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nkrumsvik

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2006

Norway

The Last Reinforcements [Last]

W/

22 Oct 2009 at 00:50 - 1

Ok, I just wonder if you guys got some sort of items and/or things of any value you have lost in one way or another. I manged to delete one of my characters without clearing her of items she and her heroes had on them. So I lost a q9 Magmas Shield and my almost perfect Serpentine Reaver, along with some perfect firewands and staffs for my ele.

I just hope I could get a good feeling by hearing what you guys have lost over the past 4,5 years GW have existed. Heard one who lost 12 kuunavangs when his account got hacked. Can any top that (ofc you can (: ).

Sorry for bad English, I'm from Norway and never got good grades in English

IronSheik

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2008

Wolfenstein: Goldrush

Zombies Go Nom Nom [Nom]

N/

22 Oct 2009 at 01:13 - 2

11 Obi sets, 4 zkey stacks, 5 ecto stacks.

Random assortment of weapons ranging from crude shields to crystallines when I was hacked about 6 months ago

Devastating Flames

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2008

The Canthan Defenders

E/Mo

22 Oct 2009 at 01:21 - 3

Not a thing played smart really complicated passwords and played "safe" going into my fourth year of gw with 7100k hours played

Gift3d

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2007

Las Vegas

Enraged Whiny Carebears [oR]

W/E

22 Oct 2009 at 01:23 - 4

i sell all my high end stuff for cheap cause i'm impatient.

sold a q8 +5e gothic dual for like 120e when i could have gotten 230 for it easily

sold a q7 15^50 longsword for 1250e when i could have gotten 1500 if i would've had some patience

i've never been scammed or hacked in 4 years of playing gw, so as far as wealth goes i'd have to say my biggest losses are due to me not caring and being a bit impatient.

Thenameless Wonder

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2009

W/

22 Oct 2009 at 01:33 - 5

Was being stupid and gave some guy 10e to borrow to buy a silverwing. I never saw him on again

Bought a el macabre tonic (was the 1st el tonic for me) for 100k + ~39e when ectos were 5k ea

jonnieboi05

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2006

Mableton, Georgia

Guild Ancestors Reunited [?????????]

22 Oct 2009 at 01:40 - 6

37 stacks of ectos, 26 character slots, every event mask, 14 sets of FoW, r10 hero, r7 zaishen, r3 champ, r6 glad, r3 commander, 36 maxed titles, every tormented weapon, 9 accounts, ect. I got perma'd and they closed my alts because they were "linked to me".

~LeNa~

Shayne Hawke

Departed from Tyria

Join Date: May 2007

Clan Dethryche [dth]

R/

22 Oct 2009 at 01:42 - 7

Lost a Greased mini, about 70 Z-Keys, and a few hundred platinum around the end of February due to getting hacked.

N E D M

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2006

Officer's Club

Gameamp Guides [AMP]

22 Oct 2009 at 02:01 - 8

Quote:

Originally Posted by Devastating Flames

Not a thing played smart really complicated passwords and played "safe" going into my fourth year of gw with 7100k hours played

7100k hours played????

thats 7,100,000 hours

24 hours in one day times 365 days in one year equals 8760 hours

(i know what he meant, still a long time but had to lol)

you lost 1 year of life

Eragon Zarroc

Atra estern?? ono thelduin

Join Date: Jan 2008

Madness Incarnate

[Duo]

W/P

22 Oct 2009 at 02:18 - 9

Quote:

Originally Posted by JonnieBoi05

37 stacks of ectos, 26 character slots, every event mask, 14 sets of FoW, r10 hero, r7 zaishen, r3 champ, r6 glad, r3 commander, 36 maxed titles, every tormented weapon, 9 accounts, ect. I got perma'd and they closed my alts because they were "linked to me".

~LeNa~

i think we have a winner

GWfan#1

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2009

My Character Liked Gwen [First]

R/

22 Oct 2009 at 02:19 - 10

Some sad sad stories here...

Back when GW had 1st come out I was playing throught he campaign for the 1st time and got a gold Q7 15^50 I kept it for quite a while only to sell it to the merchant one horrible night. Sleep is a wonderful thing, being sleepy is not so great. :*(

Martin Alvito

Older Than God (1)

Join Date: Aug 2006

Clan Dethryche [dth]

22 Oct 2009 at 02:20 - 11

Rerolled a Henge sword back when that meant something.

