Value is a subjective thing. I could never personally justify spending thousands of dollars for a chair just because somebody says it's an antique. That said, I spend a ridiculous amount of money buying the latest videogames that I'm sure others would find a complete waste of one's funds. Perhaps with this in consideration, it's wrong to call somebody who spends €7000 (roughly $9,500) to buy someone else's World of Warcraft account an idiot. Perhaps it is, but ... let's face it, he's a complete idiot.
Zeuzo is a rogue from the Method guild with the kind of loot that sweaty bearded nerds would kill to get their virtual hands on ... or at least spend a ludicrous amount of money. One of only two players to have the Twin Blades of Azzinoth, Zeuzo gave player Shaks his hard earned loot for the kind of money most of us never see in one place at one time. Shaks apparently then used his newfound power to play quite badly.
Of course, with such an insane transaction, it would be foolish to expect things to run smoothly. In fact, it would seem that Shaks hasn't updated his profile for much of this month, indicating that his nutty purchase was discovered by Blizzard before news of the transaction even exploded. In short -- if Shaks hasn't earned himself a $9,500 ban, he will have done before the week is out. Hahaha.
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9:15 AM on 09.18.2007
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Also: ya, most (MOST.. not all) people who play WoW are retarded anyway. I mean, you would be to after doing nothing but level grinding for the majority of your life.
@ Neonie
@ the internet
@ furries
Also, he likely isn't going to get banned. There are loopholes that allow you to sell your account (basically you're selling your time to level the account or some such nonsense). But, the best part is, it doesn't matter. The people that buy the accounts are outcasts. Everyone knows that they didn't earn their loot, and many of the better guilds (ones that actually require that loot) won't recruit them because they recruit the player, not the character.
A guy in my guild Wray, had the worlds first Thunderfury (Legendary 1h sword), and sold his account when he was shipped off to fight. The Wray character was kicked out of our guild, other guilds on our server knew Wray personally, and knew not to even associate with him, let alone recruit him. He eventually switched servers, but still carried that bad rap name with him. Then he switched again, and got his name to change, and even if he finally got accepted, it took him so long that most of the gear was outdated.
Yeah.... rich nerds. Such a great income source for intelligent nerds.
Midly entertaining.
I am hopelessly addicted to facepalm. I say bring it on.
I thought it was like 2:1.
That's sweet. Here in Florida, USA, 9,000 bucks would get me about 8 square feet of swampland.
neonie: i dont play wow any more but then again i dont go around calling people retarded for the way they spend their time.
Selling/Buying a wow account for that much is retarded, and calling people retards for doing what they do for fun is retarded. Playing wow or any other game is a means of escape for some people from what they consider to be "retarded".
That said anyone want to buy my account, i have a 70rog and a 70 war, alliance:P
I was on DeusPayne server, and he had the worst gamer life i´ve ever seen, being forced to raid because of a gkick is plain retarded.
A friend of a friend of mine sold his Everquest account back in the day and bought a car with the bank he got. Sure, it was a used car, but it was at least two or three grand.
I hope they ban that dude, that'll teach him not to fail at life.
At least everyone can virtually shun him.
What the best part actually is, is when (and trust me it will happen) WoW goes offline, this guy is left with nothing, except a receipt for $9500.
Biggest waste of money ever. On top of that he still has to pay per month.
Ridiculous.
I won't buy such account for $9500. It's totally idiot.
but, whatever...
Different guys, different action...
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