tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post8339837274475933314..comments2024-02-27T14:44:07.868+01:00Comments on Greedy goblin: My only mountGevlonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07072766785893313616noreply@blogger.comBlogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-13610611830223138062011-02-23T16:32:22.547+01:002011-02-23T16:32:22.547+01:00I don't care at all about aesthetics so I sure...I don't care at all about aesthetics so I sure didn't understood the first time I went to the thottbot page of the mount of winterspring, I was expecting to see "what does this mount more than the normal ones ?" "Nothing" "then why would someone spend hours of insanely boring farming (like, obviously just made this way so the player is forced to pay more of time of play) to get this mount for dozens of time more than the normal mount, especially if he has one already ?" "no idea" and instead I saw "I spent all my month of december to get this mount for christmas, I'm so happy" and things like that like "this mount is so nice !"(even if it's the same as the elves in more simple, most likely if the skins of this mount and the one of the elves was reversed they would still chose this one for an idea that, well, I may find all the reasons possible but none of them makes sense in my head), the least I can't say is that I was surprised.Thomas Durandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16234262980017076650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-54955778603251830512010-04-23T03:06:58.379+02:002010-04-23T03:06:58.379+02:00This was interesting because my ten year old colle...This was interesting because my ten year old collects pets, because she thinks they are fun to have. She doesn't care at all about what others think.<br /><br />You are getting hits on this old post because someone linked to it from Shamus 20 sided blog, but I think you really missed the point.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00219023897626648057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-78615751215376168302009-12-03T12:47:40.303+01:002009-12-03T12:47:40.303+01:00Sorry for the double post.
Mr. Goblin, you're...Sorry for the double post.<br /><br />Mr. Goblin, you're indeed smarter than most other apes. You operate a blog that millions(?) of visitors read every month(year?). I and a majority of the posters here only post at such blogs. If you'd wanted to, you probably could have turned a tidy profit from this little blog of yours.<br /><br />So by creating such ridiculous posts week after week, you've actually created a potential gold mine for yourself. Not that you need it, of course, in or out of game.<br /><br />You must get immense satisfaction from posting such non-sense and getting readership from it too. Other wise why would you create yet another post later on, harping about virtually the same point, in spite of tons of comments proving you wrong?<br /><br />So you get your epeen stroked, your delusion is still completely unshaken, AND you pad your blog with a couple more readers. Win-win-win for the Greedy Goblin.<br /><br />PS: Since I've posted 3 times already calling you out on YOUR bullshit, I should at least leave a handle you can call MY bullshit out with, right?JPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-40742576771412556752009-12-03T12:31:23.133+01:002009-12-03T12:31:23.133+01:00I will take the bait, yet again. But without readi...I will take the bait, yet again. But without reading all 95 comments this time.<br /><br />I highly doubt that even a majority of players who bought these $10 pets did it to keep up with the Joneses. Maybe a few of them did. I don't know. But as many have already said in your follow up post, they did it for the fun, for the enjoyment they get out of their $10 investment. That's enough of a reason in and of itself.<br /><br />Now I want to pose my own questions in response: Why should YOU care what OTHERS do with THEIR $10? What do you get out of it? That information's completely useless to a gold hoarding Goblin. Do you get a federal grant for doing this kind of research? Or are you simply stroking your epeen? Are you going after a sick sense of satisfaction that you're some how better than everyone who "wastes" their money on vanity pets?<br /><br />It's starting to look more and more like you're a more-than-happy slave to an "ape subroutine" that blasts the following notion in your head after every single-minded self-delusional post:<br /><br />"I R BIG APE! I R BETAR DAN ALL OTAR PET HORDING APES!! HEER ME RAAAARW!!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-54934670141732739062009-11-09T22:04:55.692+01:002009-11-09T22:04:55.692+01:00I've read a few of your posts now and you seem...I've read a few of your posts now and you seem to group all human psychology in to herding mentality.