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Somer Blink: Legit or Scam?

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Germaldi's Mum
The Motley Crew Reborn
#321 - 2012-09-19 10:43:30 UTC
Ariel Armani wrote:
Hello,

I heard about this 250 celebration or whatever that Somer Blink is having, so I was interested. I have some extra ISK for "fun".

Anyway, I was asking around, and somebody sent me this link -

http://blinkexposed.blogspot.com/

That got me worried, so I asked about it in the Blink thread. Some dude Andrew Nox (with Blink I guess) told me to just "ask other Blink players about their experiences".

So that's what I am doing. Anybody want to share their experiences, good or bad?

Thanks! Smile


i won 8 ships in 2 days... including a carrier... using the free blink credit u get when ya buy a gtc via somer blink's website. so far i can't complain tbh
Thibault Etienne
#322 - 2012-09-19 11:22:05 UTC
Won plex on promo and now I'm a multi billionaire.
Main thing is know your limits and follow the basic EVE rule. Don't play with what you cant afford to loose.
Haven't had any problems. Payout is fast.
I will continue to blink my 100k a week.
Dirk Magnum
Spearhead Endeavors
#323 - 2012-09-19 11:56:01 UTC
Blink scammed me too.

I won a Succubus, Phantasm, and four assault frigates when I expected to be scammed out of my ISK. Blink scammed me with legitimacy. :|

                      "LIVE FAST DIE." - traditional Minmatar ethos [citation needed]

Destriouth Hollow
Star-Destroying-Warlords
#324 - 2012-09-22 14:09:06 UTC  |  Edited by: Destriouth Hollow
Hey
I do not know if they use scammer-alts, who always win to improve their income even further.
But I don't beleave that is the case!

The whole system is well thought through. They make far less profit as the regular blinks would indicate. Yet, I do realize they do make a WHOLE BUNCH OF PROFIT. The whole system all together is complex as hell, making it almost impossible to completly understand it. All those gimmics are breathtaking (:
But I tried to understand how it works and I found a way for myself to make ISK in the longrun. Ofcourse, if everybody behaved like me the page wouldn't work (:
I have to admit I was a bit lucky, but those are my numbers:
I deposited 132,000,000 ISK
I took out 1,424,520,000 ISK

My grandma used to say:
"I like playing in the casino. I don't expect to win. Other people spend their money going to the cinema and doing other hobbies. I use my spares to play in the casino. If I don't win, I at least had some fun spending time. If i win: great bonus"

Conclusion:
I don't beleave they need to scam in any way, as they make tons of profit.
They offer some fun for a low percantage of your ISK with a chance to even earn ISK. And If you are smart you can actually make ISK off the other blinkers by running smart blinks (: like me (:

regards
Destriouth Hollow

EDIT:
I will not tell what I do (:
They thought of a good model and there is a lot of work in the page and system. I don't want to ruin this for them. (:
Destru Kaneda
Arzad Police Department
#325 - 2012-09-22 14:35:04 UTC
I've had nothing but fun. Well, the CIA is after me and my best friend has been replaced with an alien, but I don't think it's connected to Blink. OR IS IT?
Destriouth Hollow
Star-Destroying-Warlords
#326 - 2012-09-22 14:39:42 UTC  |  Edited by: Destriouth Hollow
Yeah (:
Even if I know what to do and not do on blink to actually earn some ISK for me:
It's GOD DAMN HARD to restrain myself to that (:
As blinking is a lot of fun (:
Maybe paying for the fun isn't as bad.
Don't we all do that for EVE already? (:
Mistah Ewedynao
Ice Axe Psycho Killers
#327 - 2012-09-24 07:13:04 UTC
I love this Blink stuff.

I just won Hilmar"s jeans! AND 8 Billion AUR! And a new unreleased prototype SB with 16 high slots!


You fools are hilarious. Can I interest you in a eve Banking account?

Nerf Goons

Nuke em from orbit....it's the only way to be sure.

Vera Algaert
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#328 - 2012-09-24 07:50:41 UTC
another bump for the Somer Blink advertisement thread.

"Somer Blink - I can't believe it's not a scam."

.

PI Maker
Doomheim
#329 - 2012-09-24 14:42:58 UTC
its obviously a scam.
UNICR0N
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#330 - 2012-09-24 17:41:08 UTC
Ariel Armani wrote:
Hello,

I heard about this 250 celebration or whatever that Somer Blink is having, so I was interested. I have some extra ISK for "fun".

Anyway, I was asking around, and somebody sent me this link -

http://blinkexposed.blogspot.com/

That got me worried, so I asked about it in the Blink thread. Some dude Andrew Nox (with Blink I guess) told me to just "ask other Blink players about their experiences".

So that's what I am doing. Anybody want to share their experiences, good or bad?

Thanks! Smile

In my experience I have won a lot and lost a lot like many other but I would't call it a scam it's there way of also making isk they can't just hand it out like crazy like it's going and from what I know my friend sold his character somer bought it and he see's his alt in somer all the time it's a "bot" none the less but the corp has to make it's circular income some how I suppose even when you buy out something have a 80% chance to win and you still somehow lose....
Destriouth Hollow
Star-Destroying-Warlords
#331 - 2012-09-24 23:57:32 UTC
This happens about every 5. time you do it (:
Ajit Kumar Bhattacharya
DEEP-13
#332 - 2012-09-25 16:00:47 UTC
So far I've won 4 ships in 2 days, depo'd 60 million more or less. It's a fun diversion. Just use some common sense and don't gamble more than you are comfortable about losing. It's not a way to reliably make money (unless you're the house) -- it's a game of chance. If you don't like to gamble, simply don't patronize the establishment.

