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Somerset Mahm
Somer's Omnibus Exploration and Reclamation
Cognitive Distortion
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Posted - 2011.09.08 05:24:00 -
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SOMER BlinkPart of the Cognitive Development NetworkChannel: SOMER Lotteries | Previous Thread: Old Forums
SOMER Blink is the premiere microlottery site in Eve. We have now been open for an entire year, and have given away over 50 TRILLION ISK of ships, PLEX, ISK, supercarriers, Titans, and Alliance Tournament ships. With over 24,000 registered players, you're missing out if you don't have a Blink account!
Here's how it works: Blink lotteries have just 8 to 16 tickets. When you buy a ticket, your name shows up immediately-- no waiting! As soon as the lottery is full, the winner is drawn automatically. Fast, fun, and easy!
Want to check it out? Visit the Blink site now!
More Info
Instead of sending ISK with a reason code to buy tickets, you deposit money into your Blink account and use that money to buy tickets.
To deposit money, send it to the corporation SOMER Blink - a member of the Cognitive Development alliance. You do not need a reason code.
If you're one of our thousands of lucky winners, SOMER Blink offers you many options to redeem your prize!
- Hub Delivery - You can receive your prize in a trade hub (fast!)
- Custom Delivery - We'll ship your prize to ANY high-sec system for you-- for free! Get your prizes right to your home!
- ISK Buyout - We'll buy your prize back from you for ISK at a competitive rate.
- Blink Credit - You can turn your prize into credit instantly, with no waiting to redeposit-- and we'll even give you a 5% bonus!
Please feel free to contact me with any questions, or stop by the SOMER Lotteries channel... and enjoy playing Blink! |
Shingyoku
Griffin Capsuleers
Ad-Astra
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Posted - 2011.09.08 05:31:00 -
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Very good site, thrown over a billion isk in and all and all have made it back. Would love to see raw isk blinks though.
Edit, yay! I prevented someone from pulling the "first" troll! |
Crudamus
Fearless Bandits
Fearless Bears
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Posted - 2011.09.08 05:31:00 -
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GREAT PLACE!
Lots of fun. I have won a Vindi for FREE. Lots of faction iteams, ships. Put over 4B isk in and rolling above.
Drop by, 100m isk gets you 10m free. |
CoiledVipers
Rough Necks Legion
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Posted - 2011.09.08 05:34:00 -
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I have lost Fortunes and I have made Fortunes Blink is very VERY addicting. You dont have to have tons of isk to have a fun time nor do you need to blink away all your isk either. I find it very fun and rewarding in there chat channal. |
Morn Craftjones
Helix Pulse
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Posted - 2011.09.08 05:34:00 -
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Great site to past time while winning prizes |
Kira Doshu
GOLD LIONS
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Posted - 2011.09.08 05:35:00 -
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Fantastic site, and perfect deliveries! Frankly I had my doubts at first, but the professionalism extended here by the Somer folks is great. And hey why not a little lotto fun on those long hauls nights.  |
Norsixa
Solisk Executive Wing
Test Friends Please Ignore
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Posted - 2011.09.08 05:35:00 -
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Love blink tbh! I just wish I had alot more luck at winning ships lol! Risky and addictive game if yer bored. :D
Nice well thought idea coming from actual players. I wonder if there ever will be titans on blink! |
Elizabeth Faeyn
Finnish Deep Space Mining
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Posted - 2011.09.08 05:35:00 -
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Come Play this game, after you started you may forget Eve exists as this is some serioulsy addictive stuff.
Met some great people, played some cool games and most of all I blinked.
Like the Pringles advert says "Once you Pop, you can't stop!!"
Safe and trusted people, prizes delivered on time,
Congratulations Somer on a job well done, keep up the good work. |
Broken Muse
The Merit Talon Equity Research Group
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Posted - 2011.09.08 05:36:00 -
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I am Addicted to Blink...if there was a Blinkers Anonymous I would be in it....I am happy to find somthing to pass the time when your flying from one end of the Universe to the other after incursions or a good gate camp. I have had no issues with getting my prizes....never has it taken more than 12 hours for a delivery of even the largest ships.
Thanks for the great job Somer!!!!!! |
Vannes Hakaari
Yo-Mama
Quixotic Hegemony
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Posted - 2011.09.08 05:36:00 -
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I have been playing this for 2 weeks now and I have to say it is one of the more addictive things about Eve for me currently.
From all the warnings I got when I started playing Eve about everything being a scam I was worried about playing at first, I have never had a problem getting my winnings though proving that maybe everyone isn't out to rob you in this game. |
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Fastjah
Future Corps
Sleeper Social Club
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Posted - 2011.09.08 05:37:00 -
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Good times! Too bad it's so addictive |
Mei Huo
Chaos Empire
General Tso's Alliance
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 05:37:00 -
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I haven't been blinking for very long, but I've already dumped about 2 billion isk into the addictive phenomenon known simply as Blink. I absolutely love losing my ISK to this site, and even when I don't feel like dumping ISK the promo.blinks keep me coming back. The celebrations at each 10 trillion marker are events that must be experienced by anyone in the EVE community, and the rewards for those few who win are immense. Keep it up, Somer Blink! |
Zine Kel'thet
EVE University
Ivy League
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 05:37:00 -
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MUST. BLINK. MORE.
Seriously, having blink makes EVE much more interesting. Gives you some out of game fun, some in game gambling, and a new addiction to feed besides EVE itself.
Harpy achievements are also worth playing Blink for alone. |
Peyerate
Asterisk Ltd.
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Posted - 2011.09.08 05:38:00 -
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I'm a huge fan of Somer Blink. I've been Blinking for close to 7 months now, and I'm up around 700m. They have promo blinks ALL THE TIME! As long as you blink at least once in a 24 hour period, you're eligible for free blinks on really expensive prizes. Their celebrations are so much fun as well. It's definitely worth it to check it out! |
Research Skank
Apefist Soldiers
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 05:38:00 -
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Safe and trusted, Blink is an easy and sometimes expensive way to pass the time now that I cannot spin ships. Thanks Somer |
Cheese Nippels
Hard Rock Mining Co.
Territorial Claim Unit
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Posted - 2011.09.08 05:40:00 -
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Complimentary new forum thread post.
Blink is nice, you win a few you lose a few, however it seems everyone makes a profit in the end, except for me (seriously.)
Something something blink review, id like to sex springrohl mahm.
-cheese |
Trey Dary
Trigger works
Dark Phoenix Rising.
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Posted - 2011.09.08 05:41:00 -
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Nice Ill Have somthing to read while waiting for the Promos lol o7 Great Sights Somer!
I often log in to Somer.Blink to play when I'm not even in Eve! Very happy i can o this out of game and withou ahving to Log into Eve to play!! |
Sinhara
UnKnoW Corp
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Posted - 2011.09.08 05:41:00 -
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Long life to SOMER BLINK |
Darkness Lighter
The Merit Talon Equity Research Group
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Posted - 2011.09.08 05:41:00 -
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been blinking for a while. I rarely win but it's fun a little thrill when you see that blue bar tht means that ship you bid on is now all youir's. site is clear.. I happily blow my isk here rather then spending it on capital ship parts.
keep up the good work guys... |
Smoulders
Smoulders Holding
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Posted - 2011.09.08 05:42:00 -
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"Your first win was Dramiel on September 14, 2010. Back then, Blink had given away only 4,604,000,000 ISK of prizes. Look how far you've come with us!"
So nearly a year later I'm still around blinking whenever my wallet permits it. Despite losing my fair share of ISK I still enjoy enjoy blink and the service. Great times in the chat channel regardless of losing or wining. Sometimes even losing can be fun if you have a good time
Keep up the good work. The new achievement system is really neat. Although I have to admit I still haven't figured out many of the achievements I'm still missing.
o/ Smoulders |
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La Corse
The Dark Tribe
Checkmate.
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 05:42:00 -
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Been playing Blink since the 30 trillion celebration... I think I went 70 or so odd blinks before winning one. I have now proudly brought my win percentage up to almost 10%! Woot!
I made it to the 40 trillion celebration, but during the night of the 50 trillion celebration my internet went down. It was tragic. I still managed to get in on the tail end of it though. I dream of winning bonks, but my 5 tickets just haven't been lucky.
I recently had to stop playing Eve as much due to RL constraints, so I did the only proper thing - dumped every isk into Blink (which was not that much). I've been blinking happily ever since though and am a huge fan of the site and service and all. And I'm a huge fan of achievements. Any chance of a cheatsheet on all the new achievements so I know what to aim for? |
Zeline Tritin
The Merit Talon Equity Research Group
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Posted - 2011.09.08 05:42:00 -
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This blink is great passtime. You can win Millions and Millions of isk. Though a word of advice, dont try to script or use any kind of autorefresh, it will get you banned, even though you think youre so smart. enjoy the Blink for what it is, and as it is, and youll be happy with playing.
Oh and fly safe. |
Iron Guerilla
Blackwater USA Inc.
Against ALL Authorities
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 05:43:00 -
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Far too easy to use, awesome way to kill time and make some isk if you are lucky. Bonks are tons of fun, now if I would only win one. Every time I tell myself this is my last deposit I win something big and it keeps me hooked. |
Ted Breakers
Thundercats
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 05:44:00 -
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Such a well designed site. dangerously addictive!
Also the credit for GTC referal is very nice :) |
Cefdinir
The Fiction Factory
Silent Infinity
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Posted - 2011.09.08 05:44:00 -
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No question this is site is well run, and tons of fun. I rarely have time to play EvE and more, however, I always have time to deposit a couple million isk and usually end up always winning something. Cheers to Somer.Blink and their employees, they deserve every bit of their success. Need moar promos!!!!!!!!!! 
And to copy Smoulders, who I've lost countless blinks to....
Your first win was Vigilant on October 26, 2010. Back then, Blink had given away only 1,268,000,000 ISK of prizes. Look how far you've come with us! |
Roshcar
Kydance Radiant Industries
Peace and Profit
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Posted - 2011.09.08 05:44:00 -
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I've been playing blink since about it's 15 trillion mark and plan to enjoy it for time to come. To me it's not about the chance to win something, it's an extension of the adrenaline rush of eve that I can enjoy when I'm stuck at work away from the game... Hell I can even do a few Blinks from my phone. It's bragging rights among my friends about our latest wins, sad stories about how it was all going so well and suddenly turned horribly wrong.
Sure, I've probably spent billions playing Blink and will likely never break even, but it's not about that for me. Lately I've started to join the community around Blink and talk in the channels.. There are lively discussions about all variety of topics, debates, arguments, tempers flare occasionally. But it's one of the channels on Eve that maintains a friendly dynamic for the most part, seemingly outside of the normal political struggles of the rest of the game. Everyone is on equal grounds here.
I could probably go on and on about Blink but I'm going to end it here and get back to Blinking. I'll end by saying this:
I _LOVE_ LOSING MY MONEY TO BLINK!!! |
Trey Dary
Trigger works
Dark Phoenix Rising.
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Posted - 2011.09.08 05:44:00 -
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My first win was a promo and Now Im hooked Im at a profit in blink but my isk is Sad! lol Was a Paladin!! Thats since gone back into Blink credit! So addicted!
Seriously I trained up interceptors just cuz I won a couple and I love em! Thanks Somer I may be broke but I have ships!!
Now for the Phobos!
Trey |
Mclaren231
The Merit Talon Equity Research Group
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 05:44:00 -
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free ****
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Mclaren231
The Merit Talon Equity Research Group
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Posted - 2011.09.08 05:45:00 -
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i hate blink, i never win. |
Ari Xali
Reikoku
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Posted - 2011.09.08 05:45:00 -
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Made quite a few billion on this site, also had days where I've won nothing at all.
Still It's fun, come and play and join the chat channel for fun and frolics
Ari |
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Mclaren231
The Merit Talon Equity Research Group
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 05:47:00 -
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I hate you, I hate the bans you like. |
Maleficar Aureus
Commonwealth of Independent Beards
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 05:47:00 -
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My finances haven't budged since I found blink. I only mission to feed the addiction at this point. It's made EVE a lot more fun, though, and the chat is full of entertaining folks.
SOMER Blink comes highly recommended! Now with moar promos! |
Jorish
Eclipse Industrials
Quantum Forge
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Posted - 2011.09.08 05:47:00 -
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I joined a little before the 50T marker. When i was first introduced, i was warned about spending too much.... that was a good warning. If your on a role u just wanna keep going. i would say having a random button in the promos would be very helpful so people don't have to take time re-selecting when someone else takes the slot really quickly. And when starting A new blink, being able to select more than 1 tab before launching it would be good also. Keep it up Somer! |
lord skurge
The Merit Talon Equity Research Group
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 05:49:00 -
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well i knew there was a reason i stayed awy from casinos poker games and the lottery |
DarkAlexis
Bene Gesserit ChapterHouse
Sanctuary Pact
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Posted - 2011.09.08 05:49:00 -
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I love BLINK!
I joined right after the 30T mark and dropped 100mil isk in my account. First think I won were two assault ships. Hoping soon I will be able to win a Promo or a big prize. Somer you have created a great service and I wish you the best.
DarkAlexis
Sanctuary Pact Alliance Leader
Bene Gesserit Chapterhouse |
cuarentaydos
The Graduates
Morsus Mihi
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Posted - 2011.09.08 05:51:00 -
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Been playing for about half a year, lost a few, won a few, but somehow always broke even in the end.
Very professional site, payouts are always swift and lots of awesome prices to be won. The addiction is dangerous, but oh so delicious  |
Dilligafmofo
Sandman Plc
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 05:52:00 -
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I have played blink daily for the past two months.
It is a great place to relieve some of the boredom that EvE throws at you at times.
The chat room is lively with some great characters in attendance.
The admins and staff are extremely helpful and work tirelessly to ensure your winnings are delivered as soon as is practicable.
I'm loving my time playing blink, where else can you win a carrier, command ship, T3 cruiser and Machariel in under 3 minutes !!!!!
I'm in profit too  |
Ericdon
REDLEGION
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Posted - 2011.09.08 05:53:00 -
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BLINK is a love hate relationship, I think I have played less EVE and MORE BLINK...No really, awesome site, awesome folks, awesome prizes, I've invested in my fleet through blink and the celebrations are fantastic! a job well done by SOMER and the crew.
It doesn't take a lot of isk to win your fortune, I started out with a Bit and have Won a huge amount for minimal investment. The crew there is super quick and friendly in responding to pre-auths, isk payouts and deliveries. I love it, it's much better than playing the market  |
Aamuryn
The Merit Talon Equity Research Group
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 05:54:00 -
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Blink is okay.. It works for me, every once ina while, since I dont' win ery often, but that's a lottery for ya'! Good Luck everyone |
Simmonite
J0urneys End
Journeys End Alliance
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Posted - 2011.09.08 05:55:00 -
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Same with Trey :) My first blink win was a Federation Navy Webber promo. Had no idea what I was doing and spending isk I dont really have to spare. I even mailed Somer asking if its possible to get blink credit on promos, but soon found out why. The joys of being a noob to something. If i remember right I won maybe 2 frigs my first day out of 15 or so blinks. Wasnt really sure where else to spend my isk so why not. But it's fun to find out right away if youve actually won a blink or not. Iz hope to win something big at 60T.
Never gonna be able to get all the achievements if more keep getting added :P
Now if you'll excuse me *goes back to spending money in Blink. |
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Elenor Pewpew
The New Era
C0NVICTED
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Posted - 2011.09.08 05:56:00 -
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An Excellent way to pass time whilst your FC finds a new and hilarious way to destroy your ship - while he's busy getting this one killed, you can find 5 more!
Or lose all your money.
But usually it's the ship. |
Debug Ireland
The RedNeck Posse
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 05:57:00 -
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I must be horribly unlucky then since everone seems to win something but me!
But i only started using it today so time will tell!
I couldnt afford my first blink and someone actually helped me pay for it which was nice!
I have so far initiated two of my own blinks and lost those and lurked around waiting for two of the promo blinks and lost both of those also...
But i have hope! |
Haunter Ace
The Scope
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2011.09.08 05:58:00 -
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Being in an NPC corp, the Somer Lottery chat offers a busy environment to share the awesome experiences that occur during blinks. It's always nice to have a place where people shout out promo so you don't miss any freebie blinks.
I only started playing recently and I was definitely hooked by the fast pace and cool prizes. The system is so slick that you can get lost in the fun. Just try not to fall in too deep. |
WharGoulian
StepOnAll
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Posted - 2011.09.08 05:59:00 -
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ISK Deposited10,007,812,318 ISK Value of Blinks Won19,196,000,000 ISK Not sure i have to say so mutch more. Its a real fun site to be on no need to win all the time, it gives you some extra action when you not doing to mutch in game. You can just be on Blink play some fast and some and some slower action  |
Quazal Atreides
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 05:59:00 -
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Well been playing blink for quite some time, until recently one of the top 3  in most of the categories.
Yes ive lost a lot of iskies.. but hey ho only pixelated cash... but still i come back..
Some you win some you lose, come on over play a few blinks, earn yourself some bonus credits see how it plays have fun but remember join the chat channel say "hello" you never know you might have more luck than me
Either way blink is & can be very fun
So Somer. Andrev et al thanks for creating a gambling house that is simple to use, simple to play and open 24/7 ;)
Quaz. |
Zoey Redbird
House of Night Lottos
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Posted - 2011.09.08 06:00:00 -
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somer blink is a site that has given me alot of fun in fact i have won more isk from somer than i have put in. also i used somer to secure my own personal lottos becuz somer also secures lottos. with a little luck and maybe a little skill this can be ur funnest source of income.
so blink today becuz if not ur eyes will dry up |
Mike Hibbert
Osidion Industrial Ltd.
Waterboard
2
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Posted - 2011.09.08 06:00:00 -
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I have won and lost a fortune playing Blink, its been fun whether i was winning or losing because of the great people i have met while playing it. |
Periapt
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Posted - 2011.09.08 06:01:00 -
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I have been playing for a while now. They are very good at rewarding winnings in a timely maner.
Site is wonderful for taking care of those gambling urges. |
Mei Sing
House of Night Lottos
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 06:01:00 -
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Love Blinking! Everytime I get that wonderful blinking blue tab I just grin from ear to ear  Great prizes at great prices, and the blink team is an awesome bunch of people.
Keep up the good work guys and I'll keep sending in my iskies |
Xanista
Lead Farmers
Kill It With Fire
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Posted - 2011.09.08 06:03:00 -
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Blink ftw! Nothing to do? Stuck in a station 'cause of war? Get on blink! Win stuff :O! \o/
Started blinking with the usual "This is probably a scam" attitude, yet right now I'm about 5-6b better off! Gotta love those promo's.
Sat there one night and unfortunately lost all my isk.. Then suddenly promo spam! I won 2 Bhaalgorns and a Machariel \o/.
TL;DR
GET ON BLINK!
Ninja edit: I LOST MY EYE TO BLINK, IF I DIDNT HAVE THE MONEY I EARNT I WOULDNT HAVE THIS CLOCKWORK EYE! (Just kiddin', it's awesome! <3) |
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King Vooch
EVE University
Ivy League
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 06:03:00 -
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Love it!
Blinks Played188ISK Deposited235,630,279 ISK
Promo Blinks Played778Win Ratio15.96%
Blinks Won30Value of Blinks Won1,588,001,120 ISK
Megablinks Won0Winnings Transformed to Blink Credit100,000,000 ISK
Promo Blinks Won7Winnings Transformed to ISK0 ISK
They didn't include the 2 billion in promo ISK I won by playing promos with them. That's one thing I love about them.
I bought GTCs from SOMER blink -> Shattered Crystal.
Both great operations, imo!
- King Vooch |
Maximille Biagge
Lead Farmers
Kill It With Fire
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 06:04:00 -
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There Is nothing better than sitting in the Wormhole on Payday and spending all your isk on blink because you don't have a route to K-space to spend it :D
Keep it up! |
Vendetta
press fire to continue
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Posted - 2011.09.08 06:04:00 -
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Extremely addictive and easy to throw your ISK at. The speed of each lottery completion means that even the most impatient people will enjoy the micro lotteries as they are literally completed in the blink of an eye.
Always lots of practically free promo's each week to participate in.
Delivery has always been prompt and never had any problem receiving prizes in a timely fashion.
Would recommend if you have spare ISK you want to have fun with.
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Aamuryn
The Merit Talon Equity Research Group
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 06:05:00 -
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To add more to my exprience, It seems to be highly random in my oppinion. After all, It is a lottery, so sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, and I rarely win, but I play because I'm part gambler, and besides, it's fake money that can be earned easily, so I'm free for it. I at least have fun, even if it doesn't work always for me in my favor. |
lookaway
Rock jockeyz
Ushra'Khan
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 06:05:00 -
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i gotta say blink is a great way to buy a ship and have a lil fun im soooo addicted very trustworthy site suggust you give it a try trust me once you do it once you will not be able to stop  |
Yiphyin
Dathmora
Redanni
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 06:06:00 -
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Woot! Blink is awesome! As many have said, highly addicting and it makes you feel like you play EVE so you can play Blink.
The SOMER staff and fellow players are very helpful and fun to chat with. It's also great way to spend your idle hours playing when you're either not on EVE (via smartphone/work) or when you just can't be bothered to undock from the station. (Damnit fin!)
Blink's been very on the ball with isk payouts and credit, usually getting my winnings to me within an hour or less. |
Durie
Red Federation
RvB - RED Federation
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 06:08:00 -
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I joined Blink and basically said "I'm fine getting my hulls for a bit higher than market on average if I am having a good time gambling for them." 360,000,000 ISK deposited and 760,000,000 ISK won later and it turns out Blink has been even more fun than I bargained for. |
Riaq
State Protectorate
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 06:10:00 -
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Very fun and addictive way to pass time. Been playing for months and the one issue I've had was corrected very quickly. Staff is always around for quick payouts or to answer any questions
Just don't go broke  |
Endymi Typhirr
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Posted - 2011.09.08 06:10:00 -
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Blink is a fun and highly addictive ISK gambling site for Eve's players. Even if you don't want or like investing a lot into a gambling site, you can put very ISK little in for a chance to win promotions every day using "promo tokens", which you get just for depositing ISK.
Blink is one of the better gambling sites out there in terms of odds and risk, as well as provides achievement rewards for free credit, so you can keep playing even on the house's dime.
Now, sure, I wouldn't recommend you spend your very last ISK cent here. Play responsibly. But hey, PVP is a risk too, and usually less profitable. Give it a try!
Check out The "Concord LP" Channel! |
No1Extro
PonyWaffe
Test Alliance Please Ignore
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Posted - 2011.09.08 06:11:00 -
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Somer Blink is love.... |
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Evo 3
The Fallen Circle
Cascade Associates
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 06:11:00 -
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I like Blink very much and i can't stop blinking, because the feeling is so great if you get this littel blue window in the upper right site . My biggest problem is to make the ISK for playing and the other problem is my sell phone is always empty if i check back SOMER.Blink every 10 min. for a promo  . |
Snappy Vonmerrit
REDLEGION
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 06:16:00 -
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I was timid of Blink at first but after trying it out and the payouts were legit I was having a blast. Even though my winning ratio is terrible I still enjoy the chance to win something special. Thanks for the site and the fun it has been.
So far I play Blink as often as EVE.
Thanks for the new addiction :).
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Leiningen
Divisione Ricerca e Sviluppo
Sailors of the Sacred Spice
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 06:19:00 -
[63] - Quote
hmmm lets see. Somerblink has a very nice opening presentation, is colourful and has many easy to digest instructions that make for quick action. After the initial (good) shock of winning the experience is rounded out with some nice free promo offers and some decent chat in the blink channel while waiting for the inevitable next win. The main experience can be followed with some friendly ribbing of people who won blinks you bet on, some good old bonking, mini bonking and butan trivia. That last part is of course optional but is made even better with events like the 50T revenant prize.
I would rate an evening of blinking ****1/2 out of ***** (only because I haven't won a promo yet, or the rev) |
Hehaw Jimbojohnson
Frontier Explorer's League
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 06:21:00 -
[64] - Quote
Blink is a lot of fun. I work as a network admin on third shift, so a good portion of my job (when nothing breaks) is to sit on my arse and browse the web. After finding Blink, I can throw some ISK in my Blink account and keep myself entertained, and sometimes win a good chunk of ISK in the process.
As far as your chances go, if you put in a decent amount of ISK, odds are you may not win a whole lot or barely break even, but the promo system allows you to come out way ahead; if you deposit, say, a billion isk (or 10 >_> <_<), even if you barely break even, you have enough tokens to play the effectively free promos for months to come. With Blink, promos often result in a ship worth over half a billion ISK. Try it, your wallet will never be safe again XD. |
Chursey
Brutal Deliverance
THE UNTHINKABLES
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 06:21:00 -
[65] - Quote
Saw the original post and said what the heck I'll give it a shot. Went to the site made a pin deposited 25 mill loaded to my account in 15 min maybe less. Then it began. The rush was like seeing a gate flash in the first min of a gate camp, like undocking your first battleship. I lost that 25 so fast in goes a 125 mill this time win, loss loss loss win win win loss. The point isn't how I made out in the end but the smoothness somer has made, this great achievment in innergame addiction. Play with what you can afford to loose and you always win. |
midnight4
JEETUH TRADE UNION
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 06:21:00 -
[66] - Quote
Ok so I've been playing blink for about 6 months or so now and its impossible to walk away from! 95b isk won and 65 achievements later and i still have a bill in my account!!! Amazing Site(: Thank You SOMER<3 |
F1ip
Cadre Assault Force
Initiative Mercenaries
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 06:24:00 -
[67] - Quote
I've got to say, I love somer blink. Response times when you have an issue are delt with very quickly and done in a proffessional manner. And one of my favorite things to do now when the proffs are going over material I already know is checking for promos or see who's winning what durring class...I need rehab for somerblink lol |
Alexsis Solette
NullOcular Order
Property Management Solutions
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 06:27:00 -
[68] - Quote
Great fun whether you have 20m or 2b to spend and personally im up almost 300% (although winning one of their awsome promos certainly didnt hurt :D)
Definately recommend |
Salvor Haardin
S0utherN Comfort
Controlled Chaos
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 06:30:00 -
[69] - Quote
been playing blink for a few months now very addictive and a lot of fun.. won my carrier skill books here folks for a lot less then they cost in game. |
Levija Saplina
Supremacy Inc.
Not Found.
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 06:39:00 -
[70] - Quote
Blink is my new life |
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Levija Saplina
Supremacy Inc.
Not Found.
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 06:40:00 -
[71] - Quote
I started blink with just 100 mil deposit.
I lost a couple times but I came back.
And one day I won a capital ship, and then another one and then another one.... It was like Blink wanted me to make more money...
I was there. I'm still there. |
LaurencecC DiNardo
Takahashi Syndicate
Takahashi Alliance
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 06:40:00 -
[72] - Quote
I started a week ago, have deposited over 2bil so far. I cannot stop, to win a ship that rush. Keep up the good work guys. Plus the fast response and someone is always there to talk with on chat if need be, Thank you for a awsome site.
Laurence |
Darian Waynolt
Bloody Knuckle Effect
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 06:41:00 -
[73] - Quote
Somer Blink is one of the things that makes Eve such a unique MMO. Well organized, fun, and addicting, it is an excellent way to pass the time and to lose ISK by the boatload. |
Szilardis
Cryogenic Creations
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 06:43:00 -
[74] - Quote
Send about 10 mil isk, make nothing. Have a comfortable amount in wallet, question "why not?" send 15, get 50mil credit. Walk away with 200mil more for a carrier life is good. |
sonoftheflame
Ascendent.
Test Friends Please Ignore
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 06:43:00 -
[75] - Quote
I have been playing blink for a while now and even buy my plexes through them for the bonus credits. I love the game and honestly dont care how often i lose cuz when i win it feels good man. I love the blink community and the bonus blinks are always nerve racking. So far as i have seen its the fairest and most trustworthy lotto out there. |
smoopmeister
Pew Pew Patrol
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 06:45:00 -
[76] - Quote
I get the most enjoyment from blink when i tell people what i've won, it gets them to try blink too and then we go lose the ships we win :) |
Holdem Joe
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 06:45:00 -
[77] - Quote
Great Service, Most of the time you have a pre-auth online, so no need to wait for the API. Blinks finish very quickly, payout is pretty fast too! You earn achievments for free blink credit, and Promo blinks to play in! I won a nightmare last week on promo. how bout you? |
d1138
Blackstream Carebears
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 06:52:00 -
[78] - Quote
addicted to blink, best eve-Lottery.
Sideeffect u will start to like yellow framed boxes.
I like that there is a blink for every price class so even relatively new Players can have their Lottery Fun.
Delivery and Isk buyouts are real fast. |
Jastis Baine
5th Engineering Corps
Darkmatter Initiative
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 06:58:00 -
[79] - Quote
Great site, a friend got me started on the Blinks minilottery. So far I have spent 1 billion isk and made more then I have put in and gotten some really nice stuff out of it as well. I plan on staying around for a long while. I hope Blinks does not go anywhere lol. Anyway keep the great stuff coming. |
Rageing Tempest
WE'R'NOOB
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 06:59:00 -
[80] - Quote
Very fun gambeling service
So far I've won:
orca
nightmare
tengu
macheriel
bhalgorn
I can only recomend this |
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A3sir
Distinguished Gentleman's Boating Club
Test Alliance Please Ignore
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 07:02:00 -
[81] - Quote
A Great way to spend time while sitting in a bubble. Or listening to an FC. Or cycling jobs on production lines. A++ Service. Was rather skeptical at first, but now...it's literally a secondary income source. Great way to kill time or get ships for much cheaper than on market. |
Plave Okice
Krazny Oktyabr Revolyutsiya
Yezhovshchina
35
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Posted - 2011.09.08 07:03:00 -
[82] - Quote
The only reason I log in to eve is to change skills and send isk to Somer Blink
Achievements are great extra gambling cash and it's something I can do in the office when I'm bored which is probably the best thing about it.
Quote:Value of Blinks Won40,248,000,250 ISK
Showing a tasty profit so far too, the only gambling I've ever profited from in my life.
Don't hesitate, blink! |
Wool Worths
Apple Construction Inc
Northern Associates.
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 07:07:00 -
[83] - Quote
Great Idea, Great setup.
Have been blinking alot recently, good way to spend some isk.
Blinks Played 1,797
Blinks Won 403
Value of Blinks Won 88,076,000,000 ISK
Keep it up Somer.. really looking forward to the 60T fun and games
Wool |
Vulkan Salamander
PORUS- InterStellar Mining Corporation
Out of Control A
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 07:08:00 -
[84] - Quote
Safe,trustworthy and fun and addictive! Always pays out fast! Couldnt get better! :) Iv won a fair few ships so far ranging from navy issue frigs to implants and skill books....over 2 billion ISK worth and counting! Fills the gaps whilst mining and missioning and any ships you cant use you can cash out for ISK or more blink credit!
Highly reccomended |
zzjuice
We are here
Apex United
1
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Posted - 2011.09.08 07:09:00 -
[85] - Quote
like it says in one of the achievments - i used to play EVE now i play BLINK . excelent job somer and staff |
Choco Case
No more Neon
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 07:10:00 -
[86] - Quote
Very entertaining, quick and addictive (!!!) lottery. You can play it big, winning carriers, dreads, +5 implants, or you can win your cheap PvP ships too, interceptors, etc. Makes me always happy to see that green notification on the right side of the screen :)
Won an Ishtar and a Loki already, both completely free on Promo blinks. Delivery of prices is always quick, very professional.
Can only recommend :) |
Tarazed Vega
Cirion Corporation
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 07:12:00 -
[87] - Quote
Blinking can get addictive. I have won some small stuff - fast delivery as promised. Promo.blinks are great. |
SloppyBob
Southern Cross Incorporated
Flying Dangerous
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 07:12:00 -
[88] - Quote
I like to sneak in the Blink while at work. Getting paid in Dollars and ISK at the same time! ...Also, I once helped blow up Somer's Harbinger. That was a great day. |
Ishina Fel
Terra Incognita
Intrepid Crossing
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 07:13:00 -
[89] - Quote
SOMER Blink is a pretty awesome service. Never finding a lottery that offers interesting prizes? Here YOU can decide what the prize is. And you don't even have to wait around for a whole week while thousands of people chip in. No, you're only facing off against no more than 15 other bidders, and the longest running Blink I've seen so far took less than 5 hours.
The fastest one I've personally won took 13 seconds
Okay, so tickets are a bit more expensive, with so few people per Blink. But your chances are much higher, and by the by... *looks shifty and whispers* ...these guys must be crazy, because they've given me more free promotional stuff than I've ever deposited ISK into their service. That's not even counting my regular winnings, or achievement bonuses. Don't tell anyone, okay? 
And the best thing? You can play it at work, too!
Seriously, go try it now. If you're like me, you might need some patience to turn a profit, but then again, I've seen people buy their first ticket on a carrier and win. Lucky bastards. *fistshake* |
Fighter26
Orion's Fist
RED.Legion
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 07:15:00 -
[90] - Quote
Love blink, have given me all the prizes that were mine quickly. Would never use another site, they are quick on requests for money deposits (api pre-auth.) and have a great channel with Blink admin in channel to answer questions. |
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Sam Nabali
Amarr Empire Defenders
Imperial Crimson Legion
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 07:15:00 -
[91] - Quote
Great fun keeps me awake while mining very easy to get into hard to give up !! |
Jax Hammer
Royal Black Watch Highlanders
Warped Aggression
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 07:17:00 -
[92] - Quote
This lottery is the ****. A+++++ would blink again. Even though I don't have a lot of time to play EVE anymore, I still blink regularly, and with luck I make more in 5 minutes than I could in days of playing the game. The events are dope, and the promos are essentially free money. The new achievements make it that much more addicting... |
fishleg
Ignis et Ultio
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 07:17:00 -
[93] - Quote
I'm several months in and still putting money into this wonderful game. lol. It's become just as addictive as EVE itself, if not more. love all the guys at blink. Started out with a little sum of money in EVE due to the simple fact that i despise grinding of any form, so when i found out about blink and i made a few hundred mill in the space of an hour, i was hooked ^.^ It just all goes from a first win i s'pose, until you have absolutely no cash left but still play with assets..I know i'm addicted right? |
WARXion
Carnivale.
Merciless.
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 07:18:00 -
[94] - Quote
I just won my first promo-blink after a year of blinking! ^^ Free Loki Yaay \o/ |
Roddler
ANZAC ACADEMY
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 07:19:00 -
[95] - Quote
Been playing since 28Trillion mark. Always good fun waiting on that menu icon to start blinking. |
Xu Shao
Nemesis Syndicate
Ewoks
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 07:21:00 -
[96] - Quote
Damm
WOTF :)
under 100 :)
I throw away millions for that loving Somer blinking ^^
You ruine me
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Bareknuckle Logi
Bloody Knuckle Effect
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 07:22:00 -
[97] - Quote
Won twice in a row when I joined. Now i'm hooked =) |
Totally NotDave
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 07:24:00 -
[98] - Quote
Absolutely love Blink. Managed to pull off a handful of Promo wins; who doesn't love free stuff? Now if only my normal Blink luck were as good. |
Eranu Uvavu
Total-Game
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 07:28:00 -
[99] - Quote
Somer Blink is a great way to spend your ISK. Been taking advantage of the ISK bonus when buying GTCs; last time I managed to get a Dramiel, Loki and Tengu with the proceeds. |
Atnaw
Celestial Horizon Corp.
Self Destruct.
5
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Posted - 2011.09.08 07:29:00 -
[100] - Quote
Number 100?!?! YAY
Edit: I was number 1 on the old new forums |
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Sugilite
Interstellar Brotherhood of Gravediggers
The 0rphanage
6
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Posted - 2011.09.08 07:31:00 -
[101] - Quote
I've gotten to bet on billions in prizes now -- and I've deposited less than 100m. To me, that's really cool. This is a fun way to spend small (or large if that's your thing) amounts of isk and enjoy the activity of gambling.
I really like how simple and how on your own time and pace blink can be. I'd recommend anyone try it, even if you don't think you'll want to go crazy on it. |
Shayden
SKEET ELITE
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 07:32:00 -
[102] - Quote
Here is my review of playing on Blink so far:
It's fun, addictive, thrilling and well put together.
There is many lotteries services in the world of eve, but i have yet to come across any other that offers this much in one bundle.
- Fast action.
Each blink ends fairly quick keeping the excitement going and if chosen so your winnings gets transfered instantly to more credit keeping you up and running.
- Multiple choice of winning outcome.
You can either choose for you winnings to be transfered to Blink credit (with a bonus), ISK to account or have the ship of interest delievered to you. The last option has saved me lots of time moving the ships myself.
- Bonus benefits
With every deposit you make you get a FREE chance to win a so called promo blink. Also you have the possibility to unlock certain achievements giving you free credit aswell. And trying to win a blink just for that one achievement makes it even more fun to win, at least for me it does.
All in all a well put together service, with great people behind.
Oh and my personal stats? Well so far i cannot complain, but i would like to get that damn Rorqual some day :)
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IvorBigGun
LEGI0N
Mayhem.
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 07:37:00 -
[103] - Quote
PLAY BLINK !
Quality lotto game, where you WILL win something!
free bets with promo blinks and YOU can control what ships are up for grabs !
play it and rock your socks !
Ivor !!!!! |
Melina Lin
Universal Frog
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 07:39:00 -
[104] - Quote
Blink! The best thing since sliced bread and a great thing for the last minutes of the lunch break. "Just watch me win this Bhaalgorn! 3...2...1... \o/"
Only problem I see is, I only win ships I can't fly. But that's just me I guess. |
Techno36
The Mercurial Order
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 07:45:00 -
[105] - Quote
Posting to say that blink is the spend way to spend your isk. Ever.
I've won well over seven billion worth of ships because of blink. Anything ranging from T2 frigs all the way up to capital ships!
Another good thing is that most blinks are done within minutes and prizes are handed out within 24 hours so you can enjoy your winnings; not to mention free shipping to high sec systems! |
Runnak Orozar
Koa Mai Hoku
Dark Phoenix Rising.
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 07:50:00 -
[106] - Quote
Blink's pretty decieving. One day you can win hundreds of millions, the next day you lose 200 hundres. All round it's a pretty amazing way to spend some off time, and hugly additive :D. Keep it coming, and let me win once in a while |
Sloany1979
Elanus Risk Control
Cognitive Distortion
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 07:51:00 -
[107] - Quote
Ever since I won my first blink (A Dram) I was hooked and even though I don't play as much now due to discovering PVP to be so much fun and now being poor I still put in all my spare isk. So come join and have some fun playing or just chatting in the blink chat room. Blink hard or go home. |
Morwen Lagann
Veto.
Veto Corp
1
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Posted - 2011.09.08 07:58:00 -
[108] - Quote
I admit I was a little skeptical when I first tried out blink, but after a bit of encouragement from some friends who were playing around with it, I gave it a shot.
Haven't regretted it, either - it's a fun thing to do when I have a few minutes to spare, and whether winnings get turned back into credit or something I can use in my hangar, I always have the choice of whatever suits me at the moment. The achievements are a great touch as well, rewarding people for just "playing the game" as it were.
There's a social aspect to it as well - I remember that the first promo blink that I won (a Stabber Fleet Issue) I wasn't even aware I'd won until a friend started cursing at me that I'd won it instead of him! (I've since fit and named the ship after him just to be a troll.  )
If there were anything I'd like to see more of, though, it's the trivia questions - I've not come across one I didn't eventually figure out the answer to yet, but as someone who really enjoys riddles and word games, racking my brain to try and figure out exactly what the answer is is a blast.
Keep on doing what you're doing, Somer. <3
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Nutbolt
Avalon Project
The Smurfs Alliance
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 08:00:00 -
[109] - Quote
I first depostied 10mill isk to test it out, my very first blink and I won a hurricane, I couldn't fly it at the time so I converted it back into blink credit. Ever since then any and all loss change has gone into blink and I have deposited over 1.4bill isk and have no intention of stopping! :)
If you have some isk laying around and don't know what to do with it I highly suggest this. It's quicker than normal lotteries so you don't have to wait in suspense to see if you won or not, the website is just sweet, and the customer service is a damn sight better than any real life company. |
Bakuhz
Interstellar Research Excavation Armada
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 08:00:00 -
[110] - Quote
first of all very nice going on the blink site and the lottery service.
plannign to keep using it.
currently i play for a few weeks and looking at my hystory i started with 50 mil isk as a depot and started blinking my ass off.
and 35 minutes later it became 1.7 bil isk in ships and payouts.
been blinking since and it dropped my some very nice gems.
everyone should try this its fun and it gives yo ua way of getting much wanted goodies cheaper if lucky ofcourse.
also enjoying the tokens got lucky on 2 promo's earned me 2x 50 mil blink credit.
not even mentioning the 50 trillion event.
the server went crazy on the blinekr onlien at that moment even missed on blinks because they wwent in seconds.
that was pretty exiting since the prices also were juicy
all in all, if your a poor starter in eve or a tycoon.
it doent matter drop in a few mills evry know and then and get lucky.
get that ship you cant afford yet or sell it for profit.
eitherway its not hard to get rich fast from it adn it could jsut be reached with 2 mil to start or 1 bil.
that is the the gamblers rush that will kick in and enjoy the fun.
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Alkina
North Eastern Swat
Pandemic Legion
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 08:12:00 -
[111] - Quote
Hate to say it, but Blink is too addictive for my own good :) . |
Zaelle Lousso
New Eclipse
Not Found.
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 08:17:00 -
[112] - Quote
I've been here with somer Blink since february, and its still awesome !
My husband won a lot of price ( Avatar at the 30T ( ? ) and the Supercap at the 50T ) Thank you so much for him !
Always ponctual, with promos, and there's a lot of staff online, who can pre auth you... its fast, and you don't have to wait a lot of time since you know if you win or not.
I luv this page! I'm too addicted !
Thanks Somer !
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sniperwiking
x13
Raiden.
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 08:19:00 -
[113] - Quote
Somer blink is awsome some people can due to luck make a lot of isk.
I started out to be lucky.
2 of my friends have won the mini bonk and bonk a JF and a adresti .
Luckky bastards but thats Somer Blink some are lucky some not so lucky.
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Doyey3731
Nex Exercitus
Raiden.
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 08:29:00 -
[114] - Quote
Somer blink has saved my sanity on many evenings of POS bashing. From promo blinks to real isk raffles, the excitement and thrill of winning is the same. Fantastic game and always speedy payers. |
Whisky Visions
BENEVOLENC3
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 08:30:00 -
[115] - Quote
Win some, lose some (most), but always fun. |
Ecinev
Segmentum Solar
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 08:31:00 -
[116] - Quote
Well what can I say? blink is actually what I spend most of my ISK on, its fun, and moreish... kinda like ******.
I would reccommend it to anyone, except ****** addicts as you evidently have better things to spend your money on :) |
Ferlia arian
T.H.U.G L.I.F.E
Xenon-Empire
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 08:34:00 -
[117] - Quote
still like blink a lot, even after playing it on and of for more then a year. keep up the great work. |
E Wan
Scorpion Road Industry
1
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Posted - 2011.09.08 08:40:00 -
[118] - Quote
Very nice and thoughtful idea and well organized group of people.
Winnings can be claimed almost anyhow, you can cash them out, you can convert to more credit for gambling or even some prizes can be delivered to your desired system or Jita. Most of my winnings I asked to be shipped to my address in New Eden, and to be honest I was blown away by their professionalism and operative. Max 2 days delivery! Bloody hell! This is really exceptional! Also one more thing, they have service to monitor your shipment. Imagine that, like FedEx, they say when it's in storage, when it started moving, when it reached destination... awesome!
They also have Free Promotional lottery with various of prizes where your luck can be tested.
System is developed really good, responsive (they need to fix it for mobile devices though cause on iPhone you can't "Start New Blink" because button does not exist).
As for me, I play this every day while at work and also check for promos whenever I remember over iPhone. My current gambling status is +60m but over 2 billion in flow
Highly recommended playful experience!
Keep up the good work! |
Lord Razpataz
Devils Rejects 666
The Devil's Warrior Alliance
5
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Posted - 2011.09.08 08:52:00 -
[119] - Quote
yey! ;D
Won a lot of great stuff on Blink, I see Blink as something to help make time fly when camping WT :P |
Mutlu Palutli
Asur Sonoran Industries Inc.
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 08:56:00 -
[120] - Quote
Blink is Addictive... Not only cause of all the ships and isk i've won, but it's also so damn fun :( Not only have i become an addict, but i've also turned alot of my corp mates into addicts :D
The idea behind Blink is pure awesomeness. I love that you dont have to wait long for a ticket to expire, and you can choose wich price to play for.
Depositing isk goes amazingly fast, and even getting the isk paid out or getting my ships usually gets done in less than an hour.
So Thank you Somer blink! For turning me into an addict and for giving me something fun to play when i'm bored in eve :)
Now, i'm off to earn more isk so i can play more blink :D |
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Wolfkitch
Ministry of Internal Examination
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 08:59:00 -
[121] - Quote
Great Site I have won and i Have lost and then i lose some more then a win
But i keep comming back for more if you are bored of missioning and have all that ISK to spare
throw some Somers way and have some fun !!
dosnt matter if you only have a few million or billions to spare there are blinks of all sizes for everyone
Happy Blinking guys
and dont forget the promos :) |
Bairfhionn Isu
EVE University
Ivy League
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 09:00:00 -
[122] - Quote
- Win something you can't even fly
- Keep it because it looks so awesome
- train for it
- ???
- Profit!
I know I'm addicted but I don't care. It's worth it :) |
Asakura Manji
Immortalis Inc.
Shadow Cartel
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 09:02:00 -
[123] - Quote
Dangerously addictive and good fun, but the achievements and promos are what makes it pure genius. |
carbomb
Super Team Munkey
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 09:02:00 -
[124] - Quote
oooh Shiney
I have played blink from the beginning. I have Deposited just shy of 11bil into my blink account in my time which is a little worrying but at the same time explains why i has no iskies left lol Currently i am sitting on about 170% profit so that is all good in the hood. I just wonder where the 18.8bil I have supposedly won went? Funny how money always slips through your fingers lol
The site has grown and improved over its time and It is a credit to somer and co's hard work. I wonder if they ever expected it to get as big as it has? over 50trillion in deposits! Just wow! Bet they never expected that day :)
For any people reading this forum that have not played blink, all i can say is give it a whirl! you dont have to spend billions but you may find you get hooked and do so anyway hehe :)
Good luck blinkers \o>
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Aesynil
The Unit...
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 09:06:00 -
[125] - Quote
I'll be painfully honest. I don't actually play Eve anymore; I haven't for a while. But I still play Blink! And it has funded my PLEX's, kept me amused, and kept me getting new ships (I'm looking at you, shiny Machariel of dust-collecting). Free ships, mind you. 100%, completely free ships. Constant free promos, and then you get so hooked, you just keep putting more and more ISK into it. I started off baffled at the thought of spending so much as 1 billion ISK at a game; pshaw, I'm too cheap for that!
....I'm working towards 7 Billion now spent -.- And still running at a profit. I've won ten promo blinks (Free, mind you), amongst those a Cynabal, Machariel, Navy Issue Scorpion, and 550,000,000 free credits that I turned into ships to play with (Well...Sell, actually. And cackle over my pile of ISK. Remember? I don't play Eve, I play Blink)
If you haven't played this yet, I am honestly confused by how you've avoided it. Did I mention constant free ships? |
Skull Sindy
German Constructors
Shadow of xXDEATHXx
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 09:09:00 -
[126] - Quote
great site |
Lorl Rofeller
EVE University
Ivy League
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 09:11:00 -
[127] - Quote
Blink is ace: won 4 carriers (one of which was my first ever win!), 2 Tengus, a Command Ship, 4 Faction Battleships, 2 Freighters and loads more stuff! |
Rio Kurusu
Lonestar Distribution Inc.
LEGIO ASTARTES ARCANUM
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 09:27:00 -
[128] - Quote
Somer.Blink, cheap ships for all (well almost all)
There is no finer feeling than sniping the last slot and winning the loots from somebody that's bought 90% of the other slots :)
I've won a shedload of ships, and even have some left that I haven't managed to get blowed up yet... |
wicked01
GeoCorp.
Gentlemen's Agreement
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 09:34:00 -
[129] - Quote
somerblink is awesome
won many prizes lost much isk its so addictive and you dont have to wait long for your prize won a phoenix over the 50t celebration on promo \o/ keep up the good work guys !!!
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Malkon Gevitz
HUH WUT
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 09:35:00 -
[130] - Quote
Haven't played in a while. Won a few cool stuff last i played. Think I'll try my luck once again. |
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Vorre
Deep Mining Group
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 09:36:00 -
[131] - Quote
greate site with huge opportunities to get rich! had lots of fun at somer ^_^ |
Redjohn
Licentia Ex Vereor
Intergalactic Exports Group
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 09:39:00 -
[132] - Quote
Since finding out about blink, I have become addicted!
For your wallets sake don't join blink!
Sure I won lots of shiny new toys... Rorqual, PLEX, T3 cruiser. carrier. freighter, jump frieghter, lots of new faction frigates, a covert ops vessel, a capital ship skill book, and many more!
It is fun to do whilst mining in a belt, or waiting for a fleet op to start, and the feeling of winning that new shiny ship just cannot be compared!
But be warned.. it is highly addictive!
P.S. And the PROMO blinks are just torture... trying to get that special ticket before anyone else does... noooooo |
Aerokella
Confuse-A-Cat Ltd.
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 09:42:00 -
[133] - Quote
Addictive fun!! I love the game, and love it when I get a new achievement! Looking at the list, some are reasonably easy to figure out, but others....I haven't a clue. That makes them that much more interesting!
I also like the fact that I found a secure website I can pay for my play time as well. Normally I have to get international charging opened on my debit card, but not at this site. I think the name is Shattered Crystal. I payed for my GTC and got 50m Blink credits |
EVERYONE JUMPJUMP
Fearless Bandits
Fearless Bears
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 10:01:00 -
[134] - Quote
Great way to burn time while camping and/or waiting to be hot dropped!
I SAID JUMP DAMN IT!! |
ms subdamage
Disco Inferno.
Pernicious Intent
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 10:03:00 -
[135] - Quote
nice game bit addicticve but awsome =) |
Sha'k
New Eden Recon Force
THE UNTHINKABLES
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 10:08:00 -
[136] - Quote
As a long time blink player, since back before the 20tril celerbrations I have had small wins, large (ish) wins, small loses and (very) large loses.
The whole of this time has been fun and I can't wait for more gambling so I can lose all my isk again :)
/me raises a glass... To Somer! May your blinks be plentiful and your celerbrations magnificent.
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Sha'k |
neewar
Dead Rats Tell No Tales
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 10:08:00 -
[137] - Quote
Somer Blink is one of the most genious initiative eve-related. The site is well made, the people who runs it are kind and always helpful with assistance.
I'm intrigued by the logistic behind it, surely it takes a great effort, and still works as a clock!
It's kinda addictive, yes, but playing with a little adroitness will result in a positive balance most of the time.
Keep up the good works guys and gals, i'm with you since the first trillions and i'm looking forward to have much more fun with Blink! |
Adaahh Gee
Rock jockeyz
Ushra'Khan
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 10:16:00 -
[138] - Quote
Somer is Good,
Winter is NOT coming.
I find winning a ship on Somer allows me to dive into PvP with reckless abandon as I know I have a new ship en-route!
Plus blinking on a ship and winning it over your corp mates is strangly satisfying. |
Postman
M. Corp Engineering
M. PIRE
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 10:21:00 -
[139] - Quote
I've started playing Blink after I heard alliance members talking about it on TS and ingame chat. At first I thought nothing of it, it even looked like a scam deal or something.
But I became intrigued by it. So after 1 or 2 weeks I made my first deposit. A small one, I didn't want to lose alot of ISK on it and with a small wallet to begin with you are always a bit scared.
The first blinks I played turned out to be all losses. But after the first win you get the adrenaline pumping and then is when Blink gets you hooked. The promo blinks are especially a very cool thing. You even get 5 free token to play those every week.
If you got some ISK to spare I would say this: DO NOT GIVE IT A TRY. No seriously it will get you hooked so fast that you don't even remember that somehow Somer came to your house and give you boosters everytime you visit their website. Its addictive, but fun to play. And if you play it smart it is almost riskfree as well.
So really its up to you if you want to play it or not. But don't come crying with me when you deposit 1 billion ISK and get 200 mil ISK in winnings in return, I can't help it you have no luck at all... |
Enthien Ruthar
The Fiction Factory
Silent Infinity
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 10:21:00 -
[140] - Quote
I've been playing the Blink lotteries for a while now and darn how addictive can it get!
A big plus is that these lotteries can start and finish within the minute and that you don't need to put in large sums or ISK.
I've already won a good share of prizes, including 500mil of Blink credits in a promo to waste on the lotteries.
I can recommend SOMER Blink to anyone who has room in his wallet to gamble some extra ISK for a chance to become the owner of the ship of your dreams! |
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Seraphina Oriana
Essence Industrial and Trade
B A C K B 0 N E
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 10:29:00 -
[141] - Quote
I've been playing blink for a while now - six billion in, twelve billion in prizes won!! I quite frequently see what's in my wallet emptying into Blink and then pretty ships come sailing back out!
If your not already playing, then you should be!! |
Gemmz
EVE University
Ivy League
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 10:34:00 -
[142] - Quote
Blink...let me tell you about how much fun Blink really is...
Do YOU like ISK? Do YOU like fancy shiny new ships? Do YOU like to WIN things? Do YOU wanna WIN things FAST?
If you answered yes to any of the above then Blink is for you!
Quick ship (and more) lottos, quick payment and best of all great fun! Play Blink today! I do! |
Shadowess
DarkSpace Explorations And Excavating
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 10:37:00 -
[143] - Quote
i have a love/hate relationship with Blink! i love to win and hate to lose! im about 10 billion in and loving it.....the 30t 40t 50t celebrations were awesome, 60t is right around the corner......CANT WAIT TO SEE WHAT 100T GIVEAWAY IS GONNA BE LIKE!!!!!
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TonyStone46
Heaven's Harvesters
LEGIO ASTARTES ARCANUM
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 10:39:00 -
[144] - Quote
SOMER.BLINK is one of the craziest websites for EVE going.
Very addictive, well designed, responsive and generally very good fun.
I love the Blink credit buy back facility too !!
Beware of cheap imitations/other websites though :-(
Keep up the good work guys. |
Pritch
Sandman Plc
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 10:40:00 -
[145] - Quote
great site would recomend it to anyone |
TonyTiger 57
Heaven's Harvesters
LEGIO ASTARTES ARCANUM
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 10:43:00 -
[146] - Quote
Great site, good fun, crazy addictive, only one slight problem .....
MOAR PROMOS !!!!!
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Mata1s
Vent Mob
101
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Posted - 2011.09.08 10:49:00 -
[147] - Quote
Started playing Blink when I was flying around in high-sec in my little Rifter, won a 300mill promo and was dancing around my room like a mad man, now I'm in null-sec infiltrating corporations and stealing hundreds of billions of ISK to fund my Blink addiction. |
drone power
Global Gang Bangers
Two Inch Terror
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 10:54:00 -
[148] - Quote
iv been using SOMER Blink since before they gave out there 1st bill and its been loads of fun and iv made more then my money back in isk and fun XD cant ask for a better raffle system |
kh kristen
Legions of Valhalla
THE UNTHINKABLES
1
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Posted - 2011.09.08 10:54:00 -
[149] - Quote
SomerBlink for the win!
i started some time ago, slowly but steady. ive worked my way up.
Starting playning on the small blinks cost me 2mil isk only, oh yes i freaking won, what to do now? Ha no problem Clik Clik Clik. now i got either isk in my wallet, isk to play for again, or the ship delivered to jita. this is the verybest and fun way to make isk in eve.
this is some time ago now, played for 21bil over time, whit setting in small amounts every time. but now i have made 31bil on it so u can say, good deal.
Play EvE play smart, play somerBlink. Thanks Again Somer |
Angus MacDoom
Clann Fian
Narwhals Ate My Duck
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 10:55:00 -
[150] - Quote
Been playing SOMER Blink for a couple of months now, and absolutely love it.
It's a well thought out site, offering the opportunity to win ships, books, implants etc for a fraction of the market price. You can pick and choose which ships you can create a raffle with, and accumulate Blink tokens to use in the promo blinks consisting of faction ships, T3 skill book sets etc.
If you find yourself with a bit of downtime, then this is the site to check out.
- Addicted to Blinks |
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barry stormbrewer
NRG Research
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 10:56:00 -
[151] - Quote
Blink is the best only and most Professional lotto site you can get,They have staff to put your payments in staff to deliver your winnings and help with questions about how the site works,and if no staff are on the people in the blink channel will always help and answer any questions if they can.
Iv been playing EVE for years now and i have to say blink is the most awesome and addictive way to spend your hard earned iskies,I was going to have a small break from eve due to real life financial hardship,So i said to myself after the 50 trillion celebration they just had i will take a break from playing for a wile,Then out of the blue i end up winning 12 plex on a blink bonk and see my contract tab light up,Inside was 1 year more of eve just at the right time
They have loads of cool things such as loyalty tokens that you can spend on promotional lotterys and win prizes ranging from a Caldari Navy Hookbill all the way to thigs like plex and Nightmares for FREE
And to make things even more fun they have a Achievements system where you gain site credit for winning and doing things in and around the site.
In a nutshell blink is a very pro and a very cool site and i for one will be playing blink for a long time to come
Thanks to all at blink for your great work.
RESPECT
BARRY |
ArroganTz Parmala
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 11:02:00 -
[152] - Quote
Blink is freaky awesome. I won over 3 bil in under 2 Days to finally fit my Tengu (which i also won in a Blink) xD.
The Payout is instant most Times. Everything else on the Site is automatic. Also those free Special Blinks for Tokens are cool.
Whenever theres nothing for you in the Blinks use the Functions on the bottom of the Page to start your own one with an Item of your decision. |
Febreeze
Pentergy
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 11:06:00 -
[153] - Quote
I have been blinking for almost a year now, its a lot of fun.. Any spare isk I have I toss in there and give it a go.. I have one some awesome prizes such as several dramiels, a couple of pirate battleships and way too many raptors ;)
I was going to just give it a try and leave it be, but its constantly evolving and Somer and crew do a great job of keeping it entertaining and fresh.
If you havent tried it, your missing out! (Then again, if you havent tried it, you get to keep your spare isk haha).
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Nordali Amistran
Mechanical Eagles Inc.
The Ancients.
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 11:13:00 -
[154] - Quote
Blink...most awesome lottery ever!
Your money produces results in seconds, and it has an actual use to the game, as in theory you can blink on something you would like.
I have only blinked for a few months now and I don't do it all the time (I do it with a fixed budget), but I certainly wont really stop any time soon.
I mean, look at the amount of stuff they give away.
Every 10 Trillion ISK they give out (counter on the upper right of the website), they have a huge celebration with lots of free stuff to win.
For the 50T event...the main price was the Sansha Nation Supercarrier, the Revenant. For the draw there was an Eve Radio show and everything.
I didn't win any of the prices in that event, but I got a very funny private award from Somerset in relation to it...proving that there are humans running this thing, not only bots.
Did I mention there is an achievement system, with ISK rewards?
Writing this should actually earn me 2 achievements:
* Forum Trailblazer - Post in the new forum thread in the first 200 posts of the thread.
* Forum Warrior - Post a little review of your time playing Blink, (something more than "ohai I liek Blink", in the first 200 posts.
Finally, to make this post a bit more balanced:
Don't start blink, it's addicting to some people and can be hazardous to your wallet. :P |
AbuLeen
23rd Dark Orbit Squadron
Fidelas Constans
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 11:15:00 -
[155] - Quote
about a year ago , a friend pointed me the way to lottery, that would be different from anything he had seen. curious as i am , i visted the page he linked me.
and there it was: SOMER.BLINK!!!!!!! i deposited a few ISK and started my first blink .... a raptor. unfortunatley i didnt win it, so i blinked the one, that came right after it.... nothin again ..... **** ..... i discovered that i can start new BLINK's on my own , for whatever i want .... cool ..... i dreamed of a new dramiel , so i started a BLINK for one , and BLINKBLINKBLINK!!! my first win
since then i blink regularily, ... call me addict , i dont care , its fun at work , at home or when u wait the CTA to start 
i <3 BLINK
regards
abu |
Grendel Warchild
0ne Percent.
54
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Posted - 2011.09.08 11:25:00 -
[156] - Quote
Blink can be cruel but I find I keep coming back, the thrill at the chance of winning something shiny can be all consuming. Its grown into an offline past time with the group of us that hang out in chat letting each other know when there is another promo and then teasing each other how crap the other persons number is. Its a lot of fun and a good way to blow some isk.
-GW |
TehEbil1
ebil piwates inc.
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 11:40:00 -
[157] - Quote
Used this service for months now, great business they are practising, nice place to use smaller amounts of isk in |
Onfa
Sense of Serendipity
Echoes of Nowhere
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 11:41:00 -
[158] - Quote
3 months ago, i joined my actual corporation and i could notice that, everyday, some guy was just yelling on alliance chat/ Mumble : Promo Blink ! Promo Blink !
I was the new guy to them so i didn't want to look like a newbie and didn't ask straight away what was this promo all about...
After a week, I finally asked.... 2 days later i was winning my first assault frigate.... 1 month later came in the Nidhoggur which gave me the opportunity to build myself an army of T2 cruisers so that i could be more efficient in this terrible war of the south...
to conclude this story... I would like to say thank you Somer and:
OHAI I LIEK BLINK !
-Onfa-
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Jacy Odakota
0ne Percent.
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 11:45:00 -
[159] - Quote
Oh Blink how I <3 you, you fill my days with such hope and excitement, I refresh the page hundreds of times a day to see if I wont a link or if a new promo is up. I now you havent seen it in your heart yet to let me be lucky and I have to assume that is my fault, so I will continue to work hard and try to be a better blinker!
This site is a great way to get a ship for less then it would cost on the open market, the auctions are super fast and you can start one for what you are looking for very easy. I had no issue collecting my winnings and there was a nice status notification of where I was in the process of getting my ship. The promo blinks are a great way to give back to the people that play and a lot of fun too. |
Nemeziss
V I R I I
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 11:47:00 -
[160] - Quote
I've been blinking for about a year on and off. To start with I did great and took out a couple of bil I was determined to quit while I was ahead. It was gambling, I was always going to lose in the long run and I was smarted than that.
But a couple of months later I was back. I plugged in another 500m or so and promptly lost it with nothing to show. But hell, it is great fun
Now I play the promo blinks with the tokens I have accumulated, and have somehow accumulated 75m isk in credit, through some achievement or other no doubt, so my new plan is to turn that 75m into billions |
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Nemeziss
V I R I I
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 11:48:00 -
[161] - Quote
The first step on the road to recovery is to admit you have a problem |
Dewayne Dasky
The Scope
Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 11:52:00 -
[162] - Quote
I have personally been playing Blink for quite some time now. If I had to guess I would say since about a month after its creation. At first I thought the concept was just another form of a Ponzi Scheme. You, know... get people to invest tons of money then run with most of it. After all isn't everything in Eve a scam?
Well then I tried it. A friend had told me they had been using the site for a little while. They told me about the promotions and the various achievements. Frankly it seemed quite fun and worth throwing a bit of ISK at. Before long I was addicted, but not in a bad way. I was winning more ISK then I was investing. Since then I have made approximately six billion in profit.
Often I enjoy just randomly checking the site as I play Eve, especially on long trade runs. I have to recommend. Playing Blink to just about anyone who has a little spare ISK they can afford to lose. |
javi91
FARSCAPE EXPLORATION PEACE KEEPERS ALLIANCE
9th Company
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 11:52:00 -
[163] - Quote
Been playing blink since before the first 10 tril mark.. they have been keeping it fun with all the celebrations and promos that i keep coming back for more... sadly i have an addiction to blinking ... but its freaking awesome got a fitted legion and tengu that i fly now cause of blink... all in all... Blink is the only reason i play a game called EVE |
Baugoti
Middle Finger Technology
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 11:53:00 -
[164] - Quote
Woooot blink.. the reason I log in :)
A Great site that gets addicting very fast. I find myself refreshing the site every 5-10 minutes to try and get into any promos that appear as well :)/ |
Komisarz Ryba
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 12:09:00 -
[165] - Quote
Somer blink, what can I say.
Me and her have a love-hate relationship.
That lovely feeling when I win a mega blink, better than winning any fleet battle.
But for every winner there are atleast 15 loosers, that covers the hate part pretty much, I've been on the loosing side for a while |
BoBariser
Domination.
Legion of The Damned.
1
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Posted - 2011.09.08 12:09:00 -
[166] - Quote
Been playing less than a week an already blinking from my phone at work goodbye isk lol anyone have the blink annonymous number? Awesome fun |
John Pollock
Rising Thunder
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 12:12:00 -
[167] - Quote
I even missed the achivemet well that is wait you get when you live in the midwest. Love this site by the way and glad to play it all the time. Thanks blink! I guess i didnt yay! Love playing this site are corp got realy into it so when the promo goes up we call it out. I love to play and win. Thanks for the tengu! |
Jawarrior2010
Reapers Legion
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 12:24:00 -
[168] - Quote
Been playing blink since it started, one of the best things to do when playing eve, staff have always been helpful and its a laugh chatting in channel :D
Looking forward to the next celebration we have :) |
Retao Whakata
Edge of Beyond
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 12:25:00 -
[169] - Quote
Somer Blink..
Clever setup and application.
Win some lose some.
But it's all about that rush you wil get, on a lucky day.
Thankfully I've had many lucky days.
Somer Blink, yet another reason to log on to EVE. |
DeathandTaxes1
Galaxy Punks
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 12:28:00 -
[170] - Quote
I resubbed eve a few months ago after almost a year out of game due primarily to boredom, when i came back a friend told me about blink and how awesome it was and tbh i was as skeptical as everyone else that it was a scam! BUT after my friends assurances and a little investigating i found that its just really really good business. Since then I've been blinking like crazy almost every day it adds a new level of fun to the game and its allowed me to branch out more in what i do because all of a sudden i have more isk than i know what to do with!
Blink has been one of the primary reasons for me to remain in game if I'm truthful and I've managed to get almost the entirety of two corps to blink as well, and besides an unlucky frenchman all of us are doing OK on it.
So anyone still unsure i say go ahead and give it a go, you may win you may lose but its fun and addicting either way...and the promos are killer! |
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Jonathan Karekane
Pax Mortis Inc.
Fearless Bears
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 12:29:00 -
[171] - Quote
Only recently started blinking, I can thank my alliance mates for getting hooked.
Well, it's like crack, in a certain way. Rewarding and punishing at the same time, and equally addictive.
I do them all, small ones and big ones and wait for the blue-flahsy thingy.
Nothing beats the feeling when you snipe a blink with the last ticket.
If you overdo it, you'll lose ISK, but with every form of gambling you'll have fun while doing it.
It's just pixel money anyways. |
Steve4c
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 12:29:00 -
[172] - Quote
Lets just say i'm addicted!
182.4 billion in winnings so far and 72 achievements, not quiet in the super league of this game but getting there.
The reason I play blink is I think the staff have done a great job on the website. I remember when lotto's in EVE took days to finish, the blink equivalent can finish within a few hours and on normal blinks under a minute. I sometimes spent much more than i can afford, though am having such great fun.
I would also like to thank the staff for being very polite and proffesional. The consumer/players on blink can be very demanding at times.
Promos are great feeling to win, 'Get in there' , i never expected to win those and best of all free.
I think blink is a great addition to EVE and minigames within games keep the spirit of gameplay alive. I would also like to mention, listening to eve radio is a cool pastime to listen to when hauling/mission running.
Blink micro lottories is great idea and wish i could of implemented such an idea myself. |
Daemin Freyson
Arrakis Technology
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 12:29:00 -
[173] - Quote
Been playing right around 2 months, i'm up about 400m with 500m invested, and have yet to win a promo() |
SBMkee
Pangalactic Punks n' Playboys
HUN Reloaded
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 12:31:00 -
[174] - Quote
Hey all,
Nice job on the web page, and i guess there was hard work behind the "scene" :)
First i was doubtful whether it was a scam or a real working thing, but i gave a try, and i become addicted :)
I am still.
Thank you for the opportunity, we can gamble, but not with the real money.
If it was with real money, i would live now under a bridge :)
Regards,
SBMkee |
Shiftless
Peanut Factory
Good Sax
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 12:31:00 -
[175] - Quote
I've been playing Blink since the day it opened. The staff are great and ultra-helpful and prizes are delivered quickly and efficiently. Just remember, when picking a promo ticket avoid #80. It's broken.
(/me stalks Tus) |
The Mapsdog
BENEVOLENC3
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 12:33:00 -
[176] - Quote
So much better than actually doing work. |
Faedes
Wings of Red
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 12:55:00 -
[177] - Quote
Love Somer! The blinks are very fun and addictive. I have made a lot more isk lately playing Blink than I have playing EVE =o. Always safe ans secure. The deposits are fast and so are the prizes! Great site!
-Faedes |
Saan Vaux
Serenity Engineering and Transport Company
Fatal Ascension
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 12:58:00 -
[178] - Quote
An Excellent way to pass time while your FC finds a new and hilarious way to destroy your ship Or lose all your money via Blink....Promo me please.... |
Bonaparte
The Praxis Initiative
Gentlemen's Agreement
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 13:02:00 -
[179] - Quote
I am completely addicted. I'm almost running at even aswell. 5 bill in, 5 ish bill out. woot |
Eiluvial
Shitty Gimmick
Test Alliance Please Ignore
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 13:05:00 -
[180] - Quote
Blinks are very fast, fun and addictive! Especially during "Events" like the X Trillion Celebrations you repeatedly refresh the Website for Promos, an excellent way of procrastinating! |
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BlackRobin
Aurora Security
Transstellar Operations
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 13:05:00 -
[181] - Quote
i love somer blink
i have recived all my winnings ( ships and isk buyouts)
i have even won some nice promo blinks my first promo blink win was a nightmare
all in all somer blink is a fun why to past some time in game or out.
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Mjollnir Arcote
The Praxis Initiative
Gentlemen's Agreement
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 13:07:00 -
[182] - Quote
its bad, its evil, must not play, must not play. oooo shiney, click. |
Khriest
Solitary Freelancers
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 13:08:00 -
[183] - Quote
Whats not to like about Promos? The gambling experience is so much less torturing with the ability to gain free ships. I recall maybe up to 4 times where winning promos at the right time saved my losing streak. I even spend more time playing Blink than logging on EVE. In a game requiring so much patience, it is godsend such a system of instantaneous enjoyment could be invented. Thank you Somer! |
Matthew Waechter
Theory.
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 13:08:00 -
[184] - Quote
I have happily sold most of my assets several times and ran missions just so I could keep playing Blink! I need to feel like a winner! I NEED TO WIN. I am a winner!
Blink is beautifully designed, incredibly addictive, and run by friendly, efficient, and timely staff members. Achievements, trivia, and promo prizes make it easy to keep playing and winning fun things. What's not to like? |
vu1tur3
Clans of the Sanctums
Quantum Decadence
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 13:10:00 -
[185] - Quote
Why bother mish runnin or mining for isk, just BLINK!!!!!!!! |
Akrasjel Lanate
Naquatech Conglomerate
20
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Posted - 2011.09.08 13:10:00 -
[186] - Quote
I have won **** |
Hamper Tramp
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 13:15:00 -
[187] - Quote
Greetings all just needed to pass on strangely enough I've won more then I've lost...
You must blink. |
Swearte Widfarend
Aurora Security
Transstellar Operations
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 13:16:00 -
[188] - Quote
I think Somer Blink is a great way to burn though ISK.
Seriously, if it weren't for Somer I wouldn't have moved up to flying capital ships. My first promo blink (that I won) was the Capital Ships skillbook, and shortly thereafter I won a bunch of Navy Frigates.
Like any game, you win some you lose some, but Somer Blink is fun, addictive, and quick, so you don't have to spend a lot of time on it. You can even play when not logged in, and then surprise! You have new ships (aka contracts to accept) when you log back into EVE!
The play is simple, the service has been excellent, and the billions of ISK that I have won (and lost) are time well spent and enjoyable!
One last edit:
Win Ratio19.60%
Blinks Won99
Value of Blinks Won2,808,000,760 ISK
I'm going for win 100 RIGHT NOW!!!! |
Slasher42
Blacklight Incorporated
Broken Chains Alliance
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 13:28:00 -
[189] - Quote
BLINK is awesome... been playing for like 8-9 months...
Have won a lot more then I've deposited because of the PROMOS they do that don't really cost anything...
I've won like 5 promo's easily worth 3billion total and I've only deposited like 1 bil so I am way ahead.
Everyone should BLINK BLINK BLINK the day away!
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StrongbadRunner
Noir.
Noir. Mercenary Group
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 13:32:00 -
[190] - Quote
Been having a great time on blink. So far I'm still ahead on isk and I hope to stay that way. I like the promos even if I dont win it adds a bit of excitement. Keep up the good work blink and thanks for the entertainment while i slave away at my job |
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Lazvick
Omega Industrial Supply
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 13:33:00 -
[191] - Quote
Been playin for months nows, Great costumer service , fast and fun Lotterys allday . great for when mining or sitting in a station .
promo.blinks are the best
Try your luck today
Every prize i've won I received as soon a choose what i want: Ikies or item/ship.
Blinking till the end of time |
karmeer
TalCorp Enterprises
TalCorp United Federation
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 13:42:00 -
[192] - Quote
I love blink! I have ben playing now for a lotti over a month.Lol I think I spend more time on it than playing eve lol, you guys rock!!! |
Bananap0wn
FreeTrade
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 13:42:00 -
[193] - Quote
A friend of mine introduced me to Blink a few months ago. It took a while before I made 'big' (for me, at least) deposit. I started out playing small blinks, mostly frigates. Won a few, lost a lot more, but it was fun. I ran out of money but then I won a promo blink. Ha! Since then I have been playing more regularly.
The achievements are a great side of blink too, they're part of what keeps me blinking. You don't have these kind of things in regular lotto's. It's the uniqueness that makes Blink so special and so fun. |
Deathlives4u
Fleet of Doom
Ushra'Khan
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 13:45:00 -
[194] - Quote
I seem to have mixed results with either winning or losing large quantities of isk on Blink - but that is the nature of gambling.
All in all its a good way to pass some time, amazingly addictive and fun, and of course very exciting when you are winning. I have never waited more than 24 hours to receive a prize that I can recall, and for those of us too lazy to go to Jita, they are nice enough to offer an isk buyout which for most prices is actually higher than the Jita sell orders anyway.
I would definitely recommend giving Blink a shot if you haven't already, just be careful, because you WILL get hooked. |
McDarila
EVE University
Ivy League
4
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Posted - 2011.09.08 13:49:00 -
[195] - Quote
Its alot of fun. I personal have come out a head on it.
For the basics.
Its a lotto: that means some will win some will lose.
Its not a scam: reason look at the house cut on the idtem being bid on. Its around 15 to 30%. Lots of room for profit.
Have fun playing the lotto, but realise it a game. You can always buy your plex using the link from the game, Its a "free wayof getting some blink credits"
Personal I play for fun. I deposited a little over 2.5 billion isk with them. I taken home about 3.5 billion in ships and isk. I gone through "dry spells" but its fun. I gotten to the point, that I no longer need to deposit isk to play promos.
Our corp voice chat is almost over the top with blink its gotten so bad with people saying promo when a promo blink up, Its almost funny, leading to the 5 min talk about what is blink. There are about 6 to 12 of us playing blink while station spinning due to war time sop. |
Night Halcyon
First Flying Wing Inc
ROMANIAN-LEGION
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 13:49:00 -
[196] - Quote
Awesome game. Won a lot of great prizes and ISK. Always fast service. Great to kill time when sitting around waiting for fleets. |
Kali Omega
Immortalis Inc.
Shadow Cartel
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 13:49:00 -
[197] - Quote
Post 198 :P
Good site won a Moros on it so time to drop it on something shiny |
total0WNAG3
D00M.
Northern Coalition.
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 13:51:00 -
[198] - Quote
Somer has dedicate a lot of his time to bring the players of Eve something new and innovative to help players aquire some ships that are normally to expensive for them normally, but also gives those gamblers something to satisfy their taste. I have been blink'ing since the first month of it being released, and I have never seen Somer miss a beat with the service, any person who has trouble with the site or Blink related troubles Somer is there in a quick response. Great service, great prizes and great fun... Here is to 50 trillion more. |
Cyfer Juhl
Dream shooters
Army Of Darkness.
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 13:52:00 -
[199] - Quote
Great time killer, awesome fun aswell.........TY SOMER Blink! |
fcosta
BATTLEFIELD SOLUTIONS INC.
Lazy is our middle name
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 13:54:00 -
[200] - Quote
replying to say blink rocks |
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Reno684
FLA5HY RED
The Defenders of Pen Island
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 13:56:00 -
[201] - Quote
#201... damn. Well I guess im going to say the next time i apply for a job at somer (when youre hiring) im going to make a fantastic application with all the bells and whistles. it will blur the lines of everything you know and hold dear.
Long live blink! |
fcosta
BATTLEFIELD SOLUTIONS INC.
Lazy is our middle name
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 14:12:00 -
[202] - Quote
well.
I entered blink trough a friends advice.
been playing ever since, had to sell one alt to feed my vice.
I've allways been strugling for isk for my olex but somehow blik stats say i've allready deposited 5 billion is
Great fun stuff.
hurray for blink |
Amiar
The Fiction Factory
Silent Infinity
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 14:28:00 -
[203] - Quote
I've played Somer Blink for a good time now and i gotta say its the most amazing lottery around.
The way that blinks are arranged and the speed of them being completed makes this a lottery for everyone!
I've lost as well as i've won but all in all i have twice my investment as winnings!
So i can only recommend this to everyone or atleast try it out.
Also good thanks to the staff for fast service. Well done! |
Aloe Cloveris
The Greater Goon
Clockwork Pineapple
2
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Posted - 2011.09.08 14:36:00 -
[204] - Quote
It's a great way to burn off extra isk I'm not spending because I barely play EVE anymore so it's really great for that.
And over time I've won a bunch of spendy ships to spin peek at from my closet and somehow come out ahead iskwise (promo blinks own). Yay! |
Armature01
Paragon Fury
Cascade Imminent
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 14:38:00 -
[205] - Quote
Love the Blink! I've been playing since beginning, and gotten back about twice what I've put into it. As a casual player, it's allowed me to get into capital ships much, much faster.
Addictive and rewarding! |
Sir Cadvan
Magnificent Guns
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 14:40:00 -
[206] - Quote
O hai!
Blink is a geat way to spend time when either camping or station spinning or pretty much any activity in EVE that just has you wanting to do something while you wait. At first I was skeptical being that I hate gambling, but its all for fun and has nothing really to do with real money that its just a good alternative to real gambling thats safe and amusing. Not only that but theres so much free crap thats given away every day you just wonder if they are actually making money off this or not.
In short Somer is sick and fun to play :D |
Sir Cadvan
Magnificent Guns
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 14:41:00 -
[207] - Quote
Oh **** I missed 200 by 7 posts... :'( |
MasterChief351
Atlas Research Group
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 15:12:00 -
[208] - Quote
So they Said to post a review about blink in my experience so yea..
Started Playing I think in January and have been addicted ever since.
I was considering asking somer to make the "Somer Blink Rehab" Corp for those who put in there ISK and lost it all but never got around to it.if anyone steals my idea i will beat them in all there blinks....
So Yes.I Love Somer blink.Won a Nightmare promo a while back and was super happy!
well done!
Edit Damn it i missed!
Thankyou for reading! |
Ayala Moonshine
Arrakis Technology
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 15:25:00 -
[209] - Quote
Great site looks good and pays out nice and quick
Keep up the good work |
Queen Zenobia
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 15:31:00 -
[210] - Quote
I have been playing blinks for about 3 weeks now and can honestly says its the most fun thing out of eve , about eve you can do.
Keep up the good work guys and good luck to your future in Eve. |
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Chenparn
Frontier Outcasts
Chain of Chaos
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 15:32:00 -
[211] - Quote
Ive been playing blink for 3 weeks now..love it
Was sceptical at first but won a Scorpion which I asked to be deliverd to Imya..3 days later new scorp
I then won a few drakes a geddon kitsune worm rokh .. and had them delivered to jita they arrived within a few hours
Next when I won I checked the jita proce vs the isk value BLINK gives you and low an behold BLINK give you 20% above the price! So on most ships I get the ISK instead ..within 12 hours usually
So awesome fun ..addictive..try it!
I would like to see a referal program I have sent at least 5 people to blink who now play
Chen
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Cyfer Juhl
Dream shooters
Army Of Darkness.
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 15:33:00 -
[212] - Quote
My review for my limited time on Blink:
I was told by another pilot friend of mine to give SOMER Blink a shot, as an alternative to making ISK on Eve. I logged in and started attempted my first blink and have been hooked ever since. What a great way to fill the void while you are jumping systems, mining, salvaging or even mission running. Kodus to you guys for finding a very fun, enjoyable way to pass time aswel as possibly make money n the process! I haven't played for very long but plan to enjoy this service for some time to come.
Next up I'm trying my luck on a GTC megablink woot!
Cyfer |
Korgan Medel
Dragon Fury Corp.
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 15:55:00 -
[213] - Quote
Really addictive, I have won 2 ships that I can't even fly, and lost around 60mil but I feel like im winning!
edit. Ok i have now won 144 millions worth of ships I cant fly so I am winning :) |
Linnth
Taking a break from Eve Online
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 16:06:00 -
[214] - Quote
Awesome concept. I was a little skeptical at first, but an in-game friend spoke so highly of it that I had to give it a try. I put in 100 mill isk to try it out and walked away with 300+ isk less than an hour later. "Great," I though, and put in another 100. Once again, I walked away with 300+ isk. The next day I put in another 100 mill, but only regained 38 mill. That's gambling though!
Highly recommended! |
usrevenge
Old Spice Syndicate
Sailors of the Sacred Spice
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 16:09:00 -
[215] - Quote
i love blink, i've gotten every thing i ever won in a timely manner and the staff is fun and proffessional |
samel265
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 16:14:00 -
[216] - Quote
I can highly recommend this lottery to anyone. As a noob player with no isk, this lottery was fantastic. I put in 10 million and managed to turn it into over 200 million in about two hours! For someone who was struggling to buy a hurricane this was a seriously good feeling and im now well on my way to a nice battleship.
Of course my luck has since evaporated, but as soon as I start making some real isk ill be coming back, blink has got me..
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Prince aikka
Gladiators of Rage
Intrepid Crossing
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 16:39:00 -
[217] - Quote
Started playing about 6 months ago and in my first night i won over 1.5 bil in ships and isk, i ended up getting a few of my corp mates into Blink and now one of them is using ships he's won to support his PVP habit.
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Gorenaire
exiles.
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 16:43:00 -
[218] - Quote
a very addictive lottery and evil little game that keeps you coming and coming
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avidb
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 16:54:00 -
[219] - Quote
Long time blinker, great new site and great service. |
Shen Tark
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 17:21:00 -
[220] - Quote
Blink is a blast to play and the service is excellent! Items that are won are delivered very quickly and the staff is friendly and helpful.
To those who consider Blink an "investment" and lose a ton of isk, get real. Don't play if you can't afford it! Like any casino, the house will eventually end up with all your money if you play long enough. Play for entertainment, which Blink delivers plenty of!
The site also returns a lot of its profit to customers through special comps, free promotional blinks, and some crazy blowout milestone parties! |
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Gustav Mannfred
Die Missionrunner von heute
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 17:31:00 -
[221] - Quote
won a lot and lost more :(
my biggest win was a nightmare |
Castiel's Fury
Asur Sonoran Industries Inc.
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 17:38:00 -
[222] - Quote
Somer Blink has created an AMAZING past time lol.
I have won a LOT of ISK and lost a LOT of ISK. It's fun and does get your heart pounding every now and then. Perfect thing to do while you Station Spin...oh wait, can't do that anymore :( |
Krozgor
Hard Rock Mining Co.
Territorial Claim Unit
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 17:50:00 -
[223] - Quote
I frigging LOVE blink. It's like, the 2nd best thing I do with my pants off ... CRAZY fun! They're also very organized, and ISK/item deliveries are handled very quickly.
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Mangala Solaris
Red Federation
RvB - RED Federation
16
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Posted - 2011.09.08 18:07:00 -
[224] - Quote
Love blink, especially all the new achievements, they are a better high than crack :) |
yennek
SP4RTANS
V.I.R.A.L.
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 18:08:00 -
[225] - Quote
love blink woop woop |
Tear Anasarsy
Kigurosaka Corporation
3
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Posted - 2011.09.08 18:27:00 -
[226] - Quote
Finally decided to give this a go, deposited 70million
One my first blink!
Now I am hooked, made a profit on the first donation, deposited some more and had a ulucky streak and lost every blink :(
I will deposit more when I grind some more ISK out, but the special blinks are cool.
Thumbs up to a great idea and great site, love hwo you can create your own blink to try and win something YOU want. Very neat idea. |
Fionn macCumhail
The Maverick Navy
Against ALL Authorities
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 18:30:00 -
[227] - Quote
The first blink I ever won was a Fenrir.. on my first try.. been hooked ever since. |
Sunoccard
Trigger works
Dark Phoenix Rising.
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 19:09:00 -
[228] - Quote
I've made and lost billions of ISK because of BLINK, it keeps my wallet active. It's another way to make money in eve, and is done through the trusted services of Somer. Blinks takes a small bid to start, and with a bit of luck can result in huge payouts . |
NorthForce
TexaCrox Gallactic Enterprises
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 19:13:00 -
[229] - Quote
About to play for the first time... |
Scanner Ursane
Syrinx Exploration and Holdings INC
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 19:37:00 -
[230] - Quote
Thanks to Blink, I have a Navy Raven, a Dramiel, and countless other ships I couldn't afford otherwise. Not only that, but I can Blink at work on my phone and avoid listening to my boss drone on and on and on.
Somer changed my life.
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Pierced Brosmen
Priory Of The Lemon
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 19:41:00 -
[231] - Quote
I stumbled across the Blink website about 2,5 months ago. I found the concept interesting and decided to give it a try. I deposited some isk and played a few Blinks and it wasn't long until I won my first ship, a Worm.
I was instantly hooked and have played a good ammount since.
The fact that all the lotteries are quick to finish, where only the lotteries for the most expensive ships can take some time (hardly ever more then 1-2 hours), is cool. Heck, some lotteries are completed in mere seconds. It's captivating and entertaining. There are no house-bets wich means you play 100% against other players. Also a portion of the profits (and it seems to me like it's quite a large portion also) is given away in free, promo lotteries. So far I have managed to win two of these, yay :)
Besides the lotteries themselves there is also an entire achievement system wich is just awesome. The number of achievements is quite high, and I have cought myself several times, aiming on playing specific lotteries just for hunting acievements ^_^
Another cool feature is the choices for your winnings. You can convert them back into more credits to play with, have them contracted to you in a market hub (Jita or low-sec close to high-sec for capital ships), most ships can be delivered to a high-sec destination of your chosing or you can simply ask for an isk payout... For me, whatever option I have chosen, it has been fulfilled well within 24 hours, in many cases within a few hours. The Blink staff is often online and active in the in-game channel, always friendly and helpfull if you have any issues.
A word of warning though.... This IS addictive :)
Two thumbs up to Somer and her staff. |
GunN4u
SKEET ELITE
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 19:57:00 -
[232] - Quote
Started on blink a few months ago and have wons tons of stuff, but have also deposited enough for a small cap fleet. |
Sithok
LightningStrikesTwice
Elemental Tide
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 20:05:00 -
[233] - Quote
Acorp mate once said in fleet about a promo blink up and after i enquired what he meant i looked the site up...
that was over 1yr ago and i've been blinking since...
deposited near 20 bil and can't wait to get my achivement for that magical 20bil deposit..
its a great way to pass the hours mining or in a wait list for incursions and i've won nearly 40bil so far for my desposits so it's well worth while to give it a try..
both my nightmare's i fly in incursions where blink bought for far less than the going market price and it's so addictive to try and get all the achivments..
love it and will blink ever on from now till EvE servers give up...:) |
GhostRider3009
masih-al-dajjaal
Wootang Clan
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 20:09:00 -
[234] - Quote
Your first win was Phobos on October 9, 2010. Back then, Blink had given away only 780,846,500,980 ISK of prizes. Look how far you've come with us!
That was my first win nearly 12 months ago and I've been blinking ever since. Its fun and you can win lots or cool stuff. Blink has now given away over 50 trillion in prizes and the 50T celebrations were EPIC. |
Itoliog
Sanctuary
Shadow of xXDEATHXx
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 20:29:00 -
[235] - Quote
Somer Blink Lotto ...
Gotta say, I've not yet found a better way to pass freighter runs. Cheers guys! Thanx for the good times. |
Mart Jorringer
Empyrean Warriors
The Obsidian Front
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 20:37:00 -
[236] - Quote
got pretty lucky I guess, won a bhaalgorn on promo blink first week I played :) Don't think I'll ever be that lucky again...
thanks Somer :D |
yanisha
Taranis Innovations
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 20:41:00 -
[237] - Quote
Been playing somerblink for a while now as its a good way to supplement yourself with cheapships or help make your wallet that bit fatter best day i had i started with 50 mill roughly and ended up with around 500mil in my wallet happy days |
fin1712
Pure Evil Warriors
The Devil's Warrior Alliance
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 21:03:00 -
[238] - Quote
Blink is a wonderful site, that though I have apparently won many times more than what I have invested, seems to steal all of my isk ... I encourage everyone to try out blink |
Dr Cedric
Orbital Industry and Research.
1
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Posted - 2011.09.08 22:24:00 -
[239] - Quote
I've been Blinking for a few weeks now. Gotta say, its addictive and fun. I've lost more than I've won, but who cares! It lets me do something for 15 minutes over lunch.
Good Job Blinkers, and please give me all your monies!!!
Ced |
G0rF
The Causality
Electus Matari
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 22:30:00 -
[240] - Quote
Well, the Blink site says I should write a mini-review of my blink experience and I'll get an achievement. We all like achievements don't we? be they Xbox, PS3, Steam or anywhere else!
I've been a blinker since just after the 20 Trillion ISK prize time, and now they're up to about 55 Trillion awarded.
I've put in about 650 mil so far (I'm a pauper), and won about 600mil in prizes, so not a bad return.
My real story is about Somer himself, a true gent and a genuinely nice guy, and here's why:
I used to blink using my OOG browser (Chrome) and for the first month or two everything was fine. Then it all went a bit weird. My account got banned because something my browser was doing was effetively DOS attacking the Blink site.
So, I did what the support link said and emailed Somer.
He came back to me within about 2 days (remember, he has a LOT of people using his site, he must answer a load of support mails). He was really, really nice about it. I can say this because, had it been my site I'd probably have told me "hey dude, either you're doing this deliberately or you're a total idiot, I don't want you on my site and I don't need you on my site".
Anyway, he explained exactly what was happening, and told me that he'd re-open my account if I could guarantee it never happened again. No, really, he did! I couldn't believe it either to be honest.
So I made my promise, I only ever blink from the ingame browser, it hasn't, to my knowledge re-occurred, and I'm a very happy blinker once again.
Oh yeah, almost forgot to mention, blinking is a ton of fun, you can pick your own prizes, get a ticket for an interceptor lottery with 8 tickets for as little as 2mil and get a result in minutes, how cool is that!
So thank you Somer, and thank you CogDev, you're a great bunch of guys with a great product and the slickest website I've seen in a very long time.
Everyone get blinking, I want to see the 100 Trillion milestone!
Until they fix the BBCode, you'll just have to use your imagination.
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Molesty Smurf
Kentucky Fried Panda
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 22:32:00 -
[241] - Quote
Played blink from the early get go and it never fails to pull me back in to blink, always fun and sometimes you win something nice and shiny |
Cuhlen
Tower of Ravens
The Laughing Men
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 22:32:00 -
[242] - Quote
Somer.Blink has been fun. I've made a hefty profit, but most of all i just throw isk at it and see what happens.
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Nemesis44
Avalon Project
Shadow Rock Alliance
1
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Posted - 2011.09.08 22:39:00 -
[243] - Quote
Why can't i quit while I'm ahead?!? :P I've never had more fun losing my money... this next time is when I hit it big! |
Dont DrinkandDance
SKEET ELITE
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 22:50:00 -
[244] - Quote
I can personally attest to the legitimacy and fun in blink. Some days you loose money, but other days you make some. |
Trayvok
Psychotic Disorders
Dangerous By Design
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 23:26:00 -
[245] - Quote
I have won billions in blink. I have been blinking it for about a year now. the promo blinks and achivements make a fun game even funner. |
Atecake
Universal Fleet Operations
Fatal Ascension
0
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Posted - 2011.09.08 23:50:00 -
[246] - Quote
My job really isn't that bad when I can win stuff. Promo Blinks make the day go by. A great addition to a great game. |
Castina
The Church of Robotology
0
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Posted - 2011.09.09 00:07:00 -
[247] - Quote
I have posted this review multiple times now, and it remains as true now as it did back the first time.
I LIEKZ TEH BLINKZORZ IT IS TEH WIN.
Seriously though, it revitalized my interest in the game. It didn't hurt that I won stuff that I physically lacked the skill points for. I've since just now finally hit the break even point. As someone whose only experience is predominately running missions as a noob, it gives you an extra flair of excitement to chuck in your earnings and to potentially walk away with something you'll never have gotten otherwise.
In my case it was finally getting an Apocalypse after failing with pretending to drone boat an Armageddon. I have since learned my lesson and am now enjoying my Nightmare.
I'm biased cuz yea, I've won crap that I would have never otherwise been able to get a hold of myself. |
kinkouin168
Legio Geminatus
Gentlemen's Agreement
0
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Posted - 2011.09.09 00:09:00 -
[248] - Quote
Addiction at its best?
Eve ships plus gambling...how could it get any better? |
GrammarNazi
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
1
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Posted - 2011.09.09 00:30:00 -
[249] - Quote
We've had some very nice reviews in here, so I'm helping a few people pimp out the ships they've won on Blink lately. Doing a few module promos right now, from faction mods to some officer stuff!
Have you Blinked today? |
Jessica Forthwith
House of Night Lottos
1
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Posted - 2011.09.09 00:31:00 -
[250] - Quote
Back in December I had heard of this thing called "Blink". At first I was quite sceptical of the service, this being eve :P As time went on I got to know the staff and played more often, and now I play blink all the time, winning prizes, talking to the blink community in the chat channel. Blink has also inspired me to create a lottery service which I ran for a while, and now it has turned into a corporation based lottery. This is a great site, the staff are cool and I would recommend it to anybody :) |
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Mjolnir Gost
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
0
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Posted - 2011.09.09 00:32:00 -
[251] - Quote
I have been playing Blink for about a week now and have won over 4 billion in fabulous prizes and isk. The service is awesome and works. I am refering many friends to the site, one of whom won a billion isk credit!
Keep on rocking Blink, we love you!
Cheers!
MG |
Bittaman
The Priesthood
The 0rphanage
0
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Posted - 2011.09.09 00:33:00 -
[252] - Quote
Now what can I say about Somer Blink?
Basicly what I find behind somer blink is just pure genius. Incorperating gambling into eve is just one of the best ideas that I would never think of. I love Somer as it makes Eve a bit more exciting to me, "I Hope I Win!". Somer has helped me in many ways such as I have won a couple of things that actually HELPED me buy my character. If anything this is no scam, definatly try it out. Somer Blink is probably one of the most reliable and most trustworthy service there is out there!
~Bittaman |
Hoodjack Saken
Atria Corp.
0
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Posted - 2011.09.09 00:50:00 -
[253] - Quote
Oh Somer Blink How I Love thee.....
You're always there for me. EVE needs time to reload everyday for hopefully 30 minutes, but you are always online.
You take my ISK in a way that makes me want to keep giving. I give and give and give and you take and take and take. It's nice to have our relationship so clear cut.
You boost my pride and feeling of worth by giving me achievements.
You're almost always there for a quickie.... no need to wait 30 minutes for an API pull, you have someone on call to take my ISK a way at a 'Pre-auth plz' notice.
You act like president obama by offering really expensive stuff for cheap. I only wish that you would truly follow in his footsteps by actually giving this stuff away for completely free.
Unlike the president, you actually listen to what your base wants. We wanted an easier way to blink and you gave us a new interface.
Your delivery-time is awe-inspiring only to be rivaled by the 1986 Hanover Park, Illinois Pizza Hut Delivery team.
I bonk and I blink, but honestly somer, I just crave a wink.
Please send me a wink if you read this.
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Ya Nor
CTRL-Q
0
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Posted - 2011.09.09 01:05:00 -
[254] - Quote
SOMER.Blink is just awesome. Highly addictive (which can get me in trouble lol), but still a lot of fun. So far I'm ahead, a I've had some decent luck. Still have to win a promo.blink...
Anyway, good fun, good times, etc. Thank you for creating this and giving us pilots something to do on the sidelines. |
Cash KaChing
KaChing Investment Corporation
0
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Posted - 2011.09.09 01:06:00 -
[255] - Quote
I've invested over 130 million ISK in Somerblink and I support this thread.
Cash KaChing |
Amber Stonei
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
0
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Posted - 2011.09.09 01:24:00 -
[256] - Quote
Been playing since the begining, my first win was a PLEX just about one year ago and I have been hooked ever since! If you are like me, and feel that EVE is a game, and ISK is just an extension of that game, then there is no better place to blow your hard earned space pixels than at SOMER.BLINK!
No better feeling than winning a Rorqual on a single ticket while some other guy has eight tickets on it! |
ThatSourDiesel
Bring The Noise
0
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Posted - 2011.09.09 01:32:00 -
[257] - Quote
SOMER.Blink is by far the best Eve Lottery out there - I mean come on, It's Somer =) It can be a bit addicting I must say, and while I've never been one of the super lucky, I have definitely made more than I have put into blinking! They are doing tons of "Promo" blinks too these days - lotteries you enter for free where you have a small chance to win lots of faction, deadspace, and officer gear. I've yet to win won of these promos, but hey, since I can enter practically for free, it's still exciting. I hope I can win one soon. In the meantime though, the regular blinks are just as exciting, especially when you win a couple Proteus's in a row like I have =) |
Kan Hu Xiong
The Absolute Zero
0
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Posted - 2011.09.09 02:22:00 -
[258] - Quote
I have been thoroughly impressed with SOMER blink. They have always paid out the winnings (even if there was a glitch in the system). I recommend blink to all EVE Online players. Third party systems like this are what make the game great.
Kan |
Hawkr Trimodian
E.O.O-S Legatus T.I.M.E. Holdings
0
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Posted - 2011.09.09 02:25:00 -
[259] - Quote
Well as I have to work to support my Eve habit to support my Blink Habit, it looks like I missed the first 200 posts, Maybe the Gods of Somer will have pity for those of us in atime zone where work interfered with pleasure.
And if not, Blink is still agreta site that has given me my new favorite little ship, the Phantasm. Never would have bought it, but now that I won it I fly it all over and it is a blast. Thnaks Somer for strecthing the Boundries.
The Hawkr |
Kandar Nolen
Solenus Directive
Rieos Coalition
0
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Posted - 2011.09.09 02:48:00 -
[260] - Quote
Blink is the best idea I've ever seen for a side project to a MMO. It takes no time out of your day if you don't want it to and let's you participate in awesome lotteries with great odds. Also, the promo blinks and bonuses/achievements show that this is no flash in the pan creation. Somer for life! |
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cooley945
EdgeGamers
Situation: Normal
0
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Posted - 2011.09.09 03:19:00 -
[261] - Quote
even though i missed the award for this id still like to say,
blinks is awesome. i like the fun in the lotteries and promos and just sitting in the blink chat channel. nice people, fun lotteries and nothing is more fun than hero ticketing,
i hope blink continues to grow and become even better than it is now. |
Ace Nitsua
Mechanical Eagles Inc.
The Ancients.
0
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Posted - 2011.09.09 03:53:00 -
[262] - Quote
i do beleive if it was for somer blink i would probably have a few billion isk how ever i would be very bored with all that isk |
Bethor Invictus
New Eden Recon Force
THE UNTHINKABLES
0
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Posted - 2011.09.09 04:17:00 -
[263] - Quote
great way to pass the time while waiting, can be a bit heavy on the wallet, and might be a tad to addicting.
loving it and continuing with it |
Fiftee Cal
Thief Lords
0
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Posted - 2011.09.09 05:07:00 -
[264] - Quote
SOMER Blink is the best! The power went out but I was still able to make some ISK by blinking on my phone haha! Thank you SOMER Blink for making my power outage experience a bit more profitable. :) |
Forlen Minayin
EVE University
Ivy League
0
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Posted - 2011.09.09 05:30:00 -
[265] - Quote
I did miss the award aswell but i have to say, SOMER Blink is indeed awesome. Both as an idea itself but also in its execution.
It-¦s not only that you CAN get alot without investing much but the many Promos that happen are just awesome, it-¦s so exciting to wait for the Blinks to finish. It can be frustrating sometimes when having a bad run, but you never really have a bad feeling when playing it.
Keep on rocking SOMER Blink! |
Vasilij Ramius
HexMux
0
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Posted - 2011.09.09 07:06:00 -
[266] - Quote
Addictive lottery!!
A fun way to eat up money while you play, only to get it all back when they deliver your winnings!
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DeathBeforeDishonour
Distinguished Gentleman's Boating Club
Test Alliance Please Ignore
0
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Posted - 2011.09.09 07:56:00 -
[267] - Quote
Luv the Blink Lottery. Very addictive but hey, I won a Rorqual today ! |
Brutus Mayhem
Licentia Ex Vereor
Intergalactic Exports Group
2
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Posted - 2011.09.09 09:38:00 -
[268] - Quote
BLINK
just blink, best thing since sliced bread was invented.
i started playing blink back when they'd only just cleared 1tril given away and now up to 54tril. can't beat it, it's addictive and worth it and i'm gonna probably bankrupt myself playing it, although i keep winning so maybe not :D
BLINK
BLINK NOW
Moar BLINKING
MUST BLINK
GIMME PROMO
BLINK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111
:D
I am not a god? Why dont you pull the trigger and find out.
Mater memento mori
Temet Nosce
Et Tu, Brutus ?
PVP? I haven't failed, I've found 10,000 ways that don't work |
Ibis Baja
BENEVOLENC3
0
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Posted - 2011.09.09 12:34:00 -
[269] - Quote
Very very addictive and fun!
Something to do during POS bashes and what not |
llOrbital
JotunHeim Hird
Frontier Trading and Co Alliance
0
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Posted - 2011.09.09 12:40:00 -
[270] - Quote
Hey somer i must say..... gooood joob here love this game but i have a question for ya why is there no refresh botton on the promo window like the other blinks? Anyways thanks again for having made this game
blink blink |
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Seeds ofhate
Creative Cookie Procuring
Rote Kapelle
0
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Posted - 2011.09.09 13:20:00 -
[271] - Quote
somer blink is a eve based gambling random numbers game. there is great chance for winning and all you need is luck and you can earn a fortune quickly or spend all your leftover isk repeatedly like me |
DNLeviathan
Hole Plunderer's
2
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Posted - 2011.09.09 13:27:00 -
[272] - Quote
SomerBlink is awesome although i tend to find it also very highly addictive.
Often offering truly awesome bonus prizes (which i have yet to win one), it is the only lottery i will consider playing.
Keep up the good work. |
Sphyra
Focused Annihilation
Detrimental Imperative
0
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Posted - 2011.09.09 13:53:00 -
[273] - Quote
Now that I spend alot of my time in a WH Op Blink definitely lets me take up some time and do some lotteries. A Friend Showed me this site and in the beginning I just watched what he did and then did my first one. Had some losses and some wins but I definitely love playing. |
Mulgen
Capital Ships Inc.
Important Internet Spaceship League
0
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Posted - 2011.09.09 14:39:00 -
[274] - Quote
blinks the new station spinning lol
I have been playing it for quite awhile and its paid for my first carrier so i have nothing but good things to say about blink.
Not to mention the fact that they give away billions apon billions every day for free with the promos.
o and extend it to 300 plz :P
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Carlo Falcone
New Eden Solar Technologies
Sanctuary Pact
0
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Posted - 2011.09.09 17:49:00 -
[275] - Quote
I haven't been playing long, nor have I won many normal blinks, but I did win 2 promo blinks during the 50T event that really made my day.
The system they you guys have created is nothing short of brilliant, it really is an amazing concept. |
Iku Yaken
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2011.09.09 18:12:00 -
[276] - Quote
Excellent Service and a very entretaining way to kill time while you are doing another business in eve . I recommend this lotto to anyone. |
SamHuntsig
Nova Foundry
Fuzzy Nut Attack Squirrels
0
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Posted - 2011.09.09 18:16:00 -
[277] - Quote
Blink got me out of a tight situation. After losing a Tengu, I needed to sell a PLEX to fund a replacement, so I decided to buy one through Blink for the 50m free credit (a brilliant idea, by the way.) Lo and behold, in my first blink I won myself the replacement Tengu I was after! After that I've enjoyed winning ships and keeping my eye out for the all important promo blinks. |
Veresity
LightningStrikesTwice
Elemental Tide
0
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Posted - 2011.09.09 18:25:00 -
[278] - Quote
Blink is awesome, although highly addictive and i seem to loose more than i win but still, its great if you cant afford a ship and are willing to gamble some isk...
Mainly use the partnr site ShatteredCrystal to buy PLEX and receive free credit to win ships and isk! |
CyberStar
North Eastern Swat
Pandemic Legion
0
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Posted - 2011.09.09 18:25:00 -
[279] - Quote
Started playing blink thinking it was scam.... I was very very wrong. 22bil later and I'm a very happy blinker. There 50trillion bonanza was fun but the day to day blinking is why I am there! The thrill of waiting while someone buys that last slot and BOOM your name pops up HOORAY! |
Edward Kurvora
EVE University
Ivy League
0
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Posted - 2011.09.09 20:40:00 -
[280] - Quote
Blink is the biggest drain on my ISK in EVE and that is why I love it, keep on blinking. Also I'm amazed by just how big blink has become, still waiting to win a promo blink though. |
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KiP Icarus
Viziam
Amarr Empire
4
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Posted - 2011.09.09 20:42:00 -
[281] - Quote
Excellent Idea, been playing for a couple months, making a nice side line income from it. You get your ships/Isk within 24hrs.
You get a lotto like this !!
Keep up the good work Somer!!! |
Zagam
Incompertus INC
Fatal Ascension
91
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Posted - 2011.09.09 21:21:00 -
[282] - Quote
So far with Somer.blink, I've dropped a good chunk of change in... and came out with more than I put in! Yes, I've had my bad days blinking, but it is a LOT of fun blinking, and the chance to get new shiny stuff. I highly recommend it, and also have referred several of my corp mates over too! |
TheChronik
CryoTech Engineering
Omega Vector
0
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Posted - 2011.09.09 22:15:00 -
[283] - Quote
I missed the initial post count however I it is still worth saying that Blink is tons of fun and continues to come up with new ideas to keep things fresh and interesting.
Each 10 Trillion celebration is great fun and really add to the normal auctions/promos that are addictive enough as it is without the Bonks/ Mini-Bonks.
Always great service and fast response/delivery/and payouts make playing even more enjoyable for me as there is never any issues.
I have been blinking since the 6 trillion mark and plan to continue as long as Somer keeps the servers going :)
Thanks again for the great service, excellent site, and all the fun we have,
TC |
Sobot
Federal Bureau of Peacekeepers
Supernova Federation
0
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Posted - 2011.09.09 22:30:00 -
[284] - Quote
Blinked my way to poverty but it was fun |
No Pants
Pantless Enterprise
1
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Posted - 2011.09.09 23:18:00 -
[285] - Quote
I prefer to play Blink without pants. It just gives a better overall experience. Also, i blame the harpies. |
FoxHunt3r
The Absolute Zero
0
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Posted - 2011.09.09 23:48:00 -
[286] - Quote
BLINKS web interface is clean, smooth, and very effective. Allowing a heavy load of Blinkers to refresh the site quickly to keep up with blinks. I love it. Very addicting and I'd have to say the Promos are great to place a free bid as long has you have tokens. That is my favorite perk of BLINK.
I visit the site on my phone multiple times during my day at work to try and catch a Promo. A mobile geared web site would be a plus. |
FoxHunt3r
The Absolute Zero
0
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Posted - 2011.09.09 23:49:00 -
[287] - Quote
No Pants wrote:I prefer to play Blink without pants. It just gives a better overall experience. Also, i blame the harpies.
Harpies can be dangerous. |
Gravelsmasher
Amarr Foreign Legion
0
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Posted - 2011.09.10 00:21:00 -
[288] - Quote
Blink is such a great game....you forget that you are playing eve until you are out of funds to deposit....then you have to play eve again....
I have won many times but I am still looking for that promo blink score.....and I will keep coming back again and again.
Thanks Blink for a great time in game |
Sanakis
24th Imperial Crusade
Amarr Empire
0
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Posted - 2011.09.10 00:50:00 -
[289] - Quote
Just found out about this website. I didn't realize such a thing existed for EvE. Another reason I will be addicted for a long time to come.
I was impressed with the Blink website. It as very professionally done and not something you'd expect from a casino. |
Taiell
Caldari Expeditionary Legion
0
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Posted - 2011.09.10 02:04:00 -
[290] - Quote
Loving the new blink. Just have to get a bit more used to it instead of scrolling down to the bottom. |
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MeMongo
Licentia Ex Vereor
Intergalactic Exports Group
0
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Posted - 2011.09.10 02:14:00 -
[291] - Quote
I just discovered Blink less than a week ago. I've already one a nice shinny BS. Now I have something to do when I'm providing mining bonuses and watch guard over our major mining operations.
Woot! Long live Blink. |
Kiona Caldera
The Elysian Triad
0
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Posted - 2011.09.10 02:15:00 -
[292] - Quote
Somer has been very professional. All prizes have been awarded in a timely manner. It is definitely fun to play on those quiet nights of Eve. |
Meatay Pickle
Night Theifs
0
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Posted - 2011.09.10 02:34:00 -
[293] - Quote
I found somer.blink a while back now but have been utterly addicted to it ever since. Win or lose it's just so nice to have something so high quality created by our fellow EvE players. Also, it's something I can do at work :)
Blink on people, blink on... |
3nLiGteN3d On3
The Praxis Initiative
Gentlemen's Agreement
0
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Posted - 2011.09.10 02:56:00 -
[294] - Quote
After making my millions on Blink, its still fun to play in the promo lottories. I made out pretty well, my first week playing I went up from 500mil of putting in, I got out 1.6bil
Tons of fun to play, and I love the user interface that they've built. Works both ingame and out of game. |
LosingSleep
Iron Core Ltd
0
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Posted - 2011.09.10 03:47:00 -
[295] - Quote
My ist win..(that I remember) was a Vindicator..... of course I can't stop now....I'm still 14+ billion to the good (won more than I have put in !!!).
The speed of the lottery/auction is what keeps ppl coming back.
:-) |
sgtk
Aperture Harmonics
K162
0
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Posted - 2011.09.10 05:04:00 -
[296] - Quote
somer blink is a really cool site, i have made billions from playing. |
Toxic Paradox
The Replicators
Northern Associates.
0
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Posted - 2011.09.10 08:15:00 -
[297] - Quote
Blink was my first venture into EVE's mini games/gambling sites. I was reluctant at first but aftre multiple Billions in payouts recieved I can say without a doubt BLINK is for REAL. |
Daniel L'Siata
Don't Regret Until Next Keg
Dragoons.
3
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Posted - 2011.09.10 12:14:00 -
[298] - Quote
Brilliant concept and brilliant site! My discounted Carriers love you all!
Amazing format and extremely entertaining.
(Also, promo blinks are addictive). |
Cromoxe
Universal Fleet Operations
Fatal Ascension
0
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Posted - 2011.09.10 14:15:00 -
[299] - Quote
Blink is not just a game, it's a religion. |
Fallen92
Vent Mob
299
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Posted - 2011.09.10 15:48:00 -
[300] - Quote
ohai I liek Blink |
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Heiar Helmet
Angelus.Mortis
RED.Legion
0
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Posted - 2011.09.10 18:07:00 -
[301] - Quote
Fun, addicting game, easy to lose money if you aren't carefull though. Enjoyable either as a past-time or a habit that YOU JUST CAN'T BREAK!!!!! |
Korgan Medel
Avant-Garde Monastery
KRYSIS.
0
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Posted - 2011.09.10 18:39:00 -
[302] - Quote
I was logged in just waiting for the promos.....
I was awarded 20 mil not too sure what for so I start playing while the promos are happening, I just won 4 back to back
2 scorpions and armageddon and a raptor.
I just cashed out 190mil and i was waiting for the promo!!! |
BalanceofTao
Invisible Pink Unicorn
0
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Posted - 2011.09.10 19:13:00 -
[303] - Quote
Love it, have personally sunk over a billion isk and still can't stop.
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mikerder1
Suddern Comfort
0
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Posted - 2011.09.10 19:45:00 -
[304] - Quote
great site have payed out everytime in the windo they set for it |
xZombieMonkeyx Anneto
My Chemical Laser
0
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Posted - 2011.09.10 23:17:00 -
[305] - Quote
Great site, really fun to do when i have nothing else to do... can really break the bank if your not careful |
Malinda Manuwendra
Paragon Fury
Cascade Imminent
0
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Posted - 2011.09.10 23:41:00 -
[306] - Quote
top site and some good fun if you want to a hour or two from time to time |
Madison Denargo
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2011.09.11 03:22:00 -
[307] - Quote
Went to see what it was, decided it was fun and haven't left yet. |
Ayanaya
Apple Industries Inc.
0
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Posted - 2011.09.11 07:04:00 -
[308] - Quote
2B in, 2.8B cashed out, another 1B in credits left... win! <3 blink!
-a |
emllik
Invictus Latrones
Rage Alliance
0
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Posted - 2011.09.11 11:36:00 -
[309] - Quote
Been playing Blink on and off for a few months now (ISK permitted). Great game, highly addictive and very generous in terms of Promo Blinks that allow you to play without ISK! I personally am finally starting to get back the 10b I deposited and will hopefully make a profit very soon!
Thanks for the great game,
E |
pennywise010
War Machine Syndicate
0
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Posted - 2011.09.11 11:39:00 -
[310] - Quote
It is a verry nice site to spend some iskies during a gatecamp or while ur waiting for ur fleet to form up..
Blinks awsome \o/ |
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Ardeomun Alland
Bendebeukers
Green Rhino
0
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Posted - 2011.09.11 12:08:00 -
[311] - Quote
A great way to lose your isk and pass your time.
Been playing for some time now and really can't stop. |
Fekum
League of Non-Aligned Worlds
Nulli Tertius
0
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Posted - 2011.09.11 14:07:00 -
[312] - Quote
I'm loving Somer Bink and would recommend it to anyone playing Eve.
It's a great alternative to Station Spinning and gives you something to do when stuck in the CQ prison!! The thing I love the most is that unlike most lotteries I always seem to walk away with something from Blink. I've had Navy issues Omen's, capital skill books, T2 Frigs etc. I probably wouldn't of bothered buying these ships in game but after winning them on Somer Blink I find myself training the skills to fly them and now I'm having loads more fun flying hulls I wouldn't usually have bothered with. Plus when I finally do get popped it's always satsifying to know I didn't blow a load of ISK on the market!
I've currenntly invested 265mil and I've walked away with 688mil.... I can't say that for every lottery I've played on Eve.
In closing, if you haven't already tried it. give Blink a go.. you won't be dissapointed.
Kudo's to the Somer team as well, Somer Blink is one of those rare programmes where everyone ends up a winner..... now if Somer would just transfer me that 2bil for the nice review I'd really appreciate it |
Herping yourDerp
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
72
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Posted - 2011.09.11 16:56:00 -
[313] - Quote
what is this doing on the 2nd page... fixed. |
GrammarNazi
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
1
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Posted - 2011.09.11 17:57:00 -
[314] - Quote
Five minutes until promo lift-off! This time, we'll be catering to the small ship pilots, burning 200 kilometers to land tackle on that enemy sniper fleet. We're giving away interceptors, factions frigs and more right here at Somer Blink. |
LeXXX666
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2011.09.11 18:11:00 -
[315] - Quote
blink ruined my life but i love it so much haha! my wallet is now always up and down but i cant seem to stop. most addicting part of eve i think |
Gabesauce
The Federated Suns
0
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Posted - 2011.09.11 18:36:00 -
[316] - Quote
SOMER Blink is an incredibly trustworthy microlottery system, in a game where scams are rampant, and thieves have a field day. I'm going to keep this brief, as there is not much to say, except that I personally have one a few Blinks myself, and have ALWAYS received my prize. The staff is great, and polite, and the interface is easy and simple to use. I send my personal gratitude to SOMER Blink and it's staff! |
Blastmeinmy Six Huunuras
Zoar and Son.
0
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Posted - 2011.09.11 19:04:00 -
[317] - Quote
Holy Crap I won a Hound on my first Blink.
I am addicted already. |
Rask Ghael
Marinello Enterprises
0
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Posted - 2011.09.11 19:36:00 -
[318] - Quote
Nice and quick, less of that highest bidder wins crap you see in most lotto's.
I even managed a few wins. |
Moon Dogg
All For One
0
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Posted - 2011.09.12 00:48:00 -
[319] - Quote
I stayed away from Blink because I was sure it was a scam. Pilots I know, however, were having a great time on the site. I decided to give it a shot based on their recommendations.
What I found was a highly professional site, easy to use, and a game that took lots of m ISK, but has returned more than I have put in!
I give it five stars. *****
Burn the land, boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me. |
Shayden
0
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Posted - 2011.09.12 06:22:00 -
[320] - Quote
No thank you blink :) Btw is it just me or did you change something about the blinks? I could have swear that every time you grapped a ticket page would go to the top?
ya'll havea great day now |
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Eloeez Kasenumi
Odyssey Inc
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
0
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Posted - 2011.09.12 06:29:00 -
[321] - Quote
I decided to try out slow with less than 100M. Was lucky, reinvested, kept adding credit when ran out. Final result in about 2-3 hours of crazy addictive and fun clickyness, 500M sent to SOMER, 3,570,360,000 ISK Cashed out, just received the money , less than 1 hour after I stopped playing.
I love how fast and easy it is, and the achievement system is really great, these guys know how to make you keep playing :)
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Talismyn
Wings of Evil
The Silent One's
0
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Posted - 2011.09.12 13:59:00 -
[322] - Quote
Addictive.... :) |
Levija Saplina
Supremacy Inc.
Not Found.
2
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Posted - 2011.09.12 20:13:00 -
[323] - Quote
I'm already getting ready for the 60 T celebration. It's going to come very very fast :)
And hopefully this time I can play in all the minis so that I can get the achievement.
Go go Blinkies !!! |
Amanishipalata
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
0
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Posted - 2011.09.12 22:32:00 -
[324] - Quote
This time im gona post before we get to page 70 :) |
Somerset Mahm
Somer's Omnibus Exploration and Reclamation
Cognitive Distortion
48
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Posted - 2011.09.13 04:07:00 -
[325] - Quote
Thanks to everyone who's posted so far, you guys are seriously the best. 60T incoming and I've already collected the prizes :) |
ms subdamage
Disco Inferno.
Pernicious Intent
0
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Posted - 2011.09.13 05:44:00 -
[326] - Quote
 omg i started dreaming SOMER Blink this is Ridiculous , is there rehab for addictive Somer Blinkers around ????' |
Titanium PIg
Escape Velocity Enterprises
0
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Posted - 2011.09.13 09:42:00 -
[327] - Quote
Just back online, after a couple of weeks off the radar, and already halfway to 60T; wtg Somer (and fellow Blinkers!). |
Luciela
Pixelmoon
The Star League
0
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Posted - 2011.09.13 12:11:00 -
[328] - Quote
I think I am more impressed with the business idea - congratulations on a great way to generate Isk.
The total amount generated per auction from ticket sales is way above the cost of the ship on the market. The winner gets a discouted ship, and the site gets their share for providing the opportunity. I dare to think how many blinks are completed each day.
The execution is very impressive too. A great example of how to make money in Isk without scamming people.
Very well done sir. |
Luciela
Pixelmoon
The Star League
0
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Posted - 2011.09.13 12:19:00 -
[329] - Quote
double post -_- |
deaths viper
The Scope
Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2011.09.13 16:13:00 -
[330] - Quote
Ah Somer blink how I love and hate thee.
wining a ship or item is like the first rush of joy when doing Crack followed buy the eventual letdown of running out of isk to deposit. Like a fiend i work long hrs just to get enough money to buy some plex then put the isky to work getting new ships and items. looking back at all the isk I used and all the items i have won I pause to consider if i have a problem . I am glad to say that yes I do.
good job guys and keep it up.
Deaths viper |
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Badboy K
FinFleet
Raiden.
0
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Posted - 2011.09.13 18:59:00 -
[331] - Quote
Somerset Mahm wrote:Thanks to everyone who's posted so far, you guys are seriously the best. 60T incoming and I've already collected the prizes :)
mmmm do tell more :D |
Katarina Reid
Katarina Reid Corp
22
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Posted - 2011.09.13 19:38:00 -
[332] - Quote
Somerset Mahm can you check the mail i sent you |
Lea Nomada
EVE University
Ivy League
2
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Posted - 2011.09.13 20:32:00 -
[333] - Quote
Hallo. Loads of fun. I play small and have fin - raptors, harpies, etc. Also won a 50mil prize on a big blink! |
Andiris
MAFIA PLAYGROUND
Tri Sol Syndicate
0
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Posted - 2011.09.14 04:29:00 -
[334] - Quote
Winnings Transformed to ISK 2,469,880,000 ISK
Yeah, I LOVE BLINK!
These guys have NEVER gone against their word. They ALWAYS come through, and it almost ALWAYS fun... you know except for when I lose 15 blinks in a row... but you know what? Its a lottery, it comes and goes.
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Sugilite
Interstellar Brotherhood of Gravediggers
The 0rphanage
18
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Posted - 2011.09.14 05:56:00 -
[335] - Quote
It's my birthday today, put up a couple nightmare promo blinks, I can feel the blink flow thru me, it's time to win. |
Somerset Mahm
Somer's Omnibus Exploration and Reclamation
Cognitive Distortion
48
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Posted - 2011.09.14 06:09:00 -
[336] - Quote
As an update-- t-shirts went to the printer :) |
Marianna Morgan
Grosses Salopes de l'Espace
Factions Francophones Unies
0
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Posted - 2011.09.14 11:46:00 -
[337] - Quote
MMmmm..... yep esay to began addict...... better getting addict in a game than in real life.
It's always a pleasure to win a blink (or a MB) with a single ticket and laugh after multi-ticketer
(also but it s not cumulative ....53 blink win all with "fortune teller" archievement each time ;p) |
Gustav Mannfred
Die Missionrunner von heute
0
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Posted - 2011.09.14 12:37:00 -
[338] - Quote
will the bonkprice on the 60 T celebration a Vangel and Malice? |
lWallNuts
Grosses Salopes de l'Espace
Factions Francophones Unies
0
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Posted - 2011.09.14 12:46:00 -
[339] - Quote
somer is a nice lottery for making ISK i love it
i hope more promotion coming ^^
keep this spirit |
Marianna Morgan
Grosses Salopes de l'Espace
Factions Francophones Unies
0
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Posted - 2011.09.14 12:49:00 -
[340] - Quote
Gustav Mannfred wrote:will the bonkprice on the 60 T celebration a Vangel and Malice?
Whatever this will or not be able, the way to get a luck in a bonk such as an unique ship is to get something like a "big" amount of bonk token which probably done by fat jita trader () or someone which get enough isk to buy at least 6000/7000 bonk.
You can also get a single ticket and get something like 0.00001% luck to win. (GGNNnnnnnn but it's still a game so don't waste your time crying about them)
But the day someone will win a bonk with a single ticket, I think i ll die laughing |
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SMO30SCO
Viscosity
Controlled Chaos
0
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Posted - 2011.09.14 17:14:00 -
[341] - Quote
play occasionally, always good fun
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The Dahn
Homocidal Pacifists
Deadly Unknown
0
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Posted - 2011.09.14 17:22:00 -
[342] - Quote
I just started my blinking last night. So far I have won 2.2 billion in prizes. It is a fun passtime. |
James Arget
Future Corps
Sleeper Social Club
4
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Posted - 2011.09.14 20:22:00 -
[343] - Quote
Confirming that Blink is a great way to chip away at excessive W-space ISK. |
WaveDragon
Red Sky Morning
BricK sQuAD.
0
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Posted - 2011.09.14 22:08:00 -
[344] - Quote
Love the site i have won over 2BILLION in prizes a great and fun experience everytime i play! |
Shayden
0
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Posted - 2011.09.15 12:48:00 -
[345] - Quote
Staring Contest
Win a blink that took over 24 hours to complete.
How on earth you gonna get this achievement Site is only getting more and more popular, blinks getting shorter and shorter
Anyone up for keeping a blink up for 24 hours? |
Kahlan Amneel
Sons Of 0din
Fatal Ascension
0
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Posted - 2011.09.15 16:51:00 -
[346] - Quote
SOMERblink
Turn those boring POS shoots into a chance to win big.
Big thumbs up |
James Arget
Future Corps
Sleeper Social Club
4
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Posted - 2011.09.15 16:54:00 -
[347] - Quote
Shayden wrote:Staring Contest
Win a blink that took over 24 hours to complete.How on earth you gonna get this achievement Site is only getting more and more popular, blinks getting shorter and shorter Anyone up for keeping a blink up for 24 hours?
Blink on a niche, expensive item perhaps? |
EFTPOS
State War Academy
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2011.09.15 17:55:00 -
[348] - Quote
blinking is fun.....
and just like in real life its something that if you dont do for a long long time your eyes might start to hurt looking at all that wasted time with lotteries taking even longer to complete
blink just like a lottery only faster (to the tune of just like a milkshake only cruncy from the cocopops add) |
Jackiee West
Prometheus Holdings Inc
0
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Posted - 2011.09.15 23:08:00 -
[349] - Quote
Thumbs up for somer.blink!
So addicting and fun! I love this site. |
Somerset Mahm
Somer's Omnibus Exploration and Reclamation
Cognitive Distortion
48
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Posted - 2011.09.16 02:40:00 -
[350] - Quote
Marianna Morgan wrote:Gustav Mannfred wrote:will the bonkprice on the 60 T celebration a Vangel and Malice? Whatever this will or not be able, the way to get a luck in a bonk such as an unique ship is to get something like a "big" amount of bonk token which probably done by fat jita trader ( ) or someone which get enough isk to buy at least 6000/7000 bonk. You can also get a single ticket and get something like 0.00001% luck to win. (GGNNnnnnnn but it's still a game so don't waste your time crying about them) But the day someone will win a bonk with a single ticket, I think i ll die laughing
The record so far has been a minibonk won with 3 tickets :) |
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Kellyl
Integrity.
0
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Posted - 2011.09.16 08:17:00 -
[351] - Quote
I keep missing the promo.blinks :(.
I check every 10 mins or so while im at work, then at the end of the day, in "Past promo blinks" I see a ton of promos that I never saw when checking.
:( |
girlkiwi
0
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Posted - 2011.09.16 09:38:00 -
[352] - Quote
You didnt get my mails Somer? Or you just dont care? |
Zanziba'ar
Interstellar Brotherhood of Gravediggers
The 0rphanage
10
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Posted - 2011.09.16 09:59:00 -
[353] - Quote
You can win millions of millions but will probably loose billions of billions
- Mulzvich "Zanziba'ar" Gorath |
Marianna Morgan
Grosses Salopes de l'Espace
Factions Francophones Unies
0
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Posted - 2011.09.16 12:39:00 -
[354] - Quote
Zanziba'ar wrote:You can win millions of millions but will probably loose billions of billions
lotery is lotery you can act for luck or play with probability buying 33 or 50% of all ticket of a blink.
It's better to get addict in game than in real life (excpet if you're buying plex to play SB :/)
Oh and i forgot to ask it !
Somer will we see "on the future" a pack with the 4 cosmos skillbook technology and/or the pack with drug skillbook ? (biology*/nanite control/neurotoxine recovery/drug manufacturing/gaz cloud harvesting)
*i know biology isn't rare it's for package ^^ |
Vecii
Pangalactic Punks n' Playboys
HUN Reloaded
0
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Posted - 2011.09.16 15:11:00 -
[355] - Quote
Hey all :)
Have you guys ever tought of, making an android app for blink ?
It will be great i guess :)
Regards,
Vecii :D |
Dsubz Boirelle
Arrakis Technology
0
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Posted - 2011.09.16 17:26:00 -
[356] - Quote
Vecii wrote:Hey all :)
Have you guys ever tought of, making an android app for blink ?
It will be great i guess :)
Regards,
Vecii :D
Android browser works just fine for me. |
Ninevite
Shiva
Morsus Mihi
1
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Posted - 2011.09.17 00:46:00 -
[357] - Quote
Great place, reliable so far, thanks for the fun |
Max Steal
Interstellar Brotherhood of Gravediggers
The 0rphanage
0
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Posted - 2011.09.17 14:02:00 -
[358] - Quote
Lot of fun, but addictive ;) |
l0stpuppy Isu
Helix Pulse
0
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Posted - 2011.09.17 19:46:00 -
[359] - Quote
Beyond Addicting :) |
Gagarthoe III
Flagship Universal Technologies Inc
0
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Posted - 2011.09.17 19:54:00 -
[360] - Quote
So I deposit isk and play some Blinks GÇô hooray I win some GÇô excellent!!!
Deposit some more isk the next day GÇô win nothing GÇô blah thatGÇÖs it no more.
Ok just one more go, deposit more isk GÇô hooray IGÇÖve won some Blinks again and a Big Blink, love it !!!
Next day GÇô oh noGÇÖs didnGÇÖt win thatGÇÖs it IGÇÖm stopping
Must..Play. More..Blinks GÇô OMG won a Promo Blink (Vindicator), happy days !!!!
Hmmm deposited more ISK following day, down on luck, thatGÇÖs it, no more of this.
Ok Ok,Ok this is it, last time, deposit ISK GÇô won a Blink, won a Big Blink, won a Mega Blink
This so so so addictive !!! I need help.
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Somerset Mahm
Somer's Omnibus Exploration and Reclamation
Cognitive Distortion
48
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Posted - 2011.09.17 19:58:00 -
[361] - Quote
girlkiwi wrote:You didnt get my mails Somer? Or you just dont care?
Hiya,
I've been behind on mail lately as work has been stealing me for 80 hours a week. I should be getting to all mail this weekend. |
girlkiwi
0
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Posted - 2011.09.17 21:41:00 -
[362] - Quote
Somerset Mahm wrote:girlkiwi wrote:You didnt get my mails Somer? Or you just dont care? Hiya, I've been behind on mail lately as work has been stealing me for 80 hours a week. I should be getting to all mail this weekend.
Yarr! Sorry mate, thought you ignored me for spamming your mail ;) I know how it is to drown in work.
So once again sorry to stress you. |
Grigori Kopreonov
Imperial Reclamation
2
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Posted - 2011.09.18 01:46:00 -
[363] - Quote
bump for all the fun I had today
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Hashlbrown
Shinsengumi.
PURgE Alliance
0
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Posted - 2011.09.18 11:28:00 -
[364] - Quote
Awesome job guys, I only just found out about blink and it's really fun and addicting. No need for lots of isk just some. I've met lots of new people in there ingame chat SOMER Lotteries. Good job guys keep up the good work
Thanks hash
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cmdr stone
Prime Inc.
0
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Posted - 2011.09.18 15:02:00 -
[365] - Quote
deposited 50 Mill yesterday, but has not made it to my Blink account yet, please advise. Thank you. |
cmdr stone
Prime Inc.
0
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Posted - 2011.09.18 19:52:00 -
[366] - Quote
Still no isk in my Blink account. Please assist. I sent the isk properly, and still shows zero balance. Thank you. |
Shuurh
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
0
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Posted - 2011.09.18 23:56:00 -
[367] - Quote
cmdr stone wrote:Still no isk in my Blink account. Please assist. I sent the isk properly, and still shows zero balance. Thank you.
Next time you're online, join the somer blink channel and ask for a blink admin to check the corp wallet for your deposit. Usually the API system is very good in catching the deposits, but a blink admin will look into it further for you in real time while you wait. Instead of me trying to sort your issue over the forums. Its easier for both parties.
I briefly looked into your account and its showing no deposits unless you deposited on a different character. Either way, contact a blink admin ingame and we'll sort your issue out as soon as possible.
I would log in now, but got an early start tomorrow morning.
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Kellyl
Integrity.
0
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Posted - 2011.09.19 10:17:00 -
[368] - Quote
Hi,
I noticed a bug/missing feature in the tool tips for creating blinks.
When you mouseover a blink in progress, you get the lovely fade out into item info
But, when you create your own blink, and mouse over the ship/item icon, you et a tooltip popup instead. This tooltip has html breaks in (BRs).
Screenshot is here.
Thanks,
K |
Maxwellhawk
Silverbird Intergalactic Inc.
Spectres of the Deep
0
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Posted - 2011.09.19 15:39:00 -
[369] - Quote
Is this where I ask forgiveness of the gambling gods? Oh great SOMER_Blink god please give me a break! |
rob robtwigs
Advanced Mineral Acquisition Section 9
B A C K B 0 N E
0
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Posted - 2011.09.19 21:11:00 -
[370] - Quote
what a fantastic game, I am addicted, although i havn't won much and what i do win i reblink it, its a great passtime while out mining. |
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Kellyl
Integrity.
0
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Posted - 2011.09.21 09:46:00 -
[371] - Quote
Found another rather large bug.
For small prizes, you cannot courier to high sec systems right?
Wrong.
http://cogdev.net/blink/?act=claim_prize&id=YOURID&claim=2
Lets you pick a system to courier a prize to, even if the courier option doesnt show up.
I did this with a Wolf I just won, hope that doesnt annoy you, I was testing for bugs. (I hope I still get my wolf). I typed in Dodixie, but you can drop it at the hub if you want. |
Marianna Morgan
Grosses Salopes de l'Espace
Factions Francophones Unies
0
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Posted - 2011.09.21 19:37:00 -
[372] - Quote
Anithing wrong with "addiction" archievement ? |
girlkiwi
0
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Posted - 2011.09.21 23:56:00 -
[373] - Quote
Somerset Mahm wrote:girlkiwi wrote:You didnt get my mails Somer? Or you just dont care? Hiya, I've been behind on mail lately as work has been stealing me for 80 hours a week. I should be getting to all mail this weekend.
You fail :( maybe next weekend... |
cmdr stone
Prime Inc.
0
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Posted - 2011.09.22 01:28:00 -
[374] - Quote
got my issue resolved and to say the least the Blink is sOooo addictive. |
Space Defiler
9ina3eyeh
0
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Posted - 2011.09.22 02:35:00 -
[375] - Quote
loves z blinkz! more or less i only log in eve to transfer isk to blink lol
question! y u no haz more mega/big blinks slots?! that would be awesome
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jojo07
Greuh Sacerdotium
Echoes of Nowhere
0
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Posted - 2011.09.22 17:38:00 -
[376] - Quote
Hello,
Last week i won a Raven navy, i choose ISK buyout option. I didn t receive anything and the isk buyout statut have disapear.
I sended a Mail too 3 somerblink menber, and i didn t receive any answer :(
What should i do ? |
deathclot
Minmatar Profit Hunters
0
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Posted - 2011.09.23 04:19:00 -
[377] - Quote
Blink is greatr site just plz kick smoulders off of it i cant blink a vargur for that ****** taking the mega blinks every goddamn second, besides we all know him and l' amour savage woork for blink lol. |
Smoulders
Smoulders Holding
3
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Posted - 2011.09.23 04:35:00 -
[378] - Quote
Huh? What did I do? Couldn't decipher the meaning of the message above. Still like Blink o/ |
ThaMa Gebir
Penumbra Institute
Inver Brass
0
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Posted - 2011.09.23 21:24:00 -
[379] - Quote
Well, as I looked at it the first time I thought, dayumn, I am a poor veteran.
Well, I have recently managed to make quite a lot more isk than before, and since then I have started to play blinks, well I am still a poor veteran, but with some of the coolest and funniest ships known to eve pilots...
I recommend it to anyone who has a few bob spare. |
jojo07
Greuh Sacerdotium
Echoes of Nowhere
0
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Posted - 2011.09.24 09:28:00 -
[380] - Quote
nothing news about my problem :( ? |
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Danastar
DARK BECKS
RED Citizens
0
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Posted - 2011.09.25 15:59:00 -
[381] - Quote
Somer will you please answer my mail
Thank You
--Danastar |
girlkiwi
0
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Posted - 2011.09.26 00:01:00 -
[382] - Quote
Danastar wrote:Somer will you please answer my mail
Thank You
--Danastar
Dont count on it, sent somer a mail 2 weeks ago and no answer.
So for you other people think twice before you buy GTC via blink site. Mine got messed up, and no support at all from Somer so lost me 4 gtc credit i guess. But hey when people spend billions and you make trillions why care? |
Duane Prowler
Fates Unwritten Consortium
0
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Posted - 2011.09.26 10:27:00 -
[383] - Quote
+1 for Karl Beerspiller, quick pre-auths!
Edit: Wondering if Somer can check his / her mail, accidently sent ISK instead to the co-orp |
Danastar
DARK BECKS
RED Citizens
0
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Posted - 2011.09.26 11:14:00 -
[384] - Quote
girlkiwi wrote:Danastar wrote:Somer will you please answer my mail
Thank You
--Danastar Dont count on it, sent somer a mail 2 weeks ago and no answer. So for you other people think twice before you buy GTC via blink site. Mine got messed up, and no support at all from Somer so lost me 4 gtc credit i guess. But hey when people spend billions and you make trillions why care?
well I would say you are "lucky"
I am waiting on 20 bil colateral return and it is taking more than 20 days so far and it's geting frustrating already... |
Cheyenne Madevesa
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2011.09.27 08:09:00 -
[385] - Quote
I haven't had a problem using Somer Blink on any of my Characters. They've paid out 100% of everything that I've played.
I have a suggestion though ... If you don't already you should eve-mail people about the status of their blinks if they haven't been on in a while to collect them say 48 hours or so after they won the blink. |
Kellyl
Integrity.
0
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Posted - 2011.09.27 08:13:00 -
[386] - Quote
Danastar wrote:girlkiwi wrote:[quote=Danastar]Somer will you please answer my mail
Thank You
--Danastar Dont count on it, sent somer a mail 2 weeks ago and no answer. So for you other people think twice before you buy GTC via blink site. Mine got messed up, and no support at all from Somer so lost me 4 gtc credit i guess. But hey when people spend billions and you make trillions why care?
I bought 4 gtcs yesterday, 5 minute delivery from Shattered Crystal.
On Entering the reference ID, free blink credit went on fine.
I think you were just unlucky, im sure Somer will fix it for you, I think (s)he is busy at the moment, I know I have sent in a few bugs with the site that need fixing. |
Danastar
DARK BECKS
RED Citizens
0
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Posted - 2011.09.27 11:03:00 -
[387] - Quote
All is fine already
Thank You
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GunN4u
SKEET ELITE
0
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Posted - 2011.09.27 17:55:00 -
[388] - Quote
No matter how many times i try to take a break from blink i find myself deposited most, if not all of my isk to try winning more stuff. In ~2 months i've managed to win almost 100b worth of ships and prizes, Have spent a substantial amount but it has been well worth it. Whether i log into EVE on a given day or not I always try winning new things on blink.
Hopefully in the future i'll be able to win any of the "celebration" sets of prizes, but even if i don't i'll remain on blink from now til the end of my eve life.
Keep Up The Great Work Blink !!! |
joebro1060
Varion Galactic
Tragedy.
0
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Posted - 2011.09.28 21:51:00 -
[389] - Quote
my eyes burn from too much blinking! super addictive, but super super fun :) great job |
John Rothman
Sleeper Asset Relocation Services
0
|
Posted - 2011.09.29 00:14:00 -
[390] - Quote
Shuurh wrote:
Next time you're online, join the somer blink channel
'SOMER Blink' is an invite-only channel. I've just tried it several times.
Also posting to ask that mail please be looked at. I am a user of the SOMER lottery services, and have been trying to get back 3 billion ISK from a canceled lottery. For over a week now. I know life can keep you busy, but could this please get addressed?
Thank you. |
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Smoulders
Smoulders Holding
3
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Posted - 2011.09.29 01:08:00 -
[391] - Quote
The Somer blink channel is called "SOMER Lotteries" |
SmegHead first
Inside out.
Moose Alliance
0
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Posted - 2011.09.29 15:45:00 -
[392] - Quote
Have you thought of putting capital construction bpo on the blinks
also love the blinks keep them coming |
Katarina Reid
Katarina Reid Corp
24
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Posted - 2011.09.29 20:48:00 -
[393] - Quote
Somerset Mahm check your mail plz |
Silence Infidel
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
0
|
Posted - 2011.09.29 21:13:00 -
[394] - Quote
SOMER See this thread please:
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=6699&p=2 |
carbomb
Super Team Munkey
0
|
Posted - 2011.09.29 22:24:00 -
[395] - Quote
last 3 mails have gone unanswered so far. waiting on 7.25bil collateral return.
Not just me either....wth is going on??! |
Somerset Mahm
Somer's Omnibus Exploration and Reclamation
Cognitive Distortion
49
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Posted - 2011.09.29 23:28:00 -
[396] - Quote
I've been out of game a week :( back tonight to answer your mails and return collaterals that are waiting.
Basically my employer got a big contract that has had me working 60-hour weeks, and some nights, to complete. I'll have everything sorted rather shortly. |
Somerset Mahm
Somer's Omnibus Exploration and Reclamation
Cognitive Distortion
49
|
Posted - 2011.09.30 00:00:00 -
[397] - Quote
GTC mails should now be resolved. Collateral mails replied to, will have collaterals back tonight for the couple lotteries that have successfully ended. |
girlkiwi
0
|
Posted - 2011.09.30 00:14:00 -
[398] - Quote
Somerset Mahm wrote:GTC mails should now be resolved. Collateral mails replied to, will have collaterals back tonight for the couple lotteries that have successfully ended.
Much love from kiwi now Somer! |
BlackRobin
Aurora Security
Transstellar Operations
0
|
Posted - 2011.09.30 03:01:00 -
[399] - Quote
update on windows 7 phone after i did the mango update the new site seems to be working better.
i'll let you know after i try a prono from it
ty
Black |
Ericdon
REDLEGION
0
|
Posted - 2011.09.30 03:14:00 -
[400] - Quote
Good to see you back, Any thoughts on the 60 trillion mark you might like to dangle in front of our Blinking noses? |
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BlackRobin
Aurora Security
Transstellar Operations
0
|
Posted - 2011.09.30 04:59:00 -
[401] - Quote
update just did a promo blink on my phone again with with no pain. ty windows 7 mango for fixing this for me.
now back to winning me some promos |
Kellyl
Integrity.
0
|
Posted - 2011.09.30 09:01:00 -
[402] - Quote
BlackRobin wrote:update just did a promo blink on my phone again with with no pain. ty windows 7 mango for fixing this for me.
now back to winning me some promos
My Windows 7 phone hasnt got mango yet, does mango really fix the lag and bugs with the phone and blink? |
BlackRobin
Aurora Security
Transstellar Operations
0
|
Posted - 2011.09.30 13:04:00 -
[403] - Quote
Kellyl wrote:BlackRobin wrote:update just did a promo blink on my phone again with with no pain. ty windows 7 mango for fixing this for me.
now back to winning me some promos My Windows 7 phone hasnt got mango yet, does mango really fix the lag and bugs with the phone and blink?
Just in case you donGÇÖt have Mango yet J Read the comments at the bottom of the article and it gives you steps to download even if your provider hasnGÇÖt sent it out to you yet. FYI that Step #7 took 20+ minutes for me so be patient!
http://www.unwiredview.com/2011/09/28/verizon-rolling-out-windows-phone-7-5-mango-update-for-htc-trophy-today/
Read the comments at the bottom of the article on steps on how to install it via a bug in Zune even if your provider hasnGÇÖt rolled it out J
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Kellyl
Integrity.
0
|
Posted - 2011.09.30 13:26:00 -
[404] - Quote
BlackRobin wrote:Kellyl wrote:BlackRobin wrote:update just did a promo blink on my phone again with with no pain. ty windows 7 mango for fixing this for me.
now back to winning me some promos My Windows 7 phone hasnt got mango yet, does mango really fix the lag and bugs with the phone and blink? Just in case you donGÇÖt have Mango yet J Read the comments at the bottom of the article and it gives you steps to download even if your provider hasnGÇÖt sent it out to you yet. FYI that Step #7 took 20+ minutes for me so be patient! http://www.unwiredview.com/2011/09/28/verizon-rolling-out-windows-phone-7-5-mango-update-for-htc-trophy-today/Read the comments at the bottom of the article on steps on how to install it via a bug in Zune even if your provider hasnGÇÖt rolled it out J
Thanks BlackRobin, <3 |
John Rothman
Sleeper Asset Relocation Services
0
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Posted - 2011.09.30 21:07:00 -
[405] - Quote
Somerset Mahm wrote:GTC mails should now be resolved. Collateral mails replied to, will have collaterals back tonight for the couple lotteries that have successfully ended.
I didn't get any mail, or any ISK back.
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John Rothman
Sleeper Asset Relocation Services
0
|
Posted - 2011.10.01 06:38:00 -
[406] - Quote
Got my 3.0b back, and Somerset threw in an additional 500m. Much pleased! |
Somerset Mahm
Somer's Omnibus Exploration and Reclamation
Cognitive Distortion
50
|
Posted - 2011.10.01 07:21:00 -
[407] - Quote
Phew, 60T is just around the corner. I have 70b of prizes :) |
Somerset Mahm
Somer's Omnibus Exploration and Reclamation
Cognitive Distortion
50
|
Posted - 2011.10.02 05:55:00 -
[408] - Quote
Ten promos for 1 billion Blink credit apiece? I'm just getting warmed up. |
iwasatoad
The Lost Disciple's
0
|
Posted - 2011.10.03 02:31:00 -
[409] - Quote
Begining to think sommer blink is rigged due to the winner's iv been seeing it's alweys the same 14 people every day winning every high isk value things people can bash my post as much as theay want i dont care as i will never check back on it just sit back and watch for a week and the clock's will start turning |
Ericdon
REDLEGION
0
|
Posted - 2011.10.03 04:59:00 -
[410] - Quote
iwasatoad wrote:Begining to think sommer blink is rigged due to the winner's iv been seeing it's alweys the same 14 people every day winning every high isk value things people can bash my post as much as theay want i dont care as i will never check back on it just sit back and watch for a week and the clock's will start turning
Well does this mean it's true because you posted it twice? No really, everyone is entitled to there opinion, but...that being said I think your wrong. If high rollers have a endless pocket of isk it can seem that way. I had my doubts at first, but depending on the day, I could be one of those ppl your talking about due to my winnings, I played all day yesterday for example due to a couple of good wins.
I just think your wrong or whining...just not sure yet which. |
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Levija Saplina
Supremacy Inc.
Not Found.
2
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Posted - 2011.10.03 06:20:00 -
[411] - Quote
Getting ready and primed for the 60T celebration !!!!
Somer this time I want to win something !!!! |
Ambein Flambein
352 Industries
0
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Posted - 2011.10.03 09:08:00 -
[412] - Quote
this site is VERY addictive! i just cant stop blinking! keep up the great work somer! |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
0
|
Posted - 2011.10.04 16:52:00 -
[413] - Quote
Thar be a party brewin, yonder....
:D |
Ericdon
REDLEGION
0
|
Posted - 2011.10.05 00:15:00 -
[414] - Quote
Andrev Nox wrote:Thar be a party brewin, yonder....
:D
Sure Tease us why don't ya :) |
Shiftless
Peanut Factory
Good Sax
1
|
Posted - 2011.10.05 01:13:00 -
[415] - Quote
/stalk Tus |
Vamun Re
Red Federation
RvB - RED Federation
0
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Posted - 2011.10.05 10:37:00 -
[416] - Quote
What can I say, besides that Somer BLINK is incredibly fun, and exceptionally addictive - I've probably put in a fair bit more than I'd like to admit at this point ^^
Also, the bonus credits I receive from buying GTCs (and the following gambling binges) is my favorite part of re-subbing my accounts :D |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
0
|
Posted - 2011.10.06 16:53:00 -
[417] - Quote
60T so painfully close - and we're ready to light the roof on fire with this party.
Y'all do not want to miss out :P |
barry stormbrewer
NRG Research
0
|
Posted - 2011.10.06 17:02:00 -
[418] - Quote
Loved the last parrrrrrty with a win of 12 plex lets hope this one sees some prizes for all |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
0
|
Posted - 2011.10.06 19:59:00 -
[419] - Quote
Wake the corpmates and teach the cat to blink - this party is lighting up tonight, baby! |
Sobot
Federal Bureau of Peacekeepers
Supernova Federation
0
|
Posted - 2011.10.06 21:05:00 -
[420] - Quote
Promo chains 4tw, thank you Andrev :) |
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LaPickle
Avalon Industries
Exodus Alliance
0
|
Posted - 2011.10.06 21:06:00 -
[421] - Quote
Wonderful promos! Almost hit a few, but got lucky enough to get a Rattlesnake
Love Blinking!!! |
Shayden
0
|
Posted - 2011.10.06 21:07:00 -
[422] - Quote
promos so fast it'll make the wife jaelous of the uptime! (that might just be me though) |
Kira Doshu
GOLD LIONS
Spectrum Alliance
0
|
Posted - 2011.10.06 21:08:00 -
[423] - Quote
Woot! Promo chains are nuts. The 60T party will be good times. Expect to lose a mouse or three as you click away. |
Aamuryn
The Merit Talon Equity Research Group
0
|
Posted - 2011.10.06 21:08:00 -
[424] - Quote
Anybody else have the 'don't have luck' strand I seem to be getting? I can't seem to win anything, but then again, it could go either way, so I suppose that's why I come back to Blink. Dang site is addicting and making me spend all my hard arned cash. I can only imagine how many people have lost billions with this.
Also, Promo chains are awsome.I may rarely win anything, but I can hope for winning. |
GrammarNazi
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
1
|
Posted - 2011.10.06 21:08:00 -
[425] - Quote
Here's hoping there's still stuff left for me to give away later tonight. Andrev's gotten a bit giddy....  |
Skyline Dreyar
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2011.10.06 21:08:00 -
[426] - Quote
The Celebration Event is a major blast as always. Worth stayin up late for. Get on this people, you'll have a blast 100% guaranteed! |
BlackRobin
Aurora Security
Transstellar Operations
0
|
Posted - 2011.10.06 21:33:00 -
[427] - Quote
Hey somer I've spoken to everyone here and they are ok with you waiting to start this 60t thing. I told them all I might not be able to play till mid next week. Thanks for doing this for me. Love BR |
Shiftless
Peanut Factory
Good Sax
1
|
Posted - 2011.10.06 23:44:00 -
[428] - Quote
60 Trillion baby! |
Necro Lolicon
Tax Evade Are US
0
|
Posted - 2011.10.06 23:46:00 -
[429] - Quote
All hail the Promo Unicorn~!~
orz |
E Wan
Scorpion Road Industry
1
|
Posted - 2011.10.06 23:46:00 -
[430] - Quote
Just don't make us EU timezone up all night we need to work tomorrow |
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Sonodia
Galaxy Punks
3
|
Posted - 2011.10.06 23:47:00 -
[431] - Quote
60T good promo |
wicked01
GeoCorp.
Gentlemen's Agreement
0
|
Posted - 2011.10.06 23:47:00 -
[432] - Quote
60t woo hoo bring on more promos |
Castina
The Church of Robotology
0
|
Posted - 2011.10.06 23:50:00 -
[433] - Quote
Step 1. Win a promo
Step 2. Convert to Isk
Step 3. Convert to Blink credit
Step 4. Lose all of it blinking and reblinking it.
WEE! |
Levija Saplina
Supremacy Inc.
Not Found.
3
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Posted - 2011.10.07 06:08:00 -
[434] - Quote
IT'S PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME !! PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME !!!!
60 TRILLION BLINKING TIME !!!! |
Aidan Patrick
Aldebaran Foundation
Tauri Federation
17
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Posted - 2011.10.07 09:05:00 -
[435] - Quote
Thrown in more than I've won... but; I have won and gotten my prize. :)
Oh, and sickly addicting. I can't stop and I feel like my eyeballs are bleeding out.... I think I have a problem already.
[ Loot Log: Small Functionality Update Request ]
[ A New (Non-Combat) Exploration Idea ] |
Rask Ghael
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
0
|
Posted - 2011.10.07 09:05:00 -
[436] - Quote
Party time means tons of promo blinks.
Now if only I had something resembling luck. |
LaPickle
Avalon Industries
Exodus Alliance
0
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Posted - 2011.10.07 09:07:00 -
[437] - Quote
Okay, I've gotten lucky today. Got the Rattlesnake on a promo, then a 250 mill credit on promo. Now i've used that and made a few hundred mill on top of it.
Have I mentioned that I love blink??? |
Lindsay Funke
Baltic Eagle
0
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Posted - 2011.10.07 09:18:00 -
[438] - Quote
Hey Somer was holding off on renewing my account as I was hoping for the promo that you normally do around the celebrations. Will this be happening again, or shall I stop waiting? |
Passive62
1st Steps Academy
Fidelas Constans
0
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Posted - 2011.10.07 10:34:00 -
[439] - Quote
Somer, what have you done?
First of all, everyone congrats on the 60T.
Blink is great, but be sure that you blinked yourself before you yell in corpchat "Promo Up", else you be late.
Anyway, If I would live in the States I would Sue you for my wrist injury.
THE PROMOS WERE / ARE Great. Can you imaging a 300 ppl promo played in 8 seconds? I missed a few because I clicked 1-2 seconds too late.
Somer, you rule. I now have learned to click with my left hand too. This is a lot slower (at least 0.3 seconds) so please have mercy and throw a promo my way :-)
If you are this crazy (in a very good way) with the 60T, what will happen with the 100T? I think I will have to get myself a 3rd arm to keep up |
Ya Nor
CTRL-Q
0
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Posted - 2011.10.07 11:16:00 -
[440] - Quote
Stopping in to say I love you! :D
Ive lost track of how much ive won tonight. But its been incredible. The nightmare promo gave me isk to fly again, the PLEX blink gave me gametime again, and the navy geddon will be used to slaughter many enemies!
TYVM!!! |
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Marco Redwolf
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2011.10.07 13:19:00 -
[441] - Quote
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/7426/somer.jpg |
Sha'k
New Eden Recon Force
THE UNTHINKABLES
0
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Posted - 2011.10.07 13:23:00 -
[442] - Quote
Beer, Beach Ball, Girl and Lamb |
LaPickle
Avalon Industries
Exodus Alliance
0
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Posted - 2011.10.07 13:28:00 -
[443] - Quote
[IMG]http://i53.tinypic.com/2wp2irk.jpg[/IMG]
http://tinypic.com/r/2wp2irk/7 |
Imperator Bloodhowl
Logic's End
Trans Stellar Consolidation
1
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Posted - 2011.10.07 13:30:00 -
[444] - Quote
[IMG]http://i55.tinypic.com/34g28ph.jpg[/IMG] |
A3sir
Distinguished Gentleman's Boating Club
Test Alliance Please Ignore
0
|
Posted - 2011.10.07 13:32:00 -
[445] - Quote
OKTOBERFEST |
Aamuryn
The Merit Talon Equity Research Group
0
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Posted - 2011.10.07 13:40:00 -
[446] - Quote
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i311/jer2ger/WHattheFish.png
The crazy things I do for Blink... Here ya' are Oktober. This should be good, right? |
Sloany1979
Black Aces
Against ALL Authorities
0
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Posted - 2011.10.07 13:40:00 -
[447] - Quote
http://tinypic.com/r/2ey8ia1/7 |
The Orange
Grey Lensmen
Destructive OuTcaSts
0
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Posted - 2011.10.07 14:48:00 -
[448] - Quote
Love the site. A very fun diversion, and you can get stuff too. |
Askgar Elzoop
Knights of Nii
The 20 Minuters
0
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Posted - 2011.10.07 15:16:00 -
[449] - Quote
Love the site, great fun to play on, although I do have to stop myself from spending all my money over there. |
Totally NotDave
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2011.10.07 15:30:00 -
[450] - Quote
Blink is great. Won a Charon from a promo; now I just have to decide how to blow all this money. :) |
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Dunbar Hulan
The Flaming Sideburn's
Art of War Alliance
7
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Posted - 2011.10.07 20:39:00 -
[451] - Quote
What are the "Bonks " for ? just noticed them. Used some of my tokens to buy 50 bonks a go, I have no idea what they are, I just clicked the bonk button lol.
There it is. |
Levija Saplina
Supremacy Inc.
Not Found.
3
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Posted - 2011.10.08 09:59:00 -
[452] - Quote
Isk deposited : 14 bil
Value of blinks won : 26 bil
I'd say for now I'm doing ok.
If you have no tried blink, you are missing an essential part of your EVE life. |
Ishina Fel
Terra Incognita
Intrepid Crossing
1
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Posted - 2011.10.08 17:24:00 -
[453] - Quote
Somer, do you have a rough estimate on when the end-of-celebration live prize drawing is going to go down? Just so I know whether or not I can attend... |
Skarpa
Licentia Ex Vereor
0
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Posted - 2011.10.09 16:55:00 -
[454] - Quote
I have won and lost over 1 billion isk on blink, its very addictive! Keep up the good work |
rooster girl
Caldari Pawn Shop
0
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Posted - 2011.10.10 00:40:00 -
[455] - Quote
Hey im trying to find out if anybody that won the tshirts for the 50t has recieved them i been waiting over a month to recieve and i havent been able to contact anyone with emails maybe some body will see this thanks
rooster girl
50T Winners Announced!
Edited by: Andrev Nox on 29/08/2011 00:47:42
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!
Ticket list: Here
Dice: Here
Bonus Prize ticket list: Here
Dice: Here |
RemyHansen
Immortalis Inc.
Shadow Cartel
0
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Posted - 2011.10.10 18:46:00 -
[456] - Quote
Bonks is bugged all my minibonks tickets are gone used almost 1k tokens .... and it showes 5h left to lottery is over hope it'll get fixed ... |
Ishina Fel
Terra Incognita
Intrepid Crossing
1
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Posted - 2011.10.10 21:18:00 -
[457] - Quote
Sorry, but I have to ask this question at this point (much like tech support *must* ask if the power cord is plugged in)...
You do realize that there was a new minibonk every day? ;) |
Captain Vampire
bitchs n hoes
0
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Posted - 2011.10.11 00:00:00 -
[458] - Quote
What's this Bonk thing all about?! |
Ericdon
REDLEGION
0
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Posted - 2011.10.11 01:43:00 -
[459] - Quote
Congrats to all the winners of the minibonks!!! Still have the main Bonk coming up, wish I could be in Channel for the celebrations however I sadly have to be working, so myself and Snappy VonMerrit have been sitting here refreshing the website...Somer show use poor working folk some love! LOL Kidding kidding... |
Titanium PIg
Escape Velocity Enterprises
0
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Posted - 2011.10.11 09:14:00 -
[460] - Quote
Always a bridesmaid, never a bride 
But, nonetheless, a big GRATZ to all the 60T winners
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Ericdon
REDLEGION
0
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Posted - 2011.10.11 10:33:00 -
[461] - Quote
Titanium PIg wrote:Always a bridesmaid, never a bride But, nonetheless, a big GRATZ to all the 60T winners
I agree it was an awesome 60T. I thin there are more than a few Blink employees that could use a bit of a break after all that. |
Boogalo
Protek Inc
0
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Posted - 2011.10.11 14:58:00 -
[462] - Quote
suggestion:
add a third option for payout on a won blink
take the standard amount of the value as credit (without the credit bonus) but award tokens as if the player had deposited that amount.
this will save work on both sides taking isk payouts and re-depositing them for tokens. |
Titanium PIg
Escape Velocity Enterprises
0
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Posted - 2011.10.12 07:17:00 -
[463] - Quote
For all of the sceptics, doubters and fence-sitters out there (and you know who you are); I've compiled a summary of my SOMER BLINK winnings to-date. Whilst not as noteworthy as some of the more salubrious (and prodigious) Blinkers I've had the honour to compete against, it's not bad going for a penniless carebear from the deepest, darkest corners of Empire space!
