[Celebration event] Guess the size & win a prize!

Discussion in 'Public Member Events' started by ShelLuser, Dec 16, 2017.

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  1. Hi gang!

    We did it! Aya & me have been busy in the SMP9 nether for the past week and we managed to build ourselves a nether rail which allows us to get back to spawn. Finally we can transport stuff back and forth from our outpost.

    Time to celebrate! So we decided to give away some prizes, but it won't be too easy :D


    Prizes

    Up for grabs are 3 prizes:
    • 1st prize: Avalauncher, Turkey slicer, Mineral mincer, Old AyanamiKun head (rare *), old GripCEO head (ultra rare **).
    • 2nd prize: Avalauncher, Turkey slicer, Vault voucher.
    • 3rd prize: Avalauncher, Vault voucher and a Stable voucher.
    * Aya changed her skin a few months back and although she still has the old skin on her laptop she has no plans to use it anymore (and even if she did then she wouldn't "just" be giving away heads).

    ** One of the reasons GripCEO became TheOtherShell, other than the somewhat obnoxious persona which I didn't like anymore, is because I lost his skin. Even if I wanted to then I couldn't reproduce this head anymore. So this is pretty rare.

    The contest

    Aya and me made a netherrail. Not just that we also measured its size (length). So your task is to guess how long our netherrail is :)

    Everyone will get 2 chances to guess, Aya and me might be dropping some hints over time. As soon as someone gets the right size then we'll simply count down. So 2nd prize would go to the player who is closest to the right length, and 3rd to the next one.

    To make sure that we all get cool stuff in a not too long timespan the event will end upcoming Friday: 22nd of December. By that time Aya & me will pick the winners no matter what (so: if no one got the right length then we'll check who was closest).

    First tips

    We're not going to make this too hard on you guys (but then again...).
    • When I stand next to the official locked chest then I'm 17,281 blocks away from spawn (this is in the overworld!).
    • It takes approx. 10 minutes to travel on the rails.
    • The distance is lower than 10k blocks.
    Rules
    • First come, first go. First player who guesses right wins.
    • You get 2 chances to guess. Pick your moment wisely, we will be dropping hints.
    • Alts are allowed. I know that it may not seem fair but.. sorry: EMC allows alts, I happen to like alts, and this is still a guessing game.
    • Event will end on Friday, 22th of December. At a time determined by me (can't say, also because of work).
    • You will not throw any snowballs at the event organizers :D
    Also:
    • Aya & me made screenshots of the exact length. I will share those as proof (but without the exact coordinates of course).
    Happy guessing!
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  2. 2468 meters

    13745 meters
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  3. First guess: 2160 blocks

    I'll wait in my second one.
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  4. Interesting... I don't feel like I'll be able to make a well-educated guess...
    but I might have a chance with an un-educated guess as well. :p
  5. I'll guess 2998 blocks. :)
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  6. 2269 blocks
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  7. Ok.. imma give the 1st hint.

    railroad has 2 parts: first we go left, then we go up.

    if u keep this in mind then some of u could come pretty close ^.^
  8. Up? As in z or y, in the Minecraft world? Edit: I assume not y, that would be a bit strange in this context. :p
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  9. not y, just x and z. but im not gonna share real directions (north, south, east) b/c we want 2 keep the outposts a bit hidden.
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  10. (jump on his calculator and various wiki) (***wait... er... 10*60*8 +/-e = 4800... and 17281/8=2160... ok then...2160*2=4320... let's mediate at***)

    first guess : 4560 blocks!

    second guess I'll keep aside for the moment.
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  11. Im gonna make a completely uneducated guess and say 10k blocks
  12. 3160 blocks
  13. 2160.

    3k
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  14. 4800, second guess will come a bit later when I can put a bit more education into it :p
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  15. "When I stand next to the official locked chest then I'm 17,281 blocks away from spawn (this is in the overworld!)."

    One way or round trip?
  16. Well best guess I'd say around 1900 blocks
  17. I suppose now would be a good time to actually calculate the exact distance :D

    Total, see here:


    Time for a new tip!

    Higher.

    Also: To keep this fair (and not turn it into a counting game) we're going to accept the first 2 digits being correct. So, let's say we're 8500 blocks away (much too high) then we'd accept 8533 or 8559 or whatever as a valid guess.

    Oh dear, was that 2 tips for the price of one? :D I demand a refund! :rolleyes:

    Smart strategy :)

    Yeah: I never said that you had to guess twice in a row ;)
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  18. REFUND!! :p
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