Christmas on Graal Kingdoms

[cbk1994]

[Felix_Xenophobe]

Cowboy boots.............................. of ICE

with EYES


and mouth

[MLKJHP]

Youhooouu !!

[Tashkin]

Should be fun good work Chris can't wait.

[scriptless]

Very nice.

[sango_ku]

The event master team aren't died !

Nice to see that, good work Chris i cant wait

[Dragon551]

Tease :<

[Andre2006]

Cute!

[MajinDragon]

Alright, Subscription coming.

WAIT! IT'S A TRAP!!

[OasaTor_PK]

Is it halloween yet?

[Supaman771]

It's unfortunate they have to wait for holidays like this to release such stuff (New monsters/dungeons).

Glad [however] to see they're actually getting some progress made.

[cbk1994]

Originally Posted by Supaman771

It's unfortunate they have to wait for holidays like this to release such stuff (New monsters/dungeons).

We don't have to wait for holidays, I just don't generally have a lot of free time, which is why I can't release updates as frequently as I'd like to .

[MajinDragon]

I'm assuming that whatever problems with debug that prevented Halloween are fixed now? Then I have to ask, will we be receiving the updates that were planned for Halloween 2011 any time in the next few months? Personally I feel that I was mostly robbed of subscription money during that period as 'key' members of staff hyped the event, only to have it scrapped at the last minute - what a waste of a week. So will Graal Kingdoms staff deliver what was promised months ago, or will it be a complete cop-out?

If it's the latter then I can only assume one of two things: There were no actual updates prepared for Halloween 2011 (That's a scam) or 2011's updates will carry over to 2012 (That's laziness).

[cbk1994]

Originally Posted by MajinDragon

I'm assuming that whatever problems with debug that prevented Halloween are fixed now? Then I have to ask, will we be receiving the updates that were planned for Halloween 2011 any time in the next few months? Personally I feel that I was mostly robbed of subscription money during that period as 'key' members of staff hyped the event, only to have it scrapped at the last minute - what a waste of a week. So will Graal Kingdoms staff deliver what was promised months ago, or will it be a complete cop-out?

If it's the latter then I can only assume one of two things: There were no actual updates prepared for Halloween 2011 (That's a scam) or 2011's updates will carry over to 2012 (That's laziness).

No, I don't have time to work on two big events right now. The Christmas event is using some of the plans from Easter so it is somewhat larger than it would have been otherwise, though.

[NicoX]

Hey nice Monsters :P Haha

[Clockwork]

wouldn't this be better released on xmas eve or the 26th? o.o

[cbk1994]

Originally Posted by Clockwork

wouldn't this be better released on xmas eve or the 26th? o.o

The events will last at least a week so everyone should have time to participate. Similar to last Easter.

[MajinDragon]

Originally Posted by cbk1994

No, I don't have time to work on two big events right now. The Christmas event is using some of the plans from Easter so it is somewhat larger than it would have been otherwise, though.

I was under the impression the Halloween updates were already completed. Or was the hyped based off ideas and not actual products?

[joel34]

Fortunately, they still care.
Unfortunately, it's only for subscribing players.

fml.

[Nuke_for_you]

Originally Posted by cbk1994

The events will last at least a week so everyone should have time to participate. Similar to last Easter.

are they gonna be like easter in that the person who plays the longest wins?

[NicoX]

Chris, will you post what kind of Event it will be? With a description and so on? So we know what to do
Would be great

[cbk1994]

Originally Posted by NicoX

Chris, will you post what kind of Event it will be? With a description and so on? So we know what to do
Would be great

I'll post some information when it's released but some of it will need to be discovered. It's not too taxing, though. The concept is fairly simple.

Originally Posted by Nuke_for_you

are they gonna be like easter in that the person who plays the longest wins?

There will be a competition similar to the one last time, but even if you only play a bit you should come out quite happy (hopefully).

Originally Posted by joel34

Fortunately, they still care.
Unfortunately, it's only for subscribing players.

fml.

There will be some ways in which trials can participate, but we've got to leave parts of it reserved for gold members unless we want observer mode back. You might take a look at the new method of "paying" (SuperRewards)—it makes it a lot easier to upgrade and doesn't require you to pay anything.

[zephirot]

The revenge of the blue clay men.

[ShadowFist]

Awesome

[Andre2006]

Merry Christmas everyone!

[Nuke_for_you]

Originally Posted by cbk1994

You might take a look at the new method of "paying" (SuperRewards)—it makes it a lot easier to upgrade and doesn't require you to pay anything.

I heard that those rarely actually pay out

[NicoX]

Well I am able to get 400 Gelats each month with doing them. But maybe because I am in Germany and the adds are different. But it worths a try !!

