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Offline Rorce

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EQResource Name That Zone Contest: Feb 5 - 28, 2015
« on: February 05, 2015, 03:28:45 AM »
Name That Zone Contest






With the recent announcement of SOE transitioning into Daybreak Games, we decided to gather our final remaining SOE branded goodies left over from previous contests and give them away in a prize package! We threw in an EverQuest T-Shirt also - as we wouldn't want you seen in public with SOE goodies without representing the best game they ever owned!

This contest is a fun one, and it will test your knowledge of (or willingness to research) 40 locations across Norrath!

In this contest you will be presented with screen shots that the EQResource staff has gathered from all over Norrath. You will earn points by successfully guessing where the screen shot was taken! There are 4 tiers of difficulty, and each tier has 10 screen shots.

Tier 1 is easy and worth 1 point per successful guess, Tier 2 is difficult and worth 2 points per successful guess, Tier 3 is hard and worth 3 points per successful guess, and Tier 4 is "Troll Tier" and worth 4 points per successful guess. In Tier 4 many of the screen shots could have been captured in multiple zones. If you are able to recognize the screen shot, you'll most likely still have to guess which of the multiple zones we took it in!

This contest will run from February 5th through February 28th, 2015. All scores and answers will be hidden until the contest officially ends. On March 1st we will disable the ability to record guesses in the contest, and open up the Leaderboard as well as show you which zones you got right and wrong. Whoever is the highest on the Leaderboard wins the complete prize package! If there is a tie, we will assign numbers to each of the tied players and do a /random in game to determine the winner.

Overview/Rules:
  • Due to shipping physical items this contest is only open to US residents.
  • For discussion of this contest, please use this thread
  • You must have an EQResource forum account to participate in this contest
  • Guess which zone screen shots were taken in to earn points
  • There are 4 tiers of difficulty. The more difficult the tier, the more points each screen shot is worth!
  • All scores are hidden until the end of the contest (February 28th)
  • After the contest has ended there will be a leaderboard showing score tallies. We will also post a full list of answers along with the in game /loc the screen shot was taken at.
  • The player with the highest score wins the prize package. In the event of a tie, a /random will be done in game to determine the winner
  • The prize package includes: Size M EverQuest T-Shirt, SOE Station Bouncey Ball, SOE Sharpie, SOE Luggage Wrap, SOE Keychain w/ Light and Bottle Opener, SOE Live 2013 Lanyard
  • If you have already guessed an image, the link for that image will turn green on the top of the contest page
  • You are allowed 1 guess reset. After you have used up this reset you will be unable to reset any of your guesses. You have until Feb 28th to commit to guesses, so take your time!
  • NOTE: Tier 4 is VERY hard! We expect very few players to be able to correctly identify any of them! Some of them come down to pure guessing - they could have been taken in multiple zones!

Now you know what the contest is all about, so Click Here and get started!
Good luck, and we hope you enjoy this contest as much as we enjoyed creating it! - Riou, Rorce & Tokies
« Last Edit: February 06, 2015, 01:41:41 AM by Rorce »

Offline Dalsina

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Re: EQResource Name That Zone Contest: Feb 5 - 28, 2015
« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2015, 02:19:05 PM »
Edit: Got it

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Re: EQResource Name That Zone Contest: Feb 5 - 28, 2015
« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2015, 08:52:11 PM »
I liked this contest. I just went with memory/gut, looking things up seems like cheating, curious to see how I did.

I know a couple I had no clue on.

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Re: EQResource Name That Zone Contest: Feb 5 - 28, 2015
« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2015, 10:30:30 PM »
I liked this contest. I just went with memory/gut, looking things up seems like cheating, curious to see how I did.

I know a couple I had no clue on.

The leader board and personal results will be shown after the contest is over, that is like 3-4 weeks away though :)

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Re: EQResource Name That Zone Contest: Feb 5 - 28, 2015
« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2015, 09:08:30 AM »
I liked this contest. I just went with memory/gut, looking things up seems like cheating, curious to see how I did.

I know a couple I had no clue on.

I did the same at first. Got through 27 of them and then started visiting zones for the last ones. Unfortunately I pray none of them were the last 2 zones of TDS (as I'm not flagged for that yet). Guessing the EQR folks wouldn't do that though.

