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Santa Spirit
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Posted - 2016.10.09 03:24:40 -
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Hi guys, once again it's approaching the time for me to spread some Christmas cheer.
Greetings all,
On Dec 14th, 2016, I will host the fifth annual Christmas giveaway event in a system to be announced at a later date.
the first event was in 2012 and we have held the event each year since then.
Each year, the people who help or donate, or even just come and enjoy the fun makes it a truly special time in New Eden when it seems that disputes and hostilities are set aside for a single evening in favor of fun, laughter and of course "Gift Giving". For those who were here last year, I Will be flying around New Eden (between now and the time of the event) in my beautifully skinned sleigh provided by the group who attended last year's event, and I might just jettison a can with something valuable inside it, a little teaser for you all.
The planned events for this year are: (in no particular order)
1. The Annual battle (details to be released later)
2. The "Ship Scramble" where pilots will be given "some" warning to be ready and one of my helpers will leave (or jettison) a fully fit ship out in space generally within sight of the station (but not warp to range) and pilots will scramble to be the first one into the ship to claim it. this event will be repeated throughout the evening based on the number of people who show up in the system and the number of fitted ships we have that evening.
3. A "Can Hunt" where some pilots can put their scanning skills to good use to locate a can (its really going to be a ship named "can"... shhhhh) in space that will contain a prize.
4. Cansplosion!!!!! I'll left you folks guess about this one *wink*. Hint: you don't blow up the cans (due to some issues with suspect timers last year, we may come up with something else to replace cansplosion this year)
5. Frigate races for a prize... (self explanatory I hope)
Giveaways in station, giveaways in local, conga lines, EvE trivia and more are all awaiting this year's attendees.
Each year, my main and his corp have provided items for this event, and each year the event has been made more than what it would have been by those of you who have donated to the cause, so, if anyone would like to donate items, ships, or even iskies toward the event, please feel free to send or contract them to me.
As was the rule last year, please make sure that the item is in .5 or higher security systems (not high sec islands please) and the folks who have offered to haul them to the event site for me will do so. as always, I have no intention of keeping items or isks for myself and should the case arise where there are extra things, they will carry over to the following year's event.
That is all for now.
o/ everyone and Fly safe.
Santa
PS. If the forum Mods could un-stick last year's post and stick this one?, it would be great
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Posted - 2016.10.09 03:24:59 -
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Posted - 2016.10.09 03:25:46 -
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Posted - 2016.10.09 03:28:25 -
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Posted - 2016.10.10 11:04:24 -
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reserved bump :P
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Posted - 2016.10.15 11:31:08 -
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zod Deninard wrote:i have donated this year 2 plex 1 rattle snake 1 raven so come out and join this years event!!!!!
Thanks Zod!!!
o/ Santa
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Posted - 2016.10.16 05:09:49 -
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IChooseYou wrote:I support Santa! Will be donating!
Edit: Donated and looking to donate more.
Thank you for your generosity. :)
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Posted - 2016.10.17 16:41:50 -
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IChooseYou wrote:Thank you, Santa Spirit.
I'd like to send some more stuff your way. I am thinking of sending ships. Where would you like them? Jita or Amarr?
Amarr would be great. Thanks Sir.
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Posted - 2016.10.20 22:11:28 -
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IChooseYou wrote:Donated 10 Rifters, 5 Svipuls and 5 Ruptures. Let's pave the way for another great year!
Thank you Sir.
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Posted - 2016.11.28 20:10:28 -
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Immortal Eclipse wrote:Quote:Please come join the fun Dec !4th., 2016 Find the details HERE Not sure if that's a typo or not, looks like it, when is !4? :)
haha, nice catch... Dec 14th... not !4th
:P
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Posted - 2016.11.28 22:51:08 -
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Manny Ortega wrote:Nice to see the 'Spirit' is here again this year, hopefully my civilian Hob does not attack CCP Falcon this time around javascript:insertsmiley('  ','/Images/Emoticons/ccp_smile-big.png') 1 x Hulk Donated to the cause. Someone can have some fun if they are careful and don't let themselves get Ganked in it after undocking lol Enjoy the Spirit - I'm back to the 'eggnog'.. No really, I like to get a head start on the celebration front.. It makes things easier when everyone else has to catch up!
