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Best Ways to Separate Newbies from their L$? |
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Hank Ramos
Lifetime Scripter
Join date: 15 Nov 2003
Posts: 2,328
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10-06-2004 08:12
What are the best ways to separate Newbies from their L$?
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eltee Statosky
Luskie
Join date: 23 Sep 2003
Posts: 1,258
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10-06-2004 08:15
1) scan for cheap land plots next to large group territories and blackmail them into buying it by landjacking
2) setup an event to give away free items from the lindens and teleport spam everyone in SL to come to it 3) make a group with a modest but annoying entry fee and spam every new player in welcome continuously with join requests then boot them 4) find open land not being used and setup drop from inventory stores to sell free or stolen goods at prices people don't know any better to pay _____________________
wash, rinse, repeat
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eltee Statosky
Luskie
Join date: 23 Sep 2003
Posts: 1,258
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10-06-2004 08:19
heres some more:
4) sell them something like a gun with a builtin self destruct script after a set amount of use/time, when they come back with the broken item, offer to 'repair' it with a properly uncrippled one for a 'modest' fee 5) sell unusuable plots of land without mentioning their limitations/restrictions (such as GREAT STORE LAND, NEAR WELCOME AREA!, MAKE L$ EASY!, without mentioning its in a linden managed residential area and stores are not actually *ALLOWED* _____________________
wash, rinse, repeat
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eltee Statosky
Luskie
Join date: 23 Sep 2003
Posts: 1,258
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10-06-2004 08:19
ooh and don't forget the best:
Setup a commercial service to sell to new players entitled: "how to make money in SL by exploiting new players" _____________________
wash, rinse, repeat
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Eggy Lippmann
Wiktator
Join date: 1 May 2003
Posts: 7,939
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10-06-2004 08:22
Make a script that requests debit permissions and tricks them into granting.
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Clint Cartier
Registered User
Join date: 16 Apr 2003
Posts: 122
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10-06-2004 08:41
grrr
kill all players that do any of those!! |
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Michi Lumin
Sharp and Pointy
Join date: 14 Oct 2003
Posts: 1,793
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10-06-2004 08:44
Eltee, I can't believe you forgot:
--Neg rate the newbie in all 3 categories, and offer to allow them to 'buy back' the ratings for L$200/per, telling them that "once you get more than four negs, LL suspends your account". |
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Lisse Livingston
Mentor/Instructor/Greeter
Join date: 16 May 2004
Posts: 1,130
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10-06-2004 09:01
Lay down one or more gambling machines of any type, that never produce a winning combination. Advertise a "Free Money" event at that location. No-one will notice the lack of free money, and they'll all blame back luck on their inability to win at the games.
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Michi Lumin
Sharp and Pointy
Join date: 14 Oct 2003
Posts: 1,793
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10-06-2004 09:02
Wow, good one, Lisse.
How about offering an item you're holding for sale, and after the newbie pays you, simply yelling "LOL!!!" and teleporting home? |
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Lordfly Digeridoo
Prim Orchestrator
Join date: 21 Jul 2003
Posts: 3,628
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10-06-2004 09:29
This is the most cynical thread I've ever seen in these forums.
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Carnildo Greenacre
Flight Engineer
Join date: 15 Nov 2003
Posts: 1,044
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10-06-2004 22:25
I've got a very successful way of parting newbies from their money, and I'll tell you what it is for the low, low price of only L$250!
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perl -le '$_ = 1; (1 x $_) !~ /^(11+)\1+$/ && print while $_++;'
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Hiro Pendragon
bye bye f0rums!
Join date: 22 Jan 2004
Posts: 5,905
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10-06-2004 22:39
sadly, casinos.
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Siggy Romulus
DILLIGAF
Join date: 22 Sep 2003
Posts: 5,711
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10-06-2004 22:39
wear a t shirt saying 'Will s3Xx0R 4 $$$'
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Lisse Livingston
Mentor/Instructor/Greeter
Join date: 16 May 2004
Posts: 1,130
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10-07-2004 00:21
How about offering an item you're holding for sale, and after the newbie pays you, simply yelling "LOL!!!" and teleporting home? I've seen a variation on that - someone came to a club wearing a slot machine, and stood in a corner. Various people "paid" the machine. When it didn't work, and they complained, the person offered them cybersex for the payments, but no refunds.... _____________________
Land Developer, Builder and Real Estate Agent Come to my events! Sundays at 10:00 am: Texturing Contest Tuesdays at 5:00 pm: Land 101 and at 7:00 pm: Trivia Thursdays at 7:00 pm: Land 101 Fridays at 7:00 pm: Primtionary (Other events occasionally scheduled) Read my LiveJournal! Visit my Livingston Properties web site for your Real Estate and Building needs! |
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Land Baron
Adding value, posthaste!!
