Relics of Orr [RO] Presents: Pi[e] Day 2011

In celebration of mathematics and pastries, the Relics of Orr alliance invites you to participate in the first annual Pi[e] Day! Due to the "official" date falling on a weekday (Monday, March 14th, aka 3/14), the event will take place on Sunday, March 13th to ensure the whole of the community is able to participate. The celebration of pie is a timeless tradition, so you are welcome to continue the celebration into Monday if you so choose.

The event will be hosted in Rata Sum in International District 1 from 8pm GMT (4pm EST) to 10pm GMT (6pm EST). If the event is as big as we hope it will be, we may appoint alliance representatives in additional International Districts (it will be announced during the event if this happens). Please note that DST takes effect in the USA on March 13th.

Tasha will be on the digital turntables providing music and announcements during the event on Split Infinity Radio. Please contact her via email (tasha AT siradio DOT fm) with any music requests prior to the event. We cannot guarantee your requests will be played, but please feel free to submit them regardless - you never know!

Our friends at Guild Wars 2 Live have been kind enough to host our LiveStream feed, so even if you can’t be in game you can be part of the action!

Remember, the intent of this event is not only to celebrate the greatest food ever invented as well as the discovery of Pi, but more importantly to bring everyone together for a good time and to promote the best aspect of Guild Wars: the community. Those that wish to donate prizes or would like to volunteer for anything we may need, please do not hesitate to let us know. Log in, get involved and continue to make our community memorable and set apart from the rest!

In-Game Event Schedule

[08:00pm GMT] [04:00pm EDT] Commencement Ceremony, Tasha On-Air
[08:15pm GMT] [04:15pm EDT] Pi[e] Trivia Begins
[08:30pm GMT] [04:30pm EDT] Pie Raffle #1*
[08:45pm GMT] [04:45pm EDT] Scavenger Hunt Begins (Item List Revealed)
[09:15pm GMT] [05:15pm EDT] Scavenger Hunt Ends
[09:20pm GMT] [05:20pm EDT] Pie Raffle #2*
[09:30pm GMT] [05:30pm EDT] More Pi[e] Trivia
[09:45pm GMT] [05:45pm EDT] Forum Contest Winners Announced
[09:59pm GMT] [05:59pm EDT] Pi[e] Trivia Ends
[10:00pm GMT] [06:00pm EDT] Event Closing Announcement

* see "Please Note" section

Pi[e] Trivia

For the duration of the event, we will be hosting a plethora of pi[e] trivia for anyone that wishes to participate. The first person to correctly answer each trivia question will be acknowledged. Every correct question answered will be given a random prize from the prizes available. Due to latency, the alliance member hosting the trivia at the time and asking the questions will be the judge of who the first person was to answer the trivia correctly. The first person on the trivia host's local chat log to answer correctly will be awarded the prize.

Scavenger Hunt

(to prevent people from accumulating items prior to the event date, the item list will be announced at the time listed in the above schedule)

There is a 30-minute time limit, so be efficient! Wikis (1, 2) are your friend!

The first 5 people to return with all items within the time limit will be awarded prizes. Anyone who returns with all items before the end of the event will be awarded consolation prizes.

Prizes

[01] Ecto Pack (10e) + 25 Slices of Pumpkin Pie
[02] Lunar Fortunes [Year of the Rabbit] [x100] + 10 Slices of Pumpkin Pie
[03] Zaishen Keys [x10] + 5 Slices of Pumpkin Pie
[04] Lunar Fortunes [Year of the Rabbit] [x50] + 3 Slices of Pumpkin Pie
[05] 25,000g + 1 Slice of Pumpkin Pie

Raffle

By submitting the form for the offline contests, you are automatically entered into our raffle! If your number gets drawn, you win a prize! The raffle will be drawn in two "halves" at the time listed in the above schedule.

