News Frontier’s Festive Fun and Charity Livestreams!

Zac Antonaci

Head of Communications
Frontier
It’s that time of year again, where people come together to celebrate the family and friends closest to them. This holiday season we’re proud to be celebrating this special time with you, our incredible community. We’ve got a whole heap of fantastic activities this festive period that we’d love for you to join in with as we see out this final month of the year.

Frontier’s 24 Hour Holiday Livestream

For those of you who don’t know, last year we held a 24 hour livestream extravaganza, with developers and community members joining us to make it an extra special event. Well, we’re back and this year Ed Lewis will be joined by the wonderful Bo de Vries as the dynamic duo both take on the challenge simultaneously! With Bo taking on 24 hours of Planet Coaster festive fun and Ed Lewis captaining 24 hours of the great ship Elite Dangerous, it’s sure to be a night/day to remember.

They will both be taking on this challenge on the December 19, 2016 (midday GMT) and will be ending at the same time on December 20. What’s more, for the entire event we will be raising money for SpecialEffect charity. For those of you who don’t know, SpecialEffect are a charity which do fantastic work helping disabled people access technology and games.

Charity Sweepstake

Every full £1 donated to the campaign Just Giving page will be an entry into a prize draw. The draw will be held on the stream at the end of the 24 hours and you must leave your contact email address (the optional field at donation, not as a comment) to be entered into the prize draw so that we can contact you. We’ve got an amazing set of prizes available. Here’s what you could win…


  • High End gaming PC! – Up to £2,000 worth of pure gaming awesome.
  • Xbox One S console
  • PlayStation 4 pro console
  • 3 x Planet Coaster Thrillseeker edition (No longer available in store)
  • 3 x Elite Dangerous Commander Edition on Steam
  • 2 x £50 Frontier Merch Designer Credit – Perfect to create your own style in our merch designer!
  • 4 x £25 Frontier Merch Designer Credit – Perfect to create your own style in our merch designer!
  • 5 x Elite Dangerous goodie bags containing
    • Elite ranking cap
    • Elite Socks
    • Elite Beanie
    • Elite Mug
    • Elite Keyring
    • Elite Pin Badge
  • 5 x Planet Coaster goodie bags containing
    • Planet Coaster tote bag
    • Planet Coaster Mouse mat
    • Signed artwork
    • Planet Coaster badge
    • Planet Coaster Lanyard
    • Planet Coaster 8GB USB stick
  • 5 x digital copies of the You, Me and Gravity – Planet Coaster Soundtrack


Terms and conditions apply, see the bottom of this post for details.

Special Effect Paint Job

As if the awesome raffle and prizes aren’t enough, we’ve also got a very special incentive for anyone that donates to this fantastic cause. If you donate £6/€7/$7.5 or more in a single donation, you’ll be eligible for this fantastic, unique SpecialEffect Sidewinder paint job AND decal! You will still keep the same number of raffle tickets into the prize draw too so there’s twice the reason to get involved!

Please note: Make sure you add your email address when donating so that we can contact you for your prizes. The paint job and decal will be sent via a redemption code to all eligible donators after the event ends. Terms and conditions apply, see the bottom of this post for details.

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Charity Auction

In addition to the fantastic prizes above, we’ve also got our annual charity auction where you can bid on a host of cool items in the hopes of winning that prize. All bids are private so you have to bid what you would be willing to pay per item. The winners will be contacted and asked to donate that much into the Just Giving page.

Here’s how it works: take a look at the list of auction prizes below! Some will be Elite Dangerous focused and some will be Planet Coaster specific. Once you see one or more items that you would like to bid on, simply email the name of the item or items you wish to bid on and the amount per item to community@frontier.co.uk with the subject line “Blind Charity Auction”. The bidding will end on December 9 at 9AM GMT and winners will be contacted immediately.
Terms and conditions apply, see the bottom of this post for full details.

Here’s what’s up for auction (Photos may be added shortly)!

Elite Dangerous

Dine with the Developers – Elite Dangerous: Dine with the developers of Elite Dangerous. We’re holding an evening meal with five of Elite Dangerous’ best known developers who will be joining you. The date of the event is planned for Thursday January 26, 2017 from 7PM GMT – 10PM GMT and we are looking for FIVE lucky bidders to come and join us! All the food and drink will be on us but you’ll need to make your way to a location in central Cambridge; all travel and other expenses for the event will be paid for by the winning bidders.

Name a Rare good: Make your mark in Elite Dangerous, name a Rare good and have it added to the game! All entries will be reviewed and require approval from the Frontier Development team and the location will be decided by the dev team.

Name a Station: Make your mark in Elite, name a Station in game! All entries will be reviewed and require approval from the Frontier Development team and the location will be decided by the dev team.

Name a System:
Make your mark in Elite, name an entire system in game! All entries will be reviewed and require approval from the Frontier Development team and the location will be decided by the dev team.

Your own custom unique, bespoke paint job:
A one of a kind, special unique paint job for one of your Commanders. You will be able to work with our paint job designer to create something custom and unique for you. Pick the ship, colour and style and be the envy of all you meet with this fantastic prize.

Elite Dangerous Lifetime Expansion Pass:
Not available for sale currently. The lifetime expansion pass offers you every update ever made to Elite Dangerous and all future expansions! Join the Elite and enjoy every piece of content made in Elite Dangerous.


Planet Coaster
(Some pictures of these items can be seen on the Planet Coaster thread HERE)

Dine with the Developers – Planet Coaster: Dine with the developers of Planet Coaster. We’re holding an evening meal with five of Planet Coaster’s best known developers who will be joining you. The date of the event is planned for Friday January 27, 2017 from 7PM GMT – 10PM GMT and we are looking for FIVE lucky bidders to come and join us! All the food and drink will be on us but you’ll need to make your way to a location in central Cambridge; all travel and other expenses for the event will be paid for by the winning bidders.

