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Orcrist9
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Jagex, this is so far beyond stupid its depleting my brain cells. First off, indulging in the idiocracy of popculture is... abhorrent, but at the same time, making it an exclusive competition that is not available to everyone and offering a one-year free membership as a reward for taking a [insert preferred derogatory term] selfie ? There is no curse in elvish, ent-ish or the Tongues of Men for this treachery!

I don't care if its an exclusive competion. I can deal with that, but the fact that you are giving away 3 one-year memberships for taking a selfie screenshot in a city is where the problem lies. Jagex, it's a screenshot competition. I don't care if it took you 10 years to prioritize Prifddinas -- you chose to make your "competition" a "best screenshot" one.

Over all the years that Prifddinas has not existed in this game, there have been numerous art competitions where talented and skillful artists worked harder than any video-game player to produce truly stunning artwork, and they never received anything for the fandom they have freely given you, and yet, here you decide to give away 3 one-year memberships for whoever can take the best screenshot of themselves in the "Lost City of the Elves."

Proposition:

Lower the stakes: make it a 2-3 month membership reward. A screenshot should not land someone a free 1-year membership.

Way to go Jagex. Way. To. Go.
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24-Sep-2014 08:46:41 - Last edited on 24-Sep-2014 08:59:28 by Orcrist9

Orcrist9
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Slave said :
Triligy20 said :
Sounds like if you don't have access to Priffdinas you can't participate. That kinda cuts the number of players that can participate to not many.
Indeed, I'm sure they wouldn't want the newcomers who know nothing of lore to obtain such an easy reward though :p


You presume far too much. Simply because someone hasn't completed Plague's End and gained access to Prifddinas does not mean that they are "newcomers who know nothing of [the] lore." It's very easy to look up a quest and all related information about it. You don't have to do the quest to know what it involves. There are several quests I haven't done, and I am just as versed in the lore as everyone who has a quest cape (and more so than some because not everyone cares about the story).
Here, I'll give you this strawberry if you keep it a secret!

24-Sep-2014 09:24:03 - Last edited on 24-Sep-2014 09:25:46 by Orcrist9

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As an aside - the voting gallery is now OPEN! Share your elfies, and start voting for some of your favourites!

With regards to some of the comments:

1) This is hosted on Woobox because it allows us to store all the images as soon as they're entered into a gallery. If this were done manually, not only would it take a lot longer, but it'd make the competition unfair, because the team can't have their finger on the button 24 hours a day uploading them. Also, we don't have the functionality on the website to host 180+ images on it (the entries so far) and allow people to vote on each one.

2) #LetMeTakeAnElfie is a bit of fun; we could have just called it 'Elf City screenshot competition', but in my opinion this is more fun and engaging.

3) This is competition in line with the opening of Prifddinas. Sorry if this excludes some players, but there will be further competitions across the year aligned with other updates which are more inclusive.

4) It's not a popularity contest. We'll choose two of the winners, and you guys will choose one by voting.


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24-Sep-2014 10:23:34

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Why are you so mad?
It's a fun competition, and isn't like the bonds will crash or something cus jagex gave away 3 years of membership lol.
Just have some fun and try getting a good elfie . :)
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24-Sep-2014 10:43:43

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OMG! I'm so excited to see your pics. =D

Good luck everyone! <3

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24-Sep-2014 11:00:17

War tortoise
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Roddy Piper said :
4 days to do this, requires 5 days of research to figure out how.


You mean 0?

Besides me never remembering my twitter PW, I can do 2/4 maybe 3/4... assuming the page it brang me too isnt fb related...
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24-Sep-2014 20:14:56

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