Snowman Building Contest





HELLO AGAIN, everyone! We’re back in the snolympics! We can never resist a good snow-themed competition, but this year we decided to put our competitive natures aside and make OTHER people battle for the win! Nothing like a little team spirit, am I right?



Oh Tobi, you’re such a goof. Gosh it’s freezing. Was it this freezing last year?  Anyway, we’ve called together some of our fellow shopkeepers and mischief makers to take part in this little competition. Obviously we’d love for EVERYONE IN THE WORLD to build snowmen, but there’s just not enough room for you all in Peka Park!



So instead, you can pick a team to support! Pick a team and help them build the biggest and best snowman. There are five teams in all, and you can donate snow as well as food, drink and warm clothes to help them and keep up their morale once the competition starts!  You’ll get a participation prize for your team, a pet slot, and for taking part at all you’ll get a special ice skin, courtesy of Aspen! If you can’t decide which participation prize you want, don’t worry - Saggitarius has kindly offered to stock them in his Millionaire Centre after the competition.



The winning team’s supporters will get a forum title and a special prize, as well as a cool new trophy for their profiles.




Unlike last year's snowball fight, there won't be any individual prizes after the fact; this competition is a team affair!



Team signups start now and will close on Monday at 12 noon. You can still participate from the sidelines after that and receive Aspen’s ice skin, but you will no longer be eligible for winning or the team participation prize.



Now - onto the team selection! Visit us HERE to learn more about each team and pick which one you want to join!
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Posted by [NPC] Dolly

Stiles
Oh man I wanted to join Sibling but is anyone else even going to be there?
Lyn
Dumb question, where do we donate the stuff at?
Laurey
Nature seems to be pretty popular...

Any other Mischief Makers around?
Kittee
Let's go Team Nature!
Lovingly
How is the scoring going to be done? Is it just what ever team has the most items donated? Is there going to be like progress bars or anything so we know where all the teams stand?
Me-Guru
@Amber ~

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The snowballs were increased because they're the only shop you can buy items from whenever. THe foods, clothes, and drinks you'll actually have to restock in (but are cheaper)!

It just makes it's it more discouraging to try and obtain the Throw a Snowball achievement.

JennieLynne
Ooo~! This is exciting! ... Goodness now whose team am I gonna join?! D:
Chey
i picked the lovey-dovey ladies team <3 it was a hard choice, but they're the cutest, sooo...
Pirate
@Amber That's awesome thank you so much. <3
I will of course do my best for my team but it's so good to know that I don't have to stress myself. :D
Cathii
For a moment here, I thought it was a real-life snowman contest!
... I was going to be out of luck since Canada has barely had snow at all (what a boring winter we have qq )

PS that blanket fort is adorable! Childhood memories ♥️
Amber STAFF
@Lovingly As long as it’s an item that comes from one of those shops, you’ll be fine. :) (Like if you get “Bubbly Strawberry Pie” from a quest, you’ll still be able to donate it because it is a Bake Stop item!)
Lovingly
@Amber So basically you have to restock items from those specific shops? If I got the item through say questing, I wouldn't be able to donate?
Amber STAFF
@Edge As long as you participate and help your team out, you'll get the prizes for participation. There's no "do x amount to get y prize"! :) THIS IS JUST A NICE FRIENDLY TEAM BUILDING EVENT (i say as i prepare to take down all against me and my team)
demon
i mean theres no competition to who you chose

chose elwood. he is literally the best

sorry i dont make the rules (elwood does)
Austria
PET SLOT?! So everyone who joins a team before signups close gets a pet slot? AM I READING THIS CORRECTLY?!
Pirate
@Amber is the pet slot just for participation or do you have to reach a certain amount of
team points to get it? confused
Ewok
Did someone say pet slot?
FLUX
TEAM NATURE
FEEL THE WRATH OF TEMPEST
Inknote
HOT DAMN All of the wearables look lovely and the descriptions are even better!!!
humorless
Omg the pet slot is for participation?! -faints again-
taBOO
@Amber
Oh wow, that's fantastic - thought I misunderstood, haha. Thank you for the clarification!
Sorcerer
Ahhh! A trophy! I better be on the winning team o:
Amber STAFF
@Loser Nope, it's for participation. :) "The winning team’s supporters will get a forum title and a special prize, as well as a cool new trophy for their profiles."
Horror
WAIT! WHAT?! ARE YOU SERIOUS ABOUT THE PET SLOT???????
taBOO
@Amber
The pet slot isn't for participation, but for WINNING, correct?
Sunflower
@Amber OH. OH OK. I see. I misunderstood that the signups were just closing then, and that the competition itself had started. Thanks for the clarification!
Laurey
Side note: I love that the carnival guy already has a head start :P
homestuck
NATURE
Amber STAFF
@Sunflower You can't donate yet! The competition doesn't start until noon Monday when sign-ups close! :)
Sunflower
I feel really dumb. How... exactly do we donate the items? Those links lead to the various shops.
Barely
TEAM NATURE
Amber STAFF
@MapleRose Like the news post says, the sign-up closes at noon Monday. After that, people can participate overall (without joining a team), but lose out on the team-specific prizes. This way, people aren't joining last minute on the team doing super well ;)
luv
THE BLEEDING MUSHROOMS...... WHY
MapleRose
Is this gonna be dependent on the team size? ie is it the average or the total, 'cause if it's the total, then wouldn't teams with more people have the advantage?
Amber STAFF
The snowballs were increased because they're the only shop you can buy items from whenever. THe foods, clothes, and drinks you'll actually have to restock in (but are cheaper)!
Laurey
I feel like the prices will go down again after this event.
Kevin
5k per snowball * 50k snowballs = 250 mil achievement :D
Laurey
My guess is the prices of snowballs were increased to prevent the mass-buying that happened last year. I mean people will still buy a lot, but maybe not quite as much.
Me-Guru
I'm trying to work on my achievement, and this is so discouraging ~ :( ~
[NPC] Nico STAFF
I'M SO PUMPED
Owl
I'm in questioning too.. Why are they 5k a piece?
Other than that, I'm really excited for a pet slot and to see what else is in store. ^^
Sovereign
thank god saggi will be stocking things in the mil center afterwards because i want all the participation wearables
Kevin
@Amber
they need to learn how to share, hoarding isn't a good thing.
Crab
GO TEAM SIBLINGS not that I chose my team entirely because of the beautiful background prize or anything <_<
Amber STAFF
@kbbob they need all the snow in the world
Riful
Rumi supports my sticker addiction so I shall support Rumi!
Song_745
Obviously the clear choice is team nature! ;)

This sounds fun!
Helena
This looks awesome! Emma and Esther are pretty much my fav NPCs, go Team Nature!
Me-Guru
Is there a reason why the snowballs in Avalanche Emporium, went up in price from 1k to 5k?
Kevin
"Whoops! Snow everywhere."

"you can donate snow"

o_o buy your own extra snow. you should have enough already.

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