Serpents Rise To The Top
Feature
Written by Serpentella
Edited by MakkChi
Feature
Written by Serpentella
Edited by MakkChi
Hello lovely readers, and welcome to this issue of the Daily Diviner! I hope you’re all doing well on this splendid Sunday. We’ve had a busy month and an even more eventful house cup quarter! I’d like to give a huge congratulations to the Serpents on their incredible win!
Over the past four months, the houses have battled it out in classes, tournaments, and daily activities to earn points for the cup. The cup wrapped up around the end of March after this fierce inter-house competition. The final standings showed Honeybadgers ending in fourth with 17,788 points and Griffins in third with 18,024 points. Ravens, who were ahead for most of the competition, fell in second place with 25,353 points, just behind the Serpents’ 26,797 points.
A grand celebration was held to honor the winners of this quarter’s house cup competition. If you’re interested in visiting the exciting celebration location, speak to the NPC named House Cup Celebration outside of the Great Hall! Once you interact with this NPC- which displays the skin of Deniz, the Head of Serpents- you will be whisked away to a magical forest with the NPCs of Serpent staff and team members to welcome you. Serpent players’ accomplishments are highlighted alongside booths that sell Serpent-themed celebratory items. A highlight of this stock is the Serpent Toy (snake plushie), which happens to be one of my personal favorites! In addition to this item, heads, flares, and banners are for sale. Non-Serpents fear not! All players have the opportunity to collect these magnificent rewards.
To get some extra insight into this incredible mini-event, I decided to talk to Sunnya, the Serpent-themed festivities’ primary builder. Let’s hear what she has to say about this past quarter and the current celebration!
What is your favorite thing about being a Serpent?
“My favorite thing about being a Serpent is the people. Ever since becoming active on the server in 2016, Serpents have always been a group of fun and unique people. Not to mention, they seemed really cool. That aside, everyone in Serpents is really interesting and I've never had a dull conversation with a Serpent as they're all so passionate about their interests.”
In what ways do you think the traits of the Serpent house have contributed to your win this quarter?
“Being a Serpent means never backing down from your goals. With Ravens winning so much, we all really were determined to break their streak. To get this victory we did all we could to get points from classes, taskboards, and by even recruiting more members.”
The Serpent House Cup Celebration you created for the win has been a hotspot recently! What was your inspiration behind the build?
“I'm really happy to hear that it's a hotspot and that people liked it. It took a lot of time for me to build and set up, but I really enjoyed it and I'm proud of the end result. For the build itself, I got my inspiration from a variety of places such as house specific moodboards on Google and Pinterest. All in all though, the one thing I was set on from the very beginning was adding a large snake. I thought it could look really cool and so made the terrain with that specifically in mind.”
What is your favorite part of the celebration build?
“Aside from the two snakes, I love the Serpent statistics that are included around the build. As a player I always wondered how a house could ever get that many house points. Plus it really puts everything into perspective. Each Serpent played a part to win the House Cup and we wouldn't have won if it wasn't for all of our work collectively.”
Do you have any words of encouragement for the Serpents to motivate them for the upcoming cup?
“Yes, of course! While we may have just won this quarter's House Cup, there is definitely an opportunity for us to win again. To do so we must remain together as a house and work hard. It may be daunting, but I know we can do it. Plus, we get to have everyone see how cool we are again! We definitely shouldn't lose another opportunity to do that now should we?”
Once again, I’d like to congratulate the Serpents on their win this quarter! The collective drive and dedication to the competition shown over the past four months are outstanding, and I’d like to highlight this well-deserved victory. If you have time, I recommend checking out the in-game celebration! Sunnya did a superb job creating this fun location; I’d like to thank her for working on the house cup celebration and participating in our interview today. Finally, I’d like to thank all of you for reading this issue of the Daily Diviner! I hope you all have a lovely day.