Can you really be THAT rich?
Kanyatta
It's just after-effects of the mass dupings. Some people ARE going to be insanely rich. Like the aforementioned people with 7 stacks of armbraces to throw around wherever they like.
spyke136
ugh most of the people who have thousands of ectos have had them for a long time, and are only going to get "richer" because the stuff they have just doesnt exist any more as a drop.
the only way to get ridiculously rich right now is the zchest. and even then you wont get any where near as rich as decently intelligent people got during the first year of the game.
the only way to get ridiculously rich right now is the zchest. and even then you wont get any where near as rich as decently intelligent people got during the first year of the game.
fenix
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Originally Posted by dread slayer
Recently, I just found a way to run from Sunspear Sanctuary till Kodash Bazaar without wurm.....(no I'm not telling you how)..... anways, i can make around 5-10k from running 7 people from them till there in 30 mins..... and lookie here..... 7x5=35 .. 35x2=70..... wait.. so I can make around 70k an hour!! yippeee.... seriously I am lucky that I can actually run till there and no one knowing abt it..... its all abt luck baby!!
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Originally Posted by Kanyatta
It's just after-effects of the mass dupings. Some people ARE going to be insanely rich. Like the aforementioned people with 7 stacks of armbraces to throw around wherever they like.
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obsidian ectoplasm
Not evryone strats off rich.
people who are saying power tarding is how they good so rich are correct
someone gets an item lets say worth 5k
trade the item for soemthing bit better
trade that item for soemthing better
that just continues till you end up with 2384837593757959739920735857395 Ectos
people who are saying power tarding is how they good so rich are correct
someone gets an item lets say worth 5k
trade the item for soemthing bit better
trade that item for soemthing better
that just continues till you end up with 2384837593757959739920735857395 Ectos
Martin Alvito
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Originally Posted by fenix
Almost all the people involved got banned, so no one is 'insanely rich' from duping.
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Otherwise, explain how an undedicated Panda/Kanaxai worth a couple thousand ectos a month prior became worth hundreds of armbraces immediately after the dupe.
Answer: the maximum capacity the wealthiest were able to pay increased. The additional stuff in the system was quickly accrued by the savvier players, they could afford to pay much, much more and the prices skyrocketed as a result.
The road to being one of the game's richest players is ever-lengthening as the amount of stuff in the system increases. It's as though the newer players have to catch up to pre-dupe veterans while running on a treadmill set to high speed. Even if you already have wealth, you have to run fairly fast just to keep up with the Joneses if you want to be able to afford the remaining ultra-rare items.
With all of that said, if you dedicate a large block of time per week to acquiring stuff, have a good system for wealth acquisition and are willing to dedicate six months plus, you too can have a ton of in-game cash.
Pleikki
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Originally Posted by maraxusofk
lol do ppl will over 1000 ectos worth of stuff still play this game?
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AKB48
name them or else don't count.
Pleikki
Aww i dont have permissions say names ^^
Div
I farm very casually and before unloading a lot of my stuff, I had at least 2500 zkeys and 1500 ectos worth of stuff.
No powertrading either.
No powertrading either.
upier
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I farm very casually and before unloading a lot of my stuff, I had at least 2500 zkeys and 1500 ectos worth of stuff.
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We see through your devilish plan!
On topic:
(That should sparkle some new elitist rumors ...)
Age
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I got run to Kodash Bazaar about a year ago with a brand new character. You don't need to have access to wurms, just the person running. Either you're doing that exact run, or you found a different one. Either way, it's not very impressive...since it has been possible since release.
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Fallen SeraphiM
Yes,agreed with Pleikki,there are still bunch of ppl with 1000e+,i also know quite a few.....
But still,i often see some unknown faces with rank 10 zaishen,which stinks a bit...prolly dupers,thats almost imposible for normal player
But still,i often see some unknown faces with rank 10 zaishen,which stinks a bit...prolly dupers,thats almost imposible for normal player
Ate of DK
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Yes,agreed with Pleikki,there are still bunch of ppl with 1000e+,i also know quite a few.....
