Artisan Festival Tree Statuses

[Tina Small]

mmmm is there time for a tree after jhelom....seems not to me..will go well into january

I think the only shard that is guaranteed to actually get through all of the towns is Origin and their elf in Britain will probably get a bag mid-day or earlier on Sunday. Unfortunately, the last tree there will probably be very small or nonexistent. Legends and Napa Valley are already finished with the event and have no more opportunities to participate in it.

I think that the shards that have an elf in Britain as of this morning, Eastern Time, will probably be able to finish building the tree by the end of the day on Sunday evening and get a bag. Hopefully the bag is still there after midnight Eastern Time and into Monday so people can collect the rewards (see Dot's post above with regard to what happened with Vesper last year.) This would be the European shards and probably all of the North American shards.

I have my doubts about whether any of the Asian shards will finish the last tree and get a bag if the BOD-dropping stage ends for all shards as of midnight Eastern Time on December 31st. How many other events have we had that end on a specific date and all of the west coast shards and Asian shards have the event end early in their local time zones because the whole thing was programmed to shut down at midnight Eastern Time? Also the same for accounts going offline when their time runs out: They go offline at midnight Eastern Time on the day the time runs out, irregardless of which shard you play on. The way this was set up, it's as if the Asian shards all lost a day for the festival because it really didn't start for them until what was December 2nd in their local time zone, and Mugen lost four days.

 

[Capt. Lucky]

The owl herald says there's a festival in Yew on Legends Regardless I'm done with trees lol

 

[Pawain]

The owl herald says there's a festival in Yew on Legends Regardless I'm done with trees lol

Did you get a Goblet from Uriah?

 

[Tina Small]

The owl herald says there's a festival in Yew on Legends Regardless I'm done with trees lol

That's interesting. On both Legends and Napa, Yew has a new elf and the tree and gifts that were there previously are gone. Thanks for pointing this out.

 

[Pawain]

That's interesting. On both Legends and Napa, Yew has a new elf and the tree and gifts that were there previously are gone. Thanks for pointing this out.

Was a city skipped?

 

[Tina Small]

Was a city skipped?

Yeah, on Legends and Napa, Moonglow was skipped because there was not enough money in the city treasury. I just didn't realize the event would cycle back around to Yew if that happened.

 

[Capt. Lucky]

Did you get a Goblet from Uriah?

I did! That was very exciting news!

 

[Uriah Heep]

Did you get a Goblet from Uriah?

He got both...I came into one on Atlantic for myself

 

[Uriah Heep]

The owl herald says there's a festival in Yew on Legends Regardless I'm done with trees lol

Yeah forget that for the year lol.

 

[Dot_Warner]

The tree in Britain is fully grown and decorated!

Perfect score!

 

[Amber Witch]

Baja! The Lil Shard That Could!

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[Tina Small]

Time for an update for the Britain/Jhelom/Yew trees: (Trees are in Britain, unless otherwise noted.)

FINISHED:

1. Baja
2. Great Lakes
3. Mugen (Jhelom)

GIANT TREE WITH ORNAMENTS BUT NO STAR:

1. Chesapeake

GIANT TREE WITH NO ORNAMENTS OR STAR:

1. Siege Perilous

SMALL:

1. Izumo

CHARLIE BROWN:

1. Atlantic
2. Catskills
3. Drachenfels
4. Lake Austin
5. Lake Superior
6. Pacific
7. Sakura

NO TREE:

1. Arirang
2. Asuka
3. Balhae
4. Europa
5. Formosa
6. Hokuto
7. Legends (Yew)
8. Mizuho
9. Napa Valley (Yew)
10. Oceania
11. Origin
12. Sonoma
13. Wakoku
14. Yamato

 

[THP]

only happened to me once advancing the tree stage....and ive done a lot o lot of bod drops... but its awewome fireworks display when it does.. love it

 

[Gem]

Thanks Tina! Dumb question--where in Britain is it?

 

[Uriah Heep]

East Brit, in the park with the fountain behind the mage shop

 

[Tina Small]

Here's the condition of the trees this morning (around 11:15 a.m. EST), all in Britain unless otherwise noted:

FINISHED:

1. Baja
2. Chesapeake
3. Great Lakes
4. Hokuto
5. Izumo
6. Mugen (Jhelom)

GIANT TREE WITH ORNAMENTS BUT NO STAR:

1. Sakura
2. Siege Perilous
3. Yamato

GIANT TREE WITH NO ORNAMENTS OR STAR:

1. Catskills

SMALL:

1. Asuka
2. Atlantic
3. Lake Superior
4. Pacific

CHARLIE BROWN:

1. Drachenfels
2. Lake Austin
3. Mizuho
4. Sonoma
5. Wakoku

NO TREE:

1. Arirang
2. Balhae
3. Europa
4. Formosa
5. Legends (Yew)
6. Napa Valley (Yew)
7. Oceania
8. Origin

 

[Uriah Heep]

Rather than start a thread, I'll ask here...I saw at one time a pictoral list of all the artisan rewards available from the last two years. Been to two wikis, three websites, still cant find it again. Anyone have any idea?

