Banquet Details!

This thread will contain all last minute details about the banquet. The first post is the anticipated main auction items.

$100 Game Stop Gift Card
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The Gryphon Claw?
A Giant Gryphon is an ancient and mystical creature that has not been reportedly seen by human eyes for close to a thousand years. Smaller cousins of the beast, are spotted on occasion but are incredibly rare and too small to be ridden.

The ancient race of evil Morgazzi used to ride upon Giant Griffons as mounts in order to battle versus mighty dragons. It was said that they had to breed Dark Griffons for this purpose, and eventually the dark griffons became hostile towards and killed the normal ones. When the Morgazzi went into slumber, they slaughtered all of their griffons, to soak every ounce of power they could before their long slumber began.

On rare occasion an ancient bone or artifact of these ancient giant griffons are uncovered and on even rarer occasion it still contains some ancient power and can be used as an artifact.


Time Lost Scroll
Long ago when time was a force, that mortals had not the sense to leave be, Chronomancy was a lore practiced by a few bold individuals. At some point in history, Chronomancy disappeared without a trace. It was rumored that the Keepers of the Lost Lore, from the Isles of Sevenlore, was the force responsible for its disappearance. It was also rumored that few remnants of the lore remained hidden in the world, in the form of powerful scrolls referred to in tales as The Time Lost Scroll.

Tales tell that the scroll had upon it minor and major glyphs. If the minor glyphs were translated aloud, the scroll would create minor ripples in time, effecting just seconds. How many times the scroll could do this, was unknown, but it was said that the major glyphs when read aloud would do one of two things. Either it could delve deep into the casters history and allow them to choose a path in life that they felt they wasted their time in, allowing them to retrieve the time that they lost devoting to that path. alternatively the major glyph could be used to erase the history of a tragic death from the caster. It is said that unleashing this power would likely consume the scroll, and destroy it in the process.

Alcohol Policy at the Awards Banquet
These are the same policies we had in effect at last years banquet. 

Zero Tolerance
There will be a "Zero Tolerance" policy in effect for the banquet.  If at any time a person is found to be in violation of this policy, they will be dealt with as prescribed in the section labeled "Disciplinary Action".  There will be no favoritism, nor will there be any bending of the rules.  The policy is the policy, and anyone who is in violation of it will be dealt with swiftly.

Type of Alcohol allowed at the Awards Banquet
There will be only beer, wine, and malt beverages (Smirnoff Ice, Mike's Hard Lemonade etc.) allowed at the Awards Banquet.  No hard liquor is allowed. 

Quantity of Alcohol allowed at the Awards Banquet
Each person who wishes to drink at the Awards Banquet may bring either 1 six pack of beer/malt beverages or 1 bottle of wine with them.  You may not bring both a six pack of beer and a bottle of wine, it is one or the other.  Do not bring more then that, because we will tell you to return it to your car.

Procedure for bringing Alcohol to the Awards Banquet
If you wish to bring/drink alcohol to the Awards Banquet, you must follow this procedure upon your arrival:

1. We will be set up inside of the area that is normally the "Bar" area inside of the inn.  You must come to the table with the alcohol you brought with you.

2. We will check your picture identification to ensure that you are of legal age to drink.  Upon doing that we will either stamp the back of your hand or give you a wristband to wear for the remainder of the evening.  Do not remove that wristband or give it to anyone else.

3. We will then take labels and label the alcohol you brought with you with your name on them and a signature on them.  Do not remove those labels.


Disciplinary Action
If someone is noted to be visibly intoxicated, they are cut off from all alcohol for the rest of the night.  They are not to be permitted to drive home in the instance that they are visibly intoxicated.  Anyone seen to be visibly intoxicated is suspended from KR for 1 month.

If someone is noted to be visibly intoxicated and is a disturbance for the banquet, they are immediately removed from the banquet and placed into a room to sober up.  They are not to be permitted to drive home in the instance that they are visibly intoxicated.  Anyone seen to be visibly intoxicated and a disturbance to the banquet is suspended from KR for 3 months.

If someone serves alcohol to a minor (knowingly or unknowingly) they will be immediately escorted from the banquet and asked to leave.  That person will be suspended from KR for 6 months.  In the event that alcohol is served to a minor, the local authorities will also be contacted.

If a minor consumes alcohol they will be asked to remain in a side room for the remainder of the banquet.  They are not to be permitted to drive home that evening.  That person will be suspended from KR for 6 months. 


Spirit of the Policy
If at any point we feel that a person is violating the spirit of the alcohol policy, they will be dealt with based upon the severity of their actions.


Final Comments
I understand that this policy seems harsh, however everyone must bear in mind that this is a private function hosted on our property.  There are no professional bartenders who are trained to cut people off when they get too intoxicated at this function.  The policy on alcohol must reflect that fact and we must be prepared for that.

SP AUCTIONS
The brackets this year will be:
First Bracket: 1,000Sp - 10,000Sp [This bracket is Raffle Only]?
Second Bracket: 10,001Sp - 30,000Sp
Third Bracket: 30,001Sp - 70,000Sp
Fourth Bracket: 70,001Sp - 150,000Sp
Fifth Bracket: 150,001+ Sp (This bracket is a Cash Out option for anyone who attends the banquet and has over 150k SP. All service points are taken, reducing the total to 0 in exchange for a unique reward agreed upon by the player and the Director. Anyone within this bracket should speak directly to the Director after the banquet to cash out thier SP.

