All Saints' Wake 2020

[Penthea]

Probably because it's an event based on a distinctly US celebration not really followed in any other country other than local shops trying to make money from kids weaned on too much imported US pop culture (I'm Australian and here Halloween is regarded as "that crass American holiday" to put it politely and ignored by the majority of the population)

You have to remember that this is an international game that is to appeal to just not US players but players around the world.

Halloween is from Celtic Europe. I don't know about the other countries with Celtic history but I can tell you Halloween has always been celebrated in Ireland, even long before the USA adopted it. I know that presently Ireland and the UK celebrate it. I frequently hear about other countries around the world who have also taken it into their own culture and celebrate it too.

[Lexi]

Some people really think them joining both events meant there'd be content-worth of two events under one event banner?

They must have probably been living under a Covid-less rock.

If they could work on two full events, they'd have two separate events, geniuses.

Nah I just thought they would add the Halloween items to the make it rain event.

[Zohar_Lahar]

With how things are this year, maybe it is time they introduce the Ghost Square to the Gold Saucer.

[MsQi]

Wasn't that the haunted inn? I would love to see that! It should be functioning inn, but it could also be an interactive haunted house you can wander around for fun.

[SannaR]

Kind of bummed that we're only getting the haunted Manor. Hopefully next All saints Wake will be a blast and not have to be skipped. Though it will be sort of fun to see a member of the circus at the Gold Saucer as Make it Rain tends to be one of the few times npcs you normally don't see at the saucer be there trying out the games. It's nice to know that occasionally they're allowed to take a break from their important jobs. Unless you're Hinorit then sadly your job of making sure the youngest Fortemps son isn't constantly shirking his responsibilities is never ending.

[Daniolaut]

Only adding the Halloween rewards to the Gold Saucer without any thematic connection is... meh, but better than not getting anything at all.

I'm just sad the infamous transformation into a NPC will be absent this year. Has always been one of the highlights for the community.

Might want to reconsider this. I am not seeing any all saints' wake items at the gold saucer.

They sure have added a lot to the mog station lately. I know they need to make additional income due to the pandemic, but, feeling a little shafted.

[JamieRose]

Might want to reconsider this. I am not seeing any all saints' wake items at the gold saucer.

They sure have added a lot to the mog station lately. I know they need to make additional income due to the pandemic, but, feeling a little shafted.

Microtransactions are always the last thing to get cut backs.

[Shibi]

I'm Australian and here Halloween is regarded as "that crass American holiday" to put it politely and ignored by the majority of the population

It's rather unusual that (outside of zoomers) we Aussies don't observe the three days of Hallowmas, but maybe we are a little unique in this weirdness, which pushes it more on us, than the Americans.

Why our country hasn't really recognised Hallowmas has always made me wonder. It might be because of the large number of Protestant vs a tiny number of Catholics that emigrated here in the 1880s, or that our seasons are reversed (it's about as weird to have a harvest festival in spring as it is to think of snow when the air conditioner is running full bore and the roads are melting!)

Using a resource like Trove shows a total of only 7,000 entries for HALLOWE'EN in the papers between 1910 and 1920, dropping to 2,000 in 1950. Going back to the 1880s it's mentioned less than 1000 times as "the Scotch Holiday".

But I don't think that we regard it as a crass American holiday, more "just another weeknight that slips our mind" sort of thing.

[Kisik]

As I've seen here, it seems its confirmed Halloween's event will be canceled, and instead we will get the Gold Saucer one with some of the Halloween planned rewards.

I didn't see any "halloween planned rewards", did I miss something? The haunted house has a single imp in it, that will cast a glamour on you, but you can't leave the house without removing the glamour. Meh.

[Coletergeist]

I was looking forward to getting some Halloween glams, but I cant seem to find any.

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