Bel Tine 2020

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General

Bel Tine 2020 was held April 19 – 26. The theme of the freeweek this year was "JM channeling gone wrong".

7 events were run during Bel Tine 2020. 8 groups entered the Group theme contest and the winner was decided by a site-wide vote. The Spamathon was the most active event and the Final Round got the all time highest record of pages - the whooping 700 pages of spam! All of the stats for the Spamathon can be found below.

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Introduction post - "Welcome to Bel Tine 2020!". Please expand to read more.

The morning dawned bright and clear, with more than just a hint of warmth. Joy and excitement were palpable in the air, for spring had finally come to Tar Valon. After months of cold, biting wind and snow, made somehow colder by the gloomy shadow cast by Dragonmount, everyone was more ready for winter to be done. Even the presence of Whitecloaks in the city couldn't put a damper on the exuberant mood.

Deep within the grounds of the White Tower, preparations were well underway for the celebration of Bel Tine. The members of the Outreach Activities Team hurried every which way about the Faire Grounds (with perfect dignity, of course) as they each attended to their assigned tasks. There would be plenty of games, puzzles, food, and—naturally—spam. They couldn't wait to unveil the festivities to the rest of the Tower.

Near the centre of the Grounds, Jocasta and Ignis were hard at work arranging flowers to grace the festival. Purple Emond’s glory and crimson stargaze mingled with snowdrops, lilies, and blue-eyes. But it had been a hard winter, and the morningstars and sunbursts hadn’t quite bloomed, yet.

“Whoever heard of a Bel Tine without morningstars?” Jocasta asked indignantly as she surveyed the tightly closed buds, lying sadly amongst the riotous colours of the other flowers, and Ignis just shook his head, because it was truly unthinkable. The Novice and Accepted surveyed the Faire Grounds, wondering what they should do, but all of the Aes Sedai seemed preoccupied. They looked at each other and shrugged.

“How hard can it be to make flowers grow?” Jocasta asked.

“I’ve definitely seen the Aes Sedai use this weave before.” Ignis agreed.

Opening themselves to the Source, Ignis and Jocasta wove flows of Water and Earth with just a touch of spirit, laying them just so around the morningstars and sunbursts.

It was then that something, somehow, went terribly wrong.

With a clamorous sound that could surely be heard clear across the city, every tree, flower, and vine within two dozen spans of Ignis and Jocasta began to grow in a rush, weaving together until they had almost completely overtaken the great, open space around them.

The two Junior Members stood in stunned silence for a moment as they looked up at the giant maze of spring colours that now towered over them.

What was Ilverin Sedai going to say?

Welcome to Bel Tine 2020!

This is one of the Freeweeks we have at TarValon.net, where we open up the Faregrounds for fun and games! This year, some weaves went wrong, but that is not an excuse to not celebrate Bel Tine! Get ready for the all the games and spam and join us with your usergroup and your amazing festive avatars! :joy

In this forum, JMs need not use titles to address SMs, but remember to respect one another. If you have any questions or concerns, please email outreachactivities@tarvalon.net.​

Let's have fun!

Events

• Corrupt-a-weave

• Battleweaves

• Escape the hedge maze

• Hang the Darkfriend

• Wordsearch
• Group Theme Contest
• Spamathon

Themes

• Blue Ajah: The Blues got turned into Neville Longbottom
• Brown Ajah: Monty Python's Life of Brown
• Gray Ajah: Where in the world is the Gray Ajah?
• Red Ajah: The Red Ajah got Stuck to the Red Wall
• White Ajah: Dragons with different hoards
• Val'Cueran: Vampires
• San d'ma Shadar: Social Distancing Safety Team
• Novices, Recruits, Accepted and Soldiers: The JMs got turned into cheese
• Citizens: Trading cards! Collect them all!

Winners

General

• Group Theme Winner: Brown Ajah
• Group Theme Runner-Up: Junior Members
• OAT's Choice: Citizens
• Savior of the Innocent: Tallan Daar
• Sharpshooters: Dar'Jen Ab Owain, Tallan Daar and Arella Mathara
• Quickest Mazerunners: Dar'Jen Ab Owain, Cinna Vrammar, Loraella Melodie, Tallan Daar, Arella Mathara, Adolla Ceryia and Stasia t'Andrei
• Spirit of Bel Tine: Dar'Jen Ab Owain and Arella Mathara
• Rock Star of Bel Tine: Atarah al'Norahn and Ilverin Matriam

Spamathon

• First place: Brown Ajah
• Second place: Val'Cueran
• Spamathon MVP: Lyndo Shiranui

Badges

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  Cieon Maralyn

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  Citizens

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  Junior Members

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  Brown Ajah

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  Atarah al'Norahn

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  Ilverin Matriam

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  Tallan Daar

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  Lyndo Shiranui

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  Brown Ajah vs. Val'Cueran

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  Brown Ajah

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  Dar'Jen Ab Owain

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  Arella Mathara

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Spamathon Statistics

Round 1

Total posts: 1951
Total posts per hour: 81.292
Total participants: 62
Total posts per capita: 31.47

