One Kinship to Rule Them All Contest

[Varda]

Are we interested in doing this?
Post by Dev Sapience:
forums.lotro.com/showthread.php?t=268244

LotRO kin contest:
If we're interested in this, we can make a group or two of new characters that run together and can choose whether to include one or more high levels with them, especially during instances. Varda will probably be gone on vacation where there is no computer during most of this time, but could help while present.
"The contest is a leveling race. The kinships that level up the most and the fastest will win! Starting at noon EDT on May 21 and running through noon EDT on June 15, every new character created is tracked in a special database.
"New characters earn points for their kinship by gaining levels, and you can follow your kinship’s progress via a new leaderboard in the Lorebook. Only characters added to a kinship after the contest has begun can earn points. Players will need to create new characters or recruit friends to join their kinship's adventure in Middle-earth in order to earn points – existing characters do not count toward the point totals. Points will only be awarded to the first kinship a character joins during the promotion – choose wisely."
Here are the various ways to win:
The kinship with the most points overall for each game world
The kinship with the most points per member for each game world
The kinship containing the single top character in each server world (based on total points gained by that member and how fast they are achieved in the event of a tie)
The One Kinship to Rule Them All – The Kinship with the most points overall across all servers

[Lothiriel]

meh..

I love festivities and contests, but this one.. gonna pass on. I already have all of my slots filled on my main account, and my 2nd hold my kinhouse for Ro. I am not really interested in deleting any toons just to create new ones for a power-leveling contest. =(

I also wouldn't like if we changed our recruiting policies just to compete in a contest.

Not trying to be a downer, but I just don't think I, nor possibly VG, are the target audience for this particular contest.

jmho
Lothiriel

[Varda]

I would not change our recruiting policies for this, don't worry.

The contest is not my cup of tea, but if the kin wanted to go for it, we could give it a shot.

[Maedhros(V)]

I am very much against this contest on both philosophical and practical grounds; so I vote "no."

-MaedhrosV

PS: I happily toss a payment to the kinhouse every few weeks or so anyway, and it's always well-paid in advance. It's not like having the kinhouse paid up for a year would be any real boon to us.

[Indis]

Although I'm not a member of the Valar kinship, along with my kinship (Soldiers of Valor), I don't think much of this contest. Intentions may have been good, but maybe they should have had a player focus group vet the idea first.