It would be nice to have this again in the next few weeks. It has been 3 years since this event actually happened. They have never done this event again after the first time they introduced it in 2007. Lets have another crack at this please Anet, I am sure a lot of people would enjoy this and have a laugh.
It would give people an opportunity at finishing there lucky/unlucky and gamer titles, not to mention DA, RBR and Shing Jea Boardwalk for fun and frolicks!
What do you ladies and gentleman think, fancy one of these gamer weekends in the next few weeks?
Pol
From Guild Wiki:
Coming Friday: Gamer Weekend - 20 February 2007
From Noon PST on Friday, February 23, through 11:59 p.m. PST on Sunday, February 25, you can participate in three great activities: The Dragon Arena, the Shing Jea Boardwalk, and Rollerbeetle Racing. For each win you will reap rewards in the form of Victory Tokens, which you can then exchange for prizes in Shing Jea Monastery and the Great Temple of Balthazar. And of course you can work on your Gamer title, too. Join us this weekend for all the fun and games!
Gamer Weekend please Anet?
Polgara Val
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/signed
since the title is utterly useless and i dont see it being anything useful in gw2 so live it up now
since the title is utterly useless and i dont see it being anything useful in gw2 so live it up now
Lycan Nibbler
/signed, but for the event to be in the late Summer (September?) As we have just had a weekend in Factions and the next one is in April, then there is nothing again there until the following Feb.
As they are never going to give Factions a week long event like the other areas have, then another in the middle of the empty months might be at least welcomed.
As they are never going to give Factions a week long event like the other areas have, then another in the middle of the empty months might be at least welcomed.
Devastating Flames
sounds good to me like to see it happen
Shayne Hawke
You know, I couldn't believe you when you said they hadn't done it since 2007.
And then I checked the wiki and was mindblown.
They really do need to do this more often.
And then I checked the wiki and was mindblown.
They really do need to do this more often.
Braxton619
/signed
Would make the gamer title actually quicker. Also it would be a fun weekend!
Would make the gamer title actually quicker. Also it would be a fun weekend!
Lord Dagon
really considering all the double AB/JQ and all the other pvp weekends they( and abuse horribley) idk why they cant give this title some love.
i mean when you start getting repeats during the year of the same event( mostly pvp since its kind of restricted) why not throw this title into the mix?
im sure tons of ppl( myself included) would love a reason to work on this title( and during the times that its availbe ppl are often busy w/ other titles( lucky/unlucky, farming for a polar bear, Snowball dominece, getting tot bags, etc.)
so ill /sign anything thats gets this title some <3. /sign as many times as possible
i mean when you start getting repeats during the year of the same event( mostly pvp since its kind of restricted) why not throw this title into the mix?
im sure tons of ppl( myself included) would love a reason to work on this title( and during the times that its availbe ppl are often busy w/ other titles( lucky/unlucky, farming for a polar bear, Snowball dominece, getting tot bags, etc.)
so ill /sign anything thats gets this title some <3. /sign as many times as possible
bouye
/Signed
We get:
- Canthan New Year: either January or February depending on the calendar.
- GW Anniversary: end of April.
- Dragon Festival: around 4th of July.
It seems that such an event is needed between end of September and end of November to have a more equilibrated year.
We get:
- Canthan New Year: either January or February depending on the calendar.
- GW Anniversary: end of April.
- Dragon Festival: around 4th of July.
It seems that such an event is needed between end of September and end of November to have a more equilibrated year.
Greedy Gus
Dragon arena should be around at least one weekend per month as the best format in gw. It's actually a shame that it is somewhat fragile in regard to latency, and only happens simultaneous to 9-ring afk traffic...
Anonymous IXl
/signed x100
Dont Nerf The Perma
So... its like the canthan new year except without quests or a Zippy miniature?
/signed anyways.
/signed anyways.
jiggles
Just DA/RBR wouldn't do shit for people with high gamer titles, CBrawl on the other hand...
Polgara Val
Keep in mind that the gamer event also includes Boardwalk which people can work on there lucky/unlucky titles.
Another thing to keep in mind is that although RbR and DA doesent give you as many gamer points, Costume Brawl lasts for a week when its on, were as DA and RbR is just a couple of days and in my opinion most people enjoy DA and rbr plus the Boardwalk in combination rather then just one minigame, ie; Costume Brawl.
