event Home for the Holidays Base Giveaway in Partnership with Black Friday - Thursday, Dec 5, 2024 (NOMINATIONS OPEN)

[Faverty Events]

Santa has been VERY busy and has crafted 50 roleplay style bases with the assistance of his 12 community base builder helpers. He’s looking for 50 "nice" people to give them away to so they can be “Home for the Holidays”.

The Home for the Holidays Event will be held in partnership with Black Friday on Thursday, December 5 from 8pm-12am EST. The base code will be announced on December 5th. The base giveaway will start at 8:45pm.

 

Write Santa at @FE Santa Claus and let him know why you should be given a base to be Home for the Holidays this December. Players are welcome to nominate other players following the same guidelines.

The nomination window is open from November 15 until November 27.

In your email to Santa, include:

• Your in-game global name
• (OPTIONAL) Your discord handle 
• The in-game global name of the player you are nominating
• (OPTIONAL) Let Santa know if it’s planned to be a surprise
• Your toon/nominee's toon alignment (blue, gold, red, gray (no alignment))
• The order of the top 3 styles of base you would prefer (Ex: Space, Industrial, Lakehouse)
• Reason(s) why you/your nominee should be *Home for the Holidays* (ICly or OOCly)

There are 6 styles to choose from. Feel free to visit the sample bases:

Industrial - DEACON-35672

Lakehouse - WINDY-35788

Neutral/Natural - JERSON-32870

Space/Asteroid - ORACLE-35799

Forest Log Cabin - COZY-35840

Underwater - MARINA-35922

 

Home for the Holidays Base Giveaway Guidelines (Fine Print)

City of Heroes and Faverty Events

• Guests are expected to follow the City of Heroes (CoH) Terms of Service/Code of Conduct at all times:
  • CoH TOS: https://forums.homecomingservers.com/terms/
  • CoH COC: https://forums.homecomingservers.com/code-of-conduct/
• Guest are expected to follow Black Friday's rules and guidelines at all times during the event.
• Guests are also expected to follow the Faverty Events guidelines at all times:
  • All are welcome to attend the event (unless a player is listed on a blacklist of the co-host venue).
  • Be Respectful - Guests will be respectful to both the staff, event organizers and other players at all times. Unruly guests will not be tolerated.
  • Be in the Spirit of the Event - Guests undermining the spirit of the event ICly or OOcly will be asked privately to redirect their conversation or to leave. See below for contact information if you have a concern or issue with something at an event and you wish to discuss it with the event organizer.
  • Minors are welcome unless this conflicts with the co-host venue guidelines. It will be stated in the Faverty Events guidelines if minors are not permitted into the co-host venue.
  • No Fighting or Weapons Allowed - Any guests caught fighting (or instigating trouble) at an event will be removed. *Weapons include (but are not limited to) special powers, dangerous items, magical artifacts, etc.
  • No IC Damage to the Venue Allowed
  • No Excessive Vulgarity or Swearing RP Allowed
  • Stalking/Harrassment, either OOCly or ICly of other guests/staff/organizers, is unacceptable. It will be reported to GMs without warning and the player account will be banned from future Faverty Events permanently.

 

Guests

• All guests are welcome to tour the sample bases.
• All players are welcome to join for The Home for the Holidays Event will be held on December 5 from 8:00pm-12am EST whether Santa issues a base or not.

 

Base Giveaway

• Sample bases are samples – the bases in the giveaway are similar, but not identical.
• Players MUST send an e-mail to @FE Santa Claus in order to register for the base giveaway.
• Onsite base giveaways will not be available.
• There are limited amount of bases available. Santa will decide who receives a “Home for the Holidays” based on the detail of the email the player sends. Bases will not be issued based on first come; first served.
• Santa will gather 2-3 helpers to help make decisions on who will receive a base.
• Every attempt will be made to issue a base in order of preference.
• Players will be issued one base only. Please use the honor system and do not request more than 1 base (unless you are nominating others for bases) with secondary accounts
• Known alternate accounts will be rejected as well at the original player account.
• There will be NO exchange of influence, in-game services or otherwise for any base. Anything sent/attached to the email with base giveaway request will be considered a donation and given to the community base builders involved with the Home for the Holidays event.
• Guidelines are subject to change at any time without notice. It is the player’s responsibility to ensure they follow the guidelines for the Home for the Holidays event.

 

Nomination of Self/Others

• Players who are on Santa’s nice list are required to be present at the event in order to receive their gift (base). This includes players who nominate themselves and players who nominate others – the nominee must be present. (For unforseen circumstances, communicate with me if this is not possible. I will allow some exceptions on a case by case basis.)
• Nominators (ONLY) will be notified with which of their nominees will be issued a base so they can ensure their nominee(s) is present for the event.
• Base transfers will only be made to the global name of the player or the nominee.
• Ensure you bring an SG-less character or have one ready that you can alt to quickly.
• Players will need to come to the giveaway area when their character name and/or global is called and will be given a 5 minute grace period to present themselves in person. Tells, other than stating you are on your way to event, are not acceptable.
• Players who miss the call, may speak to the organizer (Sidney-Lynne Faverty) about having their turn reinstated only within the event timeframe.
• If a player is issued a base and does not want it, they may give it someone else or return it to the organizers and it will added to the next base auction raffle.
• Any bases not given away or not claimed, will be entered into the base raffle at the next base auction.

