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Seareach wrote:
Vain wrote:That WGD system gave me headaches ;)
...and we can't have that now, can we! ;)

:wave: Hey ya Vain. How are ya this fine evening? :biggrin:
Hiya :biggrin: I'm fine but this WGD talk is scaring me ;)
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I thought they lost all value the second they got tied to the casino games. I don't miss them one bit, and we could still have all the nifty little shop items without the WGDs.

Holy shit, I sound like a communist!
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Cail wrote:I thought they lost all value the second they got tied to the casino games. I don't miss them one bit, and we could still have all the nifty little shop items without the WGDs.

Holy shit, I sound like a communist!
Comrade Cail! :lol:
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:haha: (...if we reinstate them the Old HL can pay me the 10WGDs he owes me on the SD/Chi game! :P )
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danlo wrote::haha: (...if we reinstate them the Old HL can pay me the 10WGDs he owes me on the SD/Chi game! :P )
I think I need to send interest on the bet. :lol:

Don't think I've forgotten the bet. ;)
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WGDs or not, I still have bragging rights to being the #1 Richest Member back then...

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Thanks to the casino.

And we'd just been recovering from the Great Crash of Revan too. :( :D

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I rather liked having the WGD around. My only issue was that they were far too easy to come by...wait a second...as I recall they were easy to come by because Revan gave me hundreds of thousands of dollars for doing nothing.
Well if it's impossible for anyone to abuse the system I would love to have them back. They are fun and we could certainly use them in the sports forum. :-)
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Jeez, you guys are finicky. Heh.-jay
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If we got them back, but took away the ability to give them to other people, then all would be fine.

Give 'em BACK! :D
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Avatar wrote: Thanks to the casino. ...
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aTOMiC wrote:I rather liked having the WGD around. My only issue was that they were far too easy to come by...wait a second...as I recall they were easy to come by because Revan gave me hundreds of thousands of dollars for doing nothing.
I've gave away WGDs also.
When I had the wealth, I spread it around too. 8)
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I was happy to see them disappear.
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Post by Menolly »

WGDs weren't around for long after I joined the Watch. And other than my custom title at the time, I was never able to spend them, there was never anything available in the shop.

BUT...

I still remember as a newbie being gifted with my first batch of WGDs. To this day, I have no idea who they were from, and I even asked about how I got so many so suddenly. Nothing made me feel more welcome as a member of the Watch than an anonymous gift from whomever. Even if I was unable to spend them on something.

So regardless of if we have a casino, or shop, or bank...I think the WGDs were great for gifting to people and would love to see them back.
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money, i'm all right jack, keep your hands off of my stack...
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I liked my WGDs and I liked all the stuff I bought with them (which now is gone). And I enjoyed the casino, too.
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Money makes the world go around,
the world go around, the world go around,
Money makes the world go around,
it makes the world go round.

A mark, a yen, a buck or a pound,
a buck or a pound, a buck or a pound,
Is all that makes the world go around,
that clinking clanking sound,
Can make the world go round.

If you happen to be rich, and you feel like a night's entertainment,
You can pay for a gay escapade.
If you happen to be rich, and alone and you need a companion,
You can ring ting-a-ling for the maid.
If you happen to be rich and you find you are left by your lover,
Tho you moan and you groan quite a lot,
You can take it on the chin,
call a cab and begin to recover on your fourteen carat yacht.

Money makes the world go around,
the world go around, the world go around,
Money makes the world go around,
of that we both are sure.
(Raspberry) On being poor.

When you haven't any coal in the stove and you freeze in the winter
And you curse to the wind at your fate.
When you haven't any shoes on your feet and your coat's thin as paper
And you look thirty pounds underweight,
When you go to get a word of advice from the fat little pastor,
he will tell you to love evermore.
But when hunger comes to rap, rat-a-tat, rat-a-tat, at the window
See how love flies out the door.

For money makes the world go around, the world go around,
the world go around.
Money makes the world go around,
the clinking, clanking sound
of Money, money, money, money,
Money, money, money, money,
Get a little, get a little,
Money, money, money, money,
Mark, a yen, a buck or a pound,
That clinking, clanking clunking sound
is all that makes the world go round,
It makes the world go round.
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Post by Prebe »

WGD's were an excellent way to gauge which watch-members had the brownest noses.... without actually looking at their noses ;)
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Post by CovenantJr »

I liked the little trinkets and things that could be bought with them (though there were rarely any in stock) but some people focused far too much on their e-wealth, just as some do on post count.
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