Friday 13th Event?

cyberjanet

cyberjanet

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2007

The Netherlands

Rich Mahogany

N/

Our Guild Leader went into FoW last night and the party got no significant drops.

OK, it wasn't Friday the 13th yet, but he just told me about it. And I guess nobody wants a truly unlucky day playing GW.

No drops in FoW. Level 2 monsters kill you no matter what you do. there's a bug in the mission timers so they drop to zero minutes just as you start fighting. Soul reaping gets nerfed ... oh wait, that already happened last Friday.

OK I've had my cheap jab, now onto the main business. What do you think would be fun in a Friday 13th event?

Do we get to fight Black Cats? Do ladders mysteriously appear for us to walk under? Do we get drops of spilled salt to throw over our shoulders to ward off the bad luck?

Chop it Off

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2006

Saviors of [EviL]

A/

how about lots of lag and rubberbanding when u REALLY wanna play..... oh.....wait...... thats allready happening.

MirageMaster

MirageMaster

Banned

Join Date: Mar 2007

EU

I want Freddy Krueger stalking everyone! ^_^ WOOT!

VGJustice

VGJustice

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2005

Tyria, cappin' ur bosses

Boston Guild [BG]

R/W

I suddenly want a Black Cat mini pet.

btw, since I was born on Friday the 13th, that's a lucky day for me. =^_^=

savage vapor 33

savage vapor 33

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2006

Regems Basement

The Malevolent Wolfpack [tMw]

How bout they release GW2....would that be bad?

Edge Martinez

Edge Martinez

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

NC

DKL

Quote:
Originally Posted by VGJustice
btw, since I was born on Friday the 13th, that's a lucky day for me. =^_^=
Could have been worse. You could have been born on a Feb 29. Imagine trying to explain to your date you can't buy a beer.

FelixCarter

FelixCarter

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2006

Mo/Me

I think you should have a chance to boost your "Unlucky" title up.

...

Then again... I think too much, sometimes.

legendel

legendel

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

UK

League of Friends (LOF)

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Edge Martinez
Could have been worse. You could have been born on a Feb 29. Imagine trying to explain to your date you can't buy a beer.
i suppose legally speaking if you're 72 (84 in the US) when you go on the date you'd be ok, but methinks you'd probably be better with a nice hot mug of cocoa

Cacheelma

Cacheelma

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2005

The Ascalon Union

Me/Mo

You drop whatever weapon you're carrying when you die, and only the mobs can loot it (and they do).

Aggravaar

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2006

W/

Everyone gets lots of ectos from every monster they kill and, in the evening, the servers die and get reverted to last wednesday.

Avarre

Avarre

Bubblegum Patrol

Join Date: Dec 2005

Singapore Armed Forces

Quote:
Originally Posted by Edge Martinez
Could have been worse. You could have been born on a Feb 29. Imagine trying to explain to your date you can't buy a beer.
Because years are a time period, and not a correspondant annual number, your birthday would fall in Feb 28 three years out of four.

..carry on.

thezed

thezed

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2006

Iowa, USA

HoTR

Quote:
Originally Posted by FelixCarter
I think you should have a chance to boost your "Unlucky" title up.

...

Then again... I think too much, sometimes.
I agree, seems the logical "event"....but I get the feeling this thread has little to do with "logic"

Mournblade

Mournblade

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: May 2005

Houston, Texas

Dawn Treaders [DAWN]

W/Mo

When you sell anything at a merchant, a random item (including your held items) is sold instead. (merchant lag!)

When you enter an explorable area, your skillbar is replaced with the previous build you loaded. (sorry guys, I forgot to switch from my farming build before we left!)

GW reboots every time a gold item drops for you, and you can't reconnect for 11 minutes. (Arrrrgh!)

You mysteriously die just before achieving a flawless victory in any arena. (WFT?)

Taurucis

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2006

The edge of reason

I don't play any more.

