Curse

dsoft20 · Nov 01, 2006, 01:15 PM // 13:15

/not signed
It's only a hat and not an usefull item for the game

Oh a GW forum · Nov 01, 2006, 01:32 PM // 13:32

If you were too busy to make the event you got more important things to be whining about.

/notsigned

HawkofStorms · Nov 01, 2006, 04:00 PM // 16:00

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Originally Posted by jenny2

Mad King was only here for 24Hours and some ppl just cant afford that because of job-busyness or something similar.
(maybe also cant let their chars idle if you want to mention this, not everyone got flatrate )

So... leave your character idle. Let them pay for it if they want it.
Also, who in their right mind works for 24 consecutive hours? Everyone should have time to turn on their home computer, load a program, move a character to a certain point in a town in 5 miniutes, and then walk away.

Link4009 · Nov 01, 2006, 04:14 PM // 16:14

/Signed

I'm sickened by the rudeness of some people, just because they got hats and some people (like me) can't get them via Mad King Thorn due to the fact they are busy with school/work/answering trick or treaters/trick or treating/etc.

The times for Mad King Thorn are usually at the busiest times as well 12/3/6/9 and it makes it hard for those who have to work. I have highschool, a house to clean, dinner to make, and my sister to take out to trick or treat, I've no time to play GW on halloween and it makes it hard for us who look forward to this.
Please if you have a heart sign!

(Come on Gaile give us Collectors or quest givers hell even make us pay!)

Boo · Nov 01, 2006, 04:21 PM // 16:21

/signed
not for halloween only, but for all events
i missed the wintersday items last year cuz i went to my father's village to spend those days with my family and i didnt have access to internet so i could not get Yule Cap and Horns of Grenth.

i dont mind if i dont get candy weapons and all those different drinks but i love to get the pumpkins, tengu's mask, yule cap and horns of grenth or wicked hat that cannot be bought from ppl, which is quite good in order not to sell those masks for 100k+XXXXX ectos (u know what i mean) if ppl has not been able to get one. but they could be customized to the account not to each char since i like to get these masks for all my chars but as the mad king comes every 3 hours i cannot get them for all of them since this year 31st oct has been a working day, at least in Spain.

i hope u can understand my english, cuz its not my native language

Link4009 · Nov 01, 2006, 04:25 PM // 16:25

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Originally Posted by Oh a GW forum

If you were too busy to make the event you got more important things to be whining about.

/notsigned

Yeah of course we have more important things, we have work, family, school, just because ur a lowlife with none of that so you have time to get the mask, doesn't mean that we don't deserve to have a collector for us who are busy.

Its time GW gave events for EVERYBODY and NOT, for people who don't have anything else to do but stare at a screen for 24/7

lyra_song · Nov 01, 2006, 04:27 PM // 16:27

i woke up at 5:30 AM to catch the Mad King for his 6 AM visit in kamadan then i left my mesmer afk in LA. Then i hurried to make it to my train to work.

Came back home at 7 ~_~....and i had 3 pumpkin crowns along with the witch hat. and lots of halloween goodies. I ORIGINALLY left her there overnight to catch his first visit, but i err=007....

Really and truly, the hats are just a waste of space.

/notsigned

You missed it, you missed it.

Really its about the experience. The hat alone doesnt make it fun.

Link4009 · Nov 01, 2006, 04:31 PM // 16:31

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Originally Posted by lyra_song

Really its about the experience. The hat alone doesnt make it fun.

Well maybe people just want the hats, ever think of that? :P

I just made the last Mad king arrival last year and hated the experience, noobs kept clicking him interrupting his speech so I couldn't see what he was saying (= countless deaths)
And on top of that a week later my friend got mad at me and he deleted my ele who had the pumpkin mask T.T,
which makes the idea of being able to recall event headgear a needed emote

blood4blood · Nov 01, 2006, 05:54 PM // 17:54

/notsigned

Being one of those busy people with a full-time job, I still managed to get pumpkin crowns on 8 characters and wicked hats on 10, and answer the door for trick-or-treaters, and go to work. I could really use some more sleep now, but that's not Anet's fault, it was my decision to get the hats.

Critical difference between this event & the Tengu event when Factions was released: you can get the Halloween hats without doing anything but being in the right place at the right time, and it was well advertised. The Tengu event required you to collect a fairly large number of items, as well as show up for the Emperor's appearance. Collecting the items took too much time, and made it impossible for many of us to get the masks unless we were willing to pay outrageously to people who'd been collecting all day. Other than that one event, I think Anet has done a good job with all the other hat-reward events, and should not change their format.

