Songkran Festival (Events End / Badge is distributed)

[FielVeredus]

SONGKRAN FESTIVAL

 

What is Songkran Festival ? (Water Festival)

- It is famous Thai Traditional festival that hold every year. Actually it has very long and has many thing to do with Thai/Hindu mythology. Basically for non-Thai people will know this festival mostly as the festival where you can shoot the water to other people for fun. Actually, It also existed to decrease the heat in this month which very hot in Thailand. You will probably know more about it in event category  

 

Why am I holding this event ?

- Actually this is my first event in PSNP and I am from Thailand. I come up with several idea that tie in nicely for the event so I guess it should be something fresh if holding the event that is not universal well-known. (but i guess Songkran is famous at some level but not like Christmas / Valentine something like that). It's always fun to do the event which you have 10 category to pick and think up which game fit into them !

 

Also, please forgive my grammar as English is not really my first language. 

 

If there is enough sign up to run the event (I hope so) I will be very grateful.  

 

When does it runs ?

The event starts April 1 - June 30, 2019. (GMT +7.00)

Countdown Clock Event Starts : https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20190401T00&p0=28&msg=Songkran+Event+Begin+PSNP&font=cursive

Countdown Clock Event End : https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20190701T00&p0=28&msg=Songkran+Event+End+PSNP&font=cursive

 

When is sign-up deadline ? 

You can still sign-up until April 10, 2019 (GMT +7.00)

Countdown Clock : https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20190410T00&p0=28&msg=Songkran+Event+Sign+Up+Closed+PSNP&font=cursive

 

Rules and Rewards

- The main goal is you have to fulfill the category by picking up the game that fit in each category and play it to 100% and/or platinum. DLC also allow if it has substantial amount of content/trophy. 

- If the game does not have platinum trophy and have several DLC. You only need to 100% only base game, no DLC required unless you choose to do DLC as 100% provided that it has substantial content and/or trophy.

- You can play any game with trophy, So almost all PS3/PS4/Vita are eligible even it has only few trophy and easy to complete like It's Spring Again. don't be afraid to take advantage of them.  

- You have to fulfill at least 4 games to be eligible for the event badge.

Bonus Reward : If you can 100%/Platinum at least one game during actual Songkran day (13 (00.00) -15 April 2019 (23.59) - GMT +7.00) you will be eligible for bonus badge. Don't worry, if you miss this window you can still clear all 10 categories to be eligible.

Countdown Clock Bonus Badge Begin : https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20190413T00&p0=28&msg=Songkran+Event+Bonus+Badge+Begin&font=cursive

Countdown Clock Bonus Badge End :  https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20190416T00&p0=28&msg=Songkran+Event+Bonus+Badge+End&font=cursive

- The spreadsheet update will be conduct weekly at least or when i have some spare time to update it will go quicker. I will update only when you update your progress in this thread. and i will mark your post as upvote if I already check your progress.  

- Link to the spreadsheet : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GkM1dHwU_ejfRm-rUe-yZaT25P1ic-C4s18W0AWkN7U/

 

Additional Rules

1. You may only use a game for 1 category during the event so no double-dip even it fit more than 1 category. 

2. No auto-popping. No stack a game.

3. You can swap around categories to fit your need to fill in categories.

4. You hold the definition of all category  I am not policing your choice but try to keep it within the scope and spirit of event

5. You can play the game that you started before the event as long as you didn't 100%/Platinum it yet.

6. You can come up with the list whenever you want. as you go or at once when you register is up to you  

7. No cheating. Seriously.

 

