darkSpyro

on the skylanders facebook page take a look

That boat has officially left already. Marketing has not been TfB's strength.




We’ve got a new secret, Portal Masters—shimmering and shadowy—join us here tomorrow for the big news.

THE SILENCE IS OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Over indeed! Figured they better do something fast, lol!

only problem... they may not reveal blackout and spotlight!!! but then again with light and dark trap master we will be able to get there soul gems

This is funny...folks are on there giving away the "secret" including pictures of the packs. Major epic fail on the secret.

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That boat has officially left already. Marketing has not been TfB's strength.




We’ve got a new secret, Portal Masters—shimmering and shadowy—join us here tomorrow for the big news.

Just want to clarify.. This was not TFB's doing. It was all up to Activision.

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That boat has officially left already. Marketing has not been TfB's strength.




We’ve got a new secret, Portal Masters—shimmering and shadowy—join us here tomorrow for the big news.

Just want to clarify.. This was not TFB's doing. It was all up to Activision.

Yeah, typo on my part. Doesn't change my statement--other than to correctly assign ownership of the issue. It still exists.

"Okay guys, as long as we can just keep these undercover until the next Toy Fair, we-"
"Uh, sir, Amazon leaked the packs on their website."
"...Well, as long as it's just the pic-"
"And one guy got them and posted full playthroughs of them."
"...Just reveal them tomorrow."

LOL Thats probably what happened @AG03

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"Okay guys, as long as we can just keep these undercover until the next Toy Fair, we-"
"Uh, sir, Amazon leaked the packs on their website."
"...Well, as long as it's just the pic-"
"And one guy got them and posted full playthroughs of them."
"...Just reveal them tomorrow."

EPIC!

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"Okay guys, as long as we can just keep these undercover until the next Toy Fair, we-"
"Uh, sir, Amazon leaked the packs on their website."
"...Well, as long as it's just the pic-"
"And one guy got them and posted full playthroughs of them."
"...Just reveal them tomorrow."

That's what exactly happened!

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"Okay guys, as long as we can just keep these undercover until the next Toy Fair, we-"
"Uh, sir, Amazon leaked the packs on their website."
"...Well, as long as it's just the pic-"
"And one guy got them and posted full playthroughs of them."
"...Just reveal them tomorrow."

But, seriously, they probably had in mind to reveal them tomorrow since the beginning.

Activision just added the light and dark elements and some items to the Lost Islands mobile game.

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"Okay guys, as long as we can just keep these undercover until the next Toy Fair, we-"
"Uh, sir, Amazon leaked the packs on their website."
"...Well, as long as it's just the pic-"
"And one guy got them and posted full playthroughs of them."
"...Just reveal them tomorrow."

That's what exactly happened!

I suspect there will be a lot of "lessons learned" from this...I actually expected them to release these next year. I suspect the method of delivery of the content (already on disc, susceptible to leaks) really did them in. Funny thing is, this is probably THE BEST THING I will remember Trap Team for...not for the stupid traps, not the villains, not the minis....the INTRODUCTION of two new elements. It's really quite unfortunate they have had to accelerate delivery of these; it will definitely make the wait from now and next game that much more unbearable.

Perhaps they should actually invoke an on demand download feature for all figures/content...in this manner they can start solving this type of problem so we actually get notified when they want to (and it doesn't get spoiled) and perhaps allows them to introduce new characters into previous games with this delivery mechanic. Probably too fantastic for Activision's technical desires...as they have two developers slaving year end and out to deliver increasingly marginal material. I can dream I suppose.

^ you said it buddy, right on!

Let us take the current scene of the life of employ from Activision :

Billy : You saw that I posted on the wall Facebook of Skylanders Game ?

Bobi : What ? The poster with elements dark and light ? That changes what? Everything the fans already know ....

Billy : Exactly if we announce that, one will not have to enjoy any more deleting quite the subjects on the forum DarkSpyro. Thus less work, thus more money for us!

I also have to notice that the message of accul of the game speaks new elements

The killjoys plague the pages.

But, are they actually going to be in stores, tomorrow? Or, is it just the reveal?

