Greed really does conquer all, doesn't it?
 

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It looks like greed won. D;

; o; And I certainly didn't help too much.

I'm sorry Mene, I failed joo. D: <333

Yeah it sure as hell did win this time. And I'm really disappointed in everyone that was greedy. It's sad. And I know there can be nothing done about it now but...like I said, it's really disappointing to see this happen during the time of year when you should be fucking GIVING not taking.

It was also because the update came later into the event than was hoped, causing it to go largely unnoticed...

Plus some friends and I agreed that the event's system was at fault as well... >.< It was kind of unfair as there were so few that actually donated the whole way through...

There was really big spike yesterday in greed's favor. I had hoped thre would be a big bunch of donating at the end.

I'm so sad - I donated all my yarn to channah - not one I was for greed - and it still didn't do anything D:

I didn't fail mene. I donated all my yarn but 10 balls!

Stupid greed. 3x

I rememer a couple of threads that encouraged users to donate half of what they spend. I think with the gross inactivity this event, the ones that were willing to do that weren't around enough to offset the really active spenders.

I'm still confused about how it actually worked. To me it read as if there was a pool of yarn and if you took any yarn AT ALL, no matter what you donated, you would have a deficit. Was that ever properly explained (not the FAQ)?

Well, the amount of yarn that was needed for Channah to make the scarf was in green, while the amount that's needed is in orange-ish. The amount of green would increase as yarns are donated, while it decreased as yarns were taken and spent.

All the yarn I've gotten today I've been donating.

> < But I really haven't gotten that much yarn...

from what i read somewhere in FAQ (or... somewhere else lol forgot), if you take a yarn, there's no effect to either side. it's when you spend, you get a decrease in channah's and increase in greed's. and it's when you donate, you get a bit of decrease in greed's and a bit of channah's. the "a bit" part is my assumption ^^;;

I think the conversion could have been better explained. Maybe if we had a value to shoot for, we could have convinced everyone to help us hit it early, and spend for the rest of the event. There was just so much uncertainty that I don't think many even tried to help.

T_T'

yea we pretty much failed.

The FAQ doesn't outline anything about what TAKING yarn does, just the spending of it. That's where my confusion is. If taking did nothing that would have been great.

The premise was very cute though, with the giant snowman and such. The snowfield picture was awesome, it looks like a ski resort.

@ guivre:
i meant it more of like, CK mentioned (either in that FAQ or in another thread--like i said, i forgot) what i was saying about the taking yarn. but yeah, i get you. it wasn't included at all in the front page of the FAQ.

to be honest, i initially thought it was kind of... ummm... useless of knitting a giant scarf for a giant snowman that would end up melting anyway. that's why, i initially was pretty much spending more than donating. i've donated quite a bit for the last few days (since i got everything that i wanted already). i kind of wish there was some sort of a number figure on that conversion thing that's more clear. like for each yarn spent at the store, is that the same amount lost by channah's or what? @_@;

I expected it to turn out this way actually. There are a lot of young users on here and when you are young you are more focused on yourself then others. It's not good or bad, it's just how it is. Focusing on the big picture comes with age. And while those younger users had all day to go at it, the older ones who are more focused on the bigger part of the event still had babies to take care of, laundry to fold, and dinner to cook. I know I did my best, and that is enough for me. :)

Me to, I know I have been donating every time for the last three days, but I guess I wanted too much from the store and should have started donating sooner. I assumed everyone was going to do what I did, save up for the things I really wanted and then donate the rest.

:/ I also failed, but...it didn't seem like there was much of a chance in the beginning. I donated a few yarn balls, but only after I finished getting the items I wanted. ._. I guess I figured that I wouldn't make much of a difference, and I suppose most people felt that way also?