Mason's World Tour Give-A-Way (FREE)

Mindcrime

Mindcrime

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

Sweden

[Dark]

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Manic Smile
a friend of mine told me about the "we judge your character(personality)" part and I had to laugh
This isn't the best place to discuss but I still want to give a few cents and information regarding this for the other people who might read this and wonder. Yes, we do "judge" or "get to know" the person before considering an full application enrollment. These things are there for a good cause and helps us chosing the players we're looking for. End of story.

Discuss about LBSRA here: http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=56099
or www.lbsra.net

Good luck with the free world tour mason.

Hell Raiser

Hell Raiser

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

[PHNX]

Mo/

If you still havn't done this sign me up, I just started another character and I don't mind where I start from, I have up to beacons on him...

Bowman Artemis

Bowman Artemis

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

Gold Coast, Australia.

Overclockers Australia [OCAU]

I'll sign up if it's still open and I'm available on Saturday. Perhaps Sunday, but probably not.

My new monk will take it and I'd like to leave from ascalon.

Darth Vader

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Feb 2006

W/

Hi. I would like to sign up my ele/me from yaks. Free on weekends and weekdays! thx ur so generous

I am avaible on thursday->sunday im on UsServer . and i am aviable on the 5:00->9:00pm for sure and on weekends all day. Thx alot

Wonderpuff

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Feb 2006

Count me in!

Divinus Stella

Divinus Stella

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

Wales

Steel Phoenix

I'm sure the going rate for world tours was more around the 50k mark, but w/e if your doin it for free, good job.

thrice

thrice

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2005

Grotto

No guild

Mo/Me

I'll sign up from Ascalon.

Can go anytime after 5 PM Central anyday except Friday and maybe Saturday.

Sagius Truthbarron

Sagius Truthbarron

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2005

Animal Factory [ZoO]

A/

Sign me up, my level 12 needs some powering up, and I'de also like really like to see this done.

I'm EST time and am mostly on at nights, but I can get on earlier.

WiLdFiRe111

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2006

Melbourne, Australia

[LBS]

Count me in! Bram Sureflight, and I can go from any of those places

goober1973

goober1973

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2005

Ireland

Ascending Phoenix [AP]

R/

Yes please!
ToA is good for me, any time after 8:00pm GMT (3:00pm EST) on friday through the weekend.

Pinna

Pinna

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2005

Hell Reapers [HR]

Mo/

I would like to be entered into the draw, starting from Ascalon but Yak's would be fine too.

I'm available every night of the week, 6-11 GMT; and Sundays all day.

Chuba

Chuba

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2005

Finland

New Dragons [NDR]

Hi, my Necro, Valerie Trevean, would like to join your tour from Ascalon. I´m GMT +2 but because of flexible studying hours I am available at anytime on any day of the week if needed.

Kool Pajamas

Kool Pajamas

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2005

Maryland

Mage Elites [MAGE]

When will the "winners" be announced?

Tainek

Tainek

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

[Rage]

Quote:
Originally Posted by thunderpower
Good thing this FREE world tour.

But 400k usual price?
Let's see who has that sort of money:

1) People who played the game before and farmed alot. As a result they made friends, maybe joined a guild. And overall, they KNOW how to play this game. Result, this category will not accept an overpriced "tour" like that, IMO

2) New players who bought money with hard cash (ebay, etc). IMO if they pay for this service they miss everything what makes the PvE part intresting and worth playing. IMO this is just like a winning maraton by getting to the finish line by car... has no sense. So even if these people will pay, they'll either leave the pve part after some days, weeks of playing because they`ll have no fun in it or they'll smack their ead against the wall when they realise what a waiste of money it was.


Other solutions: use diffrent runners to reduce cost.
Ascalon - Beacons (can be split in more steps, like Asc - Piken, Piken - Yaks, Yaks - Beacon), total cost between 2-5k. Becaons - Droknars run is between 3 and 10k depending on how patient you are, you might get it for free.
Total cost to get to droknars till now doesn't exceed 20k.

