Curse

Zakarr · Jan 02, 2007, 10:48 AM // 10:48

I really hope that this is just a joke. Anet employeers collecting wintersday presents? Simple admin command would generate presents to fill your inventory in one second.

It is probably an act of sympathy towards taiwanese players. Maybe they will see some suprises in their inventories once they can log in again but collecting presents manually is just a pure show.

DrD · Jan 02, 2007, 11:23 AM // 11:23

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Originally Posted by Zakarr

I really hope that this is just a joke. Anet employeers collecting wintersday presents? Simple admin command would generate presents to fill your inventory in one second.

It is probably an act of sympathy towards taiwanese players. Maybe they will see some suprises in their inventories once they can log in again but collecting presents manually is just a pure show.

I don't think they programmed that power into their accounts

Sophitia Leafblade · Jan 02, 2007, 11:39 AM // 11:39

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Originally Posted by pingu666

i prefer the stuff spawning in inventory method tbh, i dont see much wrong with afk'ers getting stuff.

i semi afked this event, 2 pcs, just pop to each one every 5-10min and collecto the loot

yeah its ok for the semi casual player but then u get people who go crazy and would totally abuse it ie. leaving their char afk there for all 24 hours of the event just so they can sell all there wintersday gifts for more money

Bowman Artemis · Jan 02, 2007, 12:15 PM // 12:15

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Originally Posted by Zakarr

I really hope that this is just a joke. Anet employeers collecting wintersday presents? Simple admin command would generate presents to fill your inventory in one second.

It is probably an act of sympathy towards taiwanese players. Maybe they will see some suprises in their inventories once they can log in again but collecting presents manually is just a pure show.

Uh, no. They don't have "simple admin commands".

M1h4iL · Jan 02, 2007, 01:42 PM // 13:42

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Originally Posted by Bowman Artemis

Uh, no. They don't have "simple admin commands".

Sure they do!
/noclipmode

Thalion Galad · Jan 02, 2007, 01:58 PM // 13:58

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Originally Posted by Gaile Gray

Guys,

That is a member of the development team. I have been doing the same. I'm gathering the unclaimed (and unassigned, so I can't get them to their assignees) gifts and I want to try some way to get them to the players who were not able to attend the event, but I have to figure out how to do that.

As you may be aware, there was an earthquake near Taiwan. I'm told that some Asian players have not been able to attend the Wintersday event. Now, I can't get them a hat -- hats are customized. However, what if there was a way to get them a Wintersday gift or two? That's what I'm hoping to do!

So, nobody is exploiting this, we just don't want the items to go to waste. Thanks for understanding.
b]

PLZ anet send someone to the european servers to collect the gifts there...and give them to the needy

Rainman · Jan 03, 2007, 10:33 AM // 10:33

i knew there was a way up

i spawned standing on the slopy bit at the ledge and i couldnt move

gaile is freezie? woah this world is changing a lot o.O

RTSFirebat · Jan 03, 2007, 11:15 AM // 11:15

They really need to clean up all the Wintersday gifts, my PC lags each time the game first loads them in ^^ Plus its a big mess

Bistel · Jan 03, 2007, 11:24 AM // 11:24

It's very lame, you can do it by walking against the wall, and if you die, you get spawnt there.

But why would you do it, it must be fun for the others, I think it's lame and that they should ban his account for a week or so.

exiled mat · Jan 03, 2007, 11:50 AM // 11:50

I'm staying well out of the range of those gifts

The gw client get's "lagged" whenever i get near one of those super stacks

You know, that effect that let's you explorer the whole town, but after a certain time you'll get either DC't or warped back to a wall where you got stuck

GJ on removing those presents and giving them to the people who deserve it instead of simply deleting them

absolutionx · Jan 03, 2007, 03:00 PM // 15:00

Is there still a way to get wintersday hats if you could not attend the event? Sorry I was out of state w/no computer at the time.

Blackhawk · Jan 03, 2007, 05:32 PM // 17:32

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Originally Posted by absolutionx

Is there still a way to get wintersday hats if you could not attend the event? Sorry I was out of state w/no computer at the time.

Computer says NO.....

Tough luck I'm afraid, otherwise we'd have people whining about missing last years events and wanting hats from those as well.

It's not A-nets fault if you can't be there.

blackbird71 · Jan 03, 2007, 07:41 PM // 19:41

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Originally Posted by disket

Not only Taiwanese people are affected. The whole of South East Asia has been affected as well. I'm living in Malaysia and I can't get past the Loading 0 files screen after the character selection. When some of us do manage to get in, we get pings upwards of 1k. My Alliance guilds which are all based in the region are all affected as well and most of us are on American district.

This is just sad.

