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Originally Posted by Jebus
Did you really just say that? Wow.
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Snowball ATS
Abedeus
baltazar knight
so say i'm from guild X which is inactive and a friend is in an active guild guild Y(5or so in the team of same guild)
is it possible that he guests me to his gh and i can join his group ?
p.s. i am more then 14 days in the guild.
is it possible that he guests me to his gh and i can join his group ?
p.s. i am more then 14 days in the guild.
Jebus
Oh well, I'd like it more if it was more a TA/HA style of Snowball battles, but meh 
Brak
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Originally Posted by baltazar knight
so say i'm from guild X which is inactive and a friend is in an active guild guild Y(5or so in the team of same guild)
is it possible that he guests me to his gh and i can join his group ? p.s. i am more then 14 days in the guild. |
legendary4321
im just spitballin here but isn't snowball fights 4v4?
baltazar knight
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Originally Posted by Brak
Yes, the guild only needs 4 14-day members and the other 4 can be guild memeber that haven't been on for 14 days or guests(if you guest for another guild it doesn't matter how long you've been in your guild). So if you are in a new guild you can always guest for another guild and my guess is there will be plenty of guilds looking for guests so their guild can have enough people to participate.
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btw nice avatar lol
Martin Alvito
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Originally Posted by Regina Buenaobra
The requirements for the Snowball ATS are the same as for the regular ATS. You need to be in a guild. You need to be in a guild for at least 14 days. You are required to have at least 4 guild members. There is no entry fee. The Snowball tournaments will play like monthly tournaments.
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No one even knew about the existence of these ATs until seven days ago. Even if players anticipated the problem and efficiently reorganized their guild membership immediately in response to the announcement, they won't be able to field their preferred 8v8 team for a week. Those that did not won't be able to field that team until three days prior to the event's end.
All of this could have been averted by making the announcement a week earlier and letting everyone know about the 14 day rule then. Foresight is key to good customer service, no?
Regina Buenaobra
By the time the Live Team had investigated and found out that it would not be a quick, easy, or uncomplicated fix to remove the ATS requirements for the Snowball ATS, it was already past the 14-day mark. They sincerely apologize for this disappointment.
Rocky Raccoon
Apparently there is nothing else to do for Wintersday, except the Snowball ATs. If it wasn't this to complain about it would be something else.
garethporlest18
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Originally Posted by Jebus
Did you really just say that? Wow.
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Anet does a pretty good job of catering to those who can only play casually already.
Mr. Undisclosed
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Originally Posted by Regina Buenaobra
They sincerely apologize for this disappointment.
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sunec
Needs more QQ.
Anet has decided to leave my guild tab blank, make me unable to guest and even join a guild. And now they even stopped responding to my support ticket 3 days ago.
GG Anet, it's nothing but changing a few 14's to 1's or 0's whatever you like, and doing a quick compile and maybe spending a few minutes testing on your internal servers - unless you have designed your code in the worst possible way ever.
The guild requirement of 4 members seems fine though.
Peace
Anet has decided to leave my guild tab blank, make me unable to guest and even join a guild. And now they even stopped responding to my support ticket 3 days ago.
GG Anet, it's nothing but changing a few 14's to 1's or 0's whatever you like, and doing a quick compile and maybe spending a few minutes testing on your internal servers - unless you have designed your code in the worst possible way ever.
The guild requirement of 4 members seems fine though.
Peace
Buterfly
For those of you who say to a player that is not a 14 day member yet bc theyve just left a guild, or is not currently a member of a guild, that you would say that it is the player's own fault... It's pretty silly that you would somehow blame them or some how seem to frown upon ppl who have not yet been able to find a good guild that they are happy in or that they may just be happier without being in a guild. Maybe youre just lucky enough that you landed in a guild that you would feel loyal enough to stay in. I know a few ppl who have been in the same guild for most of gw, and I know ppl who have been in dozens or make a new guild every other week lol. They should not be punished for that.
Anyways. Great Gwen quests ! Pretty Jingle Bear !
Anyways. Great Gwen quests ! Pretty Jingle Bear !
Skyy High
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Originally Posted by HawkofStorms
Well, that's a real shame. I was really looking forward to the Snowball ATS, and now I won't be participating since my guild reccently split up.