+4 Implant Set3
-á30 Day Pilot's License Extension (PLEX) 7
-áAbaddon 3
-áApocalypse 3
-áArazu 2
-áArchon1
-áAres9
-áArmageddon17
-áArmageddon Navy Issue 7
-áAshimmu6
-áAstarte 1
-áBasilisk3
-áBhaalgorn 4
-áBroadsword 3
-áBrutix 7
-áBuzzard2
-áCaldari Navy Ballistic Control System5
-áCaldari Navy Hookbill20
-áCaldari Navy Invulnerability Field2
-áCaldari Navy Shield Boost Amplifier2
-áCapital Ships Skillbook5
-áCaracal Navy Issue7
-áCarrier Skillbook3
-áCerberus 3
-áCheetah 2
-áChimera 4
-áClaw 4
-áClaymore 1
-áControl Tower2
-áControl Tower Small 1
-áCrane 1
-áCrow 34
-áCruor 7
-áCrusader 5
-áCurse 2
-áCyclone 9
-áCynabal13
-áDamnation1
-áDaredevil41
-áDeimos6
-áDominix 11
-áDominix Navy Issue 2
-áDrake 41
-áDramiel 63
-áDreadnought Skillbook 1
-áEnyo 50
-áFederation Navy Comet 14
-áFederation Navy Magnetic Field Stabilizer 1
-áFederation Navy Omnidirectional Tracking Link 1
-áFederation Navy Stasis Webifier 1
-áFenrir 1
-áFerox 2
-áFlycatcher4
-áGila 3
-áGolem 3
-áHarbinger 5
-áHarpy46
-áHawk 9
-áHelios 1
-áHound 2
-áHulk 1
-áHurricane 13
-áImpel 2
-áImperial Navy Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane 1
-áImperial Navy Heat Sink 2
-áImperial Navy Large Armor Repairer 1
-áImperial Navy Slicer 12
-áIshkur 4
-áIshtar 3
-áJaguar 5
-áKeres 1
-áLegion 9
-áLG Snake Implants 1-5 1
-áLoki 22
-áMachariel 3
-áMackinaw 4
-áMaelstrom 2
-áMalediction 45
-áManticore 5
-áMastodon 2
-áMegathron 4
-áMegathron Navy Issue 1
-áMuninn 2
-áMyrmidon 5
-áNaglfar 1
-áNemesis 1
-áNidhoggur 3
-áNightmare 4
-áNoctis 16
-áOmen Navy Issue6
-áOneiros 1
-áOrca 2
-áPanther 1
-áPhantasm 7
-áPhobos 2
-áPhoenix 2
-áPilgrim 1
-áProteus 6
-áPurifier 4
-áRapier 2
-áRaptor 192
-áRaven 10
-áRaven Navy Issue 3
-áRepublic Fleet Firetail 17
-áRepublic Fleet Gyrostabilizer3
-áRetribution 8
-áRevelation 1
-áRokh 6
-áRook 1
-áRorqual 6
-áSabre 5
-áSacrilege 3
-áScimitar 2
-áScorpion 11
-áScorpion Navy Issue1
-áSentinel 1
-áSisters Expanded Probe Launcher 3
-áSlave Implants 1-5 1
-áSleipnir 1
-áStabber Fleet Issue8
-áStiletto7
-áSuccubus6
-áTaranis 9
-áTempest 12
-áTempest Fleet Issue 1
-áTengu 14
-áThanatos 3
-áTier 1 Battlecruiser BPO 3
-áTier 2 Battlecruiser BPO 1
-áTyphoon 5
-áTyphoon Fleet Issue1
-áVagabond 4
-áVengeance11
-áVexor Navy Issue 2
-áVigilant 6
-áVindicator1
-áWolf 21
-áWorm 16
-áZealot 3
The moral of this story ?:-
Blink, Blink often and then Blink some more!
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Silence iKillYouu
The Innocent Criminals
11
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Posted - 2011.10.12 08:01:00 -
[464] - Quote
How do I get money back out of my account?
At this time we have no plans to offer a cashout of your existing balance. |
MOTU 1
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
0
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Posted - 2011.10.12 09:41:00 -
[465] - Quote
where are the dice rolls for the bonks/minis??? |
Zevon
Confuse-A-Cat Ltd.
0
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Posted - 2011.10.12 10:05:00 -
[466] - Quote
Protip: Don't Drink and Blink. |
Con'Rad
The Rough Riders
Ares Protectiva
0
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Posted - 2011.10.12 14:18:00 -
[467] - Quote
And +1 like for me
A great site to past time while winning prizes.
Keep up the good work Somer!!! |
Ooiit
DEATH'S LEGION
0
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Posted - 2011.10.12 15:13:00 -
[468] - Quote
I've been using blink for a while now and I have to say I love it. There are bad days and good days, but overall I've gotten just a bit more out of it than I put in. And on top of that, it is a much more fun way to get ships than just buying them off the market. |
barry stormbrewer
NRG Research
0
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Posted - 2011.10.13 14:31:00 -
[469] - Quote
MOTU 1 wrote:where are the dice rolls for the bonks/minis???
DICE LINK FOR 60T
And yes i have looked at all the links and they are all correct
60t was great congrats to all the winners you great big ball bags [sorry i mean lovly people] |
Grigori Kopreonov
Imperial Reclamation
2
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Posted - 2011.10.18 04:55:00 -
[470] - Quote
alot of fun, and fast service |
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Urian Kandor
Neglected Horse
0
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Posted - 2011.10.18 21:00:00 -
[471] - Quote
What can I say about SOMER Blink? That it is the greatest and most successful gambling site related to EvE out there. That it has the best and most responsive staff of any other 3rd party related program in EvE. Or how about the fact that not only has Blink saved my EvE career, but it was one of the reasons that I re-subbed a day back. All these and more are reasons that SOMER Blink has become what it is today and how it affects EvE Online as a whole community. If you haven't tried it already, then please create an account, deposit 2 million isk and win your first raptor. The rush will keep you coming back for more guaranteed. |
Delucian
Blue Republic
RvB - BLUE Republic
1
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Posted - 2011.10.18 21:38:00 -
[472] - Quote
How do you get in touch with someone with Blink?
Having an issue with getting credits that were supposed to be loaded. |
Gelice Cesa
JotunHeim Hird
0
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Posted - 2011.10.20 19:58:00 -
[473] - Quote
I like to know when i get the Chimera i won last night in a blink, soon over 24 hour |
John McHenry
Association of Commonwealth Enterprises
Important Internet Spaceship League
0
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Posted - 2011.10.21 03:47:00 -
[474] - Quote
BLINK, what a wonderful site! It's very addicting causing me to watch the site as much as I can for the promo.blinks which seem to only be going on when I'm at work. Though, it's nice when I can get in on them. Keep up the good work! |
killroy Atram
Helix Commonwealth Command
Helix Commonwealth
0
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Posted - 2011.10.22 05:04:00 -
[475] - Quote
bump even though i haven't won anything |
BlackRobin
Aurora Security
Transstellar Operations
0
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Posted - 2011.10.24 22:37:00 -
[476] - Quote
I have a wish for a way to look up my somer friends so I can see what achievements they have other then waiting for them to bet
Also ty for the riged Rorqual that was a nice surprise |
BlackRobin
Aurora Security
Transstellar Operations
0
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Posted - 2011.10.25 21:48:00 -
[477] - Quote
yo Somer
Take a break from RL work and come play with us =D |
L'amour Sauvage
Underworld Group
0
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Posted - 2011.10.26 02:55:00 -
[478] - Quote
So I hit the first legit Tril in blink winnings.
And no, it was not saved. 5-10% in blink credit dog! That's like super bils of blinky blink yo.
I think the achievement should be re-named 'Blink L'amour' or 'L'amour Blink'.
The love blink sounds a little worse, but only if it's the terror you in particular face.
(waiting on achievement cheddar/confirmation)
Now as to my new perks \o/
Any time in channel, if pre-auth on, I get to yell 'Marco Promo!', and promo has to come. Sometimes if preauth not on too.
I ALSO GET TO CAPNSHOUT ABOUT GREAT THINGS LIKE NEW CHELLOKABOB RECIPIES WITHOUT RECIPROCITY.
On mega's, should I choose, I get #17. Pretty cool.
On patch days, I get half price blink buy in's calculated in if/when I choose blink credit.
THERE'S A LOUNGE.
Tasty Trill Thrills- Blink room where we get to pick and choose blink packs of most market/contract items. But since I'm the only one here, it's gonna be long ass wait.
Heard there's more but we'll see. So far, when I wake, it's gonna be awesome! |
Somerset Mahm
Somer's Omnibus Exploration and Reclamation
Cognitive Distortion
56
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Posted - 2011.10.26 03:01:00 -
[479] - Quote
When in the world did you do that? I should make you a medal. |
David Grogan
The Motley Crew Reborn
118
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Posted - 2011.10.26 20:28:00 -
[480] - Quote
i have been looking at the stats on wins on somer blink.
4 and 8 are the most common numbers by a massive porportion... it seems to be fixed to these two numbers the majority of the time.
also the tokens? what use are they for? my alt has 841 of them now with no way to use them
Everytime you buy something that says "made in china" you are helping the rising unemployment in your own country unless your from china, Buy locally produced goods and help create more jobs. |
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BlackRobin
Aurora Security
Transstellar Operations
0
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Posted - 2011.10.27 04:10:00 -
[481] - Quote
David Grogan wrote:i have been looking at the stats on wins on somer blink.
4 and 8 are the most common numbers by a massive porportion... it seems to be fixed to these two numbers the majority of the time.
also the tokens? what use are they for? my alt has 841 of them now with no way to use them
What are you talking about. I win with #3 and #7 all the time.
And I burned over 6000 tokens last week |
Somerset Mahm
Somer's Omnibus Exploration and Reclamation
Cognitive Distortion
56
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Posted - 2011.10.27 04:44:00 -
[482] - Quote
David Grogan wrote:i have been looking at the stats on wins on somer blink.
4 and 8 are the most common numbers by a massive porportion... it seems to be fixed to these two numbers the majority of the time.
also the tokens? what use are they for? my alt has 841 of them now with no way to use them
The stats page only shows the last 500-ish Blinks. The distribution changes :) |
GrammarNazi
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
1
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Posted - 2011.10.27 15:03:00 -
[483] - Quote
Delucian wrote:How do you get in touch with someone with Blink?
Having an issue with getting credits that were supposed to be loaded.
Hey, Delucian. If you're having a problem with your Blink account, please check here for common questions and solutions. If you still have a problem, the best way to get it fixed is currently to send me an eve-mail. |
Najian
Lamb Federation Navy
Against ALL Authorities
0
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Posted - 2011.10.27 16:51:00 -
[484] - Quote
Confirming microlotteries eat away my isk!
Time to start winning...
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John McHenry
Association of Commonwealth Enterprises
Important Internet Spaceship League
0
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Posted - 2011.10.28 02:17:00 -
[485] - Quote
With the Tokens are they only used for the .promo blink? If so my 1000 tokens seems like it will never run low...anyone else know any other uses for them? |
Shuurh
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
0
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Posted - 2011.10.28 06:01:00 -
[486] - Quote
John McHenry wrote:With the Tokens are they only used for the .promo blink? If so my 1000 tokens seems like it will never run low...anyone else know any other uses for them?
Promo blinks, bonks and mini bonks.
Don't worry you'll get the opportunity to use all your tokens when Blink host a celebration every 10TN. We put up some nice prizes which are time limited (usually a day or two). You'll be able to blink away as much or as little tokens as you wish. Alternatively you could save them for the mass amount of promos we put up during those celebrations.
Either way, yes you'll be given the chance to use ALL your tokens, guaranteed :) |
HAAMIAH UBUNTU
Cruor Angelus Divortium
0
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Posted - 2011.10.30 23:42:00 -
[487] - Quote
Hi...congratz on the site.
I have sent some isk to my account and it doesnt show on my page :(
wee...all clear now ,sry for impacience...now lets play :) |
rooster girl
Caldari Pawn Shop
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.02 15:23:00 -
[488] - Quote
Somerset Mahm i been trying to reach you via email i won a tshirt in your 50 t drawings i will be more then happy for your site credit since no tshirt has arived if you could be so kind to contact me thanks
50T Winners Announced!
Edited by: Andrev Nox on 29/08/2011 00:47:42
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!
Ticket list: Here
Dice: Here
Bonus Prize ticket list: Here
Dice: Here |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
4
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Posted - 2011.11.03 20:33:00 -
[489] - Quote
Heya Rooster!
We got in touch with the shipper and found out the reason for the shirt-delay. It's finally sorted out and the shirts should be coming out - but we're not going to make you keep waiting for the site credit that comes with the shirt.
I've directly credited the T-Shirt winners who were still waiting for their shirts by 5b now.
Sorry for so much delay - and the shirt is definitely still on it's way!
-A |
Jessie Davis
Les Enfants Terribles
0
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Posted - 2011.11.04 06:25:00 -
[490] - Quote
Thanks for the 5b (: |
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Ui chan
Odins Erben.
0
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Posted - 2011.11.04 07:20:00 -
[491] - Quote
Need an Android App :D |
El'basin
Ammo and Tag
Ninja Unicorns with Huge Horns
0
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Posted - 2011.11.04 11:35:00 -
[492] - Quote
Quote:Need an Android App :D
I second this |
Sucya Alldown
Massive Ego Kool-aid Squad
Bipolar Stability
0
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Posted - 2011.11.04 22:58:00 -
[493] - Quote
Has there been any thought/call for adding subsystem set of choice for t3's ( 1 of each needed for ship of choice or better yet full set for selected ship). |
BlackRobin
Aurora Security
Transstellar Operations
0
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Posted - 2011.11.08 16:16:00 -
[494] - Quote
Looks like someone didn't read the rules.
This am someone was bidding on a ship with the names one poo two poo five poo more maybe |
two poo
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
0
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Posted - 2011.11.09 02:32:00 -
[495] - Quote
BlackRobin wrote:Looks like someone didn't read the rules.
This am someone was bidding on a ship with the names one poo two poo five poo more maybe
om nom account closed, wtb my iskies back! |
Aihron
Irregular Warfare
Mean Coalition
0
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Posted - 2011.11.09 19:01:00 -
[496] - Quote
Blink FTW |
BlackRobin
Aurora Security
Transstellar Operations
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.09 22:43:00 -
[497] - Quote
No blink for the thrill. =D |
Nova Pathfinder
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.11 11:04:00 -
[498] - Quote
Just joined - I feel "another" addiction coming over me already.
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Nova Pathfinder
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
0
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Posted - 2011.11.11 11:20:00 -
[499] - Quote
Woot. Won a huggin on my 7th blink. Think I'm hooked. |
Dorn Val
Defective Clones
Sailors of the Sacred Spice
6
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Posted - 2011.11.13 19:10:00 -
[500] - Quote
Cool site, but I'm still waiting for an ISK payout. |
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LaPickle
Avalon Industries
Exodus Alliance
2
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Posted - 2011.11.14 02:49:00 -
[501] - Quote
I always love Blinking. Trying to get the achievements is definitely fun! There is a new Butan today, and trying to figure those out is always a great time!!! |
Chaotic Panda
Xicron Syndicate
4
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Posted - 2011.11.14 02:50:00 -
[502] - Quote
Some of the best fun I've had in EvE. Spend all my time in the in-game chat channel "Somer Lotteries". 1 bil isk in, still going positive. I'd still play even if I weren't! |
Kellen Shimaya
5
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Posted - 2011.11.14 02:51:00 -
[503] - Quote
Ive been using blink since like 2 months after i started playing and ive managed to not go completely negative with isk invested and win some pretty great stuff! The amount of free stuff these guys give away is crazy, and its one of the reasons i find myself returning. Staff is very helpful and kind! Excellent lottery service ran by Somer and the dedicated staff. +1 to them |
Darolo Carolos
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2011.11.14 03:00:00 -
[504] - Quote
SOMER.blink is easily the most fun you can have with your ISK |
Shwing Lotts
Oracle Phoenix
0
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Posted - 2011.11.14 18:12:00 -
[505] - Quote
Very cool and fun way to break up the boringness that can be this game at times..... Just waiting on delivery of the ships that I won. |
Kathrine LaVie
Red Federation
RvB - RED Federation
0
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Posted - 2011.11.15 06:05:00 -
[506] - Quote
Probably the best thing invented since the faking of the landing on the moon. Especially with promo's so you win stuff, your life of making isk becomes easier! |
TidPow
Delphi Research
0
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Posted - 2011.11.15 06:06:00 -
[507] - Quote
Posting to rave about my absolute *LOVE* for Somer Blink.
Great site, always up(like me :P ) , friendly staff, and quick service.
With over 67 Trillion (yep, TRILLION) in isk payouts, blink is where the action is in EvE!
You've seen the rest, this is the BEST!
o7
P.S. I nub u all! |
Cheese Nippels
Cheese Nippels' Tax Shelter
2
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Posted - 2011.11.15 06:07:00 -
[508] - Quote
ERRYMAHM OUT THERE BE RUNNIN' THE BLINKS.
A shout out to springrohl mahm, you be makin mah cheese moist and condensation-y.
Plus Tus, hes a good kid.
Mostly springrohl mahm. Best mahm.
But seriously. Promos are good.
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Chiyachan
Perkone
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2011.11.15 13:03:00 -
[509] - Quote
I blinked and my money was gone. T_T |
wicked01
GeoCorp.
Gentlemen's Agreement
0
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Posted - 2011.11.15 13:06:00 -
[510] - Quote
ISK Deposited27,265,000,000 ISK
Blinks Won331Value of Blinks Won49,308,000,550 ISK
awesome i love somerblink highly addictive totaly worth it !!!! |
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Skyline Dreyar
Star Frontiers Academy
Ignore This.
1
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Posted - 2011.11.15 13:07:00 -
[511] - Quote
Even after Blinking for over 6 months now it's still fun and exciting like on the first day.
And with the 70T Event comming up in the next weeks it is a good time to get yourself hooked on some good old gambling! :D
Not to mention the funky Butan riddles that will fill any bittervet with nostalgia flashbacks. ;P |
Techno36
Malevolent Intentions
Dark Solar Empire
0
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Posted - 2011.11.15 13:07:00 -
[512] - Quote
This is a constructive post.
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It's a crane. Contructing something.
But seriously, blink is awesome |
Blaze TrueBlood
Valkyrie Venture Co.
Blue Moon Alliance
0
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Posted - 2011.11.15 13:09:00 -
[513] - Quote
I just started SOMERblink but I love how fast paced and exciting such a simple lottery can be! I hav won over 50 mill so far but my buddy has already won over a Bill! |
Archion Seraphim
Good Man.
0
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Posted - 2011.11.15 13:11:00 -
[514] - Quote
I whole heartedly endorse this product and/or service. I won a Vindicator from a promo completely free!! |
Persephone Proserpine
The Lucky Star
0
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Posted - 2011.11.15 21:51:00 -
[515] - Quote
My husband and I both play Eve, and blink. For some reason, now when one of us gets a ticket to a promo, it won't let the other account have one. Any ideas? |
Sobot
Federal Bureau of Peacekeepers
Supernova Federation
0
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Posted - 2011.11.17 17:45:00 -
[516] - Quote
Somer - Blinking me dry since 2011 but having a blast doing it :) |
Nsaneomatic
The Golden Koo Koo Roos
0
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Posted - 2011.11.17 17:47:00 -
[517] - Quote
the BLINK! haunts me day and night.........sleep is time when i could be refreshing.....when i do sleep, i dream of all the promos im missing....
officially the most fun part of eve. |
Kyros Xero
Xuronautics
6
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Posted - 2011.11.18 15:56:00 -
[518] - Quote
Won a Kronos on a promo blink and the ship was delivered to Jita, as promised. One of the few entities in Eve I wholly trust, and an excellent way to pass the time! |
LaPickle
Avalon Industries
Exodus Alliance
2
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Posted - 2011.11.19 04:54:00 -
[519] - Quote
I keep on blinking. It is too much fun! I love the promos that are given out, and I also love all the achievements! |
rightuos
Autocannons Anonymous
0
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Posted - 2011.11.19 04:57:00 -
[520] - Quote
Im addicted to the bright blue box. |
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Shady Smurf
Smurf Inc.
0
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Posted - 2011.11.19 08:54:00 -
[521] - Quote
The Shady Smurf Fleet is coming...all thanks to Blink! |
Titanium PIg
Escape Velocity Enterprises
0
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Posted - 2011.11.19 11:54:00 -
[522] - Quote
Now if only I could get SOMER to deliver fresh BLT's and Coffee while playing Blink... |
Somerset Mahm
Somer's Omnibus Exploration and Reclamation
Cognitive Distortion
60
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Posted - 2011.11.20 06:02:00 -
[523] - Quote
Just a little over 1T left until the 70 Trillion Celebration, how crazy is that?
Over 26,000 accounts, and over 750,000 prizes given away in our 16 months of operation. Thanks for all your support! |
Somerset Mahm
Somer's Omnibus Exploration and Reclamation
Cognitive Distortion
60
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Posted - 2011.11.20 21:04:00 -
[524] - Quote
And, there will be a new butan later today, so stop by and check it out |
Nordali Amistran
Firefly Federation
United Pod Service
0
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Posted - 2011.11.20 22:17:00 -
[525] - Quote
I know I gave my testimonial already 19 pages ago, but this experience just has to be shared.
How many other lotteries do you know where you win something worth a billion, and 2 minutes after you decide to have the ISK paid out your wallet blinks? <3<3<3 |
super amarrian
Royal Navy of The Dead
0
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Posted - 2011.11.21 04:52:00 -
[526] - Quote
god this is addictive i cant stop its worse then drugs |
Mike Hibbert
Incompertus INC
Fatal Ascension
4
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Posted - 2011.11.21 05:04:00 -
[527] - Quote
Had a great weekend, 3 carriers and bunch of other stuff |
Darian Waynolt
Bloody Knuckle Effect
1
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Posted - 2011.11.21 05:07:00 -
[528] - Quote
That people wholey trust SOMER Blink to deliver on their lottery is a testament to the great reputation that their service has engendered on Eve. Give it a shot, you'll be hooked from the start! |
000Freedom Fighter000
Holowan Mechanicals
0
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Posted - 2011.11.21 05:12:00 -
[529] - Quote
70 Trillion ISK worth of prizes given out - CONGRATULATIONS SOMER BLINK!
Your secure, professional and highly addictive service has given the EVE community something to keep them busy whilst mining their life away, or sat at a gate camp that has more tumbleweeds than ships passing by.
The staff of SOMER Blink, I salute you. |
HAAMIAH UBUNTU
Cruor Angelus Divortium
0
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Posted - 2011.11.21 05:22:00 -
[530] - Quote
Hi and congratz for the succefull site and new "mania" in EVE...cant pass any mission without a visit on your site.
Actually i think you should change site name to BlinkMania |
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Skarpa
Licentia Ex Vereor
Intrepid Crossing
0
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Posted - 2011.11.21 05:31:00 -
[531] - Quote
Very good site, I've won more than I've spent...... Atho most of it gets ploughed straight back in! lol |
Saphyire
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
0
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Posted - 2011.11.21 05:55:00 -
[532] - Quote
This is my favorite thing to do when not actively focused on eve. Ratting? Somer Blink. Flying around space? Blink. |
Persephone Proserpine
The Lucky Star
0
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Posted - 2011.11.21 06:14:00 -
[533] - Quote
<3 Blink. At 60 Trillion, I was up all night enjoying the madness. I've been counting down since! |
Captain Astro
Shinsengumi.
PURgE Alliance
0
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Posted - 2011.11.21 06:53:00 -
[534] - Quote
Blink is almost as good as spinning ships in station...
BUMP
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Reimi Lim
Kigurosaka Corporation
0
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Posted - 2011.11.21 08:30:00 -
[535] - Quote
can't stop, blinking bright blue box too addictive. |
22000
Deadspace Knights
0
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Posted - 2011.11.21 08:34:00 -
[536] - Quote
Bumping for 70 T ... Here's for that Freighter position I applied for too |
Alzik Charon
None Of You Can Compare
0
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Posted - 2011.11.21 10:19:00 -
[537] - Quote
bumps to a great site and a great way to make money I <3 somer blink |
Snappy Vonmerrit
REDLEGION
We Suck At This Game
0
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Posted - 2011.11.21 10:39:00 -
[538] - Quote
Bump for 70 Trillion party - I hope I can be around for this one - Missed the 60 Party Love for Somer Blink :) |
d1138
Blackstream Carebears
0
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Posted - 2011.11.21 11:14:00 -
[539] - Quote
Bump for 70 Trillion party . 60 Trillion party was awesome |
Necrovalich
Idiots In Spaceships
Psychotic Tendencies.
0
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Posted - 2011.11.21 11:57:00 -
[540] - Quote
Bump |
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Adaahh Gee
Rock jockeyz
Ushra'Khan
0
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Posted - 2011.11.21 11:58:00 -
[541] - Quote
Bump for 70 Trillion party!!!!!
Novelty promo's please!!!
Every T1 Frig,
Every T1 Cruiser,
t2 BPC's
Massive packs of minerals and salvage
Mix it up a little |
Capt Chlamydia
PREDATORIA INC
0
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Posted - 2011.11.21 11:58:00 -
[542] - Quote
roll on 70tril can`t wait blink is awsome |
BlackRobin
Aurora Security
Transstellar Operations
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.21 12:55:00 -
[543] - Quote
Yo somer is back to having more promos again not just one a day more like 50+ a day
Also 2 of my corpmates have won over 3 bil in ship promo in the last 2 weeks.
So now is the best time to start Somer Blink to find out what all the fuss is about |
fcosta
Perkone
Caldari State
1
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Posted - 2011.11.21 13:15:00 -
[544] - Quote
Best thing arround eve. Can't wait for the 70 big T. Keep up the awesome work |
midnight4
JEETUH TRADE UNION
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.21 16:12:00 -
[545] - Quote
Bump for 70 tril extravaganza! |
midnight4
JEETUH TRADE UNION
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.21 16:13:00 -
[546] - Quote
BlackRobin wrote:Yo somer is back to having more promos again not just one a day more like 50+ a day Also 2 of my corpmates have won over 3 bil in ship promo in the last 2 weeks. So now is the best time to start Somer Blink to find out what all the fuss is about
Glad to see someone is winning promo's i have worst promo record on blink imo.. 1 for over 700:( |
MasterChief351
Atlas Research Group
2
|
Posted - 2011.11.21 16:14:00 -
[547] - Quote
Great To Play,
Not Great if you waste all your ISK in the process!
Thankyou for reading! |
Kira Doshu
GOLD LIONS
Spectrum Alliance
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.21 16:25:00 -
[548] - Quote
70 Trillion! Already! That means Blink is Blinking at an incredible pace. Think of all the shinies! Paaaarty time! \o/ |
Yanhamu
Leeloo Enterprise Corporation
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.21 17:21:00 -
[549] - Quote
Great Site |
Lieutenant Athena
BRUTAL GENESIS
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.21 17:42:00 -
[550] - Quote
Bump 70 tril :)
Awesome place to lose some time :) |
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7 cent
Hellfire Cult
RED.Legion
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.21 18:06:00 -
[551] - Quote
great fun
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SmegHead first
Bloody thing
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.21 18:38:00 -
[552] - Quote
BLINKS THE BEST |
Dragon Reborn
Active Fusion
Cold Fusion.
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.21 19:12:00 -
[553] - Quote
Bump for the 70 Trillion Party, one a command ship on promos so looking forward to more of them at the party :) |
ms subdamage
Disco Inferno.
Pernicious Intent
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.21 19:25:00 -
[554] - Quote
Bump for the 70 Trillion Party =) |
Capt Chlamydia
PREDATORIA INC
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.21 20:18:00 -
[555] - Quote
bump  |
Chiyachan
Perkone
Caldari State
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.21 20:22:00 -
[556] - Quote
I like myself a little flutter. Although I always lose my money. T_T |
Cole Long
Vanguard Frontiers
Intrepid Crossing
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.21 21:10:00 -
[557] - Quote
I've won billions on somer blink. Its a fun way to pass a bit of time and win some isk.
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Blunted Blazer
0420 Industries
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.21 21:26:00 -
[558] - Quote
bump for the 70 trillion party |
Druj Andarr
Autocannons Anonymous
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.21 21:35:00 -
[559] - Quote
Blink is a great way to while away the time when you would otherwise be spinning your ship. After all, ship spinning won't double your money, like blink has for me. |
Harrumphh
Lonely Hearts Inc
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.21 22:39:00 -
[560] - Quote
I freakin love blink! Great fun, and a good way to pass time while playing.
+1 |
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Shiftless
Peanut Factory
Good Sax
2
|
Posted - 2011.11.21 22:55:00 -
[561] - Quote
Damn... Missed it. |
Shaymac
Interfector INC.
Fade 2 Black
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.21 23:48:00 -
[562] - Quote
Awesome game! so addictive i will be broke by morning
+1 |
Nog Sidewinder
Foundation
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.22 00:01:00 -
[563] - Quote
Fsck this game... Because it's goddamn addicting. At least I won a T2 BPO about 10 minutes after making an account.
Edit: Also, harrumph quit winning all the damn blinks you sob :) |
Harrumphh
Lonely Hearts Inc
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.22 00:10:00 -
[564] - Quote
Hah! Must be my lucky day! |
bri coors
Zephyr Heavy Industry
DSM FOUNDATION
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.22 01:07:00 -
[565] - Quote
friendly somer bump
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Ironchip
Angelus.Mortis
RED.Legion
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.22 01:24:00 -
[566] - Quote
Love this game been playing for awhile now. Really helps pass the time during pos bashing and sbu killing lol it is very addicting just like the game it serves. |
Atnaw
Celestial Horizon Corp.
Flatline.
11
|
Posted - 2011.11.22 02:29:00 -
[567] - Quote
I believe I have time to post in this forum thread.... Time is up |
Synergized Mistress
Synergy Lotteries
4
|
Posted - 2011.11.22 04:05:00 -
[568] - Quote
LuLz so we offer GTCs at 100m and blinks has to follow and do the same? naaaic
Eve Lottery for the daring :-áhttp://synergy-lotteries.com
Multiple Activities : Not just the standard 8/16 slot same old stuff.
1v1 or PEGBOARD.
Youll be sorry if you didnt have a look at it! |
HAAMIAH UBUNTU
Cruor Angelus Divortium
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.22 04:12:00 -
[569] - Quote
Thanks mam...really nice to have 100M credits for a GTC...trully thanks. |
A3sir
Distinguished Gentleman's Boating Club
Test Alliance Please Ignore
9
|
Posted - 2011.11.22 07:54:00 -
[570] - Quote
THE 70T MADNESS IS ALMOST UPON US!!!! I for one, am very excited for the upcoming Celebration. Congratulations are in order for Somerset and her wonderful staff! From the super-fast PreAuth team, to the ever tireless work done by the Claims Specialists and the massive job done by the shipping/logistics department. We all appreciate your hard work and good company in the Somer Lotteries channel. Here's to another Milestone!! |
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Endymi Typhirr
19
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Posted - 2011.11.22 08:05:00 -
[571] - Quote
Blinkception. It's a game within a game.
Check out The "Concord LP" Channel! |
Aria Jimbojohnson
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.22 11:14:00 -
[572] - Quote
Blah, and I just bought 4 GTCs like a week ago though Blink >_< |
SmegHead first
Bloody thing
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.22 13:35:00 -
[573] - Quote
bump for the 70 |
Aerokella
Confuse-A-Cat Ltd.
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.22 14:55:00 -
[574] - Quote
Synergized Mistress wrote:LuLz so we offer GTCs at 100m and blinks has to follow and do the same? naaaic
Thanks for the bump Synergized Mistress!!!
Blink is great! The blue flashy always gives you a little rush =) Win or lose, it's a fun game and the chat is definitely great!
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Soko99
Griffin Capsuleers
Ad-Astra
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.22 16:01:00 -
[575] - Quote
Bumpity bump bump..
got a stack of tokens to use... :P |
GrammarNazi
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
1
|
Posted - 2011.11.22 18:44:00 -
[576] - Quote
Are you ready for another celebration with Bonks, Mini-Bonks, and tons of promos? We're clearing out contracts for future high-value prizes. Would be a shame for you to miss the action. |
Demonfuge Malevolent
Energy Core 1
V.I.R.A.L.
2
|
Posted - 2011.11.22 22:34:00 -
[577] - Quote
I've blown a lot of ISK on this... but it's fun ;) |
Sobot
Federal Bureau of Peacekeepers
Supernova Federation
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.22 22:40:00 -
[578] - Quote
My story is a sad but simple one. After being scammed on a market deal for 4bil isk I had nothing to lose.
I turned to Blink.
All day I would Blink and all night I would Blink.
Blink has taken over my life.
But, Blink is good
Since finding happiness in Blink I have found many others with an addiction to Blink too.
Keep on Blinking, 70T is just around the corner |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
5
|
Posted - 2011.11.22 22:50:00 -
[579] - Quote
The party draws near....and I fully intend to set the wallet on fire, people :p
Grab some matches and join in now!
Somer Blink - The origional microlottery site. |
CyberStar
North Eastern Swat
Pandemic Legion
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.23 00:03:00 -
[580] - Quote
I love to Blink. Enjoy your break for Thanksgiving Somer! 70b here we come! |
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ReD BeAcOn
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.23 02:37:00 -
[581] - Quote
70 catrazillions ?!? omg go for it |
Aria Jimbojohnson
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.23 05:19:00 -
[582] - Quote
Much <3 Blink |
Horus upercal
Traveler 52
D-Collective
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.23 10:46:00 -
[583] - Quote
been a while since i was on but love playing blink when killing time in game
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Dilligafmofo
Sandman Plc
34
|
Posted - 2011.11.23 12:19:00 -
[584] - Quote
Tis true I'm addicted to Somer Blink.
In the last few weeks I have won A carrier and a Dreadnaught. The skill books required to fly both.
Ever wanted a free, YES FREE, Machariel or Navy battleship?? I have won both recently, for free on the promo blinks. Just think how incredible these free promotions will be at the 70t celebrations due to happen this week !!
Thanks Somer and tyour wonderful team of administrators that work tirelessly for our fun and quick turn over of winnings.
o7 Dilli |
ashstyx
nul-li-fy
RED.OverLord
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.23 12:20:00 -
[585] - Quote
BUMP |
Titanium PIg
Escape Velocity Enterprises
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.23 16:27:00 -
[586] - Quote
I've managed to procure 70T marshmallows for the 70T celebration bonfire; come early, tell your friends (you do have friends don't you ?) & blink often, or you'll miss out!
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Rake Mizar
Rage and Terror
Against ALL Authorities
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.23 22:00:00 -
[587] - Quote
Love the blink site, still LOLing at the people who said it was a scam nearly 60T isk ago. haha. |
Chaotic Panda
Xicron Syndicate
4
|
Posted - 2011.11.23 22:04:00 -
[588] - Quote
I are do blink good. Ask GrammarNazi. |
Detonator04
Sigillum Militum Xpisti
Fatal Ascension
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.23 22:56:00 -
[589] - Quote
Bump big 70! |
Rynill'e Syvoke
Oracle Phoenix
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.23 23:57:00 -
[590] - Quote
I buy plex through the link on Somer's home page and play with the blink credit given. I have one 3 ships that I have had delivered. The rest I turn into blink credit to play more. I have exchanged 100mil isk once for blink credit.
I just won a Tengu, more than doubles my actual ISK investment.
Bl!nk is awesome! Let's get to 70T! |
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cinderbrood
Knights of Nii
The 20 Minuters
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.24 02:33:00 -
[591] - Quote
Fecking hell, Im addicted to blinking again...
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Alanna Hilanen
E.D.F.
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.24 03:18:00 -
[592] - Quote
So... in considering my various options for buying gametime, I get referred to Blink by Eve News 24, and conclude that getting 500 mil of credit when I buy four GTCs isn't half-bad. Play through it, get back about 440 mil of ships... and, being fairly pleased with another Eve-related thing I can feasibly be doing from my ancient laptop at work, not to mention the possibility of 'getting completely free stuff off the promo blinks', decide to burn one of those GTCs on PLEX, which I convert to ISK, which I spend on blink.
Put one billion isk in.
Get back exactly one Hawk, and nothing else at all.
...
Needless to say, very dissatisfied; would not play again. |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
5
|
Posted - 2011.11.24 03:51:00 -
[593] - Quote
Heya Alanna!
Sorry to hear you've had such a bad run on your first go - sadly, that is the nature of gambling.
But, there's good news!
Since you have deposited 1b, you're actually now eligible for promos for life. No further depositing or ISK expense ever needed. And, with our 70T celebration hitting any time now, it's a good time to turn those losses around.
We've increased the size and amount of promos for each celebration event - at 60T, we gave away over 180B worth of stuff for free, and 70T will be bigger yet!
So, while I understand how much a loss of that size can hurt - I urge you to still swing in to the site to win stuff on the free. You may as well use those tokens, afterall! :)
[url]http://cogdev.net/blink/[/url] - The original microlottery site. |
Alanna Hilanen
E.D.F.
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.24 04:02:00 -
[594] - Quote
Eh, might as well. Not like I can do anything else with the promo tokens, after all. Perhaps ironically, while I came over here to complain about such an awful losing streak, an achievement ticked over... since I've been refreshing on a regular basis to check for promos anyways throughout my shift today, I apparently qualified for 'day job', and got another 25 mil of credit... with which I won another Hawk.
Still not great, but marginally less dissatisfied, now. Maybe I'll win something worthwhile when you start giving stuff away during the promos, and that might change my opinion, I suppose. |
Alanna Hilanen
E.D.F.
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.24 04:23:00 -
[595] - Quote
This is true. It just sort of feels like there's a difference between 'when you gamble, sometimes you lose' and '60-blink loss streak costing 1 billion ISK'. It's not like I won things, converted them to credit, and continued to gamble until broke... no, I just lost continually until the money I put in was gone.
And that's no fun. |
Amelia Shortcake
The Right Hand of Beadle
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.24 11:40:00 -
[596] - Quote
Schwing \o/ |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
5
|
Posted - 2011.11.24 15:43:00 -
[597] - Quote
Wake the corpmates and lock the kids in the closet - you do not want to miss the party we've got brewing up!
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Kokopelli Tuala
Blue Republic
RvB - BLUE Republic
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.24 16:04:00 -
[598] - Quote
Woop! Buy plex, get 100m credit and win a thanatos, Somer Blink how I love thee!
Also, be 70T already! One doesn't want to sound too needy and impatient, but oh dear god hurry up! |
Jessie Davis
Les Enfants Terribles
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.24 16:34:00 -
[599] - Quote
i was told there was freebies here! |
Darian Waynolt
Bloody Knuckle Effect
1
|
Posted - 2011.11.24 16:34:00 -
[600] - Quote
If you haven't gotten in on this, now is the perfect time to start. With a 70 trillion party blowout, there's never been a better time to get addicted :) |
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Nordali Amistran
Firefly Federation
United Pod Service
0
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Posted - 2011.11.24 16:36:00 -
[601] - Quote
After a long-ish winning streak, I just noticed that you are missing a few buttons (it's a bug!!!!)! :O
On the My Blinks page, you should have buttons to claim all currently won prizes with one click.
It can either be "Claim all prizes..." and on the next site a selection of method, or, to keep the current stile, an "ISK all", "Hub all", and "Delivery all" button at the top of each column.
:) |
Capt Chlamydia
PREDATORIA INC
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.24 18:23:00 -
[602] - Quote
super bump |
Skyline Dreyar
Star Frontiers Academy
Ignore This.
2
|
Posted - 2011.11.24 18:26:00 -
[603] - Quote
70 Trillion celebration is upon us!
Trust someone who has been here for 4 past celebrations you DON'T want to miss this, and you don't want to let your corp/alliance mates miss this either!
So wake up, drink some coffee, call up everyone you know in EvE, get everyone Promo eligible, and enjoy all the Promos! |
Sobot
Federal Bureau of Peacekeepers
Supernova Federation
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.24 18:27:00 -
[604] - Quote
\o/ 70T here we come.
Join Blink people for some awesome promoage!!! |
stoner momma
Dill Pickle Popcorn
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.24 18:39:00 -
[605] - Quote
Blink = best way to kill time while waiting for ur FC to figure out the right way to go
Make Billions while destroying Billions and getting thoes KM's we all enjoy
:D |
Synergized Mistress
Synergy Lotteries
4
|
Posted - 2011.11.24 18:56:00 -
[606] - Quote
Free bump from your competition!
Grats on reaching 70B soon! May we both keep on turning aswell as we are!
Eve Lottery for the daring : http://www.synergy-lotteries.com
Multiple Activities : Not just the standard 8/16 slot same old stuff.
- New Pegboard-á
Youll be sorry if you didnt have a look at it!
|
Hamburgler31
Lobster.
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.24 18:57:00 -
[607] - Quote
I love Tus!
70T is almost here! Wooooo! |
Sal Travins
SalAd Works
Forgotten Empire.
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.24 18:58:00 -
[608] - Quote
Blink is the best reason to carebear in EVE. |
Hang Zhu
Cosmodynamics
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.24 18:59:00 -
[609] - Quote
Just won a nightmere! Woooo! |
Ooiit
Lebowski's Urban Achievers
1
|
Posted - 2011.11.24 19:08:00 -
[610] - Quote
Nothing beats finishing a hard day of scamming ISK out of people with a little bit of blink. Put my days profit on won a couple of ships thinking it was a good day but it only got better when I won a Bhaalgorn promo!
Better get in on the action the promo's are already going crazy in anticipation of the 70T. |
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Nunchuck Norris
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
5
|
Posted - 2011.11.24 20:32:00 -
[611] - Quote
Awesome venture , i won a Fleet typhoon in promo blinks earler , it was the cherry on the cake |
Alanna Hilanen
E.D.F.
0
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Posted - 2011.11.24 21:04:00 -
[612] - Quote
Okay, so I just won an Ashimmu off the Promo Blinks.
...granted, I can't fly an Ashimmu, and it doesn't come close to covering my recent losses... but hey! Free Ashimmu. |
Adaahh Gee
Rock jockeyz
Ushra'Khan
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.24 21:11:00 -
[613] - Quote
DAMN!!!!
Didn't win the 2000x Rifter Promo |
Shady Smurf
Smurf Inc.
1
|
Posted - 2011.11.24 21:13:00 -
[614] - Quote
HAPPY 70 TRILLION!!!! |
wicked01
GeoCorp.
Gentlemen's Agreement
3
|
Posted - 2011.11.24 21:40:00 -
[615] - Quote
woot won carrier and 2 dread books in 70t celebration
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO THOSE WHO CELEBRATE IT
<3 SOMER |
Par0dy
Funk Soul Brothers
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.24 21:52:00 -
[616] - Quote
hey, won an Estamel's Modified Cloaking Device
Thanks somer
so.....
WTS - Estamel's Modified Cloaking Device !!! |
Kokonut94
Worms Coalition
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.24 21:53:00 -
[617] - Quote
Hahaha!
I profited 1,350,000,000 earlier
by winning a chim and a paladin.
Awesome lottery! |
Mafone
Sals wanderer
0
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Posted - 2011.11.24 22:03:00 -
[618] - Quote
Great site congrats on the 70tril
Awesome - if addictive
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Synergized Mistress
Synergy Lotteries
4
|
Posted - 2011.11.24 22:25:00 -
[619] - Quote
Congrats!
Eve Lottery for the daring : http://www.synergy-lotteries.com
Multiple Activities : Not just the standard 8/16 slot same old stuff.
- New Pegboard-á
Youll be sorry if you didnt have a look at it!
|
Manc
The Gentlemen of Low Moral Fibre
2
|
Posted - 2011.11.24 23:15:00 -
[620] - Quote
Currently more fun than actually playing EVE. |
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Sunoccard
Crimson Nation
En Garde
0
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Posted - 2011.11.24 23:38:00 -
[621] - Quote
Great little streak,and I won a naglfar! |
Aria Jimbojohnson
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2011.11.25 00:34:00 -
[622] - Quote
Lousy Thanksgiving, totally missed the 70T promo spree
Edit: Also WTF, Shattered Crystal is currently out of ETCs lol. |
Tron Shepherd
Outpost Solutions
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.25 03:05:00 -
[623] - Quote
Aria Jimbojohnson wrote:Edit: Also WTF, Shattered Crystal is currently out of ETCs lol.
I noticed the same thing before I ended up winning a PLEX.
Love the site! |
Somerset Mahm
Somer's Omnibus Exploration and Reclamation
Cognitive Distortion
63
|
Posted - 2011.11.25 07:31:00 -
[624] - Quote
Back in stock :) sorry for the wait! |
Darkdell
The Sci-Clone Experiment
70
|
Posted - 2011.11.25 15:34:00 -
[625] - Quote
What a great site, so far I've spent 350M and won..
Nightmare
Rook
Fleet firetail
some AF's and ceptors..
Awsome.
Thanks Somer and hard working helpers..
"Pre Auth!!
"
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Kevda1
Elite Guards
Stealth Wear Inc.
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.25 15:38:00 -
[626] - Quote
Blink is absolutely fantastic, I mean there's actually something to do while waiting of GCC.
This has got to be one of the best lotteries in EVE I seen so far, the staff is friendly and system works fast.
It's 100% legitimate and it's fun!
Keep the promos coming and maybe I will win one day.
You have got me hooked and I'm proud of it!
Keep up the great suff |
GrammarNazi
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
1
|
Posted - 2011.11.25 19:13:00 -
[627] - Quote
Thanks to all the people who joined me last night on Eve Voice in our channel. We talked about a few interesting ideas for Blink, inner insight on what happens behind the scenes, and about what we all do in Eve. I took some suggestions for promos, and put up a fifty-drake promo, a redeemer, a chimera, a plex, and about five billion in officer mods along with other fun stuff.
70 trillion isk. 2 and 1/3 million drakes, one hundred and one million Damage Control IIs, 824 combat-fit Erebus, seventeen thousand two hundred seventy one CCP Apocalypse Navy Issues (as fit by CCP NightMari). Eleven and a half millenium in PLEX (current Jita price). The scope of these milestones is hard to put into words. Thanks to all of the Blinkers out there who have helped us get to this point.
Good luck on the Bonk, and here's to a fast-approaching 80T! |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
11
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Posted - 2011.11.26 05:29:00 -
[628] - Quote
The party keeps rolling with the Bonks now live - here's your chance to win the Bonk total PLUS 10% of the total take on it (or 50b, whichever is greater).
Don't miss out!
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Somerset Mahm
Somer's Omnibus Exploration and Reclamation
Cognitive Distortion
64
|
Posted - 2011.11.26 17:14:00 -
[629] - Quote
If you have any feedback on these minibonks or suggestions for future minibonks, I'm always trying to improve them! |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
25
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Posted - 2011.11.27 18:25:00 -
[630] - Quote
With still a full day left on the timer, the Bonk prize is already over 71 BILLION isk - get in while you can!
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
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Levija Saplina
Supremacy Inc.
Not Found.
12
|
Posted - 2011.11.28 08:56:00 -
[631] - Quote
This celebration has been once again a great turn out for everyone. |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
34
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Posted - 2011.11.29 17:27:00 -
[632] - Quote
With the 70T celebration drawing to a close, the winners are announced!
Mini-bonks:
5b Blink Credit: Killersan
Alliance (or 1b ISK), Freighter of Choice, Large POS tower of choice, and 1 year fuel: Reactive 00
JF of Choice: 13diggety
Year of Eve (12 PLEX): Sitherz
And the grand prize Bonk, paying out 91,219,150,000 ISK: Dagonet deMarlowe!
Congratulations to these folks, the hundreds of promo winners, and everyone else who participated in this celebration!
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Reactive 00
BANG BROTHERS
The Jagged Alliance
1
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Posted - 2011.11.29 17:35:00 -
[633] - Quote
I would like to comfirm to recieving my minibonk price!
Much appreciated!!
Love this game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Titanium PIg
Escape Velocity Enterprises
0
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Posted - 2011.11.29 18:48:00 -
[634] - Quote
Gratz to all the winners! you lucky b*stards! :)
Props to Somer for the amazing site, and great 70T (despite my total lack of winnings).
In search of riches
I have succumbed to
the lure of Somer
Others may pretend
to offer riches and fun
Somer reigns supreme
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Titanium PIg
Escape Velocity Enterprises
0
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Posted - 2011.11.29 18:50:00 -
[635] - Quote
Gratz to all the winners! you lucky b*stards! :)
Props to Somer for the amazing site, and great 70T (despite my total lack of winnings).
In search of riches
I have succumbed to
the lure of Somer
Others may pretend
to offer riches and fun
Somer reigns supreme
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Dagonet deMarlowe
Production N Destruction INC.
Blue Moon Alliance
0
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Posted - 2011.11.30 01:19:00 -
[636] - Quote
Postin that i won the 110% bonk lottery WOOOT 91b richer |
Darolo Carolos
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
2
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Posted - 2011.11.30 12:06:00 -
[637] - Quote
Dagonet deMarlowe wrote:Postin that i won the 110% bonk lottery WOOOT 91b richer
congrats. you saved me a heart attack lol |
Killerkronik
The Dominion of Light
BLACK-MARK
0
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Posted - 2011.11.30 17:03:00 -
[638] - Quote
Now that the new BC prices has somewhat stabilized I think the blink price should be adjusted saying how i would have taken the isk if i knew they would be selling for 60m not 93 as the blink says. |
Somerset Mahm
Somer's Omnibus Exploration and Reclamation
Cognitive Distortion
64
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Posted - 2011.11.30 17:57:00 -
[639] - Quote
Yessir, we will adjust prices as they fall / rise to ensure that the buyout remains fair. |
Killerkronik
The Dominion of Light
BLACK-MARK
0
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Posted - 2011.11.30 18:47:00 -
[640] - Quote
That would be great since right now Blink is making 120m off the sales of the tickets basically enough to pay for the ship they give away and have enough left over to buy another one. This needs to be adjusted.
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Nasty Spanker
0utbreak
Outbreak.
0
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Posted - 2011.12.02 21:51:00 -
[641] - Quote
love this site!! |
carbomb
Super Team Munkey
1
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Posted - 2011.12.02 21:53:00 -
[642] - Quote
Killerkronik wrote:That would be great since right now Blink is making 120m off the sales of the tickets basically enough to pay for the ship they give away and have enough left over to buy another one. This needs to be adjusted.
They were offering a high payout also tho so not a straight forward as ur making out.
Am waiting on a Naga which i won on a promo on the 30th. you got a backlog? Only as as i've had a isk payout tonight on a blink i won today.
id is... Blink ID: 834855
Completed: 2011-11-30 10:50:10 |
Somerset Mahm
Somer's Omnibus Exploration and Reclamation
Cognitive Distortion
65
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Posted - 2011.12.02 22:07:00 -
[643] - Quote
carbomb wrote:Am waiting on a Naga which i won on a promo on the 30th. you got a backlog? Only as as i've had a isk payout tonight on a blink i won today.
id is... Blink ID: 834855
Completed: 2011-11-30 10:50:10
We are actually averaging under an hour on completion time of claims, but this particular one was sent to the wrong person. Sorry for the trouble! Should be fixed now. |
carbomb
Super Team Munkey
1
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Posted - 2011.12.02 22:44:00 -
[644] - Quote
oopsie. no worries. :) |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
36
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Posted - 2011.12.04 16:20:00 -
[645] - Quote
The fun keeps rolling every day - get in on the excitement today!
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Mr Twinkie
Avant-Garde Monastery
Cascade Probable
0
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Posted - 2011.12.06 13:19:00 -
[646] - Quote
I spend more time blinking then playing... |
HAAMIAH UBUNTU
Cruor Angelus Divortium
0
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Posted - 2011.12.07 02:17:00 -
[647] - Quote
Hi all...Hi Mahm
Yesterday , 6.12.2011 , i won a Promo ( thx ) for a Naga...as i couldnt fly it i started to skill to it.
Now i went to My winning blinks and i see i have a Oracle there , instead of the Naga ?!?
I need to restart skill for it again for beeing Minmatar i cant fly either...
I really need to know wich one is the correct i will receive and wonder if it is possible to get a Tornado in replacement for those ,since beeing ( guess ) same to SomerBlink it would be a great help for me...thx in advance for your time in this matter. |
Shuurh
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
0
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Posted - 2011.12.07 17:11:00 -
[648] - Quote
HAAMIAH UBUNTU wrote:Hi all...Hi Mahm
Yesterday , 6.12.2011 , i won a Promo ( thx ) for a Naga...as i couldnt fly it i started to skill to it.
Now i went to My winning blinks and i see i have a Oracle there , instead of the Naga ?!?
I need to restart skill for it again for beeing Minmatar i cant fly either...
I really need to know wich one is the correct i will receive and wonder if it is possible to get a Tornado in replacement for those ,since beeing ( guess ) same to SomerBlink it would be a great help for me...thx in advance for your time in this matter.
Hi there HAAMIAH,
I can confirm you won an Oracle on 2011-12-06 07:22:29, and was contracted to you on 2011-12-06 10:08:08.
A new Tornado has been picked and packed in preparation for shipment to your planet of residence. Please accept this token of good will free of charge for your troubles.
Kind regards,
Shuurh
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Ricand Michelliaos
Estrale Frontiers
Project Wildfire
1
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Posted - 2011.12.08 08:55:00 -
[649] - Quote
I have spent much too much Isk on this auction site. Won a Wolf on my first ever blink, then won a tornado after that. I got the money for the Wolf very quickly. It is addicting. |
JaseNZ
The Suicide Kings
Test Alliance Please Ignore
0
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Posted - 2011.12.08 11:35:00 -
[650] - Quote
Ricand Michelliaos wrote:It is addicting.
This.
Before I knew it I had dropped 5bil into the Blink coffers lol.
My winnings are still higher than my deposits, so I'm not complaining.
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Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
38
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Posted - 2011.12.10 17:14:00 -
[651] - Quote
My god we're closing in on 80T quickly. o.O
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Shayden
1
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Posted - 2011.12.11 19:21:00 -
[652] - Quote
Question: I answered the Butan trivia correclty, i saw there was something about a bonus on the page. How does this butan trivia work again? I dont see any credit added to my account so im a little confused |
Somerset Mahm
Somer's Omnibus Exploration and Reclamation
Cognitive Distortion
65
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Posted - 2011.12.11 21:33:00 -
[653] - Quote
Shayden wrote:Question: I answered the Butan trivia correclty, i saw there was something about a bonus on the page. How does this butan trivia work again? I dont see any credit added to my account so im a little confused
Hi! Good job on your trivia skills :)
Once the timer on the butan page runs out, the butan reward + the butan bonus is divided among all people who got it right. So for yesterday's butan, that was about 14 million credit per person.
The credit is added to your account at the time the butan is over, not at the time you answer it-- so you'll have to check back after that :)
I see that you got your credit:
14,081,308 ISK
Trivia reward
2011-12-11 03:45:02
Hope this helps! |
Shayden
1
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Posted - 2011.12.11 22:11:00 -
[654] - Quote
Somerset Mahm wrote:Shayden wrote:Question: I answered the Butan trivia correclty, i saw there was something about a bonus on the page. How does this butan trivia work again? I dont see any credit added to my account so im a little confused Hi! Good job on your trivia skills :) Once the timer on the butan page runs out, the butan reward + the butan bonus is divided among all people who got it right. So for yesterday's butan, that was about 14 million credit per person. The credit is added to your account at the time the butan is over, not at the time you answer it-- so you'll have to check back after that :) I see that you got your credit: 14,081,308 ISK Trivia reward 2011-12-11 03:45:02 Hope this helps!
Ah thank you, yes it did :) Just couldnt see any reward under winnings page so thought there wasnt any bonus left.
But this was fun, my first butan :) |
L'amour Sauvage
Underworld Group
0
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Posted - 2011.12.12 02:38:00 -
[655] - Quote
Knock knock. Who's there? Orange you glad you made the stats? :)
Almost 80tril, great job guys.
70 will be hard to top, best job yet. Especially the chan mod use and continuing the jollies after the main event.
On stats, add maybe the next 3 players names in each category.
Excited for the upcoming joy/surprises |
Ishina Fel
Terra Incognita
Intrepid Crossing
1
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Posted - 2011.12.12 12:54:00 -
[656] - Quote
Can somebody enlighten me about the background to the last Butan trivia? Up until now, I've always at least had a rough inkling what the question was about, even in the cases where I couldn't find the answer... but this one? Not even the answer, "Nehebkau Fetkoz", rings a bell.
Is that from one of the novels maybe? |
Khriest
Solitary Freelancers
0
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Posted - 2011.12.12 15:14:00 -
[657] - Quote
News article
http://www.eveonline.com/news.asp?a=single&nid=4699&tid=7
BattleClinic killboard
http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/killmail.php?id=14108276 |
Titanium PIg
Escape Velocity Enterprises
0
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Posted - 2011.12.12 17:04:00 -
[658] - Quote
The Twelve Days of Blink.
On the first day of Christmas,
Somer Blink sent to me
A Bhaalgorn in a pear tree.
On the second day of Christmas,
Somer Blink sent to me
Two faction cruisers,
And a Bhaalgorn in a pear tree.
On the third day of Christmas,
Somer Blink sent to me
Three pimped Proteus,
Two faction cruisers,
And a Bhaalgorn in a pear tree.
On the fourth day of Christmas,
Somer Blink sent to me
Four Absolution's,
Three pimped Proteus,
Two faction cruisers,
And a Bhaalgorn in a pear tree.
On the fifth day of Christmas,
Somer Blink sent to me
Five Guardian Vexor's,
Four Absolution's,
Three pimped Proteus,
Two faction cruisers,
And a Bhaalgorn in a pear tree.
On the sixth day of Christmas,
Somer Blink sent to me
Six Rorqual playing,
Five Guardian Vexor's,
Four Absolution's,
Three pimped Proteus,
Two faction cruisers,
And a Bhaalgorn in a pear tree.
On the seventh day of Christmas,
Somer Blink sent to me
Seven State Issue Raven's,
Six Rorqual playing,
Five Guardian Vexor's,
Four Absolution's,
Three pimped Proteus,
Two faction cruisers,
And a Bhaalgorn in a pear tree.
On the eighth day of Christmas,
Somer Blink sent to me
Eight Nidhoggur's a-sulking,
Seven State Issue Raven's,
Six Rorqual playing,
Five Guardian Vexor's,
Four Absolution's,
Three pimped Proteus,
Two faction cruisers,
And a Bhaalgorn in a pear tree.
On the ninth day of Christmas,
Somer Blink sent to me
Nine plex's prancing,
Eight Nidhoggur's a-sulking,
Seven State Issue Raven's,
Six Rorqual playing,
Five Guardian Vexor's,
Four Absolution's,
Three pimped Proteus,
Two faction cruisers,
And a Bhaalgorn in a pear tree.
On the tenth day of Christmas,
Somer Blink sent to me
Ten Nightmare's a-weeping,
Nine plex's prancing,
Eight Nidhoggur's a-sulking,
Seven State Issue Raven's,
Six Rorqual playing,
Five Guardian Vexor's,
Four Absolution's,
Three pimped Proteus,
Two faction cruisers,
And a Bhaalgorn in a pear tree.
On the eleventh day of Christmas,
Somer Blink sent to me
Eleven Sleipner's Hiding,
Ten Nightmare's a-weeping,
Nine plex's prancing,
Eight Nidhoggur's a-sulking,
Seven State Issue Raven's,
Six Rorqual playing,
Five Guardian Vexor's,
Four Absolution's,
Three pimped Proteus,
Two faction cruisers,
And a Bhaalgorn in a pear tree.
On the twelfth day of Christmas,
Somer Blink sent to me
Twelve Mega's humming,
Eleven Sleipner's Hiding,
Ten Nightmare's a-weeping,
Nine plex's prancing,
Eight Nidhoggur's a-sulking,
Seven State Issue Raven's,
Six Rorqual playing,
Five Guardian Vexor's,
Four Absolution's,
Three pimped Proteus,
Two faction cruisers,
And a Bhaalgorn in a pear tree!
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Titanium PIg
Escape Velocity Enterprises
0
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Posted - 2011.12.12 17:23:00 -
[659] - Quote
Dear Somerclaus,
i have bean a x-tremely goode bhoy this yeer and have dun evry thing that my ma and pa has told me to do; i has even eatin all my vegi tables (xcept for peas cuz they r like YUK!)
i was hoping that cuz i has been so goode, u could send me my bestest ever cristmus prezent this year... last year i only got 14 pairs of green soks from my nana, which is really weird cuz she iz dead.
i hope u have a really really really really nice cristmus too...
merry cristmus and a happy new yeer,
all my luv,
little timmy, |
Ishina Fel
Terra Incognita
Intrepid Crossing
1
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Posted - 2011.12.12 17:30:00 -
[660] - Quote
Ah, thanks, that explains the mystery. Turns out I wasn't subscribed during that particular series of live events. |
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Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
38
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Posted - 2011.12.13 23:40:00 -
[661] - Quote
Ishina Fel wrote:Ah, thanks, that explains the mystery. Turns out I wasn't subscribed during that particular series of live events.
If it makes you feel better - I can almost never figure em out :p
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Sucya Alldown
Massive Ego Kool-aid Squad
Bipolar Stability
0
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Posted - 2011.12.14 05:05:00 -
[662] - Quote
I won a strategic cruiser skill book set i selected tengu, i received subsystem book for Caldari but strategic cruiser book for Gallente. I didn't realize this until i had already accepted the contract. What now?
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Somerset Mahm
Somer's Omnibus Exploration and Reclamation
Cognitive Distortion
67
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Posted - 2011.12.14 05:49:00 -
[663] - Quote
Oops! I'll contract you the correct one in a sec. That seems to be a hard thing for us to get right. Sorry for the trouble! |
Mike Hibbert
Incompertus INC
Fatal Ascension
7
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Posted - 2011.12.16 08:44:00 -
[664] - Quote
Decided to toss my last 133 million in cash into blink tonight, took 1 ticket on a Phoenix and when i checked back (was scanning down a Serpentis Fleet Staging Post......got all the escalations too had a beautiful blue blinkie, took the ship as im only 2 hours from being able to fly it..........Thanks Somer!!!!!!!! |
ReD BeAcOn
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2011.12.17 04:24:00 -
[665] - Quote
Hi all,
To Somerblink staff ,
im a "power of two" account , therefor i believed this status where as a fully independent account and made some PROMOS simultaneously with main account...not trying to scam anything at Somerblink.
With full right ,i recognize , my Somerblink account was shutted down.
I wonder if its possible reallowed my participation on Somerblink with the promise i wont play Promos simultaneously with main account.
Thanks for your time and sorry for the inconvenience of what i did.
Best regards , ReD. |
Neon Razor
Muppet Ninja's
Ninja Unicorns with Huge Horns
0
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Posted - 2011.12.17 20:15:00 -
[666] - Quote
1 bil in
3.5 bil out in less than 5 mins. thanks somer!!
flashy red for the win :) |
Somerset Mahm
Somer's Omnibus Exploration and Reclamation
Cognitive Distortion
68
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Posted - 2011.12.18 03:01:00 -
[667] - Quote
ReD BeAcOn wrote:Hi all,
To Somerblink staff ,
im a "power of two" account , therefor i believed this status where as a fully independent account and made some PROMOS simultaneously with main account...not trying to scam anything at Somerblink.
Hi! I can switch which account is open if you like. I'll toss you an Evemail. |
ReD BeAcOn
Cruor Angelus Divortium
0
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Posted - 2011.12.19 19:13:00 -
[668] - Quote
[quote=Somerset Mahm]Quote:
Hi! I can switch which account is open if you like. I'll toss you an Evemail.
Hi Mahm ,thx for replay...if i did understood well , only 1 account will be permited , if so the active one at the moment is the main one so its ok to stay like it is now...once i cant play normal Blink with 2 account then please erase this one for its no more use at Somerblink.
thx again for the answer and Merry Christmas to you all and relatives.
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Jimmy Darmody
House Aratus
Fatal Ascension
1
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Posted - 2011.12.20 23:13:00 -
[669] - Quote
This thing is so great, I really love it!! |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
38
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Posted - 2011.12.23 01:32:00 -
[670] - Quote
Rapidly closing in on that 80T celebration goodness!
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
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Dilligafmofo
Sandman Plc
Laika.
43
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Posted - 2011.12.23 08:29:00 -
[671] - Quote
To the guys at the Somer Blink admin team and the nutters in the chat channel, Thank you for a great year, i have won a shed load of goodies and made some terrific friends.
Here's to Christmas and the 80T celebrations.
Merry Christmas one and all
o7 Dilli |
Landrae
Blood Angel Asylum
202
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Posted - 2011.12.23 10:25:00 -
[672] - Quote
Dilligafmofo wrote:To the guys at the Somer Blink admin team and the nutters in the chat channel, Thank you for a great year, i have won a shed load of goodies and made some terrific friends.
Here's to Christmas and the 80T celebrations.
Merry Christmas one and all
o7 Dilli
I won somers soul from an underhanded back room poker game!
Boltorano > Freaking Landrae, how does he work?
Roses are red, Violets are blue, I have a gun, Get in the van. |
F1ip
Cadre Assault Force
Initiative Mercenaries
0
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Posted - 2011.12.23 22:57:00 -
[673] - Quote
Something is really suspicious about how most of the people who win promo's are people who have either little to no blink wins. Or people who have really horrible W/L ratios. Just pointing that out and seeing if there is anybody else who has noticed that and thinks it's total bullshit. And excuse me but I also find it even more ****** up is that the people who win the larger blinks more consistently are either the extreme players or new players. It just seems stacked to me....merry Christmas. |
Shady Smurf
Smurf Inc.
1
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Posted - 2011.12.24 03:02:00 -
[674] - Quote
Such a phenomenal service! Ships won are delivered FAST. Any issues are handled quickly!
Shady |
Chaotic Panda
Xicron Syndicate
Double Tap.
5
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Posted - 2011.12.24 07:37:00 -
[675] - Quote
The 80T celebration is rolling around, time to get your credit in! |
SarDukk
Foulsbane Incorporated
2
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Posted - 2011.12.24 07:38:00 -
[676] - Quote
80T here we come. Get into channel people this is going to be epic!!!!!
"Something is really suspicious about how most of the people who win promo's are people who have either little to no blink wins. Or people who have really horrible W/L ratios. Just pointing that out and seeing if there is anybody else who has noticed that and thinks it's total bullshit. And excuse me but I also find it even more ****** up is that the people who win the larger blinks more consistently are either the extreme players or new players. It just seems stacked to me....merry Christmas"
Typical loser post......ignore this and come join the party!!! |
CSM Barret
Jolly Codgers
0
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Posted - 2011.12.24 07:38:00 -
[677] - Quote
i won a nightmare on a promo right before the 80 trillion mark! amazing lottery! |
Ericdon
REDLEGION
We Suck At This Game
0
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Posted - 2011.12.24 07:39:00 -
[678] - Quote
I have to say I have had my ups and downs with Blink (due to my lust for spending ISK) But the recent changes (Tus's new freighter crew) new claims / fullfillment staff have ended a already spectacular with a Bang with 80T hitting on Xmas eve...what more could us grown kids ask for? I mean would you rather have a new ship in your stocking or the usual lump of coal :) Happy 80T everyone and safe holidays! |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
38
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Posted - 2011.12.24 07:44:00 -
[679] - Quote
It's time to lock the kids in the closet and wake the alliance mates - because there's a party brewin!
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
SarDukk
Foulsbane Incorporated
2
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Posted - 2011.12.24 07:54:00 -
[680] - Quote
Oh and F1ip, doesnt stop you playing still does it, good luck |
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Levija Saplina
Supremacy Inc.
Not Found.
20
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Posted - 2011.12.24 08:37:00 -
[681] - Quote
I want some Somer nogg. |
Ricand Michelliaos
Estrale Frontiers
Project Wildfire
1
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Posted - 2011.12.24 08:40:00 -
[682] - Quote
I am spazzing out over here; 80t is bigger than christmas to me at this point.
MUST....NEVER....STOP....BLINKING..... |
Somerset Mahm
Somer's Omnibus Exploration and Reclamation
Cognitive Distortion
71
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Posted - 2011.12.24 09:49:00 -
[683] - Quote
I've just put up the Blink Christmas Giveaway page. Everyone can unwrap a present from Blink and it doesn't cost you anything! Everyone gets something in their present, so no one will go away empty-handed :)
Here comes 80T! |
F1ip
Cadre Assault Force
Initiative Mercenaries
0
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Posted - 2011.12.24 10:29:00 -
[684] - Quote
SarDukk wrote:Oh and F1ip, doesnt stop you playing still does it, good luck
And yes I do plan on participating in the 80 **** fest, but I'll still stick with my previous comment. Look though the past promo winners and tell me how often the winners have only won less than 50 blinks. Just really oddly coincidental. And lastly i'll leave with 2 statements, I dont believe there is "luck" involved with somerblink, and second once again happy holidays. |
SarDukk
Foulsbane Incorporated
2
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Posted - 2011.12.24 10:30:00 -
[685] - Quote
13 Bil to go before we hit the magic 80T!!! Get your blink on!!! |
SarDukk
Foulsbane Incorporated
2
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Posted - 2011.12.24 10:32:00 -
[686] - Quote
F1ip wrote:SarDukk wrote:Oh and F1ip, doesnt stop you playing still does it, good luck And yes I do plan on participating in the 80 **** fest, but I'll still stick with my previous comment. Look though the past promo winners and tell me how often the winners have only won less than 50 blinks. Just really oddly coincidental. And lastly i'll leave with 2 statements, I dont believe there is "luck" involved with somerblink, and second once again happy holidays.
Ok F1ip, you are entitled to your opinion of course, its nothing personal. I have other views having won and lost.
Happy holidays to yourself too |
E Wan
The Positron
18
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Posted - 2011.12.24 11:01:00 -
[687] - Quote
CONGRATS ON 80T MILESTONE! |
Shuurh
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
4
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Posted - 2011.12.24 11:20:00 -
[688] - Quote
80T is here, and already the promogasm has started. Log in your accounts, rally your alliance/corp mates together and spend Christmas winning some amazing prizes.
On behalf of SOMER blink, we hope you all have a lovely Christmas!
SOMER Blink - The original and best microlottery site. |
Daedelus Xintari
Crimson Nation
En Garde
0
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Posted - 2011.12.24 22:15:00 -
[689] - Quote
This APP is addicting as hell. Even Though I don't Win its still fun. Your an Evil Genius Miss Mahm |
Zevon
Confuse-A-Cat Ltd.
1
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Posted - 2011.12.25 14:37:00 -
[690] - Quote
Merry Blinkmas, and a Pantless New Year to all! |
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Shady Smurf
Smurf Inc.
1
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Posted - 2011.12.25 21:00:00 -
[691] - Quote
Congrats on 80T. The Bonk prize are amazing as always. |
L'amour Sauvage
Underworld Group
0
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Posted - 2011.12.26 16:22:00 -
[692] - Quote
Nice to see new faces on stats :)
Hurry up Shady Smurf, db blue is mocking yer skin tone/smurfitude.
Hope all having decent holiday season. |
Brother Spank
Friendly Caveman Space Band
0
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Posted - 2011.12.27 17:57:00 -
[693] - Quote
heya :)
Is it possible to see the minibonk result, and if yes, where ? |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
38
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Posted - 2011.12.28 05:35:00 -
[694] - Quote
The minibonks and main Bonk were just drawn :)
And the winners are:
Navy Pack - Featious!
JF of choice - KingRobbolo
12 PLEX - Targus Del'Norah
And the main Bonk:
Utu 1 - Chronos Chi
Utu 2 - Thomas Moebius
Utu 3 - Ajaxan
Congratulations to the minibonk, bonk, and promo winners - we had a great time celebrating 80T and Christmas all at once :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
KingRobbolo
Southern Cross Trilogy
Flying Dangerous
0
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Posted - 2011.12.28 06:42:00 -
[695] - Quote
Excellent celebrations once more! Great work on giving people a good holiday season! Hope everyone had as much fun as I did. That shiney new JF was delivered fast making me one happy bunny! |
Levija Saplina
Supremacy Inc.
Not Found.
21
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Posted - 2011.12.28 08:23:00 -
[696] - Quote
And once again I wasted billions of isk and got nothing :(
I've done 40 T, 50 T, 60 T, 70 T and now 80 T, kind of starting to think that I should stop playing all this. Not a single promo won, bonks/mini bonks are drawn right in the middle of European night time so there's no chance to participate in the drawings (and it has always been the case, it always happens at around 4-5 am EU time), and no prizes for me.
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Smoulders
Smoulders Holding
3
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Posted - 2011.12.28 09:54:00 -
[697] - Quote
Congratulations to all the winners. May the prices last at least a few days |
Featious
Stimulus
Rote Kapelle
0
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Posted - 2011.12.28 12:29:00 -
[698] - Quote
Received the Navy Pack. Thanks so much and appreciate all that you do! |
Chronos Chi
Vodka Fuelled Chaos
0
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Posted - 2011.12.28 18:50:00 -
[699] - Quote
Received my Utu as 1 of 3 top prizes in the Main 80T Bonk.
Thanks so much to Somerset Mahm and the rest of the SOMER crew for everything they bring to the Eve Community.
Keep it up see you at the 90T celebrations.
Chronos Chi
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Targus Del'Norah
Unsponsored Faggotry
0
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Posted - 2011.12.28 20:35:00 -
[700] - Quote
Just logged in and saw the contract tab blinking. Figured it was one of my friends contracting another load of ore to process for him. While I was looking over the contract, it took me a while to connect the dots between "Twelve PLEX for nothing" and "Oh hey didn't I play in that lottery?".
Feels great, love you guys at BLINK!
P.S. Jimbase, I found it adorable you added me as a KoS. On the off chance I do stumble upon you, feel free to get mad and attack me for winning a lottery. |
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Slider VII
Star Frontiers
BricK sQuAD.
11
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Posted - 2011.12.29 04:13:00 -
[701] - Quote
Really fun site, super fast !!!
Won 4 blinks and took the isk buyout for over 1 bil! converted the other 2 for more site credit and won 3 more blinks.....
Can't believe that the turn around is super fast and efficient.
Have to give it a try only once and you can't say it's fun.
+1
Enjoy!
-Slider VII
Not in a Corp at the moment
Target Practice anyone?
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Aerokella
Confuse-A-Cat Ltd.
0
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Posted - 2011.12.30 15:14:00 -
[702] - Quote
Merry Christmas Somer!! From Oktoberfest and alllllll your Blinkers =) |
Min0ka
Everlasting Forge
Imperial Ascension
0
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Posted - 2011.12.30 15:15:00 -
[703] - Quote
Merry Christmas Somer!!! from oktoberfest and all your blinkers! |
Ericdon
REDLEGION
We Suck At This Game
0
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Posted - 2011.12.30 15:15:00 -
[704] - Quote
Merry Christmas Somer!!! From Oktoberfest and all your blinkers! |
Mafone
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
0
|
Posted - 2011.12.30 15:15:00 -
[705] - Quote
"Merry Christmas Somer!!! from Oktoberfest and all your blinkers!"
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Dilligafmofo
Sandman Plc
Laika.
47
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Posted - 2011.12.30 15:15:00 -
[706] - Quote
"Merry Christmas Somer!!! from Oktoberfest and all your blinkers!"
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Totally NotDave
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2011.12.30 15:16:00 -
[707] - Quote
Merry Christmas Somer!!! from Oktoberfest and all your blinkers!
Seriously, Blink is sweet. Getting a few lucky promo wins during 10T celebrations has kept me in PLEX for a few months, you just can't beat that. |
chain evoltion
Equilibrium - Enterprises
Satori Group
2
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Posted - 2011.12.30 15:17:00 -
[708] - Quote
"Merry Christmas Somer!!! from Oktoberfest and all your blinkers!" |
Salmandi Deritro
Sals wanderer
0
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Posted - 2011.12.30 15:17:00 -
[709] - Quote
"Merry Christmas Somer!!! from Oktoberfest and all your blinkers!" |
Dilligafmofo
Sandman Plc
Laika.
47
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Posted - 2011.12.30 15:19:00 -
[710] - Quote
October and the team promo some real shiney stuffs. Thanks guys
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Dilligafmofo
Sandman Plc
Laika.
48
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Posted - 2011.12.30 16:37:00 -
[711] - Quote
I'm having a blast at somer blink. We had Oktoberfest join in the shenanigans today, he bgave away 5b worth of stuff in under an hour !!
Somer must be a forgiving boss |
Titanium PIg
Escape Velocity Enterprises
0
|
Posted - 2011.12.30 18:47:00 -
[712] - Quote
"Merry Christmas Somer!!! from Oktoberfest and all your blinkers!"
and an advanced Happy New Year (here's hoping it's better than the last)
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Oktoberfest Mahm
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
0
|
Posted - 2011.12.31 14:22:00 -
[713] - Quote
From Blink down-under i want to wish you all a happy new year and prosperity for the future! |
Nordali Amistran
Firefly Federation
United Pod Service
0
|
Posted - 2011.12.31 22:50:00 -
[714] - Quote
My entry into the New years Eve 2011/2012 Banner competition!
http://i41.tinypic.com/23t47pc.jpg |
chain evoltion
Equilibrium - Enterprises
Satori Group
4
|
Posted - 2011.12.31 22:51:00 -
[715] - Quote
Happy new year all
Happy New year |
Kiyl
YOU ARE ALL DOOMED
Double Tap.
10
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Posted - 2011.12.31 23:02:00 -
[716] - Quote
Happy New Year!
My Entry! |
Nordali Amistran
Firefly Federation
United Pod Service
0
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Posted - 2011.12.31 23:12:00 -
[717] - Quote
[22:33:47] Kylen Celina > Ok get ready to draw. Mach as the prize. Draw me a somer blink happy newyear banner and post it on the forum thread. The winner will be picked by the people in the chat channel |
Nordali Amistran
Firefly Federation
United Pod Service
0
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Posted - 2011.12.31 23:38:00 -
[718] - Quote
[23:36:54] Kylen Celina > Ok new spot prize available. Poor Oktoberfest is having to work so to win a Mach write a message to cheer him up on a sheet of paper and sign it with your blink id and take a picture of you holding the paper. The draw will be just after midnight |
Nordali Amistran
Firefly Federation
United Pod Service
0
|
Posted - 2011.12.31 23:40:00 -
[719] - Quote
http://i44.tinypic.com/awu61k.jpg |
Ace Nitsua
Mechanical Eagles Inc.
The Ancients.
0
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Posted - 2011.12.31 23:44:00 -
[720] - Quote
Happy New Years
My pic |
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A3sir
Distinguished Gentleman's Boating Club
Test Alliance Please Ignore
17
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Posted - 2012.01.01 00:04:00 -
[721] - Quote
Happy New Year
http://imgur.com/i0TtG |
Jawarrior2010
The Supernatural Extravaganza
1
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Posted - 2012.01.01 00:09:00 -
[722] - Quote
will it works....
New year |
Zevon
Confuse-A-Cat Ltd.
1
|
Posted - 2012.01.01 00:39:00 -
[723] - Quote
http://img805.imageshack.us/img805/9966/christmaspickle.jpg |
A3sir
Distinguished Gentleman's Boating Club
Test Alliance Please Ignore
17
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Posted - 2012.01.01 00:50:00 -
[724] - Quote
Entry for Oktoberfest cheer up: http://imgur.com/a/0ZfSj |
Zevon
Confuse-A-Cat Ltd.
3
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Posted - 2012.01.01 01:08:00 -
[725] - Quote
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/2710/oktoberfesto.jpg |
Aerokella
Confuse-A-Cat Ltd.
0
|
Posted - 2012.01.01 01:14:00 -
[726] - Quote
Zevon and I are confirming that work blows!!! |
Slider VII
Infusion.
Tactical Narcotics Team
11
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Posted - 2012.01.01 02:48:00 -
[727] - Quote
If you are not playing this lottery your a fool....put in 350 mil isk....30 minutes laters had just over 5 billion isk deposited from the winnings as well as 2 sets of +4 implants 1-5.
Easiest way to make isk and not have to sweat out hours of killing missions and rats!
-Slider VII
Target Practice anyone?
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TFC ALLIANCE
Viziam
Amarr Empire
0
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Posted - 2012.01.02 10:17:00 -
[728] - Quote
who do i eve mail about bugs in the system ?? deposited 500 mill on account in 1 go and only some of it went on account..
awesome site.... won loads tho :) |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
42
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Posted - 2012.01.05 11:44:00 -
[729] - Quote
Whew. Made it through the holiday multiple celebration madness, though I think a few folks may have angered their families leaving dinners to catch promos :P
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
F1ip
Cadre Assault Force
Initiative Mercenaries
0
|
Posted - 2012.01.06 22:06:00 -
[730] - Quote
Best well organized and ran scam in EVE. |
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Boozer Hoover
Eternal Phoenix Rises
Dark Phoenix Rising.
0
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Posted - 2012.01.07 02:54:00 -
[731] - Quote
Suggestion
I always want to read the details on a promo..... but since its a promo I always make a rush for a ticket..... then I cant read the details of it
Can you make the details of the promo item stay open.?
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Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
78
|
Posted - 2012.01.07 08:20:00 -
[732] - Quote
Boozer Hoover wrote:Suggestion
I always want to read the details on a promo..... but since its a promo I always make a rush for a ticket..... then I cant read the details of it
Can you make the details of the promo item stay open.?
This makes sense. I'll fix it.
SOMER Blink - Microlotteries that Finish in Minutes!
Over 750,000 Blinks completed for over 80 Trillion ISK! |
Levija Saplina
Supremacy Inc.
Not Found.
54
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Posted - 2012.01.07 11:07:00 -
[733] - Quote
ANy ideas when your ticket tracker will work again my dear and lovely Somer ? |
Titanium PIg
Escape Velocity Enterprises
1
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Posted - 2012.01.07 14:31:00 -
[734] - Quote
Suggestion Box:-
- Ambient background music (i.e, elevator music)
- Random hourly prizes (only available to active blinkers in past hour)
- Blinker of the Day / Week / Month / Year (Most normal blinks, most big blinks, most mega blinks)
- Free Normal blink with every 10 x normal blinks played
- Free Big blink with every 10 x big blinks played
- Free Mega blink with every 10 x mega blinks played
- Extra prize for first correct answer to Butan
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Levija Saplina
Supremacy Inc.
Not Found.
54
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Posted - 2012.01.08 09:54:00 -
[735] - Quote
Titanium PIg wrote:Suggestion Box:-
- Free Normal blink with every 10 x normal blinks played
- Free Big blink with every 10 x big blinks played
- Free Mega blink with every 10 x mega blinks played
I think that might prove to cost Somer more than it brings in, I don't know, have to calculate.
But maybe every 25 blinks would cut it ok.
But I like the idea. |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
78
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Posted - 2012.01.09 06:34:00 -
[736] - Quote
Somerset Mahm wrote:Boozer Hoover wrote:Suggestion
I always want to read the details on a promo..... but since its a promo I always make a rush for a ticket..... then I cant read the details of it
Can you make the details of the promo item stay open.?
This makes sense. I'll fix it.
I have added this.
SOMER Blink - Microlotteries that Finish in Minutes!
Over 750,000 Blinks completed for over 80 Trillion ISK! |
Titanium PIg
Escape Velocity Enterprises
1
|
Posted - 2012.01.09 21:01:00 -
[737] - Quote
"REDS IN SYSTEM!",
The carebears cried,
Burn to gate,
They tried; and died.
Was pods-a-poppin,
left and right,
that gave the carebears,
such a fright.
To a man they did complain,
And F12 pressed to submit their claims.
They voiced their anger,
and vented steam,
To no avail,
it would seem.
As CCP passed judgement right,
and proclaimed from their lofty height,
"If undocking; prepare to fight!"
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Levija Saplina
Supremacy Inc.
Not Found.
54
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Posted - 2012.01.10 22:43:00 -
[738] - Quote
Levija Saplina wrote:ANy ideas when your ticket tracker will work again my dear and lovely Somer ?
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Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
78
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Posted - 2012.01.11 01:35:00 -
[739] - Quote
Levija Saplina wrote:Levija Saplina wrote:ANy ideas when your ticket tracker will work again my dear and lovely Somer ?
It should be working now-- I'm just not running lottery escrow at the moment.
If you're having issues please toss me a mail :)
SOMER Blink - Microlotteries that Finish in Minutes!
Over 750,000 Blinks completed for over 80 Trillion ISK! |
Poetic Stanziel
Arrakis Technology
675
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Posted - 2012.01.11 02:03:00 -
[740] - Quote
Gambling Degenerates - Gambling Around New Eden
Today I lost my common sense,
It slipped away between Amamake and Rens,
I think it happened in highsec,
Using a Brutix to gank a Providence.
-- Flunk |
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Shikoba Drago
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2012.01.11 10:43:00 -
[741] - Quote
This is my first day playing somerblink, and to be honest thought I was gonna lose all my money and walk away with nothing to show for it. But with 45 mill deposisited(plus bonus from buying ETC through their site), I won 2 ishkurs, a myrmi, and an orca! pretty great. I will recommend to friends! |
Shuurh
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
5
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Posted - 2012.01.20 09:20:00 -
[742] - Quote
Needed some bumping love.
...and while i'm here, I thought it best to let you guys know a small promo chain is currently active :)
SOMER Blink - The original and best microlottery site. |
Titanium PIg
Escape Velocity Enterprises
1
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Posted - 2012.01.20 10:57:00 -
[743] - Quote
Shuurh wrote:Needed some bumping love.
...and while i'm here, I thought it best to let you guys know a small promo chain is currently active :)
Bumpz !
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GrammarNazi
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
3
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Posted - 2012.01.20 16:04:00 -
[744] - Quote
As a reminder, Blink will be undergoing some downtime as we switch servers tonight. The switch-over will happen in between 0100 and 0500, which is around nine hours from this post. We'll be holding a contest or two, so if you'd like to get in on the action, join the channel "Somer Lotteries" to get your fix.
90T, coming up fast! Are you going to be there? |
Titanium PIg
Escape Velocity Enterprises
1
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Posted - 2012.01.20 17:24:00 -
[745] - Quote
I can confirm both my availability and attendence for 90T.
Please, therefore, reserve one place for myself
Please note that this comment was made under neither duress nor persuasion and no animals were harmed in its creation.
Please also remember that your income can go up as well as down
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Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
79
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Posted - 2012.01.21 06:06:00 -
[746] - Quote
Annnd we're back. Hopefully no one suffered too much!
(I suffered a little bit when one of the database tables was corrupt and had to be rebuilt. Yay for backups.)
SOMER Blink - Microlotteries that Finish in Minutes!
Over 750,000 Blinks completed for over 80 Trillion ISK! |
OoziePrime
Fleet Under Constant Unified Power
0
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Posted - 2012.01.21 07:39:00 -
[747] - Quote
Just thought id say:
SOMER BLINK ROCKS!
Thatisall,
-OoziePrime |
Gul Barat
Obsidian Order of Cardassia
0
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Posted - 2012.01.21 18:50:00 -
[748] - Quote
Is there currently a bug in the api-system? I deposited 380 Mio ISK at18:07 eve time (today) , after 40 minutes your web page still shows me "processing api" , how long does it usually take for the blink wallet to update? |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
79
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Posted - 2012.01.21 19:25:00 -
[749] - Quote
Gul Barat wrote:Is there currently a bug in the api-system? I deposited 380 Mio ISK at18:07 eve time (today) , after 40 minutes your web page still shows me "processing api" , how long does it usually take for the blink wallet to update?
Got stuck a little bit, yeah. New server pains :P I unstuck it and it's fixed now.
SOMER Blink - Microlotteries that Finish in Minutes!
Over 750,000 Blinks completed for over 80 Trillion ISK! |
hy wanto destroyer
Exodus Navy
BLACK-MARK
0
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Posted - 2012.01.22 14:04:00 -
[750] - Quote
Someone put some ISK in my Somer Blink account im broke but addicted! |
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Levija Saplina
Supremacy Inc.
Not Found.
61
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Posted - 2012.01.23 07:41:00 -
[751] - Quote
I know some people that are so addicted that they will deposit every 50 mil they get from ratting/running anomalies in null sec.
They never keep a single cent for anything else.
That's how addictive Blink is. |
Marlena Mildari
Errant Guard
Motivated and Determined
1
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Posted - 2012.01.23 11:09:00 -
[752] - Quote
Just a small enhancement, it would be cool if you can pick a ratio between isk, and blink credit payout with a slider or something.
sometimes its a bit annoying to have to make the full isk payout, retransfer an amount to blink, and wait for the api cycle to continue to play.
Otherwise fantastic site, addictive as hell, and fun :) |
Ellendras Silver
Cosmodynamics
9
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Posted - 2012.01.23 11:47:00 -
[753] - Quote
do you guys also deposit isk from somer blink to eve player ? |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
79
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Posted - 2012.01.23 18:55:00 -
[754] - Quote
Ellendras Silver wrote:do you guys also deposit isk from somer blink to eve player ?
There is no ability to withdraw ISK from your account. If you win a prize, you can take an ISK buyout for the prize's value instead of the ship itself-- it's an option in your My Blinks page when you win :)
SOMER Blink - Microlotteries that Finish in Minutes!
Over 750,000 Blinks completed for over 80 Trillion ISK! |
Odyssey996
Sons Of 0din
Fatal Ascension
0
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Posted - 2012.01.23 21:28:00 -
[755] - Quote
I purchased a GTC through you guys
How long does it take for the 100 mil credit to show up in my acct?
EDIT: Nevermind, I totally skipped the reference thing. I derped hard, but I blame it on you guys cause I was staring at the shiny Curse I was blinking. |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
79
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Posted - 2012.01.23 21:41:00 -
[756] - Quote
Odyssey996 wrote:I purchased a GTC through you guys How long does it take for the 100 mil credit to show up in my acct? EDIT: Nevermind, I totally skipped the reference thing. I derped hard, but I blame it on you guys cause I was staring at the shiny Curse I was blinking.
If you need any help claiming it just toss me a mail :) thanks so much for supporting Blink!
SOMER Blink - Microlotteries that Finish in Minutes!
Over 750,000 Blinks completed for over 80 Trillion ISK! |
Kaiden Vakarian
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2012.01.25 10:54:00 -
[757] - Quote
award...paper *****! |
Levija Saplina
Supremacy Inc.
Not Found.
62
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Posted - 2012.01.25 11:51:00 -
[758] - Quote
Time to make my deposit for the 90 T celebration. |
aRmoreD eX
Decimus Corp
3
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Posted - 2012.01.25 17:29:00 -
[759] - Quote
Somer.Blink is great fun and very addicting, I love it! |
Tus
Kryton Solutions
Cognitive Development
0
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Posted - 2012.01.26 00:53:00 -
[760] - Quote
90T is happening tonight guys! Let your corp mates, alliance mates, and buddies know that Blink is getting ready to kick off for their 90T Celebration! Stop by our channel, And play on the site. You really do not want to miss out on this. :) |
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Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
80
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Posted - 2012.01.26 01:22:00 -
[761] - Quote
I have new minibonks and a new bonk ready to go :)
SOMER Blink - Microlotteries that Finish in Minutes!
Over 750,000 Blinks completed for over 80 Trillion ISK! |
Hayley Enaka
Battle With Halibut Swords
0
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Posted - 2012.01.26 01:36:00 -
[762] - Quote
Finally caved in a joined up, hoping for some beginners luck |
Sal Travins
Tymast Industries 150th
Forgotten Empire.
1
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Posted - 2012.01.26 06:07:00 -
[763] - Quote
I love blink.
I just wish they kept a running track-list of the individual ships you've won. You know, nothing fancy, but a way to keep track of your hotdog progress. :P |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
80
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Posted - 2012.01.26 07:09:00 -
[764] - Quote
Sal Travins wrote:I love blink.
I just wish they kept a running track-list of the individual ships you've won. You know, nothing fancy, but a way to keep track of your hotdog progress. :P
We do! Go to "My Blinks", and then click on "View All Winnings" on the right.
SOMER Blink - Microlotteries that Finish in Minutes!
Over 750,000 Blinks completed for over 80 Trillion ISK! |
Jim Lopau
Jovian Light
Jovian Empire
0
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Posted - 2012.01.26 14:23:00 -
[765] - Quote
I love this site, great fun, great tax on my isk too :-)
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Xenuria
Marcabian 5th Invasion Fleet
153
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Posted - 2012.01.26 15:09:00 -
[766] - Quote
I really enjoy Somer Blink. The only problem I have is with the lack of transparency with regards to statistics. The people in the eve channel can be really mean and even some of the somer staff have been nasty to me because I "ask to many questions". But overall I find Somer Blink lotto to be a stable and fun way to win big or just have fun playing the odds.
I do have a few suggestions however.
I think their should be a way to submit questions or creative feedback without having an entire channel full of kool aid drinkers jumping on you and trolling you.
I think a ticker should show you % chance of winning a given blink. For example lets say I am playing a mega blink and I have 5 tickets, it should have a little number floating above the blink stating my chances of winning based on how many tickets I have purchased. I think this would be a good learning tool for people as well as a psychological reinforcement for people to buy more tickets.
I feel that the statistics page is very lacking in well statistics. Were are the listings of how much isk people have lost? The only statistics I have seen are the positive ones that are in favor of the site and somer.
I would really like to be able to export an excel sheet of all the blinks in the past year and who won each of them for how much, etc etc. I really love playing with stats in excel and I think if somer blink is a legit and scam free organization as I believe them to be they would have nothing to hide. |
Titanium PIg
Escape Velocity Enterprises
1
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Posted - 2012.01.26 18:05:00 -
[767] - Quote
Don't you just hate:-
"Error: You are too poor to bonk."
"Too Poor: You lack sufficient funds in your account to purchase this ticket." 
"Deposit API: 365 Minutes"
"Win Ratio: 0.01%"
"Achievement Award (Unstoppable): 0/30"
"Butans: Congrats, you've answered this question" Correct responses 456!!!
p.s. thanks for the 90T celebrations Somer |
Dyaven
37
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Posted - 2012.01.26 19:50:00 -
[768] - Quote
Is there any way we could get the Butan question posted here? I can't log into EVE atm. :( |
MrRrama
Wolfsbrigade
0
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Posted - 2012.01.27 10:27:00 -
[769] - Quote
I really love blinking too, but somehow i have a feeling i don't have any luck at all :(
A lot of my friends and corpies keep winning promoblinks once every 150 or even 100 promoblinks, but i haven't even won once in 600 participations :'( (not even a frig)
Lil question: Where can we see who've won the Bonk's? |
Dr Richtenstien
Perkone
Caldari State
2
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Posted - 2012.01.27 11:08:00 -
[770] - Quote
MrRrama wrote:I really love blinking too, but somehow i have a feeling i don't have any luck at all :(
A lot of my friends and corpies keep winning promoblinks once every 150 or even 100 promoblinks, but i haven't even won once in 600 participations :'( (not even a frig)
Lil question: Where can we see who've won the Bonk's?
I know if I won a bonk, I wouldn't want my name advertised :P |
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Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
82
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Posted - 2012.01.27 17:01:00 -
[771] - Quote
MrRrama wrote:I really love blinking too, but somehow i have a feeling i don't have any luck at all :(
A lot of my friends and corpies keep winning promoblinks once every 150 or even 100 promoblinks, but i haven't even won once in 600 participations :'( (not even a frig)
Lil question: Where can we see who've won the Bonk's?
We'll be drawing all the Bonk winners at the end of the main Bonk :) no one has won them yet.
[url]http://cogdev.net/blink/[/url]
Over 825,000 Blinks completed for over 90 Trillion ISK! |
FoX Kitsunetsuki
Metal Hurlant Inc.
0
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Posted - 2012.01.27 17:59:00 -
[772] - Quote
Blinks Played 69 ISK Deposited 231,641,481 ISK
Promo Blinks Played 236 Win Ratio 5.80%
Blinks Won 4 Value of Blinks Won 124,000,175 ISK
Megablinks Won 0 Winnings Transformed to Blink Credit 11,340,000 ISK
Promo Blinks Won 1 Winnings Transformed to ISK 83,940,000 ISK
Which means:
3/69 Blinks won, sometimes with 2/3 tickets. 4.3% winrate.
1/236 promo won, which is okay i have to admit (was an Oneiros, not a big thing but still... !)
This website is so addictive, but I think, as said above, that i may be a little more "transparent", with amout of credit spent on statistics etc etc. And worst winrate also in the statistics part, for those who have blinked more than, let's say 50 blinks.
PS: Great website, by the way, and great community also. |
Cliftonberg
Sanshas-Bunny-Assasins
0
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Posted - 2012.01.27 20:24:00 -
[773] - Quote
Is there some sort of pre-auth mailing list available? So I can get some isk when im at work and cant log into the game.
Also...a little refresh button for the promo blink would be cool. |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
82
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Posted - 2012.01.29 00:15:00 -
[774] - Quote
I've added a supercarrier BPO as a second prize in the main Bonk for 90T! Now one person will win a Titan BPO of their choice, and another winner will take home a super BPO :)
[url]http://cogdev.net/blink/[/url]
Over 825,000 Blinks completed for over 90 Trillion ISK! |
MrRrama
Wolfsbrigade
0
|
Posted - 2012.01.29 09:25:00 -
[775] - Quote
Perhaps you could make an achievement or a sadness reward for people with over a thousand (1 000) promoblink participations but who haven't won anything? Wouldn't that be a fun idea? =D |
Swedish Spaceman
House of the Northern Lights
0
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Posted - 2012.01.29 19:27:00 -
[776] - Quote
Just wanted to say Blink is awesome, addictive and fun. Now I have something to blow all my isk on. |
AssassinationsdoneWrong
The Nexus 7's
8
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Posted - 2012.01.30 00:40:00 -
[777] - Quote
Super congrats to all the minibonk and bonk winners.
Nice touch on adding the 2nd prize Somer.
ADW
EVELOAN-á
The REAL isk loan alternative |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
50
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Posted - 2012.01.30 01:03:00 -
[778] - Quote
With the 90T celebration drawing to a close, the winners are drawn!
In the mini-Bonks:
A T3 of choice, all 20 subs, and 1 of every pirate BPC - Killersan
One of every race's carrier BPOs - Elodin Gale
A JF of choice with an Orca BPO inside - Anger Kidd
13 PLEX - Odiferous Flatulentus
And in the grand prize, Big Bonk drawing:
Miria1 wins a SC BPO of their choice.
Mashit up wins a Titan BPO of their choice!
Big congratulations to these winners, the promo winners, the butan guessers, and all the other Blinkers that showed up to party the week away with us. With over 200b in free prizes given out, 90T was our biggest event to date!
But with 100T looming so very close, you don't want to leave the party yet - This will be an event wild enough to make a sailor blush!
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Odiferous Flatulentus
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
0
|
Posted - 2012.01.30 01:19:00 -
[779] - Quote
Rarely do i post, but for Blink i shall make an exception.
I have been playing since day 1, and i have to say blink is fun,addicting and supremely gratifying. I now play blink more than i do Eve. Anyone who does not like blink needs their head examined. The staff is very courteous,always around when you need them and 99% of the time expedite your deposits and claims within minutes.Never have i had a problem that wasn't dealt with swiftly. All in all i would recommend this site to anyone and everyone.
Thank you to all that played in the 90 tril bonkfest,and thank you Blink for the Win!
Now i'm rich biatch! |
Elodin Gale
Lethal Initiative
IMPERIAL LEGI0N
0
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Posted - 2012.01.30 03:23:00 -
[780] - Quote
Got my prize
Thanks guys |
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Titanium PIg
Escape Velocity Enterprises
1
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Posted - 2012.01.30 19:09:00 -
[781] - Quote
Thanks for a great 90T Somer!
And gratz to all the winners!
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Swedish Spaceman
House of the Northern Lights
0
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Posted - 2012.01.30 23:24:00 -
[782] - Quote
Gratz too all the winners of the 90T... time to make some iskies so I can blink it all away |
Mashit up
No Name Inc
0
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Posted - 2012.01.30 23:32:00 -
[783] - Quote
well i won the big 90t prize and have collected the buy out prize thank you very much for 1 day atlest i feel i have won eve |
girlkiwi
0
|
Posted - 2012.02.01 02:34:00 -
[784] - Quote
MrRrama wrote:Perhaps you could make an achievement or a sadness reward for people with over a thousand (1 000) promoblink participations but who haven't won anything? Wouldn't that be a fun idea? =D
Deposit 100m get 10% back - cost 100m
Deposit 300b get 1b back not really 10% :( - cost 3B
Be 1 of the people who actually make this site go around and make profit, so it can give away stuf, and then every day watch the "ive played 5 blinks and won 4 plexes and 1 nafalgar on promos guy" = PRICELESS!!!
But hey ofc you should have more achivements dont mind the people who pay for your prices. |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
82
|
Posted - 2012.02.01 02:49:00 -
[785] - Quote
I don't plan on adding any achievement for people who just sit around and lose promos all day, don't worry :P
SOMER Blink
Over 825,000 Blinks completed for over 90 Trillion ISK! |
girlkiwi
0
|
Posted - 2012.02.01 14:32:00 -
[786] - Quote
Somerset Mahm wrote:I don't plan on adding any achievement for people who just sit around and lose promos all day, don't worry :P
I know ;) Sorry i snapped, to drunk to tired. Love the site, love you Somer for all the help iv got and so on.
But when people doesnt get that the small players are the ones who benefit the most from your site, i just....
Keep up the good job. Will be back for the 100t. |
Major JSilva
Total Mayhem.
Northern Coalition.
41
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Posted - 2012.02.02 07:05:00 -
[787] - Quote
Bumping Somer is awesome and so is Somer Blink.
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MrRrama
Wolfsbrigade
0
|
Posted - 2012.02.02 13:21:00 -
[788] - Quote
girlkiwi wrote:MrRrama wrote:Perhaps you could make an achievement or a sadness reward for people with over a thousand (1 000) promoblink participations but who haven't won anything? Wouldn't that be a fun idea? =D Deposit 100m get 10% back - cost 100m Deposit 300b get 1b back not really 10% :( - cost 3B Be 1 of the people who actually make this site go around and make profit, so it can give away stuf, and then every day watch the "ive played 5 blinks and won 4 plexes and 1 nafalgar on promos guy" = PRICELESS!!! But hey ofc you should have more achivements dont mind the people who pay for your prices.
Lol "don't mind the people who pay for your prices" xD
You say that to a guy who has never won any promoblink, really intelligent bro, really intelligent...
I bet somerblink earned more on me then they did on you, you prolly made billions (nearly a trillion) isk by being lucky.
And don't say SomerBlink needs a lot of people like you to 'come around' they make insane amounts of money, and the promoblink stuff is just another way to manipulate people into spending more money on the game.
It's really just a marketing strategy, but a very brilliant one, the creators of this game earn a lot of respect for making such an addictive game that is quite lucrative for them.
But please don't think they dont make tons of profit... At least im glad they make tons of money w/o scamming, so Good Job SomerBlink!
girlkiwi wrote:Somerset Mahm wrote:I don't plan on adding any achievement for people who just sit around and lose promos all day, don't worry :P I know ;) Sorry i snapped, to drunk to tired. Love the site, love you Somer for all the help iv got and so on. But when people doesnt get that the small players are the ones who benefit the most from your site, i just.... Keep up the good job. Will be back for the 100t.
You do realise the game has been made so you will always lose in the end, if you play long enough? But you wouldn't still be playing if you just had a lot of luck, so please don't blame people who aren't as rich as you, you had your luck. |
girlkiwi
0
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Posted - 2012.02.02 14:43:00 -
[789] - Quote
MrRrama wrote:girlkiwi wrote:MrRrama wrote:Perhaps you could make an achievement or a sadness reward for people with over a thousand (1 000) promoblink participations but who haven't won anything? Wouldn't that be a fun idea? =D Deposit 100m get 10% back - cost 100m Deposit 300b get 1b back not really 10% :( - cost 3B Be 1 of the people who actually make this site go around and make profit, so it can give away stuf, and then every day watch the "ive played 5 blinks and won 4 plexes and 1 nafalgar on promos guy" = PRICELESS!!! But hey ofc you should have more achivements dont mind the people who pay for your prices. Lol "don't mind the people who pay for your prices" xD You say that to a guy who has never won any promoblink, really intelligent bro, really intelligent... I bet somerblink earned more on me then they did on you, you prolly made billions (nearly a trillion) isk by being lucky. And don't say SomerBlink needs a lot of people like you to 'come around' they make insane amounts of money, and the promoblink stuff is just another way to manipulate people into spending more money on the game. It's really just a marketing strategy, but a very brilliant one, the creators of this game earn a lot of respect for making such an addictive game that is quite lucrative for them. But please don't think they dont make tons of profit... At least im glad they make tons of money w/o scamming, so Good Job SomerBlink! girlkiwi wrote:Somerset Mahm wrote:I don't plan on adding any achievement for people who just sit around and lose promos all day, don't worry :P I know ;) Sorry i snapped, to drunk to tired. Love the site, love you Somer for all the help iv got and so on. But when people doesnt get that the small players are the ones who benefit the most from your site, i just.... Keep up the good job. Will be back for the 100t. You do realise the game has been made so you will always lose in the end, if you play long enough? But you wouldn't still be playing if you just had a lot of luck, so please don't blame people who aren't as rich as you, you had your luck.
ISK Deposited 387,285,000,000 ISK
Winnings Transformed to ISK 244,255,140,000 ISK
you do the math m8 ;)
If you call it luck then why whine when you dont win a promo?
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MrRrama
Wolfsbrigade
0
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Posted - 2012.02.02 15:50:00 -
[790] - Quote
girlkiwi wrote:
ISK Deposited 387,285,000,000 ISK
Winnings Transformed to ISK 244,255,140,000 ISK
you do the math m8 ;)
If you call it luck then why whine when you dont win a promo?
You can also transform winnings in to ships...
If you talk like that, then my winrate is retardedly low:
ISK Deposited1,357,000,000 ISK
Winnings Transformed to ISK116,100,000 ISK
(worst argument ever rofl, you didn't show the value that you've won) |
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BlackRobin
Aces -N- Eights
0
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Posted - 2012.02.02 22:46:00 -
[791] - Quote
So how is the JF thing going to work? I can't wait to win one =P |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
82
|
Posted - 2012.02.02 23:17:00 -
[792] - Quote
BlackRobin wrote:So how is the JF thing going to work? I can't wait to win one =P
We'll be bringing back the old "Gigablink" page that we had wayyyyy back before 10T. But with some nice enhancements :)
SOMER Blink
Over 825,000 Blinks completed for over 90 Trillion ISK! |
BlackRobin
Aces -N- Eights
0
|
Posted - 2012.02.03 00:16:00 -
[793] - Quote
Somerset Mahm wrote:BlackRobin wrote:So how is the JF thing going to work? I can't wait to win one =P We'll be bringing back the old "Gigablink" page that we had wayyyyy back before 10T. But with some nice enhancements :) sweet
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Meatball Enema
North Eastern Swat
Pandemic Legion
0
|
Posted - 2012.02.03 22:46:00 -
[794] - Quote
There apparently is a flaming toaster on the blink page. Maybe dont toast so much epic bread and it won't set aflame |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
52
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Posted - 2012.02.05 06:22:00 -
[795] - Quote
Over halfway to the 100T party already - the Blinks are flying! Get in on the madness while there's still time :p
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
one spot
KAH Sales
0
|
Posted - 2012.02.05 11:52:00 -
[796] - Quote
Somerset Mahm wrote:BlackRobin wrote:So how is the JF thing going to work? I can't wait to win one =P We'll be bringing back the old "Gigablink" page that we had wayyyyy back before 10T. But with some nice enhancements :)
Gigablink, what's that?
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Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
53
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Posted - 2012.02.09 15:56:00 -
[797] - Quote
Back before Bonks, our high-value special blinks were more or less like normal blinks, just with an increased amount of tickets and some specialty achievements tied to them :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
GrammarNazi
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
3
|
Posted - 2012.02.12 06:33:00 -
[798] - Quote
We're sooo close to Blink's biggest celebration yet! Only 750b to go, and while that may sound like a lot, we expect to hit 100T sometime today, on the twelfth. The celebration begins in a few hours, and I can guarantee that no one with a Blink account will want to miss the prizes we have this time! |
aRmoreD eX
Decimus Corp
3
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Posted - 2012.02.12 08:20:00 -
[799] - Quote
I found blink right here on this forum, and one of the first promos I played in I won a Rattlesnake! Also my other favorite promo win was a Nightmare, it was great! Thank you SOMER blink! And thank you SOMER Blink staff! |
seg segtorio
Project 5
Shadow of xXDEATHXx
0
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Posted - 2012.02.12 08:26:00 -
[800] - Quote
how do you top giving away a TITAN PBO of your choice, join the 100T celebration and find out
Very enjoyable game... grate chat channel with all the latest eve news, best yet NO SPAM , lots of friendly toons
lots of cool prizes, and u get payed to play with awards,
i spent 200 mil and came out with a Thanny......
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OoziePrime
Fleet Under Constant Unified Power
1
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Posted - 2012.02.12 08:34:00 -
[801] - Quote
The date was December 30th, 2010. I was just about finished clearing a belt when my corp chat started blinking. Making sure to keep an eye on local I opened the corp chat to find my Corpmates talking about this new hit eve-gambling site they have heard of called SOMERblink. Maybe, just maybe, if I had closed my chat channel I would have never become addicted to this... THING... That now has total control over my wallet. I asked in chat what I had to do to get started and soon enough, I was blinking like there was no tomorrow. I spread the word to my fellow alliancemates and they too became addicted to the craziness of the Blink machine. I thought our alliance may have been headed for an isk-depleted nightmare with how many people got interested. Undocking only to gather more iskies for blink to feed on. Some of us(not me), however, managed to do great, winning blink after blink against their own alliancemates. This would go on until we had no more iskies to spend. Some people say that this is madness. MADNESS?! This IS BLINK! |
Ralington
State War Academy
Caldari State
1
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Posted - 2012.02.12 08:40:00 -
[802] - Quote
Ok so here's my story.
About a year ago to the day I was idling in corp chat when one of the members comments about something called "Blink". A conversation ensues and the word "Blink" is tossed about a few more times. I ask WTF they are talking about and they tell me about a site called SOMER Blink where you can buy tickets to lottery style games in which you can win ships and items.
I was a little sceptic at first but I headed over to SOMER Blink to have a look. There in front of me were many pretty colours, images of beautiful EVE Online ships, countless items that I had before only dreamed of owning. I noticed the low ticket price on some of these lotteries and decided I was going to bite the bullet and deposit some money.
This couldn't have been easier, I just right clicked the corporation name and selected "Give Money". I handed over 100mil and was a little tense in case it was not a legit site. I gladly saw my 100mil deposit show up in the top left hand corner of the site. I also gained something called an "Achievement" which meant that by simply depositing isk I had been given some more free isk by Somer.
I saw a Carrier Skill book lottery and decided this was what I was going to blink on since I was actually going to be able to fly one soon. A few seconds later the lottery ended and I was greeted by flashing blue buttons and winning notifications!!! To my surprise I had won the Carrier Skill book!!!
Your first win was Carrier Skillbook on February 23, 2011. Back then, Blink had given away only 20,919,642,795,532 ISK of prizes.
And that is how I became hooked to one of the most fun and exciting things I have done in eve. Now we are 80T on and just on the door of 100T. This is going to be a massive celebration and if you can please join us. Join the in game channel #SOMER Lotteries or head over to the website either in game or out of game.
One major thing that is important with Blink is the staff. They are the best customer relations specialists I know and are a credit to the game (take note CCP). Join the fun, spend some isk, or sit and chat and you will soon realise what an awesome group of people Blink is and will remain.
Be warned though, Blink responsibly. Blink is highly addictive so please be sure to only spend what you can afford. |
CJ Gallante
Miners In Possession
1
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Posted - 2012.02.12 08:40:00 -
[803] - Quote
OoziePrime wrote:The date was December 30th, 2010. I was just about finished clearing a belt when my corp chat started blinking. Making sure to keep an eye on localI opened the corp chat to find my Corpmates talking about this new hit eve-gambling site they have heard of called SOMERblink. Maybe, just maybe, if I had closed my chat channel I would have never become addicted to this... THING... That now has total control over my wallet. I asked in chat what i had to do to get started and soon enough, I was blinking like there was no tomorrow. I spread the word to my fellow alliancemates and they too became addicted to the craziness of the Blink machine. I thought our alliance may have been headed for an isk-depleted nightmare with how many people got interested. Undocking only to gather more iskies for blink to feed on. Some of us(not me), however, managed to do great, winning blink after blink against their own alliancemates. This would go on until we had no more iskies to spend. Some people say that this is madness. MADNESS?! This IS BLINK!
LOL! Perfectly well put! Blink is an amazing game where you can win, you can lose, you can break even. You can even do all three in the same day. XD There are a few things that really make it great though. You have a chat channel with SOMER employees and other blinkers who are for the vast majority, cool fun players to be around. You also have Promo blinks which is a free prize with a larger rafle system done multiple times a day! Free chance at money, a ship, whatever. So if you still haven't tried it out come join we blink addicts in the chat channel and start out with a support system.
Thanks to SOMER Blink, all staff and founders etc. for creating and managing such a wonderfully constructed program. :D
(PS: Still waiting on Blinkers Anon. to be founded XD) |
A3sir
Distinguished Gentleman's Boating Club
Test Alliance Please Ignore
23
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Posted - 2012.02.12 08:44:00 -
[804] - Quote
There has always been this love/hate dynamic between Blink and myself. Some days, it was the best isk/hr I could pull. Others however,...seemed like i might as well dump my isk into a trash bin to keep the station bums warm with. Through it all, I would like to say I have had an amazing time with everyone whom I've shared my experiences with in channel. No matter who they be, even reds and active WTs; we're all there to blow off some steam and have a little fun. Really, even though I don't play anymore, I stick around for the community. It's very nice to see everyone simply sharing something outside of their respective corps and alliances. Truly something that can't generally be found anywhere else. The various Blink staff is always helpful and gregarious; making sure everyone is well accommodated. Drop by the site, but most importantly: Come by the Somer lotteries channel. It really enhances the whole experience. We're all looking forward to meeting you!
Congrats to Somerset Mahm and Co for hitting this most epic of Milestones! Here's to another 100T! |
Jiana Cestar
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
5
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Posted - 2012.02.12 08:47:00 -
[805] - Quote
I found Blink about a week ago, and I have a rollercoaster of a time since. I've won and lost isk, usually lost, but then I hit it big and can stay in the game. But like a rollercoaster, even the excitment of going down and wondering when the next swoosh up is going to be is exhilarating.
I first deposited about 200 million, and started betting on raptors, and I started winning a couple when I saw something. BLINK has achievements! Now I started playing to get those achievements and earning extra ISK by gaining them, which is just a bonus in my book, I'm a sucker for an achievements page ;)
So, I'd definitely invite anyone who wanted to try BLINK to give it a go. The tables cost anywhere from 2 million for ships like interceptors, to mega tables where you could win a Dreadnaught for a mere 160 million if you're lucky!
But be warned! Blink is highly addictive and can drain your wallet pretty darn fast. But that's part of the excitement of BLINK, 'I GOTTA win this next one or I'm done for the day." And your adrenaline starts pumping. My advice is to stick to a reasonable deposit a day, if you make 12 million a day, deposit 2 and go for a raptor. ;) if you make more then deposit more, but stick to your limits if ya don't want to go broke! :) Don't say I didn't warn ya.
Now we're only a couple hundred billion away from the 100 trillion celebration where people are gonna make a TON of ISK, and I can't wait
Hope to see some new faces in the SOMER Lotteries channel, it's a fun place to hang out even if you're not playing. ;) |
Shuurh
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
5
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Posted - 2012.02.12 18:29:00 -
[806] - Quote
Its very interesting to hear people's stories and how they got introduced to Blink, keep them coming if you want to share :)
We're within throwing distance with just 500b to go, we just need to finish oiling the promo machine then we're good to go. Now is a good time to log in to your blink accounts and prepare for our 100T monumental milestone.
Good luck to all!
SOMER Blink - The original and best microlottery site. |
Shady Smurf
Smurf Inc.
1
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Posted - 2012.02.13 00:22:00 -
[807] - Quote
HAPPY 100 TRILLION!!!!!!! |
FuSiOn 92
SniggWaffe
EVE Corporation 123566322353
0
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Posted - 2012.02.13 00:29:00 -
[808] - Quote
No titans ? Disappointed ... |
Amara Feuta
12Monkeys-Clan
Semper Fidelis Alliance
0
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Posted - 2012.02.13 00:41:00 -
[809] - Quote
[IMG]http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/8386/unbenanntnib.jpg[/IMG]
WE DID IT :P |
Castina
The Church of Robotology
0
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Posted - 2012.02.13 03:09:00 -
[810] - Quote
I GÖÑ Blink. Been around since the 25T mark and stuff just keeps getting better. Happy 100T! |
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Endymi Typhirr
23
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Posted - 2012.02.13 03:54:00 -
[811] - Quote
I used to Blink, then I took a blaster to the knee. Post-Crucible hybrid buffs, too....
Check out The "Concord LP" Channel! |
GrammarNazi
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
3
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Posted - 2012.02.13 04:47:00 -
[812] - Quote
100T has been reached, and we've had a blast tonight by putting up around 30b isk in promos, ending with capital ships and rare Estamel mods. The 100T Bonk is up, and we've already got 15b worth of tickets on it. Prizes for the Bonk are as follows:
-100 billion isk (First Prize)
-100 30 Day Pilot License Extensions (Second Prize)
-100 Tech 3 Cruisers... Mix and match to your choice (Third Prize)
Each of our mini bonks during this celebration will be extra large, with the normal ones carrying an extra 5b Blink credit to keep you happy. Did I mention there's an extra two mini-bonks this time around? We also have more prizes waiting in the wings if the amount put into the Bonk exceeds the prizes we've currently listed, and of course, promos all week long.
Huge thanks to every single Blinker out there! You guys have all helped us reach this truly amazing milestone, which can hardly be put into words. Since most people go cross-eyed at the mention of even one trillion isk, 100T is approximately equivalent to 17,361 years in Plex, at current prices. You could buy 271 million rifters, or 286 million Warrior IIs. It's 77 times more than the State War Academy's master wallet level, and about one-sixth of all of the isk in character wallets in Eve. It's enough to buy every single titan currently being flown in Eve, and a few thousand supercarriers to spare. And the reason it's possible at all is because of all of the people who decided to give us a try, despite the history of distrust that Eve has (and deserves).
From all of the people at Blink, thank you for making us the largest micro-lottery service in Eve. We look forward to celebrating even bigger celebrations with you, and keeping the dice rolling for a long time to come. |
E'dyn
Viziam
Amarr Empire
2
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Posted - 2012.02.13 10:03:00 -
[813] - Quote
And to think that for every mill you guys "give" away you basically get atleast 5 back, that's a pretty good number to have.
I like it though, this is addicting! |
Dead Loss
Sweet Capsuleer Tears
0
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Posted - 2012.02.13 10:06:00 -
[814] - Quote
This has just been a crazy crazy time with Blink, and honestly I would not have had it any other way.
Times of joy, times of tears, dismay and despair, times of wonder and awe, times of complete wtf bbq.
Blink is the new EVE crack ... so addictive, so good, and yet so bad for your wallet if you're not careful.
I LOVE IT ! |
Captain Hurrdurr
Blue Republic
RvB - BLUE Republic
1
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Posted - 2012.02.13 17:25:00 -
[815] - Quote
I found blink through a friend, I believe. I quickly was addicted to the fast paced winnings and nabbed my first Enyo on June 7th, 2011. "Back then, Blink had given away only 37,377,515,108,580 ISK of prizes." And now we're at 100.
I've gone through my up's and downs with blink, as has everyone. Winning streaks, losing streaks but I always come back. I never thought gambling isk could be so much fun, especially when you see the "My Blinks" page, blinking itself!
I've won more Harpies than i'd like to admit, and I have Raptor's coming out of my pores.
I even won a Rattlesnake promo blink which was an absolute necessity at the time since I was jobless and didn't quite have the isk to continue paying for my subscription.
Blink got me back off my butt and won me some nice shiny things to play with, and some isk to go along with it!
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Titanium PIg
Escape Velocity Enterprises
1
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Posted - 2012.02.13 19:52:00 -
[816] - Quote
"Your first win was Orca on January 16, 2011. Back then, Blink had given away only 14,877,103,533,901 ISK of prizes. Look how far you've come with us!"
Brilliant site, great idea and wonderful (if slightly un-hinged) peoples.
I've had the usual mix of ups and downs (mostly downs ) and have (on more than one occasion) flirted with the temptation of 'rage quitting'  in utter frustration and despair and joining a monastery in outer-mongolia.
It's taken a year and a bit, but I've finally come to realise that it's not about the money or even the lure of the bright shineys; it's the community and the 'buzz' I get when I drop a few meagre tokens into the bonks, mini-bonks or promo's and the inevitable adrenaline rush of waiting in anticipation and daring to hope (if only for a little while) that I'll hit the jackpot and be rich and famous, if only fleetingly...
Props to Somer and the hardworking crew therein - you know who you are.
Thanks for a great site and an awesome 100T, here's looking forward to the next 100T. |
Tre Ha
The Scope
Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2012.02.13 20:30:00 -
[817] - Quote
how the hell i will stop playing? |
Dilligafmofo
Sandman Plc
Laika.
60
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Posted - 2012.02.14 08:01:00 -
[818] - Quote
Been playing since 30t.
Was introduced by a corpie who whilst getting me to make my 1st bet was explaining the workings of the ticket and promo system, when a promo came up. I grabbed a promo ticket and was amazed to see Somer blink was giving away a free Tempest Fleet issue.
Even more amazed when the flashy blue icon came onto my screen informing me I had won the Promo !!!
Hooked ever since.
The staff are amazing in their focus on us, the customer. Big shout out to them for their hard work.
I am to date, up some 18 billion in winnings and loving the blinks and the guys in the channel.
Thank you somer and the team. |
Ninniach Mellon
Equilibrium - Enterprises
Satori Group
1
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Posted - 2012.02.15 10:11:00 -
[819] - Quote
I started playing quite recently, around the 70T celebration.
I was simply amazed by how fluidly Blink is run and how it works, pretty much flawless considdering the huge amount of players avalanging the site with refreshes and such.
Also a chapeau for the cummunity sense that's been created, it goes way beyond playing blink. It's creating friends and off game (even off-blink) events.
It's very recently even become better with the TS3 addition ;)
Keep up the good work yall!
Big hug to all Blink crew (and all the nice blinkers, making it possible)
Nin |
Altivs Obvisivs
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
0
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Posted - 2012.02.15 12:30:00 -
[820] - Quote
Played it a few times, won some, lost some.
Bottom line was the same as if I was purchasing the stuff I won from the market. However this has been so much more fun :)
Highly addictive tho, so - know when to stop
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Dna person
1st MC
0
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Posted - 2012.02.16 04:26:00 -
[821] - Quote
at first i had no money, and watched enviously at the great blinkers like the orange and wonderd, *will i ever be as great as them?* the answer not yet however horrable at blink i am, i know, one day, i will win and now am adicted |
Gunner Ksank
Innovia
Innovia Alliance
11
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Posted - 2012.02.17 03:21:00 -
[822] - Quote
wow... epic... pure epic |
Horace Friendly
Space Reacon Squad
Shadow Operations.
0
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Posted - 2012.02.17 11:31:00 -
[823] - Quote
everyone loves SOMER BLINK :)
This says everything. |
GrammarNazi
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
4
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Posted - 2012.02.17 13:56:00 -
[824] - Quote
We've added a fourth prize to the main Bonk of this event - an Estamel's Modified Invulnerability Field! Less than a day and a half left on the timer, and trust me when I say you really want to be there when we get ready to announce the winners. |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
84
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Posted - 2012.02.18 02:53:00 -
[825] - Quote
Clearly a fourth prize was not enough. A fifth prize, an X-Large Shield Booster II BPO, has been added!
This is pretty much the largest giveaway ever done, I'm quite sure. We've blown away the unsuccessful Triple Titan lottery by a lot ;)
SOMER Blink
Over 825,000 Blinks completed for over 90 Trillion ISK! |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
53
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Posted - 2012.02.18 07:09:00 -
[826] - Quote
My god, this one is breaking all the records!
Not content with a mere 5 prizes, the ticket prizes kept flying up - so we're throwing in your own station!
That's right, 6th prize in the 100T Bonk event is now a Minmatar Service Outpost Platform!
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Jessie Davis
Les Enfants Terribles
0
|
Posted - 2012.02.18 07:27:00 -
[827] - Quote
6 PRIZES MA(H)N
6 PRIZES! |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
53
|
Posted - 2012.02.18 23:14:00 -
[828] - Quote
With less than an hour to go to the drawing, the largest single event lotto Eve has ever seen just got bigger - 7th prize is now a SC BPO of choice!
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
avidb
1
|
Posted - 2012.02.19 00:39:00 -
[829] - Quote
DANG! Congrats to all the winners. Those are some killer prizes. Nicely done Blink crew. |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
53
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Posted - 2012.02.19 00:58:00 -
[830] - Quote
Sweet baking hell!
100T blew every record off the books!
With our drawing done and the celebration completed, the winners are in:
Minibonks:
Each of these folks won 5B blink credit, plus their listed prize.
Nova Rage BPO - Vini'vidi Vixit
100 T3 BCs - FatDrummy
His own alliance, POS tower of choice, and 1 year of fuel - Sitherz
Dream T3 Cruiser - vajdu nispe
100 Dramiels - Potomir Alexejev
JF of Choice - BlackRobin
And in the mondo-world-shattering biggest lotto that Eve has ever seen:
SC BPO of Choice - Jommis
Minmatar Outpost Egg - Aubrey Kaine
XL Shield Booster II BPO - Paul Knuth
Estamel's Invuln - Alexis Gallento
100 T3 of Choice - Shirakus
100 PLEX - Shuriyoko
And in the main prize, 100 BILLLIOOONNN ISK: Cassie Watson!
Huge congratulations to all these winners, the promo winners, and everyone else who showed up to help us celebrate. 100T is a hell of a milestone to have made it to - and with over 500B worth of stuff given away in promos this week in addition to the 330B worth of minibonk/Bonk prizes - it was a true event!
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
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Cassie Watson
State War Academy
Caldari State
1
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Posted - 2012.02.19 08:55:00 -
[831] - Quote
Huge thanks to Somer blink! I won a freighter in promos when 100T promos started. Sold it and spent most of the ISK in buying Bonk tickets. And it was well worth it! :) |
Paul Knuth
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
1
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Posted - 2012.02.19 15:22:00 -
[832] - Quote
Holy crap I won something! Thanks Blink!
(and congrats, Cassie!) |
BlackRobin
Aces -N- Eights
0
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Posted - 2012.02.19 15:34:00 -
[833] - Quote
Thats all you SomerBlink guys !!!
Now i know what a big winner feels like
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Jommis
Blackwater USA Inc.
Against ALL Authorities
55
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Posted - 2012.02.19 17:58:00 -
[834] - Quote
Received a Nyx BPO ME4 PE1 from Blink.
Great service!
Thanks
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Gabriel Grimoire
Ascendent.
Test Alliance Please Ignore
6
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Posted - 2012.02.21 04:56:00 -
[835] - Quote
300 mill ISK spent
32 Blinks participated in
0.0% Win Ratio
FML. |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
85
|
Posted - 2012.02.21 04:58:00 -
[836] - Quote
:( Sorry for the bad run! Feel free to hit up the free promos while you save up for another go!
SOMER Blink
Over 825,000 Blinks completed for over 90 Trillion ISK! |
Jalabaster
Mechanical Eagles Inc.
The Ancients.
1
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Posted - 2012.02.22 01:06:00 -
[837] - Quote
I'm pretty sure i hit "active blinks" more often than I hit d-scan. |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
53
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Posted - 2012.02.23 14:38:00 -
[838] - Quote
Closing in on that sweet celebration rush again already - 110T just around the corner!
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Zevon
Confuse-A-Cat Ltd.
Tus Network
4
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Posted - 2012.02.24 04:09:00 -
[839] - Quote
I can't afford another celebration. All this free crap has somehow made me poor....
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Mirrodin
Diomedan
1
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Posted - 2012.02.25 07:27:00 -
[840] - Quote
Spent sooooo much money. Just discovered Blink D: |
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Miss Dhuum
State War Academy
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2012.02.25 23:45:00 -
[841] - Quote
Meh i really dont understand this, 1200+ promoblinks and all ive won is an oracle... seems like theres some sort of code: If (Miss Dhuum == winner) { DrawAgain() } |
Leonidas Tokugawa
The Red Circle Inc.
1
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Posted - 2012.02.26 23:59:00 -
[842] - Quote
I had never heard of blink...
then today I hear..register use promo codee...start with 2M ..give it a try...SO I do...make an account, use promo code....message promo code exp... LoL
thought it was too good too be true. |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
86
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Posted - 2012.02.27 00:02:00 -
[843] - Quote
Leonidas Tokugawa wrote:I had never heard of blink...
then today I hear..register use promo codee...start with 2M ..give it a try...SO I do...make an account, use promo code....message promo code exp... LoL
thought it was too good too be true.
Looks like that one had expired, but I put some credit on your account anyways :)
SOMER Blink
Over 945,000 Blinks completed for over 105 Trillion ISK! |
Leonidas Tokugawa
The Red Circle Inc.
1
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Posted - 2012.02.27 00:10:00 -
[844] - Quote
Somerset Mahm wrote:
Looks like that one had expired, but I put some credit on your account anyways :)
Just checked...
True too word I now have credit. Thank you. I will give it a try...
(Reminds me of "here try this ,,,1st ones free" ) |
Revain Fehrnah
EVE University
Ivy League
0
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Posted - 2012.02.27 01:02:00 -
[845] - Quote
When I find a promo code I will give it a try as well. |
Shuurh
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
5
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Posted - 2012.02.27 11:21:00 -
[846] - Quote
Nearly 110T already, my promo finger is itching :P
Not long to go now peeps :)
SOMER Blink - The original and best microlottery site. |
Lexi Acro
Royal Ordnance
Imperial Hull Tankers
8
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Posted - 2012.02.27 11:37:00 -
[847] - Quote
I'm thinking I might have to give this a try sometime soon... |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
53
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Posted - 2012.02.27 12:01:00 -
[848] - Quote
To those who are looking for promo codes to try it out with, our in game channel "Somer Lotteries" is a great place to look - quite a few folks in there have them and are more than happy to share :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Ethereal Apparition
Viziam
Amarr Empire
0
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Posted - 2012.02.27 16:47:00 -
[849] - Quote
Blinking makes me moist. |
Mirrodin
Diomedan
3
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Posted - 2012.02.27 17:34:00 -
[850] - Quote
110Tn! Well done, I just discovered this at 107, it's a love/hate relationship for sure, but a blast! :D |
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Rookuza Ore Ichinumi
Moonshiners
Moonshine Federation
1
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Posted - 2012.02.27 17:38:00 -
[851] - Quote
I <3 somer Blinks and masterful website it is it if u ever need another workman ask! |
Ozzie Asrail
Exploited
0
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Posted - 2012.02.27 17:50:00 -
[852] - Quote
Thanks for the promo tempest fleet issue Somer. Coming to a killboard near you soon! :) |
CyberStar
North Eastern Swat
Pandemic Legion
1
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Posted - 2012.02.27 17:50:00 -
[853] - Quote
The word awesome doesn't come close to describing how great SomerBlink is and during their celebrations it's 100 more awesome! |
Ninniach Mellon
Equilibrium - Enterprises
Satori Group
2
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Posted - 2012.02.27 17:51:00 -
[854] - Quote
Congratulations Blink!! 110T \o/ Again, so much fun to be with the blinkers family on TS and have the fun while running the insane Promo-chains!!
I actually won one too
Keep it up!!! Looking forward to the bonks |
Titanium PIg
Escape Velocity Enterprises
2
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Posted - 2012.02.27 18:04:00 -
[855] - Quote
Thanks for the Bonk, Mini-Bonks and Promo's during 110T Somer, and congratulations on attaining yet, another, milestone.
Win, Lose or Draw this time round, you guys are AWESOME.
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Shingyoku
Griffin Capsuleers
Ad-Astra
1
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Posted - 2012.02.27 19:22:00 -
[856] - Quote
woo! won my 4th promo last night, always nice to wake up to find that out :D |
Ralington
State War Academy
Caldari State
1
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Posted - 2012.02.27 20:49:00 -
[857] - Quote
110 Trillion Celebration ongoing for the next 4 days!!! Come and join the party people, you wont regret it!!!
Oh and btw use promo code "bellaboo" if you join :) |
Ddolik
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
4
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Posted - 2012.02.29 20:56:00 -
[858] - Quote
i just deposited 25m into Somer blink (yes, into corporation tab) and whendeposit API timer hit new timer, i still dont have my ISK deposited, what happened?
edit: i will deposite new 50m and see, what will happen
got it, thanks |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
53
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Posted - 2012.02.29 22:08:00 -
[859] - Quote
Sorry for that - there was a hiccup in the API, but seems to be working fine now :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Levija Saplina
Sweet Capsuleer Tears
75
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Posted - 2012.03.01 07:36:00 -
[860] - Quote
Yesterday I deposited 510 million isk for a couple tickets and to replenish my tokens.
I bought tickets here and there and won nothing. I had enough left for two tickets on a Panther blink, I bought two tickets and I actually won the Panther.
Being crazy I converted my winnings into Blink Credit, giving myself more tokens too.
I then blinked away that 700 mil something, and lost quite a lot but I also bought two tickets to a Moros. I won that Moros !!!
I took the Isk buyout and walked away with 1.8 bil isk.
From 510 mil to 1.8 bil isk. That's the spirit of Blink boys and girls !!!! That's the spirit !!!!
Fun, challenge and LOADS of isk for the winners !!!! |
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Death Killer21
whips chains and ballgags
Care Factor
6
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Posted - 2012.03.01 08:04:00 -
[861] - Quote
BUMP UP FOR SOMER
Great game, ive loost out on a fair bit but also won a lot.
Death killer21
Caldari and amarr Mission service.-á Read my post
[url]https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=867917#post867917[/url] |
Syninder
Kuhri Innovations
1
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Posted - 2012.03.01 12:08:00 -
[862] - Quote
Oh God. First blink I enter and I get a winner....
I can see a lot of my ISK going on this! |
avidb
2
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Posted - 2012.03.01 17:09:00 -
[863] - Quote
I let pants=false at work...got away with it for like an hour! Then was escorted out of the building. |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
54
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Posted - 2012.03.01 22:51:00 -
[864] - Quote
avidb wrote:I let pants=false at work...got away with it for like an hour! Then was escorted out of the building.
The good news is - now you can let pants=false around the clock!
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
54
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Posted - 2012.03.03 04:54:00 -
[865] - Quote
With our second celebration in a single month drawing to a close, the Bonk winners have been drawn!
In the minibonks:
Winning 1 of every ship the 4 navies have to offer - Jrahen
Winning 12 PLEX - girlkiwi
Winning a full HG slave, snake, and crystal set - Nadzieijko Andrastile
Winning a JF of his choice - Sitherz
And in the main prize Bonk draw:
Winning the 110% lottery, for a total of 90,196,150,000 ISK - crno rupa!
Huge congratulations to these winners, the promo winners, and everyone who showed up to help us celebrate 110 TRILLION worth of prizes given away!
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Doyey3731
Nex Exercitus
Raiden.
19
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Posted - 2012.03.03 09:20:00 -
[866] - Quote
I've won 4 promo's won in the last week!!
Wonderful community over at Somer Blink. Use promo code "Doyey" without the quote, for extra isk on signup |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
54
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Posted - 2012.03.03 19:11:00 -
[867] - Quote
You liked it, so we're keeping it!
Going forward from here, claiming Blink Credit on a win will continue to award 5% bonus credit AND promo tokens, permanently!
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Ooiit
Lebowski's Urban Achievers
1
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Posted - 2012.03.03 20:10:00 -
[868] - Quote
Andrev Nox wrote:You liked it, so we're keeping it!
Going forward from here, claiming Blink Credit on a win will continue to award 5% bonus credit AND promo tokens, permanently!
I hope that's not the only thing you're keeping from 110T. I loved the implant sets minibonk and hope to see it again! |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
54
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Posted - 2012.03.04 01:10:00 -
[869] - Quote
Ooiit wrote:Andrev Nox wrote:You liked it, so we're keeping it!
Going forward from here, claiming Blink Credit on a win will continue to award 5% bonus credit AND promo tokens, permanently! I hope that's not the only thing you're keeping from 110T. I loved the implant sets minibonk and hope to see it again!
Glad you enjoyed it! That was definitely a popular minibonk, and one we will revisit again in the future. :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Sobot
Addicted to somer blink
0
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Posted - 2012.03.04 18:32:00 -
[870] - Quote
\o/ Get tokens for converting prizes to Blink Credit? WTF :) :) :)
Seriously people, now you have no excuse NOT to try Blink, the friendliest, addictivest, mostest fun anyone can have with their isk!!
Want some free Blink credit? Use code "bellaboo" to have a go for free!! |
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Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
89
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Posted - 2012.03.05 08:44:00 -
[871] - Quote
We've brought back an old flame from over a year ago-- Gigablinks are back on the board! Featuring a whopping 64 tickets and an even-more-whopping prize list, these giant Blinks feature big risk and big reward!
SOMER Blink
Over 945,000 Blinks completed for over 105 Trillion ISK! |
Dilligafmofo
Sandman Plc
Laika.
64
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Posted - 2012.03.05 09:13:00 -
[872] - Quote
GIGABLINKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Durie
Perkone
Caldari State
16
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Posted - 2012.03.05 10:02:00 -
[873] - Quote
Somerset Mahm wrote:We've brought back an old flame from over a year ago-- Gigablinks are back on the board! Featuring a whopping 64 tickets and an even-more-whopping prize list, these giant Blinks feature big risk and big reward!
Gigablinks are started manually for now while we examine the speed with which they move. They'll appear throughout the day, however, so there's always a chance to get in :)
17 minutes and 1 hero ticket later, I'm pretty ecstatic to be the first Gigablink winner. These things seem real popular and I'm looking forward to see what crazy stuff they put up in the future.
Also, thanks for the awesome homebrewing advice I got in the SOMER Lotteries channel a couple months back. My first 2 batches (an Oatmeal Stout and an IPA) came out great and I'll definitely be toasting to Blink. |
Titanium PIg
Escape Velocity Enterprises
3
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Posted - 2012.03.05 13:00:00 -
[874] - Quote
Congratulations Durie and thank you Somer for yet another mind-boggling offering
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Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
89
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Posted - 2012.03.05 17:38:00 -
[875] - Quote
Okay, I'm not even the one playing the gigablinks and my heart can barely take the suspense :X
SOMER Blink
Over 945,000 Blinks completed for over 105 Trillion ISK! |
hy wanto destroyer
Exodus Navy
BLACK-MARK
1
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Posted - 2012.03.05 18:50:00 -
[876] - Quote
Sent a Butan attempt to me you Somer please give me your feedback ;)
regards hy wanto |
LaPickle
Avalon Industries
Exodus Alliance
5
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Posted - 2012.03.05 19:46:00 -
[877] - Quote
Okay, I have already seen at least one hero on the Gigablinks! And they seem to be moving fairly quickly!!!
Now I just need to do a *few* (dozen) more missions and then drop a ticket or two on one!
Thanks for always bringing us new and exciting ways to gamble our Iskies! Still loving it since I won my first Harpy over a year ago! |
Nestara Aldent
Citimatics
65
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Posted - 2012.03.06 14:21:00 -
[878] - Quote
Site is very well designed and the game is dangerously addictive. Recommended! |
Benwayy
Fleetworks
ROMANIAN-LEGION
0
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Posted - 2012.03.06 17:00:00 -
[879] - Quote
Great website, great staff, a great idea perfectly executed. There are lotteries for everyone from the poor to the rich, a robust achievement system, plenty of promos and celebrations every few weeks. This is a great website and advise you to check it out if you haven't given it a try. |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
56
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Posted - 2012.03.08 03:40:00 -
[880] - Quote
The Gigamadness has taken hold - in the last 24 hours, there have been no less than 4 T2 BPOs, several faction towers, an astronautics engineering skillbook, and piles of 5b credit Gigas!
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
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Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
56
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Posted - 2012.03.10 07:51:00 -
[881] - Quote
My gods, it just keeps growing! 120T due to strike any day now - get in now and be prepared for the next celebratory madness!
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Maxsumos
The Replicators
Northern Associates.
0
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Posted - 2012.03.10 08:26:00 -
[882] - Quote
Hi, I was wondering how long it takes for my isk won to be transferred to my account. I pressed blink credit to have my money credited to my account but I have not seen a change on my balance... |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
56
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Posted - 2012.03.10 12:17:00 -
[883] - Quote
Maxsumos wrote:Hi, I was wondering how long it takes for my isk won to be transferred to my account. I pressed blink credit to have my money credited to my account but I have not seen a change on my balance...
Credit is instantly applied to your account, though I'm showing all your recent wins were cashed out for ISK instead of credit. The last time you claimed Blink credit on a prize was 2012-03-10 at 07:39:56, which was instantly credited to your account. :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Sucya Alldown
Massive Ego Kool-aid Squad
Bipolar Stability
0
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Posted - 2012.03.10 22:44:00 -
[884] - Quote
Is there any way to transfer my somerblink account to another toon on same eve account? |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
56
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Posted - 2012.03.11 00:52:00 -
[885] - Quote
Absolutely :) Just shoot me an evemail from the char you want to transfer away from, letting me know what char you want to transfer to.
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Akasa Eto
Baddies and we know it
0
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Posted - 2012.03.11 05:10:00 -
[886] - Quote
I just spent 4 hours on this website. Well played Blink , well played. |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
90
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Posted - 2012.03.11 05:53:00 -
[887] - Quote
Time to update the forum thread title again!
Thanks to everyone who makes Blink what it is-- All the prizes wouldn't be very much fun without you guys to win them!
SOMER Blink
Over 945,000 Blinks completed for over 105 Trillion ISK! |
Mr Angol
EXPCS Corp
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
0
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Posted - 2012.03.13 23:28:00 -
[888] - Quote
hi iam new to the blink i won a moros and says its not completed yet how long does it normally take |
GrammarNazi
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
4
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Posted - 2012.03.14 00:49:00 -
[889] - Quote
Mr Angol wrote:hi iam new to the blink i won a moros and says its not completed yet how long does it normally take
Hey there, Mr Angol. We generally allow 24 hours for hub claims, though most claims are paid out in under an hour. Large claims, like capital ships and pirate implant sets, can take longer to fill, though we still stick to 24 hours as an absolute maximum.
As it happens, I was able to contract your Moros to you a few minutes ago. Thanks again for Blinking, and enjoy your new toy! |
avidb
4
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Posted - 2012.03.14 20:35:00 -
[890] - Quote
Loving the gigablinks! May I suggest a refresh on the gigablink like the little refresh for normal blinks.
Oh and yay! for 120T |
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Titanium PIg
Escape Velocity Enterprises
7
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Posted - 2012.03.15 07:55:00 -
[891] - Quote
Congratulations to all the 120T celebration winners :-
4EPEMYXA Saisima - Claymore BPO
Mornkotu - Utu
Calibrator - 100 T3 Cruisers
Tragic Failure - Jump Freighter
Thirasis en Daire - Carrier BPOs
VenSenZar - Kestrel (+ PLEX)
Reina DeLaMuerte - Trauma Javelin BPO
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Father Void
Hard Rock Mining Co.
Apocalyptic Legion.
15
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Posted - 2012.03.15 16:53:00 -
[892] - Quote
Blink has ruined me. Why spend an hour mining to make 20 million when I can make 500 million in 10 minutes 9assuming I get lucky)?
Great site, very professionally operated and designed. |
4EPEMYXA Saisima
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2012.03.16 05:21:00 -
[893] - Quote
Great site if you are willing to take a risk! I am one of the many examples who made out with a big payout!
Many thanks to Somer and her team! |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
92
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Posted - 2012.03.16 05:57:00 -
[894] - Quote
We've added nine new achievements for playing and winning Megablinks for your achievement pleasure!
If you've already earned some, don't worry-- they're retroactive! Just visit your Awards page to unlock them.
SOMER Blink
Over 945,000 Blinks completed for over 105 Trillion ISK! |
BlackRobin
Aces -N- Eights
Excuses.
1
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Posted - 2012.03.17 21:21:00 -
[895] - Quote
btw how do we get promo codes to hand out?
i love play somer so much i just have to share |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
58
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Posted - 2012.03.18 01:42:00 -
[896] - Quote
Just shoot me an evemail requesting one and I can get you set right up :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
58
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Posted - 2012.03.20 10:34:00 -
[897] - Quote
My god, less than 1T to go to the next celebration already - they're definitely coming rapid fire these days!
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Death Killer21
whips chains and ballgags
Care Factor
7
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Posted - 2012.03.20 10:39:00 -
[898] - Quote
Bump, cn u send me a promo code aswell plz
Death killer21
Caldari and amarr Mission service.-á
Contact me for more info |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
58
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Posted - 2012.03.20 19:10:00 -
[899] - Quote
Evemailed you :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
BlackRobin
Aces -N- Eights
Excuses.
1
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Posted - 2012.03.21 20:05:00 -
[900] - Quote
I was getting to fat for my pants anyways. |
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Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
58
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Posted - 2012.03.21 23:18:00 -
[901] - Quote
Rapid-fire madness! It's 130T already, and the Bonk is live with a chance to earn your choice of a Guardian-Vexor, Freki, or Vangel!
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
94
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Posted - 2012.03.21 23:57:00 -
[902] - Quote
They sure do come fast these days...
SOMER Blink
Over 945,000 Blinks completed for over 105 Trillion ISK! |
Doyey3731
Nex Exercitus
Raiden.
19
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Posted - 2012.03.22 23:05:00 -
[903] - Quote
Doyey3731 wrote:I've won 4 promo's won in the last week!! Wonderful community over at Somer Blink. Use promo code "Doyey" without the quote, for extra isk on signup
Another one today .. wooop |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
58
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Posted - 2012.03.24 08:17:00 -
[904] - Quote
You asked for it, we heard you! Capship blinks will no longer block up the smaller Blink slots!
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Titanium PIg
Escape Velocity Enterprises
7
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Posted - 2012.03.24 10:57:00 -
[905] - Quote
Blinks, Megablinks, Gigablinks and now ULTRAblinks
It's all starting to affect my nocturnal respite;
Had a dream last night where I scraped together 6m ISK, deposited it into Blink and received 6 tokens. Bought 3 x Claw tickets at 2m each and won a Claw valued at 10.8m. Placed 0.5m on a Bonk ticket and won a Guardian Vexor (which I gave to Swedish Spaceman ), placed 5 tokens on a mini-bonk and won a year of Plex (which I gave to Pandora Neoborn) and placed 1 token on a promo and won an Estamael Modified Invulnerability Field (which I gave to 4EPEMYXA Saisima); which left me with an overall 800K ISK profit!!! And all was good in the world.
Then I woke up and realised the dog had pooped on the bed again whilst I was sleeping
A man's gotta have dreams...
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Delphinia Anzomi
Oops.... I Broke It...
The Omega Industries
1
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Posted - 2012.03.24 11:15:00 -
[906] - Quote
Hmm, whats after Trillion anyway? :P |
BlackRobin
Aces -N- Eights
Excuses.
1
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Posted - 2012.03.24 13:37:00 -
[907] - Quote
Megablink, meet Ultrablink.
Tired of not being able to Blink a PLEX because some dude put up two dreadnoughts?
The largest Blinks are now in their own "Ultrablink" category, so they won't block the 16-slot boards by themselves. You can have 2 smaller 16-ticket Blinks and 2 larger ones now :)
We've also upped the limit on "Big Blinks" from 2 to 3. Happy Blinking!
WAY TO GO |
Yummy Yummy Yummy
Brak'makh Mining Co. Ltd
1
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Posted - 2012.03.24 13:49:00 -
[908] - Quote
Jita scamming can be tedious and tough
As being a Jita scammer myself, I need some place to relax at the end of the day and have some fun with all the billions I make.
Thank you Somer for being that place.
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AssassinationsdoneWrong
The Nexus 7's
Ministry of Inappropriate Footwork
14
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Posted - 2012.03.24 15:09:00 -
[909] - Quote
Good lordy Ultra blinks now
Are we going to get retroactive awards forr all those rorqs we played before
Great work as ever guys. Site looks great and the Gigablink idea was fantastic.
AdW
EVELOAN -á
2 Years running and over 37 trillion isk loaned.-á
Need isk without losing assets?
Join channel : EvELoan |
Denret Adoudel
New Eden Globetrotter
0
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Posted - 2012.03.25 01:43:00 -
[910] - Quote
truly epic site |
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Coyote il'Khan
Impulsive Anarchy
2
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Posted - 2012.03.25 06:22:00 -
[911] - Quote
This is awesome! I've won over 1bil in prizes on my first day of signing up! |
Titanium PIg
Escape Velocity Enterprises
8
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Posted - 2012.03.25 07:24:00 -
[912] - Quote
Just a thought, but it occurs to me that the site might benefit from the introduction of:-
An intelligence test
Age Verification and/or
A kiddies section ("The Paddling Pool ?")
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Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
94
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Posted - 2012.03.25 21:27:00 -
[913] - Quote
And 130T concludes, with a buncha shinies given away!
Jane Salva: Guardian-Vexor
Ranek Eisenkralle: Vangel
Assecino: Freki
LANCEIAN: Full sets of Snakes, Slaves, and Crystals
majky: 12 PLEX
crno rupa: 5B Blink Credit
Caidron: 100 T3 BCs
SOMER Blink
Over 1,000,000 Blinks completed for over 130 Trillion ISK! |
Assecino
The Suicide Kings
Test Alliance Please Ignore
0
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Posted - 2012.03.26 00:53:00 -
[914] - Quote
Welp freki all day... |
Szilardis
Minmatar Industrial Limited
23
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Posted - 2012.03.27 10:06:00 -
[915] - Quote
Assecino wrote:Welp freki all day...
I'd been drooling over it in EFT too Q_Q |
Zenia Naskingar
Gallente Trade Union
Moon Warriors
0
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Posted - 2012.03.27 18:32:00 -
[916] - Quote
I think this is brilliant really. Very well done, and I'm sure they are making scads of ISK. Absolutely brilliant. |
Vlish
The Suicide Kings
Test Alliance Please Ignore
0
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Posted - 2012.03.29 06:53:00 -
[917] - Quote
At first, when I was told about Blink from Assecino (the very same guy who won that Freki and fellow corpmate), I was skeptical. So, I threw in a few iskies and won a naga. Didn't really do much else until Somer actually contracted it over to me.
After that, I tried something bigger (the Rorqual) and actually won it.
And yes, there's a method to my madness when I do blink. |
BlackRobin
Aces -N- Eights
Excuses.
1
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Posted - 2012.04.01 02:21:00 -
[918] - Quote
i love my new name on SparkleBlink
Twilight BlackRobin
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Hehaw Jimbojohnson
Frontier Explorer's League
The Methodical Alliance
1
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Posted - 2012.04.01 05:31:00 -
[919] - Quote
Like OMIGAWD I am SUCH a pretty pony. Petition to have the site always like this /end fabulous |
Sereg Caran
T-Cells
Moar Tears
4
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Posted - 2012.04.01 08:09:00 -
[920] - Quote
Well, apparently I'm "Princess Sereg Caran" now. Looks like after all these years being a middle aged woman who plays MMOs using an avatar of a young attractive male has been detected.
Hi <Insert Smack Here>, and goodbye. |
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Titanium PIg
Escape Velocity Enterprises
9
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Posted - 2012.04.01 13:28:00 -
[921] - Quote
Lebrowski, Fitch & Carmichael Associates would like to ask your permission to be included in a class action lawsuit being raised on behalf of the the Federated Opthamologists Union against Sparkle Blink for causing grievous optical distress and mental anquish on its unsuspecting user base (including transient bystanders and alts) on 1st April 2012, by knowingly and mischieviously enabling the "ponification" of its site.
In order to better prepare for the upcoming legal battle, we would ask you to inform us of the specific nature of your distress resulting from this horrendous and entirely unprovoked assault on our senses:-
I am allergic to pink
I dislike ponies
I was once bitten by a pony
This site has made me go blind
I can no longer play the piano
My wife has divorced me
The color scheme has made me spend all my ISKies by mistake
Various aches & pains
I can no longer hold down full time employment
I have an urge to vote republican
The IRS now want to audit me
My corpmates don't take me seriously anymore
I have had to move to Providence
Other [please specify]
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Marianna Morgan
Grosses Salopes de l'Espace
Factions Francophones Unies
5
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Posted - 2012.04.01 13:45:00 -
[922] - Quote
... ....... ...... why why WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY ???????????????????
Brony M.Morgan .... and become blond haired, WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY ???????? T_T
Bring me my real dark hair, and a whisp to hurt poney T_T |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
60
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Posted - 2012.04.01 21:14:00 -
[923] - Quote
Ohgod, Ponies AND 140T celebration warming up?
It's going to be a helluva day!
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Rainbow Dash
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
0
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Posted - 2012.04.01 21:36:00 -
[924] - Quote
Love the new site, too bad it's only around for a day |
Balidor ElRenon
34.Caldarian Light Shielded Squadron
0
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Posted - 2012.04.01 21:59:00 -
[925] - Quote
Hi there,
I would like a sorted overview of the winnings, like x claws, y rifters, ect.,p.p.,...
Balidor ElRenon - Moon(Derpyponie)
P.S.: I want an epic bread - never tried how delicious it may be :) |
Titanium PIg
Escape Velocity Enterprises
11
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Posted - 2012.04.02 10:05:00 -
[926] - Quote
Balidor ElRenon wrote:Hi there,
I would like a sorted overview of the winnings, like x claws, y rifters, ect.,p.p.,...
Balidor ElRenon - Moon(Derpyponie)
P.S.: I want an epic bread - never tried how delicious it may be :)
erhm, export to csv and sort as required ? |
Balidor ElRenon
34.Caldarian Light Shielded Squadron
0
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Posted - 2012.04.02 19:38:00 -
[927] - Quote
I don-¦t want a list of several items with the same name - one item with a number would be the idea.
Wrong:
Rifter
Rifter
Right:
Rifter 2 |
Titanium PIg
Escape Velocity Enterprises
11
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Posted - 2012.04.03 09:00:00 -
[928] - Quote
Balidor ElRenon wrote:I don-¦t want a list of several items with the same name - one item with a number would be the idea.
Wrong:
Rifter
Rifter
Right:
Rifter 2
erhm....Sort, Group, Sub-Total ?
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Dancing Sphere
Aberrant Solutions
3
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Posted - 2012.04.04 02:25:00 -
[929] - Quote
Great Site. Very addictive. I love it :)
Please make an active Gigablink more visible, I always miss them. Maybe put it above the "Active Blinks" like a normal blink - only with an option to expand the Gigablink by pressing a button?
Thx to SOMER for this awesome site. |
Balidor ElRenon
34.Caldarian Light Shielded Squadron
0
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Posted - 2012.04.06 13:22:00 -
[930] - Quote
Somehow I got this:
Rifter
Rifter 2
Sorted by names, calculated together and grouped but don-¦t get the step that there is only : Rifter 2
Have not much experience with csv - using OpenOffice(mostly for writing articles...)
An ig overview would be nice, too - so that you don-¦t need to switch between programms and calculated it all new,..
Ty |
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Tealic
United Armed Forces Core
United Armed Forces Military Core
4
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Posted - 2012.04.07 00:40:00 -
[931] - Quote
Just recently started playing and am loving Blink.
Not really loving my rapidly depleting wallet however |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
64
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Posted - 2012.04.07 16:38:00 -
[932] - Quote
Less than 30 minutes till the 140T drawing - The prize is at 91B and rising frantically!
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
64
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Posted - 2012.04.07 17:58:00 -
[933] - Quote
And the 140T drawing is on the books!
Winning a JF of his choice: Caidron
Winning one of every Navy ship from frig through BS: Riozuil
Winning a Pimp Fit Mach: Kedar ShaKira
Winning a Pimp Fit Vindi: Thirasis en Daire
Winning a Pimp Fit Bhaal: Krusch 1971
And in the main bonk:
The runner up winner, taking home 8,494,550,000.00 ISK: Louishar
And the grand prize winner, taking home 93,440,050,000.00 ISK: Mitch Liegon!
Congratulations to these winners, the hundreds of promo winners, and the thousands of normal blink winners we've had during this week's celebration. But be warned - they're coming fast and furious these days, and a MINDBLOWING 150T is just around the corner!
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Titanium PIg
Escape Velocity Enterprises
12
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Posted - 2012.04.07 17:58:00 -
[934] - Quote
Another great milestone ! Congratulations to all the 140T winners:-
140 TRILLLIOOONNNN!
Mitch Liegon - 93.44B
Louishar - 8.49B
Caidron - Jump Freighter
Riozuil - Navy Pack
KedarShaKira - Pimp Mach
Thirasis en Daire - Pimp Vindy
Krusch 1971 - Pimp Bhaal
Somer Blink ftw!!! |
gelender
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2012.04.08 17:45:00 -
[935] - Quote
hi i just signed up and deposited 250m, i won 1 prize (ishtar) and refunded it to blink credit, besides that i did not won anything else.
i wanted to get a naga so i tried to bet on it, as you can see on SS i didn't get any. a lot of gambling and no luck ?
the sole reason i tried it was cos of the positive comments on forums here, and with 20% tax you take of every blink played i was thinking i was gonna lose around 20-50% of my isk deposited, but i lost all.
so just look at this http://imageshack.us/g/600/loseroc.jpg/ and then judge me, my intention is not to trol here, just asking is it possible that i am the only unlucky person playing somerblink
so my question is how much do i have to deposit, to see some of my isk come back. cos @somerblink everyone is a winner, how do i become a winer. |
Sobot
Addicted to somer blink
2
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Posted - 2012.04.08 18:21:00 -
[936] - Quote
Hi gelender, first of all welcome to Blink.
Secondly all I can say is you are extremely unlucky in this case. I can see you tried many times to win a Naga and unfortunately it did not happen for you. It is not uncommon to see losing streaks like yours, I myself have had some big losing streaks, as have a lot of people. On the other hand, I and many other people have had some large winning streaks, its purely statistical.
The thing is that Somer uses a site called random.org to produce the random numbers for blink. This is probably one of the only websites that can produce a truly random number.
While I can sympathise with you for not winning please dont think there is someone preventing you from winning, it is purely unlucky or lucky for every single player.
People will always try and say a system is rigged but in this case it isn't. Dont listen to those that say it is, Somer has always been open about the code she uses on the site and you will not meet a more professional corporation in Eve.
All I can say is if you can afford it, continue to blink, your time will come trust me. However if you cant afford it, please gamble responsibly and most of all have fun!
Want some free Blink credit? Use code "bellaboo" to have a go for free!! |
ryuuzanx
Advent Chaos Theory
KRYSIS.
1
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Posted - 2012.04.08 18:22:00 -
[937] - Quote
My first blink prize was a chimera. And its been all down hill from there.
My names Ryuu, and I'm a blink-a-holic |
gelender
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2012.04.08 18:25:00 -
[938] - Quote
guess ill go for another 250m try, see what happens. |
Sobot
Addicted to somer blink
2
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Posted - 2012.04.08 18:30:00 -
[939] - Quote
Gelender, why dont you join the ingame channel "Somer Lotteris" and have a chat?
Want some free Blink credit? Use code "bellaboo" to have a go for free!! |
Chryseis Wen
Doozer Mining Cartel
Situation: Normal
0
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Posted - 2012.04.08 18:42:00 -
[940] - Quote
gelender wrote:hi i just signed up and deposited 250m, i won 1 prize (ishtar) and refunded it to blink credit, besides that i did not won anything else. i wanted to get a naga so i tried to bet on it, as you can see on SS i didn't get any. a lot of gambling and no luck ? the sole reason i tried it was cos of the positive comments on forums here, and with 20% tax you take of every blink played i was thinking i was gonna lose around 20-50% of my isk deposited, but i lost all. so just look at this http://imageshack.us/g/600/loseroc.jpg/ and then judge me, my intention is not to trol here, just asking is it possible that i am the only unlucky person playing somerblink so my question is how much do i have to deposit, to see some of my isk come back. cos @somerblink everyone is a winner, how do i become a winer.
Gelender, Somer is like any other gambling, you will lose more than you win. This is why it is operated, to make a profit for the owners. If you are trying to use blink as a way to make ISK, that is a bad plan. If you use blink as a fun way to spend some extra ISK you have laying around, with an outside chance that you may make some more ISK, that is the way to do it. Just like in Vegas, the house always wins. Play for fun, not for profit. |
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gelender
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2012.04.08 19:41:00 -
[941] - Quote
Chryseis Wen wrote:gelender wrote:hi i just signed up and deposited 250m, i won 1 prize (ishtar) and refunded it to blink credit, besides that i did not won anything else. i wanted to get a naga so i tried to bet on it, as you can see on SS i didn't get any. a lot of gambling and no luck ? the sole reason i tried it was cos of the positive comments on forums here, and with 20% tax you take of every blink played i was thinking i was gonna lose around 20-50% of my isk deposited, but i lost all. so just look at this http://imageshack.us/g/600/loseroc.jpg/ and then judge me, my intention is not to trol here, just asking is it possible that i am the only unlucky person playing somerblink so my question is how much do i have to deposit, to see some of my isk come back. cos @somerblink everyone is a winner, how do i become a winer. Gelender, Somer is like any other gambling, you will lose more than you win. This is why it is operated, to make a profit for the owners. If you are trying to use blink as a way to make ISK, that is a bad plan. If you use blink as a fun way to spend some extra ISK you have laying around, with an outside chance that you may make some more ISK, that is the way to do it. Just like in Vegas, the house always wins. Play for fun, not for profit.
yes ofc, as i said was planning to lose 20-50% of my deposit, but it all melted in a short time , anyways i had another go with it this time with 400 mil, had 2 winnings worth around 350mil, refunded it to credit and lost all again
although i must say gambling was never for me, never had luck at it. even with best chances to win i lose
so imo when you have 1bil isk to toss away, blink just might be a good way to do it, its a good 30-40 min of gambling
good luck, and have fun all :), see ya when i get a billion or two to toss away |
Polychronis Olacar
Interstellar Research Excavation Armada
Borg ImperiuM
0
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Posted - 2012.04.10 11:41:00 -
[942] - Quote
Made a 10million ISK profit in the first 24 hours of blinking plus a T3 skillbook set!
Thumbs up for Blink! |
Altair Raja
Colonial Marines EVE Division
Villore Accords
0
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Posted - 2012.04.10 12:51:00 -
[943] - Quote
Love the Blink...
Great to have something to so while local is empty, and the channel is always a good hangout spot |
Olaf4862
Supreme Authority of Questionable Descisions.
