The Last Call for the ELKAR dragon

[Fletch_smf]

LAST CALL FOR ELKAR
26 Hrs/20 Hrs 48 Mins

BREEDING COMBO: REINDEER + SNOWFLAKE 7

FLETCH's SUGGESTED CLONING COMBO: ELKAR + LICHEN

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED

The LAST CALL competition is a race to be the last person to breed the next rare or epic dragon. The "winner" (the last person without said dragon) receives at least a gem from all the participants; a meager reward for the pain of being last.

Long Story Short ...

1. Join the competition.
2. Constantly breed for epic/rare dragon in at least 1 cave when it is released.
3. Breed said dragon, and lose the competition. Then send a gem to the winner. Or
3. Win the competition by having all your competitors breed said dragon first, and receive a gem from all your competitors.

Long Story Long ...

Rules:
- Participation is reserved for members of this DragonVale Community. I need to be able to PM the participants during, and after, the competition, and I can only PM members.

- All participants agree to pledge at least one gem into the competition pot, to go to the winner. Participants are welcome to pledge more than one gem to any number of other players.

- All participants promise to constantly use at least 1 of the 3 breeding sites in their main park for the competition. You can breed in the Rift Breeding Cave to try for the dragon, but you must also be breeding in a cave in your main park. If a participant has only 1 breeding site, it must be used constantly for the competition. If you don't already have the required parents when the combination is announced, it is acceptable to use your breeding site to breed them.

- To register for the contest, you must post in this thread, include your current park level AND your Friend ID. You must send a friend invite to me.

- If you make a mistake at some point and put the wrong dragons to breed, it is your responsibility to buy out your mistake, because you must always be trying for the sought dragon in at least one site.

- If you get caught by someone not breeding in at least one site and you get reported, you get DQd.

- Post as soon as you are sure you have bred the dragon.

- Post when you have paid out your debt.

- Have fun
- Be honest
- Koala

Mechanics:
Before the Comp Starts
- Announce your participation by replying to this thread. Please include your Friend ID and current park level, without which I won't add you to the competition. Please include any other pledges that you want to make, beyond paying the winner.

- Send a Friend Invite to me, Fletch#4399. I will accept your invite and visit your park, after which I will add your name to the list below.

- Please modify your inbox preferences so that you are notified by email when you receive a forum PM. I use PMs to get in touch with participants. If I can't get a hold of you by PM, I will resort to emailing your personal account.

When the Comp Starts

- Someone on the staff will close down registration and declare the competition started when a qualifying dragon is released and minimum level requirement has been determined. If no one from the staff has declared the competition started, then it hasn't started yet. (It's important that this competition be triggered only by the correct type of dragon.)

- In the unlikely event that someone does not meet the minimum level requirement once registration has been closed, they will be removed from the contest.

- Reply to this thread when you have successfully bred the sought dragon.

During the Comp

- This competition is self-policed; though I will be checking in on the players, from time to time. We do encourage befriending the other competitors during the comp. You will need to friend the winner at least, to send them a gem after the end of the comp.

- If another, shiny, limited dragons comes out and you want to focus on breeding it, you can withdraw from this competition. But you are still expected to pay your pledge of gems when the competition ends.

- We've been asked more than once if buying an egg pedestal disqualifies a participant from the competition. The answer is, it depends This competition is all about breeding. So technically, buying the egg pedestal does not disqualify you. However, what concerns us is that everyone gets the same fair chance to win/lose this competition. Therefore, if you want to buy an egg pedestal, make a post in this competition thread so that everyone knows that the egg on display in your park was purchased (and not bred). If you do not announce your egg purchase, and a mod or a participant reports an egg pedestal on display in your island, we will have no choice but to assume that you bred the dragon, and we will move you over to the loser list.

- You cannot buy and hatch the dragon and remain in the competition.

