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Terrorfrodo
Deep Space Darwinian Law Enforcement Agency
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Posted - 2012.09.24 11:04:00 -
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About half of the people in my channels seem to spend all their ISK on this stupid game of luck and talk about nothing else anymore. It's like an epidemic. What's so great about playing lottery, and what's there to talk about when it's just about blind luck? I can't hear the phrase 'promo blink' anymore 
I HATE Somer Blink. Like this post if you hate it too! 
edit: Oh noes, I'm so blinded by rage that I posted this into the wrong forum. Should have gone into GD 
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Rroff
The Xenodus Initiative.
Ministry of Inappropriate Footwork
47
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Posted - 2012.09.24 12:01:00 -
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I rarely if ever play with ingame ISK when you can buy GTC via there referrer link and get 150+m blink credit.
There is something a bit addictive about seeing that pulsing blue glow when you win something :D |
stup idity
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Posted - 2012.09.24 15:26:00 -
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It seems to be motivating for those who win. Unfortunately I am not one of those and quit after losing 300 million or so...
I reign supreme. |
William Walker
House Aratus
Fatal Ascension
101
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Posted - 2012.09.25 08:02:00 -
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I guess you could say that Somer Blink is a wormhole in it's own sense. |
Terrorfrodo
Deep Space Darwinian Law Enforcement Agency
186
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Posted - 2012.09.25 08:16:00 -
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Terrorfrodo wrote:I HATE Somer Blink. Like this post if you hate it too!
It's as I feared. I'm the only one 
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Sin Pew
Dakini Rising
The Kali Cartel
121
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Posted - 2012.09.25 08:37:00 -
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William Walker wrote:I guess you could say that Somer Blink is a wormhole in it's own sense. More like an blackhole maybe, sucking ISK out of your wallet, send them to me instead 
"haiku are easy,
But sometimes they don't make sense,
Refrigerator." |
Rek Seven
Probe Patrol
Project Wildfire
424
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Posted - 2012.09.25 09:11:00 -
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I hate when the FC is giving out commands and some on cuts in and shouts "promo" 
They see me trolling, they hating... |
Baron Birco
Insidious Design
Elysian Empire
5
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Posted - 2012.09.26 18:11:00 -
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FACT: Somer Blink has generated more USD worth of ISK than CCP's net worth. OK, maybe not that much. Imagine the damage Somer can cause should all that ISK be injected into the economy.... CCP and Somer must maintain some arrangement. Perhaps as a means of controlling the amount of ISK in the economy.
I for one don't feed glutton. |
Bernie Nator
4U Services Inc.
Talocan United
437
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Posted - 2012.09.26 19:10:00 -
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I won a promo machariel once. Seems like a fun thing if you ask me. |
lanyaie
533
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Posted - 2012.09.26 19:36:00 -
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Blink is amazing, the thrill you get from winning and **** and when you get close to winning and you don't even care about losing since you just want more more more MOAR!
Hay |
Nikolai Dostoyevski
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
56
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Posted - 2012.09.26 21:07:00 -
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Like all lotteries, it's a tax on people who either don't understand math or simply don't care that the math is not in their favor.
Many people can't resist the RNG. Just go to Vegas and look at all the lost souls sitting there in front of a machine pulling the lever over and over again in the hopes of hitting a jackpot. They're like mice in a science experiment, repeating the same behavior over and over looking for the thrill. Hopefully they realize those casinos are built on their foolishness, but yet they continue to play. |
Casirio
DEEP-SPACE CO-OP LTD
Exhale.
18
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Posted - 2012.09.26 21:12:00 -
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edit: double post. |
Casirio
DEEP-SPACE CO-OP LTD
Exhale.
18
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Posted - 2012.09.26 21:13:00 -
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Nikolai Dostoyevski wrote:Like all lotteries, it's a tax on people who either don't understand math or simply don't care that the math is not in their favor.
Many people can't resist the RNG. Just go to Vegas and look at all the lost souls sitting there in front of a machine pulling the lever over and over again in the hopes of hitting a jackpot. They're like mice in a science experiment, repeating the same behavior over and over looking for the thrill. Hopefully they realize those casinos are built on their foolishness, but yet they continue to play.
my boss did a benefit auction at a casino last weekend, had $20 in his pocket and decided to play the slots. Won 200 grand in less than 5 minutes of playing. But yeah I know odds are never in your favor, so I don't gamble much or play blink anymore. People who keep throwing isk down the drain (or RL money) are dumb. |
Godfrey Silvarna
Stargates and Smuggler Barons
44
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Posted - 2012.09.26 21:19:00 -
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Entertainment is worth a lot of money, and to some gambling is good entertainment...
But when someone seriously thinks he might get rich and takes real risks for it... Nope. |
Korenchkin
Chemikals
Ministry of Inappropriate Footwork
0
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Posted - 2012.10.18 16:37:00 -
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Nikolai Dostoyevski wrote:Like all lotteries, it's a tax on people who either don't understand math or simply don't care that the math is not in their favor.