<br /><br />People aren't only motivated by "keeping up appearances" you may in fact do even better with your gold collecting if you start to understand other psychological drivers behind player actions and activity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-26970214249721845932009-11-09T17:27:50.447+01:002009-11-09T17:27:50.447+01:00I powerleveled Engineering to get mounts #98 and #...I powerleveled Engineering to get mounts #98 and #99 last week. After that I tried to get a raid group for a Sarth3D zerg, but no one wanted to run old content.<br /><br />So I looked at my wallet - 50,000 gold. So I decided I would buy a Chopper to get the 100 mount Achievement.<br /><br />Is 50k gold much in this crowd? Nope, probably not, but it's far and away more than I need.<br /><br />So I now have 101 mounts... and I still have 35k+ gold.Dorgolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12936803721440329897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-41298223247084013692009-11-09T14:35:52.152+01:002009-11-09T14:35:52.152+01:00Gevlon, you are talking out of your ass again, sho...Gevlon, you are talking out of your ass again, showing us how superior you are by making up something we can't confirm, yet forgetting that your claim only shows one thing:<br /><br />You don't have enough skill to get the rusted drake or even the CoT4 drake, which is quite laughable for a glorious raider like yourself.<br /><br />But I guess that isn't true either. Just like your fantasy strategies of posting every 48 hours and totally not caring about the competition. If you were on my server you wouldn't make a single copper with your "strategy".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-42669346347455967702009-11-09T03:51:43.488+01:002009-11-09T03:51:43.488+01:00Ive got an odd philosophy on pets/mounts. Its am...Ive got an odd philosophy on pets/mounts. Its amix of asthetics that makes me get them (128 freakin runs of stratholm for barons deathcharger) and functionallity (rusted proto drake - only 1 Ulduar10 hard mode to go)<br /><br />But i draw the line at buying pets. Thats just one step closer to Evony imho.<br /><br />Alot of my minipets have come through farming - eg ZG for rep, loot (coins & bijous sell well), 2 possible mounts, and the raptor minipet.<br />Found 4 raptors so far. kept 1, sold the other 3 for 1.5k each.<br /><br />Ellifain@Khaz'gorothAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-84595790307100842492009-11-08T02:52:40.953+01:002009-11-08T02:52:40.953+01:00People enjoy acquiring things. If it's not hu...People enjoy acquiring things. If it's not hurting anyone to follow what you enjoy, why get all bent out of shape about it?<br /><br />It's really not that complicated.Dahkeushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01903379405155387147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-71759939566903465972009-11-07T17:53:21.528+01:002009-11-07T17:53:21.528+01:00gotta disagree with you. On my main, I have a larg...gotta disagree with you. On my main, I have a large collection of pets and mounts. Why? Well, I couldn't care less about what that player going down the road thinks of my mount, but I do enjoy collecting them. It brings a smile to my face to open the mount and pets tab and see all of those adorable pixel creatures. And yes, I played pokemon when I was little. XP <br />To me, gold doesn't matter much if it's not used. At the end of the day, I don't want that gold merely sitting around, so I buy stuff that make me happy, like pets and mounts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-25266235627790338662009-11-07T07:56:44.028+01:002009-11-07T07:56:44.028+01:00Oh yah...and the mammoth is completely worth it......Oh yah...and the mammoth is completely worth it...especially if you pug a lot. (Always some idiot hearthing and repairing.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-49768565947733189922009-11-07T07:53:52.839+01:002009-11-07T07:53:52.839+01:00Don't forget OCD...if my wife had not distract...Don't forget OCD...if my wife had not distracted me, I would have eventually unlocked every character and weapon in FFVII...and that wasn't a social game...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-30151096758005440512009-11-07T06:53:45.819+01:002009-11-07T06:53:45.819+01:00Almost all of you completely missed the point of t...Almost all of you completely missed the point of this post and the entire blogAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-22693933877007144732009-11-07T03:59:06.696+01:002009-11-07T03:59:06.696+01:00I reached a point where I had so much gold piled u...I reached a point where I had so much gold piled up and so much gold coming in that I started to wonder wtf is the point. So I bought the mechano hog. It was not a complete waste of gold as it has a function. Basically get a friend with you. He jumps out of hog then starts killing people in the town. Usually you get raped by guards. But not with the hog! He jumps back into the hog and I ride away. He keeps getting shot at/netted but that doesnt do anything. We ride away until aggro is gone. Rince and repeat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-81887980564944782342009-11-07T03:45:02.171+01:002009-11-07T03:45:02.171+01:00"Think of how stupid the average person is, a..."Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that."<br /><br />^^Explains quite a lot really.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-52833342516876262882009-11-07T02:16:05.560+01:002009-11-07T02:16:05.560+01:00I commented earlier that I bought this pet, and I ...I commented earlier that I bought this pet, and I tried my best to exlain the decision on my post. http://latinumbar.blogspot.com/2009/11/all-pandas-were-kung-fu-fighting.html<br />Since it's Friday, and Gevlon would probably link me as an example of Morons of the week, might as well do it early.debussyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02659441493549929772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-63424301784803249092009-11-07T01:59:10.984+01:002009-11-07T01:59:10.984+01:00I find sometimes we do things for sillyh reasons w...I find sometimes we do things for sillyh reasons we justify, im really with you on the whole mount thing, I use but one flying and one non-flying mount, and the reasons i seek after the ones i use seemed Practical at the time... (though for the praticality of both there was possibly a better option) Before i ever found your blog and really started making any real seroius gold i quested and collected sold my random junk in the ah to get some gold and get rid of stuff that had been collecting dust for years. in in the course of about 2-3 weeks hitting all 25 dailies getting my self ever closer to exalted with those factions for very practical reasons... I collected about 15000g 12 titanaum bars 2 artic fur made myself 40 cobalt bolts...<br /><br />when it was all done i still had about 2000-3000 gold left, i Got the bike so i could deal with 2 problems #1 my wife likes to follow me around, much easier in a two seat mount cause then she doesnt get upset when i go around the corner to narrow and she gets stuck, and #2 was going to help my brother level one of his chars... (ultimately a patch soon came out allowing mounts at 30 instead of 40 and it was wasted effort) But i felt justified in this.<br /><br />My flying mount is practical in that its one of the 310's which i paid noting for just needed to achive(Violet Proto Drake)<br /><br />Im sure you could come up with some fruity justification for others.. the grand travelers poor mans mammoth.. Well it has 3 seats and comes with vendors. And how often would you use either? I suppose you could always summon your mammoth in Uluadar to repair and buy regents(oh well i guess you could always use jeeves or a repair bot... Or the little goblin sitting on the ogres back....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-15652211046613865342009-11-07T00:17:09.155+01:002009-11-07T00:17:09.155+01:00The fact that Gevlon does not have a 310% mount me...The fact that Gevlon does not have a 310% mount means that he is just as M&S as the people he makes fun of. <br />There are 3 options for getting a 310 mount in order of difficulty<br />1) Do holiday dailies for a year. Total time spent, ~30 hours<br />2) Do 10 man or 25 man raids and get the achievements for the<br />3) Do arenas and achieve gladiator rank<br /><br />Everyone who is gold capped should have #1 as it is very easy to do compared to running an AH business.<br />#2 can be done in guilds such as mine on 3 nights of 3 hours a night<br />#3 is actual skill based and relationship building however I know there are players who can get you gladiator for the right amount of gold IF you are at least somewhat good.<br /><br />So why is Gevlon unable to do any of these 3 things?<br />#1 I assume is because only the socials will do it<br />#2 he has already shown that he pays for raid slots. Apparently he was not wise enough to include his 310 mount as part of the deal<br />#3 is skll based<br /><br />I challenge Gevlon to do what I did. Create your own guild. Create the loot system. Motivate players to show up without paying them any gold at all. Heck, show how awesome you are and create a 100 player guild that runs 2 successful heroic clears a week.<br /><br />I guarantee you there are far more people interested in how to run a guild successfully than how to run inscription and use auctioneer.<br /><br />Heck you have what most new guilds would kill for, a platform with thousands of readers who would be interested in a no nonsense type of guild.Celandrohttp://www.poseidonguild.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-38397412099957480732009-11-06T23:42:35.629+01:002009-11-06T23:42:35.629+01:00@ Chris