For 300-1000 you can get to LA. From LA to ToA same price, 1k being the upper limit.

From toa to Sanctum Cay you can be charged between 1 and 3k. Cay mission run is like 1k.

And your in Amnoon Oasis.

Till now, you have Droknars and Oasis all for like let's see, a 25k total expense.

Now, you need to get to Augury. I don't know how much this might cost, but let's assume 5k max price. From augury for another 5k you can be ran to all places in the desert, you might get everything for as low as 1k, depending on the greed of the runners.

Till now, having every place in the desert along with droks and you spend like MAX 35k.

Thirsty being the hardest mission to run, it will cost you like 5k. The remaing 2 will cost you MAX 5 all together.

Let's see now... You can now try and ascend for a total cost of 45k (upper limit). If your smart, lucky, know how to negociate, you can spend maybe 20k less.

Let's assume the everything you've done till now is only HALF of the so called "world tour". How much did you save? Like 155k? You can spend now 20k on a droknars armor (buying everything from mechant).

If you have time to spend testing your new armor, you can level up and try beat your dop. If you are building a mo/* for farming, you can beat dopey at lvl 7 without problem having the right skills. Just do a search to see the most effective way to beat your dop with diffrent professions. And since you probably stopped in many places with skill trainers, you can buy the skills for cash (Ascalon, Yaks, LA, Fishermans, Amnoon, Droks, Camp Rankor).

If you manage to ascend.... weee... quantum leap in XP. 50.000 XP power level you quite good. You should be between lvl 14-17 now.
From this point on, you can go and do the easiset missions and the quest with high XP. Also, do the sardelac, yaks "skill reward" quests to have some skills you can use.

I`m too lazy to type prices and stuff for the part that concerns post Droknars, but for like 20-25k you can get to all places in shiverpeak, and also get to the ring of fire, become lvl 20, etc...


So this whole "world tour" (in case you pay it) is a big ***** IMO.

EDIT: i know what i typed I've seen that it's a marketing strategy (offering the service for free) of the OP. I`m only expressing my opinion regarding the usual price.
Yes, but with this you get to do it ALL in one, no waiting to get another runner, no waiting for groups to fill up, no failed runs (this guy obv knows what hes doing)


so overall, your saving a buttload of time, and time is worth more to me than any fools online gold

Brutaniu Mason

Brutaniu Mason

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

W/Mo

The moment we've all been waiting for is here...

Seven lucky winners have been selected at random!

And they are:

benmanhaha (ascalon)

snikerz (yaks)

Scown-dog (ascalon)

jtchans (toa)

Darth Vader (yaks)

Sagius Truthbarron (ascalon)

goober1973 (toa)

If any of you cannot make this event please tell me. It will be held this Saturday or possibly Sunday starting at 2:00pm (EST).
Please tell me which day you prefer. It may have to be Sunday.
I am heading home from college tomorrow (8hour trip) and I'm not sure when I'll have a comp up and running yet.
2 O'Clock is not too early, not too late--Yeah? We should be done around 7:00pm, granted everyone is on time and things run smoothly.
This way we all don't have to fight an alarm clock to get up, and can go out for some night life
Contact me with a private message to confirm you can make it on either Saturday or Sunday at 2:00pm or both.
If someone can't make it I will choose another (at random) to take.
Please respond to me promptly.
If you did not win, better luck Next Time?

PulSe

PulSe

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2006

By the nearest comp

[nZo]

Grats

The New Guy

The New Guy

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2005

Southern CALI

Eraserheads

N/Me

aww man! I missed out on this!

Dracus Steelbow

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2005

in my basement for the last 20 years

Radicals Against Tyrants

R/

well Congrats to the winners. oh well, maybe next time eh? lol

Gaile Gray

Gaile Gray

ArenaNet

Join Date: Feb 2005

Very nice and well-organized idea, Brutaniu Mason! I commend you on your public service and spirit of giving.

