Why?: Ya'know, nationally celebrated Troika day! Where under used and undervalued weapons are appreciated for paving the way of all the modern weaponry and the high tech equipment we carry.

Where?: All events will be taking place in the Rogue guild hall. Drop on in when you are ready to partake in the celebrations!

When?: February, Sunday the 3rd. Festivities will begin ramping up at 1-pm (CST) with formal rewards ceremonies taking place at 7pm (CST)

Who?: I along with fellow Troika enthusiast Tsubasa-No-Me and Tevokkia who is running the Trivia game, will be hosting the event. Handing out Troikas, chatting with folks, running games, having a grand ole' time!

What?: In addition to handing out a Troika to every person who shows up at the door. We'll also be hosting several events throughout the day:

• Troika races where participants will run through Jelly King and Roarmulus to compete for prizes!
• Drawings where winners can take home Laurels, Auras, and more!
• The winners for the Troika concept contest will be announced at the end of the festivities.
• Lockbox openings, en' mass
• Trivia for Prizes
• Hourly Hot-Seat Lotteries
• And much more!

Event Schedule:

NOTE: This schedule is based on CST, you can check the current CST time by following this link here.

12-noon - Work Crew Orientation, those partaking as members of the work crew please report in around this time for a brief orientation and assignment
1:00 - Troikamas begins, come celebrate amongst your fellow weapon enthusiasts!
1:01 - Late team registration begins
2:00 - Royal Jelly Races begin
3:00 - Late registraion ends
3:50 - LockBox Opening Ceremony
4:00 - Roarmulus Races begin
5:00 - Trivia With Tevokkia
6:00 - Races start coming to a close, last call races for the next 30 minutes
6:30 - All races cease.
7:00 - Formal awards ceremony for races, drawings, and Troika concepts.

Troika Races, Rules, Regulations, and Prize-Structure:

Regulations - Participants will race both Royal Jelly Palace and Roarmulus, in teams of two, using only their trusty Troika weapons as they compete for prizes. The fastest teams who clear the levels and down the bosses will receive rewards upon the end of Troikamas. Teams should register beforehand by either leaving a post below of going to the registration booth on the day of the event. When the races start, runners will receive an invitation into the lobby where they will be explained everything from there. There is no price for entry into the race event.

Rules -

1. All racers are responsible to tab their assigned ref, refusal to do so will result in immediate disqualification.
2. The only weapons that can be used are the Troika, Kamarin, and Grintovec. Variants are permitted.
3. Any Armor, Helm, Shield, or Trinkets are permitted
4. Using ce revs is permitted but will result in a 30 second penalty per usage
5. The stopwatch will start the moment the team hits the mission lobby elevator and the boss room team button (respectively)

Prizes -

As of right now, the prize structure is as thus ~

• Fastest RJP stage clear - 50kcr
• Fastest Jelly King defeat - 50k cr
• Fastest IMF stage clear - 50k cr
• Fastest Roarmulus Twins defeat - 50k cr
• Fastest overall clear time (all stages/bosses) - 200k cr

Registration -

For those of you interested in registering for the races grab a friend and make a post below with the following information. Early registrants will receive priority for running and reffing.

Team Name:
Knight #1:
Knight #2:

In addition, there will be a booth dedicated to signing individuals up on the day of Troikamas. See the staff members working the sign-in station there if the need should arise. Failure to register will prevent qualification for any potential runs.

Prize Drawings:

Three prizes will be given away from drawings at the end of the event, these prizes are:

• Twinkle Aura
• Golden Laurel
• Haunted Aura

The method required to qualify for the drawing is to mail me, "Tdlob" a small collection of ce and materials:

1. 50 ce
2. 15 Red Shards
3. 8 Brimstone
4. 5 Driftwood
5. 1 Redwood
6. 10 Green Shards
7. 1 Cooling Cell
8. 1 Hailstone

These are mats commonly used in the construction of Troikas and their 3* variants.

Entering for the drawing will remain open until 6pm on the day of Troikamas.

Transmutation Services

Want to get a jump start on your own Troika line but don't have the recipes handy? Not a problem! Be it for getting a leg up during the Troika races or your own personal reasons, staff will be on hand to take your troika and transmute it into your choice of either the Kamarin (Suda line) or the Grintovec (Triglav line).

