Closed Week #42 2018-02-19

[Ati2]

Any ideas yet about what you'll spend it on?

 

[vikingraider]

You certainly need a superman in your life.

Maybe superman is too much.....but a Bridgeman.....

 

[DeletedUser110179]

 

[DeletedUser111866]

Dam, out of legs. Two days with 20kg on my shoulders that tends to jump overhead is not an easy endeavor. Especially when going 200 stairsteps upwards.

 

[DeletedUser]

thirty thousand...??? Just awesome

BTW I have been contacting support team and this guy keep reading my message wrong and when I point that out he gets rude everytime he responds to me

Finally he said he rewrites to me but when I tried to reply "when?" I could not send it LOL

Maybe that was the end of his patience and what he values his getting the diamonds worth

Communication with customer service is not always the smoothest thing.

 

[AussieAlex]

Communication with customer service is not always the smoothest thing.

Communication with anyone is not the smoothest thing. [Assume the best.]

 

[DeletedUser110179]

Could be good for GvG.

 

[DeletedUser]

Communication with anyone is not the smoothest thing. [Assume the best.]

So true

 

[AussieAlex]

Could be good for GvG.

Very interesting commentary and perspective. His YouTube series looks like it tackles some interesting topics. @Bridgeman55, do you follow him, or was it the headline that attracted you?

 

[Emberguard]

He's right, pcs are here to stay for a while.

That being said it's not business pcs that FoE would be interested in.

It's whether the consumers themselves would be PC users as that's an entirely different story. If you've only got money for one really good toy then you're going to have to choose between a expensive phone, a expensive desktop or a really really cheap phone plus expensive desktop.

It all depends on how much disposable income people have alongside whether they prefer a PC to a phone for what they'll be using it for

 

[AussieAlex]

It’s a bit quiet here. Some folks must be waking up soon.

 

[Emberguard]

HI there Alex

Edit: You know what we need? The ability to choose which age (the default being your current age) upto and including the age you're in for the Arc and Obs to produce. We can't even use Arctic Future goods that it produces and in the GvG it'd be far more useful if it could target the age you need, not the age you're in.

 

[DeletedUser111866]

you're going to have to choose between a expensive phone, a expensive desktop or a really really cheap phone plus expensive desktop.

Expensive desktop or expensive phone? Given the base for "expensive phone" is normally anything top end, I can't see the dilemma. You can always go for moderate+moderate, as expensive phones are really overrated. Also I'm playing FoE on a 4yo 8GB Samsung Galaxy tab 3 that I bought for $200 back then (maybe less, it was 10000RUB amd I don't remember the buck ratio back then), and my home desktop is a 8yo (technically, bought 5 years ago) Intel Core2duo with a decent video card (nvidia GT210, back then). Now you can probably afford a 700 series graphics card, a i3 or i5 of the second to last generation, a modest amount of RAM and HDD/SSD for about $800, and spend another $400 or so for a off-top (someday top, now crap) tablet or phone.

 

[Emberguard]

well expensive is relative

 

[DeletedUser111866]

It certainly is. For me, $1000 is about my monthly wage, so I can't just afford such combo, so this is one of the reasons I still use old (sort of old) devices.

 

[DeletedUser110179]

Perhaps it works for small guilds too.

 

[DeletedUser]

It's funny how my neighbours seem to have decided to stop using the 15% and 5% games in the event.

 

[DeletedUser110179]

@Bridgeman55, do you follow him, or was it the headline that attracted you?

Yah, the thumbnail ... I enjoyed his video on Edge.
From Hungary, he has a simple understanding of tech developments.

It's funny how my neighbours seem to have decided to stop using the 15% and 5% games in the event.

Not really ... I found a similar trend in previous, but similar events.

The solution is to save up your tickets, find a quiet-time and let rip with all your tickets (@ 30 Florins per ticket
you'll still make a huge profit and should basically make back everything you put into the pot).
The reward is built into the 5% option ... without any need to gain from the neighbours.

I tried to watch the action as much as possible but rarely found an opportunity to plunder the pot
(I guess everyone is doing the same thing ... it rarely gets over 600 to make it worthwhile hanging around).

 

[DeletedUser]

I just go for the safe option, I ain't gettin' no bridge anyway, so I don't really care how many florins I get.

 

[Ati2]

Some folks must be waking up soon.

Indeed. Good morning, everyone!