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I really dont even know where to begin on this thread. I stepped away from it because the so called critisism was getting way to personal for my taste.
Hula I am sorry if you have read this post. It was not meant to be an 'attack Hula for not giving me a pin' day. I for one am happy you are Hosting this event. I cant wait till next Monday
Thank you for all the great pins you handed out and even giving some lucky players a treasure magic.
Now.. where to begin...
Ok, she may, in fact have proposed it and it was approved. Therefore, VMK does not have a problem with poor service.
I'm not going to express my feelings on this except to remind you that words do hurt.
Seems to me some people forget the extra and most likely unpaid hours all the staff put in yesterday all day to get the rooms judged. For a free game I highly doubt if anyone gets paid overtime, let alone a good amount of pay. Thank you Hosts for those extra hours you put in and worked late just so we would have one less thing to complain about.
Hula did have a problem getting on that was totally out of her hands. She did everything she could. To make up for this she kept the room open past the hours she was supposed to have so we could have a full 2 hours of pin trading. Again so we would have one less thing to complain about.
Nobody knows how the pins were chosen. My personal opinion? Hula did a quick peek into each of our inventories to see which pin we did not have yet. Hence " magical " pin trading. Takes a little longer yes, worth the wait? definately!
Did everyone forget this was the first host event in weeks? Everyone who got in had a chance to tell Hula something. I know most of us here even the ones not happy with todays event have missed seeing her
Then take into count the people who have been waiting for weeks at a chance to ask a Host a VMK technical question. Not sure she would have even answered them today but still it takes time to ask while others are waiting.
Also bc this event was at a different time some people who dont normally make it into pin trading got to. I am sure a few had to be told what they needed to do.
Can I see with all of this combined (slightly tired from gingerbread house judging, possible needing to peek into everyones inventory, quick hi's or questions, new people in the event not sure what to do) Yeah I can see a minute and a half per trade. Oh and yes we shouldn't forget the lag monster who always seems to find Hula at the worst possible times.
I think those of you who are unhappy should first take a breath and count to ten. Then take a moment and think of how this is going to look to someone else and most likely the person/host you are upset with. I feel bad for Hula bc she does not have a voice here. She has no way of explaining what happened. You want to ask about today, then try in game during her event. If she says something there that makes you not happy then by all means.. complain. I for one will not stand in your way. But dont sit here knowing she has no voice and take it out on her like that. Nobody deserves that kind of treatment.
With all that said I hope those of you who did not make it in this week get to next monday. For those of you not happy with Hulas pin choice or the long wait, nobody is going to make you get back in line. For those of you who did make it in congrats!
Many hugs to you Aloha Girl! Sorry this thread was hurtful at times but I hoped you looked past that to those of us who understand life aint always perfect.
Side note: Hulas last trading event? As far as I can remeber was her yard sales. Everyone had a great time there as I am sure we will have doing pin trades with her.