But still,i often see some unknown faces with rank 10 zaishen,which stinks a bit...prolly dupers,thats almost imposible for normal player |
I'm sure there are also very wealthy players out there who have been farming for 3 years like crazy and who's name you never saw before...
Bulletdodger
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I farm very casually and before unloading a lot of my stuff, I had at least 2500 zkeys and 1500 ectos worth of stuff.
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How much time did it take you to farm those keys and ectos ?
fenix
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Originally Posted by Age
That was over a year ago since then it has been fixed all members of party need to have done the missions prior to The Gates of Desolation mission.This is so they can use the wurms as well if you just go in there and tell them to die it won't work for you to use the wurm yourself.
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Phenixfire
My 2 Cents ... the whole "uber rich guys" thing is easy to explain.
Some people got very rich by getting a very lucky trade ... i know of someone who sold his mini panda ages ago for 100k, believing he got a great deal ... ofc it wasnt, but w/e.
The one who got it might have sold it for Xooo extos and Xoo armbraces, getting rich therby.
Another thing is, some ppl might just have gotten lucky with drops ... an elemental sword when nightfall just came out and they still went for Xoo ectos.
Others just powertraded back in the days when stuff was actually still worth something ... chaos axes, sephis axes, and the like. 15^50 or other perfect/near perfect stuff so to say.
Powertraders need to farm to have a cash base to operate with .. and so do the ones getting rich by farming. I used to be one of em, doing 2 man uw runs when ectos were still at 10k, doing solo runs thereafter (glads def rit > smites). Back in the day, you could get like 5-10 ectos a day.
Taking me as example, i farmed and traded (req9 15^50 axes sold or a real sum) and ended up with about 500k+700e in the end.
That was over 10 months to a years work. (to all the QQers who are gonna tell me that this is actually not much in 1 year .. well, some ppl do have friends they like to spend their time with ...)
I was a very dedicated farmer when i played, so i guess there werent that muh ppl around like me (i never rlly got tired of farming).
So some cash might have originated from ppl like me, but you dont rlly get "uber rich" with that.
The guys capable of buying pandas from lucky ppl (as mentioned above) or w/e else expensive they like... ( and i mean the very first ones, the ones teh real cash came from, not the new richies who got cash by selling a vizu or w/e)
well... let me put it this way:
So you got thousands of ectos and werent here during the glitch ... well, you got hundreds of armbraces and didnt dupe, or a duping friend who gave you some hundreds ... just farmed?
Suuuuuuuuuuuure.
Everyone trying to tell me otherwise is just lying .... i win the thread ... end
Some people got very rich by getting a very lucky trade ... i know of someone who sold his mini panda ages ago for 100k, believing he got a great deal ... ofc it wasnt, but w/e.
The one who got it might have sold it for Xooo extos and Xoo armbraces, getting rich therby.
Another thing is, some ppl might just have gotten lucky with drops ... an elemental sword when nightfall just came out and they still went for Xoo ectos.
Others just powertraded back in the days when stuff was actually still worth something ... chaos axes, sephis axes, and the like. 15^50 or other perfect/near perfect stuff so to say.
Powertraders need to farm to have a cash base to operate with .. and so do the ones getting rich by farming. I used to be one of em, doing 2 man uw runs when ectos were still at 10k, doing solo runs thereafter (glads def rit > smites). Back in the day, you could get like 5-10 ectos a day.
Taking me as example, i farmed and traded (req9 15^50 axes sold or a real sum) and ended up with about 500k+700e in the end.
That was over 10 months to a years work. (to all the QQers who are gonna tell me that this is actually not much in 1 year .. well, some ppl do have friends they like to spend their time with ...)
I was a very dedicated farmer when i played, so i guess there werent that muh ppl around like me (i never rlly got tired of farming).
So some cash might have originated from ppl like me, but you dont rlly get "uber rich" with that.
