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[Dormax]

This has been a lot of fun. It was challenging enough that MOST games qualified, but not every one. And the grab bag items were just enough to keep me wanting to play.

Do I hear jingle bells in the future with another holiday event?

Just for kicks, I added up my take (like so many others). For those who are working out averages (because I know your out there), out of 78 qualifying games I got:

2,275,000 c-bills
340 MC
5,100 GXP

1 Skull Face
2 Halloween Lights

3 Air Strike
4 UAV
2 Artillary
3 Coolant

2 1/2 ton MG ammo (ooo.... a whole ton of ammo!! What will I ever do with it LOL)
1 Flamer
1 Small Laser

Edited by Dormax, 03 November 2014 - 03:40 PM.

[Lionsroar]

Well done, it was a very successful event

[Reno Blade]

around 58 games, 11 failes ( one dc, rest stupid mistakes or stomps).

1x mechbay
2400 GXP
315 MC
1.925 Million C-Bills
2x Halloween Pumpkin
1x Halloween skull Face
1x day premium time
5x Consumables
6x Trick - AMS ammo/single heatsink.

There were some very close games and some very annoying or bad games.
I'd say half of the games were stomps, at least.

The outcome was very welcome and it was still a lot more fun than any other tournament.
My best time was friday night. My worst was saturday morning.
Maybe EU timezone is just too strong sometimes.

[White Bear 84]

Reno Blade, on 03 November 2014 - 03:28 PM, said:

Maybe EU timezone is just too strong sometimes.

Experience shows that the Europeans are often much more brazen and likely to run full on charges than their American counterparts. I think that potentially Europeans may run more LRM's too.. ..just general experiences from the last few years...

Down here in Oz we just sit by the barbie with our VB and shrimps.. ..we got sharks and spiders to do all the killing for us

Edited by White Bear 84, 03 November 2014 - 03:35 PM.

[Flashforce]

First post!
I just needed to say what a fun event that was opening the treat bags, wondering what you'll get, good or bad was exciting. lol
Hope more events like this in future!

apparently second my post!

Edited by Flashforce, 03 November 2014 - 06:34 PM.

[Lunatic_Asylum]

The event was fine, but we could have the treat bag threshold a bit higher, giving out prizes at 70-100 points.

[White Bear 84]

Flashforce, on 03 November 2014 - 06:33 PM, said:

First post!
I just needed to say what a fun event that was opening the treat bags, wondering what you'll get, good or bad was exciting. lol
Hope more events like this in future!

apparently second my post!

Apparently your first second post. Or your second first post, whichever you prefer

[PurpleNinja]

94 PUG Games Total (17 Below Treshold)

31 C-Bills Treats (2,737,500 Total)
16 GXP Treats (4,400 Total)
7 MC Treats (220 Total)
2 Days of Premium Time
1 Halloween Pumpkin (Standing Item)
3 Halloween Skull Face (Hanging Item)
2 Improved Coolant Pod
4 Improved UAV
5 Priority Air Strike
1 Priority Artillery Strike
2 Single Heat Sinks
2 Small Lasers
1 Ton of AMS Ammo

Worst Score: 4 (Game Crashed, Dead Upon Reconnection)
Top Score: 140 (Dire Wolf Stomp on Enemy Team)

Best event so far, easy to meet the requirements, fun to open the bags and nice treats. Too bad I didn't got a MWO Mug.

[Ridir Semii]

lunticasylum, on 03 November 2014 - 06:59 PM, said:

The event was fine, but we could have the treat bag threshold a bit higher, giving out prizes at 70-100 points.

I think the point was more of a holiday gift to the players though, and increasing the requirements would have kinda been a tournament, not a gift giveaway, which keeping them fairly easy did.

Edited by Uminix, 03 November 2014 - 07:42 PM.

[Will9761]

I love the event, thanks for the MC, C-bills, and GXP PGI! You should definitely make a Christmas variation of this event.

[Grrzoot]

This was a fantastic event pgi. Please keep things like this one the radar for the future. It was a lot of fun and people really enjoyed it from w hat i can tell.

Thanks!

[Jeffrey Wilder]

lunticasylum, on 03 November 2014 - 06:59 PM, said:

The event was fine, but we could have the treat bag threshold a bit higher, giving out prizes at 70-100 points.

I understand where people who suggested a tiered reward scale comes from.

I don't think that is a good idea because that will again bring back the element of fighting for the highest of everything. People will then start to complain of kill stealing, blocking their shots, meta builds, etc, etc.

The current system of 30 points with no layers is best. It's easy enough to hit most of the time even for new players and encourages team play which doesn't matter if you WIN or LOSE.

I prefer the current system than a tiered model.

[Bront]

xeromynd, on 03 November 2014 - 12:29 PM, said:

How did you calculate this? as some MC packages are better values than others.

My question is, how did they give out this much MC? I believe there was just a post on the forums about how Canadian law prohibited them from delving out more than X amount of money in prizes. ( I certainly don't think that number was higher than the triple digits)

Ultimately, that's the cool part of virtual currency. It's technically not real money, since you can't sell it back for real money.

[Navid A1]

Well... out of 151 games, here are the results:

795 MC
3,900,000 Cbills
6400 GXP
3 Day premium time

2 MWO Mugs
1 Halloween light
2 Halloween pumpkins

5 Priority Artillery Strike
5 Priority Air Strike
5 Improved UAV
4 Improved coolant pod

1 ton AMS ammo
4 Medium lasers
2 Small lasers
2 Single heat sinks

I guess i did not get a mechbay... sad..!

Thank you PGI for this fun event. More like this please.!

[M0rpHeu5]

This was the best event ever done, too bad i missed it couse of allocation error furstration.

[Keira RAVEN McKenna]

Out of 57 games, here are the results:

245 MC
1,187,500 Cbills
2000 GXP
1 Day premium time
1 Mech bay

1 MWO Mugs
2 Halloween light
2 Halloween pumpkins

3 Priority Artillery Strike
3 Priority Air Strike
3 Improved coolant pod

1/2 ton AMS ammo
1 Small lasers

11 Non qualifiying games.

Maximun fun

Edited by Keira RAVEN McKenna, 03 November 2014 - 10:43 PM.

[Keira RAVEN McKenna]

Grrzoot, on 03 November 2014 - 07:47 PM, said:

Awesome sig logo!

Edited by Keira RAVEN McKenna, 03 November 2014 - 11:03 PM.

[BrainFlush]

Thanks MWO

3.2 Million Cbills
6100 GXP
295 MC
6 days premium
15 consumables
4 cockpit items

Highest score on the web was 245 and got me 500 GXP

[Myke Pantera]

I want to add my voice to the appreciation of this event! It was great!

I had only limited time to play, and was trying to figure out the CN9-AH at the same time, so i missed the 30pts a couple of times, but this was still one of the best events i've ever seen in MW:O or any other game for that matter.

[numbTriggerFinger]

Best event in the history of MWO existing.. and surprise surprise that this happened after IGP is gone..