are you guys, EA?Mythic kidding us???

[TheGwy]

we wait hours since of us know what this time you posted was actually EST for Part 1 of the event to last 2 MINUTES and not event that long????

Nice way to leave everybody that showed up on Chesapeake disapointed...

 

[Guest]

Not even 2 hah.

 

[Guest]

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LS couldn't even see the event because of some inbred ****** tamers fighting their dragons on top of whatever DID happen.

 

[DevilsOwn]

<font color="purple"> that isn't really all that happens, is it? a bit of dialogue and flip a switch? </font>

 

[mmmbeer05]

i saw some faint black globe appear around the top spike and small vortex like things on the runes...i think i saw that

 

[Guest]

I realise it was a roll out for the event. but that shouldn't have even been posted.

Very lame and a huge let down for dozens of people

 

[Guest]

I'm assuming everyone that showed up may have been marked as having been there? Maybe? They must have had SOME reason to do it like this.

 

[Guest]

There is a reason we were here with our blackrock for tonights 2 min event, come back tomorrow with your blackrock and you'll find out what.

 

[Guest]

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Did you miss the part where Drac told us several times that nothing would happen today?

Now, had there been no-pet and no-magic zones set up and everyone been frozen and silenced like back with Ricardo, you might have seen some of the nice effects that were going on that were covered up by the wave of fools.

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[Guest]

*wonders if I backed away too far when Kronos asked*

 

[Guest]

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Did you miss the part where Drac told us several times that nothing would happen today?

Now, had there been no-pet and no-magic zones set up and everyone been frozen and silenced like back with Ricardo, you might have seen some of the nice effects that were going on that were covered up by the wave of fools.

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This should have been included in the UO.com posting then along with the schedule.

 

[Guest]

For anyone that has ever wondered why people hate tamers tonight was a prime example of why...

 

[Guest]

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Did you miss the part where Drac told us several times that nothing would happen today?

Now, had there been no-pet and no-magic zones set up and everyone been frozen and silenced like back with Ricardo, you might have seen some of the nice effects that were going on that were covered up by the wave of fools.

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This should have been included in the UO.com posting then along with the schedule.

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" * Day One: Do not be concerned if you show up and it all goes up in smoke. Just being there sets the stage for your interactions in Day Two."

That much WAS posted along with the schedule.

 

[Guest]

No worries maple. All he said was:

"Did you check the thing?"
assistant: "yeah dude"
"Sweet flip that switch"
assistant: "Got it chief"
"Well come back tomorrow everyone, we'll have a funnel cake stand up and balloons for the kids."

Give or take a line.

 

[pallas]

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Did you miss the part where Drac told us several times that nothing would happen today?

Now, had there been no-pet and no-magic zones set up and everyone been frozen and silenced like back with Ricardo, you might have seen some of the nice effects that were going on that were covered up by the wave of fools.

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This should have been included in the UO.com posting then along with the schedule.

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" * Day One: Do not be concerned if you show up and it all goes up in smoke. Just being there sets the stage for your interactions in Day Two."

That much WAS posted along with the schedule.

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Crysta, though it was said most of the 'oomph' was coming tomorrow, this just WASN'T an event, it was an insult.

If they needed a stress test of something again, they should have just asked. The Dev team stated they want to show that they are making a real commitment to giving us content... this is NOT the way to do it.

 

[Guest]

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You know, I wouldn't have minded the lack of anything BIG happening tonight, it just would have been nice to actually SEE it through the dragons.

I don't know how other shards were, but LS apparently has a few tamers that need to be Darwinized due to their lack of contribution to the global UO gene-pool.

 

[Guest]

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No worries maple. All he said was:

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Well ... there was that strange flash from the machine just as it fizzled. That sort of tingled.

 

[Guest]

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Crysta, though it was said most of the 'oomph' was coming tomorrow, this just WASN'T an event, it was an insult.

If they needed a stress test of something again, they should have just asked. The Dev team stated they want to show that they are making a real commitment to giving us content... this is NOT the way to do it.

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Can't be an insult when you're told in advance not to expect anything. Then it's just being a whining baby.

