Greetings to all Rulers of all Ikariam, ready for a Buzzzz…ing Christmas this year?

Over the next few days we will be holding a Christmas contest here, on Ikariam EN board. The contest is open to everyone.

Question(s) will be posted DAILY, at ANYTIME and you will have 48 hours to answer them. All answers must be sent via this mail address: gameteam@ikariam.org

Each question carries a certain point value.

A few rules:

• Send ONE answer-message per question to gameteam@ikariam.org
  

In other words, do NOT send 2 or more answers questions in one mail, please, please, please.

• Multiple entries are not permitted - your first answer will be the one that is counted.
  
  
• You have 48 hours from the time the question is posted.
  
  
• Do NOT send your answers to any other staff members as they will not be processed - only send the answers to gameteam@ikariam.org
  
  
• Put down your Board Name for each reply
  
  

If you have something to discuss, feel free to do it here. I will be checking it too to answer any questions you might have

The first question will be posted on Monday, December 10th. There will be a total of 10-day questions and the winners will be announced shortly after the end of the contest (usually within 48h).

In case of ties, we will have a tie-break question. And if a tie persists, then we will look at the time when that last answer was sent

And of course, prizes!

1st Prize : 26€ Gameforge Voucher
2nd ~ 3rd Prizes : 19€ Gameforge Voucher
4th Prize : 13€ Gameforge Voucher
5th ~ 7th Prizes : 10€ Gameforge Voucher
8th ~ 10th Prizes : 6€ Gameforge Voucher
11th ~15th Prizes : 3€ Gameforge Voucher

1st Prize : 26€ Gameforge Voucher
2nd Prize : 20€ Gameforge Voucher
3rd Prize : 16€ Gameforge Voucher
4th ~ 6th Prizes : 9€ Gameforge Voucher
7th ~ 9th Prize : 6€ Gameforge Voucher
10th ~ 15th Prizes : 3€ Gameforge Voucher

Enjoy and Have Fun!!

Your one and only ORG.

The time has come, let's begin....

Question 1 - Ikariam questions

Santa put me to the test this year...
Can you help me to answer correctly to these questions?


1. When was Ikariam.Org released? (Month and year)

2. When discussion with another player becomes aggressive and/or unwanted how can you end it permanently without sending him a message?

3. What is the workshop level needed to fully upgrade the steam ram?

4. While playing Ikariam, how can you go to your "Account Data" with one single click?

5. How often can I see a comedy and drama at the cinetheatre?

6. At some point in an account development it is possible to get a free town relocation. How and when?

7. Few years ago, there was a turning point in Ikariam, when a new layout of the game was released. At that time the mayor was busy designing the new layout so he let his wife Kyra to lead your empire during his absence.
How can you see Kyra in action as mayor in game again now, not only in ads business?


You get 1 point for each correct answer.

Deadline 48 hours from publishing date and time (10.12.2018 0:28).

CLOSED

Question 2 11.12.2018

Find the picture!

picture example:

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Answer: In game - Click on Cinetheatre

I saw these pictures somewhere in Ikariam, but where can I find them?

picture 1



picture 2



picture 3



picture 4



picture 5



picture 6



picture 7



picture 8



picture 9



picture 10



picture 11



picture 12



You get 1 point for each location of pictures found.

Deadline 48 hours from publishing date and time.

CLOSED

Question 3 12.12.2018

Reindeers are eager to start the journey around the world and in their rush they scrambled my words. Help me rebuild the final words.




Unscramble each of the clue words.

Copy the letters in the numbered cells to other cells with the same number.

The answer must be a list of all words found, and the final arrangement.

You get 0.5 points for each line solved, and 0.5 points for the final words arranged.

Deadline 48 hours from publishing date and time.

CLOSED

Question 4 13.12.2018

I need some help from you: me and my brother, we both play Ikariam on an internet browser. He is an older player and he made 10 statements about the game.
Are they true or false?

1. The Friend List cannot be sorted.

2. At the Trading Post, I cannot see which offers are from my alliance members.

3. I need a lot of marble. I set 50 million marble request in my Trading Post so each member of my alliance can sell it to me without updating it too often.

4. I declare a Gauntlet War on the boards and I start it immediately after it was accepted on the boards.

5. I cannot see all building levels at once, I have to click on each and everyone of them.

6. I can buy pieces of sea chart with ambrosia.

7. When I request a new password, I receive a random generated one in my email.

8. If I choose to transfer my account to another server, I need to wait 24 hours to leave my alliance.

9. Palace and Governor Residence are the only buildings that cannot be accelerated with ambrosia.

10. I can upgrade my temples up to level 35.


The answer must be TRUE or FALSE for each of them.
You get 1 point for each correct reply.

Deadline 48 hours from publishing date and time.

CLOSED

Question 5 14.12.2018

I took a gyrocopter to see the island from above. I took a picture, but when I came home the elves cut the picture in 24 squares and scrambled them.

Help me, put them in the correct order to rebuild the picture.



The answer must be a list of numbers from 1 to 24 in the correct order to rebuild the island, from left to right and from up to down.
You get 0.5 points for each tile correctly placed.

Deadline 48 hours from publishing date and time.

Question 6 15.12.2018

Your task is to find a list of Ikariam related words found ingame.
All words have 5 or more letters, all words are singular (NO plural words), NO words within words (for example gunpowder is the normal word, but not gun and not powder) .



