2006 Holiday events

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The Santa Rampage logo.

The 2006 Holiday events began with the introduction of Santa Hats and Candy Cane trinkets to the palace shoppe on December XXth. Santa hats cost 1,000 PoE for red, and 3,000 PoE for any other of the 18 colors. Candy canes cost 1,000 PoE, and also cost 1 doubloon on green oceans.

Santa Rampage

The scores on the Ice Ocean on Christmas Eve.

The highlight of the Holiday events was the Santa Rampage event which started on December 23rd and ended on January 1st. All players were divided into seven hordes (each named "Santa Claus" in various languages) upon logging into the game:

Team names and origins
Team Origin Icon
Babadimri Albanian term for Father Christmas Icon Babadimri.png
Ded Moroz Дед Мороз, Russian for Grandfather Frost Icon Ded Moroz.png
Dyado Koleda Дядо Коледа, Bulgarian for Grandfather Christmas Icon Dyado Koleda.png
Jultomten Swedish for Father Christmas Icon Jultomten.png
Sinterklaas Festival in the Netherlands and Belgium[1] Icon Sinterklaas.png
Vader Kersfees South African term for Father Christmas Icon Vader Kersfees.png
Viejo Pascuero Chilean version of Santa Claus Icon Viejo Pascuero.png

Interestingly, the name Santa Rampage is derived from a festival in Austin, Texas

Each time a player took part in a 1-on-1 challenge versus a player of a different team, the results were recorded and tallied toward the weekend total for each horde. The standings for each horde were regularly tallied and updated on a special "Competition!" tab of the notice board. At the conclusion of the Santa Rampage, the winning team members were awarded "Plunder Puddings." Each participating member on all teams received an award, which took the form of an untradeable trinket.

A scene with all the types of snow-related furniture.

In addition, various extra festive furniture items were added to the game, including snowmen and snow blocks which could only be placed outside (for example in gardens). The furniture would "melt" with the rest of the snow special effects. At the same time, Bearded Santa Hats were also introduced. Snow also returned, taking the place of grass floor tiles.


Alpha Island during the festive season. Note the icy sea, the bearded females, Santa Rampage icons, and snow. Also note that the deluxe hats changed a pirate's hair color to white.

On the same day, a PoEmail was sent out to all players who had registered an email address with Three Rings. It contained a link to obtain a free festive outfit consisting of a red Bearded Santa Hat, black Santa boots, as well as a random piece of old, red coloured torso and legs clothing.

Pirates could out opt by going to Ye > Options > General and disabling "special event effects." Players who opted out could still participate in the team competition.


Results

The results of the Santa Rampage competition were as follows:

2006 Santa rampage
Standing Cobalt Hunter Ice Midnight Opal Sage Viridian Prize
First

Icon Sinterklaas.png Sinterklaas

Icon Ded Moroz.png Ded Moroz

Icon Babadimri.png Babadimri

Icon Sinterklaas.png Sinterklaas

Icon Jultomten.png Jultomten

Icon Jultomten.png Jultomten

Icon Dyado Koleda.png Dyado Koleda

Plunder pudding
Plunder pudding

Second

Icon Babadimri.png Babadimri

Icon Viejo Pascuero.png Viejo Pascuero

Icon Ded Moroz.png Ded Moroz

Icon Dyado Koleda.png Dyado Koleda

Icon Babadimri.png Babadimri

Icon Ded Moroz.png Ded Moroz

Icon Ded Moroz.png Ded Moroz

Gingerbread mate
Gingerbread mate

Third

Icon Dyado Koleda.png Dyado Koleda

Icon Sinterklaas.png Sinterklaas

Icon Vader Kersfees.png Vader Kersfees

Icon Jultomten.png Jultomten

Icon Ded Moroz.png Ded Moroz

Icon Dyado Koleda.png Dyado Koleda

Icon Jultomten.png Jultomten

Yule log
Yule log

Fourth

Icon Vader Kersfees.png Vader Kersfees

Icon Dyado Koleda.png Dyado Koleda

Icon Dyado Koleda.png Dyado Koleda

Icon Babadimri.png Babadimri

Icon Sinterklaas.png Sinterklaas

Icon Sinterklaas.png Sinterklaas

Icon Babadimri.png Babadimri

Grog nog
Grog nog

Fifth

Icon Jultomten.png Jultomten

Icon Babadimri.png Babadimri

Icon Viejo Pascuero.png Viejo Pascuero

Icon Viejo Pascuero.png Viejo Pascuero

Icon Vader Kersfees.png Vader Kersfees

Icon Babadimri.png Babadimri

Icon Vader Kersfees.png Vader Kersfees

Mulled wine
Mulled wine

Sixth

Icon Ded Moroz.png Ded Moroz

Icon Jultomten.png Jultomten

Icon Sinterklaas.png Sinterklaas

Icon Ded Moroz.png Ded Moroz

Icon Dyado Koleda.png Dyado Koleda

Icon Vader Kersfees.png Vader Kersfees

Icon Sinterklaas.png Sinterklaas

Hot cocoa
Hot cocoa

Seventh

Icon Viejo Pascuero.png Viejo Pascuero

Icon Vader Kersfees.png Vader Kersfees

Icon Jultomten.png Jultomten

Icon Vader Kersfees.png Vader Kersfees

Icon Viejo Pascuero.png Viejo Pascuero

Icon Viejo Pascuero.png Viejo Pascuero

Icon Viejo Pascuero.png Viejo Pascuero

Lemon snow cone
Lemon snow cone




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