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N E D M

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2006

Officer's Club

Gameamp Guides [AMP]

15 Feb 2008 at 04:11 - 521

Quote:

Originally Posted by Risus

lol I was selling my r8 +5 zodiac sword when this noob runs up, offers 100k, takes it off, then accepts...wow. I didn't even press anything except the offer button.

Another time:
Someone tried to sell me their lvl 492 runescape account for 50 Mil. OK!. jk, I said sure, lemme just go google the game and see wtf it is...found out its some retarted MMORPG with no storyline. and crappy graphics. and found out max lvl was about 110 or something. LOL.

Actually there is 2 different ways levels are recorded in that game, total level and combat level. Max combat level is like 129 or something, total level is over 1000 i believe (adds in things like woodcutting and cooking level , lol).
but it is very crappy

You can't see me

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

USA

P/W

15 Feb 2008 at 04:13 - 522

Quote:

Originally Posted by N E D M

Actually there is 2 different ways levels are recorded in that game, total level and combat level. Max combat level is like 129 or something, total level is over 1000 i believe (adds in things like woodcutting and cooking level , lol).
but it is very crappy

Runescape 3....

*Shudders*

Cale Roughstar

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2007

Canada

Guy In Real Life [GIRL]

W/E

15 Feb 2008 at 04:24 - 523

Lol @ runescape (slap!)

I have to slap myself whenever I discuss it (slap!) because I spent wayyyy too much time on it (slap!). However I was saved by Guild Wars! That is reason number 743 why I love GW

(slap!)

Lyon Sablae

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Oct 2006

Save Us From Ourselves

E/Me

15 Feb 2008 at 06:23 - 524

Selling axe that you can put 2 axe hafts on 50k.

something like that, back in October of 05. forgot what the axe was called.

Slaine

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2007

15 Feb 2008 at 07:00 - 525

that wasn't a scam lol, it worked for all of like 3 days then got screwed by anet.

Songbringer

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2007

EastCoast

E/Me

15 Feb 2008 at 07:31 - 526

Quote:

Originally Posted by dirran

Being misled about the Bonus Mission Pack being exclusive.

4 SURE!!!
12char

kagenuma

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2007

here. And i SPeak ENgRISH OnLY!

ign:Apocrypha of Yzarc

W/

15 Feb 2008 at 23:33 - 527

i know its basic one but this time it was so sweet actualy XD well selling for some time bored n tired...opened trade chat put item in, see the buyers money aswel. Then he canceled n reopened with "something for valentine^^" giving me gold hammer (lol) as a bonus. i answered with a smile n nearly clicked on accept button thou he got my laughting as feeling something fishy here n canceled..gone. then i realized he was trying to trade me 15g yes =b it really was fun lol

EmptySkull

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

KaoS League

E/

20 Feb 2008 at 06:54 - 528

I want to curse and rend my garments. Yep I just fell for the worst ones. Selling lockpicks. Persons says 40 for 50k? I say ok. I put 40 up and he puts 50g, dangit. I hit accept before I knew what hit me. I should've paid more attention. I did screeny it. So I figure it's a contract. LOL he/she owes me 49950 gold. Anyone know [name removed]?

Just make sure you look at everything before you accept!!
I know I know before you say it I was very stupid. Or at least I feel stupid. Just funny that there are people out there like this.

EDITED by Commander Ryker You cannot post names.

UnKn0wN415

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2007

Bay Area

Looking 4 PvP Guild!

R/

20 Feb 2008 at 06:58 - 529

heres something to cheer you up!

arsie

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2007

N/

20 Feb 2008 at 07:20 - 530

Ah, the old bait and switch. It happens in real life too often too.

Bluefeather

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2005

Philippines

[PNOY]

W/R

20 Feb 2008 at 07:23 - 531

I was looking for a ride to Consulate Dock and someone party me and said i have to pay 200g before we go. When I was about to pay, I noticed that he was only level 4.

I cancelled trade and whispered on him that he is a noob scammer.

Scamming people for 200g is really pathetic.

=HT=Ingram

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2005

Anchorage Alaska

Haz Team [HT]

R/W

20 Feb 2008 at 08:01 - 532

Now I know this is a long list but my personal feeling on the scams is this. Armor... Any type of so called elite armor is the BIGGEST scam in teh game, cause its nothing of the sort... Its a basic nothing skin that could just as easily been replaced manually for you pleasure at any time not spending a single gold piece. Those skins are easily accessible overlays anymore.

but the point is the armor itself is just for looks... Max armor is max armor. Get the cheapest you can and be happy with it cause going for anything expensive is a waste, as it nets you Zero benefit.

