WORST event ever: let's settle this

neuroheart wrote:

monicaL9 wrote:

neuroheart wrote:

monicaL9 wrote:
I know the Easter boxes were a little shifty but I still got a lot of good prizes and got some free donuts out of it. And even though during that whole event I was basically screaming and threatening to throw my IPad at the wall whenever I got more Easter Fences (I got A LOT of those) ... CoC is definitely the worst for me. Not excited about the prizes either.

This puzzles me. How is screaming and wanting to break an expensive piece of technology out of frustration better than being "not excited"? I honestly don't comprehend this. Please explain.

Okay I definitely exaggerated a little when I said I was screaming and wanting to throw my tablet during the entire Easter event. What I was trying to say was that besides the frustration of getting repetitive prizes and certain prizes that were downright impossible (Father Sean, Mary Boppins, etc), I still got a lot of prizes that I really do like whereas in CoC I'm not really interested in any of the prizes or buildings. Easter May have been a sham but for me it still beats out CoC.

I hope that makes more sense

I'm not saying your opinion is wrong, I just don't understand it.

Even "metaphorical" screaming and wanting to break your device (which I do relate to) seems like more cause for hate than simply not being terribly interested.

Let's use the example of food, just for simplicity. Say that you entered a cake raffle, and most of the cakes on display were these wonderful creations in all your favorite flavors. You are told you will definitely win a cake. You get several free tickets for downloading and opening an app, right, and you are very excited. Then you win a cupcake. Maybe it's a tasty cupcake. But there's another chance to win that delicious Bavarian cake (or whatever.) You win another cupcake. One that is not a flavor you care for. But there's another drawing! It'll be fine. So, you win a cupcake that's actually a bran muffin with powdered sugar on top. Well, we can't give you another free ticket. Try again tomorrow, then, you can still win the most delicious cake. (But really, you will only win that cake if you get eighty tickets, and we aren't giving out that many tickets no matter how many times you open that free ticket app you downloaded. You'll have to pay for more.)
In this instance, I believe that most people are bummed about not getting a good cake, and super ticked off about that bran muffin. Even though they got a cupcake, it seems lame next to what was on offer.

Contrast: you're a store and get handed a free box of crackers, just for taking the time to walk through the store. Not the most exciting food, not your favorite cake, and maybe you're not sure what to do with them. But hey, free crackers.
In this instance, I believe most people are not super bummed about the crackers, even if they don't care much. They're not going to stop going to that store. They may never use the crackers, but this doesn't stand out as a bad experience.

Hopefully, this explains why I really don't understand preferring the frustration of a (as you so aptly put it) sham of an event. A free cupcake may technically be preferable to free crackers, but the context is very important.

Some people enjoy having a lot to do in a game, and don't mind some frustration as they play, as they feel that is part of the challenge of the game. This is preferable to an event with nothing to do.

For me, CoC has made me almost stop playing. That's pretty much the opposite from what I want in a game. For Easter, while there were some frustrations, I was engaged the entire event because I was enjoying the game play and trying hard to get some prizes. That made it preferable for me.

I'm not a completionist so the fact that I did not "complete" the event and get every prize was ok for me. At the end, having received a few new buildings and characters made it worth it to me (even though there were a few more things I would have liked to have gotten). I'm not sure if there is a different response from people depending on what they ended up actually winning. It is clear that receiving prizes based on the element of chance was not popular with many people. But for me I'd prefer to be a little frustrated and very engaged to not caring about the game at all.