Finally diamonds may be free but my time is not "free"!!!!!!!!!!!
And, here I am thinking that my time was always limited due to working so much in the real world, and playing this game was a luxury afforded in-between.
Each one of us was given a choice to whether or not to play the beta server. I made that choice to play it because I want to see first hand before (and yes, now I had created a city on the US live server of Angkor) it goes to the live servers. Yes, I had spent for diamonds (so I am sure I will get to hear people telling me that I should not have, but it's my choice and prerogative in doing so) as I will be spending for the live city (not on the event, though, as I had accepted a challenge in seeing if it's possible this time around).
Hey, I was once a free player and sometimes I feel with them because developers often shafted them with dinky (useless) items or some lame excuse. Most spendy players will tell the free players to buy, buy, buy if they want to get anywhere in life. Well, I am not that kind of guy; I am the kind that would encourage players to keep at it and hopefully something positive comes to light, like this compensation that had brought a majority of players Colossi towards level 10.
While the two I obtained are useless (as some would have put it) since I do not have a waiting Colossus, however, I am just happy that the players were taken into consideration and their "voices" (I know, it's written) were heard (well, read if you get my meaning).
So, your time may not be "free" but you also have that choice to participate or not in this past event or even the server for that matter. I am pretty sure no one will take that from you.