Look, I'm sorry about the earthquake and any real physical damage it may have caused.

But you're whining about a game. You're complaining about connection issues and lag. Guess what, you think a ping upwards of 1k is bad? I often get 4-7k. I get dc'd from lag in LA and Kamadan all the time, and don't even get me started on Kaineng Center, if I ever load in there, I can't map out without half a dozen dc's, no exaggration. It's called dialup, something I have to live with because there is no broadband where I live. And you know what? I get no special treatment for it. I've lost out on a lot of stuff because of it, and there is no way to compensate, and I'm not asking for one. I just want to point out that if your biggest problem in the world is lag issues, and you actually think it's worth complaining about, you need to wake up.

disket · Jan 03, 2007, 08:05 PM // 20:05

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Originally Posted by blackbird71

This is just sad.

Look, I'm sorry about the earthquake and any real physical damage it may have caused.

But you're whining about a game. You're complaining about connection issues and lag. Guess what, you think a ping upwards of 1k is bad? I often get 4-7k. I get dc'd from lag in LA and Kamadan all the time, and don't even get me started on Kaineng Center, if I ever load in there, I can't map out without half a dozen dc's, no exaggration. It's called dialup, something I have to live with because there is no broadband where I live. And you know what? I get no special treatment for it. I've lost out on a lot of stuff because of it, and there is no way to compensate, and I'm not asking for one. I just want to point out that if your biggest problem in the world is lag issues, and you actually think it's worth complaining about, you need to wake up.

Hi, first of all please try to read carefully next time. Please point out to me any sign of me whining in my post. If you read the post I quoted, you'd know that I was merely pointing out that not only people living in Taiwan were affected by the earthquake. Did I sound like I was exaggerating about lag issues to you? Well I'm sorry if my English was too hard for you to understand but please stop flaming other people when you're the one actually whining about your 4-7k ping on dialup.

Wake up.

blackbird71 · Jan 03, 2007, 08:32 PM // 20:32

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Originally Posted by disket

Hi, first of all please try to read carefully next time. Please point out to me any sign of me whining in my post. If you read the post I quoted, you'd know that I was merely pointing out that not only people living in Taiwan were affected by the earthquake. Did I sound like I was exaggerating about lag issues to you? Well I'm sorry if my English was too hard for you to understand but please stop flaming other people when you're the one actually whining about your 4-7k ping on dialup.

Wake up.

Wasn't whining, just pointing out that if you're only problem is lag issues, you won't get much sympathy. I read your post, I read the one you replied to, and yes, it does sound like you're whining. What else was the point of the crying emoticon? That's not a translation error. I'm sorry, but I just think this whole idea is a bit dumb if the only real problem affecting people is the lag (which is what you seem to indicate). If that's the case, there's no reason anyone should be getting anything extra because of a little latency.

Being affected by an earthquake is suffering from damaged or destroyed homes, personal injury or death. Lag is not being affected by an earthquake, lag is a bad day for you ISP. Get over it.

Age · Jan 03, 2007, 09:57 PM // 21:57

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Originally Posted by Hideous Beast

I wish the prezzies would just spawn in our inventory, I get why the running around would be fun, but with pings of 43,000ms it's a nightmare, I've retreated to my guild hall a few times just to avoid the chaos.

That would be a good way to do it just like Halloween as all the stuff you get there just ends up in your inventory and you can go afk.I think the idea is to make run around like at Christmas looking for your gifts.

Cyan The Archer · Jan 03, 2007, 09:59 PM // 21:59

blackbird, you definatly need to read more carefully. Not only in this thread.. You MIGHT actually realize you're very wrong.

disket · Jan 03, 2007, 10:52 PM // 22:52

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Originally Posted by blackbird71

Being affected by an earthquake is suffering from damaged or destroyed homes, personal injury or death. Lag is not being affected by an earthquake, lag is a bad day for you ISP. Get over it.

LOL. Get away from your computer for a bit and try reading the newspaper or watching the news. Ever heard of APCN2?

blackbird71 · Jan 03, 2007, 11:29 PM // 23:29

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Originally Posted by disket

LOL. Get away from your computer for a bit and try reading the newspaper or watching the news. Ever heard of APCN2?

Once again you miss the point completely. Yes, I am very familiar with APCN2, I know about the problems they've been having. So what? Internet connections have problems, life goes on. There's other people out there with much bigger problems than this. Get outside yourself for once and realize that there's more to the world than your ability to play online games.

The Hand Of Death · Jan 04, 2007, 12:00 AM // 00:00

I saw a warrior up on one of the ledges also. It probably has something to do with the rez mechanic because I searched around that area for a way up and wasn't able to find some parthway there.