Post by Repede on Sept 29, 2015 4:42:32 GMT
Good morning, fellow Grunts and Admins! I've come up with a skeleton of an idea for next year, and I care to share it with my fellow Rockets, to see what everyone thinks. I am open to any and all criticism on this one, anything from "It would work if we try this" to "Shut up Ian you're an idiot." Go nuts!
I took a page from the autobiography of legendary shock-rocker Alice Cooper, and came up with an idea for a "Team Rocket GO Hideout", to be hosted Halloween 2016. The idea requires a little too much preparation and legislation for this year's holiday, so I'm planning for next.
TRGH will be, in essence, a maze with a bit of a haunted house flair (And no, not Team Flare, those guys suck). An entrance fee of roughly 5 dollars will be charged for every would be challenger, with every dollar earned by the organization being donated to a local charity. For something of this scale, I would even consider contacting that charity ahead of time, and see if they have any suggestions on how to receive these donations. The maze within would be constructed of simple standing cardboard cutouts, or something comparable, I am open to suggestions on this front. It needs to be reasonably priced for us, since we will be paying out of pocket, but it also must be completely safe for all of our attending trainers.
Within the maze, they will find everything one would expect from a Team Rocket Hideout, minus those really cool spinny transporter things. I don't know if I have access to such hilarious technology. Jokes aside, hidden down the various arms of the maze, you may encounter a Rocket Grunt waiting to fight you (all of our Rockets on the inside will be using RU caliber teams, UU at best), and you must defeat the Grunt to gain one of two passwords to the Boss' Chamber. Other arms might have buckets filled with various pieces of TRG swag, such as pins, pens, shirts, notebooks, etc. And of course, stealing an idea from Rebekah Berg (SORRY D:) we could print up some Key Cards or something that might have a code to get a free Pokemon from GO, if that is applicable.
Now, as much as I would love to meet Lord Giovanni Sakaki in person, I think it is an unreasonable request to have him fly out whenever we host an event like this. As such, in the event that our chief is unavailable, he himself shall appoint an "Acting Boss", a pseudo-chief, to stand guard in the final room, and present the last challenge to aspiring trainers. In a perfect world, there would probably be five or so Acting Bosses in each hideout, simply so we don't get a line of people out the door waiting to exit.
I haven't quite figured out how to add the horror flair that is required of a haunted house style event. For legal reasons, I would hesitate to put video screens with exploding Voltorbs, or various frightening-looking Pokemon jumping out at you. But we could utilize a clever combination of fog machines, strobe lights, and whatever silly endeavors I can get from Target with my employee discount : D But seriouisly, this is one area my mind has not reached too well. I'm not a frequent visitor of haunted houses, so any of you whom might have suggestions, I am all ears.
Important research that still has to be done for such an idea:
Legality: What do we need to do to host such an event, and how can we secure money for a charity without profiting ourselves in a way that will be visible to anyone looking in from the outside?
Safety: What can we make the walls out of that won't collapse?
Haunted Elements: Yep.
Acting Bosses: Who you gonna call?
Life's Biggest Question: How many licks does it take to get to the tootsie-roll center of a tootsie-pop?
/done advertising
I took a page from the autobiography of legendary shock-rocker Alice Cooper, and came up with an idea for a "Team Rocket GO Hideout", to be hosted Halloween 2016. The idea requires a little too much preparation and legislation for this year's holiday, so I'm planning for next.
TRGH will be, in essence, a maze with a bit of a haunted house flair (And no, not Team Flare, those guys suck). An entrance fee of roughly 5 dollars will be charged for every would be challenger, with every dollar earned by the organization being donated to a local charity. For something of this scale, I would even consider contacting that charity ahead of time, and see if they have any suggestions on how to receive these donations. The maze within would be constructed of simple standing cardboard cutouts, or something comparable, I am open to suggestions on this front. It needs to be reasonably priced for us, since we will be paying out of pocket, but it also must be completely safe for all of our attending trainers.
Within the maze, they will find everything one would expect from a Team Rocket Hideout, minus those really cool spinny transporter things. I don't know if I have access to such hilarious technology. Jokes aside, hidden down the various arms of the maze, you may encounter a Rocket Grunt waiting to fight you (all of our Rockets on the inside will be using RU caliber teams, UU at best), and you must defeat the Grunt to gain one of two passwords to the Boss' Chamber. Other arms might have buckets filled with various pieces of TRG swag, such as pins, pens, shirts, notebooks, etc. And of course, stealing an idea from Rebekah Berg (SORRY D:) we could print up some Key Cards or something that might have a code to get a free Pokemon from GO, if that is applicable.
Now, as much as I would love to meet Lord Giovanni Sakaki in person, I think it is an unreasonable request to have him fly out whenever we host an event like this. As such, in the event that our chief is unavailable, he himself shall appoint an "Acting Boss", a pseudo-chief, to stand guard in the final room, and present the last challenge to aspiring trainers. In a perfect world, there would probably be five or so Acting Bosses in each hideout, simply so we don't get a line of people out the door waiting to exit.
I haven't quite figured out how to add the horror flair that is required of a haunted house style event. For legal reasons, I would hesitate to put video screens with exploding Voltorbs, or various frightening-looking Pokemon jumping out at you. But we could utilize a clever combination of fog machines, strobe lights, and whatever silly endeavors I can get from Target with my employee discount : D But seriouisly, this is one area my mind has not reached too well. I'm not a frequent visitor of haunted houses, so any of you whom might have suggestions, I am all ears.
Important research that still has to be done for such an idea:
Legality: What do we need to do to host such an event, and how can we secure money for a charity without profiting ourselves in a way that will be visible to anyone looking in from the outside?
Safety: What can we make the walls out of that won't collapse?
Haunted Elements: Yep.
Acting Bosses: Who you gonna call?
Life's Biggest Question: How many licks does it take to get to the tootsie-roll center of a tootsie-pop?
/done advertising