tripsis

Pirates > ninjas.

You don't get taxed on it Really? That makes it better. Now, would the winner receive the 640M in increments over the years I take it? Tripsis, what about the maintenance and other tiny things? I know they're small but they do add up over time. Knowing you, there is a high chance you would buy LOTS of skittles and other sweets to where it rivals your other purchases combined. I don't think a house would be too worth it unless it's high-class hotels and just focus on traveling the planet for a few years. For some reason, I suck at being too extravagant. Either I am boring or just don't think on such grandiose scales. Curious, who thought of sparing money aside for charities that you think follow your ideals or mastering your hobbies with an unlimited resource at your disposal? Maintenance does add up, but still not comparable to the costs of the big purchase items. Buying a lifetime supply of skittles and dining out every night probably won't match up to a single house purchase. And you could probably purchase 20 mansion-sized houses. :P I'm obviously not an expert but I know several incredibly wealthy families so I like to think that I know the lifestyle a bit. They have the mansions (multiple), the private jets, they own part of NBA teams, they have the private home theatres, etc. But they still don't burn through hundreds of millions in just a few years.

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I'm sure it's more difficult than you'd think to spend hundreds of millions of dollars right away :P Hundreds of thousands - sure. You can easily spend that on clearing debts, getting a house/car, all the games you want, etc. But half a billion dollars? That's a lot :P Yeah, but most would still be overwhelmed by the massive amount of money they won and would think "It's just a few hundred here. I've got plenty". Even if half a billion is a large sum, it's still rather easy to get overboard when many think they have it in control. It might be worth finding some information about what percent of 100 million+ winners end up in heavy debt after the winnings. Maybe I am just being a bit too cynical about this and would follow in the same path because I think it's a hundred percent inevitable. Just like.. what would you buy? I'm sure it'd be easy to have problems if you won a few million. You buy a house, you buy a car, you buy fancy clothes, you life a lavish lifestyle.. eventually the money will run out. The house alone could set you back tens of millions if you buy like a huge mansion. But with half a billion.. I mean what would you buy? House: $20m max maybe? That's a niiiiiice mansion. A few Ferraris: $1m. That's assuming you buy like 5. A private jet: The jet alone is probably a few million (totally not sure). Fuel costs are averaged at like $10k an hour, so that could rack up.. but even, you'd have to be travelling for thousands of hours just to hit 100 million. So we have all the huge purchases out of the way and we've only gone from 640m -> 609m (estimated the jet at $10m, could be totally off though). I feel like those are the big spenders and all the other spendings would be smaller amounts of cash. You want an epic computer? Great! But I can't even imagine spending >15k for a good computer. Anything other than that and you're not paying for hardware. You're paying for style or a diamond-covered laptop. The most expensive computer is $1 million but only for its looks/style/whatever. It's not fast or powerful. You want a huge game collection? Okay, maybe you could spend a couple hundred grand on that. But you'd probably only even get to that price if you're buying really old/rare games as collectables. An amazing TV/speaker collection could cost you $100k, but I can't imagine it going much more than that.. Let's say you had 50 years of your life left when you won the money. After all your big purchases you're down to 600m. In order to spend it all in your lifetime you'd have to spend $12m every year for the rest of your life (50 years). With some effort you could do that. But let's cut that down to 5 years.. You'd have to spend $120 million a year.. just what would you buy? :XD: If you're really going to spend 600m right away, that would be extremely difficult. You'd have to buy bulk amounts of hugely expensive items solely for the purpose of running down your cash. Example: buying 100 Ferraris. Does anyone even WANT 100 Ferraris? 5, maybe. But what would you even do with 100?

I'm sure it's more difficult than you'd think to spend hundreds of millions of dollars right away :P Hundreds of thousands - sure. You can easily spend that on clearing debts, getting a house/car, all the games you want, etc. But half a billion dollars? That's a lot :P

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Well if you want the cold hard truth, I'd say move on. I know you like her, but do you really want to be with someone who doesn't want to be with you? You shouldn't have to convince someone to be with you or have to change her mind. Where's the romance in that? But if you're determined and seriously want to give this a shot, despite what I said, then you'll have to go with the aforementioned mind games. But being the clingy always available friend type will not get her to like you. Instead, you have to be the desirable unobtainable type. That means your best (and probably only) chance is to not try to be with her. You have to branch out, be confident, excel in your activities, make new friends, flirt with other girls. Dan wrote a post about how if you're always available that makes you easy to get. If you're throwing yourself at a girl but no one is throwing themselves at you, it makes you look easy, and thus undesirable. Girls like a challenge. They like guys who are desirable - and not just to themselves, but to others as well. So if you go out, get yourself a new life, become desirable to other girls, and even show a bit of interest in them, you'll catch her eye in a NEW way. There's no point in trying to catch this girl's eye in the same way all over again. You tried that once and it didn't work. So you need a new approach. If she thinks you're not interested in her any more, you'll suddenly become unobtainable, and that will make you more attractive to her.

Well to be honest, at this point you've almost certainly been friendzoned. It's been months and you haven't made a move, so she probably assumes you never will and that you're just a friend. I did ask her out at the beginning of February, she said that she thinks it would be better to stay friends-almost certain friendzone. I can post what she said yesterday if it would help? Well before anything else - what exactly are you trying to achieve at this point then? You have been friendzoned. Normally that would be the end of it, but apparently it's not. So are you trying to change her mind and get her to like you or what? What's your goal here?

