You have notifications off but wonder why admins in different timezones than you, host when they want and not when you're online? What kind of drugs are you on lmao

No theres absolutely no issue with curiosity buddy and I never said so as I believe, though it seems really weird that you apperently know all of the friends of a staff member and write down the exact same time when they host, every single day.
And just for your info, the admins that host by far the most imo and by what I've seen so far, are probably Milo and Raina.
Like these guys really host a lot and seem quite nice.

We do try to host events more often but there are limitations such as time zones which prevent us from hosting when you expect us to. As for events being held around 12-5am, most of us who are awake in the afternoon or late evening might have other matters to attend to and I do host events around 10am-1pm for those who happen to live somewhere in America or similar countries with very different timings compared to Asia.

@Vici: Once again if you can read what I posted, the friends statement wasn't necessary (must I resize/bold that specific line for you?). It might be you that's on a substance because I haven't posted every day on this thread which admin hosted what and only mentioned one example, "Raina hosting Cliff Climber around 2am-3am", which isn't an exact time. To answer your question, I turned it on yesterday and 3-4 events occurred due to the fact players have messaged me or said on guild chat "Events happen late passed 12am". A curiosity that was answered. Don't know what's the issue here, I'm just requesting folks to host more frequently if they can.

So you know that admins have their own lifes but you still request them to host more
yeah ok seems fair

You're in here arguing with a bunch of social guild warriors and competitive chatters, dunno why you're putting yourself through this
No sense in even trying to make a case to people who have thousands of hours and little to no gameplay participation or experience

"I have a life, I can only host 1 event every week" is probably the stupidest justification though
Doesn't matter to me when events are hosted, but doesn't make sense to me that they're hosted so infrequently

Well,if you guys would like it, I could try to host more e.g. one per day?

dw fulgores gonna host at least 5 a day in the future.

The argument isn't that events aren't hosted because GPs have a life, but that they can't be expected to host 24/7, and just because its a specific time a day means they are trying to get their friends to win doesn't make much sense.

Doesn't seem unreasonable to me to ask GPs to host an event a day, takes like 10 minutes and we have how many GPs total?

The amount of time an event takes can vary depending on which event it is and the number of players. I have been trying to host one per day or at least one every two days but they probably happened to be hosted while you guys were offline or maybe afk. And no, I don't think that is an unreasonable request either.

That would be the ideal, but we have a few rules regarding events. We can't host one unless there's at least two more GPs online so the reports don't go unchecked, uploads also can't stop being reviewed, those are our priorities.

what feorth said lol but we could try :)

i asked once and the person i asked said there were some restrictions that made it a little harder than just hosting the event

edit: feorth clarified this above

i dont really understand how this happened though, people always say that GPs are in it for the fame, and imo hosting events was the quickest way there. why not host then? maybe most of the current gps aren't in it for the graal fame?

This is my take on events.

I've been playing Graal Classic on and off since 2009. I have never really cared all that much about events but it's clear that others do. Over the years I have seen events change and evolve, mostly for the worse but all the changes have been justified. Something that seems very apparent though is that there aren't enough staff members, or there aren't enough members that aren't from the US. Seeing as though the majority of players are from the US, it would make sense to have a lot of US staff but even at 3am (US time), there are still 2,000 players on. Those players, I would imagine, are mostly from other countries.

Between approving uploads, actually policing and hosting events, there just doesn't seem to be enough staff. Now I am in no way saying that the staff isn't doing their jobs or that they are being lazy etc, I'm saying there should be more staff to support the growing population of Graal. It would also take some of the work load off of the staff as a whole.

Back to events. Having some sort of bot or event house is a great idea, or even a schedule for when events are to be held so players know what's going on. Also, the queue system may be the best option in terms of who gets to participate in events, but I personally have yet to take part in an event in over 3 months, and I have entered the queue for most likely the majority of events. I don't really care about being in an event really, just the fact that I have yet to be chosen is odd though. It's funny that as I wrote this, an event was held...

ever since the event que's happened, I only got into 2 events. Shame on u classic. What's stopping you guys from making an Event house?? Cuz u want to be 'unique' compared to other servers .-. ?

Because apparently ******s complained that the same people win every time so now your chances of getting into an event (which are rarely ever even hosted anymore) is like 1%

Because too many people in one area can crash the npc server. It's the primary reason why event doors are sparingly used.

Is that statement actually true? I've never seen it happen. Maybe some lag, but I've never seen the server crash from this.

Think it's time for Colin to put an end to this chaos.

Anyone remember the time Marshmallow placed a warper on the bridge to swamp?

No idea who that is... and I was not on to see that one.

I think they should just host events more often, the reason that it was so exclusive was because few players knew the map, the luck system is pretty poorly done but I suppose it's pretty effective with it's main purpose. Events should be hosted more oftenly though, they're almost unheard of now, I've seen about one event in the past year.

& inb4 Colin closes

They wouldn't need a person to host if they were just done automatically.
With a currency instead of hats as prizes, then players can choose what they want to buy, after winning enough events.

The NPC Server crashed. I believe there was a thread about the server being down. Someone posted that Marshmallow had just placed a warper prior to it.

