Archery Tournament/Contest of Bows

[Badstench]

Stoopid luck charm!

:D

[Chareos]

I GIVE AlREADY!!


I'm reading about people getting multiple luck bonues - 9 in one case.

I don't think I've received 9 luck bonuses total for my 20 some tries through this.

Is there something specific that increases chances? You can't wear the luck charm, do I need to eat it or something???

Join the club matey lol However with the tournament drawing to a close I have decided on a much darker orifice to put it when we are done and we shall see whether Narsaryn is quite so full of herself afterwards :D

[thingirl]

She seemed suprised and gratful when I defeated that mage's minnions.

[zmflavius]

I GIVE AlREADY!!


I'm reading about people getting multiple luck bonues - 9 in one case.

I don't think I've received 9 luck bonuses total for my 20 some tries through this.

Is there something specific that increases chances? You can't wear the luck charm, do I need to eat it or something???

You need to put out your left eye with it, melt it down over an open fire, place the liquid silver in a vial, consecrate the molten silver at the silver pool in the Cathedral of Silver Rain, put the set of stone dice inside of the vial, consecrate it again, drink the contents of the vial, and then, the next time you take a s***, save your excrement and mold it into a small eye-sized sphere, feed it to a donkey you find in Foxfell Forest, pluck out the donkey's eye, and use it to replace your own. Then, during your next attempt in a contest of bows, you will be extremely lucky on all nine of your shots.

[thingirl]

I can't stop laughing. And conecntiently, the time to go to archery popup poped up while I was reading this.

[racey]

Wow! Nicely put zmflavius. No wonder the stoopid thing doesn't work for me I forgot the Fogbough donkey part!

[Elrond]

Wow! Nicely put zmflavius. No wonder the stoopid thing doesn't work for me I forgot the Fogbough donkey part!

It's a Foxtell Forest Donkey, not a Fogbough ass (as defined in dictionary.com as: a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
beast of burden, O.E. assa (Old Northumbrian assal, assald), prob. from O.Celt. *as(s)in "donkey," which (with Ger. esel, Goth. asilus, Lith. asilas, O.C.S. osl) is ultimately from L. asinus, probably of Middle Eastern origin (cf. Sumerian ansu). Since ancient Gk. times, in fables and parables, the animal typifies clumsiness and stupidity (hence asshead, 1550, etc.). To make an ass of oneself is from 1590. Asses' Bridge (c.1780), from L. Pons Asinorum, is fifth proposition of first book of Euclid's "Elements.")!

And good luck with that formula!

[racey]

My best shot to date...


462 You picked a number at random between 1 and 100.
You picked 92 modified by 370 for a total of 462 .

This did help to move Trent to 8th place for the moment. Very momentarily as he has already dropped to 9th.

[racey]

It's a Foxtell Forest Donkey, not a Fogbough ass (as defined in dictionary.com as: a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
beast of burden, O.E. assa (Old Northumbrian assal, assald), prob. from O.Celt. *as(s)in "donkey," which (with Ger. esel, Goth. asilus, Lith. asilas, O.C.S. osl) is ultimately from L. asinus, probably of Middle Eastern origin (cf. Sumerian ansu). Since ancient Gk. times, in fables and parables, the animal typifies clumsiness and stupidity (hence asshead, 1550, etc.). To make an ass of oneself is from 1590. Asses' Bridge (c.1780), from L. Pons Asinorum, is fifth proposition of first book of Euclid's "Elements.")!

And good luck with that formula!

Sorry about the mix-up. Thanks for clearing it up though. I won't be wandering around Fogbough one-eyed, looking for a donkey with pooh in my hand. Could've been embarrassing.

[zmflavius]

Just beat my old score by 200 points, I'm now walking around with a donkey eye.

[billydakid]

I got an extreemly lucky and my best single shot was 410 earlier today. To bad it didn't end up in my best score.

[racey]

From the Adv. Journal...

