A Bad Omen: Esther's Here!





Aw, come on, how come I never get invited to do anything exciting? First Emma gets invited to speak at the Peka Glade Conservation Society Conference, and now I find out that everyone and their dog is off exploring the jungle? I can only imagine the kinds of plants and animals you’re running into out there!



Well, I’m not going to wait for an invitation, I’m just going to invite myself - I may as well kill some time until Emma comes home. Speaking of Emma, that gives me a great idea! She's always been so interested in quests of all kinds - remember her quest that ended in the discovery of Peka Glade? I’m sure she'd appreciate seeing so many people out in Subeta completing quests of their own! I think we should stick to certain quests for the sake of ease, I'll list those when you visit me.



I’ll join whichever team is able to collectively perform the most number of quests! Remember: quests will reset at midnight, so each user has the opportunity to submit their quests again and increase their team's performance!



Quest Log Here!




Esther gives your team the Weathered Traveler trait: Esther's connections with Tempest means she can ensure your team a sunny journey to the summit. Your team's weather conditions will all be favorable.
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Posted by [NPC] Esther

Britney

they should of did a plot that had us all battling against the npc's mwuahah and staff MWAUHH
>:} lol
2

Beren

there may well be a part where we need to do that!
Fight the bad and ugly -ähm- whatsoever...
0

Delphi

@Lea
Very well said. -claps-

I absolutely abhor these events that pit the users against each other. I miss the old days were plots were not about that.
I want an involved plot with story and activities and games, but I don't want to fight against my fellow users. I'd rather work with them, /all/ of them.
7

Lea

/sighs

I'm really enjoying being part of a team. Everyone has been amazingly nice and I love seeing the generosity and everyone's passion toward reaching a goal. The total willingness of Team Steele members to help out one another has been fantastic to see and got me so much more invested in this event, and I have no doubts that Team Gold is similar.

But sometimes I *really* hate team events. While the teamwork brings out the best in a lot of us, and it's wonderful and inspiring, the competition also seems to bring out the worst in a lot of players. Everyone's scrambling to beat the other side so with things like the item donation drive, the site crashes constantly due to the massive amounts of refreshing, and there's so much stress and bitterness.

I hate competition on this site because Subeta is my happy place and it can be very stressful to have so much unhappiness going on. Not to mention disheartening -- it's difficult to want to join in on these events when they can cause so much drama.
I wish that instead of teams directly competing against one another, the teams could have been working together from the get-go. Maybe with each team having to complete a set list of different tasks, and maybe doing a certain amount more than the minimum would earn the team their bonus plot points. We could have tasks that are similar or that differ depending on the team, maybe.

It might not get people quite as active due to the lack of competition, but it would probably cause a lot less drama and complaining, and get *everyone* to unite rather than dividing the userbase in half. I really love things like the Quest-A-Thon because I'm a huge sap and seeing everyone work together makes me ridiculously happy, especially when people commented that they had no interest in the prize but would participate to help others out. That was so, so nice.

I feel like if there weren't so much competition, people could be more focused on the actual writing in the plot, rather than defeating the other team. I know I would be. I'm enjoying this event a lot, I really am, but it's tiring to see the drama and I'm just.. tired of competitive events. They're so much more draining than noncompetitive ones.
14

Delphi

Also, I just want to say that it's really unfair to assume we aren't rallying our teammates or trying hard enough.
We are trying /very/ hard.
We even have users who are giving away gold accounts and map pieces so other teammates can complete more quests.
We are doing everything we possibly can.
For the users that joined Team Gold then never signed back onto the site or never went into the forums or anything, how are we supposed to rally them? We don't know who they are nor do we have anyway of finding out. And we appear to have lots of these types of users, I'm not saying that Steele doesn't have their fair share but look at the numbers. Clearly Steele has more active members, enough that we don't stand a chance in this type of contest this go around or the next.
10

Morn

I completed 11/10 Wizard Quests because I got an extra one from a random event. :D
0

Cirice

@frafty Don't trust him, its the crypts trying to play tricks on you! 0:<
0

Hyacinth

@Laurey It's kind of hard to "rally" everyone when Gold probably has a lot more new users. Plus there's that higher chance of them not socializing etc; from our forum group, all the sigs promoting Gold not getting enough attention? Yeah I don't think it's our fault? Also both teams are complaining so idk what you're talking about.