 

[Andrasta]

are the artisian reward same as last year

Is this what you are looking for?

 

[Uriah Heep]

That's the one! thanks!

 

[Gem]

East Brit, in the park with the fountain behind the mage shop

TY

 

[Tina Small]

Another update for the last round of trees, all in Britain unless otherwise noted and as of approximately 9:05 p.m. EST:

FINISHED:

1. Baja
2. Chesapeake
3. Great Lakes
4. Hokuto
5. Izumo
6. Mugen (Jhelom)
7. Siege Perilous
8. Yamato

GIANT TREE WITH ORNAMENTS BUT NO STAR:

1. Sakura

GIANT TREE WITH NO ORNAMENTS OR STAR:

1. Atlantic
2. Catskills
3. Lake Superior

SMALL:

1. Asuka
2. Pacific
3. Wakoku

CHARLIE BROWN:

1. Drachenfels
2. Lake Austin
3. Mizuho
4. Sonoma

NO TREE:

1. Arirang
2. Balhae
3. Europa
4. Formosa
5. Legends (Yew)
6. Napa Valley (Yew)
7. Oceania
8. Origin

 

[Naitch]

Woooooo! Britain !

Here's to hoping we get our gifts
*crosses fingers*

 

[Tina Small]

Last day for the trees, all in Britain unless otherwise noted. Status checked between about 10:15 a.m. and 10:40 a.m. EST.


FINISHED:

1. Baja
2. Chesapeake
3. Great Lakes
4. Hokuto
5. Izumo
6. Mugen (Jhelom)
7. Siege Perilous
8. Yamato

GIANT TREE WITH ORNAMENTS BUT NO STAR:

1. Asuka
2. Lake Superior
3. Sakura

GIANT TREE WITH NO ORNAMENTS OR STAR:

1. Atlantic
2. Catskills
3. Pacific
4. Wakoku

SMALL:

1. Lake Austin

CHARLIE BROWN:

1. Drachenfels
2. Mizuho
3. Sonoma

NO TREE:

1. Arirang
2. Balhae
3. Europa
4. Formosa
5. Legends (Yew)
6. Napa Valley (Yew)
7. Oceania
8. Origin (bag) (no new elf in Yew yet)

 

[Tildi Daintree]

Thank you @Tina Small for all of your hard work in touring the shards to advise us all of the status of the Holiday Trees!
Wishing for you a wonderful Year in 2018.

THANK YOU once again!

 

[Tina Small]

Thank you @Tina Small for all of your hard work in touring the shards to advise us all of the status of the Holiday Trees!
Wishing for you a wonderful Year in 2018.

THANK YOU once again!

Thank you, Tildi. I hope it helped keep people motivated to participate. I enjoyed doing it and especially enjoyed seeing all the groups of people on different shards, gathered near the trees and talking to each other.

I think the real kudos, however, go to the crafters who kept filling and dropping off large BODs to grow the trees. It takes a lot of resources and gold to do that and I really appreciate the people who did it on the shards where I wanted to try to get the rewards. Those people deserve a big round of applause for all their hard work and dedication. And thank you to the dev team for creating the event and for modifying it this year. I hope next year we'll have more players to help make this a success on every shard. We could really use more events like this throughout the year that pull people together and maybe even create a bit of shard rivalry/shard pride.

 

[SwordofExcalibur]

I guess I'lll empty what large bods I have remaining in the ATL tree.

"Christmas trees always teem presents and elves. Let's give it a good shake and SEE WHAT FALLS OUT!"

 

[Pawain]

I guess I'lll empty what large bods I have remaining in the ATL tree.

"Christmas trees always teem presents and elves. Let's give it a good shake and SEE WHAT FALLS OUT!"

Please do, I want those gifts.

 

[Tina Small]

Another update for the last trees for this year (Britain on most shards, Yew on Napa and Legends, Jhelom on Mugen).

