The third party website bugs me when companies segregate information there. I have enough things to check online. Going to your official site, and your twitter, and your facebook and reddit to find out things - way too much work. Everything should be on your official site. It's just a case of people being lazy and using quick updates trying to make social media valuable. It has no value if you have an official site. No one cares how many friends a company has, more marketing games.

The rewards part nah, never enter contests.

Originally posted by MikeB
Mind editing your thread title so it is a bit more concise? :) I don't think all the examples need to be in the subject line!

Haha. I was thinking that too, but i couldn't find the concise words to put it all together myself.

No, they either A: Paid a little extra for the game to get that item B. Are fans of the game and collect everything so they go that extra mile for a free cool item C. Support the game by going to conventions to get said cool item

Really people need to get over this entitled mentality, do people really expect to get things that other people paid extra for to get it as well without doing the the same?

Come closer, (smack) I didn't slap your face , I simply gave your face a hi-five....

Originally posted by Aeonblades

Originally posted by Heafstagg

I sent one of those little chocolate bars to school with my daughter just after halloween. I got a phone call from the principle giving me a hard time because: A) it was unfair to the other kids and B) it was negligent of me to give my child "junk food".

I sent another one with her the next day.

Haha that made my day, thanks for sharing.

I'm surprised they didn't have you arrested and sent to some kind of Fitness training and parenting camp. Just wait a few years and I may be right on that :(

Hehe its just a sad state of affairs really. My daughters aren't fat kids, they play sports and are highly active outdoors. I'm a forester so we see lots of the outdoors. If my daughters want a freaking small chocolate bar in thier lunches once in awhile theyre going to get it and I'm not about to let some tool tell me I'm being negligent by insinuating that I'm providing them with an un-healthy diet or whatever it was he was implying :P. Oh well lol.

Originally posted by Heafstagg

Originally posted by Edeus

Originally posted by Aeonblades

Originally posted by Heafstagg

Originally posted by Aeonblades

Originally posted by Heafstagg
Nope, not at all. I suppose it's because I'm not from the "everyone and everything must be equal or else nobody gets it" generation. My daughters are in school right now and that's all they preach to them. Nothing like raising a society of wussies. Can you imagine some of these people grown up whining to thier boss that someone else has coffee and they don't? Yeaaahhh that's not going to work.

I honestly feel sorry for the children and the rude awakening they will be in for at some point down the road. They don't even know at this point because it's been completely driven into their heads.

Exactly, I've been doing my best to teach my daughters that it's not the right way of thinking. There's a girl in one of my daughters classes that's alergic to milk, therefore nobody in the class can have milk. That's how stupid it's becoming.

That is absolutely mind blowing. I hadn't heard of something like that actually happening, but I kind of figured it would end this way.

It really doesn't surprise me now that I think about it.

What if it's not the fairness thing as you describe, but the allergic milk girl's parents are so over-protective that they are the ones that did it to the whole class to protect their one child?  For some reason I see parents as being the villains and Teacher's as having common sense. 

Nope they said it was because it was unfair. It's not even a bad allergy. As in she might go into anaphylactic shock, she would just get hives or gas or something. Regardless, who are other parents to say what other children may or may not have based on solely their childs needs. It brings us back to my original point......nothing is equal in this world and letting children find out that its not at a late age in life, like adulthood, is going to cause some serious problems in the future. A society of wussies and the instant gratification crowd. We see these kinds of examples everyday in MMOs. Its quite sad.

Ugh the truth is so oppressing!

Originally posted by firefly2003

No, they either A: Paid a little extra for the game to get that item B. Are fans of the game and collect everything so they go that extra mile for a free cool item C. Support the game by going to conventions to get said cool item

Really people need to get over this entitled mentality, do people really expect to get things that other people paid extra for to get it as well without doing the the same?

Come closer, (smack) I didn't slap your face , I simply gave your face a hi-five....

 LOL.  Now down low.

what is going on here?

Originally posted by Aeonblades

Originally posted by Heafstagg

I sent one of those little chocolate bars to school with my daughter just after halloween. I got a phone call from the principle giving me a hard time because: A) it was unfair to the other kids and B) it was negligent of me to give my child "junk food".

