[2019] HUNT MARAUDERS, WIN DOUBLOONS - Marauder Bounty Event

Marauders have escaped!

With this exciting event, lasting from July 19th to 21st, comes 300 Marauders who will pillage across the seas of World of Warships after escaping the Rogue Wave mode.

Track down a Marauder and sink their ship to be rewarded with prizes! 300 players will be behind Marauders Accounts named "Event_Marauder_xxx"

They will introduce themselves with a message of:
“Avast! A Marauder has escaped from Rogue Wave into battle, kill me for special prizes (TKing doesn't count)"

Simply destroy their ship and you will be rewarded with:

100 Doubloons


5x "Post-Apocalyptic" camo


10x of the following signal flags:

Papa Papa


Zulu Hotel


Zulu


Equal Speed Charlie London


India Bravo Terrathree

1x Pirate Hunter event flag

Kills will be automatically logged and rewards distributed at the end of each game.

The Marauders will be pillaging around all weekend, however they will be constrained into special tiers at these times:

Rules:

Only attack in Random Battles! - This means no Co-Op, Training Room, Arms Race, Clan Battles, Ranked


Marauders will announce themselves at the start of the battle with this gobbling:

“Avast! A Marauder has escaped from Rogue Wave into battle, kill me for special prizes (TKing doesn't count)”


If there is multiple Marauders are in a game, the announcement only needs to be made once

Marauders are allowed to division with ONLY ONE other Marauder


Marauders will not play CVs


Marauders will not organize organize sync/countdown together


Marauders will adhere to playing designated tiers at designated times. Playing the wrong ship during these times will result in a warning


Marauders should only engage with another Marauders if it is critical to winning the game.

This does not mean attacking them at the start as they are a perceived threat.


If it is possible for a teammate to kill the Marauders allow them to.


Marauders will not be credited for killing other Marauders.

Applicants will have their game record checked for any serious infringements and frequency of activity before being selected as a Marauders


Marauders found breaking any rules will be given one warning before being removed from the event


Marauders that are removed from the event will be illegible to participate in future bounty event


Games played outside the designated time will not contribute to the Average Game count.

Speaking of Marauders we need some!

We're looking for players to help fill out our Maraduers Roster for the weekend.

You do not have to be available for all play sessions, however the greater your availability, the better!

You will be provided an account to play on for the event with all the ships, signals and commanders you need.

List of Marauders:

As you can see, we still need some more Marauders to fill the ranks after our initial selections. Please reply to this thread before Friday 12pm CT to be considered in wave 2!

The more Mischief the more Rewards!

While being a Marauders alone is a great honor, we've added some prizes to help motivate our Marauders:

Base Prize: Play Minimum 10 Games and receive: 3 days premium and Pirate Hunter Event Flag.

Major Participant Prize: Based off an overall average of games played by Marauders Participants - Work together for everyone to earn more:

Base Prize: Play Minimum 10 Games and receive: 3 days premium and Event Flag.

Major Participant Prize: Based off an overall average of games played by Participants:

25 Average Battles Of Marauders: 500 Doubloons


35 Average Battles Of Marauders: 50x Post-Apocalyptic Camos, 1 Rogue Wave Container and Previous Tier Rewards


40 Average Battles Of Marauders: 25,000 Coal, 1 Rogue Wave Container and Previous Tiers Rewards


45 Average Battles Of Marauders: 100 x Meritorious Camos, 1 Rogue Wave Container and Previous Tier Rewards

Average Battles Of Marauders = Total of Battles (Excluding those who did not play a minimum of 10)

Total Number of Marauders (Excluding those who did not play a minimum of 10)

Read it on the portal

Captains,

The survey issue has been resolved - go forth and apply! (For easy access - https://checkbox.wargaming.net/MaraudersBountySignUp.survey)

Fem,

This event literally cannot be run in Co-Op modes. However please consider that you do get rewards for Stars in operations that are not available to those who only play Random modes.

Some events go for all modes, others for one mode, there will be other opportunities to get rewards if you a PvE player. If you haven’t previously, make sure you check out the weekly forum contests found: https://forum.worldofwarships.com/forum/315-contests-and-competitions/

Fem,

Event waves come and go, this year alone we’ve had the Fly Strike Win event that was CV based and Victory event that was BB based. Of course Rogue wave is optional content in which you do not have to partake in if you are not interested.

In regards to this event in particular; the discord is just for those that are randomly selected to use the event accounts and become the Marauders. We need an instantaneous method of talking to all event account participants at once for coordination and Discord allows the easiest way of doing this. You do not however need voice communications, all information is available on text.

Participants are predominantly selected randomly (CCs/Privateers/STs do have a small amount of priority, also qualified individuals who can act as volunteers also get slight favor), but typically over 250 accounts to the general player base. I put every qualified applicants name into a random picker, and start clicking. The team will then verify that there are no infringements on the account, if you pass the check, I PM you an invite. There is however no handpicking of applicants outside of the prior mention stipulations.

Anyone who does not get picked has the fun of going out and finding the Marauders in battle and earning rewards. This event is one of the communities favorites which is why we do run it periodically. Since it’s inception, it has expanded considerable as well as become increasingly automated.