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But, are they actually going to be in stores, tomorrow? Or, is it just the reveal?

They are already in stores in some areas.

I am amused by all the people that continue to think it was Activision/TfB fault if some fans spontaneously hacked the game to find hidden content that wasn't supposed to be revealed AND think they actually changed the announce/release date for those Packs.

Really. Incredible.

I've said it a thousand times, but I have no problem saying it again: just because you can do something, you have the possibility to do it, doesn't mean you have to do it.

If they decided to release/announce them on the 26th of January, and the fans who whined 'till today kept doing it until then, you would probably still be saying "HORRAY! We changed Activision idea! We Made it! Our complaints were useful!".

See? The same exact thing.
It simply would have happened, eventually.

Would have been silly if they didn't take advantage of the Christmas sales.

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I am amused by all the people that continue to think it was Activision/TfB fault if some fans spontaneously hacked the game to find hidden content that wasn't supposed to be revealed AND think they actually changed the announce/release date for those Packs.

Really. Incredible.

I've said it a thousand times, but I have no problem saying it again: just because you can do something, you have the possibility to do it, doesn't mean you have to do it.

If they decided to release/announce them on the 26th of January, and the fans who whined 'till today kept doing it until then, you would probably still be saying "HORRAY! We changed Activision idea! We Made it! Our complaints were useful!".

See? The same exact thing.
It simply would have happened, eventually.

THIS, so much~

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Would have been silly if they didn't take advantage of the Christmas sales.

Agreed. Activision's marketing and release plan won't have changed at all based on fan reactions, this will have been the date all along.

Well I'm just happy I can watch diffrent youtubers let's play this without misspelling and i can have dark and light in my menu

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only problem... they may not reveal blackout and spotlight!!! but then again with light and dark trap master we will be able to get there soul gems

Yeah, they aren't Wave 3. Most likely they won't release Dark/Light stand alone traps and the new 'dragons' until Wave 4 or 5, it will help boost sales of the new 'adventure packs'.

They also don't unlock any content now that I think about it.
- Unreall

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I am amused by all the people that continue to think it was Activision/TfB fault if some fans spontaneously hacked the game to find hidden content that wasn't supposed to be revealed AND think they actually changed the announce/release date for those Packs.

Really. Incredible.

I've said it a thousand times, but I have no problem saying it again: just because you can do something, you have the possibility to do it, doesn't mean you have to do it.

If they decided to release/announce them on the 26th of January, and the fans who whined 'till today kept doing it until then, you would probably still be saying "HORRAY! We changed Activision idea! We Made it! Our complaints were useful!".

See? The same exact thing.
It simply would have happened, eventually.

THIS, so much~

Yeah, and if we close our eyes and sing "We Are The World", there will be no war and crime in the world. It's why we have to have laws and do things we otherwise wouldn't need to do. In short, the bad apples spoil it for others. Hence, it makes sense if Activision wants to control information on this to devise a way to PREVENT this from happening in the first place. Frankly, I have no dog in the fight whether this gets released today or next June. I'm passing along observations about Activision's failed attempts to control information.

I honestly think they upticked the release time for these. If nothing else, having this information available kept it from being as special as Activision wanted it to be. Rumors about Nintendo's offering going "hot" may have more to do with it than someone bit analyzing the TT disc.

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Here's their post from google+

hahaha!... that boat left yesterday. there is no news to reveal now. if not they are gonna show the 3 easter ones.

Yeah, the responses show just how badly kept this secret was.

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I am amused by all the people that continue to think it was Activision/TfB fault if some fans spontaneously hacked the game to find hidden content that wasn't supposed to be revealed AND think they actually changed the announce/release date for those Packs.

Really. Incredible.

I've said it a thousand times, but I have no problem saying it again: just because you can do something, you have the possibility to do it, doesn't mean you have to do it.

If they decided to release/announce them on the 26th of January, and the fans who whined 'till today kept doing it until then, you would probably still be saying "HORRAY! We changed Activision idea! We Made it! Our complaints were useful!".

See? The same exact thing.
It simply would have happened, eventually.

