Green Dragon Friday 7th anniversary main party

Rug design competition (closing date: May 7th)

In honour of the 7th Anniversary of Green Dragon Friday, there is a competition to design a new dancing rug! (since the old one is rather worn...). See the full announcement in the Bramblebury Gazette!

Here are the rules:

1. Design a new rug. Make a drawing ((either 700 x 450 pixels or 450 x 700!)) of how you'd like the new rug to be. If you could, please just draw the rug, no backgrounds or surroundings.
2. Give your design a name and provide a short written description.
3. Send your design to editors@brambleburygazette.com before the warmup-party. So closing date is May 7th. Please mark the envelope ((=mail subject)) "Design a rug competition".
4. Don't forget to mention the name of your design, the short description and your own name as competitor.

On May 8th all designs received will be printed in the Gazette for all to see, in a special article. A team of judges will pick the winner(s). They will look at design, description and name and how well they all correspond. They will have the entire week to come to their choice.

On Friday May 15th, the winner of the competition will be announced during the Main Party of the Green Dragon Friday 7th Anniversary.

Pie baking competition (fully booked, but you can sign up as a reserve)

As usual, there will be a pie baking competition! To enter the pie baking competition, please do the following:

1. Be (or create) a hobbit on the Laurelin server
2. Sign up in advance! Contact me and say that you’d like to enter the competition with a pie. There will be a limited number of spots open. So send in your pie letter as soon as possible to be sure!
3. Come to the main party in the Green Dragon on Friday May 15th at 8PM UK time. The competition will likely kick off near 30 minutes after the event starts. Failure to show leads to instant disqualification

Rules on the night: Be prepared to do the following when called up by the jury:

• Describe how your pie looks, by one single emote text (for instance, a rather sad pie could simply be described as “ /e shows a truly bland pie, devoid of any redeeming qualities “).
• When prompted by the jury, answer this one question

1. What are the main ingredients in your pie? Give a short description of that in /say, for instance “Well, I used those moldy strawberries I found lyin’ near them dogs in me Gaffer’s backyard”). A maximum of two short sentences! No long descriptions!

Try to keep your answers fitting to your character and the LOTRO universe, yet most of all short and simple in case there are many participants! Also, avoid power-emoting and describing how good your pie is (for instance, avoid variations of “this is clearly the best, juiciest and most fabulous pie you have ever laid your eyes on” ). Finally, remember that all pies should be edible and not poisonous, but they don’t necessarily have to taste good…

The top pie bakers will get to choose among some fine prizes, as well as be awarded a title and likely get honourable mentions in the Bramblebury Gazette. There will likely be some special prizes for others too!

The names of the judges are currently kept secret, to avoid the danger of bribes!

Who can participate?

Please remember that Green Dragon Friday is, has always been, and will always:

• be an event for and by hobbits. While a few travelling dwarves are always welcome, men and elves are strongly encouraged not to come. We ask this so we can keep the event somewhat close to the inn experiences you get from reading Tolkien's books, with a firm focus on hobbit interests and activities.
• be an In-Character roleplaying event. Please keep your chats and actions somewhat fitting of a hobbit in Tolkien’s universe. Stay In-Character! No OOC in ((double brackets))! Don't spam emotes!

Apart from this, just come and have fun together with us! Welcome!