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Old 07-25-2003, 03:19 PM
Gold Dragon Gold Dragon is offline
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Addictive Online MMORPG

Play as an elf, dwarf, orc, undead, etc, and fight other online players.

www.straightdope.com


FYI, the above helps my player, thanks.


url removed and replaced - see below - ub

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Old 07-25-2003, 03:29 PM
UncleBeer UncleBeer is offline
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FYI, the above helps my player, thanks.
Not anymore. We have a very narrow definintion of Spam here.
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Old 07-25-2003, 03:43 PM
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What spam? That link leads to the illustrious [rolling thunder]Straight Dope[/rolling thunder], one of the most addictive sites on the 'net, populated by all sorts of ogres, trolls, elves, sock monkeys, policital junkies, lurkers, and other manner of fantasy creatures.
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Old 07-25-2003, 06:37 PM
Lute Skywatcher Lute Skywatcher is offline
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UB changed the link. My guess is it had previously gone to a MMORPG site and each gave the OP's character more money or experience or whatever. Wouldn't be the first such link to be posted here (and subsequently removed).
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Old 07-25-2003, 06:50 PM
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Um, "...each click gave..."
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Old 07-26-2003, 04:51 AM
Phnord Prephect Phnord Prephect is offline
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My WAG is it's the Spam Game or whatever they call it.

There is no character per se. Just a counter that tracks your account and how many hits your website gets.

The goal is simple; get people to click your link. That's it.

The 'players' who fall for this scam then proceed to go all over the net and blatantly lie about what their link is, then post it. SOMEBODY will click on it, and they get another point.

Such fun.
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Old 07-26-2003, 01:53 PM
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Pissed me off when I saw that title. Thought we would have a good discussion of how addictive EQ / SWG / etc are. Now thats my kind of discussion.

/rude Gold Dragon
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Old 08-03-2003, 10:06 AM
Lute Skywatcher Lute Skywatcher is offline
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I bet the original link pointed to a recruiting page at EverWars.
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