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Halloween Wrap-up and Stats

Well, it's been a crazy 2 weeks but all things must come to an end and this year's Halloween event is no exception. It was a hard fought battle but the Kuro Gang has managed to best the Von Helson team with a final score of 198 to 183. Final event items are currently being sent out to everyone on both teams so keep your eyes on your inbox for a PM from your respective team's leader.

Now, there were several requests for the formula used to calculate the score to be revealed. While we weren't going to reveal it during the event for obvious reasons, we see no reason to not reveal it now. So, without further adieu, here is your hotly debated metric for deciding team scores.

Total Score = (# of Kills / # of Active* Attackers on the Team) + (# of Heals / # of Active* Healers on the Team)

* To qualify as an active attacker or healer, you had to attack or heal at least 10 times.

There you have it, that's really all there was. No secret weight, no predetermined result, just a formula that benefits the team who has the most active members on it. What good is a formula without the stats though? I've included the end-of-event stats that I will be giving my supervisors as part of my post-event report. You won't find stats any more official than these.



And of course, what would an event be without its leaderboards? Here are your Halloween 2012: The Don event leaders.



Congratulations to everyone who participated and I hope you had fun!

- Kenny

Dark Reflection 2 CI Acting Up

We've received reports of issues playing the Dark Reflection 2 CI where the item gives you an error instead of letting you play or giving you an item. We agree that this is rather rude behavior and will talk to this specific CI immediately to teach it some proper manners. For now, just avoid trying to play it and we'll let you know once it has been straightened out.

Note: This appears to ONLY affect the Dark Reflection 2 CI, any others should be fine and have the correct manners for treating users, who want to play with them, well.

Election Day!

A challenger for the office of Gaia President has appeared! Who will you vote for? Who will be the next, and first, Gaia President? Will it be Diedrich, who you all know and love, or will it be Friedrich, who is just like Diedrich but with hair? Vote now to make your voice heard and earn an exclusive item showing you voted. Act quickly, the polls will close exactly at 2pm PST tomorrow, November 7th. We'll have live coverage of the winner as soon as all the votes are tallied. Now go and do your Gaian civic duty and vote for your new President!

Gaia 9 Action News Special Report

This just in! GAIA-9 can now project that Diedrich, noted media personality and radioactive idiot, has won a landslide victory in Gaia’s first presidential election. We can also project that, since Gaia does not have an office of the presidency, this result is meaningless and, quite frankly, a huge waste of everyone’s time, not least of all my own. We’ve been informed that the Friedrich camp has telephoned Diedrich to concede the race; GAIA-9 does not care about this development whatsoever, and we will be closely ignoring further developments.

Click here for a full transcript of the candidates' nonsensical debate, if you must.