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NACHODEWI wrote:

I have a question....was last year's "christmas" gift not called a veteran reward? Then whiners with day old accounts demanded and got the devs to cave in and give them the veteran gifts too?I

I can see this issue blowing up and getting bigger and bigger over the next few days but I am sure the devs never saw that coming......

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I believe last year not everyone got their gift who was supposed to. So the next day they gave everyone one. Which is why those who did got one had 2.

BTW --

I keep my stance on developers having an ingame celebration of RL holidays for the fun of it.

But concerning the Star Warsy feeling we all ask for... With all the Jedi running around, I think that Star Warsy feeling was lost a long time ago. Or not so much the feeling of the game being SW like but definatly a screwed up timeline. A Christmas gift won't hurt any.

And with CMs and their mind poisons... How Star Warsy is that? In the movies everyone ran around with pistols and carbines, never seen no one throwing any poison.

For those who can not accept a "break" from the SW feeling of the game to enjoy a celebration of a RL holiday on a single day... Sad. Very.

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aibo220 wrote:
LOL...

And getting a Christmas tree in UO was VERY Ultima Onlineish... Right?

And towns being decorated for Christmas in Vana'diel and taking part in an Easter egg is VERY Final Fantasyish... Right?

And pumpikin launchers on Earth and Beyond is SOOOO spacey... Right?

And the Santa suited orcs in Everquest was EXTREMELY Everquesty.. Right?

No, it's not.

But you are missing the point, it is fun and enjoyable. It's a little change to the game for one day which everyone can take part in and have fun with.

Nothing wrong with it.

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thats right none of that gamish stuff is, you should be playing the game or have your christmas for real.put more effort in the real one... therefore quite yer cryin.

actually enough torturing the dead of brain.
personally dont care if there is a christmas in game or not. why? Its just a game. This is an escapism.
I know where the dividing line is. hence why im dancing all along this here fence.

If the devs wanna give me another tire popper they call art? grand, and thanks.
If not i do not lose sleep over it, nor take it as a personal insult.
If you wanna celebrate it in game, knock yourself out.
If you do not, knock yourself out.
Ultimately, WHO CARES, tis a gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaameee.
The sooner you grasp the concept the happier you will be.

If this is your biggest worry in life, congratulations on such a cushy life.
The rest of us have sons and daughters fighting a war, hoping they get a gift that counts and pray they make it back intact.
others have sick family members, some near death that wish they could have them back in full health.and i hope their wish is the gift they get.
Others yet missing arms that would love a shot at playing a game such as this because they are star wars fans and can only dream to be a small part of it. i hope they get their gift to have such an abilty.

I wish the blind to see,
The deaf to hear,
The mute to talk,
Those that cannot stand, to run.
Those with cancer to be healed.
Wives to be with husbands "an vice versa" they aren't sure they will ever see again.
Moms and dads to see their child that was born while they were away.
I do sincerly hope for those that have a day,week,month left to live,that it becomes the best time of their lives, all of you shall be sorely missed.

THAT ^ is infinitly more important, than to worry about a fake present, to some selfcentered moron, in a "game".
Retune your priorites for they are very much, screwed up.

Message Edited by Wolveryne40 on 12-19-2004 04:47 AM

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aibo220 wrote:
BTW --

I keep my stance on developers having an ingame celebration of RL holidays for the fun of it.

But concerning the Star Warsy feeling we all ask for... With all the Jedi running around, I think that Star Warsy feeling was lost a long time ago. Or not so much the feeling of the game being SW like but definatly a screwed up timeline. A Christmas gift won't hurt any.

And with CMs and their mind poisons... How Star Warsy is that? In the movies everyone ran around with pistols and carbines, never seen no one throwing any poison.

For those who can not accept a "break" from the SW feeling of the game to enjoy a celebration of a RL holiday on a single day... Sad. Very.

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Two (or a dozen) wrongs do not make a right.

