Annoyed by wintersday finale.

Numa Pompilius

Numa Pompilius

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

At an Insit.. Intis... a house.

Live Forever Or Die Trying [GLHF]

W/Me

OK, I loved the Wintersday event right up till wintersday. Much better than Halloween I thought.

So, at 1800 CET the 30th of december I log on to guildwars to see if there's any event going on. There's not. Nothing's started yet.

I'm off to a new years party.

At 1200 CET on january the 1st I log on to guildwars to see if there's any event going on. There's not. It's over.

WTF?

Was the intention that the hats should be reserved for people sitting at home playing on-line games on the night of new years eve? Surely hats could've been handed out for at least a full day?

I hope the duration of the next event is a bit longer; the way this one turned out having a hat pretty much signals "I have no life or I'm under 16 years old".

Pevil Lihatuh

Pevil Lihatuh

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2005

Yorkshire, UK

R/Me

lol its true, they should have done it new years day i think. I wasn't planning on going out, but my bf wanted to go round to a colleagues house. Luckily, we were going at 9pm gmt, and the event was at 8pm, so I managed to get both types of hat. But yes, I definately agree it should have lasted longer. Though to be honest, other than the hat/horns you didn't miss much. It wasn't even very interactive. The weapons/collectors items/quests were certainly the best of this event. The actual event was more or less "run to one half,t hen stand around til the fireworks finish".

Lost

Lost

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

Hell's Precipice

Hats were being handed out as early as noon my time. How many New Years parties start at noon?

Josh

Josh

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

England, UK

D/Mo

You know, the last day of the year is the 31st...and not the 30th?

They came out at the times too you specified, so they would've been there.

Did you actually go to Lion's Arch? + Try the 'last' day of the year, and not the 30th.

chippxero

chippxero

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

norfolk

Super Anti Rabbit Squad [SARS]

Mo/Me

All those NPC's running around for the last week doing the count down to wintersday gave it away for me that something would happen on the 31st.

It's just like halloween, you either look ingame and read what the npcs are saying or you miss out.

LifeInfusion

LifeInfusion

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

in the midline

E/Mo

err I got mine 3 in the afternoon. You could've gotten them early.

Viruzzz

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

theres no excuse for missing it except being too lazy to ask or look around yourself.

the event lasted 12 hours as far as i know (i'm in europe, playing on the american server) i went to bed around 1:00AM EST (7:00AM my time)

as far as not getting a hat because you're not at the computer when it happens, well. bad excuse too. doesn't take more than a minute to log in and warp to lions arch, you can spare a minute on new years eve right?

everyone who was AFK, as long as they were standing by grenth or dwyanna, got a hat (circle of candy canes or byt carolers of grenth)

charrlover

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2005

Red Light District

Buttsechs Buddies

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Numa Pompilius
I hope the duration of the next event is a bit longer; the way this one turned out having a hat pretty much signals "I have no life or I'm under 16 years old".
You cannot be f**king serious? It started way before New Year celebrations did (see quote below) and heck you could have logged on you character on the morning of the 31st and left your PC on like most people did. 12 hours time span is too short? You must be kidding me. You are crying over a worthless piece of headgear that is of no importance and of absolutely no relevance. Looks to me that you are either younger than 16 or you have no life. Guessing form your post it's both. Saddest thread ever what a waste of time and energy.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lost
Hats were being handed out as early as noon my time. How many New Years parties start at noon?
Quoted for Truth! Thank you for posting that

YOU COULD HAVE GOTTEN IT EARLY OR LEF YOUR PC ON........
Just stupidity stopped you from getting one

Ayarri Kentra

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2005

The Netherlands

Emphasis on You [YOU]

Mo/Me

A tiny search on this forums, or just a glance at the new topics, would have tipped you off what would happen and where and how late, pure lack of interest that you didn't research it or spent 1 minute of your life to just, ask. Instead you made a post here, clearly showing your disproval of how it went.

If you did a little research, you would have wasted 1 minute, not 2 for making this post Oh, and you would have had your santa hat of course..

