So, are you ready for the
CANONN RUINS GATHERING??
I have mentioned this before, and since the searches for systems with other ruins have died down, I think it's about time to get the ball rolling.
I would like to get together a large group of commanders at the ruins, to be able to do some experimenting on a larger scale. I am not sure if it will make a difference, but I think it is worth a try. Here's a short breakdown of my initial plan:
1. I need to know that we will be able to gather a large enough group of commanders to make it worthwhile. I have already been told by some that they are interested, but unless we are atleast 11, there is no point in making it into an event. Any fewer than that and nothing of what I have planned will be doable. So please, for anyone interested: send me a PM (see below for more).
2. I would like to do this soon, but still give people a bit of a heads up. So currently my plans are to do this on
Thursday 17 November, or
Monday 21 November, depending on which day we can gather the most people. So in your PM, let me also know which of those two days you are able to join, if not both. Timings to be decided, but I am thinking around
18:00 UTC (ie. in-game time).
3.a.
Primary experiment is to shoot away some of the rocks underneath all the artifacts to make them rest upon the "glowing areas" and then place one commander at each area to make them all light up at the same time. For this we will need 15 commanders, plus outside observers.
3.b.
Secondary experiment is to make all obelisk formations light up at the same time. For this we will need 10 commanders, plus outside observers.
3.c.
Tertiary experiment is to combine both of the above at the same time, which will require 25(!) commanders, plus outside observers.
3.d.
Additional experiments: If anyone has a bright idea for something else to do, please suggest it! We can also do some ad-hoc things on the site after the above is done, but it would be nice to have a plan before we're there. There is also an idea in my head about moving things around, because of something MB said in a live stream about moving something from one place to another to make something happen. That idea isn't clear though, as there are too many possibilities to move things on the site.
Note 1: The above experiments will be done with all 4 "Beacons" raised. I don't think it's feasible to gather that many commanders in one place, without someone accidentally tripping a beacon. And I also think they should be raised, as they are a major part of the ruins.
Note 2: There will be NO shooting of any items except the above mentioned rocks! This is not a "check what healing lasers do" experiment. If the above yields nothing, it will be time to consider shooting some of the pillars surrounding the Ancient Relics, but that's about it. After we're done with everything above and nobody has any more ideas, you can shoot at your heart's content
4. As soon as I start getting PMs from people I will set up a spreadsheet with assignments for everyone. I am sure everyone would like to be an outside observer, but if everyone did that, then there would be no experiment
So if you sign up for this, you will accept the task given to you. If you can't do that and want to do your own thing, please don't sign up for it. Thanks. With that in mind, please add if you have video and/or sound recording capabilities, as that will influence the assignment given to each commander.
5. The experiments will
NOT be done in Open, but in a Private Group! There are too many elements out there that are just hanging around waiting for something like this so they can create some "emergent content." I would like to avoid that if I can.
Here we have two choices, we can either do it in the Canonn PG, or in another PG (ie. my private group). There are benefits to both. The former gives it more of an "official Canonn" feel to it, which I would like, but I don't think everyone here have access to it. There is also the chance of someone already being at the ruins, which results in getting a pre-created instance with the possibility of it being "tampered" with already. The latter only requires the people involved to send a request to join beforehand, and the only people in it will be the ones doing the experiments.
I would like your input on this please!
And I am sorry for the XBox users, but this will be for PC as that is what I have, and we unfortunately don't mix well in ED [sad]
I think that's about it. I am open to suggestions on pretty much anything of the above, except for the experiments. I would like those to be done, as that's the whole point of this gathering.
I really hope we can pull this off! If nothing else, we should be able to tie up a few loose ends to this ruins business.
If you are interested in joining, please send me a PM with the following information:
- Commander Name
- Preferred day for experiments (or both if it doesn't matter)
- Video recording Capability (Y/N)
- Audio Recording Capability (Y/N)
- Member of the Canonn PG (Y/N)
After that, all we can do is pray to the Wing-gods that they look favorably upon us
Thanks for the attention.