Fem,

It is predominantly a random pick based on who signs up via the survey. If I was picking from the player base at large not everyone would would want to be a participant - that is why we have sign ups!

In regards to discord, voice coms are completely optional. It’s the text channels we use and need our participants to pay attention to.

Fem,

Not yet;

July 17th, after sign ups close, I have to randomly select people, the we need to verify that they have no (recent/major) account infringements before offering them accounts to play.

This process can take a little time which is why the list is released slightly later.

Heyo Captains!

I have released the first wave of commanders; while over 4000 people applied, from the 344 people that were RANDOMLY SELECTED unfortunately I've had less replies than I anticipated from the first wave of selections, from this list:

55 people did not pass account checks.


14 people did not have PMs available.


275 invites sent out

Given this, I am offering a second chance for those active here in the forums to secure an event account; please reply to this thread before Thursday 12 am to be considered within this 2nd chance wave!

(Why am I not pulling more people from this original survey? Since there is very limited turn around time for getting invites and accounts distributed, I need to increase my chance of people on the forums seeing and accepting the invites, if I do not get enough people I will continue to draw from the survey. Account checks will still be done on applicants.)

Remember Captains,

Make sure your forum PMs are turned on as that is how I will be inviting you.

To check it; Go to: https://forum.worldofwarships.com/messenger/ and make sure it does not say disabled.

Fem,

Approximately 4000 people sign up each event, when I do the initial round of selections, I use a random name picker and pick out 300-400 names, which then go through the verification process and invites sent out.

Just because you successfully applied via the survey does not guarantee you a spot in the event as an event account.

This is why I do second chances after the initial invite wave.

Fem,

Alright Captains!

Thanks for the 2nd round of interest.

Account checks will be completed and invites sent out by EOD today until all accounts are filled.

Fem,

Heyo,

I apologize that you do not feel like the process is clear, I have tried to refine this process and be clear on how it works, it is documented as the process proceeds. As another overview:

1 - Initial sign-ups are conducted via the survey which usually stays open for 2-3 days. At the end of the survey it does state if you are selected you will be contacted via forum PM and asks you to check that they are turned on

2 - Survey closes, from the applicants (usually around 4000), I will remove anyone who invalidates themselves; a few things can cause this:

Refusal to use Discord text communications


Refusal to abide by the rules

3 - When I clean out invalid applicants (usually around 1000 get disqualified) I will put the remaining names into a random name picker, and pull out ~350 usernames which form the first wave of invites.

It is not possible to invite everyone, nor is it feasible for us to do the account checks each of these remaining 3000 people as it is a manual process (usually takes us 3-4 hours to do 350 checks).


I do not want to send out more invites than what I have accounts for and leave people out.

4 - We then will check these names for any major game infringements to ensure they are in good standing

5 - After checks are done, I will forum PM those who passed the account checks with an invite to the discord server valid for 36-48 hours (time limit to respond).

6 - When the time limit to respond ends, I post the current list of participants and if there remains accounts, I will offer second chances to apply (usually by replying to the thread again)

I do notate on this post: Why am I not pulling more people from this original survey? Since there is very limited turn around time for getting invites and accounts distributed, I need to increase my chance of people on the forums seeing and accepting the invites, if I do not get enough people I will continue to draw from the survey. Account checks will still be done on applicants.

7 - I then pull everyone's name who replies, and submit them to have their accounts checked for infringements

8 - When the account checks come back, I then forum PM everyone who passed with the 2nd wave of invites

9 - I stop this process when all 300 accounts have been claimed.

Pretty much, so long as you have replied after that post, and before my other post, your name is on the list to be checked and so long as you don't have infringements, you will most likely receive an invite by EOD today.

For you I can confirm you are on the list for account checks (no, I will not share this list publicly).

It is not possible for me to reply to all 4000 applications.

Fem,

Hey Captains,

Some captains are reporting getting Sharks camo instead of the Post-Apocalyptic camo. Our bad! Everyone will be compensated their Post-Apocalyptic camo after the end of the event.

We apologize for this inconvenience and thank you for your patience!

Hey Captains,

Please check this PSA about marauder kill rewards.

Heyo Captains!

Thank you for taking part in the event; for those that are stating there were issues with rewards towards the end of the event; please see the PSA posted here:

For our Marauders;

We're currently waiting on the event data pull to work out what your average games were, once we have this data and confirm your prize, I will update this post.

We have received the data pull, after removing inapplicable game counts the Marauder average was *drum rolls*: 41.1 battles

You will receive the first 3 levels of rewards within the next week or so.

Thank you for another amazing event!

Fem,

For our Marauders;

We have received the data pull, after removing inapplicable game counts the Marauder average was *drum rolls*: 41.1 battles

You will receive the first 3 levels of rewards within the next week or so.

Thank you for another amazing event!

Fem,

Heyo Everyone.

With the confirmation this morning that all Marauder prizes were distributed, and players who missed prizing due to a technical error on our end, compensated.

That brings Marauders Bounty to an end for this season!

Thank you once again to everyone...

Keep an eye on the news for when the next Bounty is announced.

Fem,