Fishing Tournament: May I Fish Too?

May I Fish Too?
Fishing Tournament begins on May Day!
Friday May 1st to Saturday May 9th.

I will be contacting winners to verify fish and distribute prizes.
Hold tight. Will take a few days so have patience as when fishing.
Many thanks.



Over 5 million in prizes!!!
Anyone can enter tournament - no signup required, no entry fee!


(95+ fishing is required to catch a "Big Fish", tis by-catch of a sea serpent which is caught offshore in deep waters)


Post screenshot of catch in this thread.
Big Fish datestamp must be between 5/1/2015 & 5/9/2015
Winning fish will be verified ingame so keep fish until end of tourney and don't mount.
Mounting a fish will remove the datestamp.

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An angler can place only one fish in the biggest slot and only one fish in smallest slot.
(for example- Mr Fisher can win 3rd biggest and 1st smallest, BUT NOT 1st and 5th biggest. Also, a player with multiple fishers can place both Mr Fisher & Ms Fisher in 2nd and 5th place biggest. Point is one angler can not take 1st and 3rd with same fisher but CAN take 1st and 3rd with two different fishers.)
Players can use multiple fishers however fish is ALWAYS credited to the angler (character tagged on fish).
A player can use Mr. Fisher, Ms. Fisher, Fisher Jr. But above applies.

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Fishing Feats: How to win these prizes will not be announced but awarded to the angler who accomplishes a pre-determined feat. For example, there might be a prize for the angler who turns in the 100th fish. The angler who does the pre-determined action will win the prize. I will be submitting a list of these pre-determined feats and prizes to Telamon before the Tournament begins to ensure there isn't a perception of a bias in awarding prizes. My advice is to participate and turn in fish no matter how big or small.

One of the prizes is a full set of ancient message in the bottle scrolls (aMIB)
Learn more about the aMIB system: http://uorforum.com/threads/renaissance-blog-ancient-soss.1709/


There are 11 Fishing Feats in the 11th Tournament.



May I Fish?
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Rules:
* The tournament will be held Friday May 1st, 2015 to Saturday May May 9th, 2015. All fish weighed in must have a datestamp on/between those dates. (Note: datestamp is based on UOR server time, US Central, -5 GMT)
* Prizes will be distributed the following week.
* Fish weighed in will be credited to the angler, not who turns. Anyone can submit fish for any angler. Angler must be present to claim winnings.
* Use as many fishers as you like. Again, fish is credited to angler marked on fish. (some players are using more than one fisher)
* No sign up required! Simply post a screen shot of your catch but keep it for prize reward and... DO NOT MOUNT FISH. Mounting a fish will erase datestamp. Fish will need to be verified ingame to collect your prize. Only fish weight will only be recorded. You keep your catch.
* Anglers tied will split the prizes of the two respective places. For example, Anglers tied for 2nd and 3rd place will split the winnings for 2nd and 3rd place.

Notes on Fishing:
Double-click on a fishing pole, then click on a body of water. If successful, you will catch a fish. You might catch something more interesting than a fish. Success with this skill also depends on the availability of fish in that specific area.
0-65 - On land you will fish up Footwear, Magic Fish, and Normal Fish.
80+ - Sea Serpents (No SoS Message), Special Fishing Nets.
90+ - Treasure Maps 100 - Messages in a Bottle (aka MIB) / Waterstained SoS Message
95+ - You can reel in Big Fish which can be used to make Trophies via Taxidermy Kits.
You can get to 100% fishing on land, but deep sea fishing gives much faster skill gains.
Monsters will never spawn by fishing from land.

Gideon's Grab Bags!!!
Lord Gideon Jura added another pot of prizes!
These will be awarded for accomplishing something....
Something deemed worthy and not predetermined.