This way people get gamer and there lucky/unlucky titles to work with in one whole event, killing two birds with one stone.
Pol
Another thing to keep in mind is that although RbR and DA doesent give you as many gamer points, Costume Brawl lasts for a week when its on, were as DA and RbR is just a couple of days and in my opinion most people enjoy DA and rbr plus the Boardwalk in combination rather then just one minigame, ie; Costume Brawl.
This way people get gamer and there lucky/unlucky titles to work with in one whole event, killing two birds with one stone.
Pol
Shayne Hawke
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Just DA/RBR wouldn't do shit for people with high gamer titles, CBrawl on the other hand...
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As a side note, I almost feel that this thread deserves to be moved to Sardelac.
Kaleban
Why not just leave the Shing Jea Boardwalk open ALL the time?
Is there a reason why it isn't? I can't imagine ANet is worried about too many people maxing out their Lucky/Unlucky titles lol.
Is there a reason why it isn't? I can't imagine ANet is worried about too many people maxing out their Lucky/Unlucky titles lol.
Polgara Val
Absolutely agree that gamer points should be increased for both rbr and DA, rbr 1st place 10 gamer points and DA should be equal to that of Costume Brawl gamer wins, thats another thread entirely though.
I just want to see if the community feels there should be a gamer weekend and so far its been positive, I hope Anet sits up and takes notice about this request.
Pol
I just want to see if the community feels there should be a gamer weekend and so far its been positive, I hope Anet sits up and takes notice about this request.
Pol
IattackU
/signed. I'm all for this to be honest. I really want to work on the title (rank 4 right now), and any time I get to do that AND play Rollerbeetle at the same time is just awesome.
Sir Tieger
An occasional Gamer weekend would be brilliant
Even if they dont directly increase the point rewards for a win. I feel all the game should function like CB. Extra bonus points for consec wins.
I had a 20 win streak in DA over the event, but absolutley no bonus for that. Which kinda sucks.
Even if they dont directly increase the point rewards for a win. I feel all the game should function like CB. Extra bonus points for consec wins.
I had a 20 win streak in DA over the event, but absolutley no bonus for that. Which kinda sucks.
Arduin
Accompany the gamer weekend with double lucky and/or gamer points and I'm in.
Fril Estelin
Isn't that what the 3rd and 4th Anniversary events were about?
http://www.guildwars.com/events/ingame/anniversary3/
http://www.guildwars.com/events/inga...ry/default.php
http://www.guildwars.com/events/ingame/anniversary3/
http://www.guildwars.com/events/inga...ry/default.php
jonnieboi05
Sure.... Why not?
Lycan Nibbler
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Absolutely agree that gamer points should be increased for both rbr and DA, rbr 1st place 10 gamer points and DA should be equal to that of Costume Brawl gamer wins, thats another thread entirely though.
I just want to see if the community feels there should be a gamer weekend and so far its been positive, I hope Anet sits up and takes notice about this request. Pol |
rikey32000
/signed Lucky Bomb
dr love
add costume brawllllllllll also!
and snowballs 4v4... not 8v8 though, then i'll feel forced to play there.
and snowballs 4v4... not 8v8 though, then i'll feel forced to play there.
Drake Slasher
i'm in the need of a few more gamer points.
very /signed
very /signed
Spiritz
come on - 2 wintersday festivals , cantha 2010 , upcomming birthday and dragon festival and i ask do we really need all the problems and lag again.
heck 100+ usa dists with 75% afk on 9 rings with pets out , traders in first 4 dists which become impossible to enter and you know they wont leave.
Now dont get me wrong i do like a festival but do we really need more as 3 festivals with boardwalk is enough as some of us want to be able to get on and play the game.
Also im sure a lot of players would actually complain that gw will be sinkwars as lucky/unlucky title seeking at festivals makes everyone taking part poorer - wonder how many ectos were sold last weekend just to finance tickets ?
heck 100+ usa dists with 75% afk on 9 rings with pets out , traders in first 4 dists which become impossible to enter and you know they wont leave.
Now dont get me wrong i do like a festival but do we really need more as 3 festivals with boardwalk is enough as some of us want to be able to get on and play the game.