Everyone always berates me cause I walk around with 1k armor normally.. But to me it makes me no less powerful then the poor saps that wasted 100s or 1000s of K gold to get Fissure Armor or whatever...

To me THAT is the biggest scam in the game. As to the other stuff. Anyone making use of the trade button for ANYTHING is well deserving of getting scammed. All transactions should happen through the NPCs so the real values of things can be tracked legitimately. Short of that Nothing has any value at all. and never will.

Indeed, there is not 1 item not attainable by any n00blette with the time to waste trying to get it for themselves... And that is the reason there is NEVER a reason to trade with anyone for any reason. If you want something that bad go get it yourself. You'll be all the better for it for one key reason... You Actually Earned it!! and only then is it worth bragging over.

Even in the earliest betas, when the PvE world first opened up to us, we were all giddy over 1 gold coin. lol but it was a gold coin earned... cause we killed the thing that had it. The same is true today not matter what it be. There is no greater feeling then just going after what you want to have and getting it on your own.

dunky_g

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

[SNOW]

20 Feb 2008 at 13:23 - 533

Quote:

Originally Posted by =HT=Ingram

Now I know this is a long list but my personal feeling on the scams is this. Armor... Any type of so called elite armor is the BIGGEST scam in teh game, cause its nothing of the sort... Its a basic nothing skin that could just as easily been replaced manually for you pleasure at any time not spending a single gold piece. Those skins are easily accessible overlays anymore.

but the point is the armor itself is just for looks... Max armor is max armor. Get the cheapest you can and be happy with it cause going for anything expensive is a waste, as it nets you Zero benefit.

Everyone always berates me cause I walk around with 1k armor normally.. But to me it makes me no less powerful then the poor saps that wasted 100s or 1000s of K gold to get Fissure Armor or whatever...

To me THAT is the biggest scam in the game. As to the other stuff. Anyone making use of the trade button for ANYTHING is well deserving of getting scammed. All transactions should happen through the NPCs so the real values of things can be tracked legitimately. Short of that Nothing has any value at all. and never will.

Indeed, there is not 1 item not attainable by any n00blette with the time to waste trying to get it for themselves... And that is the reason there is NEVER a reason to trade with anyone for any reason. If you want something that bad go get it yourself. You'll be all the better for it for one key reason... You Actually Earned it!! and only then is it worth bragging over.

Even in the earliest betas, when the PvE world first opened up to us, we were all giddy over 1 gold coin. lol but it was a gold coin earned... cause we killed the thing that had it. The same is true today not matter what it be. There is no greater feeling then just going after what you want to have and getting it on your own.

Ya cos Crystalines drop all the time.. i mean come on, how is it any different from getting all the cash to buy it compared to it dropping, surely you earn it either way.

basiacally you sound like a retard by saying dont trade with other players

Kashrlyyk

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

20 Feb 2008 at 17:22 - 534

BMP for 10 Euros. So not worth it.

Numa Pompilius

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

At an Insit.. Intis... a house.

Live Forever Or Die Trying [GLHF]

W/Me

04 Mar 2008 at 11:03 - 535

Quote:

Originally Posted by =HT=Ingram

Any type of so called elite armor is the BIGGEST scam in teh game, cause its nothing of the sort... --- Max armor is max armor. Get the cheapest you can and be happy with it cause going for anything expensive is a waste

Quote:

Originally Posted by dirran

Being misled about the Bonus Mission Pack being exclusive.

Some of you guys should probably check up on what scam means. Being given the option of burning gold youd otherwise have no use for at all on different skinned armor or being given bonus content at no extra cost doesnt count as scams.

creelie

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2007

Alberta

Charter Vanguard [CV]

Mo/

04 Mar 2008 at 18:50 - 536

Quote:

Originally Posted by =HT=Ingram

but the point is the armor itself is just for looks... Max armor is max armor. Get the cheapest you can and be happy with it cause going for anything expensive is a waste, as it nets you Zero benefit.

Everyone always berates me cause I walk around with 1k armor normally.. But to me it makes me no less powerful then the poor saps that wasted 100s or 1000s of K gold to get Fissure Armor or whatever...

