Posted by Zara

Reading this, just goes to show how ungrateful people are.They don't get paid for this-they don't even have to put any effort into it at all.But they do,It doesn't matter how much hard work and time they put into this for us-all they get is negativity...There will be a time where they will give up then what?We all complain that everything is going downhill...what a shame.

You are right they are doing this from the sweetness of their heart without pay

Posted by Thallen

There's a big difference between complaining and giving feedback, and that's what I see most of the people on the last few pages doing. I don't know what you're reading. The complaining is happening in the game.

Also true... for some at least. But in all honesty I thank the admins for all their hard work! They may not make the best things but this is a great learning moment (no I'm not making fun of you) I see this as a great chance to make this game even better. I think a great start would be creating a Voting/Democracy where "the people" vote rather than the government/admins choose what the people will like for this event. After all the events are participated by the 3845893985934 people that play this game not the 30 admins (although I'm sure some participate on player acc) so why not let the players tell you what they like most by a voting system? For example, I used to play runescape and occasionally they would ask the players what items or stories would they want for the upcoming holiday and guess what? IT WAS SUCCESSFUL. So bottom line great job admins, we can do better, (i do prefer 2013 where there were a bajillion halloween hats cuz variety and most were pretty good), but most importantly lets learn and grow as a community together!

I still wanna know how 2010-11 admins had onset like every week though... once again not making fun just curious because in 2010-11 there were more than one event a day and themes in onnet, revolution, and nexus were more prevalent. In all honesty if you think "But more than one event means the admin hats won't be as rare." They were rare when admins still did like 3 events in one sitting and u could expect other admins to host events the same day. The reason i think the hats stayed rare was because each made their own unique new ones which was cool. And i hate to make more suggestions but warpers imo were better because it requires skill whereas the Queue are luck based and you can get in an event every month. DONT WORRY WE CAN DO IT IN FACT JUST DO IT  

Receiving negative feedback (complaints) is part of their job. Don't get me wrong, it's obviously not fun, and much of the complaints are BS by ignorant players who want something that would never happen, but it's still their job to take it. As a ZP, I received complaints constantly. Many complaints were bogus, some were productive, either way, i had to take them all. Honestly even the bogus complaints can be used in a good way. Either way, complaining is the way to get improvement, you must first find out what's bad in order to fix it. It's their job to take it all - the good and the bad, the productive and the BS ones. The beauty of Graal is that they have a close relationship with the players, so you shouldn't feel bad about giving your opinion. Granted, how you give your opinion can make a big difference. Act professional and give them the same respect they give you.  

Posted by Dusty

I'm not taking it a hard way, but you're being insulting. We know very well about the lag and there's nothing we can do about it. Stop acting as though we're idiots and don't know the server has lag issues.

If ghosts were the ONLY thing you could get candy from you'd have a point, but it's not. It's one of three ways, and we intended to have more(including the candy bowls). We can't magically have NPCs not lag and everything on the server is an npc. Everything goes through the server before it gets to you, and the server is laggy. Therefor everything is laggy. We can't just not use the server because all it does is introduce loopholes for memory hackers.

Again, feel free to post your amazing, well-thought out ideas and fixes to all these problems you know the answers to.

PS. There was a lot of demand for ghosts to be brought back. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

So by that, you acknowledge that ghosts are really buggy and glitch and they don't work, but you let it slip because there is two other ways?  

Posted by Arsenal

So by that, you acknowledge that ghosts are really buggy and glitch and they don't work, but you let it slip because there is two other ways?

He can't do anything about it because the server lag is out of their control  

This was my first Graalloween, and I thought it was pretty cool. The decorations and dark setting were awesome, and I though the Tailor Richaards costumes looked cool too. As for the event, I like the giving candy to Trick-or-Treaters concept. I also like that those Trick-or-Treaters are mischievous, making use of the "trick" part of Trick-or-Treat. Handouts aren't very fun. Apparently it was hard to get a treat the first day, but hard doesn't mean impossible. Plus they made it easier to get a treat anyways. Honestly, it's really not that hard to get candy. Yes, some of the ghosts are too laggy to be caught, but in my experience that's only in and around Graal City, where the most people are crowded around, causing the ghosts to warp. In other places a ghost appears, someone runs up, and they catch the candy. The goblins are an easy way to get candy. Anyone can throw some bushes or cut some grass, You can even catch bees on the side. The spawn rate was decreased, but that was only to stop people from mobbing at the larger bush and grass areas. They still spawn often enough to get your candy for the Trick-or-Treaters. As for there not being enough treats, in my opinion there is enough. 5 hats is just fine, for Trick-or-Treating. You want to collect more than 5 hats for one holiday? There are also the Onnet hats, the costume hats, and most likely more to come. There's also the furniture, a mount, and other one time use items. I'm pretty sure the fun of Halloween is going out and collecting candy to eat. That candy is one time use, you enjoy it and move on. Halloween is ultimately about enjoying it as it happens, and while it lasts. The jellybeans and such are an embodiment of that. The effects are cool. I don't know about you, but I enjoy them. There are other Halloween things that you can buy, so if you really want them then you can go buy them, but the Trick-or-Treating is really meant for fun. I think they did a good job. I got a lot of cool treats myself, and I've only been playing casually.  

Posted by Arsenal

So by that, you acknowledge that ghosts are really buggy and glitch and they don't work, but you let it slip because there is two other ways?

