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Reinstate Christmas Break (Petition)
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Alcibiades
Plant Geneticist
Because most people celebrate Xmas. A vast minority celebrate birthdays/anniversaries etc on the same day as a majority of the rest of the world. Use your brain for chrissake.
Enrico
Tree Surgeon
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Well I would assume that anyone wanting to play FTW would at least be contactable enough to be rushed online to hit sleepmode if they so wanted. For that matter, when almost everyone are busy having a holiday, just who are gonna attack?
Tbh, I never play FTW anymore, so I could care less, break or otherwise, but I agree the notice of there not being a special holiday break should have come earlier, because humans are creatures of habit...
Tbh, I never play FTW anymore, so I could care less, break or otherwise, but I agree the notice of there not being a special holiday break should have come earlier, because humans are creatures of habit...
Alcibiades
Plant Geneticist
The amount of people celebrating is vital. If everyone was born on July 23rd, we would all probably have a break to celebrate! If 5 people celebrated Xmas, then no one would give a ****. However, The point is that most people celebrate Christmas on one Specific day, so it's fair to give everyone a break on that Specific day since we're all probably trying to do our best to be with family. I've been contactable over Xmas, it doesn't mean I wouldn't prefer to spend time with my family instead of checking my online game. Personal days (birthdays anniversaries etc) are not the same as public holidays, especially one that nigh on everyone celebrates. And if oh don't celebrate Xmas and therefore don't care? Well my sympathies.
I believe the only one missing the point here is you...
Razorwolf
Pruner
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If what you are saying is true, then why don't we have a break on new years? If you want the break that's fine, go sleep mode... Removing the free break isn't stopping you from socialising or being with your family. Its what priorities you have...
Walking_Death
Harvester
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What he's saying is that you shouldn't have to choose.
In my opinion, it was the lack of notice that pissed me off, as well as the fact that this deprived me of an achievement
Hobbezak
Garden Designer
If my memory serves me correctly, it's more like 2 years. Two times doesn't make a row.
Dimitar
Landscape Designer
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Because, as Alci said, Christmas is a family holiday. It's one of the few opportunities some people get to be with their family, while New Year's eve is just a day on which people get massively wasted and getting online would be either impossible due to the sky-high blood alcohol levels, or completely appropriate because it's not really interfering with anything that special.
Alcibiades
Plant Geneticist
Yes. Two is a row.
Alcibiades
Plant Geneticist
Definitely Davs. But I hate making Hobbe look more foolish than he already does himself. It would hardly do for me to steal the spotlight.
Even if he is right, 2 years is a lot of rounds, which would make it a tradition regardless.
Even if he is right, 2 years is a lot of rounds, which would make it a tradition regardless.
Definitely Davs. But I hate making Hobbe look more foolish than he already does himself. It would hardly do for me to steal the spotlight.
Even if he is right, 2 years is a lot of rounds, which would make it a tradition regardless.
If he is right, then it's actually only 2 rounds out of 38(?), so it's really not a lot. But I'm pretty sure that it's been going for the majority, if not the entire time I've played this game (5+ years?).
Alcibiades
Plant Geneticist
2 years is more like 8 rounds. 76 days plus 1 week off is just under 9 rounds. That's enough to qualify as tradition.
Hobbezak
Garden Designer
I'm quite confident that you're making me look less foolish rather than more foolish with these kind of statements
I did not know there was a christmas break every round for the last 2 years. You sure showed me!
edit: But yeah, syntactically you got me there. 1 is a row, and 2 is a row. Kudos for that