Q: How come Halloween was set to have some kind of Promotion within the game and NOT Thanksgiving? Is their any other answer than this?
A:Someone told me Thanksgiving is NOT a national set holiday. WELL SO IS CHRISTMAS. Now since Thanksgiving no promotion came on, I SURE HOPE theres NO promotion on christmas.
Q: DO you think there will be a promotion on christmas?
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quanzong
Feloriene Bluewolf
I'll hazard a guess and say it's probably since Halloween and Christmas are slightly more universal than the US Thanksgiving holiday. If they do something for Christmas, it'd be nice. Beats me why you'd be upset if they chose to give us something for the festive season, but then again I would've thought the answer to your first question was obvious...the US is not the only country playing the game 
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Even those with thanksgiving holidays of their own, why should they celebrate it when the US does? Then again, as an alternative, Anet would have to do something for everyone's own little national holiday...and that's alot of events to play to.
Online game, universal appeal between countries and nationalities. A nice melting pot of players ... so why would the rest of us wanna observe a holiday only relevant to one country in many?
. Even those with thanksgiving holidays of their own, why should they celebrate it when the US does? Then again, as an alternative, Anet would have to do something for everyone's own little national holiday...and that's alot of events to play to.
Online game, universal appeal between countries and nationalities. A nice melting pot of players ... so why would the rest of us wanna observe a holiday only relevant to one country in many?
Pevil Lihatuh
lol i'd have to agree with Feloriene. Though not EVERY country celebrates halloween/christmas/easter, MOST do. Whereas only the US celebrates thanksgiving, so if they do a thanksgiving one they'd have to do St Georges for us Brits, and St Patricks for the Irish, and *random holiday here for random country that only has 200 people in*
chippxero
Yeah it's like Fireworks night for us in the uk it would have been cool to have a big in game display but as the day means nothing to any other country i wouldn't expect them to do anything for it.
There are too many holidays in all the different countries and theres no way they have the time to cover them all, i'd rather 1-2 events a year to make them something unique.
There are too many holidays in all the different countries and theres no way they have the time to cover them all, i'd rather 1-2 events a year to make them something unique.
DarkSider84
Considering they did do something for halloween (since it would fit in well) x-mas is another big name here in the u.s. and i'm pretty sure they'd do something for that also, besides, it could fit in easily just like the mad king did, maybe a mad santa or some stuff like that. thanskgiving, what would they do for it? have free food in game or such, theres no basis to do anything special other than maybe a giant turkey running around.
l Selling God l
Well for some people their thanksgiving took place a month back.....so it would be kind of awkward.. halloween doesnt have 2 different days...and yes i think there will be one for christmans, for same reaon there was one on halloween.
quanzong
Thanksgiving is more well known than Halloween in the US. Also when Thanksgiving comes, more people participate it in the US rather than Halloween. I am sure other countries (KOREA) do not celebrate Christmas, so it would not be fair to celebrate a holiday within the game, for just 2 countires. But comon, everyone knows when Thanksgiving is. Why do you think other countries study the United States history? Yes a big turkey, with big table of food would be good. And since they have pumpkin caps for halloween, I think they should have had turkey heads for Thanksgiving.
unamed player
Thanksgiving means practically nothing in Canada. We had it quite a while ago too. It is a religious holiday but id say only Americans really care about it that much. Most likely because of your football. If a great hockey game happened specifically on thanksgiving i think it would be more popular for us as well
glenn_rolfe
Thanksgiving is just some yankee turkey eating holiday to the rest of us
We don't know when it's on, don't know what it's for, and couldn't care about it.
Think yourself lucky that Halloween was considered universal enough for Anet to add it in.
We don't know when it's on, don't know what it's for, and couldn't care about it.
Think yourself lucky that Halloween was considered universal enough for Anet to add it in.
b3h3m0th
or maybe its when family and friends eat together, talk, or just have fun...
Tactical-Dillusions
Koreans have a thanksgiving day at the beginning of October called Chuseok.
They also celebrate Christmas and new year as national holidays.
They also celebrate Christmas and new year as national holidays.
quanzong
you guys in europe know what it is. If you didnt how come these foreign people that come here know what it is? Are they smarter than the people that resign in there home country? Everyone in the world is taught english, and part of english is Thanksgiving, it appears in your literature books just as halloween and christmas. I also believe Korea is taught english as well, so its possible they know what Thanksgiving is. If they dont, I doubt they know what Christmas is.
Banebow
It matters not if they know what it is, what gives us Americans the "right" to have all our holidays celebrated in-game?
Actualy, it is one of the few holidays that is not based on religion. It celebrates the indians helping the starving settlers. You'll notice we did not pay them back very well however. . .
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It is a religious holiday but id say only Americans really care about it that much
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calamitykell
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you guys in europe know what it is. If you didnt how come these foreign people that come here know what it is? Are they smarter than the people that resign in there home country? Everyone in the world is taught english, and part of english is Thanksgiving, it appears in your literature books just as halloween and christmas. I also believe Korea is taught english as well, so its possible they know what Thanksgiving is. If they dont, I doubt they know what Christmas is.