Link4009 · Nov 01, 2006, 05:57 PM // 17:57

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Originally Posted by blood4blood

/notsigned

Being one of those busy people with a full-time job, I still managed to get pumpkin crowns on 8 characters and wicked hats on 10, and answer the door for trick-or-treaters, and go to work. I could really use some more sleep now, but that's not Anet's fault, it was my decision to get the hats.

Critical difference between this event & the Tengu event when Factions was released: you can get the Halloween hats without doing anything but being in the right place at the right time, and it was well advertised. The Tengu event required you to collect a fairly large number of items, as well as show up for the Emperor's appearance. Collecting the items took too much time, and made it impossible for many of us to get the masks unless we were willing to pay outrageously to people who'd been collecting all day. Other than that one event, I think Anet has done a good job with all the other hat-reward events, and should not change their format.

Well then you don't have your computer sharing the internet cable with the t.v do u?

Blackhawk · Nov 01, 2006, 06:06 PM // 18:06

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Originally Posted by Link4009

Well then you don't have your computer sharing the internet cable with the t.v do u?

Thats the lamest excuse I ever heard for not getting a hat

Link4009 · Nov 01, 2006, 06:11 PM // 18:11

Its not an excuse its true. Until we get our house renovated I have to share my internet cable with the television

Hand of Shiva · Nov 01, 2006, 06:17 PM // 18:17

Well lets see for all those people who said its about the event not the hat... You weren't exactly there for the event if you were AFK, you were there for the hat. Secondly, what if your on Dial up? Can't exactly leave that running all day can we especially if your with a family? Third, AFK is such the easy answer until you get home and its says err 007 check your internet connection moron.... but my internet connection is fine!? Fourth, it was a weekday, some people have families they have to care for, so between not showing up to work like a zombie, getting the kid ready in their costume, and then making sure said kid doesn't get run over by that drunk teen joyriding in the streets, holidays are a little stressful when you have to be somewhere at a certain time for a digital item, especially when said digital item takes 30 minutes to get (yeah thorn was there for 25 to 30 minutes people lets not lie to ourselves).

I was able to grab a few for myself running over a few lawn gnomes and hurdling a few fences after tricker treating but I think it certainly would have been less of an excercise if there was a quest to get the item. You know a cute little event that involves maybe visiting a few npcs and picking up treats to deliver to another NPC and viola you get a hat at your own pace on your own spare time and its all in the spirit of halloween. I'm not saying it needs to be extended out for a week or three But like 2 days would be nice, or a day thats not constitent with millions of americans going to work on a regular schedule.

And for all those people screaming /notsigned this is a petition folks, you don't run up to people in the mall petitioning grab the clipboard and scribble not signed on it. If you got a beef with it go discuss it in another thread.

/signed

Link4009 · Nov 01, 2006, 06:20 PM // 18:20

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Originally Posted by Hand of Shiva

Well lets see for all those people who said its about the event not the hat... You weren't exactly there for the event if you were AFK, you were there for the hat. Secondly, what if your on Dial up? Can't exactly leave that running all day can we especially if your with a family? Third, AFK is such the easy answer until you get home and its says err 007 check your internet connection moron.... but my internet connection is fine!? Fourth, it was a weekday, some people have families they have to care for, so between not showing up to work like a zombie, getting the kid ready in their costume, and then making sure said kid doesn't get run over by that drunk teen joyriding in the streets, holidays are a little stressful when you have to be somewhere at a certain time for a digital item, especially when said digital item takes 30 minutes to get (yeah thorn was there for 25 to 30 minutes people lets not lie to ourselves).

I was able to grab a few for myself running over a few lawn gnomes and hurdling a few fences after tricker treating but I think it certainly would have been less of an excercise if there was a quest to get the item. You know a cute little event that involves maybe visiting a few npcs and picking up treats to deliver to another NPC and viola you get a hat at your own pace on your own spare time and its all in the spirit of halloween. I'm not saying it needs to be extended out for a week or three But like 2 days would be nice, or a day thats not constitent with millions of americans going to work on a regular schedule.

And for all those people screaming /notsigned this is a petition folks, you don't run up to people in the mall petitioning grab the clipboard and scribble not signed on it. If you got a beef with it go discuss it in another thread.

