Easter Event Coming Friday With Changes! Backdrops Available Now!

[tessa grace]

I've never fully participated or been in an easter egg event when it comes to the hunt. I'm so excited for this years!

 

[Flicky]

All I know about these puzzles is that they're difficult. At least, that's the gist I got when I was combing through older posts looking for help back when me and my fellow Poliwags were trying to figure them out.

I nearly solved one of the riddles, but that was it. I probably won't get very far with these, but I'll give it a shot. Kinda hoping I find some others to team up with, though, since I doubt I'll uncover any alone.

 

[Corrie]

Ooooh yay!! It's always fun to see the new collectibles to aim for! Literally the part I look forward to most lol.

 

[That Marshal Fangirl]

No smaller side event this year!

While I appreciated the extra egg currency in the past, I really don’t have hours to decorate an egg this year. Thank you for clearing this up now!

 

[Biyaya]

As you may remember, our "puzzle" clues require you to submit a specific word to receive an egg. However, this type of clue is being changed. You will now only be able to submit your guess once, not over and over until you get it right. Your answer will be submitted in a board, where we will distribute eggs to those who got the correct answer after 24 hours, so you'll want to login each day to make sure you submit your answers in time. With this change, you will no longer know for sure if your answer is the correct one until we announce it after the 24 hours is over. The purpose of doing it this way is to limit the benefits of working together.

So, if we can’t submit thousands of guesses for the riddles, will minor spelling errors be benign? >>;

 

[boring]

I usually hate the egg hunt because Im stupid.. i wonder if this year anything will change LOL

 

[Xara]

IT’S HERE IT’S HERE IT’S HERE IT’S HERE IT’S

first of all, thank you for hosting this during my easter long weekend. my brain would’ve had a meltdown if i had to try and juggle this and school lol. the puzzles and community clues sound terrifying (especially the puzzles, since we can only submit one guess now ), but i’m still very much so excited! i can’t wait to see what this year’s egg collectibles will look like.

also, thanks for bringing back the prismatic glow backdrop!! it’s one of my favourites. <3

 

[Aquilla]

Omg it’s heeere! It‘s kinda embarrassing how often I’ve been refreshing the page every day in the hopes of some egg related news! I can’t wait to see the eggs for this year !

I also feel a bit anxious about the one-submission-per-riddle part and will probably overthink the answers like crazy… hopefully the egg decorating contest will return next year - I’ve been looking forward to that the most :‘3

 

[Venn]

May not be ready for the solos, but I'll maybe attempt the puzzles.
I'll definitely look out for the community ones!

 

[JellyBeans]

ohh my god it's that time of year again !!
i'm definitely excited to give this ago, but the lack of being able to just brute force my way into the puzzles is going to hit me a bit haha. can't wait to see what egg designs we have this time around!

 

[Newbiemayor]

Yay! I'm excited for my first tbt egg hunt but also afraid of the horrors that may await me

 

[Aniko]

Not sure how I feel about the changes, but I understand where they're coming from from a staff perspective.

I can already tell I peaked at egg hunting last year though, due to the changes to how puzzles work this time. I never get them in one go since my thought processes are a maze at the best of times.

Regardless, I'm sure I'll still have fun.

Last year was also my best, the first year I got like 6 eggs and on good years like 11-16 eggs. I rarely got the puzzles on the first try.
I'm certainly not the smartest or the fastest at that hunt but I will try my best.
Since I won't be around when they post the hints, I guess it's better to avoid the thread for the community one, it won't be fun if the answers are already out, unless ppl are just allowed to post clues?

 

[Amilee]

not sure how i feel about those changes. you say it is to be less stressful but for me its kinda more stressful now that its kinda time based for the bonus stuff? especially for my EU time and during a family based holiday for me it will be tough to be online as soon as the clues drop. tho i have to see how much the bonus stuff is worth it. i probably just have to see how it works in the end because i cant imagine how exactly it works right now. also since im more like a lurker i dont really have anyone to talk clues with but i guess thats more like a me problem haha
im still excited! i was never one to go for the golden egg so im just happy when i get the eggs i like the most :3 def excited to see the new collectibles!