I'd buy a house, move in with my boyfriend, have my own library in my house full of first editions, and then probably just do some travelling.

Well to be honest, at this point you've almost certainly been friendzoned. It's been months and you haven't made a move, so she probably assumes you never will and that you're just a friend.

Sorry must have been some miscommunication there :P I completely agree though. People always think "Oh I have to act like this" or "I have to remember to not mention that I play games!" etc. But if you do that, you can't have a serious relationship.. because you're constantly putting on a show and you obviously don't want to have to do that forever. Eventually you'll either have to break up with the person or come out and say "Oh actually you don't know the real me, I've just been showing you what I thought you'd want to see." It's sad that so many people don't understand that.

Because the more you reveal about what your thinking/how your feeling, the more your putting yourself out there, and the more you fear your going to mess things up/scare them off. The more your together, the more comftorable you become revealing things about yourself, and the less games you end up playing. But do you really want to have to play games for someone to get to know the real you? Its funny because at the end of the day that person doesnt even get to know the real you, but the you you had to become for them to get to know you. Does that makes sense? Who says im not comfortable revealing who i am from the get-go? Id much rather put it all out there from day one and have them know exactly who or what they are dealing with instead of hiding certain things and have the other person find out about them somewhere down the line "when the time is right" and end up getting hurt more then than i would have been hurt had i chosen not to play these games inthe first place. Sorry if what im saying comes out a but confusing. I don't think she was using "you" to refer to you specifically, but rather to speak about people in general. And ultimately she's right. You may have "seen the light" and understand the reality. But most people don't. Most people are too shy and too afraid of being completely honest about themselves. They fear rejection so they'd rather resort to methods that have proven to work. Neither of us are saying that games are right. We're just explaining why most people play them.

Locking this since the thread was created with a different idea in mind and it no longer really applies. If anyone wants to create a new thread to talk about a different aspect of microtransactions (speculating, etc.), you're welcome to.

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Well, a few weeks back she was saying I was being 'dull' and not speaking to her much and starting conversations. Then, since we both enjoy writing, I decided to talk to her about that. That went on for a couple of weeks (her mostly starting conversations) but the last couple of weeks she's not been talking or starting conversations much. So by what you're saying, she went from interested to not interested these last few weeks? Or am I over analysing? Over analysing is a bad habit of mine. :| There could be a variety of reasons. It's hard for me to poinpoint the exact one since I don't know her, I haven't observed your interactions, and haven't seen any of these accounts first hand. Here are some ideas though: 1. She's just been busy IRL. 2. She really did just lose interest in you. 3. It could be a coincidence that you just catch her at a bad time and whenever she's about to start a conversation you get there first. How is she when you do speak to her? Even if you start the conversation first, does she appear enthusiastic? Or does she seem like she's giving you halfass answers and is just replying to you because she doesn't want to tell you to go away? 4. If you've liked this girl for as long as you're saying (a few months) maybe she started out liking you but has given up. Maybe she's thinking "It's been months and this hasn't gone anywhere. He clearly hasn't asked me out and doesn't like me so I won't waste my time anymore."

9 characters - wow :P May I ask why? I can understand why some people see the appeal in creating 1 or 2 side accounts for a pure or a skiller, etc. But why 9? Anyway welcome back to Tip.It! :)

Guys please. Don't point fingers saying he's a troll or he's an idiot, etc. Maybe he just didn't notice/take in the title. There's no need to get rude.

For some reason that article was edited I think. It originally said: And then later said they might consider it if the audience is happy with it. But the core of the article (which Jagex promoted on their Facebook saying "Look we're resisting microtransactions!") was that Jagex would resist the temptation to switch to microtransactions and would continue with their subscription model. Also read the article title: [hide=Full Original Article] [/hide]

If you're looking for a really serious relationship, I completely agree with you. I hate games and I think that if the girl/guy is actually worth your time, you won't have to play games to make a relationship work. But most teenage relationships aren't serious and unfortunately most girls care too much about what's socially awkward/acceptable/etc. They will get a little turned off if you announce your feelings for them. Teenage girls like the guessing, the unknown, the chase. If it's not a serious relationship, it's a sad hard fact that mind games and over analysing things (like how long to wait before replying to a text) actually work. That and most people don't feel comfortable just waltzing up and being completely honest like that. Most people have a hard enough time mustering up the courage to ask a girl on a date.. so being totally honest like that is usually out the window for them.

I wouldn't say there's a universal amount of time. As long as you're both clearly enjoying each others' company, there's no need to hold back. If you have doubts, a good test might be to pull back a little bit. If she starts asking why you're not around or inviting you out, she's clearly enjoying spending time with you. If she doesn't seem bothered... maybe she's not.

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I wouldn't really suggest trying to "deal" with it at all. If he has all the facts and knows what's at stake, it's no use trying to convince him that what he's doing is wrong. He knows the risks and he made his decision. You probably won't be able to convince him that he's doing something stupid. It's annoying and you know you'll be saying "I told you so" but I think it's just one of those things you have to deal with.