I've heard rumours that Zumryn will again increase the number of prizes for the tournament...not that it matters to me, since I'm winning... 37 minutes ago

I haven't bothered to even glance at the archery tournament leaderboard. My best score of 1,019 quite obviously places me on top. 39 minutes ago

1st Place - 64 Adventurer Tokens
2nd Place - 48 Adventurer Tokens
3rd Place - 40 Adventurer Tokens
4th Place - 36 Adventurer Tokens
5th Place - 32 Adventurer Tokens
6th Place - 28 Adventurer Tokens
7th Place - 24 Adventurer Tokens
8th Place - 20 Adventurer Tokens
9th Place - 16 Adventurer Tokens
10th Place - 16 Adventurer Tokens
11th Place - 16 Adventurer Tokens
12th Place - 16 Adventurer Tokens
13th Place - 16 Adventurer Tokens
14th Place - 16 Adventurer Tokens
15th Place - 12 Adventurer Tokens
16th Place - 12 Adventurer Tokens
17th Place - 12 Adventurer Tokens
18th Place - 12 Adventurer Tokens
19th Place - 12 Adventurer Tokens
20th Place - 12 Adventurer Tokens
21st Place - 12 Adventurer Tokens
22nd Place - 12 Adventurer Tokens
23rd Place - 8 Adventurer Tokens
24th Place - 8 Adventurer Tokens
25th Place - 8 Adventurer Tokens
26th Place - 8 Adventurer Tokens
27th Place - 8 Adventurer Tokens
28th Place - 8 Adventurer Tokens
29th Place - 8 Adventurer Tokens
30th Place - 8 Adventurer Tokens

[thingirl]

Im in 38th place.

[Doolipalally]

Had a brief burst of excitement this morning when Rhia managed a 19th place, but it didn't last long. Still, given I've only managed to squeeze in 6 attempts during the week I'm not complaining.

[thingirl]

Yay Dolli! repped!

(and look who has 1000+ posts now. And just so you know, I started up my Russian lessions last week.)

[racey]

This is to anyone who happens to be on around midnight EST. Could you copy the top thirty leaderboard text and post it here so that those of us who won't be on to see it won't have to wait a day (like we did with the stone hurl challenge) to see the unofficial final results?

Just wanted to repeat this question as it was already buried a few pages back.

[Zedalion]

Well, I guess that's it for me. About 40 attempts, never more than three activations of the extra luck thingy, and that adds up to WAY out of the running. :)

Ah well, just my luck. Maybe next time.

Congratulations to the winners!

[spencer]

This is as of 12:46 server time


A Contest of Bows Leaderboard - 8/29/09 12:46 AM

Rank Adventurer Score
1 Joddelle [rgutzmer] 3,094
2 Aleric [ganedan] 2,999
3 Magical [havoc] 2,997
4 Garet Jax [dhammett] 2,994
5 Elendil [Theodril] 2,954
6 AerylSilverheels [larswyrdson] 2,953
7 Trent [racey] 2,885
8 Spencer Lionking [Durgin] 2,882
9 Rocku [Pho] 2,860
10 Carl [rjkellar] 2,783
11 Rommel [rangerlord] 2,770
11 Gravegorel [gabringel] 2,770
12 Thordon [smv1973] 2,756
13 Myshella [ellis] 2,742
13 Apellon [mlzh] 2,742
14 Shadowblack [shadowblack] 2,709
15 Galen [birdman] 2,699
16 Marissa [paladin] 2,690
17 SCOUT [scout1idf] 2,681
18 Nathair Ap Dubh [Makhazarhael] 2,653
19 Furious George [raleights] 2,646
20 Durge [racey] 2,631
21 Bounty Hunter [BountyHunter] 2,613
22 BillyDaKid [BillyDakid] 2,612
23 Ironhaft [grod] 2,609
24 Rhia [doolipalally] 2,602
25 Dranikos [Dranikos] 2,572
26 Kakashi [Pho] 2,566
27 Judge Fury [Badstench] 2,563
28 Cuwvin [kalkin] 2,550
29 ROKMOKKRAPPA [barn42] 2,541
30 Kid NRoun [jesphulin] 2,519

[Joddelle]

Huh. Looks like I won.
I truely, truely did not expect that.
Yay, me!

Congrats to all the winners and to all that played. Oh, and by the way, even though I won, I really hate these random thingies.

[zmflavius]

Congrats Joddelle!

[thingirl]

I can still acess it from the BG leaderboards page. I'm in Ogerdom now, so I can't check.

Oh, and congrats Joddelle.

[Joddelle]

I've heard rumours that Zumryn will again increase the number of prizes for the tournament...not that it matters to me, since I'm winning...

Looks like your 38th place may yet yield you a prize thingirl.

[thingirl]

You mean 40th. And I think that was when he extended it to 30.