SoulWing Alliance
4
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Posted - 2012.04.11 14:18:00 -
[944] - Quote
Would like to suggest an idea for blink.
You know how we have random for creating the blink. I would love the random button for just choosing a slot on any blink, also i would love it on promo's so im not having to scroll like crazy to find a slot all the time during the celebrations. Id be ok with just any random slot. |
Dead Loss
Sweet Capsuleer Tears
31
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Posted - 2012.04.12 20:32:00 -
[945] - Quote
150 T is coming, two things I'd like to see implemented.
1 - A get ticket or random ticket (as suggested in the above post) for promos, which just gives you an available ticket. Some people, like me, have a slow computer, that sometimes doesn't handle having Eve, and work stuff, and emails, and Blink with it's nice flash or whatever it is, opened at the same time. So I have missed so many promos during celebrations because I am there when they happen, but by the time I choose a ticket it's already taken, and by the time I want to choose another one, the promo is gone. I don't think many people would be against the idea of having a Promo Blink buton, you click it and it assigns you a random ticket.
2 - Having the possibility to click on the portraits of the winners (for the bonk, mini bonks) so that we can see their profile. It's working with everything, promos, gigablinks, normal blinks. It should be available for the celebration wins too. |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
64
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Posted - 2012.04.12 23:21:00 -
[946] - Quote
And "get random ticket" feature is something we'd love to be able to add, but it just isn't technically feasible for the way and speed that things work.
That said, 150T will be mindbogglingly gigantic - so even if you miss a few, there will be piles, heaps, and wadges more you won't miss :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Dead Loss
Sweet Capsuleer Tears
31
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Posted - 2012.04.13 05:11:00 -
[947] - Quote
Andrev Nox wrote:And "get random ticket" feature is something we'd love to be able to add, but it just isn't technically feasible for the way and speed that things work.
That said, 150T will be mindbogglingly gigantic - so even if you miss a few, there will be piles, heaps, and wadges more you won't miss :)
Works for me !!! :D |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
64
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Posted - 2012.04.13 18:52:00 -
[948] - Quote
150T is creeping up fast folks - and this is definitely one you do not want to miss!
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
64
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Posted - 2012.04.14 09:06:00 -
[949] - Quote
One-hundred and fifty trillion is here, and the Bonks are live! Get in on the madness - the biggest Bonk Blink has ever seen!
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Apollo gun
Night's Watch.
3
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Posted - 2012.04.14 22:06:00 -
[950] - Quote
i liked blink more when i won stuff |
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DarthSyl
OSG - Dust Division
0
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Posted - 2012.04.17 02:50:00 -
[951] - Quote
Recently got market scammed by someone running a referral service for these guys.
Not to be trusted in my book. |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
96
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Posted - 2012.04.17 02:52:00 -
[952] - Quote
DarthSyl wrote:Recently got market scammed by someone running a referral service for these guys.
Not to be trusted in my book.
Sorry to hear! Anyone that plays Blink can get a referral code-- we don't officially sponsor their advertising or anything and they don't work for us.
SOMER Blink
Over 1,000,000 Blinks completed for over 130 Trillion ISK! |
DarthSyl
OSG - Dust Division
0
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Posted - 2012.04.17 02:59:00 -
[953] - Quote
Somerset Mahm wrote:DarthSyl wrote:Recently got market scammed by someone running a referral service for these guys.
Not to be trusted in my book. Sorry to hear! Anyone that plays Blink can get a referral code-- we don't officially sponsor their advertising or anything and they don't work for us.
Do you usually let scammers do referrals?
I sure wouldn't want such people referring my business to people, especially when such a business
relies heavily on its reputation. |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
96
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Posted - 2012.04.17 03:27:00 -
[954] - Quote
DarthSyl wrote:Somerset Mahm wrote:DarthSyl wrote:Recently got market scammed by someone running a referral service for these guys.
Not to be trusted in my book. Sorry to hear! Anyone that plays Blink can get a referral code-- we don't officially sponsor their advertising or anything and they don't work for us. Do you usually let scammers do referrals? I sure wouldn't want such people referring my business to people, especially when such a business relies heavily on its reputation.
Hi,
We don't have any facility in place to decide who is or isn't a scammer-- it's not really something you can track.
Referral codes are available to anyone with a Blink account, which is a lot of people. We don't "let" anyone do referral advertising-- they just do it on their own, and we can't exactly mute them out of Local :P
We do require that they not spam their referral codes in Local, so if you can PM me with a piece of chatlog I can at least remove their referral code.
SOMER Blink
Over 1,000,000 Blinks completed for over 130 Trillion ISK! |
Pandora Neoborn
Mechanical Eagles Inc.
The Ancients.
0
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Posted - 2012.04.17 06:03:00 -
[955] - Quote
I was down on the low, lost my Tengu, down to only a hawk and no isk. Then I won a promo.
I know I'm not Amarr, but BLESS YOU, Somer, BLESS YOU, Blink crew.
You've saved me from death by boredom and lack of isk. |
devil127
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
0
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Posted - 2012.04.17 06:06:00 -
[956] - Quote
im really enjoying blink lately... its all i seam to do in eve the blink crew are the most respectful guys u will find in eve i was broke one day then i won big got drunk and blew it all :P
happy blinking |
Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
5
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Posted - 2012.04.17 06:55:00 -
[957] - Quote
Sorry for that guy who got bit by a dog scammer who grabbed onto a well run outfit like Somer Blink. I suggest next time you check out what a promo code really means.
Anyone who has questions about Somer Blink can log onto the channel "SOMER Lotteries" and get the real story.
Frankly, I was hesitant - this is eve and Somer is player run - so I went in with almost nothing and watched for a while to see how it all worked before I ever placed a single ISK in jeopardy. They have so many things going on. Somehow, tokens get built up, thousands of them and several times a day, maybe even hourly - it varies - they have a "Promo" go up which may have a Moros, or a mach or a titan skillbook as the prize and it costs you one token to buy the one ticket you can buy and around 200 ppl have a chance at getting the random number generated ticket. The winning ticket number is generated by third party "Random number .com" I believe it is called - which provides numbers for a wide array of internet activities which need impartial thrid party number generation.
The staff is very helpful in the channel I mentioned above.
They have a feature called "awards" where you win bonus ISK for meeting the requirement for the award. such as " recurring nightmare" where you get a bunch a millions for winning your fifth nightmare - which sounds a lot more difficulet than it is.
I am writing this from the in game browser and blink runs from there too. and because CCP's so wacky on their forums, I'm not changing back and forth to get the exact number of millions you get from the awards, but it ranges from 1 million to I think 1.5 billion - if that is how much 1500 millions equals.
It is gambling, more will lose than will win - but you control more of this gambling than you do on any of the continents in the world I've gambled on. Most ships have 8 tickets and a good many of the blinks have 5 tickets totalling less than the amount Somer will buy the ship back for.
I keep the ships I win with one ticket and sell back the rest to Somer - I've increased my fleet by 86 ships but sold most of them, keeping 6 nightmares, 8 bhaals and 11 Machs which I all won for a single ticket for a rainy day. A single ticket on a nightmare is 78mil. There is a stats page which gives you information on the frequency of the recent winning numbers and that can be helpful if you believe in things like statistical probability. It does not just give you a few numbers but well enough to provide a database where the sample is large enough to provide rudimentary reliability.
But remember, it is gambling and no matter how many times you flip a coiin, the coin does not remember how it landed last time and does not care how it lands next time. Random number generators care even less than coins.
I wish these guys would buy out CCP. |
Ginwaffle
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
0
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Posted - 2012.04.17 08:33:00 -
[958] - Quote
Played 15 times so far.
Spent 93 million ISK.
Won nothing.
Probably not for me. |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
64
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Posted - 2012.04.17 08:50:00 -
[959] - Quote
Ginwaffle wrote:Played 15 times so far.
Spent 93 million ISK.
Won nothing.
Probably not for me.
Sorry to hear you had a bad streak :/ Please do at least hang around long enough to use up your promo tokens, though - that's 93 shots at some free kit to make it up :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Julio Fandermar
Atztech Inc.
Shark-Investments
0
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Posted - 2012.04.17 13:29:00 -
[960] - Quote
hey guys...
i tried to deposit 100mil at 12:48 eve time. No Probs with that... But in my Web-Account on the blink site you deposit to me only 10 mil...
i checked my logs and didn't find an mistake... could you please look your logs trough and set the mistake right!?
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Chuc Morris
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
2
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Posted - 2012.04.17 16:33:00 -
[961] - Quote
Hello, did a mistake when deposit cash in to account, deposit with this toon but the account I play with usually is another (diff Api)
Just created another blink account with THIS toon to avoid things to become complicated for a simple mistake.
Deposit details:
2012.04.17 15:29 PLayer Donation 100M To: SOMER Blink's account
Thx
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Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
96
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Posted - 2012.04.17 17:40:00 -
[962] - Quote
Julio and Chuc, you should both be fixed and I've replied to your mails :)
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for almost 2 years :) |
Cristian Zabala
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2012.04.17 18:18:00 -
[963] - Quote
Found out about blink through reddit just two days or so ago and deposited some money and decided to try the promo thing first since it was up at the time and I got lucky: http://i.imgur.com/FFhEA.png
Since then I've spent a lot (to me at least) of isk on the lotteries and I've won quite a few things but lost a lot as well. It's very fun and I love being able to play every now and then through the browser while doing a boring mission or what not. |
Destroying Angel
FISTING FOR DOLLARS
0
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Posted - 2012.04.17 23:02:00 -
[964] - Quote
Best lotto has best minigame evar attached to it, you can actually fly the spaceships. Customer service is great, and they will even transport ships into the Heimatar inner city. Cept for the stupid mini game avatar replacing my sparkley pony avatar cant say a bad thing about the site. Thanks and gratz on 150 trill and the many more I'm sure will follow. |
Nooto
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
3
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Posted - 2012.04.17 23:20:00 -
[965] - Quote
a hell of fun
Blinks Played 66 ISK Deposited 7,000,000,000 ISK
Promo Blinks Played 0 Win Ratio 42.42%
Blinks Won 28 Value of Blinks Won 48,652,000,000 ISK
Megablinks Won 19 Winnings Transformed to Blink Credit 39,157,902,000 ISK
Promo Blinks Won 0 Winnings Transformed to ISK 5,513,940,000 ISK
within ~2h |
Stark Thunder
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
4
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Posted - 2012.04.18 04:38:00 -
[966] - Quote
just for the h**l of it i tride winning all the faction ships today. i made it I got all navy frigs, cruisers and bs. I also got all the pirate frigs crusers and bs for 4 bil + the achvements i hapend to earn. I also won a rorqual
I am curently about 3.2 bil ahead even tho i only have about 12% win raito |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
96
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Posted - 2012.04.18 04:48:00 -
[967] - Quote
Stark Thunder wrote:just for the h**l of it i tride winning all the faction ships today. i made it I got all navy frigs, cruisers and bs. I also got all the pirate frigs crusers and bs for 4 bil + the achvements i hapend to earn. I also won a rorqual I am curently about 3.2 bil ahead even tho i only have about 12% win raito
Nice!
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for almost 2 years :) |
Haxen66
Assisted Homicide
Ace of Spades.
0
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Posted - 2012.04.18 15:40:00 -
[968] - Quote
Deposited everything I had, was down to 1k last night, had to grind incursions, totally addicted
down to 0 now :(
I never seem to win much at only 12% win ratio, these tend to be raptors or taranis though :(
Tried a few big bets but nothing came of it!! Gutted!! |
L'amour Sauvage
Underworld Group
3
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Posted - 2012.04.19 02:34:00 -
[969] - Quote
Crankin' this baby to an 11 + 5
Hoppin' off tractor to check blink is great break....someone buy me a mobile thing lol.
Next on news, tractor flips 15 times due driver distraction from joy/winning/rage/losing, linked to site somer.blink |
Elias Khaimor
Shiva Corporation
0
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Posted - 2012.04.19 09:53:00 -
[970] - Quote
Really addicting. In a good way. |
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Titanium PIg
Escape Velocity Enterprises
12
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Posted - 2012.04.19 10:46:00 -
[971] - Quote
Good to see so many new players, welcome on-board the Somer Blink Express !
But please remember; it's not just a game; it's a lifestyle choice...
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piratezxp
Internet Spaceships Simulator XE-9000
Gatekeepers Universe
1
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Posted - 2012.04.19 11:03:00 -
[972] - Quote
Firstly:
Great website
Second:
Daaaaaamn your website for being so easy to spend isk!
Thrown 3.5b isk and lost it all within a few minutes lol
Fun tho :D |
Dead Loss
Sweet Capsuleer Tears
33
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Posted - 2012.04.19 11:33:00 -
[973] - Quote
Somer, are we going to hit the 160 T before the 150T is even finished ?
This is crazy !!!! |
Koryitsu
Bite Me inc
Exhale.
2
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Posted - 2012.04.19 17:03:00 -
[974] - Quote
Congrats on 150 Trillion! |
Shuurh
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
5
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Posted - 2012.04.19 23:25:00 -
[975] - Quote
Indeed, welcome to all the new blinkers. If you have any questions regarding anything blink, feel free to evemail and/or convo any of the staff. Alternatively ask for them in our ingame channel (SOMER lotteries) for help and they'll respond as soon as they can. We have an amazing community where many blinkers will help with various questions you may also have.
The amount of traffic blink has received this week has been massive. As you can see with under 700b to go before our next celebration, and we haven't even finished our current 150T celebration yet. I'll give you a comparison: Blink used to reach 10 trillion every 6 weeks, now it takes less than a week give or take.
For this, we thank you all.
SOMER Blink - The original and best microlottery site. |
Night Wallker
Bulgarian Experienced Crackers
GaNg BaNg TeAm
0
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Posted - 2012.04.20 09:16:00 -
[976] - Quote
OK how to se who wins the MINIBONK ? |
Doc Banshee
Baby Seal Bashing Club
Ninja Unicorns with Huge Horns
3
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Posted - 2012.04.20 10:26:00 -
[977] - Quote
160,000,000,739,448 ISK
That was fast. |
Levija Saplina
Sweet Capsuleer Tears
75
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Posted - 2012.04.20 11:05:00 -
[978] - Quote
Somer !!! What are you going to do about 160 trillion ???
It's completely crazy, 10 trillion in the time of one celebration...
I mean for the 200T celebration, you are going to have to come up with totally crazy prizes. Something like a Hulk BPO ... |
Cassie Watson
State War Academy
Caldari State
2
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Posted - 2012.04.20 11:16:00 -
[979] - Quote
No love of Europeans in the 150 + 160 celebration again. |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
65
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Posted - 2012.04.20 11:20:00 -
[980] - Quote
160T during 150T celebration? Double rainbow, what can it mean?!
The 160T Bonk will still occur, it's just delayed until this 150T madness ends later today! :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
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Swifo
BooZe N 5luts
0
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Posted - 2012.04.20 13:33:00 -
[981] - Quote
Levija Saplina wrote:Somer !!! What are you going to do about 160 trillion ???
It's completely crazy, 10 trillion in the time of one celebration...
EVERYBODY GO COMMANDO FOREVER!!!!!!
Congratz to all those in the blink family. |
Synergized Mistress
Synergy Lotteries
10
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Posted - 2012.04.20 21:12:00 -
[982] - Quote
Congrats! Sure is one hell of an achievement.
Eve Lottery for the daring : http://www.synergy-lotteries.com
Multiple Activities : Not just the standard 8/16 slot same old stuff.
- New Pegboard-á
Youll be sorry if you didnt have a look at it!
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avidb
4
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Posted - 2012.04.21 02:39:00 -
[983] - Quote
Sonofa!!! Bloodhound won a Titan BPO AND 12Plex!!!! Lucky bugger!
Congrats all! |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
96
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Posted - 2012.04.21 02:41:00 -
[984] - Quote
The largest celebration event we've ever done, done!
BONKS
Alemanha Pereira -- Titan / 100B
Ueberlisk -- Heretic BPO
BloodHound Kuha -- Titan BPO
Calistra Vacanos -- SC BPO
Enjin'u'ity -- SC BPO
Duke Reprato -- SC BPO
Arrowman -- SC BPO
Kelmaster -- 50B Runner-Up
MINIBONKS
d hunter Elarik -- Mining Buddies
Aromok Greensburg -- Alliance + F. Tower
BloodHound Kuha -- 12+ù PLEX
Acies Minator -- Implant Pack
Kalithor -- Nightmare Moon
Ajer -- Carrier BPOs
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for almost 2 years :) |
Alemanha Pereira
S0utherN Comfort
Cascade Imminent
15
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Posted - 2012.04.21 07:57:00 -
[985] - Quote
I love you somerblink 100bil sent to me, only problem is what do with isk now lol.... |
Bucky O'Hair
Minmatar Ship Construction Services
Ushra'Khan
47
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Posted - 2012.04.21 11:57:00 -
[986] - Quote
Alemanha Pereira wrote:I love you somerblink 100bil sent to me, only problem is what do with isk now lol....
If you send it to me I will double it and.... wait... that only works in Jita.
CONGRATS!
We Are Ushra'Khan!
We are coming for our people. |
Raudur Froskur
SFMS Holding
0
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Posted - 2012.04.21 15:27:00 -
[987] - Quote
Awesome :) |
Dead Loss
Sweet Capsuleer Tears
33
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Posted - 2012.04.21 19:42:00 -
[988] - Quote
it's depressing how most people who wins promos are random characters that have less than 2-3 bil in winning but if you check their play history, they seem to play only promos and xxxT celebrations, nothing else. |
Harrumphh
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2012.04.22 17:14:00 -
[989] - Quote
Need MOAR Gigablinks!
Also, love me some SOMER. Keep up the good work. At this rate, it'll be constant pants-off celebrations, which is awesome! |
Dilligafmofo
Sandman Plc
80
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Posted - 2012.04.24 15:24:00 -
[990] - Quote
Seriously guys..... if you have never played blink, your life in incomplete.
Great site, easy to play. An amazing team of staff that work endlessly to ensure your expectations are met.
Great folks in the chat channel: big shout out to Titanium Pig, Swedish spaceman, Sobot, Aero and Z. You guys rock!!
The last 2 back to back celebrations have been awesome. Check it out if you haven't already !!! |
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Chris2746
SKUNKWORKZ HEAVY INDUSTRY
Knight's of the Black Sun
0
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Posted - 2012.04.25 01:04:00 -
[991] - Quote
I've been using BLINK for a couple of weeks now and love it. keep telling myself "Just one more deposit then I'll quit" . I've actually managed to make a moderate profit, and hope to expand that profit as time passes. I dont always have access to a computer, so a smartphone optimized site/app would be an amazing thing to see. Keep up the good work! |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
67
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Posted - 2012.04.25 03:35:00 -
[992] - Quote
The 160T party rolled on from 150T, and nearly into 170 as well. Egads!
In the 160T minibonks:
Yafco won a gakalicious Kestrel - filled with 12 PLEX, and a Red Itteron.
Gerson Way won 5b Blink Credit, and a Red Itteron.
jonashorwood won a JF of his choice, and a Red Itteron.
In the Main bonk, winning 110% of the total ticket value:
Cluvis won 95.95 Billion ISK and a blue Itteron!
The runner up, with all ticket holders having an exactly equal chance regardless of ticket numbers, At'igan Kuruc won 8.72B and a blue itteron!
Congratulations to these winners, the hundreds of promo winners, and everyone else who makes Blink so incredibly awesome!
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
67
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Posted - 2012.04.25 03:41:00 -
[993] - Quote
As an addendum to the above:
Blink is always growing, as you all know. We've grown so much that the celebration weeks have started to overlap - that's means an average of OVER 1.4T in non-promo prizes given away a day, every day, always!
Does that mean we're going to give you less of them? Nevar!
Instead, Blink is now converting to a "Permanent Celebration!" There will be a new Bonk and Minibonk every Monday, which will end every Saturday, with the normal celebration promo density - but running EVERY DAY.
But we still want you to have something to look forward to - so we have an even bigger, even crazier, even promo-ier new type of celebration that you'll be seeing every 50T IN ADDITION to the constant bonk madness!
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Levija Saplina
Sweet Capsuleer Tears
75
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Posted - 2012.04.25 07:37:00 -
[994] - Quote
Jesus christ ...
This is growing tooooooooo fast !!!!!! |
Titanium PIg
Escape Velocity Enterprises
12
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Posted - 2012.04.25 09:34:00 -
[995] - Quote
Andrev Nox wrote:As an addendum to the above:
Blink is always growing, as you all know. We've grown so much that the celebration weeks have started to overlap - that's means an average of OVER 1.4T in non-promo prizes given away a day, every day, always!
Does that mean we're going to give you less of them? Nevar!
Instead, Blink is now converting to a "Permanent Celebration!" There will be a new Bonk and Minibonk every Monday, which will end every Saturday, with the normal celebration promo density - but running EVERY DAY.
But we still want you to have something to look forward to - so we have an even bigger, even crazier, even promo-ier new type of celebration that you'll be seeing every 50T IN ADDITION to the constant bonk madness!
Un-believably Awesome! I think I need to go sit down with a nice warm cup of tea...
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Swedish Spaceman
House of the Northern Lights
0
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Posted - 2012.04.25 13:28:00 -
[996] - Quote
Titanium PIg wrote:Andrev Nox wrote:As an addendum to the above:
Blink is always growing, as you all know. We've grown so much that the celebration weeks have started to overlap - that's means an average of OVER 1.4T in non-promo prizes given away a day, every day, always!
Does that mean we're going to give you less of them? Nevar!
Instead, Blink is now converting to a "Permanent Celebration!" There will be a new Bonk and Minibonk every Monday, which will end every Saturday, with the normal celebration promo density - but running EVERY DAY.
But we still want you to have something to look forward to - so we have an even bigger, even crazier, even promo-ier new type of celebration that you'll be seeing every 50T IN ADDITION to the constant bonk madness! Un-believably Awesome! I think I need to go sit down with a nice warm cup of tea...
Im so with you Pig, please get me a cup of tea aswell. And this means my boss will be mad, now I'll never wear pants again. |
Duke Reprato
United Brothers Of Eve
Seventh Sanctum.
1
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Posted - 2012.04.25 16:56:00 -
[997] - Quote
What is this blink game? I don't know but I think you should try it and dont bother with anything else. I normally have a good sense about such things. |
FoX Kitsunetsuki
Almost Epic
0
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Posted - 2012.04.25 19:09:00 -
[998] - Quote
After Club Can't Handle me, it's Wallet Can't Handle Blink - By Autumnries Mahm.
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Landrae
Sinners Among Saints
Tus Network
312
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Posted - 2012.04.25 19:43:00 -
[999] - Quote
Andrev and somer just made sweet sweet love to my sexy blink addiction.
My cow collapsed, and now there's a human to animal infection outbreak among illegal immigrants. |
Althasandria Shadegrown
Frozen Dawn Academy
Arctic Light
0
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Posted - 2012.04.25 22:11:00 -
[1000] - Quote
http://renecuartero.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/shut-up-and-take-my-money1.jpg |
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A'lan Wolf
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
1
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Posted - 2012.04.28 00:44:00 -
[1001] - Quote
have to say i am starting to enjoy blink, have actually won a couple of things..which i turned right around and traded in for blink credit..just dont need those ships..trying to hold out for something really good. Running out of credit every day..theres no way i can keep up with people getting 7 tickets per ship/item costing them over a billion in isk to my little paltry one ticket haha.
The mind boggles at the wallets of you lot putting my tiny little wallet to shame |
A'lan Wolf
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
1
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Posted - 2012.04.28 01:04:00 -
[1002] - Quote
Chris2746 wrote:I've been using BLINK for a couple of weeks now and love it. keep telling myself "Just one more deposit then I'll quit" . I've actually managed to make a moderate profit, and hope to expand that profit as time passes. I dont always have access to a computer, so a smartphone optimized site/app would be an amazing thing to see. Keep up the good work!
This is a great idea, for people with tablets or smart phones, i dont have either but definitely a good idea. Also, if i can get a tablet and download eve on it..i can play eve and keep giving money to blink so i can play more...uh oh..addiction showing through |
A'lan Wolf
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
1
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Posted - 2012.05.01 14:16:00 -
[1003] - Quote
Only observation i have about this really other than it is great fun, is that certain people win ship after ship after ship with only one ticket bought each time...noones THAT lucky |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
91
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Posted - 2012.05.01 14:19:00 -
[1004] - Quote
Heyo :)
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 1,342,413 prizes given away (not counting the 12,320 free promo giveaways), statistical aberrations do pop up occasionally :p
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. You can find their real-time statistics here and several peer-reviewed papers on the quality of their random-generator here.
Hope that helps :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Revy Lennon
State War Academy
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2012.05.01 18:54:00 -
[1005] - Quote
This lottery is so addictive ^^ very pleasant way to spend money :p |
Sergey Po
The Scope
Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2012.05.02 04:07:00 -
[1006] - Quote
HELP!
Promo Blink Restriction
You must have played a blink in the last 48 hours to participate in promo blinks.
The last time I played for almost a week ago ... |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
91
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Posted - 2012.05.02 04:19:00 -
[1007] - Quote
Heyo Sergey :)
That's correct - you have to have played a Blink in the last two days to participate in promos. This restriction is lifted once you've deposited a total of 1b over the lifetime of your account, though :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Sergey Po
The Scope
Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2012.05.02 04:26:00 -
[1008] - Quote
Thank you! |
Kage Roo
0
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Posted - 2012.05.02 17:10:00 -
[1009] - Quote
Post 1000 in this thread :P
Also, i got this error when trying to get a ticket on the Pirate cruiser promo that was just up (missed it, can i get a refund? :P )
"You have somehow attempted to buy a ticket that is beyond the scope of this blink. Error: 1510786+257 "
cheers |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
91
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Posted - 2012.05.04 00:36:00 -
[1010] - Quote
Heya Kage :)
That's a known error that occurs extremely rarely, but still sometimes. If you ever see it again, just refresh and you'll be good to go :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
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BlackRobin
Aces -N- Eights
Excuses.
1
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Posted - 2012.05.04 13:31:00 -
[1011] - Quote
I had a good dream last night and what made it good was the blinking blue line on the top ( WINNER ) |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
91
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Posted - 2012.05.06 02:41:00 -
[1012] - Quote
This week's Bonk events close out, with a staggering amount of participation!
Each winning, absolutely free, a JF of their choice:
MADD0GNL, deathbet, citizen Kashuken, and Stark Thunder!
And in the main Bonk event, winning the most valuable single prize featured on Blink to date - an Occator BPO:
Quintila!
Congratulations to all the winners!
But if your name isn't listed above, do not despair - this is the land of the eternal party, and a new set of bonks and minis start right back up again Monday.
And let's not forget: The 200T celebration is flying up incredibly fast, with SEVERAL entirely new types of massive giveaways and prizes!
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Instanyl
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2012.05.11 21:54:00 -
[1013] - Quote
This is very addicting |
Caltharian
0beron Construct
Tribal Dragons
3
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Posted - 2012.05.12 03:55:00 -
[1014] - Quote
Much fun and very addictive! |
Titanium PIg
Escape Velocity Enterprises
15
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Posted - 2012.05.12 15:52:00 -
[1015] - Quote
Gratz on reaching 190T Somer Blink
Here's looking forward to 200T and beyond!!!
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Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
99
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Posted - 2012.05.12 17:29:00 -
[1016] - Quote
And that concludes another week of bonking, with some great prizes given out as usual!
Monstre -- Freki + Utu
Tramlaw -- 12+ù PLEX
Mullokad Iwaira -- Full set of HG Slaves, Snakes, and Crystals
Saiji -- one of every pirate sub-cap
Killersan -- 5B Blink Credit
200T will bring some brand new games! Should be a good time :)
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for almost 2 years :) |
Saiji
nul-li-fy
RED.OverLord
0
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Posted - 2012.05.12 18:23:00 -
[1017] - Quote
Somerset Mahm wrote:
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Saiji -- one of every pirate sub-cap
...
Thank you very much :)
As it it was certainly intended, that bonk made my day! It also netted me the first scam attempt via contracts. Someone tried getting me to put all the ships back in for 1 ISK. |
Tamoko
Blue Republic
RvB - BLUE Republic
0
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Posted - 2012.05.14 07:56:00 -
[1018] - Quote
My wife doesn't even play Eve. But she does play SOMER.Blink. Go figure. |
cvgd
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2012.05.15 06:24:00 -
[1019] - Quote
my isk |
BlackRobin
Aces -N- Eights
Excuses.
1
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Posted - 2012.05.17 19:53:00 -
[1020] - Quote
Oh I know what the new prize for the T200 is. Its a chevy volt |
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Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
92
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Posted - 2012.05.19 17:41:00 -
[1021] - Quote
This week's bonk closes, with much awesomeness all around!
In the minibonks:
Winning one of each Carrier BPO - Straydog Yaken
Winning a JF of his choice - Gaiden R
Winning a Mjolnir Precion Light Missile BPO - Silverdaddy
Winning one of every pirate hull - Swedish Spaceman
And in the main bonk:
The runner up, willing 10% of the total ticket value: Cal ConDoin receives 6.53B ISK
And the big winner, receiving 110% of the total ticket value: Cluvis receiving over 71.84B ISK!
This week's drawing may be over, but we're less than 4T away from the brand new, bigger, more crazy and more awesome celebration format at 200T! In addition to the usual bonks, minibonks, and extra-hard promo loving, there will also be 3 whole new giveaway mechanics to change e-lives forever!
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Swedish Spaceman
House of the Northern Lights
2
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Posted - 2012.05.19 18:41:00 -
[1022] - Quote
Thank you very much SomerBlink. I love you all. The staff, the blinkers, everyone. I LOVE YOU ALL!!! |
AikoAiko
0
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Posted - 2012.05.22 00:05:00 -
[1023] - Quote
Will there be another Butan Trivia when the 200,000,000,000,000 mark is reached? |
Prodenius
Solar Deliberative
Games of Divinity
0
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Posted - 2012.05.22 08:04:00 -
[1024] - Quote
200T within sniffing range, can't wait to see what awesome prizes go up, will no doubt be awesome, GL to everyone and if you don't have an account, get one ASAP to avoid disappointment. |
Jango Wrath
Antwerpse Kerels
The Skeleton Crew
0
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Posted - 2012.05.23 09:36:00 -
[1025] - Quote
Before the day is over, we'll be at 200T, still can't believe how fast it goes. |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
95
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Posted - 2012.05.23 19:29:00 -
[1026] - Quote
Two-hundred TRILLION in prizes given away!
With this celebration, we've unveiled three new ways to get awesomeness!
Firstly, everyone who has registered before the celebration began can claim a free gift. When opened, these gifts can give blink credit, or even some special prizes :)
Next up - every single blink played, from Raptors to Rorquals has a random chance to automatically DOUBLE the prize for the winner (whether they pick the hull, the isk, or the credit).
And the centerpiece - every single blink played, at no extra charge whatsoever, gives the person playing it a ticket in a drawing for TWO HUNDRED BILLION isk straight to their wallet. Winning that blink grants even more bonus tickets!
And, as always, the promo madness and madcap bonking will be going strong all week!
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
illy velo
Production N Destruction INC.
The Last Chancers.
24
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Posted - 2012.05.23 19:32:00 -
[1027] - Quote
Congrats! I finally get to "Press Butan!" |
fido gotran over
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
19
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Posted - 2012.05.28 03:01:00 -
[1028] - Quote
How do we tell who wins the mini bonks?? |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
95
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Posted - 2012.05.28 03:57:00 -
[1029] - Quote
The results of all the minibonks, the main bonk, and the 200B Blast prize will all be announced together at the end of the celebration :) The winners will be announced in channel, in this thread, on our site, and evemailed.
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
R0gue Tr4der
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
0
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Posted - 2012.05.29 03:05:00 -
[1030] - Quote
Quick Quick get your blink on...ummm....bonk on.........ummmmm :-) |
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TigerXtrm
Cadre Assault Force
Initiative Mercenaries
20
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Posted - 2012.05.30 00:37:00 -
[1031] - Quote
Very fun game and very addictive. Kudo's on setting this up in such a professional manner! The site is really easy to navigate and play, though it would be even better if open tickets get auto updated if they are taken.
Keep up the good work, I'm having tons of fun with it. Already made 30m profit in the few hours I've been playing. Cheers! |
BlackRobin
Aces -N- Eights
Excuses.
1
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Posted - 2012.05.30 21:44:00 -
[1032] - Quote
Sorry guys but it looks like I have the winning number of tickets for the 200bil isk
Your Tickets
420 |
Pasocon Otaku
0
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Posted - 2012.05.31 18:14:00 -
[1033] - Quote
Great celebrations for the 200T so far -- and looking forward to the Bonk, Minibonks, and Blast Blink! |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
103
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Posted - 2012.05.31 20:53:00 -
[1034] - Quote
It's about time for some drawings...
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for almost 2 years :) |
BlackRobin
Aces -N- Eights
Excuses.
1
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Posted - 2012.05.31 23:02:00 -
[1035] - Quote
I sure hope the bonus blink comes back . I sure had a lot of fun seeing all them folks winning extra ships |
GrammarNazi
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
6
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Posted - 2012.06.01 04:23:00 -
[1036] - Quote
Time is up, and the results are in! Our 200T milestone has passed, and with it, our largest celebration yet, with our single biggest prize ever! Without further ado, the big winners in this draw are:
Bonk
Titan BPO: Killersan
50 PLEX: VolkenCDiskenth
SuperCarrier BPO: SGT LaForge
SuperCarrier BPO: BS'OD
SuperCarrier BPO: MigthySpatiqus
MiniBonk
Jump Freighter: Dhilos
Mining Buddies Fleet: Potrondal Morrison
5b Blink Credit: hommieg
Your Very Own Alliance + Faction Tower: jennifer 1
Crystals + Slaves + Snakes HG Sets: Potrondal Morrison
Pimped-out RattleSnake: Mannih
15 PLEX: Alessadra
Carrier Draw
GavriilPasha
AODCujoSouth
t011phr33
Rakeesh Messiah
Ben P
Darla Oskold
Phyast
Alastair Crestin
Korvus Falek
Ca5hman
And finally, the single largest prize ever given away by Blink, the 200 BILLION isk Blink Blast prize goes to...
Wheat Thin!
Congratulations to all of our main prize winners, and a congratulations to all of those who came out of this week with promo wins and random double prizes! 200T is such a huge milestone for us to reach, and it's so very hard to describe in terms that even a capsuleer can understand. 200T, when you're not using it to run microlotteries and pay out prizes, could net a pilot 417 thousand PLEX. Are you into pirate ships? How about the equivalent of 180,000 machariels? Or, if you're Chribba and stocking up on veldspar, you could be looking at a hangar full of 11,940,298,507,463 purchased units. Hell, go straight to the source, and you're looking at 33,613,445,378,151 units of sweet, sweet tritaium.
Any way you look at it, 200T is a massive amount of prizes given away, and we'd like to thank each and every person who has helped us get here from the bottom of our hearts. The ride's never over, though! With 250T closer than ever, we'll be sure to keep setting records, only to smash them as soon as we have half a chance. Promos, Bonks, Minis, and yes, the Blink Blast, will return! |
Titanium PIg
Escape Velocity Enterprises
18
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Posted - 2012.06.01 13:45:00 -
[1037] - Quote
Congrats to all the winners I must confess,
Even though, I must profess:-
14 Bonks; to no avail,
not a single mini-bonk = epic-fail
A promo here, a promo there,
though not enough for me to bear
Thus it is, with great regrets,
I must resign myself to just the smallest bets.
Until such time that fortune's found,
and flashy blues across my screen, do bound.
Once again, congratulations to all the 200T winners; and especially to Somer for achieving this milestone and keeping this steam-roller rolling
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Potrondal Morrison
The Scope
Gallente Federation
34
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Posted - 2012.06.01 18:53:00 -
[1038] - Quote
Logged in this morning to find i had not only won 1 of the 200T mini bonks, but 2 .
Cheers for that all at SOMER Blink,
Collected:
1x Snake Alpha+Beta+Gamma+Delta+Epson+Omega
1x Crystal Alpha+Beta+Gamma+Delta+Epson+Omega
1x Slave Alpha+Beta+Gamma+Delta+Epson+Omega
1x Rorqual
2x Orca
5x Hulk
5x Mackinaw
1x Mining Foreman Mindlink
Great way to start the day, unfortunatly i had to go back to work today and that takes me away for 2 weeks so i cant enjoy my new items, but its something to look forward to when i get back.
Many thanks once again, made my day this. |
Saiji
nul-li-fy
RED.OverLord
1
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Posted - 2012.06.01 20:09:00 -
[1039] - Quote
Free advertisement from CCP directly. Even at the login screen. Impressive!
Linky to eve-online.com |
BlackRobin
Aces -N- Eights
Excuses.
1
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Posted - 2012.06.01 23:13:00 -
[1040] - Quote
Yep the T200 thing was alot of fun . My son and I were on the edge of our seats last night even not winning was fun. Ty to you at somer blink |
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Dilligafmofo
Sandman Plc
91
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Posted - 2012.06.02 11:33:00 -
[1041] - Quote
200t was outstanding.
The new additions were truly fantastic. Winning to proteus for the price of 1 ticket made my week!!
Great players backed by a great team.
Get your blink on !!
Special mention to TP ( We win everyday you join us buddy o7 ) |
Katherine 'Katnip' Nippolo
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2012.06.04 02:27:00 -
[1042] - Quote
Just discovered Blink the other day thanks to the article on the main login page. I'm hooked! So far, a 500m ISK investment has netted me three PLEXes! :D
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Dialgus Kain
Eve Engineering Finance
Eve Engineering
3
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Posted - 2012.06.06 04:30:00 -
[1043] - Quote
toasting epic bread |
BlackRobin
Aces -N- Eights
Excuses.
1
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Posted - 2012.06.07 15:26:00 -
[1044] - Quote
Thanks guys for my 24th promo win last night.=D I would say let someone else win but I want to win them all that's just how I roll. |
BiggestRandom
DOCS RUFF RIDERS
IMPERIAL LEGI0N
0
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Posted - 2012.06.08 10:39:00 -
[1045] - Quote
Somer Blink is excellent, but far to addictive.
Lots of fun so far and I've even won something :)
Don't start this if you don't have lots of isk though, since you keep playing and getting poorer, worth it when your bored at work. |
James Kattelo
Eve Engineering Finance
Eve Engineering
0
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Posted - 2012.06.09 06:33:00 -
[1046] - Quote
For relaxing times, make it, Blink time. |
Sirius Northlight
Hamburger Jungs
Test Friends Please Ignore
0
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Posted - 2012.06.09 18:40:00 -
[1047] - Quote
Just got the Pirate Pack..thx Somer, great and fast contracts as always |
Greedy Monkey
Envy.
0
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Posted - 2012.06.09 18:44:00 -
[1048] - Quote
just won on my 1st bonk with 1 TICKET..... really appreciate it. 5.5 bill in my wallets. thanks somer for a fantastic service.
appreciate it =D
I AM A GREEDY MONKEY |
Duke Reprato
United Brothers Of Eve
Seventh Sanctum.
3
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Posted - 2012.06.09 21:53:00 -
[1049] - Quote
VIVA SOMER BLINK!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat
Working Stiffs
747
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Posted - 2012.06.10 07:19:00 -
[1050] - Quote
Just wanted to congratulate SOMER.Blink on being more addictive than any drug.
I was impressed at how quick the lotteries are, and how fast my prizes were delivered!
I started with 100m on my first visit, and got back a Republic Fleet Firetail, Daredevil, Sabre, and 38m of Blink achievement credit.
Heck ya I'll be back, to give SOMER.Blink a chance to get even! |
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Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
5
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Posted - 2012.06.10 22:12:00 -
[1051] - Quote
I guess this is my first post on tis Forum! I'm still discovering wonderful things about Blink!
I want to thank you for the Jump Freighter I won for saving bottle caps (or was it tokens?) because any way you look at it - it was free! I like free.
My friends who play Eve have been sending me mixed signals about being involved with a "lottery", as we have seen so many come and go when the their scam folded over the years. I think I have them all convinced now that Blink is on the level. They know about my wierd connection to statistics as I have always been the one who turned raw data into charts and bar graphs for our web pages. One year, all their birthday cards contained bar graphs on the previous year's alcohol/coffee consumption, hours of golf/fishing, number of lies about golf/fishing, and several other categories of things old guys do, or don't do very much any more. The last bar was a double with half being the total number of seconds of romance during the previous year and second half was the total number of hours claimed to have been involved in romantic behavior. The wife filled out those bars. Anyway, most of them are so busy delivering their favorite form of mayhem that they are afraid to step away and try out something they may like better than what they are doing now, but I'm giving them time. They will come around.
My friends are all old Army buddies and we all knew or knew of each other when we sort of fell into playing Rogue Spear when it first came out. Then we moved to Ghost Recon and later it was the Battlefield Series. Along the way, a couple of guys got involved in the beta of some silly space ship game, but we were soldiers with boots on the ground using weps, vehicles, most importantly tactics we could relate to. It paid off as we overwhelmed any bunch of players who just happened to log in about the same time.
We were having one of regular get-togethers at the home of one the guys who had been in the beta of a space ship game, something with a real testerone free name of "Eve" and just released. He played on some humomgus flat screen TV and had us all gather in front ot he the TV - ok, he bribed us with beer - and brought up a shot of a really oddly shaped little silly sci- fi space ship floating out side of this big ugly brown thng he called a station. It had little lights shining like their might be somebody home. The odd shape of the ship. something called an Armageddon, lol - and the shape of the station did not look as though anyone sober had been on the design team. Well our friend and the other guy who had been in the beta were standing near the screen drooling and expecting the rest of us to be drooling as well, but we were more interested in getting the lan party going with a good scrimmage on BF42 on all the computers we had drug from different parts of the US to his Tampa home. it just so happened that our host was also the president of our clan, so we were humoring him to be sure he would not put some syrup of ipecac into the marinade of that night's meal. He looked back and forth at the screen and then at us, kind of like he thought we would all lean forward and say a hushed "wow" but we were more into making fun of the scene. Someone asked if he could zoom on a certain window because he thought he could see a woman taking a shower. Finally, our host said, "Just look at it - see the detail! Isn't that a great shot?" Most of us yawned and said, "me too" to the guy who was going for another beer. We had the BF42 lan party going in a couple of minutes.
None of us would have guessed that within a few months, during the spring of 2004, we would all be playing a silly space ship game. And now, for the most part, with a very few departures (they'll be back) and few additions, we are all still in the game at some level of activity. We divided up into new corps after a while to pursue our different interests, but still consider us all a part of the "greater group" and that our real loyalties belong to the greater group. We have six different corps and we number in the mid 70s, we all have alts (and alts and alts - this character is an alt in a one person corp). Many of our alts are in other corps, both large and medium sized and which have no knowledge of the greater group or the sisterhood of our six main corps. We have been in corps who were at war with each other. In fact, I've had one of my toons kill another one of my other toons while their corps were at war. Well, it was a meeting engagement I could see possibly happening, so my guy who I didn't pod just happened to show up in a frig with cheap weps (don't think there was anything called t2 then). My two guys found each other and as would have been predicted at the time the stronger corp won the engagement, so it was only right that my sacrificed guy had to to be taken out, but there was no sense in his losing a Maller with decent weps, when he could just as easjly go down in punisher with a cheap fit.
I have one friend in a corp which has no jump freighters who has been salivating at the idea of a sporting around New Eden in one, but his corp is not very active compared to the rest of us. I bestowed the Ark on him and he is feeling pretty invincible and will as long as he is in a station and until he can get an armada together to escort him about 40j back to their little part of null which lives in conjunction with our most powerful sisterhood corp with a little sov out there somewhere.
I see so many players have been active on the forums and I got to know many of them so much better by spending a few hours reading my way through a little history of Blink from primarily the player's viewpoint, so I thought I would turn this thanks for the JF into a kind of introduction to me, as if that was really necessary after the way I drone on in the chat.
I wish you all good luck in the game and in life, and I hope you are visited by good sportsmanship! |
Fynen
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
16
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Posted - 2012.06.10 22:14:00 -
[1052] - Quote
Replacement 234 wrote:I guess this is my first post on tis Forum! I'm still discovering wonderful things about Blink!
Didn't you just post that wall of text in a new thread just now? |
Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
5
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Posted - 2012.06.10 22:36:00 -
[1053] - Quote
You may have noticed that this thread is all about blink and is the thread I believed to be posting to originally and the tread I moved my original post to, when I took it down moments after placing it on what you seem to think is YOUR forum.
I did not post in the wrong place to advertise Blink as that is against their rules. I did not post the promo code which a new player can use to get a few million when signing up and by using my code - which I again say, as it seems you have difficulty understanding simple things, I did not place in my post.
Just so you don't think I am trying to steal the crown jewels, I will inform you that I am now going to return to the wrong and remove the word Blink from my not sayihg where I move my post. I placed it there as a courtesywithout realizing it would be seen by those without much foresight as a dastardly act. |
LeadFarmer
CyberShield Inc
ROMANIAN-LEGION
0
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Posted - 2012.06.16 07:33:00 -
[1054] - Quote
this lotto is now my new addiction.. somer blink > eve online now haha. An amazing lotto, started a few days ago with 3.5B in my pocket, then i find out about this lotto. I think, sure why not my friend says it legit, lets go. I end up putting 500M into the site. BOOM! bet #3 on a rorqual for lol's and won. After spending about a billion, boom another rorq. This now puts me at 8B isk in my pocket. Then i start having some bad luck, I win 2 golem's back to back and decide to turn both into blink credit. This turns out to be a bad idea as i blow all the money on my somer blink account D:. At some point i reach 11B isk in my wallet. I end up constantly placing 300 - 500m more into the lotto. and i start losing big time. i win a few minor ships, but i like betting on the ultra blinks, which get very expensive when losing haha. So now I'm at 3B isk in my eve wallet and 450m isk in somer blink. BOOM win a rorq. now I'm at 6B isk, i start to think, okay I am up, why not quit while I'm head? Well... i see a gigablink for a JF. I look at the past 5 winners and notice all the ticket numbers were either on the right side, or middle row. With me fully addicted i put 2B isk into somer blink, luckily for preauth i was able to get that isk really quick. I end up buying nearly all the tickets on the left side, beides maybe 5 tickets? I've never been more nervous in my life haha. i knew if i lost i had to stop playing this lotto since i was still 1B profit up, why waste it. BOOM won the JF :D. so now I'm at 12B isk in my wallet. not bad considering i started playing 4 days ago. I GÖÑ somer blink... thanks for an addiction :) |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
95
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Posted - 2012.06.16 18:08:00 -
[1055] - Quote
Woo! Another bonk draw, another crowd of winners!
In this week's draw, for the minibonks:
Mirikana won a dread, a carrier, all the cap skillbooks to fly them both, and a HG slave or crystal implant set!
Prety Zinta won 5 BILLION in free blink credit, and the 5k promo tokens that go with it!
Captain Jagfx won one of every pirate faction frig, cruiser, and battleship!
Tridik won 5 hulks, 5 macks, 2 orcas, a rorqual, and a mining foreman implant!
And in the main bonk:
Nova Kusoni, AfgMErc, and snowman1 each won a Supercarrier BPO of their choice!
Congrats to all the winners - and stay tuned, the 250T celebration is flying up FAST!
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
7
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Posted - 2012.06.20 08:35:00 -
[1056] - Quote
Congratulations to the winners!!! Quite a hefty load of prizes this week!
I hope the stat window comes back in some form soon, even if it is the old one until the new one is ready. I like to compare my findings with the site's because you have all the data and my data is concatenated making it dangerous to rely upon without a validating second system. I have used the time to play more 16 tic games and have moved my Mega-blinks forward.
Please, Blinksters responsible for my happiness at playing here - take my thanks, my heartfelt thanks - both workers, other players and the really nice people on the chat. I avoid the chat when I would like to be there, but I cannot trust my medication schedule to let me be person my dog thinks I am. So to avoid offending a nice person, I have to stay away some times. Please understand that when you see me playing but not chatting, it is not because I am intending to be anti-social, it it because I am trying to prevent it! Plus, I just don't understand how you guys can do both at the same time!!!
We have some lifelong friends departing tomorrow after about a week's stay. He is 84 a WW2 Navy vet (lied about his age and joined at 15) . He retired from the Treasury Department, she, a nurse with an Ed.D retired from the Red Cross. I think we might have a new blink player, but I've got to get him past joing Eve first. I offered him 12 PLEX, but not sure if he really grasped that, but he does like blink - the big question is, can blink take another Stat man? A stat man who worked in one of the enforcement areas of the Treasury department and went to work "strapped" every day for 35 years, but thankfully, never had to draw.
Tonight, I am going to attempt to participate in 152 blinks to reach the 20k achievement. You will see me introduce blinks primarily with firetail, navy comet, hookbill. and slicer initializing with the number I am fond of at that moment. I entered those ships here using the hot keys - anything to be lazy!
Good luck to you all as we march on the 250T which is just over the horizon. Especially, I wish good luck and get some sleep to the Somer Workforce!
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Doyey3731
Apex Scientific
S2N Citizens
19
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Posted - 2012.06.20 22:33:00 -
[1057] - Quote
Quote:
I've won 4 promo's won in the last week!!
Wonderful community over at Somer Blink. Use promo code "Doyey" without the quote, for extra isk on signup
I've won a couple more since this \o/ |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
95
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Posted - 2012.06.23 18:38:00 -
[1058] - Quote
Another week, another crowd of Bonk winners going home rich!
In the minibonks:
chippy UK won 5B ISK, straight to the wallet!
Sgt Bamcis won a Jump Freighter of his choice!
PhantomSpiderPSN Network won one of every standard Navy hull, frigs through BS!
Replacement 234 won 12 PLEX, free eve for a year!
And in the main bonk:
Nill Zok was our runner up, winning 5B ISK
and
Kevda1 took the big prize, now 50 BILLION isk the richer for it!
Congrats to all the winners - but stay tuned folks, we're less than 10T away from the 250T celebration. Party inbound!
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Kevda1
Elite Guards
Stealth Wear Inc.
0
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Posted - 2012.06.24 04:02:00 -
[1059] - Quote
I had about over 8B invested on that bonk, others were saying the odds will still against me but they were hoping I would win and I did haha!
Thanks for 50B!
I will use it wisely |
Sunny Aegyo
Perkone
Caldari State
1
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Posted - 2012.06.25 08:11:00 -
[1060] - Quote
http://i.imgur.com/VhUyf.png
What are the odds ? |
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Angst IronShard
33
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Posted - 2012.06.27 10:14:00 -
[1061] - Quote
We will try to be present fot The 250T celebration \o/
I just need to win some stuffs :) |
Davan Ordanska
GODHC INTERSTELLAR FLEET
Primal Force
0
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Posted - 2012.06.27 12:17:00 -
[1062] - Quote
Gotta love Blink, Shame i am in negative winnings, must remember claim isk not put it back in for some more fun lol |
Bree Okanata
Romex Inc.
Dustm3n
21
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Posted - 2012.06.29 04:03:00 -
[1063] - Quote
Was given a bunch of money by a friend. Just tossed in 40m and on my first Blink I won a Tengu. These guys are awesome. |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
95
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Posted - 2012.06.30 03:16:00 -
[1064] - Quote
The 250T celebration will be striking any day now! EEEEE!
With this celebration, we'll be rolling out the madness. On top of insane levels of promos and awesome bonk and minibonks, the Bonus Blinks, Blink Blast, and Blink Presents will all be returning, even bigger than before!
Will you be there?
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Emlee Tiberious
Sinq Laison Collective
Northern Associates.
0
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Posted - 2012.07.01 00:35:00 -
[1065] - Quote
Holy cow this is stupidly addictive |
Titanium PIg
Escape Velocity Enterprises
18
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Posted - 2012.07.02 14:02:00 -
[1066] - Quote
Congratulations to this weeks winners:
Main Bonk Winners
Navios - Cap BPO Pack
xenon 85 - Cap BPO Pack
Runner-up Bonk Winners
Tynian Erath - Carrier BPO
fretje - Carrier BPO
Prior Legio - Carrier BPO
Baphomet77 - Carrier BPO
Abby Garner - Carrier BPO
Mini-Bonk Winners
Negodjay - Super Implants
Rip Jaws - Alliance + F. Tower
MissleWarrior - 12 PLEX
Lei Ling - Jump Freighter
250T celebrations almost upon us, join us and get you bonk on!
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Ristlin Wakefield
Wakefield-Dukovsky Conglomerate
25
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Posted - 2012.07.02 15:24:00 -
[1067] - Quote
"God does not roll dice" - Albert Einstein
"Stop telling God what to do" - Niels Bohr
"I play Blink" - God
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Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
105
|
Posted - 2012.07.02 20:04:00 -
[1068] - Quote
Eeeep, we're close now!
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for almost 2 years :) |
Billy Masterson
Magnetic force
Enigma Project
0
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Posted - 2012.07.02 20:19:00 -
[1069] - Quote
Only 130 left!!! |
Skyline Dreyar
The Dreyar House
3
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Posted - 2012.07.02 21:45:00 -
[1070] - Quote
250T celebration any second people! Get on it now! |
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GrammarNazi
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
6
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Posted - 2012.07.02 22:14:00 -
[1071] - Quote
And the 250T celebration is here! We'll be celebrating reaching the quarter quadrillion mark in prizes given away all week long, for six days! The celebration includes a Bonk with six T2 BPO prizes for six different winners!
First Prize: Mastodon BPO
Second Prize: Medium Shield Transporter II BPO
Third Prize: Medium Energy Transfer II BPO
Fourth Prize: Shield Boost Amplifier II BPO
Fifth Prize: Remote Sensor Dampener II BPO
Sixth Prize: Radar Backup Array II BPO
In addition to the Bonk, the Blink Blast makes its triumphant return with the largest prize ever of 250 billion isk for one lucky winner! Also, if you have a Blink account that's been registered for at least 7 days before the celebration, click on the banner on the front page to check out a free gift we have for you! Also, look out for the Bonus Blinks - normal Blinks which will pay out a double prize!
Don't forget about the Minibonks and promos, which will be running all week long. Thanks for helping us get here as always, and happy 250T! |
Ariel Armani
The Scope
Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2012.07.02 22:23:00 -
[1072] - Quote
Hi! I read about this 250 thing and thought I would come see what the big deal is about.
I want to play, but got really worried when I saw this.
http://blinkexposed.blogspot.com
What's that all about? Some kind of scam?
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Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
95
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Posted - 2012.07.02 22:29:00 -
[1073] - Quote
Heya Ariel :)
That's some guy who told us if we paid him 49b, he'd make a shill page, and if we did not, he'd make a smeer page. We don't pay people to have opinions for us, so he made the smeer page. :p
Gambler's regret is an unfortunate side-effect of a successful gambling service. But feel free to evaluate the things he claims on their own merits, ask other Blink players about their experiences, and make your own opinions :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Billy Masterson
Magnetic force
Enigma Project
0
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Posted - 2012.07.02 22:40:00 -
[1074] - Quote
Thanks to blink I have now one more month of playing time. SOMER Blink is awesome :) |
Doc Banshee
Baby Seal Bashing Club
Ninja Unicorns with Huge Horns
6
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Posted - 2012.07.03 07:05:00 -
[1075] - Quote
blink down? |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
105
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Posted - 2012.07.03 07:18:00 -
[1076] - Quote
Our host is aware of the issue, apparently a router in the datacenter went poof.
http://statusblog.webfaction.com/2012/07/03/various-web-and-dweb-servers-in-usa-off-line/
They're working on it.
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for almost 2 years :) |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
100
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Posted - 2012.07.03 08:47:00 -
[1077] - Quote
Whew. Big thanks to folks for being patient through the server issues. And big thanks to those who participated in the "Somer Lotteries" chat channel trivia during it :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Eddard Solus
Open University of Celestial Hardship
Art of War Alliance
0
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Posted - 2012.07.03 09:37:00 -
[1078] - Quote
Will you guys increase the bonus for the GTC purchases from Shattered Crystal like you did on the previous celebration?
I remember buying a GTC from there for that bonus and the next day the bonus went from 100m to 150m if I remember correctly. Not much but still :) |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
100
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Posted - 2012.07.03 09:41:00 -
[1079] - Quote
Unfortunately, due to supply issues on SC's side, we're not able to offer the bonus right now - but we are working with other affiliate programs to try and rectify that problem. :/
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Eddard Solus
Open University of Celestial Hardship
Art of War Alliance
0
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Posted - 2012.07.03 09:42:00 -
[1080] - Quote
So if i got that right, no bonus at all right now, not even the usual 100m, right? |
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Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
100
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Posted - 2012.07.03 09:57:00 -
[1081] - Quote
Oh no, sorry, didn't mean to miscommunicate there. The usual bonus is absolutely still on. Just the extra bigger bonus that went with the 200T celebration had to be put off. :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Babar Baboli
Rifterlings
Ushra'Khan
5
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Posted - 2012.07.03 13:15:00 -
[1082] - Quote
So I just won an Obelisk and I am wondering if it will be delivered to Jita or nearby lowsec?
Or is it possible to have it deliverd to Rens/Hek or nearby lowsec? |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
102
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Posted - 2012.07.03 13:44:00 -
[1083] - Quote
Freighters are delivered in Jita 4-4, though you can request it as ISK to buy one local to you instead if you like :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Babar Baboli
Rifterlings
Ushra'Khan
5
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Posted - 2012.07.03 13:49:00 -
[1084] - Quote
Andrev Nox wrote:Freighters are delivered in Jita 4-4, though you can request it as ISK to buy one local to you instead if you like :)
Really? I never got that choice!
The only option I got was "Hub".
I guess I can't reverse my prize for ISK?
Since I'm engaged in factional warfare, going to Jita is a bit of a ***** for me. :( |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
102
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Posted - 2012.07.03 13:53:00 -
[1085] - Quote
Oh, I just looked more in depth and noticed the Obelisk was a promo win. Promos don't offer the option for ISK unfortunately - only the item, and only in Jita (or lowsec in the case of carrier, dread, or rorqual promos). Non-promo wins are the ones that come with multiple claiming options :)
The good news is - you don't actually have to fly to Jita to contract the ship, so you can contract it to a non-FW alt to sell for you if you have one, or just contract it up for sale if you don't :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Babar Baboli
Rifterlings
Ushra'Khan
5
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Posted - 2012.07.03 13:56:00 -
[1086] - Quote
Andrev Nox wrote:Oh, I just looked more in depth and noticed the Obelisk was a promo win. Promos don't offer the option for ISK unfortunately - only the item, and only in Jita (or lowsec in the case of carrier, dread, or rorqual promos). Non-promo wins are the ones that come with multiple claiming options :)
The good news is - you don't actually have to fly to Jita to contract the ship, so you can contract it to a non-FW alt to sell for you if you have one, or just contract it up for sale if you don't :)
I didn't know that!
Thanks a lot :) |
Qrovax
Canadian Institute of RnD
0
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Posted - 2012.07.04 02:50:00 -
[1087] - Quote
Looking at that link from the site above, I can understand how someone would post such a thing if they were not doing so well with their gambling and try to sinisterly profit from it but it does beg to question, the one point brought up about fake characters, It would be nice to have a little more transparency about the discrepancy of Princess Darknight.
Earliest Achievements are dating back to:
Achievments
Veteran Blinker
Aug 13, 2011
Not By Chance
Aug 13, 2011
Just Lucky
Aug 13, 2011
Megablinker
Aug 13, 2011
Baby's First Blink
Aug 13, 2011
Big Spender
Aug 13, 2011
But the characters date of birth in game is:
Royal Amarr Institute 2012.05.10 20:22 to this day
How did this happen? |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
103
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Posted - 2012.07.04 03:11:00 -
[1088] - Quote
Qrovax - The Blink account is indeed older than the character in that case :)
We only allow one Blink account per person. When someone sells their old character, or just wants to change which char they Blink with, we transfer their old Blink account to their new character, so they don't have to break the rules to keep playing :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Bakanial Cadence
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2012.07.04 09:04:00 -
[1089] - Quote
Just want to say grats on an awesome site, Just won the Gigablink making me VERY happy \o/ |
Dilligafmofo
Sandman Plc
97
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Posted - 2012.07.05 10:45:00 -
[1090] - Quote
Been blinking since before the 40t celebrations. Just hit 250t in prizes won and still going strong.
This is Testament to your efforts blink team, a great place to be 24/7, all other similar sites pale into insignificance.
The this only one Somer Blink, join the in game channel now for high jinks and pantless punters !! |
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Ripblade Falconpunch
State War Academy
Caldari State
6
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Posted - 2012.07.09 03:22:00 -
[1091] - Quote
Congrats to the 250T celebration winners......
Besides the known shell character winning the "Mini Revue", it was quite a time! |
Pacifica Casul
Comtie Command
Emission Generation
0
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Posted - 2012.07.09 03:44:00 -
[1092] - Quote
I've never had over a 1 billion isk my wallet before I started playing somerblink. And now I'm the winner of the biggest prize in somer blink history. 250 Billion isk!
Blink is a must try for anyone...
Thanks somer and thanks to the folks on somer chat for wishing me luck at dire times! |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
116
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Posted - 2012.07.09 04:04:00 -
[1093] - Quote
Whew! 250T celebration closing out, and already well on our way towards the 300T one!
In the minibonk drawings, paying nothing more than promo tokens:
Malikian Deadnight won the ORE BPO Pack - a rorqual BPO, Covetor BPO, Retriever BPO, Procurer BPO, and and Orca BPO
MrEpants won one of every subcap Pirate and Navy ship
Bendello Dossa won the Mining Buddies Pack - 5 Hulks, 5 Macks, 2 Orca, a Mining Foreman Mindlink, and a Rorqual
boulin won the "T3 BPO Runner" - a T3 of his choice with all the subs for that T3 in game and one of each Pirate BS BPC
And Slick Eskimo won the Mini Revue - his choice of any one of the minibonk prize packs listed above :)
In the main Bonk drawing, filled with SIX T2 BPOs:
Ueberlisk won a Mastodon BPO
NewGit won a Medium Shield Transporter II BPO
Ile Disco won a Medium Energy Transfer II BPO
sharpshift won a Shield Boost Amplifier II BPO
and Nordali Amistran won a Remote Sensor Dampener II BPO
In the runner up drawing for the main Bonk, each of these people won 3 PLEX:
Matthew97
LLl0K
Stoogie
Relent Devine
cpl drycos
derek22311
Vega Umbranox
Dreeken
James Zarsky
colt hagman
And the big mamma-jamma prize, the Blink Blast for 250 BILLION isk straight to the wallet:
Pacifica Casul!
Congratulations to all of these winners, the hundreds of promo winners from this week, and the thousands of normal and Bonus Blink winners during the celebration. You guys are amazing!
Stay tuned though - at this pace, 300T will be here before you know it, and the partying beings anew!
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
mashtab
Drunk Chaos
Unprovoked Aggression
0
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Posted - 2012.07.09 04:38:00 -
[1094] - Quote
Hello, I am very new to this. Can you let me know how to play this game and/or where I can read more to find out. Thanks. |
Nordali Amistran
Tescit Trading
3
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Posted - 2012.07.09 04:40:00 -
[1095] - Quote
I would like to thank my mother, my brothers, my teachers back at school, my maid, my cook, of course Hornbach, my dog, and my microwave.
Oh, and SOMER Blink!
Seems unlikely, but finally I won GÖÑ
Had the bpo almost instantly as well...so...thanks :) |
mashtab
Drunk Chaos
Unprovoked Aggression
0
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Posted - 2012.07.09 04:40:00 -
[1096] - Quote
Here is a link to on where I am trying to play and am confused.
http://eve-files.com/tools/dice/view/Blink_Blast_3 |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
116
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Posted - 2012.07.09 04:41:00 -
[1097] - Quote
Heya mash :)
The Blink Blast is an event that just ended, that ran for the length of our 250T celebration. It's over now - but will return for our 300T celebration :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Nordali Amistran
Tescit Trading
3
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Posted - 2012.07.09 04:43:00 -
[1098] - Quote
To get a comprehensive and easy to read guide to Blink instead, click here! :)
http://cogdev.net/blink/?act=faq |
Bendello Dossa
CASCADE OF SPECTRES
0
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Posted - 2012.07.09 04:47:00 -
[1099] - Quote
Confirming i got my mining buddy pack woohoooo!! |
sharpshift
greyknights inc
0
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Posted - 2012.07.09 05:32:00 -
[1100] - Quote
wow thanks to somer and staff for running such a amazing site and can confirm that i got the contract for the t2 shield boost amp pretty much straight away been playing since 40tril and to be honest i play blink more then i do eve much much love |
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Ueberlisk
The Hatchery
Team Liquid
7
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Posted - 2012.07.09 07:48:00 -
[1101] - Quote
Confirming that the mastodon bpo was contracted and received during the night. Thank you SOMER for funding the EUNI war for next decade. |
Ile Disco
ZimmaGoo Holdings
0
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Posted - 2012.07.09 09:51:00 -
[1102] - Quote
T2 BPO Holder checking in |
boulin
You Meddling Kids
1
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Posted - 2012.07.09 15:04:00 -
[1103] - Quote
T3 BPO Runner - Got ma stuffs. |
2ippy
Nova Ardour
Dixie Normus.
13
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Posted - 2012.07.09 15:59:00 -
[1104] - Quote
Recieved the T2 BPO
Thanks somer blink!
Cheers |
Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
24
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Posted - 2012.07.09 17:49:00 -
[1105] - Quote
Congratulations to all the winners!
And congratualtions to Somer and staff for having built such a fun place which has drawn a wonderful bunch of folks to the Somer Blink channel. |
Hudzen Ten
Diva-Droid International
0
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Posted - 2012.07.09 18:05:00 -
[1106] - Quote
i would like to thank somer blink for helping the eve economy & inflation by taking isk of all these hanger spinning fools too dumb to tell the difference between the total value of the blinks they compete in and the actual isk they took home (converted to blink credit and lost)
p.s and for allowing me to make a quick gtc by exploiting their awards system with a bot. |
MrEpants
Dissident Aggressors
Mordus Angels
0
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Posted - 2012.07.09 19:37:00 -
[1107] - Quote
was loosing faith in blink had los too much ISK wasn't felling worth it anymore and then BLAMO! every pirate/navy ship? for me? and just add to that right after I get a rattlesnake promo. BLINK RULEZ. gonna blink some more (just wat they wanted) maybe win some more, either way its fun. |
Dakoit
The Scented Isle
0
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Posted - 2012.07.09 20:33:00 -
[1108] - Quote
So I had blinked away all my moneys while on a long trip away from easy access to Eve (so I couldn't deposit more), but as I'm going to be headed home next week I thought I'd stop by my favorite outlet for my compulsive gambling side. Luckily I came in right at the 250 trillion celebration and unwrapped 7.5 million isk to start off with.
Some judicious use of achievements (including pulling one all nighter - it was worth it!), and a 1 billion credit promo later, and I not only have a brand spanking new Tengu, but I also have cashed out over 1 billion in isk, and still have several hundred million to play with! Not bad for starting with a free 7.5 million. Blink is awesome!
And don't worry... I'm sure once I get back on my feet in the game, all that isk I cashed out will be going straight back into Blink, plus some . |
Swedish Spaceman
House of the Northern Lights
2
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Posted - 2012.07.10 13:46:00 -
[1109] - Quote
Grats to all the winners, and thank you staff for making a great celebration. |
Lord Jasta
Association of Commonwealth Enterprises
Test Alliance Please Ignore
6
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Posted - 2012.07.12 19:20:00 -
[1110] - Quote
I won 5.45 bill on a mini bonk and was paid out in undr 12 hours, I have also won over 500 ships that have all been delivered to my favorite high sec system in under 24. The caps I have won also have a very fast delivery rate. I love blink and i love the fact ive made several billions in winnings. Like every other lottery its random so you wont always win but thats part of the fun.
My only wish is that somber would contact you when you win a dread or carrier and give you some options as to what low sec systems are avalible for delivery. 3-4 cynos to move a dread sucks but when your getting them for 500-900 mill who cres :D
Long time blinker and will always play. |
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Matthew97
Pro Synergy
ARK.
15
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Posted - 2012.07.13 01:44:00 -
[1111] - Quote
I Won O_O
Holy **** - I never win anything! |
Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
24
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Posted - 2012.07.15 01:35:00 -
[1112] - Quote
Congratualions to all the winners! Congratulations on doing what it took to put yourself in a position to win.
Never Forget - Luck is when Preparation meets Opportunity.
And for you few whiners who complained about me tossing out 50k of tokens on a minibonk and said there was no reason for you to play after seeing that - I just took a quick stroll thru the reams of pages and I think the best I did somewhere around 52,000th place. Never give up, Never quit, Every ticket has an equal chance whether it is a Giga, bonk, micro lottery.
It may please you to know that I still have a few million tokens to toss out and maybe I can improve on my bonk winning rate. I can't even find my bonk win rate - i am sure Andrev can find it and I'd be happy for him to post it here. I know I have won more than one, but I'd be really suprised if it was four. There has to be a Bonk achievement so do some research if you like.
All I can find is my Promo Blinks Played 1,333 and Promo Blinks Won 6
On the giga - every one of those tickets has to be bought before it is over - If you got beat, it was your ticket against the other ticket - there are no personalities, it is just numbers. If only one ticket is left, it only takes one ticket to win and second place just means you are the leader of all the other losers. I almost always give it 15 or 20 minutes to run so everybody who is awake has a chance to select as many of their favorite numbers as they have put themselves in a position to buy and then buy out what's left. Many times I never get a ticket that way. And every now and then I exercise my perogative, the same everyone else who been careful and planned ahead has, and let my FPS mouse loose to fire at as many targets of opportunity it cares to.
After I took three straight gigas, nobody remembered the ten plus losses I've had with as many or more tickets.
I started this game with 5000 ISK and a crappy ship. What is your excuse?
I wish everyone the best of luck and I hope you all GET RICH! It will take the whiners longer because they lose focus, but I hope they get there, too.
On a happier note, I have a great Army Reunion (my OCS Class - OC10-70) that means the 10th class to graduate in 1970, it was 26 weeks then and we started in early November '69 (Thank God for Christmas Break) Maybe I can post a pic and give a prize to the first one who guesses which one I am! I have my wife and a guest who lives not far away, an Army Nurse I know from Vietnam who has been a really wonderful friend over the years. |
Anhenka
Burning Napalm
Northern Coalition.
6
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Posted - 2012.07.15 07:28:00 -
[1113] - Quote
Replacement 234 wrote: Maybe I can post a pic and give a prize to the first one who guesses which one I am! I have my wife and a guest who lives not far away, an Army Nurse I know from Vietnam who has been a really wonderful friend over the years.
Well damn, there goes my only clue of you being a semi young blond with short hair, unless you modeled your avatar after your wife/gf/friend you mentioned.
On the subject of blink, I turned 100 mil into 5 bil a bit ago and am now damn scared to touch it again. I know it's all random, major tinfoilhattery aside, but can't shake the feeling lady luck wants to rake me over the coals for winning for a while.
Anyway, bump for a good service. |
PMolkenthin
Dark Chapter
16
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Posted - 2012.07.15 10:54:00 -
[1114] - Quote
My god thats addictive!!! First Blink, 1 ticket, won a Naglfar!! :D |
Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
24
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Posted - 2012.07.15 13:02:00 -
[1115] - Quote
Anhenka wrote:Replacement 234 wrote: Maybe I can post a pic and give a prize to the first one who guesses which one I am! I have my wife and a guest who lives not far away, an Army Nurse I know from Vietnam who has been a really wonderful friend over the years. Well damn, there goes my only clue of you being a semi young blond with short hair, unless you modeled your avatar after your wife/gf/friend you mentioned. On the subject of blink, I turned 100 mil into 5 bil a bit ago and am now damn scared to touch it again. I know it's all random, major tinfoilhattery aside, but can't shake the feeling lady luck wants to rake me over the coals for winning for a while. Anyway, bump for a good service.
Actually, my avatar was created by a friend who is working hard to move from oil painting portraiture to digital portraiture. She was interested in the Eve program for creating avatars and asked if she could use a wedding picture of my wife to create this avatar. There were many limitations with the software and very few poeple would snap their fingers and say, "Damn!, that's a ringer." But fortunately, just by coincidence, I happened to be present for our wedding ! So in this avatar, I can see the close resemblance in may ways. She is 9 years younger than I am, we've been married for 16 years and I'm in the middle prime of my 65th year. So the avatar is a little younger appearing than she was, but she has always been beautiful to me. When we met. I actually thought she was too young for me and below my lower limit for who I would ask out, but a mutual friend encouraged me with the phase, "You'll be surprised!" when I expressed my concern for her age. She looked 28 to me then and I have always accused her not aging a day since then.
And my friend the Nurse was never a girlfriend in that sense of the word. But I would consider her to be the reason I am alive today, Vietnam vets, and perhaps all war veterans have a very special place in their hearts for Nurses who cared for them and who we watched do phenomenal things for others who made it and for those unfortunates who did not. Nurses who slept thru the sound mortar fire, rolled out of cots into trenches when the mortar impacts became too close, greeted their new patients with a reasuring smile and the standard line they often knew was untrue but delivered in a way to subside fear and instill confidence, "You're gonna be ok." to 18-19 year old kids who were still covered with the dirt of the battlefield - well, they cannot escape our view of their hero status.
My wife is a 20 year Army retiree, and her rank when we me met threw me off of her age, too. But she did not join till she was 30 after she ran away from home and a very bad marriage. She was not a nurse, but received a direct commision as a military historian and never worked as one, spending her career working in personel. so it was lucky that we met, because I worked in anti-personnel.
Thank you for admiring the love of my life, well,,,, sorta,,,,,,
And congrats on the good fortune, just never try to bet your way thru a losing streek, conserve your capital if lady luck gets a little bitchy and survive to bet another day, I think Luck only works for about 10-12% of my time. so i'll spend a few minutes looking at the stats page and look at the four numbers which have hit the least (thinking they may be cold, but could turn hot) and looking at the four numbers which have been hitting (thinking they may still be hot but could turn cold). Then I will spend a few minutes seeing what number are actually winning, then bet my shoe size. No forget the shoe size! Anyway, I know that over time, but never know how much time or even if I will live long enough to see it, the hits on the numbers will even out. But I want to go with success, so I keep my eye what is hitting. When I'm energetic and dedicated, I'll even run the winning number into a spreadshit that is always under construction. But never try to bet your way out of a slump - take a break - when you retrn start looking at the numbers afresh and when you think you have three which will work, place ten straight bets and cheap shots using those numbers and see how you do. Can your wins cover your losses? and continue to refine. Rare is when you get a set of numbers which will work for long. Sure, you can pick 4 constant numbers and each one has a 1 in 8 chance, but when all four are in a slump, then you are trying to bet your way thru a losing streak. You can win over time, but can you afford it or live that long? The 16s just don't have enough data to crunch, unless you are very patient and are willing to wait through an hour long rorq for one data point when you could have played 50-75 8tix games. You can make the 16s go faster by starting less expensive ones like the plex or the carrier SB, but if the board has rorq and moros asleep with only half the field taken for 40 minutes, you are not getting the faster moving items introduced. Betting the bigs with lots of tix makes the risk/reward skew very unfavorablly. Take 75% of the chances to win and one loss will take three wins to over come it. That means over the stretch of time we cannot predict, you'll just about break even and a losing streak of 3 or 4 will take a wining streak of 9 or 12 to break even. With the stakes on the bigs, every ticket price is critical - your success with a 10 ticket strategy, that works, will reap huge dividends or the 12 ticket strategy. But every strategy depends on selecting numbers that are being abnormally actively. Every number goes thru a cycle over that unknown period of time where it is abnormally active. Each number has the liklihood of being abnormally active in such a way that is barely noticeable or is a standout which is liable to go from hot to not in one toss.
Good Luck & succes |
Titanium PIg
Escape Velocity Enterprises
18
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Posted - 2012.07.15 14:14:00 -
[1116] - Quote
Congratulations to this weeks lucky winners:-
Kevda1 - 58.21B (wtf, again ? )
Sir Sniper - 5.29B
spreaders - Super Implants
Martis Gradivus - 5B Credit
Heaven Sender - Capital Buffet
Tridik - Pirate Pack
Only 29T to go to the next massive party, hope to see you there.
p.s. I'm afk for a bit, need to go out a buy some sunglasses to shield my eyes from the ungodly walls of text that keep appearing...
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Georgia Jones
Aurora Reloaded.
0
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Posted - 2012.07.15 14:30:00 -
[1117] - Quote
I've never really won any isk here. pretty disappointing really |
Sierra Skyy
Mining Missioning And Cargo Security Services
10
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Posted - 2012.07.15 17:24:00 -
[1118] - Quote
It says on the Somer Blink site that as of now, players have taken home over 270 trillion ISK worth of prizes. Just checking to see if that's really true, cuz that seems like a lot of prizes people are winning!
Thanks
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Anhenka
Burning Napalm
Northern Coalition.
9
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Posted - 2012.07.15 18:54:00 -
[1119] - Quote
Sierra Skyy wrote:It says on the Somer Blink site that as of now, players have taken home over 270 trillion ISK worth of prizes. Just checking to see if that's really true, cuz that seems like a lot of prizes people are winning!
Thanks
Players have won 270 trillion in prizes.
Frequently they sell those back to Somer for more blink credit to continue blinking with, like cashing out poker chips in order to buy token for slot machines. |
Sierra Skyy
Mining Missioning And Cargo Security Services
10
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Posted - 2012.07.16 00:58:00 -
[1120] - Quote
Anhenka wrote:Sierra Skyy wrote:It says on the Somer Blink site that as of now, players have taken home over 270 trillion ISK worth of prizes. Just checking to see if that's really true, cuz that seems like a lot of prizes people are winning!
Thanks
Players have won 270 trillion in prizes. Frequently they sell those back to Somer for more blink credit to continue blinking with, like cashing out poker chips in order to buy token for slot machines.
I appreciate your answer. Can someone from Somer Blink staff please confirm this?
Thank you.
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Sar'ran Zorn
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
2
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Posted - 2012.07.16 01:31:00 -
[1121] - Quote
What are you trying to confirm? It says it on the site. People can pick the ship, isk, or blink credit, whichever they want. |
Wendy Hills
Task Force Jumpmaster
0
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Posted - 2012.07.16 01:44:00 -
[1122] - Quote
It might be helpful and informative to view Sierra Skyy's previous forum post history, by being logged in and clicking on her avatar. |
Dilligafmofo
Sandman Plc
100
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Posted - 2012.07.16 09:19:00 -
[1123] - Quote
Sierra Skyy wrote:Anhenka wrote:Sierra Skyy wrote:It says on the Somer Blink site that as of now, players have taken home over 270 trillion ISK worth of prizes. Just checking to see if that's really true, cuz that seems like a lot of prizes people are winning!
Thanks
Players have won 270 trillion in prizes. Frequently they sell those back to Somer for more blink credit to continue blinking with, like cashing out poker chips in order to buy token for slot machines. I appreciate your answer. Can someone from Somer Blink staff please confirm this? Thank you.
It may be worth you watching the counter on the site. As players win prizes, that counter increases to the value of items won. It is hardly rocket science, even for you I'm sure, to see that the figure would be correct.
Not sure which wannabe / copycat site your main is from, but it is getting quite tiresome watching pillocks trying to stir a **** pot that doesn't have **** in it. |
JusFooling Around
JusFooling Around Corp
60
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Posted - 2012.07.16 22:49:00 -
[1124] - Quote
Sierra skyyyyy oh yy
Not as smart as you, I don't have hair.
But wouldn't you think that every time they post a new number, which happens every time a Blink, promo, bonk, minibonk or giga ends, or an achievement is met - that the posting of the new ammount would be a form of confirmation?
Or are you thinking someone might just post, "Those numbers, nahhh, that's a bunch of baloney!"
Do you want someone to make a statement so when you convene your grand jury in the court of Hague, that you will have a "gotcha" based on pixels and are they really playing from home?
You know you are always asking questions which have quite obvious answers. Makes others wonder about your motivation.
BTW Have you ever heard of Space-ship Barbie? or the jita local chat? You can't go there without tripping over a scammer, but every rock here has been thorougly examined and now we are down to defining when something is "taken home"?
whoa! did you see that? looked like a flying saucer - somebodsy ought to look into that!!!!
Have fun, we are certainly entertained.
btw - not worth anything but a first draft - feel free to point out typos |
Hale Egdald
Target Identified
0
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Posted - 2012.07.18 17:52:00 -
[1125] - Quote
I feel like I should post here, just too feel important... (and blink is awesome) |
Babar Baboli
Rifterlings
Ushra'Khan
5
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Posted - 2012.07.21 10:27:00 -
[1126] - Quote
Could someone tell me what I have to do for the 'Addiction' award? |
Pasocon Otaku
0
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Posted - 2012.07.23 06:24:00 -
[1127] - Quote
Addiction
Play a Blink every day for 30 days. |
Babar Baboli
Rifterlings
Ushra'Khan
5
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Posted - 2012.07.23 09:29:00 -
[1128] - Quote
Pasocon Otaku wrote:Addiction
Play a Blink every day for 30 days.
Thank you! |
Titanium PIg
Escape Velocity Enterprises
19
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Posted - 2012.07.23 09:38:00 -
[1129] - Quote
Congratulations to this weeks winners:-
This Week's Winners
Xuratis - AT Frigate
Elodin Gale - AT Frigate
Wilk008 - Navy Pack
Negodjay - Jump Freighter
NewGit - Capital Buffet
Loturas83 - Pirate Pack
Heaven Sender - 12 PLEX
Only 22T to go before the 300T celebration; feeling lucky 
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Demowulf
The Return of the Unskilled
Eternal Evocations
0
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Posted - 2012.07.23 15:08:00 -
[1130] - Quote
Just wanna say thanks for receiving the Vidicator 2 days ago :)
TY
Demo |
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Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
31
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Posted - 2012.07.24 05:40:00 -
[1131] - Quote
Titanium PIg wrote:Congratulations to this weeks winners:- This Week's WinnersXuratis - AT Frigate Elodin Gale - AT Frigate Wilk008 - Navy Pack Negodjay - Jump Freighter NewGit - Capital Buffet Loturas83 - Pirate Pack Heaven Sender - 12 PLEX Only 22T to go before the 300T celebration; feeling lucky
Nobody says it better than TP! Grats to all! |
Titanium PIg
Escape Velocity Enterprises
19
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Posted - 2012.07.28 18:01:00 -
[1132] - Quote
Another week, another set of big winners:-
This Week's Winners
Ueberlisk - 63.94B ISK
Nota Niceone - 5.8B ISK
Nina Callari - 5.8B ISK
Goatlol - 5B Credit
Elodin Gale - Jump Freighter
Iirightii - Alliance + F. Tower
Congratulations to all the winners, and less than 17T until the Big 300T celebration.
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GrammarNazi
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
9
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Posted - 2012.07.28 18:08:00 -
[1133] - Quote
Our lastest Bonk finishes off with the newest round of winners! This week's round of Bonks and minis will see our latest round of lucky Blinkers going home with over 90b isk in prizes, in addition to the promo-spam.
Mini Bonks
5 Billion Blink Credit: Goatlol
Jump Freighter: Elodin Gale
Your own Alliance + Faction Tower: Iirightii
10% of the Bonk tickets (5.8b ISK): Nina Callari
And the winner of the main bonk, which is the entire ticket value + 10% from us, is:
Ueberlisk, netting himself a 63.94 billion isk payday! Our runner up contest also awarded Nota Niceone with ten percent of the Bonk ticket value again, for another 5.8 billion isk.
Congratulations to all of the winners of the Bonks, mini-bonks, and promos. We're closing in fast on the 300T celebration, and everyone knows what that means! Get your party hats ready, because this is going to be our biggest one yet! |
Ueberlisk
The Hatchery
Team Liquid
7
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Posted - 2012.07.28 19:07:00 -
[1134] - Quote
Thank you SOMER for this nice birthday present :) |
Hans Groper
Brewmasters Union
0
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Posted - 2012.07.30 19:49:00 -
[1135] - Quote
So far about 295 million in the hole on Blink, but I am still having fun. Maybe I can get a birthday Blink next week. |
Hans Groper
Brewmasters Union
0
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Posted - 2012.07.30 19:50:00 -
[1136] - Quote
Titanium PIg wrote:Another week, another set of big winners:-
Congratulations to all the winners, and less than 17T until the Big 300T celebration.
What happens at 300T?
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princess1000
SPQR.
0
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Posted - 2012.07.31 23:22:00 -
[1137] - Quote
Love Blink Keep It Going |
Titanium PIg
Escape Velocity Enterprises
19
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Posted - 2012.08.04 17:57:00 -
[1138] - Quote
Congratulations to all this weeks winners !!!
This Week's Winners
Tide Mende - SC BPO
Godless123 - SC BPO
Laryk - Carrier BPO Pack
Malikian Deadnight - Pirate Pack
KRUSTY CLOWN - Super Implant Pack
Aerokella - ORE BPO Pack
Less than 12T till the next big celebration at 300T, hope to see you there.
And congratulations again to all the winners.
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Coronus Vistule
Akakage Industries
0
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Posted - 2012.08.06 02:20:00 -
[1139] - Quote
The E-Machine Server Icon just caught on fire. also, thank you for the orca a few days ago =d |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
135
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Posted - 2012.08.06 06:09:00 -
[1140] - Quote
Another week, another several billionaires created!
In this week's drawing:
Aerokella won the ORE BPO Pack - one of each T1 ORE BPO
KRUSTY CLOWN won the Super Implant Pack - a full highgrade slave, crystal, and snake set
Malikian Deadnight won the Pirate Pack - one of every subcap pirate ship
Laryk Carrier won the Carrier BPO Pack - 4 carrier BPOs of his choice
And in the Bonk:
Tide Mende and Godless123 won a SC BPO of their choice!
Grats to all the winners - and stay tuned, the 300T celebration is flying up at our face, like an awesome thing that will hit you in the face soon!
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
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GogerMoger
ARTEMIS Global Security
AAA Citizens
0
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Posted - 2012.08.06 23:00:00 -
[1141] - Quote
lol, guys, I think I'm your new record holder! won 3 promos in less than 12 hours! PERFECT! thank very much somer! =) |
Th3K1LL3R
renditions of madness
B A C K B 0 N E
1
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Posted - 2012.08.07 20:34:00 -
[1142] - Quote
GogerMoger wrote:lol, guys, I think I'm your new record holder! won 3 promos in less than 12 hours! PERFECT! thank very much somer! =)
Nop, won 5 in 1 promo fest night :) |
Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
31
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Posted - 2012.08.07 20:36:00 -
[1143] - Quote
Congratualtions to all the winners - it was a big pot of goodies!
And Congrats to GogerMoger on three promo wins!!!!! You have any advice for a struggling Blinker?
I wish you all, as well as every Blinker, great success in all your endeavors and have a lot of fun getting RICH!!!!!!
Also - None of this good stuff would be happening if it weren't for Somer's vision and the hard work of her team, so thanks to each of you guys!!
Hold on to your hats as 300T is closing in fast!!!
Eritted in:
WOW, Congrats to th3kill3r for his 5 promo wins in a day!!!!! You got that posted while I was struggleing to write the above!!!
Maybe I can get some advice from both of you...... |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
116
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Posted - 2012.08.11 17:58:00 -
[1144] - Quote
This week's Bonk is done and over... one for the history books!
Bonks:
Elodin Gale won 67,350,000,000 ISK!
Miles Duko won 6,120,000,000 ISK with just one 500,000 ISK ticket!
Minibonks:
Kisumii : Minibonk Choice
Randomised Ideas : 12 PLEX
Bloody Sky : Carrier BPO Set
Castiel's Fury : Capital Buffet
300T is so close now, and we have lots of goodies stored up for it! Hope to see you there :)
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for almost 2 years :) |
Tapthieso
TARDZ
Gods of Night and Day
2
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Posted - 2012.08.12 17:01:00 -
[1145] - Quote
Fun games.. now i just need to win some! :D |
Babar Baboli
Rifterlings
Ushra'Khan
5
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Posted - 2012.08.13 11:00:00 -
[1146] - Quote
I've almost given up on Blink, and earlier today I won 1bil blink credit! Thanks a lot!
More blink credit promos and moar bonks :D:D |
L'amour Sauvage
Underworld Group
3
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Posted - 2012.08.14 02:55:00 -
[1147] - Quote
Always a strange sensation that even w/ internet strangers I always feel pangs of sadness when someone suffers loss.
I can wait until 310tril for a full on pants down celebration. Maybe even 320 if it means Somer will be in the full spirit swing of things to sit/enjoy/laugh and appreciate the awesome she has wrought.
But so help you all if I have to wait until 330 for billions and billions worth of free pixels given out of utterly cool generosity and honorable hard work from strangers around the world. I SWEAR IT SO HELP ME SHANAVOU SHUD L'AMOUR WAIT!
Nothin' but love and wishes of peace to all...unless you're a huge winner. Then in your ear I whisper...newman...
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Bayushi Maru
The Generic Pirate Corporation
2
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Posted - 2012.08.15 08:51:00 -
[1148] - Quote
Bring on the 300T Celebrations
300 Tribute Video Here , Enjoy
http://s62.photobucket.com/albums/h90/lakides/SomerBlink/?action=view¤t=Bay_Sign.png |
IbanezLaney
The Church of Awesome
Caldari State Capturing
46
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Posted - 2012.08.15 12:02:00 -
[1149] - Quote
It's as if you know when I'm gonna stop playing and then I win something and keep playing.
I will stop one day......
Fix this **** See Sea Pea. |
Babar Baboli
Rifterlings
Ushra'Khan
7
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Posted - 2012.08.15 12:10:00 -
[1150] - Quote
Can't someone post a complete list of all the achievements? |
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Ripblade Falconpunch
State War Academy
Caldari State
6
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Posted - 2012.08.15 20:48:00 -
[1151] - Quote
http://www.evenews24.com/2012/08/15/somer-blink-hit/
tl;dr - Somer got hacked. Oh, and guess what? They found a bunch of shell characters with greater
chances to win to avoid paying out. Go figure. |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
135
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Posted - 2012.08.15 21:42:00 -
[1152] - Quote
Wow :p
That article has some distortions, and some just outright madeup nonsense.
Firstly - There was no grand hacking attempt or success. :p Four days ago, an individual used a security loophole to redirect a small percentage of people browsing to our site to a fishing site. This fishing site would copy down the Blink cookie of those who visited it. The security hole was plugged almost immediately, and no harm to the site or any accounts was managed. :)
We love running Blink, and the community around it, but the one real downside is "Gamblers Regret." A few days before the shenanigans started, this person deposited 1.5b over the course of a day. He lost a few and won a few, but was so caught up in the excitement that he kept exchanging all of his wins for more credit until the only thing he successfully cashed out was a Tengu. As in most cases of Gambler's Regret, he chose to blame us for his decision to gamble that all away, and created an imposture corporation to try and scam deposits. When that was removed by GMs, he even went so far as to break state and federal laws trying (and partially succeeding) to "hack" the site. Now that that security hole is plugged, he's fishing for any other outlet that will join him in his outrage that he chose to send us isk and chose to gamble even his winnings away.
We've done our best to create a site that is fun, fair, and exciting to use - and for some people, they would rather try to scream and rage at and about us, instead of admitting that they chose to gamble more than they should have, or didn't walk away from the table when they could have.
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Axenog
Gravit Negotii
Cascade Associates
0
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Posted - 2012.08.16 00:15:00 -
[1153] - Quote
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Axenog
Gravit Negotii
Cascade Associates
0
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Posted - 2012.08.16 00:16:00 -
[1154] - Quote
Andrev Nox wrote:Wow :p
That article has some distortions, and some just outright madeup nonsense.
Firstly - There was no grand hacking attempt or success. :p Four days ago, an individual used a security loophole to redirect a small percentage of people browsing to our site to a fishing site. This fishing site would copy down the Blink cookie of those who visited it. The security hole was plugged almost immediately, and no harm to the site or any accounts was managed. :)
We love running Blink, and the community around it, but the one real downside is "Gamblers Regret." A few days before the shenanigans started, this person deposited 1.5b over the course of a day. He lost a few and won a few, but was so caught up in the excitement that he kept exchanging all of his wins for more credit until the only thing he successfully cashed out was a Tengu. As in most cases of Gambler's Regret, he chose to blame us for his decision to gamble that all away, and created an imposture corporation to try and scam deposits. When that was removed by GMs, he even went so far as to break state and federal laws trying (and partially succeeding) to "hack" the site. Now that that security hole is plugged, he's fishing for any other outlet that will join him in his outrage that he chose to send us isk and chose to gamble even his winnings away.
We've done our best to create a site that is fun, fair, and exciting to use - and for some people, they would rather try to scream and rage at and about us, instead of admitting that they chose to gamble more than they should have, or didn't walk away from the table when they could have.
I am definitely impressed with your site. It is well coded, looks very clean, and is super easy to use. I enjoyed giving it a chance and losing (paying) you for a great looking site. That being said, please do not insult us by claiming your site is fair!
In my experience, I played 60 blinks with a 1 in 8 chance of winning. I did not win one of them. The real odds of that happening are 0.033%! [Chance of losing = 7/8, repeated 60 times = (7/8)^60] Your site is rigged, just please don't claim it is fair. Fun and exciting, yes. Fair, No Way!
It is actually very impressive that you made a site where people just hand you their ISK for nothing in return. Your site will go down as one of the legendary scams in eve (eg. Eddie Lampert and Mordor Exuel) when you finally admit what you are doing. Perhaps people are so addicted to Blink that they will continue to deposit their iskies even after your site is widely accepted as a scam. You could have had so much more...a legitimate business that made isk (and even real money) for many years to come. Instead...you will poof into oblivion and merely be a memory to the EVE saga.
If you still claim your site is completely fair, I guess I am super lucky... one in 3,017 lucky. |
Michael Blackson
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2012.08.16 05:52:00 -
[1155] - Quote
Axenog wrote:Andrev Nox wrote:Wow :p
That article has some distortions, and some just outright madeup nonsense.
Firstly - There was no grand hacking attempt or success. :p Four days ago, an individual used a security loophole to redirect a small percentage of people browsing to our site to a fishing site. This fishing site would copy down the Blink cookie of those who visited it. The security hole was plugged almost immediately, and no harm to the site or any accounts was managed. :)
We love running Blink, and the community around it, but the one real downside is "Gamblers Regret." A few days before the shenanigans started, this person deposited 1.5b over the course of a day. He lost a few and won a few, but was so caught up in the excitement that he kept exchanging all of his wins for more credit until the only thing he successfully cashed out was a Tengu. As in most cases of Gambler's Regret, he chose to blame us for his decision to gamble that all away, and created an imposture corporation to try and scam deposits. When that was removed by GMs, he even went so far as to break state and federal laws trying (and partially succeeding) to "hack" the site. Now that that security hole is plugged, he's fishing for any other outlet that will join him in his outrage that he chose to send us isk and chose to gamble even his winnings away.
We've done our best to create a site that is fun, fair, and exciting to use - and for some people, they would rather try to scream and rage at and about us, instead of admitting that they chose to gamble more than they should have, or didn't walk away from the table when they could have. I am definitely impressed with your site. It is well coded, looks very clean, and is super easy to use. I enjoyed giving it a chance and losing (paying) you for a great looking site. That being said, please do not insult us by claiming your site is fair!In my experience, I played 60 blinks with a 1 in 8 chance of winning. I did not win one of them. The real odds of that happening are 0.033%! [Chance of losing = 7/8, repeated 60 times = (7/8)^60] Your site is rigged, just please don't claim it is fair. Fun and exciting, yes. Fair, No Way! It is actually very impressive that you made a site where people just hand you their ISK for nothing in return. Your site will go down as one of the legendary scams in eve (eg. Eddie Lampert and Mordor Exuel) when you finally admit what you are doing. Perhaps people are so addicted to Blink that they will continue to deposit their iskies even after your site is widely accepted as a scam. You could have had so much more...a legitimate business that made isk (and even real money) for many years to come. Instead...you will poof into oblivion and merely be a memory to the EVE saga. If you still claim your site is completely fair, I guess I am super lucky... one in 3,017 lucky.
I wouldn't go so far as to say its well coded. Could it be nominated for a front end design award? Sure. but well coded also includes the back end, which i would like to say is a mess of googly gop. If you only have one place on your entire website where a user could possibly enter information then there is absolutely no excuse for not properly sanitizing user input so that you don't open yourself up to a persisted XSS attack, its one of the worst xss attacks to even have as well. Absolutely terrible an inexcusable.
Other than that, the rest of your text is perfectly dead on.
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Michaelthe
TreadStone Standard
Tribal Band
0
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Posted - 2012.08.16 06:14:00 -
[1156] - Quote
Andrev Nox wrote:Wow :p
That article has some distortions, and some just outright madeup nonsense.
Firstly - There was no grand hacking attempt or success. :p Four days ago, an individual used a security loophole to redirect a small percentage of people browsing to our site to a fishing site. This fishing site would copy down the Blink cookie of those who visited it. The security hole was plugged almost immediately, and no harm to the site or any accounts was managed. :)
We love running Blink, and the community around it, but the one real downside is "Gamblers Regret." A few days before the shenanigans started, this person deposited 1.5b over the course of a day. He lost a few and won a few, but was so caught up in the excitement that he kept exchanging all of his wins for more credit until the only thing he successfully cashed out was a Tengu. As in most cases of Gambler's Regret, he chose to blame us for his decision to gamble that all away, and created an imposture corporation to try and scam deposits. When that was removed by GMs, he even went so far as to break state and federal laws trying (and partially succeeding) to "hack" the site. Now that that security hole is plugged, he's fishing for any other outlet that will join him in his outrage that he chose to send us isk and chose to gamble even his winnings away.
We've done our best to create a site that is fun, fair, and exciting to use - and for some people, they would rather try to scream and rage at and about us, instead of admitting that they chose to gamble more than they should have, or didn't walk away from the table when they could have.
I think better damage control at this point would be:
" Lol.
/out"
that is all. |
Veni'vidi Vixit
Addicted to somer blink
0
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Posted - 2012.08.16 06:58:00 -
[1157] - Quote
Thank you somer soo much for taking my isk! I really love you <3 Seriously i do
Hope everything is alright tho at your end
Much love from your addicted gamblers! |
Saryk Moon
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2012.08.16 07:02:00 -
[1158] - Quote
Have been playing a few weeks now, originally put in a small amount and I'm up ten times what I put in (partly thanks to the promos).
But the community is a big reason to play, people in the chat are great.
Thanks for the effort in setting this up! |
Shalia Ripper
187
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Posted - 2012.08.16 07:06:00 -
[1159] - Quote
I turned 400Mill into 100Bill on Somerblink and have been happily losing it all ever since.
Lots of fun, great people in chat and a very helpful staff.
Sore losers shouldn't gamble. Nuff said.
Why can't I just delete my signature CCP? WHYYYYYYY? |
Major JSilva
Total Mayhem.
Northern Coalition.
54
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Posted - 2012.08.16 07:11:00 -
[1160] - Quote
Somer Blink is a legit micro-lottery service in which valueable prizes can be won in seconds, its staff is outstandingly friendly and it run by two cool people Somer and Andrev who go above and beyond to keep the hamster alive so rest of us can enjoy the fun. Thanks for all the winnings and the 3 promos I've won to date after playing for a year or more(lost track) and for many more to come :P
To the dudes who cry scam or rigged, we all lose some day its the risk of randomized game. Don't gamble what you not willing to lose, know if you have a problem and when to stop. Have to police yourselves!
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Keith Planck
Ashton Technologies
Ignore This.
425
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Posted - 2012.08.16 08:39:00 -
[1161] - Quote
Shill accounts confirmed.
Just look at some of the capital ship spammers and compare it with their real eve stats. |
Babar Baboli
Rifterlings
Ushra'Khan
7
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Posted - 2012.08.16 10:29:00 -
[1162] - Quote
Personally, I don't think it's a scam. It would be a dumb thing to do and they already make more than enough ISK from all the blinks. I've been living off of SOMER Blink the past two months so I don't feel scammed.
But, if it's true what Andrew Nox says, I think that the right thing to do would be an official post on the SOMER Blink website. Or here on the forum with a link from the SOMER Blink website.
I must say that it feels a bit suspicious that nothing of this is mentioned on the SOMER Blink website.
If SOMER Blink is a serious and legit business, people will need to hear this from the admins and not through the grapevine. |
Sar'ran Zorn
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
2
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Posted - 2012.08.16 10:40:00 -
[1163] - Quote
Babar Baboli wrote:
If SOMER Blink is a serious and legit business
Sirious bizness, not videogame internet spaceship pretend casino at all. |
Babar Baboli
Rifterlings
Ushra'Khan
7
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Posted - 2012.08.16 10:59:00 -
[1164] - Quote
Sar'ran Zorn wrote:Babar Baboli wrote:
If SOMER Blink is a serious and legit business
Sirious bizness, not videogame internet spaceship pretend casino at all.
Srs lgt bzns within spaceship-terms of course. |
Titanium PIg
Escape Velocity Enterprises
19
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Posted - 2012.08.16 17:25:00 -
[1165] - Quote
* sigh * |
Titanium PIg
Escape Velocity Enterprises
19
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Posted - 2012.08.16 17:32:00 -
[1166] - Quote
I'd just like to say thanks for all the hard work and effort you've put into making this site possible Somer; I've, personally, had a great time for the past (almost) two years and met some extraordinary people along the way.
Keep it up, and continue to mix it up, you've made it into something quite amazing (by any standards).
And by my reckoning; this time next year; I'll be a trillionaire |
Hans Groper
Brewmasters Union
0
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Posted - 2012.08.16 21:41:00 -
[1167] - Quote
Unfortunately by this time next month I would be broke if I kept Blinking 1 bil isk in 168 mil isk out. It was fun, but I might be done after 300T celebration depending on the draw and if I don't just lose it all.
Secondly I find the chat channel is great, enjoy talking to Somer, Andrev and Replacement who are usually on when I am.
Thanks Somer,
A very broke Gambler |
Boozer Hoover
Eternal Phoenix Rises
0
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Posted - 2012.08.17 03:14:00 -
[1168] - Quote
Screen shots or it didnt happen, I have been a long time somer blink fan (although banned, for bug hunting and extensive testing of said bug lol).
Long summary short, I love somer blinks site although someone may have hacked and stolen some deposits, I am sure they will fix those deposits but more importantly I DO NOT BELIEVE THEY HAVE SHILL ACOUNTS, AGAIN SCREEN SHOTS ARE NEEDED PLEASE |
Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
31
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Posted - 2012.08.17 08:11:00 -
[1169] - Quote
Hey, here is a great way for Blink to up their profit by way more than any Army of shill alts could produce,
Why don't they cut the number of promos from anywhere between 25 and 40 promos a day as they do now to just one every two hours or about 10 a day, and instead of inclucing dreads, 5 billion blink credits and other big buck prizes given away for free along with every other prize in their list of prizes. They could cut it down to frigs and cruisers. They could probably save over 100 bill a day right there. Oh, and the Mini-bonkks, also paid for with free tokens, just do away with those, and pump up their bottom line a few percent.
As long as we are increasing their profit, let's do away with the benchmark celebrations. They start those off by giving every member (50k +) a gift box with some nice minimum priced gift up to really expensive gifts, then the random doubling of prizes that come as a surprise after the prize is won could be done away with.
Shucks, getting rid of sponsoring things like AT X and the many other community activities could raise the bottom line, too.
If you have a stolen list of shills, I'd better be on it. I've had to live with the label of "The Biggest Shill in Eve History" ever since the earlier versions of the Tinfoil Belief Society stepped forward to make a lot of claims that got laughed off the forums and never produced their "proof" either.
And they always show up right at the Benchmark Celebrations. Always a bunch of new characters who strive to prove as quickly as possible they know absolutely nothing about the Theory of Probability and start quoting elementary school math examples of that would have to come from the "LAW of Probability". Well there ain't no LAW of Probability. There is only the law of sore losers who don't know how to gamble and certainly don't know when to quit when they start losing.
But go ahead, start quoting anecdotal examples and mis-quoting the definition of "Value of Blink Credit Won" which is not profit, but only a list of the prizes won, without taking losses into account. Go on, misrepresent "win-ratio" and forget that any player could have a 100% win ratio if they bought every ticket to every blink they entered and won themselves broke in a hurry doing it - I'm typing slower now so this part can be understood by more people - that means if your strategy is to buy one ticket and enter nothing but 8 ticket blinks, your win-ratio is going to be different from someone whose strategy is to buy 8 tickets on 16 ticket blinks. The actual win-ratio will then vary by the percent the players win. Given that the 8 ticket player on the 16 ticket blink has half of the possible winning tickets, the likelihood of winning might be higher than the player who only buys 1 of the 8 possible winning tickets or 12.5%. Now go ahead and compare those winning ratios as if the oranges are the same as the apples.
Tell us how the house always wins. - But remember that Blink does not have a hand in the game. To say Blinks's house always wins is to say your grocery store always wins. Each ticket sold by blink has a commission built into it which Blink uses to keep the doors open, the site running, the employees paid in isk, the prizes purchased or built, pay for the bonks which often give away more than they take in, the mini-bonks which have an entry fee of tokens players get free from just playing, pays for the billions available to each player for the awards the players achieve by just playing the game - and the community support of billions of isk to more community activities I can't name, because Blink does not spend a lot of time advertising those gifts, if they advertise them at all.
oh yeah, the shills. One of the things I was accused of shilling was to get more players to play more tickets on the big buck games. The quick story is I was playing 12 tickets on the 16 ticket games to win a a quite profitable side bet and I had a lot of friends helping me win that bet because as I was telling other players all along, 12 of 16 is a losing hand in the end, don't bet it. But following that strategy, I moved my "Value of Blink Credit Won" (remember, it is not profit) forward enough to win the bet. I do not have an exact figure of the loss sustained in Blink in achieving the bet outside of Blink because my friends were shoveling isk into my account and I have not and will not take the time to audit dozens of pages in my wallet. but the rough estimate of my friends is about 450 billion isk to advance my "value of Blink Credit Won (which is not profit) by one trillion isk and in the process, winning 8 crappily fit supers for my friends from a jerkwad.
So let's talk about shilling. How about encouraging other players to play more tickets on the Ultra Blinks. Blink has a total of ten blinks going at any time, they limit the Ultra and Mega blink games to two each, leaving the other six for smaller priced prizes. In fact, if the Ultras and Mega blinks are all full and I try to start a blink with one of the more expensive low range prizes, blink prevents having too many high priced blinks going at a time, so I have to start a blink with a less expensive prize. If they want high end prizes to dominate the game, why do they limit the the more expensive prizes. Have you ever watched how long it takes for some of the Ultra Blinks to sell 16 tickets? Average time? No idea. But I see Blinks going 40 to 60 minutes every day.
Shills "holding" tickets which could have been sold to a player - tickets on the Ultra-Blinks which usually cost 200 million plus, so when I was supposed to be shilling for hours at a time taking 12 tickets and leaving only 4 tickets for others to buy, I was holding well over 2 billion in tickets per blink - so if they were being given to me as a shill, they were not being sold to players, so 75% of each blink's income would be non-existent for hours at a time. |
Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
33
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Posted - 2012.08.17 08:26:00 -
[1170] - Quote
But go ahead, Blink membership spikes everytime you guys get wound up. But you have drawn me into this as far as you are going to this time.
Every non-point you raise this time will have been aswered before and a little research will help anyone understand Eve and Blink even better, so have at it, but I'm not doing your homework for you.
Oh and this time, how about just sticking to Casinos - One of the alt's rant last time about Ponzi schemes really had nothing to do with Blink, or "Bling" as the ranter called it.
And you do know that because Blink gets the usual cut from the click thru Plex purchases that so many corps get which is the way the server gets paid for I guess, the Blink web site is engaged in a financial venture, so hacking into it is not like breaking into your little brother"s web site about frogs. You might want to talk to a real lawyer about that. It pays to have a professional opinion, you know. Enjoy 300T!!! I will !!
I know someone will say 450 billion / 8 supers... These guys would have helped win a bet against that whiney twerp for twice as much and 8 frigs ! |
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Jugger Takashi
Svea Rike
Fidelas Constans
12
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Posted - 2012.08.17 12:33:00 -
[1171] - Quote
Blink memberships dont spike? If im not misstaken this is the longest running period between celebrations?
For me personaly:
636 promos 0 wins,
13,315,974,447 ISK deposited
4,783,360,000 ISK transformed to isk.
GG somer :) atleast i can learn my lesson. |
Simsung Padecain
Useless Idea
SRS.
0
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Posted - 2012.08.17 12:48:00 -
[1172] - Quote
Jugger Takashi wrote:Blink memberships dont spike? If im not misstaken this is the longest running period between celebrations?
For me personaly:
636 promos 0 wins,
13,315,974,447 ISK deposited
4,783,360,000 ISK transformed to isk.
GG somer :) atleast i can learn my lesson.
Dude, it's a GAMBLING site, not a site that will SURELY make you money.
btw, I won my first promo after 800+ played, now I'm at 6/1500~~ |
Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
33
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Posted - 2012.08.17 18:17:00 -
[1173] - Quote
I guess I posted my "premptive" rant out of the time zone of the tinfoil guys. My hate mail this morning is about the same as usual and no counterstrikes in here.
Regular Blinkers who may not have seen the forum wars over the last two celebrations may be a little confused by my post and I apologize. The Blink haters usually crawl out in the daylight only around the benchmark celebrations. But as I recall, when I first started playing in April, there were about 46K players and now, at this moment there are 51305 accounts. Of course, not all are active with some players only coming back for the celebrations and some players who have left Eve. Again, randomness. But that means they have grown about 10% just in the few months I've been around and the tinfoil guys have been attacking on the benchmarks. I seriously doubt my presence has been the draw, i think it has been the extra forum exposure of the haters. There is some randomness in the haters, some are died in the wool tinfoil hat people, others are sore losers who seem to think they should be able to draw a steady income based on how much they deposit and no matter badly they play, and then there are the dedicated forum spinners who seem to be associated with other sites and possibly with corps trying to branch out into more isk making activities who want to compete with blink.
The first thing I did after posting was to find Titanium Pig and warn him to get this sunglasses ready because, because I had put up a new wall of text and I didn't want him to suffer any eye damage. He was very gracious, but I was too late! He had already seen it!
In the blink chat, we've been discussing the several players who seem to be chasing that elusive first promo win. I'm pulling for you guys to get your first win and to get a good one when you do. Ii think my first one came around 300 promos, but now I am at 8 for 1706. It seems like about 1 in 200 has been the average when a lot of ppl report their promo win history in the chat. So maybe that means the farther you are without a win, the more wins you might get in a short time, as the theory of regression toward the mean kicks in. Maybe by the end of the 300T celebration, you will have caught up and snagged some really nice ones and a few which randomly double!! A lot of players are pulling for other players who are over 300 promos without a win. And then we run into the guys who have gotten 3 in a day and none since! That is the nature of Randomness!
The Random.org site where blink gets their winning numbers is an interesting place, at least for a old stats guy like myself. Most might see it as a monument to boredom, but it is very interesting to me. They supply random numbers to hundreds of places all over the world including some government run lotteries, and many harried stats professors who are writing problems and exams. I can relate to that last group...
I am wishing you the best of luck, because even with all the stats I run in an attempt to enhance my luck, I know it is about 99.9999% luck and a teensy weensy bit of skill at selecting numbers. But numbers are one of my many hobbies, so I'm having fun playing and getting ready to play.
I hope everyone who plays enjoys themselves and I hope a good number get RICH!!!
My wife and I send our best energy and condolences to Somer and her family during this trying time following the death of a family member. I hope she gets back in time to have her spirits lifted by the celebration. If not, she will be missed.
I think I'm going to go to my little rny range out back and crank off a couple of boxes of shells at skeet, and the play on the computer for a while - good luck ALL! |
Hans Groper
Brewmasters Union
0
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Posted - 2012.08.17 21:17:00 -
[1174] - Quote
Well said Replacement, lets all try to remember it is still a game and a gambling one at that.
Enjoy the conversation and lets all give Somer our best wishes in this hard time.
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Quazal Atreides
Isk Depreciation Society
2
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Posted - 2012.08.17 21:55:00 -
[1175] - Quote
Ok
I will add my tuppence..
Firstly i worked for blink for only a shortish amount of time and this was in the early days when somer first opened up the "pay to work for blink".
Now if you read back (quite a while i will add) you will see that someone once had the temerity to call me a bot because i played blink solidly for a long long long time just on the same number (number 4 btw) and because of my playstyle i had to be a bot and worked for blink.
Now from what i saw in terms of deposits not one was from a possible shill, of course they could well be sent by an alt (that is a possible truth) but some of the guys who play the multiple tickets where real players chatting in the channel and this was long time before replacement started his crusade. And i can assure you that out of everyone one of them big players i only see 1 player who is still playing, surely having a shill would mean you keep said shill
My odds were 1:8 (i bought 1 on the 8s and 2 on the 16s) and my win ratio was 12.85% just slightly above the expected win ratio, this volume was taken from about 25000 blinks, at one time i was 3rd on the all time played list. so this average win ratio is a VERY good speciman.
Nowadays i have no allegiance to Blink, the fact was i was banned for robbing them of a few bill, not much and certainly no-where near what i lost.. (maybe in region of 80bill lost) but simple fact is i knew i was gambling, and that house would always win.... But unlike most of the whingers in this post i can afford to lose, its like pvp you know.. dont fly a shiny machariel if you only have 32isk in your wallet... **** of back to the frigates..
As i said i couldn't care less if there is/was a shill, but my PERSONAL opinion and experience (remember worked for them) is that isn't the case, just because some people have high win ratio's dont mean ****.... unless you can track every ticket they bought and confirm that they won 70% over 10,000 blinks with 1 ticket, then it dont mean ****..... but regardless of my ban etc, i can just say i enjoyed playing blink, and respect somer & andrev for the work they have put in, coming up with the right idea and right time. Simple fact is how many attempts by other players have been made at copying blink but fail within first month.... (ive lost count)
So good luck andrev/somer and rest of the crew, and maybe one day you'll get my 4bill back lmfao :)) (honest)
So fly safe and remember my foxy cubs GAMBLE RESPONSIBLY.... |
Babar Baboli
Rifterlings
Ushra'Khan
7
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Posted - 2012.08.18 13:03:00 -
[1176] - Quote
Quazal Atreides wrote:
So fly safe and remember my foxy cubs GAMBLE RESPONSIBLY....
I wish I read that part before I 90% of all my assets..... :'( |
Hiyora Akachi
Bling Ring Tax Evaders
114
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Posted - 2012.08.19 14:42:00 -
[1177] - Quote
Thx for the Hookbill yesterday <3
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Fishbone
Executive Equity Systems
Executive Outcomes
0
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Posted - 2012.08.20 17:38:00 -
[1178] - Quote
Jugger Takashi wrote:Blink memberships dont spike? If im not misstaken this is the longest running period between celebrations?
For me personaly:
636 promos 0 wins,
13,315,974,447 ISK deposited
4,783,360,000 ISK transformed to isk.
GG somer :) atleast i can learn my lesson.
There's your problem (and most of these people complaining or whining) - you look at Blink as a way to make billions and billions of isk.
Many of us look at Blink has a form of entertainment. We all know the risk when we blink.
We all take risk. So keep calling foul, shill, whatever you want. Somer has never done me wrong, I have always gotten what I wanted. You win some, you lose some. It's all in the attitude.
1.08b ISK Deposited / 13.85% Win Ratio
3.84b Value of Blinks Won
1.76b Winnings Transformed to Blink Credit
0.00 Winnings Transformed to ISK(thats right - zero isk)
Promo Blinks Played342 - Promo Blinks Won2 (guess I am just lucky - heard others say they got their first one after 1k promos or more)
You go into Blink expecting you win billions and billions of isk, you gonna leave angry and without isk. You go in looking for fun, friends, and excitement, you will not leave disappointed. |
Mallak Azaria
557
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Posted - 2012.08.20 18:03:00 -
[1179] - Quote
Fishbone wrote:You go into Blink expecting you win billions and billions of isk, you gonna leave angry and without isk. You go in looking for fun, friends, and excitement, you will not leave disappointed.
This.
I've always had great fun & never expected to win billions.
ISK Deposited
3,933,000,000 ISK
Win Ratio
15.38%
Value of Blinks Won
3,704,000,000 ISK
Winnings Transformed to Blink Credit
1,260,630,000 ISK
Mining Barge buff: CCP-áhas acknowledged that miners in general-áare too stupid to make the correct fitting choices to make ganking them unprofitable. |
Odette Chaeta
Belteaters
AL3XAND3R.
0
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Posted - 2012.08.20 21:49:00 -
[1180] - Quote
Mallak Azaria wrote:Fishbone wrote:You go into Blink expecting you win billions and billions of isk, you gonna leave angry and without isk. You go in looking for fun, friends, and excitement, you will not leave disappointed. This. I've always had great fun & never expected to win billions. ISK Deposited 3,933,000,000 ISK Win Ratio 15.38% Value of Blinks Won 3,704,000,000 ISK Winnings Transformed to Blink Credit 1,260,630,000 ISK
Let's be honest here. You don't go in look for friends fun an excitement, you go in to win ships and make isk. There's no social network on Blink. Its just buying a ticket and spending isk. You can go intot he Blink channel, but that doesn't require you to be on Blink either.
It's not a social netowkr, it's a lottery, and claiming that one would better enjoy their Blink experience by going in witht the right attitude is bull. |
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Odette Chaeta
Belteaters
AL3XAND3R.
0
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Posted - 2012.08.20 21:51:00 -
[1181] - Quote
And as a side note - huge dissapointment, this 300T celebration. So basicalyl, everyone spends the same amount and no one is even garaunteed more prizes, it's the same chance of winning as always, and you may get anywhere between 5m to 10 mil unwrapping your gift. If you're lucky enough to win with the usual risk, you may even get a double prize.
So basically, a token of about 5 mil and no higher chances of winning, to extra tokens, no extra promos.
Whatever. Dissapointed. |
Manc
The Molden Heath Yacht Club
2
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Posted - 2012.08.21 08:17:00 -
[1182] - Quote
ISK Deposited:
7,201,000,000 ISK
Win Ratio:
23.24%
Value of Blinks Won:
9,800,000,000 ISK
Winnings Transformed to Blink Credit:
214,200,000 ISK
Winnings Transformed to ISK:
7,613,880,000 ISK
Blink (and gambling) is first and foremost, a form of light entertainment. If you realise early on that the ISK you're spending is what you pay for that entertainment, then you'll enjoy it a lot more.
Best wishes to SOMER.
P.S. Why don't I get to win Titan BPOs?
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Marianna Morgan
Grosses Salopes de l'Espace
Factions Francophones Unies
5
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Posted - 2012.08.21 10:08:00 -
[1183] - Quote
winning or not, it s a game, not a free delivery ship. Some win, some lose, some got luck, some got ji....gallente ship. Have a good time and fun on somer chat and ..... CHAUSSETTE !
Just another angry frenchy |
jlangerud
Asteroid Mining Club
23
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Posted - 2012.08.21 11:07:00 -
[1184] - Quote
Sad panda..... was on a roll and got kicked off because server is overloaded...... |
JusFooling Around
JusFooling Around Corp
61
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Posted - 2012.08.22 06:07:00 -
[1185] - Quote
quote=Odette Chaeta]Mallak Azaria wrote:Fishbone wrote:You go into Blink expecting you win billions and billions of isk, you gonna leave angry and without isk. You go in looking for fun, friends, and excitement, you will not leave disappointed. This. I've always had great fun & never expected to win billions. ISK Deposited 3,933,000,000 ISK Win Ratio 15.38% Value of Blinks Won 3,704,000,000 ISK Winnings Transformed to Blink Credit 1,260,630,000 ISK
Let's be honest here. You don't go in look for friends fun an excitement, you go in to win ships and make isk. There's no social network on Blink. Its just buying a ticket and spending isk. You can go intot he Blink channel, but that doesn't require you to be on Blink either.
It's not a social netowkr, it's a lottery, and claiming that one would better enjoy their Blink experience by going in witht the right attitude is bull. [/quote]
Wow - I am so glad I don't have to wake up tomorrow and be you for a whole day! Lots of ppl hang out in the Somer Chat while doing missions, mining, roaming null, wandering in WHs and chatting from a phone while doing 70mph on Hwy 81 (someone else was driving the car while Somer checked in to chat erlier today) - but I guess you would know that if you have ever spent any time on the chat and read the comments that ppl make all day and night. There are some slow times, so I will cut you a little slack on that - but painting such a diverse population with such a broad brush is not "being honest here". Maybe if you had said YOU ( meaing you personally) "don't go in looking for friends, fun and excitement" ( sorry, I corrected your mistakes - feel free to do the same if I make any)) then it would have made perfect sense based on your other comments.
Odette Chaeta posted what is below in a second post. - not enough of a forum rat to know now to do the quotey thing from two posts... If I only had hair!!!
Posted: 2012.08.20 21:51
And as a side note - huge dissapointment, this 300T celebration. So basicalyl, everyone spends the same amount and no one is even garaunteed more prizes, it's the same chance of winning as always, and you may get anywhere between 5m to 10 mil unwrapping your gift. If you're lucky enough to win with the usual risk, you may even get a double prize.
So basically, a token of about 5 mil and no higher chances of winning, to extra tokens, no extra promos.
Whatever. Dissapointed.
And me - Jusfooling Around responds:
Sorry you were disappointed, but my guess is that happens to you a lot.
Lesse.... "Guaranteed" not usually a word associated with gambling.
"same chance of winning as always" - ok, that is a good thing
"5m to 10mil unwrapping your gifr" You really got that one wrong, potentially by hundreds of millions - its probably that "guarantee mindset thing, again.
"Double Prizes" WOW! I just sat there for a while and kept hitting f5 to refresh the list of the last ten winners and rarely did the new ten winners did not show up with one or two showing the blue banner behind their names indicating they got a double on a Rorq or maybe a Claw, or then it was a Moros, and then a Hawk. I've even pulled down several doubles and haven't played that much.
"no extra promos" errrg errrg - wrong again! SO many more promos - I don't have the number, I just know how much more often I'm seeing promos. - and I guess you missed the whole string of Estamel's best stuff that went for a one token each.
It is a casino and casinos work on randomness - they don't post a schedule of when they will have the way upgraded promos happening throughout the week - they just pop up! They have scheduled the really over the top Bonk and the five really over the top daily mini-bonk's drawings to happen just before the final prize drawing for 250 billion ISK. if you are interested - you can look it up.
And one last thing. if you enter the bonk and each mini-bonk, you will get an achievement, that I think will pay 30 mill as the last one was 25 mill and the one b4 that was 20 mill. You can enter the bonk for 500k and have a chance (tho it might be a small one with only a single ticket, but only a single ticket will win) these prizes:
Titan Blueprint
100 PLEX
Utu with CCP Explorer's corpse in cargo
Kernite Mining Crystal II BPO
Jaspet Mining Crystal II BPO
Energized Explosive Membrane II BPO
Energized Kinetic Membrane II BPO
Heavy Beam Laser II BPO
and the mini-bonks are awesome, too!! I don't remember what the 4 or 5 things were on the ones already, but today's is for :
Carrier Blueprint Set 5
0d 11h 52m Remaining
One of each of the four carrier blueprint originals. Build, copy, or sell.
300T Bonus Minibonk! We'll draw two winners for each minibonk.
oh yeah, that last line - they are drawing TWO winners for each mini-bonk this week!
I'm not disappointed! I'm already ahead - cashed out my original deposit, taken out two plexes a mach (which was a double) and a nightmare and have plenty left to play with!! Even if I don't win any of the big prizes, because it is a social network - I'll be happy for the ones who do win. I learned that is something called good sportsmanship. You might want want to look into that, too. But I think you will just spend your life walking around with a sad face because you can't find anything except your car battery having a real guarantee. ( pssst - only one "a" in that word and the "u" needs to be moved...)
GFL
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CCP Explorer
C C P
C C P Alliance
851
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Posted - 2012.08.22 09:49:00 -
[1186] - Quote
JusFooling Around wrote:You can enter the bonk for 500k and have a chance (tho it might be a small one with only a single ticket, but only a single ticket will win) these prizes:
Titan Blueprint
100 PLEX
Utu with CCP Explorer's corpse in cargo
Kernite Mining Crystal II BPO
Jaspet Mining Crystal II BPO
Energized Explosive Membrane II BPO
Energized Kinetic Membrane II BPO
Heavy Beam Laser II BPO
and the mini-bonks are awesome, too!! What?!?!?
Erlendur S. Thorsteinsson | Software Director | EVE Online, CCP Games | Follow on: Twitter / Google+ |
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Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
139
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Posted - 2012.08.22 09:57:00 -
[1187] - Quote
CCP Explorer wrote:What?!?!?
If it makes you feel better, it's proving to be a very popular prize...though I make no promises to what the winner might use the corpse for.
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
JusFooling Around
JusFooling Around Corp
61
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Posted - 2012.08.22 16:15:00 -
[1188] - Quote
Keith Planck wrote:Shill accounts confirmed.
Just look at some of the capital ship spammers and compare it with their real eve stats.
I've been trying to make sense of your comment within the context of Blink and Eve, to understand what anyone's "real Eve Stats" would mean to what they bet on in Blink. I'm finally settled on the only thing that seems to connect the two is your mistaken belief Blink players not trained to fly capital ships yet bet on them and win is an indication of shill activity. Did I get that right?
When your statement is attempted to be understood by anyone who knows anything about blink, it makes no sense.
I am guessing that you don't know the rules of the game which are easily seen and written even so one with out hair can understand them. You see, anything one wins can be redeemed for blink credit, redeemed for ISK or taken possession of and sold - none of which requires any specific training or "real Eve Stats".
Perhaps before you comment on something, you should investigate it for yourself, instead of just taking sound bites off of someone else's forum. But then, speaking on things about which you may know could possibly narrow the field of discussion for you by quite a bit. You have some funny smoke coming out of your room mates transom or something? I suggest you stick to incursions, where you have had limited, yet stormy success. |
22000
Wraithguard.
0
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Posted - 2012.08.22 20:20:00 -
[1189] - Quote
Andrev Nox wrote:CCP Explorer wrote:What?!?!? If it makes you feel better, it's proving to be a very popular prize...though I make no promises to what the winner might use the corpse for.
lol. Fun stuff, I can barely afford to play the game, much less Blink, but it's a grand game nonetheless. |
InconsiderateLizard
Paamayim Inc.
0
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Posted - 2012.08.28 02:07:00 -
[1190] - Quote
CCP Explorer wrote:JusFooling Around wrote:You can enter the bonk for 500k and have a chance (tho it might be a small one with only a single ticket, but only a single ticket will win) these prizes:
Titan Blueprint
100 PLEX
Utu with CCP Explorer's corpse in cargo
Kernite Mining Crystal II BPO
Jaspet Mining Crystal II BPO
Energized Explosive Membrane II BPO
Energized Kinetic Membrane II BPO
Heavy Beam Laser II BPO
and the mini-bonks are awesome, too!! What?!?!?
*drags corpse off to a dark room...*
congrats all! |
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Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
142
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Posted - 2012.08.28 03:06:00 -
[1191] - Quote
Great googly moogly! The 300T celebration has come and gone, and with the drawing complete today we're already 20T on the way to the 350T party!
This celebration had a record huge amount of things given away - not only the Blast and Bonks, but Bonus and Promo Blinks going out to hundreds of players for billions upon billions of ISK!
In the minibonks, winning absolutely free:
Ice Rikers and Redamok Houssa won a Jump Freighter of their choice each
Featious and Hatycha Vor'hona won 4 Carrier BPOs of their choice each
Pacifica Casul and Roshcar won one of every subcap Pirate ship each
Toroup and Alice Oksaras won 5B Blink Credit each
Bacrai Trouble and Alexi Falstaff won 12 PLEX each
And Castiel's Fury and Kamikaze1 won one of every subcap Navy ship each!
In the Bonk, for 500k ISK per ticket:
ECHBlackthorn won a Titan BPO of his choice
Sarmy Silverwing won 100 PLEX
InconsiderateLizard won an Utu with CCP Explorer's corpse in the cargo
Pacifica Casul won a Kernite Mining Crystal II BPO
chrioo won a Jaspet Mining Crystal II BPO
Redamok Houssa won an Energized Explosive Membane II BPO
Wax Deteis won an Energized Kinetic Membrane II BPO
And tumbleweeds won a Heavy Beam Laser II BPO!
And in the main event, in the Blink Blast, with a free ticket for every Blink each person played (including Promo blinks!):
Featious won 250 Billion ISK sent straight to his wallet!
Huge congratulations to all of these winners, as well as everyone who won a Promo, a Bonus, a Gift, or just came out to party with us!
But don't run off yet - 350T is FLLLLYYYINNNNG up fast, and we've got even more madness in the works!
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Ripblade Falconpunch
State War Academy
Caldari State
6
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Posted - 2012.08.28 04:03:00 -
[1192] - Quote
Andrev Nox wrote:Great googly moogly! The 300T celebration has come and gone, and with the drawing complete today we're already 20T on the way to the 350T party!
This celebration had a record huge amount of things given away - not only the Blast and Bonks, but Bonus and Promo Blinks going out to hundreds of players for billions upon billions of ISK!
In the minibonks, winning absolutely free:
Ice Rikers and Redamok Houssa won a Jump Freighter of their choice each
Featious and Hatycha Vor'hona won 4 Carrier BPOs of their choice each
Pacifica Casul and Roshcar won one of every subcap Pirate ship each
Toroup and Alice Oksaras won 5B Blink Credit each
Bacrai Trouble and Alexi Falstaff won 12 PLEX each
And Castiel's Fury and Kamikaze1 won one of every subcap Navy ship each!
In the Bonk, for 500k ISK per ticket:
ECHBlackthorn won a Titan BPO of his choice
Sarmy Silverwing won 100 PLEX
InconsiderateLizard won an Utu with CCP Explorer's corpse in the cargo
Pacifica Casul won a Kernite Mining Crystal II BPO
chrioo won a Jaspet Mining Crystal II BPO
Redamok Houssa won an Energized Explosive Membane II BPO
Wax Deteis won an Energized Kinetic Membrane II BPO
And tumbleweeds won a Heavy Beam Laser II BPO!
And in the main event, in the Blink Blast, with a free ticket for every Blink each person played (including Promo blinks!):
Featious won 250 Billion ISK sent straight to his wallet!
Huge congratulations to all of these winners, as well as everyone who won a Promo, a Bonus, a Gift, or just came out to party with us!
But don't run off yet - 350T is FLLLLYYYINNNNG up fast, and we've got even more madness in the works!
Funny the same people winning multiple prizes. Wonder if this has anything to do with those unexplained booleans
in the user files that were found?
Or maybe just really poor design.
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Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
142
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Posted - 2012.08.28 04:06:00 -
[1193] - Quote
Heya Rip :)
The Bonks and Blast were drawn using Chribba Dice. More just a case of "Who went realllllyyyy deep on these things" combined with an extremely long prize list :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Hiro Bergkamp
Prepare For Glory
1
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Posted - 2012.08.28 05:42:00 -
[1194] - Quote
Man I was dreaming of winning the 250B Blast
But the 350 celebration will be mine!
Thanks Blink and congratz to the winners! |
Babar Baboli
Rifterlings
Ushra'Khan
9
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Posted - 2012.08.28 05:50:00 -
[1195] - Quote
Ripblade Falconpunch wrote:Andrev Nox wrote:Great googly moogly! The 300T celebration has come and gone, and with the drawing complete today we're already 20T on the way to the 350T party!
This celebration had a record huge amount of things given away - not only the Blast and Bonks, but Bonus and Promo Blinks going out to hundreds of players for billions upon billions of ISK!
In the minibonks, winning absolutely free:
Ice Rikers and Redamok Houssa won a Jump Freighter of their choice each
Featious and Hatycha Vor'hona won 4 Carrier BPOs of their choice each
Pacifica Casul and Roshcar won one of every subcap Pirate ship each
Toroup and Alice Oksaras won 5B Blink Credit each
Bacrai Trouble and Alexi Falstaff won 12 PLEX each
And Castiel's Fury and Kamikaze1 won one of every subcap Navy ship each!
In the Bonk, for 500k ISK per ticket:
ECHBlackthorn won a Titan BPO of his choice
Sarmy Silverwing won 100 PLEX
InconsiderateLizard won an Utu with CCP Explorer's corpse in the cargo
Pacifica Casul won a Kernite Mining Crystal II BPO
chrioo won a Jaspet Mining Crystal II BPO
Redamok Houssa won an Energized Explosive Membane II BPO
Wax Deteis won an Energized Kinetic Membrane II BPO
And tumbleweeds won a Heavy Beam Laser II BPO!
And in the main event, in the Blink Blast, with a free ticket for every Blink each person played (including Promo blinks!):
Featious won 250 Billion ISK sent straight to his wallet!
Huge congratulations to all of these winners, as well as everyone who won a Promo, a Bonus, a Gift, or just came out to party with us!
But don't run off yet - 350T is FLLLLYYYINNNNG up fast, and we've got even more madness in the works! Funny the same people winning multiple prizes. Wonder if this has anything to do with those unexplained booleans in the user files that were found? Or maybe just really poor design.
Some of those people win everything. And since they have so much cash/blink credit, they can spend huge amounts on bonkss, minibonks, gigablinks etc. |
ECHBlackthorn
The Studmuffin's
ROL.Citizens
0
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Posted - 2012.08.28 11:10:00 -
[1196] - Quote
Time to go buy some more shiny toys! Gratz to the rest of the winners and thank you to SOMER Blink and everyone involved, it was all in all a great celebration. One nit pick though ... My name doesn't have an 'e' on the end. Due to this horrid mistake i shall take compensation in isk form
Thanks again and GL to everyone for 350T ... just around the corner!!
Blacky |
JusFooling Around
JusFooling Around Corp
63
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Posted - 2012.08.29 02:52:00 -
[1197] - Quote
[quote=Ripblade Falconpunch
Funny the same people winning multiple prizes. Wonder if this has anything to do with those unexplained booleans
in the user files that were found?
Or maybe just really poor design.
[/quote]
"Found" that's funny! Kind of sounds like Indiana Jones was in on it. Or how about this headline, "John Dillinger Finds Money in Bank"
This supposed to exist list was supposed to have been hacked, which is stealing.
But nobody has seen the list published - we just have rumors.
Again, again, and again - we just have rumors. Every Benchmark Celebration you guys roll out a new set of alts and a new set of rumors.
Hey Remember the guy you guys declared as Greatest Shill in Eve on that goofy blog atarted by the guy who tried to extort Blink out of 49 bil ? Did you know that he had over 10% of the bonks for the last mini-bonk? Easy to remember number 111,111 out of about 950k . And because it was the last mini-bonk of the week, his odds went way up beacuse all the tickets of all the previous mini-bonk winners already drawn in the first five mini-bonks were null and void by the time they got to drawing the last mini-bonk - AND, because they decided to have TWO winners for each mini-bonk, that meant the tickets from ten winners were all null and void, so his chances went really way up - pretty smart strategy. But his name was not drawn. Even some of YOUR shills were posting prognostications in the blink chat about how he was "destined to win" and "the rich get richer" and its "all rigged" and "easy to pick the winners in advance - look at how many bonks that guy has" - like it is cheating to use what you have in a casino to try to win bets.
Not hearing anything out of you guys about his loss. Or the loss he had earlier the same day when he bought 48 out of 64 giga tickets and lost. Now if he is a shill, Blink lost the chance to take in the isk from 48 tickets. Oh he is an "Exposed Shill" is what I guess you will say, so they made sure he did not win. But wait, he did win a couple of gigas earlier in the celebration and in the chat he told his friends not to congratulate him because he intentionally tried to "buy" the prize because he needed the isk.. So I guess you guys will say as an "exposed shill" (simply because someone hung that on him, not because of any proof - just more rumors) they let him win some and keep him from winning other times - That would make a lot sense, for them to keep denying themsleves from the isk that could be coming in from the tickets your guys say he is given. You can't have it both ways
How about this - it is random when he wins and when he loses, oh wait, that sounds a like a legit casion!!! Oh damn, Those Blink people are so smart to let their shills just take their chances and win some and lose some - then no one will notice they are shills because their experience is just like everyone else's!! Brilliant! Just like Edgar Allen Poe's "The Purloined Letter"!
I understand it is a pathological problem some people have who can find a conspiracy in everything and find codes that don't really exist in crossword puzzles, the arrangement of bricks in a sidewalk or say the photos of planes crashing into towers were photoshopped and the hundreds of thousands who witnessed it were mass hypnotized, But get help.
Read David Kahn's book, "The Codebreakers". You will find it interesting and probably will look at it as a biography and wonder if Kahn followed you around before wtiting it. And always remember the motto of the Tinfoil Hat "Believing is seeing"
Some people seem to believe that casinos are like welfare offices where everybody is entitled to get the same amount - the ones who say "the rich get ricker" seem to forget that the rich started this game with 5k in isk, a piece of trit and a crappy ship. Now they want to beat them up because they can buy more tickets.
I know you guys felt bad when the Y2K thing fell though and the world of computers and commuters kept on clicking without even noticing and you're all going to feel like hell when the Mayan calendar ends and there is no grand upheaval of the human race for you to celebrate, but press on - one day there will be alien beings who visit this backward little planet and leave after have done more than sharing the knowledge of how to pile rocks in line with the sunset at summer solstice and taught humans to stack rocks at right angles - they might even leave behind their equivalent of a cell phone or laptop - this time.
It is nice that you guys want to save all the people who are willingly playing games in Blinks casino and having fun doing it, but other than the pathological drive to reveal what probably does not exist, do you have any reason to continue? O, well... It just may they are kicking your casino's @$$. |
Amanda Peewith
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
0
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Posted - 2012.08.29 03:58:00 -
[1198] - Quote
JusFooling Around wrote:
...one day there will be alien beings who visit this backward little planet and leave after have done more than sharing the knowledge of how to pile rocks in line with the sunset at summer solstice and taught humans to stack rocks at right angles - they might even leave behind their equivalent of a cell phone or laptop - this time...
Eh...they're here already - observing...judging...and, lucky for us, protecting us from the douche-bag aliens who USED to visit and make everyone pray to them...and so forth... So...until tougher aliens show up, or they...deem us not worth the effort...time to make some f'n isk to lose at the next celebration. |
Amanda Peewith
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
0
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Posted - 2012.08.29 04:09:00 -
[1199] - Quote
Quazal Atreides wrote:My odds were 1:8 (i bought 1 on the 8s and 2 on the 16s) and my win ratio was 12.85% just slightly above the expected win ratio, this volume was taken from about 25000 blinks, at one time i was 3rd on the all time played list. so this average win ratio is a VERY good speciman.
I play 2 on the 8s, 99% of the time - and am at just under 25% win ratio, for 3500ish blinks. Not as good a sample, but still, damn near right on the nuts.
Ya know...I'll bet...if I bought all the tickets, my win ratio would be 100%. |
JusFooling Around
JusFooling Around Corp
64
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Posted - 2012.08.30 03:40:00 -
[1200] - Quote
Amanda Peewith wrote:JusFooling Around wrote:
...one day there will be alien beings who visit this backward little planet and leave after have done more than sharing the knowledge of how to pile rocks in line with the sunset at summer solstice and taught humans to stack rocks at right angles - they might even leave behind their equivalent of a cell phone or laptop - this time...
Eh...they're here already - observing...judging...and, lucky for us, protecting us from the douche-bag aliens who USED to visit and make everyone pray to them...and so forth... So...until tougher aliens show up, or they...deem us not worth the effort...time to make some f'n isk to lose at the next celebration.
Wow - Love that name - I'm not into golden showers or anything like that, but I'm old and grew up in the country where we had two holers outback with a Sears catalog for that "finishing touch". Your name brought back some memories of some young ladies who might have gone by that name on some nights. But a gentleman never pisses and tells.... |
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Katmania Duss
Bene Gesserit ChapterHouse
Sanctuary Pact
0
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Posted - 2012.09.03 06:09:00 -
[1201] - Quote
i think blink is pretty sweet. great idea. |
P5yc0killer
Imperium Technologies
Get Off My Lawn
0
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Posted - 2012.09.05 01:53:00 -
[1202] - Quote
Ty for making uni fun |
Robyn Green
EG CORP
Talocan United
1
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Posted - 2012.09.09 01:19:00 -
[1203] - Quote
Katmania Duss wrote:i think blink is pretty sweet. great idea.
Sweet if you're one of the 4-5 pilots that has a perpetual amount of ISK to keep dropping into it...then win, cash in, have more ISK, rinse and repeat...meanwhile the rest of the playerbase just seem to be throwing away their hard earned (ie not their "Blink is my main source of income" ISK)
That's just my observation. |
Lord Wamphyri
Starside Lost
164
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Posted - 2012.09.09 17:25:00 -
[1204] - Quote
Okay, I've just (5 minutes ago) started playing this, and I can already see it's gonna be horribly addictive.. I've already won a PLEX on my third Blink! \o/
I would recommend this game for sure!
[IMG]http://go-dl1.eve-files.com/media/corp/ChrisW73/WampsigFinal.jpg[/IMG]
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Howllen
Jolly Codgers
Get Off My Lawn
0
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Posted - 2012.09.09 18:22:00 -
[1205] - Quote
So am I right in thinking one person won multiple prizes at the Bonk this last time? |
Titanium PIg
Escape Velocity Enterprises
24
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Posted - 2012.09.10 17:46:00 -
[1206] - Quote
Howllen wrote:So am I right in thinking one person won multiple prizes at the Bonk this last time?
You would not be entirely incorrect in your assessment of the situation.
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Battered Housewife
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2012.09.10 19:16:00 -
[1207] - Quote
Howllen wrote:So am I right in thinking one person won multiple prizes at the Bonk this last time?
Yeah, Blink has gone from fishy but seemingly legitimate to just plain fishy.
In before someone at Blink talks about statistical anomalies, people who play consistently having wins that are in-line with their play style, and everything looking generally 'fine' on their side. I gave them their last chunk of of ISK from me in the last celebration. |
Sar'ran Zorn
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
3
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Posted - 2012.09.10 19:29:00 -
[1208] - Quote
They use Dice to draw the bonks. Or does your tinfoil have room for Chribba under it, too? |
P5yc0killer
Imperium Technologies
Get Off My Lawn
2
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Posted - 2012.09.10 21:56:00 -
[1209] - Quote
Sar'ran Zorn wrote:They use Dice to draw the bonks. Or does your tinfoil have room for Chribba under it, too?
How cool would it be if you could buy tinfoil hats in the NEX store :) |
Svodola Darkfury
Heaven's End
League of Infamy
56
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Posted - 2012.09.11 00:10:00 -
[1210] - Quote
Battered Housewife wrote:Howllen wrote:So am I right in thinking one person won multiple prizes at the Bonk this last time? Yeah, Blink has gone from fishy but seemingly legitimate to just plain fishy. In before someone at Blink talks about statistical anomalies, people who play consistently having wins that are in-line with their play style, and everything looking generally 'fine' on their side. I gave them their last chunk of of ISK from me in the last celebration.
If you buy 200,000 out of 300,000 bonk tickets, you've got a 66% chance of winning; you're also a much bigger gambler than anyone else who is bonking, so the rules are going to cater to you.
On a different note, do you guys contact bonk winners via mail? I haven't won before, but I don't check in all the time after the drawing either.
Svodola Darkfury. |
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Battered Housewife
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2012.09.11 02:49:00 -
[1211] - Quote
Sar'ran Zorn wrote:They use Dice to draw the bonks. Or does your tinfoil have room for Chribba under it, too?
It's great that they use dice, but dice doesn't have anything to do with the ticket list - it just picks a number. They also don't use dice to choose winners for the normal blinks. |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
147
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Posted - 2012.09.11 03:32:00 -
[1212] - Quote
Svodola Darkfury wrote:
On a different note, do you guys contact bonk winners via mail? I haven't won before, but I don't check in all the time after the drawing either.
We mail them, post them to the site, and post them to the channel :) As with normal blinks though, there's no deadline on claiming a page. If you logged in a year later and saw the mail for the first time, we'd still get your prize to you :)
Battered Housewife wrote:It's great that they use dice, but dice doesn't have anything to do with the ticket list - it just picks a number. They also don't use dice to choose winners for the normal blinks.
Very flattered you made a char to join the discussion with :) This is indeed correct - Using Dice with a non-public ticket list is 100% pointless. This is why we post up the full ticket list and give the hundreds (sometimes thousands) of people on the site during a drawing time to download it for themselves before Dice are ever unlock.
And yes, we don't use Dice for normal blinks - with 5-10 thousand Blinks completed per day, using Dice for all of them wouldn't be in the slightest feasible, not to mention a horrific presumption on Chribba's kindness for hosting Dice for the public :) We use random.org for normal, day-to-day Blinks. For folks who still want to gamble, but only with exclusively using Dice, there are lots of great forum lottos out there. :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Battered Housewife
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2012.09.11 06:10:00 -
[1213] - Quote
Andrev Nox wrote:Battered Housewife wrote:It's great that they use dice, but dice doesn't have anything to do with the ticket list - it just picks a number. They also don't use dice to choose winners for the normal blinks. Very flattered you made a char to join the discussion with :) This is indeed correct - Using Dice with a non-public ticket list is 100% pointless. This is why we post up the full ticket list and give the hundreds (sometimes thousands) of people on the site during a drawing time to download it for themselves before Dice are ever unlock. And yes, we don't use Dice for normal blinks - with 5-10 thousand Blinks completed per day, using Dice for all of them wouldn't be in the slightest feasible, not to mention a horrific presumption on Chribba's kindness for hosting Dice for the public :) We use random.org for normal, day-to-day Blinks. For folks who still want to gamble, but only with exclusively using Dice, there are lots of great forum lottos out there. :)
Sorry you got caught scamming Andrev :(
Wanna pout with me? |
JusFooling Around
JusFooling Around Corp
64
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Posted - 2012.09.12 18:40:00 -
[1214] - Quote
Battered Housewife wrote:Andrev Nox wrote:Battered Housewife wrote:It's great that they use dice, but dice doesn't have anything to do with the ticket list - it just picks a number. They also don't use dice to choose winners for the normal blinks. Very flattered you made a char to join the discussion with :) This is indeed correct - Using Dice with a non-public ticket list is 100% pointless. This is why we post up the full ticket list and give the hundreds (sometimes thousands) of people on the site during a drawing time to download it for themselves before Dice are ever unlock. And yes, we don't use Dice for normal blinks - with 5-10 thousand Blinks completed per day, using Dice for all of them wouldn't be in the slightest feasible, not to mention a horrific presumption on Chribba's kindness for hosting Dice for the public :) We use random.org for normal, day-to-day Blinks. For folks who still want to gamble, but only with exclusively using Dice, there are lots of great forum lottos out there. :) Sorry you got caught scamming Andrev :( Wanna pout with me?
Now that is what is known as an unfounded accusation, as it lacks detail, in fact any detail to support the accusation. People whose opinions who are formed without reason will gladly accept such a pitiful attempt as fact. while those who are burdened with withholding the formation of an opinion until some form of credible, verifiable evidence is presented will look upon such statements as desperate attempts to cast doubt when there is not enough reason to do so. It kind of falls into the "your mother... (insert sexual comment here)... crap that passes for humor amongst the immature.
Andrev, who I am quite sure is so tired of repeating himself to the few people out there who create new alts for each assault on the Benchmark celebrations, did not mention that random.org is used by thousands of sources needing random numbers. Some of these sources are statistics professors developing random data bases for thier students to use, and for some government lotteries to decide winners. All it takes is a little research, but research is anathema to the tinfoil hat belief society. They rely on rumor, innuendo and pseudo facts created with faulty, if any, methodology, actually anything which supports their argument can become a solid fact to them.
Blink is a casino, not a job, not a welfare office, not a place dedicated to equally distributing the wealth of those who chose to to play; it is a place where people play games, not a place where the rich necessarily become richer, unless they are very careful in understanding and applying the art of statistical evaluation of the availble data, having the self discipline to stop playing when they are losing, or not even losing, but just comfortabley ahead. Real life casinos call the rich "whales" and offer them huge perks to return to their casinos. These perks are known as comps in the gambling world and can be lavish rooms with hot tubs and even swimming pools, catered meals prepared in room, butlers available 24/7, stationary embossed with the whales name with postage applied and waiting in the room upon their arrival, show tickets, limo services and all at "no expense" but based on how much the whale is known to lose on each visit. Those lavish buildings in Las Vegas are not just paid for with the quarters of the 99%, but with the millions from the 1%. For those who want to becme rich from gambling, start a casino and make it a user friendly site, like keeping prizes waiting for winners instead of making a deadline of one two week contract and then the prize is considered to be "abandoned" Help players who make mistakes in their deposits by refunding the part they did not intend to deposit when they mistakenly hit that extra zero.... instead of listing all the user friendly acts, just do it the way Blink does it.
There is a old saying attributed to Francis Marion, also known as the Swamp Fox, who fought an unconventional war against the British Forces in the American Revolution. This was at a time in history when European Armies lined up shoulder to shoulder and marched toward each other in a sort of dance of death where each side took turns with the first rank kneeling and firing while the second rank stood and fired, then the next two ranks advanced over the bodies of their fellow soldiers moving in front of them and repeated the movements. Both sides advanced this way until one yielded or withdrew and the side left standing was considered the winner. Often, crowds of civilians would line the battlefields to cheer on their side while sipping wine and eating scones under the shade of umbrellas and attended by their servants. Francis Marion had few soldiers, lived in the swamps of South Carolina where the British forces would not go as it did not allow for their method of fighting. Marion could not waste the lives of his soldiers providing entertainment for the upper class, so he would ambush and withdraw, telling his fighters, "we will live to fight another day."
Gamblers who actually accrue money, conserve cash to gamble another day. The conventional gambler, just as the European conventional armies, will lose just about everything and feel like a winner if they can find someone who lost more and it is not hard to find such a person as it is quite fashionable to brag about one's loses brought on by an inability to gamble wisely and a lack of self-discipline to quit at an appropriate time or amount lost. One difference easily noted, is that the commanders who survived would praise their survivors for bravery, and modern day losers on the battlefields of casinos just whine and claim it is rigged as their "system", if they even have one, continues to be the one not favored by the prevailing luck.
I cannot speak for Andrev, but I would think he has little about which to pout. Foolish alts come and go. |
JusFooling Around
JusFooling Around Corp
64
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Posted - 2012.09.12 19:27:00 -
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And oh yes. Your choice of name and face can invoke sympathy for you from the unhealthy who you seem to want to liken yourself to.
However, the healthy who would not continue to live with a chimp who ever struck her once, you are to be pitied, but more for your lack of courage to break out of the battering situation, especially in this day and age of shelters and many forms of assistance for wives and kids who got stuck with a low life batterer. If you have been attracted to a string of batterers, then you are to be pitied to not have refined your selection process and had the self esteem to realize that no person deserves to live with a batterer.
If you believe you deserve to be battered and your spouse's anger, verbal and physical abuse of you and your kids is your fault, as the betterer manipulates you inot believing, then you need help, a lot of help. I suggest to anyone to seek help if you are being abused by your spouse, as abuse is not an act of love and not what loving people do to each other. Look in your local yellow pages, the internet, and reconnect with your family and friends, perhaps a religious figure, the batterer has forced you to abandon so the "secret" can be kept and you cannot be influenced by others who love you and are concerned by the bruises and lost teeth.
If you have been tortured into believing that you, your kids and your family will be sought out and injured/killed if you leave, you really need to get away from that bully - it is the second most difficult thing you will ever do in your life. Staying will be the most difficult thing.
The bully will quickly move on to another person with very low self esteem who is looking for the next batterer to enter their miserable life.
Perhaps one day, society will have fewer people who are attracted to the false charm provided by the thosw who will soon be battering, as they escalate it it from harsh words, to a shove, to a hard, painful squeeze of a hand or wrist, to a punch to a place easily covered with clothes to what moves into full fledged beatings, in a relationship where you cannot have pain, but must mirror the feeling of the batterer. Where you can only be happy if the batterer is happy so you wait to see the batterer's mood before you can form one. And while the battering is escalating from that first fear inducing harsh glance, you will slowly be torn from your friends and family, moved to a different part of town, or a different town, perhaps to a more secluded spot. You will be cut off from money, even if you make it. you will be criticized for your every move and decision, including the clothing which used to draw praise, but not be allowed to spend any money for different clothing.
Yeah, your life will be hell, just like the life with the last batterer.
So GET HELP and break the cycle.
If, and I am only covering the possibilities, not accusing, but IF you chose that name and face because you are a batterer and are trying to intimidate the best way you can in an anonymous forum where there is not physical contact - that is something a pig would do. Not that I am accusing you of being a pig, but I amd describing behaviors and not any one person. |
Titanium PIg
Escape Velocity Enterprises
24
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Posted - 2012.09.14 17:45:00 -
[1216] - Quote
Happy Birthday SOMER Blink |
Battered Housewife
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2012.09.14 20:49:00 -
[1217] - Quote
JusFooling Around wrote:Battered Housewife wrote:Andrev Nox wrote:Battered Housewife wrote:It's great that they use dice, but dice doesn't have anything to do with the ticket list - it just picks a number. They also don't use dice to choose winners for the normal blinks. Very flattered you made a char to join the discussion with :) This is indeed correct - Using Dice with a non-public ticket list is 100% pointless. This is why we post up the full ticket list and give the hundreds (sometimes thousands) of people on the site during a drawing time to download it for themselves before Dice are ever unlock. And yes, we don't use Dice for normal blinks - with 5-10 thousand Blinks completed per day, using Dice for all of them wouldn't be in the slightest feasible, not to mention a horrific presumption on Chribba's kindness for hosting Dice for the public :) We use random.org for normal, day-to-day Blinks. For folks who still want to gamble, but only with exclusively using Dice, there are lots of great forum lottos out there. :) Sorry you got caught scamming Andrev :( Wanna pout with me? Now that is what is known as an unfounded accusation, as it lacks detail, in fact any detail to support the accusation.
http://www.evenews24.com/2012/08/15/somer-blink-hit/
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=144956
Shill accounts, suspicious database columns. What else don't we know? |
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ISD TYPE40
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
803
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Posted - 2012.09.14 22:23:00 -
[1218] - Quote
Off topic and troll post removed from thread. Please post sensibly in future - ISD Type40.
ISD Type40
Lieutenant
Community Communication Liaisons (CCLs)
Interstellar Services Department |
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Battered Housewife
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2012.09.14 22:32:00 -
[1219] - Quote
JusFooling Around wrote:Battered Housewife wrote:Andrev Nox wrote:Battered Housewife wrote:It's great that they use dice, but dice doesn't have anything to do with the ticket list - it just picks a number. They also don't use dice to choose winners for the normal blinks. Very flattered you made a char to join the discussion with :) This is indeed correct - Using Dice with a non-public ticket list is 100% pointless. This is why we post up the full ticket list and give the hundreds (sometimes thousands) of people on the site during a drawing time to download it for themselves before Dice are ever unlock. And yes, we don't use Dice for normal blinks - with 5-10 thousand Blinks completed per day, using Dice for all of them wouldn't be in the slightest feasible, not to mention a horrific presumption on Chribba's kindness for hosting Dice for the public :) We use random.org for normal, day-to-day Blinks. For folks who still want to gamble, but only with exclusively using Dice, there are lots of great forum lottos out there. :) Sorry you got caught scamming Andrev :( Wanna pout with me? Now that is what is known as an unfounded accusation, as it lacks detail, in fact any detail to support the accusation.
ON TOPIC PROOF THAT JUSTFOOLING AROUND REQUESTED, SHOWING THAT MY PREVIOUS ACCUSATION WAS FOUNDED:
http://www.evenews24.com/2012/08/15/somer-blink-hit/
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=144956
Shill accounts, suspicious database columns. What else don't we know?
Please delete this on topic rebuttal as it pertains to the current discussion in this thread, while ignoring the post I'm arguing against again - I'll have proof of it now. |
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ISD TYPE40
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
803
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Posted - 2012.09.14 23:52:00 -
[1220] - Quote
I have temporarily edited some posts in this thread until such time as they can be completely moderated. Personal attacks, rumours and mud slinging are not welcome on these forums, all it does is derail threads. If you feel there are issues with the way somebody conducts themselves in EVE feel free to file a petition, or if you feel something is a scam feel free to post on the crime & punishment forum.
What I ask you to NOT do is derail other peoples threads with personal arguments and childish name calling. These are the rules laid down by CCP that everyone here agreed to when clicking yes to the EULA and Website Terms of Use, repeated breaches of those rules will lead to a warning and eventually to a revocation of your forum access rights.
For more information regarding these rules and policies please go to the Rules and Policies page.
Now please, stay on topic, keep it decent and post sensibly - ISD Type40.
ISD Type40
Lieutenant
Community Communication Liaisons (CCLs)
Interstellar Services Department |
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Battered Housewife
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2012.09.15 04:52:00 -
[1221] - Quote
Hilarious!
The only conclusion that I can draw at this time is that ISD Type40 is in Somer's pocket somehow.
Posting a link to evenews24 isn't a personal attack, a rumor or mud slinging.
But whatever, the contents of my posts have been saved on eve-search for posterity. You can't delete those, Type40. |
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ISD Dorrim Barstorlode
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
425
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Posted - 2012.09.15 05:25:00 -
[1222] - Quote
Discussion of moderation is not allowed in threads outside of the stickied thread at the top of the page. If you have an issue with moderation, please report it or file a petition. Please keep it on topic. Thank you.
ISD Dorrim Barstorlode
Lieutenant
Community Communication Liasions (CCLs)
Interstellar Services Department |
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JusFooling Around
JusFooling Around Corp
64
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Posted - 2012.09.15 16:35:00 -
[1223] - Quote
Thank you guys so much for stepping in.
Are you going to review the previous pages for mudslinging and unfounded scam claims?
With only two petitiions at a time, it could take me quite a while to report them all.
Sorry, I never thought about petitioning the onslaught of day old toons with a new set of rumors that pop up every benchmark celebration.
Thank you for your diligence and it is reassuring that we are not alone. |
P5yc0killer
Imperium Technologies
Get Off My Lawn
4
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Posted - 2012.09.16 23:45:00 -
[1224] - Quote
I think the real issue here is this: "Great googly moogly!" |
JusFooling Around
JusFooling Around Corp
64
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Posted - 2012.09.17 18:05:00 -
[1225] - Quote
P5yc0killer wrote:Sar'ran Zorn wrote:They use Dice to draw the bonks. Or does your tinfoil have room for Chribba under it, too? How cool would it be if you could buy tinfoil hats in the NEX store :)
Loved the tinfiol hats idea you have for the NEX store. (NEX always brings the "Naval Exchange" the US Navy's version of the PX to my mind, but then years ago when I first heard of Navy's Exchange, I thought it was referring to corrective surgery, navel exchange to turn an "outy to an inny".)
Not sure if the army of alts that gets rotated out every benchmark celebration would be willing to spend their precious AUR on a throwaway toon. Maybe we could get a grass roots movement going to supply them. |
Mercury24
Capital Navy
Capital Alliance
0
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Posted - 2012.09.18 19:57:00 -
[1226] - Quote
I think I may have an addiction |
Onyx 1
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2012.09.20 11:00:00 -
[1227] - Quote
http://imgur.com/kBTsX
6b deposited, 193b won good lord 10 rorquals |
TonyTiger 57
Frosties Inc.
0
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Posted - 2012.09.20 20:41:00 -
[1228] - Quote
Yep, that's the way to do it. Now if I only had a couple of bill lying around! |
Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat
Working Stiffs
996
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Posted - 2012.09.22 05:44:00 -
[1229] - Quote
Okay, I've always wondered: How the heck do you get multiple tickets?
I see 8 ticket blinks with half or more to the same person, yet I think the most I've ever managed on a blink I started was 2 before the blink was over.
What's the secret? |
Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
43
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Posted - 2012.09.22 22:26:00 -
[1230] - Quote
I wish I knew. I see tix I tried to buy win a lot. Sometime back, I think blink decreased the time in a very small amount, between the ticket purchase and the comencement of "board hop". There was a time when I could start a blink and by using my FPS skills for rapid target acquisition and firing, I could get 8 and when I was being dumb, 12 tickets of my choice. Now the best I can do when starting a blink is to ocasionally get a third ticket of my choice before the board hop begins.
How players manage to get their same pattern repeatedly is a mystery to me. I guess I never want to meet them as enemies when I play FPS games.
Here are some tips I have found useful. Many of these will depend on personal choice, and some I've stopped using, not because they were bad, but I felt I had found something a little more useful and we are talking about nano seconds being the difference between hero and zero:
My style of play is blitz blink. The faster each blink closes, the quicker the isk goes out. When I see a blink that has been up for 5 minutes, I know we've missed 20 paydays. The down side is if you are losing. But I see that as a positive, because when I am losing, I stop playing and watch the numbers to find out what is winning and why didn't I figure it out before hand. Sorry, I'm a stats nut. If you want to argue with that, then argue with my standings and leave me alone because until you develop a statistical theory that is replicated in refereed jounals like these:
http://www.stata.com/links/statistics-and-general-journals/
and stand the statistical world on it's collective head - I'll stick with what I know and what I used to teach.
I close every window but the Blink window from their website. I don't work well with distractions and the promos become evident whenever a ticket is purchased and you can see the whole blink board, so I don't have to rely on the kind folks on the chat who let others know when a promo starts. But I still love you guys for being such great examples of sportsmanship!
Open your blink window wide enough so that green flag which covers the top number on the left side is out of the way. I can't even tell you what that green flag has on it.
