Host Rooms

Host rooms provide great opportunity to win free prizes and trade with Hosts for retired pins and other items. Sometimes these rooms are games, quests, "hang-out" rooms, or a ride where you must choose the correct path to win a prize.

What is a Host?

A Host is a member of the VMK Staff in charge of entertainment and providing fun and games for the members of VMK. Their names begin with HOST_ and they either wear the regular staff uniform or an unreleased costume relating to the month’s theme.

Entering a Host Room

VMK rooms used to have a queue (a line) limit of 50 people. If there were already 50 people in line to get into a room, you just had to keep trying. While you were waiting in line, you saw a plain black screen with a box that says "You are in a queue behind __ other people." and you could do nothing but wait.

Now VMK is implementing a new feature called VMK Pass into the game. If there is a queue of more than five people, you can choose to get a VMK Pass. This pass allows you to hold your place in line while you walk around the Kingdom. However, you cannot play any mini-games or quests during this time. They are also removing the queue limit for the lines. This new feature should be kicking off early 2007.

• The Information Given out about the VMK Pass was found in the Newsletter 18 December 2006, in the Yavn's Speaks section.

Prizes

The prize for winning any game is usually a Host pin. The Host pin is part of the monthly pin set, but is never sold. However, during some games and months, additional prizes may be given out.

Various Prizes:

Games

The games Hosts play can be spinning games, racing games, or a type of game where you race to find the correct teleporter.

Spinning Games

The spinning games require three random number generators. The player spins the generators. If a certain combination is reached, or sometimes a certain number (example: you may have to get a combination 3-4-5 or the total number must add up to more than 12.) The combination/total is determined and changed daily by the Host holding the game. There is another version where one generator is used and the prize you get is determined by a set of rules. (Example: If you get a 2, you win the Host pin if you get a 4, you win a chair, etc.)

Racing Games

The racing games generally involve a certain number of players (4-6) to enter an area of a room. Each player sits in a chair and races to the endpoint. The first player to reach it wins a pre-determined prize. These vary by being the first to reach an endpoint, the first to make it to the top of a stack of chairs, or the first to make it to one chair (like falling chairs).

Starting on 18 February 2007, Host_Sparky held an event called "Chase Race" and this event included an exclusive prize called the VMK Race 07 Pin that can only be won at his events.

Teleporter Games

The last main type of game is the Teleporter game. In these type games, players enter a roped-off area, and then try to go through teleporters until they find the correct one that will take them to the Host and their prize.

In this picture taken during January of 2007, HOST_Lily opens an event where you choose a random door and find if you win a prize! The prize is distributed once you enter a winning room after going through a door.

Yard Sales

A few Hosts have opened a new kind of Host game called a Yard Sale. A Host will fill a guest room with various items and hide some of the most rare items. You enter the room and must pay via Epcot Turnstile. (The cost is usually 50 credits) You then tell the Host what item you want or they may ask you where it is, if the item is more rare.

Hosts may also make specials, some players have asked for a yellow tiki and the Host may say "But a Pink Tiki is better". Which is true because the Pink is much more rare.

Trading Events

Hosts sometimes host special events where they will trade pins they are currently wearing for any pins besides the NPC and Buyable pins. Usually they accept weekly pins.

Also some pins given in these events were never released in any other way.

The ATIS eye pin was given out only during a couple select trading events at the end of the summer 2006

Quests

Hosts also have quest rooms. These quests are usually available to everyone through the Quest button on the toolbar, however sometimes they are quests you must enter the room to compete in. These quests will sometimes award the same prize to everyone who completes the quest, and sometimes it awards prizes based on the fastest times. They are usually short, easy quests that anyone can complete. They don’t usually require magic, and no extreme mini-game skills are needed.

• On The Calendar if you check the description of a Host room, it will tell you whether the Quest will be on the toolbar. Sometimes it does not

Hang-out Rooms

There are other rooms where you can just sit and have a great time with your fellow players and the Host. Sometimes there are photo-ops, and sometimes there are mini-games or quests. Random door prizes are frequently given out. Trivia may also occur and result in prizes.

Ride Rooms

Other times Hosts create rides. There is a main room with a bunch of teleporters. You choose one and it will take you on a ride. If you choose a certain one, it will take you to a prize room where you will automatically be given a prize.

Special Events

During some months and around the Holidays, VMK dishes out some brand new Host events and they can be anything from mazes (October 2006) to just entering a room to recieve a present (December 2006). These rooms vary in size and quantity and are sometimes obvious when they will be open a month ahead of time or for example, the VMK New Year's Bash for 2006 was not told to the players until 2 weeks into the month of December. While, the "Happy Holiday's From VMK" special event was released when the December calendar came out.

This message was sent out during the Happy Holidays From VMK event during Christmas Eve and Christmas Day 2006

Preview Events

When new items or new rooms are to be released, a VMK staff, tester, or other VMK member will open to preview the new items or room. VMK staff may or may not be present at these select events. Take advantage of these events because some rooms may be exclusive or not released for several months.

During the second week of January staff opened a preview of a VMK staff exclusive room called Club 33.

Maze Events

In the past VMK has only released a couple of maze events and these maze events are much like Ride-A-Thons. The mazes consist of a Start Room, Middle Room, and Finish Room. The Finish room is where you recieve a message saying Congratulations and presents you with your prize. Two examples of maze events are the Halloween Maze and VMK Football Super Bowl Maze. Each of these events has given out a pin and you can only get one on each account.