Westley

You know you like it!

I'd spank you, but it says I have to spread the love around more first.

Possibly because you CAN'T leave negative rep without adding a comment?

Forum Reputation 09-04-2009 08:58 AM Okay. Did eeet!

YAY! Now I'm down to only SLIGHTLY less rep than God!

Must not let this thread die!!!!

New Forum - Quick n... 09-04-2009 06:59 AM nice forum tips!
New Forum - Quick n... 09-03-2009 11:55 PM Very useful
Computer question 09-03-2009 09:03 AM
ME! 09-01-2009 10:26 PM >.<;
Reduced XP for... 09-01-2009 06:33 PM .
Reduced XP for... 09-01-2009 05:40 PM Bleah.
Adventures in Backwards... 09-01-2009 04:15 PM it might not be ebil, but it still made me laugh
I'm Turning My Rep Off 09-01-2009 01:49 PM Recycling threads saves polar bears! --NT
Question For Farmers 09-01-2009 09:11 AM For existing
Disney buys Marvel 08-31-2009 10:07 PM Hate sports? Boo! Hiss!!
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Well, since I've got... 08-30-2009 06:55 PM not enough +rep for this post
So what do people think... 08-30-2009 12:26 AM Wish I'd seen this comment at the time. I'd have QFT'd it over and over. TJ
Question For Farmers 08-29-2009 11:47 PM Because
Question For Farmers 08-29-2009 05:11 PM /snort




The most interesting one here is the positive one with the comment of "."

I'm wondering if the person is SO used to giving NEGATIVE rep that they didn't know that they didn't have to put something in the field when giving positive rep... or perhaps they MEANT to give negative and hit the wrong option....

The only REAL trial is actually paying $4-$13 bucks to try out the REAL game. Considering that the monthly fee is $15 if you pay per month... by buying an actual copy of the game and getting a "free" month in the process, you're not losing out on much if you end up not liking it.

That's what? 2 hours of work with the current minimum wage? Let's assume you spend 8 hours sleeping and 8 hours working, taking 16 hours out of the day....that leaves 8 hours left times 30 days, so that gives you 240 hours of possible play time to "try" City of Heroes.

Which means that even if you buy it new for $13, you're getting 18 HOURS of possible enjoyment for each DOLLAR you spend. That's a hell of a lot better entertainment value for your money than going to the movies spending $13 just for tickets for a 2 hour movie.

lolREP

Someone apparently tried to clone a Paragon Protector and did a crappy job?

Someone is playing a bubbler and the rest aren't all bowing down to worship him/her?

The Impossibles hasn't been genericed as an SG name yet?

I love exploring.

That's why I spend as much of my time in the Shadow Shard as possible.

And I never use flight, why? The vents are way faster! I love vent hopping, it's SO fun!

Hai guyz!

Basically.

So, I'm playing the game on my shiny new Fire/Regen scrapper the same way I always do, just making random PuGs and running whatever I want to at the moment, which is usually TFs.

Then less than 3 months later, I find myself sitting at level 48 with a full build of level 50 common IOs, no desire for purples or sets.... and about 360 million influence just sitting around from selling ALL of my drops over time on the market for 1 influence apiece.

SO, what does the man that has everything (he wants) do with all this spare money?

Well, I could just give it away, but that's kinda boring. So I've decided to play with the market and see what I can do to it, just for fun.

Call me a random speculator that has no interest at all in making a profit. Call me the worst marketer ever. Hell, call me the Anti-Nethergoat, I don't care... but I'm just going to waste my money doing goofy stuff.

Day One:

So I'm sitting at 357 million looking at the market. What to do first with my hard earned money?

Well let's take a look at the Invention Salvage list for fun. Let's see, the last few sales of Ancient Artifacts are 555, 50001, 40000, 501 and 695. Well that's kinda strange, lots of fluctuations there. Hey look, there are currently a little over 300 bidders that want Ancient Artifacts, and there's a little over 300 people that are selling them for higher than what those people want to pay.

About the same number of people on each side? I've got an idea!

I'll be The Facilitator! I'll just buy up ALL the Ancient Artifacts that exist, price is no issue, and then just sell them ALL for 1 influence! That way everyone that's bidding gets what THEY want, and everyone that's selling gets the price that THEY want! Everyone wins and I can "waste" money being a the good samaritan and hero that I always wanted to be!

So I start buying off Ancient Artifacts. Since the last few sales included a few low numbers, I figured I'd go a little higher than the low ones. I post to buy 10 for 5,000 apiece.

....


....


... no sale?

Okay..... 20,000 apiece.

No sale. Huh? Where did all those sales for less than a thousand come from if no one is selling them for less than 20K? Oh well, I'm rich, let's go waste some money.

30,000 No sale
40,000 No sale
50,000 I bought a few, yay! So I buy up as many as I can at 50K, which is a few dozen. I immediately sell them for 1 influence each and rake in the dough! I'm rich! Oh wait... heh.


So I run out of those sold at 50K..... 60K?

Holy crap! Like 95% of all the Ancient Artifacts that were posting were being sold for 60K! What's up with that? Just one big owner, or is that where most people like to sell them at? I have no idea, but I don't care, I buy them all.

Now there's like 30 left out of an original 300-ish.

So I up it to 75K and buy almost all the rest. Down to about a dozen. Up it to 100K and buy all but two.

Upping it to 200K buys me those last two. I post them all for 1 influence and they all sell instantly.. except for about 30. Well that's fine, a few to spare, and look, I brought the price down from $60K to 10 influence, which is where a common SHOULD be if you ask me!

I caused deflation! Yay! Go me!

And the whole thing cost me... let's see, I started at 357mil, and I'm down to 287mil..... what? Just 70 million to completely wipe out all the bids and sales of a COMMON salvage? That seems kinda low. Oh well.

So that's my first experiment, and I'll be playing around for as long as I have money. What do you all think of my "ebil" scheme to not make money?

Do you all hate me for not trying to make a profit? Do you laugh at me for it? Are you the guy that had all those for sale at 60K and made a ton of profit off of my "charity"? Do tell!

I don't know, but I think I just went cross-eyed.

Actually, that would make him old enough to be DEAD.

Unlike my theatrical namesake, I was born and bred a city boy on the east coast. Hell, I never even saw a live RABBIT in person until I moved out to Iowa for college.

Because I'm the opposite of obstinate.