• Hub Delivery - You can receive your prize in a trade hub (fast!)


• Custom Delivery - SOMER.blink has contracted Mercurial Freight to ship your prize to ANY high-sec system for you. This is paid for by SOMER.blink and will cost you nothing! (up to 3 days)


• ISK Buyout - SOMER.blink will buy your prize back from you for ISK at a competitive rate. (fast!)


• .blink Credit - You can turn your prize into credit instantly, with no waiting to redeposit! (instant!)

Originally by: Zheng Guo

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HI great Lotterie

is sended twice Money 100 Mill to Somer's Omnibus Exploration and Reclamation
and 100 Millto the other one my ,fist deposit is not on my account is it possible to send me my first deposit back ?

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Originally by: Donde Esta

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How about another promo? :)

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Originally by: Blizted Doom

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Please triple check your formula, no one is that lucky with the number 8 :D

Like the idea though keep it up :)

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//RNG was seeded at init()
function roll_winner($blinkID, $num_tickets) {
 if(is_null($num_tickets)) die("Error rolling dice");
 $winner = mt_rand(1, $num_tickets);
 $query = "UPDATE lottery_blinks SET finish_time = NOW(), winning_number = $winner
 WHERE winning_number IS NULL AND id = $blinkID";
 $r = mysql_query($query);
}

Originally by: Merlot Stonegate

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Edited by: Merlot Stonegate on 15/09/2010 20:32:01
Awesome implementation!

Is there a max duration for an open lottery?

Like if there is only 1 or 2 blinks (from the guy that picked it) and no one else, will that stay open until filled?

Thanks!

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Originally by: Aylla

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Finally won something.....though at huge cost

Can u add the missing Command Ships maybe to the list? Sleipnir, Absolution etc?

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Originally by: T'Amber

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confirming Somer is the coolest eva.

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Originally by: George Mante

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i dont know if its just me...but the link wont work

If you could post a direct link for the site maybe that would help?

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Originally by: avidb

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May I suggest special prizes or deals for the top 3 winners/spenders from your stats page.

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Originally by: Arya A

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It would be interesting to know the top 3 spenders ;)

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Originally by: Donde Esta

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Bug: I bought the last visible ticket on the new fed navy sink. It said I bought it, and shows #25 in "my blinks". The main page, however, does not show my purchase. It also shows 24 as max.


Federation Navy Magnetic Field Stabilizer25Blink Currently Running

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Originally by: Denny Haze

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Any way to make the deposit check faster, than every hour? Can't let my addiction run dry!

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Originally by: Ubertino

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Just wanted to give you a heads up, I think the limiter you placed on the 1 Mega blink might be broken, I've seen a couple of them now where one person has blinked 3 or 4 times

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Originally by: ALLKRYDDA

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I have to keep spamming the refresh button on my browser.

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Originally by: Raid'En

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the win list still is sometime very strange, as we see often guys winning 4-5 times in a row.

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Originally by: Arya A

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What about adding another statistic for the total value of prizes awarded that updates with each blink completed? (Like the US national debt ticker )

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Originally by: My Entity

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Edited by: My Entity on 19/09/2010 19:18:27
Never tried, but I have to admit...

This is pretty ingenious. You should find a way to integrate and entice all the lottery hosts to host their lotteries on your website. I am getting tired of seeing 20-30 new lotteries popping up on Sales Forum. =)

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Originally by: Arya A

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What about seperating the Blink Slot Available windows into their respective slots?

IE one for small Blinks, one for Big Blinks, and one for Mega Blinks? Each window will only have the blink items that are applicable to it and it would indicate if there are any blink slots open for that type of blink?

As it stands now, we just know that a slot is open, but not what type it is, nor what type the item we are going to be picking belongs to.

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Originally by: Zedd Malace

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Ok great sight but theres too many somer corps

Just deposeted 100m into Somer's Omnibus Exploration and Reclamation Corp insted of Somer Blink anyway to change that

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Originally by: Teljkon Nugs

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so when are we gonna see mommyship blinks?

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Originally by: Woodman2

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I think the blinks are awesome, just wish the updates were a little quicker than once an hour.

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Originally by: Symm

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Any plans of a loyalty program or is that the plan with the blink.achievements?
I have to say your delivery time has been very fast, I had my carrier in under 3 hours and thanks for the stats listed under my blink page it's made my life much easier.
I look forward to the next improvements that you have in the works.

