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SOMER Blink - Microlotteries that Finish in Minutes! 1 QUADRILLION ISK Won!

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Castina
The Church of Robotology
#801 - 2012-02-13 03:09:08 UTC
I ♥ Blink. Been around since the 25T mark and stuff just keeps getting better. Happy 100T!
Endymi Typhirr
#802 - 2012-02-13 03:54:17 UTC
I used to Blink, then I took a blaster to the knee. Post-Crucible hybrid buffs, too....

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GrammarYahtzee
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#803 - 2012-02-13 04:47:52 UTC
100T has been reached, and we've had a blast tonight by putting up around 30b isk in promos, ending with capital ships and rare Estamel mods. The 100T Bonk is up, and we've already got 15b worth of tickets on it. Prizes for the Bonk are as follows:

-100 billion isk (First Prize)
-100 30 Day Pilot License Extensions (Second Prize)
-100 Tech 3 Cruisers... Mix and match to your choice (Third Prize)

Each of our mini bonks during this celebration will be extra large, with the normal ones carrying an extra 5b Blink credit to keep you happy. Did I mention there's an extra two mini-bonks this time around? We also have more prizes waiting in the wings if the amount put into the Bonk exceeds the prizes we've currently listed, and of course, promos all week long. Big smile

Huge thanks to every single Blinker out there! You guys have all helped us reach this truly amazing milestone, which can hardly be put into words. Since most people go cross-eyed at the mention of even one trillion isk, 100T is approximately equivalent to 17,361 years in Plex, at current prices. You could buy 271 million rifters, or 286 million Warrior IIs. It's 77 times more than the State War Academy's master wallet level, and about one-sixth of all of the isk in character wallets in Eve. It's enough to buy every single titan currently being flown in Eve, and a few thousand supercarriers to spare. And the reason it's possible at all is because of all of the people who decided to give us a try, despite the history of distrust that Eve has (and deserves).

From all of the people at Blink, thank you for making us the largest micro-lottery service in Eve. We look forward to celebrating even bigger celebrations with you, and keeping the dice rolling for a long time to come.
E'dyn
Almost Dangerous
Wolves Amongst Strangers
#804 - 2012-02-13 10:03:55 UTC
And to think that for every mill you guys "give" away you basically get atleast 5 back, that's a pretty good number to have.

I like it though, this is addicting!
Dead Loss
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#805 - 2012-02-13 10:06:49 UTC
This has just been a crazy crazy time with Blink, and honestly I would not have had it any other way.

Times of joy, times of tears, dismay and despair, times of wonder and awe, times of complete wtf bbq.

Blink is the new EVE crack ... so addictive, so good, and yet so bad for your wallet if you're not careful.

I LOVE IT !
Captain Hurrdurr
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#806 - 2012-02-13 17:25:21 UTC
I found blink through a friend, I believe. I quickly was addicted to the fast paced winnings and nabbed my first Enyo on June 7th, 2011. "Back then, Blink had given away only 37,377,515,108,580 ISK of prizes." And now we're at 100.

I've gone through my up's and downs with blink, as has everyone. Winning streaks, losing streaks but I always come back. I never thought gambling isk could be so much fun, especially when you see the "My Blinks" page, blinking itself!

I've won more Harpies than i'd like to admit, and I have Raptor's coming out of my pores.

I even won a Rattlesnake promo blink which was an absolute necessity at the time since I was jobless and didn't quite have the isk to continue paying for my subscription.

Blink got me back off my butt and won me some nice shiny things to play with, and some isk to go along with it!

Titanium PIg
Escape Velocity Enterprises
#807 - 2012-02-13 19:52:11 UTC
"Your first win was Orca on January 16, 2011. Back then, Blink had given away only 14,877,103,533,901 ISK of prizes. Look how far you've come with us!"

Brilliant site, great idea and wonderful (if slightly un-hinged) peoples. Big smile

I've had the usual mix of ups and downs (mostly downs Cry) and have (on more than one occasion) flirted with the temptation of 'rage quitting' X in utter frustration and despair and joining a monastery in outer-mongolia.

It's taken a year and a bit, but I've finally come to realise that it's not about the money or even the lure of the bright shineys; it's the community and the 'buzz' I get when I drop a few meagre tokens into the bonks, mini-bonks or promo's and the inevitable adrenaline rush of waiting in anticipation and daring to hope (if only for a little while) that I'll hit the jackpot and be rich and famous, if only fleetingly...

