The Hope Hunts + Race benefitting the Relay for Life

The Hope Hunt + Race For a Cure

The All-Stars present The Hope Hunt to benefit Relay for Life. This is a two week hunt + race beginning June 21, 2009 and ending July 4, 2009. ALL PROCEEDS GO TO RELAY FOR LIFE.

Each and every one of us at one time or another has been touched by cancer. It has destroyed so many lives and Relay for Life enables our Avatars to participate in defeating this enemy. We want to stamp cancer out of our lives now and forever. With hunts being so popular in Second Life, there is no better way to spread cancer awareness across the grid; it will also spread this awareness to each and every avatar's real life as well.

The All-Stars are aware that most hunts in Second Life don't charge an entry fee. However, this is for Relay for Life and all proceeds go to Relay for Life. The Hope Hunt + Race will feature a yellow prim rose that represents "hope" for a cure. You will be able to purchase one, two, five -- well, the number is up to you, because there is no maximum amount. All purchases of the "Hope" Yellow Rose will be purchased via a Relay for Life Vendor and the L$ will go directly to the American Cancer Society.

Not only is this a hunt, it's also a race. There will be a "leader board" at the starting point, and daily updates will be posted on the website to track who is in the lead for finding the most "Hope" roses. We encourage you to put out many "Hope" roses. In fact, the more "Hope" roses you put out, the longer an Avatar will stay in your sim/store and the more they will see -- generating more traffic for a longer period and giving Avatars a better impression of your store.

We ask that there be at least some "swag" awarded from your batch of "Hope" roses -- although there is no need for every rose to have "swag" unless you so desire. Remember, because this is a race as well as a hunt, the number of roses is just as important as the "swag" that is offered. The choice of how much you award the Avatars finding "Hope" roses on your sim is up to you. The theme is hope and race and cancer awareness -- perhaps you can give something away that represents that theme. And please remember the guys as well as the gals when choosing something as "swag" to give out. (We do ask that all prizes contain no offensive material such as nudity or sexually oriented items. This is required to be in compliance with the guidelines of Relay for Life.)

Here's a special bonus. First, each "Hope" rose allows you to set it up before it is registered in the database. The "Hope" roses are no-mod and no-c0py, but they are scripted to allow you to work with the inventory -- adding your give-away items, checking to see what you have placed in the rose, and even deleting items that you have included by accident. Once the rose is ready, you click a button on the menu to register the rose with the database -- and then it will become invisible until the hunt begins (at 9:00 a.m. on June 21). So you don't have to do all of the set-up the evening before the hunt begins!

Even better ... when the hunt/race is over (on July 5) ... the prims will delete themselves! There is no clean-up required! So place all the "Hope" roses you want and don't worry about having to delete them all later! Wouldn't it be nice if RL worked that way?

This hunt/race is database driven. Once a "Hope" rose is registered with the database, it will track all of the Avatars who click on it. When it is touched, it will check to see whether that Avatar has clicked that rose before. If not, the Avatar will receive any "swag" you have included; they will also receive a message telling them how many more "Hope" roses remain to be found in your sim. Suppose you have hidden 20 "Hope" roses; when an Avatar finds the first one, they will receive a message telling them that there are 19 more roses to be found before they leave your sim.

In order for this to work, you do need to purchase the "Hope" roses from a vendor (proceeds go directly to Relay for Life), register as a participating merchant, and register the "Hope" roses when they are rezzed on your sim. Obviously, the database will be off if a rose is taken or deleted after it has been rezzed -- but the set-up routine is very flexible.

We want the Hope Hunt + Race to be fun, so please hide at least one "Hope" rose with a little difficulty -- but please do not hide all of them with difficulty. We suggest a tiered system, 1/3 easy, 1/3 fairly easy and 1/3 medium difficulty, and just one a little tricky :). The goal is to keep Avatars hungry for the hunt but not frustrate them to no end. It is a hunt for "Hope" first and then a race. We also respectfully request that you do not reveal where your "Hope" roses are placed in fairness to this game, the avatars participating, both merchants and hunters, and to the anonymous donor of the prize money, who put up the L$ in memorial of a loved who lost the battle to cancer for the race portion of the hunt.

This brings me to the Race portion of this hunt. There will be a monetary linden prize that will be awarded for the most found at the end of the two week period. The Hope Hunt officially starts on June 21, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. SLT and ends on July 4, 2009 at 11:59 p.m. SLT. 1st place will have BRAGGING rights as well as receiving L$45,000; 2nd place will receive L$25,000 and 3rd place will receive L$10,000. (In the event of a tie, winnings will be divided equally among those who are tied.) There will be a leader board at the All-Stars headquarters, and daily updates will be provided on the website as well.

The starting point for the Hope Hunt + Race will begin at the All-Stars Headquarters. Depending on the number of participating merchants, there will be "Hope" roses at the All-Star Headquarters to send avatars to several different points to start the Hope Hunt + Race. All teleports to new sims thereafter will be determined randomly; however, the participating merchants' SLURLs will be posted on the website so anyone can go down the list to easily choose a starting point or continue where they left off.

There is no limit to the number of merchants who participate in this hunt. However, in order for the database to be set up, the cut-off date for applications will be June 3, 2009 11:59 p.m. SLT. The "Hope" roses will be available for purchase at the All-Stars Headquarters on June 14, 2009, if not before.

The All-Stars team has made every attempt to cover every issue concerning this hunt to be fair and in accordance with Relay for Life - The American Cancer Society rules and regulations. We sincerely hope that there will be no issues during this hunt, but will try to accommodate every issue that could arise.

If you would like to help promote cancer awareness and contribute toward the cure of cancer in our lifetime by participating in the Hope Hunt + Race to benefit the Relay for Life-American Cancer Society and promote your business in Second Life, please fill out the enclosed invitation and submit your application to Sidda Jubilee no later than June 3, 2009.

Sincerely,The All-Stars Relay for Life Team