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Originally Posted by Windemere11  Some other things that we're considering are if for whatever reason (disconnects etc.) we dont get a bear mount we reimburse the winner their 500g. |
I'd reimburse everyone. If 1 of your 2 groups fail, I would reimburse half to everyone. Any other way would leave your potential customers doubting if the mount is really guaranteed.
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We hold the person responsible for getting to the lynx boss as long as we give them 2 to 3 minutes to make it there from the zone in.
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Bad idea. Bring a lock. If it's your responsibility to get them there, you get far more potential customers. Most of the potential buyers have never completed ZA, much less know their way through a half cleared zone.
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I'm posting this here for a couple of reasons. First, is this against the rules at all?
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No. Paid loot runs were very common back in MC/BWL, and often involved randoming. The AQ opening events spawned lots of lotteries too. As long as you're not running a straight gambling service I'm sure you're fine.
I'm not sure I would do it this way anyhow, though. Odds of getting 20 people to plop down 500 sounds unlikely. A small amount of people don't mind paying outrageous amounts for something guaranteed, but you won't find many people willing to pay a non-trivial amount for something that risky. You'd honestly be more likely to score big with a ticket price of 50-100g and heavy advertising, also allowing people to buy multiple tickets. Then you spam a list of entrants with associated ticket numbers before doing a /random 84 (or however many tickets) and announcing a winner.