Traveling only helped on a few zones and the rest I pretty much had to finish with best gut guesses.

Had a blast guys!

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Re: EQResource Name That Zone Contest: Feb 5 - 28, 2015
« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2015, 01:24:32 AM »
Only a few days are left to enter this!

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Re: EQResource Name That Zone Contest: Feb 5 - 28, 2015
« Reply #6 on: March 01, 2015, 02:13:12 AM »
The results are in! To view the leaderboard, Click Here! Or to view your individual results, with answers and your score breakdown, Click Here!

We hope you all had fun, and would love to hear feedback about what you liked or did not like about the contest! Look for another contest like this to come very soon!


1: Ethernere Tainted West Karana - Loc 511, -687, -83
2: Pillars of Alra - Loc -143, 255, 656
3: The Foundation - Loc -403, 1127, -121
4: Thundercrest Isles - Loc 845, 174, 127
5: Dragonscale Hills - Loc 3051, -142, 23
6: Lake of Ill Omen - Loc 650, -1138, 116
7: Thurgadin - Loc -501, 4, 11
8: Plane of Fire - Loc -1308, -72, -172
9: Tempest Temple - Loc 324, -165, 42
10: The Hive - Loc 218, 466, 169
11: Argath, Bastion of Illdaera - Loc -131, -197, -404
12: House of Thule, Upper Floors - Loc 293, 171, 65
13: Plane of Tranquility - Loc -1546, -29, -918
14: Relic, the Artifact City - Loc 224, 332, -236
15: Skyshrine - Loc 448, -328, 45
16: Nedaria's Landing - Loc 857, -330, 68
17: Castle Mistmoor - Loc 5, 377, -232
18: Sanctus Seru - Loc 1241, 329, 60
19: Plane of Torment - Loc 146, 0, -59
20: Natimbi, the Broken Shores - Loc -57, -922, 295
21: Feerrott, the Dream - Loc 334, 1070, -17
22: The Commonlands - Loc -1838, -2809, 34
23: Gyrospire Zeka - Loc -224, -94, 606
24: Grobb - Loc 227, 134, 8
25: Plane of Knowledge - Loc 3, 989, 397
26: Riftseeker's Sanctum - Loc 150, -230, -230
27: The Hole - Loc 682, 207, -905
28: Blackfeather Roost - Loc 2130, -1514, -292
29: Ssraeshza Temple - Loc 21, 56, 7
30: Griegs End - Loc -84.06, 1120.14, 79.94
31: Crystal Caverns, 406.27, 576.10, -235.11 facing North
32: Field of Bone, -3005.53, 1843.78, 14.31, facing East, towards ground
33: The Halls of Betrayal, -366.33, 203.81, 32.34, facing South
34: Hate's Fury, The Scorned Maiden, 1108.22, 1564.92, -570.25, facing North
35: East Wastes: Zeixshi-Kar's Awakening, -8542.90, -4352.22, 148.60, facing East
36: Kael Drakkel: The King's Madness, -19.10, 112.44, -5.40, facing South and up
37: The Commonlands, -77.87, 816.80, 19.33, facing West, towards ground
38: Katta Castrum: Deluge, -151.97, 88.65, 82.15, facing North East, upwards
39: The Accursed Sanctuary (Guk H), -27.98, -113.09, -10.66, facing North East, towards ground
40: The Buried Sea, -4229.10, -3414.21, 331.22, facing East NE, towards ground

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Re: EQResource Name That Zone Contest: Feb 5 - 28, 2015
« Reply #7 on: March 01, 2015, 07:48:01 PM »
Was a fun contest, but as others stated, using zones which are identical to each other as separate possibilities was kind of lame.

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Re: EQResource Name That Zone Contest: Feb 5 - 28, 2015
« Reply #8 on: March 02, 2015, 05:00:56 AM »
I enjoyed it myself and look forward to the next contest :)

What I would like to see changed though is no changing your answers, you get one guess and one only. Another thing is to make it a timed contest, once you start you have 30 min to complete! Or whatever time amount you want, just don't allow the SS to be seen before starting the contest.

If you want a true contest, don't allow people to go treasure hunting each zone to find the SS in game, or using other methods to help on "finding" the pics in games and having a group of people work together to figure out the answers.

I don't mind you using multiple instances of zones, adds to the fun IMO.