The Category 

1. It's Summer Time! - It is getting hot here in Thailand and very long weekend too. So, Play the game where you do Summer stuff, either go to the sea, swimming , fishing or even campfire ! it's up to you.
2. Asian Traditional - It still not clear where it originated but one thing that I know it is originated it Asian. So , Play the game that developed in Asian country.
3. Blessing - In Songkran Day, Elder people will give a blessing to their kids to have good luck all the year to come. Play the game where your character can use magic or item to give buff(s) to your teammate (the game where you can ONLY buff yourself didn't count)
4. Peaceful - It is the event of joy, pure fun and remind us about peaceful day and no hate each other even we are enemy. Play the game that has trophy require you to either not killing anyone/do any damage in some condition and/or trophy tell you to not taking any damage in some condition.
5. Movement - Songkran in Sanskrit mean 'Shift' or 'Movement' , so play the game where your character can move very fast and/or agile and/or racing game.
6. Lady Songkran - Actually, there are event in Thailand that hold to compete that who is the most beautiful girl to be "Lady Songkran" but actually it originated from Hindu mythology (Angel in particular). So, Play the game with an angel or some kind of celestial entity or spiritual stuff.
7. Spend time with Family - All family will be together in this day and do some stuff such as watching movie or something like that. you know, family stuff. Play the game that is a tie-in entertainment or non-gaming IP. such as: movie, anime, TV show IP game or even cup noodle tie-in in FF15 is eligible etc. 
8. Play Together - In Songkran event, people will be gather together and shoot the water to each other in whole long day at big area. So, Play the game where you can meet a lot of people either real people or just in game NPC. as long as you are not alone in the game or just handful of them. You hold the definition of "a lot" by yourself
9. Release the Bird and Fish - Sound strange but it is tradition where you release the animal (fish and bird in particular) to make you cleansing from the past bad things as you like give those animal life again . In order for this category. play any game in your backlog (your past bad thing  ) if you didnt have one (really ??) you can pick a game featuring both bird and fish in the same game instead.
10. It's New year, New you - Songkran day in Thai tradition is a Thai new year. Play the game with new game plus mode trophy and/or the game where you require multiple playthrough to 100%/Platinum (for non-plat with DLC(s) trophy game - you only need to 100% base game, no DLC require but it still need to fit this condition where you require multiple playthrough to 100% your base game)

 

Thank you for your time. Good luck and have fun !  

 

 

 

 

Edited July 1, 2019 by FielVeredus

[Evil_Joker88]

Never heard of this festival but you came up with a cool idea for different video game categories

I want to join your event... but i have one question: can we choose games we've started before this event? Earned some trophies already?

[Dr_Mayus]

Count me in
 

Here is a list of games I will be doing for all the events

 

1. It's Summer Time! - RiME - you spend the first level on an island where there is swimming, cliff diving, running around on the sand etc.

2. Asian Traditional - Yakuza: Dead Souls -whole bunch of Japan in this game

3. Blessing - World of Final Fantasy - you can use items and magic on your teammates 

4. Peaceful - Claire - you are unable to attack any of the enemies and have to hide from them to regain your sanity. 

5. Movement - Jak X - it is a racing game

6. Lady Songkran - Beyond 2 Souls - the whole game you are connected to a spirit.

7. Spend time with Family - Madagascar 3 - I have had this game in my collection for a long time and this as good a time to play it as any.

8. Play Together - Life is Strange: Before the Storm - girl in high school with people all around her.

9. Release the Bird and Fish - New Little King's Story - Started this game on August 27th 2015

10. It's New year, New you - Heavy Rain - multiple endings that require you to replay large parts of the game to earn them.

 

Now that is my list, I am working on my own personal event so I am hoping to get all this cleared up in time All of these games work towards my own event.

[Han_the_Dragon]

Interesting. 

 

And since it starts after the event that I'm in finish, it also works ok. 

 

Still, I will need to review this later, since I'm still in my Platinum blackout session.. Need to seriously start Dark Cloud 2, since I already set up Dark Cloud 1 Plat.. Still, since Platinum-Less games are ok, I will need to look into my backlog and maybe into other Platinum-Less games to see if I can get a game for every category. 

 

Also, just a comment on the time that the event will be running, I think that you should set a time zone for it, instead of our individual time zones, so that everyone as the same time (since it's a Thai related, maybe use that time zone?) 

