Curse

Fril Estelin · Jan 03, 2008, 08:24 PM // 20:24

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Originally Posted by Aerian_Skybane

Seriously man? Not having a witch hat brings your train of thought to the complete downfall of a game-design company? Damn your life is shallow.

Greed For The Loose.

But let's focus on the other side of the coin: the happy people that will have the hat that they lost or that they couldn't get. Happy for them

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Yichi · Jan 03, 2008, 08:26 PM // 20:26

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Originally Posted by Zabe

I think its a gift from ANet because off the server rollbacks?

what rollbacks?

Aerian_Skybane · Jan 03, 2008, 08:40 PM // 20:40

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Originally Posted by Steboy93

I dislike this update because they appear to have removed all the npc's at the same time, without giving any notice or warning to us.

Um... dude, they have when the event ends posted all over the holiday event stuff. Do you want them to call you or something?

AW Lore · Jan 03, 2008, 08:48 PM // 20:48

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Originally Posted by Yichi

what rollbacks?

there were no official "rollbacks" made by anet, but in some servers (particularly in LA) some districts had massive lag during the event, even making the players to dc, when they logged back they didnt had the hat nor the presents they had acquired during the event. hence, the "roll back"

most likely, the servers handling those districts crashed and didnt had time to save the information about the new items being acquired by the players, making it as if they had never been there.

but its too hard to think about the servers crashing and not saving the information, so calling a rollback is far more easier and quick

Mercury Angel · Jan 03, 2008, 08:52 PM // 20:52

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Originally Posted by Yichi

what rollbacks?

Some districts got really buggy and crashed or had miniature rollbacks. That might be what they mean. If you could only attend a single event and got unlucky, that was it for you.

This thread bothers me, though. I attended the event twice to get both hats, and it doesn't hurt me in the least. (One of them was at 3 AM!) My hats aren't cheapened or lose value because some active players that were unable to, or lost their hats for whatever reason, can get them in a short time span after the fact.

Let's remember the "Wintersday Spirit" (Dwayna-oriented). You could always be Grenth-oriented, but somehow, I doubt Grenth would be having Wintersday festivals at all if he had the opportunity.
That is, the entire event is a gesture of goodwill to the community, and acting like something was taken from you over Anet performing another act of goodwill towards others is completely nonsensical.

Floski · Jan 03, 2008, 08:53 PM // 20:53

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Originally Posted by Eldin

I stayed up late on the last day of my holiday vacation, only to find out now all these NOOBS can get hats and act like they were part of a major event in GW history, when they're just freeloading off ANet?

Oh yeah I agree. I was a part of that historic GW event, that major one where 75% of the people are just afking for 2 hours for hats. How dare other people with family commitments be able to get these hats. It is a goddamn TRAVESTY.

Cargan · Jan 03, 2008, 08:54 PM // 20:54

it's ok. it'll be like the razah quest. at that time you spent gems to get him, and they refunded them back afterwards. with this one they'll give you a 10 minute quest to get back the time you spent standing there waiting for a hat. You'll soon see your time played in the game decrease, don't worry.

...oh come on. who's going to wear these hats after wintersday anyways. let the people who had problems with this event have them and quit QQing.

Ephidel · Jan 03, 2008, 09:01 PM // 21:01

I'd have less of a problem with what their doing if it wasn't for the fact that I can imagine the person at ANet who came up with this idea sitting around smugly thinking "What a job well done" when the hats were far from the only issue in the event. Plus the removal of NPCs. What is this?

Frozenface · Jan 03, 2008, 09:07 PM // 21:07

Good update, I was too busy nursing my hangover to bother with Guild Wars this New Year's.

(Too bad the hats are still completely useless)

Fril Estelin · Jan 03, 2008, 09:14 PM // 21:14

To QQers: it's so unfair to blame Anet while Gaile explained on this forum that the problem was probably not due to them but to a network provider near their LA center.

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Originally Posted by Mercury Angel

Let's remember the "Wintersday Spirit" (Dwayna-oriented). You could always be Grenth-oriented, but somehow, I doubt Grenth would be having Wintersday festivals at all if he had the opportunity.
That is, the entire event is a gesture of goodwill to the community, and acting like something was taken from you over Anet performing another act of goodwill towards others is completely nonsensical.