Really, this is just silly. Partcipation in a HOLIDAY themed event where you throw snowballs at other players should not be taken too seriously. Any raging responses are a bit unnecessary. On the other hand... at the same time, A.net shouldn't have droped the ball on this. This had huge potential to be very popular and a lot of fun. Instead, 90% of the GW player base (ie, those who don't read the forums or the wikis) will probablly not even know about this feature's existance. All previous holiday events and quests were open to everybody (ie, even level 10s could partcipate in most of the holiday quests from the past). Nothing was ever hard or exclusive. It should be open to everybody in the spirit of the season. And saying it would be too much work for programmers... eh, I'd rather have people do something well or not at all. Half-assing the job by not getting rid of those restrictions (which really, why should they be hard coded into the programming in the first place?) is kinda frustrating and unprofessional. |
Put it this way: even if there were absolutely no restrictions on this AT, how many players without a guild would join? How many of those players have friends who are in a guild which they'd be able to guest with? How many of these hodge-podge groups would get past the first round or two?
tenetke
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Originally Posted by garethporlest18
Yeah. What's wrong with it? Real life comes before gaming, I know this.
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Honestly not sure if you do.
Vitues
Since they made it operate like a Monthly AT, that screws so many players over. Due to that many people had left there guilds for the champ weekend earlier. So, this, pretty much puts a lot of plays out of snowball at's.
It was a good idea for the snowball AT's, but, you didnt think it through to the end. Which sucks, becuase so far it seemed that everything you have been doing has been great such as the decorations.
Oh well, another screw up for a once in a year event.
It was a good idea for the snowball AT's, but, you didnt think it through to the end. Which sucks, becuase so far it seemed that everything you have been doing has been great such as the decorations.
Oh well, another screw up for a once in a year event.
Grand Theft Ecto
Cool stuff, cheers for the effort of making it happen.
Is it gonna be 16 ppl on a 4v4 map though?
Is it gonna be 16 ppl on a 4v4 map though?
jiggles
Remove the cripple and it will be less of a joke. 8 Counts of it. ohwowowowowowowowowowowowwowowowowowowowoowowow
snaek
8 rits jackfrost spiritway gogogo
50dmg x 8 = 400dps lawl
50dmg x 8 = 400dps lawl
Skyy High
Mesmers have an interrupt, and eles have a second snare. I'm not sure if a full rit team is the best idea.
I'd rofl if a guild pulled off a r-spike-esque thing with one para using the chant to make snowballs near-undodgeable. 3, 2, 1, snowballs to the face.
I'd rofl if a guild pulled off a r-spike-esque thing with one para using the chant to make snowballs near-undodgeable. 3, 2, 1, snowballs to the face.
fenix
wtf is this nonsense, giving RPs for snowball ATS? total and utter bullshit.
Shayne Hawke
'Grats to [dth], the true winners of the first Snowball ATS.
Looks like I'm due for making a Sardelac thread on balancing the arena, so I'll probably cook that up tomorrow.
That aside, I'm not crazy about the rewards. Tournaments span over an hour, and the most Gamer points you'll get is 60. Add in finals for another 30. 90 points over 2-3 hours is atrocious for gains in that title, and there's no end-tourney reward of points either. I don't feel this will hold the attention of nor benefit people focused solely on their Gamer track. Can't say anything about the normal rewards.
There's a bug concerning tie-breakers that I've posted in the Game Bugs subforum. Other than that, I hope that ANet polishes off the bugs of this game format for next year (lolwut) so that more players can take part.
Looks like I'm due for making a Sardelac thread on balancing the arena, so I'll probably cook that up tomorrow.
That aside, I'm not crazy about the rewards. Tournaments span over an hour, and the most Gamer points you'll get is 60. Add in finals for another 30. 90 points over 2-3 hours is atrocious for gains in that title, and there's no end-tourney reward of points either. I don't feel this will hold the attention of nor benefit people focused solely on their Gamer track. Can't say anything about the normal rewards.
There's a bug concerning tie-breakers that I've posted in the Game Bugs subforum. Other than that, I hope that ANet polishes off the bugs of this game format for next year (lolwut) so that more players can take part.
HawkofStorms
Interesting Shayne Hawke.
I'm not at all surprised though. More evidence that this was only thrown in the game at the last second.
Oh, and @ Sky High... yes, because we all know it takes a super high level of coordination to succeed in a holiday themed minigame. This is about as complex as "Ursan Arena PvP."
I'm not at all surprised though. More evidence that this was only thrown in the game at the last second.
Oh, and @ Sky High... yes, because we all know it takes a super high level of coordination to succeed in a holiday themed minigame. This is about as complex as "Ursan Arena PvP."
FoxBat
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Oh, and @ Sky High... yes, because we all know it takes a super high level of coordination to succeed in a holiday themed minigame. This is about as complex as "Ursan Arena PvP."
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Anyway players are given Tournament Reward points which is good enough... even if your guild isn't <1000. Bring on the AFK farmers.