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Originally by: Valeronx

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I have to admit, I am having fun with these.

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Originally by: Alan Veldspan

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I would love to see faction / officer gear - not just ships.

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Originally by: Astor Rage

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Edited by: Astor Rage on 23/09/2010 20:05:13
A few things:
This looks like a really good idea. Kudos.
Second, it would be nice to have a way to change your password on the site.
Third, I used a promo code but my balance still shows 0 ISK. Is the promo code a manual process, did it expire, or something else?

Good luck with your venture!

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Originally by: avidb

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Oh YAY! 100 Blinks won! there we go...Yippeee

Also WHAT promo code?! or where was it? I would have liked to get in on that. A little upset I was left out =(

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Originally by: avidb

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OMG....So exciting!

How do i join the mailing list btw?

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Originally by: Astor Rage

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Edited by: Astor Rage on 23/09/2010 21:51:31
Thanks for fixing my promo code issue. I discovered another minor issue, though.

I had 4,999,999.99 ISK in my account and then transfered 15,000,000.01 in game to your corp. Your script only read the transaction as 15,000,000 and dropped the .01 ISK leaving me at 19,999,999.99 in SOMER Blink as opposed to a round 20,000,000.

*Edit* Forgot to ask: Is there are reason there are no interceptors?

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Originally by: Waeol

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Does the Statistics page keep disappearing for a reason? :p

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Originally by: steave435

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Made a 60m deposit and have so far won 2 Hounds, 2 Cheetahs and a Dramiel after spending only 45m of it :D
The cov ops and SBs lack the delivery option though - what's the cutoff value for allowing delivery?

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Originally by: Smoulders

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We could really use a shout/chat channel to get at each other while blinking ISK away

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Originally by: avidb

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Wondering if there is a way to deposit ISK without transferring ISK from the game. I decided to stop playing for a bit....but Im jonzing to play at work but cant log in to transfer ISK. =(

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Originally by: avidb

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Thanks for the midday fix!

You should have a link to this forum page on the blink site.

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Originally by: Jam180

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Edited by: Jam180 on 28/09/2010 06:46:48
If i might make an observation...

Personally i understand you making profit over this site, but some of the objects are a tad out of wack.
Take the Plex for example, average price is ~340m atm, yet if i add up all the tickets i get 440m.
I'm sure this will eventually be balanced out, but it might stagnate the sales atm.


*edit;
Oh, as a suggestion, when adding a blink, maybe add the per-ticket price ( and xtickets) to the selector.
This way you less easily select a price you cant afford a ticket to?

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Originally by: General Newbold

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well ive spent a hell of a lot here, not won a bean!!!!

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Originally by: General Newbold

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somerset, sorry to be a pain

how often do you pay out the convert to isk option

also how long till my mach is ready!

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Originally by: Turix

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Hmmm just a little suggestion about the implementation - maybe consider adding a bit (a bit more?) of AJAX into the mix? Its a huge winner as far as usability of a site like this I think, no more mindlessly spamming refresh to see when Blinks finish

Also perhaps add another category of blinks for frigates and the like, since they seem to move alot quicker than the cruiser hulls that also take up the normal Blink spots. Something like Minor Blink.

Also maybe add the standard battle-cruisers to the Blink list, they are a high use item with a fair price (Blink around the price of a dictor?) that could move quickly.

Just some ideas I had - probably useless but heh

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Originally by: Armature01

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Absolutely fantastic Somer! Having tons of fun with this game. You should get CCP to cut you in, as I may just have to buy some PLEX to keep up with my Blink addiciton.

As it grows, I'd love to see an expansion of the prize list.... I could really use some capital skillbooks, but paying for them is lame. I'd rather gamble.

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Originally by: Taniesha

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How do I claim a prize which has dropped from the my blinks page because it was not in the last 50 blinks (it was from a few days ago)

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Originally by: Taniesha

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How do I claim a prize which has dropped from the my blinks page because it was not in the last 50 blinks (it was from a few days ago)

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Originally by: Morlie

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How about some battlecruisers?

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Originally by: avidb

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Any chance I can get my plex as blink credit (with the promo 15%)?

