So as aforesaid we're playing BOTH the 1 PM UTC AND 10 PM UTC
Siege of Orison slots tomorrow. In the past we used to pick one or the other depending on which would have the highest participation, and it made sense at the time to concentrate our efforts for maximum team size instead of spreading ourselves thin. As the org grows, however, eventually team size won't be an issue, and the priority then will shift towards making sure everyone has as much fun as possible so that the org keeps growing. And missing out on a Global Event because you can't make the designated slot isn't fun.
We won't be formally signing up to events either, from now on. This is done, again, to prevent people from flocking to one popular time slot and leaving the other one empty or near-empty. So just show up to whichever slot is most convenient for you, or play both if you want. That's what I'll be doing, starting tomorrow. My internet situation has been spotty recently, so I'll be going to a specialist gaming cafe in Barcelona that's open 24 hours. They even have rigs with triple-screens lol. Maybe I'll post a review of the place in the
Offline forum afterwards.
You don't have to show up on time either. Being on time is best of course, but if you're late the CO will guide you to wherever you need to be. Just make sure you have your
Cult Spec gear otherwise you can't play (and as many lives of it as you want to play).
Even cooler, I will use the dead time between the two slots to run... my own Global Event called Cult Event: Stanton Domination. All the details are here:
https://culture.vg/forum/topic?t=9442As you can see, my event is much more complex than all of the official ones put together. And I'll be running this event fairly frequently from now on, certainly more frequently than the official ones run (always on a Saturday, same general time slots). There's no reason to wait for official events anymore with the amount of complexity that's gone in the game since we first got into it last year. 3.21.1 is easily an order of magnitude more complex than 3.17.2 and there are so many goals and possibilities now that we can create our own multi-stage events whenever we want to. And of course Stanton Domination is the coolest and grandest possible event in Stanton (but wait till you see Pyro Domination, coming soon ;)
And IN ADDITION to all the above, ysignal and I have our Hull Cs now, plus the org has I think SEVEN F8Cs by now? So how cool would a dual-Hull C convoy loaded with millions in cargo and escorted by freaking SEVEN F8Cs be? There's so much at stake in such a mission that that, on its own, is a Global Event on par with anything CIG has made. And we can try it tomorrow, if ysignal shows up (or with one Hull C if he doesn't).
See you there, soldiers. O7