Prizes

[01] Ecto Pack (30e) + 50 Slices of Pumpkin Pie
[02] Ecto Pack (20e) + 50 Slices of Pumpkin Pie
[03] Heavy Equipment Pack + 25 Slices of Pumpkin Pie
[04] Miniature Eye of Janthir + 25 Slices of Pumpkin Pie
[05] 50 Diessa Chalices (1 Blindfold) + 10 Slices of Pumpkin Pie
[06] Oppressor Weapon (of winner's choice) + 10 Slices of Pumpkin Pie
[07] Destroyer Spear (caster modded) + 5 Slices of Pumpkin Pie
[08] Vial of Black Dye (Set) + 5 Slices of Pumpkin Pie
[09] Lunar Fortunes [Year of the Rabbit] [x50] + 3 Slices of Pumpkin Pie
[10] Random Unded Miniatues (White) [x6] + 3 Slices of Pumpkin Pie
[11] Random Unded Miniatues (White) [x5] + 1 Slice of Pumpkin Pie
[12] Random Unded Miniatues (White) [x4] + 1 Slice of Pumpkin Pie
[13] Random Unded Miniatues (White) [x3] + 1 Slice of Pumpkin Pie
[14] Random Unded Miniatues (White) [x2] + 1 Slice of Pumpkin Pie
[15] Vial of White Dye (Set) + 1 Slice of Pumpkin Pie
[16] Vial of White Dye (Set) + 1 Slice of Pumpkin Pie
[17] Vial of White Dye (Set) + 1 Slice of Pumpkin Pie
[18] Lunar Fortunes [Year of the Rabbit] [x25] + 1 Slice of Pumpkin Pie
[19] Lunar Fortunes [Year of the Rabbit] [x25] + 1 Slice of Pumpkin Pie
[20] Trick or Treat Bags [x100] + 1 Slice of Pumpkin Pie
[21] Trick or Treat Bags [x100] + 1 Slice of Pumpkin Pie
[22] Trick or Treat Bags [x100] + 1 Slice of Pumpkin Pie
[23] Deldrimor Talisman + 1 Slice of Pumpkin Pie
[24] 100 Glacial Stones (1 Glove) + 1 Slice of Pumpkin Pie
[25] 100 Glacial Stones (1 Glove) + 1 Slice of Pumpkin Pie
[26] 100 Glacial Stones (1 Glove) + 1 Slice of Pumpkin Pie
[27] Amulet of the Mists + 1 Slice of Pumpkin Pie
[28] Book of Secrets + 1 Slice of Pumpkin Pie
[29] Set of Items for Keiran & Gwen's Picnic (1) + 1 Slice of Pumpkin Pie
[30] Set of Items for Keiran & Gwen's Picnic (1) + 1 Slice of Pumpkin Pie

Offline Contests

Most Interesting Pi[e] Fact

Impress us with your factual knowledge of pi or pie for your chance to win!

Prizes

[01] Ecto Pack (20e) + 50 Slices of Pumpkin Pie
[02] Mimiature Moa Chick + 25 Slices of Pumpkin Pie
[03] 50,000g + 10 Slices of Pumpkin Pie
[04] Miniature Pig + 5 Slices of Pumpkin Pie
[05] Vial of Black Dye (Set) + 3 Slices of Pumpkin Pie

Funniest Reason Why Pie is Better Than Cake

Exactly what it says! Pie haters are not welcome! *shakes fist*

Prizes

[01] Ecto Pack (20e) + 50 Slices of Pumpkin Pie
[02] Miniature Celestial Rabbit + 25 Slices of Pumpkin Pie
[03] 50,000g + 10 Slices of Pumpkin Pie
[04] Vial of Black Dye (Set) + 5 Slices of Pumpkin Pie
[05] Lunar Fortunes [Year of the Rabbit] [x100] + 3 Slices of Pumpkin Pie

How to Enter

If you wish to enter the offline contests and/or the raffle, please fill in the information on this form.

