Recently there was a post asking whether greed and elitism are tearing this community apart which was somewhat of a downer for me. I didn't get to participate in that discussion before the thread got locked,but I would like to share with you guys a story of the direct opposite of what that thread was implying.
Last night Pandora and I held an auction on LS which many of you attended and we had a guildstone,named Hellfire, for sale.There was a person in the crowd that had founded that guild and for whatever reason had lost the stone in an idoc and was attempting to buy it back.As bidding intensified the person had stated that it was their old guildstone at which point another person,named Hellfire, apologized for his bids and backed off,which it seems almost everyone else decided to do.A bidding war ensued which at any other point in time is one of the highlights of any auction but this time it was different.Everyone in the crowd clearly wanted the previous owner to win their stone back and I could feel the disappointment over this battle.In the end the stone sold for 130 million to the previous owner who seemed dismayed over the price.It was at this point that the rares community showed me how little greed truly has a grip.I wont mention names unless I am told it is ok ,but instantly folks asked me to put items on the vendor for them to buy as a way to donate towards the price of the stone.When it was all said and done the winning bidder paid a reasonable price of 45 million and was reunited with their old stone.
I just wanted to shed some light on one of the many random acts of kindness that has held us together for so long and to say no I do not believe greed and/or elitism is pulling us apart.Thank you all,and you know who you are,for this and everything else you do to help keep this community so great to be a part of.
Last night Pandora and I held an auction on LS which many of you attended and we had a guildstone,named Hellfire, for sale.There was a person in the crowd that had founded that guild and for whatever reason had lost the stone in an idoc and was attempting to buy it back.As bidding intensified the person had stated that it was their old guildstone at which point another person,named Hellfire, apologized for his bids and backed off,which it seems almost everyone else decided to do.A bidding war ensued which at any other point in time is one of the highlights of any auction but this time it was different.Everyone in the crowd clearly wanted the previous owner to win their stone back and I could feel the disappointment over this battle.In the end the stone sold for 130 million to the previous owner who seemed dismayed over the price.It was at this point that the rares community showed me how little greed truly has a grip.I wont mention names unless I am told it is ok ,but instantly folks asked me to put items on the vendor for them to buy as a way to donate towards the price of the stone.When it was all said and done the winning bidder paid a reasonable price of 45 million and was reunited with their old stone.
I just wanted to shed some light on one of the many random acts of kindness that has held us together for so long and to say no I do not believe greed and/or elitism is pulling us apart.Thank you all,and you know who you are,for this and everything else you do to help keep this community so great to be a part of.