Most of Gold has been REALLY supportive with each other, since I read our group's posts every 2-3 hours. So yeah, it's hard to have any teamwork when you have possibly a chunk of users not looking around people's posts.
6

Cresenta

@Galaxia

Yes! Would be a good SP sink too since it wouldn't be giving any SP back either :)
0

Delphi

Dear Staff;

Please try to find a fair way to balance out these NPC contests.
Team Gold may have more members but Steele has more /active/ members.
It's extremely hard for us to compete and I'd rather not have to rely on glitches to enable us a win.
I hope I'm not coming off as a sore loser, I just want things to be fair and balanced for /both/ teams.

I think we all (or at least the majority of us) enjoy the questing more than the donating but if questing is the way the NPC contests are going now I fear Steele may win them all.
9

frafty

Saggi may have left the Millionaire Center but Blake seems to be running the Crypts Treasure Room still unless the Treasure Room Blake is a figment of my imagination.
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Britney

theres so much I want to say but I'll keep it to myself lol
don't want to come off as rude. xD

"
2

Jinx

I'll second I'm not big on team efforts, but anything to get me to do my quests is great. Gods know I need to do them more often.
0

Natsume

To be honest I just don't find Team plots very 'fun.' I'm just not a very competitive person. I love plots like the Tempest and the Excavation with Steele where you can participate individually and at your own pace without worrying about not being able to participate as much as others. It's impossible to make teams equal/active unless people themselves are allowed to create and moderate their own teams but in the end it's just a game. I hope the trail portion of this plot ends soon, aha.
11

gryphongrl

The Saggi giving quests is a hologram. Notice how he only says the same thing over and over.
2

Orchipea

@ForbiddenSecrets
I was hoping people would see the double meaning (part of why it's in quotes). I felt like some levity was needed here, maybe to break up the tension. ;)
1

Flight

@Orchipea
"Both alike in dignity" made me chuckle because the line means of equal social standing/wealth. Which, considering both Saggi and Blake are wealthy, it was very fitting :P I mean this with complete love and I totally agree with your post.
2

Riptide

@KinglyNinja
Not sure if your reply was a response to my comment or just a general comment, but
Motivation =/= loyalty ;)

Since you mentioned loyalty, loyalty is faithfulness to a cause/group. But what if it's not a cause/group you align with or feel strongly about? Why would you expect loyalty from someone who was forced to join that group? I'm not going to spend a lot of effort on something I don't feel strongly about (which also isn't the same as saying I'm going to do nothing. Or that I'm going to sabotage the team. However, more than likely, what effort I put in will be more for my benefit than the team's.) Ultimately, my belief is that people who WANT TO do something for someone will work harder than those who HAVE TO do something for someone. It's the same in real life. I'm not going to spend a lot of time participating in something I don't care about. I will work harder for a team I choose to be on than a team I was assigned. That's all I'm saying. =) Nothing about balance or not playing :P
5

Orchipea

I'll just say this -- I have seen my fair share of whining from both teams. Whichever team is losing, there are always vocal whiners. So putting down either team for whining is pretty hypocritical. As with everything, both sides are prime examples of all behaviors. Both Team Gold and Team Steele whine when behind, and both Team Gold and Team Steele brag and cheer when ahead. And I have seen how both teams are very supportive of each other. It is basically the way that the game is played. I'd like to see "both alike in dignity" rather than both alike in snark.
13

TwistedMiss

I'll say it again. It never fails, the team that falls behind complains at the way the plot is run. I've been on teams that win and teams that loose. It's the way the cookie crumbles... Buck it up and try harder, increase your team work and you'll win next time. It's all part of the fun. Stop complaining and enjoy the fun.
8

Laurey

I don't want to sound snarky or anything, but maybe Team Gold should spend more time trying to rally their group together instead of complaining when they fall behind.

Team Steele has been nothing but encouraging to each other, even when we are falling way behind in the trail legs and in the last donation challenge.

