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Foghail
Caldari
Northern Regions Foreign Legion
Free Trade Zone.
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Posted - 2007.04.12 20:55:00 -
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Ok for the record, if the real reason that the Snowballs were melted was because a Newb shot back, the dev's deserve to be shot. They provided a great deal of empire stress relief without the cause for hardship on any other party (i.e. collateral loss from a ship popping) they were also excellent macro-miner killing equipment. I plead with you PLEASE UN-MELT my snowballs.
-Fog
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J'Mkarr Soban
Amarr
Viziam
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Posted - 2007.04.12 21:16:00 -
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I was saving mine to get a nice vintage on them. Ended up selling them on auction. Couldn't be bothered carrying them around whenever I moved anymore.
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Nyphur
Pillowsoft
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Posted - 2007.04.13 01:17:00 -
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One reason for the melt was to fix a problem they had. They released snowballs one year and nothing the next. When they released none, people started buying them so they could have some fun, thus the snowballs and launchers had value. Then some GMs decided to give out tens of thousands of snowballs to random people so they could have some fun - an innocent act that was taken advantage of. Within minutes, there were posts on the forum selling upwards of 30k snowballs each for a lot of isk. Melting all snowballs quells the complaints of misuse by GMs. Really, all they were trying to do was give people a little fun.
As you said, another reason was newbies firing back. Some people went as far as to jettison a container, renaming it "you" and warp scrambling it as they fired snowballs at targets in high sec. To some people, it would seem that they were getting warp scrambled and attacked and that they were in the right to retaliate. In fact, they would get concorded and from what I hear, people using the container "trick" get punished.
One big reason I suspect was considered is the fact that they were being used out of season - that if you get shot with a snowball in the middle of june, you might not twig on that it's a snowball and might fire back when it's not appropriate. I suspect that the main reason for the melt was to let people know that snowballs are just a fun little christmas event thing and we could get more next christmas, which we now know will melt afterward so we can have fun with them instead of hoarding or selling them.
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Foghail
Caldari
Northern Regions Foreign Legion
Free Trade Zone.
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Posted - 2007.04.13 02:55:00 -
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easiest way to solve the hording etc, is seed them cheap, great isk sink, and alot of fun at the same time, swap out for season, summer water guns, winter (* 6 month season in canada) snowballs. |
Nyabinghi
Minmatar
Khumatari Holdings
Ushra'Khan
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Posted - 2007.04.13 05:42:00 -
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I remember getting hit by my first snowball. It was a Raven that followed me into a belt. I was 1 month old. He locked and fired and I thought I was gonna die!
Good fun.
Good thing I didn't have auto target on.
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Nyphur
Pillowsoft
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Posted - 2007.04.13 17:13:00 -
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 Originally by: Foghail
easiest way to solve the hording etc, is seed them cheap, great isk sink, and alot of fun at the same time, swap out for season, summer water guns, winter (* 6 month season in canada) snowballs.
Oh but we aren't world of warcraft.
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Per Bastet
Amarr
B.O.O.M
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Posted - 2007.04.13 20:47:00 -
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I want my Snowballs Unmelted as well.
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Psycho DeathClaw
Minmatar
Ordo Occultus Deus
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Posted - 2007.04.18 18:08:00 -
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Originally by: Nyphur
Oh but we aren't world of warcraft.
Well said, well said. i mean with world of warcraft they need something to keep them amused. All it is a grinding game /end rant (before it gets out of hand)
But yes when my frend shot me with his snowball and told me that my ship would blew up in 15 minutes i panicked a little bit, but i think ever game needs its "easter eggs"
also apogees for the pun with easter just gone
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Sjoep enLai
Azure Horizon
Coalition Of Empires
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Posted - 2007.04.23 23:11:00 -
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i never got to fire any. I was saving them for a special occasoin, but then they spoiled it all by melting them without giving me the chance to try them out. I was very disappointed tbh
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Buck Starchaser
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Posted - 2007.04.27 23:20:00 -
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re-freeze the balls please. I was saving them because there was only 100 
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CherniyVolk
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Posted - 2007.04.28 00:32:00 -
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I liked the snowballs. I have a few launchers and a handful of melted piles of water :(
I remember one day, undocking and all my corpmates targetting me. I was like "zomg what did I do0!?" And they were like "MERRY CHRISTMAS" snowflakes all over the place! :D
Then I ran to Oursurlaert and joined in the massive snowball fight at one of the gates.
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Jark Mennings
Aliastra
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Posted - 2007.04.30 15:06:00 -
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I was saving my snowballs to take on Antiques roadshow. Them getting melted is a load of balls IMO. 
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J'Mkarr Soban
Amarr
Viziam
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Posted - 2007.04.30 18:20:00 -
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Originally by: Jark Mennings
I was saving my snowballs to take on Antiques roadshow. Them getting melted is a load of balls IMO.
A load of melted balls now.
-J
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marc m
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Posted - 2007.05.01 14:05:00 -
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maybe they will bring new balls out this winter?
