Curse

Spike · Jan 02, 2007, 11:17 PM // 23:17

I got enough shards out of 150 presents to go get another 20 presents. Then enough shards out of those to get 6 more.

Faer · Jan 02, 2007, 11:30 PM // 23:30

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Originally Posted by Riceboi

He bought them for 50g each. One wintergift will cost him 250g. Unless he can't sell his wintergifts for more than 250g then he will just get his money back. You are saying wintergifts aren't worth more than 250g each?

I'm saying it's not as easy to sell off thousands of Shards and Presents at a set price to make a definite profit as the majority of you think it is.

If he gets his money back, good for him. If he profits, better for him. The fact remains that it was a very risky gamble, and a relatively stupid move to make (even if the end result does turn out to be net gain).

Lord Dobo · Jan 02, 2007, 11:50 PM // 23:50

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Originally Posted by Former Ruling

Use them for good or mischievous intent meant that they'd be used in the finale to support Dwayna or Grenth - and they were.

These collectors were probably not in the original picture, but they didn't expect the CCS's to be collected in such a grand scale (many many people getting THOUSANDS of them) because of that 1 sentence, so they provided a sink for them.

This is just my gross personal opinion though, I haven't read this whole thread.

It's not the last line that is a hint to keep the shards for AFTER the event, it's this one.

"Candy Cane Shards: Collect these colorful fragments by questing and competing. The outcome of Wintersday hangs in the balance, and your contribution of Candy Cane Shards may make all the difference. Besides, you never know what somebody might trade for these once the festivities come to a close. Tip: Hold onto those shards until the Wintersday finale and use them for good (or mischievous) intent!"

There is absolutly nothing confusing whatsoever in that statement. The only mystery is what the item would be and how many needed to be kept. Why do you think Kurt made his gamble in the first place? It wasn't just because he thought they were pretty, he was hoping for Rainbows, but that was before it was confirmed that rainbows didn't recharge skills. I think he made off ok with the gifts, but I agree with Faer above, it's no easy feat to move that much product. Hell, it would have been time consuming enough to move a thousand. And it's absolutly hilarious that he has, what, 24,000 clicks of the mouse in his future if he wants to convert then open them all to see if he gets enough cc and nogs.

P.S. there is no tone that you can insert into a post, I'm only jokingly scolding people, I'm not trying to be an ass.

Mercury Angel · Jan 03, 2007, 12:16 AM // 00:16

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draxynnic · Jan 03, 2007, 12:36 AM // 00:36

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Originally Posted by baz777

I hope he's still there when I get home tonight, have got 400 shards to use

Aye.

Logically, they should leave him there for at least 24 hours... at least that's what I'm fervently hoping, since I won't be able to get to him until just an hour or so short of that mark...

mr_groovy · Jan 03, 2007, 01:07 AM // 01:07

Kurt Kurt Kurt.
Shouldn't he be posting here just to gloat ^^.
Can anybody find his original thread? Seems to be lost atm :S.

manitoba1073 · Jan 03, 2007, 08:14 AM // 08:14

Unfortuantely Kurt cant gloat.

But i can for him and myself. for 100k investment in shards ive made 500k WooT

Orphan Anthem · Jan 03, 2007, 08:41 AM // 08:41

I talked to Kurt today and he gave me a CC sword and also got to talk to hima bout why he was banned.

RTSFirebat · Jan 03, 2007, 10:13 AM // 10:13

There is a collector in Lion's Arch as well.

I'd give it to the end of the week, but don't hold your breath.

sixdartbart · Jan 03, 2007, 10:30 AM // 10:30

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Originally Posted by KTB Pwns

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ROFLMAO @ the name

could that be interpreted as gloating?

I personally hope the collector and all of the other Wintersday stuff goes away soon, I want to get back to my survivor paragon and he's not doing anything while an event is taking place (he has a terrible fear of bugs)

Purple Lion Heart · Jan 03, 2007, 05:16 PM // 17:16

I kept getting more cc chards from some of the gifts, so i kept on tradin them in YAY ME!

Sinful Intentions · Jan 03, 2007, 05:40 PM // 17:40

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Originally Posted by The Admins Bane

Possibly but since it's an Internet game it could have been a last minute thing..at the end of the day it doesn't matter either way.

Speculation..Gaile read Kurt's posts and decided to bail him out..

Yeah, they don't have the time / man power to fix the Sunspear points problem or various other simple little things but they threw in the time/manpower to think up an NPC shard collector and then implement the collector. All to bail out one player.

I like your sig. If kurt wasn't permabanned I think his should say

The Admins Bane, Eating Crow 1/02/07
Don't like Crow ? Contact Bane and learn
how to pretend it's steak.

Malice Black · Jan 03, 2007, 06:01 PM // 18:01

First off the Sunspear points problem is being addressed. Secondly the NPC was prob already loaded and just waiting to be activated (Anet would have anticipated there would be spare shards). Finally the Gaile thing was a JOKE so lighten up.

MSecorsky · Jan 03, 2007, 08:34 PM // 20:34

Hey all... if you want more shards, I'm getting 15 to 30 per run doing the Rift Warden quests. In Defense of Grenth tends to produce more shards...

manitoba1073 · Jan 03, 2007, 08:57 PM // 20:57

For those who dont know the giftgiver was implented when wintersday started. but like the other events was only time triggered to appear after the battle event. Man i love having the inside info/

Jeremy Untouchable · Jan 04, 2007, 05:31 AM // 05:31

RIP you know who, 1 1 07...........