Discussion: Announcing a New Paragon Market Pilot Program - Freebie Friday!
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Posted on: 2012-05-09 09:44 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion
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Originally Posted by Paladin
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That's weird, because this was the first thing that I thought of when I entered this post yesterday!
Love this, lol.
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Originally Posted by Nos482
What?
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*looks left*
*looks right*
*kicks the furball across the room*
To Hell with your tutor kitteh!
Attention everybody!
JUST ONE MORE HOUR UNTIL WE GET FREE STUFF!
That is all.
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Originally Posted by Nethergoat
it's NEVER too late to pad your /ignore list!
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But I want it NOW!|
Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man
Attention everybody!
JUST ONE MORE HOUR UNTIL WE GET FREE STUFF! That is all. |
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
The revised announcement already covers this, but legal is currently reviewing a wording proviso that would specify that the item in question may be an item the player already possesses, because in preliminary testing it was discovered checking a candidate item to see if any of the active accounts of players that satisfy the psychological profile of expressing displeasure at such a collision possessed the item would take approximately eleven thousand two hundred fifty three times longer than the resources currently allocated to the project would allow. Internal audit is currently reviewing if this is a Q&A deficiency, or a producer error.
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XP Booster. That is all.
XP booster? Nice. I'll gladly welcome those for my alts.
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Originally Posted by JKCarrier
The best part about this is, judging by history, the chances are pretty good that someone will hit the wrong button, and it'll be free Titan Weapons for everyone!
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That made me lol pretty hard. I've never seen that one before. It reminded me of this one:|
Originally Posted by Paladin
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRbhE3GRiUE
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I was disappointed they didn't kick off with something more interesting, but, hey: free stuff. ::shrug::
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Originally Posted by The_Terrorizer
XP Booster. That is all.
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Goodbye may seem forever
Farewell is like the end
But in my heart's the memory
And there you'll always be
-- The Fox and the Hound
I can't wait to read the inevitable thread made by some moron who thinks he's entitled to free points/refund because he already owns whatever non-perishable item that gets given away on an upcoming Freebie Friday.
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Originally Posted by The_Terrorizer
XP Booster. That is all.
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FREE XP Booster
THAT is all.
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Originally Posted by Nethergoat
it's NEVER too late to pad your /ignore list!
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Dude, Zwill made it crystal clear that this is a test of a potential future feature, NOT the launch.|
Originally Posted by Tenzhi
I was disappointed they didn't kick off with something more interesting, but, hey: free stuff. ::shrug::
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
For the trial run,
Join us in testing a potentially new regular feature for the Paragon Market and please feel free to leave your feedback in the Community Discussion below! |
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I believe that someone let slip the name on Ustream (during the Player Summit) of the company that put out said market product: Playspan, which is apparently owned by Visa. |
Originally Posted by Arcanaville
The notion that it might be licensed, as opposed to a work for hire, reminds me that below the number zero lies an unbounded amount of negative integers.
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Sure enough, take a look at the top picture on this subpage:
http://corp.playspan.com/microtransactions
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I'm secretly disappointed they didn't give me a Bug Hunter badge for free.|
Originally Posted by Tenzhi
I was disappointed they didn't kick off with something more interesting, but, hey: free stuff. ::shrug::
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But since it's pretty rude to openly complain about someone giving you free stuff I decided not to whine about it too much. *shrugs*
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I happily logged in to receive my free XP Booster/slap in the face!
It should probably not be buried on the second page of the Featured Items list, though. If one of the goals is to get more people to try the market, you probably want to make the freebie as easy to find as possible.
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I only see one page of Featured Items and it's right there (admittedly, at the bottom of the list).
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Originally Posted by Creole Ned
I happily logged in to receive my free XP Booster/slap in the face!
It should probably not be buried on the second page of the Featured Items list, though. If one of the goals is to get more people to try the market, you probably want to make the freebie as easy to find as possible. |
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That actually explains a lot.
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Originally Posted by Snow Globe
I believe that someone let slip the name on Ustream (during the Player Summit) of the company that put out said market product: Playspan, which is apparently owned by Visa.
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And? I didn't specify what was being kicked off, but it was contextually implied to be whatever this thread is about. If Zwill made that subject clear, wherein lies the confusion?|
Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
Dude, Zwill made it crystal clear that this is a test of a potential future feature, NOT the launch.
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Originally Posted by Lothic
But since it's pretty rude to openly complain about someone giving you free stuff I decided not to whine about it too much. *shrugs*
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Goodbye may seem forever
Farewell is like the end
But in my heart's the memory
And there you'll always be
-- The Fox and the Hound
Good, i can always use such a booster for ITF/45+ Taskforces to get my characters a few more levels.
Thanks alot, Zwill ! 
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It showed up on the 2nd page for me as well. I spent probably 2 minutes searching for it wondering if the forums had tricked me yet again. |
Originally Posted by DarkGob
I only see one page of Featured Items and it's right there (admittedly, at the bottom of the list).
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I found it and picked it up though. Woohoo free stuff!
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If you -paid- for bacon on your sub and didn't get it then complaining about it would be absolutely appropriate.|
Originally Posted by Tenzhi
The first part of that statement is not necessarily true. And wistfulness is hardly a complaint. I was disappointed that that meatball sub I just ate didn't have bacon on it... but, hey: meatball sub.
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But if the guy making your sub offers you some free bacon (that he had no obligation to give you) and for some weird reason you hate bacon it'd still be fairly rude to openly complain or quibble about it, even if you're secretly disappointed (or "wistful") you didn't get offered some other free topping you -really- would have wanted instead.
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Doesn't it though? On the other hand it doesn't explain why the store isn't available out of game.
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
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And if they just added it to your sub for free, complaining about it could be appropriate. Free gifts can themselves be rude. Ergo the aforementioned comment about the earlier statement not necessarily being true.|
Originally Posted by Lothic
If you -paid- for bacon on your sub and didn't get it then complaining about it would be absolutely appropriate.
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| But if the guy making your sub offers you some free bacon (that he had no obligation to give you) and for some weird reason you hate bacon it'd still be fairly rude to openly complain or quibble about it, even if you're secretly disappointed (or "wistful") you didn't get offered some other free topping you -really- would have wanted instead. |
Goodbye may seem forever
Farewell is like the end
But in my heart's the memory
And there you'll always be
-- The Fox and the Hound
Or maybe [IndyArkoftheCovenant.gif] would work better.
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