THIS, so much~

Yeah, and if we close our eyes and sing "We Are The World", there will be no war and crime in the world. It's why we have to have laws and do things we otherwise wouldn't need to do. In short, the bad apples spoil it for others. Hence, it makes sense if Activision wants to control information on this to devise a way to PREVENT this from happening in the first place. Frankly, I have no dog in the fight whether this gets released today or next June. I'm passing along observations about Activision's failed attempts to control information.

I honestly think they upticked the release time for these. If nothing else, having this information available kept it from being as special as Activision wanted it to be.

How could Activision ever control the Internet?
Because that's what we are talking about.

It's not just this forum, if we were the only one knowing these informations, it wouldn't be a problem.
We have to consider YouTube, DeviantArt, Google Images and various other sites.

They did what they could.

Sure it may be fun, but, it isn't a "failed attempt".
No one will ever control the World Wild Web entirely.

No need to bring wars and crime in.
We are talking about the wait to have new characters in a videogame, not about world issues.

The only way I think this problem might be solved for future times, is a stronger code, maybe.
Don't know anything about programming and coding, so, just speculations.

Or maybe making the game unplayable once you hack through it.
That would definitely work.

I do not disagree that "once out on the Internet, it's done". Remember how tight lipped TfB was? It didn't matter, because the information needed was already on the disc. As discussed previously, assuming there's no leak coming from Activision, the only way for them to keep it a secret is to provide the code for the secret content via download.

And yes, the fact that the Skylanders Facebook page assumes we know nothing is a fail.

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I do not disagree that "once out on the Internet, it's done". Remember how tight lipped TfB was? It didn't matter, because the information needed was already on the disc. As discussed previously, assuming there's no leak coming from Activision, the only way for them to keep it a secret is to provide the code for the secret content via download.

And yes, the fact that the Skylanders Facebook page assumes we know nothing is a fail.

Look, if they thought that no one knew them, they would be absolutely wrong.

But the majority of the fans, and thus the customers, probably didn't knew about them, until yesterday.

The web is strong, but not everyone has (or simply want to) access it so often to discover them.

So, no, it isn't a fail, because they know that a lot of people know about it, but they also know that a lot more people do not.

I'll agree to disagree with that assessment...bottom line is we don't know what their INTENT was in terms of making the information accessible (by any means) and they absolutely knew the risk of putting information on the game disc at release.

In similar news, how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll pop? The world may never know.

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I am amused by all the people that continue to think it was Activision/TfB fault if some fans spontaneously hacked the game to find hidden content that wasn't supposed to be revealed AND think they actually changed the announce/release date for those Packs.

Really. Incredible.

I've said it a thousand times, but I have no problem saying it again: just because you can do something, you have the possibility to do it, doesn't mean you have to do it.

If they decided to release/announce them on the 26th of January, and the fans who whined 'till today kept doing it until then, you would probably still be saying "HORRAY! We changed Activision idea! We Made it! Our complaints were useful!".

See? The same exact thing.
It simply would have happened, eventually.

THIS, so much~

Ninja'd.

The Google+ page has changed!



YAY!!! They are officialy here!

Check out this video

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I like how he keeps the surprise in the same theme. I guess they will try and find the dark element pack in the dark.

New elements. New Levels. The new Light Element has arrived in Skylands. Now you can capture evil and unleash good with the powers of Light! Get Knight Light in the all new Dark Element Expansion Pack!

Taken from the Youtube Light reveal discription

That's right guys get your Dark expansion pack with a Knight Light figure!!

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In similar news, how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll pop? The world may never know.

THREE. Duh. The owl figured that out a long time ago.

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In similar news, how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll pop? The world may never know.

THREE. Duh. The owl figured that out a long time ago.

We need a like button so bad...

Though technically it was two licks and a *hesitates* BITE.
- Unreall

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New elements. New Levels. The new Light Element has arrived in Skylands. Now you can capture evil and unleash good with the powers of Light! Get Knight Light in the all new Dark Element Expansion Pack!

Taken from the Youtube Light reveal discription

That's right guys get your Dark expansion pack with a Knight Light figure!!

hahahaha lmao that is hilarious