The guys capable of buying pandas from lucky ppl (as mentioned above) or w/e else expensive they like... ( and i mean the very first ones, the ones teh real cash came from, not the new richies who got cash by selling a vizu or w/e)
well... let me put it this way:
So you got thousands of ectos and werent here during the glitch ... well, you got hundreds of armbraces and didnt dupe, or a duping friend who gave you some hundreds ... just farmed?
Suuuuuuuuuuuure.
Everyone trying to tell me otherwise is just lying .... i win the thread ... end
Kariudo
You're going to commit suicide because of this game? uh huh....ok....Anyway I think the ones who are going to commit suicide are the ones who have a thousand ectos/ambraces/etc who will realize when GW2 comes their stuff won't be worth that much. Just kidding. Oh wait! theres HOM, thats another story. Just try enjoying the game. Complete titles, prepare for GW2.
Sai Rith
If I never bought High-End armor and weapons for all of my char, my estimate puts me at 3.5-4 mil gold. And I earn my money through selling Z Keys. I just farm 20-30k a day, 10k through 55ing places, other 10k-20k selling Z Keys, depending on how I do in RA and GvG.
Tender Wolf
I honestly don't think it's that easy to make money. There are so many farmers out there who have ridiculous amounts of cash and say "sorry I only have 100+k" while some of us can't farm to save our life and have to scrape by with maybe 50k max.
I don't know how so many get so rich, but what really gets me is how some people just get the money to have it, they don't plan to ever use/spend it. They just think it makes them cool to have like 1 million plat in their storage. They farm for lack of anything else to do just to build it up.
But anyway, I don't know if you can be that rich but I don't find making money that easy in the game. The only way I make money is to hope something in my store sells and get all the Nightfall treasures which take forever to reset and half the time they're purple and not gold, thus lowering the gold acquired. My other method is doing all the Kourna, Kaineng City, and Vabbian quests and getting things worth plats each (gems, superior salvage kits).
But...yeah, that's my input.
I don't know how so many get so rich, but what really gets me is how some people just get the money to have it, they don't plan to ever use/spend it. They just think it makes them cool to have like 1 million plat in their storage. They farm for lack of anything else to do just to build it up.
But anyway, I don't know if you can be that rich but I don't find making money that easy in the game. The only way I make money is to hope something in my store sells and get all the Nightfall treasures which take forever to reset and half the time they're purple and not gold, thus lowering the gold acquired. My other method is doing all the Kourna, Kaineng City, and Vabbian quests and getting things worth plats each (gems, superior salvage kits).
But...yeah, that's my input.
street peddler
friends with benefits.
SmokingHotImolation
Short answer to the OP; yes.
I find myself having 300 ectos atm, and i have never farmed.
I find myself having 300 ectos atm, and i have never farmed.
Malice Black
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I honestly don't think it's that easy to make money. There are so many farmers out there who have ridiculous amounts of cash and say "sorry I only have 100+k" while some of us can't farm to save our life and have to scrape by with maybe 50k max.
I don't know how so many get so rich, but what really gets me is how some people just get the money to have it, they don't plan to ever use/spend it. They just think it makes them cool to have like 1 million plat in their storage. They farm for lack of anything else to do just to build it up. But anyway, I don't know if you can be that rich but I don't find making money that easy in the game. The only way I make money is to hope something in my store sells and get all the Nightfall treasures which take forever to reset and half the time they're purple and not gold, thus lowering the gold acquired. My other method is doing all the Kourna, Kaineng City, and Vabbian quests and getting things worth plats each (gems, superior salvage kits). But...yeah, that's my input. |
Anyone can have ecto, and plenty of it. The builds are there for everyone. There is no reason why you should have to scrap by. Farming might be tedious and dull, but then so is questing and just about every other thing in GW if you do it too much.
I'll get around to adding an in depth guide to trading one day. Rusty has done a good job of covering the basics, pop over to Community Works and have a look. If you prefer, PM me with any questions you might have, and I'll do my up most to help you out. I can't do PC's mind, been out of it for far too long, but the basics to trading never change, no matter what game it is.
Zeek Aran
Holy shit people.
Everytime someone says "dupe" I want to slap someone.