 

[Guest]

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Did you miss the part where Drac told us several times that nothing would happen today?

Now, had there been no-pet and no-magic zones set up and everyone been frozen and silenced like back with Ricardo, you might have seen some of the nice effects that were going on that were covered up by the wave of fools.

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This should have been included in the UO.com posting then along with the schedule.

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" * Day One: Do not be concerned if you show up and it all goes up in smoke. Just being there sets the stage for your interactions in Day Two."

That much WAS posted along with the schedule.

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I stand corrected, though I wish it had been clearer, as in "There isn't going to be much action today." I guess I will withhold judgement then but I still think it's dangerous starting events of so underwhelmingly. There were alot of complaints about Magincia too, after so much buildup.

 

[imported_Hanna]

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Can't be an insult when you're told in advance not to expect anything. Then it's just being a whining baby.

[/ QUOTE ]I would expect them NOT to refer to it as a 2-day event but as a 1-day event.

 

[pallas]

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Can't be an insult when you're told in advance not to expect anything. Then it's just being a whining baby.

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*sighs*

Yes... whiny baby. /rolls eyes

The generic term that trolls use when people don't agree with the dev team's methods or decisions. How creative.

 

[Guest]

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Did you miss the part where Drac told us several times that nothing would happen today?

Now, had there been no-pet and no-magic zones set up and everyone been frozen and silenced like back with Ricardo, you might have seen some of the nice effects that were going on that were covered up by the wave of fools.

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This should have been included in the UO.com posting then along with the schedule.

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" * Day One: Do not be concerned if you show up and it all goes up in smoke. Just being there sets the stage for your interactions in Day Two."

That much WAS posted along with the schedule.

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I stand corrected, though I wish it had been clearer, as in "There isn't going to be much action today." I guess I will withhold judgement then but I still think it's dangerous starting events of so underwhelmingly. There were alot of complaints about Magincia too, after so much buildup.

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You shouldn't be disappointed tomorrow.

 

[Guest]

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Can't be an insult when you're told in advance not to expect anything. Then it's just being a whining baby.

[/ QUOTE ]I would expect them NOT to refer to it as a 2-day event but as a 1-day event.

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Yes, a two day event is definitely misleading. Perhaps a 1 day and 5 minute event or something like that.

 

[Guest]

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i saw some faint black globe appear around the top spike and small vortex like things on the runes...i think i saw that

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mmhmm

 

[kennykilleduo]

Come on now thats why they cant give us expansions all that time spent on 2 minute events..

 

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Did you miss the part where Drac told us several times that nothing would happen today?

Now, had there been no-pet and no-magic zones set up and everyone been frozen and silenced like back with Ricardo, you might have seen some of the nice effects that were going on that were covered up by the wave of fools.

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This should have been included in the UO.com posting then along with the schedule.

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" * Day One: Do not be concerned if you show up and it all goes up in smoke. Just being there sets the stage for your interactions in Day Two."

That much WAS posted along with the schedule.

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I stand corrected, though I wish it had been clearer, as in "There isn't going to be much action today." I guess I will withhold judgement then but I still think it's dangerous starting events of so underwhelmingly. There were alot of complaints about Magincia too, after so much buildup.

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You shouldn't be disappointed tomorrow.

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Crysta, you do realize there were people talking about taking a day off to attend today's event? How stupid will they feel when it finishes up in five minutes? How stupid do I feel encouraging all my guildmates to gather, many of them giving up Friday night plans to take part in an EA event, only to have it over in 5 minutes? It's just plain not a good idea.

 

[Guest]

There were also energy waves that spred out an entire screenlength from the machine

 

[Guest]

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Crysta, you do realize there were people talking about taking a day off to attend today's event? How stupid will they feel when it finishes up in five minutes? How stupid do I feel encouraging all my guildmates to gather, many of them giving up Friday night plans to take part in an EA event, only to have it over in 5 minutes? It's just plain not a good idea.

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When they were told in advance nothing would happen? No fault but their own, but damned if they'll ever admit it to those lying, cheating ****s at EA Mythic.

