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Andrev Nox	Posted - 2010.10.13 19:34:00 - [1] The faction items/implant packages are an excellent addition. Bravo, as always.
Andrev Nox	Posted - 2010.10.14 00:54:00 - [2] Missed the in-channel ticket giveaway by -that- much. Grats to both winners :)
Andrev Nox	Posted - 2010.10.16 03:17:00 - [3] Originally by: Zelot Blueice CONGRATZ! 1 TRILLION ISK GIVEN AWAY AS OF A FEW MOMENTS AGO \o/
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2010.10.21 06:06:00 - [4] Originally by: GisFace Oh, and for Strategic cruisers make a clarification if modules are part of the deal or not, thats why I am not binking them Currently they are not, T3 blinks are the hull only. :)
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2010.10.27 18:25:00 - [5] In response to the requests - there will be 1 isk promos randomly through the day today. 4 already come and gone in the last 10 minutes :D
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2010.10.28 00:37:00 - [6] The 12 (TWELVE!) 1 ISK promo.Blinks we ran today, items chosen mostly by request in channel: 5+ Federation Navy Large Plasma Smartbomb Federation Navy 100MN MicroWarpdrive 1000+ Exotic Dancers 5+ Federation Navy Medium Armor Repairer 5+ Federation Navy Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane 5+ Federation Navy Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane 1x Federation Navy Large Armor Repairer 3+ Shadow Serpentis Energized Thermic Membrane 2+ Shadow Serpentis Energized Reflective Membrane 2+ Dark Blood Reactive Plating 1+ Pillaging 101 And 1+ Interbus Shuttle While it may seem like there aren't many promos - it's because the sheer popularity of Blink means that even a 100 ticket promo flies off the screen in a matter of minutes. :D
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2010.10.31 23:11:00 - [7] We've actually got a solution in the works for promos taking up too much real estate, keeping the fun without the scroll :p
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2010.11.02 04:08:00 - [8] Blink News! Three TRILLION isk in prizes have been given away! Celebration begins with downtime tonight! Tonight: 10% bonus (instead of the usual 5%) on all prizes converted to Blink Credit, through downtime. Tomorrow-Friday: Gigantic PROMO.blink spam! Over 7 billion isk of prizes being given away, all at 1 isk each, at all hours of the day. All timezones guaranteed equal loving :p Prizes will include, but are a lonnnnng way from limited to: A gigantic pile of pirate ship hulls - up to and including BS-sized hulls :) PLEX! And an even more gigantic-er pile of mods. What's this all leading up to, you ask? Saturday - great prizes and surprises, leading up to Adestra blink! As always - gigantic thanks to all the blinkers out there. This week's for you :)
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2010.11.03 17:22:00 - [9] Edited by: Andrev Nox on 03/11/2010 17:23:42 Originally by: Nina Mink Got some questions, yesterday i got in on a 150 ticket blink where tickets were 1 isk and i could only buy 1 ticket, what i completely understand. But are all 1 isk blinks 150 tickets? What are mimir - utu blinks? The 1isk "promo blinks" vary in ticket number. Some are as low as 20-ish tickets, but 150 tends to be the upper range. Sometimes we have to use a larger number of tickets to give people a chance to get in on promos at all - and even the 150 ticket ones are typically gone in <10 minutes :p The Mimir and Utu blinks were normal format blinks, people were able to buy as many tickets as they chose. The Adestra blink this Saturday will be the same :)
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2010.11.04 00:43:00 - [10] Edited by: Andrev Nox on 04/11/2010 00:44:50 Originally by: Anubis Reb0rn Could you tell me where you put the contract for the Cruor? Thanks. In Jita :) Originally by: Nina Mink Ok, i see. So the adresta will be a 150 ticket blink? We haven't nailed down an exact ticket number yet, but we'll announce the details later this week :)

Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2010.11.06 00:04:00 - [11] Originally by: kor anon I won a Phantasm, about how long for the contract? I am in null so have to plan to get down to systems. =) OMFG huge amount of winnings today, so things a lil delayed - but all hub/isk payouts currently pending should be in their winner's hands within the next 5 hours, max.
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2010.11.06 04:20:00 - [12] Over FOUR TRILLION in prizes given out! Stay tuned for the Adestra blink, tomorrow!
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2010.11.09 01:46:00 - [13] Sorry for that folks - was an error with our hosting service, but all straightened out now :)
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2010.11.11 00:02:00 - [14] 1 isk promos for tickets on the Supercarrier blink? MADNESS I SAY! Blink <3's you :p
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2010.11.11 23:05:00 - [15] Originally by: Zelot Blueice Awesome to see that Blink has hit the 5T mark! Thanks! We're floored by it, too - Over 54,000 prizes given away :)
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2010.11.16 00:47:00 - [16] For folks who don't want/can't continue investing their own ISK in Blink, but still want to participate, we do provide butan bonus ISK often enough that you can always stay "promo-capable" Granted, it takes more time on those people's part than just "check for free stuff, win free stuff" - but we had a deluge of promo-only alts, honestly. We had to find a way to continue rewarding real customers without allowing others to spoil the system. We're still evaluating the current promo requirement, though, and are more than willing to listen to feedback on what you feel would keep promos viable. :)
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2010.11.17 02:52:00 - [17] Hey folks :) We've got our nose to the grindstone getting the cancled contracts re-issued. We really are sorry for the delay this caused, but it's purely an issue of craptacular contract UI, finding the ones that got cancled and re-issuing them. Should have all the reported undelivered prizes covered inside a day, max.
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2010.11.18 02:58:00 - [18] Originally by: Whisky Visions Shame the theft had to go and screw things up, I've never had a problem getting isk/ships in a timely manner. I'm still in the hole, but I'm still blinking! At this point we're very nearly all caught back up on any missing claims that people have reported - so times should be about back to normal on deliveries now :)
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2010.11.19 06:50:00 - [19] Tonight - you, us, and Freki. Gigablink madness, t-minus 16 hours! \o/
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2010.11.19 16:28:00 - [20] Kira - fixed :) Drok - apologies, yours got lost in the mess a coupla days ago, but because it was shipped we thought it was safely en route. It's been re-shipped now and prioritized to the very front of the shipping queue. Should be there shortly.

Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2010.11.19 21:56:00 - [21] Jas, I'm not sure I understand your problem. Do you mean each time you've gone to buy a ticket, it tells you the ticket was already purchased by someone else? This happens occasionally during our higher-user times - Blinks can fill very, very quickly sometimes. If the blinks are filling faster than you can join them, try starting your own blink (bit lower down on the site) - just pick an item, confirm the price, and pick your first ticket choice. Nobody else gets a shot at it until you've bought your first ticket :)
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2010.11.21 00:36:00 - [22] Originally by: icechip Should it take more than 3 hours for delivery? Blink ID : 90617 Nightmare Location Jita Sometimes, yes. Weekends especially are a very, very busy time for prize delivery. But we'll always get em out ASAP, rest assured :)
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2010.11.21 15:45:00 - [23] Icechip - sorry for that, found and corrected.
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2010.11.22 00:14:00 - [24] Originally by: Solettin Dear Blink, I won an a Golem with the following ID:90791, but till now I have not received the ship. Found and corrected - sorry for that!
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2010.11.22 04:01:00 - [25] Every now and again, some variation of the "Scamming!" theme pops up. To address yours, and the next guy's, confusion about randomness: Re: Might not be using code we claim we're using. Our code isn't publicly available, this is absolutely correct. We've already had look-alike fly-by-nights copy our site as nearly as they could manage. Putting the code up publicly would be at best, suicidally stupid. Not because some dark secret would be uncovered, but because the explosion of "Bob.wink lotto!" sites would be prolific. This all aside, even if we opened up the doors and posted every line publicly, this "MIGHT STILL BE USING DIFFERENT CODE" claim would go unaddressed. That said, we don't have any interest in making our work so easily thieved, even if that would quell this concern. Re: Random.org validation. Not a problem. :) The most salient bit being: "Random.org passes the NIST test suite; its pass rates and uniformity checks are in line with what NIST considers sufficient to be deemed random. Random.org can now be recognised as passing the industry standard suite of tests." To save time, returning to point 1, you have no guarantee other than our word that we're using random.org like we've said. Now, for the sake of any readers who skimmed your posts, you're essentially saying that by recording the names/winning numbers of our site, one can see a statistical aberration, where certain numbers or people win more often than they should. So, this accusation boils down to you claiming we're cheating, in the form of "rigging" blinks towards our own alts, or friends, or what amounts to secret house bets. I'm assuming that you don't believe the statistical aberration is huge, or it would have been more quickly/easily noticed. Aiming towards the "easily noticed" side of statistics, let's say 10% of blinks are "rigged" so the house takes the pot, rather than a genuine winner. 90% would still have to pay out to "real winners" to keep the "cover story" active, in this scenario. So, for 10% more earnings, we could risk the entire concept, Somer's reputation built over dozens of pre-blink lottos (and hundreds of secured lottos/other 3rd party services), and what sounds like a fair bit more work (creating alts to soak the "cheat blinks"). And 10% "false payouts" would be absurdly high for trying to "fly below notice" on cheating. More realistically, to have gotten away with it over 70k+ blinks, it would have to be more around 2-3%. Alternatively, we can run it straight, make a nice living, and not go peeing in the stream we drink from. Lottos are profitable, and there is no secret about that. We don't have to cheat. We profit honestly. Cheating would, in fact, destroy a successful, stable, and reliably profitable business in this case. Also, if we really wanted to run this type of system, we could have done so honestly and openly as well. Making the last ticket in each blink a "house bet" is a common gambling mechanism. There wouldn't be a need for secrecy if we had wanted to go that route. We didn't, and don't. But if you truly feel like you've found a real statistical aberration, please, by all means - send us your data sets. But, as above - we only have a maximum of 70k data points for a first data set, so a hard statistical treatment will be difficult with your much smaller set. And, finally - blink on 5. We fixed it so 5 always wins.
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2010.11.23 07:20:00 - [26] New server up and running, providing 172% more awesome, with lots of new features and services on the way! http://cogdev.net/blink/
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2010.12.02 22:13:00 - [27] Originally by: NorthernBrewer One question though - how do I get to participate in the promo .blinks? Is it just as simple as being on at the right time, or is there some other trick? The big gigablink's typically run on a Friday or Saturday, with a countdown timer. The normal promo blinks are fired off randomly by we Blink folks, so just have to be blinking at the right time :) We usually try to give a heads up on incoming promos in the in-game channel, though.
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2010.12.05 14:34:00 - [28] Originally by: carbomb so whats the item for todays gigablink? One large faction tower of choice (True Sansha, Domination, Dread Guristas, Dark Blood, or Shadow), and a set of matching guns and batteries. :) You can see all the details by clicking on the picture next to the gigablink countdown, or just clicking here. :)
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2010.12.07 03:07:00 - [29] So, we talked about it, and we agreed with the posts here - the restrictions on promo eligibility was too strict. Lots of folks who have been long time customers, and deserve to keep having fun with us, were falling out of eligibility. So we've changed it :) Currently, those who have deposited less than 1Bn isk total (over the lifetime of their Blink account) will still fall under the old rule - they must play a regular blink every couple of days to be able to play promos. The change: Once a player has deposited a total of 1Bn or more ISK, they remain eligible for promo play for life, no more checks, no more ineligibilities. We really do want to give back to our real customers with the promos, and we think this is the most viable way. Let us know what you think!
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2010.12.07 20:22:00 - [30] Originally by: Bosepherous Out of interest when u say deposoted does that mean ISK put into blink from your in game wallet or does it include the value of blinks turned into blink credit. ISK directly deposited. However, the old eligibility requirement (one normal blink every couple of days) still allows those <1bn deposited to continue to play in promos. And the 1bn breakpoint does not have to be sent in any time frame, just over the entire life of your blink account. So you'll still be working towards that 1bn eligibility over that time frame :)

Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2010.12.12 19:04:00 - [31] We're getting close to having given away 10 TRILLION in prizes - join is in our in game channel "Somer Lotteries" to get in on the celebration!
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2010.12.12 22:27:00 - [32] Over 6 BILLION given away in the last hour in 1isk promos - and we're just getting started! Get in on the celebratory madness in channel :D
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2010.12.13 07:23:00 - [33] Been amazing fun celebrating the 10T mark with the channel tonight. It's been a madness of giveaways. In the 8 hours I've been partying with the channel, we've given away the following, ALL at 1isk. Achievements: A 10m ISK achievement to everyone in channel when we hit 10T. Estamels: Estamel's Modified Large Graviton Smartbomb Estamel's Modified X-Large Shield Booster Estamel's Modified Shield Boost Amplifier Cap ships: Rorqual Phoenix Moros Revelation Naglfar Nidhoggur Chimera Thanatos Archon Freighters: Charon Fenrir Providence Obelisk Orca (not really a freighter, but best catagory I had :p) T2 BS Hulls: Vargur Kronos Golem Paladin Widow POS Towers: Amarr Control Tower Gallente Control Tower Minmatar Control Tower Caldari Control Tower Skillbooks: Capital Ships Minmatar Dreadnought Amarr Dreadnought Gallente Dreadnought Caldari Dreadnought Faction BS Hulls: Bhaalgorn Rattlesnake Vindicator Machariel Nightmare Caldari Navy Raven Apocalypse Navy Issue Nightmare Plex: PLEX PLEX Blueprints: Retriever BPO Other stuff: Primae Strategic Cruiser of Your Choice (Loki chosen) Noctis Cynabal Dramiel Cruor Noctis Hulk Republic Fleet Warp Disruptor Snowball Launcher Ashimmu Cruor Dramiel Shadow Serpentis 1MN MicroWarpdrive Imperial Navy Slicer Interbus Shuttle Caldari Navy Hookbill Republic Fleet Target Painter
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2010.12.14 09:52:00 - [34] As promised, as always - the Blink love continues with madcap giveaways! Join the channel, get a say in what promos you see :)
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2010.12.15 08:24:00 - [35] Originally by: M0535 Who do we contact in regard to queries about prizes ? Any of the Blink staff can help you with this - myself included - or Somer, of course :) Always welcome to drop by the channel (Somer Lotteries) to see who of us are on, or just drop any of us an Evemail.
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2010.12.16 09:24:00 - [36] Join us later today - Blink Butan Bonk! Win an Utu, win a bunch of traditional format promos, win your pants off! (Pant removal may or may not be optional)
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2010.12.16 22:20:00 - [37] Heyo Stab :) Appreciate the interest :) Sadly, your numbers on our profit margins are a bit off. I won't lie, I wouldn't be sad if they weren't, though. :p There are quite a few internal/operational expenses that aren't in your calculations. Also, we've done our best to be generous to the Eve community in response to our success. We've made large donations to Eve Uni, and we sponsor Agony U PVP classes for those that can't afford it. We even tried to give a chunk to RvB, though they never got back to us. All in all, while we do make enough ISK to make it worthwhile to continue - most of it we try to get back into the community in good ways. We're still taking suggestions on new deserving groups for this, btw :) But, to address your more central point, yep - Blink is a business, and we do make some ISK off it. It's gambling, and I think our customers are all aware of the risks of loss they take when they gamble. But we always do our absolute best to make the gambling fun and exciting. We weren't required to give away that 345 BILLION worth of promos, or the 454 BILLION worth of achievement ISK. We even made a way (Butan trivia) to try and allow those who want to play a little for absolutely free to be able to. The ISK amounts those things add up to is not small in anyone's Eve - and they aren't things we had to do. We do it to make Blink more fun :) I think our customers have a good time with Blink. I know I always have a good time hanging with them in our channel. And we're always receptive to anyone that has suggestions on how to make the service more fun - even if that fun hurts the financial bottom line sometimes. As to the "down payment" comment - I promise, we HATE RMT. There are numerous things we could have done to increase our legitimate business - ISK transfers through the site between players, account balance withdrawal, et cetera - but we specifically chose not to do those things because it would draw in ISK-laundering RMTers and benefit their business. I'm fairly certain CCP watches any high-ISK-turnover business closely for this kind of thing. I definitely hope they do, and that they'd come down with a swift ban-hammer on anyone doing it. We play Eve too, afterall :)
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2010.12.19 08:21:00 - [38] In celebration of breaking 100k Bonks, we're increasing the prize load! Bonk now has a possible second place winner - a second winner will be drawn, to receive the Jump Freighter of their choice!
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2010.12.19 22:59:00 - [39] With an hour to go on the Bonk, we've hit 125k tickets! This means another winner will be drawn from the lot, to receive ONE YEAR of Plex, on Blink! Closing out the 10T celebration right!
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2010.12.20 15:03:00 - [40] As above - this draw was done with Chribba's dice tool. Unless you're accusing him of being one of our alts too? :P Yes, we took a loss on this. We intended to. It was part of our 10T celebratory give away. We specifically added prizes as the Bonk ticket number got into the "we're making money" numbers, twice, to avoid profit. The NUMEROUS promos mentioned earlier in the thread were also part of that, and were all done at 1 isk. Several of the folks who won those have posted here as well, on their mains. :)

Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2010.12.22 06:45:00 - [41] Yeah, apologies for the impersonator spam-mailing folks (then having to spam you myself to avoid mis-sent ISK). It happens, though this one's a bigger nuisance than the 28 previous impersonators the GM's have nuked :D Petition's in on this one too, it'll be 29 by this time tomorrow hopefully.
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2010.12.22 08:27:00 - [42] kenna, Every now and again, someone sees someone else win a string and this type of post pops up. I'm always happy to address it, though :) Sometimes, a person (or group of people) wins several in a row because they buy a larger number of tickets to a specific blink. "Buying better odds" essentially. Sometimes, a person wins several in a row just due to sheer blind luck. But with over 110,405 prizes given away (not counting the 756 free promo giveaways), we'd need a LOOOOTTT of alts to perpetuate a scam on the scale you're suggesting :p And, as many others have pointed out over the months, every legitimately closed blink nets us a bit of profit. We'd be terminally stupid to rig the system in any way, as it would be the one sure-fire way to kill our business forever. If you'd like, you're free to review the code we use to pick winners, though :)
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2010.12.22 08:56:00 - [43] Sorry to hear you feel that way :/ But if you honestly believe that we've been using 10 different accounts to mass-recycle alts to scam out 100k prizes...I don't think any logic is going to help calm your fears. :) Sorry to lose your business, though.
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2010.12.23 15:17:00 - [44] Over FIVE HUNDRED BILLION ISK in achievement bonuses given out to our customers - and double Butan isk till Christmas :)
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2010.12.26 01:20:00 - [45] Heya Ker :) Sorry for the delay in claims today - with it being Christmas, we haven't had many folks on delivering/paying out prizes. But I checked, your claim is definitely in the queue, and will be paid out ASAP as we get back up to post-holiday business speed :)
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2010.12.28 06:01:00 - [46] Twelve TRILLION isk in prizes given away - and a 1isk Naglfar promo to celebrate!
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2010.12.31 17:36:00 - [47] Blinkin' in the New Year! Join us in "Somer Lotteries" and get in on the fun :)
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2010.12.31 19:31:00 - [48] Originally by: Calistra Vacanos Registration not working...no pop ups? You have to register from the IGB, after adding the site to your trusted sites. After that you can play from any browser anywhere, though :)
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.01.03 03:24:00 - [49] All GTC claims cleared :) Sorry for the delay on that, we're working on a solution to speed things up a bit.
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.01.03 20:25:00 - [50] Originally by: Civrax Edited by: Civrax on 03/01/2011 20:22:02 Edited by: Civrax on 03/01/2011 20:21:12 just paid 20 million ..but realized i didn't have an account in my alts name (anita easy)..so i have created one ..but still no credit...whats happening guys? :-( Heyo! Unfortunately, when ISK is sent before an account is created, the system doesn't know what to do with it. We can fix it for you, though, no worries. :) Just shoot me an evemail with the alt's name and the timestamp that you sent ISK from it, and I'll get you fixed right up :)

Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.01.06 14:11:00 - [51] Over 135 THOUSAND Blinks completed - and right this moment, a Chimera for 1 isk. Drop on by and join the fun :)
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.01.06 19:01:00 - [52] Originally by: JazzKnight I looked through a few pages but didn't really see where it said how long you had to wait from the time you deposited isk to when it gets credited to your blink account? It's automated, every 8-10 minutes. You can see when the last credit was from the timer in the upper right corner of the site just below your account balance :)
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.01.06 19:17:00 - [53] Originally by: JazzKnight Maybe i didn't state that clear enough, my bad. I was meaning when you deposit the isk into Somer Corp, I put isk in last night and just loged on and don't see anything. Ah, found the problem :) You deposited ISK with the corp Somer's Omnibus Exploration and Reclamation. For Blink, deposits need to be sent to the corp "Somer Blink" We've refunded the ISK sent to the wrong corp, feel free to deposit it with Blink if you like. :) The deposit will show within 10 minutes of sending.
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.01.07 14:29:00 - [54] Originally by: Chro'Tal PS: I wonder how your random seed is done... Heyo Chro :) Sorry to hear you had such an unlucky streak :/ As to how winners are chosen, the random number chooser is actually generated from random.org. If you like, there's quite a bit of information evaluating their real-time randomization here and several peer reviewed papers evaluating it overall here. Our code to get the random number from them is here. Hope that helps :)
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.01.08 05:49:00 - [55] Thanks for all the kind words, folk! Lightening fast delivery, billions in promo giveaways every day, billions more in achievement ISK, FREE shipment on your prizes to any highsec system - so get in on the excitement!
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.01.09 02:30:00 - [56] Hey folks - apologies for the API delays. The API server has been showing a lot of lag/bad data from CCP's side of things, and unfortunately we can't do much about it. Pulls are still happening, but until the API server straightens out they are delayed a bit.
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.01.09 20:32:00 - [57] Heya Max :) Yeah, some days are faster than others - it partially depends on how many of our claims agents are online, and partially on how many claims are being submitted at a given time. We prefer the <10 minute claims turnaround times too :) Sometimes, though, it does take a coupla hours. We'll always get it out ASAP, though. :)
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.01.10 16:35:00 - [58] Originally by: Mojolator promo blink appear on the active blinks tab or on the promo report tab? On the active blinks, right up at the top. Don't worry, if you're blinking when it goes up, you wont miss one :)
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.01.14 10:07:00 - [59] Big love for all the kind words, folks. It's truly appreciated. :) <3
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.01.15 08:33:00 - [60] Butan has returned, get it while it's hot! :D

Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.01.17 06:56:00 - [61] 15 TRILLION in prizes given away - to celebrate, in under an hour we have given away one of each pirate and navy battleship! And new butan up, too :)
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.01.21 03:35:00 - [62] Today was our one-THOUSANDTH promo give away, with items ranging from exotic dancers to estamel's, dramiels to dreads - Blinkers are never far away from the next 1 isk promo!
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.01.26 10:53:00 - [63] Over 11 thousand active Blink accounts - get in on the madness!
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.01.26 12:24:00 - [64] Originally by: CHUCK NORR15 why in the last promo blink has won the ticket no. 121 when the ticket was 120? Heya Chuck :) I'm not sure I understand what you're trying to ask, but the last promo won on ticket 121, which was the last ticket in that particular blink.
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.01.26 12:37:00 - [65] No, just re-confirmed, there were definitely 121. :)
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.02.19 21:13:00 - [66] Originally by: General Newbold also what happens if somer is in bed!! A wild Andrev appears!
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.02.20 01:33:00 - [67] Originally by: General Newbold i dont want to sleep incase i miss it The celebratory promos have already begun - Wave 1 is in action as we speak :) There will be additional, GROWING waves every 25b till we hit the magic, 20T number - at which point I just get to cut loose and give away the farm :D Soon after, a timer will be appearing on the site counting down to the Big Surprise(TM).
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.02.20 09:59:00 - [68] Edited by: Andrev Nox on 20/02/2011 10:00:29 Given away today, absolutely free: Archon Thanatos Rorqual Gist C-Type Large Shield Booster Mizuro's Modified Warp Disruptor Selynne's Modified Armor Explosive Hardener Tempest Abaddon Dominix Raven Phoenix Charon 5000x Exotic Dancers Hardwiring - Eifyr and Co. 'Gunslinger' CX-2.5 Capital Inefficient Armor Repair Unit 100x Imperial Navy Multifrequency L Shaqil's Speed Enhancer Archon Kaikka's Modified Ballistic Control System Chimera Widow Michi's Excavation Augmentor 1337x Exotic Dancers Golem Drake Blueprint Gist X-Type Heat Dissipation Field Brokara's Modified Reactor Control Unit Tuvan's Modified Large Armor Repairer Kaikka's Modified X-Large Shield Booster Gist X-Type Large Shield Booster Estamel's Modified ECM Multispectral Jammer Setele's Modified Reactor Control Unit True Sansha Warp Disruptor 100x Rifter Worm Succubus Dramiel Daredevil Cruor Caldari Navy Hookbill Federation Navy Comet Imperial Navy Slicer Republic Fleet Firetail Vigilant Phantasm Gila Cynabal Ashimmu And 6 months worth of PLEX to one lucky winner :) And that was just day! Still 4 and a half days left of 20T celebration madness - so join the channel, and get in on the madness. Many, many more promos to come - with additional daily events, all cumulating in the Big Event when that timer expires!
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.02.22 02:11:00 - [69] Originally by: Yakti Guys, can you do more promo in euro TZ? :) :) Heyo Yakti :) We do try our absolute best to show all timezones equal love. With events like hitting 20T, however, we really just have to throw the party when the event happens - which means the first round of promo spam was in the EU late-late night this go around. The good news, though- the coming Big Event (which is so awesome it will make you kick a baby in the face), will be available for all timezones to get in on, guaranteed :)
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.02.23 01:18:00 - [70] Originally by: Amber Stonei Mini bonk is on for jump freightor....get bonking! Yes it is! The first of the mini-bonk events is now live. For absolutely no cost (currency used is promo tokens) you can now Bonk for tickets to winning a JF of choice. Tasty! Just click the link in the banner, or go here. And who knows what tomorrow will bring? :D

Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.02.23 13:50:00 - [71] Just 6 hours left on the first mini-bonk event. Another (With a new exciting prize) arriving soon after that - all leading up to the Big Event in just 1 more day!
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.02.23 19:47:00 - [72] Edited by: Andrev Nox on 23/02/2011 19:49:42 Originally by: Shandir How do you get the 20T/10T event achievement? At the moment we roll over a given event (20T in this case) we heavily spam a celebration link to the channel. Everyone who clicks it is given the event achievement. Originally by: Nadarius Chrome Me too, and I kinda regret buying that to be honest after seeing how many tickets have been sold. This mini-bonk is the first of it's type, and we did expect usage to be high on it. There are still more coming (One very soon now), so those that played conservatively may find themselves in a good position to dominate later ones.
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.02.24 00:18:00 - [73] Less than 24 hours to the Big Event, and now the hints start flying. Hints previously given in channel: It is far more valuable than an AT ship, it has never been seen on Blink before, and it is so awesome it will make you slap a baby in the face for a chance to win. Hint one: Ticket cost will be 500k isk.
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.02.24 01:02:00 - [74] The clock counts down and the excitement builds! Hint Two: The item in question is Amarrian.
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.02.24 01:24:00 - [75] Hint 3: From the moment the timer expires, there will be 3 days in which you can get a chance to win this item.
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.02.24 01:32:00 - [76] Edited by: Andrev Nox on 24/02/2011 01:34:25 Hint 4: This item has never been publicly sighted in highsec, flown by a player.
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.02.24 02:03:00 - [77] Hint 5: The winner will be given the option of an ISK buyout for 60b.
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.02.24 02:18:00 - [78] Okay, foreplay is over: Ladies and Gents, to celebrate having given away over 20 TRILLION isk in prizes, SOMER Blink is proud to bring you the chance to win an Avatar class Titan for only 500k ISK! The Bonk for the Avatar will run for 3 full days. At the end of that time, the Bonk will be closed and ticket list posted. A winner will be drawn from Chribba's dice tool, as per our previous Bonks. The winner will be given the choice of accepting the item directly, an immediate 60B isk buyout from Blink, or Blink will firesale the item on the forums for you, transferring the ISK from that sale to you. While the Big Event bonk is live, there will continue to be Mini-Bonks based on promo tokens as well - so depositing to win a Titan will still grant you tokens to win other rocking prizes as well!
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.02.24 19:50:00 - [79] In just over four hours, you could be buying a winning ticket for a Titan. For 500k isk, you could own an item that changes the fate of entire alliances. Be there!
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.02.25 02:44:00 - [80] Originally by: Feir Cusat is there an estimated timeline for this thing to be fixed? Feir - the core site is back alive now, normal blinking can resume :) We're still working on the Bonk portion, and will get a time estimate ASAP. But we'll extend the time on the Bonk to make up for any time lost due to server fire, so everyone will still absolutely have time to get in on it if they like :)

Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.02.25 03:31:00 - [81] Originally by: Slasher42 How about a few(30-40 in a row? LOL) promo's to comfort us in our pain and suffering for not being able to Bonk? We're baby-stepping the server back to life, slowly letting the load increase. Promo spam would be the opposite of that :p But don't fear, there will still be promos, mini-bonk, titan-bonk, et cetera all as planned, we're just having to delay a little bit while we get this all sorted.
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.02.25 04:04:00 - [82] Edited by: Andrev Nox on 25/02/2011 04:04:16 Update: We've just purchased a new server, and are beginning the migration to that immediatly. The level of load capability should be massively improved. Visual explanation: Old server. New server.
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.02.26 00:19:00 - [83] Edited by: Andrev Nox on 26/02/2011 00:21:35 Originally by: Omadeo So, you set a time frame to your mini bonks, and then add time to them? Sounds like a sham to me. Thats like the lottery saying the drawing will be Friday, but we've moved it to Sunday instead. We definitely hated having to postpone the Titan bonk and the mini-bonk, but the load turned out far more massive than we (or our host) expected, and we literally shut down the entire NOC. We had to delay launching both until today, when we were able to migrate to a much more robust server. The time extensions were to ensure we kept our promises - Titan bonk for at least 72 hours, mini-bonk for 24 hours each. We haven't eliminated any of the planned minibonks, though - all will run as promised :) On a happier note: We're up and running hard with the mini-bonks (Today is 12x PLEX), the Titan Bonk, and promo-paloosa! Big thanks to everyone for being patient while we migrated to the new hardware, let the celebrations continue!
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.02.28 02:58:00 - [84] Pre-authorized balance means one of the Blink staff manually inserted your deposit amount, so you would not have to wait for the API timer :) On Bonk news: We've just hit our "break-even" point for the Avatar giveaway Bonk, so in the spirit of celebration we've added a second prize! :) When the Bonk closes, two winners will now be chosen. First place, of course, will be the Avatar. Second place will now be... A Mimir! :) Should we hit the break-even point on the Mimir (170k total Bonks) we will add a third prize as well. :)
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.02.28 19:27:00 - [85] Just over 4 hours to go to get in on your chance to win either an Avatar Titan or a Mimir for only 500k ISK! Still running simultaniously is the mini-bonk, with a chance to win three pirate battleships, three pirate cruisers, and three pirate frigates absolutely free. Get in on this!
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.03.01 04:17:00 - [86] Titan goes to ticket # 66476 - kyoshou heiki - grats on your new Avatar! Mimir goes to ticket # 42099 - Theriaulte - grats on your new AT ship! Cheers to all for partying with us this week - we're already well on our way towards 30T and the next celebration!
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.03.04 01:18:00 - [87] Over Two-Hundred and Thirty-Thooouuuusssand Blinks completed - get in on the excitement today!
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.03.05 21:53:00 - [88] Originally by: Llod Xavroc Under the My Blinks tab, is there any chance you can add a section that shows the amount of ships you have claimed? This, along with "Achievement Progress Bars," is on our coding implementation list. Keep watching for it :)
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.03.07 04:16:00 - [89] Edited by: Andrev Nox on 07/03/2011 04:16:04 Originally by: Llod Xavroc Will yall consider opening up eve advertising slots? or at least advertise more Somer Products? Honestly, in regards to advertisement, we've been trying to stick to a model that keeps the site clean for folks Blinking - there's so much advertisement all over everything Eve players use and see, we try to keep Blink related only to Blink. :)
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.03.08 02:40:00 - [90] Good suggestions, both of you! I'll see what implementing those ideas would involve. Thank you, very much, for the feedback - we really do appreciate it :)

Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.03.09 05:34:00 - [91] Big congratulations go out to Icarantus, our first player to hit 1 TRILLION isk in prizes won!
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.03.10 19:51:00 - [92] Originally by: Mangala Solaris Turns out contract was up for me. However the contract system beta wasnt displaying one was. Turning it off let me find my contract :) We've had a few customers report this problem too - and I've experienced it myself when trying to find a contract from a supplier. Hopefully the little bugs and glitches will be out of it before long :)
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.03.13 03:57:00 - [93] Edited by: Andrev Nox on 13/03/2011 04:23:31 You asked for it, so we listened :) We've expanded the "active blink" limitations. Now, at any time, up to 6 "normal" blinks can be active, 3 "big" blinks, and 2 "mega blinks" - for a total max simultaneous blinks of 11. Enjoy! :) Edit to add: Also - just up in the site MOTD - On Monday to celebrate Blink's 6 month anniversary, we're running another no-isk Token bonk for some awesome prizes. It's a bonk celebrating 6 months, with 6 prize packages, each consisting of 6 items. Somer is calling it the "Six-Month Six-Pack" - but I prefer "Bonk of the Beast" myself.
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.03.15 12:43:00 - [94] The 6-month celebration Bonk is still live - get in on your chance to win some awesome stuff for just a few tokens today!
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.03.19 19:18:00 - [95] Originally by: Bear Storm Purchased GTC through the banner several weeks ago, but still have not received the blink credit for it. Anyone available to help with this? As above, you do have to enter your reference number here - but if you already did that and still haven't gotten credit, please evemail your reference number to Somerset Mahm so we can get you sorted asap :)
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.03.25 05:26:00 - [96] Rapidly closing in on 30 TRILLION isk given away in prizes - get in on the excitement today as we prepare for the next celebration event!
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.03.29 06:20:00 - [97] Hey folks - news! We're Hiring! Blink is still growing! We're having tons of fun giving away billions of ISK of prizes every day. Want to help? We're hiring! If you have a single spare character slot, are on Eve most days, and like to type numbers, eve-mail me with this information to be considered for the position: Usual times of day you are online (general location or timezone) Names of any characters you play
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.03.30 04:18:00 - [98] Closing rapidly in on the 30T celebration - join in today!
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.04.06 05:03:00 - [99] Giving away more daily in promos than any other lotto gives away in prizes - change your eve-fate today :)
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.04.07 04:40:00 - [100] Originally by: Legal Secretary Would it be possible to get more info about the upcoming "Blink Challenges"?? Sounds like fun... It's a surprise! :p And thanks to all for the feedback and suggestions - we really do appreciate that stuff, and take it all into serious consideration.

Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.04.10 00:15:00 - [101] Old forums, new forums, old forums again - Blink keeps on rockin, giving away fortunes. Get in on the fun :)
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.04.11 06:56:00 - [102] Hiring yet again - this time for spacetruckers! Blink keeps growing, the community keeps getting more awesome. Follow the link in the site MOTD to apply today :)
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.04.13 18:14:00 - [103] Originally by: McSnarf Hmm... I'd love to buy additional promo tickets by spending an exponential number of promo tokens. (Maybe 1,2,4,8... or 1,5,25,125... or ever 1,10,100...) They just accumulate too fast. At least once monthly, we actually hold a special event that allows you to spend as many tokens as you want to win some really great kit. So hang on to 'em, they'll serve you well in the near future :)
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.04.14 18:28:00 - [104] Ishina - That's a fair point. We'll talk it over and see if we need to reevaluate the butan value. It's a careful balance, as anyone can participate in Butan, but only actual customers can participate in promo Blinks. Still well worth looking into tuning though, I agree. Originally by: Lucious Shakiel I don't know if this has been answered but if won a cap ship like a carrier or dread, where would it be delivered too? We receive capships from several different suppliers, all of which sadly deliver to different systems. The ship would be delivered from whichever of those systems it's available at at the time. They're almost always within 1-2 jumps of highsec, though. :)
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.04.15 12:53:00 - [105] Over 28.1T given away - which means we're nearly to that 30T mark, and PROMOGEDDON!
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.04.16 18:44:00 - [106] Originally by: Nira Razor sent a request for a new password about 2 weeks ago still have not got it! Nira - password reset requests are handled via evemail. If you never got an evemail, please resubmit your request, and insure you don't have "Block all unknown characters" checked. :)
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.04.22 04:33:00 - [107] 30 Trillion, coming up fast - hangars are stocked with piles of promo goodness, the secondary prizes are as big as some of our former big prizes, and the Big Prize is awesome squared. Will you be there? :p
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.04.25 18:54:00 - [108] Closing in quickly on the celebratory day - and I've been lovingly polishing the Big Prize for this event. :D Not seen anyone guess what it will be correctly yet, though.
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.04.25 23:24:00 - [109] Originally by: Somerset Mahm Originally by: Andrev Nox Closing in quickly on the celebratory day - and I've been ~~lovingly polishing~~ squealing while licking the Big Prize for this event. :D FTFY The squeals are the loving part, and a spit shine counts as polishing, by god.
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.04.26 03:53:00 - [110] Hint #1 - This item has a T1 and T2 counterpart.

Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.04.26 18:18:00 - [111] Not sure I understand what you mean. Blinks are chosen by the blinkers, so it'd be hard to predict what people are going to be picking :p Also - Hint #2! The Big Prize has never been seen on Blink before.
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.04.27 00:12:00 - [112] Originally by: Mr Thick Quote: You'll want to check back even before we hit the thirty trillion mark for giveaways sooo who can tell me how far we are from that ? Right now, baby. We're kickin this celebration off early - Promogasm wave 1 has struck on the site and is in progress as we speak. Stop reading! Go! Win billlllliiiooonnnnnnsss!
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.04.30 21:42:00 - [113] Hey folks! To answer some of the questions: The OMG SUPER DAY OF PROMOS always occurs when we -hit- the celebration event, not 5 days later :p We promoed away over 90b worth of ships and items already for the 30T celebration. Plus, as those that have been here for the last two may remember - these bonk events tend to MELT servers, so we're watching load carefully and sliding promos in when we can. :) In reguards to the bonks, the Main Event bonk (A Guardian Vexor and Utu unveiled so far) is reached here. The minibonks, for 0 isk, tokens only, will change each day the main bonk is runing and can be found here. :)
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.05.05 02:45:00 - [114] Edited by: Andrev Nox on 05/05/2011 02:46:15 And the 30T Bonk Madness comes to a close! The ticket list is here. The dice roll is here. The winners are: First prize - Guardian Vexor: Daniel Phlander Second prize - Utu: Mordecai Avitus Third prize - Utu: Arnaz Finx Fourth prize - Estamel's Invuln: Daniel Phlander Fifth Prize - 6 months of PLEX and one of each Pirate Battleship: Xxtrader666xX Congratulations to these, the minibonk, and the hundreds of promo winners who all partiicpated in our 30T events!
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.05.05 02:52:00 - [115] And winner of the last minibonk - Sslay! Congrats to him as well. :)
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.05.10 05:46:00 - [116] The 30T celebrations may be over, but the party never stops. Come join us in chat to get in on the fun today :) Role Reform
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.05.12 05:27:00 - [117] Giving away more per promo than any other lotto does in a day's worth of normal business. Don't miss out ;) Role Reform
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.05.21 03:04:00 - [118] More awesome than butter wrapped in bacon. Or a wallaby dipped in Vegemite for our Aussie blinkers ;) Role Reform
Andrev Nox	Posted - 2011.06.01 20:30:00 - [119] Heyo Kirell :) Every now and again, someone sees someone else win a string and this type of post pops up. I'm always happy to address it, though :) Sometimes, a person (or group of people) wins several in a row because they buy a larger number of tickets to a specific blink. "Buying better odds" essentially. Sometimes, a person wins several in a row just due to sheer blind luck. But with over 358,089 prizes given away (not counting the 3,279 free promo giveaways), we'd need a LOOOOTTT of alts to perpetuate a scam on the scale you're suggesting :p And, as many others have pointed out over the months, every legitimately closed blink nets us a bit of profit. We'd be terminally stupid to rig the system in any way, as it would be the one sure-fire way to kill our business forever. If you like, you're free to evaluate our method for choosing winners. As Somer linked, the code we use to get the number is here. As you can see, we draw it from random.org. You can find their real-time statistics here and several peer-reviewed papers on the quality of their random-generator here. Hope that helps :) PS - Always blink on 2. We rigged 2 to win. Role Reform
Andrev Nox	Posted - 2011.06.15 21:16:00 - [120] Originally by: Ishina Fel I'd like to inquire how the latest dev blog will affect SOMER.blink... Ish - we're waiting to see how the edit Originally by: devblog Q: Will services for in-game currency require a commercial license? A: Yes, if you require any sort of payment for your services you will need a commercial license. I've spoken to Biz Dev and this is something that might be revised, possibly to exclude ISK payments. I'll let you know as soon as I know more. falls out. But one way or the other, we'll keep Blink running. If we have to apply for a license, we'll do so. :) Role Reform

Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.06.17 20:38:00 - [121] Originally by: Cold Flare any idea on bonk prizes yet since the mark is so close? :) It is indeed getting close! This one flew up on us, with less than 2T to go till the 40T celebration. You guys are amazing :) Luckily, we always plan these things in advance, so we do indeed have some awesome prizes and surprises in store for the big day. ;) Role Reform
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.07.18 07:24:00 - [122] Heyo Doc :) Sorry for the inconvenience on that - we have to be fairly hardassed on the "no-impersonating" rule when we see it happen. Even obvious jokes have caused issues in the past. Happily, it was just a short-term ban, more meant to avoid perpetuation and escalation than exclude you from the channel. You should be allowed back in shortly, if you're not already :) Happy blinking! Role Reform
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.07.21 05:02:00 - [123] Heyo king :) Every now and again, someone sees someone else win a string and this type of post pops up. I'm always happy to address it, though :) Sometimes, a person (or group of people) wins several in a row because they buy a larger number of tickets to a specific blink. "Buying better odds" essentially. Sometimes, a person wins several in a row just due to sheer blind luck. But with over 426,461 prizes given away (not counting the 4,380 free promo giveaways), we'd need a LOOOOTTT of alts to perpetuate a scam on the scale you're suggesting :p And, as many others have pointed out over the months, every legitimately closed blink nets us a bit of profit. We'd be terminally stupid to rig the system in any way, as it would be the one sure-fire way to kill our business forever. Equally, if we really wanted to, we could just have open and honest "house bets" where everyone loses. Many other gambling sites, both online and in real life, use this tactic. We prefer there to always be a real winner, so we didn't do this - but if we really wanted to, we could have done so perfectly openly. If you like, you're free to evaluate our method for choosing winners. The code we use to get the number is here. As you can see, we draw it from random.org, so even we do not know who will win until after it is draw. Every ticket of every blink is exactly statistically equal. :) You can find their real-time statistics here and several peer-reviewed papers on the quality of their random-generator here. Hope that helps :) PS - Always blink on 1. We rigged 1 to win. Role Reform
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.07.26 04:40:00 - [124] Doing the blink dance! o// \\o /o\ \o/ Role Reform
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.07.30 13:08:00 - [125] Originally by: Shuurh If pants aren't comfortable for you, we don't mind if you wear nothing at all. Confirming that, after I read this, I burned every chair in the office. brb, need more shower. Role Reform
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.08.08 16:58:00 - [126] 3.6T to go until the granddaddy of all celebration events. Get in now - you do NOT want to miss this one Role Reform
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.08.12 22:08:00 - [127] 2.884 tril to go! We've radically increased the amount of stuff to win with this one, and there are at least 3 prizes that I personally would kick a baby in the face to have myself. Get in now, people - you will not forgive yourself for missing this one!
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.08.15 08:43:00 - [128] Unbelievable fun all day long - get in on the excitement today!
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.08.16 12:57:00 - [129] Originally by: Somerset Mahm The largest prizes (Bonk) require ISK. The daily prizes (Minibonk) use tokens. And they are all fueled by a special mixture that is 3/10ths awesome, 7/10ths rocking guitar solos. Weeedle weeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.08.17 16:14:00 - [130] The magical moment draws ever closer - and we're bursting at the seams with surprises for this one, folks! Get in today - trust me when I say, you do not want to miss out on this.

Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.08.18 17:34:00 - [131] 1.8T to go! \\\o///
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.08.21 20:54:00 - [132] 1.1T to go! Sweet baby jesus, we're all on the edges of our seats waiting for this milestone to tick over folks - this will be a party that would make the ancient Greeks blush :p
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.08.23 06:12:00 - [133] Edited by: Andrev Nox on 23/08/2011 06:13:23 Hoyo! The value of blinks won is based on the total ticket price of the item (based on the value of the item), whereas the value of ISK withdrawn is taken directly from the buyout values themselves (very roughly based on a median between the buy and sell value of the items themselves.) :)
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.08.23 22:20:00 - [134] The promised "Something New" has arrived! New Blink starting bar: No longer the need to spam scroll to the bottom of the page :p New Achievements: Time trials, high roller achievements, new ways to earn achievements and iteration on the old ones :) Achievement progress bars: To keep track of your progress towards all the new free money, a progress bar beside each achievement will keep count of your win conditions for you. :) The decorations are up - will you be there for the 50T bacchanalia? :D
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.08.24 06:53:00 - [135] Originally by: RetSquid Everytime I try to play today I get the following: "There was an error buying this ticket. Please try again. Error: 627933+0" Help? We're investigating this and working to fix now.
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.08.24 19:49:00 - [136] Originally by: GunN4u Is there any way of knowing the pre reqs for some of the new awards. all i see are ???'s on some of the stuff and think it would be nice if there were a page that showed what was required to obtain those rewards You have to unlock em to see the descriptions ;) Of course, there's quite a few folks puzzling them out together in the in-game channel "Somer Lotteries" - and it's not against the rules at all to discuss in there.
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.08.25 01:16:00 - [137] Hide yo kids, hide you wife - we're going to party the house down tonight people. Do not miss out - your wallet will never forgive you if you do :D
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.08.25 04:48:00 - [138] Originally by: Buildarra ...stuff... Understandable frustration - but one has to remember that the server load is GIGANTIC during these celebration events, and things can start running more slowly then. We had over 3% of the population logged into Eve hitting the server all at once, repeatedly, spamming their F5 as fast as they could. :p Day-to-day operation is nothing like the celebration events. :)
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.08.25 04:56:00 - [139] And the main event is now live! For 500k ISK, you can have your chance at winning: A Revenant Supercarrier. Three racial Supercarriers. And 5 racial Carriers! In addition, buying a ticket to the main-event Bonk gives you an entry to a bonus prize: A $50 gift card to the Eve store, donated by CCP! 1 of 5 SOMER Blink T-shirts! Get em while the getting is good, people. :)
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.08.26 05:47:00 - [140] Originally by: Vorre hey one question, what happened to the #0T achievements, i don't seem to have the 40t one anymore? The hidden achievements show on your profile page now, rather than in the achievement list :)

Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.08.27 18:29:00 - [141] Originally by: Freelance Swan Let's say that i buy 2 GTC through your banner, will i get 150Mil isk credit or is that 75Mil for each order? 75m Blink credit per GTC, and an extra 100m for 4 or more, so 150 in that scenario :)
Andrev Nox SOMER Blink Cognitive Development	Posted - 2011.08.29 00:42:00 - [142] And the winners are! Sansha Supercarrier:139367 Luminatta SC of choice: 145274 kyoshou heiki SC of choice: 8660 Happynappi SC of choice: 89860 crice Carrier of Choice: 110414 Sir Sire Carrier of Choice: 218268 Potrondal Morrison Carrier of Choice: 105791 Soulus Cain Carrier of Choice: 259987 T'mer Carrier of Choice: 57942 Ztnef Carrier of Choice: 156870 AssassinationsdoneWrong Bonus prizes: $50 Gift Card from CCP: 517 Monsterpringels Blink T-Shirt: 1757. Sha'alar Demacor Blink T-Shirt: 1650. rooster girl Blink T-Shirt: 69. Iron Eagle Blink T-Shirt: 134. Jessie Davis Blink T-Shirt: 1397. Korporaal Paling Congratulations to all the winners - and big thanks to everyone that came out for the party!

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