/signed

THANK YOU!
Finally someone who tells the elitist to STFU with the /notsign crap

Maria The Princess · Nov 01, 2006, 06:29 PM // 18:29

/notsigned

the idea behind those hats is the fact that you were there at that time when it happened. if you werent there you werent there! so you dont get a hat!

the King was showing up every 2 hours during the 24 hours, so gave a chance to everyone to visit.

if there would be a collector for those everyone would have them and the hats would loose their "coolness". and yes i think my hat is very cool

Link4009 · Nov 01, 2006, 06:32 PM // 18:32

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Originally Posted by Maria The Princess

/notsigned

the idea behind those hats is the fact that you were there at that time when it happened. if you werent there you werent there! so you dont get a hat!

if there would be a collector for those everyone would have them and the hats would loose their "coolness"

Spoken like an eliteness, but as I was asked before, how are they cool?

meowmeow89 · Nov 01, 2006, 06:32 PM // 18:32

Not signed, yoru right about the hectic work schedule. But I left my game running in the right town to get the hat, and actually got 2 which I only need one. Work around the time zone or leave you character in the town.

Link4009 · Nov 01, 2006, 06:36 PM // 18:36

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Originally Posted by meowmeow89

Not signed, yoru right about the hectic work schedule. But I left my game running in the right town to get the hat, and actually got 2 which I only need one. Work around the time zone or leave you character in the town.

Yet you, like so many others ignore the fact the some of us can't just leave it on for an assortment of reasons, read the damn topic people!

lyra_song · Nov 01, 2006, 06:39 PM // 18:39

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Originally Posted by Hand of Shiva

Well lets see for all those people who said its about the event not the hat... You weren't exactly there for the event if you were AFK, you were there for the hat.

Like i said, i woke up extra early to catch his 6 AM visit in Kamadan. That 6 am visit was rather fun cause i got to hang out with guildmates from Europe who i normally miss during the day since im in the US.

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Secondly, what if your on Dial up? Can't exactly leave that running all day can we especially if your with a family?

Valid.

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Third, AFK is such the easy answer until you get home and its says err 007 check your internet connection moron.... but my internet connection is fine!?

yup...i got err=007

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Fourth, it was a weekday, some people have families they have to care for, so between not showing up to work like a zombie, getting the kid ready in their costume, and then making sure said kid doesn't get run over by that drunk teen joyriding in the streets, holidays are a little stressful when you have to be somewhere at a certain time for a digital item, especially when said digital item takes 30 minutes to get (yeah thorn was there for 25 to 30 minutes people lets not lie to ourselves).

Yup...families should be the priority.

Getting a hat required zero effort. Just make sure you are connected to the server. I can do that easily (with exception to err-007).

What if it required quest items that required questing and farming? My weekends involve food shopping, cleaning, babysitting and laundry. >.< The past quest items (Jade Orbs and Naga Fangs) were difficult for me to collect since I do have priorities. I had to get them through friends/guildmates or buy them off from people.

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I was able to grab a few for myself running over a few lawn gnomes and hurdling a few fences after tricker treating but I think it certainly would have been less of an excercise if there was a quest to get the item. You know a cute little event that involves maybe visiting a few npcs and picking up treats to deliver to another NPC and viola you get a hat at your own pace on your own spare time and its all in the spirit of halloween. I'm not saying it needs to be extended out for a week or three But like 2 days would be nice, or a day thats not constitent with millions of americans going to work on a regular schedule.

Already responded to this

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And for all those people screaming /notsigned this is a petition folks, you don't run up to people in the mall petitioning grab the clipboard and scribble not signed on it. If you got a beef with it go discuss it in another thread.

/signed

No this isnt the mall. This is a forum. People will /sign or /notsign. If you cant deal with negative criticism or disagreement, dont post anything.

Maria The Princess · Nov 01, 2006, 06:50 PM // 18:50

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Originally Posted by Link4009

Spoken like an eliteness, but as I was asked before, how are they cool?

just by showing the old years hat you are showing that your character is around for at least a year and that you were in ascalon that time

by showing your whicked hat youre showing that you got NF soon after release and that you were in kamadan in that time

the fact that people who werent there this time cant get the hats makes them even more cool!

look aat my avatar! doesnt it look cool?

and now seriously, its not like these hats are adding any attributes or any bonuses, its PURELY to say that you were there, and what point would there be if people that werent there would be able to ge them?