Woot! Thank You ANet!

WOOT! Just saw the message about the Xunlai House thing on the main page. Now, I signed up even though I had a pretty bad chance of predicting the winner, and so I had resigned myself to not getting a wintergreen weap. Then you rockin folks at Anet surprise me and give us wintergreens for just participating! You guys rock, thankyou so much, and happy holidays/Merry Christmas or how ever you wanna say it! WOOT!

Sweet! I won a single one and I couldn't decide whether I was going to pick a staff or a sword. Now I'll just pick both.

Nice. Well played ANet! That's the true spirit of Wintersday!

mmmm yummy minty candy

omg i loooove anet!!!!!!!!They are really making this wintersday the best ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!gooo arenanet!

Yes! Now I know I'll get at least one candy treat. Thanks!

can you get the weapons yet? because i cant

*beams* I agree -- truly the spirit of the season!

You're very welcome! We're glad that you took part, and helped us test the system, and we're delighted to give you a little special something as a memento.

No, not yet. We'll have info on that soon, though.

Well, now that that's over and done with, lets NEVER do it again. Real seasons are ftw, silly skill limited ones aren't... 1st on the ladder should count for something...

Also, it's a shame everyone gets wintergreens, defeats the purpose of giving them as prizes to the winners, as EVERYONE knows they were just gonna sell the Wintergreen Bows for millions. Ah well, now the weapons are worth nothing :|

Anything else you want to complain about? The shoelace length on the Warrior, perhaps? The hairstyles on the female something-or-other? It's called an "inclusive, special, fun season." It's not the deadly serious "play for a ton of money" season, and we can't offer that every month, and we won't make excuses or apologies for not doing so. Sometimes, the stakes are higher than others. Sometimes you want to involve as many players a possible, and hope that you reach out and bring in a whole lot of them. Which, I would say, we did.

I understand that the money thing would be impossible to do regularly, but a season with prizes that are actually exclusively for the winners would have been nicer...rather than 30,000 people getting them...

And yes, my Warriors shoe laces ARE too long.

Wow. You're complaining that everyone got a gift during the Christmas season instead of a few? Talk about being a Grinch.

Complain more please.

I didn't move a single guild from the original order and got 3 right.

No, he's complaining because guilds and players who worked hard to earn their prizes are basically being rewarded at the same level as a few players who were able to correctly register themselves at the tournament house and guilds that got a cape trim for nothing more time consuming than an email to Anet listing a roster for the tournament. It's not particularly inspiring to see that greater effort does not equal greater reward, is it?

You got gold & silver cape trims for your effort. That's not good enough?

Please. Don't tell me you play this season's ladder JUST for the wintergreens...

Oh please... if you're really in a guild that's worth two craps, I'd hope you have a sense of something called "competitiveness" that is as much or more inspiring than any reward (either in- or out- of game).

You failed to read correctly. Every guild in the top 50 will receive at least the third level cape trim for nothing more on their part than sending a roster to ArenaNet. Combining both issues serves serves only to lesson the effort of the guilds that actually did play in the tournament and I can certainly understand the disgruntlement of some. (Please note, in neither of my posts have I stated my own position. I have simply clarified why some feel as they do.)

If there is any complaint here it's that every guild in the top 50 is getting a trim NOT that everyone who registered in the Xunlai House is getting a wintergreen item. It IS a Christmas item afterall.

And really, most PVPers dont give a crap that people can get the same holiday item in a different way. I sure don't.

Most PvPers may not, but there are some who do, otherwise we'd not see posts like Talon's.

LOL I have my opinions on this, but I'm not gonna complain. It's not that important. Gold trim is reward enough for first place. Merry Christmas everyone! Can't wait to see what other presents we get.