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Eventsquare Booth Signups!

Hello, guys! Mysti here. I am not your shiny events mod, as you very well know; that would be the lovely

etsplanations, who is currently overseas. I'm posting this on her behalf since she's asked me to hold the fort for her while she's away.

For those of you who aren't aware,

ff_eventsquare hosts a - well, the name says everything, doesn't it? - event once every game. Following Ets's grand (and very new) tradition, I'll copypaste the introduction

lightofeilia wrote for the festival, back in Game 2:

So what's the Garden Festival? It's basically an excuse to throw a party :D Well, in all seriousness, it's actually so that non-members get a chance to see what it's like in ff_land. Right now the only public communities are ff_land, ff_classchange, and moogle_workshop. But for 15 days, there'll be tons of activities and games running, and everyone is welcome to participate, especially non-members!

Even better; if you've participated and decided that hey, it's a pretty fun thing, maybe I wanna join; you'll get to keep all of the prizes that you've won (in the form of game points)!

And for our current members, the Garden Festival is also a chance for you to run activities!

True to carnival-style, the festival has different 'booths', run (ideally speaking) by different people. If you have an idea for a booth and would like to run one, there are forms below! (Yours truly will make sure it gets to Ets.)

Ideally we'd like about 5 to 10 booths for the event. Please leave a comment here if you'd like to open a booth or help to run one; people running booths, please feel free to ask for helpers if necessary! You do not need to run booths over a continuous span of days; one-off booths (like many of our current minigames) are acceptable, as well.

Booth Application Form

Helper Application Form

What do you get for running booths? I'm afraid we can't offer points for that, but we can and do reward booth-owners and helpers with 1000 gil each. It's also the chance to run your own minigame, if you've wanted to do that. Suggestions are welcome even if you don't want to run booths, and if you DO want to run one but don't know what you'd like to run, just offer to help out and maybe there'll be a few booths for you!

SCHEDULE

We're planning on running this event during the last two weeks of the game, with possibly a little overlap into extra time for wrapup. Which means this is a little late, so could I please have replies (if possible) by the 15th? I'm honestly very sorry the timespan is so short.

CURRENT BOOTH LIST

• Haven't I heard you somewhere before...? run by

toffeethesnob [HELPER SLOT OPEN]
• Toffee's Final Fantasy Character Cosplay Booth of Terror (mwahahaha!) run by... well,

toffeethesnob (mwahahaha.)

NOTE: The events in

ff_eventsquare will be public, so you do not need to join it in order to participate in the event. The only people that will be invited to it are those running a stand.

ADDITIONAL NOTE: I'll answer any questions you have as best as I can; however, if these are questions best referred to Ets, I'll forward them to her - which may mean a delay in replies.

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Um, I'd like to do a sort of specialized FF art booth. Ideally I'd want to do FF characters cosplaying since that's easy enough to get done quickly with pencil sketches and wouldn't involve any complicated staging, plus it allows the requester to have plenty of freedom without being too demanding for me. (And the cosplays don't have to be limited to the series itself - I've been looking for an excuse to do some FF seiyuu role trivia fanart so I could do a bit of that as an example.)

An idea I also have for a minigame would be to show screengrabs from various anime or games that feature the voice actors (english or Japanese) of FF characters along with clues as to who they are. For example:

Edited 2012-09-11 02:07 (UTC)

#1: Just trying to clarify here: this is a request booth, I'm guessing?

#2: ...and a trivia booth in which people guess the FF character? May I ask if you're planning to make it a once off, or a sort of regularly scheduled thing, like... a few questions every few days?

Well, ideally we try to limit it to one person per booth (though you can help out with another booth if you're keen) so more people get a chance to try their hand at it and earn gil? On the other hand, I do acknowledge this is short notice and there might be space for more. Were there any more booths you wanted to host?

Yes, the first would be a request booth. (Sorry for not clarifying - I was planning on doing a submission form after discussing it in a little more detail... ^^;;)

Yep, trivia booth. I'm not sure about scheduling since it would depend on the amount of trivia I can amass. I think I could do something involving either 2 examples per day or 10 examples every 5 days, whichever works better.

