Why I probably wont participate in the 20th Anniversary Event

[fishslice]

Good to see BB have rethought their expectations. Still no indication of the shape and size of the race but at least being able to see the UK1 and UK2 servers are at nearly 50% and we are less than 50% of the way through the duration gives a clear understanding of expectations.

It still all feels like a glorified sink to take excessive resources out of the game for minimal effort and minimal reward with no clear explanation of how the weighting or rules will be applied. That being said I have so far done the quests asked of me and donated the balloons and I will continue to support in this limited way but I wont be asking my Provisions House to get busy converting resources to balloons at present. Maybe this will change in the next phase (should we get that far) and transform my L5 Provisions House into a balloon factory and keep it constantly buffed with chocolate rabbits - lets watch this space...

Perhaps if more people actively participated, Slicey, instead of "taking a stand" on the forums because of the lack of personal motivation and self-gratification, we would be a little further ahead than we are right now.

^^ Icey - If we had all bent over and did BlueBytes bidding at the drop of a proverbial gem opportunity then maybe we would still be at 4% with the same opportunity to succeed as was the case early today before the change in weightings.
Anyway, sneaking off to one of my many Witch Towers for some personal motivation and self-gratification

[Icegirl]

^^ Icey - If we had all bent over and did BlueBytes bidding at the drop of a proverbial gem opportunity then maybe we would still be at 4% with the same opportunity to succeed as was the case early today before the change in weightings.
Anyway, sneaking off to one of my many Witch Towers for some personal motivation and self-gratification

Slicey, I see you're happy to take full credit for the revision of the balloon numbers needed to get to 100%. Thank God we have you, the People's Hero, standing on your moral high horse {sic}, cape blowing in the wind, looking out for us all. We gravel {sic} at your feet.

I think BB could clearly see the way the Four Winds were blowing and knew they had 'misjudged' the numbers needed to reach their (admittedly invisible) targets.

I am glad to hear, however, that you are participating, albeit in your own humble, modest way. But I have to mention; this is a social game and you are a guild leader and a high level, high status player, and as such should be setting an example to the rest of us. If we all followed your example perhaps we would still be on 4%, despite the bar being lowered. I appreciate that you were disillusioned with EOTW, as were the majority of us, but this is a whole new event. Perhaps the prizes are not auspicious enough for you, and for that I hope that we, the playerbase, can join together with BB in apologising profusely for supplying gifts that do not meet with your approval, but other people might want - and be grateful - for those prizes. And if you were to turn your precious PH into a 24/7, chocolate bunny fed balloon factory and donate some of your many thousands of resources to the cause, you could be putting a smile on the face of other, less advantaged players. See how satisfying mutual gratification can be?

Finally, I am unsurprised to hear of your self-gratification. It's blatantly obvious you're not being gratified elsewhere.

[Sinister-King]

Hello!

Can we keep it friendly here please!

Sinister-King

[DocAckersonCO1]

perhaps it's similar to what Winston Churchill said about USA (paraphrased), they will do the right thing when all the other alternatives do not work.

[fishslice]

Of course I don't take full credit but I would like to think BB have actually listened to feedback from all of us in this thread and others and gone 'hey guys, we got it wrong again, do we just ignore the problem like normal or should we do something to stop this being a monumental failure' and obviously the bean counters at BB Headquarters are foaming at the mouth at the thought of the lost revenue when people realise a 20% gem bonus and purchasing of chocolate rabbits was in vain and wont be buying any more throughout July as BB want.

Re participating, I'm still not really getting involved. I see doing the quests as something new that I will support but I remain reserved in my judgement till a later date. Obviously that means my contribution during phase 1 is minimal but on the plus side I wont have wasted a shed load of resources on a fictional target. As per my recent post, maybe the balloon factory will become operational in phase 2 - I knew I was saving those chocolate rabbits for something.

[Icegirl]

Hello!

Can we keep it friendly here please!

Sinister-King

Try reading it with your tongue in your cheek.

[Icegirl]

It's funny to see you criticise BB so openly, Slicey. I thought your new stance as the People's Hero had you putting your full support behind our esteemed programmers?

[fishslice]

I can't stand to watch the video diaries, I stopped watching the muppet show at age 12.

[Gerontius]

Of course I don't take full credit but I would like to think BB have actually listened to feedback from all of us

Where have you seen evidence of BB listening to feedback in what they've done?

They responded to the fact that no server got past a few % after a day of playing the event. ie, they corrected an obvious misjudgment on their part.

They clarified their original diary about the event, which should never have gone out in its original form in the first place, but didn't actually give any new information.

None of the criticism and feedback has been responded to at all.

[fishslice]

Of course it has.... There's a whole new Q&A thread from our Community Manager that clarifies a lot of the negative criticism and indirect questions.

I still think the whole event is a farce (hence why I haven't actively participated except the quests) but I do think BB has at least attempted to provide a better level of clarification and detail.