Rent Seeking Behavior

[Muolke]

You weren't too "subtle". The word you're looking for is that you didn't have the cojones to do it in the first place. You're the typical Liberal. You see something or someone be much more successful than you at something and you dig deep in some dictionary to give them a label in an effort to appeal to others who may be swayed by that. Liberals do it all the time by calling people racists, homophobes, or whatever other label they can come up with when someone doesn't agree with them or chooses not to participate in their delusional games.

The reality, for those reading, is that Wil has been on this server for probably as long if not longer than I have and he looks at his gear and then looks at mine and his inner liberal gets jealous.

Oh, did I trigger you? For the record, I'm just as skillful at pressing the Donate button as you are. I've simply done it less.

Not at all, just putting a label on you just as you attempted to do to me but failed...miserably.

Our biggest differences are highlighted by where we live actually. I live in the freedom state of Florida where woke goes to die. You live in Seattle with CHAZ and the so called "summer of love" which didn't exactly turn out as expected.

Political beliefs don't just stop at politics, they spill out into your daily life. The amount of jealousy you have for someone that simply has more than you is evident for everyone to see.

[ZeeeQi]

You weren't too "subtle". The word you're looking for is that you didn't have the cojones to do it in the first place. You're the typical Liberal. You see something or someone be much more successful than you at something and you dig deep in some dictionary to give them a label in an effort to appeal to others who may be swayed by that. Liberals do it all the time by calling people racists, homophobes, or whatever other label they can come up with when someone doesn't agree with them or chooses not to participate in their delusional games.

The reality, for those reading, is that Wil has been on this server for probably as long if not longer than I have and he looks at his gear and then looks at mine and his inner liberal gets jealous.

Oh, did I trigger you? For the record, I'm just as skillful at pressing the Donate button as you are. I've simply done it less.

Not at all, just putting a label on you just as you attempted to do to me but failed...miserably.

Our biggest differences are highlighted by where we live actually. I live in the freedom state of Florida where woke goes to die. You live in Seattle with CHAZ and the so called "summer of love" which didn't exactly turn out as expected.

Political beliefs don't just stop at politics, they spill out into your daily life. The amount of jealousy you have for someone that simply has more than you is evident for everyone to see.

Honestly, i think you're the only player in Excelsior that cares about what other people have.

[Geriatric]

Political beliefs don't just stop at politics, they spill out into your daily life.

normally i would say this is very true
but im just pointing out that it is more in recent years ideals have become politicized
and you guys and indeed most of us have a difference of ideals, thats why we have discussions like this, and we start to politicize it is when we start to get angry at each other

i dont have a problem with how rich muolke is, i really don't care

my problem isnt even with scripters per se, i think its pretty scum baggy but it is what it is

i have a nostalgia problem with the balron spawn
this is the part where i live up to the geriatric part of my nickname
back in my day all them years ago....on OSI servers balrons used to drop about 2500 gold, that was the max you would ever see them drop, now sometimes its as high as 7500
meanwhile the gold drop from every other monster out there has been reduced
blood elementals used drop almost 1200 gold, now they are barely breaking 450

but i suppose if u want to make it into a more political perspective
why did the executives pay jump from 300,000 a year to 500,000 a year
and the factory line workers pay drop from 13/hour to 9/hour

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10 ... 02052/full

there is a very very wide earning gap between balrons and other monsters, this does lead to a certain amount of wealth inequality, and a certain amount of wealth inequality is always going to be there because some people play harder than others,
balrons are one of the hardest monsters in the game they should be worth more
but i ask the question.. should they be worth THAT MUCH more ?
i hope you've enjoyed my socio economic forum post and thank you for coming to my TED talk

[Wil]

Political beliefs don't just stop at politics, they spill out into your daily life. The amount of jealousy you have for someone that simply has more than you is evident for everyone to see.

You're such a RINO Muolke. A real conservative would be well enough read to know the name of the scam he was trying to pull. And certainly wouldn't be so self-deluded as to imagine it his own invention. Thinking themselves the inventor of concepts that are older than dirt is a left fringe conceit that has no place in conservatism. Just like you.

[ButteryBiscuits]

You live in ***redacted***

Pretty sure it is against rules to name people's real names and or their locations. You should edit your post.

There are lots of liberals where you live and there are a lot of conservatives living in liberal countries/states/cities. It is a sloppy argument to label someone politically based on where they live. Try to make a coherent argument that does not involve slinging mud, twisting facts, or manipulating emotions. I will wait....