Ah I understand. Don't worry, these are the only two booths I'm interested in hosting, though if there is help needed on other booths I'd also be willing to help out though only if of course it's desperately needed. And I'm fine with sharing either booth so that more people can earn gil.

Ah, okay, I see!

I definitely think the second is more minigames-like; the first would fall more under the category of MWS. (We've done MWS exchanges before, but we've always linked back to MWS because yeah, points!) In fact, if you'd like to do both, I think it's entirely possible because the first one seems rather closer to MWS-requests to me, to be honest, and that's a lot of art and I really don't want to deny you points for it.

How's this:

We used to have creative workshops (they were generally writing, since many of them were hosted by writers rather than artists, especially since we had fewer artists back then) every so often, with prompts that could be used community-wide and also a potential avenue for requests. The tag is here. I have no objection to seeing someone post discussions of art/fic, and I have no objections to one of the prompts being cosplay, etc.

The only caveat is: if you fill any prompts obtained this way, they're not eligible for the bonus points unless someone decides to actually request it from your shop as a result of the discussion post.

On the trivia booth: Sure, just submit the application and I'll get it to Ets? :) I think the schedule depends on when it's best for you and how long you want to leave the trivia questions open for.

Booth application

Name: Naliarenegade

Class:Black Mage

Booth Name: Chocobo Raceing

Booth Info: Bet on Chocobos and win prizes. May Lady Luck smile on you.

Proposed Layout/Setup:See this minigame (http://ff-minigames.livejournal.com/53243.html). I want to run it almost exactly the same way.

Prizes/Participation: (how many points will you award for winning?)
1 point per token?
On a scale of 1 to 5 (1 being easy and 5 being difficult), how much work do you think will go into maintaining this booth?: Probably a 3.

If you answered 4 or 5 to the above question, would you want a helper to help you out?: N/A

Heya! Thanks for signing up. :) I can't give you any definite reply (all applications ultimately go to Ets, who makes the final decision) - but this might overlap with the one you currently have running, which would sort of make it moot? (Although you mentioned 'almost exactly' the same way - were there any details as to the differences?)

Edited 2012-09-11 03:03 (UTC)

Okay I think I've got my head round it now. So for the art booth I would do a post at Event Square in a similar manner to the creative workshops and host the sketches there then? (That would probably be easier with regards to replying to people since that way the art would be sure to get to them.) Would you like me to come up with another theme as well as cosplay then?

Okay, I'll get round to making an app for the trivia booth stat! Thinking it over, leaving the questions open for 5 days seems to be the most sensible since it gives everyone a chance to try it out so I'll aim for that. :)

Eh, the first: I meant, post it in AL. I realised I never actually said that straight out. /headdesk. If people prompt, then you can fill it and post in MWS, thereby claiming points for your team and gil for posting as per MWS usual. Another theme would be great so anyone who's looking for a prompt can also seize upon the theme and post to MWS, see? (And you can certainly ask people to throw you prompts as well.) Also - well, the thing is, if you ran that booth in ES you would still be benefiting vastly more from it in points than the people who requested; the idea is that anyone who takes part can claim points, as per minigames.

And okay, thanks! ♥

Edited 2012-09-11 03:15 (UTC)

Booth application
Name:Toffeethesnob/Toffee
Class: Thief
Booth Name: "Haven't I heard you somewhere before...?"
Booth Info: The booth is a trivia minigame featuring images from games or animes that FF voice actors (either English or Japanese) feature in with written clues being given as to which FF characters they play. The minigame is designed so that a knowledge of voice actors is not required as the clues are set up so that they tell you exactly who the FF character is as opposed to anything regarding the actor. (NOTE: The trivia will be a mix of mainstream and obscure anime/games so that even a regular anime nerd will have to try and use the FF clues rather than their trivia knowledge)
Proposed Layout/Setup: There will be screengrabs from 10 different anime/games (which may contain more than one character so for example a Saiyuki screengrab would be counted as one piece of trivia despite having more than one FF character to guess in there) posted every 5 days along with clues as to who the FF characters are supposed to be. The anime/games will not be revealed until the round has ended, along with the answers and the names of the actors involved. Here is an example:

(JAPANESE VOICE CAST)
(1) Long hair and a voice aren't the only things this redhead shares with a certain FF character. Both have a love for the ladies, though this FF character has a little harder luck what with the duff leg and dorky attitude...