Please Note

[01] For all offline contests, no entries will be accepted after 11:59pm GMT on March 12th.
[02] One entry per contest, per person. Multiple entries or spamming the sign up form will void your entry.
[03] You must supply your in-game name for your entry to be valid. It will be held on a publicly viewable area until 21st March, when the details will be deleted.
[04] Once you have submitted the sign up form, your raffle number will be your entry number found on the list of entries.
[05] The offline contests will be judged by a neutral panel headed by members of various community sites.
[06] The raffle will be drawn using random number software (www.random.org) and broadcast on the LiveStream feed.
[07] The results will be posted on this thread and announced in game after the winners are decided.
[08] Items not picked up by winners by 11:59pm GMT on March 21st will be forfeited and placed into storage for future community events.

Special Thanks

Partners: Guild Wars 2 Live, Relics of Orr, Split Infinity Radio
Donors: Albion, Lazarus, Mystic Spiral [MYST], Synthesis, Tasha

This looks fantastic! I Love Pie! I mean *cough* Pi!

Less than 4 days to get your offline contest entries in!

Oh my godness a Pi day!

Oh what joy fills my heart!

Btw Pi is waaaaay more awesome than pie ^^

Part of me would like to say that this event fails because it doesn't start at 1:59, but good luck with it anyways.

haha I didn't read the previous entries before I posted..
Lots of people seemed to have gotten the portal reference :0

just a quick question, at what time is the event in spain?? I'm a mess with time zones, so I ask it here.
Thanks!

oh, and antoher small question, do we have to put the word ''raffle'' in both ''funniest reason why...'' and ''most interesting pie fact'' or just in one of them, if we have to write it in both, please tell me how to edit our submissions!
Thanks again!

Thanks for hosting this, all. I can't make it to the online event, so it's awesome that you're doing an offline portion as well.

Props to you guys for organizing such an awesome thing! Only half an hour to goooooooo

Oh no its PM not AM D: D:

That means i can't come

The event starts at 21:00 CET.

If you've written in an entry for either of the contests, you'll automatically be entered into the raffle. If you don't want to enter either of the contests, raffle should have gone in both of the boxes. Relax though, I haven't seen anyone that's messed up that badly!

Also please note that we're not taking any more submissions for the offline contests or entries into the raffle. Judging is underway!

Good luck everyone and see you on air later!

Thanks to everyone who attended the event! We hit 166 listeners on Split Infinity Radio and filled the district in game!

Due to some unforseen circumstances, Synthesis wasn't able to make the event so the prizes have had to be toned down or substituted. Apologies for that. Big big thanks to Lazarus Alexey and Tigerfeet for stepping in to help.

The winners are as follows:
Scavenger Hunt

We asked people to bring us one of each of the following: Archaic Kappa Shell, Red Iris Flower, Mandragor Root

The first 5 people to return with all items within the time limit were awarded the following.

[01] Ecto Pack (10e)
Agni Hinome
[02] Lunar Fortunes [Year of the Rabbit] [x100]
Leohan Rush
[03] Obsidian Shards [x10]
Katya Nightwish
[04] Lunar Fortunes [Year of the Rabbit] [x50]
Spirit Hime
[05] 25,000g
Wriggly Moonchild

Raffle

The winners were chosen by random number generation on Random.Org from the 81 entries received in time. If your name is below but you haven't collected your prize, please pm me on the forums or in game (IGN: Tasha Darke) between 7pm-Midnight GMT. Items not picked up by winners by 11:59pm GMT on March 21st will be forfeited and placed into storage for future community events.

