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# Toolbox 2021 map & charity brainstorming

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## Some questions to think about

I've gone ahead and tossed some questions down below that we should begin to consider for the design of the event.

### Theme

Spooky decaying mansion that some force placed a perfect thunderdome arena inside of.

#### Map Design Ideas
- Victorian Mansion/Haunted House
- Traps, hidden doors, pressure plates that trigger tame scares, Mr Bones
- Spooky toolbox arenas (15 x 8) - 12 arenas
- 3 z levels: bottom one is crypt (where the losers bracket goes). Middle Z contains all core map parts (Arena, Spawns, etc)
- foyer, garden, greenhouse, ballroom, bedrooms, kitchen, wine cellar, bar, library/study, trophy room, dining room, theatre, rec room, Mad scientist labroratry

### Charity Options

We should discuss which charities/causes we may want to support this year. Is there anything in particular that anyone feels strongly about?

We could select a few and put them to a player poll to narrow it down? (the results of which are private) Historically Extra Life has been given to the most. Something to consider also is their offerings of a "donation drive" type community feature, or https://tiltify.com/ compatibility.
1. Médecins Sans Frontières - Doctors Without Borders (Healthcare)
2. IRC (International Rescue Committee)
3. CJD Foundation (Prion Diseases)
4. Extra Life (Children's Hospitals)
5. Child's Play (like Extra Life, but toy and game focus)
6. EFF (Digital Privacy)

## Lessons from the GameShow Event
* Centcom IDs. If players get them it's not great. Perhaps have special equipment with fake IDs for use as event runner avatars.
* Create Command Report names needed to be changed everytime or they were just "Central Command Update". The default option should be themed to the event, and could even use a new custom announcement sound.
* ASCII & Long copy pastas in OOC. Perhaps place stricter character/length limitations on some of the chat and even supress cross server messages.