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[ms244]

Saw this perusing the local craigslist......

Trading World of Warcraft account for Rifle

Date: 2007-08-10, 12:54AM CDT


Looking to trade/sell a World of Warcraft account with level 70 undead mage, epic mount, flying mount, 1k gold. Mage has full spellfire set. Wanting a .308 or .223 bolt action rifle in good condition (NIB or close to, if gun is normally MSRP of $400 or less. Normal price for an account similar to this is roughly $600 (check out www.accounts.net for comparison).

Must be in driving range from mis-missouri or willing to ship rifle to a local FFL dealer. Willing to allow the FFL dealer to hold firearm, in possession, until i call you with account details, to prevent either of us from being scammed.
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* it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

http://columbiamo.craigslist.org/tag/393577086.html

 

[GQgeek]

A girl associated with my guild back in eq flew around the states ********** with members in exchange for high level gear, which was always very hard to come by in eq. Back in the early days you could raid for months and not get an item you wanted.

 

[edmorel]

Originally Posted by GQgeek

A girl associated with my guild back in eq flew around the states ********** with members in exchange for high level gear, which was always very hard to come by in eq. Back in the early days you could raid for months and not get an item you wanted.

 

[TheHoff]

Originally Posted by GQgeek

A post-op associated with my guild back in eq flew around the states ********** with members in exchange for high level gear, which was always very hard to come by in eq. Back in the early days you could raid for months and not get an item you wanted.

Fixed.

 

[GQgeek]

Originally Posted by TheHoff

Fixed.

hilarious.

 

[romafan]

Originally Posted by GQgeek

A girl associated with my guild back in eq flew around the states ********** with members in exchange for high level gear, which was always very hard to come by in eq. Back in the early days you could raid for months and not get an item you wanted.

I have absolutely no idea what this means (except the flying around ********** in exchange for 'gear') - is this a fantasy game thing?

 

[edmorel]

Originally Posted by romafan

I have absolutely no idea what this means (except the flying around ********** in exchange for 'gear') - is this a fantasy game thing?


GQGeek's entire life is a fantasy, and not a good one at that.

 

[ms244]

A girl associated with my guild back in eq flew around the states ********** with members in exchange for high level gear, which was always very hard to come by in eq. Back in the early days you could raid for months and not get an item you wanted.

Was this gear, as hard to come by as girls, in the game?

 

[edmorel]

Originally Posted by TheHoff

Fixed.

Hoff that is so tasteless of you, GQGeek is into pre-op's

 

[scarphe]

it is also not worth 600 usd, it lacks the epic flyer,My mage should worth at least 1000 usd if his price is correct.

 

[ms244]

I can't comment on the account price, but for $400 he isn't going to get much of a new bolt gun.

 

[FLMountainMan]

Originally Posted by TheHoff

Fixed.

Always good for a laugh, Hoff. You represent the 'Burg well

 

[TheHoff]

Originally Posted by ms244

I can't comment on the account price, but for $400 he isn't going to get much of a new bolt gun.

How many shots do you need?

 

[GQgeek]

Originally Posted by romafan

I have absolutely no idea what this means (except the flying around ********** in exchange for 'gear') - is this a fantasy game thing?

Items (loot) dropped by high level monsters (typically dragons or gods) in a game within a persistant world (when you quit for the night your character/gear doesn't disappear). EQ spawns were highly contested, meaning that if you killed a certain dragon it might not respawn (reappear in the world) for a week. The dragon required a raid (large number of people, usually 4 or more groups of 6 people) to kill. So even when your guild got to it first, it would typically only drop a couple of items, which in the early days before DKP you then had to roll on (throwing dice for the highest number). So the chances of getting any particular highly contested item was very low. You could raid for months and not get what you wanted/needed. This scarcity made items very valuable and worth a lot of money on ebay.

In my prime I used to make tens of thousands playing these games. Item farming has turned in to an industry dominated by the chinese now so it's not really worth it in terms of the time you have to invest anymore (hasn't been for years actually).

 

[edmorel]

Originally Posted by GQgeek

Items (loot) dropped by high level monsters (typically dragons or gods) in a game within a persistant world (when you quit for the night your character/gear doesn't disappear). EQ spawns were highly contested, meaning that if you killed a certain dragon it might not respawn (reappear in the world) for a week. The dragon required a raid (large number of people, usually 4 or more groups of 6 people) to kill. So even when your guild got to it first, it would typically only drop a couple of items, which in the early days before DKP you then had to roll on (throwing dice for the highest number). So the chances of getting any particular highly contested item was very low. You could raid for months and not get what you wanted/needed. This scarcity made items very valuable and worth a lot of money on ebay.

In my prime I used to make tens of thousands playing these games. Item farming has turned in to an industry dominated by the chinese now so it's not really worth it in terms of the time you have to invest anymore (hasn't been for years actually).


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