Maybe I should start a new girl and come on a world run someday.

Ilya Khan

Ilya Khan

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2005

Los Angeles, CA

-FdM-

Me/Mo

I would LOVE to do this.

Brutaniu Mason

Brutaniu Mason

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

W/Mo

Alright the run will officially take place tomorrow (Sunday) at 2:00pm EST.
Everyone has gotten back to me except Scown-dog. I've sent him a third PM now and will try to reach him in-game.

If he cannot respond to me by mid-day tomorrow I will select a new "winner" to take his spot...
He won an Ascalon Slot, which was the majority of what people wished to win. If he does not reply promptly, I will re-draw from the people who wanted to join, starting from Ascalon.

For those who posted late, you can re-edit your posts and get a chance at the slot as well, but don't get your hopes up.

I will do everything I can to try and contact Scown, as I have with the other six winners. But hey, if I can't reach him there's nothing more I can do.

The run takes approximately 5 hours from Ascalon so everyone should have that amount of online time on their hands. There will be plenty of opportunities to go afk along the way, but not for an extended period of time. Just in case.

If the winners could all reply to me again in a PM that they are aware that the run will take place on Sunday at 2pm, and they are good to go, that'd be great.

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Jtchans will be leaving after I take him around the Jungle area. That leaves a free slot open for the Crystal Desert and Southern Shiverpeaks. If anyone wants to take advantage of this spot please PM me soon. Again, we are starting at Ascalon, tomorrow at 2:00pm EST. You should be able to stay on for a few hours after this time and have Sanctum Cay on your map. This is where I'll pickup a replacement for jtchans, who will be able to come along for the rest of the tour. Please contact me soon!

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jtchans

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

W/

Hi Guys I am one of the winners. I will be leaving from ToA to go through the Jungle and that is all as I have reached all of the other places on this tour.

If anybody would like to replace me for the Desert and Shiverpeaks portion of the tour Post here or ask me in-game (Smite Tation).

Thanks Again Mason!

Kool Pajamas

Kool Pajamas

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2005

Maryland

Mage Elites [MAGE]

If he doesnt respond and you draw again, dont pick me because I wont be available at that time anymore.

Scown-dog

Scown-dog

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2005

Canada-nuff said

Peace Machine Grrr [DiE]-with Kanwulf until I feel the boot

W/N

Unfortunetly....I managed to get back to him. Thanks for being understanding Mason

Brutaniu Mason

Brutaniu Mason

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

W/Mo

The run is done. I am tired. And the balance of good and evil has been reset in the world.

I need a vacation. Wait, I'm on vacation! Time to hit the beach.

snikerz

snikerz

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

Rt/A

updated my profile

Scown-dog

Scown-dog

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2005

Canada-nuff said

Peace Machine Grrr [DiE]-with Kanwulf until I feel the boot

W/N

You definetly deserve a break. When you hit the beach make sure u bring a beer with ya.

Lord Sojar

Lord Sojar

The Fallen One

Join Date: Dec 2005

Oblivion

Irrelevant

Mo/Me

Great work mason, love rahja. LoL.

benmanhaha

benmanhaha

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

nowhere!!!

N/Mo

I would just like to personnally thank Mason for a great run. He did a great job. The run was quick for the most part, except when a few people went afk at bad times.

But again, thank you very much.

goober1973

goober1973

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2005

Ireland

Ascending Phoenix [AP]

R/

Cheers Mason.

Iwori

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2006

E/Me

Sign me up for the one starting in ascalon city please thanks

Hockster

Hockster

Banned

Join Date: Jul 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Iwori
Sign me up for the one starting in ascalon city please thanks
You're two weeks late.

Chilly Ress

Chilly Ress

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Oct 2005

Kinetic Fusion [kF]

Me/

too late, man, that was a nice contest