The thread of shame or, how much I spent at Duskruin

[Ceyrin]

I'll start.

What I spent:


$390 and ~20m silver


What I got:

5x sephwir 3slot fusion longbow

5x T4 nerve script 4x acuity lor runestaff

4x T1 nerve script ironwood runestaff

515(and other spells) book x 2

618(and other spells) book

Half a dozen sooper secret hidey-satchels

General "murmurs" spell prep message

A few things of poison and some antidotes

A huge text file full of enhancives and orb-fodder that I've yet to decide what to do with
(Higlights below)
6x ilithorn runestaff (sewers)

4x aug chain +5 TD

5x lor runestaff with +4 mana recovery and +13 spell aim bonus

a rowan runestaff with +1 spirit recovery +4 Demonology Ranks, +1 wisdom and Fire Flares

an oily sewer rat (named Puptilian)

A ton of experience and silvers selling all the 'junk' I didn't want.

[JackWhisper]

I spent 200k at Duskruin.

What I got:

A sewer rat I sold for 7 mil, and then sold that for 70 bucks.
I helped someone get one of the 50k bloodscrip runestaves. I got to keep all the random junk. I then passed all the random junk out among Icemule and Wehnimer's. Several free players were very happy when I took their backpacks and filled it with 1x-5x gear.
And I got paid 200k for the bloodscrip I found with my 200k I spent for two rat tokens. So I broke even on that.

[tyrant-201]

$220, in collaboration with whatever MightyNikkisaurus spent. Ended up with two of the acuity nervestaves, a perm scarring razor and close to 50m in silver from selling bloodscrip and items.

[Astray]

I spent $9.99, didn't get shit and bailed on the whole thing entirely.

[tyrant-201]

I spent $9.99, didn't get shit and bailed on the whole thing entirely.

You may be the wiser.

[Astray]

You may be the wiser.

I got a bunch of bloodscrip I sold. In my last run I kept missing rats, like the game was just like 'come on, spend more, you'll get one!'

[Warriorbird]

Let's see.

$17

1 rat

4x puncture resistant plate
4x crush resistant plate
4x vacuum flaring plate
5x scw gloves
5x scw boots

A bunch of random staffs and armor and the like, some identified, some not.

I'm good with it.

[Nathala Crane]

I think I did okay! Used about $10-$15 in Simucoins I think (but spent less than half - I had some Simucoins in my wallet from waaaay back) and ended up with:

5x scw UAC gloves
5x scw UAC boots
fully unlocked Whisper cloak (holds a "huge" amount which is nice!)
a buncha sips of Haste scotch
a Greame sash for my katana-wielding Erithian Monk
a pet rat that I don't know what I want to do with yet

I'm pretty satisfied with it all.

[ZeP]

Warriorbird is a little bitch

[ZeP]

Trisket can't even spell

[Nathala Crane]

:( I like Triscuits.

[Warriorbird]

Warriorbird is a little bitch


Trisket can't even spell

I bet this alternate thread that Tisket posted in is awesome. I'm sorry you're still bitter about Shattered. Great news though. Maybe they'll make it F2P too.

[ZeP]

When I post here people go out of their way to talk to me. It is kinda cool. Did anyone hack this community more than me?

I only played Shattered for like a day or two Jacinta.

[Warriorbird]

When I post here people go out of their way to talk to me. It is kinda cool. Did anyone hack this community more than me?

I only played Shattered for like a day or two Jacinta.

We've got really different definitions of hack. You're acting as though somebody who didn't post in this thread did and now you're really desperate for attention. Why?

[ZeP]

What is your definition of hack Jacinta?

[Warriorbird]

What is your definition of hack Jacinta?

Now you're really desperate for attention. Why?

[ZeP]

So, you have no technical skills. You wouldn't even answer a straightforward question about them.

[Warriorbird]

So, you have no technical skills. You wouldn't even answer a straightforward question about them.

Now you're really desperate for attention. Why?

[ZeP]

So, you have no technical skills. You wouldn't even answer a straightforward question about them. Why?

[ZeP]

The guy with over 26 thousand posts might be more interested in attention than the guy with less than 1000.

just saying

[Warriorbird]

The guy with over 26 thousand posts might be more interested in attention than the guy with less than 1000.

just saying


So, you have no technical skills. You wouldn't even answer a straightforward question about them. Why?