 

[Halloqueen]

Not really on board with the changes, but looking forward to the hunt like always and eager to see which new eggs will be unveiled.

 

[Rosch]

I still have the trauma from last year's camp's egg hunt.

 

[Milleram]

Really looking forward to this event!

 

[King Dorado]

To the one called @Zipper T. Bunny:

I will you, in the name of all that is proper and good,
that you divest yourself, and lay apart
the borrow'd glories that by gift of heaven,
by law of nature and of nations, shall belong to my Crown:
namely, the Golden Egg,
and all wide-stretched honors that pertain
by custom, and by ordinance of time
unto the holder of the Egg.

For if you hide the Golden Egg,
even in your heart,
there will I rake for it.
Therefore in fierce tempest am I coming,
in thunder and earthquake, like a Jove,
that if requiring fail, I will compel;
I bid you then, resign and deliver up the collectible to me,
and take mercy
on the poor souls for whom this hungry contest
opens its vasty jaws.
​

This is my claim, my threatening, and my message;
unless the one called Thunder be in presence here,
to whom expressly I bring greeting too.

 

[That Marshal Fangirl]

To the one called @Zipper T. Bunny:

I will you, in the name of all that is proper and good,
that you divest yourself, and lay apart
the borrow'd glories that by gift of heaven,
by law of nature and of nations, shall belong to my Crown:
namely, the Golden Egg,
and all wide-stretched honors that pertain
by custom, and by ordinance of time
unto the holder of the Egg.

For if you hide the Golden Egg,
even in your heart,
there will I rake for it.
Therefore in fierce tempest am I coming,
in thunder and earthquake, like a Jove,
that if requiring fail, I will compel;
I bid you then, resign and deliver up the collectible to me,
and take mercy
on the poor souls for whom this hungry contest
opens its vasty jaws.
​

This is my claim, my threatening, and my message;
unless the one called Thunder be in presence here,
to whom expressly I bring greeting too.

That was beautiful.

 

[seliph]

yeaaaaah this kinda sucked the life outta it for me, no fun in trying to solo knowing you're against a bunch of groups and a "community clue". imo the challenge of everyone being expected to work alone plus the lack of public discussion is what gave the egg hunt its own unique charm compared to other tbt events. plus "find all the eggs" is much a more enticing goal than "find most of the eggs".

the puzzle format is much harder now but i don't see how it balances the playing field at all, groups still have a significant advantage here with having others' ideas to feed off of. having one single guess and a 24 hour limit sounds abysmal for everyone but especially people working alone. sure the old format would allow groups to rush the correct answer once one person finds it, but the leeway would give soloists a break since you could keep coming back to it. unless i'm missing something this change feels kinda overlooked. you guys made a really neat puzzle format before with clue 15 here where while we did have unlimited guesses, it was an actual puzzle that had to be solved rather than just being a clue with a different way to answer. if group hunts become the norm something of this nature would probably be more balanced than the other methods since brute forcing would be nigh impossible and a huge waste of time. having one shot without knowing if you're right also feels more like a trivia/homework type deal rather than a scavenger hunt imo.

this was way longer than i imagined but overall thoughts are that anyone wanting to work alone got boned, the puzzle change feels unnecessary at best, and the whole group aspect is both unbalanced and takes away from the event's originality. on a more personal note it feels like people who were caught during previous hunts ended up on top here and while i can understand moderating all that being exhausting it still feels kind of... bad.

anyway that's my view, as someone who's done relatively well alone the changes are disappointing. hopefully i'll be busy working anyways.

 

[-Mars-]

I've seen other people talking about how stressful this event is and I didn't understand what they meant or how hard it actually is, after just looking at an old thread for one of the old TBT Easter events... these puzzles scare me.... I'm gonna have bad dreams