Rain (110294179) wrote:

Autumn Glory (105171200) wrote:They are talking about the cat clock from the 50's theme........not the cross.

The cat clock never came back on a timer either. It was pulled and that was it.

Rain (110294179) wrote:

Autumn Glory (105171200) wrote:They are talking about the cat clock from the 50's theme........not the cross.

The cat clock never came back on a timer either. It was pulled and that was it.

Wolf (137737463) wrote:I gave away almost all my wearables when Z____ said they were shutting the game down. Well, we survived! When we moved to BVG, a friend was kind enough to return my Ninja costume to me. It didn't make a whole lot of sense to me to have just one costume when I knew i could never afford to buy back what I had given away. So, I put the Ninja in the AH with an initial bid of 1 mil, no buyout, 24 hr premium auction. I didn't know what to expect. Anyway, I wound up with 18 mil for it. A few nights later i saw an event offering the Cross at 18 mil. I had coveted that item since the start, so i spent the bulk of my little fortune on it. I was in love with the game again! lol

So, it comes out for 29 yo...no Ninja, a virtually "worthless" Cross. Broke. Not a good feeling.

Rain (110294179) wrote:

Autumn Glory (105171200) wrote:They are talking about the cat clock from the 50's theme........not the cross.

The cat clock never came back on a timer either. It was pulled and that was it.

Sooz (112570178) wrote:We're talking about the cat clock being put back in the store on a timer. Don't be so quick to snark up.

Seven (124946806) wrote:I don't think BVG is intentionally vague, but just seeing the progression of the statements on rereleases/release it is very much open interpretation. Before today, it wasn't very clear to me from anything that I read that an item that was officially in stores regardless of time would be rereleased. Basically saying if it was in stores then it's considered to have been fair for everyone to get unlike the unreleased items that made their way in the game. Fairness hinging on the fact that it was simply in the store. So this is all about semantics and interpretations. It wasn't clear until the statement was made in the thread today that "time" would be a consideration for rerelease.

Chach (120138544) wrote:[Well, there are differing opinions on that as well. I am so glad that we have you here to tell us exactly how it was

Wolf (137737463) wrote:I gave away almost all my wearables when Z____ said they were shutting the game down. Well, we survived! When we moved to BVG, a friend was kind enough to return my Ninja costume to me. It didn't make a whole lot of sense to me to have just one costume when I knew i could never afford to buy back what I had given away. So, I put the Ninja in the AH with an initial bid of 1 mil, no buyout, 24 hr premium auction. I didn't know what to expect. Anyway, I wound up with 18 mil for it. A few nights later i saw an event offering the Cross at 18 mil. I had coveted that item since the start, so i spent the bulk of my little fortune on it. I was in love with the game again! lol

So, it comes out for 29 yo...no Ninja, a virtually "worthless" Cross. Broke. Not a good feeling.

Speed 711 (184081390) wrote:

Wolf (137737463) wrote:I gave away almost all my wearables when Z____ said they were shutting the game down. Well, we survived! When we moved to BVG, a friend was kind enough to return my Ninja costume to me. It didn't make a whole lot of sense to me to have just one costume when I knew i could never afford to buy back what I had given away. So, I put the Ninja in the AH with an initial bid of 1 mil, no buyout, 24 hr premium auction. I didn't know what to expect. Anyway, I wound up with 18 mil for it. A few nights later i saw an event offering the Cross at 18 mil. I had coveted that item since the start, so i spent the bulk of my little fortune on it. I was in love with the game again! lol

So, it comes out for 29 yo...no Ninja, a virtually "worthless" Cross. Broke. Not a good feeling.

I feel for people like this. Took a big one for the team and feels pretty much robbed.

Rain (110294179) wrote:

Chach (120138544) wrote:[Well, there are differing opinions on that as well. I am so glad that we have you here to tell us exactly how it was

I was here at that time and I remember it very well. The Cat Clock was pulled with no warning and not put back.

Likkety Split (106551670) wrote:

Sooz (112570178) wrote:

AmBeR (3071891) wrote:Oh I actually thought it was released as a collectible... hmm I do have one though. It was released for a week though and wasn't taken out because of complaining. I'm not sure why it was taken out then.

It was on a timer...

It was taken out because according to Zynga there was an issue with the code and the wagging of the tail. They said their techs would work on it and put it back. It never came back.

I have no idea if that's the truth, but that was their official statement.

Rain (110294179) wrote:It's also interesting to see how the "history" of the Celtic Cross is being revised tonight to support arguments against releasing it.

Old story: It was a short time release of a few minutes before being pulled from store.

New story (that I have never heard before tonight): It was a short time release of a few minutes before being pulled from store, but was then put back in store on an official timer, thus making it fairly available to all players.

I'm not really buying the New Story. Sorry.

Rain (110294179) wrote:

Chach (120138544) wrote:[Well, there are differing opinions on that as well. I am so glad that we have you here to tell us exactly how it was

I was here at that time and I remember it very well. The Cat Clock was pulled with no warning and not put back.

Autumn Glory (105171200) wrote:

Seven (124946806) wrote:I don't think BVG is intentionally vague, but just seeing the progression of the statements on rereleases/release it is very much open interpretation. Before today, it wasn't very clear to me from anything that I read that an item that was officially in stores regardless of time would be rereleased. Basically saying if it was in stores then it's considered to have been fair for everyone to get unlike the unreleased items that made their way in the game. Fairness hinging on the fact that it was simply in the store. So this is all about semantics and interpretations. It wasn't clear until the statement was made in the thread today that "time" would be a consideration for rerelease.

I know I read that some said they are being vague on purpose. I don't think they are being intentionally vague. I also don't think they are trying to upset players long time players. I am simply saying that the changing language does leave it up to interpretation which causes some to be concerned. I just don't understand why on an item like this, that was officially released, they couldn't have just made a new cross.

Autumn Glory (105171200) wrote: See? That is exactly my point. No one knows what the real situations were or exactly how long something was in the store.....Did someone have a stop watch on the cross? LOL As I said, it was an official release, regardless of time, in my opinion, they should have left it alone and made another cross......

Laura (138237058) wrote:The story I have been told including the one from my BFF who was around at the time was the cross was in and out of the store before she knew about its release and the official story was like the mouth urinal it offended some so they pulled it before all could see and have a chance to buy it.

Star NooB (115393309) wrote:

Nifty niffler (7573493) wrote:yes - the cross was available for a very very short time and pulled without warning. I didn't even have a chance to see or buy the item as I was asleep (I live in England) when the whole thing happened - though I was a very active player at the time.
This was not an item that everyone had a chance to buy and therefore I feel it cannot be compared to any item that was pulled with a timer.

Look at that! finally some logic. Well said!

Rain (110294179) wrote:

Laura (138237058) wrote:The story I have been told including the one from my BFF who was around at the time was the cross was in and out of the store before she knew about its release and the official story was like the mouth urinal it offended some so they pulled it before all could see and have a chance to buy it.

Yep, it was probably a matter of mere minutes. BVG has been completely upfront about items like this. There is NO deception, no "Lies", no mystery, no misleading of any kind....they addressed items like this long ago. I expected this release.