Posters invite the night elves and their allies to come test their mettle in two separate sport contests in Ashenvale. Will old Champions charge in to defend their title, or will the eve give way to new shining stars?
Hello!
Seeing how well-received Bonk-Alore was at the Alor’el Spring Festival, I thought to host an event for both the new game and the old yet still rather popular Moonball.
Date: Saturday May 18th
Time: 20:00 Server Time
Location: Ashenvale, near Astranaar’s western bridge
Faction: Alliance
What is Moonball?
I first introduced the game in 2016 under the name Moonglow Ball Game. The name comes from the balls used in the game being coated with Moonglow to give them their bright shimmer which dazzles the opponent when hit. The name was later shortened to simply Moonball.
The game gained popularity following the Lunar Festivals in Darnassus, and over the years I’ve seen other event organizers pick up the game as well here and on the American roleplay servers. You’re welcome to; just please note that while the game uses OOC the Dazzling Rod toy as the gameplay mechanic, In Character the game does not deploy magic wands.
If you wish to use the same game system but with wands IC, please use another name such as ‘Dazzling Rod’ or ‘Magic Wand’ contest to avoid confusion.
Moonball is commonly played as a tournament where players are eliminated each round. The number of players is ideally divided by four for an equal number of players in each round, but sometimes matches may be adjusted to accommodate an uneven number of players.
Rules
- The matches consist of two players trying to eliminate each other. Exceptions may be made to accommodate an uneven number of players signed up to the tournament
- The players wait until the end of countdown before they start hurling moonballs at their opponent.
- The players have to stay within the marked area during the match.
- When a player gets hit three times, they lose the match.
- Match winner moves to the next round.
- Speed enhancing spells and items are forbidden. Please also remove passive speed-enhancing talents like Pathfinding (Hunters) and Fleet Footed (Rogues).
What is Bonk-Alore?
Bonk-Alore is a new multiplayer game first played at the Alor’el Spring Festival in 2024, tailored to fit night elf theme as well.
Game Mechanic
The competition uses the Foam Sword Rack as a game mechanic, which allows players to conjure and equip a Foam Sword. Equipping the sword activates the “ON GUARD!” buff and lets you ‘bonk’ other sword-holders. In-Character the Foam Swords will be light, padded wooden swords.
Please note the Foam Sword from the rack is a different item than the separate toy called Soft Foam Sword.
The rack lasts some minutes and has a 30 minute cool-down, but the conjured swords themselves don’t have a timer. Players can drag the sword from their Character Info into an action slot.
You’re now ready to bonk!
Competition Format
The competition consists of two different matches. For the first match, the participants are split into two opposing teams of even numbers, called “Summer” and “Winter”.
To make it easy to distinguish who’s in which team, team Winter players drink a stack of Desecrated Oil to turn themselves greyscale. Each Desecrated Oil adds +1 minute to the effect duration. The item will be provided by the host. In-Character participants mist themselves with an alchemical mixture giving a temporary (stain-free) effect.
The goal is to disarm / destroy your enemies’ sword (the sword disappears). The sword gets destroyed from 3 bonks unless enough time has lapsed between hits for the sword’s durability to recover.
Movement and camouflaging spells, abilities and items are forbidden. Please also remove passive speed-enhancing talents like Pathfinding (Hunters) and Fleet Footed (Rogues).
Match 1
The two teams line up at the opposing ends of the game field (marked with smoke flares, raid markers or similar). The goal is to eliminate the opposing team by destroying their swords through bonking. Eliminated players must leave the game field. Once the opposing team has been eliminated in full, the team whose member(s) survived proceed to Match 2.
Match 2
The team whose member(s) survived Match 1, proceed to fight for victory in a last person standing among themselves. Another Foam Sword Rack is placed for the players to conjure a new sword if it was destroyed in the previous match.
The victor of Bonk-Alore is the last person standing from Match 2.
Game locations for this event:
We’ll start with the Moonball tournament, and then move to Bonk-Alore. Bonk-Alore competitors will be given an opportunity to test the terrain before the game starts, and prior match 1 the teams will be given a moment to discuss tactics among themselves.
There may be some prizes to be announced before the event. Sign-ups will be taken at the event.
If anyone is interested in setting up a stall by the walk path vendoring food, drink or something else, they’re welcome to - just please be in touch about it!
