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== Overview ==
== Description ==
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The '''Gamester''' was a very mysterious person who put [[Winter Event/Presents|presents]] throughout the [[Rogue Isles]] and [[Paragon City]] during the [[Winter Event 2005]]. He was replaced by [[Father Time]] in Winter Events [[Winter Event 2006|2006]] and [[Winter Event 2007|2007]], according to official information released at the time.
The '''Gamester''' was a very mysterious person who put [[glowie]] ''Presents'' throughout the Rogue Isles and Paragon City during the [[Winter Event 2005]]. He was replaced by [[Father Time]] in later Winter Events, who placed different presents.
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Upon opening a present, there was a 50/50 chance that the player could get ''Naughty'', spawning a small group of [[Winter Horde]], or ''Nice'', giving a present [[Inspiration]]. Players were awarded with the [[Toy Collector Badge]] for opening 200 presents.
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In [[Winter Event 2008|2008]], the new Official Website added a [http://web.archive.org/web/20121025112828/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/news/events/winter_event.php winter event section] that once again credited the gifts as being Gamester's.
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The Gamester is still capering somewhere behind the scenes and is always ready for a good old-fashioned game of Global Thermonuclear War…or maybe Chess…whichever. Anything that will pit people against each other in an interesting competition for his entertainment will flush him back out into the limelight.
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== See Also ==
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*[[Winter Event]]
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*[[Paragon Times/20051219|Paragon Times Article: Festival of Terror]]
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Latest revision as of 06:34, 13 December 2020

Overview

The Gamester was a very mysterious person who put presents throughout the Rogue Isles and Paragon City during the Winter Event 2005. He was replaced by Father Time in Winter Events 2006 and 2007, according to official information released at the time.

In 2008, the new Official Website added a winter event section that once again credited the gifts as being Gamester's.

The Gamester is still capering somewhere behind the scenes and is always ready for a good old-fashioned game of Global Thermonuclear War…or maybe Chess…whichever. Anything that will pit people against each other in an interesting competition for his entertainment will flush him back out into the limelight.

See Also

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