“How Earth-like? 'Temperate and able to sustain life' Earth-like or 'completely overrun with self-absorbed assholes' Earth-like?”

Cipher Jones
The Thomas Edwards Taco Tuesday All Stars
#333 - 2012-09-25 17:48:04 UTC
You should watch the movie "Revolver" with Jason Statham. It explains the how and why of the con. They give you the formula to the scam, SB follows the model to a T.

internet spaceships

are serious business sir.

and don't forget it

Acuchai
Tyrannis Enterprises
#334 - 2012-09-25 18:01:21 UTC  |  Edited by: Acuchai
I think its is fairly obvious to anyone with a basic understanding of computing that that website could scam if they wanted to without anyone readily noticing. With real security there would have to be a third party trust entity that could be used to verify the integrity of the results (for instance an ID at random.org with an authenticated link to a specific draw).

Given that, all that posting about "secure" code snippets is just BS, at the end of the day people need to trust you that you actually implemented it the way you said you implemented it.

The question for data is however interesting, because by analyzing the data independently you COULD find statistical anomalies that shouldn't be there given your fairly simple model of draws (if you were not carefull with your "manipulated" data entries). If that analysis proves a "statistical significant" deviation of what should be there, it would be essentially a proof of a scam. Not finding a deviation would not mean you had not scammed though, because you control all the data entries and the entities linked to those data entries cannot be verified.

My question however would be: Is it worth it to scam? Given that you make plenty of money with a legit model (20-30% of each draw) i do not see any compelling reason why scamming would be worth while. You could be that greedy i suppose, but the risk of detection would have to be weighted against a secure long term income, given that most eve players apparently are addicted and are not able to perform simple math :)
Steve Ronuken
Fuzzwork Enterprises
Vote Steve Ronuken for CSM
#335 - 2012-09-25 18:37:50 UTC
UNICR0N wrote:
Ariel Armani wrote:
Hello,

I heard about this 250 celebration or whatever that Somer Blink is having, so I was interested. I have some extra ISK for "fun".

Anyway, I was asking around, and somebody sent me this link -

http://blinkexposed.blogspot.com/

That got me worried, so I asked about it in the Blink thread. Some dude Andrew Nox (with Blink I guess) told me to just "ask other Blink players about their experiences".

So that's what I am doing. Anybody want to share their experiences, good or bad?

Thanks! Smile

In my experience I have won a lot and lost a lot like many other but I would't call it a scam it's there way of also making isk they can't just hand it out like crazy like it's going and from what I know my friend sold his character somer bought it and he see's his alt in somer all the time it's a "bot" none the less but the corp has to make it's circular income some how I suppose even when you buy out something have a 80% chance to win and you still somehow lose....



Well, an 80% chance of winning is also known as a 20% chance of losing.

Woo! CSM XI!

Fuzzwork Enterprises

Twitter: @fuzzysteve on Twitter

Hunter Naari
Salty Industries
#336 - 2012-10-31 08:57:04 UTC  |  Edited by: Hunter Naari
I started with just over 3 bil deposited in my blink account. Now my EVE account is positive 22 bil all within 24 hours. Blink has my vote Lol

Edit: EVE account is positive 22 bil until I redeposit more ISKies into Blink.. Will I come out on the up and up? I don't know. I have been waiting for this dang Moros blink to pop for over an hour now.
Myfanwy Heimdal
Heimdal Freight and Manufacture Inc
#337 - 2012-10-31 09:18:35 UTC
Bobo Cindekela wrote:


gambling is a tax on people who are bad at math.


Wrong, gambling is an income stream for those who are good at Maths.

Pam:  I wonder what my name means in Welsh?Nessa: Why?

hy wanto destroyer
Lowlife.
Snuffed Out
#338 - 2012-11-01 15:56:24 UTC  |  Edited by: Hy Wanto Destroyer
As it has been said before , somer blink is a love hate relationship -you win some you lose some , people who have losing streaks are normally the ones who claim its a scam well thats not true, ive won 46 bill worth of stuff and for promos you dont win one every ten promos you do ,unless your extremely lucky ive played 162 and won 1
Akaisha Mas'tere
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#339 - 2012-11-14 11:14:03 UTC
Would say there is no scam here , you are offered a chance to win something for cheap , you get a chance to win something for cheap , personally i have fun along the way with my iskies win or lose

I tend to buy one ticket per blink , sometimes i lose a few bill sometimes i win a few more than i lose .... all to blind luck which is how i always thought a lottery should work

I know damn well though i wish somer ran our national lottery ..... id have me an aston martin by now Lol

anyway i digress a little , my main point is if you had fun spending your isk win or lose does it matter ? and furthermore if you aint having fun then you probably shouldnt be gambling in the first place .... house always wins we all know this ..... shouldnt get too butthurt to find out the house is making its isk


To the guys at blink ...... feel free to drop me a nightmare bhalgorn mach and vindi whenever you choose .... will just be our lil secret noone else needs to know ..... even a few wolves ??? ..... no ? ..... oh well worth a try Twisted


Great service blink ..... even if you tend to keep me skint and in withdrawal you got my vote
Pootis Man
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#340 - 2012-11-14 14:24:57 UTC
If they have been around for so long, it's obvious it's not a scam.