Double Cash Weekend for Halloween

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UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves celebrates Halloween with a Double Cash Weekend—starting NOW!

By arne | Twitter @arnemeyer | Friday October 30 2009

Halloween is only one day away and we decided we wanted to do something special for our fans over the weekend. We’re happy to say that this weekend is also our first ever Double Cash weekend in UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves. The Double Cash weekend starts now (Friday, October 30, 2009) and continues until Monday, November 2, 2009, at 11:00 AM PST.

In every match during Double Cash Weekend, you’ll be getting twice the Cash award you normally would for completing typical game actions – not medal-related currency awards – giving everyone a leg up in increasing their Rank for a limited time. That means this weekend is the perfect time to hop on to our Competitive and Co-op Multiplayer modes – whether you’re just a few levels away from the vaunted ‘X’ or this is just your first time online.

A bunch of Naughty Dogs will also be playing this weekend, so be on the lookout for the red Naughty Dog paw next to our PSN ID in the game and feel free to say hi, ask any questions or shoot at our characters.

Stay sharp! There might be something spooky around the next corner…

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Posted by: RYNO_4242 on 10-31-2009

ND you really need to look at the leaving system. I lost conection in a game I just lost, signed back in and lost 40,000 dollars and skill rank now I have to do loads more playing to get back to where I was please help and change the system

thanks RYNO_4242

Posted by: JeroenSeerden on 10-30-2009

Nice, 5 minutes ago i was playing the game and i was wondering why i could only play with those 2. I first thought there was someting wrong with the game but when i read this, there came a big smile on my face.

Posted by: I-Owe-you-Pain on 10-30-2009

It’s awesome but I think you guys should of made the characters all as zombies with rotting and peeling flesh! Zombie Nate and Zombie Chloe lol.

Can’t wait for the Christmas one.
You should make them look like elves.

THANKS NAUGHTY DOG!

Posted by: Wozamil on 10-30-2009

So unless I’m mistaking, the double cash is really only going to double the actual kill money from normal games modes, like TDM would be $500 a kill and other game modes will be $100, correct? But in Co-op, it’s going to really increase the payout especially if you complete the survival/gold rush for example, right?

Posted by: thechildofrock on 10-30-2009

LOL the game i was in froze then when i rebooted We were all skelzor and I was playing with a Naughty Dog! I think his ID was cog187 or something like that. I love you guys! You are the greatest development studio ever! *Hugs for everyone from thechildofrock*

Posted by: gamekiller305 on 10-30-2009

I fisrt i thought something was wrong then i said forget about it this is to awesome. And now as im reading now i understand. Remember the letter you get at the beginging of mutiplay. You should really put updates there. It would be thankful. I hope you let us keep the skins, and that we have more of these events. And to you naughty dogs if i catch you i will add you. 10/10 ;]

Posted by: arne on 10-30-2009

There’s a few things you can try.
1. Quit out to the XMB and restart the game and/or your PS3.
2. Re-run your Internet Connection Test from the XMB and try again
3. Try and see if you can setup a XMB voice chat with any of your friends.

Let us know if any of that works or not.

Posted by: BigBoss93 on 10-30-2009

Sweet this is awesome, good idea. If possible, could you let us use Marco Polo and Genghis Khan if we have them 2? I just got them both yesterday and now I can’t use’em lol. If you can that’ll be cool.

Posted by: korgon117 on 10-30-2009

Thats great! thanks for this and have a happy holloween! Oh and if possible, it would be really cool if you guys did this for other holidays too. I can see it now, White bunnies vs dark evil bunnies for easter, would be EPIC lol

Posted by: JeroenSeerden on 10-30-2009

Yeah, i’ve also got a problem with the ranking system. I playes 4 hours ago and it still isn’t updated…
And it’d be cool if you can play as Dead Explorer and Skelzor after the double-cash weekend. But i really like it.

Posted by: NaseerKU on 10-30-2009

naughtydog IM realy love and fan of yor works ....

UNCHARTED 2 IS THE MOST AWSOME GEAM IN ONLINE & SINGL PLEYR.

ALL WHO WORKS ON UNCHARTED 2 I SEE TO YOU All:
you guy’s are freaken’ awesome.Thanks for everything.

Posted by: kazuki20 on 10-30-2009

Hey naughty dog is great to see you guys on and playing again but apperently we’re having a little trouble right now. When i got online to play multiplayer it doesn’t find any players or games. I think the servers are having problems or so because i left my game alone and it’s still looking for people and games for the past hour.

