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Dungshoveleux 
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 Posted: 15 Nov 2014 at 06:26 |
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Similar thing: sometimes I've seen strange trades at centrum which have "apparently" been keyed in the wrong way: like 1 wood for 25m gold each instead of 25m wood for 1 gold each. Naturally I have taken advantage of these extremely generous trades and funnily enough no-one has ever complained! It happens only rarely, but it does happen.
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Aurordan
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Posted: 15 Nov 2014 at 05:31 |
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I cannot imagine that anyone would miss a billion gold influx into one of their towns. Even to the most affluent players in the game, that's no pocket change.
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abstractdream
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Posted: 15 Nov 2014 at 04:48 |
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Yea, that's a iffy one. I've gotten "gifts" from players, big gold shipments (50 million, not half a billion...lol) and didn't notice for I dunno how long...a couple days at least. That leaves some doubt in my mind.
A player with a lot of cities, who isn't quite as focused on the game as they perhaps were previously, regularly gets a lot of caravans incoming (alliance taxes for example) and someone sends them a massive gold shipment. Is it that far fetched that it wouldn't be noticed right away? At this point, I can only shrug shoulders and assume that, without some other details coming to light, it would not be a banning violation, but I don't know that for a fact. Chilling...as far as a game can get chilling. Edited by abstractdream - 15 Nov 2014 at 04:49 |
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Rill
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Posted: 15 Nov 2014 at 03:56 |
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Honestly this whole thing has me racking my brains. I receive gifts occasionally, usually it's a token like some cows or a flower or something, but occasionally people send me valuable stuff. I think the most I've received was about 10 million gold, but it's also possible that I received some that I didn't even notice, now that caravan deliveries are not included in e-mails. I think I would probably notice if I suddenly had 1 billion more gold than I did before though.
I can empathize with folks who received things and did not ask a lot of questions. Sometimes I receive something from a player I don't know who is relatively new, and it's an alt or a terraformer or something. I know in the future I will watch things more carefully.
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Diva
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Posted: 15 Nov 2014 at 03:32 |
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Rare instance I have given gold to noobs outside alliance. In Alliance, from alliance coffers, during wartimes, it is normal to receive a large amount, not in the billion range mind you, to support troop building and holding.. as going in negative gold is expected. I would say 1 mil max is all I have ever been given and not since being a noob in WOT from an alliance mate.
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"Um diva.... you are sort of acting like a .... diva...." - PhoenixFire
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Dungshoveleux
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Posted: 15 Nov 2014 at 01:45 |
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Many moons ago someone sent me 1m gold after chatting about things in GC. I did ask for clarification, which was freely given. The devs have acted properly, based on the presented explanation. If anyone on the fringes got caught up in the punishment I think their beef should be with the exploiter, not the devs.
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Angrim
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Posted: 15 Nov 2014 at 01:39 |
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that answer may be different tomorrow as i consider the impact of Odd's ejection.
yesterday, i would have said (with a nod to Glen Cook) that gold has no provenance. |
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Brandmeister
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Posted: 14 Nov 2014 at 20:04 |
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I'd ask about any gold amount. But I do a number of private trade transactions, and I'd be concerned that I missed sending the items to a buyer. But 5M and up would immediately get my attention, and I would have a strange feeling about smaller players sending me lots of cash.
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Berde
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Posted: 14 Nov 2014 at 19:53 |
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It seems "normal" these days for Vets to send upwards of 1-5 mil to newbies. More than that and I'd look at it sideways.
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abstractdream
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Posted: 14 Nov 2014 at 15:44 |
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Regardless of the amount, I'd ask, just because I'm curious. Depending on who it is, I'd have ideas of why but I'd still ask.
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