Okay so we all know the following towns are decorated for Wintersday and have quests or something going on:
Ascalon City
Droknar's Forge
Kamadan
And probably some others I forgot to mention. My question is, how come Wintersday is nowhere in Factions? To me, Factions is the best campaign, and if all these other places have Wintersday, why not Factions? Just never made sense to me.
No Wintersday in Factions?
Tender Wolf
I Phoenix I
Factions has the Dragon Festival and the Tengu Day.
Saraphim
Day of the Tengu was a one-off wasn't it?
But yeh they have the Dragon Festival and New Year.
But yeh they have the Dragon Festival and New Year.
CyberMesh0
Asia doesn't generally celebrate Christmas, that's why. As mentioned, they have Chinese New Year.
Tender Wolf
Ah okay. I forgot about the Dragon Arena and Canthan New Year. lol My bad. 
Thanks for clearing that up. 
And Merry Christmas!
And Merry Christmas!
Biostem
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Asia doesn't generally celebrate Christmas, that's why. As mentioned, they have Chinese New Year.
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X89
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Frankly, I think it's some odd desire on the part of the devs to keep Factions different...
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. I'd try to forget factions too, but always remember it when I look at my assassin.
-Loki-
Cantha gets the Dragon Festival and Canthan New Year, Tyria and Elona get Wintersday and Halloween. Get over it.
Toutatis
The way I see it, Cantha is probably south of the equator. Ergo, instead of snow they should be in the middle of summer right now. It wouldn't make much sense for the southern continent to celebrate a festival about winter if the days are long and the sun is at its highest.
RSGashapon
You forget Australia? It's summer there, and many Australians celebrate Christmas. Don't they?
Toutatis
That's true, although Wintersday is not a real equivalent to Christmas.
Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, and that isn't specific to any season. A birthday can happen at any time of the year - the reason why Christmas takes place in winter in the northern hemisphere is due to the church's modifications to the festival calendar so that the new Pagan converts would know when they were supposed to be celebrating (and they integrated a lot of Pagan traditions from the season into the festival as well to make the transition for new converts easier).
Wintersday, on the other hand, is something that can only happen during the cold times of the year; Grenth wants the cold to be prolonged, while Dwayna wants the warmth of spring to come sooner.
If Cantha is in the middle of summer right now, there's no cold. If there's no cold, there's no reason for Wintersday there.
Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, and that isn't specific to any season. A birthday can happen at any time of the year - the reason why Christmas takes place in winter in the northern hemisphere is due to the church's modifications to the festival calendar so that the new Pagan converts would know when they were supposed to be celebrating (and they integrated a lot of Pagan traditions from the season into the festival as well to make the transition for new converts easier).
Wintersday, on the other hand, is something that can only happen during the cold times of the year; Grenth wants the cold to be prolonged, while Dwayna wants the warmth of spring to come sooner.
If Cantha is in the middle of summer right now, there's no cold. If there's no cold, there's no reason for Wintersday there.
RSGashapon
Cantha is sub-tropical. Wintersday is in a temperate zone. And swallows, whether English or African, keep their average air velocities a secret.
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Cantha is sub-tropical. Wintersday is in a temperate zone.
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xiaotsu
Because Cantha doesn't celebrate Wintersday, that's why. Fake continents, fake holidays, purely coincidence that they fall around the time of Christmas and gifts are given.
I win
I win
the Puppeteer
everyone gets something - we all agree...
/close pls
/close pls
slowerpoke
i'd rather have canthan new year than another outpost covered in snow ;p
sykoone
Just because Anet says that Cantha can't celebrate Wintersday, doesn't mean it cant' happen. Check out the Wintersday for All mod.
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User:...ersday_For_All
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User:...ersday_For_All
Shakti
Wow deja vu...I feel as if we've had this discussion before.
Oh wait, that's right. Last year....and Halloween...
Cantha has no Wintersday because Anet says so. We get Canthan New year and Dragon Festival there.