QFT. That trully IS Wintersday Spirit and I guess everyone should bear that in mind.

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
Mahatma Gandhi

Aerian_Skybane · Jan 03, 2008, 09:17 PM // 21:17

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Originally Posted by Frozenface

Good update, I was too busy nursing my hangover to bother with Guild Wars this New Year's.

Lol QFT. I spend most of the day watching hockey, eating toast, and drinking Gatorade.

Then I took ten minutes to AFK my char in on hat, then three hours later I spent 5 minutes setting up another character, and for fun instructing everyone they must jump to win. Oh how I like messin with people.

Sir Seifus Halbred · Jan 03, 2008, 09:18 PM // 21:18

So now they decide to do this? What about others who have missed the other events and did not get a chance to recieve the hats? What about the other hats from previous events? Hats are supposed to be something you earn for being there for an event...

macke · Jan 03, 2008, 09:19 PM // 21:19

Omg!I had so much lag last year and year before!omg, can i log now and take those hats, plzzzz

Sabriel Benirus · Jan 03, 2008, 09:25 PM // 21:25

I, in turn am happy that the people that lost their hats' will be able to get them.... Good for them, and enjoy

Shiney · Jan 03, 2008, 09:35 PM // 21:35

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Originally Posted by Eldin

I stayed up late on the last day of my holiday vacation, only to find out now all these NOOBS can get hats and act like they were part of a major event in GW history, when they're just freeloading off ANet?

That seems to be a very negative attitude you got there. You got your hats, be grateful that you have them. Some people mightn't have had the oppertunity to get them on wintersday finale, so now they have a second chance, and if someone didn't bother getting one and gets it from the hat trader? So what? Let them. This is a game, don't take it so seriously.

Dante the Warlord · Jan 03, 2008, 09:45 PM // 21:45

I think this a great idea personally, a lotta ppl lagged out before they got the hat, i even missed out on the wintersday gifts to get one

. Its different this year because not everyone got a fair chance to get a hat.

geekling · Jan 03, 2008, 09:55 PM // 21:55

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Originally Posted by Sir Seifus Halbred

Hats are supposed to be something you earn for being there for an event...

And that's why they are doing this NOW.

Because this time there were a lot of people who attended the event, who were there but thanks to a foul-up on Anet's side did not get their hats.

This isn't about people who missed the event being able to get the hats, but to make sure that those who were there, who took the time to go online on jan 1st. gets them (if they want them.)

Guess that making them available to anyone - even those that weren't there, is just the fastest and easiest way to achive that.

enxa · Jan 03, 2008, 10:08 PM // 22:08

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Originally Posted by Eldin

I stayed up late on the last day of my holiday vacation, only to find out now all these NOOBS can get hats and act like they were part of a major event in GW history, when they're just freeloading off ANet?

how very nice of you to stay up late on your vacation, i wish i did that ... oh wait, i did! and then the rollback happened and i lost the hat.

This is the only fair thing to do for us.

and only noobs call people noobs.

WinterSnowblind · Jan 03, 2008, 10:12 PM // 22:12

Don't see what people are fussing about, there were some massive lag problems in certain districts, particularly in Europe causing people to lose everything that happened during that event when they reconnected. Not everyone can stay online all day to attend the event, and if they missed their one chance to get the hats because of server problems, it's not really their fault. It's not like they're giving out '05 hats here.

Yichi · Jan 03, 2008, 10:26 PM // 22:26

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Originally Posted by AW Lore

there were no official "rollbacks" made by anet, but in some servers (particularly in LA) some districts had massive lag during the event, even making the players to dc, when they logged back they didnt had the hat nor the presents they had acquired during the event. hence, the "roll back"

most likely, the servers handling those districts crashed and didnt had time to save the information about the new items being acquired by the players, making it as if they had never been there.

but its too hard to think about the servers crashing and not saving the information, so calling a rollback is far more easier and quick

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Originally Posted by Mercury Angel

Some districts got really buggy and crashed or had miniature rollbacks. That might be what they mean.

So then Lesson for the day = don't always find the most ridiculously crowded district to try and partake in events?

Hell I was in La and kamadahn, on an internet that was almost nothing (charter had a problem and on a 5mb service I was lucky to connect at 25kpbs) and I got my hats and participated in the events.