Special Awesomeness

• Round MVP (highest post count): Tallan Daar with 293 posts!
• Highest per capita: Green Ajah with 108.8
• Per capitas ending with whole numbers: San d'ma Shadar (48), Val'Cueran (8), Citizens (1), Mahdi'in d'ma Dieb (1)
• Most participants: Brown Ajah with 14!
• Highest post count (group): Brown Ajah with 749!
• Posters with >50% of their group’s posts (more than 1 post): Eliza Al'Shaw with 66.67%!
• Post count twinsies:
  • 37 Posts: Darian Coralis, Elia LePhant
  • 11 Posts: Raeviendha al'Toma, Shaerlyn Storna

Match Numbers

DM vs Accepted/Soldiers

• 0.71 posts per hour
• 17 total posts

Novices/Recruits vs Citizens

• 5.17 posts per hour
• 124 total posts

Blue vs SDS

• 17.29 posts per hour
• 415 total posts

Brown vs Green

• 53.88 posts per hour
• 1293 total posts

White vs MDD

• 0.91 posts per hour
• 22 total posts

VC vs Yellow

• 2.96 posts per hour
• 51 total posts

Gray vs Red

• 1.21 posts per hour
• 71 total posts

Group Numbers

Accepted/Soldiers

• 9 posts
• 9 posts per capita
• 0.375 posts per hour
• Round 1 MVP: Dar'Jen Ab Owain with 9 posts; 100% of Accepted/Soldier posts in Round 1

Blue

• 175 posts
• 29.17 posts per capita
• 7.292 posts per hour
• Round 1 MVP: Atarah al'Norahn with 65 posts; 37.14% of Blue posts in Round 1

Brown

• 749 posts
• 53.3 posts per capita
• 31.21 posts per hour
• Round 1 MVP: Tallan Daar with 293 posts; 39.12% of Brown posts in Round 1

Citizens

• 1 post
• 1 post per capita
• 0.04 posts per hour
• Round 1 MVP: Kranerian Vrammar with 1 post; 100% of Citizen posts in Round 1

Dai M'Hael

• 8 posts
• 8 posts per capita
• 0.33 posts per hour
• Round 1 MVP: Brandon Tat'vakja with 8 posts; 100% of Dai M'Hael posts in Round 1

Gray

• 20 posts
• 6.67 posts per capita
• 0.83 posts per hour
• Round 1 MVP: Ilverin Matriam with 9 posts; 45% of Gray posts in Round 1

Green

• 544 posts
• 108.8 posts per capita
• 22.67 posts per hour
• Round 1 MVP: Tree with 206 posts; 37.87% of Green posts in Round 1

Mahdi'in d'ma Dieb 

• 1 post
• 0.04 post per capita
• 0.04 posts per hour
• Round 1 MVP: Venric Methalion with 1 post; 100% of Mahdi'in d'ma Dieb posts in Round 1

Novices/Recruits

• 123 posts
• 13.67 posts per capita
• 5.13 posts per hour
• Round 1 MVP: Arella Mathara with 36 posts; 29.27% of Novice/Recruit posts in Round 1

Red

• 9 posts
• 2.25 posts per capita
• 0.38 posts per hour
• Round 1 MVP: Lok Enkee with 3 posts; 33.33% of Red posts in Round 1

San d'ma Shadar

• 240 posts
• 48 posts per capita
• 10 post per hour
• Round 1 MVP: Wil Cambrae with 107 posts; 44.58% of San d'ma Shadar posts in Round 1

Val'Cueran

• 48 posts
• 8 posts per capita
• 2 posts per hour
• Round 1 MVP: Alor Sionn with 17 posts; 35.42% of Val Cueran posts in Round 1

White

• 21 posts
• 5.25 posts per capita
• 0.86 posts per hour
• Round 1 MVP: Leala ni al'Dareis t'al'Caleum with 9 posts; 42.86%% of White posts in Round 1

Yellow

• 3 posts
• 11.5 posts per capita
• 0.96 posts per hour
• Round 1 MVP: Eliza Al'Shaw with 2 posts; 66.67% of Yellow Posts in Round 1

Round 2

Total posts: 2575
Total posts per hour: 107.29
Total participants: 48
Total posts per capita: 53.65

Special Awesomeness

• Round MVP (highest post count): Alor Sionn (285 posts)
• Posters with >50% contribution to their team: Dar'Jen Ab Owain (82.5%), Faeril Munlear (51.3%)
• Highest per capita: Val'Cueran with 75.33
• Whole number per capitas: Accepted/Soldiers with 21
• Most participants: Brown Ajah with 14
• Highest post count (group): Brown Ajah with 973
• Prettiest post count: Xander Silverstar with 123 posts
• Makin' the Math Easy: Tallan Daar (100), Arella Mathara (60), Madhar al'Thera (60), Cieon Maralyn (50), Kelgan al'Moranwin (40), Brandon Tat'vakja (10), Elanda Tonil (10)
• Post count twinsies (10+ posts):
  • 87 Posts: Zashara Sho'am, Rhed al'Tere
  • 60 Posts: Arella Mathara, Madhar al'Thera
  • 25 Posts: Stasia t'Andrei, Dreia Raieese
  • 17 Posts: Cirella Ithan, Shaerlyn Storna, Dravid ter'Mand
  • 10 Posts: Brandon Tat'vakja, Elanda Tonil

