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| 02 Dec 2015 07:16 PM |
So I am going to start off by saying that some of these details may be a bit hazy due to the fact it was several years ago, but yeah. Also, my formatting and writing skills suck.
I joined roblox in 2008 when I was 9 or 10 years old because my neighbor told me about it. He was actually two years younger than me, but he was the only person in my neighborhood that was semi close to my age and we became great friends.
I went from 2008 to probably 2011 without builders club. I just enjoyed playing the game. I loved the simplicity of it back in 2008. As Roblox started to evolve more and more and get more popular, I lost interest in the new complicated games. Started buying limited items a lot. Tried to make investments. I failed miserably... I was one of those noobs that resold other's shirt for a while until I realized that was stealing other's work.
Rainbow shaggy coming out was the turning point in my roblox playing time. I was one of the original owners, and by some stroke of luck I was on the catalog when it just came out. I instantly, and I mean instantly, sold it for 5k because I thought it was gonna fail. I beat myself up after I saw it raise... Kinda sucked looking at that. That was when I really started LMaDing. I was stupid and knew nothing of prices, trade values, selling values, whatever else there was to trading. I started making money from the trade currency system with my measly 5k that I obtained from rainbow shaggy and managed to build to classic fedora and clockwork's headphones. I was obsessed with the game at this point. I began selling roblox cards for robux at some point around this time. I got scammed once, but had somewhere around 20 good transactions I think. This is when I got involved with the limited item "black market" of roblox. People would post on LMaD selling items for d0nks or other code words for USD or whatever. I started buying, profiting, then selling back. I wasn't great at trading but it was fun.
I then met a random stranger who I think used the account Jexix for a while and we became good friends. Little did I know, this guy would become my best friend and business partner for a while. I don't actually remember his other accounts, but we ended up making a joint account at some point. SoloSunrise is what we used the longest. We had a lot of fun. traded lots of items, I payed for BC on the account while he did a lot more trading than me, but we had an equal relationship I think on the account. It was great, I think it was 2013 that was the best summer for me, not just in Roblox but outside of Roblox too. I got a better connection with my half-brother that summer and was also on roblox more than I'd like to admit.
Anyway, what most of you are probably wanting to know is more about the blackmarket part. PP was the method of payment primarily used. As I said before, I'd generally contact people through forums. I remember doing deals with people like RobloxProfit, Almagro, mygame43, and other random people. I think the biggest thing me and Jexix sold on our joint account was a PSTF, but we sold things around that value a few times. I ended up wanting to quit the game around mid 2013 and Jexix and I began talking about how to split our profits. We got in an argument about something related to the payment. I don't even remember what it was, but we resolved it. After selling my half I think I had made something like 500-600 USD from that one summer of 2013 with him. Was a lot of fun and it's something I wouldn't trade. There were a few times where we encountered scammers and managed to stay away. I remember losing a Blue Steel Fedora at some point, but I think that was the biggest thing we lost.
All in all my experience was great and I wouldn't trade it. The money I made on roblox helped fund my first computer (well, the first one I built anyway) and now I do a lot GFX work, website creation, and 3d modeling. I'm in my senior year of highschool and I owe a lot of stuff to Roblox oddly enough.
Any questions, ask away. I hope this gets seen some, but it may get buried. Cheers to all those who were my friends and supported me. |
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WaterNeko
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| 02 Dec 2015 07:18 PM |
Only $500 in a summer? Kinda weak dontcha think? |
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| 02 Dec 2015 07:19 PM |
| Also, if any of you ever hung out in the LMaD3 tiny-chatroom, I was in there a lot 2012 through when I quit. |
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| 02 Dec 2015 07:20 PM |
| @Water, I realize it wasn't actually that much, but it was cool to make that in a summer while playing a game I enjoyed. |
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WaterNeko
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| 02 Dec 2015 07:21 PM |
ye i made that yesterday selling items lol |
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| 02 Dec 2015 07:26 PM |
i just realized this account might get banned now rip |
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| 02 Dec 2015 07:29 PM |
yeah i probs should of added a tl;dr
i basically made money and got scammed a few times. The money I made was used on other things that spiked my interests today. as a senior im doing lots of stuff now so yeah. i actually owe a lot to roblox |
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| inspired me to do great things |
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| 19 Aug 2016 10:57 AM |
| So you guys are the lucky ones that get robux from ur parents. just 1 r0bux is a whole treasure for me cause i hav 0 |
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| 09 Apr 2017 02:08 AM |
| thanks for sharing that was intresting to read- i would be so mad if i sold Rainbow shaggy then relized it was # #### XD Send Trades→ roblox.com/Trade/TradeWindow.aspx?TradePartnerID=136291155 |
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