Y'all really love to push this man  

Posted by Ruppy

I know your busy but I'm just curious as to how the admins back in 2010-11 got these themes and hats spitting out like crazy"

The game was fresh, therefore not as much of a struggle to come up with new and unique hat ideas. Plus, as time went on we realized making that much stuff as often as we did was ridiculous and not possible to keep doing ever single year. As for hats now, there are 6 hats for trick or treating, 7 hats in Taylor Richaards, and 8 hats in Onnet. That's over 20 hats available at this moment, and Club Crypt hasn't even been released yet. Not to mention the furniture and mounts that have been made as well.

Now everyone's expectations are way too high. If we never made so much before, you all might be as grateful as this person here:

Posted by Anakin_Graal

This was my first Graalloween, and I thought it was pretty cool.....(long post)......I think they did a good job. I got a lot of cool treats myself, and I've only been playing casually.

(Thank you, by the way)

You all need to stop expecting so much because making hats and mounts and furniture etc. for the event, Onnet, Taylor Richaards, and Club Crypt is hard enough as it is let alone it being right before we have to make more for Christmas.

And one last thing

Posted by Aguzo

I feel like you are having a hard time due to having to do gfx, script, whatever else you do, and that's why I said to not take it in a bad way. (You are stressed out, and are posting in an unnecessary sarcastic manner)

Please get off your high horse and stop acting like we don't know what we're doing. We appreciate your input and ideas but don't appreciate you treating us like we're idiots that don't know what we're talking about. We've been doing this for a while so i think we know what we're doing.


As for everyone else, just have fun. This event is still new and will most likely be tweaked a lot by the time it comes back around next year (we've already started building up a list on what we're going to change about it). If you have any ideas on alternative ways to get candy, let us know.
And before anyone suggests anything about fixing lag, there's nothing we can do about it since it's out of our control.  

Posted by Coco

Please get off your high horse and stop acting like we don't know what we're doing. We appreciate your input and ideas but don't appreciate you treating us like we're idiots that don't know what we're talking about. We've been doing this for a while so i think we know what we're doing.

I think you need to calm down and learn to respect other player's points of views. I wasn't attacking your co-worker, like I said, "Don't take it the wrong way." It was just feedback. And judging by the amount of negative feedback, you should learn to accept that you didn't know what you were doing. You shouldn't feel bad about that, nor try to put down others for your own mistakes.

I don't think you guys are idiots, those are your words.

Also, just because you have experience doesn't mean that you will get it right all the time.  

Good! This is a good foundation for the halloween and we can fix this the way everyone can enjoy the event without stressing admins too much every year.
Let's take away this silly amount range. That was a gambling for nothing.
I have to agree with Thallen. I talked to few players about this event. They think it's lame because they weren't getting any hats or items out of it after spending couple hours a day. I would more than likely to take reused hats and I don't mind newer players getting "old" halloween hats. We all know that the contents are limited.  

Posted by GOAT

Halloween themed skins for the bow

Noticed that this was made, was from the Halloween suggestions thread.  

Posted by Coco

Making a few new things every year for the event isn't that big of a deal. It's when everyone expects unrealistic quantities and are disappointed when they get most of the prizes on the first day after whining about how they haven't gotten all the prizes yet not even half a day after the event was released. It's ridiculous.

But it's just as ridiculous that 95% of the playerbase likes hats, mounts and morphs more than anything else and 4, 1 and 0 are provided. Almost as ridiculous as players being able to figure out the entire prize pool the first half of the day the event was released.  

Posted by Coco

The game was fresh, therefore not as much of a struggle to come up with new and unique hat ideas. Plus, as time went on we realized making that much stuff as often as we did was ridiculous and not possible to keep doing ever single year. As for hats now, there are 6 hats for trick or treating, 7 hats in Taylor Richaards, and 8 hats in Onnet. That's over 20 hats available at this moment, and Club Crypt hasn't even been released yet. Not to mention the furniture and mounts that have been made as well.

Now everyone's expectations are way too high.[/SIZE]

Ok I see what you are saying but I'm not talking about this graaloween the amount of hats are good just not to my liking, BUTT thats Ok because this game isn't about me and I know other people like the hats so good thats a start! But i mean throughout the year, you guys were able to pull together goat themes and minuscule holidays such as leif ricks day hats and Canadas box day hats? I don't expect you guys to do like 2010-11 because therer were a lot more admins and they made themselves known as to who they were because they interacted with us and thats another thing I miss but I also get that. The reason I get these "things" is because I know you are busy and life is way way way way way more important than graal life. So I'm just curious, not demanding anything more, just a simple question you do a great job ;) (personally Coco is my fav gfx admin and always has been since i started I even have her as a pet in my house)

Posted by David

But it's just as ridiculous that 95% of the playerbase likes hats, mounts and morphs more than anything else and 4, 1 and 0 are provided.

Yes I agree there should be more hats so there is a better chance of getting one (which i have yet to do) butt they have already made 21 and club crypt has yet to make an appearance so I think we can chill for a sec, and they have such a low staff that we cannot expect what we got from 2011. So #prayclubcrypthasgoodhats  

Getting tricks and red gralats while literally everyone else is getting a mount and the one hat I actually want while hunting for hours makes me really hope they open up club crypt today or tomorrow.  

Posted by Ivy

Getting tricks and red gralats while literally everyone else is getting a mount and the one hat I actually want while hunting for hours makes me really hope they open up club crypt today or tomorrow.

Well have some faith there is a gnome hammering at tailor richards!  

Posted by Ruppy

Well have some faith there is a gnome hammering at tailor richards!

Reconnect

I already hate this event.