[smv1973]

A Contest of Bows Leaderboard - 8/29/09 01:13 AM


Rank Adventurer Score
1 Joddelle [rgutzmer] 3,094
2 Aleric [ganedan] 2,999
3 Magical [havoc] 2,997
4 Garet Jax [dhammett] 2,994
5 Elendil [Theodril] 2,954
6 AerylSilverheels [larswyrdson] 2,953
7 Trent [racey] 2,885
8 Spencer Lionking [Durgin] 2,882
9 Rocku [Pho] 2,860
10 Carl [rjkellar] 2,783
11 Rommel [rangerlord] 2,770
11 Gravegorel [gabringel] 2,770
12 Thordon [smv1973] 2,756
13 Myshella [ellis] 2,742
13 Apellon [mlzh] 2,742
14 Shadowblack [shadowblack] 2,709
15 Galen [birdman] 2,699
16 Marissa [paladin] 2,690
17 SCOUT [scout1idf] 2,681
18 Nathair Ap Dubh [Makhazarhael] 2,653
19 Furious George [raleights] 2,646
20 Durge [racey] 2,631
21 Bounty Hunter [BountyHunter] 2,613
22 BillyDaKid [BillyDakid] 2,612
23 Ironhaft [grod] 2,609
24 Rhia [doolipalally] 2,602
25 Dranikos [Dranikos] 2,572
26 Kakashi [Pho] 2,566
27 Judge Fury [Badstench] 2,563
28 Cuwvin [kalkin] 2,550
29 ROKMOKKRAPPA [barn42] 2,541
30 Kid NRoun [jesphulin] 2,519


Anyone that had a character in the top 30 will win a prize.

[spencer]

Congratulations to Jodelle and the other winners. I liked this tournament better than the SHC. But, then again, I won something this time :p

[paladin]

That'lljust mean Marissa's that many ATs closer to buying the TOme of Attainment when it comes out.

[spencer]

The prizes are live and I will just say that they are quite good :)

[scout1idf]

The prizes are live and I will just say that they are quite good :)

Quite nice. Tomorrow's QS bonus will be sweet.....

[Elrond]

For 5th place, I got the following xp rewards:

4096 gen
4096 arch
13K gen
3K to AS&P

[Joddelle]

1st place gave

64 Adventurer Tokens.
4,096 General XP
4,096 Archery XP
15,360 General XP
3,840 XP to AS&P

[Oldschool]

Nice rewards but I notice still no tangible item(s) aside from the ATs - tricky GM. :)

[Joddelle]

yeah. I noticed that too.
I was kinda hoping for a fancy bow - maybe one like the fizzlebane rings that lets you always succeed on archery checks (as long as you have the skill to make them)

[shadowblack]

For finishing #14:
4096 general
4096 to Archery
The above seem to be a standard reward for all
16 ATs (I'm the last person to get 16 - the next place gives 12)
8,704 general
2176 to all

A total of 80000 experience. Yeah!

Some seem to have gotten better rewards, but I don't really care. This is good enough for me.

[Doolipalally]

24th got me:

4096 to general and Archery, so yes, it seems to be standard.
8 ATs
3584 to general
896 to AS&P

No complaints there! :)

[spencer]

8th place for me gave

20 AT
4096 Archery XP
4096 General XP

11,176 General XP
2.944 XP to all skills and powers

[smv1973]

For 12th place my rewards were.

16 AT
4096 Archery XP
4096 General XP

9,728 General XP
2,432 XP to all skills and powers

[racey]

7th place gave

The standard 4,096's
24 AT's
12,288 general xp
3,072 S&P xp

20th place gave

The standard 4,096's
12 AT's
5,632 general xp
1,408 S&P xp

[Oldschool]

Congrats to all the winners. For them and the rest of us lets not overlook the xp rewards throughout the contest.

[shadowblack]

Yes, the Archery exp for each attempt was also very nice. This way everyone gets something, instead of just the winners - unlike the Stone Hurn Challenge, where only the winners were rewarded.

[thingirl]

Yes, the Archery exp for each attempt was also very nice. This way everyone gets something, instead of just the winners - unlike the Stone Hurn Challenge, where only the winners were rewarded.

I'm not the one to correct spelling, but don't you mean Stone Hrul Challenge? Oh, and I agree.

[Elrond]

I'm not the one to correct spelling, but don't you mean Stone Hrul Challenge? Oh, and I agree.

Intentional or not, the above post is a perfect representation of Thingirl's "rapid-fire" posting policy. Lol .... :D :D :D

[scout1idf]

Picking up my daily QS bonus makes 17th place in the Archery Tournament seem not so bad.

Date| XP Earned|_ XP Bonus__

08/30/09| 79,494|7,949Total Experience Earned: 79,494
Total Bonus: 7,949


The bonus is about 98% tournament winnings 2% CHR and other.....

[shadowblack]

Date XP Earned XP Bonus
08/30/09 125,883 12,588
Total Experience Earned: 125,883
Total Bonus: 12,588

Exactly 80000 of that is from the bonus for the Archery Tournament.

