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cRPG => The Marketplace => Sell/Trade => Topic started by: Vermilion on September 09, 2013, 06:04:56 pm

Title: Heirloom raffle (35k per ticket, 50 tickets)
Post by: Vermilion on September 09, 2013, 06:04:56 pm

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So I've decided to copy heroins idea
See here http://forum.melee.org/selltrade/3-heirloom-points-for-50k-raffle/

But I am putting my own spin on it

35k for a ticket, 50 tickets available, 3 heirloom points + gold, 4 winners!!

I'm am doing this because I don't bother looming items and have much more use for the GOLD!
This gives the chance for someone who can't afford a loom to win one very cheaply.

To enter buy one of my listings on the market place and either reply below or send me a pm of your desired number.
You can buy as many slots as are available.


1st prize = 1 heirloom point + 75k
2nd prize = 1 heirloom point + 25K
3rd prize = 1 heirloom point
4th prize = 200k gold

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Drawing date/time will be announced once all tickets are bought. If there is a lack of interest and the tickets aren't selling I will refund all purchased tickets.

I can either hold the drawing live on TS using the dice rolling script to determine the winner. The dice rolling script can be found here: http://addons.teamspeak.com/directory/plugins/miscellaneous/Dice-Rolling-Lua-Script.html

Or just use a random number generator eg http://www.random.org/ and post the results back here.

I will add a poll, people who have bought a ticket can then vote which they would prefer which ever gets the majority I will use.

GOOD LUCK!

EDIT - upped prize money 1st from 50k to 75k and 4th from 100k to 200k

Canceled :(

Title: Re: Heirloom raffle (35k per ticket, 50 tickets)
Post by: Vermilion on September 09, 2013, 06:29:44 pm

RESERVED

#Winners will be announced here#

Title: Re: Heirloom raffle (35k per ticket, 50 tickets)
Post by: Man of Steel on September 09, 2013, 08:20:38 pm

ok, give me a ticket please.

Title: Re: Heirloom raffle (35k per ticket, 50 tickets)
Post by: Vermilion on September 09, 2013, 10:10:55 pm

Quote from: Man of Steel on September 09, 2013, 08:20:38 pm

ok, give me a ticket please.

There's a bunch of random items on the market place for 35k. (search for vermilion)
Just buy one of them and let me know what number you want :)

Title: Re: Heirloom raffle (35k per ticket, 50 tickets)
Post by: Kalp on September 09, 2013, 10:39:43 pm

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Title: Re: Heirloom raffle (35k per ticket, 50 tickets)
Post by: Socks on September 09, 2013, 10:49:48 pm

Another one of those ways to earn 1 mill great idea i might do it next time.

Title: Re: Heirloom raffle (35k per ticket, 50 tickets)
Post by: Sir_Mahtin on September 09, 2013, 10:56:52 pm

well i'ma buy 1... could you give me the number slot 11?

Title: Re: Heirloom raffle (35k per ticket, 50 tickets)
Post by: Vermilion on September 10, 2013, 12:11:00 am

Quote from: Sir_Mahtin on September 09, 2013, 10:56:52 pm

well i'ma buy 1... could you give me the number slot 11?

Good luck

Title: Re: Heirloom raffle (35k per ticket, 50 tickets)
Post by: Bjord on September 10, 2013, 02:40:55 am

Another one of these sad attempts at making quick money.

Title: Re: Heirloom raffle (35k per ticket, 50 tickets)
Post by: Vermilion on September 10, 2013, 02:59:54 am

Quote from: Bjord on September 10, 2013, 02:40:55 am

Another one of these sad attempts at making quick money.

What's your issue?

I could sell each loom point for 420k-500k each it would take time and be boring.
With the price money I am offering along side the looms I'm not making any more money, I'm just having some fun with it and allowing people who can't afford a loom the chance to win one.

If you don't like that don't buy a ticket.. Simple

Title: Re: Heirloom raffle (35k per ticket, 50 tickets)
Post by: Bjord on September 10, 2013, 03:08:17 am

Your defensiveness just confirms how sad you really are.

