Easter Event Coming Friday With Changes! Backdrops Available Now!

[amemome]

I'm posting to echo sentiments on wanting more than 24 hours on puzzles. I remember taking several days for some of the puzzles in previous years, and that's WITH the resubmit allowed. Now that there's an even shorter time limit and no resubmits, I think I'd feel even more crunched and pressured. Taking time off to do chores and cook often helped me reach a solution, so I would truly appreciate a little more wiggle room to submit a puzzle answer!

 

[Midoriya]

Yeah, having more than 24 hours for puzzles would be nice. I don't have a lot going on on the weekends, but it would still be nice to have more time to guess. One day for those seems kind of... short.

 

[cornimer]

If you think this version of puzzles will be stressful, what do you think will help?

What would make me feel better is confirmation that staff will be a tad more lenient with the answers. In the original version of the puzzles, you needed to type the exact correct variation of the answer (e.g. plural vs non-plural, "the" vs no "the", etc.) in order to succeed, which is why it was good that guesses were unlimited. So if we only get one guess, it'd be reassuring to know that typos, variations of the word etc. will be accepted.

 

[BetsySundrop]

I just have to say, I don't think time will help me with the puzzles, as I'm one of those with a zillion tries before getting em right.

But! I do understand the reason behind it, so the answers can't be shared, etc. I'll probably do a lot better this time around anyway (can't do worse!) considering the community discussion questions, lol.

And considering the new rules, it seems if I pm some smart people and beg them to 'work together privately' with me on the clues, I won't be disqualified...have I got that right?

Cuz if so, I need to start practicing my begging skills...

 

[Amilee]

wait im sorry i think i missunderstood something. does the only 100 or fewer people bonus reward mean only the first 100 people get the bonus or does it only count when the event is over and only 100 or fewer found it in the end?
english isnt my first language so im a little confused now

 

[corlee1289]

My only concern is only having 1 attempt in inputting the answer in. I don’t mind so much the 24 hour time constraint, but having only the 1 attempt.

Last year, I recall inputting an answer of “COLLECTIBLE” and “COLLECTIBLES” before realizing the answer that I was looking for was “LINEUP”. Had I only had the one attempt, I would have surely got it wrong.

Is there a way to allow the multiple tries but still keeping the 24 hour timeframe?

 

[Foreverfox]

My only concern is only having 1 attempt in inputting the answer in. I don’t mind so much the 24 hour time constraint, but having only the 1 attempt.

Last year, I recall inputting an answer of “COLLECTIBLE” and “COLLECTIBLES” before realizing the answer that I was looking for was “LINEUP”. Had I only had the one attempt, I would have surely got it wrong.

Is there a way to allow the multiple tries but still keeping the 24 hour timeframe?

This exactly. This is my thought too, the 24 hours doesn't bother me, but sometimes inputting many answers is part of the thinking/wheel spinning process.

 

[moo_nieu]

if i could choose, i would allow collaboration and keep the rest of the event the same as past egg hunts. the first people to find the clues/solve the puzzles will have the shot at the golden egg and the rest of us just have fun c:

 

[daringred_]

bit apprehensive about saying my opinion, but why not.

as a loner, i unsurprisingly don't care for the rule changes and feel like i'm automatically at a disadvantage just for... not having friends and/or struggling socially? even with the changes explained, i still don't see where there is supposed to be any benefit of going solo. i'm sure it's supposed to be being one of the few people to find x egg and therefore getting y bonus reward, but if one person in multiple decently sized groups finds that clue, then you're basically toast anyway if i'm understanding it right. the puzzles are... even as someone who's relatively good at puzzles, i'm pretty sure i've only ever gotten one of them correct on the first try at best. guessing is part of the thought process for a lot of people, especially as it can eliminate certain ideas and get you on the right track, and if you put an idea out there, it won't be stuck in your head getting in the way of other ideas. someone else also mentioned how much leniency there is/n't going to be on grammatical/spelling errors, and i know i'd definitely be annoyed if i found out i'd just used the wrong synonym or was a stone's throw away from the answer but lost because you only get one guess, and the not-knowing is sure as hell anxiety inducing if nothing else. and, of course, the time limit. people work, people have family obligations, people get ill etc. and, as someone else mentioned, taking a break from a clue is a good strategy. time limits only ever add stress to situations in my opinion, and i think most agree this event is easily one of the most stressful as is.

 

[-Mars-]

Rats
I just realized the event is mainly over the weekend and I'm busy on the weekends especially on Saturday, I wonder if I'm willing to go not attend my Saturday day hangout with my close friends just so I can better participate in this event.
At least I'm only busy on Fridays in the morning but still I'm gonna miss out on the opportunity for the one where the faster you find it, the better. But at least I have Monday all day free I will just have to remember to wake up a lot earlier.
I'm unsure how well I'm overall gonna do with these puzzles, but I have a feeling I'm better off at the solo ones, seeing other people work in teams for prizes in the past I know how this will turn out for me...
Since this is my first TBT egg hunt event and the second TBT event I have a chance to participate in I guess I might as well give it a shot.

 

[skarmoury]

All in all, while I'm worried about the 24-hour limit (echoing a lot of the comments of other users), I'm really curious how these changes will go. I actually hope the individual clues were made with the solo player in mind, not a group. Imo the last 2 egg hunts were easier than historically known, so I'm hoping for a similar difficulty so at least the average solo player can still have access to the egg collectibles they want.

