Avatars! Are you ready to participate in the biggest event to hit Novia since the great cataclysm?Like no other world-ending event in the history of gaming, the first part of The Summer Telethon of the Avatar event is nearly upon us! For 12 hours, starting at Noon (12 PM CDT) until Midnight on July 27th, we will be celebrating the lead up to the Final Player Data Wipe; where persistence officially begins in our game and housing lot selection begins in earnest.
As always, we will be answering your questions during the telethon. You can pre-post your questions right here in the comments section or post them live in Discord during the Telethon.*
What exciting events can you expect throughout the day? An array of fun activities and engaging content, many of which you can directly participate in! We will also be giving away a ton of fabulous prizes*, and if the following stretch goals are met, we will be adding amazing new content into the game.
Help us to achieve the following goals during the telethon! As a special bonus, we are offering Telethon Funding Stretch Goal Rewards to any backer that pledges a minimum of $5 from the start of the telethon, until Midnight (Spending Store Credit to make $5 minimum purchase does not apply). The Summer Telethon of the Avatar Funding Stretch Goal Rewards are:
- $10,000: /fan emote (player fans themself with a small folding fan)
- $25,000: Aeronaut Helmet
- $35,000: Hacked Oracle Crawler Pet
- $50,000: Clockwork Wings (goes in cloak slot, does not grant powers of flight)
Cheer on the Devs!
- For every $2,500 donated, all Developers on camera have to either:
- Dance, sing, or drink a shot of alcohol.
- Additionally, we will be spinning the Wheel of Fortune & Doom! The wheel will have employee names that will have to Dance/Sing/Drink (we borrowed this idea from our friends over at Crowfall). The wheel will also have promotions like:
- 10% off Edelmann Pledges for 1 hour, or 25% off Lot Deeds for 30 minutes.
We also have these exciting prizes to give away:*
- Store Credits
- Viking Bundles (Viking Row 2 Story and Viking Village)
- Kobold Bundles (Kobold Row 2 Story and Kobold Village)
- Pledges (Ancestor and Edelmann)
- Lord British relics
- Challenge Coins
- Shroud of the Avatar t-shirts
- Sword of Midras audiobook AND hardcover copies!
- Razer Gear
Here is a peak at what to watch out for as the telethon progress:
Schedule (All times and content subject to change)
- Noon: Welcome to the Summer Telethon!
- 1:30 PM: Brittany Tour with Sorcerous Steve.
- 2:30 PM: Tour of Portalarium.
- 3:00 PM: New User Experience & Hospitallers.
- 4:00 PM: Crafting, Enchanting, Masterworks Discussion.
- 5:00 PM: Combat Discussion.
- 6:00 PM: The Story and Characters of SotA.
- 7:00 PM: Player Housing Discussion with Darkstarr.
- 8:00 PM: Artifice, Pipes, Crafting Stations, Books with Scottie.
- 9:00 PM: AMA live chat question time with team.
- 10 PM-Midnight: Royal Tour with Lord British and Darkstarr
- Locations: Brittany Central, Aerie, Resolute, Ardoris, Owlshead, Desolis, Spite, and a selection of Player Owned Towns (final list soon).
- Midnight: Final Player Data Wipe! Servers will be offline until 10:30am CDT on July 28th.
New Twitch Channel Coming Soon!
Watch the telethon on Twitch! Keep updated here in this news post, and on Twitter and Facebook in the coming days for the reveal of the game’s new Twitch channel.
Warning: Telethon is Rated PG-13 for Alcoholic Content
(might get upgraded to Rated-R depending on rate of pledges)
(might get upgraded to Rated-R depending on rate of pledges)
Expirations and Final Player Data Wipe
While Final Player Data Wipe is NOT “Launch” of our game, we are super happy to be at such an important milestone with our community of backers. We couldn’t have built the game nearly this far in its development without the support and feedback of everyone playing. There’s a lot more to go yet, but we’re about to cross a major hurdle this summer, and can’t wait to cross it with you!
At 11:59 PM CDT (5:00 UTC) on July 27th, we are expiring the homes and basements from the Ancestor, Edelmann, Knight Marshal, Lord Marshal, Duke, and Lord of the Manor 2 pledges. We are also expiring new Player Owned Towns (upgrades of existing POTs will continue to be available). All other rewards (including tax free property deeds) that are currently available in the remaining pledges will continue to be available.
The final player data wipe will also occur at 11:59 PM CDT (5:00 UTC) on July 27th. To celebrate this momentous milestone, we are holding a 12-hour Summer Telethon Part 1, starting at 12:00 PM (Noon) CDT (17:00 UTC) and running right up to the final player data wipe start.
Servers will be brought offline after 11:59 PM CDT on July 27th until 10:30 AM CDT the next morning on July 28th. This gives us enough time to ensure servers are properly cleared and ready for the beginning of Release 32 and the exciting opportunity to make your mark in Novia!
See you on the livestream chat at Noon this coming July 27th!
Had fun attending our telethon event? Stay tuned…
After July’s telethon, we will also be holding a second event on August 22nd. At 11:59 PM CDT (5:00 UTC) on August 22, 2016, we are expiring ALL remaining pledges, including: Adventurer, Founder, Royal Artisan, Explorer, Ancestor, Edelmann, Knight Marshal, Lord Marshal, Duke, and Lord of the Manor 2.
* There will be some really awesome prizes awarded during the telethon, but you have to be present in the Discord chatroom to qualify for each drawing. Please keep in mind that questions and feedback related to each segment will be given priority and really verbose questions may be skipped, as they can be a challenge to shorten and summarize live on the air. In brief… please keep your questions… brief.
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