A shady goblin/Player Agreement

This is a sub-article on a shady goblin NPC and the daily contested turn-in.

Player Agreement on P99 Blue

Refer to P99 forum thread https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=317253

• Upon spawn of "a shady goblin", players will /random 1000
• Time limit to roll is 5 seconds from the first player roll
• Players must maintain a no-trade distance from Goblin spawn, to avoid disputes
• Players must honor their roll and turn in themselves (AKA win the roll and let other person turn in is against this agreement)
• Turning in if NOT roll winner will be petitioned, as per the current player agreement (to be handled by GMs)
• Attacking, casting on, or aggroing Goblin spawn will be petitioned, as per the current player agreement (to be handled by GMs)

Respawn data & method (P99 Blue)

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• Period 1 (2/11/19) - 24 hours 8 minutes (Diamondfist)
• Period 2 (2/12/19) - 26 hours 46 minutes (Bbeta)
• Period 3 (2/13/19) - 25 hours 44 minutes (Murobb)
• Period 4 (2/14/19) - 26 hours 41 minutes (Valewind)
• Period 5 (2/15/19) - 25 hours 44 minutes (Henrique)
• Period 6 (2/16/19) - 26 hours 38 minutes (Phatboil)
• Period 7 (2/17/19) - 24 hours 32 minutes (Woton)
• Period 8 (2/18/19) - 26 hours 43 minutes (Siryado) [broke Player Agreement]
• Period 9 (2/19/19) - 27 hours 24 minutes (Obrez)
• Period 10 (2/21/19*) - 25 hours 35 minutes (Arvan)
  • *past midnight (UTC -5 time)
• Period 11 (2/22/19) - 24 hours 10 minutes (Kunio)

Longest variance of the window

• 3 hours 16 minutes

Theorycrafting into repawn timer and window

• Given the facts of no repop prior 24:08 hours, no repop past 27:24 hours and a longest window variance of 3:16 hours, with a 11 sample size timers.
• The common knowledge about respawn windows would make us think that a mob who can respawn +3:16 hours after last spawn could also respawn at -3:16 hours from last spawn.
• In this particular case, we have so far a consecutive 11 size sample on which there are 0 negative windows based on the 24 hours mark. The chance, under normal conditions, for this streak would be lower than 0,05%
• While it has no precedent, it sounds reasonable to believe the respawn time chance for this particular mob happens to be between the 24 hours and 27+ hours, without a negative portion on its window as its usual (which is
• As the simple size increases, the spawn data will be more accurate