Drop Zone 1

### Participants

GreenHound862, JustCaIIMeBMX, Mama071416, Peculier32, POS princess91, RescueLynn81, Shadowknight610, TinyGambitKing, Willowtree90, XTEZNAA V87

## Chronology

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The Dome Grand Prix 2023

The first ever Drop Zone was held on December 18th, 2022 at 7 PM CST.

## History

The Drop Zone Arena had been an ongoing project since the start of The Nether Colony in July of 2021 and was designed specifically for The Nether Colony due to the massive lava lake surrounding the area. Unfortunately it would need to be relocated when mob proofing proved impossible due to The Nether Colony's unique biome situation.

Since the event was being held in December, the arena was relocated to the Isle of Misfit Oldies since that would be the central focus for that month. A few days before the event, WhiteLikePaste released a video detailing the basic rules and structure of a Drop Zone game. A few days before the event the biome for The Drop Zone Arena was reset to plains when there was an issue with polar bears spawning on the snow layers.

## Event

Heading into the event, there were several questions that could only be answered through the completion of an actual game. WhiteLikePaste was particularly concerned about how the server would handle the lag created by so many floating entities. It was also unclear how fast the game itself would be completed.

To determine teams, two dispensers were placed near the nether portal for the arena. The dispensers were loaded with 10 colored blocks (5 for each team). These blocks were also numbered with room assignments. Unfortunately the initial team selection got mixed up and participants needed to re-draw blocks. The numbering system also wasn't clear to the participants and there was some confusion over the locker rooms.

Black1ightningg was intended to be part of the officiating team for this event, but was unable to make it by the start time. ChozoLegacy1129 stood in as second referee and was assigned to the blue team while WhiteLikePaste was assigned to the red team.

After the bells were rung, the game played out mostly as anticipated. As expected, lag was an issue and the game was stuttering for even those who were just spectating. But overall the gameplay itself went pretty smoothly. During the match participants were reminded to eat as death from falling would prevent them from being able to rejoin the match. The game was completed within a half hour.

### RescueLynn's Rampage

During the event RescuLynn81 shocked everyone by going on a rampage where she proceeded to viscously attack several other oldies with her shovel. Peculier32 was among the first to notice this and made a concious effort to avoid her for the rest of the game. To everyones amazement, she would even start attacking members of her own team and killed Shadowknight610 in the process. During the free for all which followed the event, RescueLynn would go on to kill POS princess91, GreenHound862 and WhiteLikePaste all by bludgeoning them to death with her shovel.

WhiteLikePaste briefly considered disqualifying her from receiving a trophy for the event, but he was worried she would murder him again.

## Aftermath

Following the event there were some discussions about potential ways to combat the lag issues during the game. One suggestions was to have a team in place to collect the falling snow and reduce the number of entities on the field itself. Another issue was the duration of the event. Although the game itself went pretty smoothly, it didn't last as long as WhiteLikePaste had hoped. It's possible changes may be made to extend the event in the future by either by increasing the amount of snow layers or the numbers of layers themselves.