Signed Scenery: Some of you will remember Marc Cox from the Planet Coaster livestream. Now we all know that scenery is important in Planet Coaster but Marc takes this to a new level, covering his entire desk in home-made scenery. We’re giving away a special piece of scenery from his collection signed by the development team. It really is the blocks that helped build Planet Coaster.

Bespoke Hand Drawn Planet Coaster Photo Frames: You might not know but our much loved Community Manager and Streamer extraordinaire, Bo de Vries, is also incredibly talented in calligraphy! She’s creating three custom Planet Coaster frames with hand-drawn calligraphy on it for you to enjoy! By bidding on this item you are bidding on one of these delightful frames; there will be three frames to be won.

Planet Coaster cushion set: At the Planet Coaster launch event we had so many comments of people who wanted the Planet Coaster cushions on the set. So we’ve made a beautiful bespoke set of three cushions which will be available to bid on as one set. Please note you are bidding on one set of three Planet Coaster cushions.

Signed Artwork from the Launch event: Another launch event special is a set of two Planet Coaster wall arts, signed by the team. There are some minor scratches to the set so buyers take note. These make a beautiful decoration for anyone who appreciates stunning artwork and Planet Coaster!

Once again, we want to take this moment to thank you, our amazing community for helping and supporting Elite Dangerous and Planet Coaster over the past year. You breathe life into the games and are at the very heart of everything we do. We hope you can join us and take part in what promises to be a fantastic event!


Terms and conditions

Raffle
- Every full £1 (UK British pound) donated to the just giving page is an entry into the prize draw.
- If a donation is made in another currency we will use a currency converter to work out the UK equivalent.
- The prize draw will be held on 20 December 2016 and will be help live on stream. The cut off time for entries will be announced shortly before the draw.
- For prize draw tickets to be valid they must include suitable contact details. Either the Commander name in the name or comments for Elite Dangerous players or the Email address in the donation (not as a publically viewable comment).
- Prizes in the raffle may be substituted for one of equal value if for any reason they become unavailable, such as going out of stock.
- Prizes are available worldwide
- Where a prize is not deliverable by a specific merchant, vouchers may be offered for a suitable retailer instead. Specifically for the Gaming PC, Xbox One S and Playstation Pro.

SpecialEffect PaintJob
- The Special Effect paint job and decal will be made available to everyone who has donated over the specified amount in their currency and has a valid email address on their donation (be sure to add them at the donation and not as a comment).
- These will be sent out after the event ends and not granted immediately. Please be patient for your code, they could take a number of days to be dispatched.
- The SpecialEffect paint job is only available for use with Elite Dangerous and you will need to own the game in order to use this item.

Auction
- The auction will end on Friday 9 December 2016 at 09:00 GMT
- Winners will be contacted shortly after and will be required to reply within 48 hours.
- If deemed required by Frontier Developments we will move on to the next eligible big should the person fail to respond.
- Payments should be made the Just Giving page before the event 19 December 2016.
- Frontier reserve the right to edit or replace any auction prizes with an alternative prize of equal or greater value should any of them become unavailable
- Frontier can re-arrange the “Dine with the Developers” evenings as require by giving a minimum of 48 hours’ notice.
- Frontier reserve the right to veto any names or additions to the game at their discretion.
 
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Really enjoyed this event last year and, as ever, Frontier Events keep on getting bigger and better!
Some amazing prizes and auction items there.
 

Ozric

Volunteer Moderator
YAY!!!!

Last year was awesome and I expect this year to be just as good. Huge good luck and best wishes to all the team and let's see if we can beat last year's total!
 

Ozric

Volunteer Moderator
Zac are you going to split screen Ed and Bo? We're not going to have to choose between them are we... [???]
 
Here’s what you could win…

- High End gaming PC! – Up to £2,000 worth of pure gaming awesome.
- Xbox One S console
- PlayStation 4 pro console

I wonder if that means an announcement regarding the PS4 version. I don't think you guys gave away a PS4 last year.

I hope you guys have something to say about 2.3 or even later than that. 24h is a long time, so I'm guessing you guys have some cool stuff to announce or show off.

No gaming company should miss that Christmas Sale train hype :p
 
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Sounds great. The one last year was a wonderful success so looking forward to the streams and the dank prizes :D
 
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What is the "special effect"?

It's a charity that designs special gamepads and other tools to allow disabled kids (and adults) to play games.

You wake up after an accident. You can’t move and you can’t speak. That’s when the loan and support of eye-controlled technology through our StarGaze project can provide help as quickly as possible. It’s technology that can initially provide emergency communication, but can also lead to independence in education, work and leisure.

VERY cool ... http://www.specialeffect.org.uk/
 
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It's a charity that designs special gamepads and other tools to allow disabled kids (and adults) to play games.

You wake up after an accident. You can’t move and you can’t speak. That’s when the loan and support of eye-controlled technology through our StarGaze project can provide help as quickly as possible. It’s technology that can initially provide emergency communication, but can also lead to independence in education, work and leisure.

VERY cool ... http://www.specialeffect.org.uk/

Thank you, that's awesome! A very worthwhile charity.
 
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Last years was fun to watch and i shall make sure I have funds available to donate as it is an amazing charity.
 
...you must leave your contact email address (the optional field at donation, not as a comment) to be entered into the prize draw so that we can contact you.

FYI both the "Leave a message (optional)" and "Your name (optional)" input fields on the donate screen are not private and show on the public facing page. If you've messed up you can edit your message here if you need too edit out your email.

I cannot find any way to leave the email that isn't publicly visible.
 
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