Halloween ended early?

Sidheyuna Aetheris

Sidheyuna Aetheris

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2007

On a mitten surrounded by water.

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About 50min ago Bobby disappeared, and ToTs no longer seem to be dropping. The official website slates the festivities as continuing through 11:59pm on Sunday, November 2.

Just a lil frustrated. I'd been planning on working on my gamer title today. : /

I'm not posting this to open the gates of Hell and unleash the "ZOMGWTFANETSUX" QQ-fest that I know will ensue regardless, but more or less to see if there'll be some action to fix it in a timely manner.....or at all.

I realize they have limited staff working on GW1 these days and all, but mishaps like this really hurt their reputation as a business over time. Yes, I know they're not obligated to do anything special. Although I would argue it's somewhat necessary to keep your player-base satisfied, since a solid amount of profit stems from repeat customers and all, as well as word-of-mouth. I think they're on the right track with some of the more recent updates that have been implemented, as well as those planned in the near future, since they seem to be seriously considering player feedback regarding some features (hurray for grind reduction), but disappointments like this leave a sour taste in everyone's mouth.

Please get the remainder of Halloween back on track, Anet.

Jensy

Jensy

Site Contributor

Join Date: Apr 2007

Phoenix, Arizona

Blinkie Ponie Armie [bpa]

N/Mo

Very weird.

I think I was too tired to notice at first. But yeah, ended early D:

Odinius

Odinius

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

Netherlands

[OBEY]

N/R

Maybe they finally grew tired of all the Q.Q

EPO Bot

EPO Bot

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2006

Mo/N

Whatever, i'm shure the booze and sweets production this year was higher then ever before. I have enough for months now.

Sidheyuna Aetheris

Sidheyuna Aetheris

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2007

On a mitten surrounded by water.

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Mostly yeah, I don't even really care about the bags....I mean...there'll probably be more sweets and alcohol dropping over Thanksgiving weekend too. Just not another chance to work on gamer until Wintersday, as far as I know, and with the revamped rewards for costume brawl this year...it was better than the 10pts/win you get in Snowball Arena....especially if you can get a good streak going.

Kiowa

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2006

Guild Nirvana

R/E

That stinks. I was looking forward to some more costume brawls today. Needed 53 gamer points for the next level, but more importantly, I really enjoyed the games. I posted this topic on another forum as well, and hopefully, they can get Bobby and the ToT drops back in the game before too long.

EPO Bot

EPO Bot

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2006

Mo/N

Quote:
Originally Posted by Kiowa View Post
That stinks. I was looking forward to some more costume brawls today. Needed 53 gamer points for the next level, but more importantly, I really enjoyed the games. I posted this topic on another forum as well, and hopefully, they can get Bobby and the ToT drops back in the game before too long.
lmao! Fat chanse. It's done. Finito. Cya next year. (if anyone still plays GW over a year that is)

Sidheyuna Aetheris

Sidheyuna Aetheris

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Originally Posted by EPO Bot View Post
lmao! Fat chanse. It's done. Finito. Cya next year. (if anyone still plays GW over a year that is)
It's not necessarily curtains for the event. When Gaile's fairwell ended prematurely, they managed to get crap back on schedule. It just meant a few missed Frog visits. I know it's also happened in the past where they've extended the drops too, if significant time was lost. Just want my darling Bobby back, yo. Need to get back to my Overload+Wastrel's spam before the withdrawal symptoms get so bad I can't carry on with my meager existence anymore. >_^

A11Eur0

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2005

W/

Halloween ended for me after the 4th mad king appearance I attended. No more farming, no more event participation...I just got myself into RA and lost a lot because I was bored of other things.

Oh and i was getting bags after midnight pst..I think.

branamanp

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2008

[MOB]

A/

yeah it ended about 1:30 pst for me.

gremlin

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2006

GWAR

Me/Mo

I don't know how the rest of you feel but its sometimes a pain working out the time translation.
Mostly the times of events are stated in pacific time, and this festival came at a time when many where altering clocks back Much of Europe did this on the last Saturday of October

USA didn't till change till Dec 2nd, and sometimes I believe individual states change on different days, changes also take place at 12 1 or 2 pm adding to my confusion.

Its possibly because I'm an old guy with a lower level of mental agility than I used to have.

Maybe Global games need global time info.

