Easter Day Event 2011

The Easter 2011 event started on April 18, 2011

Overview
Diedrich and the Easter Bunny are in a full-on Easter egg finding feud, and each of them wanted Gaians help. There were hidden eggs around Gaia, some easier to find than others. Gaians who scooped up eggs for their team--won Diedrich and Easter Bunny items--by poking around.

Event Beginning
As soon as Gaians signed on to the site they were introduced to the event by receiving a Gaia Achievements badge as well as a hidden bunny.

Mini-Comics
Bunnyfire of the Vanities (Easter 2011: Bunnyfire of the Vanities) Diedrich Everlasting (Easter 2011: Diedrich Everlasting)
 * Apr 18
 * Apr 19

Event Happenings
Event soft launch Event begins Wing Sticker The battle for Easter supremacy rages on!
 * Apr 18
 * Apr 18
 * Apr 18
 * Apr 22

Gameplay

 * This event involved doing various task to collect little bunnies, which would then accumulate around the avatar. Collecting 40 bunnies would reward Gaians with three Gaia Achievement badges and a simplified item version of the bunnies.
 * The egg hunting event involved Gaians choosing a side to collect eggs for, the amount of eggs resulted in two reward items from the team leader.

Current Status

Misc Text

 * General Error
 * You can only collect 1 thing at a time! (Please single click when collecting.)
 * Click here to return

Team leader Quotes
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[NPC] Diedrich
Did you know you've collected 1 Easter Egg?

It's a verifiable fact! But I need 49 more Eggs before I can give you this big special super-secret prize!

Did you know you've collected 50 Easter Eggs?

It's a true fact the Easter Bunny is neither a bunny nor easter! To prove it, you need to help gather more eggs than that pretender's followers! 50 is good but 200 is better! If I collect more eggs than the Easter Bunny everyone that helped me will receive an additional, special prize! Go do it! Bye! Adios! Toodle-oo!

Did you know you've collected 51 Easter Eggs?

It's a verifiable fact! But I need 149 more Eggs before I can give you this big special super-secret prize!

Did you know you've collected 200 Easter Eggs?

Did you know that by collecting 200 eggs for me, you have earned your place in the Grunny Pantheon of Amazitude on Mount Olympus? This is wonderful, but I need more help! Recruit your friends, because The Rabbot's followers have already collected 00000 more eggs than me! Did you know that if our side wins, we get a super secret exclusive prize that the other side doesn't?

Did you know you've collected 201 Easter Eggs?

It's a verifiable fact! I already gave you my glasses and suit, but for the firstest time ever, this isn't goodbye! Keep finding more eggs, and when I beat the Robobunny, we'll win a super secret awesome prize!

[NPC] Easter Bunny
'Your proficiency in acquisition has been noted: 1 Easter Egg!

The grunny won't even know what hit him. I require 49 further Eggs before I reward your loyalty.

Your proficiency in acquisition has been noted: 50 Easter Eggs!

Harvest 150 more eggs; 200 in total and you shall be rewarded commensurately. Additionally, should you help me collect more eggs than the foul grunny Diedrich, our side will be rewarded an additional, special prize.

Your proficiency in acquisition has been noted: 51 Easter Eggs!

The grunny won't even know what hit him. I require 149 further Eggs before I reward your loyalty.

Your proficiency in acquisition has been noted: 200 Easter Eggs!

Your talents are overwhelming; my joy matrix has short-circuited in acknowledgement of you fetching 200 eggs. Now, your array of associates must be contacted to help. I must collect more eggs than Diedrich, and he has collected 00000 more eggs. We shall receive an additional reward only if I collect the most! An exclusive prize to lord over the losing side, who shall receive nothing!

Your proficiency in acquisition has been noted: 201 Easter Eggs!

The grunny won't even know what hit him. I shall not reward you for any further eggs you collect, but they will count toward my final total; should I obtain more eggs at the end, your reward will be tremendous. }}

Event items: Gaia Easter
Collect 40 bunnies
 * Bunnepidemic - CONTAIN THE OUTBREAK!

Collect 50 eggs
 * Easter 2K11 Diedrich's Lab Glasses - Did you know that not wearing glasses in the lab can lead to severe cases of ocular combustion! / well.... / Goodbye now!
 * Easter 2k11 Robotic Bunny Ears - Warning: For indoor or outdoor use only.

Collect 150 eggs - total of 200
 * Easter 2k11 Diedrich Professor Suit - Suit does not guarantee to make you any smarter.
 * Easter 2k11 E-Corp Lab Coat - Join the ranks of the E-Corp elite with this sharp yet oddly fluffy lab coat.

Glitches & Problems

 * One of the forty-four bunnies (the Fashion bunny) was invisible for 3 days due to a minor link error.
 * From April 20th onward there were reports of a slight miss count of eggs. When an egg was collected the total on the reward page would show one less egg compared to the event forum banner, it usually took another egg to have the real total which was likely the reward page total.

Dev Alerts
Easter 2011
 * Apr 18

Launch in progress. The event will be rolling out slowly, look for the announcement to know when roll-out is complete.

Easter 2011
 * Apr 18

The Easter event launch is currently in progress. Launch will be complete once the announcement goes out.

Currently Disabled
 * 1) Side Choosing
 * 2) Scavenger Hunt
 * 3) Wing Stickers

Currently the bunny hunt is active, you can't actually see them, making them a bugger to find. They are granted by visiting different areas of the site, work with other users to figure out what those areas are!

The Easter event has launched!
 * Apr 18

For collecting bunnies, you can't actually see them, making them a bugger to find. They are granted by visiting different areas of the site, work with other users to figure out what those areas are!

Barring any site issues, the event is scheduled to run until Monday April 25.

Trivia

 * Originally the idea for the event did not include the robo Easter Bunny, as Gaia Staff believed him to be an unpopular character among Gaians. However, a fan thread and suggestions convinced staff enough to incorporate him into the event. It is unknown how the original event would have gone if not for Gaian influence.
 * This is the fifth time for the Quote Transmitted Disease to appear. The bunnies collected would accumulate around the avatar, the bunnies would also shift positions every time the page was refreshed.
 * The Easter Eggs were the themed of which ever team was chosen. And this is the first Easter event to have the eggs appear near the top of a forum or thread, instead of appearing scatted around in any direction. Having the eggs near the top was an attempt to prevent fake egg scamming.
 * The maximum amount of Eggs that could be collected on both teams was 255.

See also & External links

 * Gaia Forum: Easter 2011
 * Announcement: Easter 2011: Choose Your Side!
 * Announcement: Easter 2011: The Battle Rages On!'
 * Announcement (Thread): Easter 2011
 * Gaia Marketplace: 2k11 Easter

Note: The links are only here for history purposes, the pages may or may not be available upon being clicked.
 * Gaia Page: Diedrich
 * Gaia Page: E-Corp