Try rotating your screen to portrait, depends a lot on your screen size and whether you play on a laptop. I guess that might not work if you are playing on one of those 8 foot plasma wall replacements in your theatre room. ("Sorry Honey! These guys will be out of here soon. I'm going to play Blink and Rep234 said to do it this way!" Oh my! Not responsible for relationship difficulties!) I rotated my 30 inch monitor to portrait mode and I reduced the zoom on the screen so I could see the entire board. I could then stop scrolling to look for the blink I wanted, I could just glance and find it.
I gave up the screen rotation, because the spreadsheets I use had to be brought from out of sight to be used and updated. Now I am back to landscape. I keep the blink screen at 40%. I can't read anything on it, but I recongize the icons of the prizes I'm focusing on. The "Recently Completed Blinks" and the "Past Blinks" are only useful to me when I am in research mode, so when I am in play mode, all I want to see are the blinks. By doing this, I can almost see the entire board, so I no loger have to scroll - just target and fire. The ticket blocks are much smaller, but they are much closer together, so that is a tradeoff each person will have to decide for themselves. I experimented quite a bit. 10% zoom didn't take long to rule out.
Occasionally, I will just look at the blink board and refresh it as often as it will refresh without hanging up. I will see pattern players open a rorq or one of the popular big ticket items. Most likely, they will have their 8 tickets within three refresh clicks. Usually, the sequence refreshed screens is:
Screen 1 - no Rorq in play
Screen 2 - Rorq with three tickets
Screen 3 - Rorq with six tickets
Screen 4 - Rorq with eight tickets
Screen 5 - Players who did not start the blink start to show with tickets.
I used to be able to do that with my FPS skills of targetting and firing. I guess this old gunslinger has lost his touch. I did give up FPS games around the beginning of this year as they were not conducive to the reduced level of my management of PTSD so it is quite understandable that I would have experienced an erosion of abilities. Some might say that Blink would suffice to keep those skills honed, but in the FPS games I play, the targets are usually smaller than a single letter in the ticket buying box, the target is moving and I am usually in a helicopter that is moving a great deal faster than the target and oh yeah, toss in the difficulty points for the transversal relationship between the target and I. Another factor is in FPS, I often play round after round for hours at a time when I may only blitz blink for a total of 15 minutes a day in two or three segments seperated by hours.
Please don't think I am trying on tinfoil hats, but the hats I do wear are off to those who have the speed which seems to exceed what I once had. Every gunfighter always finds someone faster. I would be very disappointed to find out if anyone has developed a technological edge to enhance ticket selection speed. I am quite confident that anyone bent on cheating who might ever come into the game and say, "I have an app for that" will be discovered by Blink and banned. It is certainly not in their interest to have any kind of cheats at work.
There is a saying among US Army helicopter pilots - at least the first I ever heard of it was in flight school when an instructor showed a slide which said:
"There are bold pilots
there are old pilots
but there are no old, bold pilots"
I am always hoping the same goes for those who seek technological advantages over others when their skills fails them |
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ECHBlackthorn
The Studmuffin's
2
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Posted - 2012.09.24 20:21:00 -
[1231] - Quote
Well its less that 8 hours left ladies and gentlemen. 8 hours before we hear the cries of joy and the voices of anger and despair. I personally wish everyone the best of luck for the draw.
Now come on SOMER .... mama needs 250bil pocket change and an Erebus *\o/*
Blacky |
Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat
Working Stiffs
1004
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Posted - 2012.09.25 04:37:00 -
[1232] - Quote
ECHBlackthorn wrote:Well its less that 8 hours left ladies and gentlemen. 8 hours before we hear the cries of joy and the voices of anger and despair. I personally wish everyone the best of luck for the draw.
Now come on SOMER .... mama needs 250bil pocket change and an Erebus *\o/*
Blacky
Congrats on the Erebus! |
Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
54
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Posted - 2012.09.25 04:42:00 -
[1233] - Quote
Congratualtions to all the Celebration winners!! |
Swedish Spaceman
House of the Northern Lights
5
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Posted - 2012.09.25 06:21:00 -
[1234] - Quote
Many grats to all the winners, and thank you Somer and staff for an awesome celebration.
Next time, let me win. Mmmkay... |
ECHBlackthorn
The Studmuffin's
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
2
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Posted - 2012.09.25 07:34:00 -
[1235] - Quote
*\o/*
Seems titan related bonks are my thing!! |
Dilligafmofo
The Generic Pirate Corporation
Fusion.
107
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Posted - 2012.09.25 12:45:00 -
[1236] - Quote
Many congratulations to the winners ( and there were quite a few).
No-one does it quite like Somer blink, the site is fantastic, the staff, as stated before, are amazing but for me, it's the guys in the chat channel that puts the icing on the cake. Seeing familiar names win these superb prizes makes me smile. Well done people and thanks again Somer, Andrev, Grammar, Sylvie and the wonderful team you have assembled.
Bring on 400T !! |
Minzy Shaishi
State War Academy
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2012.09.30 15:45:00 -
[1237] - Quote
Can i do something if i sold my old character? Or the account belongs to the character? |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
122
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Posted - 2012.10.01 00:03:00 -
[1238] - Quote
Minzy Shaishi wrote:Can i do something if i sold my old character? Or the account belongs to the character?
Yes, we can transfer your account to a new character-- there's no charge or anything.
Just contact support :) you'll need to provide a sale thread if you don't control the character anymore.
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for almost 2 years :) |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
122
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Posted - 2012.10.01 06:41:00 -
[1239] - Quote
Apologies for the 10m of downtime; our host chose midnight my time as a good time to reboot the server to apply critical security patches.
While security patches are good, getting phone calls from monitoring systems at midnight is kinda meh
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for almost 2 years :) |
Ratokus
Sarz'na Khumatari
The Unthinkables
6
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Posted - 2012.10.01 06:45:00 -
[1240] - Quote
Saw that you were down, glad it wasnt anything serious... |
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Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
155
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Posted - 2012.10.01 07:12:00 -
[1241] - Quote
Ratokus wrote:Saw that you were down, glad it wasnt anything serious...
Just the daily database backup - often these run seemlessly, but sometimes if the site is busy simultaneous to the event, the site can hang for a few minutes :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Cpt Gobla
No Bullshit
Jokers Wild.
131
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Posted - 2012.10.09 10:49:00 -
[1242] - Quote
Just started playing. Making a 10% return in investment so far, partly with the many achievements.
Not sure if it'll keep up once the first easy achievements are out of the way. |
Kain Duku
Air
The Unthinkables
0
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Posted - 2012.10.18 09:02:00 -
[1243] - Quote
I'm having trouble partaking in the promo blinks, I keep getting the message about only being able to have 1 ticket even when I haven't got one yet.
What information do you need to look into this or is this a problem you are already aware of?
To confirm I play blinks with 2 characters, I get one promo ticked on one but then cannot get a promo ticket with the other character.
I'm not sure if that is meant to be the way it works or not. Could you let me know thanks. |
Joey
The Scope
Gallente Federation
8
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Posted - 2012.10.18 09:34:00 -
[1244] - Quote
Kain Duku wrote:I'm having trouble partaking in the promo blinks, I keep getting the message about only being able to have 1 ticket even when I haven't got one yet.
What information do you need to look into this or is this a problem you are already aware of?
To confirm I play blinks with 2 characters, I get one promo ticked on one but then cannot get a promo ticket with the other character.
I'm not sure if that is meant to be the way it works or not. Could you let me know thanks.
its a rule thing i believe, no doubt a blinky person will let you know.
"The use of multiple characters by the same person to earn special achievement credit or prizes from promotions is not allowed. Such actions will result in adverse measures being taken against your account, up to and including account closure. This includes the use of alts to participate in: GÇó"Pres Butan"
GÇópromo.blink
quoted from blink page |
Kain Duku
Air
The Unthinkables
0
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Posted - 2012.10.18 11:11:00 -
[1245] - Quote
Joey wrote:Kain Duku wrote:I'm having trouble partaking in the promo blinks, I keep getting the message about only being able to have 1 ticket even when I haven't got one yet.
What information do you need to look into this or is this a problem you are already aware of?
To confirm I play blinks with 2 characters, I get one promo ticked on one but then cannot get a promo ticket with the other character.
I'm not sure if that is meant to be the way it works or not. Could you let me know thanks. its a rule thing i believe, no doubt a blinky person will let you know. "The use of multiple characters by the same person to earn special achievement credit or prizes from promotions is not allowed. Such actions will result in adverse measures being taken against your account, up to and including account closure. This includes the use of alts to participate in: GÇó"Pres Butan" GÇópromo.blink quoted from blink page
ah I see, I was unaware of this. Thanks for the update. I shall go and have a read of the rules.
Regardless of this I still think it may be something that needs to be looked at for example if I use my account to select a promo blink and then my friend was to login to his and do the same promo blink it wouldn't allow it. This occurs when using an out of game browser. |
hy wanto destroyer
Sons of The Forge
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
1
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Posted - 2012.10.20 20:07:00 -
[1246] - Quote
Congrats all to who won especially Celeste you are very lucky and Kendal ;)
Sent you a mail somerset mahm bout changing an application I sent an age ago about recruitment |
Titanium PIg
Lynching Little Swans
29
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Posted - 2012.10.21 09:53:00 -
[1247] - Quote
Hi,
Would it be possible to provide a listing of Bonk/Mini-Bonk stats history ? I was thinking something along the lines of:
Bonk / Mink-Bonk, Total Number of Tickets, Winner, Number of tickets bought by winner etc ...
And congrats to all this weeks winners!
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Dilligafmofo
The Generic Pirate Corporation
Fusion.
117
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Posted - 2012.10.24 06:08:00 -
[1248] - Quote
400T is here folks,
I'm so excited, a little bit of wee leaked out !! |
Ueberlisk
The Hatchery
Team Liquid
13
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Posted - 2012.10.24 06:19:00 -
[1249] - Quote
I see some people can just buy loads of tickets in a heartbeat. How can i do that aswell? I'm tired of clicking those buttons and waiting for them. :() |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
155
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Posted - 2012.10.24 06:37:00 -
[1250] - Quote
Most the folks you see buying tickets very quickly are using browsers optimized for that purpose :p
Our server loads images directly from the CCP image server, which is slower to respond than our server, so disabling images in an out of game browser can massively speed up load times. Also another trick I've seen folks mention is to shrink your browser text, so you have more tickets visible on screen simultaneously :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
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Ueberlisk
The Hatchery
Team Liquid
13
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Posted - 2012.10.24 06:48:00 -
[1251] - Quote
Andrev Nox wrote:Most the folks you see buying tickets very quickly are using browsers optimized for that purpose :p
Our server loads images directly from the CCP image server, which is slower to respond than our server, so disabling images in an out of game browser can massively speed up load times. Also another trick I've seen folks mention is to shrink your browser text, so you have more tickets visible on screen simultaneously :)
i mean the bonk/minibonk buttons. those atleast for me have a delay after clicking them. i'm quite happy with the speed i can buy tickets from normal blinks. sorry if i was unclear.
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Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
122
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Posted - 2012.10.24 19:49:00 -
[1252] - Quote
I think some people actually put a weight on their mouse button and walk away for lunch, honestly :P
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for almost 2 years :) |
Ueberlisk
The Hatchery
Team Liquid
13
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Posted - 2012.10.25 03:28:00 -
[1253] - Quote
Somerset Mahm wrote:I think some people actually put a weight on their mouse button and walk away for lunch, honestly :P
well that still does not explain how one goes from pretty much 0 tickets to 20k tickets in less than 30 seconds while it takes 5 minutes to spam the same amount. is there some script i can use to buy as many tickets as i like with one click? |
dragada
Rusty Industries
0
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Posted - 2012.10.25 05:40:00 -
[1254] - Quote
Ah. I thought you were talking about how some people can get 12 consecutive tickets on mega and ultra blinks in 6 seconds, consistently.
Fun watching 2 of them trying to do it at the same time. Unless of course you are trying to get a ticket too, then forget about it. Save your isk and spend it elsewhere. |
Ueberlisk
The Hatchery
Team Liquid
13
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Posted - 2012.10.25 10:12:00 -
[1255] - Quote
dragada wrote:Ah. I thought you were talking about how some people can get 12 consecutive tickets on mega and ultra blinks in 6 seconds, consistently.
Fun watching 2 of them trying to do it at the same time. Unless of course you are trying to get a ticket too, then forget about it. Save your isk and spend it elsewhere.
i never had any issue buying loads of tickets in those big blinks. just have proper browser with some pic settings and so on as andrew mentioned before. |
Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
56
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Posted - 2012.10.25 20:41:00 -
[1256] - Quote
On my rig - holding the mini-bonk button down will only buy one. I choose times when the blink server seems have little traffic and I push the 50 and the 100 every time their little wheel stops twirling showing they are ready. I think that just about cuts my buyng time in half. Please, don't use that when the server is busy.
Good Luck to all this week!
TY to Somer and her crew for really knowing how to throw a great international party!!
Now rushing off to yet another appt. getting old is not for wimps. |
fire elf
Solar Storm
Intrepid Crossing
23
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Posted - 2012.10.25 22:56:00 -
[1257] - Quote
General Tips from Big Blinker xD
1: Buying multiple tickets is all about how fast you can click on the next blink before the page refreshes and people that has gotten the hang off it can get all the tickets they want within 3-4 seconds
2: Speed buy mini.bonk tickets, You just simply make like 5-4 windows of the somer.blink site (NOT TABS but actuall new windows ) And Voila you will now have 5 100 bonk and 5 50 bonk so when you have finished the last bonk you start again and you can get 20k tickets within like few seconds if your good at it.
Please donate some isk (this celebration is going poorly for me :I ) for theese awsome tips :D
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ECHBlackthorn
The Studmuffin's
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
3
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Posted - 2012.10.27 23:03:00 -
[1258] - Quote
Well tickets bought for ze bonk!!! fingers crossed for another juicy win :P Doesnt look like il get any achievement as the internet out here sucks *sniff*
Good luck to everyone and thanks again to the blink staff for what im sure is a blast!
Blacky
PS Had a chance to read through applications yet?? Nudge nudge |
hy wanto destroyer
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
1
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Posted - 2012.10.28 10:17:00 -
[1259] - Quote
PS Had a chance to read through applications yet?? Nudge nudge [:twisted wrote:
Yeah i sent one aswell ;) |
ECHBlackthorn
The Studmuffin's
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
3
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Posted - 2012.10.30 06:48:00 -
[1260] - Quote
Gratz to all the winners. Wish i was online far more for it that i was. The last two were fantastic and im sure the banter and hilaritieswere in full swing for this one too :) Roll on 450T, lets see if i can make it a quad hehe
Blacky |
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Unt0rten
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
1
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Posted - 2012.10.30 06:57:00 -
[1261] - Quote
I never win these things ( |
Anders Brulner
Quantum Anomaly Corporation
0
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Posted - 2012.10.30 11:23:00 -
[1262] - Quote
I just joined Blink and the service is awesome. Dedicated staff, prompt deliveries and of course the chance of winning a lot of shiny stuff. However, I made the mistake of depositing less than 500 million ISK and lost quite a lot. I'll definately come back after amassing a lot of isk trough normal means. I highly recommend this if you have the money. |
Aruka Oti
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2012.10.30 11:35:00 -
[1263] - Quote
Hello.
During this weekend you could unwrap a gift and win ISK or stuff.
I unwrapped an Ashimmu, is there any news on how/when this will delivered?
I just checked my contracts and it wasn't there.
Thanks.
//Aruka |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
155
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Posted - 2012.10.30 13:12:00 -
[1264] - Quote
The last of the Gift contracts will be sent out over the course of the day today :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Swedish Spaceman
House of the Northern Lights
7
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Posted - 2012.10.30 15:08:00 -
[1265] - Quote
Thanks for an awesome celebration!
Grats to all the winners and thanks to the staff for making everyday on blink feel like a celebration. |
NorthernBrewer
Antigamers INC
0
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Posted - 2012.10.31 05:10:00 -
[1266] - Quote
Yes, thanks Blink Staff. Even though I haven't won one of the big prizes, the celebrations really are fun - long strings of promos, free gifts, bonus (2x) blinks, and achievement credit. Also, celebration or not - I'll always buy my GTC via the links on your site for the free credit - last time I turned the 150M credit into 300M actual isk (which...I eventually re-deposited). Oh, and for the (almost) 2 years I've been playing - I've always gotten my prizes and isk payouts surprisingly fast...thanks for that too. Can't wait to see what you guys come up with next... |
Kuikiker
Iberians
Iberians.
0
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Posted - 2012.10.31 11:54:00 -
[1267] - Quote
Is it totally random? Seriously ???
What are the odds for this? http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/9008/randomrf.jpg
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Zyzz Shavershian
The Riot Formation
Unclaimed.
0
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Posted - 2012.10.31 13:04:00 -
[1268] - Quote
Having the same group of people playing 90% of all promos makes that more likely to happen than you might think. Maybe they didn't win the last 1000 promos they played? Who knows... |
ECHBlackthorn
The Studmuffin's
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
3
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Posted - 2012.10.31 20:27:00 -
[1269] - Quote
BOOM 100 plex win. I bloody love these celebrations. Already gearing up for the next one. Heres hoping i can make it a quad
Thanks again to all the blink staff. Hopefully im more online for the next one
Blacky |
Jeff Nelson
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2012.11.01 02:20:00 -
[1270] - Quote
HAHA. Please refer to the Dilbert cartoon on this page:
http://www.random.org/analysis/
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Cage Man
Evil Guinea Pigs
17
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Posted - 2012.11.01 23:34:00 -
[1271] - Quote
What about an andriod app ?? clicking on my phone browser to refresh then scramble to in large screen then get a ticket is challenging.... |
fire elf
Solar Storm
Intrepid Crossing
23
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Posted - 2012.11.02 00:12:00 -
[1272] - Quote
We miss you black god darn it :( |
usrevenge
Enlightened Industries
Test Alliance Please Ignore
27
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Posted - 2012.11.02 02:43:00 -
[1273] - Quote
send somer blink your isk and you can double it!
but you probably won't but that is part of the fun. |
ECHBlackthorn
The Studmuffin's
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
3
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Posted - 2012.11.04 06:12:00 -
[1274] - Quote
fire elf wrote:We miss you black god darn it :(
Missing everyone too mate. I shall be back by the end of the month hopefully. Until then fly safe
Blacky
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Annunziata
Babylon Knights
Test Alliance Please Ignore
0
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Posted - 2012.11.06 15:47:00 -
[1275] - Quote
Since you win almost all blinks, we don't really miss you !
Hey Somer could we get some new achievements ? It is been a while you don't offer new ones... |
ECHBlackthorn
The Studmuffin's
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
3
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Posted - 2012.11.08 10:06:00 -
[1276] - Quote
Annunziata wrote:Since you win almost all blinks, we don't really miss you !
This makes me sad *sniff* |
Swedish Spaceman
House of the Northern Lights
7
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Posted - 2012.11.08 11:09:00 -
[1277] - Quote
Is it weird that after a week in the hospital, I miss blink and not eve? |
ECHBlackthorn
The Studmuffin's
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
3
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Posted - 2012.11.08 13:32:00 -
[1278] - Quote
Swedish Spaceman wrote:Is it weird that after a week in the hospital, I miss blink and not eve?
Not at all. I have a nyx waiting to jump into when i return but im looking forward to a decent internet connection to play Blink more haha. Roll on 21st
Blacky |
Swedish Spaceman
House of the Northern Lights
8
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Posted - 2012.11.08 13:55:00 -
[1279] - Quote
ECHBlackthorn wrote:Swedish Spaceman wrote:Is it weird that after a week in the hospital, I miss blink and not eve? Not at all. I have a nyx waiting to jump into when i return but im looking forward to a decent internet connection to play Blink more haha. Roll on 21st Blacky
Lol, some people are too lucky... but hey you deserve it mate. I just hope all theese damn pills help me. |
Swedish Spaceman
House of the Northern Lights
8
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Posted - 2012.11.10 21:34:00 -
[1280] - Quote
Thank you blink and staff for another great week of bonks and minibonks.
And a big grats to all the winners. I'm happy to see some new names in the winner list. |
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firestones
PH0ENIX COMPANY
Tribal Band
0
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Posted - 2012.11.11 11:54:00 -
[1281] - Quote
On be half of being one of those lucky big winners .. just wanted to take the time to thank everyone for doing a awesome job.. I would have half the things i have now with your great game,, Thanks again |
Swedish Spaceman
House of the Northern Lights
8
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Posted - 2012.11.11 13:39:00 -
[1282] - Quote
firestones wrote:On be half of being one of those lucky big winners .. just wanted to take the time to thank everyone for doing a awesome job.. I would have half the things i have now with your great game,, Thanks again
Grats again mate, Im happy for you |
GrammarNazi
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
14
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Posted - 2012.11.17 19:27:00 -
[1283] - Quote
It's been another awesome week, and we've upped the prizes once again! With 450T closing in on us fast, the heat is turning up, and we're giving away more than ever. This time, we added five extra prizes of 12 PLEX each. The lucky winners of this week are:
Year of PLEX #1: spaXzie
Year of PLEX #2: fid TwicE
Year of PLEX #3: sobann
Year of PLEX #4: Mode Six
Year of PLEX #5: Juniorci
Year of PLEX #6: kara worm
Super Implant Pack (snake, crystal, and slave set) Winner: Furkesz
5 Billion Blink credit and Five Thousand Tokens Winner: Eskimo Spy
Capital Buffet Package Winner: strateg1c
Pirate Package (one of each pirate subcap) Winner: Makayla Carter
Thanks again to everyone who participated, and to those who came into our channel to hang out with us. We had a bunch of promo chains, gigablinks, and people winning great prizes. To show some love to the people who stick with us between celebrations, Somer has turned on the GTC bonus, which will give extra Blink credit to those purchasing a GTC card through either Markee Dragon or Shattered Crystal. Go here for more information.
That's it for now, but don't go away! 450T is right around the corner! |
Dilligafmofo
The Generic Pirate Corporation
Fusion.
131
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Posted - 2012.11.19 09:43:00 -
[1284] - Quote
Less than 10T until the next big celebration.
If I were wearing trousers, they would be getting tight now. |
ECHBlackthorn
The Studmuffin's
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
4
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Posted - 2012.11.20 22:44:00 -
[1285] - Quote
Dilligafmofo wrote:If I were wearing trousers, they would be getting tight now.
We all know the only way to blink is with no trousers on ... right??
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Zyzz Shavershian
The Riot Formation
Unclaimed.
1
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Posted - 2012.11.21 11:43:00 -
[1286] - Quote
Win 1b credit.. imma cash this out, really! Yeah.. cash out... noo spent it on a rorq allready |
GrammarNazi
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
15
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Posted - 2012.11.24 19:20:00 -
[1287] - Quote
Another day, another celebration! This time, we've turned up with limited edition ships, more of our favorite Mini-Bonks, and more PLEX than you can shake a shotgun at! The winners today are:
2 Plex: Roy Spicer
2 Plex: Joni Hariere
2 Plex: Lord Nae'blis
2 Plex: Schwinger
2 Plex: Izzabela
Mining Buddies Mini-Bonk: NG4ge
Jump Freighter of Choice: Denzel Mason Skord
A Year of Plex: Sho Mieyli
Alliance + Faction Tower: lanyaie
We drew three winners for the Bonk, this time, with three prizes consisting of an Utu, a Malice, and 30 billion isk to choose from. The winners are:
wulpse zulma
RaverBecks
Elodin Gale
With this draw concluded, all of us are watching the counter on the site tick up to 450T. Stick around - the prizes only get better! |
lanyaie
694
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Posted - 2012.11.25 11:27:00 -
[1288] - Quote
Winning is great, especially if you lose it all on blink again :)
but not to worry 450T has plenty of things for you to come and keep
Hay |
Slash Harnet
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2012.11.26 14:37:00 -
[1289] - Quote
I just started blinking again after an extended leave from eve. I don't see the option to pick an item any more. Is it gone or am I just overlooking it? |
GrammarNazi
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
16
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Posted - 2012.11.26 15:48:00 -
[1290] - Quote
Slash Harnet wrote:I just started blinking again after an extended leave from eve. I don't see the option to pick an item any more. Is it gone or am I just overlooking it?
Hey there, Slash. If you're referring to the option to start a new Blink, it's been moved to a scrolling bar at the set at the bottom of your screen. Just click on this bar on the main page, and a menu will unfold and allow you to choose the item for the Blink you'll be starting. If you need any more help with the changes on the site, feel free to enter the SOMER Lotteries channel, or contact one of our customer support staff. |
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Annunziata
Babylon Knights
Test Alliance Please Ignore
0
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Posted - 2012.11.26 16:02:00 -
[1291] - Quote
Can you create new achievements for the "Get Blink Credits" category because when we got the "Trillionaire" one we have no additional rewards for the deposit we make.. and we make a lot :) Thank you Santa Somer... |
lanyaie
694
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Posted - 2012.11.26 17:40:00 -
[1292] - Quote
Annunziata wrote:Can you create new achievements for the "Get Blink Credits" category because when we got the "Trillionaire" one we have no additional rewards for the deposit we make.. and we make a lot :) Thank you Santa Somer...
Trillionaire
Although you've won enough on Blink that you're probably a two-trillionaire. Deposit 1 trillion ISK into your Blink account.'
erhh you completed that one?
Hay |
lanyaie
694
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Posted - 2012.11.26 17:54:00 -
[1293] - Quote
Just checked...WTF you deposited 1T into blink"?
Hay |
lanyaie
694
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Posted - 2012.11.27 14:51:00 -
[1294] - Quote
450T started sign up today for great rewards
Hay |
AnJuan Jackson
The Crimson Reunion
1
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Posted - 2012.11.28 00:03:00 -
[1295] - Quote
I just wanted to say how much fun I've had at the website, it's a really well thought out set up, and the atmosphere created by it is exciting and fun. Though I didn't win exactly as much as I've spent, I came close, and won a lot of cool ships in the process! Only been playing for a few days but it really is a great website. First one like it I've ever tried, but I was glad to see how successful you can be if you enjoy gambling.
Good luck to everyone who is involved in making it a successful game, and Thank you for the time spent in improving the service over the years ^^ |
Dilligafmofo
The Generic Pirate Corporation
Fusion.
131
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Posted - 2012.11.28 13:06:00 -
[1296] - Quote
450T is here !!
Anyone have a tissue please? I appear to have become excited. |
Slash Harnet
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2012.11.28 16:57:00 -
[1297] - Quote
GrammarNazi wrote:Slash Harnet wrote:I just started blinking again after an extended leave from eve. I don't see the option to pick an item any more. Is it gone or am I just overlooking it? Hey there, Slash. If you're referring to the option to start a new Blink, it's been moved to a scrolling bar at the set at the bottom of your screen. Just click on this bar on the main page, and a menu will unfold and allow you to choose the item for the Blink you'll be starting. If you need any more help with the changes on the site, feel free to enter the SOMER Lotteries channel, or contact one of our customer support staff.
I found it, but it only seems to work on a desktop browser. I blink from my iPhone primarilary and the bar doesn't appear on mobile. |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
125
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Posted - 2012.11.30 08:47:00 -
[1298] - Quote
We've switched servers-- if you're not getting Blink at the normal URL, you can either flush your DNS resolver cache, or visit http://beta.cogdev.net/blink/ until your DNS updates :)
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
Indecisive Cid
Intergalactic Expedition Division
102
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Posted - 2012.11.30 21:34:00 -
[1299] - Quote
When will the next titan bet be going on. I could sure use one
CID'S Rent-A-Ship - https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=8166
Buying BPO's - https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=10656
Our Gaming Community, Check Us Out!! - http://ucclan.com/eve-online/ |
Sar'ran Zorn
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
5
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Posted - 2012.11.30 22:55:00 -
[1300] - Quote
There's a Titan in the bonk that's up now. |
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AnJuan Jackson
The Crimson Reunion
4
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Posted - 2012.12.01 07:27:00 -
[1301] - Quote
Won an Orca this week, I achieved everything I hope to on Blink <3 love you guys. |
ECHBlackthorn
The Studmuffin's
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
4
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Posted - 2012.12.02 10:09:00 -
[1302] - Quote
This week, i will mostly be playing blink and neglecting everything else around me. Make me a super duper happy blinker and give daddy another titan ... and perhaps the blast too ... and a mini??
Too much to ask for?
Good luck to everyone though and many thanks to Somer and all her blink minions. They have all been busting they're asses off this celebration and deserve all the praise!!!!
Blacky |
GrammarNazi
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
16
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Posted - 2012.12.03 05:58:00 -
[1303] - Quote
Another celebration complete, and this one as epic as ever. With tournament ships, supercaps, Dev corpses, T2 BPOs, and over 250b isk given away, this celebration was certainly a memorable one despite some technical issues. The big winners of the 450T celebration are...
1st Place Bonk - Erebus: MalooR8
2nd Place Bonk - 100 Plex: wulpse zulma
3rd Place Bonk - Vangel + CCP Necrogoat's Frozen Corpse: Ghozt bank
4th Place Bonk - Acolyte II BPO: Avalon Tzi
5th Place Bonk - Medium Nosferatu II BPO: Furkesz
6th Place Bonk - Energized Kinetic Membrane II BPO: Ueberlisk
MiniBonk of Choice: BUDDA2K6
Pimp Fit Machariel: Replacement 234
Navy Ship Pack: Amelis Shouna
Jump Freighter of Choice: Mr Chant
Year of Eve (Plex): Defman Kahoudi
Pimp Fit Rattlesnake: ECHBlackthorn
This celebration, we decided to draw five winners to split the Blink Blast prize of 250b. The tickets were awarded for just Blinking normally, with the caveat that previous Blast winners could not win again. The lucky winners are:
50b: Amelia Aran
50b: LtSly210
50b: Watumba
50b: Amy Flare
50b: Luis Machado
Finally, we drew five runners up to the main Bonk drawing. Each of these winners were given the choice of one of the mini bonks that we ran during this celebration. Ambris Kobayashi, Jimmy Greenteeth, Andrzej Lisek, Targamarr, and Ixo Alabel will all have their choice of the minibonk prizes listed above.
Thanks to all of our friends in the Blink channel (and out of game) who patiently stuck with us during our server problems earlier this week! We're monitoring the new hardware for any issues, but so far things seem to be running smoothly. We really appreciate all of the well wishes we received and the kind words that were passed along in channel while our staff was running around and putting out fires.
With this celebration wrapped up, we're coming up on a milestone so huge it's tempting to express it as a decimal. Our .5q celebration, or 500 TRILLION isk Celebration, is fast approaching. With the prizes we have lined up for it (and for the week to come), you may want to consider doing a bit of extra mining or ratting. This will be a celebration the likes of which have not ever been seen by Eve. Until then, however, fly safe, and happy Blinking! |
Titanium PIg
Lynching Little Swans
29
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Posted - 2012.12.03 09:38:00 -
[1304] - Quote
Gratz to all the winners during the 450T celebrations.
How about "Semi Quad" for the 500T celebration nomenclature ?
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Swedish Spaceman
House of the Northern Lights
9
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Posted - 2012.12.03 10:01:00 -
[1305] - Quote
Congratulations to all winners this celebration. As always I have had a ton of fun, even tho I did not win.
Thank you Somer and the staff for making this so awesome.
And a special thanks to all the people in the channel, for making me feel like a winner everytime I log in |
Avalon Crow
Chaotic Tranquility
Casoff
0
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Posted - 2012.12.03 10:37:00 -
[1306] - Quote
Blink takes all my isk but oooh how I love it. Great job on bringing more joy to the eve universe Somer. |
ECHBlackthorn
The Studmuffin's
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
4
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Posted - 2012.12.03 11:03:00 -
[1307] - Quote
GrammarNazi wrote:This will be a celebration the likes of which have not ever been seen by Eve.
Why would you say something like that ... im already tempted to start selling my nyx and everything else i own just to make sure i have enough for the fun :)
Gratz to all winners and thank you for the Rattler ... death mail will be posted eventually :P
Blacky
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Andrzej Lisek
Aesir Corp.
Jokers Wild.
0
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Posted - 2012.12.03 13:04:00 -
[1308] - Quote
GrammarNazi wrote:Ambris Kobayashi, Jimmy Greenteeth, Andrzej Lisek, Targamarr, and Ixo Alabel will all have their choice of the minibonk prizes listed above.
Pfffhbbbt!
No way.
Commence epic party hard time. |
lanyaie
695
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Posted - 2012.12.03 13:43:00 -
[1309] - Quote
I'm crying atm..my ISK is gone
gratz to the winners
Hay |
Brandon Alduin
New Eden Resistance
Nulli Legio
0
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Posted - 2012.12.03 18:50:00 -
[1310] - Quote
I got lucky enough to win a promo blink while waiting to lose the bonk/minibonk |
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Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
58
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Posted - 2012.12.07 01:37:00 -
[1311] - Quote
WOW - I just thought I was going to be one of those who never won anything from a drawing, like my numbers were afraid of daylight.
I have had more than 50% of the mini-bonk tickets on at least one occasion and more than 25% on several occasions, I just never won until the 450T celebration mini-bonks were drawn.
Lady Luck turned her back on me all those times when I "enhanced" my luck through sheer volume. But the truth remains, only one ticket is needed to win and until this week. I was never holding that ticket.
I was reading others talking about having 0.0048 % chance of winning and thinking how many times I've lost to people with those odds. But I hung in there and plugged along. I remember seeing so many weeks pass by with none of the people who had their pictures next to big numbers of bonk and mini-bonk tickets all week long end up winning anything. I won this mini-bonk with a modest 10k tickets and I don't even know how many total there were. 10k left me with enough to have 10k for each of the mini-bonks during the celebration. Then, on the last day I realized we had one more mini-bonk that was only up for a few hours and I did not have enough tokens to enter. I would have missed that achievement and mini-bonk if it had not been for someone asking when the drawing would be and I checked the remaining time on the bonk countdown clock and it dawned on me that the last mini-bonk was over so I looked and found I had zero mini-bonk tickets on the short-lived one. I got busy, knowing my luck was not doing so good and had stopped playing to let my losing (please notice that losing only has one "o") streak happen without me - but I managed to win a few and get some tickets to make the achievement. Hey, I'm an old soldier - I can't pass by awards without an effort!
As usual, I congratulate all those who won and thank Somer and her Blinksters for throwing a great party! I hope my numbers will get over their fear of daylight, and I hope those who are waiting for their first drawing win, or first anything win, will get it soon.
I hear the comment every now and then about "the house always wins" but that is the same as saying "the Grocery Store always wins". Blink makes a profit on every ticket sold, the grocery makes a profit on every item sold. Blink never wins, a player does. I don't know about you other blinkers, but I'm proud to be part of something that donated an equal amount of ISK to each of the tourney fleets to help level the playing field out a little so fleets without huge alliances backing them could show up more equally prepared.
I know Blink donates a lot of ISK to a lot of community activities, but it is not something they advertise or talk about very much, so I can't even tell you where to go to see a list of the community donations. I can tell you I like knowing that each loss I have is still a little bit of a win, at least for the community.
Good luck to all - now go get RICH! |
peatrice Sunji
State War Academy
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2012.12.13 01:15:00 -
[1312] - Quote
Its nice to have something to spend ISK on.
Too bad its rigged if the statistics on your site is correct (Blinks played/blinks won) |
ECHBlackthorn
The Studmuffin's
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
6
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Posted - 2012.12.13 07:08:00 -
[1313] - Quote
peatrice Sunji wrote:Too bad its rigged
/me *facepalm*
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Stephen Olympus Bishop
Sociopathic Tendancies
1
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Posted - 2012.12.15 19:33:00 -
[1314] - Quote
VERY much a rich mans game that to win the BONKS you need to deposit billions apaprently. case and point ...this week one person won a jump freighter and 5b isk in the same BONK. unfortunately is addictive to so just stick with lotteries and leave the bonks to ths isk rich :} |
lanyaie
705
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Posted - 2012.12.16 11:36:00 -
[1315] - Quote
Stephen Olympus Bishop wrote:VERY much a rich mans game that to win the BONKS you need to deposit billions apaprently. case and point ...this week one person won a jump freighter and 5b isk in the same BONK. unfortunately is addictive to so just stick with lotteries and leave the bonks to ths isk rich :}
Excuse me?
I'm not rich and I didn't win 5b ISK I won 5b BLINK CREDIT who says that 5b blink credit would turn into 5b isk? It could have turned into 0b or 25b etc.
Hay |
ECHBlackthorn
The Studmuffin's
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
7
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Posted - 2012.12.17 09:49:00 -
[1316] - Quote
lanyaie wrote:It could have turned into 0b or 25b etc.
In my case with my luck i probably would have managed to lose ISK haha gratz btw, forgot to mention it earlier :)
Blacky
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lanyaie
705
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Posted - 2012.12.17 18:04:00 -
[1317] - Quote
ECHBlackthorn wrote:lanyaie wrote:It could have turned into 0b or 25b etc. In my case with my luck i probably would have managed to lose ISK haha gratz btw, forgot to mention it earlier :) Blacky
Thank you come back ...we miss you
Hay |
Terd Destroyer
Concordiat
Tribal Band
0
|
Posted - 2012.12.19 18:03:00 -
[1318] - Quote
Who else is excited for 500t? |
Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
59
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Posted - 2012.12.22 01:14:00 -
[1319] - Quote
I get a lot of requests for this information and I finally played with MS Excel long enough. Sorry I did not format to get nice straight columns, but anyone who wants to copy it and format it is welcome to do it. Everything you see below has been on my screen and I could have decided to keep it here at home, redeem for ISK or redeem for Blink Credit. Of course, If I had not redeemed most of it for Blink Credit, it would be a much shorter list. I usually keep anything I hero'd and give it to a corpy or just park it in a corp hangar. They are very generous to me and I thank them for it. I've helped out other Blink Players, but never if they ask, hint, "jus saying" or any of the other euphamisms there are for begging. Banks loan, charities give away - I'm not a bank or a charity. I am a philanthropist who shares with others in need, who I think, by my observation of their behavior, would share with me if I was in need without me asking, which I would never do, anyway We all started off with 5 grand and a crappy ship, that was enough for some and for some others, there will never be enough handed to them.
Value of Blinks Won 7,891,048,003,000 ISK
Blinks Played 34,316/ won 10,944
Promo Blinks Played 2,621/ Won 11
Winnings Transformed to Blink Credit 6,340,260,934,000 ISK
Winnings Transformed to ISK 835,784,782,304 ISK
Prizes Tot Won
Rorqual 659
30 Day Pilot's License Extension (PLEX) 621
Moros 363
Redeemer 272
Orca 260
Crusader 235
Raven 225
Capital Ships 212
Abaddon 201
Raptor 172
Harpy 161
Claw 158
Revelation 153
Armageddon Navy Issue 152
Tengu 144
Megathron 141
Wolf 134
Republic Fleet Firetail 130
Malediction 129
Loki 129
Caldari Navy Hookbill 114
Rokh 113
Sin 112
Rattlesnake 108
Sabre 107
Apocalypse 105
Armageddon 103
Drake 100
Tornado 98
Naga 97
Proteus 96
Enyo 93
Imperial Navy Slicer 92
Scorpion 91
Mackinaw 90
Federation Navy Comet 90
Hyperion 85
Legion 81
Brutix 78
Tempest 77
Thanatos 76
Megathron Navy Issue 74
Vigilant 73
+5 Implant Set 73
Vengeance 71
Hulk 71
Talos 70
Oracle 68
Panther 67
Typhoon Fleet Issue 66
Nightmare 66
Raven Navy Issue 65
Curse 64
Vagabond 63
Tempest Fleet Issue 62
Scorpion Navy Issue 61
Control Tower 58
Naglfar 57
Myrmidon 57
Dramiel 57
Hurricane 55
Absolution 55
Apocalypse Navy Issue 53
Crow 52
Chimera 52
Tier 2 Battlecruiser BPO 51
Machariel 51
Jaguar 51
Damnation 51
Omen Navy Issue 50
Daredevil 50
Taranis 49
Cynabal 49
Ashimmu 49
Hawk 47
Dominix 47
Archon 46
Widow 45
Phoenix 45
Charon 45
Ferox 44
Sentinel 43
Cyclone 42
Caldari Navy Ballistic Control System 42
Typhoon 40
Ishkur 40
Caldari Navy Adaptive Invulnerability Field 40
Bhaalgorn 39
Obelisk 38
Nidhoggur 38
Vindicator 37
Sleipnir 37
Control Tower Small 36
Ares 34
Retribution 32
Maelstrom 31
Fenrir 31
Stabber Fleet Issue 30
Dominix Navy Issue 30
Scimitar 27
Carrier Skillbook 27
Tier 1 Battlecruiser BPO 26
Purifier 26
Eagle 26
Gila 25
Flycatcher 25
Caracal Navy Issue 25
T3 Skillbook Set 24
Providence 24
Kitsune 24
Imperial Navy Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane 23
Federation Navy Magnetic Field Stabilizer 23
Prophecy 22
Harbinger 22
Republic Fleet Gyrostabilizer 21
Buzzard 21
+4 Implant Set 20
Sisters Expanded Probe Launcher 20
Republic Fleet Warp Disruptor 20
Ishtar 19
Cheetah 19
Broadsword 19
Skiff 18
Cruor 18
Phantasm 17
Nemesis 17
Manticore 17
Hound 17
Eris 17
Crystal Implants 1-5 17
Claymore 17
Basilisk 17
Anathema 17
Vargur 16
Imperial Navy Heat Sink 16
Sacrilege 15
Rook 15
Noctis 15
Nighthawk 15
Heretic 15
Guardian 15
Vulture 14
Pilgrim 14
Kronos 14
Falcon 14
5,000,000,000 Blink Credit 14
Zealot 13
Viator 13
Rapier 13
Onyx 13
LG Slave Implants 1-5 13
Huginn 13
Vexor Navy Issue 12
Stiletto 12
LG Snake Implants 1-5 12
Jump Freighter 12
Golem 12
Federation Navy Stasis Webifier 12
Worm 11
Occator 11
Fighter Megapack 11
Dreadnought Skillbook 11
Devoter 11
Deimos 11
Crane 11
Titan Skillbook 10
Keres 10
Impel 10
Helios 10
Eos 10
Cerberus 10
Bustard 10
Slave Implants 1-5 9
Prorator 9
Phobos 9
Paladin 9
Federation Navy Omnidirectional Tracking Link 9
Tier 3 Battlecruiser BPO 8
Succubus 8
Prowler 8
Halo Implants 1-5 8
Oneiros 7
Muninn 7
Astarte 7
Domination Control Tower 6
Mastodon 5
Lachesis 5
Imperial Navy Large Armor Repairer 5
Hyena 5
Caldari Navy Shield Boost Amplifier 5
Arazu 5
LG Crystal Implants 1-5 3
Dread Guristas Control Tower 3
Chimera Blueprint 1
.......................................................................Grand Total 10944 Prizes Today |
Vladimir Talteos
Phoenix Co.
TERRA FIRMA.
0
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Posted - 2012.12.22 01:46:00 -
[1320] - Quote
Hmm, seems like you have too many accounts for all of them to be fake, so I'll try it. I'm not entirely sure how it works, though... |
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Miss Congenialty
We do stuff but I'm not supposed to talk about it
25
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Posted - 2012.12.22 02:16:00 -
[1321] - Quote
Vladimir Talteos wrote:Hmm, seems like you have too many accounts for all of them to be fake, so I'll try it. I'm not entirely sure how it works, though...
Vlad, only one blink account per person is allowed. Serious ban hammer on that one.
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RUS Comannder
Tremor Recorded
Variable Enterprise Training Standards
22
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Posted - 2012.12.22 18:21:00 -
[1322] - Quote
peatrice Sunji wrote:Its nice to have something to spend ISK on.
Too bad its rigged if the statistics on your site is correct (Blinks played/blinks won)
One must understand statistical theories before attempting to apply them. |
RUS Comannder
Tremor Recorded
Variable Enterprise Training Standards
22
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Posted - 2012.12.22 18:39:00 -
[1323] - Quote
hehe - I think Rep234 just squeezed this one on the boards a few minutes after the world ended (oh wait, it didn't end! At least not for my family - we hope the same is true for all.) Anyway, I think Rep234 was wanting to give future archeologists a puzzle to solve once they found the Blink server - as if the eve server would not be puzzling enough for future archeologists in trying to figure out what this ancient society was like.... Think about the poor archeologists who find the WoW and Hello Miss Kitty servers. They will be as clueless about this society as the poster above is about blink stats!
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Avalon Tzi
Tao Heavy Industries
0
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Posted - 2012.12.22 23:36:00 -
[1324] - Quote
Rep 234's Stats are insane.
She's In the Top 5 for Value Won #2, Most Blinks Won #2, Most Achievements #4
Your mileage will more than likely not match this.. She is superhuman.
Yes you get free credit for achievements!!!!
Blink is a lot of fun. I've had good days and bad days. I've lost billions in a few minutes. I've won Billions as well.
It's addictive. I think I play more Blink than I play eve. But I have a nice hanger of ships for my PVP character to blow up.
Only play with ISK you can afford to lose. Be responsible. And have fun.
If you need help with a gambling problem call 1-800-gambler (or just ask them to ban you...which is a nice service)
Support is awesome...
Really it's a lot of fun...
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Titanium PIg
Lynching Little Swans
34
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Posted - 2012.12.23 14:07:00 -
[1325] - Quote
THE NIGHT BEFORE 500T
T'was the night before 500T and all through the house,
Not a blinker was stirring, not even Lanyaie.
The achievements were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that Bonus Blinks soon would be there.
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of Gigablinks danced in their heads,
And Dilligafmofo in her kerchief and I in my cap,
Had just settled down for a long winter's nap.
When out in the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open shutters and threw up the sash.
And what to my wondering eyes did appear,
But an Avatar Bonk, and eight tiny mini-bonks;
With a little old driver, so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment it must be Somerset Mahm.
More rapid than eagles her mini-bonks they came.
She whistled and shouted and called them by name:
"Now Andrev! Now Grammar! Now Sylvie! Now Belinda!
On, Blinkin! On, Blinking! On, Swedish Spaceman and Zaelle!
To the top of the porch, to the top of the wall
Dash away, dash away, dash away all!"
Up to the house-top the mini-bonks they flew
With a sleigh full of Ultra-blinks and Somerset Mahm, too.
And then in a twinkling I heard on the roof
All the clattering noise of each galloping hoof.
All bundled in fur, from her head to her foot,
Her clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;
As I drew in my head, and was turning around,
Down the chimney Somerset Mahm came with a bound.
A bundle of Ultra-blinks she had flung on her back,
And she looked like a peddler just opening her pack.
She spoke not a word, but went straight to her work,
And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk,
And laying her finger aside of her nose,
And giving a nod, up the chimney she rose.
She sprang to her sleigh, to her team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
But I heard her exclaim 'ere she drove out of sight,
"Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!"
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witchking42
UNFRL Fleet Operations
49
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Posted - 2012.12.24 10:04:00 -
[1326] - Quote
I found the RED present, I found the YELLOW present....why can't i find the last one :) |
Haul McStuff
The Restless Masquerade
Hedonistic Imperative
0
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Posted - 2012.12.24 10:25:00 -
[1327] - Quote
found green present but have been unable to find red and yellow |
witchking42
UNFRL Fleet Operations
49
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Posted - 2012.12.24 10:33:00 -
[1328] - Quote
LOL - found the last one and its not Green! |
Haul McStuff
The Restless Masquerade
Hedonistic Imperative
0
|
Posted - 2012.12.24 10:44:00 -
[1329] - Quote
then what did i find?
edit : managed to find them all
looks like the elfs where clever and dident hide them the same place for all |
Ryomo Shimei
Galactic Brotherhood of Violence
1
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Posted - 2012.12.24 10:56:00 -
[1330] - Quote
my friends all had em at the same place ... seems to be 2 or 3 settings ... i only got 2 of em since mine are realy hidden so .... i wont find the last since i have nothing more to search ( think in my way they realy overdid it with the hiding ) |
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Dalts
Brothers ln Arms
18
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Posted - 2012.12.24 11:01:00 -
[1331] - Quote
Nice touch with the present hunt, just found the 3rd one after quite a search! |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
168
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Posted - 2012.12.24 11:01:00 -
[1332] - Quote
One of the locations was indeed proving too hard - nobody had found it :p So we moved it to an easier spot, and now all locations have been found by dozens of people. While they are in different spots for different people, there's a finite number of possibilities. Feel free to ask friends or corpmates, or other Blinkers in our in-game channel. :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Antal Marius
No Bullshit
Jokers Wild.
21
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Posted - 2012.12.24 12:10:00 -
[1333] - Quote
Hee, found them all |
Merik Sylvanus
NovaTech Universal
Freemen Alliance
0
|
Posted - 2012.12.24 12:34:00 -
[1334] - Quote
Found green and blue, but red is eluding me so far. |
Mograine Gastoves
Wir sind unwichtig
Crematoria.
1
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Posted - 2012.12.24 12:38:00 -
[1335] - Quote
Woho thanks Blink <3
Found them all :) |
Dranchela
Flashpoint Industries
Ethereal Dawn
17
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Posted - 2012.12.24 12:49:00 -
[1336] - Quote
Damn, can't find the red Present. |
Ymir Esubria
Concordiat
Tribal Band
0
|
Posted - 2012.12.24 13:00:00 -
[1337] - Quote
Found all 3, awesome little give-away! |
Le Chourineur
Babylon Knights
Test Alliance Please Ignore
0
|
Posted - 2012.12.24 14:38:00 -
[1338] - Quote
Where is this damn red present? any suggestion will be welcome.... |
Merik Sylvanus
NovaTech Universal
Freemen Alliance
0
|
Posted - 2012.12.24 16:15:00 -
[1339] - Quote
Yeah I need some clues toward the red present, too. |
Clint Oris
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
0
|
Posted - 2012.12.24 17:54:00 -
[1340] - Quote
can't find any lol |
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Podrick Mileghere
Eagles of Essence
1
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Posted - 2012.12.24 18:13:00 -
[1341] - Quote
Love the christmas offers. Thanks Somer. |
Sitar
Dragon's Rage
Ethereal Dawn
0
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Posted - 2012.12.24 19:34:00 -
[1342] - Quote
a little help question, will the red show up in an out of game browser |
Kaimar Redcloud
DOCS RUFF RIDERS
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
0
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Posted - 2012.12.24 20:10:00 -
[1343] - Quote
w00t! got all 3 pressies! Thanks Blink and have a Merry Christmas. |
Dol Deldrimar
Enlightened Industries
Test Alliance Please Ignore
0
|
Posted - 2012.12.24 20:25:00 -
[1344] - Quote
Thanks for the presents, and as always, keep blinking. |
Adaahh Gee
Rock jockeyz
High Rollers
42
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Posted - 2012.12.24 22:30:00 -
[1345] - Quote
Just found all three of mine,
I'm curious where the "Too hard to find" ones were?
Thanks for the pressies Blink team!
Merry Christmas to you all and hope you have a Happy New Year!! |
Nolak Ataru
Lexmark Industries
ACME Holding Conglomerate
0
|
Posted - 2012.12.25 04:25:00 -
[1346] - Quote
cant stop the blink |
Sno- Chan
Capital Dynamics
SQUEE.
0
|
Posted - 2012.12.25 11:25:00 -
[1347] - Quote
Well the last gift to find was certainly hidden well in a tool tip xD |
Arkadelphia
Day Trippers
4
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Posted - 2012.12.25 15:04:00 -
[1348] - Quote
I think I found all the hard ones...and can't find the easy one...the green one...I may give up.. |
Mara Eitiras
Red Frog Freight
Red-Frog
0
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Posted - 2012.12.25 17:23:00 -
[1349] - Quote
Found the green and yellow right away but can't find the red one at all...
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Vargan Armer
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
24
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Posted - 2012.12.25 19:01:00 -
[1350] - Quote
Do you have to be using the in game browser to find these? Because I can't find any for the life of me using firefox :/ |
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tofucake prime
AQUILA INC
Verge of Collapse
61
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Posted - 2012.12.25 19:04:00 -
[1351] - Quote
http://i.imgur.com/oEcGR.png |
Vargan Armer
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
24
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Posted - 2012.12.25 19:08:00 -
[1352] - Quote
I'll reiterate. ******* tofu |
Leia Skyski
Besra Overwatch
Astromechanica Federatis
0
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Posted - 2012.12.25 19:52:00 -
[1353] - Quote
tofucake prime wrote:http://i.imgur.com/oEcGR.png
You believe nobody'd lose when you buy 15/16 tickets on something, but Kendall Wood. |
Frank Pannon
Fearless Bandits
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
20
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Posted - 2012.12.26 18:02:00 -
[1354] - Quote
A heads-up for promo blink winners:
I got a contract from a corp called Bounty and Bonus Blinking, which has a ship in it that I just won on Blink. But the contract is other way around, so if I did accept it, I would give this person my ship.
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Kon Drites
Corpes Tours LTD.
0
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Posted - 2012.12.27 22:04:00 -
[1355] - Quote
500 Trillion..............................Im scared and have energy drink. |
Dilligafmofo
The Generic Pirate Corporation
Fusion.
151
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Posted - 2012.12.27 22:57:00 -
[1356] - Quote
- pants + tissues.... ready when you are blink !! |
Sernum
Sniggerdly
Pandemic Legion
19
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Posted - 2012.12.27 23:25:00 -
[1357] - Quote
Time to RMT some more of that isk and buy a better web server thingy |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
168
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Posted - 2012.12.28 00:04:00 -
[1358] - Quote
There are no words. :p
Two years ago, if you told us we'd be celebrating half a quadrillion in ISK given away, we'd never have believed it possible - but it's here!
The 500T celebration is on and rocking all week long - Gifts, Bonus Blinks, Blast, Minibonks, Bonks, Promo madness, and a complete and utter forswearing of pants forever.
Not content with "only" Bonking away a Titan like last celebration, or 250B in raw ISK like every celebration's Blast, this event features a crown jewel prize in the Bonk in addition to all the other huge prizes - a Hulk BPO!
So come out and party with us - the lights are on and the pants are off, all week long!
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Zoltan Lazar
78
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Posted - 2012.12.28 00:47:00 -
[1359] - Quote
OP still says 400t. Might want to update that :) |
Haydius Paranox
JSB Fleet Logistics
PNG Associates
0
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Posted - 2012.12.28 08:33:00 -
[1360] - Quote
I originally came across Blink when I heard people talking about it in Couster local. It sounded interesting and so I decided to check it out...
Best site ever, lol. There was another EVE Gambling/Lotteries site I'd tried a while back but I can't even find it anymore.
I don't know how many of you do this, but I like to keep Blink open at the side of my screen while I go about my normal activities.
I mean, who'd wanna miss a promo, ? Anyways, straight to the point...
I've made a quick Stylish/Greasemonkey script to skim down the website to make it easier to have running while you work/play.
It is not intended as a permanent script, but one to make it easier to Blink while you work
You may find the script here
As this appears to be a busy thread, I am not subscribing to notifications for it.
If any CCP Devs have any issues or suggestions, please feel free to inbox me
Fly safe, capsuleers o7 |
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lanyaie
778
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Posted - 2012.12.28 12:05:00 -
[1361] - Quote
500t is here and obviously I won't be back for 3 days until I can blink gl all
Hay |
ECHBlackthorn
The Studmuffin's
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
11
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Posted - 2012.12.29 00:59:00 -
[1362] - Quote
Well its that time again when blink goes into overdrive and alot of people get poor and other get rich. I think after this celebration there will be many tears
Heres crossing my fingers for a 4th big celebration win, that 300billion is just screaming to be had!!
Good luck everyone and may you all have glorious ultra hero wins *\o/*
Blacky |
ECHBlackthorn
The Studmuffin's
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
11
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Posted - 2012.12.29 01:00:00 -
[1363] - Quote
lanyaie wrote:
500t is here and obviously I won't be back for 3 days until I can blink gl all
I miss you ... neigh WE miss you *sniff* |
Mahakali Kalika
Corpes Tours LTD.
0
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Posted - 2012.12.29 21:11:00 -
[1364] - Quote
I can't stop blinking! Honestly, it's insane! I refresh the page so much I'm afraid of breaking it... and then you get that message that the servers are too full! LOL
My first promo was a nightmare! I was hooked after that. Careful though, some idiot tries to get your promo ships by contracting you with a line of Blink Bonus or something like that. Complete moron. I've won more than I've lost and I tell hubby it's the best way to shop for ships in all of Eve! LOL
Long Live Blink |
lanyaie
786
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Posted - 2012.12.30 10:38:00 -
[1365] - Quote
Back home soon then it's time to start blinking before celeb end
Hay |
2ippy
Carousel Boutique
Rebel Alliance of New Eden
16
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Posted - 2012.12.30 14:37:00 -
[1366] - Quote
The best of luck to everyone in this insane celebration!
Cheers, 2ippy |
Quontor Zarrkos
Zervas Aeronautics
WHY so Seri0Us
3
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Posted - 2012.12.31 11:19:00 -
[1367] - Quote
Maybe they should start thinking about upgrading the server for these celebrations :) I'm seeing the overloaded page a bit often lately. Great promo's though! |
Kendall Wood
Glora Industrial
0
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Posted - 2013.01.02 14:51:00 -
[1368] - Quote
I would just like to point out my beautiful face on the stats page. That is all. <3 |
Thorgril
Eye of God
Circle-Of-Two
2
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Posted - 2013.01.03 06:25:00 -
[1369] - Quote
\o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/
Thanks SOMER!! U guys are the best! |
snakeyes Kassandra
Project Stealth Squad
The Initiative.
0
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Posted - 2013.01.03 07:04:00 -
[1370] - Quote
Thank you |
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2ippy
Carousel Boutique
Rebel Alliance of New Eden
16
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Posted - 2013.01.03 10:05:00 -
[1371] - Quote
Thanks again for this wonderfull celebration Somer Blink
I am one of the lucky winners of the Navy/pirate ships in the bonk
I have flawlessly recieved my price when I logged in
Cya next time Somer Blink o/
Cheers, 2ippy |
Swedish Spaceman
The Studmuffin's
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
14
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Posted - 2013.01.03 13:15:00 -
[1372] - Quote
Yes thank you very much Somer, Andrev and all the rest of the staff for this 500T celebration.
I won some, lost some, but in the end I had loads of fun.
Grats to everyone that won, and another big thank you to all players and channel lurkers who make blink so awesome. |
Frank Pannon
Fearless Bandits
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
50
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Posted - 2013.01.03 17:07:00 -
[1373] - Quote
This was indeed a fantastic event, kept my mind boggled how Somer keeps up with all the contracts to the winners.
I mostly just played the promo blinks, from which there have been hundreds scattered among many timezones. Thank you for all the prices and the attention put into this milestone.
Wishing good luck and health for the whole team in the new year. |
Yak Tong
State War Academy
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2013.01.04 06:04:00 -
[1374] - Quote
i have a great time playing in blink but any time one of my room mates tries to play they are told only one account allowed per person (witch is understandable only it is not one person) and will not allow them to log in or access the isk/credit on their accounts.
Is there a way around this or is it just the way it is? |
Tiran'Sol
V0LTA
Verge of Collapse
2
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Posted - 2013.01.04 11:25:00 -
[1375] - Quote
Also from my side, thanks for the 500T celebration, it was a blast. Tons of fun playing Somer and even better winning. \o/ |
Cezary Oksaras
Umbrella ACME corp
SiNTaX err0r
0
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Posted - 2013.01.06 23:40:00 -
[1376] - Quote
Thank you for the 500t fest... I don't think I actually won anything but fun was still had... |
mAkeena
State War Academy
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2013.01.07 19:36:00 -
[1377] - Quote
Complete and absolute bullocks.
Frag's Leader is 7 days old
Blinks Played240
Blinks Won34
Value of Blinks Won47,988,000,000 ISK
Achievements Earned31
Butans Answered0
Has 4502 Bonks x 5 = 22,510 / 7 (days old) = 3126 per day / 24 (hours in a day) = 134 per hour for a straight 24 hrs a day 7 days a week to get this.. Yet, has only played 240 blinks. 4502 \ 240 (blinks\plays) = 18 tokens per win.. impossible
Favourite Bonks... Moros, Rorqual, 30 Day Plex.. and only 7 days old????
Absolute bullocks.
Note: and to add to it, I used 240 instead of 34 (actual wins), and its even more ridiculous. |
Sar'ran Zorn
St. Albans' Refuge
12
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Posted - 2013.01.08 09:29:00 -
[1378] - Quote
...you do realize they'll transfer someone's older, pre-existing Blink account to a new character for them, right? |
Dekis
Silver Ghost Soldiers
0
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Posted - 2013.01.08 09:39:00 -
[1379] - Quote
Yak Tong wrote:
i have a great time playing in blink but any time one of my room mates tries to play they are told only one account allowed per person (witch is understandable only it is not one person) and will not allow them to log in or access the isk/credit on their accounts.
Is there a way around this or is it just the way it is?
They might only allow one of the same IP address logged on at any time. Since you're probably sharing the internet connection with your room mate that would explain it. There are ways around it where you set up proxies or VPN's. Although im not sure if this would be "cheating" in the sense that you could work togheter in order to win more, so it's on you if you want to take that further. Check with the blink-people and see how they stand on the issue. |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
145
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Posted - 2013.01.08 22:33:00 -
[1380] - Quote
Sar'ran Zorn wrote:...you do realize they'll transfer someone's older, pre-existing Blink account to a new character for them, right?
This is the case in the referenced character's situation. It's a transfer from an old account because the last character was sold.
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
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Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
145
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Posted - 2013.01.08 22:33:00 -
[1381] - Quote
Yak Tong wrote:
i have a great time playing in blink but any time one of my room mates tries to play they are told only one account allowed per person (witch is understandable only it is not one person) and will not allow them to log in or access the isk/credit on their accounts.
Is there a way around this or is it just the way it is?
Please get in touch with us and we'll get you fixed up.
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
75
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Posted - 2013.01.10 21:30:00 -
[1382] - Quote
mAkeena wrote:Complete and absolute bullocks.
Frag's Leader is 7 days old
Blinks Played240
Blinks Won34
Value of Blinks Won47,988,000,000 ISK
Achievements Earned31
Butans Answered0
Has 4502 Bonks x 5 = 22,510 / 7 (days old) = 3126 per day / 24 (hours in a day) = 134 per hour for a straight 24 hrs a day 7 days a week to get this.. Yet, has only played 240 blinks. 4502 \ 240 (blinks\plays) = 18 tokens per win.. impossible
Favourite Bonks... Moros, Rorqual, 30 Day Plex.. and only 7 days old????
Absolute bullocks.
Note: and to add to it, I used 240 instead of 34 (actual wins), and its even more ridiculous.
I can understand how a player who has not been on blink for very long or never follows the chat can or has not looked thru the forums can make this assumption. I think I asked another player about this in chat after looking at his info window. This is a questin shich pops often.
I've thought of switching my blink account to a one minute old character just for giggles, and to try to get the extortionist blogster to name someone else the biggest shill in eve history. oh hey Somer, since it appears I will never be able to catch with Newgit and L'amour Sauvage in the achievements because they have played so much longer than I have and picked up the achievements from earlier benchmarks and others that happened before my day, How about a "Biggest Shill" achievement? Most hate mail? I think Titanium Pig would vote forme to achieve the "Forum Wall of Text" achievement. "Most ISK lost trying th'buy' gigas" or how about an award for winning and redeeming high numbers of ultras, or most submissions of rejected bhutans? Most ultras lost while holding 12 tickets?
Or the ultimate - biggest pain in the ass for blink staff - If I don't have that one now, I could start moving this account around through one hour alts - now that would do it!
Thanks for a great celebration, again. and I look forward to many more great parties! |
Swedish Spaceman
The Studmuffin's
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
14
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Posted - 2013.01.10 22:25:00 -
[1383] - Quote
Replacement 234 wrote:mAkeena wrote:Complete and absolute bullocks.
Frag's Leader is 7 days old
Blinks Played240
Blinks Won34
Value of Blinks Won47,988,000,000 ISK
Achievements Earned31
Butans Answered0
Has 4502 Bonks x 5 = 22,510 / 7 (days old) = 3126 per day / 24 (hours in a day) = 134 per hour for a straight 24 hrs a day 7 days a week to get this.. Yet, has only played 240 blinks. 4502 \ 240 (blinks\plays) = 18 tokens per win.. impossible
Favourite Bonks... Moros, Rorqual, 30 Day Plex.. and only 7 days old????
Absolute bullocks.
Note: and to add to it, I used 240 instead of 34 (actual wins), and its even more ridiculous. I can understand how a player who has not been on blink for very long or never follows the chat can or has not looked thru the forums can make this assumption. I think I asked another player about this in chat after looking at his info window. This is a questin shich pops often. I've thought of switching my blink account to a one minute old character just for giggles, and to try to get the extortionist blogster to name someone else the biggest shill in eve history. oh hey Somer, since it appears I will never be able to catch with Newgit and L'amour Sauvage in the achievements because they have played so much longer than I have and picked up the achievements from earlier benchmarks and others that happened before my day, How about a "Biggest Shill" achievement? Most hate mail? I think Titanium Pig would vote forme to achieve the "Forum Wall of Text" achievement. "Most ISK lost trying th'buy' gigas" or how about an award for winning and redeeming high numbers of ultras, or most submissions of rejected bhutans? Most ultras lost while holding 12 tickets? Or the ultimate - biggest pain in the ass for blink staff - If I don't have that one now, I could start moving this account around through one hour alts - now that would do it! Thanks for a great celebration, again. and I look forward to many more great parties!
Haha, I agree Rep, you deserve your own achivement. And I like TP's idea :P |
Holy lanyaie's
Void Investments
Invictus Void
3
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Posted - 2013.01.10 23:15:00 -
[1384] - Quote
phff where is swedish |
Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
75
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Posted - 2013.01.10 23:21:00 -
[1385] - Quote
Only the Shadow knows.... |
mAkeena
State War Academy
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2013.01.10 23:57:00 -
[1386] - Quote
Replacement 234 wrote:mAkeena wrote:Complete and absolute bullocks.
Frag's Leader is 7 days old
Blinks Played240
Blinks Won34
Value of Blinks Won47,988,000,000 ISK
Achievements Earned31
Butans Answered0
Has 4502 Bonks x 5 = 22,510 / 7 (days old) = 3126 per day / 24 (hours in a day) = 134 per hour for a straight 24 hrs a day 7 days a week to get this.. Yet, has only played 240 blinks. 4502 \ 240 (blinks\plays) = 18 tokens per win.. impossible
Favourite Bonks... Moros, Rorqual, 30 Day Plex.. and only 7 days old????
Absolute bullocks.
Note: and to add to it, I used 240 instead of 34 (actual wins), and its even more ridiculous. I can understand how a player who has not been on blink for very long or never follows the chat can or has not looked thru the forums can make this assumption. I think I asked another player about this in chat after looking at his info window. This is a questin shich pops often. I've thought of switching my blink account to a one minute old character just for giggles, and to try to get the extortionist blogster to name someone else the biggest shill in eve history. oh hey Somer, since it appears I will never be able to catch with Newgit and L'amour Sauvage in the achievements because they have played so much longer than I have and picked up the achievements from earlier benchmarks and others that happened before my day, How about a "Biggest Shill" achievement? Most hate mail? I think Titanium Pig would vote forme to achieve the "Forum Wall of Text" achievement. "Most ISK lost trying th'buy' gigas" or how about an award for winning and redeeming high numbers of ultras, or most submissions of rejected bhutans? Most ultras lost while holding 12 tickets? Or the ultimate - biggest pain in the ass for blink staff - If I don't have that one now, I could start moving this account around through one hour alts - now that would do it! Thanks for a great celebration, again. and I look forward to many more great parties!
It's no surprise to me that you get a lot of people yelling Shill on here, and I doubt the numbers are a coincidence either. Whether it be fabricated allegations due to gambling loss's or legitimate concerns over wonky numbers... the way its set up now, there is no way to prove it. When running a gambling website, transparency should be fairly important aspect for trust.
Why be able to copy your past history of a character's winning to a new one, when you cannot perform this function in eve with employment histories..
obviously this is not eve, but in the least... accounts should be represented by an "account name" with a registered character to the account in which it will use for the gambling. Character switching process can remain the same, only 1 active game character per account. Account history is recorded and if the player decides they want to use a different character to contribute to the account, then document the history of the past contributing character in the history. This way there is no room for making up any character you want with whatever stat's and hiding under the "its a new character with previous winning history" umbrella... The history would match up with the statistics and current scores on the account. This is transparency, and it would cut down on a crap load of the unnecessary work your staff hates so much. |
Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
75
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Posted - 2013.01.11 02:57:00 -
[1387] - Quote
You quoted me, so I will answer.
First, it is not my staff, I am just a player. Second, I have never found the staff unwilling to provide anything but the absolute best in customer service. CCP could learn alot from them.
I think they do it this way is to prevent RMT. The rules are one player gets one blink account, no matter which 'toon they assign the blink account to or how many times the player changes it around. Once everyone understands this fact, the questions about RMT seem to stop, depending on the questioner's IQ and if they have even read the rules, of course.
I have often read other forum posts - you can search through and find them - about how they consulted CCP when setting up their rules and procedures to thwart RMT, and this may have been part of that.
If your search is not productive, you could evemail someone on their staff for a better answer. I have always found Andrev Nox to be very helpful and knowledgeable as he has been here about as long as Somer, I think. I know whenever I've done something dumb, he has done his best to unwind me from the knot I tied myself in. Beginning when I did not know that BONKS cost isk and not tokens as do MINI-BONKS, and I happily clicked away on the BONK button and noticing how pleased I was at how long the tokens were lasting and then suddenly got the message I was too poor to buy another BONK. I thought I had just learned an expensive lesson and started pulling for my few BONKS to win. I mentioned my mistake in chat was told right to get ahold of Andrev. I did not have to as he was watching the chat and had already sent me a message asking me how much ISK would I like refunded. So it turned out that I got to play more than the BONK that week.
If I've said something incorrect in this reply, there are plenty of other players who know far more about it than I do and will probably chime in. Given time, I'm sure Andrev will confrim or correct anything I've said wrong. If you do some forum research, you will see he is quite knowledgeable and a whole lot more pleasant than I would be with some of the questions he's fielded. Just don't ask him about code. That is Somer's baby all the way. I'm not so hot with it either.
I hope you enjoy playing the game, and if you don't think it is for you or don't trust the process, then don't play. |
mAkeena
State War Academy
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2013.01.12 01:11:00 -
[1388] - Quote
Okay, perhaps my attempt wasn't best in explaining what I was trying to sayGǪ You went way more in depth and addressed issues way beyond the one I was concerned with. I wasn't at any time knocking the staff or their ability to handle inquiries about their service, I have no issue there. The issue I am talking about is mainly due to the fact that itGÇÖs 1 Eve Character per Blink account, and if a player wants to activate a different character on their blink account, that history is not displayed. Why is this a big deal? Because in my original post, I was a little baffled by the characters statisticsGǪ They are indeed totally impossible without having had a new character activated on the account and the current one assuming the history of the past. So my argument was it should be recorded and displayedGǪ Make a blink account keep history of its active characters on the account and display the contribution in winningsGǪ. Otherwise there is no way to prove that itGÇÖs in fact not just a shill thatGÇÖs been created out of thin air to influence the bonk. If you saw a person with the stats above in the OP, and they looked that off... You ask and are told the reason is because someone activated a second character, wouldn't you want to see the paper trail?
Even just something as simple as is if Account A has had 2 Characters, when you click on
The profile, it could show:
Character A : wins/lossGÇÖsGǪ.etc (active)
Character B : wins/ lossGÇÖsGǪ.etc (deactivated)
And through the both of them you get your actual blink account standing. But this way people can physically see how someone like the guy my original post was about, got those crazy numbers.
And back to the fairness thing, as a suggestion I also think the Gigablinks need to be cappedGǪ With only that many tickets, they are often bought up and farmed within 10 minutes by people who have an insane amount of cash. Not really fair for the people who may have enough to buy 1 or 2 tickets but can't check every 20 minutes for a draw, but that's just my thoughts.
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Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
75
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Posted - 2013.01.12 05:23:00 -
[1389] - Quote
[quote=mAkeena]. The issue I am talking about is mainly due to the fact that itGÇÖs 1 Eve Character per Blink account, and if a player wants to activate a different character on their blink account, that history is not displayed.
Rep responds: The blink history is displayed, it just shows some activity happening before the current char might have been born. We know the person who owns the blink account is the one who has been responsible for the condition of the account and anyone can ask them about it - you could have looked at the first achievement's award date "Baby's first blink" and asked the player of that blink account how it was possible and would probably have been told, "I switched the blink account to this one because I sold the other character."
In my own experience, this blink account was started a different character I own in a different account. That player is involved in many corporate and alliance activities which I don't want this character associated with. As soon as I realized Blink was not a scam and I wanted to continue my statistical experiments, I looked around and found this neglected, untrained alt whose avatar bears a good resemblance of my wife and brought her out to play. That let my other player slink back into the shadows to continue the kind of work he had been doing before I set out to expose Blink as a scam. If that original character were listed here, anyone could check the contract history of that char and have found many more members of the corp and alliance and that would have led to a new discoveries with each new name uncovered. One of my main characters is a third party representative buying and selling things between parties who want to be kept out of the transaction. This char's only use before blink was to negotiate deals and transfer ISK, but never do a contract with any other player in my main corp that is not a "civilian". Our Civilians never have a connection between our uniformerd players that can be tracked by another player. Blink showing a history of the chars associated with a blink account instead of just showing the current account held by the human who started the blink account could have adverse effects on many players.
I have not looked at your blink history or eve history, so I have no idea how long you have been at either, but this question comes up occasionally and if I were on the staff of Blink, I would want to put in a little scenario of what some might see and which pushes against intuition as this does. In fact, Blink has an award for submitting a suggestion they adopt and this may be one they would adopt. - I say got for it! But act fast as you may get beat to the punch. It won't be me, as I already have that award. Somehow, I feel certain you have not tried to join a corp that wants your full API so they can look into your char and see everything you can see. Intelligence and counter-intelligence are a huge part of this game. Having a popular player run game within a game exposing data about what characters are connected beyond the Eve controlled limits could mean large shifts and the death of Blink if not a severe wounding.
I can see a lot of reasons why this is different from employment history. I know a few characters who play Eve for one purpose, to join and undermine corps with bad CEOs. Think how fast they could move, if they could sell one character to another account they hold, getting the corp history wiped in the process but keeping the very special skill set they need.? Eve started out being all about accountablilty and created rules about keeping corp history and never being able to change a name that was sitting on a skillset someone had spent a lot of time getting just right. It wasn't until years later when they were still surprised to find themselves in business, that they began to think about how to legally transfer characters. Now you can buy a char pretty close to what you might want with a very innocent history. But that character had to play an innocent for a period of time. If every char could wipe their employment history clean in an instant, the game would be different because all those chars out there trying to build a clean history would be gone.
mAkeena continues:
Make a blink account keep history of its active characters on the account and display the contribution in winningsGǪ. Otherwise there is no way to prove that itGÇÖs in fact not just a shill thatGÇÖs been created out of thin air to influence the bonk. If you saw a person with the stats above in the OP, and they looked that off... You ask and are told the reason is because someone activated a second character, wouldn't you want to see the paper trail?
Rep responds:
The only paper trail you could really see is the birthdate of each previous player. Maybe I missed it, but what other paper trail could you see to convince you it is on the up and up? As I said before, if you don't feel confortable, don't play
mAkeena continues:
And back to the fairness thing, as a suggestion I also think the Gigablinks need to be cappedGǪ With only that many tickets, they are often bought up and farmed within 10 minutes by people who have an insane amount of cash. Not really fair for the people who may have enough to buy 1 or 2 tickets but can't check every 20 minutes for a draw, but that's just my thoughts.
Rep responds:
I cannot tell you how many times I've owned over 40 and sometimes over 50 giga tickets and lost to someone who had two tickets. Don't take the Giga personally, It is not closed unti 64 tickets are sold, one ticket will win. That winning ticket doesn't know how many other tickets it's buyer bought. If the winner bought one or 50 tickets and bought the ticket you wanted and it won, you would still lose. I'm trying to win the award for heroing the giga, so I only buy one ticket these days. Back when I was blitzing, I'd wait for about 10 minutes and then buy the rest. |
Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
75
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Posted - 2013.01.12 05:26:00 -
[1390] - Quote
Sorry I had to cut out some of your post, but the word limit of 6000, which I think Eve put in by popular request to limit me - well ... If I cut something you wanted me to respond to, put it in a reply to this post - we've got over 5700 words! |
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Swedish Spaceman
The Studmuffin's
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
16
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Posted - 2013.01.12 10:44:00 -
[1391] - Quote
See Rep, TP is right, you deserve a "wall of text" achivement |
Holy lanyaie's
Void Investments
Invictus Void
3
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Posted - 2013.01.12 13:22:00 -
[1392] - Quote
....Replacement....whenever I read all your text I I get sleepy |
Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
75
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Posted - 2013.01.12 22:37:00 -
[1393] - Quote
quote=Holy lanyaie's]....Replacement....whenever I read all your text I I get sleepy[/quote]
Working as intended
Not a bug - a feature!
But I usually kill the thread, either by the other person saying, "Hopeless talking to the idiot" or having the next questions answered before being asked.
I would prefer to think that I pre-answer future questions. Though anticipating the wrong questions may exasperate the OP as I did when I thought mAkeena was working toward RMT, it may have headed off another reader who might have thought about jumping in with the old RMT jab who had not read previous forum posts which utterly destroyed the RMT concern, at least in the minds of those smart enough to spell RMT.
I found in my military career that when briefing people several ranks above me, I would carefully tailor my statements to engender a question, that I would go on to answer. By raising a question in the mind of the briefee and answering it, I could shape the issue with the answer and keep the questioner from going into the issue to a depth where the problems might exist for which we had not come up with an answer yet. Hopefully, every project has had thorough staffing before launch. Some projects are addressing some fast moving issues and have to made up as you go. Time is always an issue, but not always a pressing issue and everybody who comes down the road and has heard the name of the project wants a briefing. I must admit, I did enjoy telling an Aide (who outranked me) to please inform the general (who waaay outranked me) that the general does not have a need to know, and who to contact to with any further questions or discussion, goodbye.
In other words, if I was briefing on a project under development and did not want to get into a lengthy discussion which often led to the briefee offering tons of suggestions we had already discarded, becasue we had been working on the issue for a good period and the briefee usually knew the name of the project and the broad view of the desired outcome. If we ever let a briefee know we did not have a firm grasp on every step, nuance and lurking variable, the briefee's aide would make a note and send out an alarm that we were in trouble and we would then be inundated with suggestions which had already been ruled out. I found that a falter or hesitation while briefing a three star could result in a week's worth of explaining to people with 2 minutes of experience on the project that we had; plugged in the computer; yes, we used parachutes; certainly, we anticipated gravity on that continent; no, we were using motorized vehicles, not horsedrawn carriages; Scuba and mini-subs wuld be a good method of approach and we will make a note of that if ever have the same project near water; and every silly idea anyone who knew about the project for three minutes had thought that fifty people working on it for the last six months might have missed.
I had an additional duty when I was a course director at the US Infantry School. Whenever Infantry branch colonels had just been promoted to generals, they came back to the Infantry School for what was referred to as "Re-Bluing" (the Infantry branch color is sky blue). During this short period, the newly minted generals were swamped in the latest information which would help them in their jobs. I can imagine that right now a three hour block of instruction has been added about having affairs with journalists who also happen to be junior officers in the Army Reserves. Anyway, I was the course director for tactics and we had the responsibility for teaching the subject at the school and developing a part of the doctrine used in combined arms warfare (using Infantry, mechanized Infantry, Airborne Infantry, special operations forces, aviation (army, air force, navy, marine, coast guard, and unmanned aerial and space assets controlled by various agencies and allies), artillery, missiles, armor, and some other stuff we had laying around - basically anything or anybody which is land, air, sea, or space based and has a military option and we could task it. I always finished off my portion by saying, "and please remember, gentlemen. the most effective question you can ask any briefer is at the end of the briefing, when you earnestly ask, "Is there anything I can do to help you succeed? No matter how brilliant you are, whatever suggestions have popped into your heads after a 15 minute briefing have already been thoroughly reviewed, and if not - you have the wrong team on the project and you will have discovered that in the quality of the overall briefing."
This is not so much of a wall of text... perhaps just a cubicle partition... I didn't even break 5000 words.... sheesh |
Swedish Spaceman
The Studmuffin's
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
16
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Posted - 2013.01.13 00:18:00 -
[1394] - Quote
Come on Rep, not even 5000 words, I'm dissapointed mate :p |
lanyaie
797
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Posted - 2013.01.13 14:41:00 -
[1395] - Quote
Replacement, give me 100k ISK for every word you use in your posts
ps: I finally for once managed to read all your text without taking a short break...
Hay |
mAkeena
State War Academy
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2013.01.15 05:49:00 -
[1396] - Quote
Replacement 234 wrote: See Post #1378 .
I understand that partial information of the previous active blink character is displayed, and this is in part the point IGÇÖm trying to make, it leaves a huge gap when the contributions of that character are not displayed, and itGÇÖs all just piled into one pool under the new active characters alias, and it can look very suspicious. Perhaps I am just thinking overly complicated, but I just thought it would make more sense if people could visually see how Joe Blow was able to get xxxxxxx bonks when only playing xx games, itGÇÖs not exactly a huge modification to just show what character won how many of the total blinks on that blink account before being disabled. It would close the gap of speculation and people crying hacks or cheats.
This was never about my comfort in playing, nor me speculating that blinkGÇÖs a scamGǪ I simply said in my very first post that the characters numbers did not work at all. After being told about the character change, I simply tried to suggest that it would be less suspicious and far less crap to deal with because of people seeing numbers on the account like I did and freaking out, to show the history for each character registered to the blink account, history defined as all the statistical data shown, just divide it between who did what and show it. Simple clean and less room for bs because thereGÇÖs no gaps in the data.
You reply saying that such history could have adverse reactions because of people doing Intel espionageGǪ My response to that is donGÇÖt blink with a character you would want to hide blinking fromGǪ As the API system has been around for a very very long time now, and so has the Intel gameGǪ one should already be accustomed to think about this kind of thing before they start doing it. But in any event, I think anyone who would reject a skilled player simply because they play blink needs to get a full time job. It should be of no concern to anybody what a person does outside the boundaries of the game.
And for those who fear having large winnings attach to them, well if blink wants to emulate the same realism as EVE and real life lotteries, some lotteries require winners to identify themselvesGǪ It begs the question, should someone with huge vast amounts of blink winnings have a security blanket of anonymity and no repercussions in game? Or should they be required to identify themselves and be subject to criminals in game, such as people whom prey on lottery winners or the rich just as happens in real life? It does add an element of balance in that the big rollers will be hunted should anyone feel motivated to try and ransom a ship or something.
In regards to strict corps, if Player A used two characters on their blink account, weGÇÖll say GÇ£corpGÇ¥ and GÇ£ncorpGÇ¥; where GÇ£corpGÇ¥ represents the character that was important and was in a strict corporation with API rulesGǪ and GÇ£ncorpGÇ¥ an alt later switched active on the blink account, this alt can either be on the same Eve account or not, but for worst case scenario we will say it is. We will say corp was responsible for about 25% of the statistical data shown on the account. Without that being displayed, anyone crunching the numbers will see the gap and go rabble. But if I clicked ncorpGÇÖs profile, and visually saw that corp had previously won this many blinks, lost this many blinksGǪ etc for a combined total with ncorps to get the true number shown on the account, I wouldnGÇÖt think anything suspicious. But are you trying to tell me that corpGÇÖs corporation is going to see he has an alt for SOMER on his account and get upset? What are they worried about, GÇ£well having an alt on the account will make it easy for someone to relay sensitive information should their main be a spyGÇ¥, well in that eventGǪ If they are willing to go that far to sneak secrets, they would most likely just register a second account with eve. And at the very very least, if it just came down to people being afraid of having their identity attached to a SOMER accountGǪ for ANY reason and didn't know then and wants to change it now... at least just show that there was a character registered before, show as GÇ£inactiveGÇ¥ or something along with the GÇÿrealGÇÖ stats that player contributed to the account. This way the numbers make sense. It may seem irrelevant, but it does help with accountability when looking at statistics.
And finally onto the Giga thingGǪ I am well aware of how easy it is to lose a draw when you own a large investment of it, I know its sheer luck with just better chances, and I donGÇÖt take it personallyGǪ However I am interested in fair play, and by fair I only mean in a sense that more people get a chance to play, not person A having a better chance over everyone elseGǪ The Giga blinks go way too fast; they are farmed by the rich and sell out in minutesGǪ ItGÇÖs not very fun as I was trying to explain, someone who isn't scanning the board every 10 minutes may miss out. It just seems a little unfair when itGÇÖs basically turned into a game only for the rich because they can essentially buy as many tickets as they like and sell the game out before most people that have the funds to purchase a ticket even have a chance to know its active. If there was a cap limit to tickets on the Giga, it wonGÇÖt sell out faster than anyone knows itGÇÖs active, and a larger variety of the community has a chance to winGǪ let wealth go around, itGÇÖs always the same people winning everything. And before you say GÇ£yes but anyone can win with just one ticketGÇ¥, the win statistics speak for themselves. |
Kris McGinley
Blue Republic
RvB - BLUE Republic
0
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Posted - 2013.01.15 20:24:00 -
[1397] - Quote
I've never blinked before and was just looking over the website when I noticed you get rewarded 150mil blink credit if you buy a 60 day GTC off shattered crystal. I've bought about 8 over the past 4 months from here and still have the reference number am I able to collect the blink credit from them? |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
147
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Posted - 2013.01.15 20:40:00 -
[1398] - Quote
Kris McGinley wrote:I've never blinked before and was just looking over the website when I noticed you get rewarded 150mil blink credit if you buy a 60 day GTC off shattered crystal. I've bought about 8 over the past 4 months from here and still have the reference number am I able to collect the blink credit from them?
Unfortunately, only reference numbers from purchases that went through the Blink banner are eligible, apologies.
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
Lady Lada
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2013.01.16 22:52:00 -
[1399] - Quote
You guys have gotten much better at detecting automation since I used your site about a year ago.
I don't know if I should be congratulating you or be whining that I've lost a good chunk of ISK :P |
lanyaie
800
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Posted - 2013.01.17 18:41:00 -
[1400] - Quote
Lady Lada wrote:You guys have gotten much better at detecting automation since I used your site about a year ago.
I don't know if I should be congratulating you or be whining that I've lost a good chunk of ISK :P
you should hit yourself on the head for using automation if that's howyou lost isk if you lost it the normal blink way try again :)
Hay |
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Lady Lada
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2013.01.18 00:14:00 -
[1401] - Quote
lanyaie wrote:Lady Lada wrote:You guys have gotten much better at detecting automation since I used your site about a year ago.
I don't know if I should be congratulating you or be whining that I've lost a good chunk of ISK :P you should hit yourself on the head for using automation if that's howyou lost isk if you lost it the normal blink way try again :)
Eh, it was a fun project and fairly profitable back in the good old days. |
Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
76
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Posted - 2013.01.20 22:07:00 -
[1402] - Quote
Kind of hard to follow that mea culpa...
Congrats to all the winners this week - some really nice prizes! Thanks Somer, and all the rest of the seasons!
Once again, I had the opportunity to prove that holding the most tickets on a mini-bonk does not mean an auto win - so Players, never give up. It only takes one number to win, as long as it is the right number.
We are sliding into 550T pretty quick!
RL has over taken us here, not just shutting down the Christmas season, though that accounts for a lot of activity, but we had the extreme misfortune of losing one of the finest people I've ever had the pleasure of knowing. My wife's aunt who was 94 and six months ago anyone including her doctor's would have expected many more years of good health for her but she began to experience a sharp decline in early December, and passed away peacefully during a nap with her entire family and many friends close by on January 5th. The death of everyone is inevitable and becomes more expected with age, health challenges or dangerous activities, but the actual loss is never acceptable.
Please, instead of offering us solace, go kiss your loved ones and let your friends know you appreciate them, then reflect on your life and be sure you are living it in a way which will bring you a smile when you are at the end of your life. Two hours before Mary died, she was cracking jokes. I doubt she had any reservations about the way she lived her life. She certainly inspired everyone who was fortunate enough to know her.
Whenever she sneezed and someone blessed her, she would usually reply, "Thank you - Now let the band play on!" I'm guessing that would be her wish for all of us, to let the band play on and for us to continue to seek joy without taking it from others. GodSpeed Mary. |
lanyaie
800
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Posted - 2013.01.20 22:51:00 -
[1403] - Quote
I'm sorry to hear that replacement, but I am glad she left in a way she wouldn't regret the way she lived her life.
Hay |
Jozef Szakallas
Controlled Ecological Life Support Systems
0
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Posted - 2013.01.21 02:08:00 -
[1404] - Quote
*TAP* *TAP* ... Is this thing on? ...
I'm looking for something epic in here... |
Swedish Spaceman
The Studmuffin's
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
17
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Posted - 2013.01.22 14:37:00 -
[1405] - Quote
The 550T is allmost upon us. This will be a great celebration yet again Im sure.
Sadly I wont be participating to the extent I would like to since Im currently laying in a hospital bed.
My heart condition has escalated and it's looking more and more like I'll be having surgery in a few weeks.
I would like to thank Somer, the staff and all the wonderfull blinkers I have played against.
And I want to wish everyone good luck this celebration.
Blink away my dear friends.
//Swede |
roy oakes
Pimebeka Industrial Mining Productions
Partners of Industrial Service and Salvage
4
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Posted - 2013.01.22 19:18:00 -
[1406] - Quote
play play play play play |
Edward Harris
Blue Sun Enterprises
1
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Posted - 2013.01.22 19:28:00 -
[1407] - Quote
Get well soon, Swede! |
Third Legion
Proven Inc.
Fade 2 Black
0
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Posted - 2013.01.23 21:37:00 -
[1408] - Quote
550t is a lot of fun so far, keep it up Somer and staff.
I joined during 450t and Blink has been good to me. I am pretty poor so I mostly play promos, or sometimes trying for achievements.
The staff are all very nice and helpful, always quick to get something figured out. ISK or ships won are delivered extremely fast.
Of course some people win a lot, but as it has been said they play a lot.
Don't bet more than you are willing to lose, the house always wins but so do us players.
Thanks for all the excitement! |
lanyaie
809
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Posted - 2013.01.23 22:38:00 -
[1409] - Quote
Hay |
Swedish Spaceman
The Studmuffin's
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
17
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Posted - 2013.01.23 22:40:00 -
[1410] - Quote
Uhm...? Hello |
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lanyaie
809
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Posted - 2013.01.23 22:53:00 -
[1411] - Quote
hai how are you
Hay |
Swedish Spaceman
The Studmuffin's
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
17
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Posted - 2013.01.23 22:58:00 -
[1412] - Quote
Im doing ok, but bored as hell here.
If all goes as planned I'll be home by the end of next week. |
lanyaie
809
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Posted - 2013.01.24 18:38:00 -
[1413] - Quote
\o/
Hay |
Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
76
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Posted - 2013.01.26 08:14:00 -
[1414] - Quote
Swedish Spaceman wrote:Im doing ok, but bored as hell here.
If all goes as planned I'll be home by the end of next week.
Hey Buddy - MISTER Swedish Spaceman,
Have you informed the medical staff that you are one of the "Original Nice Guys"?
That ought to get you at least a bigger straw for you water cup!
If they have any questions about the veracity of your statement, tell then to get in toudh with me. I have a world wide card as a frequent flyer at almost every hospital in the known world, and never have any trouble getting the bigger straws.
And ask for ice cream after 8 pm - unless the nurse is fat.
You think it is boring there - imagine how boring it is here with out YOU!
Get better soon! That is not optional - it is mandatory!!
Rep |
Swedish Spaceman
The Studmuffin's
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
17
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Posted - 2013.01.26 14:11:00 -
[1415] - Quote
I will try that Rep. And ice-cream is not a problem, they give me plenty of that :)
The biggest issue is nicotine, and of course I miss all of you guys.
Now I will focus on getting better even sooner.
And may all your blinks be x2.
Roses are red, my screen is blue.
I scratch my head and wonder, what the hell did I do? |
UNIT 516
billionaire boyz club
0
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Posted - 2013.01.26 19:09:00 -
[1416] - Quote
Blinks Played 16
Win Ratio 0.00%
playing 1/4 of overall tickets per blink
RNG really this unlucky? yet still see the same people comming up on winners list? lol ill stick to eve-bet where results arent controlled by the operators... |
lanyaie
812
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Posted - 2013.01.26 20:05:00 -
[1417] - Quote
UNIT 516 wrote:Blinks Played 16
Win Ratio 0.00%
playing 1/4 of overall tickets per blink
RNG really this unlucky? yet still see the same people comming up on winners list? lol ill stick to eve-bet where results arent controlled by the operators...
Results aren't controlled by operators neither do they have to be, blink gains ISK regardless of who wins or loses and that isk is sufficient to sustain anything they want to do
I just had a run from 500m to 7b and I stopped not because blink likes me but because I got lucky, it's about luck you simply couldn't deal with being unlucky for a bit and decided to say it was rigged well that's your loss and I'll continue having fun while you are trying to make isk of a gambling site, it's all about the fun if you're not having fun you should stop.
Hay |
Swedish Spaceman
The Studmuffin's
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
17
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Posted - 2013.01.26 20:31:00 -
[1418] - Quote
damn Lany, from 500m to 7b grats buddy.
May your good fortune continue mate :) |
lanyaie
812
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Posted - 2013.01.26 20:52:00 -
[1419] - Quote
hehe swedish gotta keep the ball rolling now I need a titan bpo....If I happen to get one I'll leave a present for you for next time you login
Hay |
Swedish Spaceman
The Studmuffin's
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
17
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Posted - 2013.01.26 20:56:00 -
[1420] - Quote
Then I will cheer you on from the sidelines mate.
It's looking like I might be back home on wednesday-thursday this upcomming week.
or at least Im hoping so. |
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Holy lanyaie's
Void Investments
Invictus Void
3
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Posted - 2013.01.27 01:06:00 -
[1421] - Quote
yay I'll see you then hopefully with a gift box containing some chocolates |
Swedish Spaceman
The Studmuffin's
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
17
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Posted - 2013.01.27 22:20:00 -
[1422] - Quote
Well, only a few hours left on the 550T madness.
too bad I cant be online for the draw.
But I would like to thank Somer and all of the staff for another awesome celebration. (even tho I couldnt really participate)
And good luck to everyone in the draw later, I hope you all win something, or at least have tons of fun. I know I would have if I were there.
//Swede |
Swedish Spaceman
The Studmuffin's
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
17
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Posted - 2013.01.28 09:42:00 -
[1423] - Quote
A big grats to all the winners in the 550T and of course an even bigger thanks to the staff.
Now I cant wait to get back home.
Take care everyone. |
Xephiron
Shattered Reality
0
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Posted - 2013.01.28 18:45:00 -
[1424] - Quote
Anyway have fun with blinking :D |
Holy lanyaie's
Void Investments
Invictus Void
3
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Posted - 2013.01.29 00:43:00 -
[1425] - Quote
Swedish Spaceman wrote:A big grats to all the winners in the 550T and of course an even bigger thanks to the staff.
Now I cant wait to get back home.
Take care everyone.
RAWR |
Yimir Wolf
WaKE Inc
3
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Posted - 2013.02.01 18:04:00 -
[1426] - Quote
Set up is great, user friendly, BUT screw that. lost a lot of isk (for me) and won nothing, I dont wanna play a raffle where someone can buy half the tickets XP and I never win lol |
Swedish Spaceman
The Studmuffin's
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
17
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Posted - 2013.02.01 23:39:00 -
[1427] - Quote
Im afraid thats gambling for you, Somtimes you win, sometimes you lose.
Trust me, I've won and lost billions on blink. But the reason I play is to have fun, not to make a profit (even tho I prefer winning over losing.)
The only way to leave a casino with a small fortune is to walk in with a big one. |
Allison Blue
Lessor of Two Evils
0
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Posted - 2013.02.02 12:31:00 -
[1428] - Quote
I just signed up and put in a promo code and got a free 2.5m credits, bid on the first thing I could afford and WON shockingly. I was instantly hooked and turned that 10m isk ship into 11.3mil credits and blew it all lol. Just deposited 50mil more and I intend on winning big! |
Swedish Spaceman
The Studmuffin's
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
17
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Posted - 2013.02.02 16:13:00 -
[1429] - Quote
Awesome, and welcome to blink. I hope you will have as much fun as I have had here :) |
deadmaus
farqar Corporation
0
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Posted - 2013.02.02 16:33:00 -
[1430] - Quote
Well I fianally cast caution to the wind, and after 9 bets I decided its a scam, esp when the same people keep winning
like:
am4nda
RattReaper
esp am4nda,, she was in all of my 9 bets and won at least 4 of mine and quite a few others and usually only had maybe 3 bets in each 3 of the 7 "lottery" i saw her ' win' ( management anyone?)
NO-ONE is that lucky ( I didnt win a thng mind you. I was expectiing the odd 'win' to keep me interested but no they are too greedy even to boyher with that now.
My advice..build it dont lottery it, especially with "winter blinkers over your eyes"
Cezary Oksaras wrote:Thank you for the 500t fest... I don't think I actually won anything but fun was still had...
and these are the types of people they LOVE and pray on. |
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deadmaus
farqar Corporation
0
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Posted - 2013.02.02 16:35:00 -
[1431] - Quote
Xephiron wrote:Anyway have fun with blinking :D
If u love watching the same people win then yes.
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Vargruk Hornet
NukeBroS
0
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Posted - 2013.02.05 21:33:00 -
[1432] - Quote
Well, losed everything in Somer blink(sold char,assets) , well no reason to continue playing Eve.
Be carefull guys,greed is bad.
o/ |
Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
76
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Posted - 2013.02.06 03:37:00 -
[1433] - Quote
deadmaus wrote:Well I fianally cast caution to the wind, and after 9 bets I decided its a scam, esp when the same people keep winning like: am4nda RattReaper esp am4nda,, she was in all of my 9 bets and won at least 4 of mine and quite a few others and usually only had maybe 3 bets in each 3 of the 7 "lottery" i saw her ' win' ( management anyone?) NO-ONE is that lucky ( I didnt win a thng mind you. I was expectiing the odd 'win' to keep me interested but no they are too greedy even to boyher with that now. My advice..build it dont lottery it, especially with "winter blinkers over your eyes" Cezary Oksaras wrote:Thank you for the 500t fest... I don't think I actually won anything but fun was still had... and these are the types of people they LOVE and pray on.
OMG - YOU LOST NINE IN A ROW! I doubt that has happened to me ... well probably not more hundreds of times. And nobody can be lucky enough to win 3 of 7..... I think I've done that a few times, too.
Actually, I may not have lost nine straight very many times. See, there is this thing called luck, sometimes it is good for a person and sometimes it is bad for a person. When my luck is bad, for instance, when I first start a session and lose 5 in a row, I quit for a while. Very important for one who is GAMBLING to know when to quit. I have had many times when the "recently Played Blinks" list of the last 25 blinks under the "My Blinks" tab has had 5 streaks of five losses, when I've tested my luck on five different occasions and by not winning one out of five blinks, I chose on those five different occasions not to play, but to conserve my capital and try again later. Other times, I may have had 15 wins out of the 25 blinks listed. I am not going to take the time to consult my log, but I can tell you with confidence, that my losing streaks far outnumber my winning streaks. But my losing streaks are always short, and my winning streaks are only as long as they last and losing streak behind that is short. My testing of my luck is with small prizes and if my testing shows some promise, I will begin to increase the value of my bets and when it starts to run cold, I quickly ratchet down the value of the blinks and if it stays cold, I quit pretty quickly.
Trying to bet your way out of a bad streak is quite foolish.
It stands to reason that not all players can be lucky at the same time, as only one can win each blink and either 7 or 15 finish tickets will finish in second place. Those who tend to keep winning are probably having luck and are also probably looking at recent winning numbers and keeping an eye on the stats page for the eight bars which show the frequency of selection for the numbers 1 though 8. They usually play more than one ticket as well, but playing over half the tickets, though winning will still yield a profit, losing will begin to take considerable more wins to break even, than probablility will support. You can buy all the tickets in a game and have a100% win ratio and win yourself broke pretty quickly. Understanding the Theory of Probability and the Theory of Regression Toward the Mean helps also. But they are theories, not laws. like the law of gravity which is constant and can be overcome in various ways like centrifugal force or achieving manned flight.
Nine losses so it has to be a scam.... I think games of chance are not fitted to your view of the world and you might be happier avoiding them. I'm quite sure that experiencing something which relies on luck for success a mere nine times would make any statistician's head shake from side to side and bring forth a single word from most of them - "study"
For the guy who posted below you who sold character assets and now has no reason to play eve - I think you might have not taken a broad view of the first law of Eve - Never fly a ship you can't afford to lose. Think a little more expansively and try this as a first law of Eve - Never put at risk anything of game value you can't afford to lose.
One last thing for both of you - close your RL email accounts, and never open a link sent to you. |
Selkie Love
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2013.02.06 05:46:00 -
[1434] - Quote
32 losses in a row, most with one ticket bought, some with 50% of them bought.
So glad I got myself banned from blink :D |
Jakob Anedalle
Beelzebub Corp
58
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Posted - 2013.02.06 23:52:00 -
[1435] - Quote
So the statistics talk about win/losses, but how about:
* Most requested ship Blink?
* Most requested non-ship Blink?
Maybe both of those for all-time and for last 7 day period?
Trying out all the things to do here in Eve - it's quite a checklist.
So I made a blog Jakob's Eve Checklist |
JusFooling Around
JusFooling Around Corp
90
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Posted - 2013.02.08 08:46:00 -
[1436] - Quote
Selkie Love wrote:32 losses in a row, most with one ticket bought, some with 50% of them bought.
So glad I got myself banned from blink :D
So, what kind of cheating were you doing to get yourself banned? You do know Blink won't ban you on request, right?
Is that sour grapes I smell coming from your post?
lesseee here... 32 losses.... hmmm... most with one ticket... dunno how many "most" really is, so give him the benefit of the doubt, let's say most equals 20, so that means 12 would be 50% or maybe less and he doesn't give us any idea if they are all 8 ticket or 16 ticket or a mix. but because he is such a doubtful guy, he gets that benefit again.
So, the 20 single ticket losses in 8 ticket games would mean 140 losing tickets and 20 winning tickets - that means 2 in 14 and by damn that means 1 in 7! He musta believed that crap some loser once told him about the "Law" of averages. Law is not a squishy word. Theory is really squishy. So the people who understand statistics named it the "Theory" of regression toward the mean. That basically means that given "some number" of random drawings, coin tosses, or jelly on one side of the bread drops - all possible outcomes will work their way back toward (careful here not to misunderstand reach, but only move toward) the same occurences as every other number, coin side, or jellied side. And the "some number" could be infinity. If it could be predicted, it would not be gambling. Yes, you could toss a coin 5000 times and not come up with an equal number of heads and tails. Unlikely the difference would be great, but it certainly is within the realm of actual trials to have been greater than 120. And because those stupid experiments are always done by graduate students who haven't learned enough about statistics to be taking the classes on their schedule so a professor gives them the assignment, they are probably not good at boring repetitive tasks and often just tell their professor they did it and fudge the numbers - you kinow, cheat.... Which is kind of ironic as failing to be bright enough to understand something as simple as probability theoriy often leads a person to an occupation which involves boring repetitive tasks.
The remaining 12 then would be losing at a 50% chance. Do you have any idea how many people have gone broke with real money thinking it was impossible to lose more than 12 times with a 50% chance of winning? Hell, I don't either. But when you get old enough to go into a real casino, just stand around and count them. Be sure not to wear any shoes or socks, because the number will be over 10 if you spend a couple of hours doing it.
I'll just bet you are not the only one who is glad you "got" yourself banned. And I don't really give a damn how you got caught cheating, or how you were cheating, so please, don't bore me any more than you already have. And I certainly hope I have bored you, too. Because I was replying to your quote and anyone else who read this far and got bored, well then, maybe they need to look at their ability to discern, and I don't give a damn if they are bored either. So, here's a toast to Blocks all around!
+ç+¬+º+ü!
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Babar Baboli
CTRL-Q
Iron Oxide.
19
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Posted - 2013.02.08 12:55:00 -
[1437] - Quote
If I win the current minibonk, I will start a blog to salute all of you in Cognitive Distortion!
Think about it! |
Kastio Delago
Dawn of a new Empire
The Initiative.
1
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Posted - 2013.02.09 04:18:00 -
[1438] - Quote
My Blink account was banned today because a separate computer (roomie's blink account still working) under the same IP played a promo when I did. Can I please be unbanned, at least until the bonks are finished then it's probably a good thing cause I spend way too much of the isk I win right back into this fantastically addictive game.
Cheers,
KD |
Selkie Love
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2013.02.09 07:41:00 -
[1439] - Quote
JusFooling Around wrote:Selkie Love wrote:32 losses in a row, most with one ticket bought, some with 50% of them bought.
So glad I got myself banned from blink :D So, what kind of cheating were you doing to get yourself banned? You do know Blink won't ban you on request, right? Is that sour grapes I smell coming from your post? lesseee here... 32 losses.... hmmm... most with one ticket... dunno how many "most" really is, so give him the benefit of the doubt, let's say most equals 20, so that means 12 would be 50% or maybe less and he doesn't give us any idea if they are all 8 ticket or 16 ticket or a mix. but because he is such a doubtful guy, he gets that benefit again. So, the 20 single ticket losses in 8 ticket games would mean 140 losing tickets and 20 winning tickets - that means 2 in 14 and by damn that means 1 in 7! He musta believed that crap some loser once told him about the "Law" of averages. Law is not a squishy word. Theory is really squishy. So the people who understand statistics named it the "Theory" of regression toward the mean. That basically means that given "some number" of random drawings, coin tosses, or jelly on one side of the bread drops - all possible outcomes will work their way back toward (careful here not to misunderstand reach, but only move toward) the same occurences as every other number, coin side, or jellied side. And the "some number" could be infinity. If it could be predicted, it would not be gambling. Yes, you could toss a coin 5000 times and not come up with an equal number of heads and tails. Unlikely the difference would be great, but it certainly is within the realm of actual trials to have been greater than 120. And because those stupid experiments are always done by graduate students who haven't learned enough about statistics to be taking the classes on their schedule so a professor gives them the assignment, they are probably not good at boring repetitive tasks and often just tell their professor they did it and fudge the numbers - you kinow, cheat.... Which is kind of ironic as failing to be bright enough to understand something as simple as probability theoriy often leads a person to an occupation which involves boring repetitive tasks. The remaining 12 then would be losing at a 50% chance. Do you have any idea how many people have gone broke with real money thinking it was impossible to lose more than 12 times with a 50% chance of winning? Hell, I don't either. But when you get old enough to go into a real casino, just stand around and count them. Be sure not to wear any shoes or socks, because the number will be over 10 if you spend a couple of hours doing it. I'll just bet you are not the only one who is glad you "got" yourself banned. And I don't really give a damn how you got caught cheating, or how you were cheating, so please, don't bore me any more than you already have. And I certainly hope I have bored you, too. Because I was replying to your quote and anyone else who read this far and got bored, well then, maybe they need to look at their ability to discern, and I don't give a damn if they are bored either. So, here's a toast to Blocks all around! +ç+¬+º+ü!
4 were with 50% bought, the rest were with one bought, every blink was with 8 tickets.
(1/2)^4*(1-(1/8))^28 = .14% chance of occuring.
At that probability, you stop, and you ask yourself "Is it possible that it's not fair? Could it be, that instead of being fair, that there's some sort of rigging going on behind the scenes?"
To clarify: If I have a coin, with heads and tails, and I flip it 100 times, and every time it's heads- what are my odds on the next flip that it'll be heads?
If you use frequency statistics, you'll say 50%. If you use Bayesian statics, you'll say it'll be heads.
In short, I felt the numbers being generated were odd enough that I wouldn't play anymore. How I got myself banned was to loudly and frequently say I was botting in the main channel until I got a ban.
Now, it's entirely possible that blink is 100% fair, and that my one string of bad luck is indeed a statistical anomaly. They happen. I'd have to go AT LEAST 100 games, and to be halfway accurate, go 500 games. I didn't have the isk at the time though. |
RUS Comannder
Tremor Recorded
Variable Enterprise Training Standards
22
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Posted - 2013.02.09 18:16:00 -
[1440] - Quote
Babar Baboli wrote:If I win the current minibonk, I will start a blog to salute all of you in Cognitive Distortion!
Think about it!
I thought about it. What i thought was it sounds like a guy who thinks a statement like that will scare everyone at Blink into somehow bestowing a win on you, as the meta message you are sending is that if you DON'T happen to be chosen by Random.org as a winner, you will blog unkind things about Blink.
You may not be be aware that they have had cheesy threats before, lived thru goofy accusations until the would be extortionists got tired of being laughed at.
Yeah, I thought about. Now it is time for you to think about it and how idiotic it sounds, even if it was meant in jest.
Good luck on the draw. |
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JusFooling Around
JusFooling Around Corp
90
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Posted - 2013.02.09 18:38:00 -
[1441] - Quote
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4 were with 50% bought, the rest were with one bought, every blink was with 8 tickets.
(1/2)^4*(1-(1/8))^28 = .14% chance of occuring.
At that probability, you stop, and you ask yourself "Is it possible that it's not fair? Could it be, that instead of being fair, that there's some sort of rigging going on behind the scenes?"
To clarify: If I have a coin, with heads and tails, and I flip it 100 times, and every time it's heads- what are my odds on the next flip that it'll be heads?
If you use frequency statistics, you'll say 50%. If you use Bayesian statics, you'll say it'll be heads.
In short, I felt the numbers being generated were odd enough that I wouldn't play anymore. How I got myself banned was to loudly and frequently say I was botting in the main channel until I got a ban.
Now, it's entirely possible that blink is 100% fair, and that my one string of bad luck is indeed a statistical anomaly. They happen. I'd have to go AT LEAST 100 games, and to be halfway accurate, go 500 games. I didn't have the isk at the time though.[/quote]
I'm glad you did not actually cheat, so I apologize for the slur. I am also glad you recognizze a losing streak you suffered is possible. I am frustrated by long streaks as well, but like the old story about the business equipment salesman who averaged one sale a day. At 4pm, he walked out of a business who had just given him the same "no" he'd heard all day and was very excited about making his last call of the day, because he knew in his heart that this was the ONE!
But the numbers don't know or care which number came last or next, any other way and it would not be random.
Good luck in your other ventures in Eve or wherever you go next. Just remember, this is all supposed to be fun, so when it isn't any longer, stop and do something else. Life is too short to spend it doing anything else but having fun, without hurting others or your self in the process.
Good luck. |
Selkie Love
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2013.02.09 21:55:00 -
[1442] - Quote
^_^
I have isk now, tempted to create an account simply to do 500+ blinks and see what odds occur.
Then I'd have to it without being the one to create the blink every time. Might be interesting to see the results |
JusFooling Around
JusFooling Around Corp
90
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Posted - 2013.02.10 06:41:00 -
[1443] - Quote
Selkie Love wrote:^_^
I have isk now, tempted to create an account simply to do 500+ blinks and see what odds occur.
Then I'd have to it without being the one to create the blink every time. Might be interesting to see the results
You really don't have to go to all that trouble, besides if they catch you playing after being banned, you'll lose the isk.
Plenty of players have given you enough data to see how it turns out. There are a lot of players who play one or two numbers.
You can look on the stats page and find some under the stat of most blinks played, and then lok at the circle thingy that shows the volume of times they have played certain numbers.
Here's an even better way and is no risk. Pick out ten numbers you might play and then you can get ten random numbers from Random.org and do it 50 times. They have a lot of free services. You could just pick one number and ask them for 500 random numbers 1-8 inclusive and then count the number of times your number was hit. You can look at the stream of the 500 numbers to see how many consecutive losses your number might have. I'd guess the overall selection rate would be very close to 12.5% or 1 in 8, but the real tale will be in the consecutive hits which I doubt would be anywhere near 1 in 8.
Email the guy that runs it, Mads Haar I think (if that really is his name, lol) is a likeable guy and will respond quickly. I had a lot of contact with him a few years ago in a project for my employer and became pretty familiar with the method. When I found out Blink was using them, I felt a lot better. It started out in a university setting and the guy is mad scientist who only cares about numbers. Random.org even provides lottery numbers to some small country's national lotteries, or at least did at one time.
Look at the site and shoot him an email, tell him about any concerns you may have. He's a straight shooter.
Good luck! Enjoy every day!
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Swedish Spaceman
The Studmuffin's
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
17
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Posted - 2013.02.10 11:07:00 -
[1444] - Quote
And another weekly celebration is over, I would like to thank all the staff for another awesome week of blinking.
And of course, grats to all the winners of the bonk/minibonk. |
Nikos Kabasis
The Greek Connection
0
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Posted - 2013.02.14 08:17:00 -
[1445] - Quote
Because statistics says lies some times here is my Blink Statistics
Blinks Played 31
ISK Deposited 150,000,000 ISK
Promo Blinks Played 11
Win Ratio 35.48% (the average that i have see in most big players is 10-15 %)
Blinks Won 11
Value of Blinks Won 624,000,000 ISK
Megablinks Won 0
Winnings Transformed to Blink Credit 113,778,000 ISK
Promo Blinks Won 0
Winnings Transformed to ISK 326,880,000 ISK
That u must calculate is Winnings Transformed to ISK minus ISK Deposited
so... 326,8 - 150m = 176,8m profit (plus the items that u hub in jita, if any)
so how about yours statistics? |
DrJonF Rockit
Zebra Corp
Gentlemen's Agreement
2
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Posted - 2013.02.14 19:29:00 -
[1446] - Quote
today is not my day to bet. I will stop now.... for today.
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lonix Depran
Sarcos Fleet Caldari Services Corporation
Beacon Light Alliance
0
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Posted - 2013.02.16 10:43:00 -
[1447] - Quote
RUS Comannder wrote:Babar Baboli wrote:If I win the current minibonk, I will start a blog to salute all of you in Cognitive Distortion!
Think about it! I thought about it. What i thought was it sounds like a guy who thinks a statement like that will scare everyone at Blink into somehow bestowing a win on you, as the meta message you are sending is that if you DON'T happen to be chosen by Random.org as a winner, you will blog unkind things about Blink. You may not be be aware that they have had cheesy threats before, lived thru goofy accusations until the would be extortionists got tired of being laughed at. Yeah, I thought about. Now it is time for you to think about it and how idiotic it sounds, even if it was meant in jest. Good luck on the draw.
i saw this a more of a humorus atempt to bribe them, not threten |
Potato Cakes
The Pulsar Innovation
Bebop and Rocksteady Henchmen Academy
0
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Posted - 2013.02.23 18:34:00 -
[1448] - Quote
Blinks Played2,130
ISK Deposited9,868,048,484 ISK
Promo Blinks Played1,037
Win Ratio31.83%
Blinks Won678
Value of Blinks Won20,908,001,250 ISK
Megablinks Won1
Winnings Transformed to Blink Credit8,867,185,000 ISK
Promo Blinks Won5
Winnings Transformed to ISK1,744,920,000 ISK
Seems fine to me, considering the promo wins included a freighter and archon.
Keep up the awesome, yet addicting, work Somer! |
iKill Giants
Asteria Imperative
High Rollers
4
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Posted - 2013.02.24 06:31:00 -
[1449] - Quote
toasting this bread, buttered with 1.5bil in winnings |
Ra1ne
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
2
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Posted - 2013.02.26 10:11:00 -
[1450] - Quote
any update on the issues? Site still down for me :( |
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Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
169
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Posted - 2013.02.26 10:30:00 -
[1451] - Quote
Heya!
Our host's upstream ISP is having issues, but they're working to resolve it as fast as humanly possible. We're right here anxiously waiting too, believe me :p
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Alice Saki
Suddenly Spaced Out
Suddenly Spaceships.
31733
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Posted - 2013.02.26 10:50:00 -
[1452] - Quote
MUST GAMBLE!
GIve me Blink Back :P
Thanks Zimmy <3 |
Thats OK
Pygmy Armada
0
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Posted - 2013.02.26 13:20:00 -
[1453] - Quote
Liking the blinking but you could use a guy with a sense of humor on chat channel |
Thorgril
Eye of God
Circle-Of-Two
2
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Posted - 2013.02.26 14:26:00 -
[1454] - Quote
Just today, after playing just too many blinks for about a week, i noticed this :
"This time, we'll draw five winners to each receive 50 billion ISK. One win per person. If you've won Blast in the past, you cannot win again."
So... i won 50 bil before... it means, if my number comes out.. i wont get my prize? That's a joke right?
This is the same thing as writing on a Casino Door, if you won something here, go elsewhere... That should be in CAPITAL letters on the MAIN page.
I feel like being almost scammed like one of those Jita fools...
That's my protest. That's Somer Blinks saying.. you already won, just go away, dont play the game anymore.
Think about it.. it's just wrong.
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Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
149
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Posted - 2013.02.26 14:31:00 -
[1455] - Quote
Ra1ne wrote:any update on the issues? Site still down for me :(
Today has not been a very good day. Sorry for all the trouble :(
Everything is up currently, crossing fingers it all stays smooth.
The server itself is / was fine, the issue was a network problem with the upstream provider that knocked our server and some others offline.
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
Swedish Spaceman
The Studmuffin's
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
17
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Posted - 2013.02.26 15:17:00 -
[1456] - Quote
Hello everyone. Im as most of you know, currently in the hospital awaiting surgery. (should be done by tomorrow.)
I just wanted to say thank you for everyones support during the past weeks, I greatly appriciate it.
At least I have a crappy old mini pc to at least check mails and stuff while being in this damn hospital bed.
Take care everyone and good luck in the upcomming draw.
I will try to be back, blinking away ASAP.
//Swede |
Hambonie
Take it Deep
31
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Posted - 2013.02.26 17:07:00 -
[1457] - Quote
Good Luck with the surgery will say a prayer for you |
Titanium PIg
Lynching Little Swans
35
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Posted - 2013.02.26 21:23:00 -
[1458] - Quote
Swedish Spaceman wrote:Hello everyone. Im as most of you know, currently in the hospital awaiting surgery. (should be done by tomorrow.)
I just wanted to say thank you for everyones support during the past weeks, I greatly appriciate it.
At least I have a crappy old mini pc to at least check mails and stuff while being in this damn hospital bed.
Take care everyone and good luck in the upcomming draw.
I will try to be back, blinking away ASAP.
//Swede
Get well soon mate, and hope to see you up and about real soon.
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Ra1ne
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
2
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Posted - 2013.02.27 00:11:00 -
[1459] - Quote
Somerset Mahm wrote:Ra1ne wrote:any update on the issues? Site still down for me :( Today has not been a very good day. Sorry for all the trouble :( Everything is up currently, crossing fingers it all stays smooth. The server itself is / was fine, the issue was a network problem with the upstream provider that knocked our server and some others offline.
well its been messing about all evening...for me atleast. damned internets lol |
Snyperskov
Brave Newbies Inc.
6
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Posted - 2013.02.27 06:58:00 -
[1460] - Quote
Lol you guys would have frustrating server issues the very first day I decide to blink. (maybe it's a sign...). Looking forward to having the problems resolved soon. |
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Swedish Spaceman
The Studmuffin's
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
17
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Posted - 2013.02.27 13:46:00 -
[1461] - Quote
So... Im still alive. surgery went well, and I now have new shiney synthetic heart valves.
I will be back home sometime next week I think.
Thanks again for all your thoughts and prayers. it really helped me get through this.
Fly reckless and blink safe everyone
//Swede |
Buhhdust Princess
Mind Games.
Suddenly Spaceships.
492
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Posted - 2013.02.27 14:31:00 -
[1462] - Quote
Heyy just seen all this but grats on the successful operation.
You are now a Rogue Drone. |
Ra1ne
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
2
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Posted - 2013.02.27 15:12:00 -
[1463] - Quote
gratz on the successfull opp.
in blink news..... blink no worky |
Third Legion
Doppelganger Misfortune
Fade 2 Black
0
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Posted - 2013.02.27 15:50:00 -
[1464] - Quote
Swedish Spaceman wrote:So... Im still alive. surgery went well, and I now have new shiney synthetic heart valves.
I will be back home sometime next week I think.
Thanks again for all your thoughts and prayers. it really helped me get through this.
Fly reckless and blink safe everyone
//Swede
So glad to hear you are OK SS. Hope to see you back in game soon.
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BrutalButFair
Fleet of the Damned
Happy Endings
70
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Posted - 2013.02.27 16:52:00 -
[1465] - Quote
i get site not configured error. Still broken? |
DrJonF Rockit
Zebra Corp
Gentlemen's Agreement
2
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Posted - 2013.02.27 18:10:00 -
[1466] - Quote
Not that I have any more isk in the system at the moment. I'm not raging. But I do have prizes unclaimed.
I'm more thinking you should put up a sticky or at least some kind of fool proof STATUS page if you aren't going to reach out for help with your server issues. It is obvious to me (at least I am paranoid enough to think this out) that somebody has been actively attacking your site. Is that possible?
Hope you iron all of this out, I'm having fun being addicted to the blinks!
Thanks for over 2Bil in winnings.
oh and all the scammers who try to contract me out of winnings ... you can suck it. |
Lanfear Huren
Tuatha'An
0
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Posted - 2013.02.27 19:06:00 -
[1467] - Quote
Swedish Spaceman wrote:So... Im still alive. surgery went well, and I now have new shiney synthetic heart valves.
I will be back home sometime next week I think.
Thanks again for all your thoughts and prayers. it really helped me get through this.
Fly reckless and blink safe everyone
//Swede
Glad to hear that you are doing ok. Heal up fast and see you back in space sometime soon. =) |
Shalia Ripper
370
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Posted - 2013.02.27 19:07:00 -
[1468] - Quote
Swedish Spaceman wrote:So... Im still alive. surgery went well, and I now have new shiney synthetic heart valves.
I will be back home sometime next week I think.
Thanks again for all your thoughts and prayers. it really helped me get through this.
Fly reckless and blink safe everyone
//Swede
Come back soon, Swede.
Vote for Malcanis for CSM8
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Swedish Spaceman
The Studmuffin's
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
18
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Posted - 2013.03.01 18:47:00 -
[1469] - Quote
Thanks for all the support guys, It really helps.
You are all AWESOME!!!
Now if all goes well I may be comming home tomorrow (Saturday) or on Sunday.
On another note, blink seems to be down. :(
Seems like this is the celebration for website problems huh?
Anyway, good luck in the draw later everyone. I will be crossing my fingers all night.
Take care guys, I'll be back blinking away, soon... very soon... |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
150
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Posted - 2013.03.01 19:50:00 -
[1470] - Quote
The server required some new heart valves so we put it under the knife.
Now we have a bionic Swedish server with robot parts and the site is up.
:P
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
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Swedish Spaceman
The Studmuffin's
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
18
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Posted - 2013.03.01 20:22:00 -
[1471] - Quote
Somerset Mahm wrote:The server required some new heart valves so we put it under the knife.
Now we have a bionic Swedish server with robot parts and the site is up.
:P
lol, I can promise you, I am not only bionic :p
I AM ROBOCOP |
John Fearing
Industrial Research and Mining
In Umbra Mortis
0
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Posted - 2013.03.06 22:01:00 -
[1472] - Quote
This site is cool, but I never win anything. Huge waste of ISK..pretty sure it's rigged for certain people to win as they are always the same ones to win. |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
175
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Posted - 2013.03.06 22:08:00 -
[1473] - Quote
Hiya John!
I get that losing your first 5 blinks would be frustrating and upsetting, and don't blame you if you don't want to play anymore. That said 5 losses (4 with 1 ticket, 1 with 2 tickets) isn't outside of the statistical norm at all, and a very, very long way from "never" and "always" :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Qrovax
Canadian Institute of RnD
0
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Posted - 2013.03.07 23:03:00 -
[1474] - Quote
CAP THE GIGABLINK! Always the rich winning it because they can buy all of the tickets... Since there are less than 100 tickets this makes the odds ridiculously unfair! Make it 1-2 Tickets per person, make the odds of winning just this one draw about true luck and not about how rich you are. |
Qrovax
Canadian Institute of RnD
0
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Posted - 2013.03.08 02:07:00 -
[1475] - Quote
Another suggestion, reserve 1 slot on the blink boards for 2mil ships only. People who don't have a lot of ISK can't play when its full of battleships and generally enjoy the chance to play as many times as their wallet will let them. It will stop the boards from stalling until people are willing to fork out the amount needed to get the big ticket items off. |
lollerwaffle
Clandestine Vector
THE SPACE P0LICE
32
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Posted - 2013.03.08 02:18:00 -
[1476] - Quote
Haven't read through all the replies, and at work at the moment, but I have a quick question:
What are the minibonks, and how do I tell if I won? Do I have to be ingame? |
Qrovax
Canadian Institute of RnD
0
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Posted - 2013.03.08 02:53:00 -
[1477] - Quote
lollerwaffle wrote:Haven't read through all the replies, and at work at the moment, but I have a quick question:
What are the minibonks, and how do I tell if I won? Do I have to be ingame?
Minibonks is like a raffle where you buy tickets with the tokens you have, each ticket is 5 tokens. The draw goes for the duration stated when you click on it as well as the prize. At the end the prize winners are notified in game and displayed on the blink page. |
lollerwaffle
Clandestine Vector
THE SPACE P0LICE
32
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Posted - 2013.03.08 03:07:00 -
[1478] - Quote
Qrovax wrote:lollerwaffle wrote:Haven't read through all the replies, and at work at the moment, but I have a quick question:
What are the minibonks, and how do I tell if I won? Do I have to be ingame? Minibonks is like a raffle where you buy tickets with the tokens you have, each ticket is 5 tokens. The draw goes for the duration stated when you click on it as well as the prize. At the end the prize winners are notified in game and displayed on the blink page.
Thanks for the quick reply. Will check in game. Is there an ingame channel I should join, or do I get notified by mail if I win?
Also, what's the ingame channel (cos I'm lazy)? |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
152
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Posted - 2013.03.08 04:19:00 -
[1479] - Quote
The ingame channel is SOMER Lotteries or you can click the "Join our channel" button on the website.
We Evemail all winners and do a live drawing at the end of the week :)
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
lollerwaffle
Clandestine Vector
THE SPACE P0LICE
32
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Posted - 2013.03.08 06:46:00 -
[1480] - Quote
Thanks!!
P.S. Damn you Somer Blink!! The ability to play in a browser has resulted in a thoroughly unproductive Friday at work for me :( |
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Swedish Spaceman
The Studmuffin's
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
18
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Posted - 2013.03.08 16:43:00 -
[1481] - Quote
Qrovax wrote:CAP THE GIGABLINK! Always the rich winning it because they can buy all of the tickets... Since there are less than 100 tickets this makes the odds ridiculously unfair! Make it 1-2 Tickets per person, make the odds of winning just this one draw about true luck and not about how rich you are.
I can tell you from personal experience that Gigas gets heroed ALOT.
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ECHBlackthorn
The Studmuffin's
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
12
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Posted - 2013.03.08 17:39:00 -
[1482] - Quote
... I hate the Falklands ... worst internet EVAR!!! How am i supposed to deposit into blink and keep up with Celebrations and the likes if im never able to get online ... I think SOMER should give me a bil free credit because im a loyal customer .... and because im Andrev's love child .... he owes me that much!!!
Keep up the good works though and missing the banter!!!
Blacky |
Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
78
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Posted - 2013.03.08 20:59:00 -
[1483] - Quote
[Qrovax wrote:Another suggestion, reserve 1 slot on the blink boards for 2mil ships only. People who don't have a lot of ISK can't play when its full of battleships and generally enjoy the chance to play as many times as their wallet will let them. It will stop the boards from stalling until people are willing to fork out the amount needed to get the big ticket items off.
It helps to understand the rules show under the tab "how toplay"
How do I buy a ticket?You can either play an existing blink, or start your own if slots are free. To play a blink in progress, just click the Blink! button next to a ticket number. Your tickets will be assigned immediately.To start a new blink, just choose a prize to play for by opening the Blinkbar that hovers at the bottom of the page. Once you buy a ticket, the Blink will start up!How many active blinks are allowed on the board?GÇóNormal Blinks: Maximum 8
GÇóBig Blinks: Maximum 3
GÇóMega Blinks: Maximum 2
GÇóUltra Blinks: Maximum 2
GÇóMax on board: 8 Normal+Big+Mega, and 2 Ultra (total 10)
The categories of big mega and ultra add up to a max of 7 out 10, so three game slots are always available for the lowest tier of prize.
You can start any prize you want, too. You just have to go through the steps after clicking on the start new blink at the bottom of the main page and if a slot is available for that category, you can start it.
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Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
78
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Posted - 2013.03.08 21:17:00 -
[1484] - Quote
Qrovax wrote:CAP THE GIGABLINK! Always the rich winning it because they can buy all of the tickets... Since there are less than 100 tickets this makes the odds ridiculously unfair! Make it 1-2 Tickets per person, make the odds of winning just this one draw about true luck and not about how rich you are.
Regardless of who holds the other 63 tickets - your odds are always the same - 1 in 64.
I can tell you that holding 50 tickets does not guarrantee a win, nor does more than 40, not does more than 30 or 20 or 10 as I have lost plenty of gigas when holding more than each step of tickets I just mentioned. It is easy to win yourself into the poor house in this game. The rich don't always get richer, but because we all startedt this game with 5k and a ****** ship, some have learned how to become rich, but are still learning how many new and different ways there are to become poor. Once you learn one way to become rich, and that method does not become common knowledge, or CCP does not nerf it, becoming poor is not so scary as it might seem. I am still always looking for a new way, though.
Just forget about personalities, the winning ticket could give a **** who owns it. |
Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
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Posted - 2013.03.08 21:52:00 -
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ECHBlackthorn wrote:... I hate the Falklands ... worst internet EVAR!!! How am i supposed to deposit into blink and keep up with Celebrations and the likes if im never able to get online ... I think SOMER should give me a bil free credit because im a loyal customer .... and because im Andrev's love child .... he owes me that much!!! Keep up the good works though and missing the banter!!! Blacky
The Falklands! Did you pi$$ off the Queen?
Too bad you couldn't have gotten some of the mice places (that was a typo, but I thought it was pretty descriptive) I've been stationed, Like Burkina Faso, or the Azores, or the frozen lake in Glacier National Park just south of Point Barrow (which I think was actually a gift to us from our Canadian neighbors), or the research station where I wintered over 600 miles inside the arctic circle or my real favorite Diego Garcia!
Actually, I only used the Azores and Diego Garcia as pre-deloyment preparation and planning which we loosely referred to as "the isolation phase of a mission" The frozen lake was just a training area for about 6 weeks at a time, as was the "mosquito plantation" in Panama. But hey, you know what the civilians say, 20 years in the military is just lke 20 years in any civilian job.
Again, I'm glad your deployment in Afghanistan went well. My says hello and wants to know if this is an accompanied tour? (US military for "did the government provide transportation and housing (after taking back your housing allowance) for you wife and family, or did you pay for a ticket and rent a hovel on the local economy for you wife and family or are you just stuck there and she is stuck somewhere else for a year or two?
Yeah, just like any civilian job. I know there are a lot of very tough civilian civilian jobs and those are not like just any civilian job either.
Stay Healthy, Buddy.
P.S. Trivia - did you know that the longest Bombing mission in history was from England to the Falklands and required 17 inflight refuelings! Maybe you can use that to win a bar bet. |
Swedish Spaceman
The Studmuffin's
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
18
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Posted - 2013.03.08 22:01:00 -
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ECHBlackthorn wrote:... I hate the Falklands ... worst internet EVAR!!! How am i supposed to deposit into blink and keep up with Celebrations and the likes if im never able to get online ... I think SOMER should give me a bil free credit because im a loyal customer .... and because im Andrev's love child .... he owes me that much!!! Keep up the good works though and missing the banter!!! Blacky
We miss you Blacky... |
Qrovax
Canadian Institute of RnD
0
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Posted - 2013.03.09 04:38:00 -
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Replacement... While i understand there are reserved brackets for different class blinks, I am talking about a strictly reserved slot for 2 mil items Just 1... If you only have 3 mil left on your blink account and the board is loaded up with blinks above that, you cannot play. Making one reserved slot for the lowest amount will insure that regardless of what is on the board, people will always be able to play. Do it and you will be amazed at how fast the blinks will be flying in.. People that can afford to go bigger or want to play for bigger risks will still get their chance. But as is right now, the possibility exists that someone who could otherwise play.. Wont get the chance to.. and that's not maximizing your system.
As for the Giga... How fun is it when it lasts for a mere 7 minutes... If Joe Blow could only buy 2 tickets.. then everyone else has a chance to play.. If Joe Blow buys 60% of the tickets.. the only 40% of others will get a chance to play.. and that's IF they are lucky enough to play when it goes live BEFORE JOETTE BLOW buys the other 40% or the other ticket hoarders jump in on it.. I'm being hypothetical with the numbers but you get the point. Rich get richer, poor don't get a chance unless they continuously monitor it and if they are quick enough to get in on it. Yes anyone can win with just 1 ticket.. but you are FAR more likely to win when you own most of the tickets and the rich people are aware of this, and that is why they buy as many tickets as they can to turn profit. And that's why it is nothing but a rich game for the rich who can buy all the tickets they can to meet that line of quantity/profit. This is unfair to players who may want to play but don't want to sit refreshing their board every 5 minutes hours on end just hoping for a chance.. I can't see why anyone would complain of capping it except the rich people who are just being greedy trying to win more. |
Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
78
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Posted - 2013.03.10 14:25:00 -
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Qrovax wrote:Replacement... While i understand there are reserved brackets for different class blinks, I am talking about a strictly reserved slot for 2 mil items Just 1... If you only have 3 mil left on your blink account and the board is loaded up with blinks above that, you cannot play. Making one reserved slot for the lowest amount will insure that regardless of what is on the board, people will always be able to play. Do it and you will be amazed at how fast the blinks will be flying in.. People that can afford to go bigger or want to play for bigger risks will still get their chance. But as is right now, the possibility exists that someone who could otherwise play.. Wont get the chance to.. and that's not maximizing your system.
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I have not looked at your background, so I don't know how much experience you have in Eve or Blink. It is almost useless to make assumptions on that kind of data any longer as now people can accounts giving them abilities, but no experiences in how to properly employ those abilities.Fortunately, in real life we don't have a system where someone will say, "Hey, I want to be in the Army, I think I'll buy a 4 star General slot and get to tell a lot of peeps what to do." Oh wait, that did sort of happen on a larger scale, but voting is the system we have and sometimes it works well.
That said, I have a little experience in Eve and Blink and it has not been my experience where there has been a paucity of 2 mil ticket blinks. and of course, withe 30% of the board reserved for the lower tier of prizes and the experience of knowing those are the ones which go the fastest, anyone who wants to start a 2 mil ticket prize has more opportunity to do so than one who wants to start any other tier of prizes. When there are two ultras up, each started by one person with one ticket, they may take 40 minutes to finish. I doubt if any prize in the 30% of the board where 2 mil tickets have reign will ever last more than a couple of minutes.
This is not a an evaluation of you, this is my personal philosophy. If I only had 3mil, I would know my luck is sucking at that point and preserve my capital. I like to live by some personal rules, though I am not always successful even though I know from experience and a knowledge of the theory of probability and the theory of regression toward the mean, that 1. never try to bet your way out of a losing streak as the streak most likely has more patience than most ppl have assets. 2 preserve your capital. If the pond has no fish, stop drowning your supply of worms. 3. Gambling is not a ateady income as random is a thing that does wht you don't expect it to dobecause if it did, then it would not be random. 4. And this is for me and not a judgment of anyone else. I am happy to see others succeed as it shows me that if anyone can, then I can, too. It matters not to me if they have a larger bankroll than I do and I do not begrudge them for the success they have experienced and doing that will not help me but just hold me back. I thik we all started this game with 5k and a crappy ship. Certainly, there are those who introduced RL assets to move themselves forward in the game. But the game is just another part of a person's life and the success or assets from which they have at their disposal can be introduced here to be place at the peril of lose or the joy of gain. Had it not been for an outside bet to drive back to WoW a sniveling no talented wimp who relied on his mommy's credit card to buy him supers and the characters to sit in them so he could amply demonstrate his total absence of ability as his corpmates suffered in a destined to fail fleet, I would not have been propelled to where I am. He was someone who would have the coache's last pick in a little league game who bought his way onto the pitcher's mound in the World Series. He was not an example of the rich get richer. Regardless of the assets at my disposal, when I do dumb things I get less rich and sometimes downright poor, but with a nice stack of stats in my profile. When I play smart, I manage to get ahead.
Based on that experience, I sisagree with your statement that the rich get richer - I think those who play smartly get richer. It has certainly been my experience that I lose when I don't play smartly and I win when I am lucky enough to keep my wits at work.
If the loss of 3 mil is a disaster to you, maybe gambling is not good use of your time. And if you are too anxious to place the one last bet you can make, you could be pro-active and start a blink in the ticket price range of your choice. That 30% of the board is the fastest moving part, anyway.
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Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
78
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Posted - 2013.03.10 18:32:00 -
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[Qrovax wrote:R
As for the Giga... How fun is it when it lasts for a mere 7 minutes... If Joe Blow could only buy 2 tickets.. then everyone else has a chance to play.. If Joe Blow buys 60% of the tickets.. the only 40% of others will get a chance to play.. and that's IF they are lucky enough to play when it goes live BEFORE JOETTE BLOW buys the other 40% or the other ticket hoarders jump in on it.. I'm being hypothetical with the numbers but you get the point. Rich get richer, poor don't get a chance unless they continuously monitor it and if they are quick enough to get in on it. Yes anyone can win with just 1 ticket.. but you are FAR more likely to win when you own most of the tickets and the rich people are aware of this, and that is why they buy as many tickets as they can to turn profit. And that's why it is nothing but a rich game for the rich who can buy all the tickets they can to meet that line of quantity/profit. This is unfair to players who may want to play but don't want to sit refreshing their board every 5 minutes hours on end just hoping for a chance.. I can't see why anyone would complain of capping it except the rich people who are just being greedy trying to win more.
Gigas and Promos are benefits of playing the game, of being present in the casino when a "Special" is announced. That is why there is no schedule or prior announcement of them. You mention a giga that "lasts for a mere 7 minutes". Actually, that is about 6 minutes too long. The people who get in early are the ones in the casino, who are playing and paying attention and hop on opportunities when they appear. Gigas and promos that take a long time to complete are finally finished when the people who are not in the casino playing games and spending isk and helpind to pay for the prizes, particularly on the promo. and often on the Giga when the prize value exceeeds the total amassed by ticket sales. When they take long it is because the ones who have to complete it are not doing anything right now to help pay for the the special being presented or they are not paying attention. This is a game of micro-lotteries that finish in minutes. And like any buffet, the tasty stuff goes faster.
Your example of Joe and Joette buying all the tickets between the two of them and then going on to say the rich get richer is a contradiction. One of them will lose. Speaking from experience, anyone who owns half the tickets in a giga and loses, gets a signicant giant step away from being space rich, at least in the relative world of space richness I have been lucky enough to sometimes enjoy.
I am concentrating on winning an achievement for heroing a Giga, so I am only buying one ticket in each one. Before this achievement and after I finally achieve it, my giga practice has been, usually, to wait for a number of minutes for others to select numbers with the few I have placed upon my arrival. Once enough time for the present and alert to have bought a ticket, I will usually close out the board and sometimes that brings me a winner, but I have lost with over 50 of the 64 tickets on a jump freighter. On that occasion, the somewhat rich did not get richer, a single ticket holder did, and the somewhat rich player got considerably less than somewhat rich..
I do see a theme in your posts based on your many references to the rich get richer. To quote the millionaire playboy who inherited his in the movie "The Barefoot Countessa" when he heard someone say the same phrase. He replied, "to turn 100 dollars into 110 dollars is a very difficult task, but to turn 1 million dollars into 110 million dollars is an inevitability." That was his only decent line in the movie and it has stuck with me for at least 40 years. It has driven me to compete on the most level playing fields I can find. That helped me in my career wherever talent and opportunity occurred simultaneously. And it helps me in this game where luck is much more necessaty than any other venue in which I have strived.
I have never gambled in real life, other than playing poker with other young soldiers when I first went into the Army. I stopped that because losing friends by winning a few dollars was a bad trade. I've never bought a lottery ticket or even dropped a coin in a slot machine, though I have spent many, many days in casino hotels where the Army finds it cheaper to lodge conference members and to obtain conference facilities. Airfares are often cheaper and more available, too. That gave me plenty of opportunities to view the behaviors of gamblers without being distracted by my probably dwindling chips. I saw anger directed at those who knew enough about the game to play the smarter bets and the frustration of those who thought there really exists a "law of averages" and their number was "due". I saw those who brought used car automotive assets to a game where success favored those with grand prix assets who could weather the loses and knew when to quit while others drove their bankroll till it died.
I do take exception to your statement about the rich people being greedy and just wanting to make more. Are you saying you have an upward limit where once you reach a some level of winning, you will not want more, that you will stop playing?
The problem for new plyers with limited resurces is not that sometimes the rich do manage to get richer, it is understanding how that happens - when - it happens.
I remember hearing a man place a single large bet on a roulette wheel game, a form of gambling reserved for those who like to lose, and telling the scantilly clad beauty posted there to help attract men to the gme (it worked for me). He said, " this is all I have and I'm 15 bucks shy of my rent so it won't really matter if I lose, I'm already going to get evicted." I thought about giving him 15 bucks, but then I realized he'd toss it on hoping for a sofa.
Good luck, Bon Chance, I hope you get RICH! |
Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
78
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Posted - 2013.03.11 02:43:00 -
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Now that it is not the middle of the night...
I barely addressed this critical part of your piece I have quoted below:
"rich get richer, poor don't get a chance unless they continuously monitor it and if they are quick enough to get in on it. Yes anyone can win with just 1 ticket.. but you are FAR more likely to win when you own most of the tickets and the rich people are aware of this,"
"Poor don't get a chance unless they continously monitor..." It doesn't cost anything to monitor, it takes concentration - poor concentration skills cannot become rich concentration skills depending upon one's wallet content. It is a frame of mind, its self discipline. There comes a time in everyone's life when telling the teacher the dog ate your homework won't work anymore, because people discover they must first do their homework before the dog can eat it.
Get rid of the class warfare attitude about how those with more assets have more advantages and get busy making it possible for you to have more advantages, too.
There is a thing called poverty mentality - I know it well as I grew up in a house full of it. No one from my family was expected to go to college. I think my parents and two older siblings chanted to my mother's preggy bump (me), "you will never go to college, it costs too much money, no one in this family can fit in with the the brainiacs, they all come from rich homes, their brains are better, they all know which fork to use, you should be happy looking forward to a minimum wage job, get used to goodwill clothes or worse, it is the best you will ever have, you will drive yourself crazy trying to succeed at anything, your place in life is to be shiftless and gripe about everyones's success and how it could be you, but they had advantages you didn't have or deserve, embrace your poverty, use it as a shield whenever anyone talks to you about improving yourself, hide behind it whenever you are around those who were destined for success from birth, join only with others who embrace their poverty mentality, always strive for nothing better than second best, always buy the dented can, but pay full price for it knowing that the rich are just getting back at by not putting that dented can in their shopping cart because they probably have a pantry that costs more than where you live, dream of living in a small camping trailer all your life, you don't even deserve something that nice, if you ever do get a pair of new shoes, rough them up or people will think you are just showing off, get used to having help from the government for everything, one day when there are more thinking like you than the like the rich do, all of you can vote in someone who will take the money away from the rich and give it to you, spread the word....
Your family life was YOURSe, I hope it was better. I would like to think there is not another person in the world who feels their childhood was anything like mine, but I have talked to far too many who were raised that way. I hope no one reading this lived that childhood. No one reach out or ridicule. It was what it was. I've gone through all that and have accepted what I cannot change. I am now focused on changing what I can change where I once wallowed in what I could not change.
Here are some things to think about. Don't tell anyone else about your thoughts unless you really want to and choose that person carefully, but mainly just think about it.
1. If you have only enough isk to buy two tickets and some one who buys a single ticket might he/she look at you and say you had twice as much of a chance to win as they did, so you must be a greedy rich person.
2. What if you had enough to buy 10 tickets, would you?
3. if you only have enough to buy two tickets and you don't win, what difference does it make if the winner bought 20 or just one ticket? Either one could have bought the number you wanted. Would you feel the same way abut the person who won with a single ticket than about the guy who won with a single tickets and paid for 19 losing tickets? Would you feel the same way about 19 other people who were holding a single losing ticket. Do you feel your life is better or worse becasue the person who won held more tickets than you did? Or fewer tickets than you?
We are in agreement on a point I vaguely addressed earlier and would like to expound a little further.
This is just me. There were times when I did not know how often Jump Freighters appeared in Gigas, so I would mention in chat that I needed however many it was to reach that achievement and was was going to buy aggressively whenever they appeared, and I bought tickets till there there were no more to buy. It simply killed me the first time I tried and had about 22 tickets and lost my entire blink wallet.
I decided to be more gentlemanly about it and buy 3 or 4 tickets and wait a little to give others the chance to get in. At first I anounceced in chat that when the then present Giga hit 20 minutes, I would be buying the remainder of the tickets, and I did, sometimes losing, As I sat there, I thought about what could be holding up people from buying tickets? Are they trying to mine, rat, salvage, mission, PvP some more isk to buy a ticket? I was watching the Barrett Jackson Auto Auction on TV while refreshing the giga screen every few seconds and decided 20 minutes was way too long. Just like on Barrett Jackson, either someone was here to play or they weren't. I cut it back to five minutes. Then along came a lot of other players who were going into blinks like it was a Walmart Half Off Sale and some Gigas lasted 20 seconds during busy times. So now, it is pretty much like feeding time at the Beagle Barn so if you snooze, you lose. Anyone who hopes to participate in a Giga needs to always have enough in their wallet to do it they way they want to do it or just miss out. That kind of goes along eith conserving your capital.
Good Luck to ya! |
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iKill Giants
Asteria Imperative
High Rollers
4
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Posted - 2013.03.13 18:59:00 -
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2muchmoney from blink |
Vargruk Hornet
The Scope
Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2013.03.14 10:11:00 -
[1492] - Quote
Main question, why there is no @get banned@ button on main website.Where whole screen warning about isk losing?
One way trip. |
Swedish Spaceman
The Studmuffin's
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
19
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Posted - 2013.03.14 10:20:00 -
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Vargruk Hornet wrote:Main question, why there is no @get banned@ button on main website.Where whole screen warning about isk losing?
One way trip.
It is gambling after all, like eve's rule about not flying what you cant afford to lose.
Blink 's rule is dont gamble what you cant afford to lose.
And if you want to quit blink, but find it hard to resist playing, then change your pasword to something random that you wont remember.
For me, Blink is about having fun, and sometimes that includes winning something :p |
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ISD Suvetar
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
2084
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Posted - 2013.03.14 15:02:00 -
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Moved to the In-game events and gatherings forum as per the new policy.
Thanks.
ISD Suvetar
Captain
Community Communication Liaisons (CCLs)
Interstellar Services Department |
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Qrovax
Canadian Institute of RnD
0
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Posted - 2013.03.17 00:03:00 -
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Replacement, I have no idea why you go so in depth and talk about arbitrary things. My experience with Eve or Blink has nothing to do with the simple suggestion I had, and it is no way like joining the army and buying a rank. You probably never had a GÇÖpaucityGÇÖ issue with 2mil blinks because youGÇÖre a quadrillionare and you likely never bother playing the 2mils anymore. I always see your name pop up in the winnings, of larger items, GigaGÇÖs and bonks... and granted yes you have the isk, why bother with the smaller things? ThatGÇÖs fine. But the suggestion I am making IS out of personal experience and it is an issue I have encountered more than once.
To maximize the ability to play (as in anyone who wants to and is able to play, can play at any time)... Its simple logic to make sure that a situation cannot exist where player has enough money to play, but cannot because the blink board is full (but only with the floor value of ships)... This has happened to me more than many times... At times it often feels that some people do this so they can force people to spend more than 2mil isk at a time by stuffing all the lower end slots with 4+ mil ships. If there are a majority playing blink with bigger wallets, they tend to play larger items.. That means they will fill it with the biggest ones that will fit. My suggestion was stupidly simple and very relevant... Make one of the regular slots reserved for 2mil only. This will not handicap any features or impede on anyoneGÇÖs playing... It will prevent the frustrating situation where you cannot play because the board is full of ships that are more than 2mil.
Your philosophy is great, but you forget that not everyone has a stupendous amount of isk and may not deposit 100000bil isk to their account at a time... Personally I like to play 10-20mil at a time, which by preference I prefer to play the 2mil ships as it lets me have a longer experience in playing. By reserving 1 of the slots for 2mil ships.. I will then be able to play if someone stuffGÇÖs the boards with 4+mil ships and not have to wait the hours it can sometimes take when everything slows down on off nights or slower hours.
This was never about me complaining about losing blink, it was never about 3mil being a disaster to me, and I donGÇÖt know why you went into a story about someone using RL assets to blink or buy game assets withGǪ The point I was trying to make is fact if I am down to 3mil, and I want to use that last 3mil.. I canGÇÖt if the board is full of expensive ships... There have been many times when I see people as I said fill the boards with higher isk ships because they donGÇÖt want to play the low amounts. At these points if I could play, I wouldGǪ but being essentially blocked its impossible unless I sit refreshing the page and beat someone else to reposting a more expensive ship. Any Casino would jump at this opportunity just as there are penny slots. If people want to play, they have the money... give them the chanceGǪ That is what I meant by maximizing.
About the GigaGÇÖsGǪ Ok you make a valid point about it being a perk of being online at the right timeGǪ fine, I can live with that. But you still have yet to give me a logical reason as to why capping the tickets which in turn gives more people at the chance of riches vs letting all the rich people buy them up for greater odds of getting richer is a bad thing. Again because you are quadrillionare itGÇÖs easy for you to defend the existing policy because it gives you a greater chance to win. DonGÇÖt give me the GÇ£one ticket can winGÇ¥ storyGǪ I am well aware of that, but the odds are far greater when you buy larger amounts of tickets and thatGÇÖs exactly why itGÇÖs a race to buy that magic number of tickets that balance tickets/profit. And I am also aware that while you may lose 1 or 2GǪ But probability says if you play enough with the odds in your favorGǪ You will win, just as the house always wins in a Casino over the greater amount of plays, since mathematically your odds are higher and you play enough.. You WILL win more than you pay in.
And THIS is why I say the rich get richer... Because only the rich can afford to play the Giga blink like this. And all I was trying to say is, instead of having the elite group of blinkers with ******** wallets always competing against eachotherGǪ Cap the blinks, and make It a game of luck and not how big your wallet is. It will give other people the chance of winning something big.
And my Joe and Joette example was misunderstood... Obviously one has to loseGǪ That is not the point I was trying to get across... I was saying that if I was lucky enough to find a Giga that wasnGÇÖt sold out... I would have to try and buy a ticket before Joe and Joette (but more accurately about 5 other elite blinkers) buy all the tickets out. Where as if they could only buy a finite amount that was less than 50%, I might have a chance to actually buy one.
And yes you may have lost 50 of the 64 freighters... But how about your overall statistics of playing Giga, I bet you have won more than you have spent, otherwise you would not use the tactic you are using. The same with all the other ticket hoarders. And you can ONLY do that because you are rich. That is what I mean by the rich get richer... It takes money to make money.
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Qrovax
Canadian Institute of RnD
0
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Posted - 2013.03.17 00:03:00 -
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--GÇ£I do take exception to your statement about the rich people being greedy and just wanting to make more. Are you saying you have an upward limit where once you reach a some level of winning, you will not want more, that you will stop playing?GÇ¥--
No what I mean by this is anyone who objects to capping the Gigablink in the name of making it more available to less rich players and more available to people who want to play, is simply being greedy for wanting to win even more. I know that itGÇÖs a lottery and thereGÇÖs not really room for being GÇÿniceGÇÖ. But that still doesnGÇÖt excuse the term greedy.
All youGÇÖre gambling stories and everything after, I think you greatly misunderstood a large majority of what I was trying to say. This was never about me complaining about betting more than I can afford, it was never about me complaining that I never won... It was never about me complaining that rich people are richGǪ It was about me SUGGESTING a way so I can play MORE, and anyone else that has money on their account and wants to will not get blocked if a larger amount of higher rollers are on and fill the boards with higher cost ships. Aas you said a man who bids everything at once is a recipe to lose, and that is not in any way what I am implying, in fact the exact opposite by giving a doorway for people to play the minimums without having to worry about being blocked.
Capping the Giga was ONLY in the interest of letting more players in on it... Instead of people who are rich buying all the tickets. Rich can buy greater amounts of tickets which give them greater odds which means majority of the time they win. That is what I meant rich get richer... If it was not like this, people would not play with the tactic of buying that many giga tickets.
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Swedish Spaceman
The Studmuffin's
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
19
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Posted - 2013.03.17 01:23:00 -
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I would just like to thank Somer and the staff for an, again, awesome weekly celebration.
Many grats to all winners and I wish everyone the best of luck in the upcomming celebration.
//Swede |
Sar'ran Zorn
St. Albans' Refuge
15
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Posted - 2013.03.17 01:43:00 -
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Qrovax wrote: (lots and lots of words) ....give me a logical reason as to why capping the tickets which in turn gives more people at the chance of riches vs letting all the rich people buy them up for greater odds of getting richer is a bad thing....(lots and lots more words)
Because it's a business. The purpose of that business is to sell tickets. The purpose of that business is not to redistribute wealth in exactly equal portions. They already do free stuff that everyone gets an equal shot at. |
Qrovax
Canadian Institute of RnD
0
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Posted - 2013.03.17 15:27:00 -
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Sar'ran Zorn wrote:Qrovax wrote: (lots and lots of words) ....give me a logical reason as to why capping the tickets which in turn gives more people at the chance of riches vs letting all the rich people buy them up for greater odds of getting richer is a bad thing....(lots and lots more words)
Because it's a business. The purpose of that business is to sell tickets. The purpose of that business is not to redistribute wealth in exactly equal portions. They already do free stuff that everyone gets an equal shot at.
I was always under the impression that in order to have great business you have to satisfy your clients... Wouldn't a greater amount of happy clients be better business? After all a happy blinker is a spending blinker. |
Jakob Anedalle
Beelzebub Corp
59
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Posted - 2013.03.19 01:56:00 -
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Anyone else running into an issue where everytime you refresh to see the latest blinks, you have to log in again?
If I didn't have an autologin extension in my browser it'd really kill it, and I'm not nearly as a die-hard a Blinker as most out there.
Trying out all the things to do here in Eve - it's quite a checklist.
So I made a blog Jakob's Eve Checklist |
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Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
153
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Posted - 2013.03.19 06:23:00 -
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Jakob Anedalle wrote:Anyone else running into an issue where everytime you refresh to see the latest blinks, you have to log in again?
If I didn't have an autologin extension in my browser it'd really kill it, and I'm not nearly as a die-hard a Blinker as most out there.
Try clearing your cookies, you may have a corrupted session cookie.
Also make sure "Remember Me" is checked when logging in.
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
inifinite Singularities
Black Poison Syndicate
0
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Posted - 2013.03.19 15:14:00 -
[1502] - Quote
hi, I'm having a problem with it loading the start a new blink from your browser, it will not come back for chromium no matter what I try, but it works fine through firefox, anyone else having this problem??? |
Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
79
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Posted - 2013.03.19 23:56:00 -
[1503] - Quote
Qrovax wrote:Sar'ran Zorn wrote:Qrovax wrote: (lots and lots of words) ....give me a logical reason as to why capping the tickets which in turn gives more people at the chance of riches vs letting all the rich people buy them up for greater odds of getting richer is a bad thing....(lots and lots more words)
Because it's a business. The purpose of that business is to sell tickets. The purpose of that business is not to redistribute wealth in exactly equal portions. They already do free stuff that everyone gets an equal shot at. I was always under the impression that in order to have great business you have to satisfy your clients... Wouldn't a greater amount of happy clients be better business? After all a happy blinker is a spending blinker.
sigh...
Somer takes suggestions. Present your ideas, along with the unprecedented support you have had in the forums in a cogent, well written format which is parsimonious yet informative. I am sure Somer will consider it wth all the due diligence it deserves.
I can just imagine how they are pulling out their hair worrying about how to increase sales of their lowest priced ticket. You might want to include any news features you have found about how penny slots are the newest craze in Atlantic City and Las Vegas.
Good luck in all your endeavors. I hope you become space rich and start hoarding tokens. If you look around, you may find other gaming opportunities in New Eden with a lower threshold of entry. |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
153
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Posted - 2013.03.20 01:13:00 -
[1504] - Quote
inifinite Singularities wrote:hi, I'm having a problem with it loading the start a new blink from your browser, it will not come back for chromium no matter what I try, but it works fine through firefox, anyone else having this problem???
It worked for me using Mac OS X / Chromium 25.0.1364.172. I will try a Linux build of Chromium tomorrow.
Do you get any JS errors?
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
inifinite Singularities
Black Poison Syndicate
0
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Posted - 2013.03.21 00:04:00 -
[1505] - Quote
i'm using Chromium Version 24.0.1312.56 Ubuntu 12.04 (24.0.1312.56-0ubuntu0.12.04.1)
and it seems to have been fixed since the start blinks bar is working now, so I'm assuming a chromium update just didn't go well, and no js errors :)
Tyvm |
Faith Bashere
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
1
|
Posted - 2013.03.21 05:17:00 -
[1506] - Quote
this place is fun, and good, simple.
now if only my wallet didn't scream at a simple 2 mil bid :D |
Nomi Cakes
Violent Alternatives
C0NVICTED
0
|
Posted - 2013.03.21 08:02:00 -
[1507] - Quote
MY wallet's currently 3B up, none of which I earned, and all thanks to Blink.
Hopefully my luck continues to fund more ships for me to lose. |
Terminusz Hungarykusz
Legio Gemina XIII
0
|
Posted - 2013.03.21 11:07:00 -
[1508] - Quote
Hi!
Please check my ISK transfer, because don't arrived my somer account in the website. |
Vincent Trevane
Two Toons Shipping Services
Gentlemen's Agreement
44
|
Posted - 2013.03.23 07:16:00 -
[1509] - Quote
Just when I thought I was out... they pull me back in!
Full Disclosure |
Frozen Eddie Johnson
Sheep Can Hear A Zipper From A Mile Away
45
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Posted - 2013.03.25 18:35:00 -
[1510] - Quote
Is there any reason Somer isn't offering blink credit from Shattered Crystal anymore? I've always used them for GTCs, and the link on Blink now says they are not available. Is it a supply issue and will return, or is something else going on? |
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MakStar FreeMasons
Free Masons Inc.
1
|
Posted - 2013.03.25 20:05:00 -
[1511] - Quote
Can someone please point me in the right direction. The Somer blink site has no email address for complaints or queries. I cant log into my Somer blink account, will not take my password and when I click on forgot password and select to have a link emailed to my mail address I get to following - "Error: this character's account is currently disabled and its password may not be reset."
I have no idea if it refers to my Somer blink account that is disabled or if it is implying that my EVE account is disabled because the EVE account is clearly active...
Also gives no reason why my account is disabled and there would be no reason in my view.
If anyone can point me in the right direction to Somer blink's support desk or contact details so I can get to the bottom of this and play some blinks I would really appreciate it?
Thank you. |
Swedish Spaceman
The Studmuffin's
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
20
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Posted - 2013.03.25 20:18:00 -
[1512] - Quote
MakStar FreeMasons wrote:Can someone please point me in the right direction. The Somer blink site has no email address for complaints or queries. I cant log into my Somer blink account, will not take my password and when I click on forgot password and select to have a link emailed to my mail address I get to following - "Error: this character's account is currently disabled and its password may not be reset."
I have no idea if it refers to my Somer blink account that is disabled or if it is implying that my EVE account is disabled because the EVE account is clearly active...
Also gives no reason why my account is disabled and there would be no reason in my view.
If anyone can point me in the right direction to Somer blink's support desk or contact details so I can get to the bottom of this and play some blinks I would really appreciate it?
Thank you.
Send an mail in game to a Blink staff member
For example try "Andrev Nox"
He is online most of the time. |
MakStar FreeMasons
Free Masons Inc.
1
|
Posted - 2013.03.25 20:20:00 -
[1513] - Quote
Thank you very much. |
Swedish Spaceman
The Studmuffin's
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
20
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Posted - 2013.03.25 20:37:00 -
[1514] - Quote
MakStar FreeMasons wrote:Thank you very much.
No problem at all.
Hope you get the help you need and you can get back to gambling again :) |
Rena Senn
Resurrection Ventures
Un.Bound
19
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Posted - 2013.03.25 23:27:00 -
[1515] - Quote
Every time I win or lose a large chunk I think "okay I'm done for good." That usually lasts two weeks. Now that I've gotten other people in corp hooked that promose is down to two days. |
Rroff
Questionable Ethics.
Ministry of Inappropriate Footwork
222
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Posted - 2013.03.26 01:49:00 -
[1516] - Quote
Frozen Eddie Johnson wrote:Is there any reason Somer isn't offering blink credit from Shattered Crystal anymore? I've always used them for GTCs, and the link on Blink now says they are not available. Is it a supply issue and will return, or is something else going on?
Was wondering this to, I don't want to sign up for yet another GTC provider if its just a temporary thing.
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Swedish Spaceman
The Studmuffin's
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
20
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Posted - 2013.03.26 08:03:00 -
[1517] - Quote
And another celebration ends with a bang. A really big congrats to all the winners of the 650T, \o/
And as I always say, a great big thanks to Somer and all of the staff for putting up with us and making Blink awesome everyday.
