Curse

Narcissia · Dec 20, 2009, 04:02 PM // 16:02

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Originally Posted by MagmaRed

First you need to come up with a new mini they would add, a reason for them to add it, and an event for them to host in Europe (notice I didn't specify a country) to give it away. Outside of Nicholas I haven't seen a new mini for a long time, and the special event ones have been around for a long time.

Vizu and Kanaxai were both given out in 2007. Vizu was available in Europe from a magazine, and Kanaxai was available to anyone via the Wintersday Art contest (so was Vizu).
Grey Giant and Asura were available through magazines in Europe, and the Destroyer of Flesh was available to Europe through the use of the Asuran key codes.
Shiro-ken and Zhed were both available in Europe through magazines.
Ceraton was available to anyone with internet access, which is anyone who plays GW.
Grawl, Oni, Yeti, and Naga were all available to Europe through magazines.

That only leaves the Panda and Island Guardian, but the Island Guardian was available to ANYONE through the same Wintersday Art Contest as Vizu and Kanaxai.

They are rare, but which ones were limited to areas outside Europe? Except for Japan and Taiwan, all of the minis given away were done through a website or magazine promotion. I just don't understand what you want for Europe that wasn't already done.

nuff said...

Lord Dagon · Dec 20, 2009, 04:15 PM // 16:15

lmao i live in theU.S and ive never seen a prize give away. I mean cmon you guys in the UK got to do canthan new year duluxe b/c ur servers sucked. And i just went though the gw wiki page and i didnt see any rare minis that had a prize giveaway.. Some of them were in the Uk.. none in the U.S. So if anyone has a reason to QQ its america. we get squat xD

Wuhy · Dec 20, 2009, 04:16 PM // 16:16

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Originally Posted by Arduinna

Or put every miniature in the Zaishen Chest. Every single one of them becomes less rare, prices deflate, powertraders QQ but everyone will be able to catch 'm all.

^THIS. now..

FengShuiDove · Dec 20, 2009, 04:40 PM // 16:40

Point 1. I don't really care too much about collecting all the minis unless they have a direct correlation to something nice in GW2.

Point 2. Anticipating that having collected all minis vs. just having collected the bare minimum will have a greater effect, I speculate that they will have some nice effect in GW2.

Therefore, I'm entirely in support of the idea of moderately propagating the ultra-rare minis. What's the worst that can happen? The 50 people who have collected and hoarded them get a dent in the value of their storage? I have some of those guys in my guild and I'm still in support of this idea. It's ridiculous how much some of these are worth.

I realize we've strayed from the OP's idea of just having one for UK/Europe, but the point he brings up is far larger than what he started with.

Tramp · Dec 20, 2009, 05:07 PM // 17:07

Sorry, at one time the sun never set on the English Empire. However, England ceased to be a world power once they gave up colonialism and then sealed its fate with the liberal immigration policies under Churchill. When I read that the number one boy's name for new babies born in England was Muhammad I knew that, to quote a song, "there is no England anymore." So, if we are going to reward a give away to special country, I think it should be one of importance and deserving of such favoritism. Therefore, I nominate Grenada.

Grenada is one of the English territories given independence in 1974. It is approximately 133 square miles and has around 90,000 population. I believe Grenada's importance in the world is its large manufacturing and exporting of grenades, from which I am almost positive, it got its name.

We all know how vital grenades are to military operations. The complete range of 'nades Grenadians produce range from the tiny smoke grenades children use in the USA on the Fourth of July, to the workhorse pineapple grenades in the military, to the unbelievably powerful "Holy Hand Grenade" made famous in the movie, Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail.

The small size of the country would make it ideal for any giveaway. With only 1000 minis given away, 1 in 90 people would get one, making it nearly impossible for each family not to win at least one per household. Furthermore, the influx of rare minis into the country could boost their standard of living when they sell them on Ebay. The grenade business is in a downturn due to Obama winning the Nobel Peace prize 3 days after being elected president in the USA. In addition, the aura that radiates from the halo around his head and the intellectual brilliance of his teleprompter, when it is not breaking, has peace breaking out around the world. Therefore, Grenada could use a boost to their economy due to lackluster grenade demand worldwide. If the residents see how much money they can make from ebaying rare minis, then this might spawn a second industry in Grenada and they might become farm bots and challenge the Asians in gold selling on Guild Wars.

I think I have now pointed out why Grenada deserves one more than most other countries in that they are vitally important to the military war complex that has always been a part of human history and always will be. In addition, we can see a rare mini giveaway would have many positive effects in a country like Grenada. It is egalitarian in that the population is small enough that nearly all entrants would win one. There could be future social benefits to getting the Grenadians addicted to Guild Wars if they can take a lot of the economic profit out of botting and ebaying by undercutting the Asians. Please remove Jolly New England from consideration as deserving special treatment, and vote for Greneda instead.

HawkofStorms · Dec 20, 2009, 05:39 PM // 17:39

To quote Charles Barkley... "that's turrible."

