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The '''Vita500 Big Event''' was an event held on Korean Ragnarok Online (kRO) between 6 July 2004 and 3 August 2004 as a joint marketing event between KwangDong Pharmaceuticals Corporation, the manufacturer of the Vita500 Vitamin C drink and Gravity Corporation. The event was started as a joint venture between the two after the pharmaceutical company wanted to expand its reach to the target market that the Ragnarok Online game provided - namely teenagers and those in their 20s<ref>''๋นํ500, ์จ๋ผ์ธ ๊ฒ์ ๋ผ๊ทธ๋๋กํฌ์ ๊ณต๋๋ง์ผํ
'' (2004) ๋ฉ๋ํ์คํฌ๋ฐ์ด. Available at: <nowiki>https://www.pharmstoday.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=12154</nowiki> (Accessed: 23 December 2023).</ref><ref>๋นํ500, ๊ฒ์์
์ฒด์ ๊ณต๋๋ง์ผํ
์ค์. Available at: https://archive.is/wip/NuZsk (Accessed: 23 December 2023).</ref>. ย | The '''Vita500 Big Event''' was an event held on Korean Ragnarok Online (kRO) between 6 July 2004 and 3 August 2004 as a joint marketing event between KwangDong Pharmaceuticals Corporation, the manufacturer of the Vita500 Vitamin C drink and Gravity Corporation. The event was started as a joint venture between the two after the pharmaceutical company wanted to expand its reach to the target market that the Ragnarok Online game provided - namely teenagers and those in their 20s<ref>''๋นํ500, ์จ๋ผ์ธ ๊ฒ์ ๋ผ๊ทธ๋๋กํฌ์ ๊ณต๋๋ง์ผํ
'' (2004) ๋ฉ๋ํ์คํฌ๋ฐ์ด. Available at: <nowiki>https://www.pharmstoday.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=12154</nowiki> (Accessed: 23 December 2023).</ref><ref name=":0">๋นํ500, ๊ฒ์์
์ฒด์ ๊ณต๋๋ง์ผํ
์ค์. Available at: https://archive.is/wip/NuZsk (Accessed: 23 December 2023).</ref>. ย | ||
[[File:Loading06-2004-07-06sdata k.jpg|center|thumb|Loading screen explaining the Vita500 promotion.]] | [[File:Loading06-2004-07-06sdata k.jpg|center|thumb|Loading screen explaining the Vita500 promotion.]] | ||
== Event information == | == Event information == | ||
=== In-game === | |||
The event added the following<ref>์ ๋ชฉ[์ด๋ฒคํธ] [๋นํ500]๊ณผ ํจ๊ปํ๋ [๋ผ๊ทธ๋๋กํฌ] ๋น
์ด๋ฒคํธ (7/6~8/3) (EN: [Event] [Ragnarok] Big Event with [Vita 500] (7/6~8/3)). Available at: https://archive.is/wXAaz (Accessed: 23 December 2023).</ref>: | The event added the following<ref>์ ๋ชฉ[์ด๋ฒคํธ] [๋นํ500]๊ณผ ํจ๊ปํ๋ [๋ผ๊ทธ๋๋กํฌ] ๋น
์ด๋ฒคํธ (7/6~8/3) (EN: [Event] [Ragnarok] Big Event with [Vita 500] (7/6~8/3)). Available at: https://archive.is/wXAaz (Accessed: 23 December 2023).</ref>: | ||
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** Allows the player to trade in 500 x Vita500 Cap items to be included in the competition for the physical prizes (laptops, mice, gift vouchers, etc). | ** Allows the player to trade in 500 x Vita500 Cap items to be included in the competition for the physical prizes (laptops, mice, gift vouchers, etc). | ||
** Allows the player to trade in 25 x Vita500 Cap for 5 x Vita500 Bottle. ย | ** Allows the player to trade in 25 x Vita500 Cap for 5 x Vita500 Bottle. ย | ||
** The event was repeatable. | |||
* Adds the vendor NPC "Ron" to Morocc: | * Adds the vendor NPC "Ron" to Morocc: | ||
** Sells bottles of Vita500 (Price not mentioned). | ** Sells bottles of Vita500 (Price not mentioned). | ||
=== Physical === | |||
The event also included a quiz which was included on the Korean Ragnarok website and KwangDong Pharmaceuticals' website.<ref name=":0" /> | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
<references /> | <references /> | ||
Revision as of 00:44, 23 December 2023
The Vita500 Big Event was an event held on Korean Ragnarok Online (kRO) between 6 July 2004 and 3 August 2004 as a joint marketing event between KwangDong Pharmaceuticals Corporation, the manufacturer of the Vita500 Vitamin C drink and Gravity Corporation. The event was started as a joint venture between the two after the pharmaceutical company wanted to expand its reach to the target market that the Ragnarok Online game provided - namely teenagers and those in their 20s[1][2].
Event information
In-game
The event added the following[3]:
- Added the item Vita500 Cap (Ragnarok Online Item) to the drops for the following monsters:
- Adds the NPC "Rich" to Prontera which does the following:
- Presumably gives some information about the Vita500 product.
- Outlines which monsters allow drops for the Vita500 item (also included in the news item).
- Allows the player to trade in 500 x Vita500 Cap items to be included in the competition for the physical prizes (laptops, mice, gift vouchers, etc).
- Allows the player to trade in 25 x Vita500 Cap for 5 x Vita500 Bottle.
- The event was repeatable.
- Adds the vendor NPC "Ron" to Morocc:
- Sells bottles of Vita500 (Price not mentioned).
Physical
The event also included a quiz which was included on the Korean Ragnarok website and KwangDong Pharmaceuticals' website.[2]
References
- โ ๋นํ500, ์จ๋ผ์ธ ๊ฒ์ ๋ผ๊ทธ๋๋กํฌ์ ๊ณต๋๋ง์ผํ (2004) ๋ฉ๋ํ์คํฌ๋ฐ์ด. Available at: https://www.pharmstoday.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=12154 (Accessed: 23 December 2023).
- โ 2.0 2.1 ๋นํ500, ๊ฒ์์ ์ฒด์ ๊ณต๋๋ง์ผํ ์ค์. Available at: https://archive.is/wip/NuZsk (Accessed: 23 December 2023).
- โ ์ ๋ชฉ[์ด๋ฒคํธ] [๋นํ500]๊ณผ ํจ๊ปํ๋ [๋ผ๊ทธ๋๋กํฌ] ๋น ์ด๋ฒคํธ (7/6~8/3) (EN: [Event] [Ragnarok] Big Event with [Vita 500] (7/6~8/3)). Available at: https://archive.is/wXAaz (Accessed: 23 December 2023).
