Nu Vibez and Roleplay Guide Magazine - December 2015 | Page 58

NVM: Great prizes are not all that makes this year’s bash the best is it? Tell us about some other things visitors are going to get when they come to the Bash? RN: Well as the great prizes, we require all the patrons to actually listen to the DJ’s music during the course of the event. The hand select each DJ due to their personality on mic. Great music is one thing, but it’s the randomness of each DJ that makes them unique. NVM: Now you guys are on record for saying the following when it comes to giving out prizes. Take a look below and elaborate further on how you came to this conclusion. 58 NU VIBEZ & ROLEPLAY GUIDE MAGAZINE “We have very strict rules for winning prizes. Having been a clothing designer in the past and sponsoring events, I felt the sponsor never really did get their worth from the sponsorship deal. We require all those who attend the event to be listening to the music stream. Via the music stream we will randomly play a special sound byte/clip the listeners have to listen for and when they hear it they are required to message our prize giver. If people message early or spam message the prize giver those avi’s get disqualified for that round and eventually get removed if it continues.” “Nothing worse than a sim full of mindless zombies expecting free prizes for doing nothing. We make them work for it. During the course of the event we also have radio adverts to advertise the sponsors along with gestures we provide our hosts with the sponsors name and what they sell. “ CN/RN: We have been to many events where prizes are just handed over to people whom are AFK and are there just to win a prize or lindens. We do not feel it is beneficial to any sponsor to be handing out free stuff to anyone without being acknowledged for their work. There are so many designers/creators in here that this is their passion and some it may even be their real life job. We feel that people often look past the talent, knowledge and time spent that our designers/creators have in order to bring out a product. We do not believe that someone