Amidst a flury of combat in PaxLair City, Nightly Wood of PaxO captured PaxLair during a two hour combat event.  Nightly Wood will receive 2M Gold from Mayor Winfield at the PaxLair 8th Anniversary Ceremonies on Thursday, January 19, at 9 PM ET in PaxOku.

Mayor Winfield announced earlier in the day that PaxLair's non-aggression laws were relaxed for a short period to see what guild could capture PaxLair.  Guilds fought to get their guildmates into a specific seat, the "Captured Seat" in front of Luigi's Pizzeria.

The capture times were:

• Nightly Wood (PaxO): 1:04
• Calliope, Oak Tobark (LuT): 0:49
• Klug da Stu Maker, Te'kug (Orc): 0:43
• Faith and others (!C!): 0:01

Several celebrity spectators were seen in the area too, including Viceroy of Yew (UO Radio).

The area was dominated early by Champs who killed any living thing and beast.  However, other guilds were able to sneak into the area that was under Champs guard and reach the seat to gain valuable Capture Time.  Eventually Champs left the area midway through the event leaving the seat exposed.  As a note, Champs did dominate the area, without capturing it, for about 40 minutes cummulative time.

Time after time various guildmembers we able to reach the designated seat before getting killed.  Referees were on the spot to count the capture time.

Mayor Winfield stated later that he hoped this event would draw Feluccan guilds to PaxLair for the combat many have always sought.  Only a few showed though, even with a massive media blitz during the day.  He said, "PaxLair is often criticized for not holding events in PaxLair City, Felucca.  We have had two events in our original city during our 8th Anniversary. It appears shard interest is lacking with respect to our Feluccan holdings.  However, I am comitted to maintain our original tenets of Peace, Neutrality, and [Roleplaying] in PaxLair City and Dragons Watch along with our cities outside Felucca."

The other event Mayor Winfield refers to is the Friday Fight Night Tournament held on January 13, 2006.  Eight fighters showed for that event, but several more left early due to disruption of the official player event.

The specific rules and results of the Capture PaxLair event are located at http://www.paxlair.com/site10/capturepaxlair .