RIGGED EVENTS I HAVE NOT WON A EVENT HAT SO ITS RIGGED !! ADMINS PLEZ BAN ALL WHO WIN FROM ENTERING AGAIN OR I SIGN PETITION ANND CONTACT GRAAL SUPPORT TO UN - ADMIN HOST !  

There's a simple way to resolve all of this. Have an automated system set up for the rewarding of items. Most of the events hosted have very simple winning conditions. Something like a player reaching a specific spot in the level first is extremely easy to detect and shouldn't require an admin to judge (assuming fair play, but more on that later).

An event would be hosted by an admin who would nominate a prize set to use for whoever wins the event. The prize set would typically consist of a hat and its recolours. If a player already has all the items in the prize set, they would be awarded a nominal amount of graalats instead. The prize sets themselves would be established by a more senior member of staff( presumably someone who knows what they're doing).

An admin hosting an event should only have the responsibility of overseeing ( but at no point engaging with players) to ensure fair competition (i.e. no speed boosting, etc...), punishing players when necessary.  

Posted by Tricxta

There's a simple way to resolve all of this. Have an automated system set up for the rewarding of items. Most of the events hosted have very simple winning conditions. Something like a player reaching a specific spot in the level first is extremely easy to detect and shouldn't require an admin to judge (assuming fair play, but more on that later).

An event would be hosted by an admin who would nominate a prize set to use for whoever wins the event. The prize set would typically consist of a hat and its recolours. If a player already has all the items in the prize set, they would be awarded a nominal amount of graalats instead. The prize sets themselves would be established by a more senior member of staff( presumably someone who knows what they're doing).

An admin hosting an event should only have the responsibility of overseeing ( but at no point engaging with players) to ensure fair competition (i.e. no speed boosting, etc...), punishing players when necessary.

That would be more suited to an Events team, which classic doesn't have, rather than a GP or GFX admin hosting an event because let's face it, GP's for example would have a lot more on their plate than focusing on having events work perfectly everytime  

Posted by Brick

I'm a little disappointed at the missed opportunity to call this thread "Badmin" hehe...
ok I'll stop.

GODDAMNIT IM STILL COUNTING HOW MANY TIMES THIS HAPPENS PIGPARTY.

THIS IS THE 5TH TIME.  

Posted by Areo

Easy hints actually made it harder for "event guilds"

Think about it this way;

Hard hint: the event Guilds, who have the most "hint" experience, find the warper quickly and send a gc message. They get a lot of members in, since it's a tough hint and single players(unexperienced ones) or newer players won't find the warper unless by chance.

Easy hint: 75% of players can find the warper, leaving very little time for event guilds to broadcast where it is since it will be filling up quickly. They will probably be able to summon a friend, if they're lucky.

No need to broadcast when it's an easy hint lol  

Posted by Raeven

No need to broadcast when it's an easy hint lol

yah, but if you have no need to broadcast that means everyone else won't have issues finding the warper? Changes nothing.  

Posted by Raeven

No need to broadcast when it's an easy hint lol

I particularly enjoy when there's warpers laid out in 2 or 3 areas and you kinda have to gamble on which one is the 'right' one. It sends people scattering all over the map and jumbles up the regular suspects a bit.  

I was here to witness this happen (the winning in bush race & dodge). I was fairly confused as why we kept going after it stated that Nanner has won. There was no explanation to what happened to him, but to keep going.  

Shut the hel up nana lol  

Posted by kaire

I was here to witness this happen (the winning in bush race & dodge). I was fairly confused as why we kept going after it stated that Nanner has won. There was no explanation to what happened to him, but to keep going.

With this said, The admin here is at fault he/she already stated the winner and yet have not rewarded the winner or have not explained the reason why the winner have not been given an award.

Having a new event system would be better so it would cause less fuss in the future since admins are apparently bad at explaining stuff, except for a handful.  

Did nanner get a head start?  

Posted by Coco

He's being a jerk because he's entering an event where the prize is a hat he already has. I absolutely hate when people do that because it's rude and quite jerk-ish. What else would someone think when entering an event with a hat they already won other than "o I'll get get a different hat instead". Why not let other players who don't have the hat try to win it instead of jumping in and winning again then expecting a replacement hat. How would you feel if someone who was good at the event just kept winning it and getting replacement hats? You really want the prize but can never get it because some butthole keeps taking everyone else's potential win and getting a "replacement hat" for it. It's s**tty.

It's not necessarily a rule to not give a different hat to someone that already has it (at least I don't think) but imo it should be (if it's not already). I don't see why staff needs to go and hunt for a different event hat for someone that's going to be like that and I don't think they should do it at all. It's just one of my graal pet peves and I guess I'm the only one bothered by it.

I agree with this.. why not let someone else have a chance at winning instead of being a greedy buzzard in the first place?  

Posted by Captain Angelo

I agree with this.. why not let someone else have a chance at winning instead of being a greedy buzzard in the first place?

I do agree that if you already have a hat, it's pointless going into an event EXPECTING a replacement if you win, that's stupid. If it comes to hood colours or like the valentines roses back in February, that shouldn't be a problem because the admin would (or should) have every colour ready for whatever the winner picks, and if someone has the black hood and wins an event that's hosted for a hood, they should get a different colour, because they won, fair and square.

You ARE being greedy if you go into an event having prior knowledge that you own the hat that the event is being hosted for, and then going into an event assuming you will get a replacement for winning, THAT is greedy. Apart from that there is no other reason someone should step aside and "let someone else have a chance"

Plus, the past few events I have taken part in, have had easily 30 or more people (and the Fort event starts with 64 people in it FYI) and I personally don't look at what the hat is until I get in an event (I check even if I don't get in honestly, but the point is I check after I know if I'm in or not) but to simply assume that a player shouldn't take part in an event and saying they're a "greedy bugger" or a "jerk" if they do, is utter bull****, like I said earlier the Fort event has 64 players in it at the start (Bold because it's important to note) in absolutely NO way is someone entering an event disadvantaging anyone because that person already has a hat , it is NOT greedy because say 50 people are in an event, that is a 2% chance per player of winning the event (if you don't take skill of each player into account) so no, there is no reason to let "someone else have a chance of winning" because if you get into an event, you got into an event and it's just plain unlucky to whoever didn't.

My point is, that in every event there is a good 30+ people who take part, that means that you would compete against 29 other people for 1 winner in most cases, stepping into a warper already owning a hat doesn't guarantee that you will win, so it isn't the most god awful thing in the game to go into an event already owning a hat that it is being hosted for, you are not a jerk, and you are not greedy, as I said earlier expecting a hat because you won and already own that hat, THAT is greedy.

P.S Adding this after I reread it, I'm not trying to have a go at anyone, sorry if that's how it sounds, just wanted to share my thoughts on the whole greed deal, have a nice day/night.  

Posted by Asaiki

I like the idea of having a new currency for events only, Or I mistakenly understood this.

No, you didn't. Give out x event coins for winning an event and let them buy a hat/item for Y event coints.

Posted by Captain Angelo

I agree with this.. why not let someone else have a chance at winning instead of being a greedy buzzard in the first place?

So I should not take part in it simply because you suck?  

yo whenever I won an event where I already had the hat they gave me a different one - excusing the one time I won trivia and xor straight up dogged me and didn't allow it