(2) This grumpy blond priest's voice actor certainly is no stranger to playing characters that preach - though his more famous FF role is not a man of the cloth so much as a devout follower of a goddess and 'The Light'. In this anime he plays a character all too trigger happy with his handgun who constantly threatens his party members, but in FF his character wields a sword and will threaten anyone who dares threaten his party members.

(3) The brown hair is already a close similarity to the character this guy shares a voice with. Though whilst this character is supposedly 'a dumb monkey' who travels around with 3 guys and a dragon, in FF his voice actor gets to play a character who travels around with 3 girls (and one old guy) and a chocobo. He does however get to hang out with a monkey-like companion in another FF game...

Prizes/Participation: 10 points per example making it a total of 100 points up for grabs per round. However if a piece contains more than one character, both guesses must be correct in order to win points.
On a scale of 1 to 5 (1 being easy and 5 being difficult), how much work do you think will go into maintaining this booth?: 4. Coming up with the trivia and clues is a cinch for me (though in the interest of getting another person involved I can give them the trivia and allow them to write up the FF clues) so the main work will be ensuring that the images are all showing up regularly, calculating the scores and answering any questions. The updates will occur every 5 days so the reveals of the previous round will coincide with the new batch. Otherwise the only maintenances required is answering questions and making sure the answers are screened/in the right format.

If you answered 4 or 5 to the above question, would you want a helper to help you out?: A helper would be most welcome. As I mentioned earlier, I would be willing to split it so that I just hand over trivia to someone and they come up with the clues for the FF characters or I could entirely handle the trivia/clues side and then give them to someone to run the contest and handle the questions/entries. But if there is a shortage of people then I can manage on my own.

Edited 2012-09-11 03:57 (UTC)

Booth application
Name:Toffeethesnob/Toffee
Class: Thief
Booth Name: "Toffee's Final Fantasy Character Cosplay Booth of Terror (mwahahaha!)"
Booth Info: A request booth with a twist. Request any FF character you like cosplaying as anyone or thing you like be it trivial or completely random. I'll take your idea and draw you up a pencil sketch of the madness for you to enjoy!
Proposed Layout/Setup: Since this is a request booth I'll be doing rough full body pencil sketches of characters/costumes the requesters ask for. Since pencil sketches can be done quickly and without too much trouble I can do a sketch within about 1-3 hours after the request was made depending obviously on how busy I am at the time.
Prizes/Participation: N/A due to it being a request fanart booth
On a scale of 1 to 5 (1 being easy and 5 being difficult), how much work do you think will go into maintaining this booth?: 3. Other than creating the sketches the brunt of the work will be setting up the booth with a few examples but otherwise there isn't much effort involved.
If you answered 4 or 5 to the above question, would you want a helper to help you out?: Whilst I don't think I need one, I wouldn't mind having someone act as a mod in terms of making sure I'm up to date with the outstanding requests and answering questions the requesters might have but this is entirely superfluous.

Edited 2012-09-11 03:57 (UTC)

I would like to start with more tokens and also give the option of buying geshyl greens with the tokens to make the chances of the bird success better without messing with the odds. (Don't know if you've played FFXIII-2 yet, but they have a similar principal there.)

Of course I can always do a different booth if the time overlaps. I have an idea that I was going to use for a minigame, but I think it would be better to introduce it now and just repeat it in the future, fixing any mistakes I see.

I haven't played FFXIII-2, I'm afraid, but I think I see what you mean.