It's called FARMING. I'm SORRY that you can't possibly understand how people get more shit than you, but we don't have to cheat or exploit.
Everytime someone says "dupe" I want to slap someone.
It's called FARMING. I'm SORRY that you can't possibly understand how people get more shit than you, but we don't have to cheat or exploit.
Fallen SeraphiM
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Holy shit people.
Everytime someone says "dupe" I want to slap someone. It's called FARMING. I'm SORRY that you can't possibly understand how people get more shit than you, but we don't have to cheat or exploit. |
Thats about 100mil+ spent on keys.I know the guy who can farm 1k ectos in 3-4 weeks but thats a pain in the ass to do,and when he does he is not giving them for free ^^
Age
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I honestly don't think it's that easy to make money. There are so many farmers out there who have ridiculous amounts of cash and say "sorry I only have 100+k" while some of us can't farm to save our life and have to scrape by with maybe 50k max.
I don't know how so many get so rich, but what really gets me is how some people just get the money to have it, they don't plan to ever use/spend it. They just think it makes them cool to have like 1 million plat in their storage. They farm for lack of anything else to do just to build it up. But anyway, I don't know if you can be that rich but I don't find making money that easy in the game. The only way I make money is to hope something in my store sells and get all the Nightfall treasures which take forever to reset and half the time they're purple and not gold, thus lowering the gold acquired. My other method is doing all the Kourna, Kaineng City, and Vabbian quests and getting things worth plats each (gems, superior salvage kits). But...yeah, that's my input. |
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maraxusofk
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Holy shit people.
Everytime someone says "dupe" I want to slap someone. It's called FARMING. I'm SORRY that you can't possibly understand how people get more shit than you, but we don't have to cheat or exploit. |
AKB48
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lol and anytime i see someone who is naive enough to believe that all the duped armbraces were removed i want to slap someone. before i quit the game i personally knew a couple of ppl who duped. not everyone who is uber rich duped. some just got that rich because they acquired something of extreme value before the duping incident. after the incident, the injection of the large amounts of armbraces into the game meant that ppl who had those items and sold them incidentally became alot richer. u didnt have to dupe to become rich. not everyone who is rich duped. however, many ppl did indirectly benefit from it.
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And just one more thing.....if you quitted GW months ago, what's the point of coming here and keep up with the updates?(i'm assuming on the latter)
Avarre
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And just one more thing.....if you quitted GW months ago, what's the point of coming here and keep up with the updates?(i'm assuming on the latter)
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AKB48
Yeah....I feel that
JONO51
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I honestly don't think it's that easy to make money. There are so many farmers out there who have ridiculous amounts of cash and say "sorry I only have 100+k" while some of us can't farm to save our life and have to scrape by with maybe 50k max.
I don't know how so many get so rich, but what really gets me is how some people just get the money to have it, they don't plan to ever use/spend it. They just think it makes them cool to have like 1 million plat in their storage. They farm for lack of anything else to do just to build it up. But anyway, I don't know if you can be that rich but I don't find making money that easy in the game. The only way I make money is to hope something in my store sells and get all the Nightfall treasures which take forever to reset and half the time they're purple and not gold, thus lowering the gold acquired. My other method is doing all the Kourna, Kaineng City, and Vabbian quests and getting things worth plats each (gems, superior salvage kits). But...yeah, that's my input. |
Also, WTF is wrong in letting your cash pile up. If I dont have anything I want to buy so decide to see how much i can get, what is wrong with that? Should I just stop earning money because I dont have another 15k set lined up to buy?
Grj
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Holy shit people.
Everytime someone says "dupe" I want to slap someone. It's called FARMING. I'm SORRY that you can't possibly understand how people get more shit than you, but we don't have to cheat or exploit. |
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How do I turn them off? Trying to compare maps for cartography.
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Sure you do lol, but your more than willing to exploit the game to remove the clouds for your cartography?
Seventh_Samurai
Time to add my 2c.
Let me tell you a tale of when I was standing idle in EotN, and someone else was asking to see other people's HoM. I thought, "Hrm, that's not something you see every day." But, instead of offering her to see mine, I asked to see her's instead.