HAHAHA, Thanks Manny...
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Posted - 2016.11.30 05:06:07 -
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shakey81 wrote:hi santa spirit what is in game name for contracting donations for this event
to me is fine and thanks
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Posted - 2016.11.30 05:11:17 -
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SantaStalker wrote:*peeks inside* ...Muahahahah
so it was you after all?
o/
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Posted - 2016.12.01 12:55:27 -
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Judoman wrote:Hello Santa Spirit
On behalf of myself and my corp I have setup a contract to you for
5 Worm 5 Dramiel 5 Daredevil 5 Cruor
and 10 PLEX ))
All merry Christmas and happy New year from Kiev.
Kiev, Thank you, it is appreciated.
o/ Santa
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Posted - 2016.12.01 13:01:07 -
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shakey81 wrote:y is it saying my contract was rejected Hi, it is likely that yours might have been one that was in null or low sec space, or maybe the courier contract we received. If it was the one in null sec, i sent an email to that person and the courier one i guessed was a mistake maybe? but we had to reject both of those even though it was nothing personal against who sent them.
o/
I hope that information helps. o/ Santa
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Posted - 2016.12.01 13:02:36 -
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Udidar Cloudjumper wrote:on behalf of my corp, we are donating a Nightmare as I am sure someone could use a nightmare before Christmas
LOL, I see what you did there <3
o/ Santa
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Posted - 2016.12.01 13:06:03 -
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Nexenon wrote:DF Terrapin wrote:Can someone tell me how I can get involved with this from both a player and donation perspective?
Thanks To donate, simply make a private contract of what you want to donate. Make the contract available to the OP (Santa Spirit). He said to make sure you place the contract in a system with 0.5 or higher security. That is all I did to make our donation. As for how to become involved as a player, I imagine we should contact Santa Spirit or one of his corp-mates on Dec 14th for more details.
Correct, we will be announcing the event system in the first post late on the 12th, or early on the 13th so that folks can have time to get to the system. It is fairly central in eve, so hopefully not too much of a journey for anyone.
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Posted - 2016.12.01 13:09:03 -
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Arronicus wrote:jin ko82 wrote:wow... not worth my time for those "prizes" Way to stay classy. This is totally just all about the prizes, and not about getting together and having fun, right?
HAHAHAHA but of course.. :P Besides, who needs to *cough* get together and have fun *cough* anyway 
o/ Santa
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Posted - 2016.12.01 13:13:02 -
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jin ko82 wrote:wow... not worth my time for those "prizes"
Cool, you're perfectly entitled to have that view if you want to, no hard feelings.
With that said, you're still more than welcome to come join the event, just let my elves know that you don't want any of the gifts and they'll respect your request.
:)
Merry Christmas too, whether you come visit or not.
7o Santa.
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Posted - 2016.12.02 12:04:06 -
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shakey81 wrote:i am in an 0.8 area
send me an in game email
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Posted - 2016.12.02 12:50:29 -
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Gary Webb wrote:Hey santa, any chance you may want to hold two separate instances of events to accomodate different TZ? =I know it adds a logistical nightmare but it would be awesome for those of use who have odd work hours to be able to partake
We usually run the event for about 12 hours each time
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Posted - 2016.12.02 23:21:49 -
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Dipstick45 wrote:Could ccp make a christmas truce system so fw players can attend?
I wish that were possible too, however, we have witnessed people "NOT" fighting during the event when they would otherwise be fighting, so there's no end to the way the citizens of New Eden can make things work if they want to.
<3 Santa
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Posted - 2016.12.02 23:23:04 -
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Gunrunner1775 wrote:Contract sent:
1x Drake 1x Ferox 1x Harbinger 1x Prophecy
10 x each - Caracal, Maller, Moa, Omen, Rupture, Stabber, Thorax, Vexor
30x each of the 8 t-1 destroyers (240 ships)
total 324 ships
EDIT: 2nd contract
800 x frigates
Thank you my friend
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Posted - 2016.12.03 13:37:24 -
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Ice Raven wrote:A: Are we only donating ships? B: Just put up a contract with 1xRaven 1x Hecate 3x Catalyst(which I am sure will be used to try to gank me) various stocking stuffers
There is time left so I may put up more.
