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Game Forum / Role Playing Games / EverQuest / May 2004PC Gamer shield?
I saw the following linked at eqwire.com http://eqlive.station.sony.com/news_section/newsview.jsp?story=62209 >>The full details on how to redeem your exclusive PC Gamer shield for EverQuest will be available Wednesday, May 26, 2004 in the update message. We apologize for the delay. << Is this the first of the items mentioned in that LA times article?  Signature_________________________________ Webmaster - http://www.bippiboy.com Keeper of the Animated Clerks Timeline - http://www.bippiboy.com/tracer/tracer.htm Quoth Colcannon Bacstai: > I saw the following linked at eqwire.com > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Is this the first of the items mentioned in that LA times article? I don't know, but for the first time in five years, I'm getting the feeling that I won't be renewing my account when the current six months are up. :( SignatureVenerable Hanrahan, Storm Warden (Human), Fennin Ro Molgarin, 40-odd Monk (Human), Fennin Ro Pavlov's Dog and Schrodinger's Cat walk into a bar... > Quoth Colcannon Bacstai: > > I saw the following linked at eqwire.com [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > feeling that I won't be renewing my account when the current six months > are up. :( Awwwwwwwww. Just quit now, why play a game you hate? Quoth Lief: >> I don't know, but for the first time in five years, I'm getting the >> feeling that I won't be renewing my account when the current six [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Just quit now, why play a game you hate? Well, you are making two wrong assumptions there: I neither hate EQ (I still think it's the best MMORPG out there), nor am I playing it (not since I got CoH, at least). But if SoE are going to go down the road of outside sponsorship of in-game items, I will not be renewing my account. I'm sorry that you appear to have a problem with that. SignatureVenerable Hanrahan, Storm Warden (Human), Fennin Ro Molgarin, 40-odd Monk (Human), Fennin Ro "Nuts and bolts" ufologists vs. "temporal lobe" ufologists > Quoth Lief: > > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > outside sponsorship of in-game items, I will not be renewing my account. > I'm sorry that you appear to have a problem with that. Apologies was in a bad mood at the time. Quoth Lief: > Apologies was in a bad mood at the time. No problem at all. Cheers, David. SignatureVenerable Hanrahan, Storm Warden (Human), Fennin Ro Molgarin, 40-odd Monk (Human), Fennin Ro "We need more Cleric..." SignatureMy avatars on the Protector server: http://www.angelfire.com/oh5/sdp/ > > > Quoth Colcannon Bacstai: [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Just quit now, why play a game you hate? He probably paid for 6 months in advance and doesn't feel like letting the money go to waste. > I saw the following linked at eqwire.com > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Is this the first of the items mentioned in that LA times article? Oooo... I can't wait to get my exclusive Beige Ring of Nourishing from Cheerios with 3 box tops. Or my exlusive Shiny Bangle of Distraction with purchase of a Britney Spears CD. Or my exclusive Mighty Cox Rod of Friendship when I sign up a friend on Cox High Speed Internet. <g> > Oooo... I can't wait to get my exclusive Beige Ring of Nourishing from > Cheerios with 3 box tops. Or my exlusive Shiny Bangle of Distraction > with purchase of a Britney Spears CD. Or my exclusive Mighty Cox Rod of > Friendship when I sign up a friend on Cox High Speed Internet. <g> Naw...Britney Spears is not on a Sony label. :-) Signature--Tim Smith lol > > I saw the following linked at eqwire.com > > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > with purchase of a Britney Spears CD. Or my exclusive Mighty Cox Rod of > Friendship when I sign up a friend on Cox High Speed Internet. <g> Have you seen the in game lame items sony has given out.. ha ha they are a joke. I look at it this way if the keep enticing new players to the game with cheap come on pieces sooner or later enough will stick around and buy the stuff on my bazaar mule :) Other wise join the legends server and buy all the crap you want ha ha... > Have you seen the in game lame items sony has given out.. ha ha they are a > joke. I look at it this way if the keep enticing new players to the game > with cheap come on pieces sooner or later enough will stick around and buy > the stuff on my bazaar mule :) Good point. If they give away weak items as promotional stuff to entice more players, I have no problem with that. Heck, I bought the boxed LDON partly in order to get the in-game WR bag. I'd only get torqued if they started giving away "good" items for money. "This week only, get a Cloak of Flames for only $100..." -- Don. --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Sukrasisx, Monk 32 on E. Marr Note: If you reply by mail, -- Terrwini, Druid 18 on E. Marr I'll get to it sooner if you -- http://www.iCynic.com/~don remove the "hyphen n s" >> Have you seen the in game lame items sony has given out.. ha ha they are a >> joke. I look at it this way if the keep enticing new players to the game [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >I'd only get torqued if they started giving away "good" items for >money. "This week only, get a Cloak of Flames for only $100..." Don't ever say that again, or they're liable to hear you. > I'd only get torqued if they started giving away "good" items for > money. "This week only, get a Cloak of Flames for only $100..." > > -- Don. to be honest I think sony already is selling items and plat ....I have browsed the items at playerauctions and have to wonder where the heck one guy has so many items on EVERY server?????? I hate to think that I it is a conspiracy BUT after the way sony has handled the 8 expansions and the pricing for the game and the promotion of the expansions, it would not surprise me at all that they have all along been selling plat and items for real money. (heck if I was running sony and my job depended on the bottom-line...you can bet your arse I would be doing it!) just my 2cp on that thought >> I'd only get torqued if they started giving away "good" items for >> money. "This week only, get a Cloak of Flames for only $100..." [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >browsed the items at playerauctions and have to wonder where the heck one >guy has so many items on EVERY server?????? The answer.. should be obvious. He buys them from players in game, sells them on playerauctions for cash, and then transfers the item in game to the new buyer. As long as the money he spent to get the item is less than the money he received for the item... he makes profit. I'm also sure he has software programs like Access and Quickbooks and what not to track transfers.. and if sophisticated enough has had programs written to automate some of the out-of-game overhead. I.e. inventory tracking programs.. which character has what, etc. >I hate to think that I it is a conspiracy BUT after the way sony has handled >the 8 expansions and the pricing for the game and the promotion of the >expansions, it would not surprise me at all that they have all along been >selling plat and items for real money. (heck if I was running sony and my job depended on the >bottom-line...you can bet your arse I would be doing it!) Oh please... if Sony employed a team of people to do this the word would get out. If they get in the business they'll say so.. like in the LA Times article. The main virtual traders in EQ are Jonathan Yantis and IGE(a Hong Kong based outfit with a 100 person staff dedicated to buying and selling virtual items in any mmorpg that you'd like... check them out at www.ige.com.. you can even find out their buy and sell rate for platinum on your server). -MJ |
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