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Somer Blink is a variant on the "Penny Auction" scam that CCP fell for hook line and Golde

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Shacheh
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#41 - 2013-09-27 05:56:17 UTC  |  Edited by: Shacheh
As a 50 billion blast winner, I find it hard to say anything bad about Blink Pirate
Before the lucky win, I had absolutely zero complaints. I've been playing Blink for a good time and never fallen under the budget I deposited in. The situation's mostly been plus/minus zero in my case.

Edit: I've had tons of fun playing Blink, that's the whole point for me.
Gwenywell Shumuku
#42 - 2013-09-27 06:09:25 UTC
@Shacheh

You got raped, then they gave you 100bucks and now you seem conviced you "earned" it. Now you go around advocating **** is good because you got 100bucks out of it.

+1
Spurty
#43 - 2013-09-27 06:11:41 UTC
Wow it's as if they need some internal protection like the ability to do database transaction role back or something to save themselves from being scammed

Oh wait, they can do that and restore anyone caught in a fraud because they never actually "give you rights" to their IP. Just access if your good (and lucky to win).

Eve is dying... Good grief can't wait to see all them afk moon miners that discover they never made their quota this month for some crazy cheating reason come nov 19th

There are good ships,

And wood ships,

And ships that sail the sea

But the best ships are Spaceships

Built by CCP
Prince Kobol
#44 - 2013-09-27 06:21:29 UTC
Both CCP and Somerblink have won just by the amount of butt hurt they have created.

Well done CCP and Somer for generating tears :)
dexington
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#45 - 2013-09-27 06:25:41 UTC
Prince Kobol wrote:
Both CCP and Somerblink have won just by the amount of butt hurt they have created.

Well done CCP and Somer for generating tears :)


8/10 not bad butt kissing, i'm sure you boss is very happy with your work *slurp slurp*

I'm a relatively respectable citizen. Multiple felon perhaps, but certainly not dangerous.
Prince Kobol
#46 - 2013-09-27 06:27:56 UTC
dexington wrote:
Prince Kobol wrote:
Both CCP and Somerblink have won just by the amount of butt hurt they have created.

Well done CCP and Somer for generating tears :)


8/10 not bad butt kissing, i'm sure you boss is very happy with your work *slurp slurp*


Keep those tears coming :)
Shacheh
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#47 - 2013-09-27 06:56:12 UTC
Gwenywell Shumuku wrote:
@Shacheh

You got raped, then they gave you 100bucks and now you seem conviced you "earned" it. Now you go around advocating **** is good because you got 100bucks out of it.

+1


That's not what I said.
They did not give me 100 bucks.
They gave me space game money, and it saves me some time by not having to grind all the time. This is good for a casual family man.

I'm convinced that I got lucky, it was not earned.
Prince Kobol
#48 - 2013-09-27 07:02:33 UTC
Gwenywell Shumuku wrote:
@Shacheh

You got raped, then they gave you 100bucks and now you seem conviced you "earned" it. Now you go around advocating **** is good because you got 100bucks out of it.

+1


So you are comparing to winning on a Computer Game lottery site to getting raped...

Don't you think your slightly over dramatizing things.. maybe just a tiny little bit?
Aesheera
Doomheim
#49 - 2013-09-27 07:04:54 UTC
QQ.


QQ.


QQ.


Welcome to general discussion.

/Thread.

- I think my passion is misinterpreted as anger sometimes. And I don't think people are ready for the message that I'm delivering, and delivering with a sense of violent love.
Abernie
Thoroughly Incompetent
#50 - 2013-09-27 07:05:59 UTC
Prince Kobol wrote:
Both CCP and Somerblink have won just by the amount of butt hurt they have created.

Well done CCP and Somer for generating tears :)

You are so original, I like you.
Prince Kobol
#51 - 2013-09-27 07:17:01 UTC
Abernie wrote:
Prince Kobol wrote:
Both CCP and Somerblink have won just by the amount of butt hurt they have created.

Well done CCP and Somer for generating tears :)

You are so original, I like you.


Why Thank You Good Sir :)
Maliandra
Doomheim
#52 - 2013-09-27 08:41:58 UTC
Xaen wrote:
45thtiger 0109 wrote:
Cierra Royce wrote:
Xaen wrote:
Dear CCP,

You have been scammed by Somer Blink. They are taking you for billions, if not trillions of ISK if you count the uniquely special and uniquely effective vouchsafing PR, that you already gave them for free. This is called favoritism. Just like when T20 gave BoB T2 BPOs, except worse, because you do not even realize you got scammed.

