lordnikon
Another Striker
- Joined
- Aug 7, 2003
- Posts
- 324
I can feel the adrenaline coursing through my veigns right now.
I have been searching for this Xbox game for a little over a year on ebay. In that time I have spotted only 1 Buy it Now Auction, for a lot of money, and before I could make up my mind, it was snagged. For over 10 months now I have not seen another listing. Finally another was listed.
I have been sitting, waiting patiently for this auction to tick down. NINE (9) DAYS I have been patiently waiting. The auction was set to end at 11:30am Central US Daylight time. At my work ebay traffic is blocked by websense. However I have ways to get around this. I arrive at work today and my route is blocked. Apparently the data center where my proxy is setup is getting a SYN DDOS attack and is crippled.
At this point I am going out of my mind.
At around the 10:45 mark I start trying some other things. I do a search on google, then click to login through the "cache". BAM it works! Either websense isn't blocking at this specific time, or funneling through google cache got me through. Whatever, who cares, all that matters is that I am in.
I leave the page up and only refresh every 5-10 minutes, patiently waiting... biding my time. At this point the auction is still at $85.00.
I still have not told you all what I am bidding on. So I shall now explain. I am a big fan of From Software, and the Armored Core franchise is one of my favorite game series ever. I have known about the Import original XBOX title "METAL WOLF CHAOS" since its release. At the time I wasn't as well off moneywise as I am now(meaning I was broke back then), and was not hip to the limited pressing of this title. Otherwise I would have bought it immediatly. I should point out that I am not one of those college dropout internet surfing idiots who, only just recently happened upon this games plotline on youtube and get all "LOLLERSKATES" over it. The setup for Metal Wolf Chaos is directly in-line with the over the top style and attitude of your average Arcade Game. So I am not some new to the party poser who doesn't understand what this game is all about. I am a huge fan of mech games, and arcade games, and realise that this title is a perfect marriage of both worlds.
...OK BACK TO REALITY...
Fast Forward to 55 seconds left to go in the auction. The price is already starting to spike, it hits 90, then 105.
There is now 35 seconds left...
There is now 21 seconds left...
I now slam in my max bid of $250.00!
The auction is now at 202.50
OH NO!! 2 Seconds left and the auction has spiked to 250.00!!!!!!
2!
1!
AUCTION HAS ENDED.
I won the item for 250.00 flat. In the last 15 seconds someone also put in the same 250 max bid. However since I was the first person to put up that same exact max bid, I was the one that won the auction. Had that other bidder entered 1 more cent, they would have won.
This auction was for a sealed METAL WOLF CHAOS Japanese Import for the original XBOX.
Thanks for reading. I am pretty happy and excited right now
I have been searching for this Xbox game for a little over a year on ebay. In that time I have spotted only 1 Buy it Now Auction, for a lot of money, and before I could make up my mind, it was snagged. For over 10 months now I have not seen another listing. Finally another was listed.
I have been sitting, waiting patiently for this auction to tick down. NINE (9) DAYS I have been patiently waiting. The auction was set to end at 11:30am Central US Daylight time. At my work ebay traffic is blocked by websense. However I have ways to get around this. I arrive at work today and my route is blocked. Apparently the data center where my proxy is setup is getting a SYN DDOS attack and is crippled.
At this point I am going out of my mind.
At around the 10:45 mark I start trying some other things. I do a search on google, then click to login through the "cache". BAM it works! Either websense isn't blocking at this specific time, or funneling through google cache got me through. Whatever, who cares, all that matters is that I am in.
I leave the page up and only refresh every 5-10 minutes, patiently waiting... biding my time. At this point the auction is still at $85.00.
I still have not told you all what I am bidding on. So I shall now explain. I am a big fan of From Software, and the Armored Core franchise is one of my favorite game series ever. I have known about the Import original XBOX title "METAL WOLF CHAOS" since its release. At the time I wasn't as well off moneywise as I am now(meaning I was broke back then), and was not hip to the limited pressing of this title. Otherwise I would have bought it immediatly. I should point out that I am not one of those college dropout internet surfing idiots who, only just recently happened upon this games plotline on youtube and get all "LOLLERSKATES" over it. The setup for Metal Wolf Chaos is directly in-line with the over the top style and attitude of your average Arcade Game. So I am not some new to the party poser who doesn't understand what this game is all about. I am a huge fan of mech games, and arcade games, and realise that this title is a perfect marriage of both worlds.
...OK BACK TO REALITY...
Fast Forward to 55 seconds left to go in the auction. The price is already starting to spike, it hits 90, then 105.
There is now 35 seconds left...
There is now 21 seconds left...
I now slam in my max bid of $250.00!
The auction is now at 202.50
OH NO!! 2 Seconds left and the auction has spiked to 250.00!!!!!!
2!
1!
AUCTION HAS ENDED.
I won the item for 250.00 flat. In the last 15 seconds someone also put in the same 250 max bid. However since I was the first person to put up that same exact max bid, I was the one that won the auction. Had that other bidder entered 1 more cent, they would have won.
This auction was for a sealed METAL WOLF CHAOS Japanese Import for the original XBOX.
Thanks for reading. I am pretty happy and excited right now