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August 2007 (End of Summer Splash Wars!) |
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It has been a summer full of changes and surprises, but the staff decided to save the best for last. August kicked out with yet another remodelation of the site, a whole new layout. Sure, lots of people were not happy with it and tempers raised as these changes took place. We all know that no matter how angry the masses are, it all lasts while they get used to the new changes. 3nodding Apparently this is only one part of the new layout so there is more coming. surprised
However the biggest event of the month was Gaia's Summer Festival. It was an event to celebrate the end of the summer and of course, vacations (although they ended for me much earlier xp ). A few days before the festival we had the opportunity to get water balloons as preparation of the event. When the day finally arrived we quickly learned how the event worked.
The water wars were battled between the four current cities all over the world of Gaia:
We could choose to join one of them, during the wars which were held in a special forum for the event, we could throw water balloons at people from rival teams by clicking the button. As a result:
BOOM! EAT THAT CINDY! twisted
As we threw more water balloons we kept getting prizes which included gold, extra water balloons, the shirt of the team we joined and finally the squirt gun. Also as we threw balloons we kept filling a drench-o-meter from this:
To this:
Throwing water balloons earned us points for our teams as well, however there was a better way to make points. Instead of throwing water balloons we could go to our teams forum and help pump water for our teams big weapon by clicking the button. As a result:
blaugh Go Team! blaugh
Speaking of weapons, here are each teams weapons:
Team Aekea's Giant Robot
Team Isle de Gambino's Ice Cube Catapult
Team Barton's Giant Squirt Gun
Team Durem's Balloon Launcher
After filling the team's water meter the weapon launched an attack on a random opponent, and boy were the results messy! twisted
(Aekea's image unavailable since I can't get it, the link to it doesn't work)
During the wars there were some tempers rising as the teams continued to bash each other, some users got a little to far but still those of us to treated the event as a game had a good time. biggrin Unfortunately the water wars doesn't end until September so we will not know who will win until then, in the meantime I will do my best to support my team wether we win or lose. 3nodding
Also during the event we got another storyline update, last time the Von Helson sisters made an unexpected returnand were asking for our help by donating them gold. At the same time Edmund was asking for our help, by wanting garlic and black orchids, but for what? Anyways this is what happened:
It turns out the VH sisters are really vampires, but there is no surprise there since everyone has been assuming that since last month. For me they can eat Gino and Liam alive for all I care. xp The shocking part was the revelation made in Ian's past, looks like we now know about his family of vampires. xd
The last part of the event took place in Gaia Towns, which was dramatically changed to fit the summer environment:
There we could use our own water balloons, since the ones in the forums were unlimited, and throw them at other users just for the fun of it. Plus we could get a squirt gun from the stand and shoot the others as well. I suppose Gaia's water bill will be dramatically high this month. xp
This month's donation items were the choice between the Plasma Gear and the Summoning Tome, these items were actually very popular and I love them too. biggrin
That's all for now concerning the main events, let's see how the storyline continues it's course and how the water wars end, hopefully with my team's victory! twisted
Flux · Wed Sep 05, 2007 @ 02:23am · 0 Comments |
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