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Posted November 6th, 2009 by Sardu

# 1,203 - Have holiday events taken the thunder out of anniversary celebrations?
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Once upon a time in the magical land of MMOGs, in-game anniversary celebrations set the bar for what would become one of the staples of the industry in the years to follow. Much of the more recent flood of holiday themed events came into being thanks in large part to how developers formerly opted to commemorate milestones in the overall lifecycle of their creations. With two such major milestones just around the corner, we take a look at how one of these events stacks up to the celebrations of yesteryear today in Loading… Fabled or Forgotten?

Yep

I firmly believe that the developers should hold celebrations with rewards and special goodies for the loyal who have stayed around and paid their dues with all of the headaches an problems they encountered.

I liked getting the 4 year baby blizzard bear.

I do think there should be events to celebrate the milestone anniversaries five yeas is a good one and I think something more than a party on a test server is in order.

as far as events go, I do miss the times when they had actual GM controlled events. Like in the origonal EQ when one of the avatars of the gods would appear controled by a GM I'll never forget the day I was heading into black burrow and ran smack into Bristlebane, who promptly sent me flying across the zone about a hundred...

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Like in the origonal EQ when one of the avatars of the gods would appear controled by a GM good times. =)
Oh heck yeah, I remember the first time I encountered one of these events up in ButcherBlock Mountains. several GMs had an area kinda roped off from the mobs they were spawning{mostly consisting of the undead} from getting out to the other low lvl areas.

Anyway once you stepped into this ...

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