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Moonshade Gaming's avatar

In one of the other Just About communities I recall seeing a "Be the first to ___" challenge, and I think an event like that could be implemented in Elite fairly easily.

With the upcoming release of the Pathfinder update, there is going to be a community push to colonize systems. The first CMDR to get a system colonized with, say, both a orbital station and a ground port deserves to be recognized and rewarded for their effort.

As far as verification goes, screenshots of the purchase and placement of the claim beacon, arrival of the first carrier, and completion of each port, accompanied by screenshots of the system architect UI to show your ownership should be sufficient. Obviously some of the specifics do still need to wait for the release of Pathfinders (or at least for the Elite Partners to share their test server footage) for us to know what exactly can be pulled to use as proof.

Additionally, there could be separate categories; one for CMDRs that work mostly on their own, and another for CMDRs backed by a squadron. For a CMDR colonizing a system [mostly] on their own, screenshots of the starting material requirements and screenshots of their deliveries showing that they bought and delivered at least 75%+ of the materials would be sufficient proof (can't exactly stop space truckers from randomly pitching in should they feel so inclined). A CMDR working with their squadron should still be moving a sizable portion of the materials, let's say 30%.

I imagine there would likely be several more considerations to make, but as a framework, I believe this has merit for an upcoming challenge.

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Just About: Elite Dangerous has had a few kayfabe/in-universe bounties, but I've got an idea for one that goes just a bit bigger: Record a vlog from the cockpit. My general frame of reference for this is LoadingReadyRun co-founder Graham Stark, but obviously different folks will have a different touchstone. Regardless though, the general idea is the same: a roughly 10-20 minute video showing off your commander's exploits. It could be a montage of your day doing some mining, maybe a cops-style docu-drama about hunting pirates, or maybe talking galactic politics while you fly a trade route. You could have some fun with the framing too, is this what your average day-to-day looks like, or is the stuff that's happening in the footage out of the ordinary? Everything has a story, and you're in control of what this one is and how you decide to tell it.

This could be a fun way to show some creativity and encourage a bit of role play while also actually exhibiting some of the different ways we all play the game.

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Challenge : David versus Goliath

Description : show 1 or more battle against Threat 6 or higher opponents using one of the following ships: Sidewinder -Eagle - Viper Mk3 - Imperial Eagle or Cobra Mk3 at Live or video the ship build is up to the player. and it is also permitted to use the aforementioned engineered vessels

Players will have to make a live or video, showing the fight with the described ships facing opponents marked with Threat 6 or higher (only the Bounties are valid), the build of the ships will be described by the participants, the aim is to accept bounties with Threat 6 and above and complete it using one of the ships indicated above, if one is good he can do it.

furthermore and the player will also have to show his build at the end of the fight and show how he built his ship.

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Dark Souls of the Elite Dangerous

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create a video review of the game Elite Dangerous lasting a maximum of 10 minutes in which you review the game in all its aspects, from the graphics, to the animations and combat, exploration and contents offered, assigning a rating from 1 to 10 at the end

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