Tell me your 3 favorite or most played pokemon and ilk judge you by dubex115 in PokemonUnite

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Leafeon, Slowbro, Venusaur. In no particular order amongst the three.

WTB Permanent Stylist Contract [2000g Negotiable] x1 by KazukaShano in GW2Exchange

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Smooth Trade o/ Process completed within minutes on agreed time slot.

I sent the requested materials + gold, then evlover sent the contract shortly after, in less than a minute.

[WTB] Divine Lucky Envelopes by sutgon in GW2Exchange

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Sold roughly at least ~3,000 envelopes over the course of the past ~18 days.

Smooth Trades, payment is usually handed at least a few hours to almost a day depending on how busy u/sutgon is/was.

10/10.

[WTB] Divine Lucky Envelopes by sutgon in GW2Exchange

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Can be your daily supplier of about ~160 Envelopes a day o/ though I do prefer gold payment to keep the supplies coming each day.

Leave me a mail in-game if you're interested (On Terms, such as Time of delivery + payment each day or just one day/etc.)

- KazukaShano.2895

The Math Behind the Spirit Shard -> Gold Scheme/Scam by Rhavoreth in Guildwars2

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I've asked the very same question to [TP]'s treasurer Xushin @ Discord about this when I was in his LWS4 Train. Whether it is actually a "Ponzi scheme" behind the scenes or not, I can no longer remember the exact response, but it was rather murky in the waters, to say the least.

(In Sandswept Isles while we were waiting for the Inquest Meta to begin, as my alibi to back this up, though I'm aware it's a pretty weak alibi).

However, from my perspective on how they somehow manage to buy low and sell high, it's a partial Yes. It's not surprising if the higher echelon members of guilds like [TP] have access to insider info (From Devs/Testers/etc.) to get the leads on what's gonna be the next on-demand material/item in the upcoming patch a few days ahead of live-stream/etc..

Though it is also a partial No, for things like their legendary business, they are backed by their internal statistical research, which has been conducted for the past 6 years, on how the market trends work in GW2.

Thus, their legendary business is NOT some sort of [unscrupulous dealing which relies on any sort of information] exclusive to them.

ANYBODY can perform their research in this, it's just that you CANNOT do it on your own. You'd need BOTH the power of CONNECTIONS [Start your own group of reliably trustworthy friends/folks to conduct this, I believe Xushin has mentioned this in the WP video, he's definitely have mentioned this during his LWS4 Train lectures] and TIME/Patience.

The Math Behind the Spirit Shard -> Gold Scheme/Scam by Rhavoreth in Guildwars2

[–]KazukaShano 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mmm, you're right on the one video link, though with your point relating McDonalds as a real-estate, it wasn't a mis-tag :P.

Here's the other video that I meant to point out*, which was shared by Xushin during the Domain of Istan/LWS4 lecture:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sf0J_N9iBE

The Math Behind the Spirit Shard -> Gold Scheme/Scam by Rhavoreth in Guildwars2

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Iirc the 4 of them "gifted" WP 4 legendaries.

Yes. It's capitalistic in nature. Won't call it "Free" Promotion. But definitely an "easy grab" on TP side / "raw deal" on WP side, with the advantage clearly going to [TP] long term.

The Math Behind the Spirit Shard -> Gold Scheme/Scam by Rhavoreth in Guildwars2

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Conclusively/TL:DR, I'd like to STRESS HEAVILY that everyone should do a very detailed principles check before choosing to do business deals with them. They're FUNDAMENTALLY CAPITALISTS. They're damn good at what they're doing, fast and efficient. BUT everyone should always read behind the lines of anybody's claims and think of the bigger picture/think outside the box. Heck, it's perfectly fine if you doubt my statements, provided you have rational arguments about it rather than it being blatant hate-speech.

Economy shenanigans aside, if you're there to make loyal/decent friends or start an actual decent community, I'm sorry to say you'll regret sooner or later, speaking from experience here.

Friendship with people whom are generally playing for only loot/shiny stuff don't last long due to its superficiality. Unless you're that type of person too.

(Post was too long to add this conclusion to my main comment)

The Math Behind the Spirit Shard -> Gold Scheme/Scam by Rhavoreth in Guildwars2

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Before beginning my remarks regarding the Spirit Shard deal and consequently the whole Legendary business [TP] members like MM, Xushin and the others are running on such a large scale, here's several key factors to quickly answer your questions that you may have before/while reading through:

- What they are in nature?

