Polar here.

Winter event has started. If you are not on the Comet yet, you are welcome to come through the Assistant Conductor in a nearest trading station or powered starport. Remember to read the rules carefully when talking with him. Also remember that custom or any other item exchange should happen in Cave on Exchange (as mentioned in previous Sim News) and nowhere else. Unattended items will get deleted.

Some quests are repeatable so you can try them few times. Some, like Underground Racing, will stop giving you candies after few tries, but you can continue racing for the fastest time. Speaking of racing, it's not based on real time, the game tells you how much time it took you to move to the next room (just so you know).

All events reset at midnight combine time. Also Force is not disabled for the event, but do not Force Test people without their permission. Breaking this rule may result in a ban from the event. Have fun everyone and good luck.

Polar out.

Edit: Event will end on day 50, 12:00 combine time.

Edit2:

Q: Will The Force be disabled at the event?
A: No, Force abilities will not be disabled during Winterfest.

Q: Can I force test at the event?
A: Not without explicit consent from the person being tested.

If you find yourself being tested against your will, let a staff member know. Offenders get one warning before being event-banned.

Edit3:

Q: What am I allowed to do in Thunderdome II? What is considered harassment?
A: Thunderdome II is intended to be a place where anyone can go and try out the new "Unarmed Strike". It is PvP enabled, so anyone can hit anyone else. The fire delay scale is set to 25% of normal; you can attack roughly every 7.5 minutes. The stun timer is also reduced from 10 hours to 2.5 hours. You cannot leave Thunderdome II while stunned or in a fire delay. Therefore, the following rules clarifications are provided:

- You may coordinate with other players to bring a single player down to 1 HP and stun them, provided you then leave them alone.
- You may coordinate a large-scale "slap fight" between two or more groups, provided all sides consent and all other rules are followed. If you want to do this, please choose a room that is NOT the Entrance.
- You may use the Force to heal another player at any time, provided it is not used in violation of any other rules.
- You may use a Stimpack to remove stun from another player at any time, provided it is not used in violation of any other rules.
- You may not use an item to heal another player without their explicit consent, due to the medical item timer locking them in place.
- You may not continuously attack a player, either alone or coordinated with a group, and keep them perpetually stunned, aka "stunlocked". This is considered harassment.
- You may not coordinate with a large group of players to indiscriminately stun everyone present and "lock down" the Thunderdome. This is considered sabotage.