Anyone who knows me knows I used to LOVE World of Warcraft, but my career came first, so I stopped playing 10 or more years ago. World of Warcraft: Forever beta just started, I got in, and I'm re-learning the ropes.
I still hate the mods people whine about "needing", like any DPS mod or deadly boss babysitter mods. I don't trust the mod "community", so I make my OWN mods to help me play World of Warcraft MY way.
Ridiculous challenges. Real friends. Fair results.
GMs create in-game custom challenges for guildies and anyone else who wants in. It does two jobs: it creates and manages events, and it helps guilds recruit by showing there's more than just the game. It's a social club, and the prizes are just the hook.
The mod checks the gear, the route and the finish. Nobody has to submit anything.
The minimap icon pulses gold when an event opens. The event summary shows right in the mod, with a link here for all the details.
One click checks you qualify and signs you up.
The mod tracks the rules so nobody cheats, and your results show on the live scoreboard.
For coordinators: add an event, set the win and loss rules, and pick what the mod tracks. Running a race and someone dies on purpose to run as a ghost? Disqualified. Dungeon race and someone got carried? Disqualified.
Fan favorites first, then the rest of the launch lineup. Every event is saved in the library, so any of them can come back.
Level 1 gnomes, no armor. Run from the starting zone through PvP zones to a set spot. First person to open a trade with me wins.
Make a level 1 orc and duel everyone who signed up. Ten losses and you're out. The last ugly orc standing takes the prize.
Start with an empty bag and grab cloth, leather, ore and every other bit of starter crafting junk you can for 60 minutes. Whoever collects the most wins, and gets it ALL. Sounds silly until you see auction house prices.
Level 1 orcs, no weapons, no magic. Duke it out in duels: three losses and you're eliminated. Last orc standing wins.
High-level groups clear a list of raids as fast as possible, any way they can. All bosses and all normal success criteria count.
Brand-new characters, one starting signal. First to hit level 10 wins.
Take down Hogger at the lowest level you dare. Lowest level kill wins.
One hour, one pole. Most fish caught wins.
A list of five items to loot. First to find them all wins.
Get a new character to level 15 without dying once. Everyone who makes it earns the badge.
I hide somewhere in the world. First to find me and /wave wins.
Clear a dungeon with nothing better than green gear. Fastest clean run wins.
Anyone with the mod can join.
Win credits, badges and titles.
A small in-game gold entry fee.
90% of fees go back to players as prizes.
Free to enter, funded by donations and sponsors.
Run under Blizzard's Community Competition License.
Free and Gold events earn season points, so anyone can play their way into a cash final without paying a thing.
One start signal, fresh characters, everyone grouped together.
You see the exact rules before you join, and they don't change.
Every result traces back to what the mod recorded.
Any disqualification can be appealed to someone outside that event's crew.
Rookie, Spirit and Survivor awards, and everyone who plays earns credits.
No raffles or random drawings, and crew can't win their own events.
Removes all chat and hides every player who isn't in your guild or on your friends list, so guilds and groups can play their way without the chatter and weirdness from random people.
Rank other players by attitude and actions. Someone ninja looted? Flag them. Spamming chat? Flag them. After enough flags, the mod ignores them automatically, so they can't interact with you. Blizzard should have done this years ago.
Get the mod, join the in-game Community, and watch for the first event.