Flickerflame Festival

The Flickerflame Festival was a seasonal event in SocksCraft 2, and was present from September 2nd-3rd. It was the home of the titular festival, an event in which players may gather Summer's Embers (a seasonal Currency) and celebrate the end of summer. The area was created by Ausk and streamed by Socks on the day of the event.

Brochure
At the front of the festival grounds, brochures are present with a brief overview of the event, seemingly written by Balam. ''The festival marks the end of summer. It is a celebration of the warmth and heat that have allowed the crops to grow and the long days that light up our lives. It is also our hopes that the warmth and light will continue through the winter.'' ''While somewhat watered down from what I experienced as a mortal (still a no on those sacrifices?) I've thrown together what I believe should still be a fairly fun time. The Festival will occur southwest of the North station at 4:30 PM EST on Friday the 2nd.''

Events
The Festival will feature 3 events spaced roughly every hour from the starting at 5 EST. These Events will reward the coveted Flickerflame Firekeeper Title for the winners, and some Embers for all participants to spend at the local vendors.

Statue Building
''Bordering the festival grounds are 16 6x6 wooden platforms in which teams of up to 3 people will have 30 minutes to build a statue within the platform borders. Each judge is watching for their own "secret" parameter and will reward the best match.'' Despite there being 16 platforms, a whopping 22 statues were made for the festival. Each of the 5 judges (Ausk, Pyro, Star, Socks, Gibson) also had secret criteria that they would award extra points for. Each participant received 4 Summer's Embers for participating, and each winner received 1 Flickerflame Firekeeper Title ticket. • Biggest Variety of Red, Orange, and Yellow blocks (Ausk)

• *Awarded to dootsnek's, Bomber57's and SpaceJunko0's statue.

• Least Allergens (Gibson)

• *Awarded to 7namesam's statue, "THE BIG MAN".

• Most Expensive (Pyro)

• *Awarded to isometrics_ch and Matto424's statue, "Spear of Longinus".

• Most Blocks Less Than One Block Large (Star)

• *Awarded to Team _'s statue.

• Most Fiery (Ausk)

• *Awarded to bunny9903's statue, "Bonfire on the Beach".

• Most Blue Blocks (Socks)

• *Awarded to Calamarimo's, marsfriend's and CINEmachine's statue.

• Any Build That Features A Double Wraparound (Socks)

• *Awarded to nobody, but almost awarded to This Guy's Tree of DX Harvest. The winners would have received an "I Hate The Troops" Title ticket.

Fishing Contest
''The Festival grounds sport a swimming hole also home to a number of fish. Participants will have 15 minutes to catch the most fish, with all participants earning Embers. No rain will be active during this period.'' The winners of the fishing contest were: • SophieSteak

• *96 fish

• batblades

• *92 fish

• smallestturtle

• *88 fish

• LaJadey

• *79 fish

• Bomber57

• *75 fish

PVP Tournament
''The first official PVP tournament will take place at the Festival Arena. The only two rules are that participants knocked beyond the borders for more than 5 seconds lose, as do those who are killed in their matchups. Obviously, you can also not interfere in any way with the participants once a matchup has begun and cannot provide benefit to them prior to the match that will last into their matchup. I will take this as a sign to steal all your Embers.'' This tournament notably netted Illogica and mousesweater the Unstoppable Force and Immovable Object Titles due to their very lengthy battle.

Summer's Embers
''Embers are the main currency of the Festival. They can be accrued from repeatedly providing seasonal food to various guests or by participating in events. You may spend them on various cosmetics and trinkets.  Festival items will still be sold for Embers after the Festival, but you will need to buy Embers with SoxBux. The trinket shop will also not have its stock made permanent. Badges will still be available in their original locations or stated otherwise during the Festival.''

Crops
''Spread within and beyond the Festival grounds are various August crops that can be right clicked to be harvested on a cooldown. Take the produce back to Festival grounds and prepare it as per the Pitmaster's instructions. Various guests around the grounds will ask you for specific foods, and repeatedly pay you Embers and other goods for bringing it to them. Crops outside the Festival grounds have much shorter cooldowns, so look all around for different plants!'' Players were able to complete quests for Embers by harvesting crops, processing them, and delivering them to NPCs scattered around the Festival grounds. There were several special crops available:
 * Garlic Bulb (A pungent allium gifted by the gods themselves. Has curative properties.)
 * Roasted Garlic (Transformed by the slow heat, this garlic has become so much more.)
 * Blackberry (A dark berry picked from protective thorns.)
 * Blackberry Juice
 * Corn (A blessed cob, once the pillar of many a civilization.)
 * Popcorn (A light snack best enjoyed at movies.)
 * Elote (Roasted and stuck on a stick with fixin's. A real summer treat!)
 * Melon Slice
 * Watermelon Juice

NPCs
In a pink-and-white checkered tent next to the barbecuing pit, players can purchase Flickerflame Festival items by trading SoxBux for Summer's Embers. Two NPCs are available: the Festival Attendant (explaining the brochures and the Festival grounds) and the Festival Treasurer, selling the items.

Trivia

 * This was the first seasonal event hosted on the server.
 * The focus on corn is due to Ausk's real-life love of corn.