Drinking and GWing is bad, kids. But repeatedly violating conduct rules is clearly dumber (*cough* Lena *cough*).

Zanagi Kazuhiko

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2009

Kamadan Dis 1

LF trolling/flaming guild, 8=D

W/

22 Oct 2009 at 02:29 - 12

Merched a Q9 Obby Edge when they were 200e+

moriz

??ber t??k-n??sh'??n

Join Date: Jan 2006

Canada

R/

22 Oct 2009 at 02:39 - 13

i accidentally fell for one of those "show gold+press accept+zone somewhere else" runner scams when i first started playing. lost about 300g.

Vayngell

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2009

Stratholme

Mo/Me

22 Oct 2009 at 02:51 - 14

Selling a req 9 gold stormbow to the merch back when they were really worth a lot comes to mind

jonnieboi05

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2006

Mableton, Georgia

Guild Ancestors Reunited [?????????]

22 Oct 2009 at 02:58 - 15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eragon Zarroc

i think we have a winner

Oh!! I almost forgot!! They also banned my iP address after the perma'd me and blocked my credit card. ^^

I didn't manage to get a screen of them blocking my credit card but I DO have one of it showing my iP blocked.

Enjoy.

edit:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martin Alvito

But repeatedly violating conduct rules is clearly dumber (*cough* Lena *cough*).

Let me clarify. A LOT of my "infractions" were for small things. "Spamming". "Inappropriate language" (told someone to let go of Starcraft Forever's balls 'cause they were flamming him when he first got r15), ect. All minor, tbh. Not a single one of my suspensions were EVER for scamming, racial slur, or any of the really bad things that should be an auto 2-weeker.

~LeNa~

Hyperventilate

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2007

Somewhere in California

I Gots A Crayon [Blue]

Me/Mo

22 Oct 2009 at 03:17 - 16

Oh dear. Lena's mess on Wiki and now on Guru too.

/toddles off.

Edited for relevance:

First day in Pre-Searing, I merch'd a black dye think they were useless. Learned from that mistake. Tee-hee.

IronSheik

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2008

Wolfenstein: Goldrush

Zombies Go Nom Nom [Nom]

N/

22 Oct 2009 at 03:18 - 17

Lol, I've had two accounts banned for about 4 consecutive innapropriate names on each.

Pimper of Nuns
Deutsch bag <-I Still hate the German wannabes who reported me for this
Left Test Is Cool
My Test Is Cool
Mong O Lloyd <-Who reported me for this
Nazeba Stard
Mikawks Flawpin

Just to name a few

Zahr Dalsk

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Aug 2007

Canada

22 Oct 2009 at 03:25 - 18

Lots of my time.

Also a lot of gold; I have a habit of salvaging elite armour for fun.

Puebert

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

Mo/

22 Oct 2009 at 03:26 - 19

50e, 50 shards, 200K and an armbrace when I got hacked. :/

chaosincarnate87

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2006

Behind You ;)

DPR

22 Oct 2009 at 03:26 - 20

Quote:

Originally Posted by IronSheik

Mikawks Flawpin

bahahahahaa thats one of the best ive heard in a long time. but in all seriousness i merched almost a full stack of black dyes in pre when i was just playing perma pre.

Martin Alvito

Older Than God (1)

Join Date: Aug 2006

Clan Dethryche [dth]

22 Oct 2009 at 03:33 - 21

Quote:

Originally Posted by JonnieBoi05

edit: Let me clarify. A LOT of my "infractions" were for small things. "Spamming". "Inappropriate language" (told someone to let go of Starcraft Forever's balls 'cause they were flamming him when he first got r15), ect. All minor, tbh. Not a single one of my suspensions were EVER for scamming, racial slur, or any of the really bad things that should be an auto 2-weeker.

I love this argument. Unstated implicit assumption: escalating penalties are unjustifiable.

Refutation: By repeatedly violating the rules in "minor" ways, you're wasting the judge's time. You take up valuable docket space that could be consumed in the actual administration of justice. This is costly to the system and the judge.

Eventually the judge gets tired of seeing you and gives you a max penalty. You complain that the penalty doesn't fit the crime. Your real crime is interfering with the administration of justice. That's a serious offense in any justice system, and merits more than a slap on the wrist.

EDIT: Wonder why I chose to write this one in the persona of HK-47. Without saying anything about meatbags. Odd.

