Talk Like a Pirate event ended early?

Belablue

Belablue

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2009

N/Mo

I thought Talk Like A Pirate event was going through 11:59pm Tues Sept 21?? It appears to have ended on Monday at 11:59pm tho

Anyone know what's up?

Saxxon Askanius

Saxxon Askanius

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2008

2,339 trades on Guru Auctions since 01/2008

wiki/Guild: Mundane_Fabulous_Knights

Where have all the bottles gone? Short time passing
Where have all the bottles gone? Short time ago
Pirates have picked them every one, When will they ever learn?

Belablue

Belablue

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2009

N/Mo

Saxxon....Thanks for your response that certainly explains it....lol!!!

Quote:
Originally Posted by Saxxon Askanius View Post
Where have all the bottles gone? Short time passing
Where have all the bottles gone? Short time ago
Pirates have picked them every one, When will they ever learn?

Lord Dagon

Lord Dagon

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2009

Inside the Oblivion Gate

The Imperial Guards of Istan[TIGE]

E/Me

yea seems like last year except that we got 1 day before deadline instead of 2. oh well, cant get that grog stack i wanted to today i guess....

Ailina

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2010

Whats Prot Spirit [FoR]

R/

@ BellaBlue
Nice reference! Very oldschool.

Darcy

Darcy

Never Too Old

Join Date: Jul 2006

Rhode Island where there are no GW contests

Order of First

W/R

The announcement is incorrect. The same thing happened last year.

Sparks Of Fire

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2006

Texas

N/

So let me get this straight....Anet can't event get the dates correct in their annual weekend event?

/fail

Tom Swift

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2007

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sparks Of Fire View Post
So let me get this straight....Anet can't event get the dates correct in their annual weekend event?

/fail
Well let's be fair - they only had one year to fix this known issue which happened last year too and would have involved the difficult task of changing a whole word in one event description.

ANet does, after all, live in an alternate time reality in which "very soon" means "someday down the road when we happen to get around to it, maybe.

So let's not be too hard on them.

Karate Jesus

Karate Jesus

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2008

Texas

Reign of Judgment [RoJ]

Me/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Darcy View Post
The announcement is incorrect. The same thing happened last year.
^ this. They keep forgetting to change the text, and since it's automated (and they're lazy), I'm sure they'd rather just keep copy+pasting the text rather than actually fixing it.

Sparks Of Fire

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2006

Texas

N/

Anet,

Please change it now while it's fresh in your mind.

/we can only wish

jray14

jray14

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

NC, USA

Ohm Mahnee Pedmay [Hoom]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Darcy View Post
The same thing happened last year.
Almost the same thing... it ended 2 days early last year. So the funny thing is, someone likely intervened (otherwise I would expect it to have been 3 days again, if fully automated) and screwed up again.

This reminds me of that moment in the first Futurama episode when Fry goes to Lela: "Aye Aye captain, I mean only one eye, I mean yes sir, ummm, ma'am."

Third time will be the charm next year?

Spiritz

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2007

DMFC

Lets face it folks - a genius can make a game like gw but most can seem to be ale to tell time correctly.Anet states on events etc atm - start 12pm pst ( -7 gmt ) which is wrong as always as 12pm pst is 8pm gmt which is a difference of 8 hrs not 7 ( take note who ever in anet deals with times ).
Most events specially main events like xmas etc have huge amounts of non usa/pst players who sadly ask the constant question - has it started yet ?.Part of this is because anet cant get times right for gmt and players turn up an hr early and end up annoying others.
Maybe they need a website up that shows all the times in the world - just to help them get things right :P

ruk1a

ruk1a

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2008

UR MOM LOL

ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES

A/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom Swift View Post
Well let's be fair - they only had one year to fix this known issue which happened last year too and would have involved the difficult task of changing a whole word in one event description.

ANet does, after all, live in an alternate time reality in which "very soon" means "someday down the road when we happen to get around to it, maybe.

So let's not be too hard on them.
well, since guild wars was made by ex blizz people

soon

Karate Jesus

Karate Jesus

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2008

Texas

Reign of Judgment [RoJ]

Me/

Quote:
Originally Posted by ruk1a View Post
well, since guild wars was made by ex blizz people

soon
Or, as always, they could be using Valve Time. It's a rather useful term when talking to devs.

Oh, what's that John Stumme? The GW:B will get an update "soon"? Awesome, I'll schedule it between tomorrow and the Second Coming.

X Ghoul

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2009

IGN: X Ghoul

Mega M O R P H I N Power Ranger [pR]

Rt/W

So I'm going to assume we get the full weekend next year?

Bytor

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2008

In my house

Our Crabs Know True [LOVE]

Me/

Quote:
Originally Posted by X Ghoul View Post
So I'm going to assume we get the full weekend next year?
Third time's a charm

cosyfiep

cosyfiep

are we there yet?

Join Date: Dec 2005

in a land far far away

guild? I am supposed to have a guild?

Rt/

you must remember to put the correct words into what they say....if they say, this month, that means, sometime in the next 6 months; every 2 months means once a year....you have to get your lexicon of anet terms down.

(and the event was going until midnight pst or is it pdt now??? since I was still getting drops at that time)

Hells Fury

Hells Fury

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2009

W/D

Quote:
Originally Posted by ruk1a View Post
well, since guild wars was made by ex blizz people

soon

Quote:
Hall of Monuments-When you create your GW 2 account, you will link a GW 1 account to it. You will get an item to double-click to take you to your GW 2 HoM. You will get points for things you did in GW 1. With number of points, you unlock rewards in GW 2. A full HoM guide will be going up VERY SOON on the GW 2 website, with pictures and details of rewards. It does not take a full hall to receive rewards.
Now<--------------Very Soon--------Soon--------------->End of Time
Makes sense now