I definitely laugh at people who get elite armors and then claim that proves they're good players. Dude...being a good player proves you're a good player, period.

On the other hand, sometimes a new and different look is a benefit of its own. After I had my monk for a year, it occurred to me that even though her 800g tattoos were still awesome, I was really REALLY bored of looking at them, and that I saw an awful lot of other monks in the same costume. So I decided to get her the armor I saw least often: Vabbian. It was hard work, but earning the armor made me feel proud, and it still pleases me that you don't see many other monks in Vabbian. So I wouldn't call all elite armors a waste.

Ekelon

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

Rebel Rising [rawr]

A/W

04 Mar 2008 at 18:58 - 537

Random Guy: Hi, can I buy your IGN, "Ekelon Gvgs Wtf"?
Me: Uh... sure, will sell for mini panda.
Random Guy: How's 2000 ectos.
Me: Ok, how can I trust you?

No response after that...

If only this guy was for real! 2000 ectos is a lot of money.

baltazar knight

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2007

Belgium

The Myth of Phoenix [Myth]

W/

04 Mar 2008 at 19:00 - 538

rlly pathectic

scammer: ohh you look so cool
me:uhmm ty
scammer: can i be your fan?
me:uhhm ofcourse....
scammer: i'm going to call my new char balt knight ownz(baltazar knight is my char ;p)
scammer: may i do that?
me: i don't care
scammer: oh wee thank you
*2min silence*
scammer: oh no someone scammed me
me:how?
scammer:i wanted to buy 40ectos but payed for 40ectos but only recieved 1
scammer:you look rich can i have some ectos?
me:uhmmm no
scammer:but i'm broke now :"C
me:who scammed you?

*he logged of*

rlly pathetic rlly xD

Ekelon

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

Rebel Rising [rawr]

A/W

04 Mar 2008 at 19:03 - 539

Quote:

Originally Posted by baltazar knight

rlly pathectic

scammer: ohh you look so cool
me:uhmm ty
scammer: can i be your fan?
me:uhhm ofcourse....
scammer: i'm going to call my new char balt knight ownz(baltazar knight is my char ;p)
scammer: may i do that?
me: i don't care
scammer

hh wee thank you
*2min silence*
scammer

h no someone scammed me
me:how?
scammer:i wanted to buy 40ectos but payed for 40ectos but only recieved 1
scammer:you look rich can i have some ectos?
me:uhmmm no
scammer:but i'm broke now :"C
me:who scammed you?

*he logged of*

rlly pathetic rlly xD

Yeah, I've had quite a few people ask me for fr33 st00fs saying that they got scammed/hacked. Whether or not the're telling the truth I won't give free stuff to people I don't know... especially rude ones who randomly PM you!

Alyssaa

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2007

The Netherlands

[TLP]

E/

04 Mar 2008 at 19:43 - 540

I saw this one a while back:

baltazar knight

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2007

Belgium

The Myth of Phoenix [Myth]

W/

04 Mar 2008 at 19:51 - 541

xD lmao

12chars

baltazar knight

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2007

Belgium

The Myth of Phoenix [Myth]

W/

04 Mar 2008 at 20:22 - 542

another one

just a day in vacation nothing special playing a nf char

i c that i gotta go to consulate dock and i just start saying

running to consulate docks xxxg

when i got people someone asks me can i buy armor there?

me: uhm duh

i wonder if he even knows what report is xD

then we enter and he starts yelling at me:OMFG YOU SCAMMED ME THERE IS NO ARMOR DUDE HERE!!!!!!!!!!!

me: uhmm are you blind it's over there chill man

he:ah kk ty

then he says:OMFG YOU SCAMMED ME THERE IS NO ARMOR I'M F**CKING GOING TO REPORT YOU

me: ???????

crazy people crazzzzzzzzyyyyyyyyyy people >.>

Hannes

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2007

http://www.blowupdoll.co.za/

Band of Buds [BUD] (Officer)

N/

04 Mar 2008 at 20:33 - 543

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alyssaa

I saw this one a while back:

BWHAAAAAHAHAHAHAAHAAAA!!!

I love that one

Kusandaa

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2006

N/Mo

04 Mar 2008 at 21:24 - 544

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alyssaa

I saw this one a while back:

Reminds me of something I used to see when I started playing GW: "Teaching you how to make cash FAST, 2k!". I never tried, but I was told that the advice they gave was "to do the same". Made me lol.

