Raffles & Giveaways

[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/8EHwX1J.png[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/AoncQ0m.png[/img] RUNE PATCHES! \ouo/ This raffle is for an embroidered patch of the winner's choosing. They are each about 2 inches square. You can pick either sew-on, or fusible iron-on backing. Pick your own flight, or a friend's flight, or a mortal enemy's flight (i guess...?) and wear your flight pride around in the real world! [img]https://i.imgur.com/SzECaAg.gif[/img][/center] [center][emoji=earth rune][emoji=fire rune][emoji=wind rune][emoji=water rune][emoji=shadow rune][emoji=ice rune][emoji=lightning rune][emoji=light rune][emoji=nature rune][emoji=plague rune][emoji=arcane rune][emoji=earth rune][emoji=fire rune][emoji=wind rune][emoji=water rune][emoji=shadow rune][emoji=ice rune][emoji=lightning rune][emoji=light rune][emoji=nature rune][emoji=plague rune][emoji=arcane rune][/center] [size=6]This Raffle has ended, Winners Page 7 If you would like a ping for future monthly raffles, reply and @ me![/size] [size=2]How to Enter:[/size] [size=1][emoji=blue star]Tickets are 1[emoji=gem] each. [emoji=blue star]Send gems via 1-way CR (preferred) or PM. [emoji=blue star][url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DhUhv7tjtR83zRIo4yZN_UqI3ESeNneNaHYXLa4c0HM/edit?usp=sharing]{Click here for ticket spreadsheet}[/url] [emoji=blue star]Once you've purchased a ticket, comment in this thread why you joined your current flight for an extra ticket! [emoji=blue star][b]Raffle will end at rollover on April 27th, 2019, [/b][s][size=1]OR 24 hours after 500 tickets have been bought, whichever comes LAST.[/size][/s][size=1](Goal reached!)[/size] [size=1][emoji=blue star]Water flight: Check below for a ~*~Special~*~ Raffle! [center][emoji=earth rune][emoji=fire rune][emoji=wind rune][emoji=water rune][emoji=shadow rune][emoji=ice rune][emoji=lightning rune][emoji=light rune][emoji=nature rune][emoji=plague rune][emoji=arcane rune][emoji=earth rune][emoji=fire rune][emoji=wind rune][emoji=water rune][emoji=shadow rune][emoji=ice rune][emoji=lightning rune][emoji=light rune][emoji=nature rune][emoji=plague rune][emoji=arcane rune][/center] [size=6]This Raffle has ended, Winners Page 7 [/size] [size=2]Raffle Rules:[/size] [size=1][emoji=blue star]This is a [b]Physical, Real World Item[/b] that will be mailed to you. The winner will have to provide a mailing address where I can ship the item. Do NOT post your addresses in this thread or send them unless you win. If you do not have an address you are willing to receive mail at and you win, you will be disqualified and a new winner drawn. [emoji=blue star]There are no limits to how many tickets you can buy. [emoji=blue star]In order to get a free ticket, you need to have purchased at least one. You can post why you picked your flight before sending in gems, but won't be credited your free ticket until I tally up your purchased tickets and add it in. [emoji=blue star]"500 tickets bought" does include the extra free tickets for posting, but does not include entries to the water exclusive raffle. [emoji=blue star]No refunds on entries. [emoji=blue star]I work full time and also do weird things like "sleep". All tickets will be tallied, but probably not immediately. Don't p a n i c. [emoji=blue star]If you change usernames, you have to let me know!!! [emoji=blue star]Pings? Leave a comment if you want: Last Day Ping, Winner Announcement Ping, Future Raffle Ping, Sales thread if I make one. Let me know specifically what you want pings to or I will ping you for A L L. [emoji=blue star]If I've made an egregious mistake and forgotten something, I may change rules or add details on the fly to correct errors. :x [center][emoji=earth rune][emoji=fire rune][emoji=wind rune][emoji=water rune][emoji=shadow rune][emoji=ice rune][emoji=lightning rune][emoji=light rune][emoji=nature rune][emoji=plague rune][emoji=arcane rune][emoji=earth rune][emoji=fire rune][emoji=wind rune][emoji=water rune][emoji=shadow rune][emoji=ice rune][emoji=lightning rune][emoji=light rune][emoji=nature rune][emoji=plague rune][emoji=arcane rune][/center] [size=6]This Raffle has ended, Winners Page 7[/size] [size=2]Water Flight:[/size] [size=1][emoji=water rune]Hello droplets! As a little something special, there's an extra raffle just for you! [emoji=water rune]Leave a comment saying that you are part of water flight in this thread, and you will automatically be entered into a [b]Water Flight Exclusive[/b] raffle for one Water Rune Patch! [emoji=water rune]Completely free! [emoji=water rune](You've got to mention explicitly that you're in water flight though. I won't be checking profiles if you leave a general vague comment.) [emoji=water rune]This raffle will end at rollover on April 27, 2019 regardless of entries accumulated. [emoji=water rune]One entry per person, you must be in water flight at the time when the winner is drawn, the prize will be a [b]Water Rune[/b] patch. No picking a different flight on this raffle. [emoji=water rune]You are allowed to enter both this raffle and also send gems for entry into the general all-flight raffle. You don't have to enter the general raffle in order to join this one though! [emoji=water rune]You're also allowed to win both if it turns out that way! [emoji=water rune]Same rules apply to this raffle: you're going to get mail, so make sure you're okay with that before you enter. Let me know if your username changes. I'll get your entry tallied up eventually, not immediately. [emoji=water rune]Let your fellow droplets know! [center][emoji=earth rune][emoji=fire rune][emoji=wind rune][emoji=water rune][emoji=shadow rune][emoji=ice rune][emoji=lightning rune][emoji=light rune][emoji=nature rune][emoji=plague rune][emoji=arcane rune][emoji=earth rune][emoji=fire rune][emoji=wind rune][emoji=water rune][emoji=shadow rune][emoji=ice rune][emoji=lightning rune][emoji=light rune][emoji=nature rune][emoji=plague rune][emoji=arcane rune][/center] [size=6]This Raffle has ended, Winners Page 7[/size] [size=2]Questions:[/size] [size=1][emoji=blue star][b]Will you ship internationally? [/b] Yes, anywhere the post office allows. [emoji=blue star][b]What does shipping cost me?[/b] Nothing. I will cover the cost. You will not have to pay any IRL money for this raffle. [emoji=blue star][b]Why does the raffle have a minimum 500 ticket restriction?[/b] Because I spent time and money making these, and I'm spending time and money sending them to the winners, and I'm a goblin that likes collecting shiny things. [emoji=blue star][b]I don't understand when the raffle ends?