "Plot" to have a booth in. I know how to make a dunk tank!

 

[Kalkyte]

Great idea Bob! It just can't involve too much redstone, and the inner workings should be enclosed. With that in mind, maybe there should be a row of little mini-attractions like this on the side of the road leading to the main arena enclosure. They could also be player shops; bread, weapons etc.

Pricing and size of these little plots needs to be ironed out. Some initial funding for the Carnival would be nice, but I don't want them to be overly expensive. Any ideas for the booths? Pricing, size, or functionality wise?

Kainzo I can get with you in TS if you'd like to discuss specifics. I would really appreciate being given the chance to do this.

PS: How do you tag a forum account?

 

[Kalkyte]

Bump. Any other suggestions?

 

[RedEchoRanger]

I'm inspired, I'm going to build a huge tent now...

 

[Plob5]

I Love this suggestion and I think Kain&Aph should really take a good look at this.

 

[Kainzo]

We're on vacation / out of town - so I havent been keeping up with everything. I like this idea - if you want to see it come to fruition - get with an admin that is willing to help set it up for you Kalkyte

Also - DHX can sponsor some of this with the tax money.

 

[Iarbobray]

Tell me when and I'll build my dunk booth! (Hiring an engineer)

 

[Kalkyte]

Ok, since its an attraction I'll give the plot to you for free. However, any shop owners will need to pay for their plots.

 

[Iarbobray]

The Dunktank! (Made in single player)
The player stands on the selected zone (Green=Easy, Yellow=Medium, Red=Hard, locations can be adjusted) and holds 1-3 selected items to throw into that hole. In that hole there a wooden pressure plate for the items to land on. That triggers redstone, releasing the piston on the left (There would be an inverter inside the tent, there was an item on the plate when the picture was taken) and dropping the person sitting on the piston into the water. Person can climb out of tank either through the half-step or the ladder. There is easy pickup inside the tent and the whole thing is 10x10.

The colors can be changed. Prizes consist of:
Green: You get a high-five! It's very hard to get an item into a hole one block in front of you. Good job!
Yellow: Redstone! Drunk? Need a way home? Win this prize for an easy way to get home after 5 tries! 2 Redstone
Red: Leather Buddy! Need a friend? Win this prize! Name him, play with him, use him in your armor! 1 Leather

EDIT: I also got an idea for two more stands if you're interested.

 

[Kalkyte]

So along with Bob's dunking contraption, another could be a bowling type thing where they throw an item across ice onto 6 different pressure pads. Who ever gets the most onto a pressure pad wins.

Prizes for each booth are as follows (thanks Bob):
1st: A diamond
2nd: 2 redstone (if you win enough booths you can recall home after the event)
3rd: 1 leather to cuddle with. (a stuffed animal)

The booths will be run by the Carnies before the main event. This will give people time to get to the Carnival and keep those already there entertained. The Carnies have the final say on who's the winner at both the booths and the main event, and the prizes are subject to change.

I need more ideas for these booths!!! I will pay 100c for labor and cover the cost of materials for any booths made! That's EASY money!

Each shop will cost 50c. You will be granted a 4x4 plot. These plots will be pre-made and look something like this:
(Just the chest, fence and wool). However, these plots can be changed to the owners liking.

 

[Iarbobray]

Other two booths:
Those fish things where you throw something into a bowl and get a fish
Balloon poppers! Painting style!

EDIT: @Kalkyte change the prizes, I'm afraid people will abuse for the diamonds

 

[Kalkyte]

Just so everyone knows; the prizes can NOT be abused. I will have to personally be at each booth to determine the winner and give the prize anyway, so I can ensure there isn't any cheating/abusing going on. Each both will require a payment of 2c(?) per attempt. This will further prevent abuse and offset some of the cost for the booth prizes.

I am going to lose a lot of money hahaha. But its for you guys so what ever

 

[Iarbobray]

DONE! Here are the booths:


Fish bowl booth:
Stand one the appropriate colors and throw into the bowls to get a fish! Prizes: Normal prizes for the colors but instead of leather it's a fish!

Balloon Poppers Booth:
Thre ways to play, normal prizes!

First Way: In a set amount of time see how many paintings you can get down (use a fishing rod) Prizes are done by paintings knocked down 1-2=Green, 3-4=Yellow 5+=Red

Second Way: Two people! One throws the snowballs trying to knock down the paintings, while the other tries to block him! Prize rewarding for this needs to be discussed.

Third Way: People stand and throw the snowballs, who ever knocks the most down wins!

I'll be thinking of more. Again, these can be modified, I made each one in 5 minutes.

 

[Kalkyte]

Added the Booths section on the main post. Please review it and make suggestions!

 

[Iarbobray]

Updated with booths.

 

[Kalkyte]

Ok so we have a total of four booths. (Bob's 3 and mine). I think that's enough for now.

I'll post a picture of my design within 24 hours.