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===<span id="6">Summer Telethon 2017 Part 1</span>===
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Avatars, get ready to soak up the summer sun with us! The upcoming [https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/?p=70648 Summer Telethon] is nearly here. Telethons are livestreamed on [http://www.twitch.tv/shroudoftheavatar Twitch] and include a complete schedule of developer Deep Dives, answers to your gameplay questions, community activities, prize giveaways, sales on items, and more! See what’s all included below…

'''Summer “Hot Air” Expirations Sale Begins!'''
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In honor of the waves of hot air that will be blowing over us this summer we are expiring all of our hot air Aeronaut items. At Midnight CST, May 31, 2017 (5:00 UTC, June 1, 2017), we are expiring the following content from the Add On Store (and the in-game Crown Merchants). This means that these items will no longer be available at all after this date.

Before the following items expire for good, we have put them on sale at approx. 20% off. Check out what’s now on sale:

*[[Ornate Black Leather Aeronaut Helmet Pattern Pack]] (digital)
*[[Black & Chrome Ornate Aeronaut Outfit Pattern Pack]] (digital)
*[[Black & Chrome Ornate Aeronaut Outfit]] (digital)
*[[Ornate Black Leather Aeronaut Helmet]] (digital)
*[[Aeronaut Wearable Pack]] (digital)
*[[Aeronaut Hot Air Balloon Pack]] (digital)
*[[Hot Air Balloon]] (digital)
*[[Airship City Home]] (digital)
*[[Star Citizen Aeronaut Helmet Starter Bundle]] (digital)
*[[Star Citizen Airship City Home]] (digital)

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'''Help us to achieve the following goals during this next event!'''

As a special bonus, we are offering Telethon Funding Stretch Goal Rewards to any backer that pledges a minimum of $5 from the start of the telethon, until Midnight (Spending Store Credit to make $5 minimum purchase does '''not''' apply). The Summer Telethon 2017 Part 1 Funding Stretch Goal Rewards are:

*'''$10,000:''' /smokevirtue: blow the virtue symbol in smoke from a pipe
*'''$25,000:''' Balloons: a small cluster of balloons held in your hand. These particular balloons are black with a silver virtue symbol.
*'''$35,000:''' Miner’s Helmet with flame on top (generates light)
*'''$50,000:''' Flame Pattern Stained Glass Oil Table Lamp (3 Pack)
*'''$65,000:''' Fire Elemental Statue with flame effects
*'''$80,000:''' Flame Shaped Shield and Scimitar
*'''and more to be revealed if we hit these goals…'''

[https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/?p=67581 Did you see] what was unlocked in the last telethon? This one might be even bigger!

'''Cheer on the Devs!'''
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For every $2,500 donated, all developers on camera have to either dance, sing, or drink a shot of alcohol.

Additionally, we will be spinning the '''Wheel of Fortune'''! The wheel will have 14 items at any given time, but dozens of sales will happen! Each time an item comes up it will go on sale for approx. 20% off for 1 hour.

As the wheel is spun, what is selected will be replaced by something else. Items already selected will be removed for a time (some may not come back onto the wheel for the rest of the telethon). Keep in mind that some of these may never come up, so cross your fingers for your preferred item!

'''Wheel of Fortune Flash Sales:'''

*Pattern Packs
*Make A Difference incl Blood Reliquaries
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*Kobold Bundles
*Viking Bundles
*Shogun Bundles
*Elven Bundles
*Obsidian Bundles
*All Lot Deeds
*Water Homes & Decorations
*Pattern Packs
*Greenhouses (incl Ornate Glass Roof Rowhouse)
*Music
*Emotes
*Fireplaces and Lamps
*Pavers, Fences, and Walls
*Trees & Statues
*Signs
*Row Homes
*Village Homes
*Town Homes
*City Homes
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*Clothing and Wings
*Pipes, Fans, Umbrella & Cane
*Hats & Masks
*Pets
*Games & Gustball Court
*Dyes
*Basements

'''Telethon Schedule<nowiki>*</nowiki>'''

*12:00 PM: Welcome to the Summer Telethon!
*12:30 PM: R42 Postmortem (Chris, Richard, Starr)
*2:00 PM: Player Housing & Player Owned Towns Deep Dive (Starr, Hutch, Bob Cooksey)
*3:00 PM: World Building Tours (Esteben, C-Wolf, Keith, Dan)
*4:30 PM: Story Deep Dive (Lum, Richard)
*5:30 PM: ONBE Awards & Community Hour
*7:00 PM: Crafting & Economy Deep Dive (Chris, Starr, Richard, Brandon)
*8:00 PM: Boss Fight! (Chris, Richard, Starr)
*8:30 PM: Combat & PVP Deep Dive (Chris, Starr, B, Richard)
*10:00 PM: Artifice Tour and Lore discussion (Scottie, Lum, Richard)
*11:00 PM: Q&A / Wrap-up (Chris, Starr, Richard)

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Schedule subject to change. Check back here before the telethon to for final schedule.

'''Win These Great Prizes!'''

*Seasonal Rare: 2017 Lepus Mask (last day to get!)
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*Ornate Chainsword
*Wood Duck pet
*Wings and other wearables
*Several wearables pattern packs
*Large and Tabletop Statues
*Trees and Tree Packs
*Ancient Wall Sculptures
*Baby Clockwork Dragons
*Water Decorations
*Lord British vs Darkstarr Battle Banner
*Bank Upgrades
*Remote Bank Access Device
*COTOs and Store Credit
*Several items that are expiring tonight
*Plus more prizes from the Add On Store
*And several items courtesy of [http://relicsbyrild.com RelicsbyRild.com]

We will be giving prizes away on an hourly basis with many being given away multiple times. If you wish to win prizes during the Telethon event, be in [https://discord.gg/BQ6b9RY Discord chat]! We will be active on Twitch and YouTube chats as well, but they will not be our portal for prize giveaways.

Watch The Telethon on [https://www.twitch.tv/shroudoftheavatar?tt_medium=live_embed&tt_content=text_link Twitch] and the final recording will be archived on [http://www.youtube.com/portalarium YouTube]! after the event as well. Please be aware that if we have any connection problems, YouTube will be the first service to be dropped from the stream.

'''Submit your questions!''' We will be answering questions throughout the telethon so submit them in the comments section of the original post (see [https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/?p=70648 here]) or through Discord during the Telethon. Please keep in mind that questions and feedback related to each segment will be given priority and really verbose questions may be skipped, as they can be a challenge to shorten and summarize live on the air. In brief… please keep your questions… brief. When you submit your questions in the Comments section of the original post (see [https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/?p=70648 here]), please keep it to 3 total questions max!

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