- Stuff happens: RL, exams, family stuff, vacations, internet outtages, broken iPod/Pad/Phones, whatever. When stuff happens, and you can't keep up with this competition, the right thing to do is let us know so we can withdraw you. Who knows, maybe some folks will feel inspired to send you sympathy gems. But it's better than getting DQd and possibly causing others frustration.

The Comp Ends
- when we confirm the winner of the comp has the dragon, they decline to continue to breed for it, or the dragon has left the market.

- Pixie and Twin awards may be offered till we have a winner OR until the comp has ended.

After the Comp

- If you make pledges beyond just paying the winner, it is good to keep on top of them as the comp continues.

- Please pay what you owe promptly.

Pledges

NOTE: Due to the nature of some of the pledges for prior contests, it is okay to sign-up for this contest even if you have not paid your pledge for a previous contest. Please keep in mind that you must 1) have made a crazy pledge that takes some time to pay off, and be 2) actively paying off said pledge.

To simplify the pledge recording, the following shorthand styles may be used:
Boring —] one gem to the winner

First & Last —] one gem to the winner and one gem to the first competitor to breed the dragon

GT —] gem + treats

Ninja —] 2 gems to a person who breeds a second whilst the first is still breeding

Darcy (I nominate ??) —] one to each player still in after the nominated person gets theirs

wapatango (I nominate ??) —] Darcy pledge repeated for each subsequent person, after the nominated person gets theirs
Lemmy (I nominate ??) —] A reverse Darcy. 1 gem to each person already a loser when the nominated person gets theirs

Buffy (I nominate ??) —] 1 gem to the winner. One gem to the loser immediately after the nominated person

Reverse Buffy (I nominate ??) —] 1 gem to the winner. One gem to the loser immediately before the nominated person

Pixie (Day of the Week) —] 1 gem to whoever breeds the dragon on the chosen day

Middle —] 1 gem to the middle person/s to breed the dragon

Twins —] 1 gem to the person who breeds a twin. 1 gem to the person who receives a twin.

Prime —] 1 gem to each person who's order number is a prime number (2,3,5,7,11,13,17, etc)

RULILIND —] 1 gem to each person who breeds their first dragon during the last 24 hours it is available.

Sympathy —] GT to each contenstant that had to buy their first dragon during the last 12 hours it is available.

LynnMarie —] 1 gem to everyone still in, at the reset each day, until there is a winner.

Rift Unrifted —] 2 gems to any player who acquires their first dragon by breeding an untraited version in the Rift.

Social Breed (Day of the Week) —] 1 gem to anyone who breeds, or receives, a dragon from the CBC on the chosen day.

Giddle —] Gem to the 5th, 7th, 9th, 12th and GT to the 4th competitor to breed the dragon.

Paid in Green

PARTICIPANTS

LOSERS

Rysaroni Baby Park First, Last, Rulilind, Sympathy, 2x Ninja

1. Larz First, last, rift unrifted and LynnMarie 2. Belorga First, Last, Rulilind, Sympathy and Giddle 3. NinjaKiwi. odds/evens, last, ninja, Rulilind 4. Gweny first, odds, twins and 2GT last - Twin 5. Glolca GT first, twins, middle, sympathy, last 6. Metaphorical Robin First, Middle, Last - Middle 7. Obijuan First & Last, Sympathy, and Rift Unrifted - Middle 8. Theresa First, last, twins, pixie (Sunday) & Sympathy 9. Fletch_smf All, 2 x Prime & Twins & Last - Sunday 10. CrazyJ First, Last, Ninja, Rulilind 11. Rysaroni First, Last, Rulilind, Sympathy, 2x Ninja

Fletch_smf (Fletch#4399) L170

Glolca (Glolca#1660) L170 - Glolca GT first, twins, middle, sympathy, last

Theresa (Theresa#5442) L170 - Theresa First, last, twins, pixie (Sunday) & Sympathy

LynnMarie (LynnMarie#9633) L170 - LynnMarie GT first, odds, Pixie(Monday), Sympathy & 3x GT last