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Originally by: Elise Inova

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Just started playing tonight and for an initial investment of 200M ISK I've won a Legion hull, a Machariel (YAY!!!), a Guradian, 2 Retributions, a Domi, & a Cheetah..... I'm gonna be soooooo broke soon, BUT AT LEAST I'M GONNA HAVE A LOT OF SWEET ASS SHIPS!!!

Thanks Somerset for an awsome way to A: kill time, and B: get ships I normally wouldn't consider spending the ISK on.

BTW....what are the chances of getting Jump Freighters put up for grabs?

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Originally by: Taz Edenrunner

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On the "my blinks" page is there anyway to put in a filter so we can see our winning blinks as well as just viewing all played blinks.

And I've some suggestions for blink achivements, any way of putting them forward

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Originally by: Basilisk519

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I see a lot of good blinks, thank you for doing this, what about T3s any chance of them.

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Originally by: Caterpil

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Hello again

Do these new rules just all out forbid the use of alts because earning some achievements on them is inevitable? I have a very good reason to use an alt: namely to blink on frigs (as I am very close to being locked out of Jita) so I won't be able to get them any more with my main character.
So could we, for example, still use an alt but without using butan?

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Originally by: Monkeynipple Salad

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Edited by: Monkeynipple Salad on 13/10/2010 11:31:29
lmao, corp mate told me about the capital book blink... so i made a account and won :)
best 1 isk ever spent.

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Originally by: Emo emma

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Stil missing some payouts :( Mailed you and tried to get in contact...
Otherwise great funny site.

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Originally by: Phyress

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I haven't read through the entire topic, so I may have missed it being answered, but is there a pattern to promo.blink times, or are we just encouraged to visit often?

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Originally by: NuetTraderAlt

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Attempt to use alt to troll Blink

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<rowset name="characters" key="characterID" columns="name,characterID,corporationName,corporationID">
 <row name="AtheistOfFail" characterID="951872869" corporationName="Gravis Unbound" corporationID="1998878257"/>
 <row name="NuetTraderAlt" characterID="1052428171" corporationName="Winning Trades Enterprise" corporationID="1061738999"/>
 <row name="AtheistOfFailLite" characterID="1140802724" corporationName="Science and Trade Institute" corporationID="1000045"/>
</rowset>

Originally by: VaKuR vAkR

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Hnnnnngh i accidentially sent 100mil to your corp before registration was finished. Now it tells me "Please log out before registering a new pilot.".
Of course I'm not logged in on the page. Relogging in EVE doesnt fix it either. Help pls, great service.

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Originally by: laddg

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Suggestion: Put a 'current market price' on each item. Average from Jita or something like that.

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Originally by: T'arho

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how do you win those pres butan achievements?

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Originally by: Pateren

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i have two suggestions. that you make a "show info" button, similar to the one ingame, so that u can read the attributes of the items too. that and that you reward good suggestions ;P
love the site!

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Originally by: Aedric

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Just a heads up, Republic Fleet Stabilizers are B/O around 60 mil, min bid I've seen closed out is 55 mil, ticket prices are 12 mil each with 8 tickets. Market prediction is a little of on that one.

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Originally by: Emo emma

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Dunno if its only me, but sence you add the new "you won" and "you bought" thing, i cant play anymore, the **** lags like hell, dont updates, get stucked and so on. :( Might be my isp... So anyone else have major lag on the webpage?

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Originally by: T'arho

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So i had some more money to blow and wanted to waste it on blinks but low and behold it wont let me log in saying that IM typing the wrong pass word or user name. Which is wierd cause I can log in to the out of game site just fine but I cant log into the ingame site. So I cant add funds to my blink account, what do I do?

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Originally by: Anubis Reb0rn

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Hi,

I deposited 100 mill this morning and didnt get the 10 mill bonous.

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Originally by: egola

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there needs to be more and cheaper promos =/ can't afford to play them anymore and they almost always end before i get there, is it possible to get near-free promos and more often? sure its almost begging but hey those offers gets swooped up TOO fast

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Originally by: avidb

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Isnt the ISK buyout (bottom corner value) for a PLEX a little low?

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Originally by: Ximdo

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my account was closed and it says i am playing with an alt, but i think it is mistaken because my roommate plays this as well. what can i do? my balance is lost and i cant login to the site. i did not realize this could happen with my roommate playing.