1 - Mrs Paul - Jail Bait: http://uorforum.com/threads/fishing-tournament-may-i-fish-too.9825/page-13#post-86068
2 - Zane/Zine/Zone - 21 fish in a roe: http://uorforum.com/threads/fishing-tournament-may-i-fish-too.9825/page-11#post-85874
3 - about six asians - Brightest backpack: http://uorforum.com/threads/fishing-tournament-may-i-fish-too.9825/page-5#post-85341
4 - Millicent - Messiest backpack: http://uorforum.com/threads/fishing-tournament-may-i-fish-too.9825/page-14#post-86366
5 - Romulox - Creating a Fish Camp: http://uorforum.com/threads/fishing-tournament-may-i-fish-too.9825/page-15#post-86457
6 - a rain elemental - 3 consecutive stoners: http://uorforum.com/threads/fishing-tournament-may-i-fish-too.9825/page-10#post-85776
7 - Vintage - 3 consecutive stoners: http://uorforum.com/threads/fishing-tournament-may-i-fish-too.9825/page-10#post-85776
8 - Viking - First forum post, a tournament fish: http://uorforum.com/threads/fishing-tournament-may-i-fish-too.9825/page-15#post-86534
9 - mimic - Fishing from a bridge: http://uorforum.com/threads/fishing-tournament-may-i-fish-too.9825/page-18#post-86716
10 - Rue McClanahan - A good guess for feat: http://uorforum.com/threads/fishing-tournament-may-i-fish-too.9825/page-6#post-85473
11 - Hodor - Fishing from 1 tile: http://uorforum.com/threads/fishing-tournament-may-i-fish-too.9825/page-18#post-86731
12 - LanDarr - One of these things is NOT like the others... http://uorforum.com/threads/fishing-tournament-may-i-fish-too.9825/page-13#post-86133


Many thanks to the generous sponsors and UOR staff
who make these Tourneys possible!
555 Foundation
Bogugh
Gideon Jura
jareth
Random
The Musician
Timbo
Vella
Westra

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Previous tournaments:
May 2013 (600k+): http://uorforum.com/threads/fishing-tournament-may-19th-–-june-1st.1719/
June 2013 (100k+) : http://uorforum.com/threads/weekend-fishing-tournament-–-fri-june-28-to-sun-june-30.1982/
August 2013 (500k+): http://uorforum.com/threads/fishing-tournament-sunday-august-18th-saturday-24th.2417/
October 2013 (650k+): http://uorforum.com/threads/fishing-tournament-saturday-oct-5th-–-saturday-oct-12th.2818/
January 2014 (800k+): http://uorforum.com/threads/fishing-tournament-thur-jan-16th-thru-sun-jan-19th.3698/
March 2014 (60k): http://uorforum.com/threads/fishing-mini-tournament-results-3-22-3-23.4546/
April 2014 (50k): http://uorforum.com/threads/april-26th-fishing-tournament-50k.4874/
May I Fish? - May 2014 (10mil+): http://uorforum.com/threads/may-i-fish.4866/
September 2014 (1mil+): http://uorforum.com/threads/fishing-tournament-sept-12th-14th.6607/
Tournament X - January 2015 (3.75mil+): http://uorforum.com/threads/fishing-tournament-fri-jan-16th-to-sat-jan-24th.7774/

Contact Zyler in IRC or forum PM to submit suggestions, grievances, donations, and/or blubber. As Director, I will not be participating.
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Woohoo! Love these fishing tourneys!

Prepare your boats, hire ye crew the rewards for these tournaments can be quite good! (and surprising)

Ready

Great time for me to be out on the open seas building up my skill! *munches on a truly rare fish*.

Stoked for this!

jus' sayin'

I'm so excited for this...I will even have a batch of essays to grade while I watch my fishers going to town!

Sandals auction has netted over 3mil in bids so with that, plus the gold & item donations in-hand, we are around 4 million in prizes for this tourney

PM me of you want to donate gold/plat or nice high end items
Thanks all

Hype bumpage.

I'm gettin' ready!

Ready to wet a line, can't wait for May!!!

I've worn out some punching bags getting in shape for this tournament.

My typical luck in this scenario is 4x sodden pieces of parchment...!

If people concentrated on the really important things in life...there would be a shortage of fishing poles !

Fishing Team Priest will be Rocking the Sosarian Seas, and it looks like they have their "Game Faces" on!

Team ReZon (aka the Cod Squad) ready for action!

Gonna steal all your boats, fishboys!

I'm ready for this tournament!

Golden Girls, ASSEMBLE!