After seeing a very decorated HoM, I had quite the discussion with said person (hereafter referred to as Alice to protect the guilty). Alice had, and I quote "two pandas" which were, in her opinion, "cheap." Also in her inventory were a mini vizu and a mini zhed which are apparently worth some money (sorry, I'm not up on the 10000000000000+g minipet market). She also said she had many armbraces (I forget the exact amount), and was willing to trade everything for a mini kanaxi, due to their extreme rarity.
The conversation continued when I asked if she had a celestial compass that I might purchase from her (a very expensive item for my wealth). She explained, kindly, that she wasn't interested in "anything worth less than 500k". After Alice continued to flaunt her snobbishness, I decided it was time to leave for some more fruitful endeavors.
Now, if all being rich, whether it be in a game or IRL does is make you a %&@*ing snob, then I'll pass.
I couldn't have said it any better myself.
Ah....and this was too good to pass up:
How silly of me. And here I thought I'd actually have a hard time making money.
...Oh wait, I just remembered I'm NOT in dR, sup, rawr, EW, or DF.
Let me tell you a tale of when I was standing idle in EotN, and someone else was asking to see other people's HoM. I thought, "Hrm, that's not something you see every day." But, instead of offering her to see mine, I asked to see her's instead.
After seeing a very decorated HoM, I had quite the discussion with said person (hereafter referred to as Alice to protect the guilty). Alice had, and I quote "two pandas" which were, in her opinion, "cheap." Also in her inventory were a mini vizu and a mini zhed which are apparently worth some money (sorry, I'm not up on the 10000000000000+g minipet market). She also said she had many armbraces (I forget the exact amount), and was willing to trade everything for a mini kanaxi, due to their extreme rarity.
The conversation continued when I asked if she had a celestial compass that I might purchase from her (a very expensive item for my wealth). She explained, kindly, that she wasn't interested in "anything worth less than 500k". After Alice continued to flaunt her snobbishness, I decided it was time to leave for some more fruitful endeavors.
Now, if all being rich, whether it be in a game or IRL does is make you a %&@*ing snob, then I'll pass.
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I feel like killing somebody.
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Ah....and this was too good to pass up:
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3. Nowadays you can win the monthly tournament. With the reward of 4500 Reward Points you can get quite some Zaishen Keys and trade them for Ecto's/Gold.
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...Oh wait, I just remembered I'm NOT in dR, sup, rawr, EW, or DF.
maraxusofk
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That's a no-duh. Yeah, everyone who are rich in GW are dupers......gg w/ that.
And just one more thing.....if you quitted GW months ago, what's the point of coming here and keep up with the updates?(i'm assuming on the latter) |
capitalist
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Running back in the day netted some of the LBS runners 20million+. LBS himself was worth 50million+ and this was wayyyyy back in 2005, well before duping. So, yes it is easy to make cash. The LBS runners spent a little, and earned a lot. It's a shame very few of them are left. Any of the decent ones reading this will back up this paragraph.
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It is a game. And it doesn't matter. Enjoy yourself and don't worry about anyone else... unless you are willing to put the time and effort in becoming a baller.
Thanks for this thread, it reminded me of why I still read this forum from time to time.
imnotyourmother
I would say that it is very easy to become rich in the game. It might take some time buy to crave out a niche is the first way to start.
The fist thing is that what every you decide to do must be fun to you. I like to grind and I like Pre-searing so I farm hunter's ales in presearing. There are lots of people that now have perma pre toons and enjoy killing the charr int he northlands so that keeps the amount of gold in pre steady. There are only 2 ways to get gold in pre. Kill a monster and get the gold as a drop or sell the item to the merchant to get the gold.
There is a lot of wealth there in pre that is for sure so I can imagine how much gold there is in post. I know that my one toon had 100K in post and that is a drop in the bucket that is for sure.
The fist thing is that what every you decide to do must be fun to you. I like to grind and I like Pre-searing so I farm hunter's ales in presearing. There are lots of people that now have perma pre toons and enjoy killing the charr int he northlands so that keeps the amount of gold in pre steady. There are only 2 ways to get gold in pre. Kill a monster and get the gold as a drop or sell the item to the merchant to get the gold.