Don't blame A.net for your country's laws preventing sweepstakes or your country's publications being unwilling to run advertisements with mini codes.

All minis are available to people from all lands via in game for many ectos. The odds of you actually winning a contest to get those items, even if you lived in a "favored country" were miniscule. People who have those minis now, have them because they bought them, not because they won them. You are in the same situation as everybody else. Ecto drop rate doesn't discriminate.

Zahr Dalsk · Dec 20, 2009, 05:46 PM // 17:46

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Originally Posted by Xsiriss

No they were horrible,elitist ideas to begin with. I'm from englan too and honestly don't want that kind of crap in my country.

This. The whole idea is bloody retarded.

Also, I support Arduinna's idea of spreading them through the game. I don't use minipets at all, but it would be glorious to see the whining from people who bought them because they were expensive.

Eragon Zarroc · Dec 20, 2009, 05:49 PM // 17:49

i could smell this QQ thread a mile away *runs away further* not helping, still smell the stench >_<

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Originally Posted by HawkofStorms

To quote Charles Barkley... "that's turrible."

lolololol

Voltaic Ectoplasm · Dec 20, 2009, 06:15 PM // 18:15

Heh. i knew, everyone would QQ anyway.... its just an idea.. everyone knows its not gonna happen but meh..

Agar · Dec 20, 2009, 06:22 PM // 18:22

I hope they wont go that way with Gw2...

magao · Dec 20, 2009, 08:28 PM // 20:28

Whilst MagmaRed's comments are valid ... I live in Australia. And as far as I'm aware, there's been no magazine events in Australia. And some of us have absolutely zero artistic talent.

I'd love to eventually collect all the minis ... because I want all the minis (every one I collect I dedicate - no powertrading here). But as it is that will be an impossibility, no matter how long I play. Apart from anything else, even if I could get the money/etcos/armbands/other high-end items, no one will put up an undedicated Kanaxai up for sale.

So long as it's rare (very very very rare) I think every mini should be obtainable somewhere. Not doing so only encourages farming and powertrading.

Volo · Dec 21, 2009, 03:19 AM // 03:19

well how are you gonna get your mini if not by farming... if they drop from z chest than you will have to farm for zkeys if they drop from end chest than go go farm elite area... no matter what you still have to farm to get them

Shadowhaze · Dec 21, 2009, 03:21 AM // 03:21

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Originally Posted by Arduinna

Or put every miniature in the Zaishen Chest. Every single one of them becomes less rare, prices deflate, powertraders QQ but everyone will be able to catch 'm all.

There ya go.

Captain Krompdown · Dec 21, 2009, 08:12 AM // 08:12

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Originally Posted by Captain Krompdown

I think having miniature pets in Guild Wars would be stupid.

What would be the point?

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Originally Posted by Voltaic Ectoplasm

lol? Everyone has miniature pets? what do you mean? .. haha

I mean that minis are such an inconsequential part of the game that it's a mystery to me why they exist and even more of a mystery to me why people care.

Axeman002 · Dec 21, 2009, 11:29 AM // 11:29

well i reckon they should give people a chance to own or have a chance of winning one...bugger it if there worth 10k armbraces etc...do i care??? no...do anet care??? no.....take non insc weapons....people thought it was unfair with there prices...so NF came along and made it cheaper to acquire weapons....everyone should have the chance of a panda (i wasnt playing GW when this was released so because of that its just tough luck??)...sorry i dont buy that, i buy a game where i expect to have the same chance as everyone to obtain an item.

isildorbiafra · Dec 21, 2009, 11:41 AM // 11:41

The giveaways your refering to are sponsored events; so unless you shell out some big bucks to anet or can find someone else who can like a british gaming magazine; there is no point in requesting such a thing. I suggest you enter a petition at some game related company in England and request them to sponsor an event. Since this has not happened i guess they are just to cheep to do so.

pumpkin pie · Dec 21, 2009, 12:35 PM // 12:35

ArenaNet can sell mini pets in their online store, all new/or not, cannot be dedicated in Hall of Monument or transfer to other players, comes with a minipets storage

go go go ArenaNet. pretty sure lots of players would buy it.

Voltaic Ectoplasm · Dec 21, 2009, 03:22 PM // 15:22

they do? lmao thats a joke right?

EDIT: Silly question, of course they dont lmao

vader · Dec 21, 2009, 03:37 PM // 15:37

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Originally Posted by Voltaic Ectoplasm

Hey All.

This isn't anything MAJORLY big.. but i've seen rare minipet giveaways and most of them are given away around america... japan.. and other places near there..

As i am from England it would be nice if they hosted a Minipet giveaway over here too... Most of you will probably be against this as not alot of you are probably from here but To me its a good idea..

Really? America? Please don't put us in that category. Out of the truely rare minis, the only one America was given was the Grawl. Pretty much all the really rare minis were given out in Japan, Taiwan, Belgium, and Netherlands.

Martin Alvito · Dec 21, 2009, 10:07 PM // 22:07

Clearly the way to fix the injustice of having a lottery assign rare miniatures is to hold another lottery.