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Cerantian Activities
Monthly Tournaments
These tournaments occur on their allotted Saturday each month. Non-Cerantians may participate in these tournaments. All monthly tournaments have an entry fee of any of the fallowing: three iron ingots, two gold ingots, or one diamond. Extra funds are accepted as donations and will be added onto the prize winnings. Your name will be announced as one of the providers for that day's tournament. Prices are subject to change. If there comes a time where the economy mod is added to 2.0 (if it hasn't already), a price will be determined at a later date as to what the price in money will be.
Fishing Tournament
This tournament will take place on the seccond Saturday of each month. All participents are required to bring their own fishing rod. Any fish caught can be kept by competitors, or be donated to the Cerantian Food Drive, providing food to the needy and our armed forces. Awards will be given to those who catch the most fish, catch the first fish, and those who perform the best catch. Those striving for the best catch will be judged on performance of distance, how they throw the line, draw the line, and where they stand and cast. Awards will be destributed an even 1/4th of the entry fees and donation box a piece, with the Cerantian government recieving the last 1/4th.
Marksmanship Competition
The marksmanship competition will take place on the first Saturday of each month. All participents are required to bring their own bows. Arrows will be provided. A set of targets will be provided at various block distances down a range. Points will be awarded based on distance of the shot and accuracy of the shot. You can only shoot each target once. You will be provided enough arrows to hit each target once. Awards will be given to those who score the most points, 1st place, 2nd place, and 3rd place, with them recieving 1/3rd, 1/4th, and 1/6th of the entry fees and donation box a piece, with the Cerantian government revieving the last 1/4th.
256-block Build-off
The Build-off will take place on the third Saturday of each month. Competitors need to bring their own blocks. There is a limit of 256 blocks per competitor. Participents are required to build any work of art they please that is not considered offencive. Obsidian blocks, TNT blocks, and any other blocks that may harm a player (besides sand and grabel) are grounds for disqualification. Participents may not go over 256 blocks of any and all items within the game, but may go under. Lava is not permitted. Awards will be given for the best building, best sculpture, and best flat-surface design. If there is not more than one entry in the building, sculpture, or flat-surface design branches, they will be counted under one cattegory. Each winner will recieve 1/4th of the entry fees and donation box. The Cerantian government will recieve the last 1/4th.
Borous's Pig Race
The Pig Race will take place on the fourth Saturday of each month. Participents are required to bring their own saddles. Pigs will be provided. A closed course will be constructed with the aid of fences to prevent conpetitors and their mounts from leaving the play area. The object of the game is to make it to the finish line first. Competitors may attempt to nock players off mounts and kill mounts, but are not to kill the players or risk disqualification. Only wooden swords, leather armor, and a saddle are allowed to be brought into the tournament. Bringing unallowed equipment is means for disqualification. If the majority of competitors wish it, they are allowed to change the available equipment and ability to kill competitors. Awards will be given to first, seccond, and third place winners. They will be given 1/3rd, 1/4th, and 1/6th of the entry fees and donation box, respectively, with the Cerantian government recieving the rest. Compettitors may keep any pork gained, or donate to the Cerantian Food Drive.
Fifth Saturday Event
In the rare event that a fifth Saturday exists, each city/province will establish an Event Council in their own fashion. This Council will set up the event for that Saturday. Events cannot counteract with Senatorial or Imperial laws.
Yearly Events
These events are open to Cerantian registered citizens ONLY. These citizens DO NOT include those who live inside a Cerantian city and are not approved citizenship by either the Senate or the Emperor.
Cerantia-day Festival
This day will be an annual event, where all food is free and a 50/50 raffle will take place all day. Armed forces and government workers also have the day off. This event will take place on the day where Cerantia is recognized as a true, independant nation by AT LEAST on other nation (and/or the moderators). The winner of the raffle will recieve 50% of all funds from the event, and the Cerantian Government will recieve the rest.
On this day, the 3 best competitors of the Monthly Tournaments will take part in a Pro Tournament of their skills, such as the Fishing Tournament and Pig Race. No entry fee is required, however donations will be provided. A grand prize will be offered to the winners of all four tournaments - NOT seccond or third place. The prizes will be announced no earlier than a week before the event.
Abundance-day Festival
This event will take place on November First. All food will be free to the public. A build-off using only Jack-o-lanterns and pumpkins will take place. The building or sculpture must be that of a hallow pumpkin. Builders will recieve a special prize for competing, not winning. A special pig race will also be held, with all loosing pigs being slaughtered for use in the Abundance-day feast. Winner will recieve a special prize.
Midsummers-day Festival (a.k.a. Cerce's IRL birthday)
This event will take place on August 3rd. All people in attendence will recieve a special present from the Cerce himself if they bring him a piece of cake. All government workers recieve the day off. Further events may be planned for that day at a future time.
Decemberfest
This event will take place on Christmas Day. A build-off with holiday-themes will take place. All workers are let off for the day. All people in attendence will recieve a free present from Cerce himself. A snowball fight will also be organized for those who wish to bring snowballs, but no prizes will be offered, as it is just for fun. Non-Cerantians may participate in the snowball fight.
New-Year's Day Festival
This event will take place on December 31st. A TNT-cannon build-off will take place, judged on how far the TNT is thrown, how much the cannon destroys, how the cannon works, and the originality/ingenuity of the design. The four winners will fire their cannons a seccond time at 12:00 AM server time.
"One can concentrate so closely on the words of a sentence that one thereby misses the meaning. As can happen in any area of life. You must never lose focus on the larger landscape."
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