Excuse my language, but: HOLY FUCK (FFXI)

[thistlechaser]

The new lottery, the rank one prizes, oh my god.

100 MILLION gil. 100 million. My god.
Ridill
Kraken Club
Valkyrie's Fork

Basically any Salvage or HNM LS armor... Amazingly rare HQs (Dalmatica +1, Hecatomb Harness +1)

One Hundred Million Gil.

One Hundred Million Gil.

Holy cow. I'm going to go broke buying lottery tickets, thus I'll need the 100 million gil!

(All this is ironic, since I think playing the lottery in RL is one of the most stupid things you can do. It's a tax on the stupid, yay!)

Holy crap, 100 million gil. Wow.

Edit: !!!!!!!!!!!!! Rank 4 prize is a rain hat! Screw 100 million gil! Rain hat! EEEEEE!

Edit 2: Poo, you can only buy 10 tickets total.

Comments

[iniadelphinae.livejournal.com]

FFXI Lottery?

Explain.

[xvolph.livejournal.com]

http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/guide/mogbon/index.html

Actually, there are some damn sweet prizes for Ranks 1-4. AF2 at Rank 4? Valor Surcoat, ftw. Rank 1? Kaiser cuirass {Yes, please.} {Can I have it?}

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I wish this wasn't a once-a-year thing! There's so much good stuff to win. :D

[iniadelphinae.livejournal.com]

Can't access the POL site at work (or alla or wiki or BG or KI or ffxionline), or I wouldn't have demanded politely requested an explanation.

[xvolph.livejournal.com]

Price: 1000 gil per marble.
Mog Bonanza marbles available for purchase from May 16 till May 28.
The winning numbers will be announced on June 30.
Prizes available for collection from July 2 till July 31.

Rank 1 prizes:
100 million gil, Dalmatica +1, Blood Scale Mail, Kaiser Cuirass, Armada Hauberk, Hecatomb Harness +1, Shura Togi +1, Ares's Cuirass, Skadi's Cuirie, Usukane Haramaki, Marduk's Jubbah, Morrigan's Robe, Valkyrie's Breastplate, Valkyrie's Coat, Ridill, Kraken Club, Hofud, Futsuno Mitama, Valkyrie's Fork

Rank 2 prizes:
10 million gil, Black Belt, Homam Corazza, Nashira Manteel, Melee Crown, Sorcerer's Petas, Duelist's Chapeau, Abyss Burgeonet, Saotome Kabuto, Wyrm Armet, Summoner's Horn, Warrior's Lorica, Valor Surcoat, Scout's Jerkin, Cleric's Mitts, Assassin's Armlets, Monster Gloves,
Koga Tekko, Bard's Cannions, Velocious Belt

Rank 3 prizes:
1 million gil, Melee Cyclas, Cleric's Briault, Sorcerer's Coat, Duelist's Tabard, Abyss Cuirass, Bard's Jstcorp, Saotome Domaru, Koga Chainmail, Wyrm Mail, Summoner's Horn, Warrior's Lorica, Assassin's Armlets, Valor Breeches, Monster Gaiters, Scout's Socks, Homam Cosciales, Nashira Seraweels, Hauteclaire, Seveneyes

Rank 4 prizes:
100,000 gil, Damascus Ingot, Khroma Ore, Damascene Cloth, Behemoth Hide, Moldavite Earring, Rain Hat, Empress Hairpin, Bounding Boots, Matron's Knife

Rank 5 prizes:
Miratete's Memoires

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Ha ha, sorry for the lack of details. I almost never post before work, but I was so excited I had to toss something up. :P

[naikitty.livejournal.com]

*laughs* XD That'd supply your crafting habit for... what, a month? ;3

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I know. My first thought was '100 million? I could finally finish gold on Chaser, and probably have some cash left!'. :P

[kamalloy.livejournal.com]

Per character level 5 and above?

Time to level Natoli (BLM4) and Daeruen (RDM3)! My other two mules are taken care of.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Same. I need to level Yagudokisses (2 right now), and Katerwaul (4?). Fishingbot is 12 and Chaser is... um... 18 I think? Whatever chocobo-riding-level is.

The question is what to do with Catsoup (Jeuno mule). Worth running him back to a newbie zone, leveling him (without dying, I don't want to change his HP), and getting tickets on him? He's the only one without an Anniversary Ring, too...

[kamalloy.livejournal.com]

Chocobo riding level is 20. That's why I've been levelling Rhialyn lately. (Though the fact that she keeps finding Fishingbot is just a coincidence, I swear. ;p) My plan is to eventually turn her into my Jeuno mule, but with chocobo and Aht Urghan access. I need another locker. ^^;

As for Catsoup, if you want I can escort him at some point.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

As for Catsoup, if you want I can escort him at some point.

Aww, thanks! I'm going to wait until the event starts, then decide about moving him.

[mertondew.livejournal.com]

Buy all 100,000 possible permutations; then you're guaranteed to win! Of course, you'd have to spend 100,000,000 gil to do it...

