Is Xmass only for American ?

[Raekh]

I forgot to add that I am happy for the people who received stuff, what I quite dislike is the "story" this event was wrapped in.
Once it was said gods will never interact with people directly, needless to say regarding this, Xiosia walking as a dermorian llike a poor Santa-clone is pretty much nonsense, no?
Spawning houses without any reason but merely backed up by "gods can do everything"?
Sadly I remember UtM's awesome eclipse plot, astonishingly complex, innovative and deep, original! Devs, bring back stuff like this, please!

Caarrie's remark about people had to join may be much more important than ever, hence I want to emphasize: People, apply for the Setting team, obviously they need it more than ever!

[Caarrie]

Caarrie's remark about people had to join may be much more important than ever, hence I want to emphasize: People, apply for the Setting team, obviously they need it more than ever!

settings is only one part of events the GM team [not the settings team] runs more events for fun then the settings team and requires less time overall imo.

[Sen]

To stay ontopic, the complaint about only americans or only europeans tends to be arisen by the one and other side alternatively. Ignoring the higher rewards this time, but the timezone problem is not really new.

Sen

[Lhaa]

Regarding timezones, it's unavoidable.
Whoever was there will have enjoyed or not (like any other event) and the ones who weren't will complain that they couldn't enjoy or not.
Can't have a GM online for 24 hours running the same event... unless the event is repeated
I don't see why europeans (and I am one...) deserve it more than americans, should any of the two sides deserve what was granted, which is discussable.

[Zontick]

you want to see better and more gm events apply to the gm team stop making threads like this telling them you dont liike what they are doing till you have walked a month in their shoes. Threads like this will not help you get anything changed unless you help the team.

Actually, maxing people's skills is allowing them to fly without walking, like so many people do. The guild house I can see. Sure. That sucks for the guilds that paid, but then - they could afford to (or wanted to). But to have some have the challenges taken away that others feel that they earned - with good reason - is outright,shameless twinking.

People invest sometimes hundreds of hours into a character just to have that cheapened by GMs who give away abilities for free. And you don't expect people to be, at the least, disturbed? The only defense is, 'apply to the settings team and walk a month in their shoes'? Is this a recruitment attempt?

I think people have a right to be upset about the outright twinking. Special items, sure. That's cool. Cheapening the efforts of people who have invested a lot of time? Bad. Choose to acknowledge that or not - the fact remains.

Awaiting comment deletion/thread lock. If people can't post that here, perhaps they'll post it on blogs. How that works toward the project's goals evades my simple mind.

[Skrein]

Does it really matter, though? Everything is going to be wiped eventually, regardless of how much time you did or didn't put into your game/character. Less QQ, more test.

[dragnoor]

Server wipe eventually is inevitable. Do you think people Grind knowing this? No.. They grind because they want to progress with their peers. Time and time again I hear woes of friends long since gone. Leaving behind those who feel alone &  somewhat cynical towards the next generation.
Im sure in the past things of this magnitude have occurred. And im sure someone will post here pointing out such an instance. Yes we are all here to test this product. In the same way GM's/Devs are here to Police & progress this unique game.
A game ? Just a game ? Not to everyone it isnt. An alter ego that has had time invested in its progression.
What happened this morning flys in the face of this. Noobs given skills/gifts some players took months/years to achieve. Its a bloody discrace !!
I for one cannot believe it. And to try and justify it by insulting those who've worked so hard....pisses me off !!

[rakshak]

you want to see better and more gm events apply to the gm team stop making threads like this telling them you dont liike what they are doing till you have walked a month in their shoes. Threads like this will not help you get anything changed unless you help the team.

I am ready to walk into the shoes of a GM. Please make me GM for a month 

I personally did not take part in that event because 1) I am not happy with the way things are working, so I boycotted the gift-doling ceremony; and 2) having played PS for few years, I have begun to like the grinding. Perhaps my wish would have been to make things even harder, so at least I can enjoy few more years of grinding.

And yes, Christmas is for Americans, only Americans. Anybody who thinks I'm wrong please come to America and I'll show you. Mouli, despite the GMs and devs coming from around the world, somehow you've been missing such events because you are not in America. For years. Now please suggest to the dev/GM team how to fix it. Unless you make it in clear writing, nobody will understand.

Take home message: "GM/dev team should rotate the random events among different timezones"

Details (Because I know someone would say "you didn't ask properly, or didn't offer constructive suggestions, or your suggestions were not specific enough):
What was the starting time of last RP event? say xx GMT.
Designate next event as xx+6 GMT (6 is only an example, you could also use 4, 5 or 4.5*76-87 or whatever you like)
This way events will get relatively well-distributed among timezones. At least people can be a part of them without being up all night.

[Caarrie]

you want to see better and more gm events apply to the gm team stop making threads like this telling them you dont liike what they are doing till you have walked a month in their shoes. Threads like this will not help you get anything changed unless you help the team.

I am ready to walk into the shoes of a GM. Please make me GM for a month 

if you are serious about this then take a look at http://www.hydlaaplaza.com/smf/index.php?topic=23067.0 and good luck making the team then you will see how hard it is to be a gm yet throw an event at any time you wish to.

[rakshak]

( i hope it was for a RPer guild but not sure)

The house went to an RP guild, yes.

What is an RP guild? Aren't we all supposed to RP? Including the GMs, devs, testers, players et al? If you accept there are guilds that don't RP, then it's admission of defeat for PS project.

[Lhaa]

Well, there are. Plenty.

[Illysia]

I was wondering how long it would take for the complaints of "I never got anything!" to roll in. The only thing I have against the event is that the people who expect everything to get handing out evenly would not let this slide. I'm sorry but if you have invested so much time in this GAME that this becomes a major issue, you should probably invest less time and or effort into it. It's not like you need a high level in any Way to play the game.

If you invested time in getting a high level in a way, cheer up, you now have bragging rights. You did it through determination.  Give it time, another event just as nice will come along, providing you don't discourage the GMs from doing another event like this. Consider that you may be taking the chance to get the same rewards away from yourself. 

[Under the moon]

Everyone's definition of 'fair' and what is a 'disgrace' is very much different. I don't think that is is 'fair' that I would have had to spend my few hours of play time a week grinding steady for about five years doing something I hate just to get the character I want to play the role of. I find this thread complaining that some people 'got ahead' of others to be the disgrace in that people will whine and complain whenever they think someone else is getting more than them.

I, for one, never feel bad when someone is given something more. That gives them more time to do more worthwhile things. Honestly, if I spent a year leveling up and three weeks grinding to get a guildhouse, then one was just given away the next day, I would not bitch and complain about it. I would slap the lucky guy on the back and say "Thank GOD you did not have to go through the same crap I did."

Some people want to take the elevator. Others are proud to say they took the stairs. Some even get dropped off by helicopter. But in the end, when all things come together, the view from the top is still the same.

[dragnoor]

philosophically your correct. IN reality your opinion has no merit

[Under the moon]

I feel sorry for your reality, then. Envy and jealousy are nasty things to have to live with.