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Originally by: avidb

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No more promo blinks since you guys broke it, way to go.

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Originally by: mandaro

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Edited by: mandaro on 30/10/2010 12:09:10
Sent 20 mil to Somer Blink about an hour ago, still waiting for money to show :( I WANNA BLINK DAMNIT!

Edit:

It accepted and credited my 15 mil, but not my 20 mil...

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I'm updating at 2010-10-30 09:29
Now handling #1184280692... No account for #1184280692, so 20000000 ISK is floating. 

Originally by: Emliy Anthens

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Claim GTC Credit

Please put an example of what format you want Date and Time.

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Originally by: avidb

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Will there be Patch Day promos?...cause its not like we'll have anything else to do. =)

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Originally by: Cordelia Ohm

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Hi guys,
I deposited 100,000,000.00 isk over an hour ago and still nothing in my somer account???

anyone able to help?

cheers Cordelia

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Originally by: Anubis Reb0rn

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Hi. I wanted to know if I could get a buyback price for the Cruor I won. Was the first promo I won on here.

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Originally by: Lighthugger

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Just won a promo Hookbill and the system hasn't let me have it yet. Been quite some time now...

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Originally by: Mitakada

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good job on removing most of europe from the adrestia blink - 4 am evetime, that's like the worst possible time you could have done it
guess i'll save my money after all

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Originally by: Matthew Waechter

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Edited by: Matthew Waechter on 07/11/2010 04:08:16
That went amazingly fast.

EDIT:

Originally by: Somerset Mahm

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Originally by: Mitakada

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good job on removing most of europe from the adrestia blink - 4 am evetime, that's like the worst possible time you could have done it
guess i'll save my money after all

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Our projection is that it will last long enough for you to wake up :P

...I may eat my words.

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How do they taste?

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Originally by: Niclas Solo

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Originally by: Zelot Blueice

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Daily Report:

I sold a PLEX card that I had planned to use on my alt and put in 340M into blink. I won a Sin and a Hulk along with several other things I cashed in for more blink credit.

In short I came out with 250M profit. Another great day at blinking! Also almost 4.5T!

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eee if you sold them back for blink credits you have not done any profit at all, you are still down 340 mil ;)

learn to count.

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Originally by: Lord Jita

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Don't give money to this scammer. CLosed my account and took all me and my wife's isk because he says my wife is my alt. This guy is a thief.

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Originally by: Yuki Kulotsuki

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Originally by: Dread Pixie

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Registered and deposited isk, thirty minutes later browser replies account suspended. This is my first, and only account on somer.blink. What happened?

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Not your account. The account for the webhost. Too much traffic or possibly a (D)DoS.

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Originally by: Puzzled Puzuma

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I haven't taken part in the rare cruiser blinks so far (partly because they happen at 5am for me) but I think I'll take a little gamble on the Nyx this friday... any idea what the ticket price (and max number per player) is going to be like?

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Originally by: Lallante

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Last GTC I only got credit for 1 GTC instead of two, and this time an error is generated saying it doesnt recognise the reference I inputted (i've put it in three times)

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Originally by: Professional ******

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Addictive give it that, prizes do pay out, in my 20 blinks I have won 1 yet in those 20 blinks ive seen the same person win at least 10.

Not saying its a scram but feels like I am missing something!

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Originally by: Krome Dome

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apologies. This game is great!!! Now how do I know what isk amount the items are worth if I choose to "cash out". Is it the valued amount or what? And if i choose isk cash to see do i have the chance ot decline? please let me know.

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Originally by: Marlthos

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Hello. I played somer.blink a couple of weeks ago and won an ishkur and a federation navy comet and selected delivery to Jita. So far they are still showing as 'Immediate Delivery'. Could you please let me know when they will arrive?

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Originally by: Bartlebum

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Hi, I may be ******ed but I sent 60mil to somer blink just before I registered like an idiot and have not recieved the money on my Blink account. please fix this thank you.

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Originally by: Smoulders

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So, if you don't play everyday you are not eligible to play any promos? Sad to see that, but that's not how you treat your customers. Still wish you all the best.

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Originally by: OMG ItsATrap

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Just a piece of constructive criticism. When you say Slave or Crystal Implant Set, it kinda denotes the Omega is included since, well, its part of the set. Don't bury the fact the omega isn't included in a mouse over...