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Bistot Kid
The First Thing You'll Ever See
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Posted - 2007.05.03 10:46:00 -
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I wish they'd just said "We're going to melt the snowballs in a week", then I'd have made an effort to use them.
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Shivaja
CHON
THE R0NIN
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Posted - 2007.05.04 13:28:00 -
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Exactly guys give me back my snowballs what am gona fit in the next alliance tounament if there si no snowballs, they were esential part each of my tournament fitings and after the third one they become more like tradition for me so please give me back my snowballs atleast some for the next tournament 
Shivaja Queen of Outer Ring
CHON ceo
THE R0NIN Kill Board
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Reader Rabbit
Caldari
Freelance Rising
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Posted - 2007.05.04 18:26:00 -
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Yes, I know you have Snow Balls
I used to take my Battle Badger out and Thukk up Noobs with them.
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Nick Parker
Caldari
Rogue Elements
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Posted - 2007.05.14 15:03:00 -
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Originally by: Buck Starchaser
re-freeze the balls please. I was saving them because there was only 100
Buck you allways was a strange man. I didn't know you had 100 balls, and I am wondering why you are wanting them refrozen. That means your balls got melted at some point (OUCH). And I don't know about you guys, but I try to keep my balls away from extreme sources of heat and cold.
Just kidding. Good to see you mate.
Yes give us our snowballs back
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Chainsaw Plankton
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Posted - 2007.05.17 06:04:00 -
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get about 50 au from a star, jettison them into a can, and put your ship in between the can and the star
that should freeze em :D
sadly not true, i never got to play with em :(
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Davey Oaks
Minmatar
Original Pirating Material
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Posted - 2007.05.17 14:04:00 -
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When i first started eve back in sumemr of 2006 i was in placid low sec at a gate when a pirate in a interceptor jumped in and started shooting me with snowballs, i warped to a belt and ended up scramd and dead :) The snowballs were good fun though.
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Kalazar
Amarr
Veto. Academy
Veto Corp
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Posted - 2007.05.17 16:16:00 -
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Originally by: Chainsaw Plankton
get about 50 au from a star, jettison them into a can, and put your ship in between the can and the star
that should freeze em :D
sadly not true, i never got to play with em :(
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Nocturnal Avenger
The Ankou
The Reckoning.
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Posted - 2007.05.25 08:13:00 -
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Originally by: Chainsaw Plankton
get about 50 au from a star, jettison them into a can, and put your ship in between the can and the star
that should freeze em :D
sadly not true, i never got to play with em :(
The can must be insulated. Instead - place them on your trophy rack (alongside the frozen corpses)
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Pliskkenn
Minmatar
Veto.
Veto Corp
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Posted - 2007.05.31 00:42:00 -
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Coulda made them have infinite ammo, like civilian weapons. Give everyone a launcher, and make them only usable for the winter period.
Least thats what I'd have done.
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ATOM ANT
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Posted - 2007.06.01 17:00:00 -
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I loaded up the hound and went nuts . They make one hell of a nice splash. And its really cool to see black smoke coming from a snowball launcher. My regret was that I ran out of ammo.
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Louis DelaBlanche
Cosmic Odyssey
YouWhat
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Posted - 2007.06.11 01:26:00 -
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I miss my snowballs
I remember getting them as a newb. I thought they were awsome fun having snowball fights outside Ours III. I kept my snowballs till the melted but sold my launcher for 300k (well, that was alot of isk to me at the time  ). Then the evegrinch stole mine. Hope we get them again next year. Make them unsellable so ebil unscrupulous Mr Scrooge's cant make profit off our innocent fun & maybe have to throw some themselves 
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Shadowfax2121
Gallente
Black Lance
NBSI Alliance
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Posted - 2007.06.11 04:49:00 -
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Typical CCP for you, do what they want, how they want, when they want, not tell you anything. Screw the customer, eh CCP?
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The Snowman
Gallente
Center for Advanced Studies
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Posted - 2007.06.16 23:44:00 -
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GIVE ME BACK MY BALLS!!!!!
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Faekurias
Caldari
Federation Fleet
Endless Horizon
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Posted - 2007.06.17 11:20:00 -
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Originally by: The Snowman
GIVE ME BACK MY BALLS!!!!!
I find this strangely amusing
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Arkatsson
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Posted - 2007.06.22 21:59:00 -
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Originally by: The Snowman
GIVE ME BACK MY BALLS!!!!!
Lol.
Maybe if CCP does this again every account gets a launcher in their cargo hold (or hangar of nearest station). They need no ammo and are unlimited. They work from December to March and if you get attacked by one a pop up comes up and it says how it is not a real attack and it causes no harm its just a joke. If you use a real gun for retaliation you will be attacked by Concord.
