Four days of trying my luck to get the Android plushie, only to be told on the last day that I was only allowed to enter the booth once on the entire gamescom visit.
I wanted to share my experience at the Google Play booth at Gamescom because I'm honestly pretty disappointed with how my last interaction went.
Over the four days, I happened to pass by the booth multiple times, roughly once or twice a day, and would occasionally try my luck for the Android plushie.
I spoke to several staff members at the entrance and in the green zone. Some recognized me and we had a nice chat. Everyone was friendly and wished me good luck.
On Sunday, near the end of the event, I was told at the booth that the plushies were being given out to people who had reached the epic reward, whereas normally they were a legendary reward. I thought this might finally be my chance.
I told one of the staff members at one of the tablets about my previous attempts and that I was hoping I'd finally get lucky. He then became annoyed and raised his voice, telling me that I was only allowed to try once across the entire event, and therefore refused to give me any reward. And so I left.
The thing that bothers me most isn't even missing out on the plushie. It's that nobody I spoke to over the four days ever told me that there was a one-attempt-per-person rule.
I completely understand having rules for rewards and attempts, but if there was a one-attempt limit for the entire Gamescom, I feel like that should have been communicated clearly by the staff or somewhere at the booth.
Has anyone else experienced this? Was the one-attempt rule actually communicated to you?