Now you're really desperate for attention. Why?

[ZeP]

All right, WarriorBird is brain dead as evidenced by this exchange. I mean come on, really? He repeats the same post 3 times? This is fucking pathetic.

[Warriorbird]

All right, WarriorBird is brain dead as evidenced by this exchange. I mean come on, really? He repeats the same post 3 times? This is fucking pathetic.

Now you're really desperate for attention. Why?

[ZeP]

WAIT LET ME GUESS Now you're really desperate for attention. Why?

[Warriorbird]

WAIT LET ME GUESS Now you're really desperate for attention. Why?

That's the question you're unwilling to answer, yes. Something sad must've happened. I feel bad for you.

[ZeP]

You actually purport to teach in Virginia with this baseless exchange? I'm going to check with the education board about this. You do not even come off as slightly intelligent. Probably time to start cleaning up your Internet history.

[ZeP]

And that isn't an Internet tough guy statement - you're a fucking idiot who should not influence anyone. At least I do not pretend to be some kind of teacher.

[ZeP]

Good, I shut that pussy up. I mean, seriously. I can take intelligent discourse but he copy pasted his same response three times. I hate to agree with PB but wow, you can maybe see how PB ended up how he did dealing with that lack of intelligence.

[JackWhisper]

You actually purport to teach in Virginia with this baseless exchange? I'm going to check with the education board about this. You do not even come off as slightly intelligent. Probably time to start cleaning up your Internet history.


And that isn't an Internet tough guy statement - you're a fucking idiot who should not influence anyone. At least I do not pretend to be some kind of teacher.

Now you're really desperate for attention. Why?

[JackWhisper]

Baseless exchange? You wander into an unrelated Internet thread and start throwing out insults. You're desperate for attention. You're unwilling to say why. I can only think that something terrible must've happened to you. I hope it gets better for you.


Good, I shut that pussy up. I mean, seriously. I can take intelligent discourse but he copy pasted his same response three times. I hate to agree with PB but wow, you can maybe see how PB ended up how he did dealing with that lack of intelligence.

OR DID YOU?!

[ZeP]

I don't wander in WB. I've been around forever.

[ZeP]

Jack, go whisper to someone else

[JackWhisper]

I don't wander in WB. I've been around forever.

If forever is 6 years, there's a lot of kids about to graduate kindergarten who are forever old.

[Warriorbird]

I don't wander in WB. I've been around forever.

Indeed. Lurking, mostly peacefully, since 2008. Then something changed. Did you lose a job?

[JackWhisper]

Almost seven years! Closing in on the big 0-7!

[ZeP]

Do you guys really think I started GS in 2008?

[JackWhisper]

Do you guys really think I started GS in 2008?

To think something about you, someone has to first... give a shit.

[ZeP]

Jack, you obviously give a shit. You've been responding to me consistently.

[JackWhisper]

Jack, you obviously give a shit. You've been responding to me consistently.

I just logged in and saw this! It was too funny to pass up! Nobody passes the monkey exhibit in the zoo when they're flinging shit at each other!

NOBODY!

[ZeP]

Are there any actual worthy opponents? :( WarriorBird is supposedly oldschool but he really hasn't come up with anything! This sucks!

[ZeP]

Send me a sound alert when the conversation progesses, if you can even figure out how. Bunch of fucking noobs here.

[waywardgs]

Who is this idiot, anyway?

[ZeP]

?? We've interacted VERY recently Wayward. Not my fault that this forum IQ is dim.

[waywardgs]

You're a little try-hard, guy. I'm just wondering if you've got another handle in your past. Something that would help explain the lameness.

[ZeP]

This was my first handle as far as I know.

I have interacted with you quite a bit. Its really just mob mentality casting me as the worst ever. I'm not even worried about it.

I know how to participate, acquire, and sell items in this community.

[Androidpk]

Baseless exchange? You wander into an unrelated Internet thread and start throwing out insults. You're desperate for attention. You're unwilling to say why. I can only think that something terrible must've happened to you. I hope it gets better for you.

^

[JackWhisper]

Red Thread: The thread of shame or, how much I spent at Duskruin

how retarded. who did you rip off on the rat?


