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iBLACK MAMBA
Garoun Investment Bank Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2016.01.28 00:40:54 -
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I don't know how I ended up here, but I feel ashamed.
I knew ISK doubling services were a scam. I know the whole concept is utterly ridiculous. But here we go: I am addicted to ISK doubling services.
The problem started around six months ago, in Amarr local. I noticed the spam, read the bio, and it seemed like a harmless bit of fun - what's the harm in trying with a 10m ISK gamble? I knew I would probably lose the ISK but felt like taking a crazy chance.
So I made the deposit, followed the 'rules', and waited. My heart started beating faster and I stared intently at my wallet. Then...it happened...the blink!! 10m became 20m and I felt a little rush of dopamine running pleasurably through my brain. This was FUN.
In the excitement I immediately made another, larger deposit. And then, I stared at the wallet again...and waited. Nothing happened. But then an evemail arrived informing me that I had not followed the rules. So I read them, and it turned out they were in fact right. My ecstasy turned into deflation, but I knew what I wanted - the rush of seeing that wallet blink again.
I always knew that ISK doubling was a ridiculous scam, at best a ponzi scheme, but by then I didn't care. I COULD double some ISK, I could outplay the scammers. Or so I thought...
For the last six months I have tried every ISK doubler in the game, and I am almost bankrupt. But with every little wallet flash I felt that rush again, maybe a little less than before, but I increased the size of the donations to compensate - like an addict chasing that original high.
And now look at me. I have lost almost everything. Chasing the wallet flashes has left me destitute and worthless. The ISK doubling must stop, or I will have nothing.
So from this moment forth I would like to establish the in-game channel 'ISK Doubling Anonymous' - to support all those who struggle with ISK doubling addictions. Together, we can beat this. |
Scipio Artelius
The Vendunari End of Life
43984
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Posted - 2016.01.28 00:45:43 -
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I'm not convinced that you are addicted.
Let's do a test.
Send me all you have left and I will double it.
As a non ISK-doubler, I'm totally trustworthy. No rules. Just send me everything you have and you'll have it immediately doubled. That's a win for you.
Come Win At Eve - Join The Vendunari
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Pix Severus
Empty You
2537
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Posted - 2016.01.28 00:49:13 -
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I can vouch for Scipio, he's legit.
My lord.
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Poddington Bare
Angur Therapy
146
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Posted - 2016.01.28 00:52:14 -
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Pix Severus wrote:I can vouch for Scipio, he's legit.
No he's not. But I am.
Everything. Send me it all. And your SP.
Also, your soul.
Imagine what you could do with not one, but two souls. |
Mina Sebiestar
Minmatar Inner Space Conglomerate
1038
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Posted - 2016.01.28 00:56:35 -
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I think there is remove wallet flash option thingy in options....there your addiction solved send me all your things.
And for love of bjesus try not to be so singular in future....staring at icon....oh havens.
Typhoon Fleet Issue SOE skin for the win.
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Rovinia
Exotic Dancers Union SONS of BANE
456
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Posted - 2016.01.28 01:09:17 -
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See it this way: It's better you learn that lesson (that you can get hooked on these things) here in eve with ingame money than in a casino in Vegas |
Trader20
Hedion University Amarr Empire
4
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Posted - 2016.01.28 02:09:10 -
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Oh, I'm so sorry for your loss, that's why I feel obligated to tell you an amazing deal going on at this very moment. You can get your hands on an expert guide to making crazy isk for only 100isk upfront ***
***Must pay the additional 100,000 easy payments of 100isk in under 5 minutes or you forfeit your account. |
Hasikan Miallok
Republic University Minmatar Republic
1864
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Posted - 2016.01.28 02:22:12 -
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Pix Severus wrote:I can vouch for Scipio, he's legit.
cos anyone with 44,000 likes must be legit ? |
Pix Severus
Empty You
2542
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Posted - 2016.01.28 03:07:08 -
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Hasikan Miallok wrote:Pix Severus wrote:I can vouch for Scipio, he's legit. cos anyone with 44,000 likes must be legit ?