Sidheyuna Aetheris

Sidheyuna Aetheris

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Join Date: Jan 2007

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After I got kicked back to GToB from Costume Brawl, I switched to my Ele and did several raptor runs.....no bags. This was around 3am for me, since I'm officially in EST. If your clock said it was 1:30am, don't forget....Daylight Savings (Spring ahead, Fall behind). ^ ^;

Wonder if the clock change was what threw things off. I'm not really pissed about the mistake, I'd just like to see if get fixed as soon as possible today. ><

Lycan Nibbler

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2006

AZ

Oh well.. needed to farm more in pre, but no point now if they stopped dropping

Yol

Yol

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2007

GameAmp Guides [AMP]

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I haven't checked in-game this morning, but are the decorations still up in LA, Droks etc? If they are then the disappearance of Bobby could be as planned...the halloween npc's (Bobby, horsemen collectors etc) appear at staggered intervals over the first couple of days of the festival, so why can't they disappear at staggered intervals over the last day of the festival?

upier

upier

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Done.

[JUNK]

OMG!11
And this happens just when Australians have their prime-playing time!1!
Why?!!?!?!?
WHYYYYYYYYYYYY!?!??!?!?
Are there no gods?!?!?

Lycan Nibbler

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2006

AZ

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Are there no gods?!?!?
Yes and they all hate Australia :P jk


The horsemen are still in Ascalon as I type this.

Sidheyuna Aetheris

Sidheyuna Aetheris

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Yol View Post
I haven't checked in-game this morning, but are the decorations still up in LA, Droks etc? If they are then the disappearance of Bobby could be as planned...the halloween npc's (Bobby, horsemen collectors etc) appear at staggered intervals over the first couple of days of the festival, so why can't they disappear at staggered intervals over the last day of the festival?
The NPCs, specificially the collectors, tend to stagger in over time, yes, but in my experience they don't pull the NPCs out before the scheduled end. At least, not intentionally. Decorations almost always linger until the next scheduled update, anyway. Costume Brawl specifically opened at noon on Friday and was expected by many, including me, to be available until 11:59pm on Sunday evening.

I suppose it's their prerogative put them in or take them out, but to randomly do so unannounced and without precedent is a little....well, it just sucks. I find it difficult to believe that it was their intention to shaft people out of some good fun, and am much more inclined to believe that someone miscalculated something or entered the wrong data. Crap happens, and I understand that. Fixing it would be nice though, and I'm hoping that happens soon.

fenix

fenix

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Join Date: Aug 2005

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Ex Talionis [Law], Trinity of the Ascended [ToA] ????????????????&#

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Not at all surprising, they always end events too soon, heh.

Slabby

Slabby

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Join Date: Feb 2006

Belgium

[SCAR]

Auch... so that makes my total of Halloween drops stay at 0.

citizensmith1001

citizensmith1001

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Join Date: Sep 2008

Behind You

[RoaR]

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Thank god ,its a shame its ended early but now hopefully there wont be 100s of morons in LA and Kamadan waiting for the mad king to appear just one more time.Now i need to get into this ridiculous drunkard title, 1000 minutes.... UGH! O_O

MannfredSetha

MannfredSetha

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Join Date: Feb 2008

Chelmsford , Essex, England

[ROSE]

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halloween redux ? XD

fowlero

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2007

England, UK

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Haha, didn't the exact same thing happen last year?

So long as people QQ enough they'll probably add a day which is what happened last time iirc.

Jongo River

Jongo River

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2006

Kinda bummed the horseman in Denravi has disappeared. Had a few mantle emblems to turn in.

mastar of warrior

mastar of warrior

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Join Date: Mar 2006

sweden

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Mo/

might be the only one with this opinion. and i dont care if im getting flamed for this.
BUT YES!! ITS FINALLY OVER! now ppl can go back to normal gameplay.
(*Prepares for incoming flames*)

fenix

fenix

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Join Date: Aug 2005

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Quote:
Originally Posted by mastar of warrior View Post
might be the only one with this opinion. and i dont care if im getting flamed for this.
BUT YES!! ITS FINALLY OVER! now ppl can go back to normal gameplay.
(*Prepares for incoming flames*)
Second.

Thank god for the end of dumb events.

