Special Crate T-Shirts

[Fabricator]

whats dropping atm?

[zoso80]

Should still be Emotion 98.3.

 

whats dropping atm?

[Tails Prower]

Emotion 98.3 FM T-Shirt.

[Red Lynx 23]

Picked up this crate for my main character. As everyone else left the session one by one after the ten hour notification.

[Liquid715]

Im hoping this is what they release:

Fever 105

Victory Fist

KDST

KJAH Radio

Bounce FM

 

Benedict Beerhat

Patriot Beerhat

 

I don't think they will release the 2 "rare" beerhats and will let them hype up more being released at a later date.

(All of this is speculation)

[zoso80]

It wouldn't surprise me in the least if this happens.

 

 

I don't think they will release the 2 "rare" beerhats and will let them hype up more being released at a later date.

(All of this is speculation)

Edited December 29, 2014 by zoso80

[OscillatorSlave]

Curious what will drop today! Emotion was fugly

[TheKingChivas]

 

No, he's right. This happened various times in the past few days to me and friends of mine.

Never happened to me so far. That's why I asked for confirmation. I apologize.

 

 

Not a problem...it sucks, but at least we know it's happening to others as well.

[Johan]

whats dropping atm?

Emotion for the next 4 hours and 15 minutes

[BLeonard]

According to that some of those items will not be dropped.

There looks to be 6-7 items left to drop(one a day - 7 days remain) with 7 shirts not yet being dropped and 4 beer hats yet to drop as well (11).

I wish they would have given us a chance at everything or in near future.

R* finally perfected crate drops (IMO) where before they were garbage so didn't waste time. (broken, random, glitchey)

Correct. If the items continue to drop on a 24 hour cycle and the event ends on January 5th, there would be 7 complete cycles left, with 12 potential items to be dropped:

 

Benedict

Blarneys

Bounce FM

Fever 105

High Flyer Chute

Homies Sharp

J Lager

KDST

KJAH Radio

Patriot

Victory Fist

Vinyl Countdown

 

I include the High Flyer chute, because the mask was previously not available in crates, yet it dropped. If you add in the fact that the Statue of Happiness shirt didn't have a complete 24 hour cycle, that's 13 items, with only 7 cycles remaining.

 

Then again, they might extend the event, due to the issues over the past few days... In which case, more cycles would be added.

 

If they wanted to hold off the Blarneys hat for whatever reason, a perfect holiday for it would be St. Patrick's Day...

 

-Bill

Edited December 29, 2014 by BLeonard

[ash-274]

For those saying that The Blarney's or J's Lager beer hats are "confirmed" to fall on certain days, you aren't wrong, but you aren't right either. There are several different days where a few (lucky) players got one or the other (or USA Boppers or the bulletproof helmet). My list is what the supermajority of players found that was exclusive to that day; no one is claiming to have gotten a Bobo shirt yesterday or one of those listed shirts/hats on any day other than the date listed. Some people got a J's Lager on Dec. 20th and some got it on the 27th.

My ongoing conversation with Rockstar support is making it sound like you simply have to get a whole bunch of crates the same day because they can appear randomly instead of the "daily item" during any day of the event. Reading between the lines and the way the game has been since launch makes me thing that (once again) they can't write their code cleanly enough or securely enough that even if they wanted to only have one item per day that random stuff wouldn't pop in instead. If there truly was an intentional desire to make these two beer hats a possible item, it wouldn't be lottery-win odds and they would probably publicize that players have a chance for them as that would spur more demand for the crates.

[Gridl0k]

If the crate contents are sometimes random then why has NOBODY popped up to say they got a cupid mask or fever t-shirt or whatever? Why is it always the 2 beer hats that modders have access to and the rest of us want?

 

Still far from confirmed, for me. That YT compilation is good evidence, as are the SC photos, but the SC photos are on a profile that has been in modded lobbies and the video is from an unknown source.

 

I've collected at least 10 crates each of the last 5 days, and nothing but what I expected. I've been controlling the variables and everything.

 

/sherlock

Edited December 29, 2014 by Gridl0k

[BLeonard]

While the system of having a specific item each day is better than just completely random, I still don't see why R* couldn't have:

 

A: Made it so that, if we got a special crate, we didn't get a duplicate, unless we already had everything offered.

 

B: Put "vouchers" in the special crates, where you could simply collect a special crate, go to a store and use the "voucher" on one item of your choice.

 

C: Allowed us to keep and trade duplicate items.

 

Any one of these options would have made life significantly easier for everyone.

 

-Bill

[Gridl0k]

^ Easier? To get rare 'exclusive' items, that previously you had to e.g. win a playlist to get?

 

You play the game for different reasons than me.

[Maikou]

Okay so I got todays special crate, but when I went to clothes store, nothing new. I got the RP, money and minigun, but not that Emotion-shirt. Can someone help or tell me where I can tell Rockstar about this?