Posted by: iceman888srf on 10-30-2009

ok 1st off. great job with the online.but i do have 2 say. WHY IS THERE NO FREE 4 ALL??? AND KEEP IN MIND you are in competition with other online games. (CALL OF DYUTY) so you amazing guys at naughty dog best be planning a map pack for the online 7 maps thats bad. 4 or 5 more maps thats all you need. the west should be a useable gun online.other guns that could come with the map pack are(p90/rpd and mp5) and if with an update mabe it could take 2 or 3 less bullets with the ak47 and m4. you do know the ak47 is one of the srtongest guns in the world right? and make the skins from uncharted 1 available please(eddie pirate etc)do this and you will go from 15000 people online too 100000 people online. ps i love what you amazing people at naughty dog have done. just trying to help. as everyone is just say positive things.this is constructive criticism. thanks for reading and please do some of the things i have asked. steve iceman888srf

Posted by: Pinoy-NiceGuy- on 10-30-2009

Naughty Dog your so awsome for real hopefully every special occasion. you guys have a surprise to us...but playing uncharted 2 is enough as long as i play uncharted 2 im happy...I love you!!! no homo!! lol but for the girls there in naughty dog thats for real!! lol

Posted by: billiam_1988 on 10-30-2009

Yes. When I first got on today I was like WTF happened to the game but then I had the same thought everyone else had about Halloween coming up tomorrow. I didn’t know about the Double Cash bit or just didn’t realize it, and that’s so freaking awesome of you guys to do that for us. When the hell has any other game developer done that? I don’t think ever. You guys rule! Uncharted 3 please. Lol.

Posted by: GorgeousDre on 10-30-2009

Oh Naughty Dog,
You truly cease to amaze me with your sub-par online performance. Here I was thinking that I was about to reap the benefits of Double Cash Weekend. For you people out there that aren’t English majors, double cash weekend can be broken down into three words:

1. Double- Twice, as in that Double back-flip Dave Mirra just pulled off looked awesome.
2. Cash- Currency, as in that Cash I just got playing Multiplayer was NOT doubled.
3. Weekend- End of the work week, as in boy, I sure am glad it is the weekend.

Now, Naughty Dog was able to accomplish only one of their proposed words. That would be weekend. Amazingly, Naughty Dog knows what the weekend is. I wasn’t sure if they would even get that right…
Now, on to the other two words in this so called “Double Money” Weekend. Let’s take some quotes from the PlayStation blog, shall we?:

“In every match during Double Cash Weekend, you’ll be getting twice the Cash award you normally would for completing typical game actions – not medal-related currency awards – giving everyone a leg up in increasing their Rank for a limited time. That means this weekend is the perfect time to hop on to our Competitive and Co-op Multiplayer modes – whether you’re just a few levels away from the vaunted ‘X’ or this is just your first time online.”

Okay, now let’s dissect exactly what they mean by double money weekend:
1. “In every match during Double Cash Weekend, you’ll be getting twice the Cash award you normally would for completing typical game actions.” Does Naughty Dog even know the difference between points and money? Nope, apparently they do not because at the end of the round your money is NOT, I repeat NOT DOUBLED.
2. “not medal-related currency awards” Hmmm that’s funny because I have mathematically proven that at the end of my Gold Rush rounds the Medals that you receive ARE the ONLY thing that IS DOUBLED. Oh ND, you guys can’t even get this right can you?
3. “That means this weekend is the perfect time to hop on to our Competitive and Co-op Multiplayer modes” At first I thought to myself, “Well, it must just be for Competitive Modes because my money sure as hell wasn’t doubled in Gold Rush.

Here is the only thing that is being doubled: Medals (at the end of the round)
Funny that Naughty Dog took the time to say “not medal-related currency awards” and it is IN FACT the only thing that IS being doubled. I don’t thing Naughty Dog could fail more at a double cash weekend if they tried…

Posted by: GorgeousDre on 10-30-2009

Yep, but of course, people will only suck ND’s **** without realizing how much they screwed up “double medal” weekend.
I am still awaiting word on how the $ is “doubled” in Deathmatch because I am not able to play that for more than 5 seconds without getting “kicked” (yet another thing ND screwed up). I guess it’s because I have wireless, but it is pretty good wireless at 100% most of the time.

Posted by: GorgeousDre on 10-30-2009

And if arne even tries to argue this then I have completely lost all faith in ND’s staff and management. Double Cash Weekend is suppose to be...what is that called...you know...that one thing...oh yeah,
DOUBLE CASH WEEKEND!