Let me reiterate: You already got scammed, and publicly announced that you're going to continue falling for it.

Since apparently half the EVE playerbase including CCP had either never heard of this particular scam, allow me to enlighten you:

http://www.fraud.org/penny-auctions

I never made a big deal of it before because I simply assumed that most other EVE players realized it was a scam and just liked blowing ISK on it. I have never given them 0.01 ISK and never will because Somer Blink is just another EVE scam!

I, and every other player that knows a penny auction scam when they see it has been denied access to new ships. Yay, favoritism because CCP fell for a scam!

That was a super important paragraph sentence, so please read it again.

Let me reiterate, since CCP is apparently rather thick: CCP fell for an in game scam, and fell so hard that they planned to resurrect a part of in game history and give to them for their exclusive profit.

And since I refuse to become a SomerSucker™ I am effectively denied even the chance to get one of these ships because I am more scam resistant than CCP Navigator and the rest of the devs who are too gullible to figure out that Somer Blink is a just another penny auction scam with a couple of insignificant twists on it to further obscure the scam. To say nothing of the people who have been banned from Somer Blink, the result of which is CCP treating even more of their customers unfairly with respect to Somer Blink.

But it is still a scam.

The only way to fix this is to stop pimping Somer Blink revoke any special privileges that they scammed you out of, publicly admit Somer Blink is just another EVE scam, stop falling for it, and never use them again.

If you're thinking "Xaen cannot possibly be correct!" Read below, then read this post again. Keep reading it until you get it through your thick skulls that Somer Blink is just a penny auction scam, EVE style, that CCP fell for hook, line, and Golden Magnate.

It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.

—Mark Twain


Read this folks and let it sink in, both Xaen and Mark Twain are spot on the money here. Blink is a cleverly designed variation on the penny auction system, and CCP has no business directly enriching and vouching for the honesty of Player organisations.


How the hell can Somer Blink scam when people invest ISK not RL money.

I have won more sub caps in somer blink than I have invested isk which I am ahead.

You better get the facts right before you get into trouble either by CCP or Somer Blink.

Because you are faming CCP & Somer Blink

Thats my two cents worth.




Read the quote again.

You're in my list of easy marks now.

Fly "safe"!
I supported you, until this.

Are you saying you're gonna go after him in-game because he disagreed with you?

If not, I apologize for this next line:

You're damn pathetic.
Maliandra
Doomheim
#53 - 2013-09-27 08:43:59 UTC
Aesheera wrote:
QQ.


QQ.


QQ.


Welcome to general discussion.

/Thread.

Every post you make is obnoxious. Not to mention you are about as open-minded as I was when I was 12; which is basically the opposite of open-minded.

Don't get offended consider not being such a... I don't want to say jerk but.... yeah, jerk.
Xaen
Telepathic Death Mimes
#54 - 2013-09-27 13:32:52 UTC
Maliandra wrote:
Xaen wrote:
45thtiger 0109 wrote:
Cierra Royce wrote:
Xaen wrote:
Dear CCP,

You have been scammed by Somer Blink. They are taking you for billions, if not trillions of ISK if you count the uniquely special and uniquely effective vouchsafing PR, that you already gave them for free. This is called favoritism. Just like when T20 gave BoB T2 BPOs, except worse, because you do not even realize you got scammed.

Let me reiterate: You already got scammed, and publicly announced that you're going to continue falling for it.

Since apparently half the EVE playerbase including CCP had either never heard of this particular scam, allow me to enlighten you:

http://www.fraud.org/penny-auctions

I never made a big deal of it before because I simply assumed that most other EVE players realized it was a scam and just liked blowing ISK on it. I have never given them 0.01 ISK and never will because Somer Blink is just another EVE scam!

I, and every other player that knows a penny auction scam when they see it has been denied access to new ships. Yay, favoritism because CCP fell for a scam!

That was a super important paragraph sentence, so please read it again.

Let me reiterate, since CCP is apparently rather thick: CCP fell for an in game scam, and fell so hard that they planned to resurrect a part of in game history and give to them for their exclusive profit.