[SuperSmash5U]

3 hours ago, FielVeredus said:

What is Songkran Festival ? (Water Festival)

- It is famous Thai Traditional festival that hold every year. Actually it has very long and has many thing to do with Thai/Hindu mythology. Basically for non-Thai people will know this festival mostly as the festival where you can shoot the water to other people for fun. Actually, It also existed to decrease the heat in this month which very hot in Thailand. You will probably know more about it in event category

 

So basically, you are holding an event involving your national holiday which involves going outside and swimming and super-soaking each other to cool down... by staying inside and playing PS4 games for platinum trophies.

 

It's nice you want to promote your national holiday, though. I like learning about various foreign holidays and how people celebrate stuff like summer vacation and Christmas in their own way.

 

Although if you want to promote it properly, you would add in a category involving a game which has swimming, underwater or water game mechanics. Then watch as 90% of the participants platinum Sengan Kagura: Peach Beach Splash.

 

Might try this, though.

[Ampplaca]

im down to give this a shot but i will need time to pick my games. ill post them later

 

6 hours ago, Evil_Joker88 said:

Never heard of this festival but you came up with a cool idea for different video game categories

I want to join your event... but i have one question: can we choose games we've started before this event? Earned some trophies already?

additional rule 5  says its ok to use games you have started they just cant be finished

[willythom88]

I really like this idea, count me in.  I'll make my list in the next days.

Edited March 3, 2019 by willythom88

[FielVeredus]

10 hours ago, Han_the_Dragon said:

Interesting. 

 

And since it starts after the event that I'm in finish, it also works ok. 

 

Still, I will need to review this later, since I'm still in my Platinum blackout session.. Need to seriously start Dark Cloud 2, since I already set up Dark Cloud 1 Plat.. Still, since Platinum-Less games are ok, I will need to look into my backlog and maybe into other Platinum-Less games to see if I can get a game for every category. 

 

Also, just a comment on the time that the event will be running, I think that you should set a time zone for it, instead of our individual time zones, so that everyone as the same time (since it's a Thai related, maybe use that time zone?) 

 

I think I would like to set the time zone as Thai timezone instead, it make sense.

 

I dont fix the timezone at first because i want everyone to be convenient and not have to look at the timezone clock.

 

I will fixed to the proper timezone and put countdown clock in.

 

thank you for your suggestion!

 

10 hours ago, Evil_Joker88 said:

Never heard of this festival but you came up with a cool idea for different video game categories

I want to join your event... but i have one question: can we choose games we've started before this event? Earned some trophies already?

 You can prepare the game to pop on the event.

 

dont forget to pop one on April 13-15 for bonus badge though !

[Neocarleen]

Sign me up! I’ll sort out my games later.

[Evil_Joker88]

Cool so i can use games i've started before. Then i'm thinking what games to choose now

 

And i too agree to the Thai timezone suggestion. That makes things easier to compare later

[ladynadiad]

Sign me up!  This looks neat and I'll come up with a list as it gets closer to the time of the event.  Are you going to require we have a list prepared before it starts or can we pick stuff as the event goes on?

[Willreaper41]

Sounds good to me, I'll need to come up with a list later. Are we keeping track of our own list or will there be an official thing?

[FielVeredus]

45 minutes ago, ladynadiad said:

Sign me up!  This looks neat and I'll come up with a list as it gets closer to the time of the event.  Are you going to require we have a list prepared before it starts or can we pick stuff as the event goes on?

 

You can pick the list as you go. You can even switch up the game you no longer want to play to a new one. Just let me know when you update your progress and i will sort it out in official spreadsheet.

 

7 minutes ago, Willreaper41 said:

Sounds good to me, I'll need to come up with a list later. Are we keeping track of our own list or will there be an official thing?

 

There will be official spreadsheet to keep track of everyone progress. You must post your progress as you go so i can update your progression

[Kristycism]

This sounds great! I love learning about other cultures, so to that and also play games is a win-win for me! Sign me up, please!

 

I'll come up with a games list nearer the time, depends what parts of my backlog I get through this month.

[FielVeredus]

Spreadsheet is up

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GkM1dHwU_ejfRm-rUe-yZaT25P1ic-C4s18W0AWkN7U/

 

[crimsonidol38]

That's a really neat idea for an event. Sign me up please.

