Your Opinion On Events?
 

Over the duration of this week, I've participated in a fair number of events, ranging from chance, to digging, to hidden paths. It's worth noting that I didn't win any of them. I feel as though events are orientated around luck, positioning, and knowledge. One must possess all three, if they want to win. This is coming from a guy who hasn't won an event in 7 months.

Event teams have even been introduced, making competing even more challenging than ever.This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but with these event teams sweeping the competitive scene, I'm beginning to wonder if newer/less experienced players really have a chance at winning at all. There should be some sort of rating system, so that the more experienced players can compete amongst themselves, while the less experienced/less lucky can also be given a chance to win. I like the competitiveness that events bring to the table. Don't get me wrong, it's really a good thing.

What are your thoughts?

I don't even participate because I have to look for the warp portal each time. I like Era's much better when it asks you if you want to participate and you click "Yes" or "No". Saves the hassle of searching the whole map. Except for some events I know you don't need it like chest digging, hide and seek, and trivia. I haven't participated in an event for awhile now so if this is wrong feel free to correct me.

I think these might be the guys you want to be asking.

http://www.graalians.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16852

I have events turned off. It's just spam in my inbox to me.

I know I'm not gonna win anything, but I still find myself sucked in to play them. And it seems like events always end right before I log on. But it is true what you said about event teams. I honestly think new players don't stand a prayer against these event teams, and I don't think even most regular players have a decent chance. Honestly, the only events they do have a chance in are trivia and chests.

Those ET nerds ruined events. I have only ever won 4 events but these guys seriously need something better to do

I dont believe we ruined events. We just learn the map to figure out where the warpers will be and every event we get in, it only helps us become better at them. I have just started doing events december of 2012 and i already have 70+ wins. I got wins against ET even when i wasnt in the guild. If you arent good at events at least you have Chance, Chests, and trivia. Thatd why admin are making Team Events so we can work together and so you dont feel you are alone.

the problem is not the events themselves but the way they’re held

People who are in ET are too full of themselves. It's just a game who cares how many hats you have?

I don't like the idea.

I don't see the problem in creating a guild for events. It's just like having a guild for sparring/guild sparring or towering. Some guilds are known for towers, guild spar or hanging out. They're known for Events. If you don't like how they're always winning, do what other guilds do. Make a guild of you're own to compete. There isn't any opposition to ET in terms of guilds. That's like hating a tower guild for taking all the towers if there were no other tower guilds to compete with them.

I dont think the guild ET itself is ruining events. Although they may tell each other where the warped is etc its not thier fault they win. Even without them being in the guild, you will still see familiar players winning events.

We need more team events.

I would love to participate in an event sometime but usually I am on the other side of the map whenever they are started or I'm blocked from entering warps from the teeny bopper masses. I'm not complaining though eventually I will get in one of them.

The only thing that bothers me is that some player killer fanatics take advantage of the events to block people out and to get more kills. P.kers are annoying sometimes, it's like they suffer from first person shooter syndrome.

I agree with zazzi there should be more team events and i feel that events are stupid when a mob decides oh no lets pk everyone too death

I really am starting to dislike events, and it is mostly those ET guys, they win every event and it really sucks the fun out for everyone else playing.

As a player, I don't care for events.

As a staff member, I really enjoy wearing the event hats that those event guilds don't have, and then not hosting any events.

As you should.

Lol, true.. ET ruined fun events, but honestly most of event hats are ugly so I don't mind hunting them x3

I don't think it's just the ET; with hundreds of players online at once, and with people out there as talented as ET members (in an event guild or not), it's difficult. Maybe event guilds should be restricted to warp events, not hide and seek and easier events like that? So newbie members still have a chance? Wouldn't know how to facilitate that though.

Just say they can't in the message.

Speaking of events, everyone please be sure to have your events turned on tomorrow. Trust me, this one will be fun. ;)

This is starting to sound like Era where people rage cause the same people win all the events.

Oh right rofl

That's funny, you did before you joined ET, but y'know, it's w/e.

"If you can't beat 'em, join 'em"

You guys should keep a watch for the warper tomorrow. It'll be very interesting I promise you :0

Solution: No more hints, and warpers within warpers that lead to unstick me :D

I did what before joining ET, you sentance doesnt make sense.