//Swede |
Coiled Meza
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
11
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Posted - 2013.03.26 18:24:00 -
[1518] - Quote
Rroff wrote:Frozen Eddie Johnson wrote:Is there any reason Somer isn't offering blink credit from Shattered Crystal anymore? I've always used them for GTCs, and the link on Blink now says they are not available. Is it a supply issue and will return, or is something else going on? Was wondering this to, I don't want to sign up for yet another GTC provider if its just a temporary thing.
Its because Shattered hasnt payed them as of yet think there a few months behind.
I personally dont like the other they offer Had problem and dude was twatwaffle |
Frozen Eddie Johnson
Sheep Can Hear A Zipper From A Mile Away
45
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Posted - 2013.03.26 19:37:00 -
[1519] - Quote
Coiled Meza wrote:Rroff wrote:Frozen Eddie Johnson wrote:Is there any reason Somer isn't offering blink credit from Shattered Crystal anymore? I've always used them for GTCs, and the link on Blink now says they are not available. Is it a supply issue and will return, or is something else going on? Was wondering this to, I don't want to sign up for yet another GTC provider if its just a temporary thing. Its because Shattered hasnt payed them as of yet think there a few months behind. I personally dont like the other they offer Had problem and dude was twatwaffle
Can I get confirmation from a SOMER person that this is true? I've never had any problems with them, but if it's true, I'll gladly switch providers. |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
153
|
Posted - 2013.03.26 21:34:00 -
[1520] - Quote
Hi,
Unfortunately ShatteredCrystal haven't paid us in a couple months so we needed to divert to Markee Dragon until ShatteredCrystal is current again. We hope to be able to offer both providers again soon.
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
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Frozen Eddie Johnson
Sheep Can Hear A Zipper From A Mile Away
45
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Posted - 2013.03.27 09:07:00 -
[1521] - Quote
Somerset Mahm wrote:Hi,
Unfortunately ShatteredCrystal haven't paid us in a couple months so we needed to divert to Markee Dragon until ShatteredCrystal is current again. We hope to be able to offer both providers again soon.
Thanks...all I needed to know for SC to lose my business for the time being =p |
Tison Odunen
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
1
|
Posted - 2013.04.06 23:51:00 -
[1522] - Quote
Bought a Charon ticket 136Mill
Won said Charon.
1.6Bill in my wallet.
So much win |
Arion Ruairc
Southern Cross Empire
Flying Dangerous
4
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Posted - 2013.04.09 18:03:00 -
[1523] - Quote
Replacement 234 wrote:Sorry for that guy who got bit by a dog scammer who grabbed onto a well run outfit like Somer Blink. I suggest next time you check out what a promo code really means.
Anyone who has questions about Somer Blink can log onto the channel "SOMER Lotteries" and get the real story.
Frankly, I was hesitant - this is eve and Somer is player run - so I went in with almost nothing and watched for a while to see how it all worked before I ever placed a single ISK in jeopardy. They have so many things going on. Somehow, tokens get built up, thousands of them and several times a day, maybe even hourly - it varies - they have a "Promo" go up which may have a Moros, or a mach or a titan skillbook as the prize and it costs you one token to buy the one ticket you can buy and around 200 ppl have a chance at getting the random number generated ticket. The winning ticket number is generated by third party "Random number .com" I believe it is called - which provides numbers for a wide array of internet activities which need impartial thrid party number generation.
The staff is very helpful in the channel I mentioned above.
They have a feature called "awards" where you win bonus ISK for meeting the requirement for the award. such as " recurring nightmare" where you get a bunch a millions for winning your fifth nightmare - which sounds a lot more difficulet than it is.
I am writing this from the in game browser and blink runs from there too. and because CCP's so wacky on their forums, I'm not changing back and forth to get the exact number of millions you get from the awards, but it ranges from 1 million to I think 1.5 billion - if that is how much 1500 millions equals.
. Most ships have It is gambling, more will lose than will win - but you control more of this gambling than you do on any of the continents in the world I've gambled on8 tickets and a good many of the blinks have 5 tickets totalling less than the amount Somer will buy the ship back for.
I keep the ships I win with one ticket and sell back the rest to Somer - I've increased my fleet by 86 ships but sold most of them, keeping 6 nightmares, 8 bhaals and 11 Machs which I all won for a single ticket for a rainy day. A single ticket on a nightmare is 78mil. There is a stats page which gives you information on the frequency of the recent winning numbers and that can be helpful if you believe in things like statistical probability. It does not just give you a few numbers but well enough to provide a database where the sample is large enough to provide rudimentary reliability.
But remember, it is gambling and no matter how many times you flip a coiin, the coin does not remember how it landed last time and does not care how it lands next time. Random number generators care even less than coins.
I wish these guys would buy out CCP.
I could have sworn I read in a post by you that in your many years of Military service that you never gambled. I'm just a noob but there is something very very odd about this character. |
xer0aim
Office of Scientific Intelligence
0
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Posted - 2013.04.11 17:11:00 -
[1524] - Quote
Are the results of the Mini-bonk posted anywhere? I see that there is a link on the main page to click for this weeks winners, but all it is showing is last weeks. Thanks. |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
155
|
Posted - 2013.04.11 18:05:00 -
[1525] - Quote
xer0aim wrote:Are the results of the Mini-bonk posted anywhere? I see that there is a link on the main page to click for this weeks winners, but all it is showing is last weeks. Thanks.
We draw each week's Minibonks at the end of the week, when the Bonk expires :)
We'll do it in a live drawing in channel, so if you're around / awake then, stop by!
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
Contik Ardman
xell network seven
V.e.G.A.
1
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Posted - 2013.04.11 19:00:00 -
[1526] - Quote
Thanks for the heads-up, I switched to Markee Dragon for the time being.
Somerset Mahm wrote:Hi,
Unfortunately ShatteredCrystal haven't paid us in a couple months so we needed to divert to Markee Dragon until ShatteredCrystal is current again. We hope to be able to offer both providers again soon.
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xer0aim
Office of Scientific Intelligence
0
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Posted - 2013.04.12 17:28:00 -
[1527] - Quote
Somerset Mahm wrote:xer0aim wrote:Are the results of the Mini-bonk posted anywhere? I see that there is a link on the main page to click for this weeks winners, but all it is showing is last weeks. Thanks. We draw each week's Minibonks at the end of the week, when the Bonk expires :) We'll do it in a live drawing in channel, so if you're around / awake then, stop by!
Thanks for the response! That makes a lot of sense. Now that you meantion it, I'm pretty sure I read that somewhere else and it just didn't parse for some reason. |
Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
79
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Posted - 2013.04.14 20:05:00 -
[1528] - Quote
Arion Ruairc wrote:Replacement 234 wrote:Sorry for that guy who got bit by a dog scammer who grabbed onto a well run outfit like Somer Blink. I suggest next time you check out what a promo code really means.
Anyone who has questions about Somer Blink can log onto the channel "SOMER Lotteries" and get the real story.
Frankly, I was hesitant - this is eve and Somer is player run - so I went in with almost nothing and watched for a while to see how it all worked before I ever placed a single ISK in jeopardy. They have so many things going on. Somehow, tokens get built up, thousands of them and several times a day, maybe even hourly - it varies - they have a "Promo" go up which may have a Moros, or a mach or a titan skillbook as the prize and it costs you one token to buy the one ticket you can buy and around 200 ppl have a chance at getting the random number generated ticket. The winning ticket number is generated by third party "Random number .com" I believe it is called - which provides numbers for a wide array of internet activities which need impartial thrid party number generation.
The staff is very helpful in the channel I mentioned above.
They have a feature called "awards" where you win bonus ISK for meeting the requirement for the award. such as " recurring nightmare" where you get a bunch a millions for winning your fifth nightmare - which sounds a lot more difficulet than it is.
I am writing this from the in game browser and blink runs from there too. and because CCP's so wacky on their forums, I'm not changing back and forth to get the exact number of millions you get from the awards, but it ranges from 1 million to I think 1.5 billion - if that is how much 1500 millions equals.
. Most ships have It is gambling, more will lose than will win - but you control more of this gambling than you do on any of the continents in the world I've gambled on8 tickets and a good many of the blinks have 5 tickets totalling less than the amount Somer will buy the ship back for.
I keep the ships I win with one ticket and sell back the rest to Somer - I've increased my fleet by 86 ships but sold most of them, keeping 6 nightmares, 8 bhaals and 11 Machs which I all won for a single ticket for a rainy day. A single ticket on a nightmare is 78mil. There is a stats page which gives you information on the frequency of the recent winning numbers and that can be helpful if you believe in things like statistical probability. It does not just give you a few numbers but well enough to provide a database where the sample is large enough to provide rudimentary reliability.
But remember, it is gambling and no matter how many times you flip a coiin, the coin does not remember how it landed last time and does not care how it lands next time. Random number generators care even less than coins.
I wish these guys would buy out CCP. I could have sworn I read in a post by you that in your many years of Military service that you never gambled. I'm just a noob but there is something very very odd about this character.
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NorthernBrewer
Antigamers INC
0
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Posted - 2013.04.16 02:52:00 -
[1529] - Quote
I was in Las Vegas last week (for work). I set aside $200 for gambling. I finished off the first night down $50. I decided that while the gambling was entertaining, the remainder of my gambling $ would be better spent on some over-priced Vegas gear for my family. Also, I like tacos, and I have never owned a pair of Birkenstocks.
Now, can someone please win that last 1.5T so we can start the damn celebration? I need a GTC and I want the full bonus! |
Elizabeth S
0
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Posted - 2013.04.16 12:04:00 -
[1530] - Quote
Replacement 234 wrote:
My education got off to a late start as I joined the Army as a high school dropout, which you could do in the 60s, but I attended a high school and graduated at age 20, two years after becoming an 18 year old Drill Sergeant in the summer of 1965 at Fort Jackson, SC. Later, after Officer Candidate School Nov89 to May70 at Fort Benning, my civilian education really began and I sort of got dragged into stats. .
Confirming that FT. Benning (Home of the Infantry) is nothing to trifle with and that we still use some casinos as a military ball location.
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ECHBlackthorn
The Studmuffin's
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
12
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Posted - 2013.04.18 00:30:00 -
[1531] - Quote
Woooooooooooooooooo just used my remaining free Wifi minutes here in the falklands to play some blink in the hopes of another imfamous celebration win Hope everyone is enjoying it so far and i wish i could logon to chat with everyone in the channel.
Wish everyone the best of luck,
Blacky |
Mangzane Wookie
Rockin' In the Free World
1
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Posted - 2013.04.20 01:51:00 -
[1532] - Quote
I was going through the past Promo blinks to see the winners and their numbers and I saw this.
http://cogdev.net/blink/?act=profile&id=90449485
Person has played 7 blinks. Won once. Has 10 achievements somehow, 0 isk blinked, and magically won a 500mil promo? Also, favorite blinks total up to 16, while played 7 blinks? |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
178
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Posted - 2013.04.20 01:55:00 -
[1533] - Quote
Hiya!
He's played 7 normal blinks, but won none of them
He's played quite a few promos, and won one.
Promos don't count as "Blinks played" or "value of blinks won," but they can show up as favorite Blinks.
Basically, it's someone who deposited a big wadge of ISK, but only plays a Blink when they need to get eligible to play a promo :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Mangzane Wookie
Rockin' In the Free World
1
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Posted - 2013.04.20 02:00:00 -
[1534] - Quote
Andrev Nox wrote:Hiya!
He's played 7 normal blinks, but won none of them
He's played quite a few promos, and won one.
Promos don't count as "Blinks played" or "value of blinks won," but they can show up as favorite Blinks.
Basically, it's someone who deposited a big wadge of ISK, but only plays a Blink when they need to get eligible to play a promo :)
Makes sense. Thanks for that quick response. I see you like to clarify anything before people make it into a conspiracy theory, lol.
Well, I'll see you on blink =)
P.S. I'd love to win one of those as well ;) |
DARKWANDERER
Kador Corporation
0
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Posted - 2013.05.02 16:51:00 -
[1535] - Quote
Outstanding program, good service, prompt response times.
Claimed 300mil in ships by accident when I wanted isk, and brought it up to them. They quickly and neatly reversed the process as soon as I had contracted back the ships, and I was able to claim my isk.
+1 |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
163
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Posted - 2013.05.10 06:21:00 -
[1536] - Quote
Thanks for the kind words!
If you ever deposit too much, forget to claim a contract, or claim the wrong prize selection (ISK instead of ship, etc) please do contact our support-- we have excellent records and can always reverse a claim as long as the money hasn't been spent!
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
Sean Harpvire
Pro Synergy
174
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Posted - 2013.05.11 13:01:00 -
[1537] - Quote
I'm a noob and just won the minmator dread after buying one ticket for a laugh.
thank you blink xD
I'm now staying away as I'm in the green!
Only after every tree has been cut down,-áthe last river poisoned, and the final fish caught.
Only then, will you find that money cannot be eaten.-á |
Sig Maz
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2013.05.12 16:23:00 -
[1538] - Quote
Hi there, set up a new account yesterday and did a few blinks, came back today tried to log in but I get this message 'Error: this character's account is currently disabled and its password may not be reset.'
I have no idea why, is there anyway to get my account re enabled? |
Antoni Cesaille
Fweddit
I Whip My Slaves Back and Forth
5
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Posted - 2013.05.12 19:59:00 -
[1539] - Quote
So apprently when I got off work today, I (attempted) to log into Blink only to be faced by an "Automation Detected" pop up. Not sure why I am getting this message. I've never used an automation in my life. Just becasue I'm on blink 24/7 doesn't mean I use an automation...
Some help would be appreciated,
Cheers,
Antoni |
Tak149
Risk-Averse
PLEASE NOT VIOLENCE OUR BOATS
4
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Posted - 2013.05.12 20:11:00 -
[1540] - Quote
Been playing for about a year, won some, lost some but always fun.
Very professional site, payouts are always fast and lots of awesome prices to be won. |
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Rebel Witch
Volition Cult
The Volition Cult
19
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Posted - 2013.05.12 21:38:00 -
[1541] - Quote
Like a good book, SOMERblink has a way of just pulling you in for more. Best part is you are free to come and go as you please, there is nothing "unfair" and you may just come away a big winner if your god favors you ;) |
Zievarrenna
Blohm and Voss Shipyards
1
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Posted - 2013.05.13 04:59:00 -
[1542] - Quote
When I went to claim my Blink prize, I get the following message:
"Not enough ISK deposited. To open a gift this celebration, you must deposit another 321M."
Help? |
LepKoGreh
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
0
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Posted - 2013.05.13 07:41:00 -
[1543] - Quote
Zievarrenna wrote:When I went to claim my Blink prize, I get the following message:
"Not enough ISK deposited. To open a gift this celebration, you must deposit another 321M."
Help?
Yea i also got that message but i have to deposit 466M. |
JusFooling Around
JusFooling Around Corp
90
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Posted - 2013.05.13 10:08:00 -
[1544] - Quote
LepKoGreh wrote:Zievarrenna wrote:When I went to claim my Blink prize, I get the following message:
"Not enough ISK deposited. To open a gift this celebration, you must deposit another 321M."
Help? Yea i also got that message but i have to deposit 466M.
Hey Boys and Girls - let's have some fun with some math!
Let;s see Blink gives FREE gifts to their CUSTOMERS at each benchmark celebration. They are having one now and they had one two weeks ago.
Right now they have 70,794 members, some of them have just joined and have not reached the threshold of being real CUSTOMERS, yet.
I just looked at the last 15 FREE gifts Blink gave to their CUSTOMERS! The smallest gift is 5 million ISK, but some get a LOT more. In fact, one of these 15 CUSTOMERS received a free PHANTASM that is selling in Jita right now for 156 million! And it was FREE! But maybe there is not one of those in every 15 gifts. Remember, Simple is the way we want to go so let's just say that each and every one gets a FREE 5 million ISK GIFT at the beginning of each benchmark celebration.
So what do you think Eve players would do if they could sign up and get a FREE 5 million ISK at each selebration without becoming a real CUSTOMER?
Oh, you are all so smart! Yes! everyone would sign up and get lots of FREE ISK! Some may deposit a little and some may deposit a lot, but Blink had to set a number for a minimum deposit - Which is the person's ISK credit and could be withdrawn as they win prizes.
Let's put some numbers with that.
Right now, Blink has 70796 members, so let's say only 70 thousand are actually CUSTOMERS and every one of them got the lowest amount of only 5 million ISK. How much would that be for ONE celebration? Jimmy, that laptop your parents gave you sure came in handy! Yes, that would be 350,000,000,000. Can anyone tell me how much that is with all those confusing zeroes?
That's Right Linda, 350 Billion in FREE Gifts for each celebration - But we really know the actual number is much higher.
One last calculation - Let's say that Blink only has 12 celebrations a year because it is a little unusual for them to do two celebrations so close together as these two. These two are so close together because Blink is growing so fast. They have a celebration when the CUSTOMERS have won another 50 trillion in prizes Yes - that is TRILLION - with a Capital T!
So far this year they have had six celebrations and we are a month and a half away from being halfway through this year. Well, as soon as one week long celebration runs into the next week long celebration, then Blink will have to raise the amount the CUSTOMERS have won before they have another celebration. Only the People at Blink know how much they will raise it . The new amount of prizes won by CUSTOMERS may go to 75 TRILLION between Celebrations or even 100 TRILLION. We will just have to wait and see.
But REMEMBER - SIMPLE, we want to keep it simple. So let's use just 12 celebrations per year for now.... So,
12 x 350,000,000,000 = Well, right away, I can tell you... its a lot!
Great ANSWER, Fuzzy! 4,200,000,000,000 Congress may not think it is not very much, but 4 decimal point 2 TRILLION seems like a lot to me.
Oh wait a minute, I can't even count! Oh don't back up, when I stomp my foot, I was not mad with you, I was mad with ME! We were talking about all those other Eve Players signing up for blink just to collect the FREE celebration prizes without ever becoming full fledged CUSTOMERS. So how many Eve players are there? Well, this is only something CCP (maybe) knows, because so many players have more than several accounts and at Blink, each human can only have one Blink account.
Oh, I know you are all excited about that, but settle down and let's guess how many humans really play Eve - Remember - keep it SIMPLE or you could say we are using the KISS principle - Keep It SIMPLE STUPID! Let's say only 200 hundred thousand even bother to sign up for FREE ISK from Blink. Who can tell us how much that would cost Blink in FREE ISK every celebration?
That's RIGHT, QUEENIE! You are going to be the first pup picked out of this litter!
200,000 times one FREE gift of 5 Million per celebration would equal an even 1 trillion worth of FREE gifts Blink would have to pay for at each celebration and if they have 12 celebrations a year, that is a smooth 12 TRILLION ISK in FREE gifts that are really given away at the door. Then there are billions more in Mini-Bbnks which are really FREE to play as they are paid for with tokens which CUSTOMERS get for FREE for just playing. And the Big Bonk often exceeds the amount it brings in. They have a feature called the 2X Bonus, so at random, players who win a frigate or even a dreadnought have a chance of receiving two of them instead of just the one they bought a ticket for. Then there are the Promos, and I've already seen Rorquals be won for a single FREE token - remember in the Promos, each player gets only one ticket for one FREE token. Then they have the Blink Blast at the end where they draw one ticket from a list of each CUSTOMER who has played every Mini-Bonk for a FREE token and bought at least one Bonk ticket for only a half of a million ISK - Well, each of these CUSTOMERS gets one chance per CUSTOMER to win 50 BILLION ISK and Blink draws FIVE WINNERS so that totals 250 BILLION.
This Celebration is not even a day old and CUSTOMERS have already won over 5 TRILLION in prizes.
Now I have to mention this. I held off bringing this up as long as I could because it is so sad. Every Celebration, some people put on their tin foil hats and start declaring Blink to be a scam and they always say they have proof that will soon be revealed - but no proof has ever been revealed. Blink is a Casino, so that means GAMBLING! People lose and instead of blaming themselves, they blame Blink. So Sad. |
Zievarrenna
Blohm and Voss Shipyards
2
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Posted - 2013.05.13 12:39:00 -
[1545] - Quote
LepKoGreh wrote:Zievarrenna wrote:When I went to claim my Blink prize, I get the following message:
"Not enough ISK deposited. To open a gift this celebration, you must deposit another 321M."
Help? Yea i also got that message but i have to deposit 466M.
I've been playing Blinks for over a year. In fact, I last played a bunch during the last celebration (700T). I've deposited 330m since I started, and have 475m available at Somer.Blink currently.
I don't understand, why do I have to deposit more ISK? I didn't during the last celebration. |
tgl3
Wormhole Engineers
Greater Realms
317
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Posted - 2013.05.13 15:31:00 -
[1546] - Quote
Likewise, prompted to deposit more. I'm not really complaining about a lack of free stuff, but I just find it odd that I never got prompted before.
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Twitter - TG_3 |
arria Auscent
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
95
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Posted - 2013.05.13 16:55:00 -
[1547] - Quote
deposit 272 mill to get my free gift
since when is 272 mill free?
i put in a total of 378 mill
got back 732 mill worth
did i win too much?
you punish winners now?
gonna take you longer to hit 800t with things like this |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
180
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Posted - 2013.05.14 06:13:00 -
[1548] - Quote
arria Auscent wrote:deposit 272 mill to get my free gift
since when is 272 mill free?
i put in a total of 378 mill
got back 732 mill worth
did i win too much?
you punish winners now?
gonna take you longer to hit 800t with things like this
Hiya!
We had an issue where certain people were registering accounts, then not using the service. They were returning each celebration with their hand out, expecting a charity. Some of them, sometimes but not usually, might deposit another 2-5m after they claimed their 5-250m free gift. Most didn't.
We wanted gifts to be rewards to people who use our service.
So we set a requirement that folks have deposited at least 50m ISK for each gift they've opened.
The gifts were never meant to be a charity open to anyone who could put their hand out. They were meant to be a reward to people who actually use the service.
And, bottom line - if someone requires they be given 5-250m for every 2-5m deposit they occasionally make every 3-5 months, we're okay with them not using our service anymore. The people who actually use the service to gamble, rather than as a charity, seem to approve of the change since it allows us to spend more on promos for the active players.
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Zievarrenna
Blohm and Voss Shipyards
5
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Posted - 2013.05.14 22:16:00 -
[1549] - Quote
Andrev Nox wrote:Hiya!
We had an issue where certain people were registering accounts, then not using the service. They were returning each celebration with their hand out, expecting a charity. Some of them, sometimes but not usually, might deposit another 2-5m after they claimed their 5-250m free gift. Most didn't.
We wanted gifts to be rewards to people who use our service.
So we set a requirement that folks have deposited at least 50m ISK for each gift they've opened.
The gifts were never meant to be a charity open to anyone who could put their hand out. They were meant to be a reward to people who actually use the service.
And, bottom line - if someone requires they be given 5-250m for every 2-5m deposit they occasionally make every 3-5 months, we're okay with them not using our service anymore. The people who actually use the service to gamble, rather than as a charity, seem to approve of the change since it allows us to spend more on promos for the active players.
Andrev,
I can completely understand your reasoning for making the change. As you may be able to see from my account history (I don't know if you can, or not, but feel free to look), I've been playing blinks for over a year. I may have deposited "only" 330m ISK (and won over 4b (thanks to a lucky bonk)). I generally play more during the ISK celebrations, but I also definitely blink quite often (just hit 500 today, actually, so more than once a day, on average?).
Having said that, my concern isn't that you've (Somer Blink) made this change, but that this change doesn't appear ANYWHERE on your website that I can tell. I checked the site, then I went to the help channel (which was unhelpful), then came here, and FINALLY sent an Eve Mail to Somerset Mahm. It was only after that that I found out about the change. I would expect a change like this to be listed in one of the following places, at the very least:
- On the "claim your gift" page. Seriously. You tell a person they have to deposit hundreds of millions more ISK without an explanation of why.
- On the "Get the details" page describing what the celebration is all about.
- On the "How to Play" page describing what Somer Blink is all about.
Barring one of those three very obvious choices, I would expect the help channel or this very forum thread to have some indication of the change. A player shouldn't be confronted by a message that they have to deposit more ISK without any indication as to why.
Again, I understand what you're trying to accomplish. How you've done it, however, leaves a lot to be desired, and is rather offputting, at the very least. |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
181
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Posted - 2013.05.14 23:11:00 -
[1550] - Quote
Sure, I getcha :)
We tried a few phrasings on the gift pages in the first few hours, actually, to try and convey the "You must have, in the lifetime of your account, deposited 50m isk per gift you've previously opened to keep opening gifts." - but this change affects such a tiny tiny tiny subset of Blinkers, the various wordings wound up just confusing the other players as to what it was talking about. We tried to refine the message via the error that that subset would see instead.
I apologize that the help channel wasn't more informative - we do our best to staff it 24/7, but there's only so much surity that can be managed in that regard before "Video game" becomes "second job" :p We're working to expand staff even more to help with that, though :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
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Fillingkillboards
State War Academy
Caldari State
12
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Posted - 2013.05.15 09:41:00 -
[1551] - Quote
"You must have, in the lifetime of your account, deposited 50m isk per gift you've previously opened to keep opening gifts."
Is the isk you acquire from markeegamecodes eligible for this? |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
182
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Posted - 2013.05.16 05:33:00 -
[1552] - Quote
Yep! GTC bonus credits count as deposited ISK for this and achievements both :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Ruvin
122
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Posted - 2013.05.16 10:09:00 -
[1553] - Quote
one question , if i get isk as prize , and deposit them it coount's as ISK deposited ... if i chose blink credit+5% it doesnt , due to comodity i started chosing blink credit , but only now realised it doesnt add to the count , why so ? i mean i can understand that 5% shouldnt be counted , but the full price ?
Its seems better just claim prize , sell , and then deposit isk as i get all the benefits , takes more time but i aint loosing anything , usually making a sell order (instead of just selling) makes up for those 5% i miss , so just wondering about the reason behind blink cred not counting as deposit :o
Opportunities multiply as they are seized. |
Internet Space Jesus
AQUILA INC
Verge of Collapse
0
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Posted - 2013.05.16 16:40:00 -
[1554] - Quote
Amazingly fast service guys! |
Joxxy
Vrane Club
9
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Posted - 2013.05.18 19:33:00 -
[1555] - Quote
Im at work.
Looking at SOME lotteries, pretending to be working.
See my name.
Start kicking and screaming all over the room - I WON , *******, I WON!
HAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA |
lunersencer
Viziam
Amarr Empire
0
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Posted - 2013.05.18 19:37:00 -
[1556] - Quote
i just started doing these lotteries today and i've won a few things however i accidentally closed out the browser and when i brought the site back up it said that my account was disabled. any reason why? |
Scipio Asanari
Somali Coast Guard BootCamp
3
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Posted - 2013.05.19 09:22:00 -
[1557] - Quote
A big congrats to SomerBlink for giving away nearly 20 TRILLION in prizes last week! Massive achievement, looking forward to the 800 party! |
Titanium PIg
Escape Velocity Enterprises
35
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Posted - 2013.05.20 20:02:00 -
[1558] - Quote
This evening, on the anniversary of being made redundant in rl , and with very little hope of finding a job anytime soon , I was feeling particularly (and I might add; unusually) low.
As a result, I mentioned in the Somer Blink channel that as I had approximately 4-weeks left on my Eve subscription, and would be unable to continue playing Eve after that time, I would probably be selling my character and giving away the proceeds in channel games (Somer willing ofc).
I have to be honest; the response was both instantaneous and absolutely amazing. Within minutes I was inundated with e-mails, convo's, messages of support / condolences, deposits and enough plex contracts to have kept me going for another 12 months!
Being much too proud to accept these handouts (however generous and well-meaning) I returned all said deposits and did not accept the contracts).
I will not name my generous benefactors without their consent; suffice it say that there are many, many, unbelievably generous, kind-hearted and magnanimous individuals out their who, without a moments hesitation, were willing to help out a complete stranger (for no material or selfish gain) simply because he was going through a bad patch in RL.
'Tis only pixels' be damned; behind the carefully sculpted avatars, killboard stats, alliance affiliations and playstyles; you guys made me realise that New Eden isn't half as bad as some would have us believe. And to the real flesh and blood people behind the pixels I would like to say THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart.
As a result of this rather cathartic experience; I will hold off on selling my toon and re-double my efforts on finding another job in rl in order to somehow acknowledge your amazing generosity and support.
Thanks Guys!
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Spankijs Omaristos
Asteria Imperative
Tribal Band
5
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Posted - 2013.05.21 14:44:00 -
[1559] - Quote
Rigged.
Full of "bot" accounts who win constantly, counted over 15, if they show up on the blink - they win no matter what.
Full of accounts which are created just a few months ago but on sommer blink there are playing from 2012 lol.
And all those fresh accounts with billions of ISK won, yeah tell me more how this is legit! |
Coiled Meza
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
12
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Posted - 2013.05.22 23:06:00 -
[1560] - Quote
Ok now after the 750Trillion Celebration. After reading the drawing they " draw the winners" I Have to attest this is a scam. Why would somone like Replacement 234 as the there go to person always say hey somer blink is for real well ya no kidding if your winning almost every bonk that has been and what happened to the person that was not even made in game as of yet winning they are gone off there page now you cant even find them.
The odds of somone supposdly so dang high that this person has won so much? on the bonks and mini-bonks? As Chirriba has stated his dice are good. What they do with it is up to them yet I have messed around with this DIce application and yes you can adjust the dice after is has rolled.
Then replacment has posted aswell as being broke when trying to purchase a Char. Yet is low on isk after he/she has won 11,577,280,004,300 ISK as of this posting jjust not possable so with that blink you can kiss this person goodbye.
And on another note They got rid of Shattered Crystal thats fine but Be warned Markee Dragon or what ever its called has ripped me off over $700 so have fun with that one. |
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22000
Deadspace Knights
7
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Posted - 2013.05.23 03:22:00 -
[1561] - Quote
Woah! Crazy less refreshing, I like! |
HUN Firefly
Ordo Alba
HUN Reloaded
0
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Posted - 2013.05.23 03:48:00 -
[1562] - Quote
This is a great improvement on the site.
Not to mention it looks super cool too. |
HUN Firefly
Ordo Alba
HUN Reloaded
0
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Posted - 2013.05.23 03:54:00 -
[1563] - Quote
Coiled Meza wrote:Ok now after the 750Trillion Celebration. After reading the drawing they " draw the winners" I Have to attest this is a scam. Why would somone like Replacement 234 as the there go to person always say hey somer blink is for real well ya no kidding if your winning almost every bonk that has been and what happened to the person that was not even made in game as of yet winning they are gone off there page now you cant even find them.
The odds of somone supposdly so dang high that this person has won so much? on the bonks and mini-bonks? As Chirriba has stated his dice are good. What they do with it is up to them yet I have messed around with this DIce application and yes you can adjust the dice after is has rolled.
Then replacment has posted aswell as being broke when trying to purchase a Char. Yet is low on isk after he/she has won 11,577,280,004,300 ISK as of this posting jjust not possable so with that blink you can kiss this person goodbye.
And on another note They got rid of Shattered Crystal thats fine but Be warned Markee Dragon or what ever its called has ripped me off over $700 so have fun with that one.
Stop crying it is real.
All I saw that Replacement is one of the the top buyers for bonk or minibonk and Replacement's name appeared only 2 times after the 750T. |
Coiled Meza
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
12
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Posted - 2013.05.23 04:18:00 -
[1564] - Quote
HUN Firefly wrote:Coiled Meza wrote:Ok now after the 750Trillion Celebration. After reading the drawing they " draw the winners" I Have to attest this is a scam. Why would somone like Replacement 234 as the there go to person always say hey somer blink is for real well ya no kidding if your winning almost every bonk that has been and what happened to the person that was not even made in game as of yet winning they are gone off there page now you cant even find them.
The odds of somone supposdly so dang high that this person has won so much? on the bonks and mini-bonks? As Chirriba has stated his dice are good. What they do with it is up to them yet I have messed around with this DIce application and yes you can adjust the dice after is has rolled.
Then replacment has posted aswell as being broke when trying to purchase a Char. Yet is low on isk after he/she has won 11,577,280,004,300 ISK as of this posting jjust not possable so with that blink you can kiss this person goodbye.
And on another note They got rid of Shattered Crystal thats fine but Be warned Markee Dragon or what ever its called has ripped me off over $700 so have fun with that one. Stop crying it is real. All I saw that Replacement is one of the the top buyers for bonk or minibonk and Replacement's name appeared only 2 times after the 750T.
How much blink pay you to post that? No she has won the most minis and Bonks out of everyone. |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
182
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Posted - 2013.05.23 05:38:00 -
[1565] - Quote
Hiya Coiled!
In the course of your Blink career so far, you've actually won 482 Blinks. Sadly, you chose to trade 381 of them in for credit on the site, so I definitely understand why it would feel like other people were winning more than you, even when your win rate is significantly better than theirs.
My advice would be to cash out more often - a prize in hand leads to more smiles and less conspiracy theories :)
Coiled Meza wrote:No she has won the most minis and Bonks out of everyone.
I understand why it would seem that way, since you've only been Blinking a pair of months, but there have been 318 Bonk events, and this isn't even remotely close to reality :p
And, all of that said - if you just don't feel like playing anymore, if you're not having fun or if seeing other people win something is actually this upsetting to you - we'd agree it's probably best to just close the browser.
Games that aren't fun are counter to the purpose of games, after all :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
HUN Firefly
Ordo Alba
HUN Reloaded
0
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Posted - 2013.05.23 11:31:00 -
[1566] - Quote
Coiled!
So far I have won 8 promos. Playing promos are fun.
With smart play I am + with 1 bilion. This much that paid for me.
It is truly annyoing to see that others win more,but ahh did you think of how much those guys put in? And think of those who feed the winners. I do see Replacement wins a lot, but can you see how many times won others while she is the top ticket buyers?
Some Guys cry that new ''bot'' accounts win... and you cry that Replacement wins.
I do believe somer is a scam because they garanteed you to beat everyone and pay everything you wish in this game.
If I win a bonk or mini with my 1 ticket that I I try to buy whenever I can... I know what will you do. |
Coiled Meza
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
12
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Posted - 2013.05.23 13:41:00 -
[1567] - Quote
Actually I have been blinking Befor Replacement. It was with Different account as I sold a Char. Took a break from eve what not. I was there when Blink messed up and let everyone blink on stuff for free then you had to take site down for I think it was 10min to fix the code as everyone was able to blink for free. I was there when you had a bonk for the Faction Super Carrier. I was there when You bonked your first titan.
You seem eager to get rid of people quickly when they start talking I have seen people get banned from you In game Chat channel. I have seen people banned about talking about politics Yet when I have personally seen a person talk about Politics with you in channel Andrev you did not ban them. I am not talking about Replacment either.
What about Char blinking that have yet to be made in game? Explain that one yet this person is now removed from your Page I had the link stored on my BMs this person has since been removed with no trace of her on your website. |
Gelatine
EverBroke Geeks
28
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Posted - 2013.05.23 15:34:00 -
[1568] - Quote
I have an alt for blinking. It's a fun game, good delivery on prizes and a decent community. I've been unlucky and very lucky - pretty much the same story as everyone else who plays. I hero'd a giga (won with one ticket,) and got 5 billion in my wallet within a couple of minutes.
Thanks Somer and blink staff :) |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
164
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Posted - 2013.05.23 19:36:00 -
[1569] - Quote
Coiled Meza wrote:What about Char blinking that have yet to be made in game? Explain that one yet this person is now removed from your Page I had the link stored on my BMs this person has since been removed with no trace of her on your website.
This will be either people using an alt to Blink and then biomassing the alt (we try to nuke these fairly quickly), or a character that was used to Blink and then transferred their account to a new character (which we do for free).
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
Stockatar
Somali Coast Guard BootCamp
3
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Posted - 2013.05.25 20:31:00 -
[1570] - Quote
Somerset Mahm wrote:Coiled Meza wrote:What about Char blinking that have yet to be made in game? Explain that one yet this person is now removed from your Page I had the link stored on my BMs this person has since been removed with no trace of her on your website. This will be either people using an alt to Blink and then biomassing the alt (we try to nuke these fairly quickly), or a character that was used to Blink and then transferred their account to a new character (which we do for free).
This is true. Andrev has been kind enough to change my Blink account over to two separate characters at this point, done quickly and with no charge. No idea what this does to records of the past characters, that may be where your tinfoil hat theories are coming from. |
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Tasa Vox Nova
Fweddit
I Whip My Slaves Back and Forth
0
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Posted - 2013.05.28 06:35:00 -
[1571] - Quote
So, I made an account because I had bought game time from Markee Dragon and was going to use that to get some free SOMER credit. However, I had to wait for them to send me the code and my game time expired. Now I can't log back into my SOMER account or recover my password because it says that my account is disabled, and I thought that might have something to do with it. I sent an EVE mail to Andrev Nox and Somerset Mahm three days ago asking about the issue and have yet to receive a reply. I hadn't even entered any blinks yet, so there is little chance I did something to actually get myself disabled. Is there anything I can do so that I can start playing? |
NorthernBrewer
Antigamers INC
0
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Posted - 2013.05.29 05:40:00 -
[1572] - Quote
The "less refresh" changes are nice! Also like the yellow flash indicating tickets that have been bought since last refresh. |
Eustise
Perkone
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2013.05.29 18:19:00 -
[1573] - Quote
If i were to report a possible exploit, who would i have to contact? And would there be a reward for it? :p |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
164
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Posted - 2013.05.29 22:17:00 -
[1574] - Quote
Tasa Vox Nova wrote:So, I made an account because I had bought game time from Markee Dragon and was going to use that to get some free SOMER credit. However, I had to wait for them to send me the code and my game time expired. Now I can't log back into my SOMER account or recover my password because it says that my account is disabled, and I thought that might have something to do with it. I sent an EVE mail to Andrev Nox and Somerset Mahm three days ago asking about the issue and have yet to receive a reply. I hadn't even entered any blinks yet, so there is little chance I did something to actually get myself disabled. Is there anything I can do so that I can start playing?
Neither Andrev nor I can find a mail from you, please get ahold of us anytime.
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
Phillip Parry
The Scope
Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2013.05.30 00:35:00 -
[1575] - Quote
Hey, I cant join the SOMER Blink channel, I recently found my old account and want to merge my new one to my old one so i can continue blinking.
Thank You |
Varkosas
Sefem Velox
Swift Angels Alliance
1
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Posted - 2013.05.30 08:10:00 -
[1576] - Quote
if i post here does blink give me credits (plz man i need my, fix hook me up bro ims beggins ya) |
Viral Kitten
Methana Industries
0
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Posted - 2013.05.31 20:12:00 -
[1577] - Quote
Oh man, I <3 BLINK! Bringin' back my love of the game, and helping me kill some time |
Ona Bender
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2013.06.02 02:36:00 -
[1578] - Quote
Shenanigans! |
Florian Bao
Black Box Technologies
26
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Posted - 2013.06.02 09:23:00 -
[1579] - Quote
what are the current boni for converting buyouts into blink credits?
is it a flat 5% for all types of blinks? |
oakey1
howarthgroup
No Safe Haven
0
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Posted - 2013.06.03 20:42:00 -
[1580] - Quote
i like leeks :)
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Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
80
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Posted - 2013.06.04 07:57:00 -
[1581] - Quote
Spankijs Omaristos wrote:Rigged.
Full of "bot" accounts who win constantly, counted over 15, if they show up on the blink - they win no matter what.
Full of accounts which are created just a few months ago but on sommer blink there are playing from 2012 lol.
And all those fresh accounts with billions of ISK won, yeah tell me more how this is legit!
I suppose you consider me one of the Bot accounts. Not an assumption from a guilty conscious just a knee-jerk reaction to any assertion from the uninformed who pass through frequently. If you think I am a bot, then go after me with all the evidence you have to get me banned. Raise holy hell, or sit back & keep making baseless accusations & play the fool. And while you are at it, suck on rotten eggs & kiss my Patoot!
"win no matter what" Lots of people remember my wins, I'm the only one who notices my losses. Have you noticed the ones who you say will "never lose", at least not when you are keeping notes, are also the ones who are buying half the tickets, or more. Like you, I'm going to make a statement right now which is not backed up by anything but a number I'm pulling out an orifice on my back side - I buy a lot more tickets that lose than win. If I buy 10 tickets & win - you declare me a big winner & add that win to some other wins you see & conclude I win all the time. Remember the other 9 tickets I bought that lost? That 9 risked the same amount as the one which won, so the prize is mostly my own ISK - except on the many times I lose. In fact, a loss with 12 tickets usually takes three straight wins to break even, so when I lose 3 straight Nagls (which is not all that rare for me) it takes 9 wins to break even. 9 straight wins, tell me how many times you see 9 straight wins on a Ngal, by the same player? I'm sure it happens though it has never happened to me, because I believe in random numbers doing what we don't expect them to do. I think anyone vaguely familiar with the theory of probability will tell you it is much more likely to have a loss in four tries than to have 9 straight wins. 3 straight losses may take a week of very careful betting to get the blink wallet back up to where it was beforehand. Remember, Blink & every other casino in the world does not advertise their customer's losses, only how much they won, so Blink has a metric on the stats page called "Value of Blinks Won". Think about what that means.
So you don't have any brain damage, let me help you out. "Value of Blinks Won" is not profit. Winning can involve a loss of ISK Credit in my blink wallet & advances my "Value of Blinks Won" as it is merely a list of every win & no losses. If I buy 16 tickets, I'll win & advance my "Value of Blinks Won" while reducing my blink wallet. You see, I haven't really won anything, I got the prize & got back some of the ISK I bought the tickets with. "Value of Blinks Won" goes up, blink wallet goes down. Eventually, you win yourself broke. If I buy 12 tickets & lose, it takes 3 wins to break even, unless you have a loss in those 3. I'm usually not winning anything, but rescuing the 2.2 bil ISK I will lose if I lose the blink.
"Why would anyone do that?" you ask. There could be other reasons you may never have thought of.
Last week, I went into overdrive to win the 5 bil achievement for passing 12T, another time I won a side bet for 8 supers & about dozen battleships, all poorly fitted.
Maybe I'm the worst addicted to gambling person in the world & my game of choice is Blink - where I can pour real money into imaginary money & lose a lot of it while making idiots think I'm winning. (Keep imagining, but not me)
Maybe I am a old stats man, who never gambled in a casino or bought a single lottery ticket in my life, but have spent a lot of time teaching the Theory of Probability, The Theory of Regression Toward the Mean, & used of lot of gambling scenarios in my lessons & really love to get my hands on large databases so I can become engrossed in a wonderful evening of doing several Multiple Linear Regressions with just a little tweak to one important variable to see how it finally comes out. (Well, maybe a little, but I wouldn't say "engrossed")
Maybe I'm an old guy who retired with a bunch of guys for whom I have a lot of respect & we all get together several times a year & have known each other for at least 35 years or more, & we all have kids & most of us have G-kids who have grown up together as they moved from school to school as the family followed their Soldier/ Father around the world & some of whom play Eve & my buddies want to give them game time but want them to earn it with good grades instead of taking time away from their studies to grind out PLEX, so they deposit the exact amount of money in my PayPal account when the kid has reached a goal which tells me exactly how many GTCs to buy after clicking through Blink to help support their many contributions to the Eve community (to which you are most likely oblivious). I then sell the PLEX to the kids & G-Kids for ISK at a much lower than market price, leaving me with a bonus added to my account for clicking through Blink & some ISK with which to play. "Ah", you say, "RMT!" Sorry, I petitioned it to be sure I was not violating any rules & Sr GM Nova agrees.
Maybe one of my null sec buddies needs a specific Blink Prize & can't find one closer than 60 jumps thru NBSI & tells me he doesn't care what it costs.
Ok, New toon, old blink. If I sold Rep234 to keep a low profile & switched my blink acct to a new toon I just created with a new name to hide out from hate mail & people who accuse before they have any real knowledge of what the hell is going on, so I name the new one "Rep234.1" You'd be wrongly accusing Blink of being "Full of accounts..yada yada," see your baseless complaint above.
Think that answers your last baseless complaint about new toons with millions., too, huh?
U say Rigged? GTFO! |
Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
80
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Posted - 2013.06.04 09:02:00 -
[1582] - Quote
Coiled Meza wrote:Ok now after the 750Trillion Celebration. After reading the drawing they " draw the winners" I Have to attest this is a scam. Why would somone like Replacement 234 as the there go to person always say hey somer blink is for real well ya no kidding if your winning almost every bonk that has been and what happened to the person that was not even made in game as of yet winning they are gone off there page now you cant even find them.
The odds of somone supposdly so dang high that this person has won so much? on the bonks and mini-bonks? As Chirriba has stated his dice are good. What they do with it is up to them yet I have messed around with this DIce application and yes you can adjust the dice after is has rolled.
Then replacment has posted aswell as being broke when trying to purchase a Char. Yet is low on isk after he/she has won 11,577,280,004,300 ISK as of this posting jjust not possable so with that blink you can kiss this person goodbye.
And on another note They got rid of Shattered Crystal thats fine but Be warned Markee Dragon or what ever its called has ripped me off over $700 so have fun with that one.
I am not Blink's go to guy. I think they would prefer if I kept my mouth shut. But you mentioned my name - You brought me into this and for that I ask you kiss my patoot. I'll give ya an hour to draw a crowd.
To date, I have won two bonks and if my memory serves me correctly six mini-bonks. Andrev has a better record keeping system than I do and he has my full permission to disclose my full bonk and mini-bonk winning and losing record. I've lost mini-bonks when I owned more than 50% of the outstanding tickets. Only recently, did I start making an effort on the Bonks with more than 100 or maybe 1000 tickets but now buying several billion ISK worth of tickets, often over 10 billion. I think the Bonk I put the most ISK on was more that 15 billion and I lost it, but did win a nice mini-bonk that week with just a few hundred tickets, I think. Won nothing in today's drawings. Didja notice?
I don't believe I've tried to buy a char in a very long time at least not for me. I do some 3d party repping. If I activated all of my accounts and filled each slot, I would have 42 toons. I just don't know what I might do with # 43. I do remember some fool several months back posting a quote from the Toon bazaar from when Rep was trying to buy a toon for a client who had given me a limit to spend. In the negotiating I (Rep) gave the buyer a number like 8 billion or something and told the buyer if was all I had! The fool put that quote in (I think this forum) making a big deal about how I could only have 8 billion and few weeks later show up in blink betting billions! His tinfoil hat was screwed on so tight he was sure he had caught a live one.
Rep was a neglected alt I used to buy and sell character and ships for others and I had another toon playing blink - I actually brought that toon in to blink thinking it would only take me a week of two, maybe a month to "out" Blink as a scam like all the other lotteries I had seen come and go. I came to the conclusion it is legit and wanted to get that well trained toon back out of sight, so I changed the Blink account over to Rep, who was really an unknown, except for all the guys in my main corp who used him to buy and sell stuff to their enemies. Just before I changed the original toon out of the blink acct and put Rep in, I had just deposited about 20 or 25 bil in Blink after I was sure it was legit and rep hit the ground running. I answered that accusation back then and here it is again - some other fool only read half of what was available and because it fit his agenda - he sprung it on me again. Really funny when think how stupid someone must be about bargaining. Maybe he thought I should have said, " I have 60 bil, but I can't go over 8 bil, sorry 8.1 is just too high." Send him to me - "Let's make a deal"
You, like so many others, fail to understand "Value of Blinks Won" I've explained in this forum several times how that has nothing to do with profit. My most recent explanation of it is real close by, but so as not to take the suspense out of the exploration feature of Eve, I'm not going to give you any further hints.
Blink did not get rid of Shattered Crystal. It is well known that Shattered Crystal (the residential house listed on their bankruptcy filing with Multnomah County, OR. is less than a 20 minute drive from my house) stopped paying affiliates for click-thrus & then the bankruptcy.
Many suffer gambler's remorse, and frankly, severe gambler's remorse is an early symptom of addiction to gambling. It is in the best interest of anyone with gambler's remorse to quit gambling or being in close proximity to where gambling is occurring. No one sets out to become addicted to anything, but some do become addicted to things like caffeine, running or even unnecessary hand washing. It is the addictions which negatively interfere with our lives, like narcotics/alcohol or gambling are the ones which destroy people's lives and drive their loved ones away. So anyone who thinks he or she should step away, should probably step away. The internet is full of good and bad information about every kind of addiction, so I urge anyone who feels discomfort to become knowledgeable of the symptoms and avoid them. I'm not saying this to anyone in particular because no one can declare another as being addicted to anything because that never serves any purpose but to anger and alienate. Each person must learn the symptoms and make a determination if the symptoms match their own behaviors and feelings. If you feel as though you may be in jeopardy of an addiction to anything, check your local yellow pages. speak to someone you trust, perhaps a clergyman or a social worker at a local hospital, even your doctor and you will be put in touch with those who can help.
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Hydra Fire
Cryptic System
4
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Posted - 2013.06.06 00:42:00 -
[1583] - Quote
i have technicly won over 40 billion isk but that is no profit, i have actually lost alot of iso. and as for the bonks. its because replacment invests a hell of alot of tonkens into it as to why she usualy wins. i can bet that you have not invested over 30k mini bonk tickets into a mini bonk. i won a mini bonk just once and i am grateful for that but honestly if you do think its a scam dont play. and as to the guy who claims he lost over 700$ to markee dragon, if it is true the i am sorry for your loss.
as to replecment dont anyone try and call her a bot she plays the game and she seems to be lucky. she is right we have no idea as to how much she has invested and lost. so dont come here on the post and start wiening about you tiny losses. i dare you to invest more then a meer 10 million isk and see how you do. who know you might win alot or you might lose it all.
there are also other gambling sites out there. These sites make a profit off of those who are stupid. so when you play make sure you play smart or GTFO.
Hydra |
Skelee VI
Wraithguard.
BricK sQuAD.
26
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Posted - 2013.06.06 16:27:00 -
[1584] - Quote
Simple for you
isk won - isk invested = profit/loss
Don't like it don't play |
USS OMAHA
The Scope
Gallente Federation
2
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Posted - 2013.06.07 13:27:00 -
[1585] - Quote
Sore losers I guess, Ive recently started blinking and yes I've lost more than I've won but when you work out the isk invested and isk won I'm ahead by almost 2bill.
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Cyrano Buckminster
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2013.06.11 02:48:00 -
[1586] - Quote
I can no longer access the blink chat channel. Is it broken? I didn't do anything to get banned as far as I am aware. Help! |
Mrs Brisby
Cambridge Support
1
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Posted - 2013.06.12 03:14:00 -
[1587] - Quote
There should be a promo every time the server crash's LOL |
Aura Austrene
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
1
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Posted - 2013.06.13 10:44:00 -
[1588] - Quote
Will 850T be a celebration I wonder? |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
183
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Posted - 2013.06.13 11:41:00 -
[1589] - Quote
Aura Austrene wrote:Will 850T be a celebration I wonder?
Yep! The gifts, Bonus Blinks, Blink Blast, Bonk, Minibonks, promo madness, and all the other celebration pantsless mayhem are every 50T of prizes given away :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Rapid Pheonix
Brave Newbies Inc.
Brave Collective
0
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Posted - 2013.06.14 15:02:00 -
[1590] - Quote
I dont know if i'm really lucky or what but winning a loki off a 15m deposit as my first time playing made my day. I'm really enjoying this so far. |
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Callista Cygnus
Ast Bandit Holdings
0
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Posted - 2013.06.16 22:39:00 -
[1591] - Quote
Just signed up, hoping to win *something* soon haha! |
Cheet0420
Internet Terrorists
Rebel Alliance of New Eden
0
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Posted - 2013.06.17 00:59:00 -
[1592] - Quote
always fun for structure bashes! |
Skelee VI
Wraithguard.
BricK sQuAD.
29
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Posted - 2013.06.18 19:18:00 -
[1593] - Quote
Should make it one ticket per blink! |
ArroganTz Ogeko
Lords of Entropy
V.e.G.A.
0
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Posted - 2013.06.18 22:40:00 -
[1594] - Quote
Good old Times :D
http://puu.sh/38THa.png |
Ona Bender
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2013.06.19 13:32:00 -
[1595] - Quote
Skelee VI wrote:Should make it one ticket per blink!
**** that. |
Ona Bender
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2013.06.19 13:39:00 -
[1596] - Quote
Replacement 234 wrote:TLDR
Good god man, you do a good impression of my wife. |
Coiled Meza
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
12
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Posted - 2013.06.21 20:04:00 -
[1597] - Quote
Well Just caught somthing very nice. A player that was born on in eve Player name is 222000 Born on 2013.04.30 but been playing blink since 2011
Look for yourself Kinda fishy. http://cogdev.net/blink/?act=profile&id=93278547 |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
186
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Posted - 2013.06.21 20:23:00 -
[1598] - Quote
We only allow one Blink account per person. When someone sells the character they have registered on the site, or just wants to change which character they play from, we transfer the Blink account and all the achievements over for them. If the target character is newer than the Blink account, you get a profile like this :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Carver Be'Goode Zanjoahir
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
0
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Posted - 2013.06.21 22:31:00 -
[1599] - Quote
Coiled Meza wrote:Actually I have been blinking Befor Replacement. It was with Different account as I sold a Char. Took a break from eve what not. I was there when Blink messed up and let everyone blink on stuff for free then you had to take site down for I think it was 10min to fix the code as everyone was able to blink for free. I was there when you had a bonk for the Faction Super Carrier. I was there when You bonked your first titan.
And you say you blinked before Replacement 234 who won his first award on April 3, 2012 and offer knowledge of events only a player from an earlier time would know about to give credence to your statement. You certainly have convinced me you played before Rep234 began blinking and several months before Coiled Meza was created on December 1, 2012. So I guess you blinked before your character was born on December 1, 2012.
Isn't that the part you are confused about... someone shown with awards on a date before their character creation?
Oh wait, I get it, you sold the character you blinked with and then started a new blink account with this new character.
Well that would mean you have two blink accounts for one person (at least 2) and that is against the rules. I guess you have collected some award isk for the same awards on more than one occasion.
I suppose they have that rule to keep people from collecting a bunch of awards ISK, then when the game gets harder after the low hanging fruit of the awards are plucked players don't just start an new alt and collect all those awards over again. Not like it is for Replacement now as he has to win a trillion ISK between his awards now.
What about Char blinking that have yet to be made in game? Explain that one yet this person is now removed from your Page I had the link stored on my BMs this person has since been removed with no trace of her on your website.
And for your last bit of bewilderment, it seems to me that is what would happen if a person biomassed the character they blinked with and then followed the rules by transferring that person's blink account to an charecter created after the person's blink account had been established. I guess, you are bewildered as that person followed the rules, something you seem to have a difficult time doing. A Rule that gets discussed nearly every day in chat and is clearly posted in the rules of the game.
"Only one Blink account per person is allowed, even if you have multiple Eve accounts."
I'd hate to have to explain something difficult to understand to you, something like operating a water fountain or why some kinds of shoes don't have laces. I'm sure there are conspiracies in both of those examples.
And I thought we were rid of you when you told us we could kiss you goodbye. I didn't volunteer to kiss you, maybe nobody did and that is why you are still hanging around not understanding things which have been explained to you in very simple to understand words. In fact on several occasions if you had the time to do a little research of this forum as it seems like that little quirk is used as the example in the "Blink Conspiracy Handbook" that seems to get passed around - Maybe they are a free gift with the sale of every tinfoil hat. But then you did half the research on Rep's net worth when he was buying a toon for somebody else - That was really funny how you screwed that up! |
Ona Bender
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2013.06.22 02:51:00 -
[1600] - Quote
Continue to point out sh!t that looks like shenanigans. Like 3 sets of the same person winning a promo twice in a row visible on the promo history page at the same time - or the same 4 people winning a promo in the same order twice in a row visible on the promo history page at the same time. Everybody should do that about everything - but should remember that it's not proof of any ACTUAL shenanigans.
Making accusations without proof is no only f***ed up, it can be illegal (see slander or libel). Why does it always have to be, "this looks odd, therefore there's a conspiracy", why can't it just stop at "this looks odd".
Also...remember...calling someone stupid for asking questions can make it look like you're either hiding something or a kiss-a$$ sheep.
Not sayin', just sayin'.
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Carver Be'Goode Zanjoahir
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
0
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Posted - 2013.06.22 06:35:00 -
[1601] - Quote
I don't really follow the promos. I go for a number and sometimes get it, but I'm averaging about 1 out of 375 which seems reasonable as the average number of people playing promos might be around 375 or perhaps less. I understand stats enough to know three in a row is unusual, but certainly possible.
I don't like to bring in a person's ability to think, but when it's absence is so obviously missing about the understanding of such a simple concept and to have the same thing explained multiple times in multiple ways by multiple people to a person who might not be a native English speaker, but has decent fluency and is probably trolling... I'd rather question the person's ability to comprehend simple concepts than to applaud one's ability to troll. Trolls are their own kind of fool, but in a troll rich environment I'd much rather question comprehension than trollery.
It is very simple, you either believe the process is being done as honestly as possible, or just go away. If I had any doubts, I would be gone and not wasting my time trying to save the rest of the eve world from some form of scam.
As you can see from my forum history, I don't post often. |
Ona Bender
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2013.06.22 08:32:00 -
[1602] - Quote
Urga.
That guy deserved your ire, no question. I just want to make sure people aren't afraid to speak up with they see sh!t that ain't right, and that others don't automatically brand them idiots for the same. |
ECHBlackthorn
The Studmuffin's
Defiance Enterprises
12
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Posted - 2013.06.22 14:53:00 -
[1603] - Quote
... Well its almost that time again :D I wish everyone the best of luck *\o/*
Blacky |
Zyzz Shavershian
The Riot Formation
Unclaimed.
2
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Posted - 2013.06.23 14:15:00 -
[1604] - Quote
Had lots of fun during the celebration. Great service from Somer when I got a 2x bonus blink on a skillbook and I wanted different races which wasn't an option on the website. After convo'ing Somer I had a new contract up in 5 minutes! As long as I keep winning imma keep blinking! |
ratuchikaka
Enlightened Academy
0
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Posted - 2013.06.24 15:47:00 -
[1605] - Quote
It's nice and works astonishingly fast.
Best lottery page I've been ever.
Lots of iskies won and hoping to win some more! |
Dalts
Brothers ln Arms
36
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Posted - 2013.06.25 18:24:00 -
[1606] - Quote
BLINK down??? |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
167
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Posted - 2013.06.25 21:00:00 -
[1607] - Quote
We were being DDoS'd, but should be okay for the moment.
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
Sithiroth
Perkone
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2013.06.26 01:12:00 -
[1608] - Quote
Somerset Mahm wrote:We were being DDoS'd, but should be okay for the moment.
What is heck is DDoS'd? <-- so confused. |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
167
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Posted - 2013.06.26 01:26:00 -
[1609] - Quote
A DDoS is a network-based attack that tries to overwhelm the server so it can't do anything. It's like what happened to Eve a couple weeks back (but smaller of course).
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
L'amour Sauvage
Underworld Group
8
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Posted - 2013.06.26 03:07:00 -
[1610] - Quote
Normally I see places stagnate or go lax and stifle their own name.
Both somewhat sad and yet fantastically happy Blink makes me. I say sad only because a game persona adds to my faith in humanity rather than what I see day to day.
Courtesy, respect, altruism, dedication, ethics, honesty, defenders of meek and weak in chat, innovative, progressive and free of spite.
I've already seen the stand Blink has made inspire others on the web in various avenues and subtleties.
Keep it up guys. People are watching, learning and gaining more respect for others as well as their own beliefs due to your endeavors.
P.S. Egad no bondage? Storm brews
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Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
80
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Posted - 2013.06.26 07:12:00 -
[1611] - Quote
L'amour Sauvage wrote:Normally I see places stagnate or go lax and stifle their own name.
Both somewhat sad and yet fantastically happy Blink makes me. I say sad only because a game persona adds to my faith in humanity rather than what I see day to day.
Courtesy, respect, altruism, dedication, ethics, honesty, defenders of meek and weak in chat, innovative, progressive and free of spite.
I've already seen the stand Blink has made inspire others on the web in various avenues and subtleties.
Keep it up guys. People are watching, learning and gaining more respect for others as well as their own beliefs due to your endeavors.
P.S. Egad no bondage? Storm brews
Well said, my friend. And I have to tell you, I admire your patience. I think the pilot light on my patience generator went out and medicare doesn't cover it. |
Rroff
Questionable Ethics.
Ministry of Inappropriate Footwork
278
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Posted - 2013.06.26 16:01:00 -
[1612] - Quote
Somerset Mahm wrote:A DDoS is a network-based attack that tries to overwhelm the server so it can't do anything. It's like what happened to Eve a couple weeks back (but smaller of course).
You do have to wonder as to the intelligence of someone who DDoS attacks a site where the users pretty much subject it to the equivalent of a DDoS in normal operation :O
/me goes back to clicking active blinks button |
Skelee VI
Wraithguard.
BricK sQuAD.
29
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Posted - 2013.06.26 17:02:00 -
[1613] - Quote
What a hoax, I try to use number 73 on promos, 9 of 10 times i get the number, last night with all the site problems, 2 promos won with number 73! I clicked on the damn number too and the site crashed no message number was taken at the time! |
Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
80
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Posted - 2013.06.26 21:46:00 -
[1614] - Quote
Skelee VI wrote:What a hoax, I try to use number 73 on promos, 9 of 10 times i get the number, last night with all the site problems, 2 promos won with number 73! I clicked on the damn number too and the site crashed no message number was taken at the time!
I understand the problems last night with the DDoS jackasses, who I hope are caught and dealt with. Though blink is an game within a game, the site gets paid real money for click-through for plex sales, so a DDoS attacking a financial website is a little different than a DDoS attacking Aunt Martha's Live cam for watching her house paint dry.
I don't understand the hoax... Oh wait, sorry .. nevermind, I see you are in Brick Squad. |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
168
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Posted - 2013.06.26 23:22:00 -
[1615] - Quote
The issues should now be resolved. Please let us know if you continue to see anything amiss. Thanks for your support!
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
Anemone RoseThorn
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2013.06.27 12:31:00 -
[1616] - Quote
Hallo i am new too somer blink but each time i try too log in it give an eror wich says i can have one acount per person but this is my only acount could you please help me cause i deposited isk in and now i cant even play |
Skelee VI
Wraithguard.
BricK sQuAD.
29
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Posted - 2013.06.27 15:25:00 -
[1617] - Quote
Replacement 234 wrote:Skelee VI wrote:What a hoax, I try to use number 73 on promos, 9 of 10 times i get the number, last night with all the site problems, 2 promos won with number 73! I clicked on the damn number too and the site crashed no message number was taken at the time! I understand the problems last night with the DDoS jackasses, who I hope are caught and dealt with. Though blink is an game within a game, the site gets paid real money for click-through for plex sales, so a DDoS attacking a financial website is a little different than a DDoS attacking Aunt Martha's Live cam for watching her house paint dry. I don't understand the hoax... Oh wait, sorry .. nevermind, I see you are in Brick Squad.
WTF what alliance I am in have to do with anything on Blink? Replacement 234, sounds like an alt hiding.. botter maybe?
The site is back up and running fine now as far as I can tell. |
Doomessa
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
0
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Posted - 2013.06.28 07:27:00 -
[1618] - Quote
What is the minimum amount of blinks played to be able to roll om promos and how often?
Seen so many characters with only promos as favorite blinks and with two or more in
their last five winnings. |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
170
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Posted - 2013.06.28 08:37:00 -
[1619] - Quote
You only have to play one Blink every 48 hours to play in promos, so it costs as little as 2M every 2 days.
Once you've deposited 1B ISK over the lifetime of your account, you can play promos from that point forward for only the 1 token.
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
ROXGenghis
Agony Unleashed
Agony Empire
132
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Posted - 2013.07.01 16:40:00 -
[1620] - Quote
Any news about Shattered Crystal paying up? Or are you giving up on them and gonna stick with Markee Dragon permanently? |
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Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
170
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Posted - 2013.07.01 21:21:00 -
[1621] - Quote
I got bankruptcy papers in the mail from the Portland bankruptcy court, and they don't respond to e-mail. I'm pretty sure they're not going to be very helpful.
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
ROXGenghis
Agony Unleashed
Agony Empire
132
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Posted - 2013.07.02 13:40:00 -
[1622] - Quote
Roger that. I just bought from Markee Dragon for the first time and can confirm that they did not rip me off :) |
Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
80
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Posted - 2013.07.03 08:53:00 -
[1623] - Quote
Skelee VI wrote:Replacement 234 wrote:Skelee VI wrote:What a hoax, I try to use number 73 on promos, 9 of 10 times i get the number, last night with all the site problems, 2 promos won with number 73! I clicked on the damn number too and the site crashed no message number was taken at the time! I understand the problems last night with the DDoS jackasses, who I hope are caught and dealt with. Though blink is an game within a game, the site gets paid real money for click-through for plex sales, so a DDoS attacking a financial website is a little different than a DDoS attacking Aunt Martha's Live cam for watching her house paint dry. I don't understand the hoax... Oh wait, sorry .. nevermind, I see you are in Brick Squad. WTF what alliance I am in have to do with anything on Blink? Replacement 234, sounds like an alt hiding.. botter maybe? The site is back up and running fine now as far as I can tell.
Alt? Absolutely. But I am not an "alt hiding", I'm right here.
Actually, The Bricks are one of my favorite alliiances. It may have been before your time, it is not worth it to me to look it up, but the leadership of Darius gave so many of us in the incursion community such great laughter when he was going to demonstrate that there was no risk for the isk when doing hisec incursions and promptly spent over an hour losing ships fighting a mothership fleet when an incursion fleet normally took 20-30 minutes in those days and didn't lose more than half the fleet at least a couple of times. As I recall, Darius himself lost a few big ticket Logi ships. Another Mom site was up at the time and when someone asked one of your guys if you were going after that one too. the answer had something to do with "hell no". So Darius ended up losing well over a bil to win 65mil and show there was no risk for the isk. I know the annals of Brick probably have revised that history, but I watched it happen. We were quite amused at the irony and Brick's rep took a nosedive. So, when it comes to understanding things, anyone with the brick tied around their necks was given a pass for not picking up on the obvious.
Botter? There must a chain of "logic" which carried you there from the limited involvement we've had and I still don't get where "hoax" came in. Do you really think Blink arranged a DDoS against themselves so they could fix it so someone won twice on your favorite number? With over 70k accounts, I'm sure they went to the trouble to be sure you weren't holding your fave number when it won not once, but TWICE!
And c'mon - coming from a place like brick, you ought to know that bots don't post on the forums, or maybe they do - I am really not familiar with what bots do, except when we encounter them and mess up there day. |
Jakob Anedalle
Beelzebub Corp
60
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Posted - 2013.07.07 23:44:00 -
[1624] - Quote
I really liked the 10x and 100x promos recently. I love the idea of winning 10,20,100 cheap ships which would just be begging to be lost roaming out in low.
Trying out all the things to do here in Eve - it's quite a checklist.
So I made a blog Jakob's Eve Checklist |
Feardelina Crimson
5-36
4
|
Posted - 2013.07.10 03:31:00 -
[1625] - Quote
Look here:
http://s019.radikal.ru/i640/1307/4a/8b2a2f866e00.jpg
Now, look here:
http://evewho.com/pilot/Nina+Kvhorm
Do you think I will believe in your integrity? This player is a shell, it's 100%
How to win 3 Promo on 70 Blink??????
What more can you say ... botter maybe? |
Doomessa
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
0
|
Posted - 2013.07.10 07:28:00 -
[1626] - Quote
Feardelina Crimson wrote:
You can only see regular blinks played on other players iirc so the character
you are pointing out might have played 1000 promos.
The low blink count of 70 maybe that he/she/it has reached the minimum
played/deposit to leech on promos for a lifetime
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Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
186
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Posted - 2013.07.10 07:39:00 -
[1627] - Quote
Doom got it in one :)
The "Value of Blinks Won" and number of "Blinks Played" on the profile pages are normal, for ISK blinks. It doesn't count promos in either statistic.
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Rroff
Questionable Ethics.
Ministry of Inappropriate Footwork
283
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Posted - 2013.07.10 12:40:00 -
[1628] - Quote
Feardelina Crimson wrote:
I won a Vindicator, 250m blink credit and 10x Drakes on promos almost in a row recently, it happens. |
Garandras
Black Aces
Against ALL Authorities
0
|
Posted - 2013.07.10 22:33:00 -
[1629] - Quote
What Blink really needs is a why that I can deposit Isk while not in EvE..
I like to hit up blink while I'm at work... to hit the Promos.. but would really love to be able to chuck a couple of hundred mill down so play at work.. (I tried a couple of times doing it just before I logged off for the night.. then end up playing with it all in bed on the mobile D=
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Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
171
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Posted - 2013.07.10 22:40:00 -
[1630] - Quote
Yep, it would require an API to allow you to manipulate your wallet outside of the game, likely through Eve Gate or via CREST. It'd be fun!
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
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Touzu
The Littlest Hobos
Whores in space
11
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Posted - 2013.07.11 00:49:00 -
[1631] - Quote
Just wanted to thank all the people behind somerblink. I really do enjoy it and look forward to playing more and more in the future |
Garandras
Black Aces
Against ALL Authorities
0
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Posted - 2013.07.11 03:07:00 -
[1632] - Quote
Somerset Mahm wrote:Yep, it would require an API to allow you to manipulate your wallet outside of the game, likely through Eve Gate or via CREST. It'd be fun!
See i would be cool with handing over a API for this..
It means I don't have to waste my in game time ratting and get to focus on PvP |
Anilusion
SQUIDS.
0
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Posted - 2013.07.12 02:02:00 -
[1633] - Quote
Does the ISK you get for buying plex count towards the achievements of depositing isk to your account? Basically, do I unlock the 1B achievement that removes the 48h limit for buying 4 ETC? |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
188
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Posted - 2013.07.12 03:00:00 -
[1634] - Quote
Yep! The bonus credit from GTCs counts towards all deposit achievements and limitations, including the promo restriction or gift requirements :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Garandras
Black Aces
Against ALL Authorities
0
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Posted - 2013.07.12 05:39:00 -
[1635] - Quote
I lol'd looking at my stats today.. in the past week of playing I have deposited 12bil in isk.. I have never had that much in my wallet D= |
Ona Bender
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2013.07.12 17:05:00 -
[1636] - Quote
Somerset Mahm wrote:Yep, it would require an API to allow you to manipulate your wallet outside of the game, likely through Eve Gate or via CREST. It'd be fun!
This might be skirting the edge...and I know it's not quite this simple...but what about something like this:
Provide a service where I can get blink credit with a GTC
I am responsible for going to Markee Dragon and buying a GTC
I submit the GTC to you
You verify the GTC is good (convert to PLEX or whatever)
You credit my Blink account - some predetermined amount (buy out price of 2 PLEX) - or a % of Jita price or whatever
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Karti Aivo
Carnivore Company
16
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Posted - 2013.07.13 13:02:00 -
[1637] - Quote
Ona Bender wrote:
This might be skirting the edge...and I know it's not quite this simple...but what about something like this:
Provide a service where I can get blink credit with a GTC
I am responsible for going to Markee Dragon and buying a GTC
I submit the GTC to you
You verify the GTC is good (convert to PLEX or whatever)
You credit my Blink account - some predetermined amount (buy out price of 2 PLEX) - or a % of Jita price or whatever
Whatever makes it so hard for you to Login, sell plex, transfer money. Really.
Like you want to throw Real Money into a website but are too lazy to do 3 mouse-clicks that add a shitload layers of security and most important: less legal trouble for somer.
You even get free blink credit for doing so. The only mechanical difference to your imaginary system and the system existent today is, that you actually put the GTC Code into EVE, rightclicl the item u just created, click sell, send money to somer. |
Rroff
Questionable Ethics.
Ministry of Inappropriate Footwork
284
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Posted - 2013.07.13 16:02:00 -
[1638] - Quote
I'd imagine that a system where your effectively paying money directly to somer for tokens to play would change the gambling laws, auditing, etc. somer has to adhere to a lot. (I'd imagine with the current setup they skirt around most of the issues with money laundering, etc. that proper gambling establishments have to deal with). |
Ona Bender
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2013.07.14 01:48:00 -
[1639] - Quote
Karti Aivo wrote:
Whatever makes it so hard for you to Login, sell plex, transfer money. Really.
Like you want to throw Real Money into a website but are too lazy to do 3 mouse-clicks that add a shitload layers of security and most important: less legal trouble for somer.
You even get free blink credit for doing so. The only mechanical difference to your imaginary system and the system existent today is, that you actually put the GTC Code into EVE, rightclicl the item u just created, click sell, send money to somer.
Are you on your period or something? |
Jeff Nelson
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2013.07.14 02:02:00 -
[1640] - Quote
Ona Bender wrote:Are you on your period or something?
That's what happens when guys use chick toons. |
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jonoaod
Helghan Imperial Armada
Apocalypse Now.
0
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Posted - 2013.07.15 04:15:00 -
[1641] - Quote
To be honest Somer blink doesnt seem to be at all fun or profitable that much, i only won 9 blinks and didn't eve get the isk worth full, probably made 225mil off of the site even thu the site says i won over 306mil, the wining ratio is pretty riged or unfair so far, and losing interest in the Blinks,. So probly closing my blink account by the end of the week. 46 blinks played and 9 won so losing interest in the gambling |
arabella blood
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
74
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Posted - 2013.07.15 08:14:00 -
[1642] - Quote
jonoaod wrote:To be honest Somer blink doesnt seem to be at all fun or profitable that much, i only won 9 blinks and didn't eve get the isk worth full, probably made 225mil off of the site even thu the site says i won over 306mil, the wining ratio is pretty riged or unfair so far, and losing interest in the Blinks,. So probly closing my blink account by the end of the week. 46 blinks played and 9 won so losing interest in the gambling
You should teach your method of "losing interest" to addicts, it sounds promising :) |
jonoaod
Helghan Imperial Armada
Apocalypse Now.
0
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Posted - 2013.07.15 18:03:00 -
[1643] - Quote
You should teach your method of "losing interest" to addicts, it sounds promising :)[/quote]
Addicts are hard to teach. They never listen
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jonoaod
Helghan Imperial Armada
Apocalypse Now.
0
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Posted - 2013.07.15 20:27:00 -
[1644] - Quote
startign to get addicted to it =P now at 192 blinks with only 36 wins =P |
arabella blood
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
77
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Posted - 2013.07.15 20:43:00 -
[1645] - Quote
jonoaod wrote:startign to get addicted to it =P now at 192 blinks with only 36 wins =P
Don't dissapoint us!! quit while you can! |
Amizo Hamma
NoChumps Corp
3
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Posted - 2013.07.16 03:08:00 -
[1646] - Quote
I think they need to add an achievement for the unlucky such as myself....
http://i.imgur.com/KyqQhvO.png |
Casay
Lianowar Legion
The Explicit Alliance
0
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Posted - 2013.07.16 08:15:00 -
[1647] - Quote
Did TurboJ win a blast in the past specifically between the 750T celebration and now? I remember him being surprised in the chat channel he won back then. If not may I request a list of the blast winners between the 750T celebration and now? Thanks. |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
191
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Posted - 2013.07.16 12:35:00 -
[1648] - Quote
Sure!
The 750T Blast winners were Joxxy, Stockatar, CaptainRonaldo, super amarrian, and Root Canals.
The 800T Blast winners were Coca Tente, Xellahmai Dallocort, Matt Reddy, Unknown Item, and BBsoerjabi.
The 850T Blast winners were Mykyl David, Evo 3, Hydra Fire, Amigo Frapachino, and GrAn Perm. :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Casay
Lianowar Legion
The Explicit Alliance
0
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Posted - 2013.07.16 13:02:00 -
[1649] - Quote
Ah thank you. It would appear I had my names mixed up. My apologies. |
Coiled Meza
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
12
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Posted - 2013.07.16 17:05:00 -
[1650] - Quote
Casay wrote:Ah thank you. It would appear I had my names mixed up. My apologies.
I think your Right I do remember TurboJ wining the Blast but who knows. |
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Mangala Solaris
Red Federation
RvB - RED Federation
566
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Posted - 2013.07.19 13:06:00 -
[1651] - Quote
As you all know by now AT Eleven starts tomorrow and RvB will be taking part with our first match of this campaign kicking off against Why So Serious.
However RvB being in the Alliance Tournament is not something we undertake lightly, or cheaply. Alongside many donations of all sizes and types from our members & fellow pilots, we are sponsored by the wonderful people at Somerblink, eve's premier mini lottery provider.
This support has allowed us to put in an excellent bid for entry this year, field a glorious flagship - in our case this is the "Somerblink" which uses a Vindicator hull - and ensure we are as well supplied as we can be for this our third visit to CCP space, from implants to ammo to hulls.
So thankyou to everyone at Somerblink!!!
Mangala Undocked |
arabella blood
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
81
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Posted - 2013.07.19 14:06:00 -
[1652] - Quote
Mangala Solaris wrote:As you all know by now AT Eleven starts tomorrow and RvB will be taking part with our first match of this campaign kicking off against Why So Serious. However RvB being in the Alliance Tournament is not something we undertake lightly, or cheaply. Alongside many donations of all sizes and types from our members & fellow pilots, we are sponsored by the wonderful people at Somerblink, eve's premier mini lottery provider. This support has allowed us to put in an excellent bid for entry this year, field a glorious flagship - in our case this is the "Somerblink" which uses a Vindicator hull - and ensure we are as well supplied as we can be for this our third visit to CCP space, from implants to ammo to hulls. So thankyou to everyone at Somerblink!!!
Good luck at the AT!! |
Yummy Yummy Yummy
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
70
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Posted - 2013.07.20 14:08:00 -
[1653] - Quote
I have sent multiple mails to andrev and someset and I never got any type of replies for this so im putting it here.
"in context I 100% effed up and im lf a 2nd chance and unban from blink"
Over a year ago when I was on this character I attempted to make fake contracts to blink players in the attempt at scamming them and also raged in the channel a bit for stupid reasons resulting in a channel ban too.
I then got a new character named Mr Chant and soon after Tridik and I behaved myself for well over 8 months.
Then a short time ago Andrev Nox found out that Mr Chant/Tridik = Yummy.
We had a short convo, and even though I explained I was behaved for such a long time, I was IP banned from the site.
Its been a while since then, while behaving well is no excuse for the misbehaving at the start, i think the perma IP ban was a bit harsh.
I no longer own Tridik or Mr Chant and im prety much me now.
All I want is a 2nd chance, and the ability to gamble safely.
I promise I will cause no issues.
thank you. |
Krakus Rax
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
2
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Posted - 2013.07.20 22:05:00 -
[1654] - Quote
An extra reason to play eve! |
Carver Be'Goode Zanjoahir
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
1
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Posted - 2013.07.22 07:45:00 -
[1655] - Quote
Yummy Yummy Yummy wrote:I have sent multiple mails to andrev and someset and I never got any type of replies for this so im putting it here.
"in context I 100% effed up and im lf a 2nd chance and unban from blink"
Over a year ago when I was on this character I attempted to make fake contracts to blink players in the attempt at scamming them and also raged in the channel a bit for stupid reasons resulting in a channel ban too.
I then got a new character named Mr Chant and soon after Tridik and I behaved myself for well over 8 months.
Then a short time ago Andrev Nox found out that Mr Chant/Tridik = Yummy.
We had a short convo, and even though I explained I was behaved for such a long time, I was IP banned from the site.
Its been a while since then, while behaving well is no excuse for the misbehaving at the start, i think the perma IP ban was a bit harsh.
I no longer own Tridik or Mr Chant and im prety much me now.
All I want is a 2nd chance, and the ability to gamble safely.
I promise I will cause no issues.
thank you.
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Coiled Meza
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
13
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Posted - 2013.07.23 15:44:00 -
[1656] - Quote
Yummy Yummy Yummy wrote:I have sent multiple mails to andrev and someset and I never got any type of replies for this so im putting it here.
"in context I 100% effed up and im lf a 2nd chance and unban from blink"
Over a year ago when I was on this character I attempted to make fake contracts to blink players in the attempt at scamming them and also raged in the channel a bit for stupid reasons resulting in a channel ban too.
I then got a new character named Mr Chant and soon after Tridik and I behaved myself for well over 8 months.
Then a short time ago Andrev Nox found out that Mr Chant/Tridik = Yummy.
We had a short convo, and even though I explained I was behaved for such a long time, I was IP banned from the site.
Its been a while since then, while behaving well is no excuse for the misbehaving at the start, i think the perma IP ban was a bit harsh.
I no longer own Tridik or Mr Chant and im prety much me now.
All I want is a 2nd chance, and the ability to gamble safely.
I promise I will cause no issues.
thank you.
Just call your internet Provider and tell them your banned from a game server which is not a lie lolz. Tell them you need a diff IP funny thing is I can Unplug my Modem for 2 hours and get a new IP lol. |
Carver Be'Goode Zanjoahir
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
1
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Posted - 2013.07.25 07:07:00 -
[1657] - Quote
Coiled Meza wrote:Yummy Yummy Yummy wrote:I have sent multiple mails to andrev and someset and I never got any type of replies for this so im putting it here.
"in context I 100% effed up and im lf a 2nd chance and unban from blink"
Over a year ago when I was on this character I attempted to make fake contracts to blink players in the attempt at scamming them and also raged in the channel a bit for stupid reasons resulting in a channel ban too.
I then got a new character named Mr Chant and soon after Tridik and I behaved myself for well over 8 months.
Then a short time ago Andrev Nox found out that Mr Chant/Tridik = Yummy.
We had a short convo, and even though I explained I was behaved for such a long time, I was IP banned from the site.
Its been a while since then, while behaving well is no excuse for the misbehaving at the start, i think the perma IP ban was a bit harsh.
I no longer own Tridik or Mr Chant and im prety much me now.
All I want is a 2nd chance, and the ability to gamble safely.
I promise I will cause no issues.
thank you. Just call your internet Provider and tell them your banned from a game server which is not a lie lolz. Tell them you need a diff IP funny thing is I can Unplug my Modem for 2 hours and get a new IP lol.
You can paint crap blue, but what is really there is really there. Cheats can have a thousand ways to manipulate the system to get an account they are not supposed to have - cheat to to get the account - but the slimey behavior which is unlikely to change will always give them away.
And oh, BTW, if you think IP is the only thing that identifies your particular computer, you need to get rid of all those DOS manuals.
And this pitiful attempt at how to cheat brought to us by a tinfoil hat guy who wants us to believe it is all rigged, but he still wants to be here. |
Malik AlSadiq
Sumerians
0
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Posted - 2013.07.25 19:26:00 -
[1658] - Quote
Great site Somer, just wanted to know, do the promo blinks happen at certain times? i always seem to miss them. Keep up the good work |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
185
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Posted - 2013.07.26 01:59:00 -
[1659] - Quote
Not really! They are supposed to be random. A reward for checking the site when you can ;)
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
Coiled Meza
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
13
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Posted - 2013.07.26 16:31:00 -
[1660] - Quote
Carver Be'Goode Zanjoahir wrote:Coiled Meza wrote:Yummy Yummy Yummy wrote:I have sent multiple mails to andrev and someset and I never got any type of replies for this so im putting it here.
"in context I 100% effed up and im lf a 2nd chance and unban from blink"
Over a year ago when I was on this character I attempted to make fake contracts to blink players in the attempt at scamming them and also raged in the channel a bit for stupid reasons resulting in a channel ban too.
I then got a new character named Mr Chant and soon after Tridik and I behaved myself for well over 8 months.
Then a short time ago Andrev Nox found out that Mr Chant/Tridik = Yummy.
We had a short convo, and even though I explained I was behaved for such a long time, I was IP banned from the site.
Its been a while since then, while behaving well is no excuse for the misbehaving at the start, i think the perma IP ban was a bit harsh.
I no longer own Tridik or Mr Chant and im prety much me now.
All I want is a 2nd chance, and the ability to gamble safely.
I promise I will cause no issues.
thank you. Just call your internet Provider and tell them your banned from a game server which is not a lie lolz. Tell them you need a diff IP funny thing is I can Unplug my Modem for 2 hours and get a new IP lol. You can paint crap blue, but what is really there is really there. Cheats can have a thousand ways to manipulate the system to get an account they are not supposed to have - cheat to to get the account - but the slimey behavior which is unlikely to change will always give them away. And oh, BTW, if you think IP is the only thing that identifies your particular computer, you need to get rid of all those DOS manuals. And this pitiful attempt at how to cheat brought to us by a tinfoil hat guy who wants us to believe it is all rigged, but he still wants to be here.
I know of ways to block all my Info when I so chose. You wanna call me out being tinfoil so be it you sir can **** off. How much has Somer paid you recently? |
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Amanda Peewith
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
3
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Posted - 2013.07.29 04:44:00 -
[1661] - Quote
Coiled Meza wrote:I know of ... tinfoil.
I can only find aluminum.
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Flatiner
Ghost Net Industrialists
Rebel Alliance of New Eden
1
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Posted - 2013.07.31 03:28:00 -
[1662] - Quote
Seems Somer Blink has a number of Shrills working for them one to point out just from watching the rorqual blinks is Gerson Way .. Just saying perhaps peeps should looks at the top winners and what they are winning.. Oddly enough .. rorquals, plexes and moros' |
Ona Bender
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
3
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Posted - 2013.08.01 02:52:00 -
[1663] - Quote
Flatiner wrote:Seems Somer Blink has a number of Shrills working for them...'
Shills, and OMG, those bastards.
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Jaylaw Nadawa
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2013.08.01 18:56:00 -
[1664] - Quote
Flatiner wrote:Seems Somer Blink has a number of Shrills'
I wanna be a shrill! |
Marcach
TYTAN1A
0
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Posted - 2013.08.02 04:52:00 -
[1665] - Quote
You become arrogant? Tried to play, threw in the early 200kk (well not anymore) and after winning throw me - they say you can only play one. I have no other players! Be kind or refund my money back into the purse, or solve the problem. I repeat - I have no other players! |
Eskimo hoe
Conditioned Response
0
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Posted - 2013.08.02 05:22:00 -
[1666] - Quote
Jaylaw Nadawa wrote:Flatiner wrote:Seems Somer Blink has a number of Shrills' I wanna be a shrill!
Kinky |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
191
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Posted - 2013.08.02 05:25:00 -
[1667] - Quote
Marcach wrote:You become arrogant? Tried to play, threw in the early 200kk (well not anymore) and after winning throw me - they say you can only play one. I have no other players! Be kind or refund my money back into the purse, or solve the problem. I repeat - I have no other players!
PS: Overall, my first impression is just a very negative ....
Hiya!
As was explained with the last 6 accounts you tried to open that we've banned now - your main was banned by CCP for botting, according to the mail you sent us yourself. You're not welcome on our site, and continuing to try opening new accounts will continue to result in them being closed.
Best of luck on that ban appeal, though!
PS: Overall, we find most people who are permabanned have very negative impressions of our site.
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Marcach
TYTAN1A
0
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Posted - 2013.08.02 05:31:00 -
[1668] - Quote
Let's just say, you idiots. In the first one I have not been banned - this time. Secondly, this character is the only player. So you can shove your claims and fancy yourself in the ass - especially uttered in a tone.
Theft of money through this kind Bans for unknown reasons, the unwillingness to understand - only deserves such a response. With disrespect |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
194
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Posted - 2013.08.02 06:33:00 -
[1669] - Quote
So
Marcach wrote:In the first one I have not been banned - this time.
is answered with
Quote:was banned for a month in an exponential wave of bans
And
Quote:this character is the only player. So you can fantasize all you like - but it will not be true.
with
Quote: my old account from maine to which it was attached lottery
We'll consider this ban appeal closed now. :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Marcach
TYTAN1A
0
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Posted - 2013.08.02 07:04:00 -
[1670] - Quote
For a fool by Bonk - you can squirm as best you can. Old characters anymore. In particular, and to which was attached your lottery. This is a new character, and in fact a new life. You are credited with old sins (which you generally do not relate to and are solely my relationship with CCP) to the new character. Moreover, you are not going to return the claims that I threw into your account with the character - you rogues. It's a matter of principle.
PS: On that note, I'm done. Apparently you that communication is a pleasure - you think that you catch someone else's batthert. Maybe so, to some extent I am annoyed - but this irritation is clearly not doing you honor. |
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ISD Tyrozan
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
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Posted - 2013.08.02 21:53:00 -
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Post discussing bans has been removed.
Forum rule 10. Discussion of warnings and bans is prohibited.
ISD Tyrozan
Captain
Community Communication Liaisons (CCLs)
Interstellar Services Department |
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Zane Lowe
Friendship is Podding
Test Alliance Please Ignore
62
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Posted - 2013.08.04 01:20:00 -
[1672] - Quote
Am I allowed to talk about achievements here? I assumed all-nighter was play a blink an hour for 24 hours, but clearly that's not correct. I could really use a hint, because I'm stumped. |
Ronen Osden
Ronen's NEW And Improved Mining Services
10
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Posted - 2013.08.04 08:22:00 -
[1673] - Quote
When do achievement bonuses get paid out? Ive got a TON yellow ...
Also, Ty for getting me addicted to something new. EOH was getting boring.
Non Est Mortale Quad Opto - What-áI-áDesire Is Not Mortal |
Random Tremor
Tremor Recorded
Variable Enterprise Training Standards
6
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Posted - 2013.08.04 20:49:00 -
[1674] - Quote
Zane Lowe wrote:Am I allowed to talk about achievements here? I assumed all-nighter was play a blink an hour for 24 hours, but clearly that's not correct. I could really use a hint, because I'm stumped.
Zane, you have it right, but there seems to be a quirk where your count drops back to zero at eve time midnight I think, but as soon as you play a blink the count goes back to what it should be.
Here is something else which might help you get that one. You just need to blink once in every hour of the eve clock, so do a blink at 59 minutes, go take a leak and blink at 02 minutes of the next hour. Adjust that 59 if you are real accustomed user of the snooze alarm. Or you could break it into two nights by starting between 3 and 4 one morning, go through the day and evening with your last one after 2 am.
Good luck with it
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Random Tremor
Tremor Recorded
Variable Enterprise Training Standards
6
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Posted - 2013.08.04 21:00:00 -
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Flatiner wrote:Seems Somer Blink has a number of Shrills working for them one to point out just from watching the rorqual blinks is Gerson Way .. Just saying perhaps peeps should looks at the top winners and what they are winning.. Oddly enough .. rorquals, plexes and moros'
And here I thought a "shrill" (loved that one!) would just buy one ticket and let the lottery make some money off the other 11 tickets Gerson is buying and losing with.
And another big surprise, I thought all the big winners would be winning raptors and harpies. It never occurred to me that the big winners would be winning high value prizes after buying 75% of the tickets. You have really opened my eyes.
Or maybe "Shrill" is a new hip urban dictionary entry I've just never seen before and it means "a person who puts more at risk to increase the chance of winning, but mostly just ends up winning their own ISK back by only having 25% of the available risk being shared by four other tickets." Maybe it is like "sick" being a good thing - Groovy!
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Memnon Shepard
Naval Protection Corp
0
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Posted - 2013.08.06 06:16:00 -
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Relatively new player here who decided to give blink a try. I tend to eat up most of my ratting ISK in-game due to being a reckless/moronic combat pilot, however have recently promo-blinked a Revelation. After station-spinning the thing for 30 minutes and staring at my screen, I still have no idea what to do with myself.
Much thanks SOMER Blink! |
Doomessa
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
0
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Posted - 2013.08.06 09:13:00 -
[1677] - Quote
Awesome party once again can't wait til 1q .
And Andrev,so "generous" wid dem plexes |
Ankast
New Eden Inc.
0
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Posted - 2013.08.09 00:13:00 -
[1678] - Quote
Is there a known problem with the GTC bonuses?
just bought my GTC but only got 100mnil bonus instead of 200mil :-( |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
187
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Posted - 2013.08.09 02:52:00 -
[1679] - Quote
Ankast wrote:Is there a known problem with the GTC bonuses?
just bought my GTC but only got 100mnil bonus instead of 200mil :-(
30-day GTC give 100M, so it sounds like you got a 30-day one.
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
Hunter Naari
Salty Industries
1
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Posted - 2013.08.09 18:57:00 -
[1680] - Quote
Somerset Mahm,
Any chance we could get privvy to the rules for the 1Q Blink Blast or anything else we should expect with this, most epic, of celebrations? |
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Judo Kahn
United Technologies Group
Yulai Federation
0
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Posted - 2013.08.10 07:41:00 -
[1681] - Quote
can someone fix this:?
Error: this character's account is currently disabled and its password may not be reset.
just started playing Eve again after months, i forgot my pw and might have tried too many times |
ECHBlackthorn
The Studmuffin's
Defiance Enterprises
12
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Posted - 2013.08.10 11:31:00 -
[1682] - Quote
Ok .... can you all stop spending money on blink till about the 21st of august?? I'll be back from the Falklands then and i can enjoy 1Q
I think its only fair don't you?? |
Crystafina
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2013.08.10 18:36:00 -
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So you're approaching 1 Quadrillion (Which is an amazing achievement btw and congrats).
What would be REALLY nice to see is some achievements that come out not solely based around just the money put in but a real recognition of the players who got you there from the beginning. Before you hit 100 trillion for example.
Everything is geared about where we are as players NOW and where you are NOW but you seem to have forgotten the hundreds (not thousands and 10's of thousands of players) who brought you through the early milestones and got you there. Or maybe even hybrid achievements that reflect isk invested + time served to avoid the promo only players.
It's just a thought but it would be a nice |
Crystafina
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
1
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Posted - 2013.08.13 02:24:00 -
[1684] - Quote
Somerset Mahm wrote:
30-day GTC give 100M, so it sounds like you got a 30-day one.
This = income for Somer.
My idea = outlay for Somer.
I guess is why one get answered and one didn't.
What WAS I thinking?
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Ona Bender
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
3
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Posted - 2013.08.14 03:35:00 -
[1685] - Quote
Crystafina wrote:
What WAS I thinking?
And now, if you're lucky, you'll get a snippy response from a NON-blink employee, berating you for your selfishness both for suggesting that you get more achievements AND for expecting a reply, and about how poor blink staff are inundated with complaints and requests and how they don't have time to listen to YOUR whining and how you should be happy with what you do have and... |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
229
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Posted - 2013.08.14 03:46:00 -
[1686] - Quote
Crystafina wrote:
I guess is why one get answered and one didn't.
Alternatively, he posted a question that could be answered, while you posted a suggestion to give you more stuff that doesn't need an answer. If you'd like, you can mail me from your Blink character (the one you posted from doesn't seem to be registered) and I'll be happy to walk you through the achievements you were given that can't be earned by modern players, that were for isk invested or time played. :)
Ona Bender wrote:
And now, if you're lucky, you'll get a snippy response from a NON-blink employee...
Like these? :p
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Ona Bender
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
3
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Posted - 2013.08.14 06:23:00 -
[1687] - Quote
Ona Bender wrote:
And now, if you're lucky, you'll get a snippy response from a NON-blink employee...
*nods gravely* |
soad2237
team crescent fresh
0
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Posted - 2013.08.16 19:03:00 -
[1688] - Quote
My account was disabled because I was at a friends house when I signed up for Blink. Your system thought that I was one user signing up for multiple accounts. Can you please reactivate my account? It is the same name as here, soad2237. Thanks. |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
187
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Posted - 2013.08.16 23:24:00 -
[1689] - Quote
Crystafina wrote:So you're approaching 1 Quadrillion (Which is an amazing achievement btw and congrats).
What would be REALLY nice to see is some achievements that come out not solely based around just the money put in but a real recognition of the players who got you there from the beginning. Before you hit 100 trillion for example.
Everything is geared about where we are as players NOW and where you are NOW but you seem to have forgotten the hundreds (not thousands and 10's of thousands of players) who brought you through the early milestones and got you there. Or maybe even hybrid achievements that reflect isk invested + time served to avoid the promo only players.
It's just a thought but it would be a nice
We plan on giving you "blink birthday" achievements based on the amount of time registered on the site, at some point. Needs cost analysis first.
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
hadan681
Border Patrol
Hashashin Cartel
0
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Posted - 2013.08.17 02:24:00 -
[1690] - Quote
ok it says i have 2 accounts and i need to close down the other one how do i do that it will not let me log on to do anything |
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Ztnef
AQUILA INC
Verge of Collapse
5
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Posted - 2013.08.17 05:08:00 -
[1691] - Quote
Thanks for the fun 1st live event! |
Ueberlisk
The Hatchery
Team Liquid
66
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Posted - 2013.08.17 06:31:00 -
[1692] - Quote
ok this week is gonna get expensive... |
Babar Baboli
CTRL-Q
Iron Oxide.
19
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Posted - 2013.08.17 07:35:00 -
[1693] - Quote
OMG!
Where are the gifts?
I've found the one on the achievements page and the one on the change password page :S |
Frank Pannon
Jade Pork Assasins
67
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Posted - 2013.08.17 08:10:00 -
[1694] - Quote
Seems to be random, I had non there.
Congratulations to Somer and the Blink team for this amazing milestone! |
AssassinationsdoneWrong
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
38
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Posted - 2013.08.17 11:28:00 -
[1695] - Quote
Very well done to Somer, Andrev, Grammar and rest of the team. Site has always progressed with customer service and functionality in mind which is why you were always better.
(WTB TiDi Blink on these bloody celebrations though. Can hardly even play a megablink without the tickets evaporating )
Seriously though congrats again.
AdW
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Doris Dents
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
190
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Posted - 2013.08.17 14:10:00 -
[1696] - Quote
Hi I'm having a problem with Somer Blink.
Just registered today, added 100mil credit and won 2 Plex. Awesome I thought! But upon going to claim my plex I get logged out and the following message pops up:
"Only one Blink account per person allowed."
I've never used Somer Blink before and I'm the only EVE player in my household so I can only think it's because I registered while connected to a common VPN. I've since disconnected from the VPN and tried to log in again but I keep getting the same error.
Please let me claim my plex! Registered using this account. |
Amanda Peewith
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
3
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Posted - 2013.08.19 02:04:00 -
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Friggin' insanity.
At the time I am making this post, there are 1,295,010 bonk tickets sold (yeah, there are 4 ridiculously juicy sets of bonk prizes).
647,505,000,000 isk spent on bonk, so far, and there are still 6d 2h 19m to go.
(P.S. for those of you who might misinterpret this post - I'm just marveling at the ****ing scale, that's all )
(P.P.S - I'm getting carpal tunnel from all the Promos...good god ) |
Amanda Peewith
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
3
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Posted - 2013.08.19 05:19:00 -
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****! *** **** ****** ******* ****! |
ALI Virgo
hirr
RAZOR Alliance
17
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Posted - 2013.08.19 17:08:00 -
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I tried blink and got banned within 30 min. I play eve on 8 accounts. I just linked to register on 8 accounts in eve browsers and after spending or buying tickets nearly a billion I was ip banned. and all 8 charters banned. i did not read the rules carefully or understand your polocy. can not really see well on lap top running 8 clients. I have asked for only my ip to be un banned and for ali virgo to be un banned. and I have appologized. I find it strange that i was allowed to register 8 accounts without any warning and process the isk form each of 8 accounts. and then banned and without warning. I am hoping to reach soem form of miligation because from what i saw i like your game. what can be done for me to play blink. do i need to chage my ip and create accounts or can i just get this bann lifted. I made a miskate on creating 8 accounts at once i did not know.If your refucing to refun the isk and or allow me to play I felel as if I was scammed. Yes it is my fualt to creat 8 accounts and not understand your rules. But isk was taken form 8 accounts and without warning an bann was issued. it was my first time tring out your site. Please consider unbanning me. I wnat to spend lots of isk on one account only. |
Amanda Peewith
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
3
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Posted - 2013.08.20 06:09:00 -
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Ok...whiny little b**** who lost all her pretend internet spaceship moneys or not... 2 years, 8 months, 23 days days ago, I was impressed. Now, I'm in awe...the scale...the amount spent on bonk alone...the trillions isk worth of prizes just during this celebration... Might need to dip into the pretend internet space-kids' space-college fund. |
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Ray Terra
Sims Inc.
0
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Posted - 2013.08.20 06:49:00 -
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Greetings blink, how does the site actualy detect the ingame browser cuz im having this issue where i can log from an external browser but cant seem to be able to log in blink site from ingame ( which is where i need it :P).
Be nice to be able to spend my money every now and again...
Cheers
PS: only 1 account and only 1 regestered account |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
230
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Posted - 2013.08.20 06:56:00 -
[1702] - Quote
To get the site to recognize the IGB, you just need to set the site as "trusted" - but trust isn't required to be able to login on the IGB. Your usual charname and password is all that's required :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
191
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Posted - 2013.08.20 08:16:00 -
[1703] - Quote
Thank you so much to CCP for donating some AWESOME prizes for you guys to win! Check them out at http://cogdev.net/blink/?act=celebration !
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
thesedit
TunDraGon
Suddenly Spaceships.
0
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Posted - 2013.08.20 16:11:00 -
[1704] - Quote
So say I was to accidentally deposit a large quantity of ISK from the wrong character... how would I go about getting that back? |
Forlorn Eskimo
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2013.08.20 18:37:00 -
[1705] - Quote
if you mail Andrev Nox, Billy Bonka , Autumnries Mahm
1 of those from the toon you mailed isk from and they will return it for you |
EricHorst
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2013.08.21 07:18:00 -
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Welcome to the Thief Blink!
While you are playing, you need them. Once your winnings exceed the costs ... And you get it:
Quote:Re: Re: I can't log on in blink!
EricHorst
2013.08.21 07:03
Somerset Mahm,
If I'm guessing numbers in a row, does not mean that I have a script.
What script do? What does this mean?
I see ... You do not want to give away prizes? In this case.
Re: I can't log on in blink!
Somerset Mahm
Using a program / script to automatically play Blink isn't allowed.
Best,
Somer
I can't log on in blink!
From: EricHorst
Sent: 2013.08.21 06:59
To: Somerset Mahm,
What this?
(-Automated activity detected
-Login failed. Please check name and password.
-this character's account is currently disabled and its password may not be reset.)
What does all this mean? I remember the password because it is stored. Maybe I came from a different computer? In this case?
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I know that you play a robot and front players, Now I'm sure of it!
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EricHorst
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2013.08.21 07:21:00 -
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Answer me you b-¦st-¦rds!
Tell them that you just do not want to give away the prize. in your stories about the scripts I do not believe ... |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
192
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Posted - 2013.08.21 07:23:00 -
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thesedit wrote:So say I was to accidentally deposit a large quantity of ISK from the wrong character... how would I go about getting that back?
Yep, just mail us, easy to fix.
Or contact our Customer Service guys in our chat channel.
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
EricHorst
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2013.08.21 07:40:00 -
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And provide as proof! otherwise
Any player can get banned because of the "scripts" without any evidence. You just felt like it!
I do not care about the prizes, provide evidence of what you accuse me! |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
231
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Posted - 2013.08.21 07:44:00 -
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Hiya!
You tried to use an automated script to play promos for you. You were caught, and now you're banned from our site. You're not welcome to use our site. Not now. Not ever. No amount of bold forum tags will change that :)
EricHorst wrote:Any player can get banned because of the "scripts"
Correct! Anyone who tries to run a script on our site will be banned. Glad we could clarify that :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
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EricHorst
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2013.08.21 07:56:00 -
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Andrev Nox wrote:Hiya! You tried to use an automated script to play promos for you. You were caught, and now you're banned from our site. You're not welcome to use our site. Not now. Not ever. No amount of bold forum tags will change that :) EricHorst wrote:Any player can get banned because of the "scripts" Correct! Anyone who tries to run a script on our site will be banned. Glad we could clarify that :)
You said "script" ...
How do you get it? How did you decide that this "script"?
I'll tell you ...
Some YOUR "script" decided that I have a "script" ... its electronic brain decided.
No matter, I changed computer or ip.
Script, you decide, and said script. It's the law, it is inevitable!
I ask where is the evidence? Shake the brains of your "script" and show where I "script"!!
I do not use any program! I'm not going to read about this bullshit!
Because I demand proof. Because I'm very very interesting where you take them and what they are ....
I'm waiting. I'm all in anticipation ... Surprise me! |
AssassinationsdoneWrong
Neko Neko Honpo
EVE Alliance 99001436
39
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Posted - 2013.08.21 23:25:00 -
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EricHorst wrote: How dare you catch me and have security measures on your site to make sure rules are adhered to!
FIXED.
I can assure you from personal experience that they suspend, check, recheck, decide, recheck again and then make final decisions. I had my account flagged and suspended a long time go, they did the above process and (what's more professional) stated why and stayed in contact through the whole process.
So if you got flagged and then the final decision was you were running against their own rules then Man The F$%K Up and the STFU.
Seriously you think caps and bold type is going to sway anything?
Does that look like a site that was thrown together by a bunch of coders in a lunch break?
You got caught mate!
AdW
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Amanda Peewith
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
3
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Posted - 2013.08.22 03:40:00 -
[1713] - Quote
EricHorst wrote:...I do not use any program!
Possible...but not likely. I know...beating a dead horse... But, it really doesn't seem like a good pretend-internet-space-business-plan to run around banning customers...without good reason. That, and, many blink players are annoyed with people who seem to only play promos... Someone using scripts or bots...I'm guessing would be...even less popular.
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Quartz Kansene
CRICE Corporation
0
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Posted - 2013.08.22 22:45:00 -
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Hello blink
I was playing blink and I got kicked.
Only one Blink account per person allowed.
I don't have any other blink person.
And i had just got lucky with 2x rattlesnake.
Will i be contracted that? |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
192
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Posted - 2013.08.23 00:52:00 -
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Quartz Kansene wrote:Hello blink
I was playing blink and I got kicked.
Only one Blink account per person allowed.
I don't have any other blink person.
And i had just got lucky with 2x rattlesnake.
Will i be contracted that?
Hi Jommis,
You do indeed have another account (Jommis) which was closed for botting. You are not allowed on Blink.
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
Jommis
Veyr
The Veyr Collective
74
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Posted - 2013.08.23 05:44:00 -
[1716] - Quote
That's a good point :) It's been fun and good luck forward. |
Bob James
GenX Industries
0
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Posted - 2013.08.23 09:42:00 -
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Hi,
I just went to put in some more tokens for the minibonk and it shows I have NONE. I just put over 500 cuz I had a bunch of tokens to use. Now there's about 8 hours left on it. Where did my 500+ tickets go to? |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
233
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Posted - 2013.08.23 11:03:00 -
[1718] - Quote
There's a new minibonk for each day of the celebration :) Yours were on a previous minibonk.
All of the Minibonks will be drawn together with the main Bonk and the Blast, in a live event in our channel when the celebration ends :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Frank Pannon
Jade Pork Assasins
67
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Posted - 2013.08.23 14:37:00 -
[1719] - Quote
Won a dreamship on a promo, thank you Blink! |
Karljohn
Empire of Phillip
Covenant of the Phoenix Alliance
0
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Posted - 2013.08.24 20:22:00 -
[1720] - Quote
Hi im new too blink , cant open gifts scattered around the site, how long before i can? |
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Ray McKenna
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2013.08.25 06:51:00 -
[1721] - Quote
How often do you lottery off supers and titans? And when you do whats the cost/number of tickets? |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
235
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Posted - 2013.08.25 08:43:00 -
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Karljohn wrote:Hi im new too blink , cant open gifts scattered around the site, how long before i can?
Gifts can only be opened by those who've registered before the celebration began. You'll be eligible next celebration :)
Ray McKenna wrote:How often do you lottery off supers and titans? And when you do whats the cost/number of tickets?
We've done titans now and again as Bonk prizes, though this week was the first time we ever did all 4 at once :p
The normal ticket price for a Bonk is 500k. :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
192
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Posted - 2013.08.25 09:08:00 -
[1723] - Quote
Welp, that was one of the most epic things I've ever done. Thanks to everyone who came out and spent time with us! We passed 1,200 in Lotteries channel.
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
Krakil Frostborn
Random Fusion Inc.
1
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Posted - 2013.08.25 12:03:00 -
[1724] - Quote
Well tnx a lot SOMER , you just lost a customer , i did play alot of blink in the past and still do , but its all over now. Wanna know why? You are all scamers , cheating people of their money. I had accepted that but now with the 10th anniversary gift boxes draw I just refuse to close my eyes any longer.
ZX73 - a semi-new blinker WHO WON A BOX ( 472 total blinks )
TheKiller122 - he seems legit
Logan Hawke - NOW YOU LOST ME , 10 day old blinker WITH 20 BLINKS , WINS A BOX , a char from 2004 who just discovered blink TO WIN WHAT?!?! ( you think we are that ******** and ignorant?)
Kemig Hywaith - same as the first guy ( 418 blinks )
Magnus Inurious - 10 blinks , ARE YOU FREAKING ******** , this guy obviously had played those in 2012 , and now JUST TO ENTER THE DRAW he played 1-2 ONE YEAR LATER , AND WIN?? ...
Bobby Artrald - same as 1st and 4th guy ( 430 blinks)
Sebastian Slate - 17 total blinks ...with a bugged site profile from poor admin editing , just check him you will see ( notice any values missing? )
SophieKate - 16 total blinks...
so what? i had to create a new char to be there or is it all set up just for THOSE LITE BLINKERS ...
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Bobby Artrald
Capitalist Pigs Inc.
Eternal Syndicate
0
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Posted - 2013.08.25 12:17:00 -
[1725] - Quote
I'll trade you my 10th Anniversary box set for a pile of isk |
Krakil Frostborn
Random Fusion Inc.
1
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Posted - 2013.08.25 12:34:00 -
[1726] - Quote
Bobby Artrald wrote:I'll trade you my 10th Anniversary box set for a pile of isk
This is pathetic, ITS YOUR FIRST FORUM POST ... you obviously dont login here and now once someone read the above here you are. Cmon you can do better ,, but this is hilarious |
GrammarNazi
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
28
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Posted - 2013.08.25 15:17:00 -
[1727] - Quote
Krakil Frostborn wrote:Well tnx a lot SOMER , you just lost a customer
I'm sorry to hear that you did not enjoy yourself during the latest celebration. It is true that some of the winners of the prizes CCP donated are relatively new players. However, because each unique player receives only one ticket, and because the nature of the draw is random, it is just as likely that any given individual would win as any other. A 2003 player does not have a greater chance to win than one of the younger players you mentioned. We decided to draw the prizes this way because we did not want to accept isk for prizes that had been generously donated by CCP, and because we did not want to give an advantage to anyone when it came to real life prizes.
However, I can say from experience that whether the winners are young or old, people will always be unsatisfied. The majority of our customers were satisfied with the way the celebration went. If you do not like playing, or if you do not believe that Blink is worth your time, we encourage you not to play. |
Krakil Frostborn
Random Fusion Inc.
2
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Posted - 2013.08.25 15:51:00 -
[1728] - Quote
GrammarNazi wrote:Krakil Frostborn wrote:Well tnx a lot SOMER , you just lost a customer
I'm sorry to hear that you did not enjoy yourself during the latest celebration. It is true that some of the winners of the prizes CCP donated are relatively new players. However, because each unique player receives only one ticket, and because the nature of the draw is random, it is just as likely that any given individual would win as any other. A 2003 player does not have a greater chance to win than one of the younger players you mentioned. We decided to draw the prizes this way because we did not want to accept isk for prizes that had been generously donated by CCP, and because we did not want to give an advantage to anyone when it came to real life prizes. However, I can say from experience that whether the winners are young or old, people will always be unsatisfied. The majority of our customers were satisfied with the way the celebration went. If you do not like playing, or if you do not believe that Blink is worth your time, we encourage you not to play.
No i really get it , problem is some of these champs lack stats on profile ( just one here ) others have played especially to qualify in the drawings without any prior achievments in over a year . Stuff like that is really suspicious. Truth be told i didnt expect to win really :P knowing how much ppl there are its just insane to hope for the luck.
+ something else
the guy that responded , he didnt have a single forum post , but suddenly he appears IN the right topic IN the right time to make his first EVER post just after i made that saying. So as far as i am concerned , someone from blink had bought that char long ago and is just receiving awards through it. |
Coiled Meza
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
14
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Posted - 2013.08.25 16:41:00 -
[1729] - Quote
Krakil Frostborn wrote:GrammarNazi wrote:Krakil Frostborn wrote:Well tnx a lot SOMER , you just lost a customer
I'm sorry to hear that you did not enjoy yourself during the latest celebration. It is true that some of the winners of the prizes CCP donated are relatively new players. However, because each unique player receives only one ticket, and because the nature of the draw is random, it is just as likely that any given individual would win as any other. A 2003 player does not have a greater chance to win than one of the younger players you mentioned. We decided to draw the prizes this way because we did not want to accept isk for prizes that had been generously donated by CCP, and because we did not want to give an advantage to anyone when it came to real life prizes. However, I can say from experience that whether the winners are young or old, people will always be unsatisfied. The majority of our customers were satisfied with the way the celebration went. If you do not like playing, or if you do not believe that Blink is worth your time, we encourage you not to play. No i really get it , problem is some of these champs lack stats on profile ( just one here ) others have played especially to qualify in the drawings without any prior achievments in over a year . Stuff like that is really suspicious. Truth be told i didnt expect to win really :P knowing how much ppl there are its just insane to hope for the luck. + something else the guy that responded , he didnt have a single forum post , but suddenly he appears IN the right topic IN the right time to make his first EVER post just after i made that saying. So as far as i am concerned , someone from blink had bought that char long ago and is just receiving awards through it.
And you all thought I was insane lolz. I did play blink during celebrations but saw to much fishy stuf to sink more than few bil in lol.. Thing is if you win the plex even though its a ingame item it still has Value feel sorry for the US people if they win or if this is on US territory because I feel the IRS gonna have field day w ith this one |
Lanyaie V2
Lanyaie's collection of alts
0
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Posted - 2013.08.25 17:01:00 -
[1730] - Quote
Krakil Frostborn,
I'm probably wasting my time by replying to you but here I go:
First of all I'd like to point out that CCP is the one who donated these prizes, CCP must have thought it out quite well because simply giving away stuff to a player lottery is considered interacting with the game. Even if somer blink was an entire big scam and there were thousands of alts account involved (lol) they would still have to legitimately hand out the CCP prizes to actual players, why? Simple because CCP can easily check if there are alt accounts involved, if that was the case CCP wouldn't give a few individuals free in game items which would mean they did the same as what happened with the T2 bpo's in the t20 scandal.
Regarding your forum post theory: The guy can be an alt of someone using that as a blink character, he doesn't need to play on his main account. I also don't think that it's rocket science that someone is capable of clicking on the link that says "blink forum thread" and then go to the last page to see their name being mentioned.
Some of these characters might be new to eve and not have a lot of isk to spend, they simply put in a few million and blinked and either lost or won and then stopped for a while, those people got lucky and won something to a draw where everyone had 1 ticket.
Blink buying characters to win is also unlikely because they could just make alts for free, seeing as it's drawn using RNG and Chribbas dice they would have to know the exact number it would land on and make sure they have that specific ticket. This would be almost impossible to do as before everything is drawn they let people see the ticket list which means that any changes can be noticeable, unless you're implying that both Chribba and RNG are involved in this in which case It's awesome that somer managed to get those 2 involved in scamming in an online video game(who doesn't like pixel space money right?)
Now I'd like to type more but my fingers are tired. |
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Lanyaie V2
Lanyaie's collection of alts
0
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Posted - 2013.08.25 17:02:00 -
[1731] - Quote
Coiled Meza wrote:
And you all thought I was insane lolz. I did play blink during celebrations but saw to much fishy stuf to sink more than few bil in lol.. Thing is if you win the plex even though its a ingame item it still has Value feel sorry for the US people if they win or if this is on US territory because I feel the IRS gonna have field day w ith this one
IRS can't collect tax on those prizes. |
ZX73
Bitter Vet Daycare
0
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Posted - 2013.08.25 17:20:00 -
[1732] - Quote
Krakil Frostborn wrote:Well tnx a lot SOMER , you just lost a customer , i did play alot of blink in the past and still do , but its all over now. Wanna know why? You are all scamers , cheating people of their money. I had accepted that but now with the 10th anniversary gift boxes draw I just refuse to close my eyes any longer.
ZX73 - a semi-new blinker WHO WON A BOX ( 472 total blinks )
TheKiller122 - he seems legit
Logan Hawke - NOW YOU LOST ME , 10 day old blinker WITH 20 BLINKS , WINS A BOX , a char from 2004 who just discovered blink TO WIN WHAT?!?! ( you think we are that ******** and ignorant?)
Kemig Hywaith - same as the first guy ( 418 blinks )
Magnus Inurious - 10 blinks , ARE YOU FREAKING ******** , this guy obviously had played those in 2012 , and now JUST TO ENTER THE DRAW he played 1-2 ONE YEAR LATER , AND WIN?? ...
Bobby Artrald - same as 1st and 4th guy ( 430 blinks)
Sebastian Slate - 17 total blinks ...with a bugged site profile from poor admin editing , just check him you will see ( notice any values missing? )
SophieKate - 16 total blinks...
so what? i had to create a new char to be there or is it all set up just for THOSE LITE BLINKERS ...
LOL You seem a bit upset. I have played blink on and off for a couple of years. Sorry they did not rig it so only the people with the most blinks played could win. You sound like a sore loser. You cannot just deem Blink as scammers because you didn't win lol.
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klakksen Sasen
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2013.08.25 17:22:00 -
[1733] - Quote
Lanyaie V2 wrote:
First of all I'd like to point out that CCP is the one who donated these prizes, CCP must have thought it out quite well because simply giving away stuff to a player lottery is considered interacting with the game. Even if somer blink was an entire big scam and there were thousands of alts account involved (lol) they would still have to legitimately hand out the CCP prizes to actual players, why? Simple because CCP can easily check if there are alt accounts involved, if that was the case CCP wouldn't give a few individuals free in game items which would mean they did the same as what happened with the T2 bpo's in the t20 scandal.
Now I'd like to type more but my fingers are tired.
CCP donates the prizes because somer are selling gtc's like crazy.
It's all about rl money. |
Krakil Frostborn
Random Fusion Inc.
2
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Posted - 2013.08.25 17:27:00 -
[1734] - Quote
Ok whatever guys , i will stop spamming you . All i had to say i've already said. Tnx for the opinion Lanyaie V2 i apreciate it and get it and here is a short answer to you - who cares about alts? Its won spots out of 8 , give them to real life friends etc and stuff like that , i do know that A LOT and i do mean a lot of the people who play blink dont keep going , hell its the same for the game itself and it really justifies that. I have no prove , no forged piece of code , nor any chat logs to say any different that infact 8 different people won who have nothing to do with the lottery. I just expressed my personal thoughts and opinion. I can keep on arguing but i see no point.
Hf see you in promos... |
ZX73
Bitter Vet Daycare
0
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Posted - 2013.08.25 17:32:00 -
[1735] - Quote
Krakil Frostborn wrote:Ok whatever guys , i will stop spamming you . All i had to say i've already said. Tnx for the opinion Lanyaie V2 i apreciate it and get it and here is a short answer to you - who cares about alts? Its won spots out of 8 , give them to real life friends etc and stuff like that , i do know that A LOT and i do mean a lot of the people who play blink dont keep going , hell its the same for the game itself and it really justifies that. I have no prove , no forged piece of code , nor any chat logs to say any different that infact 8 different people won who have nothing to do with the lottery. I just expressed my personal thoughts and opinion. I can keep on arguing but i see no point.
Hf see you in promos...
Really?! After all the research you did on us winners? I expected more... |
Coiled Meza
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
14
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Posted - 2013.08.25 20:54:00 -
[1736] - Quote
Lanyaie V2 wrote:Coiled Meza wrote:
And you all thought I was insane lolz. I did play blink during celebrations but saw to much fishy stuf to sink more than few bil in lol.. Thing is if you win the plex even though its a ingame item it still has Value feel sorry for the US people if they win or if this is on US territory because I feel the IRS gonna have field day w ith this one
IRS can't collect tax on those prizes.
Indeed they can because its worth RL Cash hence RL was paid for to get said items you might want to Check the law buddy. |
TheKiller122
The Great Harmon Institute Of Technology
Innovia Alliance
10
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Posted - 2013.08.25 21:23:00 -
[1737] - Quote
Krakil Frostborn wrote:Well tnx a lot SOMER , you just lost a customer , i did play alot of blink in the past and still do , but its all over now. Wanna know why? You are all scamers , cheating people of their money. I had accepted that but now with the 10th anniversary gift boxes draw I just refuse to close my eyes any longer.
ZX73 - a semi-new blinker WHO WON A BOX ( 472 total blinks )
TheKiller122 - he seems legit
Logan Hawke - NOW YOU LOST ME , 10 day old blinker WITH 20 BLINKS , WINS A BOX , a char from 2004 who just discovered blink TO WIN WHAT?!?! ( you think we are that ******** and ignorant?)
Kemig Hywaith - same as the first guy ( 418 blinks )
Magnus Inurious - 10 blinks , ARE YOU FREAKING ******** , this guy obviously had played those in 2012 , and now JUST TO ENTER THE DRAW he played 1-2 ONE YEAR LATER , AND WIN?? ...
Bobby Artrald - same as 1st and 4th guy ( 430 blinks)
Sebastian Slate - 17 total blinks ...with a bugged site profile from poor admin editing , just check him you will see ( notice any values missing? )
SophieKate - 16 total blinks...
so what? i had to create a new char to be there or is it all set up just for THOSE LITE BLINKERS ...
So you think im the only Logit person to win, NICE! |
Lanyaie V2
Lanyaie's collection of alts
0
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Posted - 2013.08.25 23:44:00 -
[1738] - Quote
Coiled Meza wrote:Lanyaie V2 wrote:Coiled Meza wrote:
And you all thought I was insane lolz. I did play blink during celebrations but saw to much fishy stuf to sink more than few bil in lol.. Thing is if you win the plex even though its a ingame item it still has Value feel sorry for the US people if they win or if this is on US territory because I feel the IRS gonna have field day w ith this one
IRS can't collect tax on those prizes. Indeed they can because its worth RL Cash hence RL was paid for to get said items you might want to Check the law buddy.
I could create a long wall of text explaining why they can't or I Could just laugh and post this. |
Jonesith
Low Tax Mission Snax
0
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Posted - 2013.08.26 02:14:00 -
[1739] - Quote
Was banned after 1q celebration last night. Had a hard time finding a proper support channel being unable to log into website. Looking for some way to protest my ban, though from Andrev's attitude last night, I doubt anything can be done. |
Ona Bender
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
3
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Posted - 2013.08.26 03:52:00 -
[1740] - Quote
Krakil Frostborn wrote:...I have no prove , no forged piece of code , nor any chat logs to say any different...
First, rest assured you're not the only one who feels things are suspicious - but you hit the nail on the head with what I've quoted above. That's the problem with anything just suspicious - you can only say that it's suspicious - you can't jump to accusations, not only because it's against the law, but because somehow most humans seem conditioned to respond in a negative way to "crazy conspiracy theorists".
As an example, go do a little research on Boeing 757-223s and plane crashes - and then look at the pictures of what happened on that tragic day at the pentagon. Problem is - none of that is proof of any wrong doing - and you definitely can't go accusing anyone of anything. Now, go show what you've found to your parents, grandparents, teachers, co-workers, etc. It won't go over well.
My only point is - while I fully support people speaking up when they see suspicious stuff - 99.9999% of the time, it will be to no avail - either it's just coincidentally suspicious and there was actually no wrong doing (which is the case more often than not), OR there actually IS something but there's no way to prove it so you just get branded a paranoid a$$h013.
In either case, my advice: base your own actions on your observations, and let the rest of us do the same. If you think blink is ripping you off, stop giving them money.
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Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
193
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Posted - 2013.08.26 05:07:00 -
[1741] - Quote
Jonesith wrote:Was banned after 1q celebration last night. Had a hard time finding a proper support channel being unable to log into website. Looking for some way to protest my ban, though from Andrev's attitude last night, I doubt anything can be done.
Using automated programs to access Blink is not allowed.
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
Ona Bender
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
3
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Posted - 2013.08.26 13:40:00 -
[1742] - Quote
Krakil Frostborn wrote:...I have no prove , no forged piece of code , nor any chat logs to say any different...
First, rest assured you're not the only one who finds things suspicious - but you hit the nail on the head with what I've quoted above. That's the problem with anything just suspicious - you can only say that it's suspicious - you can't jump to accusations, not only because it's against the law, but because somehow humans seem conditioned to respond in a negative way to "crazy conspiracy theorists".
As an example, go do a little research on Boeing 757-223s and plane crashes - and then look at what happened on that tragic day at the pentagon. Problem is - none of that is proof of any wrong doing - and you definitely can't go accusing anyone of anything. Now, go show what you've found to your parents, grandparents, teachers, co-workers, etc. It won't go over well.
My only point is - while I fully support people speaking up when they see suspicious stuff - 99.9999% of the time, it will be to no avail - either it's just coincidentally suspicious and there was actually no wrong doing (which is the case more often than not), or there actually is something but there's no way to prove it so you just get branded a paranoid a$$h013.
So, my advice: base your own actions on your observations, and let the rest of us do the same. If you think blink is ripping you off, stop giving them money.
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O.B. |
WineCape
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2013.08.26 13:48:00 -
[1743] - Quote
Suspicious this, suspicious that.
I'm only suspicious of gorgeous, beautiful women telling us we shouldn't be worried about beauty. |
Thats OK
Pygmy Armada
0
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Posted - 2013.08.26 15:04:00 -
[1744] - Quote
Must admit, I'm looking at some of the characters that won the 1Q prizes and I'm going "wut?" |
Lanyaie V2
Lanyaie's collection of alts
0
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Posted - 2013.08.26 17:52:00 -
[1745] - Quote
Thats OK wrote:Must admit, I'm looking at some of the characters that won the 1Q prizes and I'm going "wut?"
Same here, I was there wondering "how the **** didn't I win(again)"
Edit: smart move CCP, lets filter our forums but wait lets not filter anything in the game. |
Braul de Bellator
e-Brothers Underground
0
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Posted - 2013.08.27 05:50:00 -
[1746] - Quote
I just found out about blink a few days ago and have already spent over 6b with making 4b profit. I absolutely love this site! There's subtle ways you can increase your odds. I've told everyone I know about how awesome this site is. The only downside is how addictive it can be!
Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. |
Carver Be'Goode Zanjoahir
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
1
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Posted - 2013.08.27 09:07:00 -
[1747] - Quote
Ona Bender wrote:Krakil Frostborn wrote:...I have no prove , no forged piece of code , nor any chat logs to say any different... As an example, go do a little research on Boeing 757-223s and plane crashes - and then look at what happened on that tragic day at the pentagon. Problem is - none of that is proof of any wrong doing - and you definitely can't go accusing anyone of anything. Now, go show what you've found to your parents, grandparents, teachers, co-workers, etc. It won't go over well. - O.B.
I didn't follow your advice. I did a HUGE amount of research, including conversations with friends who were present in that wing of the Pentagon, trapped behind fire doors which closed automatically and had no manual release system which you will see on every federal government building now. They turned desks upside down to slide easier on the floor, found running shoes in offices to replace their slick soled "low quarters" dress shoes and rammed the doors till they gave way. The doors were meant to hold back flames but not the force 40 or so people ramming them with steel desks with the extra weight of 8-10 people on the desks.
A friend of mine has donated the uniform she was wearing that day to the "Women in Military Service to America (WIMSA: www.womensmemorial.org ) Museum co-located with Arlington National Cemetery. It is the uniform she wore while helping to break out of the fire doors and later while offering aid to others who were waiting on the lawn to be evacuated to area hospitals. She was quite lucky as she ended up with only first degree burns and smoke inhalation. I won't mention her name here, but her initials are I.S. and you can find out more at this Google link:
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=slifer%20oentagon&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CCwQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpentagonmemorial.org%2Fexplore%2Fremembering-the-heroes%2Fisabelle-slifer-shares-her-story&ei=VF8cUvHNGaO_igLNnYGoDw&usg=AFQjCNFcc-Js1m1NAUPFGm_tMRUuVm8vbQpwb9yUNL0Oz4_nGl7Pw
You can also go to Snopes.com and search "Pentagon Wings" which will provide information about the accusations offered by the Frenchman who was one of, if not the first, to publish a conspiracy theory book, but never traveled to the US between 9/11 and when his book was published.
My family left the National Capital Region on 3 August 2001 for another military assignment. On the morning of 9/11, I had turned the TV on where we were staying while awaiting housing just minutes after the first plane struck the WTC. Later when flight 77 struck the Pentagon, I turned to the icons on my computer desktop which had one for every traffic camera from our home in Springfield VA and the last one being the one which normally was mounted on a utility pole atop the 395 Bridge pointing north as the bridge carried traffic northward across the Potomac River and had no view of the Pentagon except for a small bit of the east parking lot. I found the camera was now flopped over at a 90 degree angle to the left and was pointing directly at the point of impact on the Pentagon's outer ring, the E Ring. It only refreshed about every 5 seconds but I left that monitor on that site all day.
Now for the conspiracy theorists who want to point out that I just mentioned the Pentagon is South of the Potomac River placing it in Virginia, but it has a mailing address of Washington, DC - you are correct and I refer you to the Postmaster General for why that is.
I will take exception to your statement, "none of that is proof of any wrong doing". That impact and the actions of the terrorists on board which were relayed by passenger cell phones conversations to loved ones between the takeover and the impact indicate a great deal of wrong doing.
I am anxious to see how committed you are to your desire to insure that people with "suspicions" get to air them. But actually, I don't have any suspicions of what happened that day as I like to follow the evidence to see where it leads me, instead of forming an opinion and then parsing through snippets of misconstrued quotes of people who were not present so I can hold that out as evidence of the "proof" of my opinion. I'm glad you drug that into this conversation, you see, I have several holes in me from fighting to insure that every citizen of my country has a right to free speech no matter how incorrect it may be. I didn't just fight for your rights, but mine too!
Carry On. |
Ona Bender
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
4
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Posted - 2013.08.27 16:49:00 -
[1748] - Quote
@Carver Be'Goode Zanjoahir - I can see how my attempts to be brief and the phrasing I chose could cause you to take exception - I apologize, that was not my intention. I'd actually be interested in continuing on this subject, please mail me if you'd like. Also, thank you to all the men and women who have served and fought for the freedom and safety of even those who don't appreciate it. |
WineCape
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2013.08.29 08:16:00 -
[1749] - Quote
OK, now that Somer Blink has depleted my ISK bank account of some billions and having, in the process, some serious fun, I have these gazillion TOKENS.
Seems ardous just to play 1 token at a time via the PROMO Blinks, which happens intermittently and unannounced beforehand.
Any other Blink competitions coming up soon where I can slide bigger amounts of my the existing tokens into a kitty as per during the Quad Trillion celebration/competition? |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
195
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Posted - 2013.08.29 20:39:00 -
[1750] - Quote
Yes! We have a Bonk and 4-5 Minibonks every week, we were just taking a small break after the 1 Quadrillion.
We will return to normal schedules next week.
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
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WineCape
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2013.08.30 10:57:00 -
[1751] - Quote
Somerset Mahm wrote:Yes! We have a Bonk and 4-5 Minibonks every week, we were just taking a small break after the 1 Quadrillion.
We will return to normal schedules next week.
Good to hear sire. Thank you for fun services rendered. As Johnnie Walker use to say: "Keep on Walking."
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Carver Be'Goode Zanjoahir
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
2
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Posted - 2013.09.01 07:32:00 -
[1752] - Quote
Ona Bender wrote:@Carver Be'Goode Zanjoahir - I can see how my attempts to be brief and the phrasing I chose could cause you to take exception - I apologize, that was not my intention. I'd actually be interested in continuing on this subject, please mail me if you'd like. Also, thank you to all the men and women who have served and fought for the freedom and safety of even those who don't appreciate it.
Thank you for your warm sentiments and understanding. I doubt I will be following up with any mails on this topic as this horse has been beaten to death so much already. The facts are what they are and I have seen no evidence to make me disbelieve anything I have seen.
I wish you success in whatever endeavors you choose to pursue |
Zenobia Lavinia Vayne
The Real OC
The ROC
0
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Posted - 2013.09.02 04:04:00 -
[1753] - Quote
Hey there, I got banned from blink after my first try!
My boyfriend and I attended the Toronto Eve meetup and got blink codes sent from T3mp3s7, he had no problem using his the other day but when i tried to use my code I was able to do one blink and then got banned with an 'only one blink account per person allowed' error.
Can this be fixed? I'm happy to forward the email I got from T3mp3s7 - this may be because we are on the same IP or something?
Thanks!
Zen |
Robbin Sund
4
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Posted - 2013.09.03 09:58:00 -
[1754] - Quote
60+ tokens used on the promoblinks! Still have a few to go... heh, never won anything yet, but soon, soon!
how often is the mini.bonks (isnt that the ones I can use more tokens per blinks?)
One way trip!
Why dont you drive? |
Amber Stonei
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
0
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Posted - 2013.09.10 02:33:00 -
[1755] - Quote
Grats on 1.1Q!!!!! I remember when we used to celebrate much smaller milestones(in the billions!) |
Robbin Sund
4
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Posted - 2013.09.10 05:15:00 -
[1756] - Quote
Anyone know the differences on the packages, or is it just different fancy names/colours?
One way trip!
Why dont you drive? |
Haulingass Kado
Disciples of BOB
0
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Posted - 2013.09.10 19:50:00 -
[1757] - Quote
I unwraped my 1.1Q present and won a Loki but i have no redeem for it in my blinks section and have no ingame contracts for a Loki yet?
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Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
196
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Posted - 2013.09.10 22:52:00 -
[1758] - Quote
Robbin Sund wrote:Anyone know the differences on the packages, or is it just different fancy names/colours?
There are differences but you might have to observe / ask around to find out.
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
196
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Posted - 2013.09.10 22:53:00 -
[1759] - Quote
Haulingass Kado wrote:I unwraped my 1.1Q present and won a Loki but i have no redeem for it in my blinks section and have no ingame contracts for a Loki yet?
I responded to your mail, but it'll be contracted automatically, no claiming required for this one :)
They can take a little while though as they're only done by admins and not our normal claims guys.
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
Ratokus
Sarz'na Khumatari
The Unthinkables
16
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Posted - 2013.09.13 11:42:00 -
[1760] - Quote
just lost another 5 bil on blink, but had fun while doing it :D
Dont stop.... Bliiinking.... |
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Vortekz
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
4
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Posted - 2013.09.14 00:35:00 -
[1761] - Quote
I have a quick question of clarification..
"This time, we'll draw five winners to each receive 50 billion ISK. One win per person. If you've won Blast in the past, you cannot win again."
Is "Blast" only the top prize for 50bil? or does it also encompass the bonk/mini bonk prizes with this particular celebration? |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
242
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Posted - 2013.09.14 00:44:00 -
[1762] - Quote
The Blast refers to the free tickets for 50b drawing, only The Bonk and Minibonks are separate :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Amanda Peewith
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
3
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Posted - 2013.09.14 03:25:00 -
[1763] - Quote
Last week I was at wall-mart, stuck in a check-out line behind one of those "extreme coupon" people. She'd figured out how to get two carts full of stuff (something like dryer sheets, animal crackers, and foot powder) with wall-mart owing HER $13. She sat arguing about how the coupons clearly stated that the store should give her the money, while the cashier said it didn't matter what the coupon said, they don't do "that". Meanwhile, back in the line, there are crying children, people having arguments with themselves, a woman who had clearly pooped her pants, and of course me. I admit, I'm all kinds of in the wrong for shopping at that store, but allergy pills cost 1/3 what they do at wall-greens. And probably at one point in my life, I would have applauded the person who found a loop-hole allowing her to get two carts full of sh!t not just free, but with the store owing her. But now (call me a crotchety old f***), I'm annoyed - not just because I had to wait 10 extra minutes in line (well, mostly that) but also because there seem to be DROVES of people doing this coupon exploitation and can't just be happy with their two carts full of crap and [insert more ranting here]. |
Iamsamsara
Wildly Inappropriate
Goonswarm Federation
5
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Posted - 2013.09.14 18:35:00 -
[1764] - Quote
Three years of blink, wish I could say I had a win on day 1, unfortunately it was 9/19/2010 that I saw my first win on Blink, a PLEX! Congrats guys, you have created something amazing ! |
GunN4u
Old Military Farts Delta
0
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Posted - 2013.09.14 20:32:00 -
[1765] - Quote
I wanted to wish SOMER Blink a happy birthday, I absolutely love being on your site whether I am winning or not doesn't even matter. The community of people that have united to SOMER has been a completely amazing. I have been a part of this community for almost as long as blink has been active. The great staff, support, and celebrations are above and beyond. Most of the older players know how many other groups of people have failed miserably with trying to run a gambling/ lottery sites that have failed miserable over the years. I hope that this company remains successful and sticks around for as long as Eve Online stays around.
Thank You Somer For All Your Excellent Service |
Matari Akiga
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
29
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Posted - 2013.09.14 20:58:00 -
[1766] - Quote
Happy birthday Blink many more to come I hope
CCP dont need to change everything to suit your play style.
Improvise, adapt and overcome! |
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ISD Cura Ursus
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
216
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Posted - 2013.09.16 03:19:00 -
[1767] - Quote
Rant post removed.
ISD Cura Ursus
Lieutenant
Community Communication Liaisons (CCLs)
Interstellar Services Department |
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Zeus Talos
Jack's Golden Goose
0
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Posted - 2013.09.16 04:59:00 -
[1768] - Quote
I was signed out and now it says Automation Detected every time i try to log in..
Please help I wanted to put more tickets in the bonk. |
Luripta Saisima
State War Academy
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2013.09.16 05:05:00 -
[1769] - Quote
Zeus Talos wrote:I was signed out and now it says Automation Detected every time i try to log in..
Please help I wanted to put more tickets in the bonk.
These clever fellas, always detecting our scripts! Oh well! Thank you SOMER Blink for the endless promotions and free stuff! I had fun actually playing some legitimate Blink on this character! Made a good bit of ISK this time around, much quicker this time!
Nifty trick you lot use to detect automation. I think I saw about 6 other people who got hit on the same way I did!
All in all, definitely not a scam site, but a bit odd that a gambling site tried to make me feel bad for my "immoral" (to put it lightly) actions!
See you guys on another character! |
Zeus Talos
Jack's Golden Goose
0
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Posted - 2013.09.16 05:13:00 -
[1770] - Quote
I was using google chrome and internet explorer i thought i could use browsers out of the game i also accessed blink from my phone so what ever browser that is anyway im sorry for using a browser outside the game thought it was allowed. |
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Luripta Saisima
State War Academy
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2013.09.16 05:24:00 -
[1771] - Quote
Zeus Talos wrote: I was using google chrome and internet explorer i thought i could use browsers out of the game i also accessed blink from my phone so what ever browser that is anyway im sorry for using a browser outside the game thought it was allowed.
Take it from someone with a lot of personal experience being hit with the "automation detected". Whatever you say, they don't care. Andrev will call you plenty of choice words and make vast assumptions about your character should you convo him though. It is a good show, I encourage it! |
Zeus Talos
Jack's Golden Goose
0
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Posted - 2013.09.16 06:01:00 -
[1772] - Quote
Luripta Saisima wrote:Zeus Talos wrote: I was using google chrome and internet explorer i thought i could use browsers out of the game i also accessed blink from my phone so what ever browser that is anyway im sorry for using a browser outside the game thought it was allowed. Take it from someone with a lot of personal experience being hit with the "automation detected". Whatever you say, they don't care. Andrev will call you plenty of choice words and make vast assumptions about your character should you convo him though. It is a good show, I encourage it!
Yeah so I found out but o well was a good legit site speaking of legit do you know of any others? |
Luripta Saisima
State War Academy
Caldari State
1
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Posted - 2013.09.16 06:02:00 -
[1773] - Quote
Zeus Talos wrote:Luripta Saisima wrote:Zeus Talos wrote: I was using google chrome and internet explorer i thought i could use browsers out of the game i also accessed blink from my phone so what ever browser that is anyway im sorry for using a browser outside the game thought it was allowed. Take it from someone with a lot of personal experience being hit with the "automation detected". Whatever you say, they don't care. Andrev will call you plenty of choice words and make vast assumptions about your character should you convo him though. It is a good show, I encourage it! Yeah so I found out but o well was a good legit site speaking of legit do you know of any others?
Screw other sites, you can make mad money using scripts! Just learn to use a good proxy and make new characters. It works wonders! |
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CCP Eterne
C C P
C C P Alliance
2819
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Posted - 2013.09.16 10:36:00 -
[1774] - Quote
Removed some discussion of botting from the thread.
EVE Online/DUST 514 Community Representative GÇ+ EVE Illuminati GÇ+ Fiction Adept
@CCP_Eterne GÇ+ @EVE_LiveEvents |
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Esppiton
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2013.09.16 16:31:00 -
[1775] - Quote
What time is used on the site?
I live in germany... Time of EVE game? |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
197
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Posted - 2013.09.16 18:35:00 -
[1776] - Quote
Esppiton wrote:What time is used on the site?
I live in germany... Time of EVE game?
Yes, we go by the Eve clock :)
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
Yummy Yummy Yummy
Yummy's Missioning Corporate Alliance
76
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Posted - 2013.09.18 02:24:00 -
[1777] - Quote
I love how the just perma ban people without justification not to mention confiscate there ISK lol..
Also Andrev needs to get some meds for his god complex.
The best is how they jus ignored everyone trying to either get a answer in this post,,,
Me getting banned from that scam site ,, lets just say I wish it happened sooner.
PS. to anyone sick of or banned from blink.. here is a much nicer site which will be receiving a massive upgrade soon which will include but not limited to poker, slots , roulette, raffles, and loads more..
http://www.evealopalous.com/?ref=91134118 |
Forlorn Eskimo
Blue Republic
RvB - BLUE Republic
0
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Posted - 2013.09.18 08:46:00 -
[1778] - Quote
Yummy Yummy Yummy wrote:I love how the just perma ban people without justification not to mention confiscate there ISK lol..
Also Andrev needs to get some meds for his god complex.
The best is how they jus ignored everyone trying to either get a answer in this post,,,
Me getting banned from that scam site ,, lets just say I wish it happened sooner.
PS. to anyone sick of or banned from blink.. here is a much nicer site which will be receiving a massive upgrade soon which will include but not limited to poker, slots , roulette, raffles, and loads more..
This 1 time i was selling a rigged navy domi and you tried to scam me with a contract :) fun times you got banned get over it
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Brutal Wyrm
A Powerful Lowsec Corporation
1
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Posted - 2013.09.18 23:08:00 -
[1779] - Quote
Yummy Yummy Yummy wrote:I love how the just perma ban people without justification not to mention confiscate there ISK lol.. Also Andrev needs to get some meds for his god complex. The best is how they jus ignored everyone trying to either get a answer in this post,,, Me getting banned from that scam site ,, lets just say I wish it happened sooner. PS. to anyone sick of or banned from blink.. here is a much nicer site which will be receiving a massive upgrade soon which will include but not limited to poker, slots , roulette, raffles, and loads more.. http://www.evealopalous.com/?ref=91134118
A scammer advertising an alternative to blink... You realize how bad that makes you look and how that also negatively affects what may actually be a legitimate site... And if you wish it had happened sooner you would not have tried going around your ban or Attempting to appeal it in this thread. For your own sake just stop. |
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CCP Eterne
C C P
C C P Alliance
2825
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Posted - 2013.09.19 11:20:00 -
[1780] - Quote
Off-topic post removed from this thread.
EVE Online/DUST 514 Community Representative GÇ+ EVE Illuminati GÇ+ Fiction Adept
@CCP_Eterne GÇ+ @EVE_LiveEvents |
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Zyzz Shavershian
The Riot Formation
Public Disorder.
5
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Posted - 2013.09.19 12:36:00 -
[1781] - Quote
Thanks for the nice vindi promo during the celebration! Always a pleasure to party with the blink guys.
Also I can say from personal experience Somer does some of the best customer services out there. She personally helped me out on multiple occassions and was friendly as always :)
Go blink!! |
klakksen Sasen
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
1
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Posted - 2013.09.19 13:41:00 -
[1782] - Quote
Zyzz Shavershian wrote:Thanks for the nice vindi promo during the celebration! Always a pleasure to party with the blink guys.
Also I can say from personal experience Somer does some of the best customer services out there. She personally helped me out on multiple occassions and was friendly as always :)
Go blink!!
Why would you need help on multiple occassions? |
Zyzz Shavershian
The Riot Formation
Public Disorder.
5
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Posted - 2013.09.19 19:40:00 -
[1783] - Quote
klakksen Sasen wrote:Zyzz Shavershian wrote:Thanks for the nice vindi promo during the celebration! Always a pleasure to party with the blink guys.
Also I can say from personal experience Somer does some of the best customer services out there. She personally helped me out on multiple occassions and was friendly as always :)
Go blink!! Why would you need help on multiple occassions?
Because I'm speciol |
Vortekz
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
4
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Posted - 2013.09.20 04:16:00 -
[1784] - Quote
Recent Gigablinks
Marcus Arelios won a Chelm's Modified Heat Sink with ticket #52
Martis Gradivus won a Titan Skillbook with ticket #7
> Ranur Nakrar won a Jump Freighter with ticket #59
> Ranur Nakrar won 5,000,000,000 Blink Credit with ticket #59
> Ranur Nakrar won a Supercarrier BPO with ticket #1
..... Wow.. !
There should be a live stat for most consecutive wins in promo and giga's... |
Aesheera
Blacklight Recon
Strictly Unprofessional
295
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Posted - 2013.09.23 09:09:00 -
[1785] - Quote
And there I am, never having too much luck
But it's fun regardless!
I demand a promo win!
Primary since '07. GÖÑ
If It Bleeds, Kill It - II |
Raining Littlebirds
United Nations Space Coalition
0
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Posted - 2013.09.23 18:37:00 -
[1786] - Quote
I was on it fine the other day and now it wont let me log in, it keeps telling me i can only have 1 account and wont let me reset password on my account and i really wanted to blink today :(
P.S. Logging in outside of Eve cause this problem from what i read? |
Esppiton
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2013.09.24 10:33:00 -
[1787] - Quote
I spent a few games and I can not possibly know, so the question is:
Minibonk/bonk to make "open" to publish the number of tickets, for example, after the end, on the same page where the winners. But without winners ... And only then do draw.
If I see a list of tickets and a list of the winners at once, I have doubts.
I think many players will be happy to know in advance of the draw numbers of their tickets, but unknown to anyone not falling numbers.
I can not see or do not know ... On last bonks I have not seen my tickets and found out about them only after draw.
...sorry for English, a'm German |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
252
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Posted - 2013.09.24 12:07:00 -
[1788] - Quote
When the timer ends, we post the ticket list on the site for everyone to download. It shows all tickets, what number they are, and who owns which one. 10-15 minutes after that, once people have had a chance to download it, we start the drawing - using Chribba's dice to pick the winning numbers and post them to the site :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Esppiton
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2013.09.24 14:17:00 -
[1789] - Quote
I did not see and did not know ... Thank you, now everything is clear.
My suggestion that the ticket numbers will show immediately after one kind of bonk, not when the all timer ends...
...however, thanks. |
22000
Deadspace Knights
7
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Posted - 2013.09.25 20:26:00 -
[1790] - Quote
Just a random thank you to all at Somer for many years of fun and winnings! |
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CCP Navigator
C C P
C C P Alliance
1878
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Posted - 2013.09.26 00:28:00 -
[1791] - Quote
Ok, so I know you guys will have a ton of questions about this Blink Blast news so let me see how many of them I can pre-empt with an FAQ.
Q1, Why have this event?
A1, This is probably the most pertinent question so the answer will be long. Community engagement, be it through a player meet up, live event arc, tournament or giveaway is extremely important for keeping players happy and providing content in other ways than flying, plotting and killing on Tranquility. We constantly look at which of our partners are running major initiatives and find ways to make them into super events whenever we can. With this event we are doing a couple of things. Firstly, we are bringing back old content which has been missing for some time and introducing new items which have previously been unavailable.
SOMER Blink have a history of being trustworthy and honoring every blink played without exception. With that level of trust we were looking at ways of expanding on that good will and allowing players to play for some very unique prizes in that trusted environment. More importantly, we are looking at ways in which we can grow bigger giveaways with more player participation with other Fansites in the future.
Q2, Why Gold Magnates? Are you trying to ruin the game and release every old legacy/limited model?
A2, Absolutely not. I will address the Gold Magnate first and then the Guardian Vexor before looking at other legacy models. The Gold Magnate was handed out back when most players playing today did not know that EVE existed. As a single one was handed out and then destroyed it actually removes content from the game and that is not always a good thing. We thought hard about how we could reintroduce the model back in, still in a super limited basis, and a lottery seemed the fairest way to do this. With SOMER Blink anyone who plays a single blink (even a free promo blink) will gain a ticket to the main Blink Blast so you have a chance to win. Clearly, the more you play the more chances you have to win the blast. In addition, CCP do not have a lottery system capable of handling this for all interested parties. In this circumstance, we are going to the people who have.
With the Guardian Vexor, this is a model we have given out more than once in the past and something we realize is a collectors dream to own.
LetGÇÖs look at some of the other ships. Tournament ships will not be handed out in this fashion ever. These ships require full alliances to work hard over a long period of time so handing them out for free would absolutely cheapen the achievements of teams like Verge of Collapse, HYDRA RELOADED and Pandemic Legion and this is not what we are aiming for.
Other hyper rare items like Imperial Apocs and Federate Megathrons should stay hyper rare so there are absolutely no plans to touch these at all. The only time we would look to reintroduce a model is when it ceases to exist in any form. After all, players should be having fun with these ships and not worrying that a line of ships just dies when the last one is popped.
Q3, GÇÿClearly, the more you play the more chances you have to win the blast.GÇÖ Are you trying to promote gambling within EVE?
A3, I donGÇÖt think I need to promote gambling in the slightest. EVE Bet, Monocle Madness and SOMER Blink have processed trillions upon trillions of ISK from many thousands of players. We know you play it and whatGÇÖs more, we know you enjoy doing it. Like anything in life, you should not blink more than you can afford to lose.
Q4, So you said earlier that SOMER Blink are trusted. Does that mean CCP is promising they will always deliver?
A4, Not at all. What I am saying is that to date they have been 100% trustful and we expect that will continue. Can I promise that Somerset Mahm will not shut up shop some day and go live in Polaris with piles of ISK? Nope, a scam can happen at any time and if that does, we will react accordingly and review how we support others in future.
Q5, This sucks and I donGÇÖt like anything about it. What do you say to that?
A5, I am genuinely sorry if this upsets you and I mean that. What I know from EVE players is that you can make some of them happy some of the time but never all of them happy all of the time. Some players will want to have a chance of owning these unique prizes, some will be super unhappy and voice that displeasure and most people will not care and go on with their daily business.
Q6, So how can you be assured that SOMER Blink wonGÇÖt just make sure all of this goes to their alts?
A6, I canGÇÖt. Once again we go back to the trust issue. Having worked with SOMER for some time now I asked myself, GÇÖCould they game this so they gets the cool stuff?GÇÖ Yep, they absolutely could. GÇÿCan we prevent it?GÇÖ No, we absolutely canGÇÖt. GÇÿDo I believe they would cheat to win it for themselves?GÇÖ I genuinely do not believe they will. SOMER Blink have been one of the most philanthropic groups in EVE.
It is safe to say that they can buy anything that is for sale and money is no object yet, despite that, everyone I have interacted with there is humble, gracious and honest. I honestly believe that this blast will be fun and fair for all who enter. All prizes awarded will be done so using ChribbaGÇÖs Dice.
Q7, So I am a Fansite, can I have a Vexor/Magnate to give away?
A7, Maybe in the future you can but for now we are testing the waters and looking at how players react. As I stated in the first answer, we want to grow our engagement and start offering really cool stuff to players in the future but we will need to do some trials to find out the best content delivery method for any future event like this. Will we always use SOMER Blink? No, we will want to share the love around. You, as a fansite owner and content provider, will need to display a level of trust and virtue way above the norm.
I am sure this will not answer all of your questions or explain every reason why. I will endeavor to be in this thread as often as possible and give answers. If you feel that you need to move this post to General Discussion and discuss it, please feel free to do so. I will only be answering questions in this thread though as it is the most relevant place to discuss it.
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Gilbaron
Free-Space-Ranger
Nulli Secunda
1070
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Posted - 2013.09.26 02:09:00 -
[1792] - Quote
can't you just make a gold punisher and a guardian Thorax ?
there is nothing wrong with giving out special ships, but you really should never re-use stuff like that :(
We are recruiting german-speaking PVP players, contact me :)
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Kraken Merius
Big Diggers
Trifectas Syndicate
0
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Posted - 2013.09.26 02:27:00 -
[1793] - Quote
could anyone tell me the best way to contact support for Somer Blinks, I have an account issue, nothing major, but I can't figure out how to contact support, as it says to do on the login screen. I don't see a support link of any kind. I asked for help in the SOMER Lotteries channel, but didnt get a response. Just a little confused, If someone in the know could help, I would appreciate it. |
Dez Affinity
Habitual Euthanasia
Pandemic Legion
634
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Posted - 2013.09.26 04:04:00 -
[1794] - Quote
This is stupid, you're dumb.
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Destoya
Sniggerdly
Pandemic Legion
153
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Posted - 2013.09.26 04:07:00 -
[1795] - Quote
Oh hey, giving out priceless ships (that there literally will be TWO IN THE GAME OF) exclusively to third party websites is a thing now?
I mean you could have at least done a frigate tournament at fanfest '14 if you wanted to "add content back into the game", this way is completely misguided though. |
Garandras
Black Aces
Against ALL Authorities
6
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Posted - 2013.09.26 04:45:00 -
[1796] - Quote
Basically the QnA could of been made alot shorter by just saying 'because we can' |
Adwokat Diabla
ElitistOps
Pandemic Legion
14
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Posted - 2013.09.26 04:55:00 -
[1797] - Quote
who cares, its not even a dozen ships in a game population that hovers between 20,000 and 60,000 characters online at once. This has almost 0 impact on anything |
Adwokat Diabla
ElitistOps
Pandemic Legion
14
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Posted - 2013.09.26 04:56:00 -
[1798] - Quote
IN OTHER NEWS PANDEMIC LEGION WILL BE TOPPLING YOUR ****** ALLIANCES WITH A GOLDEN MAGNATE UMFUMFUMF |
Aliventi
Stimulus
Rote Kapelle
432
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Posted - 2013.09.26 05:04:00 -
[1799] - Quote
I think this is a terrible idea to ruin very collectable items just because you can. Part of what makes those ships cool is that they are unreachable to most of the people who play this game in the case of the Guardian-Vexor, and legendary because there was only one and it died for the Gold Magnate. IMO things like this should stay untouched as history.
Make new things to introduce this way in larger numbers. Make new history instead of ruining Eve's history.
Also, if you are really going to go through with this tell us how many you are planning on introducing. A Gold Magnate which only 2 will ever exist will be worth far more than a Gold Magnate where 50 might exist. Something about the super rare staying super rare? Not to mention all the Guardian-Vexors in game will be worth less (potentially worthless) now that and undisclosed number might be reintroduced.
Also, what is next on the chopping block? Opux Luxury Yacht? Silver Magnate? I would personally love a State Raven if you could throw some Blink's way. Perhaps give Blink some new T2 BPOs? Or... Keep history as history and make new history with new ships.
"tbh most people don't care about removing local from highsec. They want it gone from nullsec. I want to be able to solo roam hunt without everyone knowing I am there without them actually seeing me jump through the gate. Effortless intel is bad." ~Me |
Blueprint Seller
The Blueprint Shop
90
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Posted - 2013.09.26 05:37:00 -
[1800] - Quote
It does come across as rather cheap and lazy to recycle existing limited editions rather than creating new ones. Even a minimal variation, like a change in colour and name, would be sufficient to differentiate them from the existing limited editions and quell most of the likely objections to this move.
I understand that time and budget are limited, but how much more would it have cost you to take that extra step and do things right? |
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Forlorn Eskimo
Blue Republic
RvB - BLUE Republic
0
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Posted - 2013.09.26 05:51:00 -
[1801] - Quote
Kraken Merius wrote:could anyone tell me the best way to contact support for Somer Blinks, I have an account issue, nothing major, but I can't figure out how to contact support, as it says to do on the login screen. I don't see a support link of any kind. I asked for help in the SOMER Lotteries channel, but didnt get a response. Just a little confused, If someone in the know could help, I would appreciate it.
the ingame chat channel |
Julius Priscus
138
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Posted - 2013.09.26 05:53:00 -
[1802] - Quote
handing out anything via lottery is a ******* ******** idea...
after all the tech 2 lottery was such a good idea.
allow them to be invented or just don't do it. this also goes for all tourney ships too.
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Caliph Muhammed
Perkone
Caldari State
519
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Posted - 2013.09.26 05:59:00 -
[1803] - Quote
Putting prize support into a 3rd party website is bad form. It's a bad idea all around.
It appears as favoritism. And having no set condition to be met aside from if the devs like you enough is somewhat questionable.
Care to throw some t2 bpos my way? I'll have lottos for them. |
Tyrrax Thorrk
Habitual Euthanasia
Pandemic Legion
278
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Posted - 2013.09.26 06:09:00 -
[1804] - Quote
"sup guys there will only ever be one of this ship"
nvm we're releasing more cos it died~ |
Molic Blackbird
Orion Faction Industries
Orion Consortium
89
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Posted - 2013.09.26 06:13:00 -
[1805] - Quote
CCP Navigator wrote: We constantly look at which of our partners are running major initiatives and find ways to make them into super events whenever we can.
SOMER Blink is now a CCP partner? At what point does a Fansite crossover to being a partner?
Quote:
LetGÇÖs look at some of the other ships. Tournament ships will not be handed out in this fashion ever. These ships require full alliances to work hard over a long period of time so handing them out for free would absolutely cheapen the achievements of teams like Verge of Collapse, HYDRA RELOADED and Pandemic Legion and this is not what we are aiming for.
What about the people that put in the effort to earn the ISK to buy a Guardian Vexor? Its acceptable to cheapen that effort because they are but a small group of people?
This is a terrible idea. An idea made worse by being completely dismissive of any disagreement from the very start. I dislike the affect this has on the history of these unique ships. I dislike that the only way to have a chance of winning one of these items is to visit a third party website. I dislike that the more ISK people give to SOMER Blink, the better the chances they have to win. I dislike the precedent this sets for the future. I dislike that SOMER Blink gets 100's of Billions to Trillions of ISK worth of goodies from CCP for the simple fact they are a large Fansite. So much to dislike about this plan. |
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Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises
Otherworld Empire
9454
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Posted - 2013.09.26 06:27:00 -
[1806] - Quote
Please don't reintroduce ships like this. There was one, it was blown up, let it stay that way. That's what makes EVE so great, it becomes a huge part of the lore and history!
Also I'm interested in what type of agreement there is between CCP and SOMER (I woudln't be surprised if you say it's between you guys...) seeing as by the looks, you're donating these rare ships, which I am sure will gather A LOT of attention, which in turn will be tons of people giving SOMER their ISK for a chance to win.
The ISK betted will be returned to CCP or kept by SOMER? Congrats to SOMER for landing the opportunity though, but CCP really you should rethink the items you are giving away because giving out items you said were gone forever is just bad (and I know you can change your mind at any time and reintroduce things - as you just sorta did - but that doesn't make it a smart move).
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Mud Pandemonium
Interwebs Cooter Explosion
Fatal Ascension
6
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Posted - 2013.09.26 06:37:00 -
[1807] - Quote
This celebration is absolutely nuts. With CCPs involvement this takes things to an entirely new level.
Blink is wonderfully interwoven into my sandbox experience now. |
Cyto Apato
Valor Evolved
Order of Allied Knights
0
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Posted - 2013.09.26 06:40:00 -
[1808] - Quote
1 blink is awesome 2 the aliens are NOT out to get you 3 blink is awesome 4 refer to 1 and 3 but not 2 me gusto blinkitarrrrrrrrr(rolled tongue)
seriously way too entertaining |
Dell Ambraelle
Trontak Industries
0
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Posted - 2013.09.26 06:41:00 -
[1809] - Quote
As one of the newer members to eve, adding these things back into the game seems to be a good idea, honestly i have never seen any of these special ships undock, much less have anything done to them :) |
Makoto Tawate
Arke Battalion
0
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Posted - 2013.09.26 06:44:00 -
[1810] - Quote
I think it's great to see CCP backing a community-run event.
I don't see it as favouritism or anything of that nature. I see it as a developer taking an active interest in the community that makes their game.
It's all well and good for CCP to run their own events for the community (which I'm not trying to cheapen in any way at all; those events are amazing) - but I think it says something entirely different that CCP get behind something that's come up from the community itself. |
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Zarani Toralen
Unified Combatants
Against ALL Authorities
0
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Posted - 2013.09.26 06:51:00 -
[1811] - Quote
I have been playing blinks on Somer Blink for a few months now, I have won my fair share of goodies and would recommend them to anyone. I think it's awesome that CCP are throwing some goodies in as well. This is one very happy customer
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Valdemir Nonato
Novaron Collective
0
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Posted - 2013.09.26 06:53:00 -
[1812] - Quote
I like it, Somer Blink has given a lot of isk back to the community with these celebrations and countless promo blinks. Not to mention tons of fun to thousands of people. Also, anyone can blink!
They get better, we get better, you go CCP for supporting this! Shows involvement with the community, I believe. Also looking forward to the killmails :) |
Caliph Muhammed
Perkone
Caldari State
520
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Posted - 2013.09.26 06:55:00 -
[1813] - Quote
5 no like alts posting in a row. If that doesn't show something devious what would? |
Hra Neuvosto
FinFleet
Northern Coalition.
