In-Game Events and Gatherings

Posted as well in Live Event Discussion

So as we all noticed, live events and in-game events like the Revenant Sacrifice bring a lot of players online and genereate some noteworthy content and publicity.

I am wondering what you, my fellow capsuleers, think about this idea for a live/in-game event:

At a certain date and time (to be determined), CCP or sponsoring corp/alliance would drop a multitude of cans throughout a specific constellation/region. Inside these cans could be items ranging from 1 Trit and a Fedo to something as crazy a Vindicator BP or BPC. Obviously, enough cans and loot would need to be dropped to peak interest from the masses.

To my knowledge, after cans are jettisoned, they stick around for what, 2 hours or so? This gives capsuleers all over New Eden an amount of time to travel to said constellation/region and start finding the cans.

I hypothesize that not only would this bring multiple fleets of many capsuleers into one constellation/region, it would also require and encourage some use of exploring and scanning techniques to find the cans, perhaps breathing a bit of life into exploration.

This event could be done in high, low, and null sec, or a combination of any of the three.

You could even take it a few steps further by repeating this a few times. For example, after all cans in one constellation or region had been found, or a given amount of time has passed, the sponsors could announce the next constellation or region.

Or you could even make it a bit harder by simply broadcasting 'clues' leading to the next area, instead of the exact location.

I think it would be fun and interesting to have a bunch of fleets flying around and tripping over eachother, brawling here and there, fighting their way to the loot. And obviously, third party party-crashers would abound.

I think this is at minimum a decent idea. Ideas can always take some modifying or adjustments, but I think the premise alone has a lot of potential to bring a fair amount of players and content to some otherwise barren areas in New Eden. I personally do no have the funds to do this myself, but if enough people or entities thought it was a good idea and pledged some ISK and support, I'd definitely participate in the organizational aspects. At the very least, I'd be part of one of the searching fleets.

Let me know what you think, good or bad, or if this has already been tried and done. But please, no flaming or trolling (I regret saying that already, I know it is in vain to do so).

EDIT** I now realize thre is no such thing as a Vindi BP. Oops.