Twas the night before I22


Ardrea

 

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Twas the night before I22, and all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse
The purples were prepared by marketeers with great care
In hopes that converters soon would be there

The marketeers were nestled all snug in their beds
While visions of billions danced in their heads
And Fulmens with his fire, TopDoc with spreadsheet,
Had just settled their bids for a new-issue treat.

When across the street there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.

The moon on the breast of the near-melted snow,
Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below.
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear
But a freight train of purples and PvP procs so dear.

With a little old driver, eyes twinkling with mirth,
I knew in a moment it must be Saint Wentworth.
More rapid than eagles his goods were unloaded,
and he whistled, and shouted, as onlookers doted.

"Hecatomb and Apocalypse,
Armageddon, Ragnarok!
Be quick at unloading,
you're still on the clock!"

As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
one after one the bids they went by.
Down through the outstanding bids they flew,
from 600s to 500s to 400s, too!

And then, with a clatter, I heard from the train,
unlocking freight cars and a familiar refrain:
"Get those procs unloaded! IOs for all!"
And right then PvP prices started to fall.

From Gladiator's Armors to Shield Wall,
the buying was worse than a Black Friday mall.
And Wentworth he smiled and nodded to shoppers,
thinking of the ten percent going to his coffers.

At last it appeared the demand had been slated,
the crowd that had gathered was finally abated.
It occurred to me then with horrifying slowness,
that I had yet to procure myself a set bonus.

I charged down the stairs and out into the night,
thoughts of soldout IOs giving me quite a fright.
I charged 'cross the street, hoping to see,
if some few IOs were left over for me.

Wentworth saw me arrive, all out of breath,
looking like I had just been scared to death.
He held up his hand, and said, "Be at ease.
You can now get enhancements with the greatest of ease."

I shopped 'til I dropped, my base bins were all loaded.
Going without purples would now be outmoded.
Wentworth stood up and stretched and said with a smile,
"3 percent defense procs are quite surely your style."

And with that he ran back to his freight train of loot,
and the train pulled back onto the tracks with a toot.
As the train added speed to its momentous flight,
I heard him call back through the darkness of night.

"Wentworth's got the contract to produce the converters,
so these falling prices they won't really hurt us!
Now you can respec your builds all just right;
Merry issue to all, and to all a good night!"


 

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*golfclap*

Bravo, good sir.

Merry Issue to you too.


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That really rocked.


Blue
American Steele: 50 BS/Inv
Nightfall: 50 DDD
Sable Slayer: 50 DM/Rgn
Fortune's Shadow: 50 Dark/Psi
WinterStrike: 47 Ice/Dev
Quantum Well: 43 Inv/EM
Twilit Destiny: 43 MA/DA
Red
Shadowslip: 50 DDC
Final Rest: 50 MA/Rgn
Abyssal Frost: 50 Ice/Dark
Golden Ember: 50 SM/FA

 

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Well done.


@Demobot

Also on Steam

 

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Very Nice!


 

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Where is the "Like" button? I need to click it.


@Quasadu

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Bravo!

Very well done -- it gave me a smile that may last all morning!


 

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/em rousing applause


total kick to the gut

This is like having Ra's Al Ghul show up at your birthday party.

 

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Absolutely amazing


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I'm impressed!

Bravo!


Ignoring anyone is a mistake. You might miss something viral to your cause.

 

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BUT ENHANCEMENT CONVERTERS DIDN'T GO LIVE WITH ISSUE 22!!!1!!!!1!111!


Goodbye and thanks for all the fish.
I've moved on to Diablo 3, TopDoc-1304

 

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Quote:
Originally Posted by TopDoc View Post
BUT ENHANCEMENT CONVERTERS DIDN'T GO LIVE WITH ISSUE 22!!!1!!!!1!111!
Oh, my.


Blue
American Steele: 50 BS/Inv
Nightfall: 50 DDD
Sable Slayer: 50 DM/Rgn
Fortune's Shadow: 50 Dark/Psi
WinterStrike: 47 Ice/Dev
Quantum Well: 43 Inv/EM
Twilit Destiny: 43 MA/DA
Red
Shadowslip: 50 DDC
Final Rest: 50 MA/Rgn
Abyssal Frost: 50 Ice/Dark
Golden Ember: 50 SM/FA

 

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Ok, which dev was the grinch that stole the converters?


"Most people that have no idea what they are doing have no idea that they don't know what they are doing." - John Cleese

@Ukase

 

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OP, I doff my chapeau, a tip of the cap to you.

Well Done!

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I've been rich, and I've been poor. Rich is definitely better.
Light is faster than sound - that's why some people look smart until they speak.
For every seller who leaves the market dirty stinkin' rich,
there's a buyer who leaves the market dirty stinkin' IOed. - Obitus.

 

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That is pretty great. Thanks for sharing!


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