112
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Posted - 2013.09.26 06:58:00 -
[1814] - Quote
No, no ok. |
Tyrrax Thorrk
Habitual Euthanasia
Pandemic Legion
279
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Posted - 2013.09.26 07:00:00 -
[1815] - Quote
Chribba wrote:(and I know you can change your mind at any time and reintroduce things - as you just sorta did - but that doesn't make it a smart move).
I'd call it breaking promises/guarantees, not "changing their minds". |
Mud Pandemonium
Interwebs Cooter Explosion
Fatal Ascension
6
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Posted - 2013.09.26 07:03:00 -
[1816] - Quote
Tyrrax Thorrk wrote:Chribba wrote:(and I know you can change your mind at any time and reintroduce things - as you just sorta did - but that doesn't make it a smart move). I'd call it breaking promises/guarantees, not "changing their minds".
Chribba, Yourself, Entity.. just how many rare ship collectors are upset about this?
The playing field has been leveled for Joe Average. Bittervets and those who dominate alliance tourneys no longer hold a monopoly on ships worth a small fortune/ the ability to provide hilarious lossmails.
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Furry Crusader
Sniggerdly
Pandemic Legion
0
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Posted - 2013.09.26 07:04:00 -
[1817] - Quote
OH YEA THIS IS A GREAT IDEA. |
Arturius Tsar
Midnight Clockwork
0
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Posted - 2013.09.26 07:04:00 -
[1818] - Quote
As a return player to EVE I wish I would have jumped into SOMERblink earlier. It makes for a great way to toss up a little risk/reward gaming that isn't available in other MMO's in such a well level degree. Having CCP show some support for this is a great idea. And in fact could lay down some ground for future opportunities with other similar player based communities.
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Trynya
Irminsul Gunner
0
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Posted - 2013.09.26 07:12:00 -
[1819] - Quote
I do not like these somer blink people. They accused me of "scripting", banned me keeping my isk, then ignored my evemails when I asked for an explanation of what I did wrong. CCP shouldn't give them a damn thing. |
Caliph Muhammed
Perkone
Caldari State
520
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Posted - 2013.09.26 07:13:00 -
[1820] - Quote
You need more alt post. 6 isn't enough to drown the rest out. |
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Tyrrax Thorrk
Habitual Euthanasia
Pandemic Legion
280
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Posted - 2013.09.26 07:19:00 -
[1821] - Quote
Mud Pandemonium wrote:Tyrrax Thorrk wrote:Chribba wrote:(and I know you can change your mind at any time and reintroduce things - as you just sorta did - but that doesn't make it a smart move). I'd call it breaking promises/guarantees, not "changing their minds". Chribba, Yourself, Entity.. just how many rare ship collectors are upset about this? The playing field has been leveled for Joe Average. Bittervets and those who dominate alliance tourneys no longer hold a monopoly on ships worth a small fortune/ the ability to provide hilarious lossmails.
I'm not a collector, just an interested party since I owned and lost the original gold magnate, and was active back when CCP guaranteed there wouldn't be any more of them.
That's all I'm upset about, CCP making yet another huge mistake, apparently now that Oveur is gone nobody over there cares about this stuff.
PS; This doesn't level the field at all , someone filthy rich will buy a blast win as usual and the richest corp in EVE somer blink will get even richer due to CCP giving them extremely valuable free stuff to sell. |
Furry Crusader
Sniggerdly
Pandemic Legion
0
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Posted - 2013.09.26 07:23:00 -
[1822] - Quote
i was being sarcastic.
Adding new ships is fine, i dont care about that.
Adding new ships with blatant favoritism is not fine. |
GeorgeSand
Fuer Grissa ost Drauka
the Independent Gaming Group
0
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Posted - 2013.09.26 07:37:00 -
[1823] - Quote
This is a really bad idea!
Don't mess with the history of Eve! |
Furry Crusader
Sniggerdly
Pandemic Legion
0
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Posted - 2013.09.26 07:38:00 -
[1824] - Quote
Haha. I understand something now. My bad for being against this. Carry on. |
Malkavien
Arch Angels Assault Force
Mildly Sober
12
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Posted - 2013.09.26 07:40:00 -
[1825] - Quote
Although I think this idea is pretty cool letting the average Joe get access to these rare ships lets think about how this will pan out.
Average Joe wins the blink and the ship is theirs.
Collector that has more isk than sense comes along an offers the Average Joe more isk than he could have ever made in game for this rare ship.
Average Joe accepts the deal and has fun for the rest of his playing days will all this isk.
Collector stick the ship in a hanger in some high sec station and the ship will never see the light of day again.
So how exactly will this provide content and allow these rare ships to be used in the game ?
The only way I can see it is if there was hundreds released and then it will not be such a rare ship any more.
I just cant see this working out well. |
Swidgen
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
104
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Posted - 2013.09.26 07:41:00 -
[1826] - Quote
This is bullshit. I'm not worried about favoritism, nor am I worried about the hit that collectors' unique ships might take value-wise. I'm not even upset about the 'luck' vs 'skill' aspect of how they are being awarded. It just seems wrong to do it with an out-of-game entity, and that's not a slam against somer.blink who, as far as anyone knows, is reputable and honest. It seems like a gimmick more than a well planned event. It's sleazy.
Why not just sell them for PLEX? Or wait... I know: Aurum!
Yeah, that's the ticket. |
Arcos Vandymion
The Advent of Faith
Standing United.
18
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Posted - 2013.09.26 08:01:00 -
[1827] - Quote
Not like I'll participate in the blink in the first place - but it's kind of breaking the continuity. While from a logic standpoint noone would stop you to manufacture a ship that blueprints exist for (on a lore basis here) - making the thing a signed autograph card ( "From Jamyl with love" ), then mass printing them is just wrong. What's so bad about it being destroyed? What's the problem of there being only one Megathron Federate Issue?
If you want to hand out some ships without breaking the continuity sell some "stripped" Eidolon Hulls or something. Introduce a Bronze version of the Gold Magnate if you want to - "based on" but don't make it the Gold Magnate. If you can't come up with the fluff for a late introduction of a "third rate" version (how about: "In order to raise funds for the reinvigorated reclaiming asked for by Tash-Murkon ...blabla... Empress Jamyl gave the order to produce a number of limited Issue ships to be sold to supporters.") don't even bother trying to come up with a reason for the reintroduction of something that is unique by all intends and purposes (because that's way harder), unless we'll have a new selection for a new emperor/empress. |
Akrasjel Lanate
Naquatech Conglomerate
1206
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Posted - 2013.09.26 08:03:00 -
[1828] - Quote
Oh god :CCP: |
Nam Dnilb
Universal Frog
76
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Posted - 2013.09.26 08:04:00 -
[1829] - Quote
Art department is behind this. "Stop making us make textures for a ship, that doesn't exist anymore!" |
RUS Comannder
Tremor Recorded
Variable Enterprise Training Standards
23
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Posted - 2013.09.26 08:10:00 -
[1830] - Quote
For me, I don't care if an extinct ship is brought back from the dead, it will have no impact on the value of the only other one. It will be a new piece of history for the ship. Were this happening in real life and a ship became so revered, it would be re-introduced. Players who have played for five years might have only heard of the Gold Magnate for first time today.
I remember when there were so many scammers selling "Gold Magnates" and now there are none so that part of the community, which I'd like to see vanish but is revered by so many, will once again thrive.
The Guardian Vexor might suffer a little downgrade in value but no one will lose anything. Chribba will likely have rare ships to sell to the very few who keep them tucked away in hangars never to be seen again - sort of de facto extinct.
Perhaps it would have been better for CCP to have invented new ships for this exercise, but I seriously don't think that would have assuaged anyone's complaints, just caused them to be re-worded as "new one of a kind ships never to be seen again would be flooding the rare ship market."
About Blink / CCP. I have been aware of some of Blink's community financial support but not to the extent mentioned by the Dev who has access to more figures than I do. The Blink websites don't offer a clue to their extent, but I know they have given ISK to every fleet in past tournaments to help the alliances without isk faucets in their SOV and I know they have been very helpful to Eve-Uni in helping the new player experience. As I understand it, Blink will not have possession of the ships, but winners will receive them from CCP directly. I have no idea how the isk will be divided. I would assume CCP has fixed a price for blink to meet.
I can understand why Blink chose to use their format where players can increase their chance to win by increasing their Blast Credits, which increase with the number of blinks played and won and the level of the blink involved. More blink credit for winning a dread in a blink than for winning a frig for instance. That fits right into Risk for ISK. Had they chosen to do it with their vehicle which gives everyone one chance to win, they would have been flooded with a million alts when their rules are one blink account per person regardless of how many Eve accounts the person has.
I am very glad CCP has recognized a player run operation in Eve in this way and hope they will be able to find other squeaky clean fansites with which to do the same thing.
Fansites for alliances who are heavily or lightly into botting, carry links to sites, or have carried links to sites which do RMT for ships and ISK need to be excluded, in fact removed from Eve or the rules against it need to not just be overlooked for the favored but removed if CCP cannot unemotionally enforce them.
Overall, I think it is a good thing! |
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Abernie
Massively Incompetent
15
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Posted - 2013.09.26 08:11:00 -
[1831] - Quote
CCP Navigator wrote:Ok, so... *snip* Please confirm that this was a joke gone bad and it's not actually happening.
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Mra Rednu
Black Watch Guard
324
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Posted - 2013.09.26 08:12:00 -
[1832] - Quote
Tyrrax Thorrk wrote:Mud Pandemonium wrote:Tyrrax Thorrk wrote:Chribba wrote:(and I know you can change your mind at any time and reintroduce things - as you just sorta did - but that doesn't make it a smart move). I'd call it breaking promises/guarantees, not "changing their minds". Chribba, Yourself, Entity.. just how many rare ship collectors are upset about this? The playing field has been leveled for Joe Average. Bittervets and those who dominate alliance tourneys no longer hold a monopoly on ships worth a small fortune/ the ability to provide hilarious lossmails. I'm not a collector, just an interested party since I owned and lost the original gold magnate, and was active back when CCP guaranteed there wouldn't be any more of them. That's all I'm upset about, CCP making yet another huge mistake, apparently now that Oveur is gone nobody over there cares about this stuff. PS; This doesn't level the field at all , someone filthy rich will buy a blast win as usual and the richest corp in EVE somer blink will get even richer due to CCP giving them extremely valuable free stuff to sell.
Not empty quotin'.
This is dev's blantantly favouring one corp, least in the old days they used to try and hide this away.......... |
Clith
ElitistOps
Pandemic Legion
122
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Posted - 2013.09.26 08:47:00 -
[1833] - Quote
T20 mk2 |
DeT Resprox
T.R.I.A.D
179
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Posted - 2013.09.26 08:51:00 -
[1834] - Quote
Re-introducing Gold Magnates into the Ship-pool in this way is a terribad idea
They should be kept as a special one-off reward ship for tournaments (Amarr ones at that maybe?).
I can remember when Mr PinkHat got hunted down by mOo and lost his. I'm not sure if any are left in game, but if i had one of the few, or the last one worth a fortune - i'd be going mad right now.
DeT Resprox
T.R.I.A.D CEO-á
Matari Tribal War Chief
Founding Member of Ushra'Khan |
Aelisha
Achura-Waschi Exchange
239
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Posted - 2013.09.26 08:54:00 -
[1835] - Quote
Also making my voice against this heard.
Favouritism, even as benevolent as this seems to the community at large, is still favouritism. Figure out your own vehicle for the release of these in game assets to the community or don't do it at all, in my humble opinion. Maybe even get the guys at Somer to consult on the process - but DO NOT hand ISK on a silver platter to anyone in game, especially not when they set the price, risk and thus potential profit of the assets involved.
Somer has a great business model - I personally dislike gambling but this is no place for evangelism as to how people spend their free time. This is not an argument against gambling, Somer or CCP reintroducing ships. It is an argument about perceived bias and an increasing frequency of GMs treating even the most coherent, literate arguments with derision and disrespect - outright ignoring opposition or (at worst) sneering actively at said opposition.
With individuals of such calibre as Chribba lending their weight to the 'against' bloc, I strongly suggest you re-evaluate.
CEO of the Achura-Waschi Exchange: An International trade corporation that adheres to State values
Intaki born State Citizen and supporter of the Practicals Bloc. |
Clith
ElitistOps
Pandemic Legion
123
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Posted - 2013.09.26 08:58:00 -
[1836] - Quote
CCP Navigator wrote:
Tournament ships will not be handed out in this fashion ever.
Pretty sure the Gold Magnate was a tournament ship. |
Honningbarnet
Honningbarna
0
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Posted - 2013.09.26 09:22:00 -
[1837] - Quote
Darknesss, Wirox and Lotto49 have had lotteries for years. I have just as much faith in them as Somer Blink.
I suggest they send ccp a mail and tell them they want to do a raven state issue lottery.
By the looks of it ccp provides prizes. |
Mashie Saldana
BFG Tech
724
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Posted - 2013.09.26 09:28:00 -
[1838] - Quote
This is a bloody stupid idea.
Nam Dnilb wrote:Art department is behind this. "Stop making us make textures for a ship, that doesn't exist anymore!"
If they are that desperate to use the textures just leave it as a NPC ship.
Mashie Saldana
Dominique Vasilkovsky
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Bad Bobby
Bring Me Sunshine
258
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Posted - 2013.09.26 09:33:00 -
[1839] - Quote
This is unfortunate.
I have a great deal of respect for Somer and her Blinks. I love CCP and the awful game they have willfully addicted me to.
But some times, just sometimes, you come out with really stupid ideas like this and I really have to cringe.
Please guys, take the advice of a friend and don't do this. You can rustle up a new limited edition, you can lottery them to active accounts using even the most primitive random selection process and you can avoid a costly mistake.
Don't let the winter expansion announcement be spoilt by one set of comically bad decisions. |
Forlorn Eskimo
Blue Republic
RvB - BLUE Republic
0
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Posted - 2013.09.26 09:45:00 -
[1840] - Quote
Congratulations on another Great Event And the sponsorship of EvE Vegas .
Also well done too ccp for giving some great prizes for blink to give away :)
Keep up the good work |
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EmpireOfDust
The Scope
Gallente Federation
6
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Posted - 2013.09.26 09:58:00 -
[1841] - Quote
A) You're giving Somer Blink free isk.
What that isk is used for doesn't matter.
B) You're giving away free ships which were always considered and promised to be limited run and the only ones of their kind. Ships which get news articles written about them when they die.
Stupid idea.
C) Blatant favouritism.
Doesn't matter who or what it is, CCP shouldn't have any involvement with a player or group of players, to the exclusion of other players, which ends up with those players profiting financially or otherwise. If Blink gets gold magnates and guardian vexors to give away, everyone should get gold magnates and guardian vexors. |
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
16631
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Posted - 2013.09.26 10:06:00 -
[1842] - Quote
Idiotic. There is no other word to describe it.
If you want to hand out unique ships, create unique ships to hand out. Don't ruin the uniqueness of ships already in the game, even if they're so unique they've been lost forever. In fact, GÇ£lost foreverGÇ¥ is the best reason to not do so since there is no legendary status that will ever beat that and since no game will ever offer the same.
Give Somer some Bronze Magnates and Steward Vexors if you have to, but let the historical ships be historical.
GÇ£If you're not willing to fight for what you have in GëívGëí you don't deserve it, and you will lose it.GÇ¥
Get a good start: newbie skill plan 2.0. |
Michael Harari
Genos Occidere
HYDRA RELOADED
650
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Posted - 2013.09.26 10:18:00 -
[1843] - Quote
So basically, if you grind enough rep ccp will just hand you a trillion isk?
Also, some of the unique ships you are giving blink were tournament ships. So to then claim you will never reissue tournament ships is a little suspect. |
Poetic Stanziel
Major Kong Freight
1973
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Posted - 2013.09.26 10:20:00 -
[1844] - Quote
Chribba wrote:Please don't reintroduce ships like this. There was one, it was blown up, let it stay that way. That's what makes EVE so great, it becomes a huge part of the lore and history!
Also I'm interested in what type of agreement there is between CCP and SOMER (I woudln't be surprised if you say it's between you guys...) seeing as by the looks, you're donating these rare ships, which I am sure will gather A LOT of attention, which in turn will be tons of people giving SOMER their ISK for a chance to win.
The ISK betted will be returned to CCP or kept by SOMER? Congrats to SOMER for landing the opportunity though, but CCP really you should rethink the items you are giving away because giving out items you said were gone forever is just bad (and I know you can change your mind at any time and reintroduce things - as you just sorta did - but that doesn't make it a smart move).
/c Pull Chribba Dice support in protest.
Amarr Militia - Fweddit - http://fweddit.com
Poetic Discourse - http://poeticstanziel.blogspot.com |
Michael Harari
Genos Occidere
HYDRA RELOADED
650
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Posted - 2013.09.26 10:20:00 -
[1845] - Quote
PS when do darkness and chribba get their trillion isk? |
Leontyne Gaterau
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
54
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Posted - 2013.09.26 10:24:00 -
[1846] - Quote
A blooo a blooo a bloooo my spaceships a bloooooo |
Bad Bobby
Bring Me Sunshine
258
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Posted - 2013.09.26 10:24:00 -
[1847] - Quote
Michael Harari wrote:PS when do darkness and chribba get their trillion isk?
Form an orderly queue, please. |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
255
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Posted - 2013.09.26 10:26:00 -
[1848] - Quote
Poetic Stanziel wrote:Pull Chribba Dice support in protest.
Do you feel any hypocrisy posting that 32 minutes after you claimed your free gift on our site?
Just curious if you'd prefer to withdraw your use of our gifts in protest :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Poetic Stanziel
Major Kong Freight
1973
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Posted - 2013.09.26 10:27:00 -
[1849] - Quote
The problem here is that the more Blink Blast tickets you own, the better your odds of winning the Gold Magnate. Sure, everyone that plays Blink can a get a few free tickets ... but a tonne of rich dudes are gonna give Somer their ISK and play thousands of blinks to increase their odds.
This Gold Magnate giveaway just increases the size of Somer's wallet. It's not like the money from this event is going to the Homeless Jita Orphan Fund.
I too would like CCP to give me the opportunity to increase my wallet size substantially.
If CCP wants to give away Gold Magnates, then they should run a simple lottery ... one ticket per account holder. Every player in EVE has a chance to win. (And yes, some people have more accounts than others, nothing is perfect ... but it is a far cry better than giving Gold Magnates to some 3rd party website ... which CCP can't even confirm is totally legit ... they only have a suspicion it is legit.)
Amarr Militia - Fweddit - http://fweddit.com
Poetic Discourse - http://poeticstanziel.blogspot.com |
Poetic Stanziel
Major Kong Freight
1973
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Posted - 2013.09.26 10:29:00 -
[1850] - Quote
Andrev Nox wrote:Poetic Stanziel wrote:Pull Chribba Dice support in protest.
Do you feel any hypocrisy posting that 32 minutes after you claimed your free gift on our site? Just curious if you'd prefer to withdraw your use of our gifts in protest :)
Wow. CCP chose wisely when they gave you guys Gold Magnates.
Perhaps you should ban my Somer Blink account. I'd love it if Somer started restricting players from winning the CCP donated prizes that you were given.
Amarr Militia - Fweddit - http://fweddit.com
Poetic Discourse - http://poeticstanziel.blogspot.com |
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Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
255
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Posted - 2013.09.26 10:30:00 -
[1851] - Quote
Poetic Stanziel wrote:
This Gold Magnate giveaway just increases the size of Somer's wallet. It's not like the money from this event is going to the Homeless Jita Orphan Fund.
It's going to the Eve Vegas PVP tourney sponsorship, actually :)
Quote: ... which CCP can't even confirm is totally legit ... they only have a suspicion it is legit.)
Again, if you don't feel like we're a legitimate service, I'm more than happy to help you discontinue claiming gifts each and every time we've offered them.
You know, in case you want to protest.
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Poetic Stanziel
Major Kong Freight
1973
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Posted - 2013.09.26 10:37:00 -
[1852] - Quote
Andrev Nox wrote:Poetic Stanziel wrote:
This Gold Magnate giveaway just increases the size of Somer's wallet. It's not like the money from this event is going to the Homeless Jita Orphan Fund.
It's going to the Eve Vegas PVP tourney sponsorship, actually :) Every last ISK?
Andrev Nox wrote:Quote: ... which CCP can't even confirm is totally legit ... they only have a suspicion it is legit.) Again, if you don't feel like we're a legitimate service, I'm more than happy to help you discontinue claiming gifts each and every time we've offered them. You know, in case you want to protest. Don't pretend you're some sort of charity. You're a for profit gambling organization. I paid my dues into Blink. Nothing I do on that site is free. You got my ISK so that I could participate. (Not too mention some $$$ via Game Time card purchases.)
Amarr Militia - Fweddit - http://fweddit.com
Poetic Discourse - http://poeticstanziel.blogspot.com |
Poetic Stanziel
Major Kong Freight
1973
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Posted - 2013.09.26 10:38:00 -
[1853] - Quote
Andrev Nox wrote:You know, in case you want to protest. Being self-righteous, as tho you're entitled to these CCP gifts does not help your case or cause.
Amarr Militia - Fweddit - http://fweddit.com
Poetic Discourse - http://poeticstanziel.blogspot.com |
Bad Bobby
Bring Me Sunshine
258
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Posted - 2013.09.26 10:42:00 -
[1854] - Quote
Andrev Nox wrote:Again, if you don't feel like we're a legitimate service, I'm more than happy to help you discontinue claiming gifts each and every time we've offered them.
You know, in case you want to protest.
All you had to do to stay in the clear here was to say nothing, but you had to give it some attitude.
Don't you think it's a little cliche for a gambling magnate to resort to intimidation when accused of corruption?
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Igor Nappi
Federal Defense Union
Gallente Federation
2
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Posted - 2013.09.26 10:45:00 -
[1855] - Quote
Hello CCP. I would like to be given some special edition ships, too. |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
255
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Posted - 2013.09.26 10:49:00 -
[1856] - Quote
Bad Bobby wrote:...to resort to intimidation...
To clarify - I'm not and wasn't intimating that I'd close his account. We didn't close it when he ignored our rules and tried to sell answers to our trivia giveaways in Jita local, we certainly wouldn't close it over a rabble rousing forum post :)
I noticed he had one hand raised in protest, but the other was still busy opening gifts. I was just checking if he was interested in joining in on the protests he was suggesting for others.
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Poetic Stanziel
Major Kong Freight
1973
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Posted - 2013.09.26 10:54:00 -
[1857] - Quote
Andrev Nox wrote:I noticed he had one hand raised in protest, but the other was still busy opening gifts. Of course. The chances of CCP backing down are next to nil. If anything, CCP is more than likely to double-down on this. Hell, they might even give you more Gold Magnates.
CCP, if you'll recall, doubled-down on Incarna and $60 monocles, until someone in the company said "Hey, we're actually losing accounts over this. A lot of accounts."
Since I doubt people are going to cancel accounts over this ... the Gold Magnates are not going to vanish from your prize pool. I might as well get a couple tickets in there.
But I will ***** about their decision in the meanwhile ... so hopefully it never happens again.
Amarr Militia - Fweddit - http://fweddit.com
Poetic Discourse - http://poeticstanziel.blogspot.com |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
255
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Posted - 2013.09.26 10:57:00 -
[1858] - Quote
Since you believe they're going to give away these kind of ships no matter what - even if, say, an equitable and fair player organization weren't willing to facilitate it - perhaps direct your complaint towards CCP then, rather than encouraging people towards some type of faux moral outrage "withdraw support in protest" type actions.
The later is a little easier to misinterpret than the former :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Red Templar
Monkey Attack Squad
Goonswarm Federation
219
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Posted - 2013.09.26 10:59:00 -
[1859] - Quote
Hey CCP. Can you please stop ruining your own game? At least for a while?
Thank you!
For Love. For Peace. For Honor.
For None of the Above.
For Pony! |
Poetic Stanziel
Major Kong Freight
1973
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Posted - 2013.09.26 11:01:00 -
[1860] - Quote
Andrev Nox wrote:... an equitable and fair player organization weren't willing to facilitate it. Says you.
I believe Somer Blink is probably 99% fair. I have no idea if there's a 1% of the time that Somer rewards himself or protects his profit margins with some shady "random-number generation."
Amarr Militia - Fweddit - http://fweddit.com
Poetic Discourse - http://poeticstanziel.blogspot.com |
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Major Trant
Oxide Nation
Iron Oxide.
205
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Posted - 2013.09.26 11:01:00 -
[1861] - Quote
My first thought when I read about this was 'so what?'. As Malkavien above stated. Some Joe will win it (them). Some rich collector will buy them. Joe will never want for Isk again and the ship will likely never undock. Absolutely nothing will have been achieved in terms of real content.
At the same time I'm thinking maybe I should sign up for a Blink account. I've always resisted the urge, even though I've been in receipt of several Somer Blink sponsored prizes via RvB Ganked roams. But at the end of the day it is a gambling site and ultimately the vast majority of users will lose money.
I haven't got any particular moral objections to gambling I just understand that if you play a game where the house take a 7% (?) cut of the proceeds, you are almost certain to lose money. 7% doesn't sound a lot, but all gambling instituitions know that the average Joe only quits after his losses reach an unpleasant amount. If he wins he will come back again and again until it's all gone.
I've know loads of people who have won great prizes through Somer Blink, it is human nature to brag when you win. But when you lose most people shut up. Only two people have admitted losing to me. One lost 50B, another was buying Plex to fund it.
The real result of this will be thousands of new Somer Blink accounts and while most will only lose a bit and then give up. Some of those people will seriously ruin their Eve experience as a result of this.
I'm gobsmacked that CCP would associate themselves with this and I can't help but wonder why they are so far up Somer Blink's arse? Are CCP that strapped for cash that they are going back to the 'Greed is Good' mentality, via the back door?
Sorry but not very subtle.
Oxide Nation - Minmatar FW - Low Sec PvP - Euro TZ - New Player Friendly
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probag Bear
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
5
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Posted - 2013.09.26 11:06:00 -
[1862] - Quote
Andrev Nox wrote:Do you feel any hypocrisy posting that 32 minutes after you claimed your free gift on our site?
How is this not abuse of power? Publicly disclosing your customers' information for the sake of some half-******** argument? |
Tar Guo
North Eastern Swat
Pandemic Legion
2
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Posted - 2013.09.26 11:13:00 -
[1863] - Quote
Yeah this is a bad idea. |
Bobmon
Burning Napalm
Northern Coalition.
58
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Posted - 2013.09.26 11:15:00 -
[1864] - Quote
bad idea idea is bad
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction." Albert Einstein |
Bad Bobby
Bring Me Sunshine
258
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Posted - 2013.09.26 11:15:00 -
[1865] - Quote
Andrev Nox wrote:Bad Bobby wrote:...to resort to intimidation... To clarify - I'm not and wasn't intimating that I'd close his account. We didn't close it when he ignored our rules and tried to sell answers to our trivia giveaways in Jita local, we certainly wouldn't close it over a rabble rousing forum post :)
Jolly good.
In any case, if CCP do not change their mind on this, I'd like to congratulate you on this unprecidented blessing. I personally believe that the hard work of your group should be applauded and rewarded, but I'm fairly sure you had that side of things taken care of without the need for CCP to take this troubling course.
I find no fault in you, just because CCP has decided they want to re-issue limited edition content (when there is no need to) and give such a large gift to your player group (regardless of the good works it may be put to). I've been the beneficiary of too many windfalls to righteously complain about others getting their share.
I fully understand you have an interest in the outcome here too, but this may be one of those situations where it's best to stay out of the line of fire.
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Jommis
Veyr
The Veyr Collective
74
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Posted - 2013.09.26 11:26:00 -
[1866] - Quote
Major Trant wrote:
I haven't got any particular moral objections to gambling I just understand that if you play a game where the house take a 7% (?) cut of the proceeds, you are almost certain to lose money. 7% doesn't sound a lot, but all gambling instituitions know that the average Joe only quits after his losses reach an unpleasant amount. If he wins he will come back again and again until it's all gone.
I'm down atleast 200 bill
But i have had good fun loosing them.
If Ccp is donating ships to somer blink i think it should be a own type of blink ships.
Since others have played for a long time getting these rare ships.
And the live events like shoot Andrev in the face is the most fun I have had in eve for ages
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Bobmon
Burning Napalm
Northern Coalition.
58
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Posted - 2013.09.26 11:41:00 -
[1867] - Quote
so why is blink getting all this money and not good people like cribba or any grunt? this is just handing out free isk to players by CCP. We dont know 100% sure where the money goes to once somer gets it so i would really like to see CCP think twice about this. Even if the money goes to a good cause then its still isk that shouldnt have existed.
So again please think twice about this
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction." Albert Einstein |
mynnna
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
1870
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Posted - 2013.09.26 11:51:00 -
[1868] - Quote
Andrev Nox wrote:Bad Bobby wrote:...to resort to intimidation... To clarify - I'm not and wasn't intimating that I'd close his account. We didn't close it when he ignored our rules and tried to sell answers to our trivia giveaways in Jita local, we certainly wouldn't close it over a rabble rousing forum post :) I noticed he had one hand raised in protest, but the other was still busy opening gifts. I was just checking if he was interested in joining in on the protests he was suggesting for others.
And you sound like a douchebag for doing so. I already thought that SOMER being given such ships was a bad idea, your actions and attitude here have sealed the deal.
For my part, I know the EULA forbids players from implying favor of CCP, I have trouble imagining that there isn't a similar rule forbidding CCP employees from showing favor towards certain players, and, well... handing an organization ships to give away in a for-profit lottery sounds a lot like favor to me.
Member of the Goonswarm Economic Warfare Cabal |
Peter Powers
Terrorists of Dimensions
Free 2 Play
148
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Posted - 2013.09.26 11:52:00 -
[1869] - Quote
CCP Navigator wrote:SOMER Blink have a history of being trustworthy and honoring every blink played without exception. With that level of trust we were looking at ways of expanding on that good will and allowing players to play for some very unique prizes in that trusted environment. More importantly, we are looking at ways in which we can grow bigger giveaways with more player participation with other Fansites in the future.
excuse me? SOMER Blink has a history of being one of the largest scam operations in the history of EVE.
when SOMER started i did statistics over who wins when, and found several characters that would win quite often but never show up in their statistics. People didn't believe me, mostly to them getting what they won, what they didn't get was that their chances where skimmed.
Ever since severapeople have been blogging about how SOMER Blink is scamming - hell someone (not me) even put up a blog dedicated on exposing SOMER Blink for that ( http://blinkexposed.blogspot.de/ ) (especially look at the site about fake players)
CCP Navigator wrote:Q2, Why Gold Magnates? Are you trying to ruin the game and release every old legacy/limited model?A2, Absolutely not. I will address the Gold Magnate first and then the Guardian Vexor before looking at other legacy models. The Gold Magnate was handed out back when most players playing today did not know that EVE existed. As a single one was handed out and then destroyed it actually removes content from the game and that is not always a good thing. We thought hard about how we could reintroduce the model back in, still in a super limited basis, and a lottery seemed the fairest way to do this. With SOMER Blink anyone who plays a single blink (even a free promo blink) will gain a ticket to the main Blink Blast so you have a chance to win. Clearly, the more you play the more chances you have to win the blast. In addition, CCP do not have a lottery system capable of handling this for all interested parties. In this circumstance, we are going to the people who have. With the Guardian Vexor, this is a model we have given out more than once in the past and something we realize is a collectors dream to own. CCP Navigator wrote: Collectors dream of owning it BECAUSE IT IS RARE, if you give out more of them you kill parts of the dream [quote=CCP Navigator] Q5, This sucks and I donGÇÖt like anything about it. What do you say to that?A5, I am genuinely sorry if this upsets you and I mean that. What I know from EVE players is that you can make some of them happy some of the time but never all of them happy all of the time. Some players will want to have a chance of owning these unique prizes, some will be super unhappy and voice that displeasure and most people will not care and go on with their daily business.
i want to own a titan, that would totally make me happy, but titans are to expensive for someone who is as bad at making ISK as i am. Still i don't ask you to change the game so titans are cheaper.
You are favoring specific players here beyond reason (and on the costs of those who already own some of those rare ships).
I personally don't own either of those ships, and i'm not a collector who is interested in getting 'em.
but there is really two things that really really shock me:
a) the level of trust your giving to SOMER Blink here, just google for SOMER Blink and scam
b) that you want to give out rare ships, and by that de-value those that are already in. It can't be so hard to create a magnat with a BLINK Logo or some other simply visual difference for this event itself. That would feel a lot less wrong to me than what you are doing right now.
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arabella blood
I Swear She Looked 18
168
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Posted - 2013.09.26 11:59:00 -
[1870] - Quote
This is what happens when you are lazy.
Lazy to introduce new ships.
Lazy to do a lottery yourself.
What about all the people blocked at Somer? cant they have a chance to win?
What about favoriting one organization over the others?
Just by the look of thing, it looks like CCP just enjoys watching our tears :)
Troll for hire. Cheap prices. |
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Phoph
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
0
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Posted - 2013.09.26 12:06:00 -
[1871] - Quote
Give it to BIG Lottery. As far as I can remember they have never been for profit. |
probag Bear
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
6
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Posted - 2013.09.26 12:11:00 -
[1872] - Quote
Trynya wrote:I do not like these somer blink people. They accused me of "scripting", banned me keeping my isk, then ignored my evemails when I asked for an explanation of what I did wrong. CCP shouldn't give them a damn thing. And neither should anyone else.
I strongly doubt this. "Scripting" is nowhere mentioned as a violation of Blink's ToS (though I do sympathize if you have a hard time finding said ToS). CCP has now released an official statement about Blink, saying that "to date they have been 100% trustful" [sic]. So if you were to say that Blink has in the past handed out bans not justified by anything in their ToS or other rulesets you'd be going against official CCP word.
God help you if you were to point out that their ToS directly contradicts other parts of their FAQ. |
True Sight
Deep Freeze Industries
157
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Posted - 2013.09.26 12:20:00 -
[1873] - Quote
I think this is a bad idea. |
Felicia Pelana
Angels of Hades
0
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Posted - 2013.09.26 12:22:00 -
[1874] - Quote
Chribba wrote:Please don't reintroduce ships like this. There was one, it was blown up, let it stay that way. That's what makes EVE so great, it becomes a huge part of the lore and history!
Also I'm interested in what type of agreement there is between CCP and SOMER (I woudln't be surprised if you say it's between you guys...) seeing as by the looks, you're donating these rare ships, which I am sure will gather A LOT of attention, which in turn will be tons of people giving SOMER their ISK for a chance to win.
The ISK betted will be returned to CCP or kept by SOMER? Congrats to SOMER for landing the opportunity though, but CCP really you should rethink the items you are giving away because giving out items you said were gone forever is just bad (and I know you can change your mind at any time and reintroduce things - as you just sorta did - but that doesn't make it a smart move).
/c
Chribba put it well.
As a collector, I'm annoyed when old ships are reintroduced. Market are crashed.
This in combination with Somer getting trillions of isk and "under the table" items from CCP, this really has to stop.
Either CCP supports all the game related sites (not really no), or simply don't give away stuff to third party, and especially in these game-changing amounts and valuables. Period. |
Cede Forster
Enlightened Industries
Goonswarm Federation
142
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Posted - 2013.09.26 12:22:00 -
[1875] - Quote
The fact alone that BLINK mentions that they got stuff from CCP directly equals an endorsement to the average player that comes to the page. The fact that some CCP representative said different ways on some thread with soon over hundred pages does not change that.
CCP knows that because no one in their right mind would be dumb enough to be oblivious to that fact. They effectively endorsed the service and no other service, making it the defacto official gambling page for EVE Online. |
Jowen Datloran
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
660
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Posted - 2013.09.26 12:22:00 -
[1876] - Quote
Reintroducing historical ship through a third party fansite is going straight into the top ten over the most mind numbing things CCP have ever done.
This Somer guy is no official CCP partner, and what the heck will you do, when it turns out this lottery of his is involved in RMT? Because if there is one thing we have learned over the last ten years, it should be NEVER to trust an Eve-O player. Even you, Chribba. Heck, he could just keep the ships or rig the lottery, if he wanted.
And yes, reintroduce new ships for new events, do not break historical value for your convenience.
Every warning light should have gone off a long time ago. Seems like once again that CCP is being run by morons in the Marketing Department than people with feeling and care for the game.
Mr. Science & Trade Institute, EVE Online Lorebook-á |
Gamer4liff
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
13
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Posted - 2013.09.26 12:22:00 -
[1877] - Quote
This isn't just a bad idea, this is the worst idea.
May as well seed the T2 BPO lottery again if CCP wants to give random give people huge benefits, at least that wouldn't be through a player organization. |
Vera Algaert
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
1055
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Posted - 2013.09.26 12:28:00 -
[1878] - Quote
CCP Navigator wrote:Maybe in the future you can but for now we are testing the waters and looking at how players react.
that's why you told players unhappy with your actions "tough luck, suck it up" just a few paragraphs above? to see how they react? |
Literally Space Moses
Perkone
Caldari State
22
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Posted - 2013.09.26 12:30:00 -
[1879] - Quote
In one stroke you destroyed the market for unique ships by confirming you were willing to reintroduce both older ships and pretty much confirming that tourney ships would be reintroduced (we will reintroduce them, but not through a lottery). Seriously? |
Jowen Datloran
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
663
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Posted - 2013.09.26 12:32:00 -
[1880] - Quote
arabella blood wrote:
What about all the people blocked at Somer? cant they have a chance to win?
There is an extremely valid point here. Just recently, the Live Event team created two new official communication channels, just so that nobody would be blocked out of live events (Source). If anybody has been blocked by Somer and want to participate in the lottery for these historical ships, they should contact Internal Affairs at CCP to get things sorted.
Mr. Science & Trade Institute, EVE Online Lorebook-á |
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Poetic Stanziel
Major Kong Freight
1976
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Posted - 2013.09.26 12:33:00 -
[1881] - Quote
Is Somer Blink legit?
http://blinkexposed.blogspot.de/p/fake-players.html
Mostly legit is not 100% legit.
Why is CCP using Somer to distribute exceptionally rare and expensive goodies?
Amarr Militia - Fweddit - http://fweddit.com
Poetic Discourse - http://poeticstanziel.blogspot.com |
Trebor Daehdoow
Dirt Nap Squad
Dirt Nap Squad.
3015
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Posted - 2013.09.26 12:33:00 -
[1882] - Quote
The CSM was not consulted about this lottery, and if we had been, we would have had concerns similar to those raised by many in this thread.
We hope to arrange a meeting with the relevant CCP staff members to discuss the matter in the near future, and will keep the community as informed as possible.
Like any honest politician, "My door is always open, and my hand is always out" |
Gorski Car
ElitistOps
Pandemic Legion
75
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Posted - 2013.09.26 12:43:00 -
[1883] - Quote
This was wrong during the t20 **** and it is still wrong now. |
Marlene Dakenek
Devid Ventures
3
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Posted - 2013.09.26 12:44:00 -
[1884] - Quote
This is one of the worst ideas ever. |
Felicia Pelana
Angels of Hades
0
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Posted - 2013.09.26 12:47:00 -
[1885] - Quote
Trebor Daehdoow wrote:The CSM was not consulted about this lottery, and if we had been, we would have had concerns similar to those raised by many in this thread.
We hope to arrange a meeting with the relevant CCP staff members to discuss the matter in the near future, and will keep the community as informed as possible.
CSM should have a saying, if not final in this. Its the userbase of the sandbox, they represent that.
And IF CCP should go through with this, I'd say that as "officially support by CCP", then Somer blink should be open.
Open as in, public API wallet transactions and contracts etc, so everyone can validate their legimity. |
GeeShizzle MacCloud
360
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Posted - 2013.09.26 12:49:00 -
[1886] - Quote
this is my issue with CCP giving of any gifts to any player run anything as prizes to be handed out in whatever fair manner.
What stops any director level person within the Somer Blink or person who has sufficient access to handing out gifts to just commit probably the highest grossing corp theft in eve history, potentially middle fingering CCP in the process?
secondly, and this is in relation to the gold magnate they want to re-introduce... sure maybe the stats are a little different to a normal magnate and its a shiny glossy metalic colour, cant CCP just make a platinum Magnate? litterally how hard is that to do? especially with v3 shaders etc...? its a single parameter change, a few new words in the description and a save and export into a new patch.
tl:dr:
- whats stopping someone in somer blink stealing all the guardian-vexors and gold magnates in a corp theft?
- dont hand out gold magnates, hand out platinum magnates. |
Arianne Stone
Black Rebel Rifter Club
The Devil's Tattoo
10
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Posted - 2013.09.26 12:50:00 -
[1887] - Quote
This is a horrible idea. No one organisation should get advantageous treatment. Especially one that is run as a for profit organisation. |
Stoogie
Space Pygmies
85
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Posted - 2013.09.26 12:51:00 -
[1888] - Quote
This isn't april first so I'm guessing ccp are just a little late. Seriously ccp you we're thinking this would go well for you. Why don't you just throw up a thread with these Ideas first and if people go nuts (as they have) don't do the Idea.
Do not do this. |
T'kimat
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
3
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Posted - 2013.09.26 12:54:00 -
[1889] - Quote
So much rage over a few pixels, which the game-developer is giving out to the public.
This thread is going places :>
Remember to blame Obama while you're at it
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Felicia Pelana
Angels of Hades
0
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Posted - 2013.09.26 12:54:00 -
[1890] - Quote
Stoogie wrote:Do not do this.
Already live, Somer is having a feast on players trying to win the prizes, isk pouring in.
Even if CCP pulls back prizes, and Somer says "sure" and puts a little isk bandaid on the wound from own pocket, its still huge marketing stunt and probably somewhere similar amount of isk gambled will go into Somers pocket just for the CCP reference.
Damage is done. Where is internal affairs?
Disclaimer: I don't play Somer, have no grudge on them - just noticed the traffic is insane after this stunt based on the prizes alone. |
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Blanca Meadow
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
192
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Posted - 2013.09.26 12:56:00 -
[1891] - Quote
What an ***** idea is that?
Not only to reintroduce something you promised to never bring back to the game, but also do it in such an awful, player-hated way, allowing profit-oriented 3rd party corp to earn even more isk?!
CCP seems to be heading down the stream, again.
It seems T2 "lotteries" taught you nothing.
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Mara Maken
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
3
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Posted - 2013.09.26 13:03:00 -
[1892] - Quote
I'm hoping this was just a "brilliant" idea by one of CCPs newcomers because I can't really believe the veterans of the team would think this would be a good idea.
Eve is a game of consequences, isn't it? You lose a one of a kind ship, it's gone... why is this changing?
Has CCP officially endorsed SOMER? Will they audit the backend code to make sure there is no favoritism or rigging? What if SOMER decides to steal the collector ships? I know that won't happen (bad business) but is there an actual guarantee? Maybe there is a contract, agreement, whatever...
In the end this was a poorly thought out decision. I hope CCP wises up and listens to the playerbase. |
Stoogie
Space Pygmies
86
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Posted - 2013.09.26 13:04:00 -
[1893] - Quote
How do we contact internal affairs for ccp because this is clearly a issue of playing favourites . |
Sipphakta en Gravonere
4S Corporation
Goonswarm Federation
275
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Posted - 2013.09.26 13:04:00 -
[1894] - Quote
T'kimat wrote:So much rage over a few pixels, which the game-developer is giving out to the public.
They don't give it out to the public. Only a select group of players has the chance to get one.
I say tomato, you say tomaCCP BAN ALL TOMATOES THEY ARE HARASSING ME I WANT TOMATO FREE HIGHSEC. -- TheGunslinger42 |
Sephira Galamore
Inner Beard Society
190
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Posted - 2013.09.26 13:11:00 -
[1895] - Quote
I think a big issue here is that we have SOMER blink (the ingame corporation) and SOMER blink (the gambling site).
It's okay when CCP supports 3rd party sites with giveaways (e.g. free frigates when buying GTCs on ScatteredCrystal), but when that 3d party is basically synonyme with an ingame player organisation we enter a very shady area.
Then supporting a business partner turns into - or at least looks like - player favoritism. :( |
Nina Mink
Mink Industries
4
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Posted - 2013.09.26 13:12:00 -
[1896] - Quote
Those are some awesome prices.
But i'm curious. What's a gold magnate
and a guardian vexor worth?
GÇ£A coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once. It seems to me most strange that men should fear, seeing that death, a necessary end, will come when it will come.GÇ¥ |
Bobmon
Burning Napalm
Northern Coalition.
60
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Posted - 2013.09.26 13:15:00 -
[1897] - Quote
still wondering where Somer is going to put their vaction house after they gained all this isk....Maybeee hawai or someting...uhmmmm
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction." Albert Einstein |
Stoogie
Space Pygmies
87
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Posted - 2013.09.26 13:16:00 -
[1898] - Quote
Nina Mink wrote:Those are some awesome prices.
But i'm curious. What's a gold magnate
and a guardian vexor worth?
Trillions isk wise priceless for historical value. |
Kosakei Sanko
State War Academy
Caldari State
1
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Posted - 2013.09.26 13:27:00 -
[1899] - Quote
These fears are not unfounded. I picked a winner at random the other day and compared his "first blink win" date with the date of his creation, and sure enough his first win came before his creation date. I checked a few more, and it has happened enough that either there are serious issues with the database or there is something untoward occurring. To put these rare ships in the control of such an organization is the height of ignorance, because either by scam or mistake the chances that these ships will be mishandled is extremely high. |
sixfortyk
4
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Posted - 2013.09.26 13:28:00 -
[1900] - Quote
How about CCP retains SOMER to manage the draw, give each active subscription automatic entry, adds a new ship named "Trollden Magnate" which is a copy of the original intended drop.
Forget about the other lottery items this time around and starts again after discussing with CSM.
It would be funny at least. |
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Forlorn Eskimo
Blue Republic
RvB - BLUE Republic
1
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Posted - 2013.09.26 13:38:00 -
[1901] - Quote
9 ships gonna ruin eve yo run fo the hills ya'll
2 "super dooper rare"
3 "rare"
4 "meh who cares rare"
all the moaning is from die hard vets that prob have 1 of the "meh who cares rare" ships
or 1 of the tournement ships
you just scared of change get over it .
last point and my best 1 tbh stop directing a gm for christ sake to a blog aboout somer being a scam .. there gm's of the game there pretend lotto is in , If blink was a scam with bogus accounts who's gonna know .... some blogger boy with a poorly done website or a guy that can look into accounts ( gm) in the actual game ....?
csm getting involved is also lame isnt there something you need to be doing in null?
end thread
gg well done ccp and blink <3 |
Caliph Muhammed
Perkone
Caldari State
523
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Posted - 2013.09.26 13:42:00 -
[1902] - Quote
Forlorn Eskimo wrote:9 ships gonna ruin eve yo run fo the hills ya'll
2 "super dooper rare"
3 "rare"
4 "meh who cares rare"
all the moaning is from die hard vets that prob have 1 of the "meh who cares rare" ships
or 1 of the tournement ships
you just scared of change get over it .
last point and my best 1 tbh stop directing a gm for christ sake to a blog aboout somer being a scam .. there gm's of the game there petend lotto is in if blink was a scam with bogu accoutns who's gonna know .... some blogger boy with a poorly done website or a guy that can look into accounts ( gm) in the actual game ....?
csm getting involved is also lame isnt there something you need to be doing in null?
end thread
gg well done ccp and blink <3
You're as dumb as a brick. It has nothing to do with unique ships. It has everything to do with CCP giving advantages to a player run corp in EVE. This is going to have a serious repercussion. Bet on it. |
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ISD Tyrozan
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
157
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Posted - 2013.09.26 13:46:00 -
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ISD Tyrozan
Captain
Community Communication Liaisons (CCLs)
Interstellar Services Department
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Red Templar
Monkey Attack Squad
Goonswarm Federation
237
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Posted - 2013.09.26 13:48:00 -
[1904] - Quote
Trebor Daehdoow wrote:The CSM was not consulted about this lottery, and if we had been, we would have had concerns similar to those raised by many in this thread.
We hope to arrange a meeting with the relevant CCP staff members to discuss the matter in the near future, and will keep the community as informed as possible.
Hope to hear good news on this controversial topic.
And its weird that you weren't asked, that is what you are for. Isn't it?
Is there any way to stress to CCP that actions like this, have to be first consulted with CSM?
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Forlorn Eskimo
Blue Republic
RvB - BLUE Republic
1
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Posted - 2013.09.26 13:49:00 -
[1905] - Quote
Caliph Muhammed wrote:Forlorn Eskimo wrote:9 ships gonna ruin eve yo run fo the hills ya'll
2 "super dooper rare"
3 "rare"
4 "meh who cares rare"
all the moaning is from die hard vets that prob have 1 of the "meh who cares rare" ships
or 1 of the tournement ships
you just scared of change get over it .
last point and my best 1 tbh stop directing a gm for christ sake to a blog aboout somer being a scam .. there gm's of the game there petend lotto is in if blink was a scam with bogu accoutns who's gonna know .... some blogger boy with a poorly done website or a guy that can look into accounts ( gm) in the actual game ....?
csm getting involved is also lame isnt there something you need to be doing in null?
end thread
gg well done ccp and blink <3 You're as dumb as a brick. It has nothing to do with unique ships. It has everything to do with CCP giving advantages to a player run corp in EVE. This is going to have a serious repercussion. Bet on it.
you need to read this again the majority of ppl are moaning about the ships if it was about blink getting ships alone why wasnt there this much fuss for blinks 1Q party with ccp prizes ? dumb + brick |
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ISD Tyrozan
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
157
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Posted - 2013.09.26 13:49:00 -
[1906] - Quote
Personal attack post removed.
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ISD Tyrozan
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Community Communication Liaisons (CCLs)
Interstellar Services Department
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Altrue
Exploration Frontier inc
568
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Posted - 2013.09.26 13:50:00 -
[1907] - Quote
This is sick, CCP should not favorize a player organization even for the sake of "promoting the community".
If CCP really wanted to do a lottery for these ships, CCP could have done it by themselves, to ensure as much fairness as possible.
Also, there is absolutely no assurance that the lottery is random. There is no way to verify the absence of favoritism, a serious concern when you consider the total value of these ships.
I just don't get it. Who got the idea, who approved it, and what are the links between blink and CCP ?
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Pytria Le'Danness
Placid Reborn
33
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Posted - 2013.09.26 13:50:00 -
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Chribba wrote:Also I'm interested in what type of agreement there is between CCP and SOMER (I woudln't be surprised if you say it's between you guys...) seeing as by the looks, you're donating these rare ships, which I am sure will gather A LOT of attention, which in turn will be tons of people giving SOMER their ISK for a chance to win.
The ISK betted will be returned to CCP or kept by SOMER? , ...
More or less the last part. Somer is going to make a killing off the tickets they sell. They do offer a great service, but that is paying for itself already - why give them even more ISK? The T2 BPO lottery was more fair than this. It's just a roundabout way of spawning ISK for Somer.
I like new and rare ships being introduced, but it should be in a way that it doesn't benefit only one entity. Unless that entity is CCP that is :) |
Nanatoa
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
276
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Posted - 2013.09.26 14:03:00 -
[1909] - Quote
I threw 16 billion into blinks just because of this promotion. Hard cash which might have gone to emergent gameplay (www.minerbumping.com) now is in the hands of one of the richest EVE players thanks to CCP's decision to do this promotion via Somer. As they say, EVE is a cold, harsh place. Sorry James 315.
Repent what's past; avoid what is to come.
MinerBumping.com
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Buhhdust Princess
Mind Games.
Suddenly Spaceships.
7487
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Posted - 2013.09.26 14:07:00 -
[1910] - Quote
...brb whilst I make a fansite so I can keep multiple trillions worth of ships.
Bad idea CCP. Shouldn't have let Soundwave go |
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Maximus Andendare
Future Corps
Sleeper Social Club
582
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Posted - 2013.09.26 14:12:00 -
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CCP Navigator wrote:We constantly look at which of our partners are running major initiatives and find ways to make them into super events whenever we can. CCP Navigator wrote:...it actually removes content from the game and that is not always a good thing. CCP Navigator wrote:GÇÿClearly, the more you play the more chances you have to win the blast.GÇÖ CCP Navigator wrote:SOMER Blink have been one of the most philanthropic groups in EVE. Wow, really. So SOMER Blink and CCP are partners now? Do you guys even have some inkling of how this reeks of favoritism? Why not just check your player account records and give the ships out to the richest players.
...Actually removes content? WHAT? You honestly believe giving out Gold Magnates is going add content in? Content for content's sake is pointless if it's not MEANINGFUL content. Did you guys learn nothing with the Incarna disaster? CQ was content for content's sake. That went over well.
You must not be aware that these will become the best content viewed by two players spinning them in their stations. Oh yeah, CCP! Getting that content back in for those TWO players!! WHOO HOO. And, better yet, it's most likely not even going to be two average players. It's going to be super rich blinkers who blow billions and billions on blinks. 2/2 CCP. Your logic is flawless.
"most philanthropic groups." This is the biggest line of horse **** in the whole post. I know philanthropic is a big word, so I'll go easy, but when an organization is shoveling billions of isk in their pocket and providing a service, that's not called philanthropy, that's called a BUSINESS. Last I checked, SOMER blink wasn't giving away their billions because it feels good; they were giving ships away because Blink is providing a service, and that's part of the deal--it's their business for crying out loud. Please don't try and spin anything SOMER Blink is doing as philanthropy. They're a business, pure and simple.
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Pytria Le'Danness
Placid Reborn
33
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Posted - 2013.09.26 14:12:00 -
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Poetic Stanziel wrote:I believe Somer Blink is probably 99% fair. I have no idea if there's a 1% of the time that Somer rewards himself or protects his profit margins with some shady "random-number generation."
He'd be stupid to cheat. The system itself is set up to generate enough ISK for the corp, why ruin it by cheating? |
Sipphakta en Gravonere
4S Corporation
Goonswarm Federation
277
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Posted - 2013.09.26 14:15:00 -
[1913] - Quote
Pytria Le'Danness wrote:
He'd be stupid to cheat. The system itself is set up to generate enough ISK for the corp, why ruin it by cheating?
For the same reason that the people at Absolute Poker or Cereus Poker chose to cheat, despite millions in profits: Greed.
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Eram Fidard
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
329
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Posted - 2013.09.26 14:17:00 -
[1914] - Quote
CCP have lost their way...
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Abernie
Massively Incompetent
24
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Posted - 2013.09.26 14:21:00 -
[1915] - Quote
Sipphakta en Gravonere wrote:Pytria Le'Danness wrote:
He'd be stupid to cheat. The system itself is set up to generate enough ISK for the corp, why ruin it by cheating?
For the same reason that the people at Absolute Poker or Cereus Poker chose to cheat, despite millions in profits: Greed.
This.
And the opportunity of cheating (even with CCP acknowledging the risk and not caring about it) is only a (IMO small) part of this whole issue. |
Endecroix
Royal Reidquat Airforce
0
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Posted - 2013.09.26 14:28:00 -
[1916] - Quote
I really don't agree with reintroducing the ships. However, CCP if you really want to distribute these ships take the EVE account numbers we all have here and roll a number using Chribba's Dice on Twitch. When a subbed account pops up then they get whatever is being rolled for. That way we can see that:
No 3rd party is profiting
It is being conducted fairly
You encourage people to resub or use a plex on alt accounts therefore removing PLEX from the market (unless you really want people sitting on them for no good reason)
You kind of give everyone a fair chance.
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Arya Solus
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
1
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Posted - 2013.09.26 14:40:00 -
[1917] - Quote
Endecroix wrote:
You kind of give everyone a fair chance.
It's the same ****. Even if CCP picks a random account, it's still a lottery. Richer people still have more chances (more alts). So don't go parading about fair chances for everyone because there is no such thing. |
Nanatoa
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
277
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Posted - 2013.09.26 14:43:00 -
[1918] - Quote
While I agree that CCP made a absolute ****** decision, I do love all the comments saying "Somer could cheat, use Chribba-dice instead". Chribba is a veritable saint and beyond any suspicion, but he's still an EVE-player just like Somer. Why not cut out all EVE-players and just use random.org's number of a day in the future? [i.e. 1 random integer between 1 and x using pregenerated randomization for 2013-10-03]
Repent what's past; avoid what is to come.
MinerBumping.com
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Phoenus
Habitual Euthanasia
Pandemic Legion
105
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Posted - 2013.09.26 14:46:00 -
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This is a ridiculously stupid idea. If you want to give out unique ships, make new unique ships.
If you must give out rare and limited ships, don't be stupid enough to give them out via a lottery. People hated the T2 Lottery, I thought you'd finally learnt from that, and now not only do you repeat your mistakes, but you do it in a way that let's a third party fansite earn billions/trillions more ISK? |
Weaselior
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
4764
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Posted - 2013.09.26 14:58:00 -
[1920] - Quote
hi goonswarm has contributed more content and players to EVE Online than SOMER ever has, please make with the giving us collector's items for free |
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Weaselior
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
4764
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Posted - 2013.09.26 15:04:00 -
[1921] - Quote
Andrev Nox wrote:Poetic Stanziel wrote:
This Gold Magnate giveaway just increases the size of Somer's wallet. It's not like the money from this event is going to the Homeless Jita Orphan Fund.
It's going to the Eve Vegas PVP tourney sponsorship, actually :) Quote: ... which CCP can't even confirm is totally legit ... they only have a suspicion it is legit.) Again, if you don't feel like we're a legitimate service, I'm more than happy to help you discontinue claiming gifts each and every time we've offered them. You know, in case you want to protest.
I'd like to preserve this evidence of SOMER threatening to withhold prizes from anyone who's not happy with this decision. |
Niraia
Nocturnal Romance
154
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Posted - 2013.09.26 15:05:00 -
[1922] - Quote
Apologies in advance, Somer. This whole discussion should've taken place in GD. And congratulations on the prizes :)
CCP Navigator,
I'm the owner of EVE Online Hold'em, we've been in business for 6 years, and players have bet over 300 trillion ISK with us. We have a thread here full of positive feedback.
CCP hasn't given us any fancy prizes, nor have we heard that it was even possible until seeing it happen for other gambling services. We aren't as popular as Blink is now, but if we were running games for unique ships sponsored by CCP, we might have a chance of coming closer.
I'm sure you can understand that we find this to be rather frustrating and disappointing.
I have a few questions:
1. How do we become eligible for your consideration?
2. How do we contact you?
3. Why did you choose Blink over other services that have proven to be as trustworthy and hopefully as virtuous, and have been operating for much longer?
Niraia
EVE Online Hold'Em |
iskflakes
686
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Posted - 2013.09.26 15:06:00 -
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CCP, I have been banned from blink.
How will you make sure players like me can participate in community events like the giveaway?
Should I be locked out of a chance to win this ship because a third party website doesn't like me?
Is it fair that some EVE players should be allowed to participate, while others shouldn't be?
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Carka Gerschen
Ubiquitous Hurt
11
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Posted - 2013.09.26 15:15:00 -
[1924] - Quote
Weaselior wrote:Andrev Nox wrote:Poetic Stanziel wrote:
This Gold Magnate giveaway just increases the size of Somer's wallet. It's not like the money from this event is going to the Homeless Jita Orphan Fund.
It's going to the Eve Vegas PVP tourney sponsorship, actually :) Quote: ... which CCP can't even confirm is totally legit ... they only have a suspicion it is legit.) Again, if you don't feel like we're a legitimate service, I'm more than happy to help you discontinue claiming gifts each and every time we've offered them. You know, in case you want to protest. I'd like to preserve this evidence of SOMER threatening to withhold prizes from anyone who's not happy with this decision.
Strange Weaselior, I don't read anything here about this decision, just about questioning if Somer Blink is legit. So you could preserve this evidence of SOMER threatening to withhold prizes to anybody who is questioning if they are legit. Big difference in my opinion. |
Carka Gerschen
Ubiquitous Hurt
11
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Posted - 2013.09.26 15:16:00 -
[1925] - Quote
@Niraia
I would send a mail to CCP instead of posting in this forum, I think you might have a much better conversation with them that way.
Regards,
Carka |
Aryth
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
1126
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Posted - 2013.09.26 15:16:00 -
[1926] - Quote
For those CCPers reading this thread and not understanding the outrage. Given Navigators statements that you cannot ensure delivery and won't do anything if they aren't....
The old CCP:
Dev spawned T2 BPOs to favor a player group
The new CCP:
Dev spawned Ships to favor a player group
Meet the new CCP, same as the old CCP
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Altrue
Exploration Frontier inc
569
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Posted - 2013.09.26 15:18:00 -
[1927] - Quote
You know that favoritism will just ruin the sandbox and draw people out of your game, right ?
... right ?
G££ <= Me |
Grarr Dexx
Snuff Box
258
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Posted - 2013.09.26 15:19:00 -
[1928] - Quote
You've already successfully tested the waters with the Ishukone Watch Scorpions. Why did you feel it necessary to reduce the value of Gold Magnates and GVexors and **** on their place in EVE history? The Golden Magnate had its place in EVE as a completely unattainable legend.
So many ships and unusual paintjobs and you opt to destroy a valuable part of our history in this game... Sad. And who is all this ******* money going to? Why does SOMER.blink get all the proceeds from these lotteries? You've just created incredibly valuable ships out of thin air and it's all going to a single person? Way to ******* go, CCP.
You're making me lose my will to play, a feat you haven't been able to do in my five and a half years of playing EVE. This isn't the EVE I want to play at all. |
Imiarr Timshae
Funny Men In Funny Hats
72
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Posted - 2013.09.26 15:27:00 -
[1929] - Quote
Dear CCP,
I have run a public business in Eve for the last 4 years. I help pilots get standings for player corporations and factions while paying mission runners (who are bored with the 25 missions they have had for the last... 8 years?) more ISK.
This has seen about 360bn ISK change hands.
I would greatly appreciate some Guardian Vexor ships and some Gold Magnate ships to offer to my clients and also to my mission runners. Perhaps 500th customer and 1000th customer, or to most dedicated mission runner?
In some ways it would make more sense since Blink is a lottery, whereas my service helps people play the game the way they want to - with standings to people they like. I take out the grind so they don't kill themselves grinding the god-awful abandoned mess that highsec missioning is!
Please let me know when to expect delivery.
-Imiarr-
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Phantra
Sniggerdly
Pandemic Legion
58
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Posted - 2013.09.26 15:33:00 -
[1930] - Quote
I'VE GOT AN OPINION
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Manic Velocity
Furious Angels
21
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Posted - 2013.09.26 15:40:00 -
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Re-releasing extremely rare ships not only diminishes their rarity and significance within the game's history, but it sets a precedence for the future. If it's acceptable to do it once, then it's acceptable to do it twice, or a hundred times more.
Quote:The Gold Magnate was handed out back when most players playing today did not know that EVE existed. As a single one was handed out and then destroyed it actually removes content from the game and that is not always a good thing.
I've heard this exact same line before. Many years ago I played an MMO in which all beta testers were given unique sets of clothing for their efforts in play-testing, reporting and squashing bugs, optimization efforts, etc. Participation was measured in tiers, and the most active testers were given exceedingly rare and unique beta items. For all intents and purposes, these items were the "Gold Magnates" of that game. They had a history and a gravitas associated with them.
Then a couple of years into the game's life, these rare items were given out as rewards in various live events in the game. Plenty of players were wantonly rewarded in random draws with these items simply for showing up. This understandably sent the beta testers into a rage. The excuse they were given?...
"These items were given out back when many people didn't know about the game, or may not have had the chance to participate in beta testing. We need to make sure all players get a fair chance at experiencing the game's content."
Obviously I'm paraphrasing, but that was essentially it. The value and rarity of these items, their history, their gravitas, and the status they imbued, was instantly rendered meaningless for the sake of pandering.
That game doesn't exist anymore. Subscriptions dropped regularly due to many poor decisions like this one that angered the majority of an extremely passionate community.
CCP, please don't make the same mistake.
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Wedgetail
Helix Pulse
Brothers of Tangra
20
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Posted - 2013.09.26 15:41:00 -
[1932] - Quote
sorry fellahs, but this is on the lines of
"hey, you know what, most of the people alive today weren't around for the second world war, lets have another one because those losses aren't as important to the current generation as they were to those immediately involved."
don't go debasing history just because it's history and your players never bothered to learn it (myself being one example of someone who wasn't aware of the magnate's history)
I'm all for your idea of handing out cool hulls as events - but don't go debasing the efforts and actions of the guys who came before just to satisfy the ones who're here now - give the newer guys something of their own to work with - develop new hulls and hand those out, give them something special to draw their own pictures with without smudging up someone else's, yes those stories have been and gone but that's what makes them so awesome to have in the first place. |
Josef Djugashvilis
Acme Mining Corporation
1331
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Posted - 2013.09.26 15:47:00 -
[1933] - Quote
Trebor Daehdoow wrote:The CSM was not consulted about this lottery, and if we had been, we would have had concerns similar to those raised by many in this thread.
We hope to arrange a meeting with the relevant CCP staff members to discuss the matter in the near future, and will keep the community as informed as possible.
Nice to see that CCP take you guys so seriously.
This is not a signature. |
Jimtom
Allied Front
Darkspawn.
9
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Posted - 2013.09.26 15:48:00 -
[1934] - Quote
Wedgetail wrote:sorry fellahs, but this is on the lines of
"hey, you know what, most of the people alive today weren't around for the second world war, lets have another one because those losses aren't as important to the current generation as they were to those immediately involved."
don't go debasing history just because it's history and your players never bothered to learn it (myself being one example of someone who wasn't aware of the magnate's history)
I'm all for your idea of handing out cool hulls as events - but don't go debasing the efforts and actions of the guys who came before just to satisfy the ones who're here now - give the newer guys something of their own to work with - develop new hulls and hand those out, give them something special to draw their own pictures with without smudging up someone else's, yes those stories have been and gone but that's what makes them so awesome to have in the first place.
This is exactly what i wanted to say
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probag Bear
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
8
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Posted - 2013.09.26 15:53:00 -
[1935] - Quote
Stoogie wrote:How do we contact internal affairs for ccp because this is clearly a issue of playing favourites .
This seems to be the only way. I'm drafting a message to them myself right now. |
Dr Felonius
Civilian Purposes Limited
1
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Posted - 2013.09.26 15:53:00 -
[1936] - Quote
CCP should never support an in-game organization like this. This is a horrible decision, and it's a shame that some people at CCP don't seem to understand the full implications of a PvP sandbox game.
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Forlorn Eskimo
Blue Republic
RvB - BLUE Republic
1
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Posted - 2013.09.26 15:55:00 -
[1937] - Quote
probag Bear wrote:Stoogie wrote:How do we contact internal affairs for ccp because this is clearly a issue of playing favourites . This seems to be the only way. I'm drafting a message to them myself right now.
I saved you some time and drafted it for you copy and paste / send it on
"waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahhahaaa
me want stuff you have stuff but you give stuff to them
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahhahaa"
gl with it let me know how you get on |
ElQuirko
Jester Syndicate
S0UTHERN C0MF0RT
1975
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Posted - 2013.09.26 15:56:00 -
[1938] - Quote
CCP I thought you had the smartbrains. This is a f***ing awful idea.
Save the Domi model! Spacewhales should be preserved. |
FightingMoose
Norse'Storm Battle Group
Circle-Of-Two
3
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Posted - 2013.09.26 16:00:00 -
[1939] - Quote
I have two issues with this. The first is the obvious lack of care given to the history of EVE. This could have been (and still can be) very easily solved; make the item ids unique, use the same skins but give them the name of "reconstructed" or "Second Run".
The second, and what I believe to be the bigger, issue is handing them over to Somer Blink. Why couldn't CCP have run the lottery, or demanded that the lottery be free to participate in? Basically they're handing over player ISK to a third party, and since the CSM wasn't consulted on this it seems that CCP, once again, doesn't care about the potential impact to the greater game.
Personally, I think the best possible outcome of this is that Somer steal the ships, and have them blown up on the Jita undock for all to see. |
Roime
Quantum Cats Syndicate
Samurai Pizza Cats
3486
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Posted - 2013.09.26 16:03:00 -
[1940] - Quote
This is bullshit
Seriously,we won't be bringing back the old unique ships for events. We might give other stuff away that is interesting, but no Guardian Vexor, Opux Luxury Yacht, Fedthron, Impoc, SIR, etc, etc.-á |
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Samillian
Angry Mustellid
295
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Posted - 2013.09.26 16:07:00 -
[1941] - Quote
1. Why was the CSM left completely out of the loop on this?
2. Why exactly has SOMER been handed a huge fortune without oversight or proper safeguards?
I thought CCP had given up on this kind of dumb, shame I was wrong.
NBSI shall be the whole of the Law |
probag Bear
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
8
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Posted - 2013.09.26 16:08:00 -
[1942] - Quote
Forlorn Eskimo wrote:probag Bear wrote:Stoogie wrote:How do we contact internal affairs for ccp because this is clearly a issue of playing favourites . This seems to be the only way. I'm drafting a message to them myself right now. I saved you some time and drafted it for you copy and paste / send it on "waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahhahaaa me want stuff you have stuff but you give stuff to them waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahhahaa" gl with it let me know how you get on
That's pretty much it. CCP is forbidden from showing such favoritism towards a certain set of players, in this case the SOMER Blink corporation. That is the main reason the internal affairs division was created. "me want stuff you have stuff but you give stuff to them" should, in theory and if supported by proper evidence, be enough to make internal affairs start an investigation. |
Forlorn Eskimo
The Scope
Gallente Federation
1
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Posted - 2013.09.26 16:14:00 -
[1943] - Quote
probag Bear wrote:Forlorn Eskimo wrote:probag Bear wrote:Stoogie wrote:How do we contact internal affairs for ccp because this is clearly a issue of playing favourites . This seems to be the only way. I'm drafting a message to them myself right now. I saved you some time and drafted it for you copy and paste / send it on "waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahhahaaa me want stuff you have stuff but you give stuff to them waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahhahaa" gl with it let me know how you get on That's pretty much it. CCP is forbidden from showing such favoritism towards a certain set of players, in this case SOMER Blink, and more specifically Somerset Mahn. That is the main reason the internal affairs division was created. "me want stuff you have stuff but you give stuff to them" should, in theory and if supported by proper evidence, be enough to make internal affairs start an investigation.
the amount of effort i put into sarcasm and you thought i was serious shame on me i guess
the amount of people moaning and crying over this is silly ...if there are none of the gold magnate's left how does it effect any price ? there are none left to effect as for the other ship's comon dont be daft there more isk then that blown up on a daily basis around new eden grow up stop crying and get over it already ... |
Anzomia
Norse'Storm Battle Group
Circle-Of-Two
20
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Posted - 2013.09.26 16:23:00 -
[1944] - Quote
Chribba wrote:Please don't reintroduce ships like this. There was one, it was blown up, let it stay that way. That's what makes EVE so great, it becomes a huge part of the lore and history!
Also I'm interested in what type of agreement there is between CCP and SOMER (I woudln't be surprised if you say it's between you guys...) seeing as by the looks, you're donating these rare ships, which I am sure will gather A LOT of attention, which in turn will be tons of people giving SOMER their ISK for a chance to win.
The ISK betted will be returned to CCP or kept by SOMER? Congrats to SOMER for landing the opportunity though, but CCP really you should rethink the items you are giving away because giving out items you said were gone forever is just bad (and I know you can change your mind at any time and reintroduce things - as you just sorta did - but that doesn't make it a smart move).
/c
^^ this |
Whim Aqayn
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
54
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Posted - 2013.09.26 16:25:00 -
[1945] - Quote
CCP Navigator wrote:[EA tier bullshit]
No, what the hell are you thinking? Not to mention this is blatant favouritism, but Somer Blink is also a highly questionable business to begin with. I'm incredibly disappointed that an idea like this even got through. |
FightingMoose
Norse'Storm Battle Group
Circle-Of-Two
5
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Posted - 2013.09.26 16:31:00 -
[1946] - Quote
Forlorn Eskimo wrote:
the amount of people moaning and crying over this is silly ...if there are none of the gold magnate's left how does it effect any price ? there are none left to effect as for the other ship's comon dont be daft there more isk then that blown up on a daily basis around new eden grow up stop crying and get over it already ...
I take it you haven't been around for long? Because a big point of this is that there are some of us who remember when those ships were spawned, and when they were destroyed. Some of us also remember previous CCP favoritism. We also remember that plenty of groups like SOMER have gone up in smoke, with somebody RMTing or simply stashing away trillions of isk. And by CCP handing over these ships for free and giving SOMER free iskies, if at any point in the future SOMER goes AWOL, CCP has become somewhat culpable. Sure, they can hedge their bets and say "We can't promise these ships won't be stolen", but there is still a strong implication of CCP endorsing/giving trust to SOMER. |
Kenz Raithar
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
0
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Posted - 2013.09.26 16:32:00 -
[1947] - Quote
This is so ******** I don't even have words for it.
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Rob Crowley
State War Academy
174
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Posted - 2013.09.26 16:34:00 -
[1948] - Quote
Dear CCP, there are several terrible ideas here:
- Re-introducing unique ships that don't exist anymore (i.e. Gold Magnate)
This is the least terrible idea involved here, but it's still pretty bad. As many others have already said, this doesn't create content (because the ships will likely never undock), it just damages Eve's history and the myths around those ships. I started playing years after the Gold Magnate was destroyed yet somehow I still managed to learn about it and I liked it that way. You should value that your 10 year old game has a history instead of mourning that not all of the players were there at the time.
- Re-introducing very rare ships that still exist (i.e. Guardian-Vexor)
This is pretty much the same as #1 except that you additionally show the finger to the current owners of the remaining ships by making them less valuable. There was some kind of promise in place about their rarity, if maybe not explicit in all cases then at least implicit.
- Giving almost priceless items to a player group
This is by far the biggest issue here and I'm a bit shocked that you'd think this kind of favouritism would be alright. I really hope your Internal Affairs guys didn't know about this cause if they waved this through they are pretty useless. Your intentions are good here and you're open and up-front about it, but in principle this is not much better than the t20 incident. If you want to make a sandbox game you have to keep your fingers out of the sandbox and not endorse or support single player organizations, particularly when they're in-game and profit-oriented, i.e. in competition with other player organizations.
And JFTR: Somer Blink is not philanthropic. If they close down their gambling site and continue sponsoring all kinds of stuff then it's philanthropy, as long as they run the site it's simply called marketing. |
Lallante
Blue Republic
RvB - BLUE Republic
397
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Posted - 2013.09.26 16:39:00 -
[1949] - Quote
Destoya wrote:Oh hey, giving out priceless ships (that there literally will be TWO IN THE GAME OF) exclusively to third party websites is a thing now?
I mean you could have at least done a frigate tournament at fanfest '14 if you wanted to "add content back into the game", this way is completely misguided though.
Tell me about : BIG Lottery. |
Dez Affinity
Habitual Euthanasia
Pandemic Legion
642
|
Posted - 2013.09.26 16:42:00 -
[1950] - Quote
This is dumb, you are stupid.
No this is not a personal attack, this is an attack on your dumb idea, dumb ideas come from stupid people. I don't know you as people. |
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Callic Veratar
453
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Posted - 2013.09.26 16:42:00 -
[1951] - Quote
There are no Gold Magnates, they have no value. Something that doesn't exist can't have a price.
That being said, this is definitely a bad idea. If the idea is releasing cool, limited edition ships via third party sites, contact several sites and give them each their own ship, let them pick the hull and have a say in the skin and have MULTIPLE sites, not just one. When one is destroyed, you can give them another to sell, if the goal is indeed to funnel isk into a few people's pockets.
If someone really feels we need to have these old collector's ships available again, the only "fair" lottery option is a public auction contract in Jita 4-4. If you're going to go with a real option, it needs to be suitably noteworthy, like another Amarr Championship, where a new set of Gold and Silver Magnates can be released. (Followed by Championships for the other 3 factions with their own Gold and Silver ships). |
Dez Affinity
Habitual Euthanasia
Pandemic Legion
642
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Posted - 2013.09.26 16:47:00 -
[1952] - Quote
They don't technically have value but if the Gold Magnate hadn't been lost, it would likely be the most expensive ship in EVE.
That's why it should stay dead, because otherwise it devalues what losing the Gold Magnate meant. |
Matari Akiga
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
29
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Posted - 2013.09.26 16:53:00 -
[1953] - Quote
Let me start by saying I do like blink and I do like CCP, however I think someone has really dropped the ball on this.
Something bad that was done with good intentions is still bad and releasing more of the gold magnates is a great example of this the one and only was destroyed long before I started playing but I know about it because it is part of the legend of EVE because it was destroyed and now they are all gone, it should stay like that, please rethink this seriously.
CCP dont need to change everything to suit your play style.
Improvise, adapt and overcome! |
Phoenus
Habitual Euthanasia
Pandemic Legion
108
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Posted - 2013.09.26 16:53:00 -
[1954] - Quote
CCP Goliath wrote:Hehe, how fitting that I should read this after posting about favouritism in a different thread. My personal take on it is this (note, this is not something we have discussed within the team): Events should be their own reward, but there are certain events that render a large impact on people and for these I do think there should be some kind of memento. An Imperial Apoc is NOT a mememto Seriously, we won't be bringing back the old unique ships for events. We might give other stuff away that is interesting, but no Guardian Vexor, Opux Luxury Yacht, Fedthron, Impoc, SIR, etc, etc.
No ingame ships for events, but giving away ships for lotteries to earn ISK for a third party to CCP is apparently fine |
Captain StringfellowHawk
Lo-Ball Incorporated
Backwater Aristocrats
21
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Posted - 2013.09.26 16:55:00 -
[1955] - Quote
So many Tears... This is better then any CFC Interdiction or Miner Bumping or hi-sec Ganking. I find it GREAT that CCP Single handedly Griefed the small amount of Forum Warriors without even having to fire a single shot. All These Pages and Still no where near the player population complaining. Just the typical forum Warriors or Warriors on there Alts. Not as much Drama as TMC led there to be. Semi-Depressed. Was hoping to see more True Bitter Vet Tears. |
J3ssica Alba
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
932
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Posted - 2013.09.26 16:56:00 -
[1956] - Quote
The whole concept of Blink is stupid and like all casinos, the only true winner is the house. The next time a corpie says "promo" in corp chat im going to awox him.
This is my signature. There are many others like it, but this one is mine.-á Without me, my signature is useless. Without my signature, I am useless |
Iamien
Krypteia Operations
Self Sabatoge
271
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Posted - 2013.09.26 17:11:00 -
[1957] - Quote
I am unsubscribing both of my acounts right after I make this post.
Between this, the TOS change, and the general trend of how things have been progressing, the writing is on the wall and EVE is not committed to being a sandbox any longer. If I'm going to be playing a non-sandbox game, I am going to play a good one by playing GW2. No amount of monument shooting will fix this one.
Farewell. |
Rroff
Questionable Ethics.
Ministry of Inappropriate Footwork
328
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Posted - 2013.09.26 17:14:00 -
[1958] - Quote
Honestly a bit perplexed as to what all the fuss is about. Would be different if it happened every day. |
Dez Affinity
Habitual Euthanasia
Pandemic Legion
642
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Posted - 2013.09.26 17:19:00 -
[1959] - Quote
Captain StringfellowHawk wrote:So many Tears... This is better then any CFC Interdiction or Miner Bumping or hi-sec Ganking. I find it GREAT that CCP Single handedly Griefed the small amount of Forum Warriors without even having to fire a single shot. All These Pages and Still no where near the player population complaining. Just the typical forum Warriors or Warriors on there Alts. Not as much Drama as TMC led there to be. Semi-Depressed. Was hoping to see more True Bitter Vet Tears.
There's always an idiot like you.
Look at all the keywords.
Tears
Grief.
Forum Warriors
Bitter Vet
Drama.
You're pathetic buddy.
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Troy Tyrion Lanister
Paladin Order
Fidelas Constans
0
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Posted - 2013.09.26 17:22:00 -
[1960] - Quote
I do use it, would be nice if there was some sort of community. The channel is dead 99.9% of time unfortunately. But the website itself is nice. =) |
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T'kimat
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
3
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Posted - 2013.09.26 17:25:00 -
[1961] - Quote
Iamien wrote:I am unsubscribing both of my accounts right after I make this post.
Farewell.
Can I have your stuff? |
Infrequent
GeoCorp.
Curatores Veritatis Alliance
6
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Posted - 2013.09.26 17:36:00 -
[1962] - Quote
I'm all for special events, hell i'm not that bothered about some of the assets being added (apart from the Gold Magnete, let it stay dead). But I believe the way CCP are favoring an organization like this and essentially giving them the keys, is a very bad idea. At the very least run the event yourself, or just stop this all together, you're making yourself look bad and putting a bad taste in the mouth of the community. it is clear from some reactions within this thread that the community may very well stand against it as a majority. Ofcourse there will be the vocal minority (which could work both ways), but think about it, this is not right. |
Iamien
Krypteia Operations
Self Sabatoge
271
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Posted - 2013.09.26 17:40:00 -
[1963] - Quote
T'kimat wrote:Iamien wrote:I am unsubscribing both of my accounts right after I make this post.
Farewell. Can I have your stuff?
That would require reinstalling the client. |
mechtech
Ice Liberation Army
530
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Posted - 2013.09.26 17:41:00 -
[1964] - Quote
It needs to be clear which ships will be handed out in the future and which are locked.
I don't think any collectors would have ever imagined more G-Vs hitting the market after so many years. I am glad CCP acknowledged that G-Vs are top tier collectors items, but I still think that handing them out via Somer of all places cheapens the ship.
I understand why the golden magnate would be re-released, but it's too bad about the guardian vexors... Yes, I own some, but it's mostly the history that I care about, all of the hands that each has been passed through, etc. One of mine has even seen combat |
Abernie
Massively Incompetent
31
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Posted - 2013.09.26 17:46:00 -
[1965] - Quote
mechtech wrote:It needs to be clear which ships will be handed out in the future and which are locked.
It's not like CCP has a history of going by everything they say is set in stone and will never happen so we are kind of past that. We need to get CCP to stop backpedaling with all their statements without talking about it to anyone first.
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Igor Nappi
Federal Defense Union
Gallente Federation
4
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Posted - 2013.09.26 17:52:00 -
[1966] - Quote
It's hardly a question of what is handed out, it's a question of the principle that a group of players is being blatantly favoured and handed free stuff. If CCP gave out ordinary Vexors and Magnates it would still be an issue. |
Andrea Keuvo
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
1
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Posted - 2013.09.26 17:54:00 -
[1967] - Quote
Un f-ing believeable. The only way I could support this would be if it was a random drawing done by CCP, and even then it really shouldn't be done. To give these items to a 3rd party to distribute is an absurd idea given things that have happened in the past that resulted in monuments being shot. |
Tyrrax Thorrk
Habitual Euthanasia
Pandemic Legion
297
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Posted - 2013.09.26 17:56:00 -
[1968] - Quote
CCP was quite clear that there wouldn't be any more Gold Magnates, Silver Magnates, impocs, imparmas, state ravens, tribal tempests, and the rest of the newer tourney frigs and cruisers (adrestia, etana, utu etc)
Ships I'm not sure whether they said there wouldn't be more of; Guardian Vexor, Federate Issue Megathron, Opux Luxury Yacht..
(releasing more does kinda suck for the collectors who already have one or more, and releasing more via a lottery is moronic)
Ships I know for a fact they've never promised to limit the number of, quite the opposite; Ishukone Scorpion, Gnosis, Quafe haulers.. |
Dex Slim
Phrike Squadron
3
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Posted - 2013.09.26 17:58:00 -
[1969] - Quote
I donGÇÖt care if you want to re-release old ships, but you have opened Pandoras box by giving them to a player corporation. It reeks of favoritism.
CCP Navigator wrote: SOMER Blink have a history of being trustworthy and honoring every blink played without exception. With that level of trust we were looking at ways of expanding on that good will and allowing players to play for some very unique prizes in that trusted environment.
What good will are we talking about? SOMER Blink is not a non-profit organization, SOMER is like any other business - it is profit driven. Everything the corporation does is towards profit maximization.
CCP Navigator wrote: We thought hard about how we could reintroduce the model back in, still in a super limited basis, and a lottery seemed the fairest way to do this. With SOMER Blink anyone who plays a single blink (even a free promo blink) will gain a ticket to the main Blink Blast so you have a chance to win. Clearly, the more you play the more chances you have to win the blast.
Fairest for whom I might ask? Why is SOMER different from any other corporations out there? Is it fair towards other corporations providing similar 3rd party services that SOMER is now raking in billions, maybe trillions, of ISK? Is it fair towards the average EVE player? CCP introduces hyper rare ships and the only way to have a chance to get them is to pay for a 3rd party service driven by a player corporation. These new GÇ£special prizesGÇ¥ at SOMER will then lure thousands of new players to become customers. The gamblers will then have to pay for ordinary blinks just to get one ticket for the big prizes, which in turn will result in an insane demand for blinks. CCP is not only directly giving invaluable ships to SOMER, but is also indirectly pouring billions of ISK over them. I want hyper-rare ships and a couple of trillions for free as well, what can I do to collect?
CCP Navigator wrote: SOMER Blink have been one of the most philanthropic groups in EVE.
I am pretty sure you are confusing philanthropy with marketing. |
Xaen
Aperture Harmonics
K162
0
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Posted - 2013.09.26 18:01:00 -
[1970] - Quote
CCP Navigator wrote:SOMER Blink have a history of being trustworthy and honoring every blink played without exception. With that level of trust we were looking at ways of expanding on that good will and allowing players to play for some very unique prizes in that trusted environment. More importantly, we are looking at ways in which we can grow bigger giveaways with more player participation with other Fansites in the future.
It has nothing to do with trust and everything to do with playing favorites and awarding Somer blink with massive material gains through exclusive access to new content. Why do they get to profit MASSIVELY from this and I don't? Or any other player...?
CCP Navigator wrote: it actually removes content from the game and that is not always a good thing. It was not removed. It was exploded. You want to rewrite history. Quit it, plz. |
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Ariel Avery
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
0
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Posted - 2013.09.26 18:02:00 -
[1971] - Quote
t20 much |
Mycool Jahksn
Viziam
Amarr Empire
46
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Posted - 2013.09.26 18:04:00 -
[1972] - Quote
This is great. All the people who think unique ships that got destroyed a decade ago should stay destroyed are just dumb.
It's crazy that it took this long for two more to appear.
My interests include but are not limited to throwing rocks at bee hives.
There are more stars in the universe than all of the grains of sand on earth. |
Steijn
Quay Industries
CAStabouts
362
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Posted - 2013.09.26 18:08:00 -
[1973] - Quote
Mycool Jahksn wrote:This is great. All the people who think unique ships that got destroyed a decade ago should stay destroyed are just dumb.
It's crazy that it took this long for two more to appear.
forget the point about what they are releasing, do you agree with how they are releasing it? |
Terranid Meester
Tactical Assault and Recon Unit
181
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Posted - 2013.09.26 18:09:00 -
[1974] - Quote
One of the worst ideas CCP has ever had. CCP not understanding eve yet again. Greed is good, right?
Do they let a bunch of monkeys with typewriters come up with some of stuff you people at
CCP write? |
Samillian
Angry Mustellid
299
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Posted - 2013.09.26 18:10:00 -
[1975] - Quote
Mycool Jahksn wrote:This is great. All the people who think unique ships that got destroyed a decade ago should stay destroyed are just dumb.
It's crazy that it took this long for two more to appear.
In reply I leave you this.
Igor Nappi wrote:It's hardly a question of what is handed out, it's a question of the principle that a group of players is being blatantly favoured and handed free stuff. If CCP gave out ordinary Vexors and Magnates it would still be an issue.
Think about it.
NBSI shall be the whole of the Law |
GrammarNazi
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
29
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Posted - 2013.09.26 18:19:00 -
[1976] - Quote
Hey, guys. It looks like there are quite a few people with... strong opinions on the prizes sponsored by CCP. Since Navigator was kind enough to try to explain things on CCP's end, I thought I'd give a few basic answers to explain (and in a few areas, reiterate) where we at Blink stand on the issue.
1. My favourite fansite didn't get anything to give away. Why you, and not them?
This is a hot point of contention, and I can understand why. Favoritism is not something anyone wants in Eve, and I'm absolutely certain that CCP Navigator is aware of the company's policy in that area. "Why Blink?" is certainly a valid question, and to be honest, I can only speculate. I would like to believe that it is because we have dealt as openly and honestly with both CCP and our customers as possible in the past and present. It may be because we reach a certain critical mass of players that is optimal for CCP to test third party event partnership. There's likely other criteria that I can't begin to guess.
What is important to remember is that CCP has not stated that this is a one-off with Blink. As far as I am aware, if they are pleased with the outcome of this event, then there is the opportunity that CCP will conduct more of these events with other organizations. Other sites such as Eve Bet and EOM, or independents like Chribba or Darknesss, would certainly deserve it. However, I don't work for CCP, so this is all speculation on my part.
2. Blink is a scam! How do we know they're not going to take all of the prizes?
Somer Blink has been operating in its current iteration since October 2010, and in that time, we've dealt with thousands of players, participated in a ton of draws, and we've seen over one quadrillion (that's sixteen zeros) isk pass through our business. Before that, Somerset Mahm was well known as a respected community member and forum lottery administrator. We handle a large amount of limited issue ships and modules, many of which are unique or tournament prizes, as a matter of course. Stealing two limited issue ships, as shiny as they might be, would provide nothing of value to us. They would never be able to be used or sold, and even if there weren't repercussions from CCP, there would be (understandably) from a customer base which relies upon our honesty and transparency. Any theft or dishonesty, no matter how small, would undermine our business model; it would be like breaking down an isk-printing machine to sell as scrap metal.
However, this is Eve, and if there's one thing the past has taught us, it's that capsuleers can be devious. Because of the nature of the game, we have always had the policy that we do not coerce anyone into playing. If you believe CCP is in error with respect to trusting us with this draw, or that we have dishonest intentions, or even if you just don't like us, we encourage you not to play. And as always, as with everything in Eve, do not Blink what you cannot afford to lose.
3. Blink makes money off of this! How can CCP give more to the rich people and not help the little guy?
As I mentioned above, we are a business. We do our best in our niche to accomodate our customers, and we do make a profit on most Blinks. A good deal of these profits go toward paying our employees - all of whom are responsible for the delivery of every single prize - and a significant amount goes towards promo Blinks, which are items we give away for odd tokens that have no real value. After that, a good deal of profits go towards sponsorships - Red versus Blue, the Syndicate Competitive League, and many live events, just to name a few. We generally don't go up and down the aisles telling people how many hundreds of billions of isk we've donated to other organizations that work to generate content in Eve, mainly because advertising is a nice side benefit to helping hardworking people achieve success. Also, because it would make us look rather conceited.
Regardless, whether you think we're good or bad, we can offer only one solution if you're unsatisfied with us - don't play. This is the old "vote with your wallet" bit offered to customers time immemorial. If you're a person who can't stand the though of us making a profit on a blink, consider your gilded invitation sent.
In closing, I understand that not everyone will be happy with this event, regardless of the outcome. If there is a way we can improve on our service, please mail myself, Andrev Nox, Somerset Mahm, or Sylvie Blinkhelper, and we'll do our best to address concerns. If you're concerned with the way CCP is planning events, please contact their support staff; I'm sure they would love to hear feedback on this test. To the people who do decide to play; best of luck. |
Bad Bobby
Bring Me Sunshine
258
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Posted - 2013.09.26 18:20:00 -
[1977] - Quote
Mycool Jahksn wrote:All the people who think unique ships that got destroyed a decade ago should stay destroyed are just dumb.
The permanent destruction of assets is kind of core to EVE and one of the main things that differentiates it from it's competitors.
It's perfectly reasonable for players that like the game to be concerned by a change in direction which could endanger the long term appeal and viability of the game. Or to be concerned when a publicity stunt that is supposed to positively promote the game on the day of an expansion announcment that is critical to the future prospects of the game turns into a entirely avoidable PR disaster due a string of fundamental errors.
Really, most of us just want CCP to stop self harming. |
Steijn
Quay Industries
CAStabouts
364
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Posted - 2013.09.26 18:21:00 -
[1978] - Quote
GrammarNazi wrote: If there is a way we can improve on our service, please mail myself, Andrev Nox, Somerset Mahm, or Sylvie Blinkhelper, and we'll do our best to address concerns. If you're concerned with the way CCP is planning events, please contact their support staff; I'm sure they would love to hear feedback on this test. To the people who do decide to play; best of luck.
you could give the prizes back to CCP and tell them to do their own lottery, that would be a start.
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Cannibal Kane
Umkhonto We Sizwe
2423
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Posted - 2013.09.26 18:22:00 -
[1979] - Quote
So only people that waste their gambling will be able to win one of these...
Well that's ******.
Not to mention how it is being done.
I would love to be able to fly one of these ships but since I don't gamble I guess I will never be able to. Something is not right here...
"I saw him fight by the monument in Jita. -áHe flowed in his Machariel like a Shinto spirit, 800MM shells sprouting in his passing. -áHis hair flowed in the corona of his target's warp core breach. -áIt was truly majestic. -áAnd while everyone stared in awe I stole the loot and ran off.-áBecause I am like that." --áNEONOVUS |
RDevz
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
141
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Posted - 2013.09.26 18:25:00 -
[1980] - Quote
Cannibal Kane wrote:So only people that give lots of ISK to a private corporation will be able to win one of these...
Fixed that for you.
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Dez Affinity
Habitual Euthanasia
Pandemic Legion
644
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Posted - 2013.09.26 18:25:00 -
[1981] - Quote
Blink, if you want to auction off unique ships, buy them yourself and auction them you lazy cunts. |
Eugene Kerner
TunDraGon
838
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Posted - 2013.09.26 18:25:00 -
[1982] - Quote
I would love to fly one of these in combat but I will not "gamble" for something that should be earned by WINNING TH ALLIANCE TOURNAMENT!!
Stupid idea.
so many bad choices in the last few weeks...
"Also, your boobs " -á
CCP Eterne, 2012
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Malcolm Rennolds
Inquisition FiS Division
Surely You're Joking
11
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Posted - 2013.09.26 18:28:00 -
[1983] - Quote
I'm turning off renewal on my accounts, if I have the isk to play eve I'll keep playing. But this lottery of limited edition ships, in conjunction with other recent changes removes what makes eve unique to me.
My primary issue is the re-releasing of limited edition ships. This utterly destroys all the blather by announcers during Alliance Tournaments and reduces the coolness of seeing limited edition ship killmails. Before this idiotic lottery seeing a limited edition ship destroyed meant that you had watched something that was NEVER coming back turn into pixel-dust. Now it just means people have to wait till CCP decides to t20 the ship. Saying this is a one-time event doesn't cut it here, this is a bright line. Either limited edition ships are limited edition or they're not. If they're not than eve is one large step closer to being space WoW.
The secondary issue is that this is CCP selecting a fansite. It's one thing to give people free subscriptions for running cool fan sites or highlighting interesting things the community is doing. It's another to hand them ships worth hundreds of billions of isk, ships that should never exist again (Gold Magnate) and knife eve in the gut while doing so. |
Xaen
Aperture Harmonics
K162
0
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Posted - 2013.09.26 18:33:00 -
[1984] - Quote
GrammarNazi wrote:Hey, guys. It looks like there are quite a few people with... strong opinions on the prizes sponsored by CCP. Since Navigator was kind enough to try to explain things on CCP's end, I thought I'd give a few basic answers to explain (and in a few areas, reiterate) where we at Blink stand on the issue. 1. My favourite fansite didn't get anything to give away. Why you, and not them?This is a hot point of contention, and I can understand why. Favoritism is not something anyone wants in Eve, and I'm absolutely certain that CCP Navigator is aware of the company's policy in that area. "Why Blink?" is certainly a valid question, and to be honest, I can only speculate. I would like to believe that it is because we have dealt as openly and honestly with both CCP and our customers as possible in the past and present. It may be because we reach a certain critical mass of players that is optimal for CCP to test third party event partnership. There's likely other criteria that I can't begin to guess. What is important to remember is that CCP has not stated that this is a one-off with Blink. As far as I am aware, if they are pleased with the outcome of this event, then there is the opportunity that CCP will conduct more of these events with other organizations. Other sites such as Eve Bet and EOM, or independents like Chribba or Darknesss, would certainly deserve it. However, I don't work for CCP, so this is all speculation on my part. 2. Blink is a scam! How do we know they're not going to take all of the prizes?Somer Blink has been operating in its current iteration since October 2010, and in that time, we've dealt with thousands of players, participated in a ton of draws, and we've seen over one quadrillion (that's sixteen zeros) isk pass through our business. Before that, Somerset Mahm was well known as a respected community member and forum lottery administrator. We handle a large amount of limited issue ships and modules, many of which are unique or tournament prizes, as a matter of course. Stealing two limited issue ships, as shiny as they might be, would provide nothing of value to us. They would never be able to be used or sold, and even if there weren't repercussions from CCP, there would be (understandably) from a customer base which relies upon our honesty and transparency. Any theft or dishonesty, no matter how small, would undermine our business model; it would be like breaking down an isk-printing machine to sell as scrap metal. However, this is Eve, and if there's one thing the past has taught us, it's that capsuleers can be devious. Because of the nature of the game, we have always had the policy that we do not coerce anyone into playing. If you believe CCP is in error with respect to trusting us with this draw, or that we have dishonest intentions, or even if you just don't like us, we encourage you not to play. And as always, as with everything in Eve, do not Blink what you cannot afford to lose. 3. Blink makes money off of this! How can CCP give more to the rich people and not help the little guy?As I mentioned above, we are a business. We do our best in our niche to accomodate our customers, and we do make a profit on most Blinks. A good deal of these profits go toward paying our employees - all of whom are responsible for the delivery of every single prize - and a significant amount goes towards promo Blinks, which are items we give away for odd tokens that have no real value. After that, a good deal of profits go towards sponsorships - Red versus Blue, the Syndicate Competitive League, and many live events, just to name a few. We generally don't go up and down the aisles telling people how many hundreds of billions of isk we've donated to other organizations that work to generate content in Eve, mainly because advertising is a nice side benefit to helping hardworking people achieve success. Also, because it would make us look rather conceited. Regardless, whether you think we're good or bad, we can offer only one solution if you're unsatisfied with us - don't play. This is the old "vote with your wallet" bit offered to customers time immemorial. If you're a person who can't stand the though of us making a profit on a blink, consider your gilded invitation sent. In closing, I understand that not everyone will be happy with this event, regardless of the outcome. If there is a way we can improve on our service, please mail myself, Andrev Nox, Somerset Mahm, or Sylvie Blinkhelper, and we'll do our best to address concerns. If you're concerned with the way CCP is planning events, please contact their support staff; I'm sure they would love to hear feedback on this test. To the people who do decide to play; best of luck.
You have such a ridiculous conflict of interest that you should not be talking. |
Frood Frooster
EVE University
Ivy League
15
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Posted - 2013.09.26 18:42:00 -
[1985] - Quote
Bad idea. Bad CCP. Next time think more please before doing so or contact the CSM which exists for exactly that reason.
:CCP: |
Lykouleon
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
1075
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Posted - 2013.09.26 18:43:00 -
[1986] - Quote
I have nothing bad to say about Somer Blink. However, this is ****ing terrible precedent for CCP, regardless of claims that favoratism is out the door. Either do the lotto through a CCP-devised scheme or don't do it at all.
Lykouleon > CYNO ME CLOSER so I can hit them with my sword |
Niraia
Nocturnal Romance
159
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Posted - 2013.09.26 18:48:00 -
[1987] - Quote
GrammarNazi wrote:...I thought I'd give a few basic answers to explain (and in a few areas, reiterate) where we at Blink stand on the issue.
1. My favourite fansite didn't get anything to give away. Why you, and not them?
This is a hot point of contention, and I can understand why. Favoritism is not something anyone wants in Eve, and I'm absolutely certain that CCP Navigator is aware of the company's policy in that area. "Why Blink?" is certainly a valid question, and to be honest, I can only speculate. I would like to believe that it is because we have dealt as openly and honestly with both CCP and our customers as possible in the past and present. It may be because we reach a certain critical mass of players that is optimal for CCP to test third party event partnership. There's likely other criteria that I can't begin to guess.
What is important to remember is that CCP has not stated that this is a one-off with Blink. As far as I am aware, if they are pleased with the outcome of this event, then there is the opportunity that CCP will conduct more of these events with other organizations. Other sites such as Eve Bet and EOM, or independents like Chribba or Darknesss, would certainly deserve it. However, I don't work for CCP, so this is all speculation on my part.
Do you think that other services haven't "dealt as openly and honestly with both CCP and our customers as possible in the past and present"? Those services and independents might be inclined to take offense.
I don't think that you should be attempting to answer this question. It will only be perceived as damage control, or at worst, smugness.
CCP should answer.
Niraia
EVE Online Hold'Em |
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Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises
Otherworld Empire
9541
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Posted - 2013.09.26 18:55:00 -
[1988] - Quote
GrammarNazi wrote:If there is a way we can improve on our service, please mail myself, Andrev Nox, Somerset Mahm, or Sylvie Blinkhelper, and we'll do our best to address concerns. If you're concerned with the way CCP is planning events, please contact their support staff; I'm sure they would love to hear feedback on this test. To the people who do decide to play; best of luck. Please talk to CCP tell them that you do not want Gold Magnates or GV's as handing out such ships will ruin the history/lore/legacy surrounding them, and instead ask for a ship with a new hull/texture that would more suit creating a new line of history when being used through you.
/c
PS. Wanted to make a deeper comment on the 'quadrillion' statement but feel I shouldn't as it will lead nowhere and we both know that numbers can be presented in the way to make it look better than they are
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Darth Khasei
Wavestar Business Ventures Inc.
123
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Posted - 2013.09.26 18:57:00 -
[1989] - Quote
Respect.
CCP this idea is not good on many levels.
Please re-think this and come up with new different ships so you don't completely destroy the market for those rare one off ships.
Please don't keep doing stupid things. Stupid things generally center around not consulting the players on special things like this first. |
BLerchg
Brave Newbies Inc.
Brave Collective
2
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Posted - 2013.09.26 19:06:00 -
[1990] - Quote
Andrev Nox wrote:Poetic Stanziel wrote:Pull Chribba Dice support in protest.
Do you feel any hypocrisy posting that 32 minutes after you claimed your free gift on our site? Just curious if you'd prefer to withdraw your use of our gifts in protest :)
this is soo wrong. some douchebag having access to our account informations on a 3rd-party site using it to argue on the official forums and using it to influence a discussion. so wrong. |
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Gospadin
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
48
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Posted - 2013.09.26 19:14:00 -
[1991] - Quote
CCP Navigator wrote:
Q4, So you said earlier that SOMER Blink are trusted. Does that mean CCP is promising they will always deliver?
A4, Not at all. What I am saying is that to date they have been 100% trustful and we expect that will continue. Can I promise that Somerset Mahm will not shut up shop some day and go live in Polaris with piles of ISK? Nope, a scam can happen at any time and if that does, we will react accordingly and review how we support others in future.
CCP Navigator, by posting this CCP (With you as their official rep) is endorsing a player corporation, something your own EULA says you won't do.
What's the deal? |
Xaen
Aperture Harmonics
K162
0
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Posted - 2013.09.26 19:20:00 -
[1992] - Quote
Gospadin wrote:CCP Navigator wrote:
Q4, So you said earlier that SOMER Blink are trusted. Does that mean CCP is promising they will always deliver?
A4, Not at all. What I am saying is that to date they have been 100% trustful and we expect that will continue. Can I promise that Somerset Mahm will not shut up shop some day and go live in Polaris with piles of ISK? Nope, a scam can happen at any time and if that does, we will react accordingly and review how we support others in future.
CCP Navigator, by posting this CCP (With you as their official rep) is endorsing a player corporation, something your own EULA says you won't do. What's the deal? CCP CCP'in. |
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CCP Eterne
C C P
C C P Alliance
2830
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Posted - 2013.09.26 19:28:00 -
[1993] - Quote
We have a new comment on this from CCP Navigator. You can read it here.
EVE Online/DUST 514 Community Representative GÇ+ EVE Illuminati GÇ+ Fiction Adept
@CCP_Eterne GÇ+ @EVE_LiveEvents |
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Kirren D'marr
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
36
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Posted - 2013.09.26 19:30:00 -
[1994] - Quote
Trebor Daehdoow wrote:The CSM was not consulted about this lottery, and if we had been, we would have had concerns similar to those raised by many in this thread.
We hope to arrange a meeting with the relevant CCP staff members to discuss the matter in the near future, and will keep the community as informed as possible.
CCP, with this one announcement you have validated the fears of every player who has believed the CSM to be pointless and powerless. The CSM was established in order to create transparency and restore player trust in CCP after previous scandals involving CCP employees showing favoritism to players and in-game entities.
By proceeding with a decision with such obvious potential for a similar scandal and accusations of blatant favoritism without even consulting the CSM, you have essentially created T20 ver 2.0. Frankly, the only chance you have to restore credibility at this point is to immediately reverse this decision and claim it as a lapse in judgement.
However, I fear that even doing this would be insufficient, as the damage is likely already done. CCP has again shown clear favoritism to a single third pary site and in-game entity, and the one regulation on CCP's integrity, the CSM, has been bypassed entirely, destroying player trust in the effectiveness of this organization and the transparency of CCP-player interactions.
The only difference between this event and previous scandals is that this time, instead of resulting from the actions of rogue CCP employees, this favoritism is officially and publicly endorsed by the company. This makes the situation even worse than any before it, as the favoritism now has a stamp of approval, indicating that it is now standard procedure and official policy for CCP to favor some players/organizations over others.
Good luck restoring trust after this one!
Why a switch on/off?
Because the new animation doesn't add anything to gameplay and it's graphically annoying.
In other words, it's worse than bad: it's useless.
Simple as that.-á-á-á-á-á - Kina Ayami |
Seismic Stan
414
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Posted - 2013.09.26 19:35:00 -
[1995] - Quote
I sincerely hope that a CCP representative will address this issue in the near future and show something approaching an understanding that has thus far been apparently lacking.
I'm concerned that the processes that led to making this decision are indicative of a regression to the kind of CCP culture that has caused problems in the past.
Sidestepping the CSM, trampling player and game history then a CCP spokesman (in this case CCP Navigator) releasing a wobbly statement claiming that everything is working as intended all seems hauntingly familiar.
I'm aware that there has been a bit of a shake-up with senior personnel of late, meaning new executives, new ideas and so forth, but I suspect some of them may need some orientation before they make any more decisions that indicate they do not understand their customers or their product.
I'm worried that the CCP brain has become detached from the body.
Again.
EVE Online: The Text Adventure --áGameSkinny Columnist - Freebooted --áTech 4 News |
Steijn
Quay Industries
CAStabouts
367
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Posted - 2013.09.26 19:39:00 -
[1996] - Quote
CCP Eterne wrote:We have a new comment on this from CCP Navigator. You can read it here.
the changes dont go far enough, no profit making 3rd party should be able to generate more income from gifts given by CCP. In a nut shell, CCP are still giving SOMER Blink ISK, thats way out of line imo. |
GrammarNazi
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
30
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Posted - 2013.09.26 19:39:00 -
[1997] - Quote
Abernie wrote:There is literally zero way for us to know whether and/or how much of somerblink is a scam or not. No amount of "We wouldn't do that. Why would we. Just trust us." is going to change that. And not many people are assuming you will just go "lol we're not giving away these ships and will keep them in our hangars". Just completely/heavily rigging the lottery on the other hand...
And as I said, if you think we would do this, don't play. Simple as that.
Xaen wrote:
You have such a ridiculous conflict of interest that you should not be talking.
Just trying to clarify a few things that people were angry about..
Niraia wrote:Do you think that other services haven't "dealt as openly and honestly with both CCP and our customers as possible in the past and present"? Those services and independents might be inclined to take offense.
I think this is a case of putting words in my mouth. Nowhere did I say, or imply, that other parties do not deal fairly with CCP or their customers. If I did give this impression, then I apologize to whomever took offense.
Chribba wrote:Please talk to CCP tell them that you do not want Gold Magnates or GV's as handing out such ships will ruin the history/lore/legacy surrounding them, and instead ask for a ship with a new hull/texture that would more suit creating a new line of history when being used through you.
At the time you posted this, CCP Navigator was speaking to Somer and discussing that the prizes might change. Since nothing was final, and since I certainly do not control CCP Navigator, I could not comment on that at the time.
Hope that clears a few things up. Thanks to Navigator for the clarification. |
Steijn
Quay Industries
CAStabouts
367
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Posted - 2013.09.26 19:43:00 -
[1998] - Quote
GrammarNazi wrote:Abernie wrote:There is literally zero way for us to know whether and/or how much of somerblink is a scam or not. No amount of "We wouldn't do that. Why would we. Just trust us." is going to change that. And not many people are assuming you will just go "lol we're not giving away these ships and will keep them in our hangars". Just completely/heavily rigging the lottery on the other hand... And as I said, if you think we would do this, don't play. Simple as that. Xaen wrote:
You have such a ridiculous conflict of interest that you should not be talking.
Just trying to clarify a few things that people were angry about.. Niraia wrote:Do you think that other services haven't "dealt as openly and honestly with both CCP and our customers as possible in the past and present"? Those services and independents might be inclined to take offense. I think this is a case of putting words in my mouth. Nowhere did I say, or imply, that other parties do not deal fairly with CCP or their customers. If I did give this impression, then I apologize to whomever took offense. Chribba wrote:Please talk to CCP tell them that you do not want Gold Magnates or GV's as handing out such ships will ruin the history/lore/legacy surrounding them, and instead ask for a ship with a new hull/texture that would more suit creating a new line of history when being used through you. At the time you posted this, CCP Navigator was speaking to Somer and discussing that the prizes might change. Since nothing was final, and since I certainly do not control CCP Navigator, I could not comment on that at the time. Hope that clears a few things up. Thanks to Navigator for the clarification.
which part of 'CCP should NOT give any 3rd party FREE ISK' do you not understand? |
Abernie
Massively Incompetent
41
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Posted - 2013.09.26 19:45:00 -
[1999] - Quote
GrammarNazi wrote:Abernie wrote:There is literally zero way for us to know whether and/or how much of somerblink is a scam or not. No amount of "We wouldn't do that. Why would we. Just trust us." is going to change that. And not many people are assuming you will just go "lol we're not giving away these ships and will keep them in our hangars". Just completely/heavily rigging the lottery on the other hand... And as I said, if you think we would do this, don't play. Simple as that.
I don't give a rats ass if I win or not.
What I care about is the fact that CCP is giving you unique ships that you can give to who ever you want to and directing players to your site to give you ISK. Just stop.
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Boom Boom Longtime
EVE Corporation 6908469858
Heroes and Villains.
491
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Posted - 2013.09.26 19:53:00 -
[2000] - Quote
Confirming my Somer Blink account got banned when i never bothered to read the rules of a 3rd party website not affiliated with CCP and tried to promo blink with 2 accounts not knowing this was not permitted
I pay my subscription to CCP just like everybody else - Why am I therefore being marginalised and excluded from being able to participate in this "community event" facilitated by CCP ?
The underlying principles here are exactly the same as why CCP Falcon decided to withdraw from several player run channels recently to create their own, given that player moderation was potentially preventing all players from having free and unilateral access to CCP related content.
My Somer Account is blocked - I pay my eve subscription, yet I cannot take part in this event despite me abiding by the terms and conditions as layed out by the EULA..
Unless everybody has access to participate in this lottery, then by its own actions, choices and decisions CCP are marginalising and excluding members of their own community since clearly there will be players who cannot take part in this even if they wanted to.
Utterly dreadful decision making, clear favouritism, and by default, not fair to the "whole" community.
10/10.
Concord Approved Trader |
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Bob FromMarketing
Redirection
Suddenly Spaceships.
48
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Posted - 2013.09.26 20:01:00 -
[2001] - Quote
I despise that I have to open a third party website to have a shot of winning a frigate before being tempted to sell it back to SOMER as part of SOMER's overinflation of the rare-hull market, something which very often benifits them and only them.
Why are we not able to participate as PAYING SUBSCRIBERS, without having to take part in any third party lottery. |
Xaen
Aperture Harmonics
K162
5
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Posted - 2013.09.26 20:07:00 -
[2002] - Quote
Boom Boom Longtime wrote:Confirming my Somer Blink account got banned when i never bothered to read the rules of a 3rd party website not affiliated with CCP and tried to promo blink with 2 accounts not knowing this was not permitted I pay my subscription to CCP just like everybody else - Why am I therefore being marginalised and excluded from being able to participate in this "community event" facilitated by CCP ? The underlying principles here are exactly the same as why CCP Falcon decided to withdraw from several player run channels recently to create their own, given that player moderation was potentially preventing all players from having free and unilateral access to CCP related content. My Somer Account is blocked - I pay my eve subscription, yet I cannot take part in this event despite me abiding by the terms and conditions as layed out by the EULA.. Unless everybody has access to participate in this lottery, then by its own actions, choices and decisions CCP are marginalising and excluding members of their own community since clearly there will be players who cannot take part in this even if they wanted to. Utterly dreadful decision making, clear favouritism, and by default, not fair to the " whole" community. 10/10.
I am also excluded because I am not and never have been a SomerSuckerGäó. |
Kira Corlum
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2013.09.26 20:09:00 -
[2003] - Quote
also how is it that you are allowing someone to profit so much from this? it isn't that every account get a "ticket" it is more you play and win the more chances you have to win......
not so balanced..... |
Bob FromMarketing
Redirection
Suddenly Spaceships.
49
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Posted - 2013.09.26 20:11:00 -
[2004] - Quote
RABBLE |
Nanatoa
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
279
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Posted - 2013.09.26 20:46:00 -
[2005] - Quote
Dear Somer Blink, earlier today I deposited 16 billion isk to play Blinks to get a shot a Gold Magnate - a truly unique ship with actual Legendary status - but now I have been informed that the prize has been withdrawn from the competition. I feel the new prizes, which have no history attached to them at all, are not an adequate replacement of the Gold Magnate. Can I get a refund on the 16 billion isk? I'll of course return all the accidental winnings I had while playing the Blinks for the competition points.
Repent what's past; avoid what is to come.
MinerBumping.com |
Cursan Voran
Jita Traders Society
40
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Posted - 2013.09.26 21:10:00 -
[2006] - Quote
Nanatoa wrote:Dear Somer Blink, earlier today I deposited 16 billion isk to play Blinks to get a shot a Gold Magnate - a truly unique ship with actual Legendary status - but now I have been informed that the prize has been withdrawn from the competition. I feel the new prizes, which have no history attached to them at all, are not an adequate replacement of the Gold Magnate. Can I get a refund on the 16 billion isk? I'll of course return all the accidental winnings I had while playing the Blinks for the competition points.
As this was a CCP endorsed event you should petition in game also.
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Nanatoa
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
279
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Posted - 2013.09.26 21:15:00 -
[2007] - Quote
Cursan Voran wrote:Nanatoa wrote:Dear Somer Blink, earlier today I deposited 16 billion isk to play Blinks to get a shot a Gold Magnate - a truly unique ship with actual Legendary status - but now I have been informed that the prize has been withdrawn from the competition. I feel the new prizes, which have no history attached to them at all, are not an adequate replacement of the Gold Magnate. Can I get a refund on the 16 billion isk? I'll of course return all the accidental winnings I had while playing the Blinks for the competition points. As this was a CCP endorsed event you should petition in game also.
You think so? I posted in the CCP Navigator thread but someone directed me to Somer Blink. I guess GMs would be able to reverse all transactions that were made, but I think that would be a lot more work for them than me just working things amicably out with Somer Blink.
Repent what's past; avoid what is to come.
MinerBumping.com |
RAW23
236
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Posted - 2013.09.26 21:18:00 -
[2008] - Quote
CCP Navigator wrote:
Q4, So you said earlier that SOMER Blink are trusted. Does that mean CCP is promising they will always deliver?
A4, Not at all. What I am saying is that to date they have been 100% trustful and we expect that will continue.
This is one of the most appalling things I have ever heard from a CCP representative. Trust is a marketable commodity in EVE and you are saying, in CCP's name, that this group has been trustworthy to date. Not only can you not possibly know that this is true but you are also giving them a unique 'CCP Audited' title when the reliability of in-game audits is something that is always open to question. Even if you could be certain that they have been 100% trustworthy up to this point you damn well shouldn't say so! Assessment of trustworthiness is a key in-game issue and CCP should have absolutely no part of it.
There are two types of EVE player:
those who believe there are two types of EVE player and those who do not. |
Michael Harari
Genos Occidere
HYDRA RELOADED
651
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Posted - 2013.09.27 00:04:00 -
[2009] - Quote
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=3055244#post3055244
Quote:Hehe, how fitting that I should read this after posting about favouritism in a different thread. My personal take on it is this (note, this is not something we have discussed within the team): Events should be their own reward, but there are certain events that render a large impact on people and for these I do think there should be some kind of memento. An Imperial Apoc is NOT a mememto Lol
Seriously, we won't be bringing back the old unique ships for events. We might give other stuff away that is interesting, but no Guardian Vexor, Opux Luxury Yacht, Fedthron, Impoc, SIR, etc, etc. |
PotatoOverdose
SONS of LEGION
RISE of LEGION
244
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Posted - 2013.09.27 00:33:00 -
[2010] - Quote
Ah blatant favoritism, the hallmark of a good sandbox mmo. Isn't that right T20? |
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Gospadin
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
64
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Posted - 2013.09.27 03:04:00 -
[2011] - Quote
RAW23 wrote:CCP Navigator wrote:
Q4, So you said earlier that SOMER Blink are trusted. Does that mean CCP is promising they will always deliver?
A4, Not at all. What I am saying is that to date they have been 100% trustful and we expect that will continue.
This is one of the most appalling things I have ever heard from a CCP representative. Trust is a marketable commodity in EVE and you are saying, in CCP's name, that this group has been trustworthy to date. Not only can you not possibly know that this is true but you are also giving them a unique 'CCP Audited' title when the reliability of in-game audits is something that is always open to question. Even if you could be certain that they have been 100% trustworthy up to this point you damn well shouldn't say so! Assessment of trustworthiness is a key in-game issue and CCP should have absolutely no part of it.
"they have been 100% trustful and we expect that will continue" is the basis of every scam, ever. |
Nobani
Merch Industrial
Goonswarm Federation
7
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Posted - 2013.09.27 03:57:00 -
[2012] - Quote
Steijn wrote:CCP Eterne wrote:We have a new comment on this from CCP Navigator. You can read it here. the changes dont go far enough, no profit making 3rd party should be able to generate more income from gifts given by CCP. In a nut shell, CCP are still giving SOMER Blink ISK, thats way out of line imo.
No third party should have items spawned for them by CCP, period. |
Robbin Sund
4
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Posted - 2013.09.27 07:52:00 -
[2013] - Quote
Just noticed one thing today, http://cogdev.net/blink/?act=profile&id=91039699 that user have won 4 promo blinks in one day!
Impressive, whats the highest promos won in one day you guys have seen? (for 1 person)
One way trip!
Why dont you drive? |
Ona Bender
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
4
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Posted - 2013.09.27 08:09:00 -
[2014] - Quote
Robbin Sund wrote:Just noticed ... that user have won 4 promo blinks in one day! ...
ha - I was just noticing that too. how does someone win 4 promos in a single day... I'm just ... some people win so many promos... please don't flip out - I'm not accusing blink or any particular user of anything - we're just discussing this awesome site we all love - as a customer paying my hard earned pretend space moneys to use your service, exactly how confident are you that there isn't some kind of vulnerability being exploited? |
Doomessa
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
0
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Posted - 2013.09.27 08:14:00 -
[2015] - Quote
That's 4 wins in the last 50 promos run so quite lucky |
ArmyOfMe
Teddybears.
Nocturnal Legion
168
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Posted - 2013.09.27 08:19:00 -
[2016] - Quote
Gilbaron wrote:can't you just make a gold punisher and a guardian Thorax ?
there is nothing wrong with giving out special ships, but you really should never re-use stuff like that :(
this
Jaden Adoudel > If I knew where you'd live I'd ******* blow your head off
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Deka Ekato
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
5
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Posted - 2013.09.27 10:47:00 -
[2017] - Quote
At least the first 12 pages, ( 240 posts ), of this topic, (can't be bothered to go through 100 pages), are "people" praising SB.
OMG, how much, (fake), self promotion of, what is nothing more than a scam, does SB need to do? |
SKINE DMZ
Stay Frosty.
185
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Posted - 2013.09.27 12:43:00 -
[2018] - Quote
So that account wins 1 in every 4 blink she plays, and ridiculous wins, Somer blink is very very fishy.
I do not approve of CCP telling us they have been trustworthy in this sandbox, this is not a game for CCP to endorse players.
I don't understand, there seem to be some employees who really understand the sandbox, and others who just don't have a clue, do you guys have no communication around the office at all?
I disagree |
Rroff
Questionable Ethics.
Ministry of Inappropriate Footwork
334
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Posted - 2013.09.27 13:04:00 -
[2019] - Quote
SKINE DMZ wrote:So that account wins 1 in every 4 blink she plays, and ridiculous wins, Somer blink is very very fishy.
I do not approve of CCP telling us they have been trustworthy in this sandbox, this is not a game for CCP to endorse players.
I don't understand, there seem to be some employees who really understand the sandbox, and others who just don't have a clue, do you guys have no communication around the office at all?
Looks like that player is buying a large proportion of tickets on every blink they play so they will get high wins but slim profit from it - probably are making more ISK than they are losing though if they are playing it smart just not by a large amount.
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Ona Bender
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
4
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Posted - 2013.09.27 14:14:00 -
[2020] - Quote
If you buy all the tickets in a blink, you'll win 1 out of every 1 (100%) - that's not the same as winning as many promos in a day as I've won in 3 years - you only get one ticket in a promo. |
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BoBoZoBo
Paragon Fury
Tactical Narcotics Team
320
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Posted - 2013.09.27 14:48:00 -
[2021] - Quote
Who's ******* idea was this? We don't have enough trusted events that we need to do something CCP can't guarantee will fall to insider trade or exploit?
Primary Test Subject GÇó SmackTalker Elite |
Bob FromMarketing
ElitistOps
Pandemic Legion
52
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Posted - 2013.09.27 15:01:00 -
[2022] - Quote
CCP Navigator wrote:
Q4, So you said earlier that SOMER Blink are trusted. Does that mean CCP is promising they will always deliver?
A4, Not at all. What I am saying is that to date they have been 100% trustful and we expect that will continue.
.[/quote]
CCP Navigator
Does this mean that if I buy a Supercarrier and use SOMERset Mahm to broker the transaction, if I get duped and my isk gets taken CCP will refund me to the full value as you have just audited and ensured their trustworthyness? |
Yabba Addict
The Lost Minmatar Legion
LEX LEGIONEM
80
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Posted - 2013.09.27 15:04:00 -
[2023] - Quote
Nice one CCP, yet another PR nightmare you've gotten into |
Heywood Djiblomi
Stay Frosty.
2
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Posted - 2013.09.27 18:57:00 -
[2024] - Quote
The odor emanating from this whole saga has set off the galactic gag reflex. Seriously, CCP - the uproar should be a clue. |
Drosera Capensis
The Reynard Project
16
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Posted - 2013.09.27 19:07:00 -
[2025] - Quote
Andrev Nox wrote:Poetic Stanziel wrote:Pull Chribba Dice support in protest.
Do you feel any hypocrisy posting that 32 minutes after you claimed your free gift on our site? Just curious if you'd prefer to withdraw your use of our gifts in protest :)
Thing is, you got a free gift of unique items everyone would like and it was CCP that gave it to you. You will make tons of money from it. It's -not- a gift to the community, it's a gift to -you- since the only chance to have a shot at winning one of those things is to become one of your customers.
You might give attitude to those protesting while they still try to get a chance at one of those unique giveaways. It only makes it look like CCP was backing someone that fights for his pride instead of addressing the concerns of the community in a mature way. Giving out customer information in an attempt to silence a protest by making that protester look like a hypocrit does not give you an aura of honesty, more like a shady guy that fights dirty. |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
258
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Posted - 2013.09.27 21:06:00 -
[2026] - Quote
Hiya!
You seem to have confused what was going on in that conversation :) The free gift he was claiming on our site wasn't in any way connected to the CCP prizes. It's an ISK based giveaway that we ourselves do.
It also wasn't "givng out customer information" in that all gift opens are listed on the site, publicly, as they occur. Who opened what gift, how much they got, and when is already publicly displayed :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Frostys Virpio
Lame Corp Name
717
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Posted - 2013.09.28 00:12:00 -
[2027] - Quote
CCP Eterne wrote:We have a new comment on this from CCP Navigator. You can read it here.
Except this "new comment" is utter trash because it fails to make any meaningfull change to what the actual problem is. Giving away free stuff to people in game. The only time you should ever spawn things in game is to enable the players to use a newly added game mecanics or new content just released. Not stupid ship that will barely ever get out of hangar and generate ridiculous profit for a 3rd party. CCP navigator said it was to create content. How much content will those ships create beside hate toward CCP for handling this poorly and 5 database lines listing where the ship is collecting dust? |
Forlorn Eskimo
The Scope
Gallente Federation
5
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Posted - 2013.09.28 05:24:00 -
[2028] - Quote
Frostys Virpio wrote:CCP Eterne wrote:We have a new comment on this from CCP Navigator. You can read it here. Except this "new comment" is utter trash because it fails to make any meaningfull change to what the actual problem is. Giving away free stuff to people in game. The only time you should ever spawn things in game is to enable the players to use a newly added game mecanics or new content just released. Not stupid ship that will barely ever get out of hangar and generate ridiculous profit for a 3rd party. CCP navigator said it was to create content. How much content will those ships create beside hate toward CCP for handling this poorly and 5 database lines listing where the ship is collecting dust?
Maybe the Content CCP navigator is refering too is the vast amount of content blink already provide ?
sponsoring rvb roams ?
sponsoring tournements ?
sponsoring eve vegas ?
feel free to help create content in this way if you like or devote time to do it hell use the time it took to create your post to think of a content idea i dare you |
Abernie
Massively Incompetent
113
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Posted - 2013.09.28 06:59:00 -
[2029] - Quote
Forlorn Eskimo wrote:[quote=Frostys Virpio]
Maybe the Content CCP navigator is refering too is the vast amount of advertising they do. FYP
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Abernie
Massively Incompetent
113
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Posted - 2013.09.28 07:14:00 -
[2030] - Quote
wrong button... |
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Tzu Wu
Interstellar Military Assistance Corporation
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
13
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Posted - 2013.09.28 17:38:00 -
[2031] - Quote
As much I love Blink I agree with most of the people when saying a private corporation shouldnt be given these prizes to give away.I think they are trustworthy but you still never know 100%.Giving prizes to a for profit private entity does smell of favoritism but you have to realize how much RL money blink also helps bring CCP.There are plenty of people who buy plexes from CCP to play Blink.Thats straight cash in the bank.So at the end of the day Blink is a nice cash cow for CCP to keep around. |
Rroff
Questionable Ethics.
Ministry of Inappropriate Footwork
336
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Posted - 2013.09.28 22:37:00 -
[2032] - Quote
Ona Bender wrote:If you buy all the tickets in a blink, you'll win 1 out of every 1 (100%) - that's not the same as winning as many promos in a day as I've won in 3 years - you only get one ticket in a promo.
Best I've had is 2 promo wins inside 24 hours and 10 minutes heh (~7 promo wins that week total). Some funky stuff does happen though - I once won 4 of the same ship in a row on the same number on consecutive blinks. |
Doc Severide
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
102
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Posted - 2013.09.29 11:57:00 -
[2033] - Quote
This sounds to me like another AFK cloaking thread...
Everyone is always repeating the mantra "Don't Trust Anyone" ad nauseum... If I can't trust the guys I play with, why bother playing with them at all? Fly Solo... |
Slaiphon
The Scope
Gallente Federation
1
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Posted - 2013.09.29 13:04:00 -
[2034] - Quote
So addictive :( Losing all my ISK here heh |
Nina Mink
Mink Industries
4
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Posted - 2013.09.29 18:42:00 -
[2035] - Quote
New bonk but no new gift to unpack...
Btw did any1 allready found 1 of the hidden gifts in the minibonk?
GÇ£A coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once. It seems to me most strange that men should fear, seeing that death, a necessary end, will come when it will come.GÇ¥ |
Forlorn Eskimo
The Scope
Gallente Federation
5
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Posted - 2013.09.29 20:16:00 -
[2036] - Quote
Nina Mink wrote:New bonk but no new gift to unpack... Btw did any1 allready found 1 of the hidden gifts in the minibonk?
there wasnt a gift in the mini they just added extra prize's to them after they announced the ccp vegas event :)
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Josef Djugashvilis
Acme Mining Corporation
1359
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Posted - 2013.09.29 20:30:00 -
[2037] - Quote
Dear Somer Blink, if you do not scam CCP, you will let down the entire player base of Eve Online.
If CCP are daft enough to gift you a fortune, you should be smart enough to take it and keep it.
Man up, and do the right thing.
This is not a signature. |
Slaiphon
The Scope
Gallente Federation
1
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Posted - 2013.09.30 07:52:00 -
[2038] - Quote
So... I lost all my ISK playing Blink... Crossing my fingers for the Blast :D |
Caliph Muhammed
Perkone
Caldari State
543
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Posted - 2013.09.30 08:18:00 -
[2039] - Quote
Tzu Wu wrote:As much I love Blink I agree with most of the people when saying a private corporation shouldnt be given these prizes to give away.I think they are trustworthy but you still never know 100%.Giving prizes to a for profit private entity does smell of favoritism but you have to realize how much RL money blink also helps bring CCP.There are plenty of people who buy plexes from CCP to play Blink.Thats straight cash in the bank.So at the end of the day Blink is a nice cash cow for CCP to keep around.
Pay to win? What are Goon subs worth a month? Not just them but various large entities. There is no justification for this. A unique ship is a unique ship. Its almost priceless. In terms of the game anyway.
How about giving them a ship that can't be sold or traded. Forever tied to that account/character and if it blows up its gone.
Unique. A status symbol. Is worth everything and nothing at all. Completely acceptable within EVE.
I think we'll find that wouldn't be acceptable because it's all about scamming the addicts and suckers out of rl cash and ISK. |
Caliph Muhammed
Perkone
Caldari State
543
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Posted - 2013.09.30 08:27:00 -
[2040] - Quote
Pick a side people. Either you want it fair or you don't care. And standing up for a fair game when your subs support its growth is justified. Your participation in EVE creates gameplay and is just as valuable to the game as Somerblink.
More to people like me because I haven't played blink ever. Somerblink has in 3-4 years not created a shred of content for me that I've ever been able to recognize. I don't hate Somerblink. I didn't mind it before. But when it is using a very underhanded means to achieve an in game advantage and it affects me i'm going to make a case. |
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klakksen Sasen
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
2
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Posted - 2013.09.30 08:55:00 -
[2041] - Quote
Got banned from the site doing something I did not know was not allowed. No warnings just ban.
Andrev and Somer are beeing full of them self and are not interested to listen.
And with CCP suporting these guys, here goes.
You have cancelled your EVE Online subscription.
Your account will be suspended at the end of the current subscription period, expiring on 07 October 2013.
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RUS Comannder
Tremor Recorded
Variable Enterprise Training Standards
25
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Posted - 2013.09.30 09:08:00 -
[2042] - Quote
Caliph Muhammed wrote:Pick a side people. Either you want it fair or you don't care. And standing up for a fair game when your subs support its growth is justified. Your participation in EVE creates gameplay and is just as valuable to the game as Somerblink.
More to people like me because I haven't played blink ever. Somerblink has in 3-4 years not created a shred of content for me that I've ever been able to recognize. I don't hate Somerblink. I didn't mind it before. But when it is using a very underhanded means to achieve an in game advantage and it affects me i'm going to make a case.
And for the record whenever I see something damaging to the game I've spoke out about it regardless of the consequences. If it means arguing with Goons about a bad idea, EVE Uni, the devs, other miscreants or even Somerblink I do. That's not to say i'm never mistaken, all are at times, but there isn't a childish whine or self serving bias here. And no, preventing an entity in the game from violating the rules and spirit of a sandbox is not self serving.
This was not Blink's Idea. CCP Brought it to them on the morning it was introduced. Which third party site would have turned it down? |
RUS Comannder
Tremor Recorded
Variable Enterprise Training Standards
25
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Posted - 2013.09.30 09:11:00 -
[2043] - Quote
klakksen Sasen wrote:Got banned from the site doing something I did not know was not allowed. No warnings just ban.
Andrev and Somer are beeing full of them self and are not interested to listen.
And with CCP suporting these guys, here goes.
You have cancelled your EVE Online subscription.
Your account will be suspended at the end of the current subscription period, expiring on 07 October 2013.
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Thats OK
Pygmy Armada
1
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Posted - 2013.09.30 19:54:00 -
[2044] - Quote
The web page looks really cool and its easy to use but the server is so slow right now the blinks i start are over before I'm able to pick another ticket.
The blink starts loading and when the page refreshes some 10-20 seconds later it is all over.
Annoying. |
Thats OK
Pygmy Armada
1
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Posted - 2013.10.01 10:18:00 -
[2045] - Quote
Same again today. |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
198
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Posted - 2013.10.01 23:47:00 -
[2046] - Quote
Thats OK wrote:Same again today.
I'm sorry :( this is the most frustrating part to troubleshoot because I don't experience problems (and apparently many people don't), so it's hard to track down.
Would you be able to send me a traceroute to the site from your location? You can Evemail it.
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
Cayell
Steamhouse Enemy Engagement Division
0
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Posted - 2013.10.02 12:36:00 -
[2047] - Quote
Somerset Mahm wrote:Thats OK wrote:Same again today. I'm sorry :( this is the most frustrating part to troubleshoot because I don't experience problems (and apparently many people don't), so it's hard to track down. Would you be able to send me a traceroute to the site from your location? You can Evemail it.
I've only ever witnessed the site get that slow when it's really busy, such as when close to a Bonk drawing or similar - or when when there's a string of promos running that have ~500 tickets each. From what I've seen though, the problem seems to be with retrieving all the images from the EVE portrait server more than with Blink itself.
It's considerably more noticeable when trying to play from a smartphone - the site loads, but takes forever to pull all those portraits down. I've given up trying to play promos on my Desire.
(On the subject of smartphones - does Blink have any plans for a mobile-optimised version of the site at all?) |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
198
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Posted - 2013.10.03 00:31:00 -
[2048] - Quote
I do have plans for a no-avatars version of the site that will work better on mobile.
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
Amanda Peewith
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
4
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Posted - 2013.10.03 02:03:00 -
[2049] - Quote
Somerset Mahm wrote:I do have plans for a no-avatars version of the site that will work better on mobile.
THAT is a good idea...for people who might blink at work.
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Cayell
Steamhouse Enemy Engagement Division
0
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Posted - 2013.10.03 07:16:00 -
[2050] - Quote
That's fantastic news, thanks Somer. Looking forward to being able to 'earn' my living/bankrupt myself on the move as well as at home ;) |
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Nanatoa
291
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Posted - 2013.10.04 11:54:00 -
[2051] - Quote
Nanatoa wrote:Dear Somer Blink, earlier today I deposited 16 billion isk to play Blinks to get a shot a Gold Magnate - a truly unique ship with actual Legendary status - but now I have been informed that the prize has been withdrawn from the competition. I feel the new prizes, which have no history attached to them at all, are not an adequate replacement of the Gold Magnate. Can I get a refund on the 16 billion isk? I'll of course return all the accidental winnings I had while playing the Blinks for the competition points.
Last week I contacted Somerset Mahm ingame about this, I received a non-reply ("[If you win] I will arrange for you to talk to CCP Navigator directly" - which is not what I asked for at all). So far Somerset Mahm has not responded to my reply to her message. Is this the trustworthy and reliable service CCP Navigator praised?
"Stay the course, we have done this many times before."
- CCP Hilmar, June 2011
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Sykaotic
RED Inc.
0
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Posted - 2013.10.04 19:20:00 -
[2052] - Quote
Honestly, as a newer returning player with 4m SP....(played back in 2010 also)
This site
R O C K S
SY |
Ewie Itonula
Die KAK gaan Spat
2
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Posted - 2013.10.05 14:17:00 -
[2053] - Quote
After the last few weeks , I see no reason why I should still support this site.
Delete my account.
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Mirina Avalhar
Strategic Fighters Association
6
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Posted - 2013.10.05 15:16:00 -
[2054] - Quote
http://themittani.com/news/ccp-secretly-gifted-somer-blink-ishukone-scorpions |
Matari Akiga
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
30
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Posted - 2013.10.05 19:42:00 -
[2055] - Quote
Somer I really enjoy using the website and I think it is a fantastic service that you offer but I would ask you please please please do not accept anything else directly from CCP, I understand why they are offering it to you and why you would accept it but this is a very dangerous path for the game and for blink to follow.
CCP dont need to change everything to suit your play style.
Improvise, adapt and overcome! |
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ISD Ezwal
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
446
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Posted - 2013.10.05 21:58:00 -
[2056] - Quote
I have deleted an off topic post.
If you feel you must share information about the threads topic, the OP or the corporation the OP is a member of, please do so in your own thread and preferably in a better suited place on the forum.
Posting it in this thread is regarded as being off topic.
ISD Ezwal
Lt. Commander
Community Communication Liaisons (CCLs)
Interstellar Services Department |
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Regina Gerze
The Trinity Conglomerate
1
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Posted - 2013.10.06 01:46:00 -
[2057] - Quote
Somerset Mahm wrote:I do have plans for a no-avatars version of the site that will work better on mobile.
You only had 199 likes so I decided to be all adorable and provide more :D
I also had over 400 or close to 400 million ISK in winnings...but kept none of it so I'm an idiot...xD |
Regina Gerze
The Trinity Conglomerate
1
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Posted - 2013.10.06 01:47:00 -
[2058] - Quote
ISD Ezwal wrote:I have deleted an off topic post.
If you feel you must share information about the threads topic, the OP or the corporation the OP is a member of, please do so in your own thread and preferably in a better suited place on the forum.
Posting it in this thread is regarded as being off topic.
Thank you, editing my post now xD |
Jack Breacher
Pegusus Rising
0
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Posted - 2013.10.06 17:20:00 -
[2059] - Quote
Never understood Bonks and Minibonks :/
I dont think I can compete with that amount of tickets. |
Julia Starling
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2013.10.06 18:10:00 -
[2060] - Quote
CCP Navigator wrote:
It is safe to say that they can buy anything that is for sale and money is no object yet.
sorry, but what does that mean?
"They are so rich, the 1-10T sponsored by CCP can't possibly hurt"
or
"They are so rich,that it's unthinkable that they care enough about money to steal it"
not to mention the re-introduction of limited ships, wich is nothing but spreading rare stuff to everyone because everyone likes rare stuff , is real bad joke.
As much as I love the htfu-l2p-style customer support, sometimes I'd appreciate the old fashioned professional distanced but fair customer support |
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Kool Aid Stasarik
Brave Newbies Inc.
Brave Collective
0
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Posted - 2013.10.07 06:29:00 -
[2061] - Quote
woooooo!!!! |
Miss Sparrow
Mining Beez
0
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Posted - 2013.10.07 08:24:00 -
[2062] - Quote
Error: this character's account is currently disabled and its password may not be reset.
Why ??
I registered an account yesterday ad have also done some bids .. Everything worked fine this morning! Now, only a few hours later I cant even log in.. |
GrammarNazi
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
30
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Posted - 2013.10.07 15:11:00 -
[2063] - Quote
Miss Sparrow wrote:Error: this character's account is currently disabled and its password may not be reset. Why ?? I registered an account yesterday ad have also done some bids .. Everything worked fine this morning! Now, only a few hours later I cant even log in..
Hi there, Miss Sparrow,
I've taken a look at the issue with your account, and the problem was resolved by Andrev Nox earlier today. Your account is now reactivated and ready for use.
We apologize for the inconvenience while fixing these issues. |
Jochem Cesaille
Shockwave Unlimited
0
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Posted - 2013.10.09 18:02:00 -
[2064] - Quote
Heya Blink,
Very nice website. I'm kinda curious how you determine who wins the promo? Are you using some sort of PHP math random functions? Or chribba's dice or whatever?
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Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
200
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Posted - 2013.10.09 21:06:00 -
[2065] - Quote
Hello!
We use random.org to draw random numbers. At the conclusion of each Blink, we contact random.org and request a number that we then plug into that Blink as the winner. We do not pre-download the random numbers or otherwise maintain them beforehand-- they're drawn immediately at the conclusion of the Blink so that we have no foreknowledge of the number that will be the winner.
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
Sophie Hunter
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2013.10.09 22:31:00 -
[2066] - Quote
Random.org you say?
I enjoy somerblink. Actually i deposited x isks and ended up with x+x/2, so i have no complaints. The site is enjoyable, the game is fun and you don't force anyone to deposit. Players play cause they want to play, and that's cool.
What's not cool is to make fools out of the players, making them believe that every raffle is honest. It's very common to see the same person win 2 or more promoblinks in a row, and many in the same day. What are the odds on that happening? Statistically impossible, if not rigged.
Example1: http://i.imgur.com/jNmppHS.png
Example2: http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/9484/4y8y.png
I can tell you i already played more than 500 promoblinks and have won nothing. Unlucky me.
The regular blinks also have their funny "coincidences". Sometimes there is someone who wins a lot. That someone even wins ship bonuses in every raffle and, even funnier, they also win Bonks, Minibonks and Gigabonks. Must be the luckiest guy on earth. When he leaves, another one comes wiping most of the raffles, to give place to another lucky guy or gal, and so on.
Example: http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/7465/b1s3.png
But i really like Somerblink. Otherwise i wouldn't have lost the time to write my experience in this fantastic game!
I leave you with a printscreen that i think sums it all! God Bless... http://i.imgur.com/nWhy5pU.png
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Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
200
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Posted - 2013.10.10 01:38:00 -
[2067] - Quote
I would find it significantly less random if no one ever won twice :P
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
2pt
Tremor Recorded
Variable Enterprise Training Standards
21
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Posted - 2013.10.10 04:30:00 -
[2068] - Quote
Sophie Hunter wrote:Random.org you say? I enjoy somerblink. Actually i deposited x isks and ended up with x+x/2, so i have no complaints. The site is enjoyable, the game is fun and you don't force anyone to deposit. Players play cause they want to play, and that's cool. What's not cool is to make fools out of the players, making them believe that every raffle is honest. It's very common to see the same person win 2 or more promoblinks in a row, and many in the same day. What are the odds on that happening? Statistically impossible, if not rigged. Example1: http://i.imgur.com/jNmppHS.pngExample2: http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/9484/4y8y.pngI can tell you i already played more than 500 promoblinks and have won nothing. Unlucky me. The regular blinks also have their funny "coincidences". Sometimes there is someone who wins a lot. That someone even wins ship bonuses in every raffle and, even funnier, they also win Bonks, Minibonks and Gigabonks. Must be the luckiest guy on earth. When he leaves, another one comes wiping most of the raffles, to give place to another lucky guy or gal, and so on. Example: http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/7465/b1s3.pngBut i really like Somerblink. Otherwise i wouldn't have lost the time to write my experience in this fantastic game! I leave you with a printscreen that i think sums it all! God Bless... http://i.imgur.com/nWhy5pU.png
Don't want to be accused of quoting out of context. I'm sorry that random events don't happen the way you think they ought to. Please Visit Random.Org and see it is not just sub-fansite of Blink. Look into how they arrive at the the numbers and how they arrive on blink's site. Look at the operations for which that site provides random numbers, talk to some of them
Please don't let your skepticism and lack of information give you the mistaken right to label thousands of other people as "fools". Please seperate the events where a player can increase their odds and events from where they cannot be increased.
Gigas are notorious for being bought by the one with the most tickets, yet there are instances where players have had more than half the tickets in a giga and lost to a player with one ticket. Promos will occasionally have one player who has an incredible spurt of luck, but check that player out in 6 months or a few thousand promos from now and you'll see how things have evened out a liitte.
Blinks, Bonks, Mini-bonks, Gigas can all be influenced by the number of tickets, each of which has a fair chance of being drawn, that a player can accumulate. Anecdotal screen shots really don't stand up as evidence in statistical data. Every bank of statistical data will have at least one patch that seems to defy reality, but because there are clumps of such data in each data set, it proves that random is just that - random.
The Bonk and the minibonk are pure casino events where players with the funds or tokens gathered by having the funds to deposit, play, win or all three have advantages. Casinos are not designed to re-distribute wealth by giving everyone an equal chance. Fair does not mean equal. Fair means each ticket has the same chance and equal means each person has the same chance. If you own 12 of 16 tickets in a blink and I own one, the odds are in your favor but I am only playing because I fully believe my one ticket has just as much chance of winning as any of the other 15 tickets. Sure, I know if I always have one and someone else always has 12, they are probably going to win more often than I do and they are going to lose more often than I do. That one winning ticket left the player with 11 losing tickets meaning the player just won back more of his/her own ISK than Somer's ISK. My one ticket strategy may not be as exciting with fewer wins over a given amount of time, but it also gives me fewer losses and preserving your bankroll is a prime directive for gamblers. Show me a gambler who has lost everything and I'll show you a gambler who does not know when to stop and therefore, will always lose everything.
It serves no real purpose to get butt hurt over being out won by someone who outbuys me in the ticket sales. Some one was going to buy those other 12 tickets before the blink would be over with.
If I thought for the tiniest measurable part of a second that the out come was rigged. I would never play. I encourage you and anyone else who thinks fools are playing without knowing the game is rigged to leave and never return And Please tell me what kind of a fool would you be to play if you were convinced it was rigged. Leave us convinced 'fools" and go on your way. Jita has many opportunities for ISK vs Risk and they're are some other sites which call themselves gambling sites. Wherever you play games of chance, know your odds and be sure the games are fairly run - each ticket (not person) has a fair chance of winning.
Good luck and I hope you enjoy this game till the last day you play and quit when you no longer do enjoy it.
A Random Guy in the Crowd who used to teach stats. |
Josef Djugashvilis
Acme Mining Corporation
1419
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Posted - 2013.10.10 04:40:00 -
[2069] - Quote
SOMER Blink: proof that a fool and his isk are easily parted.
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Sophie Hunter
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2013.10.10 12:28:00 -
[2070] - Quote
2pt wrote:A Random Guy in the Crowd who used to teach stats.
If you used to teach stats, you really should know that winning 2 promoblinks in a row, with 2 different numbers, in a 350 or 525 numbers pool, is virtually impossible. There is another example where someone wins a promoblink, then a Bonk, a Minibonk, Gigablink... and... is part of the Blink Blast and party event winners. Where in your statement is this random? Even if he bought many tickets, "many" is far from being "12 out of 16". We are talking about 10k, 20k, 30k in more than a million tickets. That's 1-3% winning chance. And the winners are always the same: Mr De, Kaldor Mintat, L'amour Sauvage, Ripley12, Cheiya....
But don't get me wrong. I don't have anything against Somerblink. I actually find the game quite amusing and i even ended up with a little profit. I sometimes lol when i see a noob with 1 blink played, winning 2 or 3 promoblinks in the same day, or a well known player that everyday wins a promoblink, or 2, and i mean... everyday! Don't throw at me the "random.org" excuse. That's a poor excuse to a programmer like me.
I have no reason to be butthurted. I ended up with profit, did you not read? My lack of faith is about the promoblinks, bonks, minibonks, gigabonks, blasts and party event raffles, as i explained before, which is very easy to understand the mechanics. Also, tokens are offered like hot buns as an excuse for people to keep playing in the regular blinks. That's ingenious. Somerblink is very clear on the game he provides and everyone has the option to be part of it or not.
I don't expect to end somer business. I wish him the best of luck. At least i made people think about it for a while, which is fine to me.
Good luck to you too! |
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Cayell
Steamhouse Enemy Engagement Division
0
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Posted - 2013.10.10 22:06:00 -
[2071] - Quote
Sophie Hunter wrote:
If you used to teach stats, you really should know that winning 2 promoblinks in a row, with 2 different numbers, in a 350 or 525 numbers pool, is virtually impossible.
Not so. If you change numbers after a win, you've just as much chance of winning as anyone else.
Virtually impossible would be the same thing happening, but with the player using the same number on both promos. It can still happen though - I've seen the same number come up within 3-4 promos before, though never to the same person.
Remember: The chances of getting a coin to land heads-up ten times in a row are slim. However, every time you flip the coin there is still a 50% chance of it being heads, even if it's been heads 7 times in a row already.
Quote:There is another example where someone wins a promoblink, then a Bonk, a Minibonk, Gigablink... and... is part of the Blink Blast and party event winners. Where in your statement is this random? Even if he bought many tickets, "many" is far from being "12 out of 16". We are talking about 10k, 20k, 30k in more than a million tickets. That's 1-3% winning chance. And the winners are always the same: Mr De, Kaldor Mintat, L'amour Sauvage, Ripley12, Cheiya....
Think about it. If there are a 10 prizes on a bonk, a million tickets, and a few (10+) people who buy 30-40k tickets.
Now because each of those people can only win once, every time one of them wins their tickets are removed from the pot. This means that for every multi-ticket buyer that wins, the odds go up for the others. By the time you get to the 10th prize, 400k tickets have gone from that pot and their odds are now closer to 10% - and compared to the odds of someone who bought 50 tickets, that's very, very good. |
2pt
Tremor Recorded
Variable Enterprise Training Standards
21
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Posted - 2013.10.11 02:36:00 -
[2072] - Quote
Sophie Hunter wrote:2pt wrote:A Random Guy in the Crowd who used to teach stats. If you used to teach stats, you really should know that winning 2 promoblinks in a row, with 2 different numbers, in a 350 or 525 numbers pool, is virtually impossible. There is another example where someone wins a promoblink, then a Bonk, a Minibonk, Gigablink... and... is part of the Blink Blast and party event winners. Where in your statement is this random? Even if he bought many tickets, "many" is far from being "12 out of 16". We are talking about 10k, 20k, 30k in more than a million tickets. That's 1-3% winning chance. And the winners are always the same: Mr De, Kaldor Mintat, L'amour Sauvage, Ripley12, Cheiya.... But don't get me wrong. I don't have anything against Somerblink. I actually find the game quite amusing and i even ended up with a little profit. I sometimes lol when i see a noob with 1 blink played, winning 2 or 3 promoblinks in the same day, or a well known player that everyday wins a promoblink, or 2, and i mean... everyday! Don't throw at me the "random.org" excuse. That's a poor excuse to a programmer like me. I have no reason to be butthurted. I ended up with profit, did you not read? My lack of faith is about the promoblinks, bonks, minibonks, gigabonks, blasts and party event raffles, as i explained before, which is very easy to understand the mechanics. Also, tokens are offered like hot buns as an excuse for people to keep playing in the regular blinks. That's ingenious. Somerblink is very clear on the game he provides and everyone has the option to be part of it or not. I don't expect to end somer business. I wish him the best of luck. At least i made people think about it for a while, which is fine to me. Good luck to you too!
BECAUSE I used to teach stats at the doctoral level I really know how winning two promo blinks in a row with two different numbers in a 350 or 525 numbers pool is possible, rare but quite possible. Different winning numbers in consecutive promos are not rare only that the same person happened to be holding the winning tickets back to back introduced rarity. Depending on when the promo occurred, the lucky winner may have selected more than one number before finding one not taken and that number won. As Cayell implies, the numbers have no memories and do not know when they have last been selected or by whom. Random is often doing the virtually impossible. The essence of random is doing the virtually impossible. "Virtually impossible" is a human term used to describe randomness. True Randomness.
Yes, I said true randomness to a programmer like you. It is obvious you have not visited Random.org as a programmer like you should know that any Random Number Generator based on any algorithm no matter how sophisticated would eventually establish a pattern. It may take several years of producing alphanumerical sets for an identifiable pattern to emerge and based on the intricacies, some advanced algorithms may require a few more years for the world's fastest supercomputer to detect a pattern, but a pattern will be found when using any algorithm based RNG.
Random.org does not use algorithm based RNG to produce the billions of number sets it has produced in which no pattern has ever been discovered. Take a stretch beyond the normal mind of a programmer and find out you don't know everything about random number generation. Go beyond DOS, beyond 1s and 0s - beyond Boolean and anything else you know about RNG. Approach it with a scientific mind and forget for a while that you know all there is to know about generating randomness. Visit the site.
Anyone who has determined how to predict Random.org numbers will probably not spend their time and talent winning pretend money and pretend space ships in an internet game, when they could be winning the national lotteries for which Random.org provides numbers. Perhaps, they might even be selling the knowledge to one country so it could use the technology to break coded messages of another country.
If you go back through this forum, you will find dozens of other posts extolling a list of the players whoGÇ¥ win every Bonk, Mini-Bonk, Giga, Blink and PromoGÇ¥ except the names change. I did not mention anyone being a repeat winner on the Blink Blast as it can only be won once. Nonetheless, I think a name was mentioned as a repeat winner. My take on it is that players will sometimes have a lot of ISK or tokens, buy lots of tickets, win something big and then try to do it every week after that until the ISK runs out. People see the same names a couple of times and there ya go.
If ya think its rigged GÇô get out while you can! Big guys with bad breath will visit your house in your sleep and from then on your computer or any replacement you buy will only be able to log in to Blink!
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Sophie Hunter
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
3
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Posted - 2013.10.11 04:47:00 -
[2073] - Quote
2pt wrote:BECAUSE I used to teach stats at the doctoral level I really know how winning two promo blinks in a row with two different numbers in a 350 or 525 numbers pool is possible, rare but quite possible. Different winning numbers in consecutive promos are not rare only that the same person happened to be holding the winning tickets back to back introduced rarity. Depending on when the promo occurred, the lucky winner may have selected more than one number before finding one not taken and that number won. As Cayell implies, the numbers have no memories and do not know when they have last been selected or by whom. Random is often doing the virtually impossible. The essence of random is doing the virtually impossible. "Virtually impossible" is a human term used to describe randomness. True Randomness.
Yes, I said true randomness to a programmer like you. It is obvious you have not visited Random.org as a programmer like you should know that any Random Number Generator based on any algorithm no matter how sophisticated would eventually establish a pattern. It may take several years of producing alphanumerical sets for an identifiable pattern to emerge and based on the intricacies, some advanced algorithms may require a few more years for the world's fastest supercomputer to detect a pattern, but a pattern will be found when using any algorithm based RNG.
Random.org does not use algorithm based RNG to produce the billions of number sets it has produced in which no pattern has ever been discovered. Take a stretch beyond the normal mind of a programmer and find out you don't know everything about random number generation. Go beyond DOS, beyond 1s and 0s - beyond Boolean and anything else you know about RNG. Approach it with a scientific mind and forget for a while that you know all there is to know about generating randomness. Visit the site.
Anyone who has determined how to predict Random.org numbers will probably not spend their time and talent winning pretend money and pretend space ships in an internet game, when they could be winning the national lotteries for which Random.org provides numbers. Perhaps, they might even be selling the knowledge to one country so it could use the technology to break coded messages of another country.
If you go back through this forum, you will find dozens of other posts extolling a list of the players whoGÇ¥ win every Bonk, Mini-Bonk, Giga, Blink and PromoGÇ¥ except the names change. I did not mention anyone being a repeat winner on the Blink Blast as it can only be won once. Nonetheless, I think a name was mentioned as a repeat winner. My take on it is that players will sometimes have a lot of ISK or tokens, buy lots of tickets, win something big and then try to do it every week after that until the ISK runs out. People see the same names a couple of times and there ya go.
If ya think its rigged GÇô get out while you can! Big guys with bad breath will visit your house in your sleep and from then on your computer or any replacement you buy will only be able to log in to Blink!
Until this point i never insulted you, as i tend to be condescending to people who lack to see reason. You insulting me proves that i'm right, and it made you angry for some reason. It's easy to write a lot of expensive gibberish, but that doesn't take away the experience I had on the site. Yes, it's because i'm a programmer and you're not, that i know how the mechanics behind this kind of business work, what can be done and how.
What's the fuss about Random.org? That's just a site made by a company to make money. What does that even have to do with the whole point? I care less about where somerblink says he goes for the numbers. I can sell you a potato that was grown with water from mars and because i'm a doctoral teacher of potatos you must believe me? That's pathetic. Your main goal here is to advocate for somerblink. That makes me wonder...
Oh and btw, if you want to throw academic titles or professional experience i'm game for that. You would probably become embarassed and i don't want you to have bad dreams. Consider taking some valium for the next three weeks to avoid boogie man.
I really think i already made my point. If you are still confused, you can go back and read my posts again. I don't want to make this a novel and you really are not that important. I'm sorry.
2pt wrote:national lotteries for which Random.org provides numbers
That made me laugh. Thank you! |
Samorost Gallente
Assecla in Tellure
0
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Posted - 2013.10.11 08:16:00 -
[2074] - Quote
Hi i have a problem i can register to "SOMER Blink" if i try it in in-game browser he say the same report as in real browser
"You must register using the EVE In-Game Browser. If you haven't trusted the site, please do so now-- this helps ensure that no one except you registers using your name. After you've registered, you can then play Blink from any web browser!"
I try to find answer on internet but I found nothing. Tan you help me?
Thank you |
Lukas Rox
Aideron Technologies
34
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Posted - 2013.10.11 11:19:00 -
[2075] - Quote
Somerset Mahm wrote:Hello!
We use random.org to draw random numbers. At the conclusion of each Blink, we contact random.org and request a number that we then plug into that Blink as the winner. We do not pre-download the random numbers or otherwise maintain them beforehand-- they're drawn immediately at the conclusion of the Blink so that we have no foreknowledge of the number that will be the winner.
I am pretty sure a lot of disbelievers would be surprised to see a real tcpdump of random.org transactions... just saying ;-)
Blogging about EVE on http://pozniak.pl/ |
Edominar EdoClan
o qua'du-al'dra i
0
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Posted - 2013.10.11 23:17:00 -
[2076] - Quote
Just signed up today. A few hours later, I can't log in.
Quote:Only one Blink account per person allowed.
Login failed. Please check name and password.
I only signed up once and with this one character. I tried restarting my browser, clearing cookies, ect. This only started happening after I tried using the reload button on my browser instead of using the refresh icon provided by the site.
Tried to reset password and got the following:
Quote:Error: this character's account is currently disabled and its password may not be reset. |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
201
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Posted - 2013.10.12 00:16:00 -
[2077] - Quote
Samorost Gallente wrote:Hi i have a problem i can register to "SOMER Blink" if i try it in in-game browser he say the same report as in real browser
"You must register using the EVE In-Game Browser. If you haven't trusted the site, please do so now-- this helps ensure that no one except you registers using your name. After you've registered, you can then play Blink from any web browser!"
I try to find answer on internet but I found nothing. Tan you help me?
Thank you
This is an IGB bug. If you untrust the site (in the IGB options), and then retrust it, the problem should resolve.
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
2pt
Tremor Recorded
Variable Enterprise Training Standards
24
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Posted - 2013.10.12 01:50:00 -
[2078] - Quote
I don't have the patience for silly games with people who have so many things wrong, no willingness to even consider a different viewpoint and go from discussion to flamethrower.
I am not an advocate for Blink beyond the point of recognizing their good sense demonstrated by using a T-RNG instead of a P-RNG and they have excellent customer service.
How do you know I am not or have never been a programmer?
Random.org provides the majority of its services for free but must pay for its costs some way so for some heavy users, of the site they charge $4.95 a month I believe. I have never exceeded 600 sets of 10,000 random numbers in a month so I have never paid anything. I think someone from Blink once mentioned they don't pay for Random.org, but you would have to ask them about that. I know when I consulted with DARPA after retiring, they were a paying customer but their needs were in the millions of sets of millions of random numbers.
There are players on blink who go into Bonk and Mini-bonk drawings with more than a million possible winning numbers on rare occasions. It is hard to tell unless the lists are downloaded during the weekly drawings. Not long ago, Somer stated she had traded the bandwidth they used to post the top ticket holders so we players could enjoy the convenience of buying 1000 tickets at a time. I know I've had over 80,000 (the top spot ticket holder for that bonk) numbers on a bonk and lost.
And yes, Random.org has provided numbers for small countries which have had one-off national drawings. Their range of requests received, considered and honored is a true testimony to the leadership of Mads Haahr, the founder and builder of Random.org. I see from the site that he now wants to turn Random.org into a business and I wish him well.
The US Government has a huge need for random alphanumeric sets for everything from nuclear launch codes which change more frequently than most people imagine, to radio frequencies and call signs which usually change every 12 or 24 hours for tens of thousands of elements worldwide. Computer usernames, passwords and the passwords demanded from modules within computers. yes, sound cards and SSDs asking for passwords which frequently change. The names of operations and the salients of each, pre-designed routes from one place to another within a city selected just before departure and enroute when high value targets are aboard. Challenges and passwords used by guards at hundreds of thousands of sites around the world and in outer space as encoded directions received, must be authenticated before being enabled. Imagine if 30% of a program you were writing was dedicated to just obtaining challenges and passwords from various sites which were identified in earlier transmissions based on a random number generation of say, 1500 alphanumeric characters which arrived in several future transmissions and the 1500 selected characters which had been from words used in a transmission or a time stamp or line number or an IP or a single character in an error code. Once you get there, toss in something simple like the 321st integer in Pi which will be used to offset what was originally found by counting forward or backward from the original find to know the desired outcome which is being arrived at on the other end of your transmission using an entirely different paradigm meaning it would have to be written backwards but run forward.