You get +0.5 points for each word found and -0.5 points for each non-Ikariam related word found.
For example:
You noted down gunpowder, gun, powder. You will get -0.5 points in all.

The answer must be a list of words. No picture.

Deadline 48 hours from publishing date and time.

CLOSED

Question 7 16.12.2018

I'm confused, I have 2 pictures of the same town but they have small differences.
Help me find the differences between the 2 pictures.


You can download the picture for better view.

The answer must be a picture with the differences circled.
You get 0.5 points for each difference you find.

Deadline 48 hours from publishing date and time.

CLOSED

Question 8 17.12.2018

It's winter ! It's snow !
And with the snow it's the snowball fight !
Watch the picture carefully and tell me how many snowballs did the boy use on each target in order to make his way to the middle?
What is the total number of snowballs used?



The answer must be a list of targets and number of snowballs on each, plus a total number of snowballs.
You get 0.5 points for each correct target and 1 point for the total.

Deadline 48 hours from publishing date and time.

CLOSED

Question 9 18.12.2018

50 days ago I activated the Divine Ambrosia Fountain.

1. How often can I collect ambrosia from the fountain?

2. Something happened on day 40 and I could not login that day to collect ambrosia.
How much ambrosia I gained until the end of day 50?

Assuming no interruptions from day 1:
3. In how many days can I recover my investment in the Divine Ambrosia Fountain?

4. How much ambrosia can I collect on day 365?

5. How much ambrosia will I have after 365 days of daily collect?

6. On day 64 I was playing at midnight when daily bonus activates. I was building on the town I just created. I noticed that midnight passed and I wanted to collect ambrosia, but the fountain wasn't there. Where is my fountain?


PS: For these questions you do NOT need to activate the fountain.

You get 1 point for each answer.

Deadline 48 hours from publishing date and time.

CLOSED

Grand Finale - 19.12.2018 Revenge for Grandma Ikkie

Note: Some answers repeat themselves.

Example:
Mary Pops took a ride on the (1)
(1) Balloon-Bombardier

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Grandma Ikkie Got Run Over By A (1)

On Christmas Eve, walking home from our (2)


You can say there's no such thing as a red-coated (3)


But as for me and Grandpa, we believe


She'd been drinkin' too much (4)


And we'd begged her not to go
But she'd left her medication and her bodyguard, Kevin CostaLot, the (5)


So she stumbled out the door into the snowy (6)
When we found her Christmas mornin'
At the scene of the attack


There were (7) prints on her forehead


And incriminatin’ (8) marks on her back



Revenge! Revenge! We shall take

We sent James, our most loyal and faithful (9) out on a mission

James gained access surreptitiously into the red-coated guy’s (10)

He glanced into the kitchen and saw 12000 green-dressed (11) running


around preparing (12)



When Grandpa Ikka heard the news
He was gobsmacked
Grandpa Ikka wants to know how anyone can have 12000 of these green-dressed guys

[Give 3 possible ways how one can have 12000 of these guys]

(13) .............................................................................................................

(14) .............................................................................................................

(15) .............................................................................................................

James glanced into the Level 40 (16) and Level 28 (17)


With his super mobile he faxed in the amount of booty:



It's not Christmas without Grandma Ikkie
All the family's dressed in black

Respectfully asked the great and mighty (18) for help


With ingenium vehementi, the almighty one and his barbaric-elves scattered all 12000 green figures
Pillaging and burning everything they pass


(19)* …..…... (20) were needed to pillage (21)* .................................... resources
(* a total number needed)


Now the goose is on the table

And the pudding made of cherry (22)

And a blue and silver candle
That would just have matched the hair in Grandma's wig




I've warned all my (23) friends and neighbours


Better watch out for yourselves
They should never give their login password

To a red-coated man who drives like mad on the snow

and plays with 12000 green-dressed (24)

You can say there's no such thing as a red-coated (25)

But as for me and Grandpa Ikka, we believe!

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25 answers in all
0.5 point for each, except no. 19 and 21 give 1 point each = 13.5 points

Please simply list your answers to allow me to read easily (do not copy/paste the story).

Deadline 48 hours from publishing date and time.

CLOSED

Winners of Christmas contest 2018

1. Cassiopea 114 - 26 € Gameforge coupon
   
2. Facelessmonster 113.5 - 20€ Gameforge coupon
   
3. play 111.5 - 16€ Gameforge coupon
   
4. Wisezone 108 - 9€ Gameforge coupon
   
5. Paradox of Darkness 106 - 9€ Gameforge coupon
   
6. cruiser 105.5 - 9€ Gameforge coupon
   
7. Mermaid 102.5 - 6€ Gameforge coupon
   
8. Sunrise 102 - 6€ Gameforge coupon
   
9. Solar System 100.5 - 6€ Gameforge coupon
   
10. MatatasHakuna 97.5 - 3€ Gameforge coupon
    
11. Stevo 94.5 - 3€ Gameforge coupon
    
12. geo 88.5 - 3€ Gameforge coupon
    
13. DmTANanlon 84 - 3€ Gameforge coupon
    
14. Ewa 81 - 3€ Gameforge coupon
    
15. Pacific Ocean 80.5 - 3€ Gameforge coupon
    

Congratulations to the winners and thank you all who have participated!

Can the winners please contact me via PM (Conversation) and you will receive your Ambrosia Coupons.

DO NOT send me messages via Email.


I wish you all a very Happy Christmas and my very Best wishes for the New Year!