Black Metal

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2009

N/

22 Oct 2009 at 03:43 - 22

wow I feel pretty good, having been in GW from the very start. The only thing I've lost is tons of quest gold rewards because I was at 99.whatever k.

jonnieboi05

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2006

Mableton, Georgia

Guild Ancestors Reunited [?????????]

22 Oct 2009 at 03:56 - 23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hyperventilate

Oh dear. Lena's mess on Wiki and now on Guru too.

/toddles off.

Maybe you should read the title of this thread...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martin Alvito

I love this argument. Unstated implicit assumption: escalating penalties are unjustifiable.

Refutation: By repeatedly violating the rules in "minor" ways, you're wasting the judge's time. You take up valuable docket space that could be consumed in the actual administration of justice. This is costly to the system and the judge.

Eventually the judge gets tired of seeing you and gives you a max penalty. You complain that the penalty doesn't fit the crime. Your real crime is interfering with the administration of justice. That's a serious offense in any justice system, and merits more than a slap on the wrist.

EDIT: Wonder why I chose to write this one in the persona of HK-47. Without saying anything about meatbags. Odd.

Then I suppose my 2 week suspension for "RMT" was "justified" when all it was was me xferring gold between my account and my gf's? I guess my girlfriend getting 2 weeks for simply helping me xfer was justified? And the fact that they perma banned her account because she was "related to me" was also justified (it was eventually lifted 'cause they realized how stupid it was to do that to someone who was/is completely innocent)? No... Not one bit.

~LeNa~

Martin Alvito

Older Than God (1)

Join Date: Aug 2006

Clan Dethryche [dth]

22 Oct 2009 at 04:12 - 24

Last post I'm going to make because I don't want to hijack further.

No, the instances you specify aren't justified. But they probably happened because you'd already drawn attention to yourself. In the most recent post, you're Terrell Owens complaining about how anything he says to the media gets blown out of proportion. Just reaping what you sowed, in both cases.

You're not the only person things like you describe in this post have happened to. You should be paranoid about why you in particular were targeted, given that you created the opportunity with the transfer. To put it bluntly, you were a desirable target to make go away, and easy to justify a ban for when you came up on the radar screen.

You're free to have the last word here. If you want to discuss in more detail, PM me.

Shayne Hawke

Departed from Tyria

Join Date: May 2007

Clan Dethryche [dth]

R/

22 Oct 2009 at 04:38 - 25

Quote:

Originally Posted by JonnieBoi05

Oh!! I almost forgot!! They also banned my iP address after the perma'd me and blocked my credit card. ^^

I didn't manage to get a screen of them blocking my credit card but I DO have one of it showing my iP blocked.

Enjoy.

Wouldn't that be easily enough solved by a dynamic IP?

Evil Eye

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2007

P/Me

22 Oct 2009 at 04:41 - 26

I think you got perma'd cause you have 9 accounts all transferring shit.

jonnieboi05

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2006

Mableton, Georgia

Guild Ancestors Reunited [?????????]

22 Oct 2009 at 04:52 - 27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shayne Hawke

Wouldn't that be easily enough solved by a dynamic IP?

Yep.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Evil Eye

I think you got perma'd cause you have 9 accounts all transferring shit.

Wrong. An easy example of that is not the case is 'cause people have 20+ accounts. Secondly, I know what I was perma'd for and it has nothing to do with me having many accounts. It was because of "inappropriate language in local chat" when I was at my own Guild Hall (they were watching my chat logs and trying to find a reason to perma me).

~LeNa~

Gift3d

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2007

Las Vegas

Enraged Whiny Carebears [oR]

W/E

22 Oct 2009 at 06:25 - 28

Quote:

Originally Posted by JonnieBoi05

Yep.

Wrong. An easy example of that is not the case is 'cause people have 20+ accounts. Secondly, I know what I was perma'd for and it has nothing to do with me having many accounts. It was because of "inappropriate language in local chat" when I was at my own Guild Hall (they were watching my chat logs and trying to find a reason to perma me).

~LeNa~

as they should. the crew at anet isn't dumb, maybeJUSTmaybe it was a hint with some official reasoning behind it. i see you on these forums an awful goddamn lot, so i don't think you've stumbled upon that hint just yet.

godspeed, grasshoppah.

Aba

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2006

Vancouver,Canada

22 Oct 2009 at 06:40 - 29

Chaos gloves, Obsidian set....both salvaged while playing after coming home from party, dunno what I was on.
and finally Merch'd a purple cyrstalline sword by mistake.