Prizes

[01] Ecto Pack (30e)
43 Blue Screen Of Doom
[02] Ecto Pack (20e)
77 Cartis Goldenhart
[03] Heavy Equipment Pack + 25 Slices of Pumpkin Pie
67 Theluin De Souheit
[04] Miniature Eye of Janthir + 25 Slices of Pumpkin Pie
61 Slara Moonshine
[05] 50 Diessa Chalices (1 Blindfold) + 10 Slices of Pumpkin Pie
69 Natasha Drakes
[06] Oppressor Weapon (of winner's choice) + 10 Slices of Pumpkin Pie
45 Tube sock ninja
[07] Destroyer Spear (caster modded) + 5 Slices of Pumpkin Pie
62 Ullas Ubon
[08] Vial of Black Dye (Set) + 5 Slices of Pumpkin Pie
35 The Fall of Gods
[09] Lunar Fortunes [Year of the Rabbit] [x50] + 3 Slices of Pumpkin Pie
41 Siadina Sorrowchild
[10] Random Unded Miniatues (White) [x6] + 3 Slices of Pumpkin Pie
75 Ironfist Shmuck Man
[11] Random Unded Miniatues (White) [x5] + 1 Slice of Pumpkin Pie
5 Raeya Tasa
[12] Random Unded Miniatues (White) [x4] + 1 Slice of Pumpkin Pie
38 Alystia Rose
[13] Random Unded Miniatues (White) [x3] + 1 Slice of Pumpkin Pie
20 Tana Ranger
[14] Random Unded Miniatues (White) [x2] + 1 Slice of Pumpkin Pie
59 Devo Tha Monk
[15] Vial of White Dye (Set) + 1 Slice of Pumpkin Pie
50 Godrael Manifestus
[16] Vial of White Dye (Set) + 1 Slice of Pumpkin Pie
65 Jaded A
[17] Vial of White Dye (Set) + 1 Slice of Pumpkin Pie
32 Kalisha The Healer
[18] Lunar Fortunes [Year of the Rabbit] [x25] + 1 Slice of Pumpkin Pie
3 Gwennis Di Romilly
[19] Lunar Fortunes [Year of the Rabbit] [x25] + 1 Slice of Pumpkin Pie
37 Straight N Arrow
[20] Trick or Treat Bags [x100] + 1 Slice of Pumpkin Pie
33 Ms Lovitt
[21] Trick or Treat Bags [x100] + 1 Slice of Pumpkin Pie
73 The Eternal Monkki
[22] Trick or Treat Bags [x100] + 1 Slice of Pumpkin Pie
36 Malchior Devenholm
[23] Deldrimor Talisman + 1 Slice of Pumpkin Pie
60 Mysterious Sin X
[24] 100 Glacial Stones (1 Glove) + 1 Slice of Pumpkin Pie
46 Jin Tinacki
[25] 100 Glacial Stones (1 Glove) + 1 Slice of Pumpkin Pie
58 Friendly killers
[26] 100 Glacial Stones (1 Glove) + 1 Slice of Pumpkin Pie
21 Rotting Pie
[27] Amulet of the Mists + 1 Slice of Pumpkin Pie
71 Of Wolf and Valkus
[28] Book of Secrets + 1 Slice of Pumpkin Pie
51 Akrenios Lucror
[29][/b] Set of Items for Keiran & Gwen's Picnic (1) + 1 Slice of Pumpkin Pie
14 One Junction
[30] Set of Items for Keiran & Gwen's Picnic (1) + 1 Slice of Pumpkin Pie
63 Briar Lore

Offline Contests

Both of these contest were judged on the 13th March by a panel. The panel were the following: Tigerfeet, Relics of Orr cohost and writer at Secret Agent Cat, Ubi Maior, writer at Talk Tyria, Cookie and Soulblythe from Split Infinity Radio and Jonny10 from GuildMag. Each was asked to pick their top 20 entries from the 60 received and their votes were totalled to give the results. If your name is below but you haven't collected your prize, please pm me on the forums or in game (IGN: Tasha Darke) between 7pm-Midnight GMT. Items not picked up by winners by 11:59pm GMT on March 21st will be forfeited and placed into storage for future community events.