What you need to do? Simple, hand the knight running the transmutation station (found near the guild crafting machines) a Troika and 200 ce. The mats will be taken care of for you. Consider this a small gift from me to all of you. ~ limit one craft per person.

LockBox Opening!

For those of you who are not aware I haaaaate iron lock boxes with a passion. I think they are a waste of metallic flesh and existence. However, as a promise to my guild I'll be opening a box or two 3:50 near the half-way point of the event. At my greatest behest, I will go against my most gut of instincts to throw a little ce at those money grubbing monsters!

However! If I have to suffer, then so do you all! Why not grab yourself a key and pop a box with me? Let's see how many boxes we can get going at one time, would make a hell of a screen and who knows, maybe you might get lucky.

Hourly Hot-Seat Lotteries

Once every hour on the half-hour a lottery will be held for everyone currently in the hall. A series of chairs will be set out on the ledges up above the first floor. Each chair will have a number associated with it. Once everyone has stopped moving and settled in their selected chair a number will be chosen at random utilizing random.org If you are sitting in the chair associated with the drawn number, you win 10k cr! Congratulations!

Trivia With Tevokkia

At 5pm (cst) Tevokkia will be doing a hosting a trivia event within the Rogue guild hall. Participants with the fastest response will net themselves a quick 50 ce prize per correct answer! Put your database of in/out of game knowledge to work and turn it into ce and potentially other rewards!

Lockria Fever

Is PvE not your flavor? Do you not like large crowds of strangers? Would you rather rip the hearts out of your fellow knights as opposed to squishing jellies? Than grab your Troika and head to lockdown! Throughout the day of Troikamas, staff members will be combing the games via the spectation feature looking for users who are using exclusively Troika line weapons. (Any variant) Anyone seen using only Troika weapons will be entered to win 100k cr at the end of Troikamas! Additionally, should a game be found that every participant is using only Troika line weapons, everybody there will instantly win 100 ce! So tell your friends, SPREAD THE FEVER!

Looking to make some extra ce?

I'll need some extra staff on hand to ensure the event is running smoothly and races are being run in a timely fashion. I'll be paying staff members who sign up and work the event 300 CE. All payments will be made at the conclusion of Troikamas. The only requirement I have for potential applicants is that they will listen to instruction and can use skype or mumble. It's much easier to coordinate via voice than text.

Looking forward to seeing you all there,

~ Tdlob

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Troika Races:

1. Fastest RJP stage clear - 50kcr ~ Silver Skies: Silverkeox & Benightz
2. Fastest Jelly King defeat - 50k cr ~ Silver Skies: Silverkeox & Benightz
3. Fastest IMF stage clear - 50k cr ~ Kat Krew: Nineball-Seraph & Dalter
4. Fastest Roarmulus Twins defeat - 50k cr ~ Kat Krew: Nineball-Seraph & Dalter
5. Fastest overall clear time (all stages/bosses) - 200k cr ~ Frosty Team: Arcelina & Ganondwarfy

Troika Fever: 100k cr drawing - Vanadukehimself

Drawing for Choice of Laurel, Twinkle, and Haunted:

1. Psychodestroyer
2. Zeroblast
3. The-Rawrcake

Troika Concept Contest:

• Grand Prize ~ 5k ce - Breaker-Xd Windy Line
• Runner Up Prize One ~ 2.5k ce - Lizzi: Vog Line
• Runner Up Prize Two ~ 2.5k ce - Zopyros: Swarm/Olympus Lines & Trig/Suda Remakes
• Most Unique Concept ~ 1k ce - Heavy-Duty: Gear Line
• Best Artistically Executed Design ~ 1k ce - Dill-Samwich: Whip Line
• Most Complete Concept ~ 1k ce - Tevokkia: Villain Line
• Best use of spiral spy. ~ 1k ce - Happyapathy: Sacrificial Line
• Best *cough* cameo *cough* ~ 1k ce - Sir-Tuddle: Capture Line
• Community's Choice! ~ 1k ce - Dembooti: Scuttle Line