Hiverun

I demand a tracklist! And yes, that was truly epic. I invented this build on the spot: "A little bit of this, a pinch of that... what do we have here, crit power dependent abilities? Okay, let's drop EF in!" But it actually kinda worked! I want to slap it on the shoulder, like, "I'm proud of you, son!"

I didn't record this run, but the build's really fun to run with - it's very different to what i'm used to, so I look forward to seeing how it performs with better tailored gear 😀

All right, so, the two teams have equal amount of points right now by doing the "Challenge Accepted!" task.
Team Awol: 15
Team "Five Scrolls": 15

Gogo teams!

This is still not for the contest because it's not really Secret World, but when I see this graffiti, I always think about those guys in dungeon groups who post battle results in chat after each fight.

You mean music? It's all from Overclocked Remix albums. I mostly took remixes of various "castle" themes.

soundcloud.com/ocremix/1-07-deuces-mellogear

soundcloud.com/ocremix/2-08-castellum-infernum

ocr2.blueblue.fr/files/music/albums/unsung/14%20Shato%20Through%20the%20Heart%20%28Shin%20Megami%20Tensei%20-%20Persona%203%20-%20Shadow%29%20%5bJohn%20Revoredo%5d.mp3 - because "Shato"... chateau... castle... get it?

soundcloud.com/ocremix/12-red-retaliation-ultimate-phalanx-demons-crest-torzelan

soundcloud.com/ocremix/2-04-fortress-of-doom-koopalings-super-mario-world-neshead80

soundcloud.com/ocremix/08-vig-the-god-machine

AWOL or TS-13, I'm going to have to rely on you for The Secret Messages.

My available agents are - well, they're too busy caring for me and/or each other. I have a distinct lack of drones, and my dog can't travel on the train unaccompanied.

For 'The Grand Opening' is Voice acceptable? I have some vocal training - not much, but about as much as my other musical skills.

Does this count for secret messages?

I don't know what you're talking about TS...

In "I Spy", top left image says H, bottom right says D. But the text has it the other way around.

I just love the pics of home work (or leisure!) spaces! Here's mine, and let this be a minitask: can you name all the sweet pokemon and titles there on my desk?))

(Higher resolution: i.imgur.com/tTFyiL5.jpg)

I wanted to explain what I meant by the secret messages, and I couldn't think of a better way than to... enter the game, wohoo! So me and Run are joining the Hiverun and I'll try to illustrate the idea by actually doing the tasks. (The only thing I guess I won't do is the "Challenge Accepted" task, because... I'm just not that good! Don't know about Run-girl tho!)

Aw, oops! Thanks and sorry, img should be fixed now. Top left - D, bottom right - H, as seen on teams' mini-maps.

And yes, voice is acceptable for the Grand Opening! dreams about Sentinels song

Run-girl is good at dying in any build, sooo... I'll pass too. Besides, I think that badass run done by Ela and AWOL's glass-cannoning through the Hotel on gold are too epic to compete with them 😝

So we can just take a selfie for the first task? That changes everything.

Seriously though, finding a good Secret World picture spot in the city is harder then I expected. Don't want to submit some forced association, but might have to if I don't encounter something more distinctly "secret" soon.

Good. TS-13 and AWOL: Top left 'D' "I Spy" images for our team are all taken.

Cats in Templar Hall also photographed; but this begs a question: are 'different cats' cats which are the same colour pattern but in a different location (eg the Blue Mountain cat lady's collection of black cats), or cats in different colour patterns - which would require some of them to be pets, as there are a limited # of NPC-cat-patterns.

Different colour patterns, yes, and yes, some of them should be pets - not necessary your own pets tho. Also, I'd accept some creative cheating, but I won't be specific on this part 🙂

youtu.be/ODkbF3N1mmQ

I know the words are barely eligible so here's the karaoke: "So, if you look closely you can see a freemason triangle together with the Red Hand star. It's Urbos here for ODO, I don't know if you can see my face, but this is what I meant by The Secret Messages".

Thanks for the clarification Urbos, sadly the secrets in my town seem determined to remain secret atm...

I've searched mine (though photographs). Nothing. It seems that this task is harder than you expected!

Melbourne only ever had a few places with the kind of ornate stonework that lends itself to that sort of image; many of which have been torn down and replaced with modern glass buildings. And the stuff near where I actually live is all 1960s and later. 1960s working class, at that.

The city centre - the place with stonework - is 3/4 hour away by train. Adding in the time to get from here to the train, that's 2 hours travel before my agent could even start looking personally.

I'm sorry. I honestly doubt I CAN do this one.

Okay, concerning "The Secret Messages". As this is the opening task and was designed to be incorporated in every route possible, any cross at any local church will do. And as a GM I will now use my powah to patch the rules (behold!) and add that any photo of Jehova's Witnesses taken IRL will count as a Morninglight reference.

As for myself, I decided to take it to Nightmare level and persuade Jehova's Witnesses to say "Hiya, Chuck!" on camera but failed so far. They said that Jehovah doesen't forbid those words but they're just not in the mood right now. It's a pity that I wasn't documenting that on the video, because when I came to them and asked to talk to the camera they said that they would like me to study Bible. I said that I already know Bible, now it's their turn. And so we argued for ten minutes or so, ending with the conclusion that they, as a simple mortal people have their flaws and therefore won't do me this favor.

And I'd like to remind that you don't have to do the tasks in order (this time), and there are plenty other in-game tasks to fill the gaps.