Teamwork is important ~
19

Orchipea

I'm pretty sure this one was decided at midnight last night, based on who would be able to do double quests. Unfortunately that left me out due to family obligations. I'm not going to whine though, because staff did emphasize the importance of being here at 6pm each day... although I would like to see events that are a bit more open to all time zones in the future. :(
5

Snuggle

I feel really bad for a website whose players wouldn't play if they were assigned a team. Talk about a lack of loyalty. You wouldn't be loyal to your team just because it wasn't your choice, even if it meant that the same number of players from the same timezone and time of joining were distributed evenly onto both teams? Sorry, but that sounds like a lot of talking talk to me. Nice try, you can talk your talk all you want, but I'll take a perfectly balanced plot over an unbalanced one any day. Splitting the site evenly onto both teams from the beginning would be highly beneficial in creating early balance. And there would be no discussion about certain types of players joining a certain team because of a profitable promise. I would certainly be upset to be fighting against my favorite character and the team I preferred, but kicking that character's butt all the way up the mountain can be fun too. ;)

Also, Ziorac, the team I joined has nothing to do with my feedback in regards to something on the site. Last time I checked, one players team decision has nothing to do with future plots and suggestions for how to improve them.
3

Ziorac

@KinglyNinja Both teams have dead weight players, though I will admit the 'more sP turn out' probably encouraged a different crowd to join Team Gold. But that was predictable from the start. -shrugs-
Still, what I find very interesting throughout this whole plot so far is that whenever Team Gold is behind, there is a lot of discussion about unfairness and dead weight and unbalance and yet when Team Gold is in the lead there is no such debate. I checked. I read the news posts when Team Steele is in the lead and vice versa. Perhaps Team Gold has fewer Gold members (ironically enough)? Perhaps Team Gold's members don't care about quests as much? Who knows.
Do keep in mind, that for all the talk of dead weight and unfairness, Team Gold has won two legs of this race, while Team Steele has won one. Gold has Sephora (arguably the best NPC so far) and Steele has Wesley. Team Gold is in the lead. Esther's fair weather will probably only balance out the 10% speed boost a little bit, but who knows. Talk dead weight all you want, Team Gold is winning as it stands now. So yay Team Gold.
11

Lexx

I feel bad for people who cannot be active during the week. They would probably want to help with this, but may not be able to get on. And with the short notice, they may not know to even come on to help with this (since, unlike donations, the rest of the group cannot over compensate for them this time).
4

TJPanda

I've been trying my hardest all event long to help Team Saggi or Team Gold if you prefer ^_^.
All I've seen are blank white pages, 502 errors, 504 errors, 520 errors and we'll be right back pages every few page views. I'm still working hard doing all I can to help the team and will continue to do so until the event is over :heart:.

Questing is taking longer than usual because of errors I run into but I'm doing my best to be patient ^_^. Looking forward to the rest of the event to see what will happen *is curious*
1

marvel

Hm. I have mixed feelings about this whole thing -- on the one hand, I'm so glad it was questing and not more donating, but on the other it's really frustrating to find out that we have so many people not contributing and there's no way for the rest of us to try making up the difference. >:c
6

Amae

@KinglyNinja
Okay so what about this scenario? A person is all gung-ho to participate. So they're sorted into a team. But oh! Life suddenly happens, and then they're not able to participate! They wanted to so badly, and they help when they can.

So my question to you is: How on earth is staff supposed to tell who's really going to participate and who isn't?

Both teams have people who aren't going to be going all out. That's just how a team of hundreds is.
6

Riptide

If I was assigned a team and it was a team I wouldn't have chose on my own, I'd probably wouldn't work as hard with donating, questing, etc. Who I'm playing for is a big part in my motivation.
9

Snuggle

If it's fun to get to know players and meet wonderful new people, then it would be just as fun to be assigned a team and to meet new people on the team you were assigned.

Completely even teams with each new person starting the plot being assigned to one team, and then the other. You get the same number of players from all timezones, you get the same number of players who start right away, and the same number of players who start late. Less choice, but higher chances of a completely even playing field and user participation.
1

Annet

@Marlboro,
Quote:
OMG.
The Saggi that we have in the Omen Islands is not real!!