BagMom (BagMom#9534) L165 - Bagmom First, even, 2x to Ninja and last

Lisgie (Lisgie#5418) L170 - Lisgie First, last, evens, pixie(Monday)

Gweny (GW#9759) L170 - Gweny first, odds, twins and 2GT last

NinjaKiwi. (NinjaKiwi#3970) L170 - NinjaKiwi. odds/evens, last, ninja, Rulilind

OboeKade (OboeKade#4273) L165 - OboeKade First, Middle, Last

CrazyJ (CrazyJ#1617) L54 - CrazyJ First, Last, Ninja, Rulilind

Rysaroni (Rys#3739) L170 - Rysaroni First, Last, Rulilind, Sympathy, 2x Ninja
Rysaroni Baby Park (Rys#0317) L170 - Rysaroni Baby Park First, Last, Rulilind, Sympathy, 2x Ninja

Obijuan (DragonVale#1929035) L170 - Obijuan First & Last, Middle, Sympathy, and Rift Unrifted

Belorga (Belorga#5530) L170 - Belorga First, Last, Sympathy and Giddle

Larz (Larz#9149) L129 - First, last, rift unrifted and LynnMarie

Metaphorical Robin (Robin#2700) L138

Sun (Sun#1170) L140

AngEngland (AngEngland#6372) L140

Red (REDsEMPIRE #1930) L170

freitag (freitag#0212) L165 - freitag first, twins & 2xlast

TriwizardChamp#0560 Level 170 - TriwizardChamp first, middle, last, rulilind

PBBRaven (PBBRaven#5411) L162

[belorga]

Please count me in: first, last,Giddle Rulilind and Sympathy.

[Deleted]

I'd like to register for the upcoming competition, but I have a lot of questions.

For info: My park level is 138, and my friend ID is Robin#2700.

With the email thing, is it *necessary* to have the email notifications? It's just that I get a lot of emails already and need to sort it all out, and I check the forum regularly enough that I'd notice a notification. As long as I get notifications of PMs on the forum, is it okay not to have email notifications? (Sorry, I kinda assumed it is okay just to have normal notifications, but the rules state it *has* to be email so I didn't really know 😅)
Regardless of whether email is required or not, please could you explain how to change notification settings? I can't find anywhere to change it in the places I'd assumed it might be.

"Someone on the staff will close down registration and declare the competition started when a qualifying dragon is released and minimum level requirement has been determined. If no one from the staff has declared the competition started, then it hasn't started yet. (It's important that this competition be triggered only by the correct type of dragon.)"

I don't really understand this bit... Does this basically just mean you can't register once the new limited dragon is released, but only once someone on the forum has said it's released...?

"You cannot buy and hatch the dragon and remain in the competition."

This event, I'm fairly sure I'll be able to afford all dragons, including limiteds. Does this rule mean that, even if I haven't managed to breed it in the final few hours of its time, I can't do so? I don't mind if not, but I just want to understand fully so that I don't end up accidentally doing something that gets me disqualified. As I was reading the pedestal thing about alerting anyone if you buy the pedestal, I kinda assumed buying the dragon would be the same (i.e. alert someone if you buy it). I understand the actual dragon is different since that's what we're aiming for (well... not hoping for though!), but I just thought declaring either if you actually bought (rather than bred) them would be okay.

Please could you explain the 'wapatango' pledge a little more? Would it be a Darcy but you miss out every other person?

At the moment I'm thinking The pledges I'm going for are 'First & Last' and 'Middle'. Or 'First, Middle & Last' to put it chronologically 😂
I might change my decision depending on the explanation of the 'wapatango' pledge, but if I understood it right I'll be sticking with just 'First & Last' and 'Middle'.

[theresa]

I’m in. Usual please.

[theresa]

Welcome @metaphoricalrobin
I’ll try to answer some of your questions.
First we don’t email. But can use the PM - personal message in this forum. And you get notifications when someone uses your name in a post like this one.
The competition starts on the Friday when the newest limited event dragon is announced. We sign up before the competition starts.
You may have enough event currency to buy this new limited, but this is a breeding game and we want to try to breed it ourselves before spending event currency.
The pledges are this group’s encouragement in that breeding effort. Most of the pledges are named after a participant who suggested the pledge. Select a pledge you understand.
First last and middle is a good choice. I also started with that, but dropped middle cause I couldn’t count the middle and kept forgetting.
This is a fun competition with a great group of people. Remember to add the participants to your friends in the game so you can collect the pledges.

[Deleted]

Dec 21, 2022 17:24:34 GMT -6 theresa said:

Welcome @metaphoricalrobin
I’ll try to answer some of your questions.
First we don’t email. But can use the PM - personal message in this forum. And you get notifications when someone uses your name in a post like this one.
The competition starts on the Friday when the newest limited event dragon is announced. We sign up before the competition starts.
You may have enough event currency to buy this new limited, but this is a breeding game and we want to try to breed it ourselves before spending event currency.
The pledges are this group’s encouragement in that breeding effort. Most of the pledges are named after a participant who suggested the pledge. Select a pledge you understand.
First last and middle is a good choice. I also started with that, but dropped middle cause I couldn’t count the middle and kept forgetting.
This is a fun competition with a great group of people. Remember to add the participants to your friends in the game so you can collect the pledges.

Thank you!

[gweny]

I’m in, the usual please.

[larz]

I’m in! Same as last week 🙂

[larz]

Just bred Elkar in the co-op cave

[Deleted]

Dec 22, 2022 9:18:02 GMT -6 larz said:

Just bred Elkar in the co-op cave

W H A T

That's a mixture of impossibly lucky and impossibly unlucky

As soon as I manage to log in I'll send you a gem for First
Actually wait I don't think you've added me back yet. If you tell me when you have I'll do it as soon as possible

[larz]

Dec 22, 2022 9:27:40 GMT -6 @metaphoricalrobin said:

Dec 22, 2022 9:18:02 GMT -6 larz said:

Just bred Elkar in the co-op cave

W H A T

That's a mixture of impossibly lucky and impossibly unlucky

As soon as I manage to log in I'll send you a gem for First
Actually wait I don't think you've added me back yet. If you tell me when you have I'll do it as soon as possible

I am usually one of the last to get the event dragons so I was surprised I got it first try! I wasn’t even expecting a new dragon today.

I added you back!

[Deleted]

Dec 22, 2022 10:02:50 GMT -6 larz said:

Dec 22, 2022 9:27:40 GMT -6 @metaphoricalrobin said:

W H A T

That's a mixture of impossibly lucky and impossibly unlucky

As soon as I manage to log in I'll send you a gem for First
Actually wait I don't think you've added me back yet. If you tell me when you have I'll do it as soon as possible

I am usually one of the last to get the event dragons so I was surprised I got it first try! I wasn’t even expecting a new dragon today.

I added you back!

Just about to send your gem for First once I've logged in 😄

[crazyj]

I'm in!!!

[NinjaKiwi.]

I’ve been blindsided by the new dragon but I’m still chucking my hat in the ring with my usual

[NinjaKiwi.]

Dec 21, 2022 15:38:55 GMT -6 @metaphoricalrobin said:

"Someone on the staff will close down registration and declare the competition started when a qualifying dragon is released and minimum level requirement has been determined. If no one from the staff has declared the competition started, then it hasn't started yet. (It's important that this competition be triggered only by the correct type of dragon.)"

I don't really understand this bit... Does this basically just mean you can't register once the new limited dragon is released, but only once someone on the forum has said it's released...?

You can register up until the dragon is released and a staff member (generally Fletch) starts the competition. For those of us who play regularly, we’re a bit more loose on jumping in after release but this is there to prevent someone coming in late and announcing they’ve just bred the dragon and that makes them first

"You cannot buy and hatch the dragon and remain in the competition."