There is a lot of wealth there in pre that is for sure so I can imagine how much gold there is in post. I know that my one toon had 100K in post and that is a drop in the bucket that is for sure.
Pleikki
The Key to get rich is luck, Nowadays you cant faind Unconditionals cheap like some ppl got (less then 100k) etc, but still i remember when maid my current account at factions release first money i earned i bought 2 x Unid r9 Chaos axes 20k/ea. other was 15^50 and other +5ene, did get with those back then like 500kish.. it was just luck & i never bought unids since then.
carnage-runner
Getting money is all about being in the right place at the right time.... The right chest, drop, buyer, seller, farming partner. When the stars allign you will get money. The stars already aligned for these super rich people so they have money to trade with. When you get enough money to trade with, then you can start making the big dollars. (I am getting closer, but still a long way off, I feel your pain.)
dread pirate fargus
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Or maybe I'm just a big, fat n00b?
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lol, in all seriousness lets just blame the dupers. it helps me keep some faith in humanity, because i dont actually have to believe that some people play 10 hours per day.
Killed u man
People can dupe all they want in-game, it's just a game, I dont care...
If I, however know from people, that there is certain people who sold Zaishen Keys/Stays of Ecto's to make well over 5000$, there is a certain strain of jealousy...
Yes, I myself know a person who sold several stacks for over 2000$ (Duped)
If I, however know from people, that there is certain people who sold Zaishen Keys/Stays of Ecto's to make well over 5000$, there is a certain strain of jealousy...
Yes, I myself know a person who sold several stacks for over 2000$ (Duped)
xRustyx
Here's my story about how I became ballin in Guild Wars, without even playing the game. Y'all either know my status, or you don't need to know.
All the Xunlai Bitches know my name
All the Tyrian Bitches know I got game
All the Elonian Bitches know I move cocaine
If you disrespect your ass gets Derv trained
Haha that was just some simple shit, this here the real deal yo aight check it
I move more Canthan white than the Shiver-peaks
If you got the ectos I got crack so come hither beetch
Hold up let me check your titles, better not be White Mantle
Cuz I've put more Amfah snitches in ditches, I keep my riches
To underagers I supply Dwarven Ale, alcohol train heavier than conga by Gaile
Lion's Arch Guards move slow like Flail, they start moving when I finished the sale
Try to step up to me you get KD'd like gale, you ain't runnin 8 in Gangsta Mastery so your skills fail
White Mantle trynna subpoena me through mail, haha elonian plz, I'm more holier than your Veil
Now this would be longer cept I gotta hustle y'all, this is the story of a true OG on the streets of Cantha, word to your mother
Maybe next time, unless you trynna be Mursaat cuz you get broken then I collect your token.
R.I.P. B-Mac yo, Bernie rest in peace all elona praying for you.
All the Xunlai Bitches know my name
All the Tyrian Bitches know I got game
All the Elonian Bitches know I move cocaine
If you disrespect your ass gets Derv trained
Haha that was just some simple shit, this here the real deal yo aight check it
I move more Canthan white than the Shiver-peaks
If you got the ectos I got crack so come hither beetch
Hold up let me check your titles, better not be White Mantle
Cuz I've put more Amfah snitches in ditches, I keep my riches
To underagers I supply Dwarven Ale, alcohol train heavier than conga by Gaile
Lion's Arch Guards move slow like Flail, they start moving when I finished the sale
Try to step up to me you get KD'd like gale, you ain't runnin 8 in Gangsta Mastery so your skills fail
White Mantle trynna subpoena me through mail, haha elonian plz, I'm more holier than your Veil
Now this would be longer cept I gotta hustle y'all, this is the story of a true OG on the streets of Cantha, word to your mother
Maybe next time, unless you trynna be Mursaat cuz you get broken then I collect your token.
R.I.P. B-Mac yo, Bernie rest in peace all elona praying for you.