What's the other booth? As I said, I don't make the final decisions, so you're free to apply for both if you like, and I'll just forward the lot to Ets to approve as she sees fit.

ETA: I did forward the first to Ets; she suggests you host a different one since you're already hosting the chocobo racing for FFMG right now.

Edited 2012-09-12 08:40 (UTC)

All right, thanks! I've got both noted down, and will forward it to Ets. I think the total points may have to be tweaked downwards a little if it goes through because 100 is definitely too high (especially if it's per round - I think there are UA contests that don't reward as much!) I'm taking gil to be standard minigames - that is, 100 gil for participation, flat, regardless of how many questions you answer.

I think I ask this question every time we have a special event and the answer has been no, but would I be able to run like a mini contest or something? If so, I'll propose one. If not, I'll try coming up with a minigame idea instead.

You know, the odd thing is, I distinctly remember at least one FFES conversation mentioning the possibility of a mini-contest?

...okay, I just dug through all of JM for it, and Ets apparently never gave a definite reply on the issue. Uhm. I can't answer that for her, but would you prefer to propose that and have it forwarded to her, or would you rather I ask her about the mini-contest straight?

I'll just go ahead and propose a contest and she can decide.

All right, thank you!

Haha, I thought I might have been a bit steep so no worries. I only went with that as a vague idea because some of the trivia examples I've got are horribly nasty. ^^;; So would 50 points per round be a better bet?

How many rounds were you planning for there to be for the entire game? I'm guessing... two or three? That amounts to about 100/150 total, which is definitely too high IMO. You can cut down the number of questions, if you'd like; I think traditionally we've had 30 points for 10-15 questions in trivia (you can split the points as necessary.)

3 in total. One for every 5 days. Ah, okay - in that case 2 points per question so a total of 20 points possible per round?

Right, that brings it down to a more reasonable 60. :) (The idea is that because the time span is so short - 5 days is not, honestly speaking, a lot - you're not missing out on too much if it happens that you missed out one round, or that trivia isn't your thing.)

Booth application
Name: chacusha
Class: Black Mage
Booth Name: Postcard Mini Contest
Booth Info: It's basically a UA contest but in FFES instead. The challenge is to make a postcard (both sides: one is the image side of a locale and the other is a handwritten note on the back from an FF character to another FF character). There will be voting at the end.
Proposed Layout/Setup: Screened submission. Separate voting post (this will push other entries down, but I think it won't be much of an issue now that LJ has sticky posts). I don't know what people would like for timing, but I'm okay with closing this activity 3 days early and using the last days of the festival for voting.
Prizes/Participation:
Entry: 15-20 points?
1st: 125 points?
2nd: 100 points?
3rd: 75 points?
Voting: 5 points
(Not sure how to balance this with the other activities. Help!)

On a scale of 1 to 5 (1 being easy and 5 being difficult), how much work do you think will go into maintaining this booth?: 2

(In either case, I'll be canceling the second-half-of-September UA contests. Huzzah!)

Back-up booth application
Name: chacusha
Class: Black Mage
Booth Name: Doll-making (lol I am reusing all the ideas I sent to the FFMG mods a while back)
Booth Info: Make a set of FF dolls! Using a doll maker such as the many found on Doll Divine, recreate a bunch of FF characters. Here's a silly example I did for FFVI characters using the Tudors maker.
Proposed Layout/Setup: Typical minigame setup! Unscreened comments.
Prizes/Participation: 5 pts/doll, maybe. Not sure how many dolls I should require, maybe something like 3-6?
On a scale of 1 to 5 (1 being easy and 5 being difficult), how much work do you think will go into maintaining this booth?: 1
Other Notes: If I end up not doing this, someone else can take this idea and run it if they like!

Okay, got it! Thanks. :) I'll forward it to Ets. Out of curiosity: since FFES is open to non-ff_landers, how's this going to run for them? Voting but no participation unless they're queued to join?

Hm... I was thinking anyone could participate and win too. The points would just go into a black hole if they weren't planning on joining.

Okay! I'll pass that on as well. :)

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