Congratulations to all 32 challengers who completed Gold Speed Run IV! It was a thrilling event, and I hope everyone enjoyed it as much as I did.
It was the most successful speed run ever in terms of both individual and collective results. The total gold accumulation of 745,369 Gold, or an average of 23,292g per challenger, was quite amazing. Can we hit 1 million gold next time?
Now it’s time for the prizes. I always like to give away something that is useful in game. This time, it’s…
Choppers!
I am awarding a chopper mount… either a Mekgineer’s Chopper for use by an Alliance toon, or a Mechano Hog for the Horde side… to each of our three winners. The mounts will be delivered by character transfers from my speed run server.
The choppers go to…
- Benfrew, winner of the single-faction challenge
- VekTor, runner-up in the both-factions challenge
- SisterOfTorment, special Rookie-of-the-Run award
The first two awards are clear enough. Benfrew not only racked up a convincing win by gold total, he also entertained and informed us all with an outstanding series of commentaries and progress reports. VekTor put aside his own aspirations of ultimate victory to develop and test excellent tools for MGB’ers (his Pipeline and Purchogram add-ons), and to give detailed instructions for playing the speed run to the max… and still came away with a huge gold total and overall 2nd-place finish.
The special award to SisterOfTorment is a “wild-card” prize. I wanted to recognize a challenger who contributed to everyone’s experience of the Speed Run in a big way, and/or who earned “style points” for representing the spirit of the Blueprint method throughout the challenge. There were several strong contenders for this extra award, but in the end I am delighted to recognize SisterOfTorment for her spirited play, her excellent series of progress reports, and great results as an absolute beginner in both MGB and speed run.
… plus Something for Everyone!
I also want to reward everyone who took part in the speed run and completed the full 30 days of the challenge. The whole MGB community learned a lot from your enthusiastic participation and experiences, and you deserve a big thank you from us all.
So: I am awarding full access to the “Realm Run” members’ area to all 32 speed runners. I’m hoping the info in the Realm Run series of videos (on making gold via character transfer arbitrage) may help you towards a useful disposal of all that gold you earned on your speed run server.
Congratulations to everyone!
- Jon