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Your Glitch's Birthday

Record the game day that your character begins in the world. When that day comes around, have a special quest, or a buff, or something. Even just a special birthday cake waiting for you. Or your house gets decorated in party materials.

Posted 19 months ago by Lord Bacon-o Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • the cake, almost certainly, is a lie
    Posted 19 months ago by SQUIRT Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Nice Idea Lord Bacon-o
     Have you played animal crossing? You get a cake when it is your characters birthday. I loved getting mine :)
    Posted 19 months ago by Misha Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I love this idea.
    Posted 19 months ago by glum pudding Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Misha, I haven't. Actually, I was just on Facebook an feeling annoyed because I felt like I had to write a Happy Birthday note to someone I don't really know so well. Somehow got to this.
    Posted 19 months ago by Lord Bacon-o Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This is really awesome, you could do real b-days too. I had a lovely party.
    Posted 19 months ago by Ani Laurel Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Nice idea Lord Bacon-o ::)
    Posted 19 months ago by gia Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The problem with it that once the game goes live there will be several thousand glitches with the same birthday on whatever the first day will be.

    Edit: just thought of something else, if we could have birthdays, we could also have starsigns and wacky horoscopes.
    Posted 19 months ago by Fussycat Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I can see it being a problem having your character's birthday as so many people will probably join at once when it becomes live.  But, would be nice for YOUR birthday!  Who doesn't like Happy Birthday acknowledgements :)
    Posted 19 months ago by Cabinwood Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 on having wacky horoscopes. 

    I think it would be nice to get a little acknowledgement or perhaps a free few credits on your real birthday. 

    Since the in-game calendar has 4 hour days, the logistics of having it on your in-game birthday might be too difficult since it might fall at an awkward time for you to log in? Plus is the length of the glitch year even the same as the real year?
    Posted 19 months ago by FrankenPaula Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Cough cough! Saturday....just sayin ;)
    Posted 19 months ago by Misha Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Opps!
    Posted 19 months ago by Misha Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Double opps..blushes
    Posted 19 months ago by Misha Subscriber! | Permalink
  • FrankenPaula, if it was a gift like a cake (or a present that you open and causes streamers to fall similar to Sparkle power), it could be waiting for you if you don't log on on you Glitch Birthday.
    The reason I like the Glitch birthday is because, yes, the calendars ARE different and don't line up. In general, I would like more things attached to the in-game calendar. (I believe there are plans for that.) I also want more things that relate to the Glitch World and are removed from the Real World. To give the world more precieved depth... even if it is silly. Heck, especially if it is silly.
    Love the idea of horoscopes! I start working up a fake chart system just for fun.
    Posted 19 months ago by Lord Bacon-o Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh, yeah, Glitch horoscopes it is! I would LOVE to read my fake horoscope at the beginning of the new Glitch day!

    I also believe we should be able to cook fortune cookies that have similar hoopla as the spin wheel and similarly ill-advised fortunes.
    Posted 19 months ago by Mistress*of*Fishies Subscriber! | Permalink
  • You've convinced me, Lord Bacon-o! I would like to see more in-glitch calendar events too.
    Posted 19 months ago by FrankenPaula Subscriber! | Permalink
  • M*o*F, fortune cookies! Love it!

    This is drifting from birthdays but who cares. How about this? An astrology skill. Allows you to make horoscopes and fortunes and who knows what else. Uses paper.

    Fortunes can be ingredients for Fortune Cookies that when you eat who get a random buff (and sometimes, but much rarer, a debuff) or Favor or experience or anything really.
    Posted 19 months ago by Lord Bacon-o Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm for it! Fortune telling, birthdays, holidays. It's all good stuff.
    Posted 19 months ago by Freeman Subscriber! | Permalink
  • SQUIRT, I'm curious, what do you mean, the cake is a lie?
    Posted 19 months ago by Cupcake Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Well, we already had a Chickenburger day during one test with all the chicken suits. I'd love to see it become an annual Glitch holiday. Best test-closing party ever!
    Posted 19 months ago by Mistress*of*Fishies Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Cupcake: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=the+cake+is+a+lie
    Posted 19 months ago by Zany Serendipity Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Lord Bacon-o, I LOVE the idea of celebrating Glitch Birthdays but, as Fussycat said, when the game goes live, most of us will have the same birthday!!!!  Must be some way we can work around that tho....  maybe the first time we get a ticket to spin the wheel, it could be to determine our birthday?    And I, too, would love more things connected with that quirky calander.  And just what is this three day holiday coming up called "Root?"  Any ideas?
    Posted 19 months ago by Pirate Apples Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yes. The "we will all have the same birthday" issue is a tricky one. (That is if we all log on in the first four hours... Okay, yes. That is what we will do.)
    Long term, it is a lot less of an issue. The vast majority of players will not be testers so that would be less of an issue as time goes on. In my mind, I think it would be okay to have a testers sharing a Glitch B-day. Heck, it would then me sort of a special holiday: Mass B-Day/Launch Day.

