I just started trying to earn MGP again after a long time. I recently went into the Character > Gold Saucer screen to check if I had purchased my Jumbo Cactpot tickets yet for the week. The screen said:
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Jumbo Cactpot
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Tickets Purchased: 3/3
I'd like to consider myself to have a pretty decent grasp on English. I didn't remember purchasing tickets yet for the week, but the screen seemed to be pretty unambiguously telling me that I had purchased 3 tickets out of a possible 3 tickets.
Just now, I went to check my winnings, only to discover that "Tickets Purchased: 3/3" means that I had purchased zero tickets.
(Before anyone suggests it: this does not refer to old tickets that I let expire. I know for 100% certain that I definitely turned in last week's tickets. This is just very poor phrasing for telling me that I've purchased no tickets yet this week.)
I can think of a few different ways this could be phrased that would make sense.
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"Tickets available to purchase: 3/3"
"Tickets purchased: 0/3"
"You have purchased 0 of 3 tickets for this week's drawing."
"You haven't purchased any tickets yet this week."
As it currently stands, it does not make any sense. "Tickets Purchased: 3/3" should under no circumstances mean "you have 3/3 tickets available for purchase" or "you have purchased 0 tickets".
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Quote:
Jumbo Cactpot
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Tickets Purchased: 3/3
I'd like to consider myself to have a pretty decent grasp on English. I didn't remember purchasing tickets yet for the week, but the screen seemed to be pretty unambiguously telling me that I had purchased 3 tickets out of a possible 3 tickets.
Just now, I went to check my winnings, only to discover that "Tickets Purchased: 3/3" means that I had purchased zero tickets.
(Before anyone suggests it: this does not refer to old tickets that I let expire. I know for 100% certain that I definitely turned in last week's tickets. This is just very poor phrasing for telling me that I've purchased no tickets yet this week.)
I can think of a few different ways this could be phrased that would make sense.
Quote:
"Tickets available to purchase: 3/3"
"Tickets purchased: 0/3"
"You have purchased 0 of 3 tickets for this week's drawing."
"You haven't purchased any tickets yet this week."
As it currently stands, it does not make any sense. "Tickets Purchased: 3/3" should under no circumstances mean "you have 3/3 tickets available for purchase" or "you have purchased 0 tickets".
Continue reading...