The Great FOOT race is an Anvilmar Special Event hosted and sponsored by The Foot Clan and other guilds on Anvilmar. The race will consist of a weekend run from one continent of Azeroth to the other with the first player to reach the other side on their newly created level 1 Alt wins! Various other prizes will be awarded to later finishers. The entire event will be recorded and released on YouTube and FearTheFoot.com with honorable mentions to the racers, the sponsoring guilds, and the race officials who make the race possible.



Raceway Course : The raceway for 2009 will be announced no later than May 27th. The race will begin May 31st, Noon Server Time (1400 CST/1500 EST) in the Valley Of Trials.

Participants Will Form Up And Be Ready To Go At The
Valley Of Trials, this means making an Orc or Troll character. Only new
characters created within the hour will be allowed to compete.


Checkpoint 1: Razor Hill - Players must run from the Valley Of
Trials and run into Razor Hill outpost. You must physically enter it's
wall. No running along the outskirts. You must run through it.



Checkpoint 2: Ratchet Harbor - Players have a choice at this point.
To follow the river to Ratchet, Die their way to Xroads and run to
Ratchet, or take the pathway around to Ratchet. As long as you hit the
Razor Hill checkpoint, you can take any way to get to Ratchet you like.



Checkpoint 3: Boat to Booty Bay



Checkpoint 4: Booty Bay



Checkpoint 5: Stranglethorn Vale



Checkpoint 6: Duskwood - Things will become complicated, with the
introduction of the Nigh*****ch wandering on paths to kill our
participants. Graveyard jumping can be tricky in this zone. How will
you get through Darkshire?



Checkpoint 7: Deadwind Pass



Checkpoint 8: Swap Of Sorrows



Finish Line : Zone Line To Blasted Lands - At the far south side of
Swamps Of Sorrows is your finish line. Look for the Ghostly Orc spirit,
and Foot Officials with rockets and smoke flares.


Total Prize Pool At This Time : 13000 Gold (See Below For How To Increase Prize Pool)







Total Prize Pool At This Time : 13000 Gold (See Below For How To Increase Prize Pool)

* 1st Place Horde Player - 5000G

* 1st Place Alliance Player - 5000G (Awarded By Stoic)

* 2nd Place - 1000G

* 3rd Place - 500G

* 4th Place - 250G

* 5th-10th Place - 100G

* "Door Prizes" - 3 Random Finishing Positions Will Receive 250G




How To Collect Your Prize : You simply need finish in a position mentioned above. A race official will take your finishing position. Your playtime will be verified that hour by a screen shot of /played. Additional screen shots from other players in the race will be analyzed to determine a legitimate victory. Prizes will be awarded to Horde Directly, and to Alliance via the Neutral Auction House. You must log on your main character to receive your prize.



How To Enter The Race : The first 77 participants to be in place and send a tell to one of the race raid leaders will be entered immediately. Only level 1 alts created the hour before the race begins are authorized to participate. Anyone with a higher playtime or greater than level 1 will be disqualified. Guild sponsorship rewards you with 3 guaranteed spots for guild members. Your class and name are not important. You may also show support for your guild by wearing your guild's tag.



How Can I Sponsor The Prize Pool? : Sponsoring awards you three guaranteed race spots. Additionally, you will be mentioned in all presentations for the race on any website we mention it. Your guild/character will be mentioned in the YouTube posted video and your participation personally appreciated. Donations Horde side can be sent to Eyeshock via mail or traded nearly anytime of day. Alliance can donate by neutral auction house, set a time and date with Eyeshock on when you would like to make a contribution. Serious contributions of 1000G or more only please.



How will you prevent cheating? : There will be an assortment of ways for us to find out who is being less than favorable to the rules and the fun of the race. Anyone who suspects cheating in the race can take screenshots. There will be an hour post race for all screenshots to be sent to race officials. There will be several rules regarding raid setup to prevent cheating. Some examples of cheating in the race are :





• Following a race participant and killing mobs blocking their path.



• Stacking buffs or healing a race participant.
  
  



• Resurrecting a race participant.



• Any advantage from an outside influence



• Accepting Resurrections
  
  



Be sure to participate in the open discussion in our Anvilmar Special Events Forum.



All Guild Sponsors Can Be Found Below





• 2009 Stoic Alliance Raiding Guild donated 5000 Gold.
  
• 2009 One Shot Alliance Raiding Guild donated 2000 Gold.
• 2009 Executioners Alliance Raiding/Casual Guild donated 1000 Gold.



• 2009 The Foot Clan Horde Raiding/Casual Guild donated 5000 Gold.
  


• 2008 The Foot Clan Horde Raiding/Casual Guild donated 500 Gold, 1 Primal Vortex, and 1 Primal Nether.


• 2008 Killgreedy Horde Raiding/Casual Guild donated 250 Gold.


• 2008 Eyeshock the Warrior donated 1 Snowman's Kit.


• 2008 McGarnigal donated 1 Primal Nether.
  

















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Published on: 2008-05-26 (578 reads)

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