MAngband

Official Time wrote:Saturday, Greenwich Mean Time, 6:00PM

Morgoth must die!

I think that we should all form a great host and sweep into Angband like those Valar guys, you know, to take 'em by surprise and plunge Morgoth into the sea with the sheer weight of our bodies or something.

In other words, I think we should get a huge group of people together and just make a bunch of lvl 1's and rampage into the dungeon in a blaze of glory, killing everything we can.

Or maybe we could all go in fully equipped, and try and take out Morgoth, but I doubt we can get together enough high level people to pull it off. We could go after Saruman instead, maybe.

I read about some organization problems that took place last time there was a level one rampage. Maybe we could split people into 4-person teams, each headed by an experienced player.

I have a feeling that this isn't going to happen, but I think it would be really fun to do.

I think people will show up if you post a time an date you want this to happen :) (remember to put in the timezone and if "daylight saving time",so we can all figure out what time you mean)

ZAL

Okay, I'll try and find a time I can schedule it at so most of the US and Europe can do it at a reasonable time. :)

I'm up for it :)

Maybe 8:00PM Greenwich Mean Time would be good. I think that would be about 12:00AM Pacific. If I read Wikipedia's timezone chart correctly, that would probably cut off most of Eastern Europe and Asia, but I don't think this game has a big player base there anyway.

So, is 8:00PM Greenwich Mean Time tomorrow okay for you guys? Or is it on too short of a notice?

I think more than 1 day's notice would be best to get a large turnout. Perhaps have the expedition next weekend?

Good idea. Yeah, next weekend it is! Maybe in the mean time we can pick an assassination target, like Mughash or Smeagol or someone.

Personally, I nominate Wormtongue, because of his propensity to drop such good items when killed. Anyone have a suggestion for a target?

Hey, I have another idea: maybe this can be a wilderness run out to -100,000ft! People have done it, and there's enough stuff lying in the wilds to make it interesting. Some of the people who died way out there were pretty high-leveled, and it could make for an interesting situation when a massive group of people stormed into the wilderness, keeping an eye out for colorful piles of magic items.

What do you guys think?

Score Name Level / Class Killed by Depth Date
978 2325 Burzum Level 16 Half-Orc Warrior Azog, King of the Uruk-Hai -25800ft 2008-07-16

Okay, I have another idea. We can march out to -25000ft and avenge Burzum's death by bringing down Azog. He's hard enough for it to be a challenge for low levels, so it might be fun.

Or we could have a head-hunting session, where the player that brings down the most uniques wins and gets some sort of acknowledgment or something.

that would probably cut off most of Eastern Europe and Asia, but I don't think this game has a big player base there anyway

We have Russian players! :)

How about 6:00PM, Greenwich mean time, then? I think that would be about 9 for people near Moscow. Unfortunately, it would still be pretty late for people east of there. If anyone lives farther east and wants to participate but can't be up late, we could reschedule more.

To be honest there is just not a lot of treasure to be found in the wild. I'd like to see a mixed-class party survive to 1000ft; even better, how about two or three parties hitting 1000ft?! Last time there was a huge turnout, there was some trouble sticking together and surviving. Maybe this time we'll have some better strategy and teamwork... and will probably be a great learning experience for any new players that want to get involved.

Okay, official goal: reach 1000ft. Let's do it at Greenwich 6:00PM, all characters must be level one with 0 experience and starting inventory at the start of the event, etc.

Saturday or Sunday?

I'll be up for some partying... but it has to be on Saturday... Sunday I'll be off for 3 weeks of well earned holidays :)

BTW, if the goal is just to reach 1000ft, why not making that challenge on the Ironman server?