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OK ST. PATRICK's i get but what about ST. David's day or ST Andrew's day or even ST. George's day. will evony give out chest on those days?
BTW evony whisky is Scottish thing u should have went with Guinness so do the rest of the U.K get a chest for there resective days? http://bbs.evony.com/images/smilies/...x.gif:soapbox:
It's because Ireland is cooler. :)
Or maybe because St. Patrick's Day is more widely celebrated worldwide than other national saints' days.
really cos last time i saw Ireland was fighting over religion
Some dissidents still are fighting.Quote:
Originally Posted by MRsmokesta
I'm Catholic, what would happen to me if I proclaimed that fact in a Ranger's pub In Glasgow?
Hmmm...
i wouldn't like to say bud that would be dodgy
but if u did would u feel safe in there?
No, that's the point. We aren't the only country fighting over religion as you said previously.Quote:
Originally Posted by MRsmokesta
Back on-topic, Evony chose Thanksgiving because the majority of their players celebrate it even though other countries don't because it has nothing to do with them. There are St. Patrick's Day parades all over the world but St. George's, Andrew's and David's Days aren't celebrated worldwide. In fact, 40 million American people claim Irish ancestors, so that's another reason for it.
There are large populations of people in Britain & US who can claim Irish decent.
True there have been troubles in Ireland, Northern Ireland in particular which were caused by religion not race. Actually the Brits & Irish are pretty similar in many cultural ways.
Anyway because of the Irish descendent's across the world St Patrick's Day is celebrated globally. This is why Evony have given us this special package.
i appreciate but i does seem like evony is ignoring other ppl countries
and anyways my gran is Irish and am Scottish just seems evony wants to pick and choose certain holidays
Ok, about Ireland, that's between Catholics and Protestants. And about whiskey, I think you're right, it is Scottish.
only diff betweeb scottish whisky and Irish whisky is ,scottish whisky is distilled 3 times and irish is 2 times
So you're suggesting we should have a package for:
St David's Day
St Georges's Day
St Andrew's Day
The numerous catholic saints & their days
Oh there's Australia Day
Chinese New Year
Bastille Day
Guy Fawkes
Oh I could go on all day.... but seriously how many of those days outside their native countries does anyone celebrate or even know about.
Evony have got to draw the line somewhere.
I see nothing to really complain about, the main player base of the game is American, so obviously most of the holiday offers will be for something that is actually celebrated there, or well known there. The important thing to remember is that you too can take advantage of these offers, I do not understand why this is actually an issue, it is just a theme for a special offer. If you were to get special offers for every holiday, of every country with any sizeable player base, then there would be no point in them at all.
Firstly, this is not evidence of xenophobia at all. :)
DoubleM is right about the importance of St Patrick's day. In the US, it is a hugecdeal, the supermarkets sell all kinds of green junk, just like Halloween and St Valentine's day. St Andrew's day is not widely known in the US.
so it was just the irish that were immigrants to America?
Where's DoubleM's post?Quote:
Originally Posted by Boleslav
every day is a holiday somewhere. you have to pick and choose
I don't get angry that they don't have Waitangi day gifts, or ANZAC day gifts.
This thread is not OT appropro, it's got a liitle taste of evony, a splash of religion and a snifter of whiskey.
I don't know a single gaming company that recognizes every known holiday of every known country or culture in the world. Yet it always feels like Evony's the only one that ever gets flak for doing the same thing every other gaming company does.