AnnonOMous
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Posted - 2010.12.25 17:10:00 -
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Well, now that the event has died down, I'd like to say a few not so nice things.
Firstly, in the OP, HS stated all you had to do was say hi and dock up. Hearing that Lai Dai was a lag field I headed to one of the two other stations. Guess what, to the best of my knowledge HS only gave ships to those DOCKED AT THE LAI DAI STATION. No where before he announced the location did a specific station get mentioned. So someone who just turned up randomly only had a 1 in 3 chance of actually getting a ship. Go figure.
Next, I'm in the UK. So I'm sure a fair few other UK players will sympathise when I say that nothing good in EVE ever thinks about us. Competions, cinema adverts, player run events off the top of my head. The event got started around 10pm in the UK. Now all those younger players who have thier parents pay for their account, no chance of playing that time of night, even in the school holidays. What about those who have a god-awful job that requires them getting up at 6am? (this is my catergory btw) Well, I stayed up till about 4:30am, hoping I'd get a trade window, for nothing. Actually, I got a ****ed off boss yelling at me because I was 5 mins late for work, and I had to work a 14hr shift. Not fun on 2.5 hours sleep.
Now, to local, so busy was it I had to ask how to join the empire chat. Lucky for me, some guy saw my plee for help and was able to private convo me. Thanks random guy. Also related to local. Some other random guy broadcast for all to add me to block lists. Simply because I declared I lost the game. ****... Lost the game. As it happens I wasn't chatty much in either local or Empire but still.
People, keep your alts away. Dont be greedy. I could have brought my alt along but one ship is enough for me. Regreting my choice since having 2 chars would have given me a better chance of getting one ship. But then someone else would have been in my shoes...
Finally, theres HS's promise that everyone in system will get something. To my knowledge, you can be on the other side of the glaxay and still be able to send raw liquid ISK to other players, so as a last resort, why couldn't he do this?
In summary:
I spent 30 mins travelling to Inoue, lost 100k isk as a gift to the guy who told me how to get into empire chat (I don't feel bad about that, 'tis the season for giving anyway, would have given more but only having 10mil ISK limits a person's genorosity), spent 7 or so hours docked in a station, not even mining or something equally dull but money generating, had a bad day at work and didn't get anything for my troubles.
I'm sorry HS, but if you make a bold promise like everyone will get something, stick to it, and bring in some clear rules like exactly which station to actually be at.
Thankfully, this dissapointment has paled in comparision to how I started my Christmas this year. But you don't need to hear that (except by popular demand).
Rant over now and my gf wants to use my laptop. Merry Christmasd and all that Jazz.
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