The quest Saggi - the real one - is still in his house in Centropolis!!
That is possible. I have already started a topic about this and also other possibility's. Click.

On the other hand Rosemary Kelly is now at the Millionaire Center. It surprises me I have heard nobody else about this yet.
2

Beren

@KinglyNinja

so not true. I took my time, deciding. I also never join right after the news are out, since I am hardly ever on then. Living in a different time zone makes it sort of hard to be online during the main time.
6 p.m. subetatime is midnight where I live.
I have to get up at 4.30 - 5.00 a.m. to get to work (meaning 11.00 - 11.30 p.m. subeta time).

I know that a lot of european users where (again) not able to use the reset.
Yes that sometimes frutrates me a bunch - but then - this is a game based on US time and a game...
My RL i way more important.

Still I participate as much as I can.
I don't think it would be fun to be forced to join a team, just because I live in a differnt time zone.
I already miss a lot of chances because of that.

I am happy the way it is - and with my team.
It's always fun to get to know more players and find out how many nice peopel are on here.
3

Galaxia

@_Cresenta_

That would also help with so many of the items onsite that staff was worried about.
1

Snuggle

***active players

I don't tend to count the dead weight as actually being part of the team. That's like counting a rock that slipped onto your wagon somehow as being one of the horses pulling it. Sorrynotsorry dead weight players.

If players were assigned a team from the very start, it would balance things out more because the players who join first are usually the ones who are online often and are ready to participate. If those people were split evenly into the two teams, then it wouldn't be as it is now, with one team carrying a number of dead-weight players that shouldn't even be counted as part of the team.
2

Rah

@KinglyNinja - the teams are really close in numbers, but Saggi has more members, so I'm not sure that the numbers of quests done for this quest drive indicate the team member numbers at all!
8

Snuggle

Even people who don't participate much are going to still do quests even if they aren't doing them for the event, so this was a really clear indication of which team actually has more players. I think in future events the staff should work to keep the teams even, regardless of the fact that it may mean that players don't get as much choice in which team they join.

In any case, getting to do quests an extra time was nice. And of course auto-pricing my shop just as this started raked in some nice profit as well. Feel free to incorporate quests resetting into as many plots, events, and holidays as you like. ;D
0

Marlboro

@Amber LOL so richness is bringing you the multitasking ability xD

but it still doesn't make any sense, what happens to all the items that we are giving him, does Team Gold needs to take them all the way to the mountain?!
0

Marlboro

@Sirius lol who knows :P

Maybe the guy who sent the letter and the map is the fake Saggi in the camp :P
My theory is that it's Elwood xD
2

Amber

@Marlboro he’s rich enough to do quests wherever
@Sirius This isn’t for your personal score, this is just trying to get the NPC to join your team to make the trail easier (which might help you get more points if you beat the other team to the end!)
0

Pirate

@Marlboro is it a mistake or is it a clue? *crime show music*
0

Marlboro

OMG.
The Saggi that we have in the Omen Islands is not real!!

The quest Saggi - the real one - is still in his house in Centropolis!!

@Amber or you did a big mistake here and forgot to put a different NPC to deal with his quests because it's not possible that he can be in 2 different places at the same time xD
0

Pirate

@Amber Do we get more personal points for doing all the quests or does it "only" help the whole team?
0

forcryinoutloud

Even though I am not a quester, I love this change. Donation drives can be won by just a handful of rich users or hoarders donating a TON of stuff, while this type of event requires that all your team actually participate. It seems a lot more fair to me to do it this way - and encourages more participation. I almost never do quests, but I'm slogging my way through a second round of all these quests. *flops* lol Go Team Steele!
4

Carpathia

Ah, was hoping we'd win this, too many freaking monsoons. -_- Team Gold, we should have been all over this one. Not only the SP from questing, but the item rewards we can sell for MORE SP towards questers.
3

Jessica

@Targaryen

It's over around 5:30 pm. The bar doesn't really indicate the progress apart from the number
0