[Gridl0k]

^ Did it appear in the crate contents when you collected it?

 

If so, it will be under "Special Tops".

 

If not, tough luck, get collecting again

[Red Lynx 23]

Okay so I got todays special crate, but when I went to clothes store, nothing new. I got the RP, money and minigun, but not that Emotion-shirt. Can someone help or tell me where I can tell Rockstar about this?

 

Rockstar Newswire support page. Send them a ticket about picking up the crate, but not getting the shirt.

[Maikou]

Yes it said Emotion-shirt in content and I checked my special tops but still nothing...

[TimeforGTA]

Check the meet ups page; I'm looking for 3 mates to join me in an invite-only session and get today's crate. We all agree to stay until everyone gets a crate; should take around 2 hours I estimate.

 

Time: 7 pm EST

System: PS4

PSN: LPGTAO

[TendouJigoku]

Console format?

 

Not that I doubt you but I have been trying this on both PS3 and PS4 and had no luck at all

for Blarneys which is why everyone is "suspicious" when someone posts about that beer hat.

Mine is PS3.

To be honest, I have no idea what did I do to receive the beer hat. I just collected the crate as usual. Must be my luck, I guess.

 

To me when people say they got it on ps3 the first thing I think is modded ps3. because there are so many people that mod on ps3 its ridiculous

Nope, my PS3 is not modded. And I'm not a modder either.

 

Any VIDEO Proof of people grabbing the Blarneys beer hat? I know it dropped but I only have found pics, and I've found at least 2 videos on the J Lager beer hat.

I'm sorry, I don't have any video proof for that. If you want to believe it then please do but if you wouldn't then it's fine.

[Liquid715]

While the system of having a specific item each day is better than just completely random, I still don't see why R* couldn't have:

 

A: Made it so that, if we got a special crate, we didn't get a duplicate, unless we already had everything offered.

 

B: Put "vouchers" in the special crates, where you could simply collect a special crate, go to a store and use the "voucher" on one item of your choice.

 

C: Allowed us to keep and trade duplicate items.

 

Any one of these options would have made life significantly easier for everyone.

 

-Bill

 

The reason R* does this is to get people to log in everyday and keep them playing.

If they had this logic people would knock it out in 1 day and either complain/play other games.

I think they made the best call as at least we all have a chance at each item and R* gets players to play on a daily basis.

It's a Win/Win

[BLeonard]

^ Easier? To get rare 'exclusive' items, that previously you had to e.g. win a playlist to get?

 

You play the game for different reasons than me.

Well, none of the items so far were obtained by "winning" a playlist... "Playing" them, yes.

 

What I'm saying is, if one of the above three suggestions were in place, people wouldn't have had to spend all weekend during the San Andreas anniversary, getting duplicate after duplicate after duplicate, just to get all four shirts offered. Using my suggestions above:

 

A: Four collected crates, four different shirts. Because the game wouldn't allow for duplicates.

 

B: Four collected crates, four different shirts. Because you'd use your 4 "vouchers" to acquire all 4 shirts.

 

C: A little tougher, but then we could trade one of the 15 or so Bounce FM shirts to the guy who got 15 or so KDST shirts, but never got a Bounce.

 

Personally, my problem isn't collecting the crates... Between my two characters, I have collected around 40 since the Festive Surprise Event started.

 

My issue is with the mixed signals sent from R* regarding them:

 

In one post, they state "One item each day! Only need to collect one crate per day to get everything!" Yet, when you talk to support, their default answer is "crate contents are random."

 

The matter of items not being unlocked, even when you collect the crate. In all honesty, I shouldn't have to have a camera sitting next to me to collect screenshots everytime I get a crate with a new item in it. Yet, if I don't and an item goes missing (or not appearing in the inventory at all) R*'s reply is basically "Tough luck."

 

As said before, the "one item per day" thing is fine... I have no issues getting my two daily crates. But, when people report getting something other than the norm for that day, it makes those who are trying to get an entire collection (like myself) start to thinking "maybe if I collect multiple crates, the 'glitch' will happen for me too." Especially when you still have members of R* support saying "crate contents are random... Just keep collecting them."

 

-Bill

[Maikou]

Managed to get another crate in half-empty lobby, this time it appeared in Special tops Happy now!

[BLeonard]

The reason R* does this is to get people to log in everyday and keep them playing.

If they had this logic people would knock it out in 1 day and either complain/play other games.

I think they made the best call as at least we all have a chance at each item and R* gets players to play on a daily basis.

It's a Win/Win

Again, the main issues I have with it are:

 

1: The fact that they have Support members misleading people, stating that the contents are "random."

 

2: The fact that, if something glitches out and you don't get the item listed in the contents or end up losing it later, good luck getting it fixed, unless you have a screenshot and even then, it depends on the support agent.

 

Like I said, I have no problem playing everyday and collecting my two crates.