The US sought something more dynamic than atmospheric noise, as Dr. Haarh had used it. They went into the ranges of megahertz not heard by humans and by compressing or expanding the time of a pre-recorded atmospheric noise and taking the noise from a place out of this atmosphere. Because there is no sound in a vacuum, the noise might perhaps be seismic readings from a planet with lots of seismic noises above and below the normal hearing range of a human being, or perhaps a satellite capturing the intensity and hue of light spikes observed from a dying star (shooting star to some)as it plummets to a different planet than earth and the light spikes hue and intensity is applied to an alphanumeric grid formed by random numbers. There might even be an operation to capture thirty days of conversation in a pod of whales, then time compress it to one hour and use randomly generated alphanumeric characters in mandarin Chinese to name each spike which rose to its peak between 40 and 60 on the oscilloscope. The security of such systems could be a great leap forward in national defense communications. (Notice how I put the "great leap forward" quote in with a discussion of outer space)
Of course, what I have outlined here was never used as what was used is still classified.
Please don't bother to offer a reply as you have earned your way into the great mass of players who have not seemed capable to generate the interest needed to appear in my evemail, chats or forum posts. I still wish you well in the little box you have constructed around yourself to keep out anything new. And I never was a programmer, I just had to learn enough to be able to mission them, supervise their output and put up with the massive egos of a few of them. |
Sophie Hunter
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
4
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Posted - 2013.10.12 18:04:00 -
[2079] - Quote
Again with the random.org? You don't read much of my posts do you? Haven't i told you already i don't care about the site nor whatever source you/they/whoever tell they go for the numbers?! Who cares about that? Why are you talking about potatos when i'm referring to tomatos?
2pt wrote:How do you know I am not or have never been a programmer?
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And I never was a programmer
Your whole speech is full of inconsistency. To be honest i didn't read everything you wrote, firstly cause you're not that important, as i already told you, secondly cause i also don't have the patience for people full of themselves with little respect for opposing views, which are, apparently, the same as many. Try to be more humble and write less gibberish if you want to be read. Otherwise you end up speaking to yourself as it will happen from here forward.
2pt wrote:...I just had to learn enough to be able to mission them, supervise their output and put up with the massive egos of a few of them.
ahahah, nice try to belittle and annoy me. Cheap insults? That's so typical of small petty people. I was expecting a little more. Anyway.. as i said before, i already made my point. Do keep insulting me as you have no respect for other people. Oh, and btw... it's clear you envy the programmers. There are many courses out there. You just have to accept to learn what you clearly don't know.
bye |
Ona Bender
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
6
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Posted - 2013.10.12 19:28:00 -
[2080] - Quote
Sophie Hunter, you still got that potato grown with Martian water? How much you want for it? |
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Jack Breacher
Pegusus Rising
1
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Posted - 2013.10.13 12:30:00 -
[2081] - Quote
Could someone tell me why filthy rich ppl always win bonks and minibonks?
I always see those players that are generally throwing billions and trillions of isk on Blink.
Im not surprised but shouldnt there be a random draw. Give others a chance to win that cant afford to buy 10000 tickets or more. |
Sophie Hunter
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
4
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Posted - 2013.10.13 14:17:00 -
[2082] - Quote
Ona Bender wrote:Sophie Hunter, you still got that potato grown with Martian water? How much you want for it?
Naah.. 2pt ate it and become obsessed with alien potatos |
Coiled Meza
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
14
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Posted - 2013.10.13 14:50:00 -
[2083] - Quote
Full fledge scam bunch of shills bunch of ****** fucktwats Somer is a ***** and **** and is ******* CCP peeps how do you think she got those nice prizes she is just another Mintchip **** who whores herself out to everyone. |
AssassinationsdoneWrong
The Nexus 7's
41
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Posted - 2013.10.13 19:14:00 -
[2084] - Quote
Jack Breacher wrote:Could someone tell me why filthy rich ppl always win bonks and minibonks?
I always see those players that are generally throwing billions and trillions of isk on Blink.
Im not surprised but shouldnt there be a random draw. Give others a chance to win that cant afford to buy 10000 tickets or more.
This would actually be an idea. I know the "justification" would be similar to "The Bonks have to pay for themselves" and I understand the business model but seriously guys, it would be nice to see you literally go one ticket one player just once.
I understand there are promos for that but really you do make a shedload of isk not just from the Bonks and MiniBonks but from the extremely heightened levels of play around these events. Even the great 1 Q was nowhere near as philanthropic as it was painted out to be.
This isn't even coming from a space poor newb either I just think you can actually shorten the odds at minimal gain for huge events rather than letting the usual suspects shorten them for themselves to the point where there are actually no real surprises except for who of the few won what.
It would be nice, for once to see posts like this answered too and not with the usual Andrevv offensive which seems to have become the norm.
Make it fun again guys.
AdW
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hhihih
Dropbears inc.
17
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Posted - 2013.10.13 23:17:00 -
[2085] - Quote
http://i.imgur.com/ix63oQH.jpg from the 1Q event. i still cry every night. |
Jack Breacher
Pegusus Rising
1
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Posted - 2013.10.13 23:47:00 -
[2086] - Quote
I just tried to get into SOMER Blink channel and it says im banned O.o
Help ? |
Starbuck05
Shockwave Unlimited
SteRoid.
24
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Posted - 2013.10.14 11:26:00 -
[2087] - Quote
Jack Breacher wrote:I just tried to get into SOMER Blink channel and it says im banned O.o
Help ?
I would assume u got banned cause u asked somer in theyr own forum thread to make bonks be winable by the avarage space Joe's instead of all the space Bill Gates in eve .
And at the risk of getting b1tchslapped by the banhammer myself , i must agree .
I enjoy casualy gambling using virtual and in-game money every now and then , and i would like to thank SOMER for providing us with a great and exciting site to do so , even though i get overly mad when i buy half the tickets on several blinks ( low win yield blinks mind you ) and some dude ( sometimes same dude ) wins those blinks with 1 ticket ( has happened many times ) , i still enjoy it . My record says i've lost more then i've won , but in the recent weeks i must say i feel that everytime i deposited some isk i came out with a profit , and thats cool .
Now , what i do not enjoy and dislike is the fact that bonks , minibonks are won by the people that put the most isk in them , sure its understandable that they must be paid in order for SOMER to not have to remove isk from theyr own wallet to pay out the prizes , but as others have said im pretty confident that the site makes alot of money anyway , and if they wouldnt , i don't mind rarer bonks and minibonks .
Not all of us are space rich , not all of us play 10 hours per day ratting doing plexes making bilions to afford buying 10 mil tickets , and i know that at this point people will tell me that if i don't like it i shouldnt play or if i can't spend isk and that i am a noob i should GTFO , true , all fine and dandy but then whats the point of a comunity site where everyone can play ? if only the rich get even richer ?
Whats the point in sayin that everyone has a fair chance with obviously from 100.000 tickets people who got 1000 have such a slim chance they almost never win , and those who win are the dudes that placed 30-40k or more tickets . Basicly those who are rich , win , and get even more rich , thats not exactly fair for the rest .
And i know nothin is fair in this world or EvE , i am not stupid , but at the very least i would think that the site will benefit from more players playin and likeing what they play for if u either limit the ticket buy to say 100 or 1000 .. or either go for 1 ticket per person .. i dunno, i guess what im tryin to say is that if u chose to make a lottery site , i as a player would like to believe i actually HAVE a chance to win somethin instead of lookin at the 1 mil tickets bought by 2-3 players and thinkin oh well , never wanted that prize anyway .
This is just my oppinion , if u wish to criticize thats your problem |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
263
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Posted - 2013.10.14 13:04:00 -
[2088] - Quote
Jack Breacher wrote:I just tried to get into SOMER Blink channel and it says im banned O.o
Help ?
Hiya!
You were banned from our channel for trying to scam ISK from people asking for help. Should you ever need help, though, my evemail is always open :)
Starbuck05 wrote: Lots of stuff about making sure everyone is given an equal chance at the biggest prizes
We already do this. We call them promos, and Bonk runner up prizes. Everyone only gets one ticket each to these giveaways, regardless of the amount they spend (or don't spend). There's several hundreds of billions worth of promos every week, and each Bonk has 5-25 runners up as well :)
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Starbuck05
Shockwave Unlimited
SteRoid.
25
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Posted - 2013.10.14 15:03:00 -
[2089] - Quote
If your gonna quote me andrev atleast quote what i say and not your edited version of td;lr :) |
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ISD Ezwal
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
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Posted - 2013.10.14 18:38:00 -
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I have removed a rule breaking post containing a bit to many *****
The rules:
7. Use of profanity is prohibited.
The use of profanity is prohibited on the EVE Online forums. This includes the partial masking of letters using numbers or alternate symbols, and any attempts at bypassing the profanity filter.
ISD Ezwal
Lt. Commander
Community Communication Liaisons (CCLs)
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Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
202
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Posted - 2013.10.15 05:42:00 -
[2091] - Quote
AssassinationsdoneWrong wrote:
This would actually be an idea. I know the "justification" would be similar to "The Bonks have to pay for themselves" and I understand the business model but seriously guys, it would be nice to see you literally go one ticket one player just once.
I understand there are promos for that but really you do make a shedload of isk not just from the Bonks and MiniBonks but from the extremely heightened levels of play around these events. Even the great 1 Q was nowhere near as philanthropic as it was painted out to be.
This isn't even coming from a space poor newb either I just think you can actually shorten the odds at minimal gain for huge events rather than letting the usual suspects shorten them for themselves to the point where there are actually no real surprises except for who of the few won what.
Hi!
The "heightened levels of play" around events like 1 Quadrillion actually bankrupt us pretty hard :P
With the Quad Bonus turned on, we lost staggering amounts of ISK. The total cost of the 1 Quadrillion celebration, for example, was approximately 680 billion ISK. Not 680 billion cost and then X profit-- 680 billion ISK net loss after everything. The Quadbonk broke almost even in and of itself-- that's because slightly under 10% of the players bought about 55% of the tickets. Without them, Blink goes broke pretty quickly. That 10% of the players did not represent 55% of the winners, either, since we only allowed one win per person. If we cap the number of tickets at some low amount, the Bonk top prize would be like a pirate battleship or something.
We also drew 40 winners from one-ticket-per-person ticket lists as runners-up in the Quadbonk, for 4 PLEX apiece. I'd say it is pretty difficult to make the argument that you can't win with just a few tickets.
Each event, not just the giant celebrations has a significant number of people who:
-- bought a ton of tickets and won nothing, or
-- bought just a couple tickets and won something, or
-- won something without spending anything at all (singing contests, shoot Andrev, promos, etc)
These just aren't as visible as the "well-known" names that you see with a higher regularity because they do play with a higher frequency.
Believe me, if we were running this to try to eke out super profit, we wouldn't run Bonks like the "125% Bonk" that is literally guaranteed to lose money, we wouldn't have 100b of minibonks that we give away literally for free every week, and we wouldn't run promos at a token apiece to allow literally thousands of people to never actually play the site except for free promos.
We do put a lot of thought into ways to create as many winners as possible and to make things as fun as possible. It's not something that we disregard.
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
Starbuck05
Shockwave Unlimited
SteRoid.
25
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Posted - 2013.10.15 09:16:00 -
[2092] - Quote
Somerset Mahm wrote:AssassinationsdoneWrong wrote:
This would actually be an idea. I know the "justification" would be similar to "The Bonks have to pay for themselves" and I understand the business model but seriously guys, it would be nice to see you literally go one ticket one player just once.
I understand there are promos for that but really you do make a shedload of isk not just from the Bonks and MiniBonks but from the extremely heightened levels of play around these events. Even the great 1 Q was nowhere near as philanthropic as it was painted out to be.
This isn't even coming from a space poor newb either I just think you can actually shorten the odds at minimal gain for huge events rather than letting the usual suspects shorten them for themselves to the point where there are actually no real surprises except for who of the few won what.
Hi! The "heightened levels of play" around events like 1 Quadrillion actually bankrupt us pretty hard :P With the Quad Bonus turned on, we lost staggering amounts of ISK. The total cost of the 1 Quadrillion celebration, for example, was approximately 680 billion ISK. Not 680 billion cost and then X profit-- 680 billion ISK net loss after everything. The Quadbonk broke almost even in and of itself-- that's because slightly under 10% of the players bought about 55% of the tickets. Without them, Blink goes broke pretty quickly. That 10% of the players did not represent 55% of the winners, either, since we only allowed one win per person. If we cap the number of tickets at some low amount, the Bonk top prize would be like a pirate battleship or something. We also drew 40 winners from one-ticket-per-person ticket lists as runners-up in the Quadbonk, for 4 PLEX apiece. I'd say it is pretty difficult to make the argument that you can't win with just a few tickets. Each event, not just the giant celebrations has a significant number of people who: -- bought a ton of tickets and won nothing, or -- bought just a couple tickets and won something, or -- won something without spending anything at all (singing contests, shoot Andrev, promos, etc) These just aren't as visible as the "well-known" names that you see with a higher regularity because they do play with a higher frequency. Believe me, if we were running this to try to eke out super profit, we wouldn't run Bonks like the "125% Bonk" that is literally guaranteed to lose money, we wouldn't have 100b of minibonks that we give away literally for free every week, and we wouldn't run promos at a token apiece to allow literally thousands of people to never actually play the site except for free promos. We do put a lot of thought into ways to create as many winners as possible and to make things as fun as possible. It's not something that we disregard.
Tbh , this for me has shed some more light and i understand it better , thank you .
Keep up the good work , your site is apreciated ! |
AssassinationsdoneWrong
The Nexus 7's
52
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Posted - 2013.10.15 13:28:00 -
[2093] - Quote
Somerset Mahm wrote:[quote=AssassinationsdoneWrong]
Hi!
The "heightened levels of play" around events like 1 Quadrillion actually bankrupt us pretty hard :P
With the Quad Bonus turned on, we lost staggering amounts of ISK. The total cost of the 1 Quadrillion celebration, for example, was approximately 680 billion ISK. Not 680 billion cost and then X profit-- 680 billion ISK net loss after everything. The Quadbonk broke almost even in and of itself-- that's because slightly under 10% of the players bought about 55% of the tickets. Without them, Blink goes broke pretty quickly. That 10% of the players did not represent 55% of the winners, either, since we only allowed one win per person. If we cap the number of tickets at some low amount, the Bonk top prize would be like a pirate battleship or something.
We also drew 40 winners from one-ticket-per-person ticket lists as runners-up in the Quadbonk, for 4 PLEX apiece. I'd say it is pretty difficult to make the argument that you can't win with just a few tickets.
Each event, not just the giant celebrations has a significant number of people who:
-- bought a ton of tickets and won nothing, or
-- bought just a couple tickets and won something, or
-- won something without spending anything at all (singing contests, shoot Andrev, promos, etc)
These just aren't as visible as the "well-known" names that you see with a higher regularity because they do play with a higher frequency.
Believe me, if we were running this to try to eke out super profit, we wouldn't run Bonks like the "125% Bonk" that is literally guaranteed to lose money, we wouldn't have 100b of minibonks that we give away literally for free every week, and we wouldn't run promos at a token apiece to allow literally thousands of people to never actually play the site except for free promos.
We do put a lot of thought into ways to create as many winners as possible and to make things as fun as possible. It's not something that we disregard.
Good enough for me and nice to have you reply Somer with real stats. If the initial argument was enough to put down the nay-sayers (like me sometimes I have to admit, when I see the same names basically "buying" the bonks" then it was for the good.
AdW
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Vustam Taron
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
3
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Posted - 2013.10.15 15:11:00 -
[2094] - Quote
Obviously, none of the above mentioned can possibly be attributed toward, say, an advertising budget.
Sorry, but your claims of losing money when encouraging more people to use your system really doesn't garner a whole lot of sympathy from me. After all, that is by definition an advertising budget.
Often, businesses spend money in order to make their business seem more appealing to the target audience/customer. That's the point of having a PR department and an advertising team.
So, yes. You likely do lose money on certain promotions. However, you then reap the profit off that promotion later when it isn't running as those people have now been "hooked", and at least a portion of them continue to play afterwards.
As one whose profession is based around advertising (both web and 4-color print processing), nothing you said here really seems out of the ordinary with what I have experienced in my own professional life. It more seems that you're trying to use your advertising spending to try and garner additional favor from the community by adding a PR spin.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying you have a bad idea here with your system. It's a great way to make a tidy little killing in ISK. I'm just more pointing out that losing ISK on a few promotions here and there doesn't make you non-profit. |
Ona Bender
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
6
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Posted - 2013.10.16 02:32:00 -
[2095] - Quote
Starbuck05 wrote:If your gonna quote me andrev atleast quote what i say and not your edited version of td;lr :)
Too dong, lidn't read? |
Cayell
Steamhouse Enemy Engagement Division
0
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Posted - 2013.10.16 16:07:00 -
[2096] - Quote
Vustam Taron wrote:Obviously, none of the above mentioned can possibly be attributed toward, say, an advertising budget.
Sorry, but your claims of losing money when encouraging more people to use your system really doesn't garner a whole lot of sympathy from me. After all, that is by definition an advertising budget.
Often, businesses spend money in order to make their business seem more appealing to the target audience/customer. That's the point of having a PR department and an advertising team.
So, yes. You likely do lose money on certain promotions. However, you then reap the profit off that promotion later when it isn't running as those people have now been "hooked", and at least a portion of them continue to play afterwards.
As one whose profession is based around advertising (both web and 4-color print processing), nothing you said here really seems out of the ordinary with what I have experienced in my own professional life. It more seems that you're trying to use your advertising spending to try and garner additional favor from the community by adding a PR spin.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying you have a bad idea here with your system. It's a great way to make a tidy little killing in ISK. I'm just more pointing out that losing ISK on a few promotions here and there doesn't make you non-profit.
I don't believe Blink has ever claimed to be non-profit, and nobody's asked for sympathy.
You phrase your post as if you're disagreeing with what Somerset has said, but you're only reinforcing the point: Blink is a business, and like any business it has to keep it's product attractive to new customers. They do this through events that, as with an advertising campaign, are based around making an initial loss that theoretically leads to future profit.
Of course, if these events were rigged or heavily biased towards the richest players, the product would not be attractive and that future profit would never come. Thus, we see promos and runner-up prizes that are designed to provide every player with an equal chance of winning big. |
Sophie Hunter
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
4
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Posted - 2013.10.17 12:32:00 -
[2097] - Quote
Cayell wrote:Of course, if these events were rigged or heavily biased towards the richest players, the product would not be attractive and that future profit would never come. Thus, we see promos and runner-up prizes that are designed to provide every player with an equal chance of winning big.
I would might add Somer employees, alts, fake accounts, etc. It's easy to say that everyday i offer a full fitted officer Avatar with 50 plexes in the cargo if it's my alts or friends, or whoever i want, to win the raffle. But you were almost there. You had the number right next to the winning ticket. So close!! So you keep playing hoping to win the next time, or the next, or maybe the next.
Somer's business is not sell tickets or raffles, it's to explore your obsessive-compulsive disorder that we all have, some more pronounced than others. He sells hope and plays with your anxiety to win.
It's up to you to have the strenght to stop and see what's really going on. |
alan dos
Winged Victory Corporation
Get Off My Lawn
0
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Posted - 2013.10.17 19:41:00 -
[2098] - Quote
need help look like i have 2 accounts and u locked them out? |
Veliaht
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2013.10.18 04:04:00 -
[2099] - Quote
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=287241&find=unread
Does this mean that CCP will take action soon and isk vacuuming 3rd party gambling sites might humbly start to mine, manifacture, trade, pve, pvp for isk soon like the most of us? |
Nanatoa
342
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Posted - 2013.10.18 15:54:00 -
[2100] - Quote
Nanatoa wrote:Nanatoa wrote:Dear Somer Blink, earlier today I deposited 16 billion isk to play Blinks to get a shot a Gold Magnate - a truly unique ship with actual Legendary status - but now I have been informed that the prize has been withdrawn from the competition. I feel the new prizes, which have no history attached to them at all, are not an adequate replacement of the Gold Magnate. Can I get a refund on the 16 billion isk? I'll of course return all the accidental winnings I had while playing the Blinks for the competition points. Last week I contacted Somerset Mahm ingame about this, I received a non-reply ("[If you win] I will arrange for you to talk to CCP Navigator directly" - which is not what I asked for at all). So far Somerset Mahm has not responded to my reply to her message. Is this the trustworthy and reliable service CCP Navigator praised?
I'm very patient, but can I get an indication of when I will be receiving a reaction to this problem? I see Somer posting here, but I still have no reply here or by evemail.
"Stay the course, we have done this many times before."
- (CCP) Hilmar, June 2011
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E6o5
Tyler Durden Demolitions
55
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Posted - 2013.10.19 10:40:00 -
[2101] - Quote
I disapprove of this RMT service. |
Kara Trix
PVE Corporation
7
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Posted - 2013.10.19 23:35:00 -
[2102] - Quote
Total Scam site.
Before you play.... watch it for a few hours.
Pay attention to the winners and write down the names.
Come back another day, take some more names.
Look them up on EVE.
You'll see the scam.... Same players, same winners over 75% of the time... it's most likely a RMT site with a little side pull the ISK from gamblers thrown in for fun... |
Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
80
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Posted - 2013.10.20 02:46:00 -
[2103] - Quote
Somer,
You have always been straight forward and honest with me. I hope these accusations turn out as baseless as they always have and CCP's interpretations are in your favor. They may have to polish up on some wording but our lives are always full of changes. I have written to CCP and offered my Paypal records, they already have the records showing I accepted every prize I chose to and the records of all of my deposits and withdrawals from my wallet and because no other 'toon can deposit to my Blink account and I can only take out ISK as a buyout from a prize I won, CCP has all the records of our transactions. Any other documents CCP requests of me will be provided, my complete winnings list, GTC emails, tax records, bank statements, etc... Please notice I said, " to CCP" so the rest of you nosy Tinfoil Hats can send me your records and I'll double them.
In an effort to be as transparent as possible, I have copied my Blink Statistics Page below with some explanation of what the entry means to those who can't find the Blink Rules page.
Keeping, raising and training both puppies from the litter to be service dogs (one for me and one for another Vet whose current Labrador is aging and he is worried about how to replace him) will keep me twice as busy as I had originally planned.
Take care of yourself and thank you and your staff for putting up with me.
MS.
Your Blink Statistics
ISK Deposited1,925,286,033,644 ISK
Blinks Played60,680
Blinks Won21,099
Win Ratio34.77% (buy 100% of tickets & have 100% win ratio. Useless, unless always buy same number of tickets)
Value of Blinks Won14,366,620,005,225 ISK (Not profit, value of Blinks lost is not included)
Winnings Transformed to Blink Credit12,229,808,593,500 ISK (Does NOT include 5% bonus for taking Blink Credit instead of prize or ISK buyout)
Promo Blinks Played4,945
Promo Blinks Won18
Winnings Transformed to ISK955,596,682,304 ISK
Megablinks Won6,883
Recently Played Blinks (Complete means LOST)
PrizeYour TicketsWinning TicketStatus
Chimera162Complete
Vengeance3,4,73 ISK Buyout
Republic Fleet Firetail1,46Complete
Jaguar74Complete
Retribution4,78Complete
Worm2,87Complete
Harpy75Complete
Hawk73Complete
Vengeance78Complete
Wolf74Complete
Imperial Navy Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane1,2,82 ISK Buyout
500,000,000 Blink Credit234114Complete
Supercarrier BPO38,3216Complete
500,000,000 Blink Credit338254Complete
250,000,000 Blink Credit290172Complete
250,000,000 Blink Credit126191Complete
250,000,000 Blink Credit234193Complete
5,000,000,000 Blink Credit19,16,38,35,32,172Complete
Hurricane Fleet Issue234271Complete
250,000,000 Blink Credit23447Complete
Dominix Navy Issue240277Complete
Brutix Navy Issue244244 Contracted
250,000,000 Blink Credit23463Complete
30 Day Pilot's License Extension (PLEX)12,10,1,5,7,14,11,2,4,6,8,96 Contracted
Moros148Complete
Last 20 Deposits
DateAmountComments
2013-10-18 17:47:001,419,180,000 ISKBlink credit from win (Includes 5% bonus for taking Blink Credit instead of prize or ISKbuyout)
2013-10-18 16:57:313,059,826,000 ISKBlink credit from win
2013-10-17 14:59:181,594,950,000 ISKBlink credit from win
2013-10-17 14:59:06310,527,000 ISKBlink credit from win
2013-10-17 14:58:55440,748,000 ISKBlink credit from win
2013-10-17 14:55:0676,797,000 ISKBlink credit from win
2013-10-17 14:54:5717,010,000 ISKBlink credit from win
2013-10-17 14:53:59320,544,000 ISKBlink credit from win
2013-10-17 14:53:50207,018,000 ISKBlink credit from win
2013-10-17 14:53:37646,380,000 ISKBlink credit from win
2013-10-15 08:26:43207,018,000 ISKBlink credit from win
2013-10-15 08:26:3733,390,000 ISKBlink credit from win
2013-10-14 06:16:52183,645,000 ISKBlink credit from win
2013-10-14 06:16:4711,340,000 ISKBlink credit from win
2013-10-14 06:14:51126,882,000 ISKBlink credit from win
2013-10-14 06:14:0436,729,000 ISKBlink credit from win
2013-10-14 06:13:20790,020,000 ISKBlink credit from win
2013-10-14 06:12:32183,645,000 ISKBlink credit from win
2013-10-14 06:05:3325,515,000 ISKBlink credit from win
2013-10-14 06:05:2825,515,000 ISKBlink credit from win
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Frying Doom
2750
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Posted - 2013.10.20 07:42:00 -
[2104] - Quote
Replacement 234 wrote:Somer,
You have always been straight forward and honest with me. I hope these accusations turn out as baseless as they always have and CCP's interpretations are in your favor. They may have to polish up on some wording but our lives are always full of changes. I have written to CCP and offered my Paypal records, they already have the records showing I accepted every prize I chose to and the records of all of my deposits and withdrawals from my wallet and because no other 'toon can deposit to my Blink account and I can only take out ISK as a buyout from a prize I won, CCP has all the records of our transactions. Any other documents CCP requests of me will be provided, my complete winnings list, GTC emails, tax records, bank statements, etc... Please notice I said, " to CCP" so the rest of you nosy Tinfoil Hats can send me your records and I'll double them.
In an effort to be as transparent as possible, I have copied my Blink Statistics Page below with some explanation of what the entry means to those who can't find the Blink Rules page.
Keeping, raising and training both puppies from the litter to be service dogs (one for me and one for another Vet whose current Labrador is aging and he is worried about how to replace him) will keep me twice as busy as I had originally planned.
Take care of yourself and thank you and your staff for putting up with me.
MS.
I am curious how any of that shows the code behind the choosing of winners or
Somer returning 16 Billion that was transferred to them for a lottery that never happened or
More importantly you just stated that you have purchased GTC from an RMT source.
Any spelling and grammatical errors are because frankly, I don't care!! |
Timberlake
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2013.10.20 10:50:00 -
[2105] - Quote
Promo win ?
check this :
http://cogdev.net/blink/?act=profile&id=966433189
This guy "just" win 870 promo blink on 290 day (1st award 17/01/2013)
So this guy just win 3 promo / day ? |
RAPHSPID
Force Unifiee
Echoes of Nowhere
0
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Posted - 2013.10.20 17:12:00 -
[2106] - Quote
bonjour a tous je m'exprime ici en fran+ºais pour +¬tre sur d'+¬tre bien compris et de m'exprimer de ma meilleur fa+ºon .
somer blink est une loterie certes ! je joue sur somer blink depuis un temps +- 1an
mes state sont les suivante isk depositted +- 727 b
win ratio +-25%
winnings transformed to blink credit : +-395b
winning transformed to isk : 632b+-
entre les les deux montent d+¬poser et changer en isk y as une diff+¬rence de +-95 b
on peut dire par la que somer blink gagne bien sa vie en isk et peut offrir de temps en temps de petit cadeaux a ses membre !!
plus vous +¬tes accros plus somer blink vous plumeras !!
pour ma par j'estime avoir perdu ses 95 b isk et sa fait tres mal ,sa fait +- 158 plex a 15Gé¼ = 2375 Gé¼ !!!!
je pas jouer ses mieux !!!!
mes salutations |
Ona Bender
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
6
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Posted - 2013.10.20 23:10:00 -
[2107] - Quote
...I can't even figure out which numbers you are incorrectly adding to come to that conclusion. Either get your head in the game or quit playing, please. |
Ona Bender
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
6
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Posted - 2013.10.20 23:24:00 -
[2108] - Quote
RAPHSPID wrote:bonjour a tous je m'exprime ici en fran+ºais pour +¬tre sur d'+¬tre bien compris et de m'exprimer de ma meilleur fa+ºon... (see original post for full text) mes salutations
Allow me to translate:
I'm speaking french to further obfuscate my intentions. I've been playing blink for a year and I've lost around 95 billion isk (or about 158 PLEX). This makes me feel....bad. Based on my losses alone, I think blink can probably afford the promos, bonuses, and whatnot they occasionally bestow upon their members. Be careful though, the more addicted you get, the more blink will...pluck you. Hugs and kisses! |
Altrue
Exploration Frontier inc
654
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Posted - 2013.10.21 12:54:00 -
[2109] - Quote
Somerset Mahm wrote:Hi!
The "heightened levels of play" around events like 1 Quadrillion actually bankrupt us pretty hard :P
With the Quad Bonus turned on, we lost staggering amounts of ISK. The total cost of the 1 Quadrillion celebration, for example, was approximately 680 billion ISK. Not 680 billion cost and then X profit-- 680 billion ISK net loss after everything. The Quadbonk broke almost even in and of itself-- that's because slightly under 10% of the players bought about 55% of the tickets. Without them, Blink goes broke pretty quickly. That 10% of the players did not represent 55% of the winners, either, since we only allowed one win per person. If we cap the number of tickets at some low amount, the Bonk top prize would be like a pirate battleship or something.
We also drew 40 winners from one-ticket-per-person ticket lists as runners-up in the Quadbonk, for 4 PLEX apiece. I'd say it is pretty difficult to make the argument that you can't win with just a few tickets.
Each event, not just the giant celebrations has a significant number of people who:
-- bought a ton of tickets and won nothing, or
-- bought just a couple tickets and won something, or
-- won something without spending anything at all (singing contests, shoot Andrev, promos, etc)
These just aren't as visible as the "well-known" names that you see with a higher regularity because they do play with a higher frequency.
Believe me, if we were running this to try to eke out super profit, we wouldn't run Bonks like the "125% Bonk" that is literally guaranteed to lose money, we wouldn't have 100b of minibonks that we give away literally for free every week, and we wouldn't run promos at a token apiece to allow literally thousands of people to never actually play the site except for free promos.
We do put a lot of thought into ways to create as many winners as possible and to make things as fun as possible. It's not something that we disregard.
Ooh poor POOR SOMMER you'll make me cry. SURELY you spend a lot of money so that, instead of winning a lot, you win.. well... still a lot. Lotteries are indeed legal but ethically this is an abuse of both the most important strength and weakness of human beings : hope. So when you're taking money away from people by capitilizing on their illusions (of winning), you're not turned into a saint by giving a fraction of that amount back.
RAPHSPID expressed this well (in a far-from-perfect french, but nevermind) : You are making insanely high amounts of profits, so stop trying to buy yourself a conscience.
G££ <= Me |
Mars OG
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2013.10.21 13:13:00 -
[2110] - Quote
hey somer, why doesn't your 'trustworthy' self reply to the guy who you took 16bil from under false circumstances? surely you're rich enough that you could return his isk without even noticing it in your wallet, if only to be a nice person and build a good reputation?
then again, you use alts and shills to win promos and bonks, post on the forums, and generally try to make others look bad so that you can conceal your RMT activities... and you engage in insider trading of dev spawned items because you're so honest right?
i've seen some pretty suspect stuff happen on your site... i once saw a guy win 2 capital ship promos literally back to back using the same number. seen the most amazing win streaks by some of your shill accounts. wasn't surprised when the winners of your latest bonks ended up being the same usual suspects.
i've seen the way your staff open abuse people in chat who don't agree with them. i've seen the disdain you guys have for the common eve player, laughing about the SIW you guys got while everyone else is rightfully outraged.
i sincerely hope your website is shut down and you are banned for RMT. |
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Timberlake
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
1
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Posted - 2013.10.21 17:44:00 -
[2111] - Quote
Ona Bender wrote:...I can't even figure out which numbers you are incorrectly adding to come to that conclusion. Either get your head in the game or quit playing, please.
Nevermind I was tired...
Its blinks played.
It was because I check use stats just before he play a promo, and he win one just after 250M And I saw 285 blinks for 250M add +1 so 286. That just scared me ^^ |
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ISD Ezwal
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
479
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Posted - 2013.10.21 20:54:00 -
[2112] - Quote
I have removed some rule breaking posts and those quoting them. As always I let some edge cases stay.
Please people, keep it on topic and above all civil!
The rules:
4. Personal attacks are prohibited.
Commonly known as flaming, personal attacks are posts that are designed to personally berate or insult another forum user. Posts of this nature are not beneficial to the community spirit that CCP promote and as such they will not be tolerated.
21. Posting regarding RMT (Real Money Trading) is prohibited.
Posts discussing, linking to, or advertising RMT, including but not limited to the sale of in game items, assets, currency, characters or game accounts for real life money are strictly prohibited.
31. Rumor mongering is prohibited.
Rumor threads and posts which are based off no actual solid information and are designed to either troll or annoy other users will be locked and removed. These kinds of threads and posts are detrimental to the wellbeing and spirit of the EVE Online Community, and can create undue panic among forum users, as well as adding to the workload of our moderators.
ISD Ezwal
Lt. Commander
Community Communication Liaisons (CCLs)
Interstellar Services Department |
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Frying Doom
2763
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Posted - 2013.10.21 22:54:00 -
[2113] - Quote
ISD Ezwal wrote:I have removed some rule breaking posts and those quoting them. As always I let some edge cases stay. Please people, keep it on topic and above all civil! The rules:21. Posting regarding RMT (Real Money Trading) is prohibited.
Posts discussing, linking to, or advertising RMT, including but not limited to the sale of in game items, assets, currency, characters or game accounts for real life money are strictly prohibited.
Oh the irony
Any spelling and grammatical errors are because frankly, I don't care!! |
45thtiger 0109
INQUISITION.
17
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Posted - 2013.10.22 01:03:00 -
[2114] - Quote
Andrev Nox wrote:CCP Explorer wrote:What?!?!? If it makes you feel better, it's proving to be a very popular prize...though I make no promises to what the winner might use the corpse for.
Like this Quote Andrev very funny I lolled Poor CCP Explorer
I am not a CCP employee-ájust having a input in the EvE forum
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Malcolm Shinhwa
Bad Touches
481
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Posted - 2013.10.22 03:06:00 -
[2115] - Quote
All the other RMT threads disguised as raffles have been locked. Why not this one?
Hey CCP, please slush my fund like you did for SOMER Blink. |
Jori McKie
Friends Of Harassment
93
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Posted - 2013.10.22 09:06:00 -
[2116] - Quote
Well i guess SOMER will have a hard time soon. CCP will have no other choice to stop the
-> buy GTC via SOMER and get bonus credits for blink
nosygamer
http://nosygamer.blogspot.com/2013/10/raffles-and-rmt.html
DNSBlack
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=287241&find=unread |
Ghost Phius
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
30
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Posted - 2013.10.22 16:32:00 -
[2117] - Quote
EACCP has no credibility concerning this issue. NONE!!!! |
JusFooling Around
JusFooling Around Corp
90
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Posted - 2013.10.23 01:35:00 -
[2118] - Quote
Jori McKie wrote:Well i guess SOMER will have a hard time soon. CCP will have no other choice to stop the
-> buy GTC via SOMER and get bonus credits for blink
Kind of makes one wonder how CCP might write a rule preventing Blink from providing an incentive for players to click-thru their site to buy GTC from Authorized Resellers who are authorized to compensate affiliates, like Blink who advertise for the Authorized Reseller on their site?
I wonder if they will say Blink can't do it, but hundreds of other sites owned by individuals, corps, alliances and for profit businesses can?
I think someone would have to be a fool or a liar to say they don't know of a corp or alliance that wants to reward their members by giving or selling them a PLEX for a percentage below the market price or just has a fixed priced well below the market place, or maybe even has a deal where the members just mail a $10 bill to the right member and a no isk personal contract for a PLEX shows up, or to cut down on the paper trail, it is probably just moved into that persons item hangar by a corp member with those rights.
Doesn't seem to be a difference with a distinction.
My main's corp ruled out a PLEX click-thru back when PLEX were first invented for just that reason. What corp is going to face real world expenses and tell their members to go buy PLEX off the market? Small ones maybe. But if you are a corp with just 500 members and have a little tax to make up the difference, you might find that 500 $10 bills a month might create a slush fund.
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Malcolm Shinhwa
Bad Touches
494
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Posted - 2013.10.23 15:05:00 -
[2119] - Quote
http://nerdsoliloquy.blogspot.com/2013/10/ccp-games-legitimizes-real-money-trading.html?spref=tw
This too, but I see no evidence of CCP doing anything about it. Apparently some people's side of the sandbox gets a few more shovels and buckets than the rest of us commoners.
Hey CCP, please slush my fund like you did for SOMER Blink. |
Estery
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2013.10.23 17:40:00 -
[2120] - Quote
I have one question. I win 3 Promo Blink in week+-. First and second was contracted and nothing more. But if I win last Promo Blink (Sleipnir) i have 2 contracts. The first gave me Sleipnir and second was ''Want to gift'' for ...Sleipnir again. What does that mean? Trying for someone clicks through? I'm really does not make sense.
Sorry for my English |
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Cyno Fluffer
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2013.10.23 22:29:00 -
[2121] - Quote
Hey I love blink, and I have been playing LOTS of promo blinks (15k tickets :)... but I'm getting really pissed... seems that either blink is rigged with shill players... or they are allowing bots... cause all you have to do is watch a promo blink run, ANYTIME of day, and see these two (and many other players) show up OVER and OVER and OVER in the exact same positions...
They appear FIRST before anyone else... anyone else noticing them??
Adam Rez
DES Vaille
They drop into position #1-6 in almost EVERY promo... if you gonna shill, at least spend a few minutes to program your bots better.
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JusFooling Around
JusFooling Around Corp
91
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Posted - 2013.10.23 23:27:00 -
[2122] - Quote
Estery wrote:I have one question. I win 3 Promo Blink in week+-. First and second was contracted and nothing more. But if I win last Promo Blink (Sleipnir) i have 2 contracts. The first gave me Sleipnir and second was ''Want to gift'' for ...Sleipnir again. What does that mean? Trying for someone clicks through? I'm really does not make sense.
Sorry for my English
EDIT: The probable answer: Other players who also play.
Look at the contracts carefully. Scammers are very active with Blink Promo players. You should be getting a contract which requires zero blink from you to claim winnings. Any contracts that seem to be offering you a blink prize but wants any amount ISK from youi should be petitioned as an impersonation. Sometimes the word Blink will have no L or two small cases Ls (Bink or Biink).
If you have accepted a bogus contract from an impersonator, petition it and CCP will return your ISK as impersonation is against CCP rules .
These same bogus names keep reappearing after the scammer gets the impersonation account banned. Not sure why Blink just doesn't keep on the watch and make alts with the most often used impersonations and take them out of the mix. It also makes one wonder if getting an account banned by CCP makes any difference at all.
Congratulations and good luck. |
Ona Bender
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
8
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Posted - 2013.10.24 06:02:00 -
[2123] - Quote
Cyno Fluffer wrote:... anyone else noticing them??
Oh yes.
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Nanatoa
371
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Posted - 2013.10.26 01:21:00 -
[2124] - Quote
Nanatoa wrote:Nanatoa wrote:Last week I contacted Somerset Mahm ingame about this, I received a non-reply ("[If you win] I will arrange for you to talk to CCP Navigator directly" - which is not what I asked for at all). So far Somerset Mahm has not responded to my reply to her message. Is this the trustworthy and reliable service CCP Navigator praised? I'm very patient, but can I get an indication of when I will be receiving a reaction to this problem? I see Somer posting here, but I still have no reply here or by evemail.
It's great that SOMER Blink gave away 800B for nothing at EVE Vegas - given that huge number what's the problem with dealing with my 16B exactly? Surely SOMER Blink is stretching their trusty and reliable reputation with their continued silence on this matter?
"Stay the course, we have done this many times before."
- (CCP) Hilmar, June 2011
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Cayell
Steamhouse Enemy Engagement Division
2
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Posted - 2013.10.26 09:27:00 -
[2125] - Quote
Cyno Fluffer wrote:Hey I love blink, and I have been playing LOTS of promo blinks (15k tickets :)... but I'm getting really pissed... seems that either blink is rigged with shill players... or they are allowing bots... cause all you have to do is watch a promo blink run, ANYTIME of day, and see these two (and many other players) show up OVER and OVER and OVER in the exact same positions...
They appear FIRST before anyone else... anyone else noticing them??
Adam Rez
DES Vaille
They drop into position #1-6 in almost EVERY promo... if you gonna shill, at least spend a few minutes to program your bots better.
This is not difficult to do. During the last celebration I got the same ticket on practically every promo in a 48hr period.
There are scripts out there that will monitor the Blink page and automatically grab the first available ticket (or the closest ticket to a chosen number). Blink tends to be pretty good at detecting these (indeed, if you check the source code of the page you'll find the "Stop using automation!" section), but just like with CCP there's always going a few that manage to slip through the net. |
RangerGord
Rothschild's Sewage and Septic Sucking Services
The Possum Lodge
19
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Posted - 2013.10.27 15:30:00 -
[2126] - Quote
Silly question, and I can't be the only one...
I've been on Blink for a while, originally put some money (something like 100m or something small), and then liked it and dropped 1b into Blink. Since then I've just been using what I've earned in Blink to keep rolling, occasionally cashing something out if my surplus gets high enough. But today when I clicked for the 1.25Q gift I got an interesting msg:
"Not enough ISK deposited. To open a gift this celebration, you must deposit another 3M."
So it seems we are now required to constantly deposit new ISK if you want to claim any gifts? Did this requirement change since the last one? I even tried winning something and then converting it to Blink credit, no dice :( |
Timberlake
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
2
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Posted - 2013.10.27 15:38:00 -
[2127] - Quote
50% of ticket = 50% chance for win no ?
NOT for SOmer blink. SOMER LOTTERIES ARE REALLLLY STRANGE....
http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/7727/qz1a.jpg.
And sometimes people win 3-4 Promo on a day lol GTFO keep your ISK |
Cayell
Steamhouse Enemy Engagement Division
2
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Posted - 2013.10.27 18:37:00 -
[2128] - Quote
50% chance of winning does not mean that you're guaranteed to win half of the time.
When you buy half of the tickets for a blink, you have a 50% chance of winning.
If you buy half of the tickets on the next blink, you still only have a 50% chance of winning.
Even if you go through a hundred blinks, buying half the tickets and never winning (as unlikely as that is), your 101st blink would still only have a 50% chance of winning.
National Lottery scratchcards have a 1 in 4 chance of being a winner - but anybody who buys four and thinks that they're guaranteed to win at least once has a gross misunderstanding of chance. |
Timberlake
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
3
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Posted - 2013.10.27 19:35:00 -
[2129] - Quote
This is the chance rules :
1/(2^n)
N=number of play (only if you put 50% tickets)
So :
1 blink :
1/2 = 0.5
0.5*100 = 50% for this probability
Litteral : There is 50% to happen (loose 1 time)
2 blinks :
1/2*2= 0.25
0.25*100 = 25%
Litteral : There is 25% to happen (loose 2 times consecutive)
3 blinks :
1/2*2*2=0.125
0.125*100= 12.5%
Litteral : There is 12.5% to happen (loose 3 times consecutive)
12 Blinks :
1/2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2=0,000244140625
0,000244140625*100= 0,0244140625%
Litteral : There is 0.024% to happen (loose 12 times consecutive)
So I'm very unlucky ? Or Somer change change the chance ?
I really don't know |
Cayell
Steamhouse Enemy Engagement Division
2
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Posted - 2013.10.27 20:02:00 -
[2130] - Quote
Timberlake wrote:This is the chance rules :
1/(2^n)
N=number of play (only if you put 50% tickets)
So :
1 blink :
1/2 = 0.5
0.5*100 = 50% for this probability
Litteral : There is 50% to happen (loose 1 time)
2 blinks :
1/2*2= 0.25
0.25*100 = 25%
Litteral : There is 25% to happen (loose 2 times consecutive)
3 blinks :
1/2*2*2=0.125
0.125*100= 12.5%
Litteral : There is 12.5% to happen (loose 3 times consecutive)
12 Blinks :
1/2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2=0,000244140625
0,000244140625*100= 0,0244140625%
Litteral : There is 0.024% to happen (loose 12 times consecutive)
So I'm very unlucky ? Or Somer can change the chance ?
I really don't know
What you've written there is a perfect example of Gambler's Fallacy - the idea that the probability of winning on a blink is in any way affected by the results of previous blinks.
If you flip a coin 9 times and it lands tails each time, it doesn't change the chances of the 10th flip. At all. There is still a 50% chance of either result. |
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Inora Aknaria
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
29
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Posted - 2013.10.27 23:02:00 -
[2131] - Quote
Cayell wrote:Timberlake wrote:This is the chance rules :
1/(2^n)
N=number of play (only if you put 50% tickets)
So :
1 blink :
1/2 = 0.5
0.5*100 = 50% for this probability
Litteral : There is 50% to happen (loose 1 time)
2 blinks :
1/2*2= 0.25
0.25*100 = 25%
Litteral : There is 25% to happen (loose 2 times consecutive)
3 blinks :
1/2*2*2=0.125
0.125*100= 12.5%
Litteral : There is 12.5% to happen (loose 3 times consecutive)
12 Blinks :
1/2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2=0,000244140625
0,000244140625*100= 0,0244140625%
Litteral : There is 0.024% to happen (loose 12 times consecutive)
So I'm very unlucky ? Or Somer can change the chance ?
I really don't know What you've written there is a perfect example of Gambler's Fallacy - the idea that the probability of winning on a blink is in any way affected by the results of previous blinks. If you flip a coin 9 times and it lands tails each time, it doesn't change the chances of the 10th flip. At all. There is still a 50% chance of either result.
You are right that if you flip a fair coin 9 times and it lands tails each time, the 10th flip still has a 50/50 chance of being tails. But personally if I flipped a coin 9 times I would start wondering if it was a fair coin. To figure out that I would have to see what the chance of flipping a fair coin 9 times and coming up with tails every time was. 1/512 = .195%. If I kept flipping it and getting tails eventually I would have flipped the coin 12 times in a row. That has a 1 in 4,096 chance in happening (P=.00024). That means I could be 99.9% certain that the coin I'm flipping isn't a fair coin at all.
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Lic Skjem
EVE University
Ivy League
1
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Posted - 2013.10.28 00:32:00 -
[2132] - Quote
Inora Aknaria wrote:Cayell wrote:Timberlake wrote:This is the chance rules :
1/(2^n)
N=number of play (only if you put 50% tickets)
So :
1 blink :
1/2 = 0.5
0.5*100 = 50% for this probability
Litteral : There is 50% to happen (loose 1 time)
2 blinks :
1/2*2= 0.25
0.25*100 = 25%
Litteral : There is 25% to happen (loose 2 times consecutive)
3 blinks :
1/2*2*2=0.125
0.125*100= 12.5%
Litteral : There is 12.5% to happen (loose 3 times consecutive)
12 Blinks :
1/2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2=0,000244140625
0,000244140625*100= 0,0244140625%
Litteral : There is 0.024% to happen (loose 12 times consecutive)
So I'm very unlucky ? Or Somer can change the chance ?
I really don't know What you've written there is a perfect example of Gambler's Fallacy - the idea that the probability of winning on a blink is in any way affected by the results of previous blinks. If you flip a coin 9 times and it lands tails each time, it doesn't change the chances of the 10th flip. At all. There is still a 50% chance of either result. You are right that if you flip a fair coin 9 times and it lands tails each time, the 10th flip still has a 50/50 chance of being tails. But personally if I flipped a coin 9 times I would start wondering if it was a fair coin. To figure out that I would have to see what the chance of flipping a fair coin 9 times and coming up with tails every time was. 1/512 = .195%. If I kept flipping it and getting tails eventually I would have flipped the coin 12 times in a row. That has a 1 in 4,096 chance in happening (P=.00024). That means I could be 99.9% certain that the coin I'm flipping isn't a fair coin at all.
Unless, of course, you were using a third-party random number generator. Then you'd be 100% certain that you were, actually, flipping a fair coin, and you had just experienced your very first long-tail situation. |
Ona Bender
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
9
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Posted - 2013.10.28 02:46:00 -
[2133] - Quote
Seriously...the guy who doesn't understand how odds work, and the quoting of ridiculously long posts... Same as anyone complaining about the high rollers winning more often. Anyone got anything real? I know someone does. |
Blodhgarm Dethahal
Transcendent Sedition
Dustm3n
53
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Posted - 2013.10.28 02:57:00 -
[2134] - Quote
Do you have an Infinite Improbibility Drive nearby?
-Bl+¦d
Transcendent Sedition is recruiting!
Join "TSED Recruitment" chat ingame to talk to us if you are interested in Wormhole life! |
raven666wings
Cyber Chaos Crew
287
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Posted - 2013.10.28 05:43:00 -
[2135] - Quote
I throw 1 Quadrillion isk at the ho's in the pleasure domes in Amamake. |
JusFooling Around
JusFooling Around Corp
91
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Posted - 2013.10.28 06:56:00 -
[2136] - Quote
Cyno Fluffer wrote:Hey I love blink, and I have been playing LOTS of promo blinks (15k tickets :)... but I'm getting really pissed... seems that either blink is rigged with shill players... or they are allowing bots... cause all you have to do is watch a promo blink run, ANYTIME of day, and see these two (and many other players) show up OVER and OVER and OVER in the exact same positions...
They appear FIRST before anyone else... anyone else noticing them??
Adam Rez
DES Vaille
They drop into position #1-6 in almost EVERY promo... if you gonna shill, at least spend a few minutes to program your bots better.
You say you are talking about promo blinks and then you are talking about promos. Could you be a little more specific? Nothing you have described is particularly difficult to do in a Blink and buying more than one ticket in a promo is impossible.
And if the 6 tickets are in an 8 ticket Blink, the player has 75% of the tickets sold, just the same as if 6 different players bought those same 6 tickets, those 6 tickets represent 75% of the of the chances to win. Buying 6 tickets is not difficult to do and is a regular practice of many players.
Could you explain what leads you to believe that such regular tactics would require shills or bots?
Thank you. |
JusFooling Around
JusFooling Around Corp
91
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Posted - 2013.10.28 07:02:00 -
[2137] - Quote
raven666wings wrote:I throw 1 Quadrillion isk at the ho's in the pleasure domes in Amamake.
Thats nice |
Seven Koskanaiken
Sons Of Saints
Circle-Of-Two
419
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Posted - 2013.10.28 11:57:00 -
[2138] - Quote
Inora Aknaria wrote:Cayell wrote:Timberlake wrote:This is the chance rules :
1/(2^n)
N=number of play (only if you put 50% tickets)
So :
1 blink :
1/2 = 0.5
0.5*100 = 50% for this probability
Litteral : There is 50% to happen (loose 1 time)
2 blinks :
1/2*2= 0.25
0.25*100 = 25%
Litteral : There is 25% to happen (loose 2 times consecutive)
3 blinks :
1/2*2*2=0.125
0.125*100= 12.5%
Litteral : There is 12.5% to happen (loose 3 times consecutive)
12 Blinks :
1/2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2=0,000244140625
0,000244140625*100= 0,0244140625%
Litteral : There is 0.024% to happen (loose 12 times consecutive)
So I'm very unlucky ? Or Somer can change the chance ?
I really don't know What you've written there is a perfect example of Gambler's Fallacy - the idea that the probability of winning on a blink is in any way affected by the results of previous blinks. If you flip a coin 9 times and it lands tails each time, it doesn't change the chances of the 10th flip. At all. There is still a 50% chance of either result. You are right that if you flip a fair coin 9 times and it lands tails each time, the 10th flip still has a 50/50 chance of being tails. But personally if I flipped a coin 9 times I would start wondering if it was a fair coin. To figure out that I would have to see what the chance of flipping a fair coin 9 times and coming up with tails every time was. 1/512 = .195%. If I kept flipping it and getting tails eventually I would have flipped the coin 12 times in a row. That has a 1 in 4,096 chance in happening (P=.00024). That means I could be 99.9% certain that the coin I'm flipping isn't a fair coin at all.
The probability of flipping a coin and getting TTTTTTTTT is exactly the same as the probability of getting HTHTTHTTT. |
RangerGord
Rothschild's Sewage and Septic Sucking Services
The Possum Lodge
19
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Posted - 2013.10.29 01:07:00 -
[2139] - Quote
Bump... (since I was so graciously succeeded by the lottery odds dude...)
RangerGord wrote:Silly question, and I can't be the only one...
I've been on Blink for a while, originally put some money (something like 100m or something small), and then liked it and dropped 1b into Blink. Since then I've just been using what I've earned in Blink to keep rolling, occasionally cashing something out if my surplus gets high enough. But today when I clicked for the 1.25Q gift I got an interesting msg:
"Not enough ISK deposited. To open a gift this celebration, you must deposit another 3M."
So it seems we are now required to constantly deposit new ISK if you want to claim any gifts? Did this requirement change since the last one? I even tried winning something and then converting it to Blink credit, no dice :( |
Esppiton
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2013.10.29 08:43:00 -
[2140] - Quote
I won plex in promo, but can not get it.
Plex located in contracts, the balance of the wallet -1000000000, that GM took my ISK they were stolen quasi...
How can i get prize? |
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Frying Doom
2883
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Posted - 2013.10.29 11:30:00 -
[2141] - Quote
removed. It seemed to mean to tell someone the truth.
Any spelling and grammatical errors are because frankly, I don't care!! |
Zyzz Shavershian
The Riot Formation
Public Disorder.
6
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Posted - 2013.10.29 13:48:00 -
[2142] - Quote
Seven Koskanaiken wrote:Inora Aknaria wrote:Cayell wrote:Timberlake wrote:This is the chance rules :
1/(2^n)
N=number of play (only if you put 50% tickets)
So :
1 blink :
1/2 = 0.5
0.5*100 = 50% for this probability
Litteral : There is 50% to happen (loose 1 time)
2 blinks :
1/2*2= 0.25
0.25*100 = 25%
Litteral : There is 25% to happen (loose 2 times consecutive)
3 blinks :
1/2*2*2=0.125
0.125*100= 12.5%
Litteral : There is 12.5% to happen (loose 3 times consecutive)
12 Blinks :
1/2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2=0,000244140625
0,000244140625*100= 0,0244140625%
Litteral : There is 0.024% to happen (loose 12 times consecutive)
So I'm very unlucky ? Or Somer can change the chance ?
I really don't know What you've written there is a perfect example of Gambler's Fallacy - the idea that the probability of winning on a blink is in any way affected by the results of previous blinks. If you flip a coin 9 times and it lands tails each time, it doesn't change the chances of the 10th flip. At all. There is still a 50% chance of either result. You are right that if you flip a fair coin 9 times and it lands tails each time, the 10th flip still has a 50/50 chance of being tails. But personally if I flipped a coin 9 times I would start wondering if it was a fair coin. To figure out that I would have to see what the chance of flipping a fair coin 9 times and coming up with tails every time was. 1/512 = .195%. If I kept flipping it and getting tails eventually I would have flipped the coin 12 times in a row. That has a 1 in 4,096 chance in happening (P=.00024). That means I could be 99.9% certain that the coin I'm flipping isn't a fair coin at all. The probability of flipping a coin and getting TTTTTTTTT is exactly the same as the probability of getting HTHTTHTTT.
Nice attempt at trolling there...
....now get out before someone actually starts believing this. |
Ona Bender
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
9
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Posted - 2013.10.29 14:28:00 -
[2143] - Quote
Heh...it's like being back in grade school.
Flipping a coin 9 times has 2^9 (512) possible outcomes. Not one of those is more probable than another.
TTTTTTTTT is just as likely as HTHHTTHHT - it really, really is. But HTHHTTHHT doesn't mean just some random mix - it's one of the 512 distinct possible outcomes.
You could just as easily claim the following nonsense:
- My result was HTHHTTHHT.
- There's only a 1/512 chance that that outcome could happen.
- Therefore, I can be some made up percent sure the coin isn't fair.
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Mars OG
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
7
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Posted - 2013.10.29 16:23:00 -
[2144] - Quote
Frying Doom wrote:removed. It seemed to mean to tell someone the truth.
They censored my last post in here, removed the part where I said I hope Somer gets banned if they are found to be engaging in RMT (which it appears they are, to the tune of USD $135k+). Apparently, that was a player attack or something.
edit: BTW Somer, what ever happened to that one guy's 16bil? |
Lucas Kell
JSR1 AND GOLDEN GUARDIAN PRODUCTIONS
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
1467
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Posted - 2013.10.29 16:47:00 -
[2145] - Quote
Somer are likely to be going down soon people. I'd advise to stop cashing in, play all your credit and cash out as soon as possible. There's only a limited amount of time before Somer stop paying out and your balance will be lost. CCP would not be able to reimburse you for a loss due to Somer refusing to pay out.
The Indecisive Noob - A new EVE Fan Blog for news and stuff. |
TigerXtrm
Black Thorne Corporation
Black Thorne Alliance
218
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Posted - 2013.10.29 22:12:00 -
[2146] - Quote
Lucas Kell wrote:Somer are likely to be going down soon people. I'd advise to stop cashing in, play all your credit and cash out as soon as possible. There's only a limited amount of time before Somer stop paying out and your balance will be lost. CCP would not be able to reimburse you for a loss due to Somer refusing to pay out.
Shutting down a successful site like SOMER because of a small setback? Highly doubtful. But if they are; please give the site to me. I'll take good care of it, I promise.
My YouTube Channel - EVE Tutorials & other game related things! |
Lucas Kell
JSR1 AND GOLDEN GUARDIAN PRODUCTIONS
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
1483
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Posted - 2013.10.29 22:19:00 -
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TigerXtrm wrote:Lucas Kell wrote:Somer are likely to be going down soon people. I'd advise to stop cashing in, play all your credit and cash out as soon as possible. There's only a limited amount of time before Somer stop paying out and your balance will be lost. CCP would not be able to reimburse you for a loss due to Somer refusing to pay out. Shutting down a successful site like SOMER because of a small setback? Highly doubtful. But if they are; please give the site to me. I'll take good care of it, I promise. It's successful because they have been running it as a business though RMT. You really think once they lose their income they are going to keep it going? Doubtful.
I'm betting that they shill out as much as they can to regular RMT then pack up shop.
The Indecisive Noob - A new EVE Fan Blog for news and stuff. |
Nanatoa
380
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Posted - 2013.10.30 00:52:00 -
[2148] - Quote
Mars OG wrote:edit: BTW Somer, what ever happened to that one guy's 16bil?
After my previous post in this thread I got an ingame message from a Somer representative. We've been exchanging messages, but judging from the direction it is heading I will have to resume my publicity campaign soon(tm).
"Stay the course, we have done this many times before."
- (CCP) Hilmar, June 2011
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Mars OG
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
9
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Posted - 2013.10.30 01:08:00 -
[2149] - Quote
TigerXtrm wrote:Lucas Kell wrote:Somer are likely to be going down soon people. I'd advise to stop cashing in, play all your credit and cash out as soon as possible. There's only a limited amount of time before Somer stop paying out and your balance will be lost. CCP would not be able to reimburse you for a loss due to Somer refusing to pay out. Shutting down a successful site like SOMER because of a small setback? Highly doubtful. But if they are; please give the site to me. I'll take good care of it, I promise.
A large part of the reason they are successful is because they are making $4-7k a month from affiliate GTC sales. Somer only pays her employees a plex per month so most of that isk will directly benefit her. Once their RMT method is banned, there will likely be a drop in those sales. Furthermore, having had their cash cow taken away by the community, I see no reason why Somer wouldn't become angry and decide **** it, time to really cash out, and just take all the isk and RMT it through a more traditional method. Rather, this being Eve, I would expect it. I'd call losing $4k+ a month of income more than a 'small setback'. |
Mars OG
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
9
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Posted - 2013.10.30 01:10:00 -
[2150] - Quote
Nanatoa wrote:Mars OG wrote:edit: BTW Somer, what ever happened to that one guy's 16bil? After my previous post in this thread I got an ingame message from a Somer representative. We've been exchanging messages, but judging from the direction it is heading I will have to resume my publicity campaign soon(tm).
Don't give up, keep pushing it. Bring it up every single time you possibly can; all it does is expose Somer's lack of ethics when it comes to other people's money. People have noticed their silence in this regard, among other things. |
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Ona Bender
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
9
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Posted - 2013.10.30 02:26:00 -
[2151] - Quote
CCP don't like the kind of "RMT" that takes money out of their pockets, they aren't against people (especially themselves) legally earning money.
- Pay some random guy REAL MONEY for isk earned in game = BAD (NO money for CCP ).
- Pay CCP REAL MONEY for a PLEX, sell on market for isk = GOOD (YES money for CCP ).
CCP allow 3rd parties to sell GTC. While CCP CAN require them to fix prices, they can't prevent them from having their own affiliate programs.
Now, consider:
- The more GTC the 3rd party sells, the more money in CCP's pockets (money for CCP = GOOD , remember?).
- Blink helps a legal 3rd party to legally sell MORE GTC (more money for CCP = MORE GOOD , see above).
My point is, if there's something going on where Blink are going to get shut down, it's not that. |
Ona Bender
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
9
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Posted - 2013.10.30 03:18:00 -
[2152] - Quote
So in part 1, we learned that there are 512 different possible outcomes for flipping 9 coins (HHHHHHHHH, HHHHHHHHT, HHHHHHHTH, and so on).
Now, for part 2. Flipping a coin 9 times, and not caring about order but only about the number of H and the number of T, there are 10 possible outcomes - and they have different probabilities. The brute force way to figure these out would be to come up with the 512 possible outcomes described above, and then for each one, count the H and T, and put a tick next to the corresponding outcome below. For example, TTTTTTTTT = 0H, 9T; TTTTTTTTH = 1H, 8T; TTTTTTTHT = 1H, 8T, and so on.
Comes out like this:
9H, 0T = 1; 8H, 1T = 9; 7H, 2T = 36; 6H, 3T = 84; 5H, 4T = 126; 4H, 5T = 126; 3H, 6T = 84; 2H, 7T = 36; 1H, 8T = 9; 0H, 9T = 1 (add those up, there are 512)
So, that can be confusing - but remember, nobody plays like that - you play 2 out of 3, you call each flip - not "two heads and a tails".
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rljpdx
1
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Posted - 2013.10.30 04:56:00 -
[2153] - Quote
a successful business model benefiting many manufacturing corporations across New Eden...
2113 posts and counting....
apparently a grade A troller too...
just sayin....
:)
rljpdx |
Ona Bender
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
9
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Posted - 2013.10.30 06:48:00 -
[2154] - Quote
Heya Esppiton. Just wonderin...about how many promos you won? |
Lucas Kell
JSR1 AND GOLDEN GUARDIAN PRODUCTIONS
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
1486
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Posted - 2013.10.30 07:32:00 -
[2155] - Quote
Ona Bender wrote:CCP don't like the kind of "RMT" that takes money out of their pockets, they aren't against people (especially themselves) legally earning money.
- Pay some random guy REAL MONEY for isk earned in game = BAD (NO money for CCP ).
- Pay CCP REAL MONEY for a PLEX, sell on market for isk = GOOD (YES money for CCP ).
CCP allow 3rd parties to sell GTC. While CCP CAN require them to fix prices, they can't prevent them from having their own affiliate programs. Now, consider:
- The more GTC the 3rd party sells, the more money in CCP's pockets (money for CCP = GOOD , remember?).
- Blink helps a legal 3rd party to legally sell MORE GTC (more money for CCP = MORE GOOD , see above).
My point is, if there's something going on where Blink are going to get shut down, it's not that.
Right, but the isk incentives don't necessarily mean more sales. They just mean someone who was going to buy a GTC at [insert random site here] now buys through Somer. This means Somer is using it's isk advantage to push sales, and Katarina Reid has demonstrated how effective this can be.
Now once that incentive is gone, since pretty much anyone can be an affiliate, people will be more likely to do friends and corpmates a solid by using their affiliate link to buy a GTC, or support sites they care about. Sure Somer may still get sales, but I doubt very much it will be similar to their current income. And that will make Somer less than pleased with the community.
The Indecisive Noob - A new EVE Fan Blog for news and stuff. |
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CCP Eterne
C C P
C C P Alliance
2911
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Posted - 2013.10.30 13:01:00 -
[2156] - Quote
I have removed off-topic, rumor mongering, and other posts from this thread.
EVE Online/DUST 514 Community Representative GÇ+ EVE Illuminati GÇ+ Fiction Adept
@CCP_Eterne GÇ+ @EVE_LiveEvents |
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TheGunslinger42
All Web Investigations
2552
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Posted - 2013.10.30 14:33:00 -
[2157] - Quote
Rumor mongering? You mean the like claiming somer are completely trustworthy and honourable? |
Nanatoa
382
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Posted - 2013.10.30 15:01:00 -
[2158] - Quote
TheGunslinger42 wrote:Rumor mongering? You mean the like claiming somer are completely trustworthy and honourable?
Somehow my post updating everyone on the situation I raised earlier in this thread was caught up in the cleaning. The good news is that someone from SOMER Blink finally contacted me, the bad news is that they refuse to refund my isk.
They say that they "will not refund ISK used in valid play that has already been won or lost". That's right, for SOMER Blink offering an unique prize, requiring people to play Blinks to enter, then withdrawing that prize, is 'valid play'. Well, I call it 'bait-and-switch'. Not an uncommon scam in EVE, but for the first time ever perpetrated by a "trustworthy and honourable" service endorsed by CCP.
SOMER Blink lays the blame squarely at CCP's feet, though they seem to forget this was their contest and they have my money - they also have to opportunity and means to refund my money, but that's "not possible" because they see bait and switch as valid play.
"Stay the course, we have done this many times before."
- (CCP) Hilmar, June 2011
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Jack Breacher
Pegusus Rising
2
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Posted - 2013.10.30 15:04:00 -
[2159] - Quote
Can I win something please ?
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Mars OG
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
9
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Posted - 2013.10.30 15:36:00 -
[2160] - Quote
Nanatoa wrote:TheGunslinger42 wrote:Rumor mongering? You mean the like claiming somer are completely trustworthy and honourable? Somehow my post updating everyone on the situation I raised earlier in this thread was caught up in the cleaning. The good news is that someone from SOMER Blink finally contacted me, the bad news is that they refuse to refund my isk. They say that they "will not refund ISK used in valid play that has already been won or lost". That's right, for SOMER Blink offering an unique prize, requiring people to play Blinks to enter, then withdrawing that prize, is 'valid play'. Well, I call it 'bait-and-switch'. Not an uncommon scam in EVE, but for the first time ever perpetrated by a "trustworthy and honourable" service endorsed by CCP. SOMER Blink lays the blame squarely at CCP's feet, though they seem to forget this was their contest and they have my money - they also have to opportunity and means to refund my money, but that's "not possible" because they see bait and switch as valid play.
Yup. They also deleted my posts saying that Somer should be punished the same as any other person caught doing the things she is doing.
Not sure what's so bad about asking the rules be applied fairly to everyone? Too much to ask?
They also deleted my reply to you saying don't give up, you're only showing how Somer lacks ethics when they refuse to return isk taken under false circumstances.
Really, what is 16bil to them? Pennies right? So yes, that definitely shows a lack of ethics and integrity. It's not rumor mongering, it's fact stating.
I would say bait and switch is the complete opposite of trustworthy and honourable. |
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Esppiton
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2013.10.31 06:50:00 -
[2161] - Quote
Ona Bender wrote:Heya Esppiton. Just wonderin...about how many promos you won?
2 days ago i sleep 2 hours... )))
but in general:
Promo Blinks Played5,246
Promo Blinks Won17
are you jealous of me? ))) |
TheGunslinger42
All Web Investigations
2570
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Posted - 2013.10.31 08:52:00 -
[2162] - Quote
Nanatoa wrote:TheGunslinger42 wrote:Rumor mongering? You mean the like claiming somer are completely trustworthy and honourable? Somehow my post updating everyone on the situation I raised earlier in this thread was caught up in the cleaning. The good news is that someone from SOMER Blink finally contacted me, the bad news is that they refuse to refund my isk. They say that they "will not refund ISK used in valid play that has already been won or lost". That's right, for SOMER Blink offering an unique prize, requiring people to play Blinks to enter, then withdrawing that prize, is 'valid play'. Well, I call it 'bait-and-switch'. Not an uncommon scam in EVE, but for the first time ever perpetrated by a "trustworthy and honourable" service endorsed by CCP. SOMER Blink lays the blame squarely at CCP's feet, though they seem to forget this was their contest and they have my money - they also have to opportunity and means to refund my money, but that's "not possible" because they see bait and switch as valid play.
Petition it, citing Navigators statements about them being legitimate and trustworthy. |
Lic Skjem
EVE University
Ivy League
3
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Posted - 2013.10.31 16:07:00 -
[2163] - Quote
Esppiton wrote:Ona Bender wrote:Heya Esppiton. Just wonderin...about how many promos you won? 2 days ago i sleep 2 hours... ))) but in general: Promo Blinks Played5,246 Promo Blinks Won17 are you jealous of me? )))
am i jealous of a degenerate internet spaceship gambler? gonna go with no. |
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ISD Ezwal
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
507
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Posted - 2013.10.31 22:29:00 -
[2164] - Quote
I have removed some rule breaking posts and those quoting them.
Please refrain from discussing forum moderation. If you are perceiving a problem with ISD behaviour on the forum or are disagreeing with the way (your) posts are being moderated, please feel free to read the CCP policies and follow the procedure found under the header 'Complaints'.
ISD Ezwal
Lt. Commander
Community Communication Liaisons (CCLs)
Interstellar Services Department |
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Nanatoa
392
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Posted - 2013.10.31 23:54:00 -
[2165] - Quote
Nanatoa wrote: It's great that SOMER Blink gave away 800B for nothing at EVE Vegas - given that huge number what's the problem with dealing with my 16B exactly? Surely SOMER Blink is stretching their trusty and reliable reputation with their continued silence on this matter?
The good news is that someone from SOMER Blink finally contacted me after I posted that previous message, the bad news is that they refuse to refund my isk.
They say that they "will not refund ISK used in valid play that has already been won or lost". That's right, for SOMER Blink offering an unique prize, requiring people to play Blinks to enter, then withdrawing that prize, is 'valid play'. Well, I call it 'bait-and-switch'. Not an uncommon scam in EVE, but for the first time ever perpetrated by a "trustworthy and honourable" service endorsed by CCP.
SOMER Blink lays the blame squarely at CCP's feet, though they seem to forget this was their contest and they have my money - they also have to opportunity and means to refund my money, but that's "not possible" because they see bait and switch as valid play.
"Stay the course, we have done this many times before."
- (CCP) Hilmar, June 2011
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Ona Bender
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
10
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Posted - 2013.11.01 00:05:00 -
[2166] - Quote
Esppiton wrote:are you jealous of me? )))
Well, since we're being honest... Yep, a little. |
Lic Skjem
EVE University
Ivy League
6
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Posted - 2013.11.01 00:53:00 -
[2167] - Quote
Be VERY CAREFUL what you say in the Somer Blink channel. They are now banning people who talk about the CCP investigation into RMT. If you allude to the discussion or bring up the thread, you will be banned. |
Katarina Reid
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
393
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Posted - 2013.11.01 06:13:00 -
[2168] - Quote
Somers RMT is over on 7th? Somer employees steal all you can and RMT it your selfs through my free RMT 3rd party service.
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=3813295
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JusFooling Around
JusFooling Around Corp
91
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Posted - 2013.11.01 06:21:00 -
[2169] - Quote
I've been monitoring that channel all day and this is the only post I've seen earn a ban. Offering a service to conduct RMT? Don't expect that comment will last here aeither. |
Katarina Reid
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
394
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Posted - 2013.11.01 06:25:00 -
[2170] - Quote
JusFooling Around wrote:I've been monitoring that channel all day and this is the only post I've seen earn a ban. Offering a service to conduct RMT? Don't expect that comment will last here aeither.
You know somer is offering a service to RMT as well? here |
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Esppiton
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2013.11.01 06:32:00 -
[2171] - Quote
Lucas Kell wrote:Somer are likely to be going down soon people. I'd advise to stop cashing in, play all your credit and cash out as soon as possible. There's only a limited amount of time before Somer stop paying out and your balance will be lost. CCP would not be able to reimburse you for a loss due to Somer refusing to pay out.
this mean next ->
Quote:CCP is changing policy, and has asked that we discontinue the bonus credit program after November 7th. So until then, enjoy a super-bonus of 1B Blink Credit for each 60-day GTC you buy!
Thanks to everyone who has helped support our server costs by buying through the affiliate link :)
The bonus will go away after the 7th, so we'll be investigating other options to cover the server expense after the GTC money runs out :)
no more, no less...d'nt scare people. alarmist. |
JusFooling Around
JusFooling Around Corp
91
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Posted - 2013.11.01 06:34:00 -
[2172] - Quote
Why not put a link to every authorized reseller and every site of every alliance and corp with a link to an authorized reseller?
When Eve got the idea to offer incentives in the way of isk They discussed it with CCP and got the nod to proceed. It is only now when some corps and alliances abused the practice by bring RL cash into the equation that Eve was forced to do something. |
Katarina Reid
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
396
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Posted - 2013.11.01 07:22:00 -
[2173] - Quote
JusFooling Around wrote:Why not put a link to every authorized reseller and every site of every alliance and corp with a link to an authorized reseller?
When Eve got the idea to offer incentives in the way of isk They discussed it with CCP and got the nod to proceed. It is only now when some corps and alliances abused the practice by bringing RL cash into the equation that Eve was forced to do something.
Blink continues to operate, The Authorized reseller you linked continues to operate. Blink's memberships continue to swell. They found enough server to operate on before they were paid affiliate fees authorized by CCP for click-throughs, Theywill find a way to survive in the future. They have already said they will not take donations from players - who knows, a player run run feature with 80k membership (yes, some dormant) might even get a little corner of the CCP server to use or buy it outright.
Somer came up with the idea for Blink to use as a Resume' for jobs and has gotten two much improved over the last positions out if it. Ya never know, she might be tired of dealing with **** heads by now and be ready for a sale.
Somer made $130k so can keep the servers running just cant get paid $ for isk anymore. |
Peenutbutterjellytime
DEFCON.
The Initiative.
0
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Posted - 2013.11.01 07:52:00 -
[2174] - Quote
are you kidding me? you raise the bonus to 1bil the day after i bought my usual gtcs via somer.such a bad luck...... |
Frying Doom
3002
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Posted - 2013.11.01 07:55:00 -
[2175] - Quote
JusFooling Around wrote:Why not put a link to every authorized reseller and every site of every alliance and corp with a link to an authorized reseller?
When Eve got the idea to offer incentives in the way of isk They discussed it with CCP and got the nod to proceed. It is only now when some corps and alliances abused the practice by bringing RL cash into the equation that Eve was forced to do something.
Blink continues to operate, The Authorized reseller you linked continues to operate. Blink's memberships continue to swell. They found enough server to operate on before they were paid affiliate fees authorized by CCP for click-throughs, Theywill find a way to survive in the future. They have already said they will not take donations from players - who knows, a player run run feature with 80k membership (yes, some dormant) might even get a little corner of the CCP server to use or buy it outright.
Somer came up with the idea for Blink to use as a Resume' for jobs and has gotten two much improved over the last positions out if it. Ya never know, she might be tired of dealing with **** heads by now and be ready for a sale.
Just such a shame that Somers current actions have shown him to be in breach of another part of the EULA isn't it.
Any spelling, grammatical and punctuation errors are because frankly, I don't care!! |
Ace Boogi
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
70
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Posted - 2013.11.01 08:20:00 -
[2176] - Quote
Frying Doom wrote:Just such a shame that Somers current actions have shown him to be in breach of another part of the EULA isn't it.
he defended Somer's RMT by pointing out how Somer operated her site as a business to move ahead irl. defending one EULA violation by using it to justify another?
and yes, i fully expect her to leave the peasant shitheads who made her rich after she's done cashing out on the GTCs and probably graduates to traditional RMT. doubt she'd care about a ban after using eve to pay her over $130k, and she's shown she's greedy enough to go for the whole pie and just sell everything, so i would expect her to just take all the deposit money and sell that via ebay or whatever it is 'regular' RMTers do. |
Frying Doom
3006
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Posted - 2013.11.01 08:29:00 -
[2177] - Quote
JusFooling Around wrote: They have already said they will not take donations from players - who knows, a player run run feature with 80k membership (yes, some dormant) might even get a little corner of the CCP server to use or buy it outright.
Yes that would work really well as they would instantly be in violation of UK law.
Any spelling, grammatical and punctuation errors are because frankly, I don't care!! |
Lucas Kell
JSR1 AND GOLDEN GUARDIAN PRODUCTIONS
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
1545
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Posted - 2013.11.01 14:34:00 -
[2178] - Quote
Esppiton wrote:Lucas Kell wrote:Somer are likely to be going down soon people. I'd advise to stop cashing in, play all your credit and cash out as soon as possible. There's only a limited amount of time before Somer stop paying out and your balance will be lost. CCP would not be able to reimburse you for a loss due to Somer refusing to pay out. this mean next -> Quote:CCP is changing policy, and has asked that we discontinue the bonus credit program after November 7th. So until then, enjoy a super-bonus of 1B Blink Credit for each 60-day GTC you buy!
Thanks to everyone who has helped support our server costs by buying through the affiliate link :)
The bonus will go away after the 7th, so we'll be investigating other options to cover the server expense after the GTC money runs out :) no more, no less...d'nt scare people. alarmist. lol sure. Because once Somer lose their income stream they are going to continue running it for isk?
Of course they want to save face at the moment, they want to push their last 7 days of sales. They will show as business as usual until they have to stop, then they are likely to pull a Poe, and start regular RMTing their isk into the ground. People won't realise that the pot is empty until it's too late, because they run the books. Just remember though, that number they show you on their site, that's what they say you have, it's not necessarily what you will get from them. Historically there are several real world examples of this.
Oh and you should read nosygamers blog, he covers it pretty well, including good reasoning for why Somers income will be hit so hard.
The Indecisive Noob - A new EVE Fan Blog for news and stuff. |
DrJonF Rockit
Zebra Corp
Gentlemen's Agreement
3
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Posted - 2013.11.01 16:57:00 -
[2179] - Quote
wow.
All the incessant whining and complaining and HAVE NOT's wishing in one hand and well... they have finally broken Somer.
Just goes to show you. One bad apple will spoil the bunch.
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Edward Harris
Lead Farmers
Kill It With Fire
1
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Posted - 2013.11.01 18:17:00 -
[2180] - Quote
DrJonF Rockit wrote:wow.
All the incessant whining and complaining and HAVE NOT's wishing in one hand and well... they have finally broken Somer.
Just goes to show you. One bad apple will spoil the bunch.
Just shows how great the Eve community really is...
Some people take video games way too seriously. |
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Frying Doom
3112
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Posted - 2013.11.01 22:06:00 -
[2181] - Quote
Edward Harris wrote:DrJonF Rockit wrote:wow.
All the incessant whining and complaining and HAVE NOT's wishing in one hand and well... they have finally broken Somer.
Just goes to show you. One bad apple will spoil the bunch.
Just shows how great the Eve community really is... Some people take video games way too seriously.
Some people just want the same rules to apply to everyone.
Any spelling, grammatical and punctuation errors are because frankly, I don't care!! |
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ISD Ezwal
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
512
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Posted - 2013.11.01 22:10:00 -
[2182] - Quote
I have removed some rule breaking posts and those quoting them. As always I let some edge cases stay.
Please people, keep it on topic and above all civil!
The rules:
5. Trolling is prohibited.
Trolling is a defined as a post that is deliberately designed for the purpose of angering and insulting other players in an attempt to incite retaliation or an emotional response. Posts of this nature are disruptive, often abusive and do not contribute to the sense of community that CCP promote.
21. Posting regarding RMT (Real Money Trading) is prohibited.
Posts discussing, linking to, or advertising RMT, including but not limited to the sale of in game items, assets, currency, characters or game accounts for real life money are strictly prohibited.
ISD Ezwal
Lt. Commander
Community Communication Liaisons (CCLs)
Interstellar Services Department |
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Carver Be'Goode Zanjoahir
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
3
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Posted - 2013.11.02 00:54:00 -
[2183] - Quote
[Nanatoa wrote:Nanatoa wrote:Nanatoa wrote:Last week I contacted Somerset Mahm ingame about this, I received a non-reply ("[If you win] I will arrange for you to talk to CCP Navigator directly" - which is not what I asked for at all). So far Somerset Mahm has not responded to my reply to her message. Is this the trustworthy and reliable service CCP Navigator praised? I'm very patient, but can I get an indication of when I will be receiving a reaction to this problem? I see Somer posting here, but I still have no reply here or by evemail. It's great that SOMER Blink gave away 800B for nothing at EVE Vegas - given that huge number what's the problem with dealing with my 16B exactly? Surely SOMER Blink is stretching their trusty and reliable reputation with their continued silence on this matter?
I'd advise you to petition CCP for the 16bil. CCP pulled the prize you wanted gamble on after all the hullabaloo raised in the forums, not blink.
Blink has always cheerfully returned funds placed on a bonk by mistake or after having second thoughts, as long as the request is made before the drawing takes place, or everyone who lost would be having second thoughts. They gave me back almost 9 bil I hammered into a Bonk under the old method with the 100 limit. I thought I was popping tokens in a minibonk and then got the red box telling me I was "too poor". I thought I was just cooked, but mentioned it in the chat and several told me to ask for it back. I thought, "yeah, sure thing!" but gave it a shot anyway and Andrev did it right away and gave me no attitude about it.
The financial arrangement between Blink and CCP for the sponsorship has never been revealed by either of those parties to my knowledge and I've been looking for it, though everyone speaks their opinion as if it were fact, the truth is we don't know what arrangements they may or may not have had.
I have not looked at the time/date stamp of your first request to compare it to the drawing time, but if it was made before drawing, I would feel certain Blink would stand behind it as they have in the past and are doing so today as they are giving the increased incentive for Plex click-thru buys to people who bought within a reasonable time before the increase was announced. Just watching the chat, I've probably seen them honor the increase enough to exceed 16 bil. That gives me reason to wonder about a financial arrangement for the sponsorship or if nothing else, that some agreement was reached which would affect a predicament such as yours.
You may get a refund from CCP with the caveat of not discussing it, as they have for discussing any GM Sanction. I hope it works for you, but if they do and don't want you to talk about it - Don' t tell me NUTHIN'!!!.
Good Luck with it. |
Nanatoa
408
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Posted - 2013.11.02 02:23:00 -
[2184] - Quote
Carver Be'Goode Zanjoahir wrote:Blink has always cheerfully returned funds placed on a bonk by mistake or after having second thoughts, as long as the request is made before the drawing takes place
I made my request well before the draw was made, but it was refused. Andrev Nox actually tried to pull the "the draw has already happened" excuse on me, until I pointed him to my posts and ingame messages before the draw. Then he found another excuse. They just don't want to refund my 16B even though they clearly profited from the bait and switch.
"Stay the course, we have done this many times before."
- (CCP) Hilmar, June 2011
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Katarina Reid
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
407
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Posted - 2013.11.02 06:51:00 -
[2185] - Quote
ISD Ezwal wrote:I have removed some rule breaking posts and those quoting them. As always I let some edge cases stay. Please people, keep it on topic and above all civil! The rules:5. Trolling is prohibited.
Trolling is a defined as a post that is deliberately designed for the purpose of angering and insulting other players in an attempt to incite retaliation or an emotional response. Posts of this nature are disruptive, often abusive and do not contribute to the sense of community that CCP promote.21. Posting regarding RMT (Real Money Trading) is prohibited.
Posts discussing, linking to, or advertising RMT, including but not limited to the sale of in game items, assets, currency, characters or game accounts for real life money are strictly prohibited.
The first post in this thread is linking to a RMT site |
Bess Eaton
Somewhere Out There
Somalia.
0
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Posted - 2013.11.02 09:47:00 -
[2186] - Quote
Caution is advised.
CCP are handing down RMT bans to anyone taking advantage of the billion isk GTC bonus. My main has already been banned. If you want to keep your accounts, you'll give SOMER a wide berth on this one. |
Andrev Nox
SOMER Blink
Cognitive Development
265
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Posted - 2013.11.02 10:52:00 -
[2187] - Quote
No part of that statement is remotely true. :)
But critical thinking is important - nobody should ever take any player's word for it on whether or not an activity is kosher, especially inflammatory statements presented without evidence :)
If anyone is concerned about their character's safety while participating in anything, our site include, please do petition CCP and ask for their confirmation of the legality of what you're doing. It's always the safe answer :)
Good try though!
Somer Blink - The original microlottery site. |
Frying Doom
3139
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Posted - 2013.11.02 11:36:00 -
[2188] - Quote
There is always the truthful statement that Somer blink is acting in breach of the EULA.
Or do you believe the EULA does not apply to you?
Any spelling, grammatical and punctuation errors are because frankly, I don't care!! |
T'kimat
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
8
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Posted - 2013.11.02 13:14:00 -
[2189] - Quote
Frying Doom wrote:
oh and my guess is Somer will close his doors on the 6th.
My guess is you will not take your tinfoil hat off on the 7th. |
Frying Doom
3145
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Posted - 2013.11.02 13:45:00 -
[2190] - Quote
T'kimat wrote:Frying Doom wrote:
oh and my guess is Somer will close his doors on the 6th.
My guess is you will not take your tinfoil hat off on the 7th.
I will if on the 7th Somer is still here and are acting within the bounds of the EULA and TOS
Any spelling, grammatical and punctuation errors are because frankly, I don't care!! |
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Dizirgee
UnaLaLuna Inc.
3
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Posted - 2013.11.02 18:29:00 -
[2191] - Quote
CCP should be grateful to Blink as their 1bil bonus for plex did convince at least on customer (me) to reactivate 2 suspended accounts :)
Btw are there some facts why CCP asked Blink to remove that regular 200mil bonus? Its real shame |
Rosewalker
Khumaak Flying Circus
41
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Posted - 2013.11.02 19:26:00 -
[2192] - Quote
Dizirgee wrote:CCP should be grateful to Blink as their 1bil bonus for plex did convince at least on customer (me) to reactivate 2 suspended accounts :)
Btw are there some facts why CCP asked Blink to remove that regular 200mil bonus? Its real shame
Because the bonus violated Section 6B of the EULA and CCP's lawyer decided that the GTC Resellers agreements and the rules of the Time Code Bazaar should not override the EULA.
EVE Online EULA, section 6B wrote:
You may not transfer, sell or auction, or buy or accept any offer to transfer, sell or auction (or offer to do any of the foregoing), any content appearing within the Game environment, including without limitation characters, character attributes, items, currency, and objects, other than via a permitted Character Transfer as described in section 3 above. You may not encourage or induce any other person to participate in such a prohibited transaction. The buying, selling or auctioning (or any attempt at doing so) of characters, character attributes, items, currency, or objects, whether through online auctions, newsgroups, postings on message boards or any other means is prohibited by the EULA and a violation of CCP's proprietary rights in the Game.
The Nosy Gamer - Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength - Eric Hoffer |
Eloran Fehrnah
The Valiant Vanguard
The Volition Cult
0
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Posted - 2013.11.02 20:08:00 -
[2193] - Quote
This is quite fun / addictive |
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ISD Ezwal
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
518
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Posted - 2013.11.02 21:38:00 -
[2194] - Quote
Sigh...This is the third ISD post in two pages. People, I am aware of the fact that the ongoing discussion at hand is a volatile one.
But please, it is possible to keep it civil and within the limits of the forum rules!
I have removed some rule breaking posts and those replying to them.
11. Discussion of forum moderation is prohibited.
The discussion of EVE Online forum moderation actions generally leads to flaming, trolling and baiting of our ISD CCL moderators. As such, this type of discussion is strictly prohibited under the forum rules. If you have questions regarding the actions of a moderator, please file a petition under the Community & Forums Category.
31. Rumor mongering is prohibited.
Rumor threads and posts which are based off no actual solid information and are designed to either troll or annoy other users will be locked and removed. These kinds of threads and posts are detrimental to the wellbeing and spirit of the EVE Online Community, and can create undue panic among forum users, as well as adding to the workload of our moderators.
ISD Ezwal
Lt. Commander
Community Communication Liaisons (CCLs)
Interstellar Services Department |
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Leanna Dekara
Viziam
Amarr Empire
2
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Posted - 2013.11.02 22:47:00 -
[2195] - Quote
Nanatoa wrote:Carver Be'Goode Zanjoahir wrote:Blink has always cheerfully returned funds placed on a bonk by mistake or after having second thoughts, as long as the request is made before the drawing takes place I made my request well before the draw was made, but it was refused. Andrev Nox actually tried to pull the "the draw has already happened" excuse on me, until I pointed him to my posts and ingame messages before the draw. Then he found another excuse. They just don't want to refund my 16B even though they clearly profited from the bait and switch.
You know that in order for it to be a bait-and-switch, they had to plan it as such, which it wasn't.
As for your issue, I'm inclined to believe that there's something more to it than you're claiming. I've seen total morons show up in their channel, spitting and cursing, and yet they still get their ISK issues fixed, even if they're summarily told not to come back to the channel again due to their behavior. And I'm not talking only small change either. There are people that have come in asking about multi-billion ISK errors or changes and they've all been dealt with promptly when there was a rep on to handle it. So yeah, I smell a level of bull in your claim. |
Dizirgee
UnaLaLuna Inc.
3
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Posted - 2013.11.02 22:58:00 -
[2196] - Quote
Rosewalker wrote:
Because the bonus violated Section 6B of the EULA and CCP's lawyer decided that the GTC Resellers agreements and the rules of the Time Code Bazaar should not override the EULA.
I pretty much doubt it. 1st EULA is from April 2012 , so unless it took CCP about a year to notice Blink there is probably some other reason (like other PLEX resellers complaining to CCP or whatever)
2nd I doubt 6B is matching to Blink. It says you basically cannot sell ingame stuff as [a player]. Plex is ingame item and pretty much its legit for certified resellers to sell it. 6B would than match to every plex site.
And I don't see how Blink is selling any ingame items. They give you 200mil virtual credit (not ISK) for free (under condition you buy plex from their friendly Dragon) that you may or may not transform into ingame item/isk based on your luck in lottery.
Unless I'm missing something you cannot simply buy ISK for $$ on Blink like on gold farming sites.
PS: not native English speaker but I wonder if 6B isn't missing clarification that such actions (transfer/buy/sell) cannot be done for real world currencies (mainly 1st sentence)? Now it can be understood like everyone is violating this by using market/auction in eve every single day :)
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JusFooling Around
JusFooling Around Corp
91
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Posted - 2013.11.02 23:08:00 -
[2197] - Quote
Nanatoa wrote:Carver Be'Goode Zanjoahir wrote:Blink has always cheerfully returned funds placed on a bonk by mistake or after having second thoughts, as long as the request is made before the drawing takes place I made my request well before the draw was made, but it was refused. Andrev Nox actually tried to pull the "the draw has already happened" excuse on me, until I pointed him to my posts and ingame messages before the draw. Then he found another excuse. They just don't want to refund my 16B even though they clearly profited from the bait and switch.
So does that mean you are NOT going to follow the gentleman's suggestion to petition CCP? |
Ona Bender
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
10
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Posted - 2013.11.02 23:10:00 -
[2198] - Quote
DrJonF Rockit wrote:wow.
All the incessant whining and complaining and HAVE NOT's wishing in one hand and well... they have finally broken Somer.
Just goes to show you. One bad apple will spoil the bunch.
Welcome to planet earth. |
JusFooling Around
JusFooling Around Corp
91
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Posted - 2013.11.02 23:37:00 -
[2199] - Quote
Frying Doom wrote:There is always the truthful statement that Somer blink is acting in breach of the EULA.
Or do you believe the EULA does not apply to you?
oh and my guess is Somer will close his doors on the 6th. Take all the money, and all the isk and close up shop.
So you leave credit in Somer you deserve to lose it.
Certainly the Bean counters in the GTC department of CCP will notice if Blink closes its doors. Of course, if CCP bought the Blink package from Somer, they could fashion the EULA anyway they please or do some other kind of incentive that they could make a wide spot in the rules to fit it in. CCP cannot ignore the loss of revenue in the absence of Blink. They are in business and cash is king.
If Somer does not sell the package to CCP, I doubt the doors will close on the 6th. It is a player run enterprise and players change the way the play the game all the time. As honorably as they have done business, I doubt they will fold their tent in DT and slink away. |
Rosewalker
Khumaak Flying Circus
42
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Posted - 2013.11.02 23:58:00 -
[2200] - Quote
Dizirgee wrote:Rosewalker wrote:
Because the bonus violated Section 6B of the EULA and CCP's lawyer decided that the GTC Resellers agreements and the rules of the Time Code Bazaar should not override the EULA.
I pretty much doubt it. 1st EULA is from April 2012 , so unless it took CCP about a year to notice Blink there is probably some other reason (like other PLEX resellers complaining to CCP or whatever) 2nd I doubt 6B is matching to Blink. It says you basically cannot sell ingame stuff as [a player]. Plex is ingame item and pretty much its legit for certified resellers to sell it. 6B would than match to every plex site. And I don't see how Blink is selling any ingame items. They give you 200mil virtual credit (not ISK) for free (under condition you buy plex from their friendly Dragon) that you may or may not transform into ingame item/isk based on your luck in lottery. Unless I'm missing something you cannot simply buy ISK for $$ on Blink like on gold farming sites. PS: not native English speaker but I wonder if 6B isn't missing clarification that such actions (transfer/buy/sell) cannot be done for real world currencies (mainly 1st sentence)? Now it can be understood like everyone is violating this by using market/auction in eve every single day :)
The information (except for the part about the rules of the Time Code Bazaar) came from a letter that CCP sent out to all of the authorized resellers of Eve time codes. Linking or quoting from the letter would violate the EVE Online Terms of Service, so I cannot do so.
The part about the GTC Resellers agreement and the rules of the Time Code Bazaar overruling the EULA before this change was announced came from the Chief Operating Officer of Shattered Crystal when he explained why SOMERblink was not violating any of CCP's rules by giving out the bonus. Shattered Crystal is the company that SOMERblink affiliated with up until May of this year. I'm not sure if I am allowed to link to the blog post because it does contain some speculation plus contains information that on 7 November will represent a topic that is forbidden to discuss on the EVE Online forums.
So what I wrote wasn't my opinion or speculation.
The Nosy Gamer - Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength - Eric Hoffer |
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Frying Doom
3171
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Posted - 2013.11.03 03:20:00 -
[2201] - Quote
JusFooling Around wrote:Frying Doom wrote:There is always the truthful statement that Somer blink is acting in breach of the EULA.
Or do you believe the EULA does not apply to you?
oh and my guess is Somer will close his doors on the 6th. Take all the money, and all the isk and close up shop.
So you leave credit in Somer you deserve to lose it. Certainly the Bean counters in the GTC department of CCP will notice if Blink closes its doors. Of course, if CCP bought the Blink package from Somer, they could fashion the EULA anyway they please or do some other kind of incentive that they could make a wide spot in the rules to fit it in. CCP cannot ignore the loss of revenue in the absence of Blink. They are in business and cash is king. If Somer does not sell the package to CCP, I doubt the doors will close on the 6th. It is a player run enterprise and players change the way the play the game all the time. As honorably as they have done business, I doubt they will fold their tent in DT and slink away.
Actually while there is likely to be a decline in sales, mostly due to those people that gamble, the total amount of GTC sold is unlikely to vary massively. This is due to the number of people who play EvE Online and the finite amount of cash they actually have. Yes sales will have increased atm with Somers 'bonus' atm as people are spending money they would have either spent later or spent else where.
It is more likely that people will go back to either subscriptions or the purchase of plex directly from CCP, at which point CCP actually profits more. While those that remain with GTC are more likely to back actual community sites allowing them and subsequently our community to grow again.
Somer is a business out to profit Somer, for the rest of the community it is a cancer.
Any spelling, grammatical and punctuation errors are because frankly, I don't care!! |
Ona Bender
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
10
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Posted - 2013.11.03 04:31:00 -
[2202] - Quote
So here's an interesting one... This guy, Napkinzz, got his "Baby's First Blink" achievement over a year after he got his "Somer gave me Harpies" achievement.
http://cogdev.net/blink/?act=profile&id=93502657
I know, it's just data - it can get fouled up, but he just won one of the mini-bonks. |
Desmond Strickler
End-of-Line
8
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Posted - 2013.11.03 04:40:00 -
[2203] - Quote
Frying Doom wrote:JusFooling Around wrote:Frying Doom wrote:There is always the truthful statement that Somer blink is acting in breach of the EULA.
Or do you believe the EULA does not apply to you?
oh and my guess is Somer will close his doors on the 6th. Take all the money, and all the isk and close up shop.
So you leave credit in Somer you deserve to lose it. Certainly the Bean counters in the GTC department of CCP will notice if Blink closes its doors. Of course, if CCP bought the Blink package from Somer, they could fashion the EULA anyway they please or do some other kind of incentive that they could make a wide spot in the rules to fit it in. CCP cannot ignore the loss of revenue in the absence of Blink. They are in business and cash is king. If Somer does not sell the package to CCP, I doubt the doors will close on the 6th. It is a player run enterprise and players change the way the play the game all the time. As honorably as they have done business, I doubt they will fold their tent in DT and slink away. Actually while there is likely to be a decline in sales, mostly due to those people that gamble, the total amount of GTC sold is unlikely to vary massively. This is due to the number of people who play EvE Online and the finite amount of cash they actually have as well as a finite amount of need. Yes sales will have increased atm with Somers 'bonus' as people are spending money they would have either spent later or spent else where, they are just after the free 'bonus' to get a better in-game advantage. It is more likely that people will go back to either subscriptions or the purchase of plex directly from CCP, at which point CCP actually profits more. While those that remain with GTC are more likely to back actual community sites allowing them and subsequently our community to grow again. Somer is a business out to profit Somer, for the rest of the community it is a cancer.
wow you really hate somer blink don't you? |
Frying Doom
3175
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Posted - 2013.11.03 08:06:00 -
[2204] - Quote
Desmond Strickler wrote:wow you really hate somer blink don't you?
Actually when this started, no not really.
But as time goes on and they show more and more that they are just in this for them selves, I can honestly say no I do not hate Somer Blink, it just has no place in the community, even the EULA states that very clearly.
When this commenced I had never paid much attention to them, I had played a few blinks nothing else. Then the 'redacted' got brought up and that of any kind, by a third party is bad for EvE.
Then there is the fact that it is illegal for this kind of gambling in so many places.
And then got brought up just how a 'for profit business' is taking most of the GTC pie with its 'redacted' and has been for years. So for years now growing slowly day by day, it has taken more and more, while other actual community sites have been unable to support them selves with GTC sales even though they were built and run by community members for the community.
So no I do hate Somer but no 'for profit business' has no place in our community as it destroys that community for its own desires for money.
Any spelling, grammatical and punctuation errors are because frankly, I don't care!! |
JusFooling Around
JusFooling Around Corp
91
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Posted - 2013.11.03 08:19:00 -
[2205] - Quote
Rosewalker wrote:Dizirgee wrote:Rosewalker wrote:
Because the bonus violated Section 6B of the EULA and CCP's lawyer decided that the GTC Resellers agreements and the rules of the Time Code Bazaar should not override the EULA.
I pretty much doubt it. 1st EULA is from April 2012 , so unless it took CCP about a year to notice Blink there is probably some other reason (like other PLEX resellers complaining to CCP or whatever) 2nd I doubt 6B is matching to Blink. It says you basically cannot sell ingame stuff as [a player]. Plex is ingame item and pretty much its legit for certified resellers to sell it. 6B would than match to every plex site. And I don't see how Blink is selling any ingame items. They give you 200mil virtual credit (not ISK) for free (under condition you buy plex from their friendly Dragon) that you may or may not transform into ingame item/isk based on your luck in lottery. Unless I'm missing something you cannot simply buy ISK for $$ on Blink like on gold farming sites. PS: not native English speaker but I wonder if 6B isn't missing clarification that such actions (transfer/buy/sell) cannot be done for real world currencies (mainly 1st sentence)? Now it can be understood like everyone is violating this by using market/auction in eve every single day :) The information (except for the part about the rules of the Time Code Bazaar) came from a letter that CCP sent out to all of the authorized resellers of Eve time codes. Linking or quoting from the letter would violate the EVE Online Terms of Service, so I cannot do so. The part about the GTC Resellers agreement and the rules of the Time Code Bazaar overruling the EULA before this change was announced came from the Chief Operating Officer of Shattered Crystal when he explained why SOMERblink was not violating any of CCP's rules by giving out the bonus. Shattered Crystal is the company that SOMERblink affiliated with up until May of this year. I'm not sure if I am allowed to link to the blog post because it does contain some speculation plus contains information that on 7 November will represent a topic that is forbidden to discuss on the EVE Online forums. So what I wrote wasn't my opinion or speculation.
I live in the Portland Oregon Area and read the newspaper. It is a matter of public record that Shattered Crystal declared bankruptcy which left their affiliates in the cold for their payments. It is a civil court action and available information to anyone who cares to check the public record or who happened to read it in the public notices part of the Portland Oregonian newspaper. It is not a rumor, it is a court record.
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JusFooling Around
JusFooling Around Corp
91
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Posted - 2013.11.03 08:42:00 -
[2206] - Quote
Frying Doom wrote:Desmond Strickler wrote:wow you really hate somer blink don't you? Actually when this started, no not really. But as time goes on and they show more and more that they are just in this for them selves, I can honestly say no I do not hate Somer Blink, it just has no place in the community, even the EULA states that very clearly. When this commenced I had never paid much attention to them, I had played a few blinks nothing else, I am actually partial to the promo blinks, still am to tell the truth. Then the 'redacted' got brought up and that of any kind, by a third party is bad for EvE. Then there is the fact that it is illegal for this kind of gambling in so many places. And then just how a 'for profit business' is taking most of the GTC pie with its 'redacted' and has been for years got brought up. So for years now growing slowly day by day, it has taken more and more, while other actual community sites have been unable to support them selves with GTC sales even though they were built and run by community members for the community. So no I do hate Somer but no 'for profit business' has no place in our community as it destroys that community for its own desires for money.
Are you really that unaware of how many corps are "for profit businesses"? |
JusFooling Around
JusFooling Around Corp
91
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Posted - 2013.11.03 08:50:00 -
[2207] - Quote
[deleted - I wish CCP could do something about this forum where you have to copy what you wrote, hit preview and have a blank screen appear, then paste in your words, then try again, rinse, repeat and eventually it appears on the forum. |
Frying Doom
3178
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Posted - 2013.11.03 09:41:00 -
[2208] - Quote
JusFooling Around wrote:Are you really that unaware of how many corps are "for profit businesses"?
Corps that are RL businesses, that are using EvE online as a means to get or increase there profits, no I am not. Maybe you can enlighten me, as besides Somer I have not seen one. Feel free to quote the corps names and how they are using EvE for profit.
Because there is rather a difference between a group of people from the same business playing EvE and a business setting up in EvE for a profit.
Any spelling, grammatical and punctuation errors are because frankly, I don't care!! |
Manacubus
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
1
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Posted - 2013.11.03 13:09:00 -
[2209] - Quote
I just witnessed the same player winning a Moros 3 times in the space of about 30 seconds, with the same ticket number.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52736346/Coincidence2.PNG
Seriously, what are the odds of that happening outside of some scam or abuse of mechanics?
I guess it would be 1/16 X 1/16 X 1/16 = 0.0002
So pretty much zero chance... |
Jack Breacher
Pegusus Rising
2
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Posted - 2013.11.03 13:14:00 -
[2210] - Quote
And I see the same winners all over again. |
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Esppiton
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2013.11.03 13:28:00 -
[2211] - Quote
Manacubus wrote:I just witnessed the same player winning a Moros 3 times in the space of about 30 seconds, with the same ticket number. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52736346/Coincidence2.PNGSeriously, what are the odds of that happening outside of some scam or abuse of mechanics? I guess it would be 1/16 X 1/16 X 1/16 = 0.0002 So pretty much zero chance...
...and what? I saw out of 10 blinks "Capital skillbook" 5 times was number 13 and running too.
...and in promo 2 week without number 175, and what?
it all random and unpredictable chaos |
Manacubus
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
2
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Posted - 2013.11.03 15:40:00 -
[2212] - Quote
Esppiton wrote:Manacubus wrote:I just witnessed the same player winning a Moros 3 times in the space of about 30 seconds, with the same ticket number. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52736346/Coincidence2.PNGSeriously, what are the odds of that happening outside of some scam or abuse of mechanics? I guess it would be 1/16 X 1/16 X 1/16 = 0.0002 So pretty much zero chance... ...and what? I saw out of 10 blinks "Capital skillbook" 5 times was number 13 and running too....and in promo 2 week without number 175, and what? it all random and unpredictable chaos
OK I just went back and took another look.
I saw this guy win 2 Moros in a short space of time with ticket 6.
So I kept looking and saw him win another Moros with ticket 3.
At this point, I thought - obvious scam is obvious, but let's just keep looking and see what happens next, if he doesn't win this next Moros:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52736346/Gilgamesh4.PNG
.. with ticket number 3, then I'll eat my hat.
I did not have to eat my hat:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52736346/Gilgamesh5.PNG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52736346/Gilgamesh2.PNG
Then, just for some icing on the cake, he immediately won another Moros with ticket number 3.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52736346/Gilgamesh6.PNG
Most of the time buying just one ticket, though if he tires of the last ticket not selling quickly, he will buy that as well.
Never have I seen a more obvious scam. They are normally far less obvious and clearcut than this |
Titanium PIg
Escape Velocity Enterprises
37
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Posted - 2013.11.03 17:33:00 -
[2213] - Quote
Quiescence: - a state of quietness or inactivity.
Hmmmmmm. |
Nanatoa
410
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Posted - 2013.11.03 17:49:00 -
[2214] - Quote
Leanna Dekara wrote:[As for your issue, I'm inclined to believe that there's something more to it than you're claiming. I've seen total morons show up in their channel, spitting and cursing, and yet they still get their ISK issues fixed, even if they're summarily told not to come back to the channel again due to their behavior. And I'm not talking only small change either. There are people that have come in asking about multi-billion ISK errors or changes and they've all been dealt with promptly when there was a rep on to handle it. So yeah, I smell a level of bull in your claim.
There are forum posts which make this case pretty clear for anyone and everyone.
Here I post that I participated only because of the unique promotion (this was before the Gold Magnate was withdrawn).
Here I protest at the withdrawal of the Gold Magnate from the promotion event.
Here I ask SOMER Blink for a refund. Both messages posted immediately after the announcement, well before the draw was made.
Please let me know what part of this 'smells' exactly. For a more complete history of posts and ingame messages, including timestamps, see this post.
"Stay the course, we have done this many times before."
- (CCP) Hilmar, June 2011
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JusFooling Around
JusFooling Around Corp
91
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Posted - 2013.11.03 19:44:00 -
[2215] - Quote
Nanatoa wrote:Leanna Dekara wrote:[As for your issue, I'm inclined to believe that there's something more to it than you're claiming. I've seen total morons show up in their channel, spitting and cursing, and yet they still get their ISK issues fixed, even if they're summarily told not to come back to the channel again due to their behavior. And I'm not talking only small change either. There are people that have come in asking about multi-billion ISK errors or changes and they've all been dealt with promptly when there was a rep on to handle it. So yeah, I smell a level of bull in your claim. There are forum posts which make this case pretty clear for anyone and everyone. Here I post that I participated only because of the unique promotion (this was before the Gold Magnate was withdrawn). Here I protest at the withdrawal of the Gold Magnate from the promotion event. Here I ask SOMER Blink for a refund. Both messages posted immediately after the announcement, well before the draw was made. Please let me know what part of this 'smells' exactly. For a more complete history of posts and ingame messages, including timestamps, see this post.
So are you going to try the gentleman's suggestion and petition CCP as they are the ones who pulled the prize you sought? What can it hurt to try that? |
Nanatoa
412
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Posted - 2013.11.03 19:53:00 -
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JusFooling Around wrote:So are you going to try the gentleman's suggestion and petition CCP as they are the ones who pulled the prize you sought? What can it hurt to try that?
See that last link; I put in a petition 4 weeks ago, no answer yet.
And the fact that I filed a petition does not absolve SOMER Blink of their responsibilty for their contest, their rules, and my money.
"Stay the course, we have done this many times before."
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JusFooling Around Corp
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Frying Doom wrote:JusFooling Around wrote:Are you really that unaware of how many corps are "for profit businesses"? Corps that are RL businesses, that are using EvE online as a means to get or increase there profits, no I am not. Maybe you can enlighten me, as besides Somer I have not seen one. Feel free to quote the corps names and how they are using EvE for profit. Because there is rather a difference between a group of people from the same business playing EvE and a business setting up in EvE for a profit.
You have never talked to drunk players from large corps at fan fest have you?
Nice way to bait me into discussing how RMT works and rumor mongering.
My sober (I do not drink or use drugs) recollections of anecdotal comments by more than two dozen (I think 27, but I'm not going to my notes for just the correct number) drunken players bragging about how they could afford to come to fanfest is hardly enough evidence to officially indict a corp of players from all over the world, but more than enough to convince me and certainly more "smoke" than the conjecture of conspiracy fantasies brought about by wearing tinfoil hats a few sizes too small.
I am not a person who arrives at my conclusions sitting on my fat duff thinking about how I would do it and then imposing a low life set of ethics to the possibilities and calling that positive evidence. Sure, people I talked to could have all made it up, but I talked to each one individually at different times from the others, not all in the middle of a night of pub crawling, but mostly when they were still drunk the next morning. My standard questions brought nearly standard responses from more than two dozen people who I talked to individually and not within earshot of anyone else.
If I decide to do any naming and explaining, it will be to CCP and it will be unimpeachable.
Now I hope I have not gone too far to be considered beyond an edge case but I do not care to go any further in the public forums. |
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Manacubus wrote:
Never have I seen a more obvious scam. They are normally far less obvious and clearcut than this
They are probably just money laundering in case they get banned and lose everything on Somers account.
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JusFooling Around
JusFooling Around Corp
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Frying Doom wrote:Manacubus wrote:
Never have I seen a more obvious scam. They are normally far less obvious and clearcut than this
They are probably just money laundering in case they get banned and lose everything on Somers account.
I won't ask you the obvious question of "Please explain how their "money laundering" protocol works?". I think asking for how RMT works is the same offense as discussing how it does. Please do not explain it, not here or in a evemail or a full page ad in New York Times.
"They are probably..." hmmm seems to lack an evidentiary foundations... some might think a rumor is being mongered. |
JusFooling Around
JusFooling Around Corp
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Posted - 2013.11.03 21:05:00 -
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[Nanatoa wrote:JusFooling Around wrote:So are you going to try the gentleman's suggestion and petition CCP as they are the ones who pulled the prize you sought? What can it hurt to try that? See that last link; I put in a petition 4 weeks ago, no answer yet. And the fact that I filed a petition does not absolve SOMER Blink of their responsibilty for their contest, their rules, and my money.
Thank you for explaining and I apologize for not having done my due diligence by spending the time it would have taken to review your correspondence. I do hope you get reimbursed.
A blink official, Andrev nox, stated in a Blink chat that CCP Navigator had approached Blink the same morning the contest was announced with the offer to run it. Accepting it seems like not the best decision Somer has ever made, but probably the same one most in that set of circumstances, in that time frame would have made. Had I been in that position and having the points of information available to me which she had to her and I decided to accept the offer to run the promotion, I would now regret that decision. I doubt that I would refund the ISK to you simply because of the implications and precedent it would establish. For all we know, there could be a terrible crap storm going on between the two organizations about who holds what responsibility for not just you and your circumstances, but for the impact of any decision CCP might rule.
The impact of unforeseen negative consequences for decisions made grows exponentially with the number of people who are affected. i'm sure, from my experiences with large organizations who occasionally have week decision makers, that the attempts to set things right in this situation and every situation it may affect down the road have brought together the largest number of theory crafters possible.
Decision makers whose horizon is no further away than the tips of their shoes can really screw thing up and get a lot of innocent people, as you seem to be, caught in the machinery of unwinding the mess. This particular mess tosses a shadow over a whole lot of groups who are a lot less noticeable, than Blink. I think CCP is walking on eggshells to get yet another mess untangled.
I wish good luck to all and am pulling for the best outcome possible for all. When I say the best outcome possible, I am not talking about amnesty, but just deserts. I feel a little redundant explaining "best possible outcome for all" but I thought I would save any word parsers the trouble of accusing me of wanting ANYONE to get away with anything. |
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Nanatoa
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Posted - 2013.11.03 21:44:00 -
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JusFooling Around wrote: I doubt that I would refund the ISK to you simply because of the implications and precedent it would establish.
I do think the group of people who publicly stated they were participating just for the special promotion before the prize was changed and requested a refund before the draw is pretty small (it might even just be 1 person). That specific set of circumstances would hardly set a precedent, unless they plan on doing another promotion with magically changing prizes in the future.
"Stay the course, we have done this many times before."
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ISD Ezwal
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
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I have removed a rule breaking post and those quoting it.
The rules:
31. Rumor mongering is prohibited.
Rumor threads and posts which are based off no actual solid information and are designed to either troll or annoy other users will be locked and removed. These kinds of threads and posts are detrimental to the well being and spirit of the EVE Online Community, and can create undue panic among forum users, as well as adding to the workload of our moderators.
ISD Ezwal
Lt. Commander
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Cayell
Steamhouse Enemy Engagement Division
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Posted - 2013.11.04 11:45:00 -
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This thread is going to need an award or something for "Most ISD posts in a single thread" xD
@Nanatoa - While you've posted a lot of correspondence, I've yet to see any hard evidence regarding the in-game communication, or the initial deposit. It might help your case if you could post a screenshot of the wallet transaction or something. I have to admit that personally, I thought you were trolling from the start because 16B is one hell of a deposit to make. |
Nanatoa
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Posted - 2013.11.04 12:36:00 -
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Cayell wrote:@Nanatoa - While you've posted a lot of correspondence, I've yet to see any hard evidence regarding the in-game communication, or the initial deposit. It might help your case if you could post a screenshot of the wallet transaction or something.
Screenshot of deposits [The 15B had to be picked up by the API, so I deposited another 1B later for a pre-authorized deposit.]
Screenshot of message exchanges
Let me know if you'd like to see anything else. (I'm saving the exact content of the messages for a later post.)
Cayell wrote:I have to admit that personally, I thought you were trolling from the start because 16B is one hell of a deposit to make.
It is one hell of a deposit to make, but it was for a chance to win a Gold Magnate. A Gold Magnate. I find 16 Billion a reasonable amount to get a shot at winning an unique ship with such historic value.
"Stay the course, we have done this many times before."
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Memnon Shepard
Crimson Reavers
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Posted - 2013.11.04 15:49:00 -
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Nanatoa wrote:
It is one hell of a deposit to make, but it was for a chance to win a Gold Magnate. A Gold Magnate. I find 16 Billion a reasonable amount to get a shot at winning an unique ship with such historic value.
IIRC the special (CCP donated and then adjusted, not bait-and-switched by SOMER) prizes were awarded based on total blinks played, each blink/win giving a set amount of tickets depending on the value of the Blink. I could see a request for a refund of Bonk plays prior to prize drawing being refunded because you wouldn't have purchased any equity on other prizes. Being able to put 16B on Blink, bid on as many Rorquals as possible, then ask for a refund later being an easily exploitable system (that would also cause issues for the people who lost the blinks you won and now want to return), and I can understand why a request like that would be denied.
I haven't followed the entire story so this may have been covered before but I'm wondering, did you spend the 16B blinking on actual prizes that you won/lost in order to gain tickets to the GM, or did you put it all into a Bonk @500k apiece without hope of winning other items? |
Nanatoa
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Posted - 2013.11.04 16:06:00 -
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I played Blinks. I'd never done any Blinking before and I didn't know Bonks existed until I figured I had free points which could be put into things that were not Blinks. CCP Navigator's post didn't mention Bonks and even said:
Quote: With SOMER Blink anyone who plays a single blink (even a free promo blink) will gain a ticket to the main Blink Blast so you have a chance to win. Clearly, the more you play the more chances you have to win the blast.
(emphasis mine)
So I played pretty much every Blink I could get into for a few hours, spending my ISK to get 'free' tickets for the Gold Magnate lottery.
I'd much rather have had the option of dumping 16B in exchange for (for example) 16000 tickets, but that was not an option. I had to play Blinks to participate. First requiring me to play Blinks to enter a lottery for a Gold Magnate and then later saying "you played Blinks so you got what you paid for" when I complain I couldn't actually win a Gold Magnate, that doesn't fly. It was not my decision to set up the lottery that way.
Edit to add:
Memnon Shepard wrote:Being able to put 16B on Blink, bid on as many Rorquals as possible, then ask for a refund later being an easily exploitable system (that would also cause issues for the people who lost the blinks you won and now want to return), and I can understand why a request like that would be denied.
It's only 'easily exploitable' if you make a habit of requiring Blink being played for participation in a lottery and changing the prizes for that lottery. It is not exploitable at all if you stick to what you promised you'd do. |
AssassinationsdoneWrong
The Nexus 7's
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Posted - 2013.11.04 17:42:00 -
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Nanatoa wrote:I played Blinks. I'd never done any Blinking before and I didn't know Bonks existed until I figured I had free points which could be put into things that were not Blinks. CCP Navigator's post didn't mention Bonks and even said: Quote: With SOMER Blink anyone who plays a single blink (even a free promo blink) will gain a ticket to the main Blink Blast so you have a chance to win. Clearly, the more you play the more chances you have to win the blast. (emphasis mine) So I played pretty much every Blink I could get into for a few hours, spending my ISK to get 'free' tickets for the Gold Magnate lottery. I'd much rather have had the option of dumping 16B in exchange for (for example) 16000 tickets, but that was not an option. I had to play Blinks to participate. First requiring me to play Blinks to enter a lottery for a Gold Magnate and then later saying "you played Blinks so you got what you paid for" when I complain I couldn't actually win a Gold Magnate, that doesn't fly. It was not my decision to set up the lottery that way. Edit to add: Memnon Shepard wrote:Being able to put 16B on Blink, bid on as many Rorquals as possible, then ask for a refund later being an easily exploitable system (that would also cause issues for the people who lost the blinks you won and now want to return), and I can understand why a request like that would be denied. It's only 'easily exploitable' if you make a habit of requiring Blink being played for participation in a lottery and changing the prizes for that lottery. It is not exploitable at all if you stick to what you promised you'd do.
I'm not taking sides on this and I have followed your efforts on this forum however this reply didn't answer the question he asked on whether you wagered. If you did and this was purely an exercise as you have described (i.e. You were only doing it for the tickets to the draw of that ship) then I, and I think everyone else reading your posts, would have expected you to take every seat on every ultra or megablink to get an isk return.
Did you do this? And if not why not? The loss if you did would have been minimal (70-80% of isk invested) and would add a lot of credence to your posts and efforts.
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Nanatoa
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AssassinationsdoneWrong wrote:this reply didn't answer the question he asked on whether you wagered.
As I said in the first three words of my reply, I played Blinks. I didn't do whatever else he/you might have thought I might have done (as I said, I'm not intimately familiar with all the stuff you can do on SOMER Blink; the contest announcement said play Blinks, I played Blinks).
AssassinationsdoneWrong wrote: I, and I think everyone else reading your posts, would have expected you to take every seat on every ultra or megablink to get an isk return.
There's time involved to. For a couple of hours I played every blink, megablink, ultrablink, promoblink that I could enter, burning through my credits asap to get as many 'free' lottery tickets within a reasonable timeframe.
AssassinationsdoneWrong wrote:Did you do this? And if not why not? The loss if you did would have been minimal (70-80% of isk invested) and would add a lot of credence to your posts and efforts.
I did win some stuff, but I am not interested in that stuff. I have offered to return everything I won in exchange for the refund of my 16B. |
Nanatoa
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Posted - 2013.11.04 18:20:00 -
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As an aside, while I understand the requests for "hard evidence" and people wanting me to "add credence", lets not forget that there has be no public statement by SOMER Blink regarding this matter. None at all. If there was no truth to my claims, don't you think someone would have said something? Perhaps a "we never received 16B in deposits" or a "you already played before the announcement" or a "you requested your refund after the draw was made" or something to negate any of my claims? Remember that Andrev Nox had no problem calling out Poetic Stanziel for 'hypocrisy'. Why hasn't he publicly said that I am in the wrong? I'll tell you: because everything I say is true.
I'll give you all the hard evidence you need, but meanwhile, remember that SOMER has given you nothing to balance the scales. |
AssassinationsdoneWrong
The Nexus 7's
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Posted - 2013.11.04 19:28:00 -
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Nanatoa wrote:Edit: just now realised you said "take every seat". How would that give me a better return? I wanted as many tickets for the Gold Magnate as possible, the optimal strategy for that was to take 1 ticket in every Blink. AssassinationsdoneWrong wrote:Did you do this? And if not why not? The loss if you did would have been minimal (70-80% of isk invested) and would add a lot of credence to your posts and efforts. I did win some stuff, but I am not interested in that stuff. I have offered to return everything I won in exchange for the refund of my 16B.
a: From what I understood it was going to work like every other Blast does i.e. The more big Blinks you win the more tickets are added to the draw.
b: What stuff did you win? Was it anywhere near the 16 billion isk worth? |
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Nanatoa
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Posted - 2013.11.04 19:38:00 -
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AssassinationsdoneWrong wrote:a: From what I understood it was going to work like every other Blast does i.e. The more big Blinks you win the more tickets are added to the draw.
It was 1 ticket for participating in a Blink, a few more for winning a Blink (but not enough more to warrant buying all the tickets).
AssassinationsdoneWrong wrote:b: What stuff did you win? Was it anywhere near the 16 billion isk worth?
No. My "winnings" are worth slightly less than 70% of what I put in. That valuation is according to the website and does not take into account any costs, time and effort required to liquidate a wide variety of items.
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AssassinationsdoneWrong
The Nexus 7's
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Posted - 2013.11.04 20:24:00 -
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Nanatoa wrote:It was 1 ticket for participating in a Blink, a few more for winning a Blink (but not enough more to warrant buying all the tickets). Actually winning a large Blink is 8 times the tickets I think on a Blast so fail maths there. AssassinationsdoneWrong wrote:b: What stuff did you win? Was it anywhere near the 16 billion isk worth? No. My "winnings" are worth slightly less than 70% of what I put in. That valuation is according to the website and does not take into account any costs, time and effort required to liquidate a wide variety of items.
Sorry but conclusion drawn here from me. Sounds to me like someone wanted to win a lottery, didn't (or realised the odds were stacked miserably high without doing research) and claimed foul.
There is absolutely NO reason why you wouldn't have bid every or nearly every single ticket in every major blink if your sole intention had been to win that Magnate. With the deepest respect and as someone who has gambled insane amounts compared to that 16 billion I can only say this sounds to me like it falls into one of two scenarios :
a) You went for the magnate, you played along the way, you are down 30% (so in reality you really should have been asking for 4.8 billion anyway to have legitimized any of the threadnoughting) and you feel hard done by. Fair enough, you'll get over it.
b) (And I have to say what is looking more the truth) You went for the Blast anyway regardless of what it was, saw the number of players going for it and did some basic maths to realize 16 billion was nowhere near going to get you even a remote chance against those numbers.
I don't see why you should be refunded and if you want to be then it can only be from CCP and not from Blink as it was CCP's U-Turn not Somer's. if Blink are legit (and I have never had any reason to call foul) then sending you an entire isk deposit back and issuing a formal statement or letting you crow about it here anyway would open the door to everyone and that's just not going to happen. Any business be it virtual, real or combo would act the same way.
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Nanatoa
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Posted - 2013.11.04 21:13:00 -
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AssassinationsdoneWrong wrote:Sorry but conclusion drawn here from me. Sounds to me like someone wanted to win a lottery, didn't (or realised the odds were stacked miserably high without doing research) and claimed foul.
I'm sorry but you're the one not doing research here. I claimed foul immediately after the announcement the prizes were changed. That was only a few hours after I played - the odds of winning hadn't changed in that timeframe - but the prize had. As for your claim that I should have bought every ticket in every major blink, it would have reduced the number of free tickets I would have gotten for the Gold Magnate lottery. As I said it was 1 ticket just for playing a blink, much less than 16/32 tickets for winning a big blink. And why in heavens sake would CCP have to refund me? SOMER Blink has my 16B! (They can get their 10.9B in stuff back from me.) |
X ATM092
Clan Shadow Wolf
Fatal Ascension
116
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Posted - 2013.11.04 21:51:00 -
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Blink announced that they were selling gold magnate lottery tickets with their normal blinks. People took that deal. Blink then gave them the normal blink prizes but not the gold magnate lottery tickets then said "you got what you paid for". It's not that difficult to understand that the guy got screwed here. What he was trying to buy was dumb and he was being dumb but he did buy raffle tickets trying to win a prize that was subsequently withdrawn. If it didn't set a precedent for refunding everyone who blinked in that period it'd be an obvious case for a refund. |
Cayell
Steamhouse Enemy Engagement Division
3
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Posted - 2013.11.04 22:06:00 -
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Quote:No. My "winnings" are worth slightly less than 70% of what I put in. That valuation is according to the website and does not take into account any costs, time and effort required to liquidate a wide variety of items.
Okay.
You deposited 16 Billion, with the goal of winning a Golden Mandate through the promotion.
You proceeded to gamble with all of that money, as required to gain as many tickets as you could with that money.
You won around 70% of that 16 Billion back in prizes (a pretty good return rate given your buying of 1 ticket per blink).
The Golden Mandate prize was switched for another, of less value or desirability to you.
Sorry, but I don't know of any gambling establishment that would offer you even a partial refund under these circumstances. I don't know if SOMER has a legal section that states this anywhere, but usually with these things prizes are subject to change.
Had you deposited 16 Billion ISK, and then used the tokens to gamble on promos, never winning any and never actually spending any cash - I can see SOMER stretching to refund the cash as a sign of good faith when the prizes changed. I can't see anywhere refunding anything given your actual circumstances, though. |
AssassinationsdoneWrong
The Nexus 7's
52
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Posted - 2013.11.04 22:19:00 -
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Nanatoa wrote:As for your claim that I should have bought every ticket in every major blink, it would have reduced the number of free tickets I would have gotten for the Gold Magnate lottery.
Because you buy all tickets 16 out of 16 (or as close as you can get to it) you win and get 8 extra tickets, you take Blink credit on winnings, you rinse repeat with those winnings collecting 8 tickets every single time until the spiral ends through lose of credit. I can do the cascade down maths for you if you want but seeing as win value + 5% on credit it's actually a long cost effective and most important easier way to get more tickets into the draw before the cascade closes itself down.
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AssassinationsdoneWrong
The Nexus 7's
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Posted - 2013.11.04 22:19:00 -
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Cayell wrote:Quote:No. My "winnings" are worth slightly less than 70% of what I put in. That valuation is according to the website and does not take into account any costs, time and effort required to liquidate a wide variety of items. Okay. You deposited 16 Billion, with the goal of winning a Golden Mandate through the promotion. You proceeded to gamble with all of that money, as required to gain as many tickets as you could with that money. You won around 70% of that 16 Billion back in prizes (a pretty good return rate given your buying of 1 ticket per blink). The Golden Mandate prize was switched for another, of less value or desirability to you. Sorry, but I don't know of any gambling establishment that would offer you even a partial refund under these circumstances. I don't know if SOMER has a legal section that states this anywhere, but usually with these things prizes are subject to change. Had you deposited 16 Billion ISK, and then used the tokens to gamble on promos, never winning any and never actually spending any cash - I can see SOMER stretching to refund the cash as a sign of good faith when the prizes changed. I can't see anywhere refunding anything given your actual circumstances, though.
And this but put far more eloquently than I ever could. Well done Cayell |
Nanatoa
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Posted - 2013.11.04 22:46:00 -
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X ATM092 wrote:Blink announced that they were selling gold magnate lottery tickets with their normal blinks. People took that deal. Blink then gave them the normal blink prizes but not the gold magnate lottery tickets then said "you got what you paid for". It's not that difficult to understand that the guy got screwed here. What he was trying to buy was dumb and he was being dumb but he did buy raffle tickets trying to win a prize that was subsequently withdrawn.
You know, with the benefit of hindsight, I fully agree. I got screwed and I was dumb, but at the time I thought it was legit, with the promotion being run by a long-running business and being endorsed by CCP and all.
Cayell wrote:I don't know if SOMER has a legal section that states this anywhere, but usually with these things prizes are subject to change.
SOMER has a statement saying that prizes are subject to availability and they might offer the ISK value of the prize if the prize is unavailable. SOMER offered neither the Gold Magnate nor its ISK value (whatever that may be).
AssassinationsdoneWrong wrote:Because you buy all tickets 16 out of 16 (or as close as you can get to it) you win and get 8 extra tickets, you take Blink credit on winnings, you rinse repeat with those winnings collecting 8 tickets every single time until the spiral ends through lose of credit.
I haven't done the math but that does sound pretty effective. This 'loophole' may be obvious to regular Blink players, but as I said I was unfamiliar with all the intricacies of Blinks, Bonks, and Blasts. I had heard of SOMER Blink but never bothered trying it, until the recent Gold Magnate lottery. At first glance buying 1 ticket in every Blink seemed most efficient. |
Niclas Solo
TEMPLAR.
Syrian Natural Gas Co.
3
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Posted - 2013.11.05 01:02:00 -
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How do i choose more then one number before i start a blink? |
Rosewalker
Khumaak Flying Circus
42
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JusFooling Around wrote:Rosewalker wrote:Dizirgee wrote:Rosewalker wrote:
Because the bonus violated Section 6B of the EULA and CCP's lawyer decided that the GTC Resellers agreements and the rules of the Time Code Bazaar should not override the EULA.
I pretty much doubt it. 1st EULA is from April 2012 , so unless it took CCP about a year to notice Blink there is probably some other reason (like other PLEX resellers complaining to CCP or whatever) 2nd I doubt 6B is matching to Blink. It says you basically cannot sell ingame stuff as [a player]. Plex is ingame item and pretty much its legit for certified resellers to sell it. 6B would than match to every plex site. And I don't see how Blink is selling any ingame items. They give you 200mil virtual credit (not ISK) for free (under condition you buy plex from their friendly Dragon) that you may or may not transform into ingame item/isk based on your luck in lottery. Unless I'm missing something you cannot simply buy ISK for $$ on Blink like on gold farming sites. PS: not native English speaker but I wonder if 6B isn't missing clarification that such actions (transfer/buy/sell) cannot be done for real world currencies (mainly 1st sentence)? Now it can be understood like everyone is violating this by using market/auction in eve every single day :) The information (except for the part about the rules of the Time Code Bazaar) came from a letter that CCP sent out to all of the authorized resellers of Eve time codes. Linking or quoting from the letter would violate the EVE Online Terms of Service, so I cannot do so. The part about the GTC Resellers agreement and the rules of the Time Code Bazaar overruling the EULA before this change was announced came from the Chief Operating Officer of Shattered Crystal when he explained why SOMERblink was not violating any of CCP's rules by giving out the bonus. Shattered Crystal is the company that SOMERblink affiliated with up until May of this year. I'm not sure if I am allowed to link to the blog post because it does contain some speculation plus contains information that on 7 November will represent a topic that is forbidden to discuss on the EVE Online forums. So what I wrote wasn't my opinion or speculation. I live in the Portland Oregon Area and read the newspaper. It is a matter of public record that Shattered Crystal declared bankruptcy which left their affiliates in the cold for their payments. It is a civil court action and available information to anyone who cares to check the public record or who happened to read it in the public notices part of the Portland Oregonian newspaper. It is not a rumor, it is a court record.
So I wrote the reason why SOMERblink was not violating the rules up until CCP sent out the letter, quoting one of the top people at Shattered Crystal explaining why SOMERblink was not violating the rules, and you attack Shattered Crystal. You must really hate SOMER! |
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JusFooling Around
JusFooling Around Corp
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Posted - 2013.11.05 03:12:00 -
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Niclas Solo wrote:How do i choose more then one number before i start a blink?
You start the the blink with a single ticket and then like everyone else, you enter the fray to buy any additional tickets you wish to buy using the main blink page which you are taken to when you buy the first ticket. Because you know exactly ( your server response may vary) and you know which ticket is already taken when you bought a ticket to open the blink, you can have your cursor on your screen in the approximate location of the second ticket you want to buy. If you have started a blink during a heavy player presence of a prize with high popularity, you may or may not get a third ticket. Because your view of each blink does not change until you refresh your browser ( and auto-refresh is against the rules as it that puts strain on the server) others who are not hammering their F5 key to refresh, will not see the blinks change until the either refresh or do something that will cause the screen to refresh, such as buy a ticket which will refresh all blinks on your screen or click on the small green thing in the upper right of each individual blink to refresh that individual blink.
This is really a topic for the blink chat and not one I ever thought anyone who plays blink ever ask, so I answered it here instead of letting the poster sit in the dark about the mechanics of that game. |
Niclas Solo
TEMPLAR.
Syrian Natural Gas Co.
3
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Posted - 2013.11.05 03:21:00 -
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JusFooling Around wrote:Niclas Solo wrote:How do i choose more then one number before i start a blink? You start the the blink with a single ticket and then like everyone else, you enter the fray to buy any additional tickets you wish to buy using the main blink page which you are taken to when you buy the first ticket. Because you know exactly ( your server response may vary) and you know which ticket is already taken when you bought a ticket to open the blink, you can have your cursor on your screen in the approximate location of the second ticket you want to buy. If you have started a blink during a heavy player presence of a prize with high popularity, you may or may not get a third ticket. Because your view of each blink does not change until you refresh your browser ( and auto-refresh is against the rules as it that puts strain on the server) others who are not hammering their F5 key to refresh, will not see the blinks change until the either refresh or do something that will cause the screen to refresh, such as buy a ticket which will refresh all blinks on your screen or click on the small green thing in the upper right of each individual blink to refresh that individual blink. This is really a topic for the blink chat and not one I ever thought anyone who plays blink ever ask, so I answered it here instead of letting the poster sit in the dark about the mechanics of that game.
No they are using a program that that autobet on your numbers. I start a blink and before i have time to pick a 2nd number someone else have already got number 8-16. I would like that program also, where can i find that? |
JusFooling Around
JusFooling Around Corp
92
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Posted - 2013.11.05 04:07:00 -
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Rosewalker wrote:JusFooling Around wrote:Rosewalker wrote:Dizirgee wrote:Rosewalker wrote:
Because the bonus violated Section 6B of the EULA and CCP's lawyer decided that the GTC Resellers agreements and the rules of the Time Code Bazaar should not override the EULA.
The part about the GTC Resellers agreement and the rules of the Time Code Bazaar overruling the EULA before this change was announced came from the Chief Operating Officer of Shattered Crystal when he explained why SOMERblink was not violating any of CCP's rules by giving out the bonus. Shattered Crystal is the company that SOMERblink affiliated with up until May of this year. I'm not sure if I am allowed to link to the blog post because it does contain some speculation plus contains information that on 7 November will represent a topic that is forbidden to discuss on the EVE Online forums. So what I wrote wasn't my opinion or speculation. I live in the Portland Oregon Area and read the newspaper. It is a matter of public record that Shattered Crystal declared bankruptcy which left their affiliates in the cold for their payments. It is a civil court action and available information to anyone who cares to check the public record or who happened to read it in the public notices part of the Portland Oregonian newspaper. It is not a rumor, it is a court record. So I wrote the reason why SOMERblink was not violating the rules up until CCP sent out the letter, quoting one of the top people at Shattered Crystal explaining why SOMERblink was not violating the rules, and you attack Shattered Crystal. You must really hate SOMER!
First, I do not hate any person and I do not hate Blink or Shattered Crystal. There are very few things I actually hate and besides discrimination, human trafficking (which may be more prolific now than at any time in human history), dictatorial oppression, abuses of power and hatred itself. I am working to end my cognitive dissonance of harboring hatred and hating hatred.
Because so much innuendo has been used to skirt rule infractions on this topic and innuendo leads to assumptions being made about the intention of an innuendo, I made the now apparent to me incorrect assumption the reference to information being available after November 7 might include the back and forth discussions which might or might not be (innuendo again) taking place between an affiliate and an authorized third party reseller who may not have upheld the affiliate incentive for one reason or another.
Because Shattered Crystal was mentioned and an item of fact exists about them which many readers here are not likely to have caught the public announcements of the Portland Oregonian Newspaper, I took the opportunity to inject at least one point of fact, to join the many you have provided about the EULA and affiliate rules and facts mentioned by you and others I am sure I have failed to mention.
The matter of Shattered Crystal declaring Bankruptcy in the Multnomah County Oregon court system, is not innuendo, conjecture, opinion, speculation, tinfoli hat size, but a matter of public record available to all who care to pursue it or happen to read about it during a daily perusal of the public notices in the local newspaper of record. In the United States, every court jurisdiction publishes notices of matters of public record in the most local newpspaper to the jurisdiction.
I will apologize for reaching into my magic bag of possible things which this or that innuendo may or may not have have been attempting to skirt and choosing poorly.
It is not my place or perhaps anyone's to apologize for Shattered Crystal declaring bankruptcy and no longer having their link on Blink but one more fact in a virtual tsunami of conjecture could probably not hurt, but I do regret a mention of fact was taken as an act of hate.
I am sorry the limit of 6000 characters on a post does not count the characters on the quoted posts, but I under stand why and hope the redaction does not cause any misunderstanding as I meant to include what seems related to the this reply, and we will see what we get when I hit "post".
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JusFooling Around
JusFooling Around Corp
92
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Posted - 2013.11.05 04:16:00 -
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Niclas Solo wrote:JusFooling Around wrote:Niclas Solo wrote:How do i choose more then one number before i start a blink? You start the the blink with a single ticket and then like everyone else, you enter the fray to buy any additional tickets you wish to buy using the main blink page which you are taken to when you buy the first ticket. Because you know exactly ( your server response may vary) and you know which ticket is already taken when you bought a ticket to open the blink, you can have your cursor on your screen in the approximate location of the second ticket you want to buy. If you have started a blink during a heavy player presence of a prize with high popularity, you may or may not get a third ticket. Because your view of each blink does not change until you refresh your browser ( and auto-refresh is against the rules as it that puts strain on the server) others who are not hammering their F5 key to refresh, will not see the blinks change until the either refresh or do something that will cause the screen to refresh, such as buy a ticket which will refresh all blinks on your screen or click on the small green thing in the upper right of each individual blink to refresh that individual blink. This is really a topic for the blink chat and not one I ever thought anyone who plays blink ever ask, so I answered it here instead of letting the poster sit in the dark about the mechanics of that game. No they are using a program that that autobet on your numbers. I start a blink and before i have time to pick a 2nd number someone else have already got number 8-16. I would like that program also, where can i find that?
I don't have such a program or know where to find one. I often do not get a chance to get the second ticket i want on a blink I have started, because I suppose, someone else's screen refreshed faster than mine and my choice gave me the red screen which fouled up my whole muscle memory routine of going after the tickets in the order I go after them. I think probably another player has seen my routine and wants to break it, or perhaps they just like the same numbers I do.
I hope if someone does see you asking for a program that would introduce automation into New Eden, you would report them to CCP and to Blink to hasten their removal. |
Rosewalker
Khumaak Flying Circus
42
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Posted - 2013.11.05 05:46:00 -
[2245] - Quote
JusFooling Around wrote: Lots of stuff
TL;DR - Don't trust anything that Shattered Crystal says. SOMERblink was knowingly violating the rules.
Got it.
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Dex Thunakar
Evil Genius Organisation
21
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Posted - 2013.11.05 09:32:00 -
[2246] - Quote
Niclas Solo wrote:No they are using a program that that autobet on your numbers. I start a blink and before i have time to pick a 2nd number someone else have already got number 8-16. I would like that program also, where can i find that?
I dunno man.. the page doesn't need to refresh for you to click the next buttons.... I can easily click 8 buttons in 1-2sec |
In Uterus
Malkuth Solutions
0
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Posted - 2013.11.05 21:16:00 -
[2247] - Quote
What is the algorithm in which the "winning number" is selected? Really just random or are other factors in this?
Did CCP verify any of the coding in the background? I seriously believe that SOMER has a specific behavior algorithm in their code.
They keep track of which numbers you favor. They also keep track of winnings for each player. Who is to say they dont "distribute" based on previous spending / winnings? |
Jack Breacher
Pegusus Rising
2
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Posted - 2013.11.06 02:05:00 -
[2248] - Quote
http://cogdev.net/blink/?act=profile&id=301162211
Doesn't this look odd
Winning every Crow with #1 ticket |
Frying Doom
3245
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Posted - 2013.11.06 02:47:00 -
[2249] - Quote
That is apparently rumor mongering
Just because we are seeing a lot of strange things that look like isk laundering. Apparently it is not. |
Nanatoa
419
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Posted - 2013.11.06 09:34:00 -
[2250] - Quote
Ever since they scammed my 16B from me I'm all for some good old-fashioned SOMER-bashing, but you guys do realize that if you only every buy ticket #1 on Crow Blinks every Crow that you win will be won with ticket #1 right? |
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Cayell
Steamhouse Enemy Engagement Division
3
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Posted - 2013.11.06 10:12:00 -
[2251] - Quote
Nanatoa wrote:Ever since they scammed my 16B from me I'm all for some good old-fashioned SOMER-bashing, but you guys do realize that if you only every buy ticket #1 on Crow Blinks every Crow that you win will be won with ticket #1 right?
Precisely - there are achievements for winning multiple ships that give free credit, so it's not uncommon for a string of wins on the same ship, and that page only shows the last few.\
I really would be all up for "SOMER-bashing" had I ever seen anything resembling hard evidence that I was being scammed out of my money. The truth however, is that it's a gambling site and more people are going to leave the table with less money than they started with compared to those who luck out.
Even when my own balance has gone into negative profit (and it's never been a big source of profit anyway), I've never had any reason to suspect that I was being cheated.
My advice to prospective players is to play it for the fun of it, not to win. That way you'll feel like you've got your ISK's worth regardless of your win/lose ratio. |
Zetsy
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
0
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Posted - 2013.11.07 03:45:00 -
[2252] - Quote
So, can we still get the 1000M isk bonus today on November 7th, or it's already ended? |
Jommis
NorCorp Security
Against ALL Authorities
75
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Posted - 2013.11.07 09:55:00 -
[2253] - Quote
Zetsy wrote:So, can we still get the 1000M isk bonus today on November 7th, or it's already ended?
"CCP is changing policy, and has asked that we discontinue the bonus credit program after November 7th."
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JusFooling Around
JusFooling Around Corp
92
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Posted - 2013.11.08 06:17:00 -
[2254] - Quote
Jack Breacher wrote:http://cogdev.net/blink/?act=profile&id=301162211
Doesn't this look odd
Winning every Crow with #1 ticket
Thanks for the link you posted, very interesting stuff you have there. Lessee... This player has played 340 blinks and won 55 or 6.18% and only plays ticket number one in just about every blink (see the circle with thing inside pointing to 1?)
Hmmm. You are right! in playing a single ticket, probability theory would project this player to have won about 12.5% of the blinks played almost always using the same single ticket number. And so odd this player would have won a string of Crows after having only played 167 of the 340 blinks for Crows. And some people will jump on just your words and run with it without going to the link, probably because they would not understand what they are seeing any more than you.
Blinks Played340
Blinks Won55
Value of Blinks Won1,948,000,000 ISK
Achievements Earned24
Butans Answered0
Favorite Blinks
Crow
167 Blinks
1,000,000,000 Blink Credit
23 Blinks
Republic Fleet Firetail
19 Blinks
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TrisenWar
New Eden Club
11
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Posted - 2013.11.08 07:04:00 -
[2255] - Quote
Lol.
Blink "removed" bonus but leave their GTC bonus page active :)
Seems like they want to get more $$$ :) |
JusFooling Around
JusFooling Around Corp
92
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Posted - 2013.11.08 07:15:00 -
[2256] - Quote
Nanatoa wrote:Ever since they scammed my 16B from me I'm all for some good old-fashioned SOMER-bashing, but you guys do realize that if you only every buy ticket #1 on Crow Blinks every Crow that you win will be won with ticket #1 right?
You just cannot see that CCP changed the prizes by not making the advertised prizes available to Blink?
Had you just asked for ISK instead of the prizes, you would have gotten back 70% of the 16bn right there.
Had you claimed the prizes and then asked for Blink to take them back and give you the Jita market value at the time you won the prize, they would have done that which would have kept you from taking the time to sell them and pay taxes and broker fees.
You keep hammering away at Blink and them not replying to you, but you only mentioned once that CCP has not answered the Petition you filed for them to refund your 16bn and that it has remained unanswered.
Earlier, you stated that you didn't think Blink refunding your 16bn would set a precedent. In the the US Juris Prudence realm, a single ISK of refund to you would set a precedent. A single word in a response to you not breathed over at hundreds of dollars an hour by a lawyer could set a precedent.
In the US, if the two Attorneys General of two adjoining states were simultaneously crossing the bridge over the river which seperated the two states and they came upon a person standing on the outside of the safety barriers and only one step from plunging into the river below to a near certain death and screaming at them, "Get back or I'll jump!".
And one of them noticed the person was standing right next to the signs which read, "You are now leaving ..." and named the two states on either side, would they begin trying to talk the person out of using a permanent solution to what might be a temproary problem? Oh Hell NO!
They would request an Environmental Impact Study be done to determine what damage a rotting corpse in the river might cause their state. They would want to know the wind direction to estimate which side of the river the person would hit to see who had jurisdiction. They would want to know if he was a registered voter and if not would he/she just sign a voter registration card and they would fill it in and file it for her/him later, after he/she jumped. They would try to sign him/her up for Food Stamps, get her/him a Pell Grant, see if she/ he had exhausted his/her Unemployment Compensation. Had he/she been injured on the job? Ever inhaled asbestos? Been denied a job as a brain surgeon based some demographic metric such as being left handed or being a recipient of the Morton's Toe Newsletter?
The first words any lawyer will tell any client when litigation is in the air are, "DON'T SAY NUTTIN' TO NOBODY BECAUSE IT WILL COME BACK TO BITE YOU IN THE ASS".
If a stink had not been raised here in this forum about the prizes CCP Navigator announced CCP was providing for the promotion, you likely would have had an inkling of a chance, but still a chance for your 16bn "Hail Mary Pass" to have won one of the big prizes - but you haven't complained about the complainers who pressured CCP into withdrawing the prizes you sought.
If CCP had followed through on what CCP Navigator stated, again you would have had a chance - but you have not excoriated CCP in the forums.
You stick to Blink.
If you had been Somer Blink and saw the offer from CCP Navigator, what choice would YOU have made? Would you have acepted it or just said, "Nyaah, I'll pass".
Because both sides, all sides have not spoken out on the details of the deal, how do you know that Blink was not paying something for the prizes? And if so, did they get their ISK/CASH back so they could give you a refund? You don't know. You jumped blindly into Blink not knowing anything about how to play it and now you have jumped onto the forums without knowing the basic deal between the two parties, without understanding what a precedent entails, without anything but a deadset determination that you have decided who is wrong and are going to sit on the forums and squeal to bring out all the Blink Haters and Tin Foil Hat crew. I would venture to say you, like the guy a few posts up, don't know where Blink gets their winning numbers and what an absolutely unassailable resource it is.
Go ahead, just sit their in that grocery cart seat and point at the Ice Cream Cone you dorpped on the floor and scream. How is it working so far?
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Shacheh
Frozen Dawn Academy
Arctic Light
8
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Posted - 2013.11.08 09:42:00 -
[2257] - Quote
TrisenWar wrote:Lol.
Blink "removed" bonus but leave their GTC bonus page active :)
Seems like they want to get more $$$ :)
Why would they not leave the GTC page active? Resellers offer affiliate programs and by buying codes via affiliates you support CCP, reseller and the affiliate all in one. Why is it "lol"? Why would Blink not want to get more $$$ via completely common practice? Wouldn't you? |
Shacheh
Frozen Dawn Academy
Arctic Light
8
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Posted - 2013.11.08 09:45:00 -
[2258] - Quote
Jack Breacher wrote:http://cogdev.net/blink/?act=profile&id=301162211
Doesn't this look odd
Winning every Crow with #1 ticket
The page does not show how many blinks he has lost with number #1 so it doesn't really look odd at all. Brain is a really useful tool. |
Nanatoa
422
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Posted - 2013.11.08 11:33:00 -
[2259] - Quote
JusFooling Around wrote:You just cannot see that CCP changed the prizes by not making the advertised prizes available to Blink?
As bona fide space lawyer you will understand the difference between SOMER having an agreement with CCP to deliver prizes and me having an agreement with SOMER to have a chance at winning those prizes. I understand SOMER couldn't give away the prizes because their agreement with CCP fell through - it is no problem at all, if only SOMER undoes what I did to enter the competition for those prizes.
JusFooling Around wrote:Had you claimed the prizes and then asked for Blink to take them back and give you the Jita market value at the time you won the prize, they would have done that
That is incorrect. They claim I got what I paid for ("valid play") and won't do anything.
JusFooling Around wrote:You keep hammering away at Blink and them not replying to you, but you only mentioned once that CCP has not answered the Petition you filed for them to refund your 16bn and that it has remained unanswered.
That is incorrect. I have mentioned it several times in several threads. This is SOMER's thread though, not CCP's thread, so here I focus on what SOMER has (or more precisely hasn't) done.
JusFooling Around wrote: In the the US Juris Prudence realm
Ah the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave. What exactly has US jurisprudence to do with scamming in pretend-space hosted on an English server by an Icelandic company? Want me to find a counterexample in one of the hundreds of other countries of the world?
JusFooling Around wrote:but you haven't complained about the complainers who pressured CCP into withdrawing the prizes you sought.
By now we are three steps removed from the actual scam. SOMER not doing what it said is not the problem, CCP not doing what they said is not the problem, no, the forum warriors who complained, they screwed me over! It is ridiculous. You seem to be grasping at straws just to try to divert attention from the fact that I had an agreement with SOMER, they couldn't deliver and they refused a refund.
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TrisenWar
New Eden Club
11
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Posted - 2013.11.08 14:45:00 -
[2260] - Quote
Shacheh wrote:TrisenWar wrote:Lol.
Blink "removed" bonus but leave their GTC bonus page active :)
Seems like they want to get more $$$ :) Why would they not leave the GTC page active? Resellers offer affiliate programs and by buying codes via affiliates you support CCP, reseller and the affiliate all in one. Why is it "lol"? Why would Blink not want to get more $$$ via completely common practice? Wouldn't you?
Previously Blink gave bonuses publicly now blink will gave bonuses to people bought ETC through their link but private :)
And it is not provable until CCP using alts will prove that.
Nothing really changed |
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Koltix
Brave Newbies Inc.
Brave Collective
0
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Posted - 2013.11.09 00:01:00 -
[2261] - Quote
My account on Somer blink was disabled, not sure why can anyone help? |
JusFooling Around
JusFooling Around Corp
92
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Posted - 2013.11.09 02:30:00 -
[2262] - Quote
Rosewalker wrote:JusFooling Around wrote: Lots of stuff
TL;DR - Don't trust anything that Shattered Crystal says. SOMERblink was knowingly violating the rules. Got it. Edit: That's not my stance. It just seems that's the argument being made.
I'm just following the crowd - OH WAIT - THOSE ARE LEMMINGS!!!!!!
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JusFooling Around
JusFooling Around Corp
92
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Posted - 2013.11.09 06:24:00 -
[2263] - Quote
I really do hope you get your 16Bn back and maybe one day, if getting it back is your goal and not just wantonly bashing Blink on every forum possible, you will see you are barking up the wrong tree.
Point one - the space lawyer jab - I have never applied to the bar of any jurisdiction in space. I am not a space lawyer, I just play one on the internet.
it seems lawyers at work here as "valid play" is a legal term and very few lay persons would know that term or how to use it in its proper context. Litagation is in the air.
Your deposit did not create an agreement (beyond your own imagination) with Blink to have a shot at those prizes. Your deposit created a tacit agreement to play Blink according to their rules and you did. Yes - valid play. The prizes announced by CCP Navigator were to be given away as a promotion sponsored by CCP. CCP pulled their sponsorship. Blink is at no fault for losing the sponsorship. You won 70% of your deposit and could have taken ISK but chose not to. You had valid play. Promotions sponsored by entities take on the responsibility to produce the prizes offered. Blink would be held harmless in this action as they did all they could to produce the prizes other than toss dried beaver bones on a tanned raccoon skin to conjure them up. Your argument is no more valid than if I wanted to enter a drawing by a Chevrolet Dealer for a Corvette the dealer ran an ad in their own newsletter to promote and instructing "potential winners" to bring ticket stubs (must spend money to got to movie ticket stub, even if I had never gone to a drive-in) from any local (local would need to be defined) drive-in movie. I went to a movie, I saw the movie, the Dealership reneged on the Corvette drawing. Because it was a drawing which is considered a form of gambling because the outcome is not guaranteed, and you were not charged to specifically to enter the drawing regardless of the amount of money (even spaceship money) you have spent to get free access to the second drawing, you have no damage as you suffered no loss after having valid play and taking your chances (just as Blink did) that the sponsors would not renege. I would have no claim against the drive-in movie even though the movie had a sign in their window about the drawing. A court would find the movie held blameless and even consider the movie a victim as its reputation was damaged by the sponsor reneging and having hapless dreamers forming a picket line for every Saturdays, all night "Machete MovieThon".
This example may seem ridiculous, but look closely at the relationship of each entity here. The dealership made the announcement, the dealership reneged. People watched the movie and dreamt about seeing the next movie in a Corvette. The movie conducted business as usual, except for putting a poster in their window, and gave each ticket holder "valid play" and probably sold them some popcorn and a condom.
Point two - I am correct. I have seen players be stinky buttflaps shooting off their mouths in chat and still be offered by blink to return their prizes to their que so the players can have a second chance at deciding how they want to redeem them.
Point three - The second "you are incorrect" jab. Oh wait, I deserved that jab as I am not a forum rat who reads and posts all over. Therefore had not seen your posts in other forums, so yes, I was incorrect and apologize for not following your writings, though your command of the English language is superior.
Point four - First, this is not about outer space. seperate fantasy from reality for a minute. This is about an international business entity with offices in the United States, an affiliate in the United States, possibly named authorized third party resellers in the United States, and we all know MacDonald's is headquartered in the United States and most Blink players are playing from their non-Corvettes in the parking lot and hustling the Mickey D WiFi which is probably in the United States and is no more liable for the non-damages you feel you suffered than is Blink, even your ISP is no more liable than Blink for the damages you did not suffer even though you would not have known anything about this sponsorship, or at least would not have been able to participate without an ISP.
Point five - No, i am not reaching at straws. If other players had not objected to the sponsorship of these prizes, would CCP have withdrawn them? If you say yes CCP would have reneged, then you are blaming CCP of a conspiracy to defame Blink. If your answer no, then you would have expected the sponsorship would have been followed through and you would have had your shot at the CCP owned and controlled pixels.
In this case, I have always held that CCP is at fault, not the forum rats and not Blink. I was sarcastically pointing out that anyone as naive (uninformed, not stupid) as you about credible liability and exactly whom is at fault could be expected to spray everyone who stood in your way of having your distant shot at these amazing prizes. Just a few days ago, I was in a grocery store and a person occupying the race car grocery cart (my personal favorite to haul behind my Hoveround) in front of me in line pointed at me and tossed excoriating gibberish though it was my fault that person had dropped the sucker it had extorted from the much taller person with the credit card who seemed somehow connected to a NASCAR driver's chaffeur.
Good luck. I am done. I have breathed my last breath into your tilting at windmills. If a post is not answered, does anyone hear the tree fall? |
Asserted Invaluability
Anti Einstein-Rosen Vixens
0
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Posted - 2013.11.09 15:29:00 -
[2264] - Quote
Just out of curiosity and because you whiners basically spoiled Blink for a lot.
Mad Ani posts in this forum section.
He uses 3 eve clients to stream battles (So using CCP property no problem there streams are great)
BUT .............
He has an RL money donate button (EVEN SHOWING THE AMOUNT DONATED SO FAR!!!) along with an isk donate button.
(Using CCP property to make real currency < Problem)
There is something seriously wrong with you all if you see Somer's indirect site funding as (insert 3 letter acronym here) but don't see Mad Ani's direct (insert same acronym here).
So if you are all going to complain that one brush should paint all, get your whiney butts into that thread and do the same thing. |
Amanda Peewith
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
4
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Posted - 2013.11.10 21:23:00 -
[2265] - Quote
Asserted Invaluability wrote:Just out of curiosity and because you whiners basically spoiled Blink for a lot...
This is one of those things CCP should've never even responded to - those whiners were actually happier BEFORE blink had to change - because they had something to complain about.
Why don't the whiners care about your guy, you ask? Because he's not sharing his pie. With blink, it could certainly APPEAR that some people are on the pie list, and get a big fat slice, over and over and over and over, while most sit there just wishing for one small bite...
Try this:
1. Imagine finding out there is a party you're not invited to.
2. Imagine finding out there's a party you're not invited to where they're giving away iPads and all your friends are invited and know you're NOT invited so they don't say anything to you and when you bring it up afterwards they scold you for acting like the world owes you something while looking down their noses at you over their new iPads...
I know it's not exactly the same - but it should illustrate...that there's a difference. |
Nanatoa
436
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Posted - 2013.11.10 21:58:00 -
[2266] - Quote
JusFooling Around wrote:I am done. I have breathed my last breath into your tilting at windmills.
You might be getting a bit tired because your breathing across the Atlantic from the US to windmills in the UK and Iceland. SOMER announced they'd do something if you'd play and they didn't do it. That is a **** move. I don't care if the US laws allow corporations to pull **** moves. Again, this is not the US. This is the EVE Universe where a "trustworthy and reliable" corporation, endorsed and sponsored by the creators of said universe, doesn't care enough to refund after they screwed up.
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Amanda Peewith
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
4
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Posted - 2013.11.11 04:41:00 -
[2267] - Quote
Nanatoa wrote:...SOMER announced they'd do something if you'd play and they didn't do it. That is a **** move...
Yes, you deserve your 16B. Here's what I want to know...you're clearly not an idiot, so
- You know your complaint is actually with CCP, who were the ones who promised the prizes and then reneged after being bullied by the upper crust who don't want riffraff like us owning the same precious innernet space ships THEY have.
- You know SOMER can't give you your 16B back, because I also put X% more internet space moneys in to try to win that ship...and so did he, and also that guy, and those other 1000 guys, and...
So why do you keep pushing this? Here's my guess:
- They're being dicks about it. Ignoring you, not acknowledging your correctness, and not even apologizing.
- It looks like everyone on the pie-list is still fat and happy winning the bonk prizes, gigas, etc. - and average a promo win every other day which alone has probably resulted in more than 16B for each, while you haven't won a single flippin' promo since you started complaining...
- You LOVE the attention, AND the fact that you still have something to complain about
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Nanatoa
444
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Posted - 2013.11.11 16:24:00 -
[2268] - Quote
Amanda Peewith wrote:You know your complaint is actually with CCP,
I disagree. Sure CCP has a part in this, but I don't see why SOMER gets to put all the blame on CCP. For this event, SOMER did a drawing offering prizes to people playing their game, CCP sponsered the prizes, and SOMER ended up with my 16B. Along the way, something went wrong. It doesn't matter to me whether the primary blame is with SOMER or CCP, all I know is that I didn't get a shot at winning a Gold Magnate and SOMER has my 16B. That is why I am still here telling SOMER to do something about this.
And I have filed a petition and made several other forum posts trying to get CCP to do something. I will also keep doing that. Note however that I have to go through the petition system (34 days and counting waiting for a reply) whereas Somerset Mahm has a direct Skype link to CCP.
Amanda Peewith wrote:]You know SOMER can't give you your 16B back, because I also put X% more internet space moneys in to try to win that ship...and so did he, and also that guy, and those other 1000 guys, and...
Sure SOMER can give the isk back. They can set the requirements for a refund to (1) having deposited after the announcement, (2) having played Blinks before the prizes were changed and (3) having requested a refund after the change but before the draw. Not a lot of people will fulfill those requirements, but I do.
"Stay the course, we have done this many times before."
- (CCP) Hilmar, June 2011
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Swedish Spaceman
Norrskensdrommar
Game Of Bears
20
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Posted - 2013.11.11 22:18:00 -
[2269] - Quote
I miss the good old days when this thread was about congratulating people that won shiney stuff.
Now is just a mess of people being sore losers. |
G Nesh
Brave Newbies Inc.
Brave Collective
1
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Posted - 2013.11.11 22:34:00 -
[2270] - Quote
I hit on a Rorqual the other day with 1 ticket and no "blink credit" left... |
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AgroC Acrag
Stay Frosty.
0
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Posted - 2013.11.12 01:20:00 -
[2271] - Quote
Congrats to all winners! :) |
Carver Be'Goode Zanjoahir
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
5
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Posted - 2013.11.12 02:13:00 -
[2272] - Quote
[Nanatoa wrote:[quote=Amanda Peewith]You know your complaint is actually with CCP,
Well, you could keep on posting all over till you are blue in the face, or you could speed up the blue face process by holding your breath tiil they meet your demands - that will get you just as far and takes less time and energy - but don't forget to breathe, don't hurt yourself over 16 bil in fake money. You are getting an ulcer already, have you thought of who you will blame for that?