:lol2: I sold my rat the first day Duskruin opened, and to someone who had already purchased rats for like 5+ mil a piece. AND they wanted the specific adjective my rat had *It was colorful, not slimy/oily/greasy/whatever* Several of them sold for 5 and more that day. The market only shifted down on them after they screwed with them. TWICE. But it's okay. Haters gotta hate! <3. I hope this explanation pleases you, random anonymous coward!

[Neovik1]

I spent 60 dollars. Came out with 4 rats, 5m+, bunch of random enhancives and still around 1500 blood script left.

[Wrathbringer]

I spent nothing because the prizes were lame. Nothing there worth my time/money. 4x staves with repackaged 25 point flares... I'll pass.

[TheBastardOfStark]

I spent $0 and 0 silver.
Helped Rheisia get her 50k stave so she funded my 35 sewer runs

found a rat sold for 2m
found a bunch of sewer junk I pawned for about 700k
found 5 enhancive fodders I'll probably sell for 2-5m

All in all 5-8m for $0
Im happy

[elcidcannon]

I spent $9.99, didn't get shit and bailed on the whole thing entirely.

Ditto.

[Taernath]

I spent $20

Got mostly junk
used the bloodscrip to buy one of the cheap runestaves

[Ceyrin]

I went to sleep and woke up to ZeP and Warriorbird having had sex all over this thread.

[Whirlin]

5x sephwir 3slot fusion longbow


Damn, I didn't realize they had these... Otherwise I'd probably have gone after one.

[Astray]

I'm curious about the people who own the nerve staffs. They had to lose next months rent, I'm betting.

[Whirlin]

... now I want a 3 slot Sephwir longbow... Send PMs if you picked one up for sale!

[everan]

$150

Bought:

the lor acuity nervestaff
the 3k nervestaff as an enchanting project
5x Fana dagger was a last minute purchase because I thought I could enchant it, but found out it has disintegration flares, so no enchanting here

found 3 rats - sold 2 @ 2m each
won 5x sanctified full plate and sold it for 2.5m
sold 1.5m of bloodscript

have 1000 bloodscript left for next time

I rationalized 1k of bloodscript price to be worth 1m of value, so I figure I have a 10m staff, a 3m staff, a 1m dagger and 8m in silver, so it seems like a reasonable value to me.

Had a great time in the arena once I got the hang of it.

[Allereli]

... now I want a 3 slot Sephwir longbow... Send PMs if you picked one up for sale!

Duskruin is coming back after the Spitfire, I'm sure you can request that the longbows remain

I made over 10 mil selling entry tickets. Will definitely be selling next time.

[Astray]

If they turned it into a monthly feature, with each month bringing a unique item or pair of items in the store, they'd be making some fat money.

[mgoddess]

Was the winner of the Facebook promotion, got a jar of 50 rat tokens on my F2P cleric (who, and this'll be important later, had 45k silver to her name prior to Duskruin)...

No money spent.

What I got:

Fully unlocked whisper cloak
A sewer rat (don't know if I'll be keeping or selling it yet)
A hidey sheath
A good pair of boots
General "murmurs" spell prep phrase
Various 1x-3x goodies that I mostly sold off, but gave a fire-flaring imflass longsword to a lvl6 empath who replaced her drakar longsword with it.
Have 22 of the 50 rat tokens and ~800 bloodscrip sitting in my loot pouch left, to use once Duskruin opens again.

And, now my bank account is at 100k, and I've got a 12k note sitting in my loot pouch, and I feel like I can't hunt anymore, because I have a chance of getting more silver, and my bank account can't handle any more silver. Aaaaah, first world problems! :P

Edit: <3 to the person who repped this post! Thanks! :D

[Ceyrin]

Damn, I didn't realize they had these... Otherwise I'd probably have gone after one.

I didn't either, until the morning of the closing date... and I scrambled like hell to get the bloodscrip for one.

[Kelackis]

Spent $15, got 15 rat tokens.

Wound up with a long-tailed sewer rat, which is really what I was after.

Used some of the bloodscrip I found to get 4x crush resistant doubles (which I'm wearing now) and 4x fire flaring brig (which I'll be moving into in 9 more levels).

Sold the rest of my scrip for about a million coins, used that to buy a perfect short-sword.

Scavenged a few lower enchant items, nothin' great, pawned 'em for around 100k total.

Best item find was a brooch that's +5 to disarm traps, which ought to be quite useful for me.

All in all I'm pretty happy with the money spent.