The West Trivia Event

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We are pleased to announce the launch of our The West Trivia Event! Put your knowledge of the game, past and present, to the test and you could be rewarded with up to 1500 bonds.

Start Date: 3 December, morning
End Date: 9 December, 24:00

Entry
To register, just transfer $5000 ingame to our NPC character before the start date, named Trivia. You can only enter once, so please send the money from the world you wish to receive your prize on. It is possible to register after the start of the event by sending a ticket to support, but the entry fee is doubled.

Challenge
At the start of the event, we will post fifteen questions in this thread as well as one bonus question. You then have a week to prepare answers and submit them to support, from the same world you entered on. You can change your answers at any time during the week, but strictly no later, by replying to the ticket again.

Reward
Every entrant receives up to 100 bonds (250 for the bonus question) for all questions they answer correctly. For each correct answer, the reward given for that question goes down! For example, if 75% of players answer a given question correctly, these players receive only 25 bonds each. Please allow some time for this to be processed after the event.

Cheaters
It is not allowed to knowingly share answers to the quiz or ask another player for these answers. If any player, entrant or not, reports with evidence someone attempting this then the reported player will be disqualified completely. As a reward, the reporter will then receive the bonds that the cheater would have otherwise gained from this question.

Good luck!

We reserve the right to alter the event details at any time.

 

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The third is almost upon us! If you have not received confirmation of your entry already, or you entered incorrectly and require assistance, now is the time to contact support. Remember it's not too late to enter!

 

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Scraping in just before midday, here are your questions!

1. What is the movement speed factor of the public beta?
2. If English was not the language of the public beta, how would Maya be named?
3. As of April, how many hours of prayer have occurred in The West?
4. What was the original player limit of the public beta?
5. With exactly 3000 trapping and wearing only a golden gun, what is the absolute maximum damage that can be single handedly inflicted upon a 30000 health opponent with 300 trading in one fort battle round? Calculate assuming the newest beta-only formula and both players' sectors are empty.
6. In addition to Ashock, who is the second game designer?
7. When opening the window of an Advent calendar early, how is the size of the bounty placed on your head calculated?
8. Before jQuery, what JavaScript library was used in the game?
9. What was the only permanent premium option to be completely removed from the game, since the public beta was opened, later replaced with?
10. Before the time requirement was changed, during what twenty minute period could Belle Starr's Deringer be obtained from a quest?
11. 
    What is the name of this female avatar, previously selectable when choosing a class?
12. When initially presented, what additional eight skills were planned to be included in fort battles?
13. In 2008 a critical bug allowed ingame money to be infinitely generated using the hotel. What actions were required to reproduce this?
14. 
    What is the name of this non-player character, previously used as a selectable avatar and featured on the old homepage?
15. In what updates have the position of many or all existing jobs been relocated?

Bonus: Who was the first developer to write about the development of the game on an InnoGames' hosted developer blog? To prove you are not guessing, please include the URL as you best remember.

Remember you have until the end of 9 December UTC+1 to submit your answers. Good luck!

 

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A reminder: to submit your answers, send a ticket to support from the world you entered on. (If you select the wrong world, there may be a delay processing your reward at the end of the event.) The title should be Trivia Answers, set to category "other". You can change your answers at any time during the week, but strictly no later, by replying to the ticket again. (Do not submit a second ticket!)

Be sure to check back here throughout the week in case we post any clarifications or amendments.

 

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To assist you, here are some clarifications to the questions:

2. If English was not the language of the public beta, how would Maya be named?
Despite other possible exceptions, please be aware that only one name (as well as a second translation of it) will be accepted for this question.

3. As of April, how many hours of prayer have occurred in The West?
Your answer should refer to total hours, not just your own character.

9. What was the only permanent premium option to be completely removed from the game, since the public beta was opened, later replaced with?
We define a premium "option" as a way to spend nuggets in exchange for ingame bonuses; purchases or transfers are not included in this scope.

13. In 2008 a critical bug allowed ingame money to be infinitely generated using the hotel. What actions were required to reproduce this?
This only requires a short sentence to answer, but it must be very specific.

14. What is the name of this non-player character, previously used as a selectable avatar and featured on the old homepage?
If you do not know the exact translation used in English, please also include the name exactly as it was in your native language to prove you are not guessing.

Remember that your reasonable imagination should only be constrained by the information given in each question. Good luck!

 

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We're giving everyone an extra twenty four hours to submit their answers! The new deadline is midnight (24:00) 10 December, so if you have any last minute submissions or alterations then you better hurry!

 

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Thanks to everyone that played! We have now handed out all prizes, so check your inventories. (xShteff is answering the last of your tickets as I type this.) We even gave a small consolation prize to those that didn't send any valid answers on time.

Everyone was a winner, but a special congratulations goes to Franco8, who topped the list with a prize of 1082 bonds! The runners up were Petee, .Surge., Groucho Marx and ketjatekos respectively. Besides those aforementioned receiving only 25, a few people shared the wooden spoon, receiving only 76 bonds.

The most difficult question was #13 closely followed by a tie between #9, #14 and #15. The easiest question was #2 followed by #1 and then #11. As some of you may have suspected, yes the bonus question was a trick question, so no-one took home the honey pot [NOPARSE][/NOPARSE]

I hope everyone enjoyed the event!