[Supaman771]

Originally Posted by cbk1994

We don't have to wait for holidays, I just don't generally have a lot of free time, which is why I can't release updates as frequently as I'd like to .

No; I meant all these things are generally themed to a holiday (Easter, Christmas, whatever) and then go away after a week or month of being around and the server returns to normal.

[cbk1994]

Originally Posted by Nuke_for_you

I heard that those rarely actually pay out

That's true, but I've found they're still pretty fast (<15 minutes got me 300 gelats by installing their adware offers in a virtual machine).

[Cubical]

Yeah, even though I have the money I don't feel like wasting it for a temporary update. Just like I don't feel like wasting time doing the super rewards. Start putting out updates that won't go away like the crypt or the monsters in the dungeons and I'll start throwing my money at Graal again. A seasonal update is pointless if the player count is just going to drop in a week or so. Kingdoms isn't like WoW or many other mmos; the playerbase isn't good enough to put out events/updates for a week or so and then take them away.

[OasaTor_PK]

Originally Posted by cubical

yeah, even though i have the money i don't feel like wasting it for a temporary update. Just like i don't feel like wasting time doing the super rewards. Start putting out updates that won't go away like the crypt or the monsters in the dungeons and i'll start throwing my money at graal again. A seasonal update is pointless if the player count is just going to drop in a week or so. Kingdoms isn't like wow or many other mmos; the playerbase isn't good enough to put out events/updates for a week or so and then take them away.

qfmft

[Felix_Xenophobe]

Originally Posted by Cubical

Yeah, even though I have the money I don't feel like wasting it for a temporary update. Just like I don't feel like wasting time doing the super rewards. Start putting out updates that won't go away like the crypt or the monsters in the dungeons and I'll start throwing my money at Graal again. A seasonal update is pointless if the player count is just going to drop in a week or so. Kingdoms isn't like WoW or many other mmos; the playerbase isn't good enough to put out events/updates for a week or so and then take them away.

this.

start putting out permanent updates and release em during the holidays.

[cbk1994]

Just finished testing the events with Kale. I think you guys are going to like it--it's a lot of fun .

Right now we're planning on releasing it on Christmas day around 8 PM EST but that time could change significantly. The launch itself is not important so don't be too bummed if you miss it. It's just hard for us to schedule it since all of the involved people are away with family. Sorry we can't give an exact time.

I was going to let this be a surprise at the end of the week, but I'll reveal now that the things we've developed won't go away, although there's still good reason to play now (lots of new items, etc. won't be available later).

Merry Christmas!

[NicoX]

So perm updates? Very hot. So the release is now on the 26th??

[cbk1994]

Originally Posted by NicoX

So perm updates? Very hot. So the release is now on the 26th??

Sorry, I've been up so long I've got my dates confused. We'll release on the 25th around 8 PM EST. Same as originally planned/announced.

[Felix_Xenophobe]

Originally Posted by cbk1994

I was going to let this be a surprise at the end of the week, but I'll reveal now that the things we've developed won't go away, although there's still good reason to play now (lots of new items, etc. won't be available later).

Merry Christmas!

awesome!

[NicoX]

14 people online at the moment. Waiting for the Event !

[cbk1994]

I hate doing this but at this point it looks like we may not be able to release tonight. I'm staying with family now who don't have any access to the internet (bandwidth caps on their satellite internet, they're in the middle of nowhere). I'm posting this from my phone right now and am trying to tether my computer.

If I can get it working at all we'll try releasing. If not it'll probably have to wait until tomorrow.

Hopefully this doesn't cause too many problems. Again, a release tonight is still possible but is looking very unlikely. I'll try to keep you updated.

edit: at this point we're planning on releasing on the 26th but not sure about the time, I haven't been able to contact Tig yet to work that out.

[Tashkin]

Per Chris Vimes (cbk1994)

Regarding Christmas updates:

They're done, but not on the main server yet.

I was supposed to have internet where I am right now, but apparently the family whose house I'm staying at reached their bandwidth cap (they have satellite internet) and it got shut off. I managed to tether to my phone right now but my latency is ridiculous and I keep getting disconnected since I'm in the middle of nowhere.

I've tried contacting Tig via IM and phone and can't reach him anywhere, so there's no way for me to get the updates out tonight (he's the only one who can do them).

At this point I'm guessing updates will be transferred some time tomorrow night (about 22 hours roughly).

If anyone has any questions I can try to answer them. Sorry about that, but I hope you'll find it's worth the wait.

[OasaTor_PK]

I am guessing there is some sort of game ending bug on the server that Stefan needs to log on to fix like last time tight?

Looking forward to not enjoying the new updates. I really hope you can pull through and release something worth while. Maybe you can start to turn he server around. Good luck and keep up the hard work.