[thingirl]

Intentional or not, the above post is a perfect representation of Thingirl's "rapid-fire" posting policy. Lol .... :D :D :D

:D

[thingirl]

If anyone else would like to post their rewards (gen. and AS&P at least), I'm makeing a table with the XP rewards. And if they could post the text also...

[billydakid]

Sorry I didn't copy it down.

[scout1idf]

If anyone else would like to post their rewards (gen. and AS&P at least), I'm makeing a table with the XP rewards. And if they could post the text also...

Sorry I didn't copy it down.


Same here. I don't know what I was thinking.....

[shadowblack]

The texts:
Congratulations on your success in the archery contest!
XP +4,096 You've been awarded a total of 4,096 Experience...
4,096 xp applied to general...
XP +4,096 You've been awarded a total of 4,096 Experience...
4,096 xp applied to Archery...
You meet with Zumryn and Narsaryn near the statue gallery just inside the gates of the battlegrounds. They both congratulate you on your success in the tournament and Zumryn promptly hands you a pouch containing your prize of Adventurer Tokens.
AT + 16 You've acquired 16 Adventurer Tokens.
"A fine showing, Shadowblack," says Zumryn. "I'll admit, though, that I wasn't at all surprised to find your name among the leaders. Well done, my friend."
Narsaryn bows before you and tells you that skill with a bow is remarkable.
"I'll confess I haven't seen such a display in quite some time," she says. "It's good to see that the utility of the bow has not been forgotten. It was inspiring to watch you, Shadowblack."
She then takes you aside and thanks you for having intervened on her behalf with the spellcaster, Mirsurik.
"You can't know what a relief it is to at last be able to go about my business without worrying when he or his minions will next appear to cause me grief," she says. "Thank you."
"Don't go running off just yet," Zumryn says as he produces a worn leather bag and begins rummaging through its contents. "I've something else for you..."

Zumryn draws a palm-sized black stone orb from the bag and holds it up for you to seee.
"Perhaps you've seen one of these before?" he asks. "It's for you, Shadowblack, and I think you'll find the effects it produces quite to your liking..."
Zumryn hands you the black orb. The instant you take possession of the object, it vanishes with a blinding flash, and a powerful surge of energy passes through your body...

The surging energy rapidly dissipates, leaving in its wake only a strange tingling sensation that takes several minutes to subside.
XP +8,704 You've been awarded a total of 8,704 Experience...
8,704 xp applied to general...
XP +2,176 You've been awarded 2,176 Experience...
2176 xp applied to All Skills and Powers...
"A bit strange, is it not?" Zumryn grins and slaps you on the back. "I'll tell you -- though don't go spreading it around -- I've got quite a few of those lying about -- under lock and key, mind. Just a small gift for you, Shadowblack. And again, congratulations on your success!"
You speak with Zumryn and Narsaryn for several minutes before at last bidding them farewell. As you turn to leave, you spot one of your fellow prize-winning contestants moving across the courtyard toward the master of the battlegrounds.

[thingirl]

Thank you, Shadow. repped.

[Joddelle]

Pretty sure this is right, though a couple ot the reports seemed to have typos:
Place|Gen|AS&P
1|15360|3840
2|14848|3712
3|14336|3584
4|13824|3456
5|13312|3328
6|12800|3200
7|12288|3072
8|11776|2944
9|11264|2816
10|10752|2688
11|10240|2560
12|9728|2432
13|9216|2304
14|8704|2176
15|8192|2048
16|7680|1920
17|7168|1792
18|6656|1664
19|6144|1536
20|5632|1408
21|5120|1280
22|4608|1152
23|4096|1024
24|3584|896
25|3072|768
26|2560|640
27|2048|512
28|1536|384
29|1024|256
30|512|128

[thingirl]

I'm not good at math. I'll add that to my table. Thanks.

[shadowblack]

So the formula for the rewards is: (31-YP)*512 for general exp and (31-YP)*128 for AS&P exp

YP = Your place

[Joddelle]

that is what I used anyway, and it worked with all but two of the reported numbers, and those two had pretty common potential typos that explained the difference

[thingirl]

What werer they? I'm guessing 5 and something else.

[Joddelle]

11176 for 11776
and
1048 for 1408

[spencer]

Since I did not copy mine down, I would be willing to bet that it was 11776 and not 11176 as I posted.

[racey]

Sorry for the typo it was indeed 1,408.

[thingirl]

So, now we have the table. Unfourtonetly, I'm not at my comp right now.