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Old Jan 20, 2012, 10:40 PM // 22:40   #41
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The last day of Chinese New Year is February 6th Monday, if they do Canthan New Year after that day, they might as well just call it Anyday New Year.

and yes, it looks like Superbowl day again.
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Old Jan 20, 2012, 11:06 PM // 23:06   #42
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Whatever, if it happens the same time as the Superbowl, that just means I get some easy LOLs to go along with my racing. Might help to take the edge off from the occasional raeg.
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Old Jan 20, 2012, 11:13 PM // 23:13   #43
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I suppose the Superbowl would annoy some Americans, I even watch the Superbowl myself when its on being in Europe but for the rest of the planet its hardly an issue, most of us dont mind in the slightest if CNY is on at the same time as the Superbowl to be honest.

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Old Jan 21, 2012, 02:27 AM // 02:27   #44
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The current plan for the Live Team is to run the Canthan New Year festival in early February. I can't confirm the exact dates at this point due to the weather disruptions, but we'll update you as soon as we can.
Will the mini greased lightning still be rewarded this year for RBR racing? I only ask because the wintersday art contest was cancelled, so perhaps Anet is not giving away in-game prizes any more.
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Old Jan 21, 2012, 11:10 AM // 11:10   #45
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super bowl???
never watch it so the date is fine by me....good to know it STILL going to happen (unlike the aforementioned contest----...) might be the way of the future
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Old Jan 21, 2012, 01:47 PM // 13:47   #46
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The current plan for the Live Team is to run the Canthan New Year festival in early February. I can't confirm the exact dates at this point due to the weather disruptions, but we'll update you as soon as we can.
What?! You guys get a little bit of snow and it's like the world is coming to an end!

We all know that's not for another 11 months yet.

Anyway, hope you guys don't have too much trouble digging out - we're getting hit with it today.

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Old Jan 21, 2012, 03:03 PM // 15:03   #47
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but for the rest of the planet its hardly an issue, most of us dont mind in the slightest if CNY is on at the same time as the Superbowl to be honest.

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Yes I know, but it is my yearly gripe, there might be some kind of cosmic upheaval if I did not bitch about it at least once.

Anet should run the festival on Pro-Bowl weekend(weekend prior to SB) noone would care since that game is a joke anyway.
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Old Jan 22, 2012, 11:41 AM // 11:41   #48
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I don't see why they should take into consideration any sporting event when planning their holiday events, especially one that's irrelevant to the majority of the world. I'm sure they're just trying to leave some time after Wintersday.
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Old Jan 22, 2012, 03:46 PM // 15:46   #49
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Anet should run the festival on Pro-Bowl weekend(weekend prior to SB) noone would care since that game is a joke anyway.
I agree with this. I realize that none of this matters to the non-americans out there, but us American sports fans take super bowl weekend very seriously .
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Old Jan 22, 2012, 04:02 PM // 16:02   #50
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I don't see why they should take into consideration any sporting event when planning their holiday events, especially one that's irrelevant to the majority of the world.
America is half their user base. Europe combined is the other half, but mostly France and Germany. The rest of the world is what is irrelevant to Anet.

It's Chinese new year and you can't even create a new Asian account of the game anymore.
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Old Jan 22, 2012, 08:19 PM // 20:19   #51
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Wait what? The Chinese new year starts tomorrow. It should have been this last weekend or next weekend. Why are we waiting until February?
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Old Jan 22, 2012, 08:33 PM // 20:33   #52
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Wait what? The Chinese new year starts tomorrow. It should have been this last weekend or next weekend. Why are we waiting until February?
Probably to dodge current flux...but eh beats me the sense of making a festivity weeks after the real one. It's like doing Halloween on late November imho.
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Old Jan 23, 2012, 09:06 AM // 09:06   #53
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Probably to dodge current flux...but eh beats me the sense of making a festivity weeks after the real one. It's like doing Halloween on late November imho.
Or could be because they are snowed in or something
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Old Jan 23, 2012, 11:17 AM // 11:17   #54
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Probably to dodge current flux...but eh beats me the sense of making a festivity weeks after the real one. It's like doing Halloween on late November imho.
Bit off topic but that should also be the case with festival hats, why not have a quest(chain) to obtain them at the start of the event.
That way you can wear them for the duration of the event and not only the last day of it.
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Old Jan 23, 2012, 01:25 PM // 13:25   #55
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Bit off topic but that should also be the case with festival hats, why not have a quest(chain) to obtain them at the start of the event.
That way you can wear them for the duration of the event and not only the last day of it.
I believe they are called parting gifts... not "starting" gifts"...
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Old Jan 23, 2012, 02:38 PM // 14:38   #56
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This hat is the same every year--so if you were around last year (or any previous canthan new years finale) you should (might) still have one around to wear during the festivities.
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Old Jan 23, 2012, 07:07 PM // 19:07   #57
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Will the mini greased lightning still be rewarded this year for RBR racing? I only ask because the wintersday art contest was cancelled, so perhaps Anet is not giving away in-game prizes any more.
The difference here I believe is that Little Jack is an NPC that gives out the prizes based on who's on the list, whereas for the contest winners, they have to be sent their prize through... whatever method they use to do that, point being that it's not some stationary NPC as far as I can tell. Unless they completely break the code for handing out those prizes, or they get scared about another "multiple highscore list" mishap as last year and don't believe they can fix it in time, I don't foresee any real reason about why they wouldn't have the mini GLs come back.
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Old Jan 23, 2012, 08:26 PM // 20:26   #58
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May this years hats look like this:
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Old Jan 24, 2012, 03:31 AM // 03:31   #59
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Plz...plz..plz not on superbowl weekend. It would be like having it during the world cup finals. Alas i fear it will be =(
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Old Jan 24, 2012, 10:11 AM // 10:11   #60
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May this years hats look like this:

http://timenewsfeed.files.wordpress....0&h=400&crop=1
Canthan New year hat is always the same (Lion Mask), you're thinking of Dragon Festival It's later during the year.
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