Posted by: GorgeousDre on 10-30-2009

Just got confirmation that the only thing being doubled in Competitive is the medals as well…
Why would Naughty Dog SPECIIFICALLY mention medals as NOT being the doubled variable when it is, in reality, the ONLY thing that is doubled at the end of the round.
Are you guys playing “telephone” in the office rather than “fixing stuff on the fly”?
cough*stairsinLostCity*cough

Posted by: arne on 10-30-2009

I appreciate your passion for your opinion, but medals are NOT doubled at the end of the round. In deathmatch, for example, the only cash awards that are doubled are kills and winning the match.
Please do not deliberately mislead our readers.

Posted by: GorgeousDre on 10-30-2009

Then please explain to me how I am able to now get $47,000 and $48,000 a round on Gold Rush on a regular basis when before my highest was $45,500.
And no, it is not kills because I played Survival and got 165 kills and still only got $42,500 like I normally do. Please stop acting like you know everything when you don’t even play the game to find out what you are saying is even true.

Can you guys AT LEAST admit that this is NOT a double money weekend. Everybody that I have played with feels like they were screwed over with your so called “double” $. As far as I can tell, medals are the only reason that I can get these new high scores now in Gold Rush. So please, EXPLAIN something to me for once instead of just saying that you are right and I am wrong. PLEASE.

AND MISLEADING READERS???!!!!
HAHAHA
WHAT DO YOU CALL DOUBLE CASH WEEKEND?
If you want to tell me to stop “deliberately” misleading your readers then maybe you should learn English. I know that double money sounds like a pretty broad term, but I know you can get it right after a few tries…

Posted by: GorgeousDre on 10-30-2009

Also, I have a friend that rarely plays (level 20) and he played Gold Rush with us and I told him to go around after he got 150,000 points (the point limit as you MIGHT know) and do nothing but pick up treasure for the Treasure Finder Medal. I told my other teammate to not pick up any treasures and I didn’t either. At the end of the round he got $49,500!
I asked him if he got a lot of other medals and he said not really, just a lot of Treasure Finders.
Funny how someone that RARELY plays Gold Rush comes on and DESTROYS my old record of 45,500 on his first go.
Also, he only got 32 kills...(not that it matters)

From then on, I just played like I normally do and MAGICALLY I am able to get, on average, $47,000?
Yeah right.
Stop Lying.

Posted by: GorgeousDre on 10-30-2009

And your “In deathmatch, for example” is truly hysterical because I know that is all you guys play in the office.
Just more proof that all you guys focus on is Deathmatch/Competitive.
It becomes very clear when trying to figure out how the $ is being doubled in Co-op.
Sure, you guys know how it is doubled in Competitive, but I would really
REALLY
REALLY
like to hear your explanation for Co-op.
I need a good laugh after this giant farce.

Posted by: GorgeousDre on 10-30-2009

“The Co-op double cash modes are not based on kills.”
Then what are they based on?
This is exactly what I have been talking about…
You never answer AN-Y-THING.
You tell me I’m wrong then never provide answers.
You guys act like you are holding the ingredients to Coca-Cola or something.

Posted by: GorgeousDre on 10-30-2009

The content? What did I say (other than just sounding angry)
I would stop mocking you guys if you would give me one good answer. I promise.
If you can tell me where the extra money comes from in Gold Rush I promise I will stop posting.

Posted by: GorgeousDre on 10-30-2009

Why is it so difficult to explain anything on this blog?
Are you guys not allowed to divulge any information on the online point/money system?
Here, I will even make an outline for you-

Heck, since I’m such a nice guy, I’ll even get you started:

I. In Competitve you get double cash for kills. That’s it. 500 a kill for Deathmatch and 100 a kill for objective.

II. In Co-op you get (Insert info here) and (insert any additional info here)

I don’t think I can make myself anymore clear…

Posted by: GorgeousDre on 10-30-2009

What’s the matter ND/arne?
Are you too busy trying to come up with more lies to tell me?
Or are you actually trying to fix things for once?

When I got to Level 53 I still didn’t have to pay the $500,000 for the pump taunt btw…

Posted by: angry_cowtipper on 10-30-2009

Hello, ND

While I enjoy the objective-based co-op a lot, is there a reason I have to be penalized for leaving matches set to easy? I’m around level 30 now, and know the three co-op levels (like what enemies will be where) like the back of my hand. Only hard and crushing matches offer any kind of fun, but I have no way of filtering the lesser difficulties in favor of the higher. I can’t even see what difficulty the match I’m going to play is until I’m at the loading screen, and by then it’s too late to leave.

