(Dec 3) Ladder Race League with 50+ Prizes

This weekend, we're going to run a temporary three hour league with awesome prizes.

It will run from 10am to 1pm New Zealand time on Sunday (Dec 4 2011). This is 9pm-midnight UTC on Saturday December 3. Here is a link for more time zone conversions.

The league will be non-hardcore. NEW CHARACTERS MUST BE CREATED IN THIS LEAGUE TO BE ELIGIBLE. After the end of the league, they'll be moved back into the Default league. The league will be open for character creation at least 30 minutes before the start of the competition.

Prizes:
During the tournament, we will track the first player to complete various achievements in this league. As soon as these are achieved, they will be announced publicly for all the participants to see.

At the end of the tournament, we will award the prizes in the Hardcore league on a character that we add to your account. If you want to transfer these prizes to the Default league, then just kill that character.

As prizes are claimed, we will update this post to show what remains.



Top Prizes:

The top player of each class by experience: Demigod's Presence (Unique Amulet).

• Ranger - Xomsad
• Witch - Destined_to_Fail
• Templar - Trophy
• Duelist - WinningII
• Marauder - AllYourPrizes

• The first player to enter Cruel difficulty: Divine Orb - Nooooooope
• The first player to enter Ruthless difficulty: Mirror of Kalandra

Full-clears:
The first player to kill all of the monsters in any of the following areas will receive the listed currency item for that area. Note that your minions count as monsters currently, so we strongly recommend avoiding minion builds if you want to win this prize. If you are in a party, then the player who gets the killing blow on the final monster gets the prize.

• (Normal) Fetid Pool: Exalted Orb - SHardcore
• (Normal) Church Dungeon Level 2: Exalted Orb - WinningII
• (Normal) Dread Thicket: Exalted Orb - Xomsad
• (Cruel) Fetid Pool: Exalted Orb - ReshaRuns
• (Cruel) Church Dungeon Level 2: Exalted Orb
• (Cruel) Dread Thicket: Exalted Orb

Quests:
The first player to complete each of these quests wins the prize listed. If you're in a party then only one of you will win the prize. The player will be selected randomly.

• (Normal) Kill Hillock: Orb of Alchemy - Preposterone
• (Normal) Give Nessa the Medicine Chest: Regal Orb - WinningII
• (Normal) Drain Submerged Passage: Orb of Alchemy - Nooooooope
• (Normal) Kill the Deep Dweller: Regal Orb - WinningII
• (Normal) Kill Brutus: 2x Orb of Alchemy - Nooooooope
• (Normal) Kill Fairgraves: Chaos Sphere - WinningII
• (Normal) Kill Merveil: 2x Chaos Sphere - Nooooooope
• (Normal) Kill Alira: Divine Orb - Nooooooope
• (Normal) Kill Oak: Divine Orb - Destined_to_Fail
• (Normal) Kill Kraityn: Divine Orb - Nooooooope
• (Normal) Get the Combined Amulet: Regal Orb - Nooooooope
• (Normal) Return Silk's Spear: Exalted Orb - Nooooooope
• (Normal) Bring Baleful Gem to Gruest: Exalted Orb - Nooooooope
• (Normal) Open Cathedral of Bones: Regal Orb - Nooooooope
• (Cruel) Kill Hillock: Orb of Alchemy - Nooooooope
• (Cruel) Give Nessa the Medicine Chest: Regal Orb - Destined_to_Fail
• (Cruel) Drain Submerged Passage: Orb of Alchemy - Nooooooope
• (Cruel) Kill the Deep Dweller: Regal Orb - Destined_to_Fail
• (Cruel) Kill Brutus: 2x Orb of Alchemy - Nooooooope
• (Cruel) Kill Fairgraves: Chaos Sphere - Nooooooope
• (Cruel) Kill Merveil: 2x Chaos Sphere - Nooooooope
• (Cruel) Kill Alira: Divine Orb
• (Cruel) Kill Oak: Divine Orb
• (Cruel) Kill Kraityn: Divine Orb - Nooooooope
• (Cruel) Get the Combined Amulet: Regal Orb
• (Cruel) Return Silk's Spear: Exalted Orb
• (Cruel) Bring Baleful Gem to Gruest: Exalted Orb - Nooooooope
• (Cruel) Open Cathedral of Bones: Regal Orb

Spot Prizes:
We'll also distribute some spot prizes randomly after the event to people who reached certain level thresholds. You can be eligible for multiple tiers of spot prizes. Winners of other categories can still win spot prizes.


Level 30+: Exalted Orb

Level 25+: Regal Orb (3 people receive this)

• OHGODIMDROWNING
• Testikel
• AllYourPrizes

Level 20+: Orb of Alchemy (5 people receive this)

• SkU
• HyperMoses
• Narfe
• ogpurrp
• DA_BrazzMonkey_SCLDR

Miscellaneous:
The game version will be whatever the current 0.9.3 version is. STASHED ITEMS IN THIS LEAGUE WILL BE LOST

Our decision on the winners is final. Bugs and mistakes will get in the way for many players and this is why we are running an event like this. If you lose your ability to participate due to a bug, please tell us about it and we'll do our best to fix it. We can't change the outcome of the event due to this.

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konfeta wrote:

Um. Reach Ruthless in 3 hours?

Pretty sure that's impossible with the side quest restrictions you guys put in. The best time to beat Act 1 Normal is around 50 minutes, no?

What better way to find out than to offer a Mirror for it?

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Dreggon wrote:

Kill bandit leaders - what if I want to let one live?

We don't expect one person to be able to get every prize. The idea here is that there are more prizes available so that more people have a chance to win.

In act 2 for example, there is a lot of choice about what prize you want to go for first. In act 1, you have to trade off trying to go for the prizes in the side areas or forging on ahead.