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Leaderboard
===========
Iella Wesirri 13998
L'amour Sauvage 12513
Necaos 5209
Torengire 4760
Terminater3 3830
Amyrjala 3500
Smoulders 3460
Quazal Atreides 3226
Rune Star 2894
Rakhkain 2847

Originally by: Mata1s

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Originally by: Somerset Mahm

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I may see about adding a second layer of eligibility that turns on permanently once you've played X number of blinks. Happy to get your feedback on this.

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Has this been added, really hoping it does soon if not.

Maybe if the player has deposited 100mill isk you can check if they have the achievement.

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Originally by: Carl Tremura

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Would be nice if you all put that 75mil GTC cred that I sent in a week ago onto my balance.

A few days I can understand but how long does it take to confirm a GTC purchase really?

///Carl.

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Originally by: windu mace

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quick question i won a skill book how will it be delivered ..choice of station or.....

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Originally by: Sefiea Wreth

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Hi, Somer. My account was recently deleted for bidding with an alt. I don't have an alt. This account has a character who is older, but is no longer active. Or is there another reason my account was deleted? Thank you in advance.

-Sefiea

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Originally by: GEARTEETH

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My only complaint is that the Butans should be simpler

"What's your favorite color?"

Blue! No, wait, ye-aaaaaaaaargggh!

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Originally by: carbomb

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Originally by: Alexandre Nox

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Originally by: Oktoberfest Mahm

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Something is coming.....

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Something delicious......

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Burgers for the boys???

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Originally by: KEL'YA

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it says next update 177mins :O:O i though every 30mins or so....

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Originally by: Symm

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Somer I noticed when looking at peoples stats they are all wrong ... When you click on there pic to see how many blinks they have played or winnings the numbers don't line up with what they should be.

Is this a bug or just me?

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Originally by: Castus Helbrecht

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Not sure if this has been covered, but i've had cases where the site doesnt pull the API correctly. this has happened before, but its more often than usual now, is there any chance of a transaction failing and a failure of fund transfer?

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Originally by: Colonel NiF

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how about a way so that when you click refresh on an individual blink, that it shows that it was updated if nothing has changed, so you dont think it just didnt go through.
such as "Last refreshed 5 seconds ago"

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Originally by: Frozen Ernie

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Originally by: Andrev Nox

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Big congratulations go out to Icarantus, our first player to hit 1 TRILLION isk in prizes won!

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Now, if only he didn't have to spend several thousand dollars in RMT to do it: http://www.evenews24.com/2010/03/09/iskbank-com-client-list/

But then again, with the amount of tickets he buys on practically everything, did anyone doubt he was RMT'ing?

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Originally by: Bear Storm

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Clicked on the Purchase GTC icon on the Somer site. Purchased the GTC. Now trying to claim my GTC credit but the site is not recognizing the reference number. Purchase was done last weekend (5 days ago). Who can help with this??

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Originally by: ODD PoinT

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account said closed cannot use multiple acount dont have another and had money in their

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Originally by: Amoozed

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Edited by: Amoozed on 15/03/2011 21:10:27
Hello there, just wanted to make a suggestion,

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Originally by: PosterBoyOfNothingMuch

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Eesh. Posting to confirm that this is worse than crack. :P

I have to deposit ISK through the game? So there's no way to get my fix while at work?

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Originally by: Deth Stryder

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Has anything changed in regards promos blinks?

Used to be if you won, and credited back as blink credit, you would get promo tokens. Not happening anymore. Can't participate in any more promos since I used most of mine for the the recent special bonks.

Great concept, too addicting, but great fun

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Originally by: Deth Stryder

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Quote:

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Hey there,

Actually, recycling prizes to Blink Credit has never awarded tokens, apologies.

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Then how do you get promo tokens? only by depositing more isk?

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Originally by: waynemcbain

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Found a little bug - I blink the Noctis a lot, but on my profile it shows a Nightmare as my favorite ship to blink.

Also, comfirming my life has been taken over by Blink.

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Originally by: McSnarf

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Won a raptor.
When claiming, there was no active link for hub.
No problem, chose ISK. But if this happens, does that mean that the prize is out of stock at the moment?

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