This didn’t used to be a problem, as I could just drop out of an easy or normal match I didn’t want to play in, but now since I have no control over leaving (I don’t really want to drop in rank), I’ve been forced to think of creative ways to make the game fun on normal and easy. I’ve done things like “Can I make it through this level without using cover?” or “Can I make it through this level without aiming?” or “Can I hit that sniper high up with this rocket launcher while I’m in the air jumping down from a height that will kill me when I hit the ground while I don’t aim at him?”. I’ll also kill myself and let the other guys play through the certain level section while I read a review or two or something on my laptop and wait for the game to be over and hope maybe the next one will be hard or crushing.

I get many complaints about me doing these things, but nevertheless, I still end up outscoring the lower level players fooling around like I do when they’re playing serious. Should I be forced to play on a difficulty where I can run and gun four guys with my suped up uzi and kill them all while they’re shooting at me? You should be able to see why something like that isn’t fun.

So basically I’m looking for one of three things—1) You’ll make it to where I can filter harder co-op from easier co-op 2) Remove the penalty for leaving co-op matches I don’t want to play since I have no control over which ones I end up in, if you don’t want to do #1 or 3) Tell me creative ways I can have fun and challenge myself in the easier modes other than what I’ve tried so far. By the way, I totally nailed that sniper I was talking about with the rocket while falling to my death and not aiming. It was awesome.

Posted by: GorgeousDre on 10-30-2009

Finally,
Another smart person joins the blog!
Welcome to ND’s blog. You will be constantly bombarded with people “sticking up” for ND and employees from ND lying to you when they don’t have an answer…
ENJOY!
Oh, and you do bring up a very good point.

Posted by: angry_cowtipper on 10-30-2009

Not really trying to be rude, but it is a pain. Easy co-op is sooo boring. But hard co-op is a lot more fun than something RE5, this game did it right. Unfortunately, I can’t access the co-op I actually want… it’s based on luck. I have added a couple guys near my skill level and we played some crushing today that was pretty swell, but I can’t count on those two to be on when I’m on, and vice versa all the time… so I’m left with low level randoms playing on easy. It’s just frustrating I can’t leave, and I would like a reponse.

Posted by: GorgeousDre on 10-30-2009

Don’t expect any actual response from this blog. The only response I have ever gotten was essentially “I am right and you are wrong, but I will never explain why.”
I swear. It is like they have a knife to their throat and will die if they give out any information/facts.

Posted by: x_nemon on 10-30-2009

hey I lost 40,000 just because of leaving a match today! i quit the game because my character freezez in the middle of the game!! Imagine that in a middle of a gun fire..WTF is this?!?!?! I’ve been playing for almost 2 weeks and this the first time I got this problem..maybe because it’s hollween..whatever!!!

Posted by: GorgeousDre on 10-30-2009

Yeah,
$40,000 is way, way to much money to penalize people for leaving.
Please for the love of god tell me you guys made the distinction between somebody QUITTING and somebody that froze/network errored/etc.

Posted by: Arousal9 on 10-31-2009

Hi guys, i just want to report a ugly and annoying bug in the lost city and the ice cave maps, i watched first in a elimination match, we cant find the one last dude from the enemy team, thats because he was hiden “out of the map” climb, but he can shot to anybody but we cant shoot him and thats the way we lost the match. The second time in the Lost city map i was the guy out of the map, right on the low stairs and the tunel, i try to go to pic a pistol, and when i try to climb , i go out of the map, but i cant return in so i release and fall down. Please fix this bugs before people know it.

Posted by: MuttDawg509 on 10-31-2009

let me start by saying that u guys have ruined the game with your new quit penalty, first fix match making (team of 40+ against 15 and under is not a match) second, let me leave a lobby if a game mode comes up that I dont like (I want to play RPGs only, not chain reaction) third, split up your playlists a little more (plunder in one, variant in the other, NOT MIXED!!!!!) THEN maybe add a punishment for quitting, as it stands, MW2 will KILL your MP game

Posted by: MuttDawg509 on 10-31-2009

Penalize me for quitting? F U!!!!!! Now I dont quit, I find a nice dark secluded area, that nobody really goes to, and I hide, and wait for the game to end, penalize players = check, hide until end of match = checkmate.....

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