I sent another one with her the next day.

Haha that made my day, thanks for sharing.

I'm surprised they didn't have you arrested and sent to some kind of Fitness training and parenting camp. Just wait a few years and I may be right on that :(

Unfair to other kids? Pfft I would of told them to go ##%$ themselves...

Originally posted by Torgrim
No.

Well said and agreed here!

Originally posted by firefly2003

Originally posted by Aeonblades

Originally posted by Heafstagg

I sent one of those little chocolate bars to school with my daughter just after halloween. I got a phone call from the principle giving me a hard time because: A) it was unfair to the other kids and B) it was negligent of me to give my child "junk food".

I sent another one with her the next day.

Haha that made my day, thanks for sharing.

I'm surprised they didn't have you arrested and sent to some kind of Fitness training and parenting camp. Just wait a few years and I may be right on that :(

Unfair to other kids? Pfft I would of told them to go ##%$ themselves...

Lol that was my intention by sending another one with her the next day. They never called a second time ;P

Originally posted by Heafstagg

Originally posted by Aeonblades

Hehe its just a sad state of affairs really. My daughters aren't fat kids, they play sports and are highly active outdoors. I'm a forester so we see lots of the outdoors. If my daughters want a freaking small chocolate bar in thier lunches once in awhile theyre going to get it and I'm not about to let some tool tell me I'm being negligent by insinuating that I'm providing them with an un-healthy diet or whatever it was he was implying :P. Oh well lol.

Ugh it's so terrible!  Please stop!!!

*Five seconds later* Tell me more!

Originally posted by waynejr2

Originally posted by firefly2003

No, they either A: Paid a little extra for the game to get that item B. Are fans of the game and collect everything so they go that extra mile for a free cool item C. Support the game by going to conventions to get said cool item

Really people need to get over this entitled mentality, do people really expect to get things that other people paid extra for to get it as well without doing the the same?

Come closer, (smack) I didn't slap your face , I simply gave your face a hi-five....

 LOL.  Now down low.

If I did down low it would be like this.....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoWblwKdeHg&playnext=1&list=PLB99A60F6DD7C2519&feature=results_video  1:05  and you DONT want that....

I actually think it's kinda cool to see that stuff.

Does it bother you? If so, does it also bother you when you see that stuff in real life, as well?

Originally posted by Loktofeit

I actually think it's kinda cool to see that stuff.

Does it bother you? If so, does it also bother you when you see that stuff in real life, as well?

 

Examples of rl equivelent mate? 

I absolutely agree with the original post. 

Earned it or paid for it aren't arguments if the item still isn't available to be earnt or paid. 

The effort required for convention attendance is also non-proportional for people, so one man earning a convention reward might have simply paid the entry fee. It might take someone else thousands of dollars in tickets.

The simple, quite uncontestable fact remains that there are items in game that some players has no ability to earn or buy, because he came to a game late (which again might not be his fault) or any other number of reasons.

Now, if these things are purely cosmetic I don't really care. But, obviously this isn't always the case.

Most of these rewards are a matter a simple matter of luck, monetary timing or geographical proximity.

But, as I said, if it offers no real benefit it doesn't bother me.  

Originally posted by MightyChasm

Originally posted by Loktofeit

I actually think it's kinda cool to see that stuff.

Does it bother you? If so, does it also bother you when you see that stuff in real life, as well?

 

Examples of rl equivelent mate? 

Ever heard of an antique store?  or a car show featuring cars from the 1970's?  or... omg the list can go on forever!

Originally posted by Edeus

Originally posted by MightyChasm

Originally posted by Loktofeit

I actually think it's kinda cool to see that stuff.

Does it bother you? If so, does it also bother you when you see that stuff in real life, as well?

 

Examples of rl equivelent mate? 

Ever heard of an antique store?  or a car show featuring cars from the 1970's?  or... omg the list can go on forever!

All of these things can be bought or stolen. This is not the case in a game. 

Your list might go on forever, but every item on it is null and void. 

Originally posted by birdycephon
Yup, its about how I expected it. Its quiet sad really reading all of thoze replies.

I know! The people who state yes will generally back it up with a statement. The people saying "no" are mostly getting all red-hot.