 

"at least we all have a chance at each item"

 

If the Blarneys and J Lager hats drop during this event for a 24 hour period, as all of the other items have thus far (except the Statue of Happiness) I'll concede this as well. But, as of now, only a very select few have had a chance at those two items and got them during a time when everyone else was getting the "item of the day."

 

-Bill

[Liquid715]

 

The reason R* does this is to get people to log in everyday and keep them playing.

If they had this logic people would knock it out in 1 day and either complain/play other games.

I think they made the best call as at least we all have a chance at each item and R* gets players to play on a daily basis.

It's a Win/Win

Again, the main issues I have with it are:

 

1: The fact that they have Support members misleading people, stating that the contents are "random."

 

2: The fact that, if something glitches out and you don't get the item listed in the contents or end up losing it later, good luck getting it fixed, unless you have a screenshot and even then, it depends on the support agent.

 

Like I said, I have no problem playing everyday and collecting my two crates.

 

"at least we all have a chance at each item"

 

If the Blarneys and J Lager hats drop during this event for a 24 hour period, as all of the other items have thus far (except the Statue of Happiness) I'll concede this as well. But, as of now, only a very select few have had a chance at those two items and got them during a time when everyone else was getting the "item of the day."

 

-Bill

 

Yea I agree.

I need to take pictures of my stuff just in case, I have not yet.

I feel we will get a 24 hour day dedicated to those 2 "rare" beerhats.

Not sure if that will be during this event or another but feel we will get a full day to obtain them.

[Don Lucania]

 

 

Console format?

 

Not that I doubt you but I have been trying this on both PS3 and PS4 and had no luck at all

for Blarneys which is why everyone is "suspicious" when someone posts about that beer hat.

Mine is PS3.

To be honest, I have no idea what did I do to receive the beer hat. I just collected the crate as usual. Must be my luck, I guess.

 

To me when people say they got it on ps3 the first thing I think is modded ps3. because there are so many people that mod on ps3 its ridiculous

Nope, my PS3 is not modded. And I'm not a modder either.

 

Any VIDEO Proof of people grabbing the Blarneys beer hat? I know it dropped but I only have found pics, and I've found at least 2 videos on the J Lager beer hat.

I'm sorry, I don't have any video proof for that. If you want to believe it then please do but if you wouldn't then it's fine.I believe You, I've seen many pics, Just wondering If there's any videos.

[cadpimp1207]

For those saying that The Blarney's or J's Lager beer hats are "confirmed" to fall on certain days, you aren't wrong, but you aren't right either. There are several different days where a few (lucky) players got one or the other (or USA Boppers or the bulletproof helmet). My list is what the supermajority of players found that was exclusive to that day; no one is claiming to have gotten a Bobo shirt yesterday or one of those listed shirts/hats on any day other than the date listed. Some people got a J's Lager on Dec. 20th and some got it on the 27th.

My ongoing conversation with Rockstar support is making it sound like you simply have to get a whole bunch of crates the same day because they can appear randomly instead of the "daily item" during any day of the event. Reading between the lines and the way the game has been since launch makes me thing that (once again) they can't write their code cleanly enough or securely enough that even if they wanted to only have one item per day that random stuff wouldn't pop in instead. If there truly was an intentional desire to make these two beer hats a possible item, it wouldn't be lottery-win odds and they would probably publicize that players have a chance for them as that would spur more demand for the crates.

But the thing we need to figure out is how many crates we need in the same day.

[nola]

My heart is always pumping like I just exercised when going near a crate, a lot of adrenaline is produced I guess

 

This happens to me as well, but it's so extreme that I barely can take on the NPCs. Blurred vision, sweaty palms, you name it. The physical stress, mental pressure AND the fact that I just plain suck makes crate hunting a really hard task. It was way worse during the SA event but I was lucky enough to meet some really cool people in invite only sessions It's weird and kinda scary that a couple of pixels can have that effect on you.

 

When I'm doing assignments in BF4 to unlock new weapons, which can be really stressful, I'm generally cool as a cucumber.

[UKPortista]

While the system of having a specific item each day is better than just completely random, I still don't see why R* couldn't have:

 

A: Made it so that, if we got a special crate, we didn't get a duplicate, unless we already had everything offered.

 

B: Put "vouchers" in the special crates, where you could simply collect a special crate, go to a store and use the "voucher" on one item of your choice.

 

C: Allowed us to keep and trade duplicate items.

 

Any one of these options would have made life significantly easier for everyone.

 

-Bill

 

Love the vouchers idea.

[ash-274]

 

But the thing we need to figure out is how many crates we need in the same day.

And that's the problem. Of all the people that post they they have gotten them without using any mod tools or lag switches, none have explained the exact method ("5th crate of the day", "3rd crate in the same lobby", "while wearing the current shirt", etc.) and I haven't heard of anyone getting a rare hat twice.

The scientific method demands more data!