Most Interesting Pi[e] Fact

Prizes

[01] Ecto Pack (20e)
Winner: Tarith Azuris (69)
Fact: The Guild Wars release date of April 28th, 2005 (or 04282005) shows up as the 128,699,238th number following the decimal point
[02] Miniature Moa Chick
Winner: Of Wolf and Valkus (65)
Fact: The first instance of someone getting a pie in the face on film was Ben Turpin in 1909's Mr. Flip.
[03]50,000g
Winner: Jin Tinacki (59)
Fact: You can swap half the water in pie dough with vodka and it makes the dough a lot easier to roll out and handle. The vodka doesn't promote gluten formation, so you get a crust that's more tender and flaky without being chewy or brittle. The vodka then boils off, and doesn't affect the flavor. Made popular by Cook's Illustrated a couple years back. I've made pies with it myself, and it IS almost foolproof.
[04] Miniature Pig
Winner: Straight N Arrow (53 Points)
Fact: The first pie recipe was published by the Romans and was for a rye-crusted goat cheese and honey pie. This pie was called "Placenta" (eww)!
[05] Vial of Black Dye (Set)
Winner: Raeya Tasa, Alystia Rose, Flipside Parallel (49 points) (3 sets available)
Fact: The world's largest pumpkin pie weighed over 350 pounds and was made with 80 pounds of pumpkin, 36 pounds of sugar, and 144 eggs.

Funniest Reason Why Pie is Better Than Cake

Prizes

[01][/color] Ecto Pack (20e)
Winner: Straight N Arrow (70)
Reason: "Pie is better than Cake" : 37 800 hits on Google
"Cake is better than Pie" : 27 900 hits on Google
Thus, it is proven that pie is better that cake.
Also, you cannot have cake for starter, dinner *and* desert. At least not without going into diabetic coma. I mean, what is up with that?
[02] Miniature Celestial Rabbit
Winner: Silver Talen (49)
Reason: Cause if you divide a jack-o-lantern by its diameter, you get Pumpkin Pi! Ahahag=ha
[03]50,000g + 10 Slices of Pumpkin Pie
Winner: Ser Kryshin (48)
Reason: Pies are actually one of the most intelligent desserts. They are so smart in fact, that they will automatically track how much of themselves has been eaten via a Pie Chart. Can cake do that?
[04] Vial of Black Dye (Set)
Winner: Akrenios Lucror (47)
Reason: Pious Renewal
Elite Flash Enchantment Spell. For 8 seconds, nothing happens. When this enchantment ends, Pious Renewal is recharged and you gain 0...4...5 Energy and 0...24...30 Health. If you are eating pie while using this enchantment, you receive +1 to awesome.
Cake Renewal
Fail Enchantment Spell. For 45 seconds, whenever you use a consume a Birthday Cake, you receive -1 to awesome. When this enchantment ends, you lose all of your health and disease is spread to all allies in the area.
[05] Lunar Fortunes [Year of the Rabbit] [x100]
Winner: Dimos Loudrem
Reason: Crust. Nough said.

Congratulations to all the winners! Thanks for coming along and making our pi[e] celebrations memorable!

the event was fun!!! I really enjoyed it even if i didn't get much prizes, but it was a break of the Guild Wars routine, so I'm waiting for more events like this..
Thanks [RO]!!!

Thanks a lot for a wonderful community event!

It is a lot of work for sure and I am always in awe of people pulling stuff like this off. Sadly I could not attend the in-game event, but I had much fun thinking up stuff for the offline contest

AHMAGODS! I got no.1 in the raffle!
/faint
I mean err I'll be on later!!!

Just a small note: If you're a winner and can't make it online between 7pm-midnight GMT please PM me on the forums. I'm planning on staying up late on Friday and/or Saturday to contact those in other time zones (PDT is a particular issue), and your feedback will help me catch everyone.

If you see me online or flagged away, please send a message. I don't bite & will sort you out with your prizes as soon as I can.

Met several people last night, 24 more to go!

Thank you again tasha.

- tube sock ninja

i missed PI day :/ was away from the computer that day.. :'/

Thankchoo very very much Tasha!
- Blue Screen of Doom

yay! i won a raffle! Ive been working my fingers off for tax season, but if you could fine the time to meet up with me tomorrow in game would be great. Siadina Sorrowchild ign

bahh just noticed the time zone thingie. So what would 7-12pm gmt be in est?

Thank you guys so much for the Janthir Mini, and the pies!