[draymor.livejournal.com]

Not to mention needing 625 accounts with 16 characters each for the 3 months that the event takes place, which costs like 52k USD total. Might as well be buying gil from IGE ;

[draymor.livejournal.com]

Oops, more like 65k USD. I forgot to include the cost of buying all those new reg-codes. (That's also a lot of boxes!)

[mertondew.livejournal.com]

It's a fool-proof plan, I tells ya!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Okay, okay, you can keep the gil! Just give me the rain hat~

[draymor.livejournal.com]

What's this fascination with the rain hat? It's really not that special other than the super ultra rare spawn conditions for the NM.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

But it looks like SMN JSE! So you could wear it with, say, DRK AF and confuse people! :D

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

It's funny how excited everyone is about this, when most of us won't win anything. 1 in 10 chance of winning the XP scroll... I don't like those odds, let alone the better stuff!

[kamalloy.livejournal.com]

Heh, I know. If I were to buy 10 tickets for each of my characters, that's 50k right there, which is half of the 4th place prize. Memoirs-wise, it's likely that only two of my characters would be ever able to use it.

However, my common sense is blinded by the ONE HUNDRED MILLION GIL. *_*

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Memoirs-wise, it's likely that only two of my characters would be ever able to use it.

I know. Only one of my six characters could use it, so even if I did win the scroll, I'd have a 1/6 chance of it being useful! Ha!

However, my common sense is blinded by the ONE HUNDRED MILLION GIL. *_*

I'm totally loving how that's making everyone dream. :D

[tacrozar.livejournal.com]

actually its 100% chance for xp scroll. you just have to match the last digit. and the digit has to be a numver from 0-9.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Right, so if you have 10 mules, it's 100% chance of getting one?

If the winning number is X X X X 1, you need to cover X X X X 0 to X X X X 9 to be sure to get one.

[kamalloy.livejournal.com]

Nope, you can pick ten different numbers for your tickets. So as long as you pick a different last number for each one, you *are* guaranteed an xp scroll for every character you buy ten tickets on.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Oh, duh. I forgot each login can get 10, not just 1. Right!

[calandra.livejournal.com]

Inventory space -10,

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Inventory space -10, <yes, please>

[wanderingscribe.livejournal.com]

I are serious person. I does not LOL.

...

Okay, maybe a little bit. But it's your fault for being so dorky, Thistle. XD

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Ha ha ha, I am! :D

[veloxe.livejournal.com]

Even though I stand a snow balls chance in hell of getting anything (I don't win anything, ever, not /random, not even anything in RL! NOTHING!) If I won the top prize I'd be at a stand still...Ares Body...Koenig Body...100mil and fund an aegis...ahhhh!!!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I know! :D So many great things to win! Even if we likely won't win, how can we not at least enter and try? :D

[gbeans.livejournal.com]

I'd feel bad if I won something awesome that I couldn't ever use since I have zero interest in the job the item is for. But man, if I won a Black Belt (only rank 2 x.x; )

Are these marble things items we'd keep in our safe. As in, I'd lose 10 inventory slots until the drawing was held? I think that'd make me weep too...

[kamalloy.livejournal.com]

You get to pick your prize from the list! So if you won a Rank 2 prize, you could choose a Black Belt.

But yeah. If I have to hold onto ten items for the next month and a half, I'm going to need to do some serious rearranging. ^^;

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

If I have to hold onto ten items for the next month and a half, I'm going to need to do some serious rearranging. ^^;

Icons have been found in data mining, so... yeah. -10 inventory space on main and all mules! I have no idea how I'm going to do that, every mule and Thistle is totally full right now.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Are these marble things items we'd keep in our safe. As in, I'd lose 10 inventory slots until the drawing was held? I think that'd make me weep too...

Icons have been found in dat mining, so it looks like they're real items. I have no idea how I'll handle 10 new items on each mule, I'm really totally full now...

[calandra.livejournal.com]

I was looking at that. I'm 2/3 on BB. It would be almost a shame to use a rank2 win when I'm so 'close'.

I expect I'll be getting exp scrolls though.

[veri-of-remora.livejournal.com]

I can just hear the wheels turning now at the RMT headquarters...

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Yeah, heh. "We just have to not get banned before the prizes are given out!"

Not to mention, if they announce the winner's name? Bets on how long until that person gets hacked...

[kamalloy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I seriously hope they do not publicly announce the winners. That's an open invitation for account hacking, having every person on their server harass them, etc.

But knowing Squenix, they probably haven't even thought of those possibilities. Everyone will be thrilled to know who won so they could congratulate them, right? ;p

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I can't imagine the number of /tells you'd get if they announced you won 100 million gil... and all of them begging, saying you won "their" prize, and crap like that.

[philia.livejournal.com]

Good lord, that's ridiculous. o.o

..........

*plots on buying marbles* I'll make 10 spots somewhere, dangit. >.>

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Heehee isn't it great? :D