-Makai-

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2007

WA

DH

Rt/

22 Oct 2009 at 06:47 - 30

Approximately 3,500 hours of time that could have been spent solidifying a life. Hurray for unemployment!

TheoryX

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2008

W/

22 Oct 2009 at 07:03 - 31

Merching a bds when i was drunk thinking it would come up with a confirm selling message but it didnt and then merch my eternal blade too thinking it must come up with that one, but again it didnt come up

raddish

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2009

The Rejected Sins [SOF]

A/P

22 Oct 2009 at 07:13 - 32

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheoryX

Merching a bds when i was drunk thinking it would come up with a confirm selling message but it didnt and then merch my eternal blade too thinking it must come up with that one, but again it didnt come up

that only comes up if u have the item equipped at the time :P

Tip:Never play drunk, i swear by that rule

TideSwayer

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

We Farm Your [?????????s]

22 Oct 2009 at 08:38 - 33

A week before ANet announced the account-wide merger of the ID and Treasure Hunter titles, I deleted my original monk, who had been my main farming character. Probably lost around 1,000 chests and 3,000 IDs. Moot point now as I'm long finished with those two titles, but it probably set me back a couple of weeks.

My New Name

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2008

22 Oct 2009 at 09:10 - 34

i hate seeing this thread cuz of the fact many people who got hacked posting and anet does nothing about that...
i never played wow but happen to know that they trace the hacker and get your stuff back...why can't anet do the same thing? just a question not flaming...
P.S yes GW is free game and in wow you need to pay monthly subscriptions

Enon

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Taking a dip at Nundu Bay

22 Oct 2009 at 09:40 - 35

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gift3d

as they should.

Death penalty for shoplifting, anyone?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gift3d

the crew at anet isn't dumb

By the way, stopped reading there, because... You know... =')

QueenofDeath

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2009

22 Oct 2009 at 09:52 - 36

I lost a 15ac/6req tactical shield by accidentally selling it with the other crap I was unloading to a merchant. I don't know how in the hell my little bag got turned back on for selling at the merchant but that is why it happened and I wasn't paying attention as I just click through stuff when selling real fast cause I only usually have main bag and two 10 slot bags open for selling/trade stuff. That was the perfect shield for my mo/w build as 6 in tactics wasn't hardly a hit to any of the other attributes I was using. That shield had to be worth billions of ectos.

) Funny thing is it was blue too.

QueenofDeath

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2009

22 Oct 2009 at 10:04 - 37

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pelorin Eshmar

i hate seeing this thread cuz of the fact many people who got hacked posting and anet does nothing about that...
i never played wow but happen to know that they trace the hacker and get your stuff back...why can't anet do the same thing? just a question not flaming...
P.S yes GW is free game and in wow you need to pay monthly subscriptions

You kind of answered your own question. In WOW you pay for that feature same in EQ as well as I lost 8 bags of items in a trade and got disconnected and when I came back they were all gone. Took me awhile but EQ did give every single item back. Me & a GM sat in the bank of Freeport and she created each and every item bags included and gave back to me. You don't pay for that feature in GW so that is why you don't get anything back.

Camdo

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2007

22 Oct 2009 at 10:13 - 38

sold 1000e (4x 250e) to the NPC because of my damn laggy connection

Warbog The Slayer

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2008

W/P

22 Oct 2009 at 10:22 - 39

i felt for the trick drop ur weapon(R9 perfect moded VS) to make a picture for my album ... and bannggggg ebon escape

)

Windf0rce

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2007

22 Oct 2009 at 10:49 - 40

Woa guys and I was thinking I had lost a lot.

Some harsh stuff out there!

Last year I decided I needed to stop gaming for a while because I was close to graduating in university...

So I went ahead with the dumb idea of deleting my GW characters and giving away all my items to friends (I don't regret the giveaways, but the character deletions yes).

Lost Ele with 15+ titles, Monk with 5+, Obsidian Set, Chaos Gloves, Vabbian Set, Elite Canthan set, tons of Runes and weapons.

6 months later (graduated!

) I decided to return and had to restart from zero.

It's been 4 months only and the rebuild of my Monk has been great fun. 10+ titles already, have all items I wanted to wear and not having farmed or grinded anything. The new books and Zquests do help a lot, man I sure love this game, to anyone out there don't be discouraged to restart from scratch.