Another year has passed and I’m glad to say that our Free Company is still here, now at the ripe old age of 5 years old, wow! So like in previous years we all got together and played some games!
Last year I made everyone wear a “Altered Woolen Cowl” and admittedly not everyone likes it, but they still got into the spirit of things and wore it for the duration of the event, even if it does make us look a bit weird! Many thanks to Bifi Bifi who took the time to assemble them all!
Throughout the event we had multiple raffles, based on /random. Some of the prizes were fixed, such as specific amounts of Gil, but others could be picked from an available pool of prize, on a firstcome, first served basis.
For the event itself, in previous years we’ve started off with climbing the small lighthouse in Shirogane (where our FC house is), but this year I wanted a change and with the new Empyreum housing area that offered us the chance for another climbing puzzle. So I made them climb it, with the temptation of Gil prizes for the fastest three!
Once three people got to the top we switched to playing Hide and Seek. I had 6 alts hidden around the world and the first three people to find each of them won Gil. We started off in Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks and immediately we caused quite a stir with people commenting on a cult arriving:
They found the two hidden characters in that zone quite fast, but because we can now fly in “A Realm Reborn” areas this time we also had two characters in Upper La Noscea and another two in Eastern La Noscea. Some of them were trickier to find than others, but the maps just aren’t that big and everyone was found before things got boring.
Then we moved back to the FC house for a short quiz and each correct answer was worth some Gil. Some of these were counting questions (like how many flowers are in the garden…. top tip… make sure you know the correct answer yourself first!) and other questions were related to the FC itself such as ranks and permissions etc.
Then we moved onto another game… Lawn Darts aka Lemmings. We mark a target on the ground, everyone throws themselves off a cliff and tries to land as close as possible. Two points for centre, one for the edge and everyone gets three tries each.
Originally everyone was queueing up to jump in order, but it turned out to be workable for everyone to just jump at once and stay still until their score was checked off/they could move out the way. When everyone jumped at once all you heard was thud, thud, thud!
Then after this we finished off with a quick PVP match. Not everyone wanted to do this, but we had 5 pairs of people who each had a fight (paired up as evenly as possible, tank vs tank etc.) and everyone got some money, varying on if they won or lost.
This all took about three and a half hours so after that we called it a day! Thanks to everyone who came, I hope you had as much fun as me, but thank you most of all for making this FC what it is, it’s nothing without the members!
The total prize money given out was 11.8 million Gil and here is the list of who won what:
| Name | Gil won |
|---|---|
| Sahmon Zhier | 1,600,000 |
| Geralt R'ivia | 1,350,000 |
| Zolukai Pestishyde | 900,000 |
| Gwynevere Cateye | 850,000 |
| Tiny Ice | 850,000 |
| Ashelia Nightfall | 750,000 |
| Hime Miyumi | 600,000 |
| Lyallon Estaqur | 600,000 |
| Sylvia Flutterstar | 600,000 |
| Malison Fey | 500,000 |
| Rydia Nishiyama | 500,000 |
| Sarah Sugarcube | 500,000 |
| Bifi Bifi | 450,000 |
| Driess Raronek | 350,000 |
| Nekomi Hounami | 350,000 |
| Asahimaru Onishi | 250,000 |
| Maralade Ferilla | 250,000 |
| Neroxx Bladestorm | 250,000 |
| Primatus Soprey | 100,000 |
| Scutts Fletcher | 100,000 |
| Shinichi Fukuda | 100,000 |
And here is a list of all the prizes that were won in the raffle:
| Name | Prize won |
|---|---|
| Asahimaru Onishi | Dress-up Yugiri |
| Ashelia Nightfall | Ballroom Etiquette - Decadent Decoration |
| Ashelia Nightfall | Calca |
| Bifi Bifi | Koala Joey |
| Bifi Bifi | Fat Cat Rug |
| Driess Raronek | Anemos Suspenders |
| Geralt R'ivia | Scarlet Peacock |
| Hime Miyumi | Wind-up Estinien |
| Lyallon Estaqur | Hippo Calf |
| Lyallon Estaqur | Calamari |
| Malison Fey | Tight-beaked Parrot |
| Malison Fey | Mandragora Queen |
| Maralade Ferilla | Abroader Otter |
| Neroxx Bladestorm | Flying Chair |
| Rydia Nishiyama | Drawing of Character by Blithesome Carl |
| Rydia Nishiyama | Ballroom Etiquette - Apples with Aplomb |
| Sahmon Zhier | Ballroom Etiquette - Decadent Decoration |
| Sarah Sugarcube | Levin Barding |
| Sarah Sugarcube | Ugly Duckling |
| Sarah Sugarcube | Anemos Jacket |
| Scutts Fletcher | Byakko Cub |
| Shinichi Fukuda | Abroader Otter |
| Zolukai Pestishyde | Magic Broom |
Finally, here’s a picture that Sarah Sugarcube took with lots of us all sat on the same bench, in the same outfit, merged into some sort of mess!