Ships, Modules, blueprints of any type, Skins, Implants, plex, and even iskies all go into the event either as prizes, parts of a bigger prize and even sometimes buying cans to put the gifts in, or items to complete a ship fitting for the ship scramble, or other event prizes.
There is no minimum and no limit to the donations, it is entirely up to the person doing the giving as to what they want to give.
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Posted - 2016.12.03 13:38:10 -
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Madam Trinity wrote:Contract up for some ships to give away!
Thank you
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Posted - 2016.12.03 23:42:39 -
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Weed Probe wrote:Nice scam wp
LOL, 100% legit, but, it would be a hell of a scam if someone were willing to put the years and effort into it
o/
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Posted - 2016.12.03 23:55:06 -
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CaseyLP wrote:I know that this is probably legit, but I just realized how good a scam this would be if it were one. 
trust me, the amount of gifts and donations is great, and each year they get better with the help of CCP and capsuleer donations, with that said, it's nowhere near enough for me to ruin the fun we have each year and the trust that both Capsuleers and CCP puts in me.
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Posted - 2016.12.03 23:56:25 -
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Ibrahim Tash-Murkon wrote:Wasn't sure what to get so, in the true Christmas spirit, I sent cash. See you next year.
HAHAHA, that works... Thank you
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Posted - 2016.12.04 03:34:53 -
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CaseyLP wrote:Our of curiosity Santa Spirit what clothes are you wearing?
Men's "Hephaestus" bundle (white/red) from the nex store
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Posted - 2016.12.05 01:47:07 -
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CaseyLP wrote:Santa Spirit wrote:CaseyLP wrote:Our of curiosity Santa Spirit what clothes are you wearing? Men's "Hephaestus" bundle (white/red) from the nex store Ooh, nice.
You know?, your question got me to thinking... I usually have to pay $2.99 /min for someone to ask me that question.
*wink*
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Posted - 2016.12.05 23:49:19 -
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Medussa Snake wrote:As a Newbie player this sounds like a fantastic idea I just have 1 question is there something that a newbie player can fly in the Santa stuff???? As of yet i don't have a paid account
Yes, there are many ships that can be flown by alphas...
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Posted - 2016.12.05 23:50:13 -
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CaseyLP wrote:Santa Spirit wrote:CaseyLP wrote:Santa Spirit wrote:CaseyLP wrote:Our of curiosity Santa Spirit what clothes are you wearing? Men's "Hephaestus" bundle (white/red) from the nex store Ooh, nice. You know?, your question got me to thinking... I usually have to pay $2.99 /min for someone to ask me that question. *wink* o/ Santa 
Well, that is of course before I met Mrs. Claus
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Posted - 2016.12.05 23:51:30 -
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Supreme Raholan wrote:Dear Santa,
Are you going to say which sistem will be set as event location on this post or you will make a new one as you said "event location will be told on a later date"
Thx for your hard work
you're most welcome, and yes, the system name will be added to the first post in this thread.
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Posted - 2016.12.05 23:58:36 -
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Beldana wrote:So, it's been a... While, since I played last. But secure cans can still have passwords, right? And you mentioned something about a cansplosion game causing suspect issues. Can you do puzzle cans instead? Cans left around system with a secret password, and whoever finds the clues and guesses the password first wins?
What we used to do was just have a couple hundred cans in the cargo hold and jettison them all, then people could scoop them up or just open them and take what was in them out, but the new crimewatch mechanic made it too easy to engage someone with a suspect timer, so we are working on a different way to accomplish this without players getting a suspect timer, in fact we will be testing it soon to ensure it works right.
o/
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Posted - 2016.12.06 00:55:13 -
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well, i just have to put a teaser out here... Here's a sneak peek at what's inside one of the presents
http://prntscr.com/dfueub
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Posted - 2016.12.08 22:23:01 -
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Kaedra Ronuken wrote:Oh my gosh!! I just started playing and I can't afford to subscribe, but i want to so bad!
Thank you for the chance to win a plex, I'm going to have to stay up late but i really really hope i can win it! Thank you again! merry christmas everyone who donated and Santa!!
I ask one of the folks who help me out to donate 30 days of Omega time to you. o/
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Posted - 2016.12.10 22:40:22 -
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Dethahal Khardula wrote:sorry if it was already asked, but at which time the event will take place?
