He's climbin' in yo' AH
he's snatchin' yo auctions up
Tryin'a' steal 'em so y'all need to
hide yo' glyphs, hide yo' scrolls
hide yo' glyphs, hide yo' scrolls
hide yo' glyphs, hide yo' scrolls
and hide yo 'Faire cards
'cause he's un'ercuttin' errbody out here
You don't have to come and confess
we lookin' at you
We gonna wall you
we gonna wall you
So you can run and sell that
run and sell that
run and sell that, homeboy
home, home, homeboy
We got yo' name
You done made offhands and all
You are so dumb
you are really dumb - for real
He's climbin' in yo' AH
he's snatchin' yo auctions up
Tryin'a' steal 'em so y'all need to
hide yo glyphs, hide yo scrolls
hide yo glyphs, hide yo scrolls
hide yo glyphs, hide yo scrolls
and hide yo 'Faire cards
'cause he's un'ercuttin' errbody out here
(I demand that someone sing this song! I have no singing talent.)
Friday, September 3, 2010
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
I love the smell of Snowfall Ink in the morning!
In addition to whittling away at my stock of Snowfall Ink by crafting Runescrolls of Fortitude, I happened by chance upon a player frantically crafting and buying Darkmoon cards for The Insane title. Unfortunately I found her after she had wiped the entire AH of Northrend herbs, but she still but a good chunk of inks from me and has affirmed she will buy more if the herbs don't amount to enough. Ka-ching!
Addendum: Also sold her all my loose Darkmoon cards. Hooray, bagspace.
Addendum: Also sold her all my loose Darkmoon cards. Hooray, bagspace.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
stockpiling Relics of Ulduar
A few patches back, WotLK reputation-based head and shoulder enchants were made Bind on Account. Players looking down the dark road of alt reputation grinds breathed a sigh of relief, and the number of people still grinding away at Sons of Hodir rep dropped rapidly. On my server, the price of Relics of Ulduar fell to rock-bottom prices. I haven't paid much attention to them until now, when I began gathering them for a Tailoring alt who needs rep patterns.
I am considering not using the Relics at all, and instead saving them for future achievement-hunters in Cataclysm. No one will be doing the Sons dailies except folks going for the achievement, and they will welcome stacks of extra Relics to make the grind fly by. Assess your server's prices and availability, and DON'T vendor or auction these puppies! They will be more useful in Cata than they are now for soon-to-be-outdated patterns or enchantments.
I am considering not using the Relics at all, and instead saving them for future achievement-hunters in Cataclysm. No one will be doing the Sons dailies except folks going for the achievement, and they will welcome stacks of extra Relics to make the grind fly by. Assess your server's prices and availability, and DON'T vendor or auction these puppies! They will be more useful in Cata than they are now for soon-to-be-outdated patterns or enchantments.
Monday, August 30, 2010
bug problem
(Cross-posted to the JMTC forums.)
A couple weeks ago I made some tentative forays into the Enchanting scrolls market only to discover a bot was reposting constantly. I reported him every time my ticket came back with a form letter, but he is still there. Even worse, he has moved into glyphs, cards, leg patches and belt buckles, slowly spreading from one market to the next. I know he is constantly reposting because I can post over and over and am always undercut by him, even immediately after I post. Taking advantage of my currently open schedule I have spied at all hours of the day, and he is always on - midnight, 3 AM, 5 AM, 11 AM, 3 PM, 10 PM.... Always. He is never offline.
All the times I have whispered him he has never replied, but I got to chatting with a couple competitors today and they had some information. Apparently they have spoken with the botter. He claims to have 4 accounts, 60 of each glyph and 30k IotS. He says he does not bot and that his roommate posts while he sleeps.
To me, this reeks of bullshit. Who in their right mind would sit at a computer for 16 hours hitting post every two minutes, and then when they were tired would have a roommate from heaven to take over the shift for 8 hours while you sleep? WTF? My roommates barely clean up their crap, they would never agree to anything like that - not even my most deadbeat of acquaintances would. So I think he is running a bot and is nearby while it goes.
I've reported him numerous times. I've reported all his characters. I've had guildmates report him, my competitors report him, random people in Trade report him. Blizz is refusing to do anything as he tears the market down using an impossible schedule with superhuman posting.
I know who is main is. What can I do with this information?
What can I do at all? I've talked to one of my more serious competitors and we are thinking about doing a 2-3g wall. To make his hideous labor a mere 1g profit, if he can get past our reposting. Personally I am thinking of walling even lower - I will lose money but the satisfaction would be worth it. Buying and relisting is futile because he will repost even before you finish getting the glyph from your mailbox.
I'm at a real loss. =( I don't like robots.
Addendum: Glyph wall going up. Didn't want to do it, but if Blizz won't do anything, I will.