Join date: 9 Oct 2004
Posts: 28
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10-09-2004 17:38
Why, cornering the market and selling at a healthy markup of course!
I'm suprised none of you old salts have offered a similar rejoinder! Ta ta! I have land to sell! *chortles and speeds to the tailor, this topcoat needs mending!* |
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Robin Linden
Linden Lifer
Join date: 25 Nov 2002
Posts: 1,224
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10-09-2004 18:38
Sounds like a lot of abuse going on with respect to newbies. Please make sure if you actually see any of these things happening that you file an abuse report so we're aware of the problems and can do something about the scams.
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Hank Ramos
Lifetime Scripter
Join date: 15 Nov 2003
Posts: 2,328
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10-09-2004 18:52
Please Delete This Post, Removed.
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Huns Valen
Don't PM me here.
Join date: 3 May 2003
Posts: 2,749
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10-09-2004 21:45
Idunno, sell them something cool/useful that you already made?
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Donovan Galatea
Cowboy Metaphysicist
Join date: 25 Mar 2004
Posts: 205
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10-10-2004 01:05
Worst thing I saw was the person standing at the Welcome Center with a "Linden" group title above his name, welcoming newbies, and collecting a $100 entrance fee.
It was my first day, I was dumb enough not to know what a "Linden" was, and I refused.  _____________________
Always drink upstream from the herd.
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Clint Cartier
Registered User
Join date: 16 Apr 2003
Posts: 122
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10-11-2004 12:42
I've seen a variation on that - someone came to a club wearing a slot machine, and stood in a corner. Various people "paid" the machine. When it didn't work, and they complained, the person offered them cybersex for the payments, but no refunds.... HAHAHA LOL!!! |
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Schwanson Schlegel
SL's Tokin' Villain
Join date: 15 Nov 2003
Posts: 2,721
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10-11-2004 13:28
Worst thing I saw was the person standing at the Welcome Center with a "Linden" group title above his name, welcoming newbies, and collecting a $100 entrance fee. It was my first day, I was dumb enough not to know what a "Linden" was, and I refused. That was you? Dude, you owe me $100L ! _____________________
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a lost user
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10-11-2004 13:59
Y'all forgot the most popular and easy way of all... SEX FOR SALE!
SPAM every noob about a way to get wild animal sex for a nominal $10,000L fee... direct them to GOM or IGE to buy the necessary lindens... have them pay the fee up-front, do a little song and dance... I.E. flash them your virtual tatas and whatnot... then tell them how good they were and poof... they won't even realize how crappy your pitiful cyber-sex was because they have never had it before.  The beautiful thing about this is that they will tell all of their noob friends how great you were and you can collect from them too... not realizing that you are in fact a bed ridden 700 pound man with a half eaten turkey leg in your mouth and armpits the size of Texas... hehe  _____________________
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Jellin Pico
Grumpy Oldbie
Join date: 3 Aug 2003
Posts: 1,037
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10-11-2004 14:10
Walking around the newbie area with a sign that says; "Your first QUEST is to pay me $10"
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Lash Xevious
Gooberly
Join date: 8 May 2004
Posts: 1,348
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10-11-2004 14:21
Y'all forgot the most popular and easy way of all... SEX FOR SALE! SPAM every noob about a way to get wild animal sex for a nominal $10,000L fee... direct them to GOM or IGE to buy the necessary lindens... have them pay the fee up-front, do a little song and dance... I.E. flash them your virtual tatas and whatnot... then tell them how good they were and poof... they won't even realize how crappy your pitiful cyber-sex was because they have never had it before. The beautiful thing about this is that they will tell all of their noob friends how great you were and you can collect from them too... not realizing that you are in fact a bed ridden 700 pound man with a half eaten turkey leg in your mouth and armpits the size of Texas... hehe Noooo ... B-but h-he said he was Brad Pitt's body double in Fight Club ...  _____________________
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a lost user
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10-11-2004 14:26
Noooo ... B-but h-he said he was Brad Pitt's body double in Fight Club ... chuckles... hung like a horse too i'll bet... errr... that was "almost" true... cept he weighed as much as a horse! _____________________
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