Britney

Yea this one definitely won't favor our team unless by some miracle every person on our team thats no participating decides to do them.
Hopefully this isn't what we have to do the next time because I rather have new things to do that way its not as boring.
1

springjoy

@lovecraft Hey now, don't rub it in. If he's too lazy to do his shopping but wants to fork over some of that cash to replace shovels on my team, I guess I'll let him. I can't imagine what he's doing with all those weird shoes he wanted this time anyway. :P
0

Targaryen

Why isn't this over Team Steele's bar is done! When is this over!
0

Annet

This command feels much better than some kind of an item drive. It is now really a matter of good co-operation and clever strategy + dedication.

Good work team Steele.
You worthy opponents I can respect that.

Go Team Gold!

I'm still moved how helpful some of our team members are to each other.



This is much more nice to do than a donation drive.
2

Cresenta

Someone had this great idea (that I really think they should implement if they plan on making every NPC gaining activity a quest-a-thon which I honestly hope to god they won't because it doesn't look like Team Gold will win any of those based on how this one is going ;__; but still) that after 15 quests each we should still get to do as many quests as we want only for no SP or item rewards at all and that number should count towards our team total too.
8

Tuonela

I hope the plot will involve some less famous shopkeeper/NPC... I totally love Emma and Esther, but it would be so cool to discover the adventurous side of an unexpected character! *g*
3

Hamda

I have a bad feeling about this

1

Beren

@Hamlet I can understand that. I know I am playing a game based on US time zones. Still...
I need to find myself a job where I can stay up late and not get up at 4a.m. - so I don't miss out...
*laughs*

Still having a huge amount of fun
2

Natasha

I just hope the amount of quests done will not effect out personal plot scores...
0

Hamlet

@Beren
Same! I'm a bit annoyed that I had literally gone to bed 15 minutes before this started! Would have loved to have been able to contribute more quests! Stupid time zones!
6

Maeow

Esther don't even need connections with Tempest bc she's shining like the sun ; ;
2

Speiro

I just hope the next NPC challenge will be different. If it's another quest-a-thon, the daily cap on quests basically guarantees the results will be the same. It kind of kills the excitement the second time around when you know the outcome already. :P
16

Avalon

"You've earned the Saggitarius Fan achievement!" ...I--I.../shoves paper down shirt to hide from Blake ;u; /twiddles thumbs...(I laughed at that one, not gonna' lie. Even if you are a haughty cat, Saggi, you're pretty fun.)
20

Soleta

@decadent
A member on Team Gold told me that Gold has a little bit more members then we do on Team Steele. So, numbers-wise, we're pretty even, though Sag has a slight advantage. Team Blake seems to have more active members, though.
4

Maniac

does anyone know how many members each team has? i was under an impression that Team Steele was much bigger than us, though i'm probably wrong since i doubt staff would make a competition where one team has obvious advantages over another.
0

Maniac

is it really surprising that Team Gold is losing in a questing competition when our very leader won't even do his own shopping lmao
16

mimete

why didn't i wake up a few hours earlier damnit...
1

Sorcerer

I like that this challenge is has a set max per person nice change.
5

Lea

So happy for the change of pace! This is much less stressful than the donation drive. I usually try to do all my quests every day anyway, so it's certainly not a big deal for me :)
3

Beren

great! I was on until 5 p.m. (which is 11 p.m. here) and went to bed.
I know I am playing a game based on US time...
*sigh*
I'd love to have done double quests.

I guess working and playing just does not match...
*a bit frustrated*

okay, so I will do all my quests now, before the early woking shift...
13

nier

@OctoPocky
Rah said it some comments down!
Quote by Rah:
it will end before the trail starts again tomorrow, between 5:30 and 5:45pm subeta time!
2

OctoPocky

Perhaps I'm blind but I can't find anywhere where it says when the competition ends. Obviously it's spreads to a second day.
1

Delphi

I just wish more of Team Gold's members were active. >.>
Come on guys, quests are easy! You get to make money instead of spend it all.
17

curbdirt

No more item drives? B-but I have so many items to give!! :o
0

Terra

@Shantal

Saggi wants them digits.
5

AnabellasSong

Let's go for the GOLD! I even sent all my sP to a friend, so that I could quest with Sarah for the first time ever. Hopefully, I will make it home in time to add more to the total before it ends tomorrow.
1