And oh yeah, gratz to all winners! |
Ardjet Dawn
Dirty Rotten Imposters
0
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Posted - 2013.11.12 12:29:00 -
[2273] - Quote
Does anyone happen to have a copy of the EVE Vegas Blink event winners? |
Nanatoa
448
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Posted - 2013.11.12 12:35:00 -
[2274] - Quote
Carver Be'Goode Zanjoahir wrote:You are getting an ulcer already, have you thought of who you will blame for that?
Not getting an ulcer sorry. Also not going gentle into that good night. Just sticking around until this matter is resolved.
"Stay the course, we have done this many times before."
- (CCP) Hilmar, June 2011
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Ghost Phius
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
116
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Posted - 2013.11.13 00:45:00 -
[2275] - Quote
Ardjet Dawn wrote:Does anyone happen to have a copy of the EVE Vegas Blink event winners?
CCP. |
rooster girl
Caldari Pawn Shop
0
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Posted - 2013.11.13 16:10:00 -
[2276] - Quote
love me some blink |
Nero Guilt
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2013.11.13 17:56:00 -
[2277] - Quote
i think its not legaly and destroyed game |
rooster girl
Caldari Pawn Shop
0
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Posted - 2013.11.13 18:48:00 -
[2278] - Quote
Why I think it helps in away it like a second market it gives you a chance to get a ship way less then market value and if your lucky you can make a profit off it I guess its how you look at it |
Cayell
Steamhouse Enemy Engagement Division
3
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Posted - 2013.11.14 21:40:00 -
[2279] - Quote
Nanatoa wrote: Just sticking around until this matter is resolved.
It's resolved.
It may not be resolved to your liking, but it's resolved. |
Nanatoa
461
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Posted - 2013.11.18 09:41:00 -
[2280] - Quote
Cayell wrote:It's resolved.
It may not be resolved to your liking, but it's resolved.
We'll have to disagree on that. For one thing, there's still a petition open. (I did finally get a reply after about 5 weeks, to which I replied and now I'm back to waiting again.)
"Stay the course, we have done this many times before."
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PULL SSAR
Quantum Explosion
0
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Posted - 2013.11.19 15:57:00 -
[2281] - Quote
-ù-¦-Ç-¦-¦-ü-é-¦-â-¦-é-¦ ! -» -+-¦-Ç-¦-Ä -¦ SOMER Blink. -+ -+-ê-+-¦-+-ç-+-+ -ü PULL SSAR -+-¦ SOMER Blink -+-¦-Ç-¦-¦-æ-+ 111000222 -+-ü-¦ 08,10,2013,-¦-ü-+-+ -+-+-¦-+-+ -¦-¦-Ç-+-+-é-¦ -+-+-+ -+-¦-Ç-¦-¦-¦-¦-+-é-¦ -¦ SOMER Blink -+-¦ PULL SAR !? |
Loc De Sabat
Viziam
Amarr Empire
2
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Posted - 2013.11.19 23:49:00 -
[2282] - Quote
I just wanted to thank Blink for keeping me entertained while I play EVE, even when things are slow in the rest of the game. I've had great time at your guys' events and appreciate all the work your corp must do to keep things running. |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
202
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Posted - 2013.11.20 00:38:00 -
[2283] - Quote
PULL SSAR wrote:-ù-¦-Ç-¦-¦-ü-é-¦-â-¦-é-¦ ! -» -+-¦-Ç-¦-Ä -¦ SOMER Blink. -+ -+-ê-+-¦-+-ç-+-+ -ü PULL SSAR -+-¦ SOMER Blink -+-¦-Ç-¦-¦-æ-+ 111000222 -+-ü-¦ 08,10,2013,-¦-ü-+-+ -+-+-¦-+-+ -¦-¦-Ç-+-+-é-¦ -+-+-+ -+-¦-Ç-¦-¦-¦-¦-+-é-¦ -¦ SOMER Blink -+-¦ PULL SAR !?
-» -+-+-ü-+-¦-+ 117 000 000 ISK -+-¦-Ç-¦-é-+-+ -¦ "PULL SSRR" :)
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
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ISD Suvetar
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
2611
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Posted - 2013.11.20 15:18:00 -
[2284] - Quote
Hi,
Please note the follow forum rule:
Forum rules wrote:
28. Please use the correct language when posting on the forums.
The default language for posting on the EVE Online forums is English. Please use English when posting as a courtesy to other forum users, unless the forum channel is specifically created for discussion in another language as part of our localized language specific sub-forums.
Thanks!
ISD Suvetar
Captain/Commando
Community Communication Liaisons (CCLs)
Interstellar Services Department |
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OlegBoroda
State War Academy
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2013.11.20 18:32:00 -
[2285] - Quote
Hi! what that means? Quote:Automated Activity Detected
and i can't enter in blink. |
JusFooling Around
JusFooling Around Corp
92
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Posted - 2013.11.21 08:28:00 -
[2286] - Quote
Gee, and I got mine the old fashioned way, I set my alarm clock for 55 after, played a blink waited 6 minutes and played another one, then set my clock for just under 2 hours to wake me at 55 after, rinse repeat.
But I guess if someone will cheat on one award, one blink, one anything - they will cheat everytime they think they will not be caught. Cheaters actually just cheat themselves in the long run - and over an internet space ship game - lol you probably change price tags in the grocery store and held a candy bar in your hand to stick it down in a kid's halloween bag and came up with three bars. |
Esppiton
GENOM facility
0
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Posted - 2013.11.22 16:53:00 -
[2287] - Quote
Quote:
Re: Fw: Change player
***
I have moved the account for you :)
Fw: Change player
From:***
Sent: 2013.11.21 19:56
To: ***
Change player
From: Esppiton
Sent: 2013.11.21 19:43
To: ***
Can i change player on alt?
My alt Pitonesp
Thanks!
Thanks but i cud't enter:
"You do not appear to have an account on Blink with this character. You can register immediately!
You've already registered. You can sign in to play Blink now! :)
Only one Blink account per person allowed.
Login failed. Please check name and password."...
i'm is but i not and no can do.
maybe I had registered alt before I wrote to you about changing character |
Batelle
Komm susser Tod
472
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Posted - 2013.11.23 00:24:00 -
[2288] - Quote
When I heard about Somer Blink I thought it was pretty much the dumbest thing ever.
Then I met some people that actually played Blink. I realized they were dumber.
Then I heard about a guy that sold his character and blew all his isk on blink, and only had enough to buy a character with about 1/5th of the SP.
And CCP gave out all this crap directly to Blink, which turn around and made a bunch of IRL cash.
Blink went from being a stupid game for stupid people to being real abomination that I have to hear about. Wouldn't have minded a chance at those sweet SOE ships myself you know. Should have just been more lame Scorpions, and saved the ultra-unique ships for an actual tournament prize.
CCP deserves the PR nightmare they've created for themselves.
EDIT: And I don't care to even wade into the discussion of weather its a legit lottery or not. The potential for social engineering and other manipulation is huge, and its not really something CCP can or should bother to check on. Even if we assume Blink is a legit lottery, its still a lottery, which exists to take in more money than it gives out, and then to use that isk to support itself. The blatant RMT cash out following CCPs request to change their policy is a pretty big middle finger to CCP and any player that cared about RMT.
Why can't I delete this signature? |
ZenThunder
30plus
Greater Western Co-Prosperity Sphere
5
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Posted - 2013.11.23 05:28:00 -
[2289] - Quote
FYI - SCAM ALERT
someone is watching who wins the plex promos on the website and putting in contracts to the individual who wins to pay them the plex they won. In my case I was a bit tipsy and thought i got the bonus win for two plex and stupidly gave it away.. just be careful folks. I will win another so ... meh. |
Niclas Solo
EVE Corporation 987654321-POP
The Marmite Collective
16
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Posted - 2013.11.24 05:16:00 -
[2290] - Quote
So i had 23 mil left, what can you do with that? Well i guess i buy some bonk tickets, you never know, and Yes i won 2 plexes :D
My first bonk win, thanks :) |
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Cygnet Lythanea
World Welfare Works Association
Independent Faction
293
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Posted - 2013.11.25 19:55:00 -
[2291] - Quote
God, I hope CCP closes this **** down soon. Seriously, giving a scam like this billions in in game goods for free to scam more people? What ******* bullshit.
The Most Interesting Player In Eve. |
Justin C4se
The Foundation for Law and Government.
2
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Posted - 2013.11.26 00:08:00 -
[2292] - Quote
Supose its a matter of time till SOMER closes down... There is no longer that incentive ($$$) to keep it open anymore!
:::PODLUCK:::-áSlot Machines; Instant Win Scratch Cards;-áFlashes;-áPrice Bombs. (15mil isk for free on signup)
Click it Ingame: ::: EveTools.Org ::: |
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ISD Suvetar
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
2623
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Posted - 2013.11.26 01:15:00 -
[2293] - Quote
Hi Everyone,
I couple of posts were deleted in this thread.
Please note that flaming, ranting and rumor mongering are all against the forum rules.
You should bear that in mind as further intervention can lead to having ones forum privileges revoked.
Thanks.
ISD Suvetar
Captain/Commando
Community Communication Liaisons (CCLs)
Interstellar Services Department |
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Sgt Ocker
State War Academy
Caldari State
55
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Posted - 2013.11.27 04:52:00 -
[2294] - Quote
I have a small problem..
I have sold the toon that was registered on blink. Can someone from blink message this toon in game and let me know how to transfer/ close the account. |
JusFooling Around
JusFooling Around Corp
92
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Posted - 2013.11.27 05:17:00 -
[2295] - Quote
SGT Ocker - your best bet is to send Somerset Mahm or Andrev Nox an evemail so they can sort out the issue. I don't think they read this forum on a daily basis, but they do seem to have quite fast responses to evemails.
You could just follow the Blink Chat shown in the MOTD as almost always in prime hours someone from blink will be able to solve this issue. |
Forlorn Eskimo
Eskimo inc
5
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Posted - 2013.11.27 06:30:00 -
[2296] - Quote
Sgt Ocker wrote:I have a small problem..
I have sold the toon that was registered on blink. Can someone from blink message this toon in game and let me know how to transfer/ close the account.
you need to mail Somerset Mahm with a link to the sale thread of the old blink toon :)
maybe also add the current balance of your blink credit and or last 3 blinks
will save you sending mails back and forth if you do all that first. |
JusFooling Around
JusFooling Around Corp
92
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Posted - 2013.11.28 08:50:00 -
[2297] - Quote
What Forlorn said... you can always trust a guy with hair. I could just never afford hair. |
RAPHSPID
Force Unifiee
Echoes of Nowhere
2
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Posted - 2013.11.29 15:14:00 -
[2298] - Quote
j'ais gagner un bpo de super capital il y as plusieurs mois , mes depuis je perd beaucoup , j'ai bien remis 2 x la valeur de se bpo dans l'accounte somer blink , je me demande si somer blink ne profite pas de votre d+¬pendance du jeux d'argent pour vous soutirer vos isk .
en se qui me concerne j'ai d+¬cider de diminuer ma d+¬pendance a somer blink !! et vous d+¬virer faire la meme chose !
ou au moins diminuer votre d+¬pendance avant de vous faire plumer tout vos isk , car le gagnent final ses somer blink !
merci pour votre compr+¬hension .
mes salutations |
Lapanillla
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2013.11.30 19:36:00 -
[2299] - Quote
Very nice game! Thanks! I feed blink 187m and win typhoon in first bigblink... (just registred)
U think i get it? nope ME BANNED
Quote:Only one Blink account per person allowed.
I HAVE NO account anymore, and no alt. I see, if u spend u a friend, if u win **** of bitchie...
i'm write? |
JusFooling Around
JusFooling Around Corp
92
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Posted - 2013.11.30 20:33:00 -
[2300] - Quote
Support questions are best to be asked in the Blink Chat as the Blink staff who can sort this out for you rarely visit this forum, but are on the chat site almost always.
It may be a roommate with the same IP playing blink or even an issue of living in a dorm which shares an IP. Perhaps you bought this character and the previous owner played blink. There are dozens of possible answers
Support solves these kinds of problems every day. Evemail Andrev Nox or Somerset Mahm or lurk in the Blink Chat channel for a support person to appear. You will get a full answer pretty quickly. This forum is mostly populated by tin foil hat people who believe Blink is the reason for the decline of Western Civilization or people like me who marvel at the leaps people take from one wrong assumption to the next wrong assumption.
grats on the win! |
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ISD Tyrozan
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
247
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Posted - 2013.12.01 00:58:00 -
[2301] - Quote
A non-English post has been removed.
Forum rule 28. Please use the correct language when posting on the forums.
ISD Tyrozan
Captain
Community Communication Liaisons (CCLs)
Interstellar Services Department
@ISDTyrozan | @ISD_CCL |
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Jack Breacher
LionGate Enterprises
Care Factor
3
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Posted - 2013.12.01 02:40:00 -
[2302] - Quote
One question...
I put so many tickets in 2 mini bonks and I cant find mine in the minibonk list. Where are they? |
slickboy Danny
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2013.12.01 02:56:00 -
[2303] - Quote
so how much has blink pumped into plex for good? |
Carver Be'Goode Zanjoahir
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
6
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Posted - 2013.12.01 08:29:00 -
[2304] - Quote
Jack Breacher wrote:One question...
I put so many tickets in 2 mini bonks and I cant find mine in the minibonk list. Where are they?
Would you say that you entered draw one with about 91 or 92 tickets (remember how many tokens it takes to obtain one ticket) and you entered draw three with 20 tickets?
After I read your post, I looked for your tickets and found them right where they would always be. In draw one, you picked them in small groups or picked them very slowly and many others got tickets in between yours. You first ticket number was 51,538, just after Lotti Arkaral and just before Kru Kred. Your last ticket (I may have made a mistake of miscounting one ticket, so it was either 91 or 92 totsl tickets and I was not going back to count them again) was number 670,364 and it was followed by Necaos with 670.365.
In draw 3 , you obtained twenty consecutive tickets starting with 430,004 following Bio Mc Banes' ticket and your last ticket was number 430,023 followed by LoCho.
I could easily explain to you exactly how to find the ticket lists which are posted and readily found, but I think it would be more instructive for you to take the effort to wander again to find them for yourself.
After I saw your earlier ineffective attempt in another post to raise suspicion about a player who won 6 straight crows with ticket number one, describing it as "strange", when anyone with the facts of the matter at hand, which are easily obtained from that player's personal stats page and the Blink Stat page it was not strange that a player with about 170 plays out of a total of 340 plays were all crow lotteries and just a quick glance at the vertical bar chart on the Blink stat page shows over 1000 wins in the last day or so with each of the 1-8 numbers, then no, winning 6 crows with ticket number one is not strange.
Given your demonstrated inability to find your own ass with both hands leads me to believe that if you took the time to find something on your own, you might improve your credibility above minus 2 for 2. It might be time for you to ditch that character and get a new one if you intend to continue to attempt to rouse the rabble.
I hope you do well in your future endeavors, some place else.
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Ace Boogi
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
222
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Posted - 2013.12.01 14:10:00 -
[2305] - Quote
wow Carver, you really went out of your way there for an npc alt.
how about you try posting with your Somer toon instead now? because the shill is already obvious enough, no need to try and hide it. |
Carver Be'Goode Zanjoahir
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
6
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Posted - 2013.12.01 16:26:00 -
[2306] - Quote
You are calling me a shill? Defined on my Google search as "an accomplice of a hawker, gambler, or swindler who acts as an enthusiastic customer to entice or encourage others." You are calling me an accomplice of a swindler? Do I seem enthusiastic? Am I enticing others to do anything but read and find information that is available to anyone?
What evidence besides me demonstrating that I can read difficult words such "this weeks's winners" do one click on a mouse and read the difficult words "tickets" and "mini" again click a few times, copy paste the poster's name into the find window then be able to simultaneously click and count?
Do you have any evidence of any wrong doing on my part?
Perhaps what I have done is impossible for you to do and therefore you think I must be acting in collusion with others to be able to access information available to all?
Do you have someone who chews your food for you?
I present basic information my grandchildren can understand and instead of just picking apart the information to see if there are any errors, you chose to pick apart me?
What great secret did I disclose which only an insider could know which gave you the vast knowledge that I am anyone's accomplice?
I don't suffer fools easily. We live in a world of adults who want to be spoon fed and I want to rip the spoons out of the hands of the enablers and see people become able to do and find things on their own and for that, I have to be someone's accomplice?
Jack Breacher asked where to find something an idiot with a speck of desire could find. I tossed some bread crumbs in the correct direction hoping the pidgeon inside him could make it the rest of the way. And now you come along with barely a sliver of a kernel of corn and think you have found the entire Kelloggs empire.
Shame on you.
Bring evidence or let us keep wondering if you are a fool by keeping your mouth shut instead of opening it and removing all doubt. |
Jack Breacher
LionGate Enterprises
Care Factor
3
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Posted - 2013.12.01 18:40:00 -
[2307] - Quote
Carver Be'Goode Zanjoahir wrote:You are calling me a shill? Defined on my Google search as "an accomplice of a hawker, gambler, or swindler who acts as an enthusiastic customer to entice or encourage others." You are calling me an accomplice of a swindler? Do I seem enthusiastic? Am I enticing others to do anything but read and find information that is available to anyone?
What evidence besides me demonstrating that I can read difficult words such "this weeks's winners" do one click on a mouse and read the difficult words "tickets" and "mini" again click a few times, copy paste the poster's name into the find window then be able to simultaneously click and count?
Do you have any evidence of any wrong doing on my part?
Perhaps what I have done is impossible for you to do and therefore you think I must be acting in collusion with others to be able to access information available to all?
Do you have someone who chews your food for you?
I present basic information my grandchildren can understand and instead of just picking apart the information to see if there are any errors, you chose to pick apart me?
What great secret did I disclose which only an insider could know which gave you the vast knowledge that I am anyone's accomplice?
I don't suffer fools easily. We live in a world of adults who want to be spoon fed and I want to rip the spoons out of the hands of the enablers and see people become able to do and find things on their own and for that, I have to be someone's accomplice?
Jack Breacher asked where to find something an idiot with a speck of desire could find. I tossed some bread crumbs in the correct direction hoping the pidgeon inside him could make it the rest of the way. And now you come along with barely a sliver of a kernel of corn and think you have found the entire Kelloggs empire.
Shame on you.
Bring evidence or let us keep wondering if you are a fool by keeping your mouth shut instead of opening it and removing all doubt.
Ok... Now your acting like a complete ****
The reason why I couldnt find my tickets was that it took ages for it to load on my tablet. Secondly, I DIDNOT try to raise suspicion with the crow thing. I just found it odd that the guy won crows with the same ticket over and over.
If you like being a complete douche just stfu and read the posts. |
Carver Be'Goode Zanjoahir
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
6
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Posted - 2013.12.02 00:54:00 -
[2308] - Quote
Jack Breacher wrote:http://cogdev.net/blink/?act=profile&id=301162211
Doesn't this look odd
Winning every Crow with #1 ticket
Jack Breacher wrote:
One question...
I put so many tickets in 2 mini bonks and I cant find mine in the minibonk list. Where are they?
You really have to work on plausible deniability.
On the crow issue, I stand with the original response - no it does not look odd to anyone who knows how to read the link you provided.
You could have said something like, "Seems odd that someone only wins crows with ticket #1. How does he do that? Or you cold have just looked at the bar chart and found that over over 1000 #1 tickets win a blink every day and he happened to have had six which may have spanned several days, but you chose to give it the menacing conspiratorial spin of your orignial post.
On the, " One question...
I put so many tickets in 2 mini bonks and I cant find mine in the minibonk list. Where are they?" which has now turned into,"The reason why I couldnt find my tickets was that it took ages for it to load on my tablet."
Not having enough patience to use the equipment you have is very different from "you put it there, now you can't find it - You want to know where it is?"
Communication is a skill which can be learned. |
Jack Breacher
LionGate Enterprises
Care Factor
3
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Posted - 2013.12.02 01:29:00 -
[2309] - Quote
Carver Be'Goode Zanjoahir wrote:Jack Breacher wrote:http://cogdev.net/blink/?act=profile&id=301162211
Doesn't this look odd
Winning every Crow with #1 ticket
Jack Breacher wrote:
One question...
I put so many tickets in 2 mini bonks and I cant find mine in the minibonk list. Where are they?
You really have to work on plausible deniability. On the crow issue, I stand with the original response - no it does not look odd to anyone who knows how to read the link you provided. You could have said something like, "Seems odd that someone only wins crows with ticket #1. How does he do that? Or you cold have just looked at the bar chart and found that over over 1000 #1 tickets win a blink every day and he happened to have had six which may have spanned several days, but you chose to give it the menacing conspiratorial spin of your orignial post. On the, " One question... I put so many tickets in 2 mini bonks and I cant find mine in the minibonk list. Where are they?" which has now turned into,"The reason why I couldnt find my tickets was that it took ages for it to load on my tablet." Not having enough patience to use the equipment you have is very different from "you put it there, now you can't find it - You want to know where it Communication is a skill which can be learned.
Ok problem solved now correct other ppl on this whole thread. |
RUS Comannder
Tremor Recorded
Variable Enterprise Training Standards
28
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Posted - 2013.12.02 23:49:00 -
[2310] - Quote
Jack Breacher wrote:Carver Be'Goode Zanjoahir wrote:Jack Breacher wrote:http://cogdev.net/blink/?act=profile&id=301162211
Doesn't this look odd
Winning every Crow with #1 ticket
Jack Breacher wrote:
One question...
I put so many tickets in 2 mini bonks and I cant find mine in the minibonk list. Where are they?
You really have to work on plausible deniability. On the crow issue, I stand with the original response - no it does not look odd to anyone who knows how to read the link you provided. You could have said something like, "Seems odd that someone only wins crows with ticket #1. How does he do that? Or you cold have just looked at the bar chart and found that over over 1000 #1 tickets win a blink every day and he happened to have had six which may have spanned several days, but you chose to give it the menacing conspiratorial spin of your orignial post. On the, " One question... I put so many tickets in 2 mini bonks and I cant find mine in the minibonk list. Where are they?" which has now turned into,"The reason why I couldnt find my tickets was that it took ages for it to load on my tablet." Not having enough patience to use the equipment you have is very differis ent from "you put it there, now you can't find it - You want to know where it Communication is a skill which can be learned. Ok problem solved now correct other ppl on this whole thread.
I remember reading the minibonk list question and thinking he is looking in the minibonk list but can't find his tickets. The implication I got from his post was he bought tickets and they are not on the list of tickets. So yeah, I thought he was reporting a sinister event had occurred, that the minibonk winner was chosen and his tickets were not in the hat to be drawn.
So I made a mental note to wait for the typical polite Blink response about the tickets being in the bonk or in a different minibonk than he thought they were in or some other error the poster had made. And then the usual response form the OP thanking Blink and apologizing for having made the error.
Good call, Be'Goode!
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Ona Bender
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
10
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Posted - 2013.12.03 03:15:00 -
[2311] - Quote
For those of you who question fairness (or question people who have questions about fairness), here's a fun experiment:
- For one month, 3 times a day, stop in at the promo blinks page (http://cogdev.net/blink/?act=show_promos)
- Highlight / Select the 50 promo results displayed (or only those that are new since your last visit)
- Copy (ctrl + c)
- Paste (ctrl + v) into notepad first (plain text editor) <-- this part is important
- Now copy that, and paste into a spreadsheet where you're keeping your results.
- Optionally take screenshots to paste together images later
- At the end of the month, sort by user, then by date (at the same time)
It did not take a whole month for me. I found what I was looking for in about 3 weeks. Not "proof" of anything, mind you, but enough to trip my own personal "common sense" alarms.
Want to make sure I'm being clear here - this fun experiment is meant to provide individuals with results on which they can make their own decisions - everyone's "common sense" alarm has a different threshold. |
Nanatoa
473
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Posted - 2013.12.04 23:13:00 -
[2312] - Quote
Hi everyone, I'm still here. I've been busy for a while, but the good news is CCP has made a final response to my petition regarding my 16B which is in SOMER BLINK's coffers since the Gold Magnate fiasco.
CCP disagrees with SOMER that this is something I should take up with them. A lead GM has confirmed that this contest was run by SOMER BLINK and that CCP was only involved as a sponsor. The lead GM would not take a stance regarding my claim that SOMER should provide a refund after the prizes were changed. That not offering a refund makes this a bait-and-switch scam is irrelevant for the lead GM, as no one from CCP had said that SOMER BLINK wouldn't scam, only that they haven't scammed in the past.
(To comply with forum rules all of this is paraphrased while keeping as close to the original intended meaning of the petition response.)
Since SOMER BLINK persists in refusing to do the trustworthy and reliable thing, I have sold everything I "won", doubled it and donated the 20 billion to PLEX4GOOD via Amarr Citizen 155's 1 trillion ISK donation matching. (Proof here, for all the people who demand more proof from me while SOMER keeps silent.).
Lessons learned:
1) SOMER BLINK will scam when it suits them.
2) CCP will not intervene in scams, even when someone uses CCP's sponsorship to bait people.
"Stay the course, we have done this many times before."
- (CCP) Hilmar, June 2011
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Elizabeth Norn
Nornir Research
111
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Posted - 2013.12.05 10:48:00 -
[2313] - Quote
Nanatoa wrote:Hi everyone, I'm still here. I've been busy for a while, but the good news is CCP has made a final response to my petition regarding my 16B which is in SOMER BLINK's coffers since the Gold Magnate fiasco. CCP disagrees with SOMER that this is something I should take up with them. A lead GM has confirmed that this contest was run by SOMER BLINK and that CCP was only involved as a sponsor. The lead GM would not take a stance regarding my claim that SOMER should provide a refund after the prizes were changed. That not offering a refund makes this a bait-and-switch scam is irrelevant for the lead GM, as no one from CCP had said that SOMER BLINK wouldn't scam, only that they haven't scammed in the past. ( To comply with forum rules all of this is paraphrased while keeping as close to the original intended meaning of the petition response.) Since SOMER BLINK persists in refusing to do the trustworthy and reliable thing, I have sold everything I "won", doubled it and donated the 20 billion to PLEX4GOOD via Amarr Citizen 155's 1 trillion ISK donation matching. (Proof here, for all the people who demand more proof from me while SOMER keeps silent.). Lessons learned: 1) SOMER BLINK will scam when it suits them. 2) CCP will not intervene in scams, even when someone uses CCP's sponsorship to bait people.
Do you really expect a refund after you already gambled all your ISK away?
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Swifo
BooZe N 5luts
1
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Posted - 2013.12.05 14:04:00 -
[2314] - Quote
noticed that the isk won total has slowed drastically since ccp stopped the free blink credit. Wonder whether blink will try to do a work around as its clearly effecting business. |
Nanatoa
473
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Posted - 2013.12.05 20:23:00 -
[2315] - Quote
Elizabeth Norn wrote:Do you really expect a refund after you already gambled all your ISK away?
I expected a refund before I realised SOMER was running a bait-and-switch scam.
Read my previous posts if you want to know why and how this came about, I'm not going to retype it every time someone feels the need to make a one-sentence comment that has been made (and answered) several times already.
"Stay the course, we have done this many times before."
- (CCP) Hilmar, June 2011
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Maxxor Brutor
Imperial Collective
10
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Posted - 2013.12.07 19:00:00 -
[2316] - Quote
Nicely done donating all those plex! |
Mittagong
Perkone
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2013.12.08 04:40:00 -
[2317] - Quote
Swifo wrote:noticed that the isk won total has slowed drastically since ccp stopped the free blink credit. Wonder whether blink will try to do a work around as its clearly effecting business.
Yeah, it's literally slowed down to what seems like 10x less isk going in. Used to have celebrations practically before the old one was over, now we're barely over halfway to the next one and tis been weeks. =( |
L'amour Sauvage
Underworld Group
8
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Posted - 2013.12.08 17:17:00 -
[2318] - Quote
Go Aerokella go! Almost at 1 tril!
Since Blink is moving lil slow for the moment, players should take opportunity to complete-
Staring Contest- win a blink that took 24hrs to complete
(This really might be impossible now, but ppl might give it a shot)
Sixteens a Crowd- pretty sure this is complete a mega/ultra w/ fifteen other ppl.
(I've not gotten this one and would prob take a cabal team effort to achieve but nows best time to try) |
Dizirgee
UnaLaLuna Inc.
5
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Posted - 2013.12.10 22:13:00 -
[2319] - Quote
Nanatoa wrote:CCP disagrees with SOMER that this is something I should take up with them. A lead GM has confirmed that this contest was run by SOMER BLINK and that CCP was only involved as a sponsor.
Well I didn't read your story (as there is like million pages) but I don't know, reading above is like wtf? I assume that CCP promised some price to SOMER , than changed their mind, removed price and now SOMER is guilty?
Sounds like CCP's fault.
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Zajic Zajicova
Terpene Conglomerate
0
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Posted - 2013.12.12 18:36:00 -
[2320] - Quote
hi
Why can not I register? |
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Lapanillla
Lapanillla Corp
0
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Posted - 2013.12.13 09:29:00 -
[2321] - Quote
coz blink have access to the API and your attempts are futile, u know... |
Nanatoa
482
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Posted - 2013.12.14 12:16:00 -
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Dizirgee wrote:Well I didn't read your story (as there is like million pages) but I don't know, reading above is like wtf? I assume that CCP promised some price to SOMER , than changed their mind, removed price and now SOMER is guilty?
Sounds like CCP's fault.
I don't care who's fault it is. This was SOMER's competition, SOMER has my 16 Billion, SOMER is responsible. That SOMER got screwed by CCP does not mean SOMER has to screw me. They could've easily offered a refund, but refused.
"Stay the course, we have done this many times before."
- (CCP) Hilmar, June 2011
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Clavin
Coiled Spring Inc
8
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Posted - 2013.12.14 18:15:00 -
[2323] - Quote
Nanatoa wrote:Dizirgee wrote:Well I didn't read your story (as there is like million pages) but I don't know, reading above is like wtf? I assume that CCP promised some price to SOMER , than changed their mind, removed price and now SOMER is guilty?
Sounds like CCP's fault. I don't care who's fault it is. This was SOMER's competition, SOMER has my 16 Billion, SOMER is responsible. That SOMER got screwed by CCP does not mean SOMER has to screw me. They could've easily offered a refund, but refused.
Maybe don't gamble what you can't afford to lose? You're just coming off as horribly bitter from what I see. If they refund your isk then they have to refund everyone's don't they?
Not trying to offend you, just saying it as I see it. |
Nanatoa
482
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Posted - 2013.12.14 19:48:00 -
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Clavin wrote:You're just coming off as horribly bitter from what I see.
Don't confuse my brevity for bitterness. I'm just giving the short condensed story since enough long posts have been written about this, addressing every point that's being raised now (including your point. Short answer: no they don't.) If you want the long story, read up on previous posts.
"Stay the course, we have done this many times before."
- (CCP) Hilmar, June 2011
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JusFooling Around
JusFooling Around Corp
118
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Posted - 2013.12.14 23:52:00 -
[2325] - Quote
Your vocabulary and sentence structure indicate an age much higher than your ability to reason.
This war with Blink, well it is not even a war, or a battle, hardly a skirmish, actually more like a gnat landing on an opposing soldier's forearm, is over and done with, completed. You did not prevail. You hardly got any love from the hordes of the tinfoil hat crowd. As the guy said, you are coming off badly. Or as has been said before, you are looking like a kid in a grocery cart screaming for something from the rack at the checkout. But unfortunately, you have no adult with you who will checkout and remove you from the situation only a two year old could not see as an embarrassment.
I feel sorry for you. Not because you foolishly, as you have admitted, rushed in to a casino and started gambling without understanding how the whole process worked. Not because you think you lost 16bn after you admitted turning what you won at gambling on Blink into 20 Bn - and thank you for your donation to Plex for Good - not just for what you donated, but for what you contributed with your losses to Blink added to the huge amount Blink donated to the same charitable event.
I feel sorry for you not being able to first exercise a reasonable thought process and second for wasting so much time and emotion in such an unwinnable cause. You have pursued this way beyond making a point, not a very sharp point, but more like a pencil with the lead worn down so much that only wood can contact the paper - still being a point, but a moot point - and into the realm of questioning your motivation, your grasp of reality, your need for attention. You have entered the realm where I hope you seek help in understanding your vendetta with no possible outcome you will find reasonable. Sanity is said to be measured by how many times someone will do the same behavior and expect a different outcome. I am sure you are a sane person, please do not think I am questioning your sanity. The distance from very sane to completely insane is a very wide continuum which contains other continuums such as reasonableness. How many more times will you smash your thumb with a hammer and think the next time won't be like the last time? I ask you that rhetorically, as I hope you do not respond. I just posted hoping I could get you beyond this agonizing process you have dedicated a portion of your of your life to pursue when you have no hope of moving the boulder before you. this is not Tiananmen Square or the Arab Spring. Instead of galvanizing an army of support as the deaths of the stalwarts of the Alamo did which lead to the defeat of Santa Anna just months later and ended the revolution. You have become the person standing on the corner speaking loudly to people who hope the bus arrives sooner to day than ever before. Your screams are making Blinks point.
Of course, CCP gave you the very carefully worded response they gave you - to have said anything else would have been an admission on their part of being the responsible party. They backed away from CCP Navigator initiating the proposition to Blink while maintaining that no one had responsibility. I could have written that response for them without any guidance from them. I may have written that response in an earlier post on this forum when trying to show you how this would unfold and you cold have saved all the energy and emotion you was pissed upstream on this non-issue to anyone but you. And you can say you are not emotional about this, but if this were not an emotional vacuum cleaner sucking on you, it would have been over long ago. Your emotional dedication to this hopeless is what keeps driving you back.
I give you the power of Robert Burns Poem from 1786 here in its standard English translation:
And would some Power the small gift give us
To see ourselves as others see us!
It would from many a blunder free us,
And foolish notion:
What airs in dress and gait would leave us,
And even devotion!
The most meaningful part to me has always been the second line.
When my son was growing up, he insisted one morning that he wanted to wear his superman pajamas to his 4year old class of preschoolers. His mother said no, but I suggested it would be a good chance for him to learn the consequences of his own actions. He came home very mad that we had let him go to school that way. I pointed out that it was his choice, and the response he got from his friends was the consequence of his choice. He took a long time to realize and admit the consequences were his. Many times as he grew older and he t old m something he wanted to do and I reminded him about what a great about idea the PJ seemed to be at the time and maybe this decision would turn out the same way after he grew up a little more. Those PJs saved him from a lot bad decisions he felt at a moment in time were a necessity to make or his life would be ruined. When he woke up the next day or maybe a year later, he realized the tattoo of the eagle on his forehead might not have turned out the way he thought. |
Nanatoa
482
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Posted - 2013.12.15 12:46:00 -
[2326] - Quote
JusFooling Around wrote:Your vocabulary and sentence structure indicate an age much higher than your ability to reason.
Thank you.
JusFooling Around wrote:Not because you think you lost 16bn after you admitted turning what you won at gambling on Blink into 20 Bn
Yeah I turned the 10B I "won" into 20B by doubling it with my own money.
JusFooling Around wrote:How many more times will you smash your thumb with a hammer and think the next time won't be like the last time?
I won't, and I hope others won't either. That's why everyone should know that I was scammed by SOMER Blink.
JusFooling Around wrote: I could have written that response for them without any guidance from them.
You should apply for a job at CCP. It took their GM team more than a month to decide what to say, before a lead GM wrote a response.
JusFooling Around wrote: I pointed out that it was his choice, and the response he got from his friends was the consequence of his choice.
I'll take consequences. The consequence for me is that I lost a lot of money. The consequence for BLINK is that they're now known as scammers, and no Dev will ever be able to endorse them again with the words "solid reputation of trust and reliability".
"Stay the course, we have done this many times before."
- (CCP) Hilmar, June 2011
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JusFooling Around
JusFooling Around Corp
118
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Posted - 2013.12.16 05:49:00 -
[2327] - Quote
Sorry to break this to you, but all your efforts are quite unlikely to cause Blink not to be recognized as an honest game within a game which operates fairly within the constraints of the game mechanics and whims of the CCP decision makers and enjoys a reputation as high as any casino in any community.
Casinos always have detractors. Some are morally or otherwise just opposed to any kind of gambling, yet they are still likely to drive or ride in a car when the odds of a drunk driver being in the oncoming lane are pretty high.
Some have had experiences where they feel the casino took advantage of them in some way. Many will say that real life casinos are regulated by government agencies and Blink is not. Blink is regulated by the customers who know that casinos have games to play and are not to be considered as sources of regular income. People pay to play and sometimes get a nice win.
We see other casinos come and go or come and not thrive, but manage to pollute the local chats of every system with spamming players who would be playing if they felt it was not a stacked deck instead of spamming to the get the referral fees for attracting new players. There are a couple of other gambling sites which fit a niche on Eve and seem to be considered to be operated fairly by their player populations. Blink will not let their players have a referral code until they have played for over 30 days so they know what they are referring people to, and the referral fee is very small. Blink will also not tolerate a player advertising their referral code in chats or forums.
You cannot go on Blink and find a list of the community activities to which it contributes. The only way it is discovered is when the recipient of some sponsorship posts something in chat or on the forums and it is obvious by the posts and who makes thes posts that it is not a Blink alt. I know many probably think I am a Blink alt, but if I were I would not be posting as I'm sure they would rather I did not keep responding to posts such as yours as they tend to die out faster without being answered.
I wish you success in your endeavors in New Eden and IRL. |
Carver Be'Goode Zanjoahir
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
11
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Posted - 2013.12.16 23:54:00 -
[2328] - Quote
Three out of the five things you listed show you have figured out when you should be betting and when you should not. I don't understand the third and the fourth thing sounds like you think blink employees have a button to press to keep you from winning.
I suggest you quit whether you get a reply or not. Good luck with Evealoudufous. |
Le Chourineur
Babylon Knights
The Unthinkables
0
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Posted - 2013.12.17 01:23:00 -
[2329] - Quote
Carver Be'Goode Zanjoahir wrote:Three out of the five things you listed show you have figured out when you should be betting and when you should not .
This is funny.. so you are telling me that random is not the rule.
Carver Be'Goode Zanjoahir wrote: I don't understand the third and the fourth thing sounds like you think blink employees have a button to press to keep you from winning.
I never said that, did I? maybe just technical. Just trying to figure out why, I don't want to make a judgement here on people.
Carver Be'Goode Zanjoahir wrote:I suggest you quit whether you get a reply or not.
I think I have the same conclusion but thank you for your lights. |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
203
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Posted - 2013.12.17 03:42:00 -
[2330] - Quote
I sent you a mail :)
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
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Carver Be'Goode Zanjoahir
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
11
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Posted - 2013.12.17 06:41:00 -
[2331] - Quote
Random is definitely the only the rule, but I'm just going on what you stated about your observations of when you win and when you lose. |
Lyvv
Hamburger Jungs
Fidelas Constans
0
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Posted - 2013.12.18 01:03:00 -
[2332] - Quote
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Lyvv
Hamburger Jungs
Fidelas Constans
0
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Posted - 2013.12.18 02:10:00 -
[2333] - Quote
JusFooling Around wrote:Sorry to break this to you, but all your efforts are quite unlikely to cause Blink not to be recognized as an honest game within a game which operates fairly within the constraints of the game mechanics and whims of the CCP decision makers and enjoys a reputation as high as any casino in any community.
You are missing the point. SOMER Blink is illegal in both, Europe and the United States of America.
Undoublty in my mind, their base-customers.
CCP is an enabler in this whole deal as they also make profit from every single PLEX people buy in order to play and so is Markee Dragon. Only difference is, Markee aka Marcus E. [last name removed for privacy] isnt hiding who he is and where he lives / operates.
Though for him - this **** below does apply and he should re-consider ever doing business with SOMER again.
Why is SOMER Blink illegal?
First, lets come to terms with a few definitions.
Online Currency
Eve Online and respectively SOMER Blink leverages ISK as the online / virtual currency as form of payment.
ISK has a real-world value and can directly be translated to a US Dollar Amount, Euro amount or any other hard-currency.
You can, under other forms of payment, pay with ISK in form of a PLEX for your account or the installment of a 30 day play-time.
ISK has such a value and can so closely be translated to a dollar amount that secondary and black markets exist.
One check on ebay or google for eve online items, eve online ISK, eve online PLEX or eve online accounts and you have a plethora of websites to chose from where you can obtain items, ISK, PLEX and characters for real-world money.
Why? Because ISK and items have a value for anyone playing. Eve Online.com sells 1 PLEX (600-620 Mio ISK) for 19.95 USD to start with. There should be no doubt that ISK directly translates to a specific dollar-amount value and as such, while still virtual, is a currency you can pay for with real money or spent significant amount of time in to obtain larger amounts.
It is also so big that CCP does actively invest time, money and efforts in enforcing their stance against RMT, why? Because it ultimately hurts their own business, as they no longer sell ISK or dominate / dictate the price for PLEX but the many bots and farmers out there involved in RMT. So anyone questioning the real value of ISK should take the above under consideration!
If RMT was "legal" (lol) you can bet your ass that the PLEX wouldnt be 19.95 but moreless something like 5 dollars and CCP wouldnt make this kind of cash anymore. The overall playing experience would go down too because every system would have bots farming around, so I am glad, CCP is kicking RMT. BUT...
Gambling
There shouldnt be doubt in any ones mind that SOMER Blink is operating a gambling site.
You require ISK to play, ISK has a hard-currency value.
Legality of an online gambling site
If SOMER was in the US - they would violate state and federal law. Its very clear. You cant even create a sweepstake for a freaking doughnut.
In the states, to even operate a BINGO site you require state and federal license. End of Story.
The same applies to Europe.
Maybe that is one reason the person behind SOMERs website is hidden and not publically available?
Maybe that is one reason the server / site is registered in Panama? Your guess is as good as mine.
I do think though that SOMER beneficiaries (the ones gaining ISK or reseller dollar values) are US based and for that, they have a real risk and reason to hide.
What's more, so called "enablers" are also thredding in blackwater, because they themselves are violating those same rules and regulations governing gambling. CCP knows about SOMER, they endorse them, they promote them. They in turm promote illegal gambling. Why "illegal" you ask? Well, I for one live in the EU. SOMER definitely does not hold a license in the EU nor the US or any other country for that matter, and CCP advertised and promoted SOMER on CCP pages. CCP operates out of the European Union and as such, EU laws apply. For US customers, if they also saw the promotion messages, they violated US laws. It gets stupid, ues, but such is the nature of jurisdiction. Eve online itself is open to legal persons after the age of 13. Well guess what, gambling is not, in any not-3rd-world-country legal for people under at least 16.
In the EU, a site operator is NOT allowed to even allow access from IP addresses originating from countries that the operator does not have a gambling license in. Guess what, SOMER not having a license, should not be accessible from EU IP addresses, even if their server sits in Panama or is registered in Panama.
Just because SOMER uses an in-game virtual currency doesnt mean it is legal to operate a site offering gambling with that currency either. Why? Because it is established that virtual-currency, that has a real-currency value behind it, makes it illegal without a license.
Other Online Casinos (Poker, Bingo etc) operate the same way. You pay real-world currency for online chips or virtual currency with which you then gamble. No big difference here.
It all boils down to jurisdictions as well as there being a formal complaint.
An estimated 136,000 USD made off of the reselling of PLEX through Markee Dragon, or something along those lines.
Really? All taxes paid? Does SOMER really expect people to believe that they claimed this income as coming from a gambling site? LOLz
If all states of the United States and most countries in the EU govern ****BINGO (a 5 cent game) you can be rest assured that something like SOMER Blink, which is neither licensed nor controlled, is violating many rules, laws and regulations of many countries. |
NocturnalDeath
0ne Percent.
Wild Nights.
2
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Posted - 2013.12.23 04:45:00 -
[2334] - Quote
Lyvv wrote:GamblingThere shouldnt be doubt in any ones mind that SOMER Blink is operating a gambling site. You require ISK to play, ISK has a hard-currency value. Legality of an online gambling siteIf SOMER was in the US - they would violate state and federal law. Its very clear. You cant even create a sweepstake for a freaking doughnut. I
It doesn't matter if they are in the US or not. The US DOJ enforces their laws anytime a US citizen is involved. (I don't agree with this tactic) Neteller, Full Tilt, Party Poker, Pokerstars, Second Life, and other MMORPGs with gambling have faced indictment whenever US citizens were involved. A favorite DOJ trick is to keep the indictment sealed until owners or executives of the company are on US soil and them grab them up and hold them ransom until a sufficient bribe (usually in the hundreds of millions of dollars) can be made. If the owners or executives aren't going to be travelling to the US then they just seize the money in the foreign bank accounts involved. If the DOJ doesn't think they can induce a sufficient bribe then they turn to shutting down internet domains. Some companies have combatted the DOJ by keeping funds liquid and in many different accounts and swapping domains quickly whenever the DOJ shuts one down.
As long as SOMER Blink owners never plan on coming to the US and don't care about changing domains then I am sure they will be fine where the DOJ is concerned. Not like the DOJ is going to send a team of special ops guys to grab them up.
BTW. I love playing Blink. |
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CCP Eterne
C C P
C C P Alliance
2992
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Posted - 2013.12.23 21:13:00 -
[2335] - Quote
Removed an off-topic post discussing real life laws.
EVE Online/DUST 514 Community Representative GÇ+ EVE Illuminati GÇ+ Fiction Adept
@CCP_Eterne GÇ+ @EVE_LiveEvents |
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kombat9
Duty.
The Cursed Few
0
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Posted - 2013.12.25 15:39:00 -
[2336] - Quote
Im having an issue as im already registred however my account has been disabled
Could someone activate it so i could win some lotteries again ? please and thx |
JusFooling Around
JusFooling Around Corp
118
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Posted - 2013.12.26 02:17:00 -
[2337] - Quote
Your best chance for a quick response will be either eve-mailing Somerset Mahm or finding her or a rep in the Somer Lotteries chat channel. I don't think anyone from Blink comes here often, maybe they do, but they don't post here often.
Usually when people start out describing a problem as you have it turns out the person has more than one blink account when only one blink account is allowed per person regardless of how many Eve accounts the player may have.
If you have sold a character thru which you played Blink, then started a new account with a new character or added a character to your current account, that could be the problem. To sort that out, you need the forum links from where the character who was your blink character was sold and send the links from the new character thru which you want to play blink.
If you do have more than one account with more than one character or even the same character, the account is usually consolidated into the oldest account.
If you have two or more people in your household or on the same IP, then all of you need to be online at the same time to sort it out.
If you have more than one account operating on the same IP and the same computer at the same time, you will need to be ready to either say, "Sorry, I screwed up because I did not read the rules and see where it said I can't have a lot of Blink accounts and collect the easy achievements from all of them and entering each promo with several tickets instead of just one like everyone following the rules. How can we sort this out so I can continue to play?" and hope they are feeling benevolent -OR - you will need to be ready to explain how you and your 8 or perhaps 30 cousins, siblings, roommates, girlfriends and the weird kid from next door are all playing on the same IP, same computer and all at the same time.
I hope there is an innocent explanation and look forward to Blinking with you in the future.
Regards, |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
216
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Posted - 2013.12.27 08:19:00 -
[2338] - Quote
kombat9 wrote:Im having an issue as im already registred however my account has been disabled Could someone activate it so i could win some lotteries again ? please and thx
I mailed you :)
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
BoSau Hotim
Uitraan Diversified Holdings Incorporated
7320
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Posted - 2013.12.29 07:15:00 -
[2339] - Quote
ugh - anyone else having trouble finding the 3 Christmas gifts? I found one hidden behind someone's avatar - i could barely see it...
I'm not a carebear... I'm a SPACE BARBIE!-á Now... where's Ken? |
Xain deSleena
Black Aces
Against ALL Authorities
23
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Posted - 2013.12.29 08:06:00 -
[2340] - Quote
Try, this weeks winners list bottom left. Click on your Avatar picture and then look in Earned Achievements. |
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Kuro Rintala
Federal Defense Union
Gallente Federation
2
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Posted - 2013.12.29 13:39:00 -
[2341] - Quote
I have absolutely no clue about what I'm looking for. Scoured all pages for 15 minutes and found nada. Are they hidden behind links or visible as present icons? Or something else? |
Xain deSleena
Black Aces
Against ALL Authorities
23
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Posted - 2013.12.29 22:33:00 -
[2342] - Quote
They look like little present boxes with ribbons. Some red some blue. |
Xanture Edion
Merch Industrial
Goonswarm Federation
29
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Posted - 2013.12.30 07:51:00 -
[2343] - Quote
Yeah, i've been to every page several times and even checked each individual item you can blink and still can't find the 3rd present. I found the one where you change the password and the one in the center of "Numbers Blinked" Can anyone help me out where you might find the last? |
neil swats
AFK Again
1
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Posted - 2013.12.30 10:11:00 -
[2344] - Quote
http://cogdev.net/blink/?act=celebration
Bonus Blinks
Feeling lucky? Every Blink during our Vegas Party has a chance to turn into a Bonus Blink, paying out double prizes at the end to the winner!
When a Blink concludes, look for the Bonus! tag on the prize.
Blinks also have a chance to freeroll, where someone still wins but EVERYONE gets their money back!
i think the vegas party has ended? |
Jakob Anedalle
Faux.Pas
70
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Posted - 2013.12.30 13:25:00 -
[2345] - Quote
Xanture Edion wrote:Yeah, i've been to every page several times and even checked each individual item you can blink and still can't find the 3rd present. I found the one where you change the password and the one in the center of "Numbers Blinked" Can anyone help me out where you might find the last?
One of mine was on the "you've won a Blink" page (where you select delivery or ISK options), so you might actually have to play to win. :)
Trying out all the things to do here in Eve - it's quite a checklist.
So I made a blog Jakob's Eve Checklist |
Aaran Barbarossa
Perkone
Caldari State
2
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Posted - 2013.12.30 19:26:00 -
[2346] - Quote
I've scoured all pages, too. Found two gifts, but the third remains elusive. |
Xanture Edion
Merch Industrial
Goonswarm Federation
29
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Posted - 2013.12.30 22:47:00 -
[2347] - Quote
Jakob Anedalle wrote:Xanture Edion wrote:Yeah, i've been to every page several times and even checked each individual item you can blink and still can't find the 3rd present. I found the one where you change the password and the one in the center of "Numbers Blinked" Can anyone help me out where you might find the last? One of mine was on the "you've won a Blink" page (where you select delivery or ISK options), so you might actually have to play to win. :)
Damn no luck there either, i'll keep looking. Is it possible it could have been on a page that was removed? |
Gorilla Moose
Exotic Escorts
United Abominations
1
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Posted - 2013.12.31 02:00:00 -
[2348] - Quote
where mine were.. hope fully this helps someone..(and dont get me in trouble in the process)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/u4qc1mr0clzm5u4/green.PNG
https://www.dropbox.com/s/dfiiz2revbe32tq/Red.PNG
https://www.dropbox.com/s/55d3uzshayq5qhx/yellow.PNG
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111kartel111
O.M.F.G LLC
3
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Posted - 2014.01.06 00:48:00 -
[2349] - Quote
I love your site and I've done pretty good on it i still have some ships in jita to. pick up. :-) |
John Tearakis
The Addams Family Crypt
0
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Posted - 2014.01.06 11:20:00 -
[2350] - Quote
It would be nice if you could cut 112 pages of this :D
So i decided to play.
Ignored all the whiners about a lottery making money for the owners which is standard.
Invested 200.000.000 yesterday.
Which was all the ISK i had. Had barely enough leftovers to buy new ammo.
Now im freaking rich.
1. No Scam - Items get delivered promptly and without any hassle. Even to first time winners.
2. Somer gets ISK from this, by putting more in the pool than the Item(s) is worth. So what?
3. Since its a lottery try this - only invest a bit more than you loose.
4. Dont use your win - money to buy officer fitted gank magnets :D
<3 you Somer, you guys rock, keep it up!
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Jack Breacher
LionGate Enterprises
Care Factor
3
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Posted - 2014.01.06 13:32:00 -
[2351] - Quote
Note to self
Dont play Bonks and Minibonks
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Random Tremor
Tremor Recorded
Variable Enterprise Training Standards
8
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Posted - 2014.01.07 01:20:00 -
[2352] - Quote
note to self;
Don't play bonks and minibonks without realizing that some players will pour billions into the bonk especially if the prize is sweet and always understand that even that is no guarantee as one player with 75 tickets at 500k eack, just became one of the eleven players who won 50 billion isk, not Blink ISK credit. ISK
that damn random thing never gives any guarantees other than someone who buys tickets will always win - and a portion of those who don't become butthurt |
Jack Breacher
LionGate Enterprises
Care Factor
3
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Posted - 2014.01.07 02:06:00 -
[2353] - Quote
Random Tremor wrote:note to self;
Don't play bonks and minibonks without realizing that some players will pour billions into the bonk especially if the prize is sweet and always understand that even that is no guarantee as one player with 75 tickets at 500k eack, just became one of the eleven players who won 50 billion isk, not Blink ISK credit. ISK
that damn random thing never gives any guarantees other than someone who buys tickets will always win - and a portion of those who don't become butthurt
And the worst part is most of the winners are the same in every celebration. |
Random Tremor
Tremor Recorded
Variable Enterprise Training Standards
9
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Posted - 2014.01.07 09:43:00 -
[2354] - Quote
The real sad part is most of the winners in the PGA, NASCAR, NFL. NBA, College FOOTBALL, or any game where chance is involved, the ones who play the hardest, understand how the mechanics of the game work and don't spend a lot of time posting things which are just not true. Yeah, we see repeats but more winners are new than there are repeats. Count 'em.
I saw several posts of the usual losers lament "the rich get richer" after the drawings and wondered if any one repeating it asked themselves how the rich got rich in the first place. All of them I have talked to all mention working hard, and that has been the answer in my life - real or in pixels.
Some will say all the rich ppl just bought GTCs, converted them and blinked the ISK. That is undoubtedly true for some who have the disposable RL$ and don't want to grind out ISK. You can see who they are as they usually make a quick rise in the Blink Stats and then they disappear when they may run out of money, are not amused by the game any longer, or more likely - standby, here it comes -- they realize it takes more than a bunch of ISK to be successful. Not everyone will be successful regardless of how much they bring into the game and it is not the responsibility of those who have worked hard to achieve to sacrifice to make those who don't understand how to achieve feel better about themselves.
You can give a corpie some ISK, then find out he owes everyone else in the corp, because he just cannot manage what he is doing. The successful blink players can give half of what they win to players who never seem to win and pretty soon it feels like you have adopted them or you have become an ATM for them. That is why I stopped giving to anyone who asked and now never gift anyone who has the gall to ask. I gift people who have demonstrated they are not afraid of work and could solve their low isk issue given time. I work too hard for it to just give it someone who is just going to p__s it away. I can keep it and do that myself.
Have you ever seen a whiner become a winner? I have adult grandchildren and will be a great-grandpa soon and I've never seen it in my lifetime. Whiners are the first ones who will accidentally fall out of my lifeboat, along with everything else which will jeopardize a safe rescue. Sorry, but you will probably agree that it would just suck to be some people who plod from low achievement to low achievement and blame it all on others. We all came into this game with sh_tity ship and 5k. I came into this world born in my families sharecropper's cabin and have never asked anyone for anything, or blamed anyone else when I failed to achieve, which happened a lot as I learned how to achieve and I never would have succeeded being a whiner.
I know every whiner reading this will have a reason why they are whining, but I've heard/read them all. And in this context, it will be the game is rigged and it is - it is rigged to be as fair as possible and like Eve, the opportunity to succeed is much larger than in the real world. I cannot understand how anyone who started with a raw noob toon and has played for 6 months averaging 10 - 12 hours each week does not have a billion in their wallet gained by nothing but working smart. Maybe their goal is to be a target flying a ship in which they are only treained to sit and fit with weapons intended for a smaller class of ships, and that is fine with me until they start whining about it. I just don't have any patience with whiners and have found they usually end up in groups because no one else wants to hear/read it either. I gave up PVP years ago just because of whiners who engaged me with poor fits and insufficient training to be in the ship they were flying and blamed me for their failures. I am so glad we have API now, because in those days most KMs were fiction.
If anyone reading this happens to be a whiner, please give heavy consideration to blocking me. I don't want you to ever see anything I have for sale because if you bought it, then you would probably blame me for losing it. |
Zyzz Shavershian
The Riot Formation
Fatal Ascension
6
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Posted - 2014.01.07 13:42:00 -
[2355] - Quote
Thanks again Blink for the 1b credit from winning the minibonk! Was a good way to spend my leftover tokens and now I cashed out another Orca and getting a Damnation delivered! Great celebration yet again can't wait to win more |
Lorikeem Thaddeus
EVE University
Ivy League
0
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Posted - 2014.01.15 08:33:00 -
[2356] - Quote
sup
just chillin and playin Blink
no regrets
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Cato Black
Meltdown.
57
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Posted - 2014.01.26 02:44:00 -
[2357] - Quote
Random Tremor wrote:True words.
I have to agree, and even the one time I got pissed about the promo whores who were winning the big ticket items I got over it and continued playing. I face a lot of adversity financially irl, my ex wife has some very deep hooks into me, and I wake up every day determined to enjoy life to the fullest and I apply that same logic to my gaming experience. I choose to deposit isk into blink because I enjoy playing, sometimes I win, sometimes I lose, but it is always my choice. This week I gambled more than usual on the bonk(it really wasn't much to be honest) and I got home, checked the winner list, and saw I wasn't on it and moved on. My hangers are full and my PLEX is applied for the month, I win EVE for another 30 days and got to gamble a few billion isk in the process. People need to realize that gambling means you can and will lose, and when you do lose you need to actually work for your money(ISK in this case) to continue on.
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Blackfeathers
Brave Newbies Inc.
Brave Collective
0
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Posted - 2014.01.26 23:19:00 -
[2358] - Quote
I invest money from clone tags - it's like playing double or nothing :D |
Stephen Olympus Bishop
The Scope
Gallente Federation
6
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Posted - 2014.02.01 22:16:00 -
[2359] - Quote
Jack Breacher wrote:Note to self
Dont play Bonks and Minibonks
To that end i have a question . Let me pre state im not one of the "woe is me , i lost my isk on Blink" whiners, Currently up about 38B with a win % of around 20 % but i Do call into question the accountability of blink in that on the Bonks its almost a automatic production every week that there will be a winner list with at least 5 of the same pool of 20 or so players EVERY week . Was recently (few years ago) a poker site online that was busted by a insider documenting the cxompanys generation of players that were AI house players that would win a prebased % of pots and increase the companys profit. I propose that that may be a very feasible happening currently on BLINK.
So supposedly theres a entity that verifys the random number generation for the sites play (who documents the documentation ? sorry couldnt help myself) but who documents the player generation etc ?? Ergo how and by whom is blink policed ??
Gotta go.....just won a APOC (does happy jig.........poorly)
Stand for something.....or fall for anything. |
JusFooling Around
JusFooling Around Corp
145
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Posted - 2014.02.02 22:55:00 -
[2360] - Quote
Stephen Olympus Bishop wrote:Jack Breacher wrote:Note to self
Dont play Bonks and Minibonks
To that end i have a question . Let me pre state im not one of the "woe is me , i lost my isk on Blink" whiners, Currently up about 38B with a win % of around 20 % but i Do call into question the accountability of blink in that on the Bonks its almost a automatic production every week that there will be a winner list with at least 5 of the same pool of 20 or so players EVERY week . Was recently (few years ago) a poker site online that was busted by a insider documenting the cxompanys generation of players that were AI house players that would win a prebased % of pots and increase the companys profit. I propose that that may be a very feasible happening currently on BLINK. So supposedly theres a entity that verifys the random number generation for the sites play (who documents the documentation ? sorry couldnt help myself) but who documents the player generation etc ?? Ergo how and by whom is blink policed ?? Gotta go.....just won a APOC (does happy jig.........poorly)
If you don't trust the site, cash out by taking isk for every blink win till you have no or little remaining blink credit, then leave and never come back.
Or, you could educate yourself by readinig about from where the winning numbers come. The Blink site provides a link to the independent third party site who provides the numbers, or you could just go to the site at Random.org. Once there, you can see the method used to provide the numbers and follow the links on that site to find out it is not just a shell set up by Blink.
You may get a hint as to why you see repeated names on the bonk and mini-bonk winning lists by looking at the lists of ticket holders and HOW MANY TICKETS THEY EACH HOLD which are made available to view or download (I recommend downloading) between the closing of ticket sales and the actual drawing and then remain available for viewing or downloading after the drawing as well. Please use the out of game browser for speed sake.
Having educated yourself on the source and procedure, which I recommend everyone do before committing a single isk to risk, and you still have doubts, cash out and go away.
Congratulations on being ahead and I wish you continued good luck.
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Tarkile
Lost Purgatory
0
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Posted - 2014.02.04 22:00:00 -
[2361] - Quote
Hi my name is Tarkile and I'm a BLINKaholic.
*Crowd says Hi Tarkile*
I just have to say I love BLINK, and thank you for providing the service that you do even though it has left me and my space family penniless at times. Sitting on the side of a hub in our space suits with our thumbs extended remembering the great wins of BLINK waiting for the next ship to swing by and pick us up to carry us to the next exploration site.
It is a great way to pass the time and if the luck holds true you will find yourself reaping the spoils of ISK, Items, or Ships and I don't plan on stopping, as long as you are around I'll be there.
PS. Riding on the side of a Interceptor with full burn is a hell of a ride in a space suit.
Yours truly,
Tarkile
~ A pilot who really needs an accountant |
Amber Stonei
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
2
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Posted - 2014.02.11 04:22:00 -
[2362] - Quote
New roulette blinks are great, wish I had some extra disposable isk to play them some more!
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Kain Kodiak
Black Talon Flight Group
0
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Posted - 2014.02.16 05:40:00 -
[2363] - Quote
1000x Hobgoblins, this is why I love Somer Blink. a silly prize but that promo as over quick. |
Titanium PIg
Escape Velocity Enterprises
39
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Posted - 2014.02.17 11:42:00 -
[2364] - Quote
Every celebration since 30T and not so much as a consolation prize...
I'm beginning to think you don't loves me anymore.
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Ealdain
Cataclysmic Paradox
0
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Posted - 2014.02.20 16:15:00 -
[2365] - Quote
anyone have the link to the document that lists the awards? |
Solara Annages
Divided Skyy
0
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Posted - 2014.02.25 20:46:00 -
[2366] - Quote
Just woundering do you have stats on how many roulettes have landed on black. |
Ryan Tessier
Nanashi no Geemu
0
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Posted - 2014.02.28 03:24:00 -
[2367] - Quote
I wonder if posting in this thread will give me an award. |
Rin Lomax
Caldari Colonial Defense Ministry
Templis CALSF
0
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Posted - 2014.03.02 15:23:00 -
[2368] - Quote
I tried and failed. Will need to come back when I'm less poor and try again. |
Makistonish
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2014.03.03 04:53:00 -
[2369] - Quote
RETURN BACK my 100 mill and and explain what's going on!!!!
wtf is auto activity |
CobraMK4
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2014.03.03 06:14:00 -
[2370] - Quote
Quote:
all my friends said it was good (blink) but i just registered and lost money!
nice...
Quote:-+-+-¦-+-+-+ -ç-â-¦-¦-¦, -Å -+-Ç-¦-¦-â-+-Ç-¦-¦-¦-¦-+ -é-¦-¦-Å -ç-é-+ -+-+-+ -+-+-¦-â-é -¦-+-¦-+-â-é-î -+-+ -+-¦ -ç-é-+, -¦-ü-+-+ -+-¦ -+-¦-à-+-é-Å-é -+-+-¦-é-+-é-î -+-+-+ -é-ï -+-Ç-+-ü-é-+ -+-+ -+-¦ -+-+-+-Ç-¦-¦-+-+-ü-Å. -Å -+-+-+-+-¦ -é-¦-+-¦-Ç-î -ü-¦-+ -ü -+-+-+-+ -Ç-¦-+-¦-+-Ç-¦-¦-ü-Å. -¦-â-+-¦-Ä 100 -+-Å-+ -ä-+-¦-+-Å -¦-+-Å -+-+-à.
-+-¦-+-Å -é-+-¦-¦ -+-+-â-+-+ -+-+ -+-Ç-+-ç-+-+-¦ -+-ü-+-+-+-î-+-+-¦-¦-+-+-Å -+-Ç-+-¦-ü-+, -à-+-é-Å -Å -+-Ç-+-ü-é-+ -+-¦-à-+-¦-+-+ -ç-¦-Ç-¦-+ -¦-+-+ -+-+-ü-¦-+-+-î-¦-â -+-+-¦ -+-Ç-+-¦-¦-¦-¦-¦-Ç -+-¦ -+-â-ü-¦-¦-¦-é -+-¦ -ü-¦-¦-é. -+ -+-+-¦-é-+ -+-+-¦ -+-¦ -+-é-¦-¦-ç-¦-¦-é -â-¦-¦ -¦-+-é-â-Ä -+-¦-¦-¦-+-Ä, -+-+-+-+-ï-¦ -+-¦-+-+-Ç. -¦-+-é -é-¦-¦-+-¦ -é-â-é -â -+-+-à -+-Ç-¦-¦-+-+-¦, -é-ï -+-+-¦-é-+ -¦-+-Å -+-+-à.
now in english:
I'm sorry dude, I told you that they can kick for anything, unless you want to pay, or they just do not like. I helped myself now to deal with them. I think 100 lam garbage for them.
I also kicked from the use of a proxy, although I just went through the vpn because my ISP will not let me on the site. and no I do not have answers battered week, complete ignore. here are there they have rules, you are nothing to them. |
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Makistonish
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2014.03.03 21:17:00 -
[2371] - Quote
is anybody live there?
answer pls why other player can play & i after halfhour game can't play?
it's discrimination!
GM need close topic coz it unusefull & there is scammers owner |
CobraMK4
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2014.03.06 07:54:00 -
[2372] - Quote
When I get on the website to play? Answer letters.
Banned coz "proxyed" because I used a VPN but I have no other choice, the provider does not give me access to the site otherwise. Can from IGB, but I'm not always in the game.
I have contacted my ISP and they said access is opened now. remove ban pls.
I didn't wont win, i wont play. |
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ISD Ezwal
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
978
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Posted - 2014.03.06 21:21:00 -
[2373] - Quote
I have removed a rule breaking post.
The rules:
3. Ranting is prohibited.
A rant is a post that is often filled with angry and counterproductive comments. A free exchange of ideas is essential to building a strong sense of community and is helpful in development of the game and community. Rants are disruptive, and incite flaming and trolling. Please post your thoughts in a concise and clear manner while avoiding going off on rambling tangents.
ISD Ezwal
Commander
Community Communication Liaisons (CCLs)
Interstellar Services Department |
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YAVRUM
Synapse Angels
10
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Posted - 2014.03.07 22:15:00 -
[2374] - Quote
Somer Blink banned
Sons Of Saints Corp members. Cause they were in the corp. of the makers of Evesaints.com
My members have nothing to do with the site. and yet somerblink Banns everyone .. This is really Weak !!!
If you cant handle other micro lottery website then Ban the Founders....
Not the corp members .... |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
230
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Posted - 2014.03.08 01:55:00 -
[2375] - Quote
CobraMK4 wrote:When I get on the website to play? Answer letters.Banned coz "proxyed" because I used a VPN but I have no other choice, the provider does not give me access to the site otherwise. Can from IGB, but I'm not always in the game. I have contacted my ISP and they said access is opened now. remove ban pls. I didn't want win, i want play.
Looking into this.
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
CobraMK4
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2014.03.08 10:20:00 -
[2376] - Quote
Somerset Mahm wrote:Looking into this.
Problem has been solved. Thanks! |
CobraMK4
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2014.03.10 06:39:00 -
[2377] - Quote
It would be interesting, to run PROMO with a large number of tickets.
The cost of the ticket is not TOKENS but in ISK. (for example 1-5m per ticket)
and the number of tickets per person more than one...how many want.
Who will be faster and will buy more tickets the winner.
Or not PROMO, what may be "something"..BLINK. name it as you wish |
Silma Endashi
Yellow Box Ltd.
Gentlemen's Agreement
0
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Posted - 2014.03.12 12:24:00 -
[2378] - Quote
Hi Somer.
as you will be able to point to blink for Titan ship.
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Sawdeth Ternius
Brave Newbies Inc.
Brave Collective
0
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Posted - 2014.03.14 00:33:00 -
[2379] - Quote
CCP Explorer wrote:JusFooling Around wrote:You can enter the bonk for 500k and have a chance (tho it might be a small one with only a single ticket, but only a single ticket will win) these prizes:
Titan Blueprint
100 PLEX
Utu with CCP Explorer's corpse in cargo
Kernite Mining Crystal II BPO
Jaspet Mining Crystal II BPO
Energized Explosive Membrane II BPO
Energized Kinetic Membrane II BPO
Heavy Beam Laser II BPO
and the mini-bonks are awesome, too!! What?!?!?
How in the universe did you EVER get a hold of this Work of art did you somehow save that in cold storage for all these years ever since the Devs invaded empire space?
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CCP Explorer
C C P
C C P Alliance
2061
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Posted - 2014.03.14 08:09:00 -
[2380] - Quote
Sawdeth Ternius wrote:CCP Explorer wrote:JusFooling Around wrote:You can enter the bonk for 500k and have a chance (tho it might be a small one with only a single ticket, but only a single ticket will win) these prizes:
Titan Blueprint
100 PLEX
Utu with CCP Explorer's corpse in cargo
Kernite Mining Crystal II BPO
Jaspet Mining Crystal II BPO
Energized Explosive Membrane II BPO
Energized Kinetic Membrane II BPO
Heavy Beam Laser II BPO
and the mini-bonks are awesome, too!! What?!?!? How in the universe did you EVER get a hold of this Work of art did you somehow save that in cold storage for all these years ever since the Devs invaded empire space? Are we not concerned about my well-being here!?!
Erlendur S. Thorsteinsson | Development Director | EVE Online // CCP Games | @erlendur |
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Captain StringfellowHawk
Forsaken Reavers
108
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Posted - 2014.03.16 11:12:00 -
[2381] - Quote
CCP Explorer wrote:Sawdeth Ternius wrote:CCP Explorer wrote:JusFooling Around wrote:You can enter the bonk for 500k and have a chance (tho it might be a small one with only a single ticket, but only a single ticket will win) these prizes:
Titan Blueprint
100 PLEX
Utu with CCP Explorer's corpse in cargo
Kernite Mining Crystal II BPO
Jaspet Mining Crystal II BPO
Energized Explosive Membrane II BPO
Energized Kinetic Membrane II BPO
Heavy Beam Laser II BPO
and the mini-bonks are awesome, too!! What?!?!? How in the universe did you EVER get a hold of this Work of art did you somehow save that in cold storage for all these years ever since the Devs invaded empire space? Are we not concerned about my well-being here!?!
I care about your well being Explorer! If not for you, I would have no one to harrass on Twitter.. No one to make sure the game is up. No one to make sure my world still exists! |
Argus Truesight
Lego Legion Labs
Plexodus
0
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Posted - 2014.03.19 18:05:00 -
[2382] - Quote
So I was promo blinking on my smartphone on my way to school just now, and now a few minutes after the fact I realize I'm down 150mil or something like that. Checking to see what happened, I realize my phone must have read a tap late and so it signed me up for a Phoenix ticket. Yikes. Is there a way I can get my credit back, as I had no intention of going for such a big blink, or am I just crapped out? |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
230
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Posted - 2014.03.19 18:56:00 -
[2383] - Quote
Unfortunately because you have entered the Blink (and no one would ask for their accidental ticket back if they won) we are unable to refund Blink tickets, apologies :(
If you buy too many tickets in a Bonk or Minibonk those can be refunded as long as the Bonk hasn't been drawn yet.
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
Rahab Ellecon
The Valiant Vanguard
The Volition Cult
0
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Posted - 2014.03.21 16:13:00 -
[2384] - Quote
Blink is an awesome past time I really enjoy playing but I had a question. Around the launch of Rubicon the ship descriptions lost the skill specific information(I assume since the info is now on 2 tabs) and only the narrative remained. Is there any way that field could be included as well? I know personally that reading those descriptions and full ship listings I gained a ton of farmiliarity with the ships of Eve. Thanks! |
Jovian Tichim
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
0
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Posted - 2014.04.04 04:26:00 -
[2385] - Quote
I was using blink in eve and I suddenly got logged out, I tried to log back in but my password didn't work and it said my account had been disabled. does anyone know why this happened? |
Babar Baboli
Random Exploration Inc.
25
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Posted - 2014.04.07 07:27:00 -
[2386] - Quote
You cannot win the 500b blink blast if you've won in the past.
Are previous winners tickets included in the total tickets? |
CobraMK4
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2014.04.08 07:39:00 -
[2387] - Quote
Babar Baboli wrote:You cannot win the 500b blink blast if you've won in the past.
Are previous winners tickets included in the total tickets?
Ea, very interesting to know answer!
and for funny there is very lucky dude - http://imgur.com/gObMhlD
3 promos in row... REGARD HIM! a very long time i'm waiting winner like this |
Babar Baboli
Random Exploration Inc.
25
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Posted - 2014.04.08 09:42:00 -
[2388] - Quote
CobraMK4 wrote:Babar Baboli wrote:You cannot win the 500b blink blast if you've won in the past.
Are previous winners tickets included in the total tickets? Ea, very interesting to know answer! and for funny there is very lucky dude - http://imgur.com/gObMhlD3 promos in row... REGARD HIM! a very long time i'm waiting winner like this
Wtf!
I've played about 1600 promos and have won 5 :P |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
230
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Posted - 2014.04.08 21:46:00 -
[2389] - Quote
Babar Baboli wrote:You cannot win the 500b blink blast if you've won in the past.
Are previous winners tickets included in the total tickets?
They are, but we just skip them and go to the next person in the list if they get drawn.
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
230
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Posted - 2014.04.08 21:46:00 -
[2390] - Quote
Rahab Ellecon wrote:Blink is an awesome past time I really enjoy playing but I had a question. Around the launch of Rubicon the Blink web page ship descriptions lost the skill specific information(I assume since the info is now on 2 tabs within the game instead of just 1 like before) and only the ship narrative remained without the skill information.
Is there any way that field could be included as well? I know personally that reading those descriptions and full ship listings I gained a ton of farmiliarity with the ships of Eve. Thanks!
As an example when you looked at description of Megathron on blink web page before it included what bonus you got for Gallente Battleship ranks not just the story of where it came from.
That info has been moved to a "traits" table, I'll see if it's easy to add back in.
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
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John Mathewson
Best Friends Club
0
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Posted - 2014.04.11 07:00:00 -
[2391] - Quote
My wife and i started doing Blinks today.
I played first for a while, she thought it was cool so she made an account as well.
However, after about 2 minutes i got logged off from Blink, and now when i log in my account is disabled. Is this because my wife and i share the same IP?
What have i done wrong :( |
Sphairat
AirGuard
LowSechnaya Sholupen
0
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Posted - 2014.04.11 17:53:00 -
[2392] - Quote
Good day!
Sent isk at the expense of your Corporation but at the expense of isk never came
http://clip2net.com/s/7cLSG2 |
Babar Baboli
Random Exploration Inc.
25
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Posted - 2014.04.14 14:25:00 -
[2393] - Quote
"There is currently no Blink Credit bonus for purchasing GTC through Blink, due to CCP's request. We will still track purchases you make through Blink for possible future promotions."
When will these future promotions happen? :) |
Jack Breacher
LionGate Enterprises
Care Factor
3
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Posted - 2014.04.17 10:14:00 -
[2394] - Quote
Are the winners of the minibonks always those that spend the most tickets? |
Tax Stimulus
Rental Targets - You Can't Lose
0
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Posted - 2014.04.18 02:52:00 -
[2395] - Quote
Few things in life are absolute, Mr Breacher.
One thing that is absolute is the winner of each mini-bonk - which looks like a hundreds each time - is the one who holds the ticket number picked at random.
Here is something that is not absolute, an old phrase you may have heard before.... "Nothing is
absolute"
but count on random as being random |
Pereat Diabolus
The Scope
Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2014.04.18 15:31:00 -
[2396] - Quote
Hey Somer guys,
I'm facing a problem with my account.
When i'm trying to log in i get the message "only one account per person is allowed".
Can you please check and let me know what the problem is?
Thank you! |
IAm NumberSix
Secure Starbase Holdings
3
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Posted - 2014.04.23 21:04:00 -
[2397] - Quote
Oh Somer how you vex me. |
Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
116
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Posted - 2014.04.27 05:43:00 -
[2398] - Quote
I have concern for this writer. I post it here, anonymous, as awareness to others who may be having difficulty coping.
GÇ£I Hate you
From:
Sent: 2014.04.26 04:03
To: Replacement 234,
I hate you with all that I am. Should I ever get the opportunity, I will blow you from the sky with great vengeance and offer no reprieveGÇ¥
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I have sent you eve-mails congratulating you on your successes and this is your first reply to me.
Did you ever stop to think the winning numbers I held were just numbers to be taken before the game will end? Someone would have to be holding that number, a number you did not choose? If every loss you had was to a ticket held by a different player every time, would you send this note to each of them who won when you lost? When you think about it, the player was not randomly selected the number was. In reality, it is no different when you pick a number that loses and a different or the same player wins as long as the game is fair and you know this one is and if you have any doubts about that, why are you playing?
Have you ever noticed that in most every cases, I close out a game by taking what everyone else has left behind.
In Gigas, if the prize is of high value, I start out aggressively and buy rather randomly until I am satisfied I have enhanced my luck as much as I care to risk. Then I sit back and like everyone else, I hope I bought the right number.
If the prize is not one of high value I might pick a few numbers in the beginning and then wait till the speed of buying subsides or stops for a period, or the remaining tickets and my already purchased tickets add up to my comfort of risk, then I take the numbers others have passed over. Someone commented last night that I had already won 50bil in the last few minutes. I probably had, but I probably bought more than more than 40 bill of losing tickets to win it. It worked out great to be ahead by 10 instead of down by 40.
I like to rely on the collective bad luck of others so I take what is left Maybe the weight of everyone's bad mojo outweighs my bad mojo. Sometimes it works, sometimes not. I stopped playing last night after losing 16 billion without any negligible winnings in that streak. In that losing streak, I had changed my betting behaviors to appease the ones whoGǪ who were... disparaging me. I did buy several Gigas but could have lost any one of them, as I have before with that many tickets. No one will boo hoo but I am still down around 60 bill in the last 8 days so I am being aggressive to get back to the balance I feel comfortable sitting on. Of that 60 bil, 80% is in the pockets of other players, BTW.
Yes, the rich do get richer. But the rich started this game with 5k and a ****** ship just like everyone else. Or in real life, they may have been born with a silver spoon in their mouths or like me, born in a share cropper's cabin in Pierce county Georgia on the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp. Prospects at birth are another random thing in our lives giving us the chance to make decisions and select courses of action that affect the rest of our lives.
I remember one case last night when I'd eased up and I bought one Giga ticket, probably on a JF, I don't remember. I waited for the Giga to close but three tickets no one seemed to want and I was ready for perhaps another Giga to be posted so I bought those three tickets and one of them won. Quite an oddity for me win a Giga with so few tickets.
Regardless of your lack of sportsmanship, I wish you success. Your 5 mill bounty added to whatever I had are wasted on me. A friend will collect it someday. You should have taken that measly 5 mil and saved up for a monocle or something else as equally useless.
Really, I do wish you success. I am sorry the game is so stressful for you. I remember many times when you have rage quit in the past, but a day or so later, there you are again.
Hate is an emotion that eats the hater. I am unfazed by your feelings about me, but it is obvious that your feelings about me are eating at you. I am sorry that is the case. If you have a lot of that in your life, you must be miserable and I hope that is not the case. If it is, I recommend you get help. If it is not, then I recommend you nourish the happy relationships you enjoy and concentrate on the things in life which bring you joy. And if the only things in life that bring you joy are the things which hurt others in some way, you really need to get help - Google Anti-Social. I do wish you well. |
Briareos Akina
Give Peace A Chance
0
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Posted - 2014.04.28 01:07:00 -
[2399] - Quote
RL is trying to take me back, I miss you SOMER and staff. I will be back soon to play again. |
Sugilite
Forever Winter
Absolute Zero.
22
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Posted - 2014.04.28 01:49:00 -
[2400] - Quote
There there plans to add painted ships to blink? I want a kador omen, and maybe a few other cool things. |
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Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
116
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Posted - 2014.04.28 02:41:00 -
[2401] - Quote
I want a "Brady Bus" Mark V. |
Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
116
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Posted - 2014.04.30 19:34:00 -
[2402] - Quote
Arlo Guthrie's VW bus motif from the Movie Alice's Restaurant would look great on an Obelisk would need hardly any stretching or aspect ratio work to fit right over it.
With only a little work, The mach would great in candy apple red.
A real simple and easy to apply application would be to put two wide racing stripes like found on a '69 GTO on a Mach.
If we are going to pay for these paint jobs, they ought to be what we want. With scanning, stealth paint and stealth shapes are the only effective camouflage, so why not brighten up space a little?
A solid white Providence with huge target painted on each side - I'll fly another Providence without that paint job.
On really fast frigs, could we get an assortment of decals of the fittings placed down the side like on race cars. It could list officer and faction modules that increase speed or agility. Maybe on indy's fitted with all overdrives, a decal for each one or different single decals denoting the number fitted, like when Chevrolet would put the emblem for the engine size on muscle, but here it would have to be true so no six cylinder Bel Aires could have a fake "409" emblem mounted.
And pods need to start being fitted with Airbags - Hey, its bumpy out there and pods need all the safety features of a Volvo!.
Safety is job one, so let's get serious about it |
Jodo Branker
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2014.05.03 09:47:00 -
[2403] - Quote
Hello,
since this week i cant login into my Blink Account.
When i try to login then comes the error "Only one Blink account per person allowed." I have no second account and nobody of my friends has play blink from the same Internet connection. The error came in the work as I let my ships to deliver, nobody at my work playes eve.
What can i do, to fix this problem?? |
ZeZark
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
2
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Posted - 2014.05.04 09:37:00 -
[2404] - Quote
I have the same problem. It says to contact support (but I cant find anything that even resembles a support mail on blink) please help. |
Leanna Dekara
Viziam
Amarr Empire
14
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Posted - 2014.05.06 23:12:00 -
[2405] - Quote
@ZeZark & Jodo Branker
Generally, the best way of getting in touch with the Blink Gods is to pop into their channel in-game and speak to one of the crew (there's usually at least one person from Blink there 23/7). Alternatively, you can Eve-Mail Somerset Mahm and she should be able to help sort you out when she gets a chance. |
Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
117
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Posted - 2014.05.11 01:45:00 -
[2406] - Quote
Someone in the Blink chat asked me if I really get hate mail. The following is not mail, but was posted in the open forum of the trade channel / other which In believe is moderated by CCP.
The other person in the conversation had been spamming an over priced item in jita all day long and when I went to the trade channel to see about selling a super carrier BPO, there was the same spam, just not as often. The person said he item was over priced as the extra profit would go to the chariitable outreach CCP was doing at the time for victims of horrible weather in which many died. I believe then as I believe now that when someone, especially a two week and a half old char in an NPC corp with no apparent connections to any credibility uses a CCP sponsored charitable event in the real World as a reason someone should buy an overpriced item is using an exploit no matter who the person might be or how recognizable the name might be. It would be very different if a player was sponsoring an event to raise isk instead of a jumble of individual sales with no real accountability beyond CCP learning of each such sale and then taking the enormous time to followup to ascertain if the "extra profit" however that may be determined was actually donated. I do not believe that is a burden CCP wants to take on or should.
Notice the other person states he/she knows who I am and knows enough to make a reference that no matter how old I am (I'm 67 now) but never takes the opportunity to give that char a smidge of credibility. We were all to take the poster's word for how important that person was, but never gives a hint of a connection to credibility beyond saying all the billionaire traders know who the main was. I think this convo went straight to venom, not because the player had been called out, but it was specifically directed to me. The named character below no longer shows up on search, but that does not mean the main character who knows who I am and that I am older than most might still be out there and might be surprised to know I still don't give a damn who they think they are. Here is log of that open conversation - not a private conversation being revealed for the first time:
Pretty Pennie Pava > last 2 sold for 10b each at jita within last few days
Pretty Pennie Pava > so mines at 10b is fairly priced
Pretty Pennie Pava > and at 9b is the cheapest in gam
Pretty Pennie Pava > vOv
Replacement 234 > rather than over pay a two and half week alt with no credibility because it is supposed to go to charity, i'll buy at a market price and do my own donating
Pretty Pennie Pava > Replacement 234 anyone who matters (read: billionaire traders) know my main
Pretty Pennie Pava > you obviously arent one of them
Pretty Pennie Pava > dont buy it i dont give a ****
Pretty Pennie Pava > but you're a ****** for trying to derail my sale
Pretty Pennie Pava > so **** you
Replacement 234 > lol I guess I don't matter and don't give a damn who your main is - especially if your main has the same elitist attitude
Pretty Pennie Pava > no, you dont matter. you're 100% bitchmade. i know the big traders and you aint one of them altho i recognize your name
Pretty Pennie Pava > trying to call scam on my **** when its a permaban offense by CCP makes u a ****
Pretty Pennie Pava > u know ill get perma'ed for trying to scam via plex for good right
Replacement 234 > ithe only reason I play this game is to get you to recognize my name
Pretty Pennie Pava > thats the only reason anyone plays eve
Pretty Pennie Pava > dont delude yourself
Pretty Pennie Pava > and you are nobody
Pretty Pennie Pava > i already sold an utu and 2x t2 bpos for charity
Pretty Pennie Pava > and you're trying to talk **** to me
Pretty Pennie Pava > lmao
Replacement 234 > I hope you are not crushed when the very center of the universe is discovered and you are not there
Pretty Pennie Pava > ok, ive already ***** slapped u enough
Pretty Pennie Pava > we're done here
Replacement 234 > I'm so sorry I am not impressed by who you are and how grand you think you are
Pretty Pennie Pava > i dont give a **** what you think :D thats the whole point
Pretty Pennie Pava > because youre just a piece of **** nobody
Pretty Pennie Pava > now stop responding to me
Pretty Pennie Pava > go back to your corner
Replacement 234 > one thing everyone needs to learn is that no one can control what others may type - you can only control who you let post in your chat screen
Replacement 234 > but I am supposed to bow to you and for some reason - perhaps it is your profanity
Pretty Pennie Pava > i never said bow... i just said shut the **** up because you think you're in a position to talk to me when you're not
Pretty Pennie Pava > you tried to use my reg date as if its a negative... funny as **** cause you're a vet yet my toons are bigger than you already
Pretty Pennie Pava > you're like an insect
Pretty Pennie Pava > and yes, im going to call you out for being a ****** and trying to derail a charity event
Pretty Pennie Pava > cause you're a piece of **** for doing that, no matter who u are and how old u are
Pretty Pennie Pava > ive dealt with enough pieces of **** like you this week and crushed them all. you're no different.
Pretty Pennie Pava > choke on it
Pretty Pennie Pava > *****
I find it funny how the person tells me to stop responding and I offer 2 more remarks and the other posts 9 more entries. We are all equal, but some pigs are more equal than other, I guess.
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Sgt Ocker
Last Bastion of Freedom
204
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Posted - 2014.05.11 03:30:00 -
[2407] - Quote
Quote:Pretty Pennie Pava > trying to call scam on my **** when its a permaban offense by CCP makes u a ****
Pretty Pennie Pava > u know ill get perma'ed for trying to scam via plex for good right
That alone says to me - Pretty Pennie Pava - is not on the up and up.
If you are genuinely selling to donate to the cause, you have nothing to fear from CCP.
A perma ban is something only a scammer would be concerned with, by making a point of the fact he could get perma banned rings all sorts of alarm bells.
If he did manage to sell his overpriced items under the guise of Donating the proceeds, I hope someone from CCP was able to verify that is actually what happened.
CCP don't perma ban without reason - If you do the right thing you have nothing to fear.
Someone getting accused of breaching the eula by another player will not lead to a ban - unless the accusation is proven
My opinions are mine.
-á-á-á-á-á-á-á-á-á-á-á-á-á-á-á-á-á-á-á-áIf you don't like them or disagree with me that's OK.
Just don't bother Hating - I don't care.. |
Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
117
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Posted - 2014.05.11 18:47:00 -
[2408] - Quote
I've had some interesting convos over the years, but I have to say this was the strangest. When I've called out scammers, I usually get no response (the bot syndrome) or I get a decent explanation of how they want me and others to think I got it wrong, but because this one went straight to my throat and two mentions of me being known to the character are what lead me to believe my comment was taken as a target of opportunity to rip into me by someone speaking thru an alt who, for whatever reason, had never felt up to it when using their main character.
This character quickly disappeared from the character search after this exchange - Biomassed or perma-banned and if perma-banned, the main certainly would have gotten caught up in that. but who knows? |
Jo Yhorian
Amarrian Premonition
0
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Posted - 2014.05.11 22:03:00 -
[2409] - Quote
Over 400 promo blinks played and so many times I've been 1 point away from a win. How do people manage it? |
Sgt Ocker
Last Bastion of Freedom
207
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Posted - 2014.05.11 23:01:00 -
[2410] - Quote
Replacement 234 wrote:I've had some interesting convos over the years, but I have to say this was the strangest. When I've called out scammers, I usually get no response (the bot syndrome) or I get a decent explanation of how they want me and others to think I got it wrong, but because this one went straight to my throat and two mentions of me being known to the character are what lead me to believe my comment was taken as a target of opportunity to rip into me by someone speaking thru an alt who, for whatever reason, had never felt up to it when using their main character.
This character quickly disappeared from the character search after this exchange - Biomassed or perma-banned and if perma-banned, the main certainly would have gotten caught up in that. but who knows?
I've seen you around a lot and my only beef with you is - You always seem to win the blinks I'm in with you
The world just ended, I lost another blink, lol
Can only hope if the character did get perma banned for doing the wrong thing, there was a link between it and the main character.
Only time I use alts to chat with someone I know is if I want to keep them guessing as to who it is. (for a bit of fun)
If I have a beef with someone, I log in my main and tell them. Hiding behind an alt to confront a problem with an individual achieves nothing - I want them to know I'm pissed because of (-insert reason-)
I called out a scammer in one of the hubs yesterday for a bit of fun and at the end of him trying to defend himself (for over 3/4 of an hour) He PM'd and asked me why I had called him out - I did it to see how long I could stop him spamming his scam in local.
When I told him this he closed the pm and logged off..
For me - OP success :P
My opinions are mine.
-á-á-á-á-á-á-á-á-á-á-á-á-á-á-á-á-á-á-á-áIf you don't like them or disagree with me that's OK.
Just don't bother Hating - I don't care.. |
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Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
118
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Posted - 2014.05.11 23:25:00 -
[2411] - Quote
Sorry I've ended the world for you more than once... My most usual strategy lately has been either going in after the blink has been idle for a bit and sometimes they are never idle. But going in and taking the last tickets up to half, so i'm taking what others have left behind. I figure the collective bad luck of the others will be worse than my own personal bad luck.
The other strategy I use is to start blink and buy 75% of the tickets as quickly as I can. I only do that when my luck has been going well, exceptionally well, and usually only until I take a loss. In that strategy, it takes 3 wins to almost break even for one loss. Three losses in a row with that is disastrous.
Well, I hope you get rich, at least once in a while.
And I respect that standup kind of issue resolution.
Goo luck to you, Buddy. |
Otman Vos
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
0
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Posted - 2014.05.24 18:40:00 -
[2412] - Quote
Jo Yhorian wrote:Over 400 promo blinks played and so many times I've been 1 point away from a win. How do people manage it?
Play more.
Law of large numbers says that on average you'll win once every 235 blinks. Notice I say "on average" because they (the wins) don't come exactly once every 235, but rather they're random throughout. Meaning that out of 4700 played promos, you'll win about 20 times but that might as well be twice in first 100 then none for 800 blinks then again three times within next 50 blinks, etc.
How do I manage it? I don't look at "My Blinks" because how close I was is irrelevant. 1 away or 200 away is exactly the same thing. |
Coreemo
hirr
3
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Posted - 2014.05.26 18:33:00 -
[2413] - Quote
I'm just in it for the achievements :P |
Jack Breacher
LionGate Enterprises
Care Factor
3
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Posted - 2014.05.28 02:19:00 -
[2414] - Quote
Continously losing megablinks 5-in-a row... that sucks :/
Thanks for the Promo btw... makes me kinda happy :( |
andrus anzip
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
8
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Posted - 2014.06.02 20:47:00 -
[2415] - Quote
greath..u used somer blink name to scam once in somer channel..then i got instantly banned in channel
after that i deposited 1,3 bil in somer to play with that
half hour later got banned in blink too
brobaly i dont get my wormhole kit too anymore what i win before the scam..
i can call, somer blink have scammed me...
nice done and gtfo somer! |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
232
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Posted - 2014.06.02 20:48:00 -
[2416] - Quote
andrus anzip wrote:greath..u used somer blink name to scam once in somer channel..then i got instantly banned in channel
after that i deposited 1,3 bil in somer to play with that
half hour later got banned in blink too
brobaly i dont get my wormhole kit too anymore what i win before the scam..
i can call, somer blink have scammed me...
nice done and gtfo somer!
You will still receive your prizes. However, as you helpfully pointed out, you scammed in our channel and got instantly banned, and are banned from Blink.
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
andrus anzip
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
8
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Posted - 2014.06.02 20:51:00 -
[2417] - Quote
Somerset Mahm wrote:andrus anzip wrote:greath..u used somer blink name to scam once in somer channel..then i got instantly banned in channel
after that i deposited 1,3 bil in somer to play with that
half hour later got banned in blink too
brobaly i dont get my wormhole kit too anymore what i win before the scam..
i can call, somer blink have scammed me...
nice done and gtfo somer! You will still receive your prizes. However, as you helpfully pointed out, you scammed in our channel and got instantly banned, and are banned from Blink.
half hour later when i have deposited isk and played with that ......greath!
and why my main char got banned then??--more greath |
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
232
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Posted - 2014.06.02 20:55:00 -
[2418] - Quote
While I would like to be, I am not omnipotent nor omnipresent. I am sorry you were not banned quickly enough for your liking and that it took 30 minutes after you tried to scam in our channel.
I am not sure about the second half of your question. You are asking why you got banned for scamming?
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
andrus anzip
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
8
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Posted - 2014.06.02 20:57:00 -
[2419] - Quote
Somerset Mahm wrote:While I would like to be, I am not omnipotent nor omnipresent. I am sorry you were not banned quickly enough for your liking and that it took 30 minutes after you tried to scam in our channel.
I am not sure about the second half of your question. You are asking why you got banned for scamming?
i ask why my main char (kuldar skjiem) got banned from blink channel..i didnt scam with this char at all...its like scamming because someone dont like my face xD
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andrus anzip
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
8
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Posted - 2014.06.02 20:58:00 -
[2420] - Quote
andrus anzip wrote:Somerset Mahm wrote:While I would like to be, I am not omnipotent nor omnipresent. I am sorry you were not banned quickly enough for your liking and that it took 30 minutes after you tried to scam in our channel.
I am not sure about the second half of your question. You are asking why you got banned for scamming? i ask why my main char (kuldar skjiem) got banned from blink channel..i didnt scam with this char at all...its like banning because someone dont like my face xD
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Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
232
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Posted - 2014.06.02 21:01:00 -
[2421] - Quote
andrus anzip wrote:andrus anzip wrote:Somerset Mahm wrote:While I would like to be, I am not omnipotent nor omnipresent. I am sorry you were not banned quickly enough for your liking and that it took 30 minutes after you tried to scam in our channel.
I am not sure about the second half of your question. You are asking why you got banned for scamming? i ask why my main char (kuldar skjiem) got banned from blink channel..i didnt scam with this char at all...its like banning because someone dont like my face xD
Your scam linked to this character to try to get people to deposit to it, and you own this character. You as a person are banned from Blink and our channel, not some specific character.
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
andrus anzip
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
8
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Posted - 2014.06.02 21:04:00 -
[2422] - Quote
so i cant play blink like neeever again..like reaaaly never?
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Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
232
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Posted - 2014.06.02 21:11:00 -
[2423] - Quote
andrus anzip wrote:so i cant play blink like neeever again..like reaaaly never?
Correct. Eve is real; scams have consequences.
SOMER Blink
Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :) |
Jack Breacher
LionGate Enterprises
Care Factor
3
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Posted - 2014.06.02 21:35:00 -
[2424] - Quote
Banhammer ! |
lanyaie
DEEP-SPACE CO-OP LTD
969
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Posted - 2014.06.03 13:24:00 -
[2425] - Quote
andrus anzip wrote:so i cant play blink like neeever again..like reaaaly never?
Did you really ask why your main got banned from the channel because your alt got banned also?
Perhaps because they're trying to prevent you from scamming again.
You should consider yourself lucky for getting your pending prize still paid out. I know that if I was somer, I wouldn't have done it at all.
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=335611&find=unread |
Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
124
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Posted - 2014.06.07 09:10:00 -
[2426] - Quote
Posted: 2014.06.03 13:24
andrus anzip wrote:
so i cant play blink like neeever again..like reaaaly never?
Hmmm.... |
lanyaie
DEEP-SPACE CO-OP LTD
Exit Strategy..
980
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Posted - 2014.06.07 10:12:00 -
[2427] - Quote
Replacement 234 wrote:Posted: 2014.06.03 13:24
andrus anzip wrote:
so i cant play blink like neeever again..like reaaaly never?
Hmmm....
oh hai replacement
Hai |
Will SangDo
0ne Percent.
Odin's Call
0
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Posted - 2014.06.11 12:38:00 -
[2428] - Quote
Hello Somerset Mahm. I have mailed you a few times now. I share an internet connection with another eve player. Will SangDo is not owned by same person as Clint MacCallister. I would like to help verify this any way I can. It appears to you that I have 2 accounts. I have only 1 Somer Blink account. I really enjoyed your game. Please resolve this issue. |
Will SangDo
0ne Percent.
Odin's Call
0
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Posted - 2014.06.11 20:28:00 -
[2429] - Quote
Still waiting on a response. Now my flatmate is playing Somer Blink because I mentioned the confusion to him. Not fair. Please fix this already. |
GunN4u
Old Military Farts Delta
3
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Posted - 2014.06.12 08:17:00 -
[2430] - Quote
I've been on blink, dropping all my ISK for a couple of years now. It's still as great of a time win or lose as it was when I started. To see the site continue to expand and the lotteries to continue growing and expanding for every landmark celebration shows the effort still being put forth by SOMER and staff to make this the BEST lottery in the history of Eve. Cheers to everyone @ SOMER and looking forward to the continued growth as we draw closer to two-quad ! ! ! |
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Jarno Midumulf
Foundation Mining Solutions
0
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Posted - 2014.06.17 14:33:00 -
[2431] - Quote
hey there
i got a question, after playing some bets today i won an orca.
after the claim i close the window and open it back some minuts later and then i got the warning: only one account allowd!
i only play whit one account..?
can you please help me?
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warbds
Stoli Holdings
1
|
Posted - 2014.06.19 07:50:00 -
[2432] - Quote
Well 23 or 24 captcha's later the normal website again. I do understand the use of these but the amount just to refresh was let's say absurd.
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CobraMK4
Cobra's AURUM
0
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Posted - 2014.06.22 08:06:00 -
[2433] - Quote
Quote:Blink is being DDoS'd and may go offline for extended periods of time. Sorry for the trouble.
This evil players who lost everything to playing |
Arstine
Power Absolute
Absolute Damage Inc.
0
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Posted - 2014.06.24 19:03:00 -
[2434] - Quote
Just ran in to an error on the site.
I was looking at the "What's This" for starting a blink and used my back button on my mouse. After that it's giving me the "Automated activity detected" error and won't let me log in.
I attempted to find an option for contacting some type of support on the web site but had no luck. Kinda sucks having this happen since I just discovered Blink last night. |
Will SangDo
0ne Percent.
Odin's Call
0
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Posted - 2014.06.25 11:56:00 -
[2435] - Quote
Hello again. It has been weeks now and no response. An admin on your chat channel plainly told me the problem. If you would please verify that I only have 1 account. Somer Blink is fun and I had only played it the 1 time. Look forward to resolving this account issue. |
Sydian Rie
No-Mercy
Spaceship Samurai
0
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Posted - 2014.06.26 16:45:00 -
[2436] - Quote
Just another BS scam with shill accounts winning everything. |
Albinostorm
Cherry-Poppers
Heiian Conglomerate
0
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Posted - 2014.06.29 20:54:00 -
[2437] - Quote
Completely legit and very addictive, cheers to the lads at Somer |
BrewMaster Maltey
Icarus Industries Inc.
0
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Posted - 2014.07.06 18:20:00 -
[2438] - Quote
Legit! Here's one for you Somer! Thanks! |
Fattyfatty DingDong
Fatty's Home for Wayward Kitties
Morbid Atrocity
0
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Posted - 2014.07.08 14:15:00 -
[2439] - Quote
BRINK!!! |
Raining Littlebirds
The 4 Horse man
0
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Posted - 2014.07.11 12:21:00 -
[2440] - Quote
Hey when i go to sign in on Somer it tells me one account limited, I believe this is because when my Brother was living at my house he made his account around the same time i did and now i am locked out so is there anyway i can get my account on Somer to work again, and i can log into what ever account i need to give permissions for this! |
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Mark Harkness
Amok.
Goonswarm Federation
0
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Posted - 2014.07.12 20:36:00 -
[2441] - Quote
No celebration win... :( Maybe next time :) |
CobraMK4
Cobra's AURUM
0
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Posted - 2014.07.17 18:36:00 -
[2442] - Quote
- |
CobraMK4
Cobra's AURUM
0
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Posted - 2014.07.17 18:37:00 -
[2443] - Quote
i hate him |
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ISD Tyrozan
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
400
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Posted - 2014.07.18 13:17:00 -
[2444] - Quote
Post with no content and personal attack post have been removed.
Forum rule 4. Personal attacks are prohibited.
Forum rule 12. Spamming is prohibited.
ISD Tyrozan
Captain
Community Communication Liaisons (CCLs)
Interstellar Services Department
@ISDTyrozan | @ISD_CCL |
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Tuvar Hiede
Quovis
The Bastion
0
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Posted - 2014.07.19 03:01:00 -
[2445] - Quote
Awesome site, blew 500M in 3 drawings lol. Damn addictive but whats the Blink tokens for? I just started so I'm not sure and scanning the FAQ I didn't catch it, but I was in NULL at the time running Anom's when I was looking this morning as well lol. |
SergLitl
Union Of Destiny
0
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Posted - 2014.07.21 09:56:00 -
[2446] - Quote
Hello! I apologize for the language, I'm from Russia, I write through google. Today, logging, saw the message "Automated detected". Now I'm on vacation so I can not afford especially miss all promo blink. I checked again, another character and I was again blocked. The rules read that the second could not be created. Please unlock my character. I write here because I do not know where you want to write in support. |
Jack Breacher
LionGate Enterprises
Care Factor
3
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Posted - 2014.07.23 19:35:00 -
[2447] - Quote
I wanted to ask how the blink players got the 1.8q achievement. I also participated in it but didnt get the achievement. |
Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
125
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Posted - 2014.07.24 02:40:00 -
[2448] - Quote
Congratulations Shirakus!
Of course, I wish it was me instead of you, but that cannot stop me from recognizing your success and offering you my heartiest congratulations on reaching this achievement.
I don't have to caution you about growing thick enough skin to withstand the comments of pure envy of those who can only hope to reach your spot and take it away. To get there took a lot of heat from the crowd. But just as sure you got there, somebody else out there will one day do what it takes so don't let off now! As long as Eve And Blink exist there may be someone who joins Blink tomorrow and looks at the stats page, or someone who is playing now or just coming back after a break who might just do what it takes.
Wear your crown with pride!
Regards,
Rep 234
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JusFooling Around
JusFooling Around Corp
170
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Posted - 2014.07.25 04:49:00 -
[2449] - Quote
Jack Breacher wrote:I wanted to ask how the blink players got the 1.8q achievement. I also participated in it but didnt get the achievement.
If you just wanted to ask if you could ask, I think you can probably just go ahead and ask, I don't think you need permission. It's alright with me if you ask. |
Kopac Boskovic
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2014.07.25 10:44:00 -
[2450] - Quote
Jack Breacher wrote:I wanted to ask how the blink players got the 1.8q achievement. I also participated in it but didnt get the achievement.
To get 1.8q achievement, you had to play atleast 1 ticket in bonk and all the minibonks. |
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Jack Breacher
LionGate Enterprises
Care Factor
3
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Posted - 2014.07.26 02:56:00 -
[2451] - Quote
I did throw my tickets in the bonk and mini bonks |
Carver Be'Goode Zanjoahir
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
34
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Posted - 2014.07.26 09:54:00 -
[2452] - Quote
Jack....
Did you happen to look in the rules posted during the celebration about how to get the 1.8Q achievement? The celebration achievements have always been awarded under the same rules. The Bonk does not accept tossed tickets, but 500k ISK per bonk ticket. The method of delivery does not involve tossing.
Did you happen to download the lists of ticket holders for the bonk and each of the mini-bonks that are still available at the bottom of the "this week's winners page. Is your slow computer still making you impatient as it did before?
I notice you usually ask questions here when you could spend a couple of minutes to find the answer yourself. Does someone brush your teeth for you?
Have you ever heard of Hello Kitty?
I really don't care what the answers are for any of these questions. I offer them to you for your own introspection. |
Jack Breacher
LionGate Enterprises
Care Factor
3
|
Posted - 2014.07.26 17:11:00 -
[2453] - Quote
Carver Be'Goode Zanjoahir wrote:Jack....
Did you happen to look in the rules posted during the celebration about how to get the 1.8Q achievement? The celebration achievements have always been awarded under the same rules. The Bonk does not accept tossed tickets, but 500k ISK per bonk ticket. The method of delivery does not involve tossing.
Did you happen to download the lists of ticket holders for the bonk and each of the mini-bonks that are still available at the bottom of the "this week's winners page. Is your slow computer still making you impatient as it did before?
I notice you usually ask questions here when you could spend a couple of minutes to find the answer yourself. Does someone brush your teeth for you?
Have you ever heard of Hello Kitty?
I really don't care what the answers are for any of these questions. I offer them to you for your own introspection.
Are you like this or are you always grumpy ?
you could either write a simple answer or don't bother writing it.
and by my term of 'tossing' is to throw a small amount of isk i have into the bonk, which i have no hope of winning. I did that on the last celebration and got the achievement. Thats why I was asking how ppl get the celebration achievement. |
Carver Be'Goode Zanjoahir
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
34
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Posted - 2014.07.27 01:20:00 -
[2454] - Quote
Jack...
Sorry you mistook my attempt to be helpful with being grumpy. I suppose it might be related to the eyebrows as everyone who knows me has said that is sooo not my face or representative of my disposition. I am pleased that so many of my friends regard me as a friend and mentor. Perhaps my reply did not address your immediate pressing want as it was intended to be a friendly gesture towards solving your future needs. Please note I am not using need and want interchangeably.
Words are very important, such as tickets and ISK. They are not interchangeable. You stated you threw (tossed) tickets at the bonk and mini-bonks and I was hoping you did not mean what you stated and that in fact, you had thrown appropriate amounts of ISK at the bonk to buy one or more tickets.
In the past you have lacked specificity which when clarified gave a whole new meaning to your original statement. As an example, when stated you could not find your name on a bonk (or maybe)a mini-bonk list in the past and made a statement which engendered a thought of something underhanded having taken place. I will admit that your previous comments about the "same people always winning" and other typical laments of those who have not yet realized the huge effort and expense others are willing use to enhance their chance of winning by holding a large percentage of the tickets did influence me to see you as one who was ready to think some unknown or unseen power was at play to determine winners besides the randomness of the winning numbers from Random.org, Chribba's dice and Somer's reputation for honesty in using the numbers which were supplied. When pressed, you stated that your something (ISP, phone, tablet, modem or something of yours) was too slow and you just had not been able to download the lists as yet.
Had you been specific in saying you had not been able to download the lists, I would most likely have searched them for you, as I had them all right here. I did not assist you because of the previous attitude you had displayed.
In this instance, your question of how the achievement for a celebration is earned is typically not an answer anyone who had been through a celebration before would seek, and an answer could have been obtained much faster in Somer Chat rather than here on the forums where you typically ask Chat kind of questions.
I under-estimated you by thinking that after I told you the location of the ticket lists posted before the draw for the 1.8Q that you might respond with a forehead slapping answer in the nature of, "CRAP! I thought I entered the Bonk with tickets!" or, DAMN, I must have missed the second mini-bonk even though I was focusing on entering every one during a celebration week." For my own curiosity, I did so a search of each list.
I have missed more than a couple during celebration weeks even when after I started to set a time each day based on the number of hours left in the mini-bonk I just threw tickets on the current one, so that I would not miss the next one, but I still managed to miss some. I even looked back at the log of logins I keep and found that I had not logged in during the period the mini-bonk I missed was in play. We all make mistakes. I've always tried to learn from mine rather than waste time trying to convince others I had not made a mistake - which would be another mistake to learn from.
I do wish you good luck and I will work on that grumpiness thing - AS SOON AS YOU GET OFF MY LAWN!!! |
Jack Breacher
LionGate Enterprises
Care Factor
3
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Posted - 2014.07.27 11:46:00 -
[2455] - Quote
Carver Be'Goode Zanjoahir wrote:Jack...
Sorry you mistook my attempt to be helpful with being grumpy. I suppose it might be related to the eyebrows as everyone who knows me has said that is sooo not my face or representative of my disposition. I am pleased that so many of my friends regard me as a friend and mentor. Perhaps my reply did not address your immediate pressing want as it was intended to be a friendly gesture towards solving your future needs. Please note I am not using need and want interchangeably.
Words are very important, such as tickets and ISK. They are not interchangeable. You stated you threw (tossed) tickets at the bonk and mini-bonks and I was hoping you did not mean what you stated and that in fact, you had thrown appropriate amounts of ISK at the bonk to buy one or more tickets.
In the past you have lacked specificity which when clarified gave a whole new meaning to your original statement. As an example, when stated you could not find your name on a bonk (or maybe)a mini-bonk list in the past and made a statement which engendered a thought of something underhanded having taken place. I will admit that your previous comments about the "same people always winning" and other typical laments of those who have not yet realized the huge effort and expense others are willing use to enhance their chance of winning by holding a large percentage of the tickets did influence me to see you as one who was ready to think some unknown or unseen power was at play to determine winners besides the randomness of the winning numbers from Random.org, Chribba's dice and Somer's reputation for honesty in using the numbers which were supplied. When pressed, you stated that your something (ISP, phone, tablet, modem or something of yours) was too slow and you just had not been able to download the lists as yet.
Had you been specific in saying you had not been able to download the lists, I would most likely have searched them for you, as I had them all right here. I did not assist you because of the previous attitude you had displayed.
In this instance, your question of how the achievement for a celebration is earned is typically not an answer anyone who had been through a celebration before would seek, and an answer could have been obtained much faster in Somer Chat rather than here on the forums where you typically ask Chat kind of questions.
I under-estimated you by thinking that after I told you the location of the ticket lists posted before the draw for the 1.8Q that you might respond with a forehead slapping answer in the nature of, "CRAP! I thought I entered the Bonk with tickets!" or, DAMN, I must have missed tllhe second mini-bonk even though I was focusing on entering every one during a celebration week." For my own curiosity, I did do a search of each list.
I have missed more than a couple of achievements during celebrations even after I started to set a time each day based on the hours left in the mini-bonk I just threw tickets on so that I would not miss the next one, but I still managed to miss some. I even looked back at the log of logins I keep and found that I had not logged in during the period the mini-bonk I missed was in play. We all make mistakes. I've always tried to learn from mine rather than waste time trying to convince others I had not made a mistake - which would be another mistake to learn from.
I do wish you good luck and I will work on that grumpiness thing - AS SOON AS YOU GET OFF MY LAWN!!!
Heh
I dont really care about the achievements, I was just curious. I would have asked on blink chat but I was banned a long time ago for something I didnot do and I never went back to clarify the matter since I was busy with rl and alliance stuff. Right now I cant touch EVE since im outside of the country and the internet is crappy here and cant play EVE at all (1gb patch D:)
I wish you good luck on your grumpiness issue.
:)
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Jack Breacher
LionGate Enterprises
Care Factor
3
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Posted - 2014.07.30 12:00:00 -
[2456] - Quote
Is there a way to get a refund on accidental blink. Please note the time I posted this along with the blink time :/
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Sketchy McGillis
EVE University
Ivy League
10
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Posted - 2014.08.02 04:09:00 -
[2457] - Quote
+1 For this totally addictive and fun site! Moar promos please! |
Rroff
Questionable Ethics.
Ministry of Inappropriate Footwork
682
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Posted - 2014.08.03 00:44:00 -
[2458] - Quote
Jack Breacher wrote:I wanted to ask how the blink players got the 1.8q achievement. I also participated in it but didnt get the achievement.
I don't seem to have got it - did wonder at the time but I wasn't 100% sure I'd played every single mini-bonk though I thought I had.
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111kartel111
O.M.F.G LLC
7
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Posted - 2014.08.10 21:55:00 -
[2459] - Quote
Love you guys totally addictive and fun to play I've done quite well lately; ) . |
thetermnater Orlenard
holy god fk taxes
0
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Posted - 2014.08.12 05:08:00 -
[2460] - Quote
Helped me plex my account ^_^ love this site |
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yo Outamon
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2014.08.13 10:21:00 -
[2461] - Quote
Ausome site!
To all those who think you have no chance winning bonks and minis with little tickets, your SoOoooo soOoooo soOoooo wrong....
Celibration aproching |
Jack Breacher
LionGate Enterprises
Care Factor
3
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Posted - 2014.08.16 20:05:00 -
[2462] - Quote
I dont understand the Plex credit system. When I buy plex from blink, the credits given are treated seperately from the plex I buy or am I selling the plex I buy to blink? |
Perpetual Noob Three
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2014.08.16 20:56:00 -
[2463] - Quote
You're selling them your plex. But they're buying it for ~50m than normal plex prices. So if you want to use it - sell them your plex, buy a new plex, keep the profit. |
Rroff
Questionable Ethics.
Ministry of Inappropriate Footwork
713
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Posted - 2014.08.16 23:31:00 -
[2464] - Quote
Jack Breacher wrote:I dont understand the Plex credit system. When I buy plex from blink, the credits given are treated seperately from the plex I buy or am I selling the plex I buy to blink ?
or maybe i am confusing myself
Basically they buy PLEX from you at a higher price than you can get for it on the market - but to stop people abusing the **** out of the system they limit it so that you can only sell a limited quantity to them based on how often you buy PLEX through their referral link which is where the credit bit comes in.
Its a roundabout way of rewarding people who help support Somer via the referral link.
(Otherwise people would just buy every PLEX on the market and sell to Somer for a personal profit). |
Jedi Zen
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2014.08.17 19:27:00 -
[2465] - Quote
So basically you ask for us to buy more plex from your link in order to get the bonus. I have a bunch of credits and I cannot use them unless I spend more money by buying plex again, this is frustrating.. I wish to transfer my credits as blink bonus instead, like the old system... credits are re-troactive but not the bonus
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Perpetual Noob Three
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
1
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Posted - 2014.08.17 20:29:00 -
[2466] - Quote
Buy a plex for isk in Jita. Sell it to blink. Keep the profit. Buy a new plex. Sell it to blink. Keep the profit. Repeat until you're out of credits. |
Jedi Zen
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2014.08.17 20:35:00 -
[2467] - Quote
Perpetual Noob Three wrote:Buy a plex for isk in Jita. Sell it to blink. Keep the profit. Buy a new plex. Sell it to blink. Keep the profit. Repeat until you're out of credits.
yeah I got you.. it may take a while.... Tx |
Sedstr
82
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Posted - 2014.08.18 03:18:00 -
[2468] - Quote
Could the promos be setup so that when you actually, successfully get a ticket, there is a significant time between the ticket selection being accepted and the promo window reducing.
Problem: I'll be spamming all the tickets I can, because a lot of times, the tickets are already gone, and the browser/connection has a significant delay between responding. What will happen, is that I'll be spamming tickets in the promo hoping that at least one is not already taken, but because of latency/delay, the promo window will reduce before I get the 'you got a ticket' banner appears on the right, I'll still be spamming ticket numbers, then the promo page will dissapear, and I'll end up spamming a ticket for a mega blink that was underneath the promo. Its not an issue when I dont have the credit, but I've purchased several tickets in blinks that I never intended to purchase. Is it reasonable to expect people to click, then wait for the delay between reporting if you got the ticket or not? I mean, the promo tickets go so fast, and with 400ms delays, and the soft prompt on getting the ticket or not, its kind on frustrating, which forces people to go click click click click, oh crap, I just brought a ticket to a phoenix blink.
Solution: on successful ticket click, instead of the soft response on the top right, replace the promo section with a response of the same size saying ticket obtained, have that dissapear after 3 seconds or some amount of reasonable time.
If this is possible, or another solution is more appropriate, I'm sure more than a few people will appreciate it.
... |
Jack Breacher
LionGate Enterprises
Care Factor
3
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Posted - 2014.08.18 09:35:00 -
[2469] - Quote
Sedstr wrote:Could the promos be setup so that when you actually, successfully get a ticket, there is a significant time between the ticket selection being accepted and the promo window reducing.
Problem: I'll be spamming all the tickets I can, because a lot of times, the tickets are already gone, and the browser/connection has a significant delay between responding. What will happen, is that I'll be spamming tickets in the promo hoping that at least one is not already taken, but because of latency/delay, the promo window will reduce before I get the 'you got a ticket' banner appears on the right, I'll still be spamming ticket numbers, then the promo page will dissapear, and I'll end up spamming a ticket for a mega blink that was underneath the promo. Its not an issue when I dont have the credit, but I've purchased several tickets in blinks that I never intended to purchase. Is it reasonable to expect people to click, then wait for the delay between reporting if you got the ticket or not? I mean, the promo tickets go so fast, and with 400ms delays, and the soft prompt on getting the ticket or not, its kind on frustrating, which forces people to go click click click click, oh crap, I just brought a ticket to a phoenix blink.
Solution: on successful ticket click, instead of the soft response on the top right, replace the promo section with a response of the same size saying ticket obtained, have that dissapear after 3 seconds or some amount of reasonable time.
If this is possible, or another solution is more appropriate, I'm sure more than a few people will appreciate it.
Happens to me all the time, wasted all my isk that way but cant do anything about it :p |
Ueberlisk
The Hatchery
Team Liquid
72
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Posted - 2014.08.18 09:46:00 -
[2470] - Quote
Easy solution. just pick ticket from middle row(although you might still hit 'black').
also 1.9Q hype. |
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Kannou Teki
xHELLonEARTHx
Against ALL Authorities
0
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Posted - 2014.08.19 23:59:00 -
[2471] - Quote
RIP :( |
Himbeergeist
Knights of the Empire
Northern Associates.
0
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Posted - 2014.08.20 00:08:00 -
[2472] - Quote
Well, now look at what you've achieved with your whining and blaming ;_; |
Garak n00biachi
Capital Destruction
Brig Consortium
140
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Posted - 2014.08.20 00:12:00 -
[2473] - Quote
Well whatever people think\thought of Somer Blink over the years, to many people Blink was a large part of the EVE universe and a bloody fun one!
Thanks for all the good times im sure many many people will actually miss you guys,i know i will. |
Alsham Pau'Kesh
Covalent Heavy Industries
0
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Posted - 2014.08.20 00:18:00 -
[2474] - Quote
The way Somer Blink has been treated here is garbage. I will be doing whatever I can to help get the message across to CCP that this is as much a part of EVE to me as the game itself. |
blackiice
Jormungandr Syndicate
Silent Infinity
5
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Posted - 2014.08.20 00:20:00 -
[2475] - Quote
I cannot believe that CCP are being like this. Blink is a HUGE part of my eve life. I know all of us regulars on blink are actually pissed off about this.
On a side note to Somer and staff you have as always done an amazing job and you are the MOST upstanding and honest people I have met in EvE.
CCP needs to burn for this one. |
John Bloodryder
BOVRIL bOREers Mining CO-OP
Brave Collective
0
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Posted - 2014.08.20 00:25:00 -
[2476] - Quote
I really enjoyed the two days that I did get to enjoy SOMER Blink. I think that losing Blink is a major blow to the eve community. I hope that they get back to opperating soon. |
Matrea D
Maggie's Magical Miners
Maggie's Magical Malliance
3
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Posted - 2014.08.20 00:31:00 -
[2477] - Quote
I miss you already. |
thetwilitehour
GoonWaffe
279
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Posted - 2014.08.20 00:32:00 -
[2478] - Quote
Probably if they hadn't tried to launder real money trade they wouldn't have to shut down. Then again they have a history of shady dealings. So they would've done something even CCP would have to call them on eventually. |
carbomb
Super Team Munkey
20
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Posted - 2014.08.20 00:40:00 -
[2479] - Quote
Sorry To See all this come to an end. It is a massive loss to the eve community. |
Saisin
State War Academy
Caldari State
115
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Posted - 2014.08.20 00:42:00 -
[2480] - Quote
I think the real winners from this micro lottery were those running bots and staying under the ban radar (and I do not even want to think about the possible collusions that could happen there...)
If they come back, they will hopefully put something in place to make sure this can't be botted at all, or that anybody can automate their participation so that botters do not have undue advantages.
"surrender your ego, be free". innuendo.
solo? There is a new hope
http://turamarths-evelife.blogspot.com/2014/05/ok-now-im-betting-man.html |
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Magnifikus Erzverwirrer
Blackwater USA Inc.
Pandemic Legion
19
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Posted - 2014.08.20 00:45:00 -
[2481] - Quote
will not miss that laundry |
Rayo Atra
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
57
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Posted - 2014.08.20 01:00:00 -
[2482] - Quote
Not sure what words are appropriate.
This experience will not be even remotely the same anymore. I can gamble anywhere but, the loss of the fun, the professionalism, the fountains of isk, and above all the community will be greatly missed.
Tell you what I do like though: A killer. A dyed-in-the-wool killer. Cold-blooded, clean, methodical and thorough.
-Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg
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Drealar
Doctrine.
FEARLESS.
142
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Posted - 2014.08.20 01:05:00 -
[2483] - Quote
looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool |
Hong Hu
Shiva
Nulli Secunda
22
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Posted - 2014.08.20 01:06:00 -
[2484] - Quote
I am sad to see this end. I've enjoyed playing the Blink. |
Jedi Zen
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2014.08.20 01:06:00 -
[2485] - Quote
Rayo Atra wrote:Not sure what words are appropriate.
This experience will not be even remotely the same anymore. I can gamble anywhere but, the loss of the fun, the professionalism, the fountains of isk, and above all the community will be greatly missed.
+1, even if I was pesting sometimes I will regret it |
HotAngel
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2014.08.20 01:08:00 -
[2486] - Quote
Not happy CCP/CSM have acted in this way. tall poppy syndrome.
CCP will probably lose a lot of accounts out of this, not out of protest, but just out of not needing to earn as much ISK,
I hope CCP retires the bus and makes the arrangement official, so that no misunderstanding can happen in the future.
Good Luck Somer, in whatever you do next - perhaps its time to do something new anyway, something that will make you earth rich.
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roy oakes
Hellfire Cult
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
10
|
Posted - 2014.08.20 01:14:00 -
[2487] - Quote
i wonder how many plex sales they are going to loose with this, just think how many plex are purchased just to play somer blink |
Klyith
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
111
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Posted - 2014.08.20 01:17:00 -
[2488] - Quote
HotAngel wrote:Not happy CCP/CSM have acted in this way. tall poppy syndrome.
Well if you know any short poppies that are currently giving out isk rewards for buying referral links, be sure to let us know and we'll cut those ones down too. But from where I'm standing it looks more like a weed being pulled. |
Fawx Kion
Trevyalok
0
|
Posted - 2014.08.20 01:23:00 -
[2489] - Quote
No more blue box win notifications. :( |
111kartel111
O.M.F.G LLC
9
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Posted - 2014.08.20 01:43:00 -
[2490] - Quote
Unbelievable the lengths ccp has gone to compleatly **** off there player base. |
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Reznorock
Czerka Unlimited
Drop the Hammer
0
|
Posted - 2014.08.20 01:45:00 -
[2491] - Quote
I will remain hopeful that CCP changes it's mind and we can all be blinking again soon. I have tokens and isk to spend still!! was much fun. |
Nigel Deborah
ANZAC ALLIANCE
Fidelas Constans
0
|
Posted - 2014.08.20 02:02:00 -
[2492] - Quote
It's pathetic that CCP would shut down such a successful player run organisation like Somer Blink.
They will undoubtably pay for this mistake through lost plex sales and lost subscribed accounts. |
Hakaari Inkuran
State War Academy
Caldari State
198
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Posted - 2014.08.20 02:06:00 -
[2493] - Quote
Nigel Deborah wrote:It's pathetic that CCP would shut down such a successful player run organisation like Somer Blink.
They will undoubtably pay for this mistake through lost plex sales and lost subscribed accounts.
Only Somer shut down Blink, are you not paying attention? |
HotAngel
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
0
|
Posted - 2014.08.20 02:15:00 -
[2494] - Quote
Klyith wrote:HotAngel wrote:Not happy CCP/CSM have acted in this way. tall poppy syndrome.
Well if you know any short poppies that are currently giving out isk rewards for buying referral links, be sure to let us know and we'll cut those ones down too. But from where I'm standing it looks more like a weed being pulled.
giving out ISK rewards....
Well, lets take a look at that... 45m per GTC purchased, through the buyback, not that much of a reward to start out with, moreso a perk for being a loyal customer.
Would you also want to cut down any reseller who provides discounts in RL money or prizes? They are called loyalty programs.
Somer could have provided an out of game draw giving away RL items as prizes, would that also have been a problem? Or would you have objected because those RL items could be traded for RL money and then converted to GTC?
I'm trying to get where your coming from, but I just don't get it.
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Captpoopypants
Helion Production Labs
Independent Operators Consortium
1
|
Posted - 2014.08.20 02:57:00 -
[2495] - Quote
It had a good run, let it go.
Can i say this is music to my ears, its a shame yes, i like a good blink, but like countless others.
But i am sure yo will agree, it takes over logic, you play the game, and a chance to win really big its just so appealing ..to appealing and your buying plex, selling blinking losing, buying plex again, selling blinking losing, then doing it again, some cases i am sure its plex and blink b4 food, without even thinking .
lack of self control some will say, yea it is, some have it some don't, but its not good to have something so enticing.
Blinks Played10,850
ISK Deposited390,577,812,997 ISK
Promo Blinks Played1,688
Win Ratio23.81%
Blinks Won2,583
Value of Blinks Won757,842,702,125 ISK
Megablinks Won542
Winnings Transformed to Blink Credit384,863,776,500 ISK
Promo Blinks Won8
Winnings Transformed to ISK267,298,103,751 ISK
61 plex points since the date stated on the somerblink page, and nothing to show for it what so ever.
Yes its my own fault, and i did enjoy blinking like crazy, i need a new mouse.
Maybe people will start playing eve again
Somer you must start a Blink mouse sale, a collectors edition mouse. for the fans.
Thanks somer
Good buy
1 BomB To BrEaK Them -áAll
http://hplcorp.net/killboard/index.php/kill_related/4034/
We like BomBs BomBs are good are BomBs loaded -áare they tasty BomBs ?
Can i bring a DrAkE ?
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Staho Tragu
Intrepidus Legio Daemonium Pandam
0
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Posted - 2014.08.20 03:02:00 -
[2496] - Quote
Fly safe. You kept spinning in Jita entertaining for years. |
Andski
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
10953
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Posted - 2014.08.20 03:18:00 -
[2497] - Quote
goodnight sweet prince
Twitter: @EVEAndski
"It's easy to speak for the silent majority. They rarely object to what you put into their mouths."
-á-á - Abrazzar |
Pasocon Otaku
2
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Posted - 2014.08.20 04:17:00 -
[2498] - Quote
Thank you for the good times over the years!
ISK Deposited 70,178,000,000
non-Promo Blink Payouts 65,874,069,894
Value of Promos Won & Kept 4,889,000,000
Promo sales 22,490,022,899
Total Payouts 93,253,092,793
Net Winnings 23,075,092,793
Percentage Change +32.88%
APY equivalent +13.87%
Value of Promos Won 28,990,899
Number of Promos Won 63
Promos Played 16702
Win Rate 1:265
Average Promo Win Value 460,159,094
Avg Return per Promo played 1,735,722
Start Date 4/17/2012
End Date 8/19/204
Days Played 854
Avg Promos/Day 19.58
Avg Days/Win 13.56 |
Ueberlisk
The Hatchery
Team Liquid
72
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Posted - 2014.08.20 04:28:00 -
[2499] - Quote
sad times. unhype 1.9Q. |
Sabriz Adoudel
Mission BLITZ
3439
|
Posted - 2014.08.20 04:38:00 -
[2500] - Quote
Good riddance.
Would not be saying this if SOMER had stayed out of RMT.
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=366607 - Gank incursion runners, win prizes! August 26-Sept 30.
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=238931 - an idea for a new form of hybrid PVE/PVP content.
www.minerbumping.com - ganking miners and causing chaos |
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HotAngel
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
0
|
Posted - 2014.08.20 04:51:00 -
[2501] - Quote
Sabriz Adoudel wrote:Good riddance.
Would not be saying this if SOMER had stayed out of RMT.
is there some evidence that he did RMT? |
Klyith
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
116
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Posted - 2014.08.20 05:17:00 -
[2502] - Quote
HotAngel wrote:[quote=Klyith]
giving out ISK rewards....
Well, lets take a look at that... 45m per GTC purchased, through the buyback, not that much of a reward to start out with, moreso a perk for being a loyal customer.
It's not that big, but it's the principle. If Somer is allowed to do RMT-like loyalty programs, everyone else in the game would need to be allowed to do it too. And as we found the last time around, that escalates really quickly. Can I sell someone one ETC with the promise to buy a plex back for 5 billion isk? It becomes straight RMT at that point.
Plus Somer's email with the CCP Sales staff was plain BS designed to cover his purpose. That's what I'm most annoyed by and feel should be punished. The first time around was a firm clarification of the rules: no RMT through referral programs. He knew better.
Quote:Would you also want to cut down any reseller who provides discounts in RL money or prizes? They are called loyalty programs.
That's fine, they can give RL discounts on their RL sales. That costs the reseller RL money. One time Amazon had a pricing error and sold plexes for like $1.50 each. I didn't get any, but the few people who lucked into seeing it at the right time got hundreds. Amazon took a bath and lost a bunch of money.
When someone is giving away real money it's a self-limiting problem. Isk on the other hand is virtually infinite.
Quote:Somer could have provided an out of game draw giving away RL items as prizes, would that also have been a problem? Or would you have objected because those RL items could be traded for RL money and then converted to GTC?
I'd be ok with Somer doing a RL raffle / lottery, even one that he organized as a donation drive to keep his site running if the rules and cut were well defined. Provided he followed all the RL laws for such a thing, which is not easy when running an international lottery. Everyone can then do whatever they want with their RL prizes.
I'd shake my head at people who gave real money to someone just to continue to operate a gambling web site, but it's an addiction I guess. |
HotAngel
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
0
|
Posted - 2014.08.20 05:23:00 -
[2503] - Quote
....an I sell someone one ETC with the promise to buy a plex back for 5 billion isk? It becomes straight RMT at that point...
OK, I see your point. |
CobraMK4
Cobra's AURUM
0
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Posted - 2014.08.20 06:28:00 -
[2504] - Quote
Quote:Bonk tickets have been refunded to your account balance. We will begin refunding all account balances of people that have played in the last 6 month
Blink must refund not balance or ticket, refund all that you've earned thanks to players
then it will be properly and honestly. And since you're a big hidden thief. (despite on ccp) |
Fracoix
The Scope
Gallente Federation
1
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Posted - 2014.08.20 06:49:00 -
[2505] - Quote
Sad to see SOMER go like this. Hell, blinking was a huge part of my eve life, ship spinning will never be the same. I like gambling and somer provided a relatively cheap way of providing a gambling experience. Every PLEX i bought went into blinking but it's way cheaper than any real life gambling sites. I think CCP will feel the hit to PLEX sales due to this...
The speedy reimbursement of the account balance show how decent these guys are, I got my 5b I had sinked into the 1,9Q bonk straight away. I will miss the fun gambling and the awesome community and wish to thank the somer guys for all the fun they have provided. I'm sad we won't experience the 2Q craziness...
To all the haters: ENVY MUCH???? |
Lucas Kell
Internet Terrorists
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
4130
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Posted - 2014.08.20 07:07:00 -
[2506] - Quote
Alsham Pau'Kesh wrote:The way Somer Blink has been treated here is garbage. I will be doing whatever I can to help get the message across to CCP that this is as much a part of EVE to me as the game itself. Perhaps then they should have stayed out of RMT, and not purposely misled CCP, then cried when they got caught out. There are other eve gambling sites run by people who aren't trying to destroy the game, so good riddance.
The Indecisive Noob - EVE fan blog.
Wholesale Trading - The new bulk trading mailing list.
Chrysus Industries - Savings made simple!
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Jommis
Glueless
The Veyr Collective
91
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Posted - 2014.08.20 07:12:00 -
[2507] - Quote
they got comission from markee dragon if players bought a PLEX that they then sold to BLINK and traded into ISK.
Basically
step 1, ask player to buy PLEX at markee dragon (earmark the comission to blink).
step 2. player sells PLEX to blink for ISK. Gets slightly more ISK in the lottery system.
step 3. player loses said money, (well some win, but most lose)
Net result:
Somer gets a certain comission for each sale, and the PLEX can be resold back to market again and ISK is made back.
Netting IRL money on each plex.
Personaly i got banned about a year ago.
After loosing about 300 billion isk on blink.
And getting banned was the best thing that happened to me in eve..
Good luck with your next scam Somer!
You did a good job with blink.
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Lucas Kell
Internet Terrorists
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
4130
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Posted - 2014.08.20 07:12:00 -
[2508] - Quote
Fracoix wrote:Sad to see SOMER go like this. Hell, blinking was a huge part of my eve life, ship spinning will never be the same. I like gambling and somer provided a relatively cheap way of providing a gambling experience. Every PLEX i bought went into blinking but it's way cheaper than any real life gambling sites. I think CCP will feel the hit to PLEX sales due to this... Yes, because there are no other sites that allow people to gamble isk.
Fracoix wrote:The speedy reimbursement of the account balance show how decent these guys are, I got my 5b I had sinked into the 1,9Q bonk straight away. I will miss the fun gambling and the awesome community and wish to thank the somer guys for all the fun they have provided. I'm sad we won't experience the 2Q craziness... Of course they did. They've already shilled out more than enough isk to be able to keep themselves looking legit just in case they want to come back and scam again later to support their RMT pool.
The Indecisive Noob - EVE fan blog.
Wholesale Trading - The new bulk trading mailing list.
Chrysus Industries - Savings made simple!
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Fracoix
The Scope
Gallente Federation
1
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Posted - 2014.08.20 07:19:00 -
[2509] - Quote
Jommis wrote:
After loosing about 300 billion isk on blink.
U Mad Bro??? |
steve Breau
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2014.08.20 07:20:00 -
[2510] - Quote
Al i can say i dident c anyone whine@ ccp wen somer donated 4000 plex to ccp for a good cause
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Fracoix
The Scope
Gallente Federation
1
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Posted - 2014.08.20 07:21:00 -
[2511] - Quote
Lucas Kell wrote:Fracoix wrote:Sad to see SOMER go like this. Hell, blinking was a huge part of my eve life, ship spinning will never be the same. I like gambling and somer provided a relatively cheap way of providing a gambling experience. Every PLEX i bought went into blinking but it's way cheaper than any real life gambling sites. I think CCP will feel the hit to PLEX sales due to this... Yes, because there are no other sites that allow people to gamble isk.
No other good sites, crappy poker client and crappy fruit machines. Yeah, great options |
Jommis
Glueless
The Veyr Collective
91
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Posted - 2014.08.20 07:21:00 -
[2512] - Quote
Fracoix wrote:Jommis wrote:
After loosing about 300 billion isk on blink.
U Mad Bro???
Not at all.
I had fun doing it.
And would probably do it again |
Fracoix
The Scope
Gallente Federation
1
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Posted - 2014.08.20 07:24:00 -
[2513] - Quote
steve Breau wrote:Al i can say i dident c anyone whine@ ccp wen somer donated 4000 plex to ccp for a good cause
this^ |
Jack Breacher
LionGate Enterprises
Care Factor
3
|
Posted - 2014.08.20 07:40:00 -
[2514] - Quote
Somer still has to re-contract my Damnation promo and this happened :/ |
Andski
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
10984
|
Posted - 2014.08.20 07:50:00 -
[2515] - Quote
steve Breau wrote:Al i can say i dident c anyone whine@ ccp wen somer donated 4000 plex to ccp for a good cause
tell us more about these things that never happened, and how that gave them a license to break the rules
Twitter: @EVEAndski
"It's easy to speak for the silent majority. They rarely object to what you put into their mouths."
-á-á - Abrazzar |
Eirea Iwairaki
THE FINAL STAND
The Final Stand.
0
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Posted - 2014.08.20 07:55:00 -
[2516] - Quote
Andski wrote:steve Breau wrote:Al i can say i dident c anyone whine@ ccp wen somer donated 4000 plex to ccp for a good cause
tell us more about these things that never happened, and how that gave them a license to break the rules
http://themittani.com/news/plex-good-raises-185175
SOMER Blink donated 4,000 PLEX for the charity drive.
Is that sufficient evidence or would you like a tinfoil hat? |
Andski
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
10986
|
Posted - 2014.08.20 08:04:00 -
[2517] - Quote
Eirea Iwairaki wrote:http://themittani.com/news/plex-good-raises-185175
SOMER Blink donated 4,000 PLEX for the charity drive.
Is that sufficient evidence or would you like a tinfoil hat?
that's fantastic
now tell me how that puts them above the rules
Twitter: @EVEAndski
"It's easy to speak for the silent majority. They rarely object to what you put into their mouths."
-á-á - Abrazzar |
Jack Breacher
LionGate Enterprises
Care Factor
3
|
Posted - 2014.08.20 08:06:00 -
[2518] - Quote
So were gonna get the amount we deposited in the past 6 months ? |
Fracoix
The Scope
Gallente Federation
1
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Posted - 2014.08.20 08:16:00 -
[2519] - Quote
Jack Breacher wrote:So were gonna get the amount we deposited in the past 6 months ?
no, but they reimburse the account balance of players that have been active in the last 6 months. |
Llawa
Exiled Kings
The Fearless Empire
10
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Posted - 2014.08.20 08:16:00 -
[2520] - Quote
Boooooo.
What do I do for isk now? Mining? |
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Diesel Method
Method's Vindication
0
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Posted - 2014.08.20 08:18:00 -
[2521] - Quote
I logged onto Blink earlier, probably just hours before this happened. I opened up my 1.9q gift, which turned out to be a Gila. It was contracted to me, and after they announced they were shutting down. So they are following through on gifts too. |
Klearly
ANZAC ALLIANCE
Fidelas Constans
1
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Posted - 2014.08.20 08:19:00 -
[2522] - Quote
so what am i suppose to do with teh 1m plus tokens i have saved for this party......... |
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ISD Atomic Dove
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
42
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Posted - 2014.08.20 08:24:00 -
[2523] - Quote
Just locking this thread while I clean it up,
....
We'll be right back folks, please use this time to see the refreshments stand. Get in early
ISD Atomic Dove
Lieutenant
Community Communication Liaisons (CCLs)
Interstellar Services Department |
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Jack Breacher
LionGate Enterprises
Care Factor
3
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Posted - 2014.08.20 09:21:00 -
[2524] - Quote
Fracoix wrote:Jack Breacher wrote:So were gonna get the amount we deposited in the past 6 months ? no, but they reimburse the account balance of players that have been active in the last 6 months.
Ive been active but dunno how much ive thrown in the past 6 months |
Warlof Tutsimo
Real One Corp
0
|
Posted - 2014.08.20 11:40:00 -
[2525] - Quote
Well...
Thanks for your work CCP... Continue like that, you're going to kill EVE with more and more useless nerfs and by killing legitimate action like SOMER !
Star Citizen & Elite Dangerous looks have good staff, I will looking for them i think
Sincerely thanks to SOMER for their project which was a great game for those whose, instead of Goons, has not enough funds ! |
The Lords Hand
Virtues Corporation
Yulai Federation
0
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Posted - 2014.08.20 13:32:00 -
[2526] - Quote
ISD Atomic Dove wrote:Alrighty, I've been through and looked at the posts. If you are wishing to discuss the recent events there is a collective thread you may voice your opinions in https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=367146&find=unreadDo not bring those discussions to this thread please. And don't forget, keep it civil and please refrain from rule breaking posts. I have tidied up posts for various reasons as below. Quote:
3. Ranting is prohibited.
A rant is a post that is often filled with angry and counterproductive comments. A free exchange of ideas is essential to building a strong sense of community and is helpful in development of the game and community. Rants are disruptive, and incite flaming and trolling. Please post your thoughts in a concise and clear manner while avoiding going off on rambling tangents.
4. Personal attacks are prohibited.
Commonly known as flaming, personal attacks are posts that are designed to personally berate or insult another forum user. Posts of this nature are not conductive to the community spirit that CCP promotes. As such, this kind of behavior will not be tolerated.
22. Posting regarding RMT (Real Money Trading) is prohibited.
Posts discussing, linking to, or advertising RMT, including but not limited to the sale of in game items, assets, currency, characters or game accounts for real life money are strictly prohibited.
32. Rumor mongering is prohibited.
Rumor threads and posts which are based off no actual solid information and are designed to either troll or annoy other users will be locked and removed. These kinds of threads and posts are detrimental to the wellbeing and spirit of the EVE Online Community, and can create undue panic among forum users, as well as adding to the workload of our moderators.
so basically what this guy is saying is "DONT DISCUSS ANYTHING ABOUT THIS AT ALL". Which way is star citizen? |
The Lords Hand
Virtues Corporation
Yulai Federation
0
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Posted - 2014.08.20 13:40:00 -
[2527] - Quote
Captpoopypants wrote:It had a good run, let it go.
Can i say this is music to my ears, its a shame yes, i like a good blink, but like countless others.
But i am sure yo will agree, it takes over logic, you play the game, and a chance to win really big its just so appealing ..to appealing and your buying plex, selling blinking losing, buying plex again, selling blinking losing, then doing it again, some cases i am sure its plex and blink b4 food, without even thinking .
lack of self control some will say, yea it is, some have it some don't, but its not good to have something so enticing.
Blinks Played10,850
ISK Deposited390,577,812,997 ISK
Promo Blinks Played1,688
Win Ratio23.81%
Blinks Won2,583
Value of Blinks Won757,842,702,125 ISK
Megablinks Won542
Winnings Transformed to Blink Credit384,863,776,500 ISK
Promo Blinks Won8
Winnings Transformed to ISK267,298,103,751 ISK
61 plex points since the date stated on the somerblink page, and nothing to show for it what so ever.
Yes its my own fault, and i did enjoy blinking like crazy, i need a new mouse.
Maybe people will start playing eve again
Somer you must start a Blink mouse sale, a collectors edition mouse. for the fans.
Thanks somer
Good buy
so you completly lack any self control? who cares. its not somers fault its your fault. join a gambling anon group or something.
your arguement is like saying i cant control my drinking so no one should be able to drink. just silly. and simple minded. |
Meka Dawn
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
0
|
Posted - 2014.08.20 17:35:00 -
[2528] - Quote
i bought a lot of plex through eve online accounts management (ccp) just to play blink... sometimes 100s per month if i had the extra cash |
Lucas Kell
Internet Terrorists
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
4140
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Posted - 2014.08.20 17:47:00 -
[2529] - Quote
Fracoix wrote:Lucas Kell wrote:Fracoix wrote:Sad to see SOMER go like this. Hell, blinking was a huge part of my eve life, ship spinning will never be the same. I like gambling and somer provided a relatively cheap way of providing a gambling experience. Every PLEX i bought went into blinking but it's way cheaper than any real life gambling sites. I think CCP will feel the hit to PLEX sales due to this... Yes, because there are no other sites that allow people to gamble isk. No other good sites, crappy poker client and crappy fruit machines. Yeah, great options Iwantisk has raffles too.
The Indecisive Noob - EVE fan blog.
Wholesale Trading - The new bulk trading mailing list.
Chrysus Industries - Savings made simple!
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Asceticism
The Graduates
Forged of Fire
0
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Posted - 2014.08.20 19:30:00 -
[2530] - Quote
From first to maybe the last.
I remember when promos were small, and they had an isk cost associated with the item, according to its value!
Things came a very long way. Giga blinks, revenant bonks (I remember going broke one trying to get that one), supercarrier bpos, station eggs - as a fairly regular thing!?
You guys did it really big, and were definitely one of my favorite mini-time occupiers associated with eve.
Thanks Somer. Keep the ball rolling towards the next big thing, be it eve or RL; don't stop generating the hype. |
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Vaju Enki
Secular Wisdom
1400
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Posted - 2014.08.20 20:32:00 -
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Don't Let The Door Hit You On The Way Out!!
The Tears Must Flow |
Jommis
Glueless
The Veyr Collective
92
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Posted - 2014.08.20 21:17:00 -
[2532] - Quote
CCP has taken the decision to permanently ban the founder of SOMER Blink from EVE Online across all accounts, with immediate effect. This is due to multiple violations of our EULA and Terms of Service.
LoL Karma is a *****.. |
Ace Boogi
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
293
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Posted - 2014.08.20 22:52:00 -
[2533] - Quote
Enjoying the rain today? ;) |
Rol Durand
5
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Posted - 2014.08.21 12:01:00 -
[2534] - Quote
Somer,
Thanks for providing some entertainment and distraction -- something internet spaceships have failed to provide for a long, long time...
P.S. Can I have your stuff? |
Wolfino
Cosmic Cimmerians
Usurper.
0
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Posted - 2014.08.21 15:35:00 -
[2535] - Quote
so the tokens are waisted money now? i spent so much on the site for the sole purpose to get tokens to play promos....im out a large amount of money now |
BulletMagnetMan
The Scope
Gallente Federation
3
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Posted - 2014.08.22 07:55:00 -
[2536] - Quote
It's a shame really. I quite enjoyed losing billions of isk at this site. Truly I did. |
mr h4ppy
Replikatorz
0
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Posted - 2014.08.22 23:34:00 -
[2537] - Quote
Well after stopping playing eve about 9 months ago I still payed each month to keep my account open so I could move money to Somerblink and to collect winnings. That was -ú90.00 to CCP for 9 months and the total time I was logged in during that period was about 15 minutes. Now that I can't play Somerblink I have canceled my account as there is no in game gambling.
So.. CCP, Please put casinos into the game. I would love to see say maybe 12 gambling licenses sold in a biding war. Then each licence can be allocated to a player owned station in 0.0. It would be awesome to walk about then in station and sit around tables and gamble with friends and strangers alike, people would also have an incentive to buy expensive clothes to show of their wealth. The alliance that owns the station will of course have to employ a pretty big army/police force of players to keep the gates free from pirates etc possibly even offering escorts to tourists. The Alliance would also have a vested interest in keeping their prizes nice and tasty with good odds whilst at the same time trying to disrupt the competition, for instance by hiring gangs of pirates etc to kill tourists. Each Alliance would want their Station to become the new VEGAS at all costs! The licenses would also be renewable yearly.
My idea is that the 12 gambling stations would be roughly evenly spaces around eve so people would not have to travel too far to have fun. I think it would add a huge new bunch of content and employment withing the EVE universe whilst simultaneously creating a large isk sink.. (which I hear CCP likes)
A lot of people work long hard hours in real life and don;t want to come home and play EVE the way it is currently meant to be played. They don't want to fly endless missions or mine or rat all the time, or PvP, at least for me is pretty stressful sometimes and not what I want to do for the few hours before sleep as it causes insomnia!!. They might just wanna log on and chill out in a station with a couple of drinks or a smoke, whist chatting to their friends about whatever, and gamble a couple of hundred million isk. I know I'd love to do that. After a hard weeks work, -ú35.00 (or whatever it is for a couple of plexs) is not much to get a bunch of isk to happily gamble for a couple of evenings.
I used to be on Team Speak chatting to 3-4 other gamblers having a few beers and would maybe gamble away 300mill isk in about 4 hours or do. Mostly just small gambles here and there, but it was a nice social thing to do when I could not be bothered to go out IRL to a casino or bar. A lot cheaper too!. Ships that I won over time I have store up for PvP when I can be bothered to get back in to it.
Please don;t take something away that was as fun as Somerblink and not give us an alternative. If you bring it in game then you will have full control over it and make more real life money. I promise!
As for Somer, I'm sorry that things turned out the the way they did and wish an alternate solution could have been reached but rules are rules I guess.
Anyway, I'm off now, I hope a Dev reads this and brings it up in the next content meeting to discuss. bye for now, I hope to be back in the future. |
Emily Vartas
Astro Defence Industry
0
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Posted - 2014.08.23 00:00:00 -
[2538] - Quote
58,098 Tokens in my account :(
and I apparently missed out on some 'retro' credits :\
I'll miss blink. only reason I log into eve sometimes. |
Kane DeCesaille
Furyan Federation
Carthage Empires
0
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Posted - 2014.08.23 01:20:00 -
[2539] - Quote
185k tokens in my account....but that's not the point. Been playing blink since 2011. Spent.....trillions actually...lost tons, won quite abit...but i still loved it actually. The only proper gambling site Eve had, with fantastic prizes. It saddens me that it's all over....whether i win or lose, with many moments of rage....(spending 50b isk in an event and not winning crap...) Blink has been a part of Eve for ages.
Who knows...maybe CCP with change their directives, maybe they will forgive for whatever has happened, and maybe something will come up in the near future. who knows :)
SomerBlink, you did well, made tons, gave us alot of entertainment, fantastic prizes even though many cried for losing....But gambling is gambling anywhere...and the "Casino" always wins...But i did get great prizes, and so did others. Hope you come back....:):)
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Delta Tremor
Tremor Recorded
Variable Enterprise Training Standards
12
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Posted - 2014.08.23 03:33:00 -
[2540] - Quote
omer, You and your whole team were always straight shooters. Your rules weren't rigorous but were fair, written to be easily understood, so it was always humorous to me when someone came whining into the forum complaining about being unaware about the first rule in the list about having only one Blink account. We all know that person wanted to have as many blink players as possible to pick the "low hanging fruit" of your generous achievements for just playing the game.
I see a lot of ppl are crying on this forum about about having "bought" a lot of tokens which really were free with one being given for each million deposited or won, then the tokens could be used to play the minibonk which often had Jump Freighter sized prizes or to get one ticket on a promotion which had things like 10 billion Blink Credits every now and then. Ppl will follow me and tell me how they "bought" those tokens, but if you never dreamed up mini-bonks or promotions, no one would complain. I think the complainers are the ones who never really played the game but made deposits to get the tokens and then had some form of automationthat got around your safeguards and just played promotions. Promotions were supposed to be rewards for people who were present and playing. They'd bet some and take the prizes in ISK and I guess came out ahead playing all 30-50 promotions each day without really playing much of the game to help pay for the prizes given out.
I'm here to confirm you were true to your word and refunded my blink account isk balance, shipped, at no expense to me, the ship I won at the last minute to the station I wanted and then contracted it to me, at no expense to me.
Not exactly as others who probably did not even have accounts have said, took the money and run. You were always fair and honest. And your customer support was a model of efficiency some other big operations around here
could take a lesson from.
I wish you and your whole crew nothing but happiness and success. I know you will have success. You can walk away from this mess with your head held high. This is CCP's loss, not yours.
Maybe I'll see you in another game before long, as I won't be here very much longer. I knew I never should have plexed ahead! |
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Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
135
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Posted - 2014.08.23 06:02:00 -
[2541] - Quote
The Blink Haters Envy Club might have just pulled a Wile E Coyote fireworks display on themselves. If, as one has said, she deceived players into buying plex for cash so they could sell it back for ISK.
So the scammers who claim to want to buy two plex for well above the going price are not deceiving players into buying plex for cash so they can sell it for higher than market value?
I don't know the details of any three letter acronym against the EULA and ToS other than ill founded conjecture of others complete with 5th grade math examples but I wonder how far one has to open that door to be considered in violation of CCP's rules enough for them to act?
Corps with click thrus to eve resellers have never ever been known to opened that door wide enough to let light shine on the rats.
How about a an authorized PLEX reseller having an eve account and keeping it no secret? Would that be opening the door far enough?
Has anyone drawn a line in the carpet with a light saber inside the closets of her indiscretions, if there in fact are any indiscretions which tells others how much they can bend the rules before moving from good natured rule bending to foul, swing em from the yardarm rule breaking? |
Name Invalid
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2014.08.23 14:19:00 -
[2542] - Quote
I'm in the same boat as many other people, Only with 10k tickets, but I'll be the first to tell you that I enjoyed Blink as much as one of the other supporters.
A game like this can be not exciting at times, (Living in a wormhole, and most of your corp isn't on.) Blink was an amazing way to pass time, and to actually have fun. The Community was great, you could always find a conversation down at the Somer Blink Channel. I'm sure half the reason why every one was there so we could hear the person say "Promo!" but still...
Somer Blink will be missed, I hope something happens in the near future and allows Blink to become a thing again. You can't replace Blink's Micro Lottery with the other odd EVE gambling sites, you just can't. lol
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Rennseslear X
The 3 Roids Enterprises
The 3 Roids Enterprises Alliance
39
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Posted - 2014.08.23 14:28:00 -
[2543] - Quote
i see lots of crying and blaming CCP for the actions of somer.
the actions of somer.
of somer.
EWE OAR SOFA KING WE TALL DID |
Morus VI
The Scope
Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2014.08.23 15:18:00 -
[2544] - Quote
@ CCP i had a Account Balance of 30 Billions in Somer!
All is gone - 3 paid Accounts!
@ Somer you did a great Job i loved / hated somerblink for 4 years.
Bye Eve
@CCP i hope the whole company will be bankrupt by the end of 2014! |
Jake Rivers
Senex Legio
218
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Posted - 2014.08.23 20:00:00 -
[2545] - Quote
If the only reason you play eve was to gamble on somerblink, so long, not a single person is going to miss you.
LOL
PS can I has your stuff
Senex Legio |
firestones
PH0ENIX COMPANY
Northern Associates.
32
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Posted - 2014.08.23 23:03:00 -
[2546] - Quote
Just wanted to take the time to thank each and everyone of you that had anything to do with this site,, you all treated everyone oh so awesome! yes i will miss the fun i had but will never forget the fun i had! Thanks guys you were and still are the best! thanks again Firestones |
Replacement 234
Studies and Observation Group - Eve
135
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Posted - 2014.08.24 09:53:00 -
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I thank everyone associated with Blink for a lot of good times. I really thank the Chat folks, well most anyway. I decided to stop reading the pop-up forums last night and not go back until all the facts are assembled. I just don't understand the hatred. (pop-up forums = as soon as I got to page 6 of a new forum, it was permanently closed with a link for a new one. I'd get there and it was permanently closed Somer, you never did anything in a small way!)
I think it will be interesting to see how CCP moves forward in their selective enforcement. It starts right with CCP Falcon breaking the Privacy Policy regarding sanctions. I think generally he is moving well through a large minefield. One trait of CCP is to go into hibernation for a week then announce a decision along the lines of the most vehement forum rats which they can loosely tie to a paragraph or two in Rules. They have never been constant in rule enforcement except when it costs them money, like Character Sales. I biomassed some nicely skilled toons with -10 standings rather than take them to Ebay to sell them. It was against the rules to sell them, and at the time there was no way to transfer a character to another account unless you owned the account and accounts. like now could not be sold. But Ebay always had a big selection of toons, ships, mods and I can't see how everyone of those people did not get caught. And Bots all over now...
I still haven't seen any evidence of why the action was taken, but I have not looked for any in over 24 hours, either. One thing I did notice in the vitriol was an absence of any mention that the number of PLEX you would buy back were the number each player had bought from Markee since CCP asked you to cease the bonus pending investigation back in November. If I could have caught up with a pop-up forum before it was closed, I was going to mention that.
I had bought some PLEX from Markee since November and had a number of how many I thought I was limited to selling to you at the current Blink Credit price. My friends were bringing up plex from many locations and I was trying to get a count on how many we had scattered over New Eden, so I was just slow and didn't see the sh^tstorm on the horizon.
Unless I totally misunderstood it, the number of PLEX "things" (not tokens, but you named them something unique to those PLEX bought during that period from Markee. The Blink Buy Back was being called an endless cycle of profit when it was really a reimbursement for a finite number of PLEX which were bought while the "bonus" was suspended and the time when CCP legal decided it was not against the rules. I know it is not any different than just about every corp out there giving a bonus to a player who bought through the corp site's click through and supported the cost of the corp expenses. Interesting to see how the waffling will take place on the selective enfoecement.
My friends and I discussed this very problem when PLEX came out and decided that anything which could be purchased in one form of currency real life cash and sold in ISK could just as easily be transferred the other way. Our corp expenses are nil as the server our corp sites sit on is wholly owned by one in our group. Being all old retired military farts, we understand how to pay our own bills and do what we can to help each other. We thought from the start of the PLEX being handled as a commodity instead of a character sale was a big mistake and would end up in a SNAFU. The PLEX is a financial transaction between the player and CCP and has no place in the game. It has no use in any game mechanic.
We all thought it should be sold and bought through an electronic NPC Market in every system or directly from EVE. in any system. We saw it best being handled so it never left EVE's control. Our idea that a buyer should be able to buy a PLEX on an NPC market or from EVE no matter where the player was by opening their character sheet, then open PLEX at the bottom, see all the market options in New Eden (maybe just the domain?) then buy from either the Market or EVE. Once bought, the buyer has two options, Activate or Sell. If he chooses Activate, a list of all toons owned by that player across all accounts drops down. The buyer selectis a toon and the PLEX will activate on that account. If the player selects Sell then market info appears and the Seller can select sell at a price he chooses and in any system he chooses. Maybe a choice would be to keep it in a PLEX Hangar at EVE and sell it or activate it as described at a later time.
The key would be not letting the PLEX leave EVE control. When bought, it is activated, put on the NPC market or stored in EVE's PLEX Locker. Get rid of the ICON
Getting a line of people started up as Authorized Resellers seemed like a bad Idea as it could lead to pricing out of EVE's control. It added middlemen who ate up CCPs profits. CCP gave the Resellers enough profit to have a 24 hour staff at 25 locations when they could have kept the profits and have one 24 hour staff at one location. CCP could offer and control the uniform amount for each click-through. We always thought even having an Icon for it was a bad idea.
My best thought are with you all. Your return of assets to players speaks volumes about your character. Me and all by friends got everything we had in your control. We are all looking around for some new place. Incarna taught us not to PLEX out too far because it was just a matter of time for CCP to give us reason. We think they jumped the shark on this one. If you rob Peter to pay Paul, you can always on Paul. Selective enforcement will always divide a group! Even some the loudest shouters will find themselves under selective enforcement someday. You just knew CCP couldn't have something successful running near them! |
Jam Kirk
The Scope
Gallente Federation
8
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Posted - 2014.08.24 13:48:00 -
[2548] - Quote
I have very much enjoyed playing blinks the last couple of years. I think the blink staff should be commended all the way across the board. It is very sad that the fun is now gone. I will miss all of you and wish you nothing but the very best in all future endeavors.
Gone too is one of the very best chat channels in the game of EVE. I have met some of the best people in the game simply by asking a few questions in channel. I will greatly miss the channel and the friends I have made in there. It seemed no matter what time of the day or night there was always a friendly smile to greet in that channel that is now closed.
I will miss all of you greatly. Please remember not everyone will forget. I hope you all know and remember well the joys and the interactions Somer gave us all. |
Jack Breacher
LionGate Enterprises
Care Factor
3
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Posted - 2014.08.24 16:40:00 -
[2549] - Quote
Jam Kirk wrote:I have very much enjoyed playing blinks the last couple of years. I think the blink staff should be commended all the way across the board. It is very sad that the fun is now gone. I will miss all of you and wish you nothing but the very best in all future endeavors.
Gone too is one of the very best chat channels in the game of EVE. I have met some of the best people in the game simply by asking a few questions in channel. I will greatly miss the channel and the friends I have made in there. It seemed no matter what time of the day or night there was always a friendly smile to greet in that channel that is now closed.
I will miss all of you greatly. Please remember not everyone will forget. I hope you all know and remember well the joys and the interactions Somer gave us all.
Aww, I miss blink; losing billions too :p |
Root Canals
Ifriends Holdings
i-Friends
0
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Posted - 2014.08.24 19:43:00 -
[2550] - Quote
no blink = no eve
nuff said
and no, you cants has my stuff cuz I sold it all to play blink |
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Jadzia Ezri Dax
Space Dust Industries
0
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Posted - 2014.08.24 22:00:00 -
[2551] - Quote
Gonna miss ya Somer - Thank you for all the fun.
Luckily I've found another site to waste all my time on. You can't stop the degenerate gamblers from gambling :)
http://www.iwantisk.com/?ref=91909482
There is an referral to all you other degenerate gamblers like me.
They have Raffles
Slot Machines!!! (YES OMG SLOT MACHINES)
Scratchcards
Leaderboards with Monthly Prices
User Referral Program
Token Reward Program
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ISD Ezwal
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
1990
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Posted - 2014.08.24 23:44:00 -
[2552] - Quote
As the OP of this thread has been banned and the service it advertises is shutting down, this thread serves no purpose any longer.
Thread locked
ISD Ezwal
Captain
Community Communication Liaisons (CCLs)
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