This event, I'm fairly sure I'll be able to afford all dragons, including limiteds. Does this rule mean that, even if I haven't managed to breed it in the final few hours of its time, I can't do so? I don't mind if not, but I just want to understand fully so that I don't end up accidentally doing something that gets me disqualified. As I was reading the pedestal thing about alerting anyone if you buy the pedestal, I kinda assumed buying the dragon would be the same (i.e. alert someone if you buy it). I understand the actual dragon is different since that's what we're aiming for (well... not hoping for though!), but I just thought declaring either if you actually bought (rather than bred) them would be okay.

Buying the dragon disqualifies you from the competition - but there’s no shame in it if it’s getting close to departure and you tell us here. There’s even a pledge (Sympathy) that sends gems to people who purchase the dragon. It just means you don’t get counted as a winner or a loser.

Please could you explain the 'wapatango' pledge a little more? Would it be a Darcy but you miss out every other person?

I think wapa’s pledge paid out everyone remaining after Darcy the target on the daily - so whoever was left after the target would get a daily gem until they bred the dragon or the end of the comp

[Deleted]

Dec 22, 2022 12:49:57 GMT -6 NinjaKiwi. said:

Dec 21, 2022 15:38:55 GMT -6 @metaphoricalrobin said:

"Someone on the staff will close down registration and declare the competition started when a qualifying dragon is released and minimum level requirement has been determined. If no one from the staff has declared the competition started, then it hasn't started yet. (It's important that this competition be triggered only by the correct type of dragon.)"

I don't really understand this bit... Does this basically just mean you can't register once the new limited dragon is released, but only once someone on the forum has said it's released...?

You can register up until the dragon is released and a staff member (generally Fletch) starts the competition. For those of us who play regularly, we’re a bit more loose on jumping in after release but this is there to prevent someone coming in late and announcing they’ve just bred the dragon and that makes them first

"You cannot buy and hatch the dragon and remain in the competition."

This event, I'm fairly sure I'll be able to afford all dragons, including limiteds. Does this rule mean that, even if I haven't managed to breed it in the final few hours of its time, I can't do so? I don't mind if not, but I just want to understand fully so that I don't end up accidentally doing something that gets me disqualified. As I was reading the pedestal thing about alerting anyone if you buy the pedestal, I kinda assumed buying the dragon would be the same (i.e. alert someone if you buy it). I understand the actual dragon is different since that's what we're aiming for (well... not hoping for though!), but I just thought declaring either if you actually bought (rather than bred) them would be okay.

Buying the dragon disqualifies you from the competition - but there’s no shame in it if it’s getting close to departure and you tell us here. There’s even a pledge (Sympathy) that sends gems to people who purchase the dragon. It just means you don’t get counted as a winner or a loser.

Please could you explain the 'wapatango' pledge a little more? Would it be a Darcy but you miss out every other person?

I think wapa’s pledge paid out everyone remaining after Darcy the target on the daily - so whoever was left after the target would get a daily gem until they bred the dragon or the end of the comp

Thank you!

[glolca]

It’s not friday and the new dragon is already there???!! 😳😳
I came here to register and saw larz ‘s message about a Elkar 🤪 so I went to check on my game..
Congrats!
GT sent 😊

[Rysaroni]

I'm in please!

[obijuan]

I’m in. First&last, rift unrifted, and sympathy.

[belorga]

I'm out. I just bred a traited Elkar in the rift. (Snowflake 7 is very elusive so when I got one in the runic caves I cashed in two runic caves to get first a twin and then a rifted Snowflake 7).

[belorga]

Dec 22, 2022 14:04:07 GMT -6 belorga said:

I'm out. I just bred a traited Elkar in the rift. (Snowflake 7 is very elusive so when I got one in the runic caves I cashed in two runic caves to get first a twin and then a rifted Snowflake 7).

PS The lightning rifted version of Elkar looks superb.

[theresa]

Gem to larz for first