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When you consider how much the dollar has dropped, that's only a couple of Lira.  |
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cmlancas
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$201 for a nice sword like that isn't much more than one would be paying at a Ren Faire or somesuch.
$21000, on the other hand. Whoa.
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Miasma
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I feel bad for that Artix guy, the bidding was clearly to get the #1 sword but since he lost by a hundred bucks he's automatically on the hook for #2 at $20,600...  |
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Llava
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Felicia Day (Buffy the Vampire Slayer When listing celebrities who play WoW, it's probably a good idea to start with celebrities. I'm a pretty big fan of Buffy (like the kind who has a few songs from Once More With Feeling on his iPod.... what?! "How You Feel" is a great song!) and I have no idea who this woman is or in what plot lines her character ("Vi") was involved. My best guess is that she was one of the dozens of potential slayers in the last season. Not to insult her or anything, but the placement was very strange to me. "Celebrities who play WoW are Felicia Day, Brandon Routh, Dave Chappelle...." |
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stu
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lol. Dave Chapelle plays WoW?
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Jackpot!
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Yegolev
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That's why he quit making his show. He was set for frozen burritos and WoW subs for years.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
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Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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schild
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So gay.
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Llava
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lol. Dave Chapelle plays WoW?
Yup. He's mentioned it on stage before. "Anyone here play World of Warcraft?" <scattered applause and cheering> "Man, that shit is addictive. I got like 3 hours worth of material but only you guys will get it so I'm not going to do it." I think the absolute best WoW-Celebrity commercial would be him as a troll rogue. Corpsegrinder (the singer from Cannibal Corpse) also plays- he has 4 accounts and like eight 70s. |
That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in hell. -Saint Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica
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Fabricated
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So gay.
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Ratman_tf
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11 million people can't be wrong stopped with conventional weapons.  |
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LK
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$201 for a nice sword like that isn't much more than one would be paying at a Ren Faire or somesuch.
$21000, on the other hand. Whoa.
Don't forget to add in the cost to register for the auction, which is the retail price of the sword. So he paid Retail Price + $201 for #99. |
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K9
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So does that mean that a bunch of people paid the retail price and got fuck all?
Even if those folk got their money back, Blizz are still laughing all the way to the bank.
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DraconianOne
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Felicia Day (Buffy the Vampire Slayer When listing celebrities who play WoW, it's probably a good idea to start with celebrities. I'm a pretty big fan of Buffy (like the kind who has a few songs from Once More With Feeling on his iPod.... what?! "How You Feel" is a great song!) and I have no idea who this woman is or in what plot lines her character ("Vi") was involved. My best guess is that she was one of the dozens of potential slayers in the last season. Not to insult her or anything, but the placement was very strange to me. "Celebrities who play WoW are Felicia Day, Brandon Routh, Dave Chappelle...." She's made more of an impact with a series of comedy videos about MMO players called The Guild than she did in her role as Buffy. |
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Llava
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Yeah, I just watched those yesterday. They're funny.
I wonder, does Taye Zonday play WoW?
(Point being, CeWebrities != Celebrities)
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That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in hell. -Saint Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica
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SurfD
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So does that mean that a bunch of people paid the retail price and got fuck all?
Even if those folk got their money back, Blizz are still laughing all the way to the bank.
Everyone who payed the cover fee for the Auction is guaranteed a sword, regardless of final bidding status. The bidding is more to determine which Number is stamped on the hilt of your sword then anything else. |
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Llava
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Wonder how much money they'd make putting this in-game.
Bid for a number hovering over your character's head!
"Wow, look at that guy! There's a 48 over his head! I heard that number went for $700!"
"That's nothing, my friend is #5 and he paid $8,000 for it."
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That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in hell. -Saint Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica
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K9
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They more or less already have with their TCG vanity rewards; in all but the auction part.
And I'm starting to believe that people would pay silly amounts for fluff.
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Merusk
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They more or less already have with their TCG vanity rewards; in all but the auction part.
And I'm starting to believe that people would pay silly amounts for fluff.
That's the philosophy behind microtrans. It's the wave of the future. |
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Typhon
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They more or less already have with their TCG vanity rewards; in all but the auction part.
And I'm starting to believe that people would pay silly amounts for fluff.
That's the philosophy behind microtrans. It's the wave of the future. A 5 and Dime (or Dollar store concept) is the idea behind microtrans. i.e. Making big money on millions of people paying a buck or two on nonsense. Paying silly amounts for fluff/vanity items is more of a "emperors new cloths" type of concept. And both are tried and true methods of seperating a fool from his money. |
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SurfD
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They more or less already have with their TCG vanity rewards; in all but the auction part.
And I'm starting to believe that people would pay silly amounts for fluff.
Go check E-Bay for the Goblin Rocket Mount Card Codes. Crazy. |
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Righ
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stu
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Dear Diary,
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Der Helm
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"I've been done enough around here..."- Signe
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Lakov_Sanite
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hmm i dunno, she's pretty hot, i might be willing to ignore the demon penis |
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stu
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Just pretend it's a sea cucumber.  |
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Llava
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Demon penis is a deal breaker for me.
Demon vagina isn't ideal, but if we have chemistry I'll deal with it.
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That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in hell. -Saint Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica
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The Kalashnikov really sets off the rest of the costume's theme nicely.
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stu
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Ironwood
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Speaking as someone with more money than sense (It's not hard...) who owns 3 blades, I think the swords really cool.
Worth that ? No.
But hey, you know the winner is even know constructing his own Papier Mache Death Knight armor.
Sigh.
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Hawkbit
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He left the protective tips on.... how cute.
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