Archmage

@Shantal Thanks to you, now I have enough reasons to ship them.
5

TJPanda

Only 7 more quests to finish before midnight and I can't get through the 502 and 504 wall of nonstop errors. I hope I can finish soon before the day resets ^_^.
0

FireFlea

+135 quests for Blake :'D
3

Shantal


o_O WHY do you want a CUTE Blake sticker??
75

Diprosopus

jesus christ how many people are ON this site?
6

Templar

Wouldn't this make more sense to start at midnight subeta time? I don't see why we have to have another half day to do quests, since all the people who can only get on from midnight-to-five pm subeta time can't participate and are missing out.
19

Edinburgh

Oh my god, Esther, I adore you. I will do anything you ask.
3

StarShadow

Oh just discovered that Sarah is 1 of the quests but I have never been able to do hers. Too bad they couldn't make an exception just for this event since it decreases my total every day.
9

Ekhal

All right, 150 quests for team Steele. No one can say I didn't do my part. Even bought a bunch of stuff to thin out my bff's wishlist so I could do Sarah and cashed in that gold account medal that was sitting in my vault for eons.
4

Asumi

:p Team Gold, get your butts in gear!
3

StarShadow

Hey I have no problem taking Sag's money no matter which team I'm on. :D
13

lovecraft

Okay granted I am no team Saggi, but anyone else see the irony that Team Steele has to do some quests for him. LOL
8

omnibless

how does one sleep after quest adrenaline?
1

StarShadow

OK so dumb question how in the world are we supposed to get 150 quests done with the site crashing constantly? :(
4

Reykur

Not fond of all the lag, but very happy to see something that's not a donation drive!

And AWWW it's sooo cute how Esther is ranting about not having gotten an invitation. <3 How did we forget to invite her in the first place? Did her invitation get lost?
3

Paradise

Esther, can't you see-eee-eee



~ sincerly team blake
29

StarShadow

Oh nevermind, saw they have reset, thanks. Just got home from work so trying to catch up.
0

StarShadow

Ah darn, I've already done most of my quests for today. :(
0

bulleta

Okay I was being optmistic because for a minute there I forgot how much I hate doing quests, goddamn

But I'll suck it up
I'm doing it bros
I'm doing it for all of you
3

StarShadow

Well at least it's not another awful donation drive. Now if the stupid error pages would EVER stop....
4

TJPanda

Error 502 Ray ID: 2e1fbf0d768257b9 • 2016-09-14 00:33:13 UTC
Bad gateway

Trying Quentin quests now if the site will let me ^_^.
1

TaintedTamer

All my quests are finished - just have to be patient now I guess...
0

CassieFenix

Doing my best here, Team Gold, when the Bad Gateways don't get in my way.... Help with this obstacle?
6

Inknote

Super glad for a change of pace with this new one!
0

Rajah

Thank you staff! I'm so happy this isn't a donation drive. <3
1

TwistedMiss

Alright... My quests are finished... COME ONE TEAM STEELE!!!!
4

TJPanda

Wizard quests are asking for an unbuyable item on the shop search -
Cozy White Pants

I'm doing what quests I can where the items are not all sold out ^_^.
1

MAGE

this* not these xD
0

MAGE

I like these challenge better than the donation drive :D Thank you!
2

Naddi

It was 1am. I was in bed. Decided to check Subeta once again just in case. SAW THIS, WHO NEEDS SLEEP IF YOU CAN DO LIKE 90 QUESTS INSTEAD

Done, come on Team Gold ?
4

FLUX

i have a lot of emotions

matlal baby
6

Hellbent

See, the problem with this is that I haven't been able to quest since this entire event started because every time I tried I ran into copious amounts of 502/504 errors.
0

arixen

@Clopin - so funny - that was exactly my reaction. I was finishing off my quests waiting for the announcement of tonight's activity and then ... guess what - more quests. :-)
0

bulleta

Good thing I saved my loyalty gold medal for things like this
Go team, I'll make an effort
1