Have no plan what to play but I will try to find motivation to finish Spider-Man's NG+-mode for the actual holiday.

[Inuty]

I'm glad that you took the time to plan the event as a new face for community events. Thanks for that! 

 

But I will skip this because since last summer I jumping from event to Event i want some time to play what i want to play and not think about games which fit into the categories. But I will read a little Bit in the threat to See how Everything Turns out and which games the participants will choose. Good luck with this!

[Willreaper41]

I was thinking about number 9 and thought Entwined would be perfect, too bad I'm not good enough to finish it.

 

[DoctorDrPepper]

Count me in. I’m currently traveling so I can’t write out a list of games for it yet but I think this is great and would love to be part of it.

Edited March 4, 2019 by DoctorDrPepper

[HM02_as_H3LL]

I'd like to join in, I'll update once I come up with my list.

[Fenrirfeather]

I love the idea ｄ(⌒▽⌒) so please sign me up! I will decide on a list of games to play closer to when the event starts. 

 

[SpaceCoresDad]

This sounds super fun! I definitely want to join. This looks super festive and wholesome and I love it..

[markie816]

NIce. This sounds great. Count me in for the event:D Will post my list in the future.

[Han_the_Dragon]

Well, I'm not entirely sure if my picks actually are good enough for each category (and I'm starting only now looking too), so let me know if it's ok or not.

 

I will also be open to suggestions, since I may overlook some decent non-platinum games.

 

1. It's Summer Time! - ?
  2. Asian Traditional - Probably a random Mahjong game..
3. Blessing - ?
  4. Peaceful - Leaving this blank for now, I'm only thinking in Deus Ex Human Revolution Director's Cut, several Dishonored and a few fighting games (win by perfect/without suffering damage), but all have platinum.. Only exception is Girl Fight (Win 25 rounds without suffering damage), is this ok?
  5. Movement - Gravity Rush vita (I'm only missing a time trial on 1 DLC for 100% it, so I'm not sure if I'm allowed to use it, it's the hardest one and I'm missing it since forever.. or since I broke my vita screen from a fall, and after having it fixed, never really got back to the game..). Sam and Max: Beyond Time and Space (a few episodes have a kind of racing/shooting minigame)
  6. Lady Songkran - Primal (spirits stuff, I think, is it ok?)
  7. Spend time with Family - Does FFXV Comrades standalone count? (I'm only missing the DLC, I think.. effectively, I'm only missing the hardest mission, but after trying it once and start thinking in building a different weapon for the last boss, I never really got back to it..)
8. Play Together - ?
  9. Release the Bird and Fish - I will see this... I have The Bridge on my profile for a while (and have several non-platinum games on my backlog, but not on my profile, so that should be easy to cover)
10. It's New year, New you - ?

 

Currently I'm not really finding a way to get a game to fulfill the other requirements, since other than the ones listed/on my profile, the only other games that I own and would like to play that don't have platinums (that I can think of now) are Hitman, Backgamon Blitz on PS4, KH BBS 0.2 Prologue and Child of Light.. Said that, I own PS+ since forever, so there's for sure tons of stuff in there, even if most I wouldn't play right away, and if it's something fun and cheap and on Vita or PS3 (let's say under 5€), I may get it for this event.

 

As for me trying to not get platinums, it's no question, and it's impossible for me to set up the Dark Cloud 2 plat during the time this event will take (I still have some doubts that I will be able to get the platinum before the end of the year), and since I'm quite far from 13k trophies, I'm not using a plat in this event at all.

[Kristycism]

@Han_the_Dragon

 

From a quick scan of your profile;

 

- A King’s Tale would fit under Asian Traditional (developed in Japan) or Peaceful (need to do some dreams with no damage)

- Comrades would fit under Play Together since you meet a lot of other players. And there’s a new content update coming March 26th so there’s presumably more trophies incoming too, to make it more substantial.

- Child of Light fits under Blessing since some characters buff your team.

- KH 0.2 needs two playthroughs so it fits under New Year, New You.

- Hitman has had a movie so it’d fit under Spend Time With Family

 

Hope that was somewhat useful?