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Blood Reliquaries

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  1. Rufus D`Asperdi

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    You created a Play, Your Excellency! I *KNEW* you had it in you! BRAVO!!! :)
     
    Rufus D`Asperdi, Jul 8, 2016
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    Browncoat Jayson Legend of the Hearth

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    I did add both the Lord British and Darkstarr bundle info to SotAwiki, in case anyone wanted to see the stuff that is included. Not everything is linked yet, since there isn't anything to show, but it should give you an idea how expansive these bundles are.
     
    Browncoat Jayson, Jul 8, 2016
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    This has definitely generated lots of press. Here's a few:

    http://massivelyop.com/2016/07/08/r...selling-their-blood-for-shroud-of-the-avatar/
    http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/...Britishs-Blood-to-Raise-Funds-is-a-Thing.html
    http://www.escapistmagazine.com/for...Now-Buy-the-Blood-of-Richard-Garriott-on-Ebay
    https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/07/08/richard-garriotts-blood/
    http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/07/finally-you-can-buy-richard-garriotts-blood/
    http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-07-08-richard-garriott-selling-vials-of-his-blood-on-ebay

    Just about all of the comments however, are negative. Some do recognize it as a marketing stunt though. No mention in any article or commentary how this relates to the game (lore) other than pure promotion. Still catching up on the livestream, so not sure if it was mentioned there yesterday?
     
    smack, Jul 8, 2016
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    Probably won't matter, the word is being spread about Richard and the game (even bad publicity is good, and we will see it truly in action here).. the people who are interested in blood and art like this, often aren't the outgoing-post-on-gaming-articles type imho..
     
    Cinder Sear, Jul 8, 2016
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    Ay yi yi. All I can do is put my face in my hands and shake my head. :oops:
     
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    It's been shown repeatedly over the course of the last 3 years that no matter what they do, someone's going to ***** about it.
    There is also the adage that no publicity is bad publicity...

    Star Citizen gets plenty of bad publicity, but they keep raking in money. (Including from me... Not as much there as here, but a not insignificant amount... and I have a higher opinion of SotA and the work they're doing than I do of SC)

    EDIT: Just read through the comments in the referenced links... All seem pretty tame and predictable to me. Most recognize it for what it is... a few are offended... a few complaints about the man and the game, and predictably a few references to... other bodily fluids.

    Seems to me it's all quite predictable and really pretty tame for Internet comments, and not really anything that hasn't already been thrown out in this thread... Including the reference to... other bodily fluids.
     
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    Rufus D`Asperdi, Jul 8, 2016
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    Browncoat Jayson Legend of the Hearth

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    I don't recall any lore, although there could definitely be some established. Why are the Fortus River and Bloodriver red? Is there a connection to them? Who creates reliquaries in Novia? Hopefully we will get some lore and they can spin this well!
     
    Browncoat Jayson, Jul 8, 2016
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    Duke Gréagóir, Jul 8, 2016
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    Maybe they went underground, so those who are sensitive to it can't see it and it won't bother them anymore! :) It is a shame when free expression does not win in a society that preaches it.
     
    Cinder Sear, Jul 8, 2016
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    Or maybe the devs can just let us know what happened...but then speculation is more fun! :rolleyes:

    So I'm going to guess that a mini Lord British started growing within the reliquary, so Richard pulled the listing and is now nursing his clone baby by feeding it more of Darkstarr's blood. If you listen closely enough, you can hear the hellspawn saying "ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn"
     
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    No, that's not what happened at all. The reliquaries were stolen by a wizard, who took them to a remote location in the swamps of Novia. Nevermind, I'm getting ahead of myself.
     
    Drocis the Devious, Jul 8, 2016
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    do you have a link?
     
    Roper Docholiday, Jul 8, 2016
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    Links are the names.

     
    Selene, Jul 8, 2016
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    Link got pulled is all that happened here. I also removed several posts for going off the deep end of the conversation.
     
    Berek, Jul 8, 2016
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    I agreed with the OP of the dissenting thread that was locked.

    We need farm animals before this :)
     
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    I would love to own Lord British's Blood Reliquary.

    Prob got pulled from ebay due to bundling with ingame/intangible assets which is against ebay policy.
     
    Vox Aquila, Jul 8, 2016
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    How about just give it to the highest paid users during telethon?
     
    Roycestein Kaelstrom, Jul 8, 2016
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    Great news on the pipes!

    Does mean we will get to grow .... um, tobacco .... too?
     
    Beaumaris, Jul 8, 2016
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    Would like to see a corn pipe.
     
    Alexander, Jul 8, 2016
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    Did they ban RAGARRIOTT on ebay? I can't find anything for sale/auction by him now?
     
    Mandalar, Jul 8, 2016
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