Get out.

Yes, please extend it.

And, while you're at it, let me select and receive another item.

After all, if some get a second chance due to their stupidity, I should get a reward for being intelligent enough to play this game, notice what needs to be done, and taking action within the identified time period to achieve results.

Also, I understand that Eve Time is UTC.

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BTW, I do think CCP did several sub-optimal things regarding this. However, see the famous/canonical "Eve Learning Curve" cartoon. It is a dark and cold place to live. And, no one loves you.

Let me state it again. Game UTC makes scene to coordinate in game events.

This is an account related thing and for most it ended up ending well before most could get home from work. UTC does NOT make sense in this case.

Its a bit of a small issue but downtime would have made FAR FAR FAR more sense in my opinion.

BTW to the folks who think its funny to post TOS violating crap towards those requesting something that has nothing to do with you or how you play the game be aware that there is a flag above your post that is used to report such to the moderation team.

This an honest request topic about an issue that in my opinion needs attention.

in line with the holiday spirit

post TOS violating crap

Its a bit of a small issue but downtime would have made FAR FAR FAR more sense in my opinion.

I was on an EVE break when Quafe Zero was released. I demand CCP extend the redeem time so I get mine. I'm only a little late.

If it's possible without a huge amount of trouble CCP is usually pretty good about these things.

That being said, everything EVE related runs off the same clock. It's on every post, on the in game clock... pretty much everywhere.

I'm having a little trouble being sympathetic.

If they go to the trouble of giving you a selection of gifts to choose from, the least you could do it pick it up before the deadline.

So, to be 100% clear, you can get your CA-2 only between Dec 12th and Dec 21st.
You can select your Holiday Gift during the same time.

Do you mind not turning this topic into a joke?

#1 I am not demanding anything. I am requesting and stating my reasons why I think an extension is fair in this situation.

#2 Quafe Zero and a Neural Remap are two completely different things. Losing that bonus remap will hit me hard in the 2nd half of 2012. Losing some ammo or fuel or consumables is no issue compared to the value of a remap at the right time.

It is a free gift. you snooze you loose. Stop crying and asking CCP for an extension due to you not reading the entire article. I had no problem finding out that I needed to and going to my account management..

Let me state it again. Game UTC makes scene to coordinate in game events.

This is an account related thing and for most it ended up ending well before most could get home from work. UTC does NOT make sense in this case.

@CCP

You'll only be hurting these people by giving them an extension, they need to learn to PAY ATTENTION and not make silly assumptions like that everyone should use only the timezone they live in as a reference, when EVERYTHING eve related has ALWAYS been UTC.

Please, teach them a valuable life lesson about not being so extrememly dumb and relying on someone to turn back the clock so they can clean up. It will only be to their ultimate benefit, both in eve and in real life.

Yet I am imploring them to sympathize and atleast grant a short extension with warning in game.

There was an article? I only heard it mentioned on the forum. But I for one don't mind as I have missed stuff before due to being unsubbed at the wrong time. IDGAF at this point.


UTC is the only thing which makes sense for anything which affects people in more than one time zone. Hence the U in UTC.

So why not pick a REAL universal eve reference which is downtime?

For most of the playerbase it ends up being midnight UTC at extremely off times such as during peak work hours or sleeping times.

p.s. its "lose"

OK kids you've had PLENTY of warning and instruction on how to do this. Anyone who left it 'til 23:59 their local time is a freaking idiot, EVE announcements and events always run on UTC. And the whole "I didnt know what to do so I did nothing" cry-line just reeks of lazy spoon-fed imbecility. How in the hell do some of you survive in the real world?

It started with:

Eve newsletter #69 30/11/12, e-mailed to all account owners(unless YOU chose not to recieve it)

"Players with an active EVE Online subscription are finding a nice surprise in Account Management this week. The holiday gift page has been added, with over a dozen different gifts to choose from. The gift that you select will be stored in our system until December 22nd, when all selected gifts will be distributed to the players after downtime. The holiday gift selection ends December 21st. Be sure to choose your gift before then!"

Since then there have been multiple dev blogs, multiple news articles, multiple reminders on the log-in screen. If the info is right in front of your eyes when you enter the game and you fail to read it, thats YOUR problem.

All the way through to:

Yet another message on the log-in splash leading to an article, on the 19/12/11 http://www.eveonline.com/en/crucible/article/3273/the-genolution-ca-2-implant-and-the-2011-choose-your-gift as a last reminder and in BIG WORDS it says REMINDER: GIFTS MUST BE SELECTED BY DECEMBER 21ST, 2011

All these differengt ways of trying to get the message across - all saying the same thing.

Gift selection window is (was) 12th-21st.
Items will be available to be redeemed from the 22nd.
Select your gift via Account Management.

If you've managed to somehow miss all that AND the info being sent to your inbox... congratulations.

What dont you understand?

I didn't know there was a time limit.

See to all claiming they didn't know there was a time limit

http://www.eveonline.com/devblog.asp?a=blog&nbid=3269

Learn to read dev blogs this was posted on the 12th and states the time limit quite clearly and how to redeem the items, the information was given you were just too silly to not read it.