Guild Wars 2

Well, since it’s Thanksgiving, Europe is thanking you for installing this implementation of leaderboard right before Thanksgiving.

Fror.2163:

Well, since it’s Thanksgiving, Europe is thanking you for installing this implementation of leaderboard right before Thanksgiving.

Have you ever used Anet’s leaderboards? If you have, you might notice that US and EU are separate.

https://leaderboards.guildwars2.com/en/eu/achievements

Looks like I made some more connections than you in my head before posting this: EU has quite a number of US players on their servers, making this even more ironic than what you initially thought. EU leaderboard will be composed of US players!

…this week is US thanksgiving. Is it also EU’s thanksgiving?

Also, I’d like to point out that I don’t think it’s much of a coincidence that this particular (controversial) patch is coming out right before anet’s employees go on vacation.

Not sure if serious or trolling so I’ll assume serious.

EU or even non-American people have no Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is purely an American celebration.

Actually from friends telling me, I know that Canadians have thanksgiving! also, my friend in South Africa has a thanksgiving. So I’m just assuming a lot of places have them.

Lilith Ajit.6173:

Actually from friends telling me, I know that Canadians have thanksgiving! also, my friend in South Africa has a thanksgiving. So I’m just assuming a lot of places have them.

Canada’s Thanksgiving was last month

BobbyT.7192:

Lilith Ajit.6173:

Actually from friends telling me, I know that Canadians have thanksgiving! also, my friend in South Africa has a thanksgiving. So I’m just assuming a lot of places have them.

Canada’s Thanksgiving was last month

I know, I just meant that other places do have thanksgiving as a holiday, even if they’re not at the same time.

Lilith Ajit.6173:

Actually from friends telling me, I know that Canadians have thanksgiving! also, my friend in South Africa has a thanksgiving. So I’m just assuming a lot of places have them.

We should have Thankcanada day for them putting up with us. They give us clean arctic air and we give them acid rain.. poor Canada lol

Fror.2163:

Not sure if serious or trolling so I’ll assume serious.

EU or even non-American people have no Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is purely an American celebration.

EU as well as other countries do have thanksgiving. It isn’t called thanksgiving but it’s the same crap we doing over here lol. Not all American’s are off that day or enjoying a whole week off like other countries do BUT that’s not the point. It’s more interesting to me that you claim that the EU server apparently is flooded by Americans. I highly doubt that most of us with a ping of 10 – 75 would trade that for a server with a ping of around 200+. Might be just me that lacks to see why Americans would prefer the EU server……

slurpey.6014:

EU as well as other countries do have thanksgiving. It isn’t called thanksgiving but it’s the same crap we doing over here lol. Not all American’s are off that day or enjoying a whole week off like other countries do BUT that’s not the point. It’s more interesting to me that you claim that the EU server apparently is flooded by Americans. I highly doubt that most of us with a ping of 10 – 75 would trade that for a server with a ping of around 200+. Might be just me that lacks to see why Americans would prefer the EU server……

EU servers are probably not flooded by Americans but NA servers are most likely populated by other nations than Americans. Like Koreans or Brazilians.

haviz.1340:

EU servers are probably not flooded by Americans but NA servers are most likely populated by other nations than Americans. Like Koreans or Brazilians.

Still doesn’t make any sense.

slurpey.6014:

Still doesn’t make any sense.

My statement does not make any sense? What is wrong with it? Care to elaborate?

slurpey.6014:

Fror.2163:

Not sure if serious or trolling so I’ll assume serious.

EU or even non-American people have no Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is purely an American celebration.

EU as well as other countries do have thanksgiving. It isn’t called thanksgiving but it’s the same crap we doing over here lol.

Care to give me a couple of examples? I’ve lived in Europe for all my life and traveled around quite a bit. I have never seen or heard of any thanksgiving-like celebration in any European country.

Wikipedia only lists a commemorative church service in the Netherlands (no mention of family dinners or somesuch) and the info on the German Erntedankfest is wrong – it is not actively celebrated in any households I know of; it’s a religious thing (but not a holiday) so it’s only celebrated by the religious minority and/or some smaller towns in catholic Southern German. Source: being German.

The only thanksgiving-like dinners I’ve had were those that my Canadian boyfriend has cooked for me, or other North American expats I’m friends with.

There are the words and there is the spirit of the words. You didn’t focus on the latter at all.

Thanksgiving isn’t a holiday in Europe. Anywhere. Look at the WP entry.

Now this being said, there are not many NA guys on EU servers. But those are usually active because they have good reasons to be invested in the game in EU rather than in NA. And given the long Thanksgiving week-end in the US, the US guys will play more and there is a chance for them to make it to level 50 before European (or rest of the world).

I’m don’t even really care about leaderboards. I accept that it is present, but I’d find it ridiculous that because of the timing, the EU leaderboard would be thrusted by NA guys (because holidays because Thanksgiving).

I don’t know. I’m not going to be able to play during the holidays, family engagements and such.

It’ll probably be a mix.

I remember on another NA holiday (was it veterans’ day?) American players complained that the new release fell on a family holiday that people were going to spend with their families, and not gaming.

Now people complain because they think this falling on a family holiday will give Americans an edge.

Uh…. ?

Pixelpumpkin.4608:

I remember on another NA holiday (was it veterans’ day?) American players complained that the new release fell on a family holiday that people were going to spend with their families, and not gaming.

Now people complain because they think this falling on a family holiday will give Americans an edge.

Uh…. ?

Good point,. I think the only issue with the time of release is the fact that anet will be on vacation, and thus unavailable for support

I’m American and will be celebrating Thanksgiving on Thursday. I also am off work from Thursday til Monday and plan on getting in a lot of GW2 time. Thank you for the easy top spots on the leader boards

This will not matter once they increase the level cap.