Free Mann Legendary Tavern to a winner on the Oceanus Server (OCE)

From our Family to Yours Contest Summary

Our goal is to provide an opportunity for our fellow players on Oceanus to obtain the deed to the Legendary Tavern, The Free Mann, located in the Northern Grasslands Duchy of Kingdom 3. Additionally, we aimed to make a contest with as low of a barrier of entry as possible. This is a contest of ideas rather than one of art or writing; you or your group should be able to submit regardless of your skillset. 😊

Winner

Congratulations to Alpha_Omega on winning the tavern with their stunning entry!

Message from the Winner:

Thank you very much for the generous opportunity! First nights tankards on the house!

Timeline

Time of Posting – May 4th @ 12:00 pm ACT [UTC+10] Entry Submission Period

UPDATE Entry Submission is closed. It's currently the judging period.

May 10th Winner Declaration

UPDATE Winner Declared

Eligibility

Owning and running a tavern is not a task everyone takes up alone, so both groups and individuals may create a submission. There is a limit of one entry per account. The person receiving the deed to the Free Mann Tavern must meet a few requirements:

• Account must have a package of Bloodline or higher
• Account must be locked into the Oceanus Server (OCE)
• Account must be at least 40 days old
• Account must be in good-standing

How to Enter

1. This should be apparent, but read through the Submission Guidelines and Judging Criteria to understand what we as judges are looking for.

2. Check to make sure your account is bound to the Oceanus (OCE) Server. (See FAQ if unsure how)

3. Draft your plans and ideas for the Free Mann Tavern either alone or with a group.

4. Double-check and make sure the format chosen conforms to guidelines, and add any finishing touches. You may need to upload files to a hosting site.

5. Send your entry to [email protected].

Submission Guidelines

The submission should be a business plan at its core. The intent of this format is for the contestant to communicate their ideas for what should be done with the tavern and how they might accomplish it. The last question of the FAQ in the second post may help if you don’t know what a business plan is.

What we do require is for the main part of the submission to be a text explanation of the contestants plans for the Free Mann tavern. A text document of some variety is preferred. Only send the bare text within the submission email itself if there is no other option available to you.

The presentation of this business plan is left to the submitter to allow those with special skills to show their strengths. To this end, additional information and documents can be submitted in conjunction to the business plan. We will accept lore, graphics, and other depictions. If your true strength is in PowerPoints or photo collages, go for it.

Important Note! Submission can include:

• (Required) A business plan

  Format: Text Document (.txt / .rtf / .odt / .docx) or Online Document (GoogleDocs / Word Online).

• (Required) Alias (Forum Username)

• (Optional) Additional Lore, Graphics, Depictions

  Read the last paragraph of the description above, or ask in this thread, if you need clarification.

Submission cannot:

• Contain NSFW or NDA-protected or otherwise exclusive information
• Violate Chronicles of Elyria User Content Creation or Brand guidelines, Code of Conduct, or Terms of Use
• Enter past the listed deadline

Information to Include when Submitting

Individual Submission

1. Alias (Forum username):
2. Special Message if you win:
3. Any important notes about the submission:
4. Attach all files.

Group Submission

1. Group Name (Optional):
2. Group Members:
3. Alias (Forum Username) of the Account to receive the Tavern:
4. Group Specialization (Optional):
5. Special Message if your group wins:
6. Any important notes about the submission:
7. Attach all files.

Examples of what we are looking for in the business plan, Optional:

• Entertainment that might be displayed
• Day-to-Day Activities a visitor might experience
• Types of business relationships the owner might want to develop
• Plans to secure and protect the tavern
• How the tavern will stay in stock and manage spoilage
• Plans to mitigate theft
• Ways supply lines might be adapted based on need
• Utilization of the taverns Private rooms and other amenities
• Promoting the reputation or notoriety of the Tavern
• Programs to attract and maintain visitors
• Overall outline of potential income streams

Judges

This contest will have a panel of judges from NA-W to give every submission the attention it deserves. The judges are:

• Plume
• Polaris
• Pteroguin

Judging Criteria

Contests may elaborate on these details within the submission. The bold lettering is what we are looking for, while the explanation included are examples of what we look for within that criterion.

1. Viability

   Is this plan realistic and cohesive? Is it achievable within Elyria? Is there a Plan B?

2. Creativity

   Is this plan unique? Does it have a “wow factor” that distinguishes it from other ideas?

3. Ambition

   Does this plan have long range goals? Does the plan describe how to accomplish them?

4. Priority

   Does this person or group have the time, passion, and commitment to run and care for the tavern?

Judging Process (Blind Contest)

1. The submissions are reviewed by Soulbound Studios (SBS) who run the usernames through a pre-screening process and then masks the names on the submissions, before passing the qualified entries to the judges.

2. Each judge will read through every entry on their own.

3. The judges will then individually select submissions that fulfill each of the four criteria best, as well as a fifth entry that they personally feel touches upon every criterion. This step will instead be done as a group if there are five or less total entries submitted.

4. The judging panel will meet to compare their choices and decide upon a final winner, then notify SBS to coordinate and unveil the final winner.

Thanks for taking your time to read this thread, and I hope you are excited as we are to find out the owner of the deed to The Free Mann Legendary Tavern (OCE)!

Special thanks to Soulbound Studios who made this contest possible. Also, a big thanks to Hellmoon, Polaris, and Serpentius for the time you each invested helping Pteroguin and myself make this gift to Oceanus a reality. <3