[/b] This is a real fancy way of saying it will end at the end of the Wavecrest Saturnalia, unless there's like. Zero interest. I don't really want to end the raffle if there are only two tickets purchased. And I don't want one person to immediately buy 500 tickets and the raffle ends five minutes after it's posted. So this is my happy medium compromise. I'm *hopeful* that the raffle will end on the 27th, but you can get a LDP if you want to be certain it is indeed ending. [emoji=blue star][b]Why does water flight get an exclusive raffle?[/b] ~*~Because~*~ ~*~Wavecrest~*~ ~*~Saturnalia~*~ (Guess what that implies for next month) =u= [emoji=blue star][b]But why can water flight enter (and win) both raffles?[/b] if someone in water decides their mortal enemy is wind flight and they absolutely MUST have a wind rune to commemorate that fact, I'm not going to tell them no, sorry, you are only allowed to enter to win a water rune, them's the breaks! The water flight exclusive raffle is a special little gift for water flight during their festival, not a slight against the other 10 flights. (As for why a water flight person could potentially win both... because I can put both patches in one envelope. THUMBS UP EMOJI.) [emoji=blue star][b]DID YOU COUNT MY TICKETS?[/b] Have I collected your CR? Then yes. Have I replied to your PM? Then yes. If I haven't? I'm probably doing something like eating, sleeping, or colonizing an exoplanet. I'll get to you eventually. I prefer CRs because it will automatically tell you when I've seen and collected your entry. [emoji=blue star][b]Can I buy a patch instead of entering a raffle?[/b] Maybe eventually? I'm working out how I want to do that now. No ETA on when that will be. This is a hobby at the bottom of my priority list unfort. They will cost gems and have a limited quantity available, and I don't know if I'll take a reserve list and work in order of request or just post a patch, ping an interest list and let the first person who claims it take it. My point here is that I'm not going to start mass producing these as a full time job, it'll always be a limited quantity thing, and I am not promising to ever actually set up a selling thread. It may or may not happen, I'm sorry, I can't give you a better answer right now. :c Raffles are easier, because I can plan in advance for the quantity I'm going to be giving out. [emoji=blue star][b]Will you be doing more raffles for patches?[/b] As long as there's interest in this one! Ideally, my goal is to run one of these raffles every single month, giving away a patch to a winner and then another patch to someone in the flight celebrating their festival that month. [emoji=blue star][b]How did you make these?[/b] I spent $900 on a computer program and $4000 on an embroidery machine and then futzed around until something neato came out of them. [emoji=blue star][b]That's a lot of money...[/b] Yes. (It was not just so I could make these patches! I make plushies and clothing!) [emoji=blue star][b]Can we trust you on this...?[/b] It's been a few years, but I've done a few ([url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/raf/1361837]1[/url] [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/raf/1041286]2[/url] [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/raf/1050914]3[/url] [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/raf/1064120]4[/url] [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/raf/1087721]5[/url] [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/raf/1149105]6[/url] [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/raf/1178512]7[/url] [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/raf/1197992]8[/url] [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/raf/1226769]9[/url] [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/raf/1258135]10[/url]) raffles for physical items before without problems. But that is ultimately your choice! [emoji=blue star][b]Site rules...???[/b] Don't share your address with me unless you win, and then, do it [i]privately[/i] and we should be good. No real world currency is changing hands here, which is probably what you're more concerned about. Site TOU actually supports raffling off real world items for virtual currency. [i]"1. Tangible merchandise utilizing Company or Services IP may be gifted, traded, purchased with Virtual Currency, or raffled (provided the raffle does not utilize "real world" currency) beyond this 5 unit limit, but may not be sold for "real world" currency once the 5 unit limit is exceeded."[/i] [center][emoji=earth rune][emoji=fire rune][emoji=wind rune][emoji=water rune][emoji=shadow rune][emoji=ice rune][emoji=lightning rune][emoji=light rune][emoji=nature rune][emoji=plague rune][emoji=arcane rune][emoji=earth rune][emoji=fire rune][emoji=wind rune][emoji=water rune][emoji=shadow rune][emoji=ice rune][emoji=lightning rune][emoji=light rune][emoji=nature rune][emoji=plague rune][emoji=arcane rune][/center] [size=6]This Raffle has ended, Winners Page 7[/size] [size=1]One final note: There is the potential that if I get a huge number of people joining this raffle, I will increase the number of winners. More patches for more people! I do not have any estimate of what a "huge number" would be, I'm using this first raffle as a test for future raffles. I'm trying to figure out what a good "unlock tier" would be, whether it would be better to do it as number of tickets sold or number of people who have entered. I'm leaning towards number of people right now. If I add extra prizes, they will be a part of the all-flight gem raffle, and each winner will only be picked once. Water flight's exclusive raffle will not be effected, and someone can win that patch, as well as win once for the general raffle. I'll update the top of this post if I add more prizes. [emoji=fire rune]Fire flight: Keep an eye on our general and dom forums. I'm toying with the idea of a special in-flight raffle (1 ticket per person a la water's exclusive raffle) that will trigger a winner each time we get dom. Other flights: I'm also planning on offering patches as prize packs when fire pushes for dom. ;) [center][emoji=earth rune][emoji=fire rune][emoji=wind rune][emoji=water rune][emoji=shadow rune][emoji=ice rune][emoji=lightning rune][emoji=light rune][emoji=nature rune][emoji=plague rune][emoji=arcane rune][emoji=earth rune][emoji=fire rune][emoji=wind rune][emoji=water rune][emoji=shadow rune][emoji=ice rune][emoji=lightning rune][emoji=light rune][emoji=nature rune][emoji=plague rune][emoji=arcane rune][/center]