    I am going to start a glitch calendar/holiday thread to discuss all of the holidays.
    Posted 19 months ago by Lord Bacon-o Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yeah, good point.  A mass bday is probably not a bad thing. :)
    Posted 19 months ago by Pirate Apples Subscriber! | Permalink
  • How about if too many people have the same birthday, or if you don't like your birthday you could get an option to amend your birth certificate? So you could pick any birthday you like.
    Posted 19 months ago by Fussycat Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Fussycat, love that! (More reasons to go to the lizards!)
    Posted 19 months ago by Lord Bacon-o Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I do like the little hearts by everyone's names. But...um, why are they there?
    Posted 19 months ago by Cupcake Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I do like the little hearts by everyone's names. But...um, why are they there? Ooh, is it a 'like' system!?
    Posted 19 months ago by Cupcake Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @ Pirate Apples
    *quote* And just what is this three day holiday coming up called "Root?" Any ideas? */quote*

    Its a holiday for teh Bunnies!!!
    Posted 19 months ago by Faereluth Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'd love a way to celebrate my Glitch Birthday with a quest or maybe a quest for other players to give gifts to birthdayers, but as has already been pointed out: If it is tied to the Glitch calendar my birthday is only 4 hours long.

    On the other hand since my Glitch birthday will happen every 51 RL days I would have 7 Glitch Birthdays per RL year so I'd probably luck out and be around for at least a few of them.

    As far as the fear of too many people having the same birthday, on the RL day Glitch goes live there would be 6 different birthdays (if it opened at RL midnight) so I don't know how much of an issue that will be.
    Posted 18 months ago by The Cat Face Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I don't know when my birthday is! *sob* Wait, wait... where's my belly button? 

    OMG, I'm adopted!
    Posted 18 months ago by Jennyanydots Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 For Glitch birthdays!
    Posted 17 months ago by emdot Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks for digging this up again, emdot — hope this is implemented along with the holidays on the calendar when they finally go live!
    Posted 17 months ago by Jannisary Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Omg, Jenny- I must be adopted too! :( I have no idea when my first day was :/
    Posted 17 months ago by NutMeg Botwin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh wait- I found when I got my first badge.....that would be the day I started! I can't believe I've only been playing a little over a month...wow.
    Posted 17 months ago by NutMeg Botwin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • April 29 for me in real time, not sure how that maps to the delightfully odd Glitch calendar.
    Posted 17 months ago by jasbo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Love this idea! 
    Posted 17 months ago by Webella Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Great idea - how about the special street opens to Glitch's b'day only? Great bonus quoins and b'day cakes, etc. One catchy is that you only have four hours in real life. So, if your time is 3am, you have to wake-up and visit the special street? Or rather add to the b'day quest - so, that way nobody miss it.
    Posted 17 months ago by Milolin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Would our pre-reset (i.e. current) gamedaybirthday be a better option for testers? Or is that going to fall on 4 days of the year based on invite releases and be the same problem?

    Also, is there a converter from realtime back to glitchtime?
    Posted 17 months ago by arcturus Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @arcturus: Not that I know of. I tried to develop a PHP code for the convert thingie but since I'm not expert with the programming concept, so I stopped it before pull out my long hair. I'm sure I will go back and try it again. If anyone have done with it, please let us know. Perhaps, we should make a new topic and see if anyone have done with it or not?
    Posted 17 months ago by Milolin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • dopiaza said in the General forum that he had written a converter.  He will post a link at some point, and I'll try to add it here.
    Posted 17 months ago by WindBorn Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Love the birthday street idea.....
    Posted 17 months ago by sakmet Subscriber! | Permalink
  • yeah birthday-land!!! i imagine this as being a very seussian place - love it!
    Posted 17 months ago by katlazam Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Love this Glitch Birthday Idea... AND the Coverter program (+ dopiaza) as I have no clue to my Glitchen Birthday as I would also like my pre-set gamedaybirthday (+archurs) If I can't remember does that mean...... .... Does that mean I'm adopted too....Adoption = an awesome blessing in RL
    Posted 14 months ago by Mystbecky Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I would love to know my birthday too...I know I started Sep. 27, but my Glitch birthday is a mystery.
    Posted 14 months ago by Himitsu Subscriber! | Permalink
  • love this idea
    Posted 14 months ago by ◘ ▪ Leï.Leï ▪ ◘ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Calculate your birthday here! http://www.glitch.com/forum/general/9588/

    Note that the times used in the forms are in GMT, so if you remember the general time of day as well as the date that you joined, use a time zone converter first, just in case there is a shift.
    Posted 14 months ago by Stars Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1
    Posted 14 months ago by Cat Mihos Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Why not have it recognize your actual birthday, if you choose to provide that information to the game on your profile page? Sure, it would last several Glitch days, and the game would have to factor in which time zone you are in, but that would make it both optional for those who don't want to be reminded that they are getting older and be a cute surprise for those who do opt in. Spanning several Glitch days would also give your friends time to log in, wherever they are, and help you celebrate with little tokens of esteem like a piece of candy or food or drink. Perhaps birthdays would let you choose ONE party space for free as a gift, redeemable within a couple of weeks from your birthday. 

    You always know your actual birthday, but remembering your Glitchday might be a little more challenging...though I guess you would get several celebrations a (real) year that way. :)
    Posted 14 months ago by ✰ Lorelei ✰ Subscriber! | Permalink