And since I refuse to become a SomerSucker™ I am effectively denied even the chance to get one of these ships because I am more scam resistant than CCP Navigator and the rest of the devs who are too gullible to figure out that Somer Blink is a just another penny auction scam with a couple of insignificant twists on it to further obscure the scam. To say nothing of the people who have been banned from Somer Blink, the result of which is CCP treating even more of their customers unfairly with respect to Somer Blink.

But it is still a scam.

The only way to fix this is to stop pimping Somer Blink revoke any special privileges that they scammed you out of, publicly admit Somer Blink is just another EVE scam, stop falling for it, and never use them again.

If you're thinking "Xaen cannot possibly be correct!" Read below, then read this post again. Keep reading it until you get it through your thick skulls that Somer Blink is just a penny auction scam, EVE style, that CCP fell for hook, line, and Golden Magnate.

It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.

—Mark Twain


Read this folks and let it sink in, both Xaen and Mark Twain are spot on the money here. Blink is a cleverly designed variation on the penny auction system, and CCP has no business directly enriching and vouching for the honesty of Player organisations.


How the hell can Somer Blink scam when people invest ISK not RL money.

I have won more sub caps in somer blink than I have invested isk which I am ahead.

You better get the facts right before you get into trouble either by CCP or Somer Blink.

Because you are faming CCP & Somer Blink

Thats my two cents worth.




Read the quote again.

You're in my list of easy marks now.

Fly "safe"!
I supported you, until this.

Are you saying you're gonna go after him in-game because he disagreed with you?

If not, I apologize for this next line:

You're damn pathetic.
Between all the ship spinning I gotta do, and the more important things I have to do, like watch the pretty new salvager drones, I wouldn't worry about it.

But if you're supporting somer blink, you're dumb.

I get shouty crackers a lot. Deal with it.
Xaen
Telepathic Death Mimes
#55 - 2013-09-27 15:38:58 UTC
Shacheh wrote:
Edit: I've had tons of fun playing Blink, that's the whole point for me.

This ^ is the only rational reason to play their game. Exactly the same as gambling at those big flashy casinos in vegas. They didn't build all that by losing money to players who think themselves clever. They built all that by taking money from people who think themselves clever.

I get shouty crackers a lot. Deal with it.
Ranger 1
Ranger Corp
Vae. Victis.
#56 - 2013-09-27 17:01:58 UTC
Xaen wrote:
Shacheh wrote:
Edit: I've had tons of fun playing Blink, that's the whole point for me.

This ^ is the only rational reason to play their game. Exactly the same as gambling at those big flashy casinos in vegas. They didn't build all that by losing money to players who think themselves clever. They built all that by taking money from people who think themselves clever.

Just like the lottery, except the odds are a whole lot better. Smile

I don't use Somer, but I do occasionally throw a few bucks at the lottery for fun.

Go figure.

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Baron' Soontir Fel
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#57 - 2013-09-27 17:40:14 UTC  |  Edited by: Baron' Soontir Fel
I've put in about 300mil into Blink, and due to all the promo/achievements for extra Blink Cred you get, I've made back way more than that.

I've had fun playing the lottery, and am about even winnings. Win-Win for me. (Unless you count those 4 Plex I won in a Bonk... then I'm 2bil ahead)











Anyway. SomerBlink is donating it's profits (from these unique ships) to the EveVegas thingimabob.
Abernie
Thoroughly Incompetent
#58 - 2013-09-27 17:43:56 UTC
Baron' Soontir Fel wrote:

Anyway. SomerBlink is donating it's profits (from these unique ships) to the EveVegas thingimabob.

So they say. Too bad there's no way to make sure that actually happens.
Xaen
Telepathic Death Mimes
#59 - 2013-09-27 17:44:54 UTC
Baron' Soontir Fel wrote:
I've put in about 300mil into Blink, and due to all the promo/achievements for extra Blink Cred you get, I've made back way more than that.

I've had fun playing the lottery, and am about even winnings. Win-Win for me. (Unless you count those 4 Plex I won in a Bonk... then I'm 2bil ahead)

Anyway. SomerBlink is donating it's profits (from these unique ships) to the EveVegas thingimabob.
So they say.

And since they're a known EVE scammer, I trust them to do one thing and one thing only: Take in more ISK than they give out.

Somer is exactly as much a charity as Goldman Sachs.

I get shouty crackers a lot. Deal with it.
Swordfingers
The Swollen Horse Society
#60 - 2013-09-27 19:23:44 UTC
Xaen, you're just embarrassing yourself.