 

Event Participation

• If you would like participate in the Home for the Holidays event as a community builder, please contact me on discord domi.sidney_faverty.events. There are still opportunities to help build bases. See link for details:https://forums.homecomingservers.com/topic/54362-santa-requires-a-few-base-builder-helpers-for-the-home-for-the-holidays-base-giveaway/
• If you would like to join the Faverty Events Team, please contact the event organizer. Contact information below. Roleplaying an asset, but not required.

 

Community Base Builders

• Faverty Events would like to thank its community base builders for their dedication and desire to build bases for this event:
  • Mascot
  • Nox Witch
  • Ruaidhri
  • Wravis
  • Dropout
  • Max
  • Trystan Laryssa
  • Easter Bunny
  • Deep Six
  • Bootstrap
  • Burden of Sin
  • Faverty Industries

 

Contact

• Event Organizer: @faverty industries or on discord domi.sidney_faverty.events with questions, concerns, interest in building bases for the event or interest in joining the events team ONLY.
• Message @FE Santa Claus for base giveaway requests.
• Join the Faverty Events Discord Server: https://discord.gg/wnaHm5nNRB

 

Future Events

• Our next event will be a Real Estate Base Auction held in spring 2025. If you (and your group) would like to co-host the event, please reach out to the event organizer.
• Perks of co-hosting a Faverty Event:
  • have your base showcased to a large group of players
  • have your discord link included in all advertisement
  • house DJ plays the set of the evening
  • house staff & DJ are generously paid for the evening
  • event advertising created and distributed by Faverty Events

 

Other

Keep an eye out at the event for a characer called "Head Elf Jane". She has some goodies and surprises to giveaway. *TIP* She enjoys ALL things sweet, especially chocolatey things.

 

Renaming a Base

• If you receive a base to be Home for the Holidays and want to rename the base, please send an in-game support ticket with the following information to make the GMs task of renaming your base easier:
  • the current base name
  • the current red star character name
  • the shard the base is on
  • the base numeric code
  • the name of the base you would like it renamed to
• (To check the availability of a base name, go to Atlas or Port Oakes to the supergroup register NPC, search for the name of the base you would like. If it does not show up in the list, the name is available.)

 

 

 

Edited yesterday at 08:33 PM by Faverty Events

[Faverty Events]

Santa has started up his workshop of building bases for the good and villanous boys and girls of the City of Heroes community for the HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS BASE GIVEAWAY and he is looking for a few base builder helpers!

 

Last year, community builders built and gave away 33 RP style bases and this year we are increasing that number significantly to help with the demand of accessible bases for all players. The bases are small projects where you can choose the build the interior or the exterior of a premade structure of walls, windows, doors, portals and floors. Think of building in the SIMS game and that's what you can expect here as well. Projects are paid with influence and if you build out both the interior and the exterior, there's an influence bonus.

 

This year, Santa's helpers are building 6 themed RP style bases - industrial loft, neutral/natural, asteroid/space, lakehouse, forest log cabin and underwater. There are demos available for you to view to get an idea of what the expectation of the builds are.

 

If you are interested in helping build bases for  the base giveaway, you must:

• be familiar enough with the base builder editor to fulfill the requirements of each space; mastery of the editor is not necessary and novice builders are welcome.
• have at least one character on the Everlasting server to build with
• join the Faverty Events discord in order to coordinate the build progression efficiently: https://discord.gg/wnaHm5nNRB
• be a team player and support other builders

If you want to help build bases or to get more information please contact me on discord: domi.sidney_faverty.events

Edited October 17 by Faverty Events

[Gerald_Deemer]

I wonder how the give away works technically.

[Greycat]

16 hours ago, Gerald_Deemer said:

I wonder how the give away works technically.

 

There's a link to last year's in the post. I wouldn't expect it to be substantially different.  You'll put in a request to be considered for a base for yourself or someone else. People will be building some number of bases of different styles. They'll give them away to whomever they pick. You'll need to be there in person to receive the base (well, code,) on a character without a SG (or one you'll be able to switch to,) so they can join said SG and take over ownership of the base.

[Gerald_Deemer]

Thanks.

After that give away you guys could work together to create a nice club. A new, official club because Pocket D and Paragon Dance party are the ugliest and most uncomfortable clubs ever!

[Faverty Events]

On 11/10/2024 at 11:08 AM, Gerald_Deemer said:

Thanks.

After that give away you guys could work together to create a nice club. A new, official club because Pocket D and Paragon Dance party are the ugliest and most uncomfortable clubs ever!

There are no less than a dozen existing clubs already. Surely there must be at least one or two that suit your toon's style.

 

[Faverty Events]

On 11/6/2024 at 11:43 PM, Greycat said:

 

There's a link to last year's in the post. I wouldn't expect it to be substantially different.  You'll put in a request to be considered for a base for yourself or someone else. People will be building some number of bases of different styles. They'll give them away to whomever they pick. You'll need to be there in person to receive the base (well, code,) on a character without a SG (or one you'll be able to switch to,) so they can join said SG and take over ownership of the base.

Yes, exactly. There will be a few modifications to the guidelines as well as a few happy surprises, but the gist of the giveaway will remain the same as last year.

 

[Faverty Events]

Hello Everyone!

SOME IMPORTANT DATES to remember for the upcoming Home for the Holidays Base Giveaway:

 

Wednesday, Nov 27 - Last day to submit your request(s) to receive a base from Santa for yourself or someone else. Se first post in this thread for details on how to request a base.

 

Tuesday, Dec 3 - Base code list of all the bases will be released to the public for their viewing enjoyment.

 

Thursday, Dec 5 - The Home for the Holidays Base Giveaway event. Event base code will be released just prior to the event. Check this post, flyers discords, and criers in Pocket D and Atlas.