I have Peggle and a stack of books. Neithe...@ Chris<br />I have Peggle and a stack of books. Neither of those create the same satisfaction of summoning a random pet and watching it do something cute for 30 seconds. Playing Peggle might be enjoyable, but I've yet to giggle over it.<br /><br />I think the pet collectors "get" that there are those that don't "get" why we collect pets - to each their own.<br /><br />What we don't "get" is the extension of the perceived worthlessness of the pet to the player that purchased it.<br /><br />I've yet to see a collector call a non-collector a moron over their non-interest in whelps and cats.<br /><br />But hey, I'm interested in virtually every aspect of the game so maybe that makes me a little more open-minded.Ariochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05536961652848860428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-49933650647001798572009-11-06T23:18:13.973+01:002009-11-06T23:18:13.973+01:00Some people buy Lambos, some don't. The same s...Some people buy Lambos, some don't. The same split is true of mini-pet collectors and non-collectors, methinks.<br /><br />I've never really gotten into the minipets; I have one rare one, a drop from an instance, and the satisfaction of taking it out is still pretty minimal, despite the fact that it's quite sought-after. I have made some decent gold selling them on the AH, though.<br /><br />For my WoW-time-wasting purposes, I enjoy having multiple characters to play much more than I enjoy the various time-intensive achievements some people choose to pursue, and therefore spend most of my time leveling and equipping new characters. I think that activity fulfills much the same need that others fulfill by collecting a bajillion pets.Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00123929988970902320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-20713064665759963742009-11-06T23:17:55.723+01:002009-11-06T23:17:55.723+01:00Was gonna see if there were any explanation to my ...Was gonna see if there were any explanation to my statements, but I see you desided to go the easy way and delete them... Reading others comments, it seems more than me saw through your "oooo i use the word 'ape-subroutine' in all my posts and am therefore intellectual" facade. <br /><br />Take care now, bye bye then.Ståstillplixnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-59949442058964267822009-11-06T22:22:15.296+01:002009-11-06T22:22:15.296+01:00Yes, and anyone that spends good money on a foam f...Yes, and anyone that spends good money on a foam finger is M&S in my books, just saying.<br /><br />Its not that we dont doubt that you find enjoyment from in game pets, we just dont get it, because it doesnt add anything to the game. If you need something to do while waiting for a raid to start, download the Peggle addon or read a book.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15348323238268699668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-42405545986646153512009-11-06T22:19:04.797+01:002009-11-06T22:19:04.797+01:00@ Chris
Who said anything about the pets being the...@ Chris<br />Who said anything about the pets being the reason anyone plays the game?<br /><br />It's an extra bonus. It's the whip cream on the hot chocolate.<br /><br />Compare it to going to a sports game and buying a giant foam finger to wave around and display your team pride. I doubt anyone goes to the game for the express purpose of purchasing the finger, but while you are there maybe it adds to your enjoyment.Ariochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05536961652848860428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-61632470726313698592009-11-06T22:03:12.291+01:002009-11-06T22:03:12.291+01:00@ People who dont get it. Just because you have a...@ People who dont get it. Just because you have alot of gold doesnt make you a goblin. M%S can profit too, by taking advantage of those dumber than them.<br /><br />Also, if cute pets are why you play this game, then theres a hello kitty game with your name on it.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15348323238268699668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-53448298983880311092009-11-06T21:53:41.173+01:002009-11-06T21:53:41.173+01:00Gevlon,
Mate, I'm done, the weird theories a...Gevlon, <br /><br />Mate, I'm done, the weird theories and unsupported whacky blanket statements have overtaken any informative content on this site. That may be your intent, it may not, however it seems to be out of kilter with the goals of your subscribers.<br /><br />You may argue you have a few thousand readers, I argue if you offer the secrets of never ending wealth, people will listen to just about anything you have to say...for a while.<br /><br />Whilst mildy entertaining and occasionally informative, I have come to realise this blog doesn't add to my skills, or knowledge. It merely gets in the way of achieving my goals. <br /><br />All the best, but I'm sorry, I can no longer be 'social' enough to interact, make of that what you will.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com