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Revision as of 06:04, 9 October 2009

Purpose

The Flavored Bacon Conspiracy is dedicated to finding Favored Beacon Activities (FBAs) for the purposes of passing the Test of Beacons. As such, membership is generally open to players who have signed up for the Test of Beacons.

The Favored Beacon activity changes roughly once an Egyptian week, but not at the same time as other "weekly" activities, such as thistle requests and ant leaves. The actual time alternates between two settings: 7 Egyptian days (2 days 14hours 40 minutes (or so) 'realtime') and 8 Egyptian days (2 days 22 hours 45 minutes (or so) 'realtime'). This allows us to predict when we can expect FBAs to change and focus efforts on longer 'weeks'.

Once the FBA has been conclusively determined, announcement on public channels will be made.

Favored Beacon Activities

Because Guild chat scrolls as quickly as it does, to minimize redundant testing of possible FBA's, what follows is a checklist of things to try, organized by type. Please note this is not all-inclusive and please feel free to try whatever isn't on the list. Likewise, activities will likely be listed that will never generate a beacon, but since we have so little data to actually go on, it is impossible to eliminate specific entries. When adding activities, please also ensure that the blank template is updated as well, so next week we can test the activity again!

On Testing

You can test anywhere, but if you have access to an unconfirmed number of non-public buildings in the general vicinity (thought to be 30% or more in a 64-coord radius, based on previous Tale data. This may be wild speculation.), you will not attract a beacon, but you should get a message in main with something to the affect of A beacon altar was almost attracted to you, because you did the favored activity in the last hour. However, you own too many of the buildings in this area. You are at home.

If you have summoned a beacon in the previous week or participated in a beacon ritual in the previous day, please do NOT test! You will not be able to summon a beacon, nor will you receive a message if you do perform the FBA for the new week.

Beacons can appear up to one REAL hour after the activity is performed, so keep this in mind when testing.

Potential FBAs

LAST WEEK'S ACTIVITY: DRINKING WINE


Tested for week ending 10/09/09 appx 14:09 GMT
Agriculture, Flowers Tested
Crossbred
Fertilized
Planted
Removed
Agriculture, Grew Tested
Barley
Cabbage x
Carrots x
Cucumbers x
Eggplants
Flax
Garlic x
Herbs
Leeks x
Onions x
Wheat
Agriculture, Other Tested
Beehive, checked x
Beehive, collected honey/wax x
Citrus tree, Mulched
Citrus tree, Gathered honey x
Citrus tree, Gathered fruit x
Fertilized a date tree x
Nicked a tree x
Gathered Tested
Cactus Sap x
Chicken x
Clay x
Coconuts x
Dates x
Egg
Flint
Limestone x
Moss x
Mud x
Mushrooms x
Palm Frond x
Papyrus x
Red Sand
Resin x
Sand x
Sheep, wild x
Silt x
Soda x
Sulfurous Water
Tadpoles
Thorns x
Water x
White Sand
Wood x
Livestock, fed Tested
Beetles
Camels, straw x
Camels, honey
Chickens
Rabbits
Sheep
Snakes x
Livestock, killed Tested
Beetles x
Chickens
Camels x
Sheep in a pen x
Sheep, Wild (successfully) x
Sheep, Wild (failed) x
Snakes x
Rabbits
Skill-based Tested
Carved x
Dowsed x
Fished
Foraged an herb (successfully) x
Foraged an herb (failed) x
Lit a firepit x
Made a stone blade
Mechanics
Mined x
Mounted a fish
Prospected for marble x
Skill-based, Ecology Tested
Acidity, tested for
Heavy metals, tested for
Phosphorous, tested for
Soot, tested for
Structures, Used: General Tested
Acid Bath
Alembic
Anvil
Beer Kettle
Brick rack
Carpentry shop
Casting Box
Charcoal Hearth/Oven
Chest x
Forge
Glazier's Bench
Grain Oven
Kettle x
Kiln x
Malting Tray x
Mason's Bench x
Pigment Laboratory
Pottery Wheel x
Quarry
Raeli Oven
Reactory x
Rock Saw x
Star Rack
Tub
Watermine x
Wood Plane
Structures, Kitchen Activities Tested
Ate a meal
Cooked a meal
Cracked a coconut
Crushed a cabbage x
Crushed seeds into oil x
Made fertilizer
Shredded a carrot x
Structures, Miscellaneous Tested
Drank from an Aqueduct x
Maintained a structure x
Salvaged a structure x
Judged a(n)... Tested
Artwork
Beetle Garden
Empty Hand Puzzle
Mosaic
Pathmaker
Raeli Gliderport (heh)
Venery
Test-Related Tested
Acro, taught facet
Mushroom, eaten from the earth
Shrine, tithed at
Travel Tested
Chariot, Free travel x
Chariot, Regular x
Expedition Travel x
Navigated to a waypoint
Spousewarped x
Wings of Horus
Vintner's Craft Tested
Tended grapes
Crushed grapes
Bottled wine
Drank wine x
Miscellaneous Other Tested
belly danced
poked another player with a sharpened stick x
ate an herb off the ground x
lit a firework
lit a ritual torch
registered as a watcher at a star lab
polished a stone phoenix
meditated at a common altar x
smoked a hookah x
bought Kartal and Sefet some tacos

Blank Template for next week

Historical Tracking

Previous Weeks' FBA