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Karrade Krise
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Posted - 2007.06.26 12:30:00 -
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I recently looted and salvaged a ship that had just litterally been destroyed as I warped into the system, was the first one to it, :D got 100 melted snowballs, but can't even use them :/ Oh well, maybe they'll refreeze them this winter :D
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MotherMoon
Huang Yinglong
Namtz'aar k'in
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Posted - 2007.06.29 05:20:00 -
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what was the reason ccp
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Preston FateForger
Caldari
The Elear
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Posted - 2007.07.16 08:36:00 -
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I want my snowballs back too!! Maybe they could re-freeze them at Christmas?
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Methinkstoomuch
Caldari
Science and Trade Institute
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Posted - 2007.08.03 16:45:00 -
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Yah, snowballs were great fun. I used to shoot the customs officers at the gates.
btw, anyone have snowball videos they could link here for the ppl who have never seen them in action?
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Deerhoof
United Society Starfleet
Axiom Empire
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Posted - 2007.08.04 20:21:00 -
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This is a short video i fraps'd. It was a tempest with 8 snowball launchers, firing constantly while i orbited at speed in my claw. stopped and lagged out 68ft for a few seconds
Snowballlllls
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Nama Saya
Chickens with an Attitude
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Posted - 2007.08.17 12:13:00 -
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I remember when they where given to us...
The only time I've been in a gate camp in EC where nobody died It was a good day that day!
/me wants my balls back! (Seisons in space???) 
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Investigador
Caldari
Hator inc
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Posted - 2007.08.19 17:25:00 -
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Edited by: Investigador on 19/08/2007 17:25:12
Winter is approaching....
I wanna have snowballs this christmas. I never got to use them because my char is too young :(
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Helen Hunts
Gallente
Red Dragon Mining inc
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Posted - 2007.08.22 04:29:00 -
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Given that snowballs could be used in naughty ways (tricking drones into aggroing in Empire for a nice CONCORD response) snowballs had blowtorches applied and we all get to wade through the resulting lakes. Plus the little bit about some folks trying to price-gouge profits via the contracts market.....not good either. An easy but fun solution didn't present itself, so the balls were melted.
The idea I have isn't quite as fun as having the old snowball launchers, but might get around a few of the pitfalls of the old setup.
First, setup the launchers along the lines of scan probe launchers fitted with moon probes. You'd have to align to target and launch perhaps, but you aren't directly targetting and attacking. I don't know how much trouble it would be to put in a bit of proximity tracking on the balls, but it'd beat having CONCORD break up a friendly fight if someone had a drone out for some reason.
Second, seed the launchers/ammo somewhere so our little price-gougers won't have much to work with. (Finite/unknown supply = nearly limitless profit potential)
There IS a way to get it to work. It's just a matter of how much manpower can be spared for an extra toy.
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Kendar
Gallente
4S Corporation
Morsus Mihi
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Posted - 2007.08.29 10:21:00 -
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I have 500k melted snowballs and 10 snowball launchers
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Le Cook
Amarr
Black Omega Security
Pandemic Legion
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Posted - 2007.08.30 08:43:00 -
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Refreeze the Snowballs,
i dont want to pay the price for other people stupidity
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Kyle Semones
Wreckless Abandon
Triumvirate.
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Posted - 2007.08.31 06:04:00 -
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GIVE THE BALLS BACK!!!
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Kyle Semones
Wreckless Abandon
Triumvirate.
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Posted - 2007.08.31 06:06:00 -
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and make them load like lasers or something! no ammo! no price gouge!
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Beseiged
Minmatar
Dead Eagle
North Star Confederation
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Posted - 2007.08.31 08:25:00 -
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I want them back too.. They didn't require hardpoints, just high slots. I was saving them up... had a few thousand of them. All i ended up getting was a hangar full of water :(
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Chainsaw Plankton
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Posted - 2007.09.01 22:58:00 -
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Originally by: Foghail
easiest way to solve the hording etc, is seed them cheap, great isk sink, and alot of fun at the same time, swap out for season, summer water guns, winter (* 6 month season in canada) snowballs.
still snowing in the south !!!
snowballs all year round!!!!!!!
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Alexis Corban
The Nietzian Way
Hydra Alliance
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Posted - 2007.09.02 00:13:00 -
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Yeah, I was highly disappointed the day someone pointed out to me that all my snowballs were melted...
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Moridin920
Gallente
Dust Echoes
FREGE Alliance
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Posted - 2007.09.02 08:22:00 -
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Something inside me died when my balls melted.
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Dhejay Centrix
Caldari
Racketeers
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Posted - 2007.09.19 12:37:00 -
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WTB freezer
Also, how about randomly seeding santa travelling through empire belts and we can all have fun posting santa sightings.
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Doppler Shift
Red 42
Infinite Innovation
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Posted - 2007.10.04 01:15:00 -
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Podpilots need ice-cold balls to play with in the vast loneliness of space. The warm puddle where my balls used to be makes Doppler a sad panda.
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Nyphur
Pillowsoft
Total Comfort
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Posted - 2007.10.04 23:17:00 -
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Flip sake, just let the thread die.
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ISD Rauth Kivaro
ISD STAR
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Posted - 2007.10.05 02:30:00 -
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I agree, this thread has run its course.
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