can someone explain avren to me?

[baguazhang]

i just joined and i have no idea what it is.

[#tag]

Hello Avatar Portaler and welcome to this year’s AvRen!

Yet again the greatest AP event of all is coming. Four nations will face off for weeks to decide who is the strongest. Join a nation and fight side by side with your fellow countrymen and –women.

Many of you haven’t been here to witness previous AvRens, so I will give you a quick rundown of how it works.

First, you sign up for your favourite nation. There is, obviously, the choice between the Air Nomads, the Water Tribes, the Earth Kingdom and the Fire Nation. The signing up happens in threads that will appear soon.

Then AvRen really kicks off. Every few days, a contest starts. Contests can be anything: writing, art, captions – last year the nations even designed a skin for the forum! All the citizens of the different nations do their best to make a great entry over the course of a few days. Whoever wins the most contests, may declare themselves the victor (there is a little twist to this, but more on that will come later).

Throughout all this there is always a large RPG running. It’s one of the biggest components of AvRen. This year, the RPG and the rest of AvRen are intertwined; the side-plots will change depending on who wins the contests (more on that later, too).

But all of this is just a short summary, and short summaries don’t do right to this event. There is no way to know what I mean except by experiencing it yourself. So go, sign up, and enjoy yourselves.

Happy AvRenning!

If you have any questions, this is the thread to ask them.


EDIT By Uncle:

Also, we will be trying a new format of competition this year, and all you Risk fanatics will be happy

I hope that answers your question! :P

[Renori Fa]

all you have to know is that you must join the water tribe. fire nation.

[baguazhang]

no air nomads ftw

[Battery]

all you have to know is that you must join the water tribe. fire nation.

Gotag, get out of people's posts. :P

[Count of Monte Fisto]

Avren was timed to be at the end of summer. The site was down for a long time and the server was switched. When AP was back up, most people were back in school, so it was no longer really a good idea to continue Avren when most of the participants wouldn't be active.
Regulars refer to this time down as the effects of D*lan's Comet. So you want to know what happened to Avren 2K10; D*lan's Comet killed it.