We generally try to start sometime after DT, and then run for 8 to 12 hours. based of course on my helper's schedules and my own, I will be taking off work on the 14th and will try to be there for most of the event. o7 Santa
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Posted - 2016.12.11 02:42:44 -
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battle signups are open, check the #3 post
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Posted - 2016.12.11 16:59:52 -
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Dr Moe Dallocort wrote:It looks like you accepted the contract of 340+ BPC; mostly max runs, max research along with a handful of t2 type ships and equipment.
The fruit of 2+ years of work running / researching out of an NPC station in high sec. I tagged the name of the can with the real corp's name.
Ho - ho - he - he ---whoever gets those blueprints will be mining forever to use them all up.
yes, there is allot of stuff to build in there :)
thank you
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Posted - 2016.12.12 12:12:58 -
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only 2 days left until the festivities, spread the word far and wide, tell your alpha and omega friends to get signed up for the FFA battle
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CaseyLP wrote:Santa Spirit wrote:only 2 days left until the festivities, spread the word far and wide, tell your alpha and omega friends to get signed up for the FFA battle Would we get a mail if we signed up?
I will be replying to the folks before I make the system announcement
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mr rackare jr wrote:Have you decided on which system yet ? or when you will anounce it? looking forward to this
Hi, yes, the system has been decided since mid summer when we started getting ready for this year's event "behind the scenes" so to speak. It will be announced later on today.
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Posted - 2016.12.13 18:33:05 -
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OK, post updated with location
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Sugar Smacks wrote:So far the only impressive thing about this is its total lack of organization.
Events late not a little late like 5 hours late. EU people probably wont get a chance at anything.
Pretty slow, but looks legit
Thanks for the input, it is appreciated and you are right, we were running a little behind today, there was a RL issue that arose right at the last minute and I had to tend to it, so instead of 17:00 getting the alphas ready, it was almost 19:00 before i was able to do so after that, things went pretty much to the original "time-frame", just a later start. also, the elves kept the presents flowing pretty well in between times, so I am appreciative of their assistance.
Thanks again for the feedback and Merry Christmas. o/ Santa
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mr rackare jr wrote:Zen Sharpeye wrote:I was following the entire thing with great interest. You guys are awesome for organizing such an event. Kudos! That said I can't ignore how disappointed I am for the system of choice. Why would you choose a system in one of the 4 major factions space? Amarr Empire? Really. For every dude on the 'wrong' side of FW can't even fly in the system. You should have picked something neutral. I flew all the way there to only sit in the station. I guess Eve Christmas ain't for everyone :( why not make an alt then fly there no problem or even an alpha character waiting in station, waiting for santa :P
We go to a different system every year, we started in Minmatar space the first time, and have changed faction's space each time, I and my helpers understand that there's always going to be someone who ends up with a bit of a headache, but next year someone else will have the headache, and the year after that it will be someone else, ect ect. We could find an area maybe that's "neutral to everyone" (Concord space maybe)? if we look hard enough, but in doing so, we would open ourselves (and the folks who help haul things for the event) up to being setup for ganks, decs and other nefarious schemes, so we practice what we hope are good security practices and always hope that as few folks as possible are affected, but we know some still will be.
o/ Merry Christmas in any case Santa
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Sith Sarum wrote:This event was really fun! Great prizes, gifts, fights, races and lots of laughs talking to so much nice people over there. Will be there next Christmas for sure!
If i can point one thing to make it better it'll be more people to help/organize... It's a lot of stuff to take there on this events.
Congrats Santa Spirit and all other that have put work to get this amazing event done.
Congrats! o7
CCP Please... We need Citadel Festival Launchers for this kind of events ;)
Thank you, and yes, XL festival launchers would be great...
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Celly S wrote:I know the person who is Santa Spirit in real life
o/ Celly
LOL, yes you do, and while I appreciate your effort, we will never be able to make everyone happy. as long as most of the people had fun I call it a win.
Next year, there will be folks who aren't welcome in the region we will be in there, they will likely be put off like the folks were about Amarr this year.
It's all good.
Merry Christmas Celly, tell your SO I said hi. Santa
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Thorn Lagspike wrote:Just a quick and deep thanks to Santa Spirit, the Helpers, and all those that donated. Thank you so much!
You're most welcome.
