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Tauranon
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Posted - 2014.02.16 22:33:00 -
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Scipio Artelius wrote:News Flash: Eve player scams other Eve players for ISK.
No way. I'm really shocked.
I think your about 6 months too late to whip up rage. Tired story is tired.
It doesn't hurt to repeat rigged game is rigged for the benefit of new players every now and then.
Also a good place for players to learn about all the reasons why if they get hooked on things like blink, to not subsequently go do similar things with not-simulated money.
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Tauranon
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Posted - 2014.02.16 23:25:00 -
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Malphas Vynneve wrote:BrundleMeth wrote:Well....
I've won more than I've lost, so I don't care... Surprisingly enough, so have i, but then, i've only played the blinks for the cheapest frigs in order to get promo blinks. I'd just about have to say that the only legit blinks are the super cheap ones, because they probably don't care about those.
Blink prices include a house margin. ie it is possible to "win more than you lost", and still have lost.
I randomly glanced over their current offerings, fleet pest offered at 391 on blink, where best sell order is 343, and even jita is only 373. Firetail, up for 13.7 when sell orders in jita are 10.9 etc.
ie their margins run from 5% to 25% on jita prices, and probably reliably above 10% given they have sufficient buying and delivering volume to justify buying from all hubs.
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Tauranon
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Posted - 2014.02.17 01:36:00 -
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MonkeyMagic Thiesant wrote:Malphas Vynneve wrote:MonkeyMagic Thiesant wrote:It's a zero skill lottery with incredibly high juice (even by casino standards).
Where's the story? The story is that the incredibly high juice is bait for you to drop all your ISK into their lap thinking you'll win. Juice refers to a bookmaker's profit margin per bet, so high juice would be a disincentive. Or, at least it would be if people were rational.
Unusually for a gambling institution, somers margin is easily determined on a per-blink basis.
ie some blinks are far better value than others.
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