Message Edited by AudioOrgana on 12-19-2004 09:05 AM

to correct that sig audio
Rpg = to use ones imagination to get away from RL to be that which you are not in RL.
has nothing to do with skill based or twitch based games actually.
RPG= "Role Playing" game.

I role play in a twitch based game quite often.

Message Edited by Wolveryne40 on 12-19-2004 05:05 AM

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Wolveryne40 wrote:
to correct that sig audio
Rpg = to use ones imagination to get away from RL to be that which you are not in RL.
has nothing to do with skill based or twitch based games actually.
RPG= "Role Playing" game.

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Off topic, but it's just not true.

In GAMING terms, RPG means a skill-based system, plain and simple. Always has. Pen and paper, or video game, it's a system based on skills and dice rolls (virtual or real). Paper Mario - RPG. Mario 64 - twitch based. See why one is an RPG and one isn't?

It's just a term to describe a type of game, not the behavior you engage in while playing it. Role-talking (i.e. inventing things that aren't there, "pretending") is another concept entirely. In other connotations that can be refered to as "role playing", but video games are never directed at pretending - otherwise what's the point of doing anything beyond a chat room if it's all about pretend?

It's funny, but people seem to think I'm anti-role talking. I'm not. It's blissfully easy in SWG- just don't talk about RL in spatial, or if you do, talk about it in context of the Star Wars universe. I think it's quite fun. However, people tend to use it as an excuse for game systems not working or as a replacement for in-game mechanics which just isn't valid to people that are here to play a game first and foremost. I've said it 100 times...if I was just looking to chat and pretend I'd be over at Yahoo! chat - it's free!

AO

Message Edited by AudioOrgana on 12-19-2004 06:18 AM

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Arialias wrote:

Thanx for replying T. Never can please everyone all the time. I know that I would hate to try and deal with that. The lifeday was the deal and I really like the paintings, but I am a collector.

I think the best christmas present anyone here can ask fo if you guys chase down that pesky CTD problem that has been around as of late.

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Thanks - I thought everyone should know and the reality is that everyone is doing things like you describe - - very insightful of you!

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Last year if i remember correctly everyone was given a holocron, which was one of the major reasons the economy went to downunder for lack of a better word, Is that one of the reasons were not going to get a similar gift?

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Gee, ya think?

Once burned, twice shy... holocrons were an experiment with some nasty side effects, and just giving away life day orbs last year led to a lot of mayors just selling them (so totally not cool). So the team put this together, so you can do something, which isn't all that hard to do, and get a gift, which is actually pretty cool.

I doubt they'll ever give something away as a gift that has potentially game-changing effects ever again; they learned that lesson the hard, ugly way.

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That's VERY true. And for those of us (like myself) who last year were either not part of a city or part of a small outpost. Well, we were overlooked in the grand sceme of things. Granted, I loved the idea of the mayors having gifts to pass out and all, and MANY did what they were supposed to do with them. Non-the-less, I got the short end of the lightsaber on that deal last year and many, many others did as well.

Kudos to the dev team for giving us a Life Day gift that we have to activle participate in the game's content to earn! Anyone can do it, but not everyone will.

Message Edited by Karquile on 12-19-2004 10:00 AM

I think people are drawing the wrong conclusion from last year's free Holocrons. We didn't get them out of holiday generosity, they were given out to deflate the madness a little when half the galaxy population was camping Dantooine with their graul maulers.

We also got art. This year, talk to some Wookiees and you get art! Personally I like that this year it didn't just magically appear in my inventory. Thanks devs!

And yes the quest wasn't much: /coverse with four NPCs and get your prize. But it's your own fault if you just went there, got your lewt, and left. You have a steady stream of player traffic to two remote spots on Yavin and Endor. This has kicked up the spawn rates like crazy. The hunting has been great, there are pickup groups clearing out dangerous creatures around the huts, and I must have dropped 80 stormtroopers the other day while constantly hiding from non-Rebels who might be overt. Hello, stuff's going on.