Jiub

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2006

The Sky Pirates

W/R

04 Mar 2008 at 21:43 - 545

someone sold me a customized FDS back when they were the coolest sword in the game. i realised afterwards and sold it on to someone else as nooby as me lol

one time someone scammed my friend for about 1k (cant remember how) so i just asked for his IGN, and PMed him saying something along the lines of "you scammed my friend and i want the money back" and he seemed genuinely scared and gave it me back straight away

Enko

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2006

VA

Mo/

04 Mar 2008 at 23:46 - 546

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheRaven

LOL, I forgot about that one. I don't think anyone has mentioned it yet in thread either.

The old...."First person to find me and open trade gets 10k!!!!!!!" spam. It wouldn't be so annoying if the kiddie wouldn't spam it every 2 seconds.

These people spamming it are almost always in Kaineng Center (the section reachable only thru the Divine Path) or Lion's Arch at the Lighthouse.

I was bored one evening so I actually tracked down one of them. He was in LA spamming the message every second. I checked the Lighthouse hill. Of course that's where he was. As soon as I came within his radar he left town. At least I stopped the spam.

So has anyone ever been paid by one of these kiddies?

i've actually been paid 75k by one of them. i was a little surprised about that

CyberMesh0

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2005

Charter Vanguard [CV]

N/Me

05 Mar 2008 at 02:31 - 547

Another scam that's not so common (since it's now widely known) was where you would go stand under where glint's avatar would appear in Droknar's Forge, and do the "first person to touch me gets 1k" stuff. Only way to touch him was to do one of a couple of long-range dances, such as the female monk. Only one of about 20 people I caught doing that actually paid me the 1k.

Da Tru Legend

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2006

Light of Honor [Lite]

A/

05 Mar 2008 at 02:39 - 548

>_< Neither of the two things posted above are scams. You don't lose anything (except a few minutes and some sanity perhaps

). Occasionally I do the "First person to trade with me gets a free item!" thing in Kamadan. I use a sugar item and run around, and eventually somebody gets me, so I give them a dedicated minipet or whatever I was giving away. Even if somebody says they'll give something away and in the end doesn't, as long as it doesn't cost you anything, it's simply a nuisance, not a scam.

~Tru

CyberMesh0

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2005

Charter Vanguard [CV]

N/Me

05 Mar 2008 at 02:44 - 549

I respectfully disagree. Glint squatters were scamming because they were cheating gullible people into thinking that they could get easy gold, then laughing in their faces. Maybe not a true scam, but it's downright mean.

Dallcingi

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2006

USA

The Black Parades [死人死]

Mo/

05 Mar 2008 at 03:29 - 550

Lol I remember way back then in droks when I was noob someone opened trade window randomly and put in 100k. I put in nothing and just accepted. Too bad I had gold in my inventory cause I dunno if he accepted or not.. it just said trade was canceled (I was noob too where I didn't care to look if he accepted, or maybe that feature was implemented later). Yeah not really a scam just a false sense of hope (like those 2 catch me if you can stories) but now I always dump my cash in case that ever happens again!

Skyy High

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: May 2006

R/

05 Mar 2008 at 08:27 - 551

Quote:

Originally Posted by =HT=Ingram

Now I know this is a long list but my personal feeling on the scams is this. Armor... Any type of so called elite armor is the BIGGEST scam in teh game, cause its nothing of the sort... Its a basic nothing skin that could just as easily been replaced manually for you pleasure at any time not spending a single gold piece. Those skins are easily accessible overlays anymore.

but the point is the armor itself is just for looks... Max armor is max armor. Get the cheapest you can and be happy with it cause going for anything expensive is a waste, as it nets you Zero benefit.

Everyone always berates me cause I walk around with 1k armor normally.. But to me it makes me no less powerful then the poor saps that wasted 100s or 1000s of K gold to get Fissure Armor or whatever...

To me THAT is the biggest scam in the game. As to the other stuff. Anyone making use of the trade button for ANYTHING is well deserving of getting scammed. All transactions should happen through the NPCs so the real values of things can be tracked legitimately. Short of that Nothing has any value at all. and never will.

Indeed, there is not 1 item not attainable by any n00blette with the time to waste trying to get it for themselves... And that is the reason there is NEVER a reason to trade with anyone for any reason. If you want something that bad go get it yourself. You'll be all the better for it for one key reason... You Actually Earned it!! and only then is it worth bragging over.