If you just stood there and let your character dance, like I did, and lots of others I assume, you would have gotten one for sure. But you could only known this of course, if you checked the forums or asked around.

Happy new year though,
Ayarri Kentra

Takeko Nakano

Takeko Nakano

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2005

Great Britain

W/P

I really couldn't care less that I didn't get the hat - I had a far better time away from my computer!

Defender Of Orth

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

Eternal Knights

W/Mo

That was a pretty smartass remark

Having a hat means I have no life or im under 16 :/ (I got one in the morning, yeah realy I ate some oatmeal and came down and got a hat, then got dressed for the famliy meeting thingy )

Ayarri Kentra

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2005

The Netherlands

Emphasis on You [YOU]

Mo/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Numa Pompilius
I hope the duration of the next event is a bit longer; the way this one turned out having a hat pretty much signals "I have no life or I'm under 16 years old".
Couldn't get a hat, so instead of admitting your own fault, you try to poke/stab the ones who did indeed get a hat/antlers?

Like a lot of replies above said before, you could have just let your pc on, while being in LA of course.

Numa Pompilius

Numa Pompilius

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

At an Insit.. Intis... a house.

Live Forever Or Die Trying [GLHF]

W/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lost
Hats were being handed out as early as noon my time. How many New Years parties start at noon?
When I was in at 1800 Central European Time on the euro server, Lions Arch, district 1, there was not a single person with wintersday hat around. Noone had heard what was going to happen, although there were some guys trying to get something to happen by /kneel and /dance before santas hat by the christmas tree.

When I asked in LA today the earliest anyone said they'd got a hat was 1900 GMT (which is 2000 CET).

So don't give me that it started at noon in the day. Possibly for you in the US.


Apparently to partake in this event, if one have a life & is above 16 years of age, one was supposed to leave the avatar logged in over night Lions Arch, next to the carolers of Grenth or the xmas tree, and the only way to find that out was apparently by searching the speculations by people who didn't know either here on GWG.

And you guys tell me you're not disappointed by the finale to this event?

Come on, this was farking weak.

The event should've been new years DAY, not new years EVE. And especially not late in the evening of new years eve.

Tyrent Frath

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

[ECTO]

Mo/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ayarri Kentra
If you just stood there and let your character dance, like I did, and lots of others I assume, you would have gotten one for sure.
thats what i did, i got stuck with 4 yule caps and no antlers tho

chris_nin00

chris_nin00

Dun dun dun

Join Date: Aug 2005

Reddit Guild

R/

The ending sucked, yes.
But
Everything else like the snowball fights, candy cane weapons, quests, and fun wintersday stuff was enough for me. Don't forget observer mode and the nice scenery
I quite partial to the fireworks and the sort. I'm sort of a pyromania--mancer .

Got both hats for 3 characters .

Esprit

Esprit

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2005

Dvd Forums [DVDF]

E/

It does seem kind of short, considering many people would be out doing stuff for New Years Eve.

For Halloween, ANET accomodated people who could not make it right away. But this time around... *shrugs*.

chippxero

chippxero

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

norfolk

Super Anti Rabbit Squad [SARS]

Mo/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Numa Pompilius
So don't give me that it started at noon in the day. Possibly for you in the US.
No it started at 12pm GMT on european districts on the 31st(yesterday) and then every 3 hours, i should know i was there in english 8.

It was only the international events that started in the evening at 8pm GMT.
Most people like myself just assumed they would stick to the same times as halloween events and they were.

Sagaris

Sagaris

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2005

Netherlands.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Numa Pompilius
When I was in at 1800 Central European Time on the euro server, Lions Arch, district 1, there was not a single person with wintersday hat around. Noone had heard what was going to happen, although there were some guys trying to get something to happen by /kneel and /dance before santas hat by the christmas tree.

When I asked in LA today the earliest anyone said they'd got a hat was 1900 GMT (which is 2000 CET).

So don't give me that it started at noon in the day. Possibly for you in the US.


