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Spike
Profile Joined October 2003
United States1392 Posts
February 28 2005 12:20 GMT
#41
agree with veg, he should have given money to HH
superlyduper
Profile Joined August 2004
United States37 Posts
February 28 2005 12:47 GMT
#42
HOLY SHIT AWESOME READ.

anymore like it?
comabreaded
Profile Blog Joined July 2003
United States2166 Posts
February 28 2005 14:56 GMT
#43
nice read. i thought he was gonna make some money off it, though what a waste!
I put the fu in fun
[ErOs]~InCoGniTo
Profile Joined June 2004
Italy513 Posts
February 28 2005 15:19 GMT
#44
i havent even read the actual story yet since i caught the "spoiler" in someones post, so i cant honestly compare but we used to scam people so much on ultima online like 5 years ago...i used to run that game.
Unless My Pockets Get Fed.. You n Your Family are Dead
Grij
Profile Joined February 2005
Sweden24 Posts
Last Edited: 2005-02-28 16:19:26
February 28 2005 16:02 GMT
#45
I laughed, a lot.
kidd
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
United States2848 Posts
February 28 2005 17:05 GMT
#46
He should have actually gotten enough people to get the 1.125 billion then scammed, what a half-assed job

I wanted HardHead to get the money. TT!
Hi
MoltkeWarding
Profile Joined November 2003
5195 Posts
February 28 2005 17:07 GMT
#47
On March 01 2005 02:05 kidd wrote:
He should have actually gotten enough people to get the 1.125 billion then scammed, what a half-assed job

I wanted HardHead to get the money. TT!


Just to think, if he put half the effort into real life as he did into that game -_- he could be the next halliburton CEO.
froZen_wYnd
Profile Joined October 2004
Canada270 Posts
Last Edited: 2005-02-28 17:23:41
February 28 2005 17:23 GMT
#48
good read, i can't believe i finished that
poor poor hardhead though... i feel sorry for the guy

he didn't only lose his money, but a guy he thought was his 'friend'
Sharkey
Profile Blog Joined February 2004
668 Posts
March 01 2005 10:56 GMT
#49
Was thinking about it and I came to realize this wasn't the biggest scam I have heard about. My friend's friend played Ultima Online (sp?). His character was a theif of sorts. So one day he did something (can't remember what) and he stole someone's special item. He later sold that item on ebay for $500. The very next day a new patch came out that eliminated his chances of doing the same thing again.
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LUEigi
Profile Joined October 2004
Canada148 Posts
March 01 2005 11:00 GMT
#50
I read this quite some time ago. It's pretty amusing! =D
I lost my quote in a boating accident.
mahc
Profile Joined November 2004
United States874 Posts
March 01 2005 12:10 GMT
#51
id say it was pretty kool lol

I think hardhead shoulda gotten the money too.
Messiah]Coon[
Profile Joined July 2004
United States326 Posts
March 01 2005 13:41 GMT
#52
I wonder what his IRL friend did with his share.

And it would be funny if the guy who he gave the money to was just some newbie who got bored of the game after a week and never logs on anymore. The things people will do for money.
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Smurg
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Australia3818 Posts
March 01 2005 15:50 GMT
#53
That story is crazy shit, one of the best scams I've ever seen pulled off in a game. I used to scam people all the time on Ultima Online, good times...good times.

He has a good writing style, I like his inclusion of many analogies that help his descriptions.

"mining in Eve Online is about as fun as fucking a fat chick's festering corpse."

Or:

"In Eve Online, your lifepod is the final string in the cold vacuum of space which keeps you in the world of the living. Unfortunately, it’s about as strong as an anorexic midget in a world of steroid-laced giants."

This was such a cool thing to do, although the ending was the hugest anti-climax of all. I mean what ever became of Frostt? Did he know the amount of money he now had was the biggest he was ever likely to get? Did he just play for a while then log out forever?

Great read. <3

tehredbandit
Profile Joined June 2004
United States77 Posts
March 01 2005 15:55 GMT
#54
that was a very good read, funny, nice story line. it kept me very interested the whole time. i felt very sorry for hardhead. would be awsome if it was really a true story.

it was also very funny, i laughed out loud a lot and everyone kept asking what i was laughing at wile i was reading.

go read it now if you havent, you will be impressed.
hasuwar
Profile Joined April 2003
7365 Posts
March 01 2005 16:09 GMT
#55
it is a true story
Diablo3 ID: Exalted#1710 -------R.I.P. http://hasuwar.isgsa.org. Much love to Toptalent
Smurg
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Australia3818 Posts
March 01 2005 16:12 GMT
#56
Yeah, redbandit...it's a true story...:/ Don't know why you thought it wasn't.
Rayzorblade
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
United States1172 Posts
March 01 2005 16:41 GMT
#57
After wasting about fifteen minutes of my time reading that story, which was pretty interesting to say the least, those people are:

FUCKING GEEKS ofmasdkfjsdogjas;jk lololol.

Man, hilarious story. It's a little ironic how the narrator calls "Thoggins" the "fat slob without a girlfriend," while he creates this huge elaborate scheme of deception in order to receive millions in virtual currency, lolol. Oh man, priceless.

There's this kid who I work with that always talks about this game Eve and at work, in his free time, he logs onto the forums constantly and is giggling in his little cubicle like a maniacal little imp, murmuring things like, "OMG DESE NUBS SUX," while nursing his .jpg collection of ships.

It's really reallllly quite sad.
Klasskamp
Profile Joined October 2004
Sweden54 Posts
March 01 2005 16:59 GMT
#58
it's not sad, after all the difference betweed real life and an mmorpg isnt that big, only some rules differ and mmog's aren't as complicated as real life. after all, we don't even know what "the real world" actually is.
stfu, noob
SnZ
Profile Joined September 2004
Australia122 Posts
Last Edited: 2005-03-01 17:15:24
March 01 2005 17:13 GMT
#59
The fact that he scammed them for in-game cash... makes the whole scam seem pretty weak.
I mean he got nothing out of it...
Wasted all that time and effort posting/chatting and then he ends up giving the dough to some new player...
He should've sold the online cash for USD, and buy himself a nice new computer chair to sit his fat mmorpg-playing ass on...
Member of the International Sarcasm Society.
yeehaw
Profile Joined October 2004
San Marino888 Posts
March 01 2005 19:02 GMT
#60
LoL at everyone, except for frost.
G_G
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