Guild Wars 2 has just run into a problem because of Bubble Tea. The culprit is a promotion with the US bubble tea chain “Kung Fu Tea.” They wanted to offer a special Guild Wars drink and provide in-game goodies via an app. None of that worked as intended.
What does Guild Wars 2 have to do with Bubble Tea? Developer ArenaNet has made a promotional deal with the US chain “Kung Fu Tea.”
From September 1, 2018, there was supposed to be a special drink called “Elder Dragon Dreamy Delight”, a Guild Wars version of the existing product “Cocoa Cream Wow”.
In-game goodies for app users: In addition to the tea, there was supposed to be the possibility to register on the Kung Fu Tea app and link social media accounts there. For this, an in-game item pack was promised.
The pack was supposed to contain a unique armor set, an 18-slot inventory box, and 10 experience boosters.
Actually not a bad deal for Guild Wars and bubble tea fans, right?
Hey, where is my Bubble Tea?
No tea for Guild Wars fans: Unfortunately, a lot went wrong with the promotion. As reported by MassivelyOP, even after repeated visits to various Kung Fu Tea locations on launch day and thereafter, one could not get an “Elder Dragon Dreamy Delight”.
According to Kung Fu Tea, the promotion has apparently been postponed.
Hey, where is my item pack?
Item pack falls flat: The same applied to the item pack for app users. There was nothing to be had here either.
The reason was probably the high influx that overloaded the servers. And then, a massive amount of malicious bots and scripts seemingly attacked the Kung Fu Tea site.
Item action is on hold: Since they couldn’t handle the situation, Kung Fu Tea has now put the app action with the in-game goodies on hold.
Hey, what is up with my data?
No items for Europe: So there is no tea and no codes. This irritated some players, but then it was revealed that the whole action was only valid in the USA. Players from the EU and the rest of the world could never get the items anyway.
Spicy detail: Players from Europe could very well register on the app and provide their data. That the action would not take place in Europe at all was only revealed later in an update of the original press release.
Fans suspect a bait-and-switch offer: According to many affected, this is a typical bait-and-switch offer, where one is lured with attractive rewards and ends up getting nothing.
According to MassivelyOP, ArenaNet has not yet commented on the matter. Thanks to GDPR, however, Europeans can insist that their data be deleted by Kung Fu Tea.