 

[Croconaw]

I don’t think I’ll be participating in this event, but I’m curious to see how everyone adapts to these changes. I hope those who are actually participating have fun.

 

[Valzed]

I'm not sure I'll be able to participate in the Egg Hunt this year but the new changes sound interesting.

 

[Mr.Fox]

After thinking things over, I think I'm leaning more towards disliking the changes. While I can't commit to one side or the other simply due to the fact that it's all speculation right now, the egg hunt was usually where I felt I could make up some ground when it came to collectibles.
We have too many amazing artists on here for me to ever be able to competently compete in other events (most of which are art or craft based) so the egg hunt was the one event where I felt like the ball was in my court for once. Having to compete against a 'hive mind' completely levels the playing field.

Regarding the puzzles: I see people already stressing over time limits...if the staff feels so inclined, letting the community know how many digits/letters there are in the answer would rectify the common worry I'm seeing...that way you'll know if it's supposed to be (for example) Collectible or CollectibleS.


Ultimately, if the changes mean less work for the staff, then who am I to judge? They do enough for us as is.

 

[Jeremy]

Puzzle time limit: 48 hours would be a bit difficult to do because the event itself is not very long. Most of them would essentially be ending when the event ends anyway. What we could do instead of 24 hours is make them all due the next day at 10 PM EDT. This would give you 28 - 37 hours, depending on the start time of the batch (based on our current planned schedule) and it would also allow us to announce multiple answers at a time.

I have some more questions/thoughts about the bonuses specifically because I do think the bonuses seem stressful. Will there be some announcements made as to when eggs are no longer eligible for bonuses? B

We will not be counting the totals until the end, so this will not be known.

I'll be honest I have some mixed feelings about the bonus award for only X number of people finding an egg. In a setting where sharing is now allowed it's going to leave me feeling a tad icky towards the end of the hunt.

In my experience during the past two egg hunts once the last days roll around there's always been a lot of frustrated people who are short on currency for the eggs they want to buy. Now that sharing answers is allowed it leaves the dilemma of well... do you want to help those people out or purposefully ignore them because you might mess over everyone who already found the egg. I don't want to feel like I'm in charge of deciding who gets to enjoy the event and who doesn't.

I'm generally not a group person, I prefer to play events alone if I can so I understand this reward is the attempt to balance out solo players but it feels a bit gross, at least to me personally. I don't really have any suggestions on how to balance out the solo vs group experience though.

edit: Regarding puzzles, doubling on the more time would be nice aspect.

People will need to be respectful to others who choose not to share answers. Harassing others for help is still not allowed and everyone should feel comfortable not helping someone if they choose. Hopefully this will be understood, especially with the bonuses, but I think we will need to stress that users shouldn't spam or beg for help.

What would make me feel better is confirmation that staff will be a tad more lenient with the answers. In the original version of the puzzles, you needed to type the exact correct variation of the answer (e.g. plural vs non-plural, "the" vs no "the", etc.) in order to succeed, which is why it was good that guesses were unlimited. So if we only get one guess, it'd be reassuring to know that typos, variations of the word etc. will be accepted.

My only concern is only having 1 attempt in inputting the answer in. I don’t mind so much the 24 hour time constraint, but having only the 1 attempt.

Last year, I recall inputting an answer of “COLLECTIBLE” and “COLLECTIBLES” before realizing the answer that I was looking for was “LINEUP”. Had I only had the one attempt, I would have surely got it wrong.

This exactly. This is my thought too, the 24 hours doesn't bother me, but sometimes inputting many answers is part of the thinking/wheel spinning process.

Some puzzles will only have one answer anyway, but for those that have multiple (such as "collectible" vs. "collectibles") we will check for variants within reason.

And considering the new rules, it seems if I pm some smart people and beg them to 'work together privately' with me on the clues, I won't be disqualified...have I got that right?

PMing is generally okay, but we will ask everyone to not spam tons of people, beg, harass, etc. We will have to judge this on a case-by-case basis if we think someone might be going too far.

wait im sorry i think i missunderstood something. does the only 100 or fewer people bonus reward mean only the first 100 people get the bonus or does it only count when the event is over and only 100 or fewer found it in the end?
english isnt my first language so im a little confused now

Only a total of 100 or fewer found the egg by the end.

if i could choose, i would allow collaboration and keep the rest of the event the same as past egg hunts. the first people to find the clues/solve the puzzles will have the shot at the golden egg and the rest of us just have fun c:

That was one option, but we decided to try adding a few of these other things to make it a little more interesting. But this year is really going to be kind of a trial, so we'll have to see how it goes.

 

[Amilee]

Only a total of 100 or fewer found the egg by the end.

oooh! ok that makes sense! i was stressing out because i thought it would be the first 100 for every egg. im way less stressed now! thanks for clarifying c:

 

[Mokuren]

I try to be online every year for thr egg hunt! It's a tradition already. Can't wait for the community clues! It was a lot of fun during the camp!

 

[King Dorado]

nevermind the rules changes, here comes the real issue:

are we finally getting a Donkey Kong, Metroid, or Legend of Zelda egg this year?

 

[-Mars-]

nevermind the rules changes, here comes the real issue:

are we finally getting a Donkey Kong, Metroid, or Legend of Zelda egg this year?

I've been waiting for months to see if we might get a Metroid-related egg

 

[seliph]

nevermind the rules changes, here comes the real issue:

are we finally getting a Donkey Kong, Metroid, or Legend of Zelda egg this year?

sorry i've received intel we're getting a fire emblem sword user egg for the smash fans