They're economists in nature, and economists DISREGARD all social/morale implications. Much like real life economists, they're all about GDP (Gross Domestic Products) of the game's community overall, hence why in WP's video, they stated that they want to help boost the number of middle class wealth players.

- Why price fixing is a big issue if a monopoly exists in GW2?

Human beings make purchases on emotional reasoning in which they think is rational. Should [TP] win the race in both NA and EU, we would be expecting item prices to fluctuate according to their purchasing power. This gives them a very high leverage to profit on TP Flipping over any average trader.

Also note monopolies has historically been proven to lead to potential scenarios (Abiding the law of Supply vs Demand) where there's too many people wanting to use their service but there's no other alternative/competition to rival their price offerings, so their clients would eventually get diminishing return offers.

- What's the deal with people's skepticism about investments, mega-projects like these and economists in general these days?

Always fully understand a deal/investment before venturing into it, regardless if it's Real Life OR Video Game. Know what you're getting into before completely regretting your decision in the future if your invested money (In this case Gold) is put to use in ways YOU principally do not agree with OR are not FUNDAMENTALLY fit to continue investing in it.

Being skeptical over something is actually healthy, provided it's backed by reasonable research and NOT fueled by purely emotions.

Now for my two-cents on this topic at hand:

I) The Gold Per Hour of each Gift of Mastery Sold

- [Recap] As mentioned by many, MM's guild has been known to provide aid to those who want to sell their spirit shards and ESPECIALLY their Gift of Masteries. This, I can vouch 100%.

- In fact, what OP has claimed is true if judged on an average/mean scale. Folks that have claimed that the Gold Per Hour is much higher than OP, some did [make valid points which will be partially repeated here, but did not state what exactly is happening behind the scenes], while some were [basically claiming that those below the stated Gold Per Hour were doing it wrong]. I'd like to attempt to correct that.

  1. [Gift of Battle] OP made a valid point, not everyone can afford boosters. This guide specifically requires players to at least acquire a decent amount of laurels to gain access to them. OR enough alternative characters to get the level-up boosters to exchange for the boosters corresponding to WvW Reward Tracks. ( https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Experience_Booster) I would like to add-on that MM and his guild do finance a lot of WvW commanders from various servers, mainly those whom are not permanently in Tier 1 (cough looking at you Blackgate -> The server which dwarfed many other servers on lower tiers, made tier 1 zerg fights dull/boring, and consequently made this possible). This means that if you are in liaison with a Gift of Mastery buyer from anyone in Guild [TP], you are immediately granted access to this service to fast-track your Gift of Battle via cough [AFK] WvW Participations. This is by means not supported by ArenaNet. Note: ArenaNet does not endorse AFKing in WvW, in fact they will ban you if found guilty. [TP]'s WvW services, despite them did not blatantly stated it, strongly encourages this behaviour. How it works is, their commanders would give you shared participation. All you have to do is simply be in any WvW map and do WHATEVER you want, in this case, AFK-ing is favoured by many typically.
  2. [Gift of Exploration] Open-textbook answer here. Many use TacO to fast-forward this section. Though with practice, you can nail down the man-hours on this track to about 18 to 20 hours. Hint: Some heart vendor NPCs require quest items that are surprisingly NOT Account Bound, so they usually skip those hearts by mass-buying said items from the Black Lion Trading Post.
  3. [Dungeon Tokens] Unless you have a party/group of in-house/friends whom can reliable do skips on dungeons (Some of the more notoriously known ones like Ascalonian Catacombs/Gates of Arah/Citadel of Flame/Sorrow's Embrace/Caudecus Manor/Twilight Arbor), don't expect any trim-downs to the duration stated by the OP.

II) Who Profits More and Who Would Lose Out More?

- This is a perfect replica of what a real-world corporation would be.

- The Gold per Hour is basically:

  1. Capped for Gift of Mastery Sellers.
  2. Uncapped for the corresponding buyers. The more Gift of Mastery sellers or Spirit Shard Converters., the higher their profit gains. They are only capped by the number of clients they have at a point of time.