Why would that person place a warper in the first place, when this is a known issue?
Test or something?

He was new. I just assumed he wasn't trained properly, or at all.

People should hold themselves accountable to their failures. During my tenure as GP, I failed my responsibility as a host, and for that I apologize. It is worth noting that the following is not reflective of any past or current staff, nor do I believe all staff owe an apology. As a GP, you have a primary duty of providing a fair and safe environment to the players. When hosting, you are neglecting that duty in exchange of general player welfare. It is easy to fall into the misconception that events last merely a dozen minutes; factor in the sometimes 500 messages a staff would receives and that couple of minutes turns into an hour or two long ordeal. Knowing the tenuous player/staff relationship and the community's desire for more present staff, I take pride in knowing that I answered to my best of my ability every question I received however tempting the "delete all messages" button appeared. Factor in that I needed to devote considerable more time into responding to reports, hosting events took a toll on my primary tasks and my social life. Due to this, I chose to cut down on the hosting , especially during the last month's I was staff, and focus on reports. In the end I sacrificed fun for security. To all event fans between 2013 and 2015, I am sorry. TeeDee* (Would separate this into paragraphs if my phone would let me)

I've seen at least five events hosted today in the time I've been on, and I have not been on all that much today.


edit: 100th post, id like 2 thank the academy

after this thread, i see more events being hosted daily

I want to say it's only because of St. Patrick's Day and the limited edition admin hat that is being given away. Once the holiday passes they won't be able to host for that hat anymore, so they are probably just trying to give it out to as many people as possible before then.

Nope, that is true.


Accidentally did it once...not goood.

Yes, we are doing more recently for St. Patrick's Day but I will be trying to host more in the future up to 1-2 events daily depending on the conditions.

Same :>

Hello all! Not sure if anyone has stated this already but why not make events similar to activities such as Crab Chance in Destiny or Archery in Onnet Town? I think this way players will get the chance to play events whenever they want. The prizes should be similar to the prizes from said events. I think hosting events is a thing of the past and really unecessary. Btw, when is Capture the Flag gonna make a comeback? lol

What do you mean? A super long queue?

By the way, didn't you win an event yesterday?

A few hours ago yeah. I got into 3 events today, I think. So 3 out of 5-6.
1 normal spider pit, 1 super spider pit. 2 in a row.
Then at night, cliff climber.

Oh and in addition, while I was admin, I used to purposefully place multiple warps just so the same players never made it to an event. I loved it. I loved knowing how much better I was than any repeating player. Think you could make it to my event again? Think again punk. lol

It was so much fun. Admins just need to stop being lazy and place more warps, which I know, sadly do not exist anymore. It was just a strategy that worked pretty nice for me. Those were the good ol days lmao

Sure, I guess. Something like that. I was thinking placing events in event buildings all around graal. Players would get queued similar to how spars are. This would keep the players mixed. There wouldnt be "teams". The prizes should be kept simple like, gralats or whatever. No more hats. If there are to be events, they should strictly be for new areas or buildings opening.

If you had bothered to read previous posts you would know why warpers are rarely used. It isn't done out of lazyness... Moreover, you were staff? Must not have been long lol.

lol don't mess with the mummy

Actually, I was part of the staff team for over 2 years.

Also, funny you would even say such a thing being admin. Im surprised you're still part of staff being so rude and openly cruel to players. Being admin does not give you that right. I worked with you. Admins are just too scared now to try anything new for events. Try to actually be creative and keep the interest of players. Now, I only say this for events. Thats how I used to admin. I know things are different now.

Then we figured a way to beat past that obstacle, one of us would enter the warped and if it wasn't the correct one, we would just summon ourselves back and try the other ;D ezpz lemonsqzy

Yea, I know but it was still fun lol

If you were an admin then you should know admins are players too. Being rude and openly cruel isn't a right, it's a choice, and if you're criticizing that one remark pharaoh made, why don't you criticize the remark you made that indirectly insults all admins or the countless insulting messages other players may make. You may have been in the team last time but you certainly aren't now and as you said, things have changed. There are limitations to what we can do and as much as we would like to be 'creative' there are conditions as well.

I have seen other posts on here on other threads by Pharoah, which I am not going to go into. Also, are you seriuosly pointing out that admins are being unprofessional? I was under the impression that criticizing was not supposed to be part of being admin. Admins are supposed to be support staff. This is the type of power abuse admins take advantage of. Its sick to see staff standing up for other staff. Think its ok to abuse powers. Dont recall that as part of the job.

The event system as of now is stupid. Basically you have a 1/2000 chance of getting queued. I don't want to join a queue 2000 times to only be queued once. Especially because events are scarce af now.

Can they bring back Capture the flag(or whatever it's called), and Dodge? Those were one of the the nicest events hosted.

Do you mean Team Fort? And Dodge is the besttt. And Survivor and ice race were some of my favs

Yeah, it was team fort! Well since they're doing events again, I would like to see some of the old events back also... as long as it's not sumo. :smile:

Whaaaat?! Sumo is like one of the best ones. Why wouldn't u like that, cuz people can team?