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quanzong
Well Thanksgiving is not religous, Halloween is also, and same with Christmas, halloween and Christmas deal with Christanity. Christmas I believe is the birth of jesus. Halloween I think is something to do with the devil. However Thanksgiving isnt religous, its just what Banebow said, deals with pilgrims, and indians. A theme they could have done could probably deal with indians, maybe have they appear in Ventari Refuge, or someplace to big goods.
unamed player
Canada is also in the same boat but being a Roman Catholic myself i know that thanksgiving doesnt rank anywhere near Christmas which symbolizes the birth of Christ. Halloween is another matter completely and i think Anet supported it simply because its religiously neutral. Christmas on the other hand is so cherished that even people who are not catholic celebrate it. So i'd bet you'll see some Christmas events and most likely Easter but only because there is so much children who love those days which make them incredibly popular regaurdless of religion.
Just my two cents.
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Ok i take back the thanksgiving being religious. You see how little i know about it:P
Just my two cents.
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Ok i take back the thanksgiving being religious. You see how little i know about it:P
Banebow
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A theme they could have done could probably deal with indians, maybe have they appear in Ventari Refuge, or someplace to big goods.
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unamed player
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You did not understand my point. The holiday is American. Other countries have holidays that may resemble thanksgiving, but I doubt they came about because of thanksgiving. This game has players from all over the world. Americans do not constitue the whole world. Therefore, thanksgiving is not celebrated in game.
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Numa Pompilius
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But comon, everyone knows when Thanksgiving is.
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calamitykell
I think he's just mad because he missed the halloween event, and god forbid ANet not spoil us with some event every freakin month.
The less there are, the more appreciated they'll be.
The less there are, the more appreciated they'll be.
quanzong
Well ok here how about this, when the EUROPEANS came to settle in america indians came and brought us food on this special day. And since Korea also has a thanksgiving day, maybe the DEVs could have put Thanksgiving on this day. Because there are more people that play in US so they chose US thanksgiving. and since Europeans started US, they should know about Thanksgiving in US, because it was one of the 1st major events here. Its when the Pilgrams landed on Plymoth Rock, were those Pilgrams not europeans? How can the Europeans not study Thanksgiving, and celebrate it?
Doesnt every major holiday originate in the United States?
Doesnt every major holiday originate in the United States?
Numa Pompilius
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Doesnt every major holiday originate in the United States?
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calamitykell
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Well ok here how about this, when the EUROPEANS came to settle in america indians came and brought us food on this special day. And since Korea also has a thanksgiving day, maybe the DEVs could have put Thanksgiving on this day. Because there are more people that play in US so they chose US thanksgiving. and since Europeans started US, they should know about Thanksgiving in US, because it was one of the 1st major events here. Its when the Pilgrams landed on Plymoth Rock, were those Pilgrams not europeans? How can the Europeans not study Thanksgiving, and celebrate it?
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I don't know if you know much about American history, but I don't believe we were part of Europe at that time.
And your final statement is hilarious.
quanzong
Well it wasnt made a holiday until that time, but the time it was participated in was long before that. it was before we decided to revolt agaisnt europe . because they greeted us near or at plymoth rock
1st thanksgiving was in 1620
. because they greeted us near or at plymoth rock1st thanksgiving was in 1620
calamitykell
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Well it wasnt made a holiday until that time, but the time it was participated in was long before that. it was before we decided to revolt agaisnt europe
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So what exactly is it that you're crying out for?
Pompeyfan
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Well ok here how about this, when the EUROPEANS came to settle in america indians came and brought us food on this special day. And since Korea also has a thanksgiving day, maybe the DEVs could have put Thanksgiving on this day. Because there are more people that play in US so they chose US thanksgiving. and since Europeans started US, they should know about Thanksgiving in US, because it was one of the 1st major events here. Its when the Pilgrams landed on Plymoth Rock, were those Pilgrams not europeans? How can the Europeans not study Thanksgiving, and celebrate it?
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All I know about thanksgiving is it's in November (and thats only from it being mentioned in US shows), don't know when, don't care either. Also, we never did US history in school, why would we? We have more than enough history of our own to learn going back a lot further than the 17th century (or 15th if you take it from when Columbus found the Americas) - American history is only really important to Americans, when I was at school we learn't more about English & European (Royal Houses, numerous wars, Roman's, Ancient Greece, Dark Ages, Medieval period, Reformation, World Wars etc), Middle-Eastern (Crusades, birth of civilization etc) and North African (mainly Egypt) History than we ever did American.
BTW Halloween isn't anything to do with the devil - All Hallows Eve is a pagan festival that pre-dates christianity by several thousand years, and is rewally only celebrated as its become commercial
Savio
Nice discussion; but the Q&A forum is not the place for discussions, and there are some slightly... biased views on countries in this thread. Closed.