Whens it going to hit the stores all the other big retailers have started come on frontier i have money i want to give you
Black friday stuff
- Thread starter Wyldwiisel
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Last year I believe they didn't put them up till either the Thursday or Friday of Black Friday
They are occupied to prepare the beta for tomorrow.
Black Thursday. Who cares about Black Friday. Day late!
A Robinson Crusoe reference, perhaps? [noob]
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Snap-a-doodles!
Chances are, it'll follow the same schedule as last year:
- Frontier won't address it on the forum because of their unrealistic expectation that people would remember when the Black Friday sales happened in all the preceding years.
- A group of players will accuse Frontier of "shoddy business practices" because they would have put it up sooner.
- Another group of players will remind the first group that Frontier has been perfectly consistent and reliable and there's no reason to panic.
- Thursday night will arrive, and cross into Friday at midnight in the Eastern Standard timezone. Black Friday sales have not appeared on the store by 12:01am EST. Panic ensues.
- Accusations will be made by some players that Frontier "does not care about" and "disrespects" their customers, and will cite as evidence that nothing has appeared in the store by 12:10am.
- Reminders will be given by other players that at 12:10am EST it's still hours before people even wake up in the UK, and normal business hours come much later. And that "Black Friday" is the day after a holiday not celebrated at all in the EU.
- By the time 12:am Friday reaches the Pacific Standard Timezone, full-blown panic will ensue, accusations and denial will set fire to the forums.
- After what is honestly a fairly SHORT time later, at a reasonable hour, Frontier will put up their Black Friday sale stuff on the store, and there will be much rejoicing, spending, and tears of joy that Frontier has not forgotten the players, despite evidence showing there was no reason or cause to believe they had.
- A few hours later, the first complaints about how much things cost on the Frontier store, despite there being no change in pricing from preceding years.
- A week later, the first complaints about how some "missed out" on the sale and that it wasn't fair, and that the things should be available year round
- A month later, everyone will forget all about it again till a week before next Black Friday.
Chances are, it'll follow the same schedule as last year:
- Frontier won't address it on the forum because of their unrealistic expectation that people would remember when the Black Friday sales happened in all the preceding years.
- A group of players will accuse Frontier of "shoddy business practices" because they would have put it up sooner.
- Another group of players will remind the first group that Frontier has been perfectly consistent and reliable and there's no reason to panic.
- Thursday night will arrive, and cross into Friday at midnight in the Eastern Standard timezone. Black Friday sales have not appeared on the store by 12:01am EST. Panic ensues.
- Accusations will be made by some players that Frontier "does not care about" and "disrespects" their customers, and will cite as evidence that nothing has appeared in the store by 12:10am.
- Reminders will be given by other players that at 12:10am EST it's still hours before people even wake up in the UK, and normal business hours come much later. And that "Black Friday" is the day after a holiday not celebrated at all in the EU.
- By the time 12:am Friday reaches the Pacific Standard Timezone, full-blown panic will ensue, accusations and denial will set fire to the forums.
- After what is honestly a fairly SHORT time later, at a reasonable hour, Frontier will put up their Black Friday sale stuff on the store, and there will be much rejoicing, spending, and tears of joy that Frontier has not forgotten the players, despite evidence showing there was no reason or cause to believe they had.
- A few hours later, the first complaints about how much things cost on the Frontier store, despite there being no change in pricing from preceding years.
- A week later, the first complaints about how some "missed out" on the sale and that it wasn't fair, and that the things should be available year round
- A month later, everyone will forget all about it again till a week before next Black Friday.
LOL, you crack me up.
Man it hurts when you choke on a mouthfull of Scotch
Wait, what? No add the Cobra Mk IV to the Frontier Store this year? OCD ship collectors are slacking this year.
Also remember the store crashes usually when there is a sale, so expect delays. I have all my black friday skins, just waiting on the krait skin.
Chances are, it'll follow the same schedule as last year:
- Frontier won't address it on the forum because of their unrealistic expectation that people would remember when the Black Friday sales happened in all the preceding years.
- A group of players will accuse Frontier of "shoddy business practices" because they would have put it up sooner.
- Another group of players will remind the first group that Frontier has been perfectly consistent and reliable and there's no reason to panic.
- Thursday night will arrive, and cross into Friday at midnight in the Eastern Standard timezone. Black Friday sales have not appeared on the store by 12:01am EST. Panic ensues.
- Accusations will be made by some players that Frontier "does not care about" and "disrespects" their customers, and will cite as evidence that nothing has appeared in the store by 12:10am.
- Reminders will be given by other players that at 12:10am EST it's still hours before people even wake up in the UK, and normal business hours come much later. And that "Black Friday" is the day after a holiday not celebrated at all in the EU.
- By the time 12:am Friday reaches the Pacific Standard Timezone, full-blown panic will ensue, accusations and denial will set fire to the forums.
- After what is honestly a fairly SHORT time later, at a reasonable hour, Frontier will put up their Black Friday sale stuff on the store, and there will be much rejoicing, spending, and tears of joy that Frontier has not forgotten the players, despite evidence showing there was no reason or cause to believe they had.
- A few hours later, the first complaints about how much things cost on the Frontier store, despite there being no change in pricing from preceding years.
- A week later, the first complaints about how some "missed out" on the sale and that it wasn't fair, and that the things should be available year round
- A month later, everyone will forget all about it again till a week before next Black Friday.
- Again there's no midnight black paintjob for the Dolphin. The forums burn down.
- it's (mostly, apart from some new stuff) the same stuff as last year, so this is a zero-effort cash-grab and people should boycott the store in protest.
I've been waiting for a year now for the Dolphin. And will probably have to wait another year to apply it, as my explorer is currently far out. The recent state of the ship is this:
As to your spoilered question: there are currently 36 ship types in the game - 38 if you include the beta. There's usually 24 days in the Christmas Countdown, and maybe three special paintjobs, including chrome(d). Worst case, that means 24/(38*3) = 4:19.
Unless of course whoever is responsible for the countdown has a bias towards the new ships that have been introduced during the last year. Then the odds will plummet.
Not where I live. We have "Black Friday" sales going for a week already, radio and TV commercials are dominated with "Black Friday-ish" sales and promotions. It's Wednesday and I'm sick of Black Friday. What is infuriating most is that those aren't even sales and promotions. 5-10% price drop isn't a sale, not to mention Black Friday sale.
On top of that most of shops change base price (the one before the discount) to make it look more attractive. They do it all the time and people are accustomed to that so we have FB/Twitter/Reddit posts that prove that. For example, one guy wanted to buy one thing and checked price few months ago. It was 2000 with a discounted price then of 1799. He waited for Black Friday to see how price changes. It changed to 1850 with a "base" price now being 2499.
At least in the colonies Black Friday is BLACK FRIDAY, over here in the U.K it’s already started, I’ve even heard one advert for a ‘Black Friday’ event that ENDS on Monday, five days BEFORE it’s supposed to start.
oh and there’s a report out that 87% of items on sale in the U.K last year were at one point CHEAPER than advertised during Black Friday sales. So go get your bargains
oh and there’s a report out that 87% of items on sale in the U.K last year were at one point CHEAPER than advertised during Black Friday sales. So go get your bargains