Apparently to partake in this event, if one have a life & is above 16 years of age, one was supposed to leave the avatar logged in over night Lions Arch, next to the carolers of Grenth or the xmas tree, and the only way to find that out was apparently by searching the speculations by people who didn't know either here on GWG.

And you guys tell me you're not disappointed by the finale to this event?

Come on, this was farking weak.

The event should've been new years DAY, not new years EVE. And especially not late in the evening of new years eve.
I live in Holland and I got my hat at 4 pm. That's 1500 GMT. Forums ftw.
The event started at 1300 CET, the next one was 1600 CET, 1900 CET, 2200 CET, 0100 CET (?).

sirelricthemad

sirelricthemad

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2005

The Grotto

Crusaders of Valhalla [Odin]

Mo/N

I personally feel the hat giving should have gone on a day longer. I was out of town from the 30th to the 1st, not to mention palying from the Philippines which is +8GMT meaning the first event for me would have been around 4 in the morning. I'm sure im not the only person who travels or sdoes not have a constant access to the internet for the holidays. I actually managed to catch the last event (barely) but as I had been gone for 3 days I had no idea what was going on and I ended up with this set of antlers rather than the lovely santa hat.

And as to leaving my PC on before I left? I'll do that once one of you decides to pay my electricity bills.

Nope, im definately sulking about my lack of a hat.

One more day (or even half a day more) would have been a bit better.

chippxero

chippxero

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

norfolk

Super Anti Rabbit Squad [SARS]

Mo/Me

Since christmas there was NPCs counting down to wintersday, everyone who visited any major cities with decorations in the last week had a fair bit of warning that something was going to happen.

What about people that go away for the whole holidays? or people whos internet goes down?

It's unfortunate but it's just a game, if you were out and you had fun does a hat or some antlers really detract from you having a good new years?

Merry Madrigal

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2005

Xen of Onslaught

Mo/Me

Yeah the ending was obviously slapped together in a few hours before the team went on holiday, but the rest of the event was fantastic.

You have to take the good with the bad. And in this case, there was a lot of good.

Baratus

Baratus

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2005

Elizabethtown, NC

Deathkings of The Dark Citadel

D/Me

I managed to get six gifts of one kind and three of another, though the six just exploded when used. I also had the bad luck of getting two or three antlers and no hat due to the districts I was in when the decision on who won was made. That was a bit of a let-down, and the way they just dropped the gifts for people to pick up kind of sucked also. I mean if you were lagged a little it was nearly impossible to grab one. I just don't think it's fair for some players to have 200+ items and others to have none. I'm happy with my small pile though, which is less than ten.

Usuyami

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Dec 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by sirelricthemad
I personally feel the hat giving should have gone on a day longer. I was out of town from the 30th to the 1st, not to mention palying from the Philippines which is +8GMT meaning the first event for me would have been around 4 in the morning. I'm sure im not the only person who travels or sdoes not have a constant access to the internet for the holidays. I actually managed to catch the last event (barely) but as I had been gone for 3 days I had no idea what was going on and I ended up with this set of antlers rather than the lovely santa hat.

And as to leaving my PC on before I left? I'll do that once one of you decides to pay my electricity bills.

Nope, im definately sulking about my lack of a hat.

One more day (or even half a day more) would have been a bit better.

Amen to that, I got home less than half an hour before the last event ended. I was pretty crushed, but it's a video game. Dunno why they couldn't extend it to 12 hours before and 12 hours after new years. I think everyone could've gotten a chance to get something then.

Numa Pompilius

Numa Pompilius

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

At an Insit.. Intis... a house.

Live Forever Or Die Trying [GLHF]

W/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sagaris
I live in Holland and I got my hat at 4 pm. That's 1500 GMT. Forums ftw.
The event started at 1300 CET, the next one was 1600 CET, 1900 CET, 2200 CET, 0100 CET (?).
I find that hard to believe, as I was playing for about an hour around 1600 CET, visiting LA and Ascalon and Draknors several times - and did not see a single hat. Not one.

Nope, like I said, the event as a whole was great, but the finale was teh suck.