Yawgmoth
They went so far they even added Top8 playoffs, anyone knows what's that for? Are there serious big RPs given out or it's the same as everyday GvG ATs ?
Solas
TBH it's a really nice idea, And i think its more on just being fun and differant them some reward system.
Bit dissapointing about the whole 14 days guild think as I think its safe to say that alot come back during the holiday events, and it would be handy to play with firends yo havn't seen in a while. But it was nice that it was in at all.
Redux maybe?
Bit dissapointing about the whole 14 days guild think as I think its safe to say that alot come back during the holiday events, and it would be handy to play with firends yo havn't seen in a while. But it was nice that it was in at all.
Redux maybe?
Daenara
:/
I would have assumed that a snowball AT would run the same as a monthly AT, with the same guild rules and regulations, rather than taking a wild leap of fancy that maybe Anet changed it "just this once".
I would have assumed that a snowball AT would run the same as a monthly AT, with the same guild rules and regulations, rather than taking a wild leap of fancy that maybe Anet changed it "just this once".
The Arching Healer
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Originally Posted by Skyy High
Mesmers have an interrupt, and eles have a second snare. I'm not sure if a full rit team is the best idea.
I'd rofl if a guild pulled off a r-spike-esque thing with one para using the chant to make snowballs near-undodgeable. 3, 2, 1, snowballs to the face. |
Jebus
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Originally Posted by Regina Buenaobra
By the time the Live Team had investigated and found out that it would not be a quick, easy, or uncomplicated fix to remove the ATS requirements for the Snowball ATS, it was already past the 14-day mark. They sincerely apologize for this disappointment.
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Rocky Raccoon
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Originally Posted by Jebus
You can apologize as much as you want, it still won't change the fact some people won't be able to enjoy a snowball battle with actual teamplay. But oh well, could've expected it tbh.
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H E C T A R
So im in vR, and last nights snowball at, we got dominated in the finals, by that really good r8 gamer people, but we get an auto win thanks to Dwayna. Sorry about that dth, so we got 350 rps just for being Dwayna, pretty dumb.
Yarly
The Auto Dwayna win thing is utter BS.
Firefly21
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Originally Posted by H E C T A R
So im in vR, and last nights snowball at, we got dominated in the finals, by that really good r8 gamer people, but we get an auto win thanks to Dwayna. Sorry about that dth, so we got 350 rps just for being Dwayna, pretty dumb.
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BTW did they fix that?
Lex
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Originally Posted by Firefly21
Ya, I hate that auto win for Dwayna, if Grenth side didn’t get 10 points. It was a good game anyways, even though ya had Avalanche.
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Originally Posted by Firefly21
BTW did they fix that?
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Kashrlyyk
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Originally Posted by TheOrangeFalcon
Wintersday events begin at noon Pacific Time (-8 GMT) on Friday, December 19, 2008 and run until noon on January 5, 2009. The Wintersday grand finale will take place on Wintersday itself in Lion's Arch and Kamadan, beginning at 12:01 AM Pacific on Thursday, January 1, 2009, and repeating every three hours until 12:01 AM on Friday, January 2, 2009.
http://www.guildwars.com/events/ingame/wintersday2008/ That's 18 days. |
Firefly21
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Originally Posted by Rafal
fixed?
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Well I’m sure its fix now as I watch the observer.
Master Knightfall
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Originally Posted by You just got tomahawked
It would have been nice if we would have known that we have to be in a guild for 14 days more than a day before it. :/
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Marverick
If ANet just extends the ATS another 2 weeks then all this complaining would stop.
Yawgmoth
They should better fix the balance between Dwayna and Grenth... The problem was obvious in 2005, this is the 4th Wintersday and nothing has been done. It's now much more ridiculous than before - they made it a competetive tournament format with serious rewards. It's simply 8 skills vs 7 skills, 64 vs 56. It's a massive difference.
Shayne Hawke
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Originally Posted by Marverick
If ANet just extends the ATS another 2 weeks then all this complaining would stop.
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Even to do that now would mean that people would have to rush in finding a guild. No, if they were going to repeat this to make up for their mistake, they ought to do it later in January or February. Also, to not repeat their fault, make sure that they give everyone more than two weeks notice that the tournament would be taking place.
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Originally Posted by Yawgmoth
They should better fix the balance between Dwayna and Grenth... The problem was obvious in 2005, this is the 4th Wintersday and nothing has been done. It's now much more ridiculous than before - they made it a competetive tournament format with serious rewards. It's simply 8 skills vs 7 skills, 64 vs 56. It's a massive difference.
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