[Muolke]

Political beliefs don't just stop at politics, they spill out into your daily life.

normally i would say this is very true
but im just pointing out that it is more in recent years ideals have become politicized
and you guys and indeed most of us have a difference of ideals, thats why we have discussions like this, and we start to politicize it is when we start to get angry at each other

i dont have a problem with how rich muolke is, i really don't care

my problem isnt even with scripters per se, i think its pretty scum baggy but it is what it is

i have a nostalgia problem with the balron spawn
this is the part where i live up to the geriatric part of my nickname
back in my day all them years ago....on OSI servers balrons used to drop about 2500 gold, that was the max you would ever see them drop, now sometimes its as high as 7500
meanwhile the gold drop from every other monster out there has been reduced
blood elementals used drop almost 1200 gold, now they are barely breaking 450

but i suppose if u want to make it into a more political perspective
why did the executives pay jump from 300,000 a year to 500,000 a year
and the factory line workers pay drop from 13/hour to 9/hour

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10 ... 02052/full

there is a very very wide earning gap between balrons and other monsters, this does lead to a certain amount of wealth inequality, and a certain amount of wealth inequality is always going to be there because some people play harder than others,
balrons are one of the hardest monsters in the game they should be worth more
but i ask the question.. should they be worth THAT MUCH more ?
i hope you've enjoyed my socio economic forum post and thank you for coming to my TED talk

I'm actually a proponent of fixing the Balron issue. The ones that aren't are the ones that are profiting the most from it. I suggested there be a 2,000 gold cap on what they drop.

[Muolke]

You live in ***redacted***

Pretty sure it is against rules to name people's real names and or their locations. You should edit your post.

Pretty sure his location is listed in his profile...



Another failed "gotcha" moment Buttery.

[Muolke]

Political beliefs don't just stop at politics, they spill out into your daily life. The amount of jealousy you have for someone that simply has more than you is evident for everyone to see.

You're such a RINO Muolke. A real conservative would be well enough read to know the name of the scam he was trying to pull. And certainly wouldn't be so self-deluded as to imagine it his own invention. Thinking themselves the inventor of concepts that are older than dirt is a left fringe conceit that has no place in conservatism. Just like you.

Oh look, a liberal telling a conservative that he isn't really a conservative. How original. Try again...

[Wil]

Oh look, a liberal telling a conservative that he isn't really a conservative. How original. Try again...

Oh look, a rent seeker doing anything and everything to distract from the fraud he got caught at. Keep tossing that baby poo Muolke. Maybe some of it will stick somewhere.

[Zeratul]

I’ve been to Seattle. Nice place if you like drug addicts and foggy weather.

[Muolke]

Oh look, a liberal telling a conservative that he isn't really a conservative. How original. Try again...

Oh look, a rent seeker doing anything and everything to distract from the fraud he got caught at. Keep tossing that baby poo Muolke. Maybe some of it will stick somewhere.

What fraud? I don't even really Balron farm much at all. All I did was sell a script to a player that would give him an equal chance at the max gold possible like a few of the other players and guess what...that player is still happy with his purchase. You're just upset I keep finding ways to make gold that's all. It's jealousy...you should have that looked at by a professional.

[Geriatric]

I’ve been to Seattle. Nice place if you like drug addicts and foggy weather.

so a 1/10 would not recommend..
but thats just my opinion of every big city

[Zeratul]

I’ve been to Seattle. Nice place if you like drug addicts and foggy weather.

so a 1/10 would not recommend..
but thats just my opinion of every big city

It’s a good place to go once. But…not twice lol

[Wil]

I’ve been to Seattle. Nice place if you like drug addicts and foggy weather.

You came in the wrong season. It's mild in the summer with long sunny days. Equinox to equinox we get just about the perfect weather to be outdoors. Yields some really neat experiences, like me in shirtsleeve weather atop the snow pack on Mount Ranier:

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Come here during "the big dark," head for the underbelly and, well, you'll see what you see.

Even Hawaii has a dull season. It's pretty short and it's not that dull. But it does have one.

[DonQuixote]

The big thing is until ZeeeQi shared his script for free. Some "People" weren't against the Balron farming. In fact they were happy to make a profit off of it. Now the script is out and the opportunity at money, even just selling the script, is gone.

Thing is it's not really a problem anymore if everyone can do it. It just means more people will have gold to spend. This means those with more money will have to spend more to get what they want in auctions and such. And there will be more gold around.

I honestly could careless about the balron script. As of now there isn't one or two people cornering the market on it. And it's obvious to me that the people with more money on this server don't want anyone else to have as much.

That said there are those out there that do help others. And those people I appreciate.