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Okay, some context: I've done almost every Christmas event since I was young. I loved going in every year and playing the new event, it always got me in the Christmas spirit and it's become a tradition to play it every year. Even when I wasn't actively playing the game, I would make sure I signed back in to at least play the Christmas event. I have fond memories specifically of the 2005 event where you had to go into Santa's workshop and you could get the red green and blue marionettes. The events were always super creative, and I had a blast with them.

These events haven't all been great, but a lot of them have. I really liked the 2021 event as it was decently lengthy, had a bunch of different things you could do. Last year's was okay. A bit short, but it was fun.

This year? C'mon now. It takes maybe 5-10 minutes to figure out a simple sliding ice puzzle and then you sling some snowballs at Anti-santa and you're done. That's it. I don't expect a full on lengthy quest for something that's only going to be in the game for a couple weeks, but this just felt like it was completely phoned in at the last minute. Anyone else feel this way?

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11 months ago - /u/JagexMaylea - Direct link

We were given very limited time to work on it, very little support as everyone was stuck on bigger projects, but still with desire for it to be a new event since Halloween was so poorly received. Soooo... You're not wrong. It was a very intense minute, though.

11 months ago - /u/JagexMaylea - Direct link

Originally posted by Rat-Loser

I honestly think you did great. It was quick, fun and had silly humour.

<3

11 months ago - /u/JagexMaylea - Direct link

Originally posted by TheBananaCzar

Has there ever been consideration into just re-enabling the old events each year? Give players the ability to replay all the previous events, or a select rotation of events?

There was, that was the other option. But the team decided that a new event would most likely be received better this time around, especially since we also announced it in the summit, and I thought I could make something pretty cool by plagerising my own code from 2008, which IS pretty old school if you think about it. Yet you could never perform tricks in the original.
But honestly if there's a mood for it I reckon we would bring back (really) old events some time.