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Pings from social media about the rune patch raffle! If you want to add yourself to an actual ping list, please let me know what you want pings for, I'm not going to keep pinging you to everything unless you request it. I don't want to be spammy <3

I started in Lightning as I love tunder storm, but that machinery working was not my place so we wandered to arcane, place of stars and magic and have been feeling very much in home here <3 <3

THIS IS SO COOL. I’m in water flight and would love pings for EVERYTHING!

[quote name="@Gelid" date="2019-04-14 09:57:52" ] If you cancel the raffle, do we get our gems back? (Sorry, I've never done a raffle) [/quote] Oh no worries! ^^ The raffle won't be canceled (unless circumstances out of my control cancel it, like admin stepping in or something) in which case, yes, that would be a reason for me to give refunds! But I have absolutely no plans on canceling it myself for any reason whatsoever! (I've already got patches made, what would I do with them other than give them away? :P I guess I could sew them all on to the back of one jacket and run around town like that......)

These really are gorgeous! I am in Water Flight, have been for five years now (anniversary today [emoji=firework]) and would never dream of changing flights. I would like to join both raffles! I'll send some gems in a sec :) Many thanks for hosting this, and happy Wavecrest in advance! Edit: I completely forgot to add: please add me to your general pinglist!

I just moved to Light the other day after 5 years in ice. I picked Light because my clan is mostly artists, and I wanted them to spend their time in a beautiful place with lots of sunshine [emoji=heart]

I joined shadow flight when I first joined fr and couldn't imagine changing flights unless it was to go to nature. I loved the aesthetic at the time of joining and still do! Shadow also has nice primal eyes and always has rad looking holiday items! The shadow flight community is generally really kind and makes it feel good to be a shadowing! Thanks for the chance to enter the raffle!