Makkert

Makkert

Black Beast of Aarrrrgghh

Join Date: May 2005

The Netherlands

The Biggyverse [PLEB] // Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

This has indeed caused much frustration. I was checking out LA at 3 hours after the last event, and when they realised the event wasn't coming, it was like hell broke lose.
Many curses towards ANet I've seen, curses towards Dwayna, and people upset at their lives (my life sucks). I even saw someone threatening he would kill himself, which was followed by encouragement of other players.

Really, take a deep breath. Shame you missed the event, but it's like that. I agree the times weren't really handy (who goes playing GW on 12PM? A lot of people out to parties), but the rage that followed is not warranted imho. At least, not in the raw unpolished forms I've seen it in-game.

Daemon Dremora

Daemon Dremora

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2005

Millington, TN

Seele Erntemaschine {Nein}

I got a set of antlers and the hat, and had my gf come over and we watched movies all night. I guess i am just lucky to have a gf who does not play GW but is interested in it. i got the antlers at about 2 or 3 pm CTZ (Central Time Zone, Central North America) and then my gf came over and i just switched to a Dwayna district and left my char on by the tree. But my gf wanted to see everything happen so she reminded me when it was time and we went and watched the fireworks together, (kinda romantic), and then i got my hat and we went back to watching movies. Good times, Good times.

ghostlyranger

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2005

only a 16 years old boy will complain when he cant get an ingame item.

Mwen

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

Order of the Eternal Blade

Quote:
Originally Posted by ghostlyranger
only a 16 years old boy will complain when he cant get an ingame item.
Rofl... For the most part, 16-year-old boys without a life were the only ones who did get them this time. I didn't get them (my cable went down). Kind of irrating, but that's life. I've seen some misplaced anger from folks who missed them, but I've seen even more fanboy-ism from players attempting to tear apart any other player who dares give constructive feedback of any kind. GW is getting a bad repution on the MMO boards for having a large element of not-so-great community, and this is a big reason why.

Total Disfunction

Total Disfunction

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2005

Alabama USA

Onslaught Of Hero's [XoO]

All you had to do was login have a char. stand near the avatar area for the head peice you wanted. Turn off your monitor and come back later viola HAT!!! You did not have to do anything special to aquire one just stand near the avatar.

Pevil Lihatuh

Pevil Lihatuh

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2005

Yorkshire, UK

R/Me

seems a lot of people are mad over this. I stand by what i said originally, i.e. it shoulda lasted two days (so carried on today) but it is pathetic that some people are so apparently annoyed!

I woulda been disappointed if I didn't get a hat. I admit it But I was darn lucky that I DID get one. I'm an english girl on the american servers. This means that the events were 2pm, 5pm, 8pm, 11pm, 2am, 5am, 8am, 11am.

From 8.45am til 5.45pm I was at work. So the first 2 were out. I was going out for 9 until god knows when, so that meant 11 was out. Even if I'd gotten home, I wouldn't have stayed up just for the 2am/5am ones (i got back at 2.30 ) and I wasn't awake until 12.30. So I got lucky, because I was around at 8pm only.

Now sure, in my case I could have made myself wait up for the 5am one, or gotten up for the 8am/11am ones. Or left my chars AFK. But the point of the event isn't just the hat you get. You're supposed to enjoy it, not just come back to the comp and say "yay i have antlers". You're supposed to go "oooh fireworks" or "yay pressies!" or "aww... I died "

Fyre Brand

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2005

Shadowlight Order [SoR]

I liked the finale. The fireworks were cool especially with the spiked eggnog!

The 3 hour timing thing could be a little different. I had the same problem at halloween. I just wasn't at the computer when the King dropped in.

It's nothing to get really worked up about though as the pumpkin heads, hats, and antlers don't really do anything. If the items were useful then that would be something to get angry about.

Personally I like how the Lineage team handled Christmas last year. If your account was active (it's monthly fee based) then you got a present on your character. It was a non-unique but very useful item. Everyone got one. It would be cool if we had a present in our inventory like that.

