As many of you are aware, there's a lot of work that needs to be done to improve the maps on the wiki,. In fact, there are some areas that don't even have maps. Today, I scattered six golden quest tickets around the mud in random places. Thusfar, five of these tickets have been claimed. These tickets give the holder the right to participate in this map quest.
On Wednesday around 6:00 p.m. CST (US Time), I will collect the tickets that have been claimed. Only one ticket per person will be accepted. The ticket bearer will then claim a map that he or she will work on and submit by Sunday night around 7:00 p.m. CST (US Time). This map submission will be the final draft, and I will accept map submission starting Saturday so tht, if need by, the appropriate corrections can be made.
What's the incentive to submit a map during the quest rather than in normal fashion? Well, quite plainly, questers will receive not only the standard reward for their map (an amount of drachma according to the quality and size of the map) but a bonus reward. The bonus reward will be announced at the time of final submission.
There are some rules, however:
1. Absolutely no selling of tickets. Any ticket that is sold will result in disqualification of the map and the bearer of the ticket from the quest.
2. You may not submit a map for an area that has already been claimed.
3. Maps that are submitted through normal channels will have a lower priority than the maps that are submitted during the questing period as part of the quest.
4. Finally, and most importantly, each map must comply as best as possible to the Map Submission Guidelines as defined on the wiki pages. At this very moment, I'm doing the finishing touches on that page, and should have them done shortly. Links will be provided when the Nap Submission page is finished. I will also make an announcement in the forum when that page is finalized.
The area that questers choose to map may be one of the following:
1. An area that does not have a map.
2. An area with a map that doesn't appear to meet the new guidelines.
3. An area map that is incomplete.
4. A map that is currently on the agenda of maps to be updated or created.
While five tickets have been claimed thusfar, there is still one ticket out there. May the best hunter find it. Questers, good luck. Any questions can be directed here on this thread, or by mailing me at the proper channels: neptune@slothmud.org . Remember to include your character along with "Map Quest" in the subject line if you email me.
NOTE: The immortal staff reserves the right to make changes at any time for any reason, or no reason at all, to this quest, the times, or the dates involved therein. We will do our best to update you guys here on this thread should that occur.
-Neptune