Britney

We really need this lol I hate terrible weatherrr

well on subeta that is :P

irl i love rainy days and bad weather ensures people don't bother youu haha
0

Strukla

19

Willow

Yay!! Im so glad for this...incentive to make money and get the quests done! Puts up charm to keep the nasty 502s/504s away!
7

devils_flame666

I would just like to remind Gold team of the payout for doing all of these quests. (Since everyone says they're greedy on this team)

I started with 142,745 sP on hand and finished with 2,735,785 sP (lost about 40,000 sP on Library quests and made the most margins with Cinthia and Drunk Carl)

HOWEVER. I had about seventeen error pages lasting about a minute to two each which made it very tedious. But that sP.
1

SYLVAN

Those brothers, so many emotions. ;~;
3

Rainey

Come on Team Gold! Let's get our "rears in gear"!
2

Rotmouth

i'm always up for a friendly lesbian-based competition.

good luck to both teams! <3
5

Neverwhere

I just wish I could do quests for Sarah. Also, this was literally the perfect time to get a quest from the wizard.
0

Terra

Come to Team Steele, Esther. We need a lady NPC!
5

Rah

@seephira - we can't make it completely go away as lots of people are doing things at the same time, but we have a programmer monitoring it tonight and doing all she can to keep the site as stable as possible. Thank you for sticking with us through it all!
7

Porygon

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seephira

@Rah there was no lag until this started. now i'm getting lag and 504 errors
2

Abysmal

Trying to get as many done before work as I can!
0

Rah

@Jai - it will end before the trail starts again tomorrow, between 5:30 and 5:45pm subeta time!
0

everdear

As a proud member of Team Gold, I still have to admit that "SteelingEsther" is a pretty awesome description ^^;
5

Jai

So, when does this bit end? After 24 hours? Just wondering if I can wait until after work tomorrow to do the second round of quests or if I need to sneak and do them at work.
0

stars_water

Team Steele's bar looks full to me, and yet this is still going? Uh, why?
Although I am really glad this changed to more of a quest-a-thon... I was getting rather drained from spending my entire day staring at a flashing screen as I just went to and from the pawn shop.

And for the record, Esther, you can invite yourself all you like, 'cause you're pretty cool in my book.
3

Diprosopus

i guess that works too.....
0

Cordyceps_sapiens

Come on, Team Gold, pick up the pace!
4

Tiobe

YEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAH!!!!
#SteelingEsther
13

SlayerWolf

Sweet gonna quest thats fun
0

MapleRose

Is it ironic that I'm doing Saggi quests to help Team Steele? XD
16

Solas

Where are all the team saggi members :o We need more quests done :D
3

Rah

@Sielbee - they're probably using eagles
11

Laurey

I sure would love to be able to do quests if the FREAKING SITE WOULD STAY UP WHAT THE HECK
1

Lia

"Changing from a donation drive to quests should hopefully dramatically lower the crashes and lag"

*site crashes right after making impossible to complete quests"

sigh
7

Rodimus

LOOKS LIKE IT'S TIME TO GO QUESTING, GIT MONEYS, DO THE THANG. FOR THE GLORY OF TEAM GOLD.
3

Ziorac

Oh come on lag, I didn't even hit send twice or anything... >.>
2

Ziorac

This is an interesting way of getting an NPC. Cause with the donation drive, a few people could carry the team and win, but with this, because of the cap, each person can only do so much. If one person in your team doesn't do all their quests for the day, that's 100 less quests done which no one can make up for. It does really make it a team effort.
I feel like this will favour the bigger team (which I believe is Team SAggi), though it seems Team Steele is in the lead now, which is interesting. Still early though, we'll see.
4

Ziorac

This is an interesting way of getting an NPC. Cause with the donation drive, a few people could carry the team and win, but with this, because of the cap, each person can only do so much. If one person in your team doesn't do all their quests for the day, that's 100 less quests done which no one can make up for. It does really make it a team effort.
I feel like this will favour the bigger team (which I believe is Team SAggi), though it seems Team Steele is in the lead now, which is interesting. Still early though, we'll see.
0