Many people can't resist the RNG. Just go to Vegas and look at all the lost souls sitting there in front of a machine pulling the lever over and over again in the hopes of hitting a jackpot. They're like mice in a science experiment, repeating the same behavior over and over looking for the thrill. Hopefully they realize those casinos are built on their foolishness, but yet they continue to play.
Yes, it sure is a tax...... I'll just leave this here:
http://gyazo.com/535dede93dd55ec170a316c7a37455c5.png?1350578181 |
Mattalious
The Marmarati
1
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Posted - 2012.10.18 16:42:00 -
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Nikolai Dostoyevski wrote:Like all lotteries, it's a tax on people who either don't understand math or simply don't care that the math is not in their favor.
Many people can't resist the RNG. Just go to Vegas and look at all the lost souls sitting there in front of a machine pulling the lever over and over again in the hopes of hitting a jackpot. They're like mice in a science experiment, repeating the same behavior over and over looking for the thrill. Hopefully they realize those casinos are built on their foolishness, but yet they continue to play.
Whilst I agree, I still do play real life lotteries on the miniscule chance I might actually win a reasonable amount of money. I guess at the end of the day it provides hope for people that life won't be the grind it is for most. But that's a hell of a lot of difference between that and the in-game lottery where all you're going to do is buy more ships to lose. |
Robyn Green
EG CORP
Talocan United
2
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Posted - 2012.10.18 17:33:00 -
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Bernie Nator wrote:I won a promo machariel once. Seems like a fun thing if you ask me.
And I a promo Nightmare.
HAI BERNIE! :) |
Soon Shin
Caucasian Culture Club
Transmission Lost
167
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Posted - 2012.10.19 00:37:00 -
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In gambling some people are more "lucky" than others, but luck can only last so long.
As your amount of gambling reaches toward infinity, your wallet moves closer toward zero.
I have little trust in any gambling activity, the fact is the house always wins(incase of Somer Blink, there is a great plausibility of shill characters in that system). You may win a few prizes here and there, but most of the time you're better off buying the items with the money you spent on gambling. |
Meytal
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
124
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Posted - 2012.10.19 11:59:00 -
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At first, I put in little bits of money. For about a week or so, I would play a little each day, usually managing to break even or even come out ahead a little. Then I started letting the winnings go back into the Blink system, still managing to break even. I even won a promo Mach.
After that point, it seemed like I never won again. I only played "regular" Blink enough to use up my promo credits, and then stopped playing; you can get a lot of extra promo credits from the "achievements" they offer. I ended up about 1.3b richer than when I started.
I actually thought my early successes were rigged to try to encourage me to dump larger amounts of money into the system. The promo credits are certainly a hook to keep you dumping money in.
It's really a brilliant idea, and my only disappointment with the whole thing is that I didn't think of it first :)
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Nex apparatu5
Fweddit
I Whip My Slaves Back and Forth
364
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Posted - 2012.10.19 12:23:00 -
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Soon Shin wrote:In gambling some people are more "lucky" than others, but luck can only last so long.
As your amount of gambling reaches toward infinity, your wallet moves closer toward zero.
That's why I play Hold'em. Pretty much the only casino game where you don't play against the house. |
Rroff
The Xenodus Initiative.
Ministry of Inappropriate Footwork
52
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Posted - 2012.10.19 15:27:00 -
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Soon Shin wrote:In gambling some people are more "lucky" than others, but luck can only last so long.
As your amount of gambling reaches toward infinity, your wallet moves closer toward zero.
I have little trust in any gambling activity, the fact is the house always wins(incase of Somer Blink, there is a great plausibility of shill characters in that system). You may win a few prizes here and there, but most of the time you're better off buying the items with the money you spent on gambling.
Regardless of any luck and or rigged system I've been keeping a steady positive via careful and disciplined playing of the system - its a fair amount of effort for so-so rewards but most people with a mixture of skill, discipline and a workable system that keeps the odds as high as possible in their favor can make more than they lose from systems like blink (or atleast know when to walk away). They make their money because most people just aren't that disciplined and the site is very cleverly designed to encourage people into taking chances even when they know better. |
Cipio Hakoke
Other People's Money
STEEL BROTHERHOOD
2
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Posted - 2012.10.19 18:11:00 -
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You can win a lot in somer if you are smart and control yourself... keyword.. achievements.. Get as many as you can.. You will notice as you play more and more the achievements damper off where you start recieving less *free* isk.. personally I stopped after I got the win a ship once a day for 30 days. I won a promo blink of 500m as well. I have come out +3bil and now I only play the remaining tokens I have left on promo blinks. |
Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat
Working Stiffs
1039
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Posted - 2012.10.20 10:48:00 -
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Somer.Blink recently (Oct 8) gave me 6 PLEX for my helpful forum posting. Giving back to the community as it were.
That and the ships & modules I won, plus the fun I have, make it really hard to not like Somer.Blink
I hate that I always seem to miss promos though! |
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