5 Level Pact Slots: For Sale in Influence/Infamy.
By
Acanous_Quietus,
Posted on: 2008-11-29 10:54 in The Market and Inventions
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I received a PM back from a moderator. The current thought is as long as real world stuff stays out of the picture its ok. I'll update you guys if anything changes.
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So we finally have an official word from NCSOFT employees that powerlevelling is OK as long as we only pay/charge in game items?
Good to know.
Any and all spelling, grammar and logic errors are intentional so this post will blend seamlessly into the Internet
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Unbelievable. You, [subject name here], must be the pride of [subject hometown here]!
I bid a plateful of leftover turkey, two pieces of pumpkin pie (with cool whip!) half a jar of salsa and a grey cat (her name is Gem. She's pretty.)
I'm pretty sure I should win something for all of that.
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Huh. I almost thought about making a bid when I realized that since I don't farm and don't PvP that I'd have no interest in playing my 50 once I got him or her back. None at all.
I just realized something about myself due to this thread, cool.
Top 5)
155.25M Hell Jumper
151M TacticsMinusTact
150M Steel_Golem
150M Dumpleberry
120M Via PM
Need to bid: 121M in Freedom/Virtue Influence Equivalent
Others:
101.25M Via PM
100M Via PM
90M - Via PM
67.5M - Iridium (unknown server)
50M - Via PM (unknown server)
13.5M - Dr. Robert
2M Falkieri
Haven't had any new bids.
Everyone who has sent me PMs has been outbid. One person said 120M x 3 . One of the 120Ms is barely hanging in there. Everything is still a go for January.
Come on, I've got kids to feed. I'm like TO doing situps outside of the mall asking for a raise.
PL Meh! 
well if dumples in im on
Bid 151M
Sounds like fun
hey do we earn prestige for this ?
Have you decided for sure which server this is on?
I have no interest in Justice, and no interest in transferring a character.
If this ends up being on Virtue, I'm a likely bidder. Novel idea. I like.
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Have you decided for sure which server this is on?
I have no interest in Justice, and no interest in transferring a character.
If this ends up being on Virtue, I'm a likely bidder. Novel idea. I like.
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Yes, he already mentioned it would be on Virtue.
Okay. Assuming this is Virtue and the base bids are influence, and this is for a villain to 50, I will bid 250M.
These level pacts will be on Virtue. These level pacts will be villainside. I will start my characters in January. All the bids are in "Freedom/Virtue Influence Equivalent." I converted everyone's bid to what I deem that bid to be worth as "Freedom or Virtue Influence." Remember, the top 5 pay the 5th place bid amount. In the case of ties I will not be holding a bid off nor flipping a coin. Such ties can only be decided by tests of skill and awesome. A suitable challenge will be found to determine the winner. Obviously, you could just bid more in advance and break the tie. Currently, the top 5 would all be paying 150M, assuming everyone is still interested in January.
Top 5)
250M Plasma
155M Hell Jumper
151M TacticsMinusTact
151M Strawberry_Quick
Tied for 5th
150M Steel_Golem
150M Dumpleberry
Need to bid: 151M in Freedom/Virtue Influence Equivalent
Others:
120M x 3 Via PM
101.25M Via PM
100M Via PM
90M - Via PM
67.5M - Iridium (unknown server)
50M - Via PM (unknown server)
13.5M - Dr. Robert
2M Falkieri
I'm disappointed that of your top 5, every one a seasoned veteran of the market forum, not one followed the golden rule:
never place a bid ending in zero!
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I'm disappointed that of your top 5, every one a seasoned veteran of the market forum, not one followed the golden rule:
never place a bid ending in zero!
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If they were real ebil marketeers they would have smurphy to pay them for helping him out
Wow this looks like a fun idea, as I'm only interested in a fifty for VEATs, this would be perfect for me... But alas, it's already outside of my price range villainside.
EDIT: What if my bid is "All infamy my side of the pact earns"? 
All that is planned fails. All that is born dies.
All that is built crumbles. This will always be true.
But memories remain, And that is beautiful.
already tried that, no dice. He is truly ebil, as he wants all of his cash up front.
Bid: 251 million x 5, Freedom inf (either side).
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You sir, are a grade A Scoundrel.
You can't spell Slaughter without laughter
All your gonna do is just farm behemoths anyways.
My thoughts on November 30.
If someone is not interested in paying come January then we just move on to the next bid down. That is why I'm keeping past bids in the history. A lot can change in a month. I have no intention of closing the bidding until January
251M x 5 Bonkers
Top 5)
250M Plasma
175M Dumpleberry
169M Via PM
155M Hell Jumper
Tied:
151M TacticsMinusTact
151M Strawberry_Quick
Tied for 5th
Need to bid: 152M in Freedom/Virtue Influence Equivalent
Others:
150M Steel_Golem
120M x 3 Via PM
101.25M Via PM
100M Via PM
90M - Via PM
67.5M - Iridium (unknown server)
50M - Via PM (unknown server)
13.5M - Dr. Robert
2M Falkieri
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hey do we earn prestige for this ?
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Not at all.
All your base belong to the bunny.
"I do it better than anybody you've ever seen do it.
The screams from the haters, it's got a nice ring to it.
I guess every super hero needs his theme music .."
Smurphy, use this for the draws
http://www.random.org/lists/
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POHSYB: We've been in this meeting for six hours. Can I go back to my box?
BLUE STEEL: No.
Pohsyb sighs.
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Bid: 251 million x 5, Freedom inf (either side).
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Well what the crap? I mean, I have way more influence than that...but now it's just not fun any more. 
There are no words for what this community, and the friends I have made here mean to me. Please know that I care for all of you, yes, even you. If you Twitter, I'm MrThan. If you're Unleashed, I'm dumps. I'll try and get registered on the Titan Forums as well. Peace, and thanks for the best nine years anyone could ever ask for.
This thread just went from joking around to real inf!
Smurphy's still laughing... all the way to the bank! 
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Smurphy's still laughing... all the way to the bank!
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Smurphy owns the bank!
Honestly, I do not believe that all the bids are legitimate. Also, likely 1 or 2 people may change their minds by January. If that's the case then I will simply disregard bids that are not paid in full within a certain time frame come January. If that occurs a new "5th" place will be established and refunds, if necessary, will be given to winning bidders who paid more than the requisite amount. So, hypothetically, if we had bidders at 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3 etc and the bidders of 6 and 7 decided not to pay then the "5th place what you gotta pay amount" would drop from 6 to 4.
Or, I could be wrong to the tune of over a billion Influence/Infamy. What a tragedy.
It's not really all that impressive. I have friends and family who play and don't log in all the time. Sometimes I boot up their guys, call up some troops, and set them on follow. I can put one power on autofire like Thunderstorm/World of Pain and use one or two powers occasionally like Freezing Rain, Painbringer and Anguishing Cry.
Playing 1 Fire/Kin Corruptor is more intensive than 5 Thug/Storms. Playing 2 Emp/Sonics is more intense than 1 Fire/Kin. The 2 Emps got too intense for me to be fun. I do it all manually, no key copying etc.
Real players and friends are far more fun and powerful than scrubs on follow. But 5 Thug/Storms sure is cool to see!