I was guilty of paying $50 for 1,000 Platinum Pieces a few months ago, and when I made the transaction, I felt dirty. I couldn't even use the money for my characters, becuase I had spent so much time with them. I wouldn't be surprised if other people who are intently devoted to role-playing and their characters, but were frustrated with the amount of time (or lack thereof) they could use towards building them up, did the same thing. All I know is, my foolish decision to buy that cash led to my distaste for the game, and I quit 3 months ago. There were other reasons, but the rampant effects of this small, new 'economy' made the game less fun. On a side note, I'm selling 1,000 pp and a 27th level Cleric at www.justkidding.com. Peace out.
Last time I checked, a -589% EPS was NOT successful (See for yourself).
I work for a company that builds.com businesses, and we laugh whenever we hear about Bezos, etc. He typifies the American "get rich quick" Dream which has been exponentiated by the ridiculousness of Yahoo's $400+ stock price. He ran what would have been the greatest e-commerce business model into the ground because he was impatient. Amazon will not be profitable for at least 3-5 for years (and that's generous). That is, unless they reincarnate Sam Walton to run their warehouses, or merge with FedEx or UPS. Watching Bezos strip Amazon's gears gave me more respect for *gasp* Bill Gates and what he was able to do business-wise in a new field with technology back in the day.
Sure, I'm jealous. But he still ain't Man of the Year.
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I was guilty of paying $50 for 1,000 Platinum Pieces a few months ago, and when I made the transaction, I felt dirty. I couldn't even use the money for my characters, becuase I had spent so much time with them. I wouldn't be surprised if other people who are intently devoted to role-playing and their characters, but were frustrated with the amount of time (or lack thereof) they could use towards building them up, did the same thing. All I know is, my foolish decision to buy that cash led to my distaste for the game, and I quit 3 months ago. There were other reasons, but the rampant effects of this small, new 'economy' made the game less fun. On a side note, I'm selling 1,000 pp and a 27th level Cleric at www.justkidding.com. Peace out.
I work for a company that builds .com businesses, and we laugh whenever we hear about Bezos, etc. He typifies the American "get rich quick" Dream which has been exponentiated by the ridiculousness of Yahoo's $400+ stock price. He ran what would have been the greatest e-commerce business model into the ground because he was impatient. Amazon will not be profitable for at least 3-5 for years (and that's generous). That is, unless they reincarnate Sam Walton to run their warehouses, or merge with FedEx or UPS. Watching Bezos strip Amazon's gears gave me more respect for *gasp* Bill Gates and what he was able to do business-wise in a new field with technology back in the day.
Sure, I'm jealous. But he still ain't Man of the Year.
If you want to pay me for losing money and then hype me up as an "ingenius innovator" I'll send you my address...