(Plz win!) The July 31st Daily Newbie Blender (22) (in Contests)


VivaPinata July 31 2008 1:57 PM EDT

The Daily Newbie Blender. EASY MONEY.
$50,000 bounty for three complete answers.
$40,000 bounty for three acceptable answers.
$30,000 bounty for two* acceptable answers.
$20,000 bounty for an attempt at one answer.
$10,000 bounty for any sort of indication that you are reading this and that you are making some sort of effort, regardless of how lackluster, to give me an answer.
$100,000+ daily** jackpot bounty for one assiduous contestant who goes above and beyond the call to arms. Everything on "2 Kool 4 Skool."

THREE QUESTIONS. CHATMAIL ME THE ANSWERS.

Take a sit, grab a drink. Put it on my tab. Everything you have read is true. All I want to do is ask you three questions. If you answer them, you get money. Simple as that. You do not even have to try, really. Hell, just send me a chatmail with '1. Yes. 2. Yes. 3. Yes.' and you are guaranteed to get at least an easy $10,000. I figure, absolutely, the least I can do for listening to me so far.

Still interested? Even curious perhaps? Why am I doing what I say I am doing? What AM I doing exactly? What is the catch? Here, I will even answer your questions first. If you could care less, just zone me out to the very end. Then I will ask you the three fabled questions. Chatmail me the answers. No strings attached. And thus, the story begins.

Why? It seemed like a good idea at the time. Due to the reception of the previous Daily Newbie Blenders, I figured that this format would help out more people. More bang for the buck, I think the old saying goes.

What? This is (not the fourth) installment of the Daily Newbie Blender, a daily contest designed to help newblets help themselves. I give out cute rewards freely, and all I ask for in return is a bit of socializing or wiki-foraging. If you have found the forums, wonderful. If you have met the community, even better. If you find that special tidbit that makes CB that game you keep returning to again and again, then hey! Sweet. And all I am doing is providing the next prong on the ladder to heaven.

Seriously? Yeah. There is some tiny rules though: first, each contestant can only win the jackpot once. Second, the bounties are curved in favor of the $40,000 bounty. Thirdly, although the daily jackpot CAN be won once daily, it does not mean that it WILL be won every day. Only an exceptional set of answers will be rewarded the pot (and if it is their first attempt, the $50,000 bounty as well!), and the jackpot will just slowly accumulate (something along the lines of +40k daily) until then. And that is about it. Good luck!

A heartfelt thanks to all of the Past Contributors!!
{cb1}Linguala
j'bob
blackshadowshade
{King}Pierrot
superior me
[TD]Badfish
Bananco
DSFARGEG
DarkMenzo

And, naturally, the DAILY QUESTIONS.
1. Why does everyone undercut each other when selling items?
2. What is a Tattoo of Augmentation? 3. If I was using Unarmed Combat, and I equipped a Tattoo of Augmentation, does it still give me PTH?

Current Jackpot:
Cash: $221,813
Net Worth: $434,125
Random assortment of weapons/tattoo....
And this:
An Adamantite Cuirass [40] 62,714
An Executioner's Sword [82x1] (+6) 24,767
A Composite Bow [4x14] (+7) 142,684
Worth at least $350,000!!!!.... I'm going to just taken them for myself if nobody wants them enough... -_-
(Special thanks to Badfish =)

Best of luck as always! :D

LuisOrtiz July 31 2008 8:48 PM EDT

1. Why does everyone undercut each other when selling items?
-It's a clear case of market economics. The same market economics that will eventually lead you to decide to stop awarding my silly answers $50 every day :) For full detail, read the compiled works of Milton Friedman or see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_economy if you want the short version.

2. What is a Tattoo of Augmentation?
-It's a tattoo that augments, silly. The ToA augments the wearer's base ST & DX by 50% and 33% of the tattoo's effective level, respectively. (Yup, copied it right from the wiki. For once, it was actually both clear and concise). It also grants a PTH bonus to the wearer's weapon

3. If I was using Unarmed Combat, and I equipped a Tattoo of Augmentation, does it still give me PTH?
-If you are using UC, then your hands are registered weapons, so it sure does. This was a little tough to find, but there was a reference to a Monk on the ToA page which is, of course, a tank but using UC instead of a weapon.

blackshadowshade July 31 2008 8:52 PM EDT

Partner, you should chatmail those answers to Lucario. :)


blackshadowshade

LuisOrtiz July 31 2008 9:55 PM EDT

Can't believe I did that. How n00b of me.

VivaPinata July 31 2008 11:12 PM EDT

/me dies in laughter*
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