PERC Presents: Mr. and Ms. Paragon Universe 2010 - Protector Server

Wow I didnt even know this was happening Oh well ! Hey a Mean Girl won so that makes me happy!! whoop! and charlie! gratz to the winners!

-kult

Not taking sides here, and hopefully not adding fuel to any ongoing virtual fires, but...

This event was listed in the Protector Activity Calendar (http://lnk.in/procal) for about 10 days now, with a link to this thread and a brief overview of dates / times / prizes.

There are a half-dozen people involved in trying to keep this tool current and relevant.

I'm sorry, but it IS their responsibility to remind folks. It's their contest. You'd think they would WANT to remind people because real life does tend to get in the way. It's rather insulting to say anything else. Of course it wasn't the most important thing in my life. My mother being in the hospital? Yeah. But the fun stuff that I get to do when I'm NOT worried about whether she's eating or pooping herself? Gee, you'd think I could stand a reminder, because I honestly can't even remember what DAY it is sometimes because I'm a little preoccupied.

Putting up a time conversion is a minute part of any organizational post. It's something that should, by any and all accounts, be inserted in EVERY SINGLE POST regarding an event, I don't care whether you think it's stupid that some of us can't convert in our heads or even care to google it - if it had been done right there in that first post, by the person RUNNING THE EVENT, I would not have written down the WRONG time. Pretty simple.

You are correct: Because they've been laughably bad about this for 5 years running. Sure, it's "their event". Then they should figure out "player event" doesn't just mean "whoever they scrape up to participate".

Those of us here on the forums DO participate. And we HAVE given our feedback. Sad to say, "adding rules" does not mean "adding fun and participation". Obviously.

Instead of all this word lawyering about what was 'said' 'not said' 'posted' 'not posted' I think you need to chill out and realize this is just a game. I think everyone would be willing to give you a pass at this point because of what you dealing with IRL but you need to calm down.

Zek, you may as well ignore this individual, he is certainly not here for any real discourse. He is clearly just trying to get a rise out of you.

Frankly, I say that there's nothing left to do except drop the issue.

The most the PERC can take away from this situation is that a lot of players felt the event was mishandled, both in advertising and in execution, and players have learned something of a lesson regarding paying closer attention to events in which they have an interest.

We could go on and on, but I think it's time to move on.

I appologize for creating somewhat of a flamefest here, that was not my intent. I have attended other perc events over the years and appreciated all the planning that went into them. Most had been executed very well. This was the first "bad" experience with an event and as it ended so abruptly, I was just looking for some answers.

First off I do think if the need be it would not be a big deal if we add the times for all Timezones from PST to EST if the need be. This is not a bad suggestion as for the rest.....I can relate I have been on both sides of this event, I've been judged, I've been a judge, I've been a helper, and been a losing semifinalist before. The most I can say is come again next year, host your own event, apply to join PERC, or just go and have fun in the game and just ignore us PERC people, or whatever. Blow off the steam and get back to "the game" and just enjoy the game. After all that is what this game is here for, that is all anyone that ever hosts an event, makes a SG, forms a Team, and gathers people for PVP, Raids, TF's, SF's and so on is trying to do.

I think that some of what I said can be applied to all that have been wronged, or think they have been wronged in this contest from whatever year it was does not matter, just take my ranting’s as it is, and try to enjoy yourself. This applies to contestant and PERC people alike, I am from both sides and see both sides of the "contest" so I can both relate and empathize with both matters.

This was a reply from someone on Triumph and they are correct.

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Originally Posted by The_Masque While I typically do not defend PERC... I 'believe' (I can only guess, because I am not part of PERC) that this years speedy version of the contest was in fact due to complaints last year about how long it took. I also believe that the 'no pre-registration' was due to issues last year where people complained about walk-ins. While I am not a huge fan of the biggest rewards/prizes being given out for a subjective contest, I think PERC did make the attempt to fix some of the issues raised last year. What I kind of find a little ridiculous, is the issue that people need to be reminded that a contest is going to happen. The threads were posted, and for the most part bumped prior to the event. I think people really need to take some responsibility for themselves if they want to participate in a contest. Do you expect the lottery to come to your door each Tuesday and Thursday to remind you to buy a ticket because the drawling is the next night? As far as being on the community calender, I think that is a very valid point. I honestly though, don't even know where this calender is and I may not be typical but I just find out about things by reading the forums.

Striker, I appreciate your comments.

I was pretty annoyed when Ice Knight responded to Zek's concerns with "If you actually cared, you'd have paid attention."

I appreciate you at least acknowledging the concerns instead of dismissing them.

Read my stories!

For the Finals tonight, test is being a little wonky.

If your test is updated -- you can get in by making a shortcut to the cityofheroes.exe (not the updater, but the file) and after the " of the target add -project cohtest and yes there needs to be a space between the " and -

This will allow you to get on to the test server.

Contestants who are absolutely unable to get onto test, please contact me in game @Madame Pistacio and we will work something else out. Hopefully everyone should be able to use this fix and get on.