Exactly. Criminals have no friends, everyone knows that.
Everyone.
My lord.
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iBLACK MAMBA
Garoun Investment Bank Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2016.01.28 15:03:43 -
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Scipio Artelius wrote:I'm not convinced that you are addicted.
Let's do a test.
Send me all you have left and I will double it.
As a non ISK-doubler, I'm totally trustworthy. No rules. Just send me everything you have and you'll have it immediately doubled. That's a win for you.
When i log in later i will send you everything in my wallet. 3.5m ISK. I will then stare at the wallet icon. |
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Captain IQ
Innocent Traders Ltd
71
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Posted - 2016.01.28 15:58:23 -
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There is something very addictive to the flashing ISK icon but I'd suggest you get into trading, it means those little flashes won't cost you 10mil a throw and you'll get that rush a lot more often and a lot cheaper. |
Ginnie
School of Applied Knowledge Caldari State
92
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Posted - 2016.01.28 16:12:28 -
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There is no such thing as a free lunch
No Free Lunch
All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream. -Edgar Allan Poe
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Bumblefck
Kerensky Initiatives
10469
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Posted - 2016.01.28 21:42:38 -
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If you're addicted to seeing wallet flashes, you might as well get into trading
Got a HoleySheet1 corpse? I'll buy it for 200m!
Bumble's Space Log
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Bael Vulpes
Ministry of War Amarr Empire
4
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Posted - 2016.01.28 21:56:03 -
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A fool and their money are soon parted -Barnum |
Bumblefck
Kerensky Initiatives
10470
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Posted - 2016.01.28 21:57:27 -
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Bael Vulpes wrote:A fool and their money are soon parted -Barnum
An NPC shiptoasting alt and his basement are soon posting on GD -Bumble
Got a HoleySheet1 corpse? I'll buy it for 200m!
Bumble's Space Log
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Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises Otherworld Empire
15174
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Posted - 2016.01.29 08:05:47 -
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Send me all your ISK and I'll put it to good use in the next PLEX4GOOD campaign.
/c
GÿàGÿàGÿà Secure 3rd party service GÿàGÿàGÿà
Visit my in-game channel 'Holy Veldspar'
Twitter @Chribba
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Nashuar Attor
C5 Flight The Serenity Initiative
3198
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Posted - 2016.01.29 09:27:48 -
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That damn flashing light gives me the ***** so I turned it off years ago. Boom!
I got scammed once. I ended up with a damn Talocan Perpetual Clock that I carried around for a couple years before I got blown with it. I used to take it with me on roams from time to time. Bloody thing cost me 250mil isk so I was going to make use of it.
I miss that clock...
You'll have to speak up, I'm wearing a towel.
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Max Fubarticus
The Scope Gallente Federation
88
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Posted - 2016.01.29 10:40:51 -
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Chribba wrote:Send me all your ISK and I'll put it to good use in the next PLEX4GOOD campaign.
/c
I can vouch for Chribba. He is the original scammer (Bob)
Max
Civil discourse is uniquely human. After all, when is the last time a pride of lions and a herd of water buffalo negotiated SOV over a watering hole? Never.
Someone either gets their ass kicked or eaten. At the end of the day someone holds SOV.
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Varathius
Space-Brewery-Association
203
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Posted - 2016.01.29 11:34:08 -
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iBLACK MAMBA wrote:I don't know how I ended up here, but I feel ashamed.
I knew ISK doubling services were a scam. I know the whole concept is utterly ridiculous. But here we go: I am addicted to ISK doubling services.
The problem started around six months ago, in Amarr local. I noticed the spam, read the bio, and it seemed like a harmless bit of fun - what's the harm in trying with a 10m ISK gamble? I knew I would probably lose the ISK but felt like taking a crazy chance.