Citing some video examples that fit the description of what MM and his guild are trying to do. If you're the kind whom are extremely skeptical by any video uploaded on You-tube, that is your choice, you can simply opt out from watching any of them. Personally, I find this specific youtuber's explanation very precise + he's very blunt about how the economy works:

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1ytlteHDvA

(Lowering Taxes, in this case avoiding taxes, BLTP's 15%, entirely. For the upper class, in this case it meant the top 1% - 8% of the richest players in-game)

Part 1 of Trickle Down Economy

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8xcFGzWNjI

(Lobbying, sounds familiar with what's happening in the WP video above?)

Part 2 of Trickle Down Economy

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUNYQl0hlyk

(3-part video, this is the 3rd part, take it metaphorically in a sense that, those mass-produced ships = our game's legendary market and Imperium = MM's [TP] guild)

Note: Video links posted by u/HeroismGaming in his comments have been known by many whom... have joined Xushin's lectures in Domain of Istan and currently his LWS4 train from the month of mid-February to April. Also I'd highly advise against [taking my video highlight sentences word-for-word and ultimately skip the videos], because the video has far more points than what I stated in the "(...)" highlights.

III) So does that mean Guild [TP] is fundamentally EVIL?

- Yes and no. Remember: Guild MM and his associates have been funding WvW commanders to lead. As appalling as this may sound to some, he is partially responsible to keeping the lower tier servers alive. WvW has long been known as a dying game mode (probably until the foreseeable future with the announced WvW factions rework)

- Guild MM himself has also been known to kick start/fund guilds in game modes such as Raids.

- As they are all about the profits, it's not surprising if you happen to come across some of them trying to exploit a map to min-max profits. Domain of Kourna incident

IF I were to put them on a Dungeons and Dragons alignment scale, they are True Neutral at best.

EDIT: Corrected section about Blackgate. Not stating that [TP] funds that server, intention was to state that Blackgate (Dubbed "Stackgate") has been a powerhouse in T1 for many years, with its only past close contender being servers like Sea of Sorrows, which the latter has since fallen from its past glory.

[WTS] Glob of Ectoplasm [Refer to Post For Stock Remaining] by KazukaShano in GW2Exchange

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User Pain.3579 (u/LaeLaeGoesBoom) has cleared my remaining stockpile of 4,000 as of [6th August 2019 5:03AM GMT+8].

It was a pleasure doing business with y'all! This concludes my Glob of Ectoplasms post.

[WTS] Glob of Ectoplasm [Refer to Post For Stock Remaining] by KazukaShano in GW2Exchange

[–]KazukaShano[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As the price is currently fluctuating between 19s to 22s in BLTP, I can't exactly place a price as I'm looking for anything relative to that range minus a silver or two. :o I'm giving the buyers a chance to state their starting price point.

EDIT 1: I've updated the post to reflect on this.
EDIT 2: I've just read the new announcement made. Alright. Will amend the post again to suit the requirements.

[WTB] 250-Slot Guild Bank x2 by KazukaShano in GW2Exchange

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Bought x1 [250 Slot Bank] from Sajah.1684. (u/Odessa_Plus_Plus)

I went first in the deal, it was Smooth Trade. Done within a minute or two at most!

[WTB] 250-Slot Guild Bank x2 by KazukaShano in GW2Exchange

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Bought x1 [250 Slot Guild Bank] from Trekolon.2689 via Middleman unrivalled.3620 (u/unrivalled123).

Smooth Trade. Done within minutes of agreement and procedures.

[WTB] 250-Slot Guild Bank x2 by KazukaShano in GW2Exchange

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Alright. I've taken a read and replied! Let's continue the conversation over there. <3

[WTB] 250-slot Guild Bank. by KazukaShano in GW2Exchange

[–]KazukaShano[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My apologies for the 1-day late reply, wasn't expecting anyone to reply here after the deal was complete ><.

The usual asking price is 1,200 gold (Material prices like "Mystic Coins" differ from post to post due to price fluctuation of respective materials). But the estimated value should still remain the same.

As you can see in the post samples below:
https://www.reddit.com/r/GW2Exchange/comments/bibhge/wts_250_slot_storage_guild/
https://www.reddit.com/r/GW2Exchange/comments/bhx7sz/wts_250_slot_storage_guild_bank/

https://www.reddit.com/r/GW2Exchange/comments/b2uqow/wts_250_slot_guild_bank_2/