Also im sure a lot of players would actually complain that gw will be sinkwars as lucky/unlucky title seeking at festivals makes everyone taking part poorer - wonder how many ectos were sold last weekend just to finance tickets ?
Benderama
/signed for the fun of it ^^
rb.widow
Personally they need to start running these events a week at a time, seeing as the purpose of titles is for GW2 anyone who started in the last year in GW is gonna be hard pushed, they should run events a week at a time to allow people to get titles maxed out, espically as GW2 is most likely gonna be with us within the next year.
shadows of hob
/signed
Please bring back Costume Brawl, I can see why the snowball game can only be in the winter and dragon arena with the dragon festival, but Costume Brawl is a nice and challeging minigame that has no bonds with a season/festival or anything else.
They do have to fix some skillbars again....
Please bring back Costume Brawl, I can see why the snowball game can only be in the winter and dragon arena with the dragon festival, but Costume Brawl is a nice and challeging minigame that has no bonds with a season/festival or anything else.
They do have to fix some skillbars again....
Emperial Navarator
I'd like gamer event (does it include 9rings? ), but think it should be a couple of months after cantha new year.
), but think it should be a couple of months after cantha new year.
Polgara Val
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I'd like gamer event (does it include 9rings?
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Also Costume Brawl is far to synonymous with Halloween to be a solo gamer weekend, it simply isint worth it but the normal gamer event has everything rolled into one package (boardwalk, rbr and da), hence the original event would be pretty perfect for all concerned.
Pol
afya
/signed
also increase the rewards of some games
also increase the rewards of some games
Kaleban
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Originally Posted by Spiritz
come on - 2 wintersday festivals , cantha 2010 , upcomming birthday and dragon festival and i ask do we really need all the problems and lag again.
heck 100+ usa dists with 75% afk on 9 rings with pets out , traders in first 4 dists which become impossible to enter and you know they wont leave. Now dont get me wrong i do like a festival but do we really need more as 3 festivals with boardwalk is enough as some of us want to be able to get on and play the game. Also im sure a lot of players would actually complain that gw will be sinkwars as lucky/unlucky title seeking at festivals makes everyone taking part poorer - wonder how many ectos were sold last weekend just to finance tickets ? |
If the events were more frequent, or per my suggestion to just leave these games open ALL the time, there wouldn't be such a mad dash and congestion every time an event rolled around because people, both hardcore and casual, could play the games any time they wished.
Martin Alvito
The argument the devs have made in the past is that if the games were always available, people would lose interest. It's their restricted nature that keeps them (reasonably) fresh.
That said, I agree that a Gamer weekend in the fall would be nice. The time lapse between final practice runs and the Canthan New Year event is about seven months. That seems a little excessive. I finally had to start keeping notes so that I would remember when to do what.
That said, I agree that a Gamer weekend in the fall would be nice. The time lapse between final practice runs and the Canthan New Year event is about seven months. That seems a little excessive. I finally had to start keeping notes so that I would remember when to do what.
Thevil King
lol....we just had a cny weekend and an entire WEEK of wintersday redux right before it. i srsly cant imagine ppl thinking that is not enough for their gamer titles alrdy.
as for lucky/unlucky titles...comon, how many yrs did people have for getting it, not to mention even more events comming up in april and in the summer
i mean, the fact that some1 can legitimately afk and max 2 titles is more than ridiculous alrdy. now people are not satisfied even with that to the extent taht they want to be able to do it all yr round? come on people, theres a limit to everything....
as for lucky/unlucky titles...comon, how many yrs did people have for getting it, not to mention even more events comming up in april and in the summer
i mean, the fact that some1 can legitimately afk and max 2 titles is more than ridiculous alrdy. now people are not satisfied even with that to the extent taht they want to be able to do it all yr round? come on people, theres a limit to everything....
Kaleban
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lol....we just had a cny weekend and an entire WEEK of wintersday redux right before it. i srsly cant imagine ppl thinking that is not enough for their gamer titles alrdy.
as for lucky/unlucky titles...comon, how many yrs did people have for getting it, not to mention even more events comming up in april and in the summer i mean, the fact that some1 can legitimately afk and max 2 titles is more than ridiculous alrdy. now people are not satisfied even with that to the extent taht they want to be able to do it all yr round? come on people, theres a limit to everything.... |
Or have hundreds of hours of free time to dedicate to playing dodgeball.