Props to Somer and the hardworking crew therein - you know who you are.

Thanks for a great site and an awesome 100T, here's looking forward to the next 100T.
Tre Ha
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#808 - 2012-02-13 20:30:29 UTC
how the hell i will stop playing?
Dilligafmofo
3WAYFOUNDATIONS
New Miner's Union
#809 - 2012-02-14 08:01:10 UTC
Been playing since 30t.


Was introduced by a corpie who whilst getting me to make my 1st bet was explaining the workings of the ticket and promo system, when a promo came up. I grabbed a promo ticket and was amazed to see Somer blink was giving away a free Tempest Fleet issue.

Even more amazed when the flashy blue icon came onto my screen informing me I had won the Promo !!!

Hooked ever since.

The staff are amazing in their focus on us, the customer. Big shout out to them for their hard work.

I am to date, up some 18 billion in winnings and loving the blinks and the guys in the channel.

Thank you somer and the team.
Ninniach Mellon
Equilibrium - Enterprises
#810 - 2012-02-15 10:11:29 UTC
I started playing quite recently, around the 70T celebration.
I was simply amazed by how fluidly Blink is run and how it works, pretty much flawless considdering the huge amount of players avalanging the site with refreshes and such.
Also a chapeau for the cummunity sense that's been created, it goes way beyond playing blink. It's creating friends and off game (even off-blink) events.

It's very recently even become better with the TS3 addition ;)

Keep up the good work yall!

Big hug to all Blink crew (and all the nice blinkers, making it possible)

Nin
Altivs Obvisivs
Metacortex Explorations
#811 - 2012-02-15 12:30:12 UTC
Played it a few times, won some, lost some.
Bottom line was the same as if I was purchasing the stuff I won from the market. However this has been so much more fun :)
Highly addictive tho, so - know when to stop Big smile
Dna person
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#812 - 2012-02-16 04:26:35 UTC
at first i had no money, and watched enviously at the great blinkers like the orange and wonderd, *will i ever be as great as them?* the answer not yet Shocked however horrable at blink i am, i know, one day, i will win and now am adicted Big smile
Gunner Ksank
Order of Celestial Knights
#813 - 2012-02-17 03:21:04 UTC
wow... epic... pure epic
Horace Friendly
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#814 - 2012-02-17 11:31:14 UTC
everyone loves SOMER BLINK :)

This says everything.
GrammarYahtzee
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#815 - 2012-02-17 13:56:03 UTC
We've added a fourth prize to the main Bonk of this event - an Estamel's Modified Invulnerability Field! Less than a day and a half left on the timer, and trust me when I say you really want to be there when we get ready to announce the winners. Cool
Somerset Mahm
Cognitive Distortion
#816 - 2012-02-18 02:53:07 UTC
Clearly a fourth prize was not enough. A fifth prize, an X-Large Shield Booster II BPO, has been added!

This is pretty much the largest giveaway ever done, I'm quite sure. We've blown away the unsuccessful Triple Titan lottery by a lot ;)

SOMER Blink Microlotteries that finish in minutes! Running for over 2 years :)

Andrev Nox
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#817 - 2012-02-18 07:09:04 UTC  |  Edited by: Andrev Nox
My god, this one is breaking all the records!

Not content with a mere 5 prizes, the ticket totals kept flying up - so we're throwing in your own station!

That's right, 6th prize in the 100T Bonk event is now a Minmatar Service Outpost Platform!

Somer Blink - The original microlottery site.

Jessie Davis
Horlan Logistics and Support
#818 - 2012-02-18 07:27:43 UTC  |  Edited by: Jessie Davis
6 PRIZES MA(H)M
6 PRIZES!






*fixed
Andrev Nox
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#819 - 2012-02-18 23:14:11 UTC
With less than an hour to go to the drawing, the largest single event lotto Eve has ever seen just got bigger - 7th prize is now a SC BPO of choice!

Somer Blink - The original microlottery site.

avidb
#820 - 2012-02-19 00:39:09 UTC
DANG! Congrats to all the winners. Those are some killer prizes. Nicely done Blink crew.