I don't have to buy a ticket to voice my opinion, but thanks for the offer. This way of making quick money, it's just low. An ape could do a raffle, while feeling out the market and making profit using your wits actually requires intelligence.

Title: Re: Heirloom raffle (35k per ticket, 50 tickets)
Post by: //saxon on September 10, 2013, 03:08:36 am

clever idea, but with the mod being this old now i don't think its as effective anymore, if this idea came up when they redesigned the site then everyone would of done it

Title: Re: Heirloom raffle (35k per ticket, 50 tickets)
Post by: Bjord on September 10, 2013, 03:14:34 am

Quote from: Saxon. on September 10, 2013, 03:08:36 am

clever idea...

Quote from: Bjord on September 10, 2013, 03:08:17 am

An ape could do a raffle, while feeling out the market and making profit using your wits actually requires intelligence.

Thanks for proving my point, little Saxon.

Title: Re: Heirloom raffle (35k per ticket, 50 tickets)
Post by: //saxon on September 10, 2013, 03:17:28 am

Quote from: Bjord on September 10, 2013, 03:14:34 am

Thanks for proving my point, little Saxon.

sort it, bjord. wasteman.

Title: Re: Heirloom raffle (35k per ticket, 50 tickets)
Post by: Vermilion on September 10, 2013, 03:25:13 am

Quote from: Bjord on September 10, 2013, 03:08:17 am

This way of making quick money, it's just low. An ape could do a raffle, while feeling out the market and making profit using your wits actually requires intelligence.

I hope you feel very intelligent by scamming people on the market place. Personally I would rather have some fun.

Title: Re: Heirloom raffle (35k per ticket, 50 tickets)
Post by: Bjord on September 10, 2013, 06:27:34 am

"Scamming"? You just made my day. :lol:

Title: Re: Heirloom raffle (35k per ticket, 50 tickets)
Post by: Vermilion on September 10, 2013, 05:03:20 pm

BUMP

Title: Re: Heirloom raffle (35k per ticket, 50 tickets)
Post by: Socks on September 10, 2013, 10:41:52 pm

But its true it really is a gay way to get your gold.

Title: Re: Heirloom raffle (35k per ticket, 50 tickets)
Post by: Vermilion on September 10, 2013, 11:05:59 pm

Quote from: Platypus. on September 10, 2013, 10:41:52 pm

But its true it really is a gay way to get your gold.

Why?

Title: Re: Heirloom raffle (35k per ticket, 50 tickets)
Post by: Heroin on September 11, 2013, 01:23:36 am

Quote from: Platypus. on September 10, 2013, 10:41:52 pm

But its true it really is a gay way to get your gold.

I have to respectfully disagree. When the raffle holder is completely up front about how much they personally will make off the raffle, and publicly posts the cost and number of tickets, there is 100% transparency. Everyone knows the odds. Everyone knows what they're getting into.

What IS gay, imo, is a bunch of naysayers jumping into a thread to speak poorly of an idea that doesn't effect them, or appeal to them in any way. This isn't something that you have to participate in, or be forced to even acknowledge. If it's not something that interests you, perhaps you should spend your time posting in threads about things that do interest you, or do have an effect on your playing the game.

To the OP: Good luck with your raffle. FYI, in mine, about 80% of the participants weren't random people from the forums. They were mostly people from various teamspeaks that I actually hang out in. I would really only suggest doing this if you are really good at networking and know a lot of people, or have some sort of cause to raise support for. I had both driving my raffle. I might be wrong, and you might be able to be successful without it, but I doubt it. Again, best of luck to you. ;)

Title: Re: Heirloom raffle (35k per ticket, 50 tickets)
Post by: Vermilion on September 11, 2013, 02:04:41 am

Yeah, after seeing the lack of interest, I had a look at the ticket buyers in your auction and noticed it was almost entirely NA members. I presumed a vast majority of these are people you know in-game.

It seemed to me to be a fun thing to do with the community (I've got lots of looms and no use for them, I do however have a use for gold and lack of it. So it seemed like a win-win).
I reduced cost/ticket number and added an extra 100k for the winners as I've not got set goal like a respec. (I worked out the pricing to give a fair representation of what I could earn by simply selling the looms and to give descent odds to the ticket buyers)


Thanks for your support Heroin!