This is a game, there doesn't have to be a limit. Why do people assume that we should only get "fun" bits in small little parcels? If people want to play Dragon Arena, why can they only do it a few times a year? The code is in place.
Also, I highly doubt that leaving a character to stand on a pad for 2000 hours is somehow considered "special" or "fun" for ANYONE. At most, its an exercise in frustration and boredom, and because ANet only does it very seldomly, you get hundreds of districts, random crashes and bugs etc. EVERY time the boardwalk is open, the server is constantly giving errors and kicking people.
If GW2 is coming out next year, and assuming that ANet still wants people to buy and play GW, hence injecting new blood into the game, then they have to take into account the fact that new players won't have had as much time to max titles as all the elitist jerks who are for exclusivity.
Leave the Boardwalk open all the time, year round. Leave one of the "dodgeball" games open, year round. And make it accessible to players who may not own Factions. The code is in place, people would enjoy it as a break from monster killing, and the lessened server strain would see less bugs occurring.
Its a win-win situation all around, I have no idea why there's any real resistance to it.
Dark-NighT
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Right, because everyone who plays GW has been around for 5 years, and can afford to just let their computers sit idle with the game open.
Or have hundreds of hours of free time to dedicate to playing dodgeball. This is a game, there doesn't have to be a limit. Why do people assume that we should only get "fun" bits in small little parcels? If people want to play Dragon Arena, why can they only do it a few times a year? The code is in place. Also, I highly doubt that leaving a character to stand on a pad for 2000 hours is somehow considered "special" or "fun" for ANYONE. At most, its an exercise in frustration and boredom, and because ANet only does it very seldomly, you get hundreds of districts, random crashes and bugs etc. EVERY time the boardwalk is open, the server is constantly giving errors and kicking people. If GW2 is coming out next year, and assuming that ANet still wants people to buy and play GW, hence injecting new blood into the game, then they have to take into account the fact that new players won't have had as much time to max titles as all the elitist jerks who are for exclusivity. Leave the Boardwalk open all the time, year round. Leave one of the "dodgeball" games open, year round. And make it accessible to players who may not own Factions. The code is in place, people would enjoy it as a break from monster killing, and the lessened server strain would see less bugs occurring. Its a win-win situation all around, I have no idea why there's any real resistance to it. |
Speaking about a weekend, how about an Triple dye weekend, the last one was in 2007..
hitsuji182
/signed of couse, but Costume Brawl and even Snowballs should be available.
Yawgmoth
Those should remain special event exclusive games but adding 1-2 more weekends per year to play them would be great. Also, active gamer events should be SEPARATE from AFK lucky events - there are many players who want to do both and its a widespread opinion that thousands of 9-rings afkers generate a lot of lag in other parts of the game (I don't believe in that, it's just that large events have a lot more online players doing all kinds of stuff and put heavy strain on servers)
Another thing I have to mention here is that I'd really love if they UPDATED the gamer points given in the Dragon Arena. It's such a cool format but the gamer point gains per hour are pathetic even if you're on an endless consecutive wins run, compared to doing well in Snowball fights, costume brawl, or even RBR.
Most importantly I'd absolutely love if there were additional rewards for individual exceptional players there - extra gamer points for every kill you make above the number of your deaths!
Reward skillful play instead of rushing for kill+death 'trades' or afk'ing.
Reward skilled players even if they get horrible teams.
Another thing I have to mention here is that I'd really love if they UPDATED the gamer points given in the Dragon Arena. It's such a cool format but the gamer point gains per hour are pathetic even if you're on an endless consecutive wins run, compared to doing well in Snowball fights, costume brawl, or even RBR.
Most importantly I'd absolutely love if there were additional rewards for individual exceptional players there - extra gamer points for every kill you make above the number of your deaths!
Reward skillful play instead of rushing for kill+death 'trades' or afk'ing.
Reward skilled players even if they get horrible teams.
rkubik
with the state of the game as it is they might as well make the games a permanent fixture of the cities. I think it would cut down on lag during the actual events and get some player base back. Look at how crowded the districts are for an event. Granted probably most are AFK but if they could do it any day of the week it might be different. I think it would help bring players back.