So I made the deposit, followed the 'rules', and waited. My heart started beating faster and I stared intently at my wallet. Then...it happened...the blink!! 10m became 20m and I felt a little rush of dopamine running pleasurably through my brain. This was FUN.
In the excitement I immediately made another, larger deposit. And then, I stared at the wallet again...and waited. Nothing happened. But then an evemail arrived informing me that I had not followed the rules. So I read them, and it turned out they were in fact right. My ecstasy turned into deflation, but I knew what I wanted - the rush of seeing that wallet blink again.
I always knew that ISK doubling was a ridiculous scam, at best a ponzi scheme, but by then I didn't care. I COULD double some ISK, I could outplay the scammers. Or so I thought...
For the last six months I have tried every ISK doubler in the game, and I am almost bankrupt. But with every little wallet flash I felt that rush again, maybe a little less than before, but I increased the size of the donations to compensate - like an addict chasing that original high.
And now look at me. I have lost almost everything. Chasing the wallet flashes has left me destitute and worthless. The ISK doubling must stop, or I will have nothing.
So from this moment forth I would like to establish the in-game channel 'ISK Doubling Anonymous' - to support all those who struggle with ISK doubling addictions. Together, we can beat this.
There is still isk doubling going on? I had no idea, my local chat in major hubs is minimized since several years.
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Ibutho Inkosi
Irubo Kovu
63
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Posted - 2016.01.29 13:41:40 -
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Stock brokers as well as bona fide gamblers and other risk/reward venturers were hooked up to the good old EEG machine and showed the brain, when a win is registered, is stimulated in the exact same place cocaine stimulates.
You may well be, if your story is true, a dyed in the wool gambling addict. If you aren't lying here, never go to Vegas. Reno might be okay, but be sure you're already divorced when you do...should the circumstance fit.
Then again, it may be cheaper to ... well, we can't get into that here...not since Mittani's swan song.
As long as the tale of the hunt is told by the hunter, and not the lion, it will favor the hunter.
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Ginnie
School of Applied Knowledge Caldari State
96
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Posted - 2016.01.29 15:59:06 -
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To be entirely fair, playing the stock market is a hell of a lot less risky than gambling. Let's take GM as an example. Yes, you could have lost every share you own when they when bankrupt in 2009. Absolutely...however, GM's sales and profits had been on the decline for years and years prior to that...the writing was most certainly on the wall.
When you put your coins into a slot machine anything could happen there isn't any writing on any wall...its a literal craps roll.
All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream. -Edgar Allan Poe
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Ibutho Inkosi
Irubo Kovu
71
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Posted - 2016.01.30 11:41:31 -
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You don't actually lose shares in the stock market. You still have those. They just lose their alleged value. Or, if things are peachy in the finance world, they gain in value. Warren Buffet became rich waiting for downturns in the market when people who don't really understand stock panic-sell their stocks as worthless. He buys them for oh so cheap, then holds onto them as they again rise in value. Funny, huh?
Where you gamble in the stock market is dealing with people who control the market who are not exactly on the up and up. You don't know when someone is going to pull some funny business and artificially trash the value of stocks across the board. However, if you just hold onto your stock, instead of letting Warren Buffet get it, you'll be looking at its value rise again, not him.
ISK doubling isn't gambling either. So-called ISK doublers are going to keep your money. There's no doubt about that. They will double small amounts (which may not seem so small to YOU) to lure you into finally sending that LARGE amount, which they will then (without a doubt) KEEP.
Gambling is when you can't be sure of an outcome. It could be this. It could be that. You'll just have to wait and SEE. With ISK doublers, the outcome is assured, and you'll eventually get there. "He's got my ISK, and I don't!"
As long as the tale of the hunt is told by the hunter, and not the lion, it will favor the hunter.
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Ralph King-Griffin
Devils Rejects 666 The Devil's Warrior Alliance
13858
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Posted - 2016.01.30 14:04:30 -
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Just be glad the bonus room is gone. You could have lost a lot more than just your isk.
Better the Devil you know.
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