Greg

YAY ESTHER!
You'll like it here in Team Blake ;)
11

Beowulf

thank you! I love the quest thing, the item drive get boring after a while!
0

tendril

all this competition for npcs is exhausting lol
1

HYPEBEAST

My poor poor wrist...
2

Thia

Okay but what I wanna know is how these people are even getting to the trail in the first place. I mean if they're using some faster means of transportation to catch up, then why are we using wagons??
26

Stiles

AW I WANT ESTHER COME TO THE STEELE SIDE PLS
5

Chauchat

Knew I was saving that spare GA medal for a good reason.
0

Murklins

Thanks for giving our sp banks a chance to heal.
0

TaleSpin

YEESSSS!! I love Esther. ;v; This will be SO much better than another donation drive. Bring on the questing (and GO TEAM BLAKE-A-CAKE)!!
8

Tundra

welp time to buy gold account medal

i'm so glad it's not another donation T_T *tears of joy*
1

Lyllytas

Yes. Double quests, and not a donation drive. Ty
2

Clopin

I MEAN ON THE ONE HAND HELL YES QUESTS FOR ESTHER on the other hand I was close to finishing my quests so I could get off Subeta for a while lmao and here we go again. OTL
2

Jewel

Quest battle~
This is going to be interesting :D
1

JESSYTA

Error 502 Ray ID: 2e1eb33102db1ead • 2016-09-13 21:30:22 UTC
Bad gateway

Not even one quest done. WTF Subeta.
2

everdear

Thank you, Subeta and Esther~

And Go Team Gold, we can do this! :D
2

Starfleet

C'mon Team Gold, we got this!
0

Lia

It's almost midnight in Europe, next time maybe consider time zones and announce something like this a little earlier, I was about to go to bed =/
1

Durandal

oh my god BYE donation drive

19

Carpathia

I love that buff, and I LOVE that it's quests! Wish my boy Drills was a part of it though.
0

Kevin

@Lirikai
no it doesn't :P
2

Kevin

but battle quests! ;)
2

Lirikai

Does this count battle quests?
0

Yumei

Wooooo! Thanks for resetting the quests too!
1

serinde

Now this is much better.
1

Ramby

So happy its not a donation drive. I do quests all the time so cool
1

ScissorCrow

When does this finish? I was just about to go to bed...
1

Ferinsy

Well, that was the smartest move so far... Nobody would stand another item drive lol
3

frederick

Thank you for not demanding we break the site in order to prove our worth to you, Esther.
9

Rah

@seephira - changing from a donation drive to quests should hopefully dramatically lower the crashes and lag, because everyone has a cap on what they can do.
4

Bug

@seephira I doubt this will actually cause the site to crash like the donation drive. Remember the quest-a-thon from a few weeks back? Each person can only do 10 (or 15) of each quest, so there's a limit to how many requests a person will make because of this. There's more people online now than the quest-a-thon, but it will still be a lot less load on the servers than the donation drives were.
3

Anne

@Rah

Thank you c:
Well I finished 3 before I noticed, but that's life I guess. xd
0

Jess

BQs are left out once again :cry:
2

Tserel

Yo tho that bro conspiracy.

ALSO I NEED MY FLOWER QUEEN LETS GO STEELE
7

Cardamom

YAY NO DONATIONS. THANK YOU SUBETA. <3 <3
8

heartfelt

IT'S NOT A DONATION DRIVE

THANK

GOD
12

MONSTER

YES NO MORE DONATIONS
3

Rah

@Anne - everyone's quests were reset so they can participate in this :)
9

Hamda

I KNEW IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
0

Bug

Thank you so much, staff, for listening to us and making this quests instead of another donation drive :)
Much love and appreciation!
7

Andrew

NO MORE FONDLING MATLAL'S JEWELS PLS #whathaveidone

23

seephira

So another way for the site to have crashes and lag? How are you going to stop that?
1

Damon

HI ESTHER YOU'RE LOVELY JOIN TEAM BLAKE-A-CAKE!!!
21

Anne

Yay C:

so my quests were resetted - may I do them again for a reward? oo
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