Brawn Over Brains

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Join Date: Mar 2008

England

X Devils Rejects X

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by mastar of warrior View Post
might be the only one with this opinion. and i dont care if im getting flamed for this.
BUT YES!! ITS FINALLY OVER! now ppl can go back to normal gameplay.
(*Prepares for incoming flames*)

Third.
I hate all the sellers of junk that no ones ever going to buy in Kama/LA
Taking up space and the fact that noobs lagg EVERY district in the game
(Even Asia - Chinese - 2) Waiting for Mad King Lame so that they can get the pointless masks and some extra tot to take up even more space.

EDIT:OMFGWTFANETSUX!

Cale Roughstar

Cale Roughstar

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Join Date: Jan 2007

Canada

Guy In Real Life [GIRL]

W/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by mastar of warrior View Post
might be the only one with this opinion. and i dont care if im getting flamed for this.
BUT YES!! ITS FINALLY OVER! now ppl can go back to normal gameplay.
(*Prepares for incoming flames*)

Fourth'd

Yay to less lag and the hair ripping frustration that is costume brawl.

Dru Stratas

Dru Stratas

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2008

England.

Colloidal Gold [Purp] - Leader

E/

Some just can't be pleased.
The event was fun, personally I hadn't been playing GW recently, but costume brawl, is a very fair and profitable means of pvp. I really enjoyed it, and hope to see it again soon ( I said hope ).
GG on the event as last year, really enjoyed it. It is a shame it ended early, maybe we will get that time back, I hope so, but if not, we didn't miss out on much.

Fay Vert

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2006

R/

The problem here is that the one day where people would have intended to participate would be the day they don't have so many other commitments, like work. For there people there is now no event, not even a weekend event!

Has to be an error, even ANet aren't this mean.

Firebaall

Firebaall

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Join Date: Sep 2006

lol....

I guess they have to fire the kid in charge of calender usage. Either that or start teaching the monkey at the switch the difference between PM and AM.



Shayne Hawke

Shayne Hawke

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Join Date: May 2007

Clan Dethryche [dth]

R/

Disappointed, I was counting on spending all day today in Costume Brawl.

Now I can just curse college for taking up my time until Wintersday rolls around.

Rhasa Ghoull

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2007

ReVo

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Wonder how long it will take our wonderful Anet rep to respond to this, if they respond at all?

FrAnt1c??

FrAnt1c??

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Join Date: Jan 2007

Belgium

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rhasa Ghoull View Post
Wonder how long it will take our wonderful Anet rep to respond to this, if they respond at all?

They don't work on Sundays.

Aussie Boy

Aussie Boy

Alcoholic

Join Date: Mar 2007

Australia

W/

Halloween Redux 2008 anyone LOL not likely

isamu kurosawa

isamu kurosawa

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

United Kingdom

Me/

The Golems stole halloween.

HawkofStorms

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

Join Date: Aug 2005

E/

THEORY

The resetting of the server's clocks due to Daylight Savings Time caused the halloween events to be removed.

germanturkey

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2005

[PoW]

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technically midnight Nov. second is 1 minute passed 11:59 nov. first. because as soon as it hits 12:00, its already the second. of course i could be wrong.

and it also could be day light savings ending. i got so screwed up when my alarmclock said something different from my computer clock..

Fates

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

Kanuckistan

Mirror of Reason [SNOW]

R/

No, technically midnight Nov. 2nd is 12pm tonight. 12:00:01 is the morning of Nov 3rd. The top of the hour is part of the previous day while any time after that is the next day.

Nessar

Nessar

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Join Date: Jun 2008

West Siiiiiiiiiiiiiide

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Quote:
Originally Posted by mastar of warrior View Post
might be the only one with this opinion. and i dont care if im getting flamed for this.
BUT YES!! ITS FINALLY OVER! now ppl can go back to normal gameplay.
(*Prepares for incoming flames*)
Fifth'd? Yea k

I'm SO glad its over. It was fun while it lasted but the questions of all the people were getting annoying ><
Although, I only CB's for r1 gamer and did the mad king thing for the tot bags, I was much too busy doing stuff on my sin. But still, all those questions....RAWGH

Plus, no more epic lags. Cept it still might be there, but not as much xD

RTSFirebat

RTSFirebat

The Humanoid Typhoon

Join Date: May 2005

UK

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by HawkofStorms View Post
THEORY

The resetting of the server's clocks due to Daylight Savings Time caused the halloween events to be removed.
Daylight savings time ended on 26 October... so unlikely that caused it to happen now. But likely it had something to do with it.