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Flamingpeanut

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

R/Me

19 Jul 2005 at 23:58 - 1

Ok, here's the idea.
The Concept: I'm going to try to make a list of all the people in GW who will give me one gold piece. I'll stand in a particular district, ask the general public to all give me 1g, and then write down everybody's name in my handy-dandy notebook

.

The Rules: I've decided that I won't be going into cities to ask, as I'll probably not be heard over "WTSWTSTWTS....", and I'll underline the name of the first person to give 1g in each district. Also, anyone who flames me - calls me a money grubber/scammer/a$$hole/whatever you people use these days - they get their name on the Mean List! .

The Point: Well, the original idea was just to get me rich

. But I realised we could have a "most generous district" award or something like that. The possibilities are endless!

So what do you guys think? Your opinions are valued.

Edit: By the way, could people keep posting replies so this post stays at least somewhere near the top? It'd be a shame to have it deleted.

Bingley Joe

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

Philosophers of Denravi

20 Jul 2005 at 00:08 - 2

Well I know when I see someone asking for one of something that I have more than one of, I usually hand it over (and I know a couple of other people who'd do the same).

So I'm willing to bet you'll be reasonably successful ;P

Tactical-Dillusions

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2005

Grimsby, UK

R/

20 Jul 2005 at 00:10 - 3

If i give you 100 gold, will i have my name written down 100 times too?

Flamingpeanut

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

R/Me

20 Jul 2005 at 00:11 - 4

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tactical-Dillusions

If i give you 100 gold, will i have my name written down 100 times too?

Lol, only if you give it to me in 100 different districts

dbgtboy

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2005

irl

i quit playing

20 Jul 2005 at 00:17 - 5

ill give you 1g ^^

off topic: your display pic is lying :P

Flamingpeanut

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

R/Me

20 Jul 2005 at 00:19 - 6

Yay, that's 102g so far

Alderman Sweet

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2005

W/E

20 Jul 2005 at 00:41 - 7

People are a bit wary of someone asking for one gold piece. Make it something like 31 gold pieces and one wood plank. You'll have better luck.

nechronius

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

Southern Cali

Herald of the Storm

W/R

20 Jul 2005 at 00:52 - 8

What's the point, exactly. So you can have a list of people who gave you 1g after you posted on a forum that you're trying to get money from strangers?

If you're tried to do this as some sort of social experiment, it failed on the basis that you posted about it before you had your results. Your idea would have been more meaningful if you had something to present after you conducted a "blind" experiment.

Even if it was just to say "... but I mainly got ignored" is a reasonable response, but I'm not sure how good your sample was after less than 30 minutes of trying. Ultimately it was probably a good idea that you just let it go for any number of reasons.

StandardAI

Banned

Join Date: Mar 2005

K A R M A

20 Jul 2005 at 01:00 - 9

This is a brilliant Idea, It would take over an hour to get 50 gold. Where as you could just simply run to a chest outside of an explorable area in 10 minutes and get 50 gold from a chest.

Corbin

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

Seraphic Legion

R/E

20 Jul 2005 at 01:01 - 10

it sounded like a good idea, but of the many people in each district, its only a select few who actually talk rather than sit afk, or dance, or try to sell and shit

StandardAI

Banned

Join Date: Mar 2005

K A R M A

20 Jul 2005 at 01:03 - 11

How did it sound like a good idea? Even if everyone in a district was willing it would take about a minute to get the gold from each person, especially if you wrote their names down. 60 minutes = 1 hour

aB-

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2005

20 Jul 2005 at 03:32 - 12

Quote:

Originally Posted by StandardAI

How did it sound like a good idea? Even if everyone in a district was willing it would take about a minute to get the gold from each person, especially if you wrote their names down. 60 minutes = 1 hour

It seems as if you didn't read the post. He was looking to award a most generous district, not get rich quick by collectiong one gold.

The reason most people aren't giving is probably because 1 gold seems like a joke. If i saw someone saying that I would just disregard it for a joke. A larger number like 50 or 100 gold would make me more inclined to donate.

Sholtar

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

Brethren of Arms

Mo/W

20 Jul 2005 at 04:29 - 13

StandardAI, accepting a trade and writing down a name doesn't take a minute. Either way you are missing the point, he's not trying to get rich. That was his original idea, as he said in the post, but that's not his current idea.