I wish they would just make an automated system like iEra's in addition to staff hosted events.

The events are ****.

Events need to be nonstop and run by an npc. Not run by lazy events staff.

I will try, but there has only ever been 1 time that I was able to get into the warper. I remember it was the day of the super bowl, and I got in. The warper was in the council of elders in swamp town. It was a thing kinda like four corners, but there were 8 rooms. They would select two winners. It was down to the final three. The number was picked. For a brief second I felt my heart flutter as I watched a guy fall. Then I realized it was me, and that I had lost. All other events, I either didn't try or I epically failed. I wish there were like two warpers, so that way you stood a chance wherever you are on the map.

Look at what I quoted..

"I don't believe we ruined events", you did think ET ruined events before you joined. But as I said, y'know it's w/e.

now im seeing 2/3 events are won by ET. Events arent fun anymore.

/mashup

For events, there should be two warpers, one for restricted (meaning players that have more than x hats can't join) and one for non restricted (anyone can join). That way, people have no room to whine about the competition. The prize for winning the restricted event is just the hat, and the prize for winning non restricted is the hat plus a few hundred gralats, exactly how much depends on the event. If you win and already have the hat, you don't get anything, including gralats. Hide and Seek, Trivia, Chests, and Horse Race work like they do currently.

I agree. There should be some sort of system like this. Perhaps, if you have over 25 hats, then you would have to pay X amount of gralats in order to get the hat, to discourage those with a lot of hats in participating.

Events staff?

This forum is for pc graal too, right?

I cant win events. Let's cry about it. :(

Need a shoulder?

I hate chance...admins kinda favour their friends and tell them the location of the warper. Not gonna name people but I have FOUR screenshots of an admin asking if people in our guild wanted to know where he will place the warper.

I'll have you know that I almost won chance the other day but lost, and I only cried for 20 minutes.

Winning isn't the only fun part of it. Playing the event is an fun itself. I don't think we neccesarily ruin events we just make them more competitive.

Ummm. Cool idea, sure. Why not restrict just people with "many" hats from events just because they're good at it? LOL. Stupidest idea I ever heard.

-Might as well restrict good sparrers from sparring on Battle Arena?

-Might as well restrict good PKers from pking at towers?

-Might as well restrict pro Tower guilds from towering?



What's your next idea? Restrict good spar guilds from being in GST?
People complains (US) limits their chance of winning, doesn't mean there's going to be changes. People complains (ET) limits their chance of winning, not going to change either. Deal with it, suck it up, and have fun playing the game. If you're not having fun, then don't play it? Simple as that.

its hard to enjoy and have fun in graal when you compete against no life players that feel graal is there whole purpose in life.

but a thing for gst that would make it better is to make it like the bellator tournament in mma. The champions shouldnt have to compete in the gst but rather defend their crown against the winners of the next gst.

When there's an event going on, the people that are good at events have to figure out the where the warper is, then go try to win. But when all these people are in one guild, only one person needs to actually know where the warper is, and everyone can still get in. It greatly increases their chances of winning, since they can get to the warper easier, which makes it harder for everybody else, since there are more event "pros" in events. Kinda unfair. Might as well not give any hints, and tell everybody the exact spot the warper is.

Honestly, I don't get how it's much of a restriction. I didn't say you should be banned from events altogether. So you'll probably have slightly tougher competition, ok, I can understand that. But you guys can easily find the warper and win the event, knowing how good you are. If anything, I would say it benefits you because you would also be getting gralats for winning.

Then just make a guild full of players so you have a better chance. I don't know why people complains when they could do the exact same thing. People aren't restricted to solo'ing events, they choose that kind of method to do events. Not my problem, that's their choice. There's so many event guilds made after I created the first one, so you can easily join one if you wanted to. It's not "unfair", its not a rule, so there's nothing you can do about it. It's like saying spar guilds are unfair, when it's really not. Don't do events then if you're that type of players who gets booty hurt cause you didn't win.


Yeah, you act like we became "good" out of the blew. Just because you get into the warper for an indoor event, doesn't mean we don't have to complete the event also to actually win. I don't know why you complain about this, it's not that big of a deal to change anything. Take your own blame for not winning eventsotaku not because you went against "pros". Get better, or get used to other people winning.