Even in the earliest betas, when the PvE world first opened up to us, we were all giddy over 1 gold coin. lol but it was a gold coin earned... cause we killed the thing that had it. The same is true today not matter what it be. There is no greater feeling then just going after what you want to have and getting it on your own.

Riiiight....and what do you spend your money on? In case you hadn't noticed, there's pretty much nothing else to spend it on but titles, armor, and weapons after a certain point.

Monk Gsb

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2006

England

Mo/Me

05 Mar 2008 at 09:44 - 552

when a-net said that they listend to us and updated acordingly................................ biggest and most pathetic scam ever

Tatile

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2007

Stygian Disciples of Tenebrasus

N/Me

05 Mar 2008 at 12:33 - 553

Quote:

Originally Posted by Monk Gsb

when a-net said that they listend to us and updated acordingly................................ biggest and most pathetic scam ever

That's more of a lie, really.

I just love these sorts of posts though, they make me smile that people care so much about the game that they bitch about every little detail <3

Once tried to get a run from Drok's to the Citadel, the guy ran off with my money (all 1k that I paid him). Pretty pathetic.

beregond

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2007

Paladins of Eternal Truth[POET]

W/Mo

05 Mar 2008 at 15:38 - 554

The most pathetic scamming attempt imo is when your in The Marketplace, and people are advertising "running to Kaineng Center 100g".

What a scam...

Xunlai Guru Agent

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2006

05 Mar 2008 at 19:24 - 555

There was a guy selling a Shadow Shield q8 +30/-5(20%) on High-end not so long ago (seller didn't post a picture btw), anyways I bid on it. The person I out-bid PMs me in game and...

I don't know about you guys but I saw a pattern. o_O

beregond

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2007

Paladins of Eternal Truth[POET]

W/Mo

05 Mar 2008 at 21:48 - 556

Well one thing I am guilty of by accident and not on purpose is this:

Back whent here was only prophecies and I was poor, I got the bleached shells and bleached carapaces mixed up in the desert. Some guy wanted to buy some carapaces, so I told him I had some and would trade. Turns out mine were shells, and he caught that before we traded.

Hope he didn't think I was a scammer, because it was an honest mistake...at least he caught it.

Il Fez Il

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2007

Mo/

06 Mar 2008 at 01:45 - 557

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xunlai Guru Agent

There was a guy selling a Shadow Shield q8 +30/-5(20%) on High-end not so long ago (seller didn't post a picture btw), anyways I bid on it. The person I out-bid PMs me in game and...

I don't know about you guys but I saw a pattern. o_O

i would prefer you blacked out the whole name, i know that person and im pretty sure he was kidding around

Smile Like Umean It

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

E/Rt

06 Mar 2008 at 03:08 - 558

Quote:

Originally Posted by beregond

Well one thing I am guilty of by accident and not on purpose is this:

Back whent here was only prophecies and I was poor, I got the bleached shells and bleached carapaces mixed up in the desert. Some guy wanted to buy some carapaces, so I told him I had some and would trade. Turns out mine were shells, and he caught that before we traded.

Hope he didn't think I was a scammer, because it was an honest mistake...at least he caught it.

Why would he think you were scamming him? Bleached Shells are worth more, aren't they? Going for 1k each at one point. You could just enter Thirsty and kill the first few groups there for Carapaces.

Wait, is the another time that you're getting them confused?

Jaher Dal

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2007

Santa Clara, Ca

Cobra Island

D/E

06 Mar 2008 at 06:59 - 559

It's not so much as scam, as it is annoying.
I always see people selling way over priced Murukai's weapons. That, and the occasional grubby bastard selling Thunderfist's Brass Knuckles for 10k!

Hannes

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2007

http://www.blowupdoll.co.za/

Band of Buds [BUD] (Officer)

N/

06 Mar 2008 at 15:57 - 560

Another thing that happened to me last year in Kamadan over the halloween event:

I saw this guy spamming "WTS Mini Wind Rider" and I, collecting mini's at that stage, (which I don't do anymore - ran outta storage, even with 10 toons in total, 4 main & 6 mules lol) was interested in it. So I whisp'd the dude, and he replied, "40K"

I just lol'd at him. I wasn't gonna pay that amount for a mini windrider.

Next minute he was next to me, and initiated the trade window. So I had a look at the pet anyways and saw that it was dedicated.

I laughed even more and told the guy to get lost, I'm not paying that for a dedicated pet. His reply: