An Unusual Trading Experience

So, I was trying to take advantage of this new gold sink called Zaishen Keys. I went over to Kamadan to see if there were any potential buyers, and there was this one guy at the top of the trading list (meaning he put himself up there forever ago) buying them for 5k each.

First, I thought it was little strange that he was still buying them for 5k after having been there for such a long time, but then, I figured some people can actually afford it. I thought he might have been away from the computer, but he wasn't, as a trading window opened up when I asked to trade with him.

I put my Zaishen Key in the window and the guy just sat there without doing anything. I whispered him to confirm he was still buying Zaishen Keys and there was no reponse.

After sitting there for good 30 seconds, all the sudden, my mouse starts freaking out. Basically, it was zoning/popping up and down by itself. It felt like how some old games tend to freak out graphically if some Java program started running in the background. I thought maybe my mouse has a strange angle with the mouse pad but it wasn't and I don't recall my mouse ever doing that. I got suspicious and exited out of the trading window and the mouse fixed itself.

Has anyone else experienced this before? Am I just being paranoid?

Do you have a wireless mouse? I used to have one and experienced that type of behavior quite frequently.

I doubt the incident was connected to Mr. Kamadan, though.

It's wired. I can't seem to recreate what it was doing there now.

Optical mouses also have these issues once in a while. I know mine sometimes likes to freak out and put my cursor in the top right corner over the [X] and before I know it, CLICK! >,>

My mouse does the same thing. Its just how it goes, nothing to worry about

I don't think there is anyway he can hack you by just opening trade... is there?
And yes, optical mouses like messing with you by making strange movements all of the sudden and then acting normal again.

Yeah, wierd coincidence, nothing more (unless we get repeat confirmation of this story, but I doubt that type of hack could exist).

My old laptop has that problem with the touchpad, if you even press the laptop case the wrong way the mouse pointer freaks out.

It's not a problem with Guild Wars, it's probably a hardware issue.

Its called Psychokinesis. Beware

The optical mice freaking out is because of a hair/fiber getting infront of the sensor >_> It sucks.

It is quite possible using a system not that much different to the Diablo 2 LoD trade hacks. I won't explain anymore than that, but I'm sure A.Net would appreciate if you forwarded this information to them.

PLAYERS TRADING ITEMS AND GOLD AMONGST OTHER PLAYERS DOES NOT EQUAL GOLD SINK!

Sorry it just annoys me when people call it "omg such a gold sink". No gold is being sank. Only faction.

Weird or "very good" chances of trades in top of trading list are afks or someone trying to lure... well... lets forget what type of person he trying to lure ...

If you go to Tolkano in Temple of Balth, people will go up to you and either put up 5k or an Ecto onto the trade screen.. even if you didn't trade your Balth faction for a Z Key.

STALKERS.

I think by gold sink he was referring to people who pay money for keys and don't use faction, cough cough.

If an optical mouse, this has happened to me on an old mouse pad, it gets shiny from use. To test this grab a clean sheet of white paper, if it stops its your pad. Normally some dish soap, hot water and a vicious scrubbing will fix it, or replace the pad. If you do scub it , for gods sake, let it dry before using it.

reminds me of Diablo 2 a few years ago
then guy was clicking ACCEPT for ya ^^

Thats weird I experienced exactly the same thing with my mouse yesterday and it hasn't happened before...Only difference was I wasn't playing GW lol. Anyway, if this IS a hack (which I doubt), I wonder if it has anything to do with the hacks going on atm where the hacker uses all the Z keys...hmm...

My guess is that you were using an optical mouse if so then its a normal thing after you have had the mouse for a while the dust can effect it in that way.

@Witchblade - Good times, good times :-D