Title: Re: Heirloom raffle (35k per ticket, 50 tickets)
Post by: Socks on September 11, 2013, 04:21:36 am

This gives scammers ideas to though a good way for a scammer to get gold.

Title: Re: Heirloom raffle (35k per ticket, 50 tickets)
Post by: Bjord on September 11, 2013, 05:11:18 am

Quote from: Heroin on September 11, 2013, 01:23:36 am

I have to respectfully disagree. When the raffle holder is completely up front about how much they personally will make off the raffle, and publicly posts the cost and number of tickets, there is 100% transparency. Everyone knows the odds. Everyone knows what they're getting into.

What IS gay, imo, is a bunch of naysayers jumping into a thread to speak poorly of an idea that doesn't effect them, or appeal to them in any way. This isn't something that you have to participate in, or be forced to even acknowledge. If it's not something that interests you, perhaps you should spend your time posting in threads about things that do interest you, or do have an effect on your playing the game.

To the OP: Good luck with your raffle. FYI, in mine, about 80% of the participants weren't random people from the forums. They were mostly people from various teamspeaks that I actually hang out in. I would really only suggest doing this if you are really good at networking and know a lot of people, or have some sort of cause to raise support for. I had both driving my raffle. I might be wrong, and you might be able to be successful without it, but I doubt it. Again, best of luck to you. ;)

A 100% transparent bullshit is still a bullshit.

Title: Re: Heirloom raffle (35k per ticket, 50 tickets)
Post by: Kalp on September 11, 2013, 11:24:06 am

Quote from: Bjord on September 11, 2013, 05:11:18 am

A 100% transparent bullshit is still a bullshit.

And 100% mute is 100% mute, enjoy  :lol:

Title: Re: Heirloom raffle (35k per ticket, 50 tickets)
Post by: Heroin on September 12, 2013, 02:01:27 am

If you change the prizes to give 3 heirlooms to first place, and 300k to second place, I'll join your raffle, if you decide to go forward with it. I'll even do you one better. If you can get 45 tickets sold, I'll guarantee to help you sell the last 5, or buy them myself.

This is contingent on two things:

1. You change the prize pool to 3 heirlooms for first, and 300k for second.
2. You establish that you'll do the drawing live in teamspeak using the dice rolling plugin.

Title: Re: Heirloom raffle (35k per ticket, 50 tickets)
Post by: Vermilion on September 12, 2013, 02:20:27 am

I appreciate your support/help but I'm just going to cancel it.

As i said before I thought it would be a fun thing to do.. but it definitely hasn't gone that way.
I hope a few people were just hesitant about buying the first couple tickets and would have joined in if more had taken the initiative. (I spoke to a couple people who were interested if more participated.. but no where near enough to get this rolling.)

A big thanks to Heroin, HG_Sentinel_Draeth, Chevalier_Martin_le_Durable and those who showed interest.

HG_Sentinel_Draeth and Chevalier_Martin_le_Durable if you put up a random item on the market place for 40K I will refund your money (consuming the tax on my end).

Title: Re: Heirloom raffle (35k per ticket, 50 tickets)
Post by: Sir_Hans on September 12, 2013, 05:05:15 am

Aww bummer, I was about to buy a ticket... infact I was going to make a loom raffle of my own, but seeing that you already started one I held off to not deflate the raffle market.

There's nothing that is scamworthy about a loom raffle like this, especially when OP dropped the price, AS WELL as dropped the amount of tickets involved in comparison to the recent one which went along successfully enough.

All anyone has to do is look at marketplace if you want to see many worse deals than paying 35k gold for a 3/50 chance at winning a loom point. But like those bad deals on marketplace, nobody is forcing you to take them. I don't see what all the hate is about w/ this loom raffle.

You have worse odds playing blackjack at a casino table, yet blackjack is a very successful casino game (for the house).

Seeing people offering 600k gold for +3 items on MP is way worse than a loom raffle like this. +1 for the attempt Vermillion.