FINISHED:

1. Baja
2. Chesapeake
3. Great Lakes
4. Hokuto
5. Izumo
6. Mugen (Fel Jhelom)
7. Sakura
8. Siege Perilous
9. Yamato

GIANT TREE WITH ORNAMENTS BUT NO STAR:

1. Asuka
2. Atlantic
3. Lake Superior
4. Pacific

GIANT TREE WITH NO ORNAMENTS OR STAR:

1. Catskills
2. Wakoku

SMALL:

1. Lake Austin

CHARLIE BROWN:

1. Drachenfels
2. Mizuho
3. Sonoma

NO TREE:

1. Arirang
2. Balhae
3. Europa
4. Formosa
5. Legends (Yew)
6. Napa Valley (Yew)
7. Oceania
8. Origin (has had a bag since this morning, if not last night)

 

[Tina Small]

It is now just after 1:00 a.m. EST and I spotted a bag by the elf in Britain on Drachenfels about 10 minutes ago. While I was writing this and checking other shards, Europa got theirs. Origin's had the bag there for about a day now. Checked a few East coast North American shards (Europa, Lake Superior, Catskills, Great Lakes, Siege Perilous) and none of them have a bag in Britain yet. Hopefully, since Europa got theirs and it was definitely past midnight EST when it happened, the rest of the shards will also get theirs today (Monday).

 

[Amber Witch]

Baja Britain Christmas Tree just popped presents!
Happy New Year All!
*hugs*

 

[Tina Small]

Here's how the last set of trees ended up (as of about 1:30 p.m. EST), all in Britain and elf has a bag, unless otherwise noted:

FINISHED:

1. Asuka (no bag yet)
2. Baja
3. Chesapeake
4. Great Lakes
5. Hokuto (no bag yet)
6. Izumo (no bag yet)
7. Mugen (Fel Jhelom)
8. Sakura (no bag yet)
9. Siege Perilous
10. Yamato (no bag yet)

GIANT TREE WITH ORNAMENTS BUT NO STAR:

1. Atlantic
2. Catskills
3. Lake Superior
4. Pacific

GIANT TREE WITH NO ORNAMENTS OR STAR:

1. Wakoku (has a bag)

SMALL:

1. Lake Austin

CHARLIE BROWN:

1. Drachenfels
2. Mizuho (no bag yet)
3. Sonoma

NO TREE:

1. Arirang (no bag yet)
2. Balhae (no bag yet)
3. Europa
4. Formosa (no bag yet)
5. Legends (Yew)
6. Napa Valley (Yew)
7. Oceania (no bag yet)
8. Origin (has had a bag since at least yesterday morning)

 

[Tina Small]

I said earlier that I would try to show the final results for the trees, so here's a graph that perhaps shows how things turned out. Your shard got 5 points for a finished tree, 4 points for a giant tree with ornaments but no star, 3 points for a giant tree with nothing on it, 2 points for a small tree, 1 point for a charlie brown tree, and 0 points for no tree at all. Note that I didn't count the second tree attempts in Yew for Legends and Napa (both shards skipped Moonglow). And don't forget that Mugen didn't have even a snow patch when every other shard had their first tree in Yew, so they got off to a late start compared to every other shard. I also realized when tallying up the results that I completely skipped Atlantic when reporting on the Jhelom trees and they had a finished tree too! Sorry about that.

 

[ShriNayne]

@Tina Small that is exactly what I was looking for thank you Tina, very nice job!

 

[Andrasta]

Thank you for keeping track of this for us!

Congrats to Asuka, Great Lakes and Izumo for full trees in every city.

Awesome Job!

 

[MalagAste]

Thank you for keeping track of this for us!

Congrats to Asuka, Great Lakes and Izumo for full trees in every city.

Awesome Job!

Indeed... Shandara personally promised us on GLs that we'd have a full tree in every city again this year. Which IMO is a monumental task. But wonderful job to all who can and did work on BoDs and basically donate them to the tree for all to enjoy.

Some really amazing and devoted crafters in UO.

 

[Pawain]

final results

Perfect. Thanks for this thread!

 

[SugarMMM]

Wow Sonoma did pretty well for only 217 people!

 

[Callise]

Guess we just weren't feeling festive on Origin this year.

 

[Uriah Heep]

All 10 of Legends' players got in on the act

 

[Tina Small]

@Kyronix, is there any chance you could share with us the total number of BODs that were turned in during this event?

 

[GarthGrey]

Nice work Tina, and congratulations to Siege for showing that we are no where near Dead shard status !!

 

[Amber Witch]

Did we ever find out how many points it takes per tier? If not maybe someone could ask at the next Meet & Greet.

 

[Dot_Warner]

Did we ever find out how many points it takes per tier? If not maybe someone could ask at the next Meet & Greet.

@Shandara has approximate totals per tier. She is 99%+ of why Great Lakes has completed every tree for the last two years.