W/E

Most of these ideas are not very good for events... 90% of them are detrimental to the player. Imagine if the random item got sold instead of your merchant food was your gold req 8 15^50 crystalline... Sure it may be funny to you people when a newbie yells "WHY DID IT SELL MY WEAPON NOOOOO" but how funny is it when your items are wasted due to a planned glitch?

Events are supposed to be fun... not ruin people's accounts, characters, and time, and interest in the game...

Fire Rm

Fire Rm

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2006

Israel

All The Ectos Are [GoNe]

E/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Aggravaar
Everyone gets lots of ectos from every monster they kill and, in the evening, the servers die and get reverted to last wednesday.
omg, i can imagine the newspapers-
1,000,000 GW players suicide this friday. cause: They have lost 4 Ectos.

XvArchonvX

XvArchonvX

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by FelixCarter
I think you should have a chance to boost your "Unlucky" title up.

...

Then again... I think too much, sometimes.
I was about to laugh this off thinking that an event for Fri 13th would be a waste, but that's actually not a bad idea at all...

Rocky Raccoon

Rocky Raccoon

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2007

Massachusetts, USA

Guardians of the Cosmos

R/Mo

How about broken drops that are worseless, that way you add toward your unlucky title.

ZenRgy

ZenRgy

Zookeeper

Join Date: Jul 2005

Australian Discussion Posse HQ - Glorious leader

҉ ̵̡̢̢̛̛̛̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟&#

N/E

This was offtopic but I found it rather fascinating, I got 3 golds today, a +30hp sword hilt and a shard kind of odd for Friday the 13th AND I saw a black cat today (before said items).

Fire Raven

Fire Raven

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2006

Germany

The Real Power Of Mending

i dont think there is any friday 13th event... gaile gray or someone else had told us that there is something

Commander Ryker

Site Contributor

Join Date: Jun 2005

R/

As long as hench and heros share drops, every day is Friday the 13th.

Ritual del Fuego

Ritual del Fuego

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2007

CA

Frogs in Winter [FiW]

Quote:
Originally Posted by MirageMaster
I want Freddy Krueger stalking everyone! ^_^ WOOT!
Wrong movie, Jayson should be stalking us instead of Freddy.

But on a related note, how about a collector that gives out Jayson masks and maybe have Jayson's machete drop as loot.

Realm of Fiery Doom

Realm of Fiery Doom

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2007

Realm of Fiery Doom

My Friday 13th Event :

I got scammed by a runner

Mohnzh

Mohnzh

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2007

Might find me roaming around doing missions in hard mode...or maybe I'm lost in the Underworld...

[KCOR]

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Avarre
Because years are a time period, and not a correspondant annual number, your birthday would fall in Feb 28 three years out of four.

..carry on.
I believe that legally your parents get to choose what day of the year will be your official birthday by law if you are born on February 29th. About 99% choose Feb 28, a few choose March 1, and only a handful choose other days (usually for nostalgia, such as date of conception).

To encompass both the Friday 13 and February essence of this thread:

My mom was born on Friday, February 13.

Unlucky Slayer

Unlucky Slayer

RAGE INCARNATE

Join Date: Apr 2006

Sitting at The Guild Hall 2, being happy.

Nerd Clan [NK]

R/

Friday the 13th is just another day...

Nothing real special about it...

Some people are really lucky, and they were born on a Friday the 13th.

salamanca

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

Bookhouse boys

R/

You know what I love about the GW community?

That some folks have totally missed that the point of this thread was a joke. Laugh at the suggestions and move about your business. We all know they are not doing anything to the game let alone a detrimental effect that would "ruin" it for players. But that is an essential part of comedy, laughing at the foible's that effect another person.

I vote for a day where all your dye reverts to grey and stays that way and the minipets all change into mini-grawl that hammer your toes. Worse yet, every time you enter a playable area, you become Gwen.

Retribution X

Retribution X

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

Check behind you again.

N/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Aggravaar
Everyone gets lots of ectos from every monster they kill and, in the evening, the servers die and get reverted to last wednesday.
Sweet! they might have rolled it back enough to remove the SR nerf!