Match Numbers

Accepted/Soldiers vs Novices/Recruits

• 9.33 posts per hour
• 224 total posts

SDS vs Brown

• 57.125 posts per hour
• 1371 total posts

VC vs White

• 40.83 posts per hour
• 980 total posts

Group Numbers

Accepted/Soldiers

• 63 posts
• 3 participants
• 21 posts per capita
• 2.63 posts per hour
• Round 2 MVP: Dar'Jen Ab Owain with 52 posts; 82.54% of Accepted/Soldier posts in Round 2

Brown

• 973 posts
• 14 participants
• 69.5 posts per capita
• 40.54 posts per hour
• Round 2 MVP: Thaddius al'Guy with 204 posts; 20.97% of Brown posts in Round 2

Novices/Recruits

• 161 posts
• 8 participants
• 20.13 posts per capita
• 6.71 posts per hour
• Round 2 MVP: Arella Mathara with 60 posts; 37.27% of Novice/Recruit posts in Round 2

SDS

• 398 posts
• 7 participants
• 56.86 post per capita
• 16.58 posts per hour
• Round 2 MVP: Faeril Munlear with 201 posts; 51.26% of SDS posts in Round 2

VC

• 678 posts
• 9 participants
• 75.33 posts per capita
• 28.25 posts per hour
• Round 2 MVP: Alor Sionn with 285 posts; 42.04% of VC posts in Round 2

White

• 302 posts
• 7 participants
• 43.14 posts per capita
• 12.58 posts per hour
• Round 2 MVP: Dovienya el'Korim with 81 posts; 26.82% of White posts in Round 2

Round 3

Total posts: 3354
Total posts per hour: 159.71
Total participants: 39
Total posts per capita: 86

Special Awesomeness

• Round MVP (highest post count): Lyndo Shiranui (448)
• Posters with >50% contribution to their team: Ilverin Matriam (69.44%)
• Highest per capita: Novices/Recruits (157.375)
• Most participants: Brown Ajah (17)
• Highest post count (group): Brown Ajah (1689)
• Post count twinsies:
  • 44 posts: Jocasta Braithe and Lokadien Vianharl
  • 31 posts: Madhar al'Thera and Dravid ter'Mand
  • 4 posts: Reniel Killan and Atarah al'Norahn
  • 2 posts: Yarrow Al'Vare, Calen Velervron, and Valorian Edoras

Match Numbers

VC vs. Gray

• 19.33 posts per hour
• 406 total posts

Brown vs. Novices/Recruits

• 140.38 posts per hour
• 2948 total posts

Group Numbers

Brown

• 2948 posts
• 17 participants
• 99.35 posts per capita
• 80.43 posts per hour
• Round 3 MVP: Loraella Melodie with 400 posts; 23.68% of Brown posts in Round 3

Gray

• 144 posts
• 2 participants
• 72 posts per capita
• 6.86 posts per hour
• Round 3 MVP: Ilverin Matriam with 100 posts; 69.44% of Gray posts in Round 3

Novices/Recruits

• 1259 posts
• 8 participants
• 157.375 posts per capita
• 59.95 posts per hour
• Round 3 MVP: Lyndo Shiranui with 448 posts; 35.58% of Novice/Recruit posts in Round 3

VC

• 262 posts
• 12 participants
• 21.83 posts per capita
• 12.48 posts per hour
• Round 3 MVP: Cieon Maralyn with 59 posts; 22.52% of VC posts in Round 3

Round 4

Total posts: 13,987
Total posts per hour: 585.16 (9.75 posts per MINUTE)
Total participants: 35
Total posts per capita: 401.25
Total pages: 700! Making this round of the Spamathon, the current record of most posts!

Special Awesomeness

• Special awesomeness:
• Round MVP (highest post count): Elanda Tonil (1573)
• Highest per capita: Val'Cueran (421.47)
• Most participants: Brown Ajah (20 this is the highest participant count ever!)
• Prettiest Posts per hour ratio: Elia LePhant (15)
• Dedication: Valorian Edoras ended the Spamathon with a post count 646.8% higher than he started it with! (47 - 304 posts!)
• Over 1,000 posts: Elanda Tonil (1573), Tallan Daar (1140), Alor Sionn (1113), and Loraella Melodie (1028)
• Elanda Tonil finished the round with an hourly posting rate of just over 65.54, which is just over one post per minute of the Spamathon round!

Match Numbers

VC vs. Brown

• 13,987 posts
• 585.16 posts per hour

Group Numbers

Brown

• 7693 posts
• 20 Participants
• 386.1 posts per capita
• 321.75 posts per hour
• Round 4 MVP: Tallan Daar with 1140 posts; 14.76% of Brown posts in Round 4

VC

• 6294 posts
• 15 participants
• 421.47 posts per capita
• 263.42 posts per hour
• Round 4 MVP: Elanda Tonil with 1573 posts; 24.88% of VC posts in Round 4