Really dumb Wintersday question. - Guild Wars Forums

neo the tyrant · Aug 30, 2008, 07:17 AM // 07:17

Hehe guys, I was wondering, during the Wintersday festival every year are you able to get the "Santa hats"? I've been playing the game for two years and just all of a sudden I want one really bad. So I was just wondering if they are able to get every year? I dont remember exactly but from what I remember they were able to get the past few years? But i'm not sure.

Please correct me if I 'm wrong. I just really want one

Thanks.

A11Eur0 · Aug 30, 2008, 07:25 AM // 07:25

The hats are different every year....they're not going to make the past years' hats available in the future because it would ruin the prestige of having the old hats, a way to show off that you were there.

duckboy · Aug 30, 2008, 07:36 AM // 07:36

ye u'd think that wouldn't you? lions mask remind u of anythin?

bathazard · Aug 30, 2008, 08:23 AM // 08:23

its kinda unfair though, because when they bought out those hats, in my time zone it was very late at night and therefore i couldn't get on Guild Wars at those times...

xPIMPx · Aug 30, 2008, 08:53 AM // 08:53

Swear you were able to get the hats every 4 hours or something during the whole day ?

Kuri · Aug 30, 2008, 10:13 AM // 10:13

Every 3 hours for 24 hours. And you could just afk for them, you don't actually need to be present to get the hat.

*Darcy* · Aug 30, 2008, 10:19 AM // 10:19

The Wintersday hats have been different every year.

The Avatars of Dwayna and Grenth compete every three hours in the three locations (only LA in 2005) for the whole of the final day (24 hrs). Whichever Avatar won presented a hat to players.

ANet had the Santa-style hats for 2005 and 2006. For 2007, they offered the Wreath and the Ice-Crown styles.

We don't know what the hats will be like for 2008.

Elder III · Aug 30, 2008, 10:36 AM // 10:36

Yeah, just loggin, stand there and then go to bed - wake up and you have a couple hats in your inventory.

dilan155 · Aug 30, 2008, 02:52 PM // 14:52

each "big" event has a different hat each year( winters day, canthan new year). And they will NOT make the old masks available because hats are a way of showing how old you are in GW, it represents that you were there for these historical events.

Quaker · Aug 30, 2008, 09:17 PM // 21:17

Actually, anything about Wintersday - like whether the hats will be different or not - is purely up to the whims of the good folks at NCsoft. Any discussion about upcoming events is just speculation.

Bowstring Badass · Aug 30, 2008, 09:23 PM // 21:23

I bet we get the same hats in LA and Kamadan again.

Aug 30, 2008, 07:17 AM // 07:17	#1
neo the tyrant Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Balamb Garden Guild: TIGG Profession: Me/	Really dumb Wintersday question. Hehe guys, I was wondering, during the Wintersday festival every year are you able to get the "Santa hats"? I've been playing the game for two years and just all of a sudden I want one really bad. So I was just wondering if they are able to get every year? I dont remember exactly but from what I remember they were able to get the past few years? But i'm not sure. Please correct me if I 'm wrong. I just really want one Thanks.

Aug 30, 2008, 10:19 AM // 10:19	#7
Darcy Never Too Old Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Rhode Island where there are no GW contests Guild: Order of First Profession: W/R	The Wintersday hats have been different every year. The Avatars of Dwayna and Grenth compete every three hours in the three locations (only LA in 2005) for the whole of the final day (24 hrs). Whichever Avatar won presented a hat to players. ANet had the Santa-style hats for 2005 and 2006. For 2007, they offered the Wreath and the Ice-Crown styles. We don't know what the hats will be like for 2008. __________________ That's me, the old stick-in-the-mud non-fun moderator. (and non-understanding, also)

Aug 30, 2008, 09:17 PM // 21:17	#10
Quaker Hell's Protector Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Canada Guild: Brothers Disgruntled	Actually, anything about Wintersday - like whether the hats will be different or not - is purely up to the whims of the good folks at NCsoft. Any discussion about upcoming events is just speculation. Last edited by Quaker; Aug 30, 2008 at 09:25 PM // 21:25..

Aug 30, 2008, 07:25 AM // 07:25	#2
A11Eur0 Furnace Stoker Join Date: Apr 2005 Profession: W/	The hats are different every year....they're not going to make the past years' hats available in the future because it would ruin the prestige of having the old hats, a way to show off that you were there.

Aug 30, 2008, 07:36 AM // 07:36	#3
duckboy Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Mar 2007 Guild: Duckboy Profession: E/Me	ye u'd think that wouldn't you? lions mask remind u of anythin?

Aug 30, 2008, 08:23 AM // 08:23	#4
bathazard Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jul 2006 Profession: W/	its kinda unfair though, because when they bought out those hats, in my time zone it was very late at night and therefore i couldn't get on Guild Wars at those times...

Aug 30, 2008, 08:53 AM // 08:53	#5
xPIMPx Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Uk Guild: Hmmm Defrosted Cat [Poo] Profession: W/A	Swear you were able to get the hats every 4 hours or something during the whole day ?

Aug 30, 2008, 10:13 AM // 10:13	#6
Kuri Academy Page Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: UK Guild: Daunting Tempest [DT] Profession: Mo/	Every 3 hours for 24 hours. And you could just afk for them, you don't actually need to be present to get the hat.

Aug 30, 2008, 10:36 AM // 10:36	#8
Elder III Furnace Stoker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ohio Guild: I Will Never Join Your Guild (NTY) Profession: R/	Yeah, just loggin, stand there and then go to bed - wake up and you have a couple hats in your inventory.

Aug 30, 2008, 02:52 PM // 14:52	#9
dilan155 Desert Nomad Join Date: May 2007 Location: living room Profession: N/	each "big" event has a different hat each year( winters day, canthan new year). And they will NOT make the old masks available because hats are a way of showing how old you are in GW, it represents that you were there for these historical events.

Aug 30, 2008, 09:23 PM // 21:23	#11
Bowstring Badass Forge Runner Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Character selection screen figuring what I want to play... Guild: Purple Lingerie - :D	I bet we get the same hats in LA and Kamadan again.