Lydz

Lydz

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

Cape Town, South Africa

The Crazy Dragons [TCD]

E/Mo

As someone mentioned before, a black cat mini would be cool :P

Lydz

Lydz

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

Cape Town, South Africa

The Crazy Dragons [TCD]

E/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by salamanca
You know what I love about the GW community?

That some folks have totally missed that the point of this thread was a joke. Laugh at the suggestions and move about your business. We all know they are not doing anything to the game let alone a detrimental effect that would "ruin" it for players. But that is an essential part of comedy, laughing at the foible's that effect another person.

I vote for a day where all your dye reverts to grey and stays that way and the minipets all change into mini-grawl that hammer your toes. Worse yet, every time you enter a playable area, you become Gwen.
Ooh! I wouldn't mine being Gwen! Vote Gwen! Gwen ftw!

Don Zardeone

Don Zardeone

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2005

Every white drop or purple chest item adds +1 to your unlucky title.. if it was dropped in areas with level24mobs.

^ gogo

Mouser

Mouser

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2005

Defenders of Gods

N/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by MirageMaster
I want Freddy Krueger stalking everyone! ^_^ WOOT!
Er, Freddy is from Nightmare on Elm Street. Jason is from Friday the 13th.

Sir Skullcrasher

Sir Skullcrasher

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

California

15 over 50 [Rare]

W/Mo

I see PvPers in Grotto!!!

redant751

redant751

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

NYC,NY

Gods Special Forces (GSF)

R/E

The only spirits i am going to meet tonight while playing GW are in bottles

Blackest Rose

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by Taurucis
Most of these ideas are not very good for events... 90% of them are detrimental to the player. Imagine if the random item got sold instead of your merchant food was your gold req 8 15^50 crystalline... Sure it may be funny to you people when a newbie yells "WHY DID IT SELL MY WEAPON NOOOOO" but how funny is it when your items are wasted due to a planned glitch?

Events are supposed to be fun... not ruin people's accounts, characters, and time, and interest in the game...
I hope everyone realizes that some posts in this thread seem to be serious and others seem to be in jest.....

It's silly to think that someone who suggest random sells to merchant should happen on Friday 14th....

Realm of Fiery Doom

Realm of Fiery Doom

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2007

Realm of Fiery Doom

Quote:
Originally Posted by redant751
The only spirits i am going to meet tonight while playing GW are in bottles
Hehe....

Spirits please!

ggg123

ggg123

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Apr 2007

Canada

Lords of Dekkane

W/Mo

It would be cool to have something to work on the Unlucky title, it makes sense after all.

Age

Age

Hall Hero

Join Date: Jul 2005

California Canada/BC

STG Administrator

Mo/

They could of made all Charactors Left Handers as it is known as Left Handers Day.

olly123

olly123

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2006

sh*tvill england

tgc

Mo/

oh come on we all know what anet will do,. ur get in a group and go out, a chest will apear and u oepne it . 8 req8 perfect crystalline drop :P, then they DC ur whole group

Rurik Jangeer

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2006

[FINE] Fat Insecure Neurotic Emotional

P/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by Taurucis
Most of these ideas are not very good for events... 90% of them are detrimental to the player. Imagine if the random item got sold instead of your merchant food was your gold req 8 15^50 crystalline... Sure it may be funny to you people when a newbie yells "WHY DID IT SELL MY WEAPON NOOOOO" but how funny is it when your items are wasted due to a planned glitch?

Events are supposed to be fun... not ruin people's accounts, characters, and time, and interest in the game...
Not everyone was being serious.

Gaile Gray

Gaile Gray

ArenaNet

Join Date: Feb 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by FelixCarter
I think you should have a chance to boost your "Unlucky" title up.

...

Then again... I think too much, sometimes.
I don't know, Felix. I think that's a really cool idea!

Scutilla

Scutilla

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

Tyrian Explorers League

R/P

All monsters drop stacks of 100,001 gold. (Since you can only hold 100,000 gold in your inventory, these stacks would be impossible to pick up.)