/endofstoryletitgoplz
Oh wait, that's right. Last year....and Halloween...
Cantha has no Wintersday because Anet says so. We get Canthan New year and Dragon Festival there.
/endofstoryletitgoplz
Eldin
Canthans get the Dragon Festival and Canthan New Year.
I don't know if there is an equivalent for Xmas in Asia, anyways. If it is, it doesn't seem mainstream.
Besides, Factions is, undoubtedly, the worst chapter of all. It doesn't deserve the tender love and care ANet gives to Tyria and Elona.
I don't know if there is an equivalent for Xmas in Asia, anyways. If it is, it doesn't seem mainstream.
Besides, Factions is, undoubtedly, the worst chapter of all. It doesn't deserve the tender love and care ANet gives to Tyria and Elona.
quickmonty
Elona is attached to, and south of Tyria. Cantha is on a seperate continent.
First there was Tyria, and ANet came up with Wintersday for a special event.
Then there was Cantha, and ANet came up with the Dragon Festival for a special event.
Then the was Elona and ANet said "WTF! We need another holiday! ....... No, wait. We'll just recycle Wintersday and it's a lot less work for us!"
lolz
First there was Tyria, and ANet came up with Wintersday for a special event.
Then there was Cantha, and ANet came up with the Dragon Festival for a special event.
Then the was Elona and ANet said "WTF! We need another holiday! ....... No, wait. We'll just recycle Wintersday and it's a lot less work for us!"
lolz
moko
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Nevin
They don't celebrate X-mas in China.... Err I mean "Wintersday"
Ugoff The Unholy
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The way I see it, Cantha is probably south of the equator. Ergo, instead of snow they should be in the middle of summer right now. It wouldn't make much sense for the southern continent to celebrate a festival about winter if the days are long and the sun is at its highest.
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artay
You can still participate in snowball fights via temple of balthazar. Like other have said, Cantha has it's own special holidays that the other continents don't.
Biostem
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At least Cantha HAS snow. Correct me if I'm wrong, but Elona has no snow anywhere.
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Vinraith
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They don't celebrate X-mas in China.... Err I mean "Wintersday"
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So Elona and Cantha celebrate the new year coinciding with western New Year IRL, and the CAnthan's celebrate theirs to correspond with eastern New Year IRL. It's not really that complicated.
Sirius-NZ
Istan is definitely in the tropics, which makes having snow in Kamadan utterly bizarre. Still, I guess they had to do something.
Zeek Aran
Is it over now? Can it be closed?
Curse You
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Well... there was that time Koss stopped using Head and Shoulders...
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jrk247
Faction's doesn't have Wintersday because the game creators said so, don't like it? Stop playing the game.
maraxusofk
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They don't celebrate X-mas in China.... Err I mean "Wintersday"
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.......yes they do. jsut not as much. go to HK during christmas. lots of shopping then.
The Legg
quite pathetic all of you guys flaming the op. As soon as the reason why as explained, the op thanked everyone and wished them a happy christmas. Now you guys all jump on here having a go at him just to increase your own personal egos and post count.
Quite pathetic
Quite pathetic
jrk247
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quite pathetic all of you guys flaming the op. As soon as the reason why as explained, the op thanked everyone and wished them a happy christmas. Now you guys all jump on here having a go at him just to increase your own personal egos and post count.
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Wintersday was only celebrated in Prophecies until NF was released and Faction's gets 2 other events only celebrated there so I say it's a good trade off. People playing GW usually have more than just Faction's so I don't even see why there has to be a thread like this every year. Anet doesn't want to have Wintersday in Faction's, they make the games it's their decision in the end. If you don't like it then bring it up with them.
Clarissa F
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[off topic] And your post contributed to this thread how? [/off topic]
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Someone put a silver steak in this minion.
Roo Ella
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The way I see it, Cantha is probably south of the equator. Ergo, instead of snow they should be in the middle of summer right now. It wouldn't make much sense for the southern continent to celebrate a festival about winter if the days are long and the sun is at its highest.
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