 

[RaDian FlGith]

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" * Day One: Do not be concerned if you show up and it all goes up in smoke. Just being there sets the stage for your interactions in Day Two."

That much WAS posted along with the schedule.

[/ QUOTE ]Don't BOTHER trying to justify this LAME excuse for a "two-part" event by that sentence there. It in no way indicates that showing up for the event will be completely pointless.

This wasn't even worth advertising. And does NOT qualify as an event.

EA -- seriously, get it together. Or get out of business.

 

[Guest]

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It could have lasted more than 5 minutes... I mean how many times have you tried to build or fix something (like a computer) then when you turn it on and it doesn't work, just go "oh well, it will work tomorrow" and walk away.

The presentation was weak tonight, even knowing that nothing big was going to happen.

An extra 5 or 10 minute to weed out the problem players, a bit more dialogue... Inu could have gotten a bit more involved and so on.

 

[TheGwy]

it's not the fact that there's nothing tonight, it's not the fact that all we do is listen to the "EM" talk, etc, it's the fact that it lasted like 30seconds if that much, times were posted in GMT, which I have no clue what that is nor do many I talked to, it's the fact that some people posponed IRL events for this gathering, if it would of lasted 10-15mins of talking or doing anything without starting fighting or anything, it would of been decent, but 30seconds is insulting ....

 

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Crysta, you do realize there were people talking about taking a day off to attend today's event? How stupid will they feel when it finishes up in five minutes? How stupid do I feel encouraging all my guildmates to gather, many of them giving up Friday night plans to take part in an EA event, only to have it over in 5 minutes? It's just plain not a good idea.

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When they were told in advance nothing would happen? No fault but their own, but damned if they'll ever admit it to those lying, cheating ****s at EA Mythic.

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Yeah, it was their fault that they got time off yesterday and the event schedule was posted TODAY! Yeah, it's their fault they got time off and just found out TODAY that nothing would be happening. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it is the 28th and the schedule was posted this morning. Right?

 

[RaDian FlGith]

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Can't be an insult when you're told in advance not to expect anything. Then it's just being a whining baby.

[/ QUOTE ]Just because you have pompoms for EA doesn't mean that sentence is indicative that there will be nothing going on tonight. That sentence means don't worry about tonight, there'll be more stuff going on tomorrow night.

If they had truly wanted to say it wasn't going to be an event, they could have said, "Hey, tonight is just a couple of minutes of plot setup. Real stuff is tomorrow." Having people come to an event that people actually, you know, made time to come to, and have THIS be what was given... it's sad, it's pathetic, and it's ludicrous that you're defending it.

 

[Guest]

this was my very favorite part - Draconi's exit.

I guess we tune in tomorrow.

 

[Guest]

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Crysta, you do realize there were people talking about taking a day off to attend today's event? How stupid will they feel when it finishes up in five minutes? How stupid do I feel encouraging all my guildmates to gather, many of them giving up Friday night plans to take part in an EA event, only to have it over in 5 minutes? It's just plain not a good idea.

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When they were told in advance nothing would happen? No fault but their own, but damned if they'll ever admit it to those lying, cheating ****s at EA Mythic.

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Yeah, it was their fault that they got time off yesterday and the event schedule was posted TODAY! Yeah, it's their fault they got time off and just found out TODAY that nothing would be happening. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it is the 28th and the schedule was posted this morning. Right?

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Same thing was also posted in the news post about the machine yesterday.


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If they had truly wanted to say it wasn't going to be an event, they could have said, "Hey, tonight is just a couple of minutes of plot setup.

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They did. Twice.

 

[Chango Pelon]

To be fair, I have been at several outings where things went "up in smoke" and it definitely was not dull. So no, it was NOT made clear that time would be wasted.

 

[Alstadt]

was it wasted? why have us bring blackrock for that??? time will tell i guess

 

[Chango Pelon]

And I keep reading and NOT seeing where it says it will only last a couple of minutes. Maybe my comprehension of the English language has declined lately.