Ashley Twig

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

germany

Guild Of Openhearted Deeds

R/Mo

20 Jul 2005 at 07:38 - 14

I like the idea of the GW-comunity donating money. But what's the point of doing that when it has no meaning at all?
Virtual money, so what?
Real money should get interesting. Send 1 EUR to some PayPal account, make it public, have people vote on this forum or some extra website, what to do with the money.
Charity only!
That way the comunity of GW could show the world, that we're not a bunch of nerds with only role-playing on their mind.

thaumaturge

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2005

Mo/Me

20 Jul 2005 at 07:45 - 15

I sold 5gp today for 6gp, true story. I too was perplexed.

Flamingpeanut

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

R/Me

20 Jul 2005 at 08:26 - 16

It is true that the 1g may have been ignored. As for the point, basically I just have nothing to do at the moment. But I really don't have the attention span to keep doing this for very long, especially when so few people participate.

Divinitys Creature

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2005

Somewhere between the Real World and Tyria ;P

The Gothic Embrace [Goth]

22 Jul 2005 at 20:18 - 17

How about all the people that would be trying to give him 1 gp but couldn't someone else was doing it at the same time? People don't like having to wait when they are giving away stuff for free.

Lorelei

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

Somewhere unexpected

22 Jul 2005 at 20:56 - 18

Quote:

Originally Posted by thaumaturge

I sold 5gp today for 6gp, true story. I too was perplexed.

You sure you didn't sell 5 Platinum for the price of 6 gold?

Ensign

Just Plain Fluffy

Join Date: Dec 2004

Berkeley, CA

Idiot Savants

22 Jul 2005 at 22:41 - 19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flamingpeanut

So what do you guys think?

You're bored, attention starved, crazy, or some combination thereof.

Peace,
-CxE

Flamingpeanut

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

R/Me

23 Jul 2005 at 01:24 - 20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ensign

You're bored, attention starved, crazy, or some combination thereof.

The first and third options

cookiehoarder

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

Melbourne, Florida.

[HTR]

23 Jul 2005 at 01:28 - 21

I will give you 51 gold and 14 "Piles of Glittering Dust" which we all know is an object of lust..

Myth Osis

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

Christchurch, New Zealand

Red Order

Mo/R

23 Jul 2005 at 01:48 - 22

I will steal your bag o' gold which you have collected in a beggar fasion, and distribute it among the poor parading around in green tights and a feathered cap.

Nasenbluten

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2005

VA BABY

Morbid Anihillation

R/Me

23 Jul 2005 at 02:40 - 23

That sound's great!!!!!!!!!!
great way to waste your'e time, i'd flame you honestly
call me naughty
spank me

getting rich will never happen like that so keep dreaming, maybe if you were a chick (like a real one not a dude who made a female character)and did a lil naked dance in front of me i MIGHT give you 100 gold or so.Honestly im not a dick, i give out stuff all the time(major runes,bow strongs,hilts hafts),but anyone who ASKS for stuff is IMO worthless, especially in this game where money isnt that hard to make, but it seems that the grubing is in every game
as for the naughty and nice list i'd hope to be on both, moreso the naughty because we all know its more fun to be naughty

Myth Osis

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

Christchurch, New Zealand

Red Order

Mo/R

23 Jul 2005 at 03:15 - 24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nasenbluten

That sound's great!!!!!!!!!!
great way to waste your'e time, i'd flame you honestly
call me naughty
spank me

Funny last line well done ..... but ......

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nasenbluten

......Honestly im not a dick .......

Are you sure?

Nasenbluten

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2005

VA BABY

Morbid Anihillation

R/Me

23 Jul 2005 at 03:38 - 25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Myth Osis

Funny last line well done ..... but ......

Are you sure?

yea sometimes, my wife tells me im a dick =(

Flamingpeanut

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

R/Me

23 Jul 2005 at 07:55 - 26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nasenbluten

yea sometimes, my wife tells me im a dick =(

I don't think she's alone...
If you'd read the post instead of trying to lecture me on your pointless thoughts, you would have realised that - as Sholtar has already said - I'm not trying to make money. While I pondered that for a moment, that isn't what it's about.

Next time read the whole post before starting your lectures.