Frequently Asked Questions
● When will the event end?
Winter Nights 2010 will end sometime on the evening of Sunday, January 2nd.
● How do I participate in the event?/How do I earn event currency?
There is no event currency for this event. This is a very 'low-tech' event this year!
You participate in the event by posting in the event forum and hopefully entering the various contests or games that are stickied to the top of the
Winter Nights Contests forum!
● Are there event rares? How do I earn them?
Yes - there are event rares. The
All Under the Holiday Tree shop contains just the event rares. You may purchase them directly for gold, but you can win one for free by participating in any of the stickied
staff contests and games in the
Contests forum.
Please note that after the event, the rares will be removed from the shops and discontinued, just like regular event rares.
There are also 'Caroling EIs' that you can learn more about in my next post.
● I don't have enough time to participate in games/contests during the event and I don't have enough gold to buy them - that's not fair!
Sorry you feel that way! We did our best to figure out some non-coding way to distribute the rare items fairly, and this was the best solution we could come up with. Some of the site's charities/games will get a few extras to hand out as prizes after the event, so there is the possibility that you can earn them that way at your own pace.
● Are there event commons?
Yes! Just head down to the
Special Event Store.
Not all of the commons will be available right away. This post will be edited when all of the event commons have been added to the shop. All in. :)
Please note that these items
will be available after the event ends. However, they will be moved to different shops (for example - the Jolly Coats will be in the Wonderland Boutique) after the event for
twice their current price (for example - if something cost 50 gold now, it would be 100 gold after the event ends).
● Hey, isn't that event common a recolor of an existing common? / You missed a color!
Yep - that's true! Some of the event commons this year are edits or recolors of pre-existing commons. Last event we did the same thing and people mainly seemed to be enthusiastic about it, so we added a few more recolors as seemed appropriate.
If you feel we've 'missed' a color of an item, that may be the original color for the item. Check the regular shops. :)
Extra bit of layering info can be found
HERE.