 

[the 4th man]

These guys have been sitting on this story line for months.....What they said in advance or not is a lame excuse. Gonna be harsh here, but EA's been gimping out on UO alot, and now with Mythic as their merge partner, things seem to be the same.

Bad part is, these geniouses don't realize, some people have lives and do things on a saturday night.....I put off plans for tonight and cannot cancel saturdays commitments.....

So what do I do with my mountain of blackrock, my acres of snakeskins, library of ophidian orders and books...oh yeah, and my pantry of ophidian chow??

later devs.....much.

 

[RaDian FlGith]

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And I keep reading and NOT seeing where it says it will only last a couple of minutes. Maybe my comprehension of the English language has declined lately.

[/ QUOTE ]Nope... not at all. It was played up as a two-day event. Many of us thought they'd finally learned from their good old "here's an event, whoop, it's over" type of stuff.

To play _THIS_ up as a two day event... cost EA a good deal of credibility today.

And when I see friends tomorrow who ask me how my online event thing went today, I can be like, "What? Oh, that? It was nothing."

 

[Chango Pelon]

So only people who showed up tonight for the event and did not bring blackrock can consider it wasted? I are confusional?

 

[pallas]

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And I keep reading and NOT seeing where it says it will only last a couple of minutes. Maybe my comprehension of the English language has declined lately.

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That's because Crysta, as usual, is wrong. Big shocker.

 

[Mordocuo]

I saw nothing like that on LS

 

[Fayled Dhreams]

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[Guest]

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was it wasted? why have us bring blackrock for that??? time will tell i guess

[/ QUOTE ]No, it wasn't. Time will tell tomorrow for everyone who showed up, blackrock holding or no.

As we mentioned multiple times, this event was the setup. But if you had missed tonight, and came tomorrow and saw what those who came today get, you'd have been even *more* upset if we'd simply downplayed the importance of today.

 

[imported_Fran Fury]

The turn ins are not until next pub so don't toss them yet.

I agree with many here though that that one line does not suggest only a few minutes. It does suggest that tonight would not be as big as tomorrow but not only a few min.

At least it was also stated that those who did show up tonight would have some other effects for tomorrow. So maybe that will make up for it. *hopes*

 

[pallas]

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was it wasted? why have us bring blackrock for that??? time will tell i guess

[/ QUOTE ]No, it wasn't. Time will tell tomorrow for everyone who showed up, blackrock holding or no.

As we mentioned multiple times, this event was the setup. But if you had missed tonight, and came tomorrow and saw what those who came today get, you'd have been even *more* upset if we'd simply downplayed the importance of today.

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It still doesn't mean you could have made the scenario MORE INTERACTIVE. You could have done something more than 2 minutes of NPC chatter.

Seriously, regardless of the final outcome... _tonight_ was a big letdown.

 

[Guest]

So in all honesty, several people coulda just parked their chars there and left for a night on the town and got credit for being smart!.. wish I would been that intelligent and went out instead!

 

[kennykilleduo]

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was it wasted? why have us bring blackrock for that??? time will tell i guess

[/ QUOTE ]No, it wasn't. Time will tell tomorrow for everyone who showed up, blackrock holding or no.

As we mentioned multiple times, this event was the setup. But if you had missed tonight, and came tomorrow and saw what those who came today get, you'd have been even *more* upset if we'd simply downplayed the importance of today.

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Draconi we love your work dont get MOST of us wrong , I think many of us are getting tired of these quick events ,when was the last time MAJOR content was added? , Mondains? ....We are hungry for MAJOR stuff , not little stuff , expansion would be nice...

 

[Chango Pelon]

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was it wasted? why have us bring blackrock for that??? time will tell i guess

[/ QUOTE ]No, it wasn't. Time will tell tomorrow for everyone who showed up, blackrock holding or no.

As we mentioned multiple times, this event was the setup. But if you had missed tonight, and came tomorrow and saw what those who came today get, you'd have been even *more* upset if we'd simply downplayed the importance of today.

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That being said, those who missed it by a few seconds are not going to benefit then as much as those who were there for the 2 minute event yes? Just curious.