A couple weeks ago I made some tentative forays into the Enchanting scrolls market only to discover a bot was reposting constantly. I reported him every time my ticket came back with a form letter, but he is still there. Even worse, he has moved into glyphs, cards, leg patches and belt buckles, slowly spreading from one market to the next. I know he is constantly reposting because I can post over and over and am always undercut by him, even immediately after I post. Taking advantage of my currently open schedule I have spied at all hours of the day, and he is always on - midnight, 3 AM, 5 AM, 11 AM, 3 PM, 10 PM.... Always. He is never offline.
All the times I have whispered him he has never replied, but I got to chatting with a couple competitors today and they had some information. Apparently they have spoken with the botter. He claims to have 4 accounts, 60 of each glyph and 30k IotS. He says he does not bot and that his roommate posts while he sleeps.
To me, this reeks of bullshit. Who in their right mind would sit at a computer for 16 hours hitting post every two minutes, and then when they were tired would have a roommate from heaven to take over the shift for 8 hours while you sleep? WTF? My roommates barely clean up their crap, they would never agree to anything like that - not even my most deadbeat of acquaintances would. So I think he is running a bot and is nearby while it goes.
I've reported him numerous times. I've reported all his characters. I've had guildmates report him, my competitors report him, random people in Trade report him. Blizz is refusing to do anything as he tears the market down using an impossible schedule with superhuman posting.
I know who is main is. What can I do with this information?
What can I do at all? I've talked to one of my more serious competitors and we are thinking about doing a 2-3g wall. To make his hideous labor a mere 1g profit, if he can get past our reposting. Personally I am thinking of walling even lower - I will lose money but the satisfaction would be worth it. Buying and relisting is futile because he will repost even before you finish getting the glyph from your mailbox.
I'm at a real loss. =( I don't like robots.
Addendum: Glyph wall going up. Didn't want to do it, but if Blizz won't do anything, I will.
GDKP over for now
Some good news - I have a job at Intel! I've been looking for a full-time job for a long while, but it is very competitive where I live even for entry-level work. Fortunately a friend referred me for an open position so I am getting a full-time job with benefits! Yay! IRL gold!
The downside of that is giving up doing my GDKP runs, but it's not so bad - profits have dwindled with the end of WotLK looming and the runs were beginning to be too stressful and hectic for me to handle. I am also a hardcore introvert - with a lot of work I know I will want the weekends to be serious "me" time, time that I won't want to spend "herding cats."
All in all I'm satisfied. I've been doing gold runs since November/December of last year, a solid 8-9 months. I will definitely be starting them again in Cataclysm as soon as my alts are 85.
The downside of that is giving up doing my GDKP runs, but it's not so bad - profits have dwindled with the end of WotLK looming and the runs were beginning to be too stressful and hectic for me to handle. I am also a hardcore introvert - with a lot of work I know I will want the weekends to be serious "me" time, time that I won't want to spend "herding cats."
All in all I'm satisfied. I've been doing gold runs since November/December of last year, a solid 8-9 months. I will definitely be starting them again in Cataclysm as soon as my alts are 85.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
checking in
Epic leg armors and to an extent mining bags have been selling really well. I'm not sure why I didn't make them before, except I was lazy. I'm still getting rid of my last LW BoEs and dropped the price pretty steeply to encourage buyers.
Inscription has been hit or miss. Vellums are selling well but the Certificates of Ownership are not. :( Runescrolls are still moving slowly but surely.
The JC flooder has disappeared and prices have rebounded higher than they were before. Nom!
Enchanting is a bust though. There is a botting toon on my server doing enchanting scrolls. :/ Literally undercuts every few seconds, so I'm busy opening tickets to get him gone.
Inscription has been hit or miss. Vellums are selling well but the Certificates of Ownership are not. :( Runescrolls are still moving slowly but surely.
The JC flooder has disappeared and prices have rebounded higher than they were before. Nom!
Enchanting is a bust though. There is a botting toon on my server doing enchanting scrolls. :/ Literally undercuts every few seconds, so I'm busy opening tickets to get him gone.
Monday, August 23, 2010
Elitist Jerks
Why do people assume that because of the name and the strict rules, the users on this site are actually jerks? The site has an amusing name, and a clear focus that should be the point of all posts. Why does quality control make contributing users "jerks" and "unkind"?
I've been informed that EJ's Banhammer forum is unkind. Why is it unkind to mock people who were asked to read rules upon signing up, and then flagrantly ignored them? I've never seen a truly unkind post in EJ directed at someone who took the time to actually read the rules when they signed up. Maybe that says something.
I've been informed that EJ's Banhammer forum is unkind. Why is it unkind to mock people who were asked to read rules upon signing up, and then flagrantly ignored them? I've never seen a truly unkind post in EJ directed at someone who took the time to actually read the rules when they signed up. Maybe that says something.
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