Still the event was pretty fun. I was gone for most of the holiday but had fun crafting candy canes and playing in the snowball fights.

Vladmoney

Vladmoney

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

Charter Vanguard

W/E

Hey i just left my character by the tree and when i came back, i had my hat. That easy, aint nothing wrong with afk.

Pevil Lihatuh

Pevil Lihatuh

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2005

Yorkshire, UK

R/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Fyre Brand

Personally I like how the Lineage team handled Christmas last year. If your account was active (it's monthly fee based) then you got a present on your character. It was a non-unique but very useful item. Everyone got one. It would be cool if we had a present in our inventory like that.
yeah thats how the Ultima ONline people do it. Basically for every character you have, on "x day" (this year a couple weeks before christmas) you get a gift in the characters backpack. E.g. this year you had a gift box that inside contained a soulstone fragment (people who play know about these), a lil snowscene ball, a christmas tree deed so you could put the tree in your house, and the same thing but for a reindeer. Stupid things, more for house deco, but fun.

Maiyn

Maiyn

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

Canada

I Excentrix I [PuNK]

Awe.. :/

snapp

snapp

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2005

W/

I'm disappointed that I didn't get a hat, I was on at just after midnight last night and 3 am. For Halloween the King showed up so many times people were getting sick of it, For Xmas/New Years a much bigger celebration period than Halloween they decide to do a one day session?..I just find it hard to understand, way more people are busy around this time than halloween. I think Anet should really have been more considerate of what time of year it actually is and extended the event a little longer.

but hey, thats the way things happen.

Kula

Kula

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2005

West Coast, USA

Mo/E

Regarding the OP:

I understand your frustration, but no reason to take it out on the others who did manage to get 1, 2, or even 5 hats. I also wished they could have extended the even to 2 days, since I was far from my computer yesterday as well, and I wasn't about to waste electricity by leaving it on all day for a simple game. Those are just the breaks, dude.

Eet GnomeSmasher

Banned

Join Date: Apr 2005

In my head

While I think that the timing and duration of the events could have been vastly improved, is there really a need to insult the people who actually turned out for the events?

It just strikes me as funny that people are ticked off in the way they are at how they missed the events because they have a life. If that is true, then why should a silly santa hat affect you so much?

Back when I was younger and would have been out getting drunk on New Year's Eve, I wouldnt have given a crap about missing some silly event on a videogame. Sure, it would have been nice to be able to party AND go play a videogame but I wouldnt have thrown tantrums or insulted people "who have no lives"

Again, I agree that the times of the events sucked, but quit with the hostility people.

SirJackassIII

SirJackassIII

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2005

Belgium

none

N/E

So, you're mad about not getting an in-game item that doesn't exist?
...

Anyway, if it WOULD last longer, you'd have the following:
24 hours instead of 12: If it's anything like me, you're still recovering from a hangover by noon Januari first...so people still complain.
2 days: If you really do have a life, you're still not getting it because on New Years itself, you tend to visit relatives you don't see all year and visit friends. Ergo, people still complain.

So, how long would it have to last for people to be happy?

yangster

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2005

Asian Syndicate

Me/E

I came home before 9pm and didn't notice they were doing it until I read this forum so I only got an antler. So what if you don't get a hat or antlers, there's always next year and etc.

lofblad

lofblad

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2005

Rise of the Forsaken

W/R

Quote:
Originally Posted by Numa Pompilius
I find that hard to believe, as I was playing for about an hour around 1600 CET, visiting LA and Ascalon and Draknors several times - and did not see a single hat. Not one.

Nope, like I said, the event as a whole was great, but the finale was teh suck.
It doesn't matter what you believe, it's the truth. I went to the first event on European servers, at 12PM GMT, and I know they repeated every three hours until 12AM GMT.

Then on International they followed GW time, PST (GMT -8), and I was at the first event at 12PM PST (8PM GMT). They too followed the same (every three hours for 12 hours) schedule.

You missed out, tough. It'll come back next year. Try to be more observant then, and as always check the forums.