SIGN-IN
Sign-in will be held from 5:00-7:00. Please be sure that you have arrived by then.  I do realize that some of you have to be late because of special circumstances. Sign-in must go as quick as possible. There will be a table in front of the room. At the table, everyone should form a line and have their money ready. After you pay you'll shift over to the right and one person will give you your card; shift to the right again and one person will sign your card for the build and give you your auction tickets.

AUCTION TICKETS
You get one for coming and four extra for each point of build you purchase.. If you wish you may purchase more for one dollar each. Make sure you separate all your tickets and write your name on the back of each one of them before putting them into one of the three containers.

PLEASE LISTEN
With so many people it can be hard to hear what's going on if your talking, and that's fine as long as no one is speaking at the microphone. Please, whenever you hear someone speaking at the microphone please, immediately get quiet and listen. This is extremely important for both the flow of the ceremonies and the respect given to the speaker. I can't stress this enough. We didn't have a problem with this at all in previous years, and Id like it to remain that way. Thanks for your cooperation in this.

TIME
It starts at 7pm. You can come to sign in as early as 5:00. Please, be there on time! Try to factor possible traffic into your travel schedule to be safe. The banquet is four hours from 7pm to 11pm, and everything is fit into a tight time schedule. If you arrive after 7:30 you will start to miss VERY important aspects of the banquet and if you come even later than that you may miss the dinner. So please make every possibly effort to be at this function on time.  If you are nominated for an award and will be late please make sure I know so I can push back that particular award until after you arrive.  

COMMON COURTESY
This is definately an event to have a blast and talk with all of your friends. And for 75% of the event it's expected and encouraged. However, please make sure that when someone steps up to the microphone and begins to speak, (especially for the awards part of it) you give that speaker your utmost respect by paying attention and listening quietly.

STAYING OVER NIGHT
If you are not staying over night, we ask that you depart the campground shortly after the banquet is over. Space is first come first serve, and I will not be able to save anyone sleeping spaces.  If you are staying over, please be sure to lend a hand in the morning cleaning up before you go. If in doubt on what to do, please ask me.

ANNOUNCING THE WINNER
You might be chosen to come to the floor and read the envelope for an award. If this happens, please make sure that you do so in the following manor:
“The nominees for (name award) are… (Read each name clearly and loudly and wait for applause for each nominee),
"and the winner is…” then open envelope and read winner.

SP Auction
For the SP auction there will be two methods. We will be doing the traditional auction. In addition to the normal SP auction we will be doing a raffle style auction for each of the brackets. This raffle style sp auction will take place prior to the traditional one.

How It Will Work
There will be three items in the low category and one item for 2 and 3 category. Those five items will be on display and will have containers next to them, similar to the three main auction items. You can use the SP on your card to buy tickets for this raffle. You buy these tickets during the halftime break of the banquet. You may only win something that fits within your bracket and if you win one of these items you may not bid on items through the traditional sp auction. Winners will be drawn at the beginning of each SP bracket, and the winner must be present in order to win, otherwise a new winning ticket will be drawn. The ratio of SP for tickets is as follows:

Tickets
1st Bracket = 200 SP for 1 Ticket
2nd Bracket = 1000 SP for 1 Ticket
3rd Bracket = 2000 SP for 1 Ticket

The items are being posted below so that you can see them now and spend less time learning about them at the actual banquet.

Bracket 1 (1,000Sp - 10,000Sp)
Assortment of Alchemy
Potion of Invisibility x2,
Acid Bob x4,
Potion of Greater Healing x5

Bracket 1 (1,000Sp - 10,000Sp)
Pixie Dust (6 Uses)
When sprinkled on yourself you may levitate 30 feet in the air for ten minutes. If used on an unwilling target, it counts as an attack and the target floats up thirty feet and then immediately falls taking 27 Body damage and two broken limbs.

Bracket 1 (1,000Sp - 10,000Sp)
Assortment of Scrolls
A random assortment of useful scrolls


Bracket 2 (10,001Sp - 30,000Sp)
Canoptic Jar (1 Year, 5 Uses)
Mystical powers of the conoptic jar stave off the effects of death and preserve the body. If a character would fall into the critical stage of their death count, they instead, enter the beginning of the serious stage.


Bracket 3 (30,001Sp - 70,000Sp)
Shard of the Shadow King (1 use)
When invoked up to eight people of the users choosing can become hidden as a superior yellow headband skill. While under the effects the hidden targets may walk as per the skill “Stealth” for thirty minutes

Couple of quick things...

Ice - There may be ice outside in the camp. Especially be careful if you are wearing shoes with slick soles. Just move slowly and carefully when outside.

Pillow - While we try our best to make sure nail heads arnt sticking out of the benches, if you are at all worried about snagging your new dress, just bring a small flat pillow or something to put on your seat. It will also be more comfortable

All of the above posts have been edited and are now appropriate for the 2013 Awards Ceremony and Banquet.

Please read all of the above posts, so that you are fully informed. Thanks!