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Sanryo wrote:This might be the first, and only time I post on the EVE forums. (They terrify me.)
Can I say the event that happened was perfect? No, but of course, what IS perfect these days? Nothing, exactly. There were a few issues that occurred before some of the major events started, such as the Alpha fights, but instead of blaming the event coordinators, like several people did, they should have blamed the ISP or whatever was causing the technical issues on Santa Spirit's end. (Several of us came to the conclusion the Grinch was stealing Santa's bandwidth.)
As far as the events that were held, I personally took part in one, the shuttle race, and upon retrospect, I was helping the Grinch in complaining about the race, even though it was game mechanics, not the race itself, which created an advantage for seasoned pilots. I would like to formally apologize for the bitter comment I left in local over it. The other events seemed good fun for all involved, I do wish I had thought to brought a scanner ship to take part in the can hunt.
Another thing that seemed to be a hot ticket of comments is the prize distribution, or lack thereof. I personally came to the event with a blank slate of expectations. Sure, I wasn't one of the lucky few to get a PLEX, but I did receive a few nice ships, and I wound up giving some things I got gifted to Alpha pilots that could use them. There were many complaints about how "There were trillions of donations, where's my super expensive thing" But the thing is, at any given point there were 105+ pilots in the system. And that was after I had arrived very late to the party.
In my time in the sector, I saw many complaints about not having anything to do, or a lack of things going on, etc. At a few points I remember saying you'll have as much fun at this event as you want to have. If you expect to have no fun, you won't. I had a good time just talking with other pilots and seeing such a large group of people in local that wasn't trying to scam people or kill them. (Even with the few occasional 'kill the Golem' jokes) I had many laughs, and a few of us even made our own mini sub-events like a riddle guessing game that around 40 some pilots took part in.
In my opinion, this community, every community, should have more events like this, where a large part of the player-base can put down their weapons, drop their distrust, even for a few hours, and just have a good time and talk. I understand an event like this is extremely hard to put together, but I truly wish it could happen more than once per year.
In conclusion of this long-winded statement: I would like to extend a deep personal thanks to the coordinators of this event, Santa Spirit, his helpers, Rudolph, the owners of the fortizar we used as a hub for the festivities, and of course all the generous donators, CCP included. I hope this event continues to be an annual staple of the community, and grows more and more as time goes on. I look forward to seeing everyone again in 2017.
I hope that next year you come post about your experience at the 2017 event, and I thank you for your post this year too.
Merry Christmas to you and your family and to everyone.
7o Santa
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Posted - 2016.12.17 14:09:18 -
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I would like to thank everyone who donated to, and/or attended the EvEnt, I do apologize for the disconnects from EvE and for the delay that happened during the EvEnt.
I also want to let everyone know that while this year's EvEnt didn't go as smooth as I'd have liked, I will be starting again in October 2017 preparing for next year's EvEnt.
I look forward to seeing everyone there again.
Until that time, Merry Christmas to each and every one of you and your families, and the best wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year. o7 Santa
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Matthias Ancaladron wrote:i didnt even see this thread get updated so i missed it.
The best way that I've found to do that is to post to the thread, and receive notifications of posts to the thread, or keep a bookmark on your desktop and remember to open it every day to see if there are changes.
o/ Hope to see you next time Santa
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kardjaval wrote:Hey now, the Riddle contest hosted by me, inpromptu like went off pretty well.
over the course of 2 hours i gave away about 350-400 million isk, it was impromptu, but i look forward to doing it again next year as well, albeit with a little more prepwork and actually having the riddles all created (i came up with most of them off the cuff as it were)
I thank you, I wasn't sure who had started it, but, you're welcome to do it again next year too if you want and I'll provide the prizes from the prize pool for you.
just give me a holler near the first of December, o/ Santa
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DarkPanther wrote:Ladies and Gentlemen,
As a late suprise,from this event myself and a corp mate have randomly given out more 5 bil in Isk & Plex's today, to those that took time to make posts in this thread. Check your wallets and contracts to see if you have been lucky enough to receieve an extra Christmas gift.
Merry Christmas to you & your Families & wishing you a safe & happy New Year.
o7
o/ DP
A special thanks to you as you have been a supporter of the events since the beginning. you're a great person and a good friend. Merry Christmas to you and yours :)
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