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By menace64
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#519377
Greetings! It's been a long slow road, but I am thrilled to finally get to make this post and announce the formation of LotR's Player's Council, an all-volunteer group of diehard fans dedicated to shepherding our beloved Decipher game to greener pastures.

I need to cut to the chase before I start rambling. We members of the Council are holding a Virtual Meet'n'Greet on our Discord server on Saturday, July 11th. And you're invited! We'd like to introduce ourselves and give an overview of the plans and vision we have for LotR.

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But more importantly, we'd like to host a casual raffle tournament! What we mean by this is, we will be holding a raffle for a few small prizes such as groups of foil cards donated by members of the Council. Come by the Discord server on July 11 during the event hours and say hello to earn one ticket for the raffle. You can then earn more raffle tickets by playing a game on Gemp in any format and posting the replay link in Discord -- one ticket per game played! Play more games during the event, earn more chances at the prize!

We will be starting the day with 1 prize available, but if 10 people enter the raffle we will have 2 prizes, and in the event that 25 people show up we will throw a third prize on the line, meaning 2 or 3 drawings from all entries.

Never played on Gemp before? Don't worry! We will be live-streaming a Gemp tutorial and Q&A at two different times during the event, so you can tune in and finally take the leap! We will also be streaming ongoing games as spectators, giving you a chance to get used to the interface with experienced users at hand to answer your questions.


WHERE: The Player's Council Discord Server (https://discord.gg/mmyYfJ7)

WHEN: Saturday, July 11, from 10AM - 4PM CST (0300 - 2100 UTC)


We hope to see you there! As we get closer to the event, we will be releasing a schedule (which will be reposted in this thread), and might even grant a sneak peek at the prizes prepared!

If you were/are an LotR player and would like to join the Player's Council to help orchestrate and organize more events like this, please come join us! There is a signup sheet in the Discord (https://discord.gg/mmyYfJ7), and we welcome any help you may be willing to offer.
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By menace64
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As I hope you haven't forgotten, this Saturday, July 11, is the Casual Raffle Tourney being ran by the Player's Council! That's about 2 days and change from the time of this post.

Here are the details of our agenda:

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To reiterate what we're doing: From 10 AM CST (1500 UTC) until 4 PM CST (2100 UTC) we will be issuing raffle tickets for up to 3 sets of foil card prizes. To get 1 ticket, simply join the Player's Council's Discord server (https://discord.gg/mmyYfJ7) and say hi during the event.

To get more tickets, go play games on Gemp and post the replays on Discord! Each game that you play and link (in any format!) will get you 1 additional ticket, with no limit to the number of games that you can play and submit.

Highlights of the event:
  • Tune in at 10 AM CST (1500 UTC) sharp for a presentation by the Player's Council regarding what our plans for the future are.
  • POWER HOUR 12 PM - 1 PM CST (1700 - 1800 UTC): each game you play and submit during this time counts double and earns you 2 tickets instead of 1!
  • Haven't ever used Gemp? Join us at 10:30 AM or 2 PM CST (1530 or 1900 UTC) for a live stream tutorial where we will show you the ropes of card browsing, deck creation, navigation, and playing matches within Gemp. Bring your questions and we'll answer 'em live!

If you have any questions, please let us have 'em here!

Oh, and here's a sneak peak of one of the foil prizes (one Common, one Uncommon, one Rare):

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