Is the Lottery for real?

krackcode · Post by **krackcode** » Sat, 28. May 05, 23:21

Man I've bought gobs of tickets and then never hear anything ever again. Is there some type of trick to winning or is it just some money sink scam?

Samustus · Post by **Samustus** » Sat, 28. May 05, 23:25

http://www.egosoft.com/x2/forum/search/ ... efault.css

softweir · Post by **softweir** » Sat, 28. May 05, 23:29

Short answer: The odds of winning (assuming you can actually win) are so remote that the entire X community would have to buy 100 tickets a day each for a few squizillion years for there to be a reasonable chance of winning. IN any case, your account maxxes-out at 2billion credits, so you could never actually collect the entire prize!

However, what you DO get is a bonus on your race reputation, making the lotteries a way of buying happies with the races, rather than having to kill their pirate problems or spend time trading.

krackcode · Post by **krackcode** » Sat, 28. May 05, 23:31

Ah ok thanks for the HU guys.

Maximum476 · Post by **Maximum476** » Sat, 28. May 05, 23:43

I not trying to be rude but have you tried the search function, it saves a lot of repeated threads. Not that we want you to keep necromancing old threads, if you need to ask then please feel free to start a new thread, but the answer to this question has been covered extensively in old threads.

After you have been here for a good fews months you will just think "Oh no, not again" after seeing this question for the 50th time, especially with the turn over this forum gets.

krackcode · Post by **krackcode** » Sat, 28. May 05, 23:46

Well I've only been here a few days, and I see the search function now. Thanks.

Java Jawa · Post by **Java Jawa** » Sun, 29. May 05, 00:22

Check out the FAQ, CBJ (moderator, and a mighty fine moderator at that) has just added a 'Jargon Buster' that will let you check out some of the more commonly used jargon for the X community. It also has answers to extensive questions, ship statistics, the works; everything you need to know.

softweir · Post by **softweir** » Sun, 29. May 05, 02:15

You can find the FAQ via the egosoft home page (support/FAQ/The Return) or at this address: http://www.egosoft.com/support/faq/inde ... &version=4

krackcode · Post by **krackcode** » Sun, 29. May 05, 02:46

Thanks again everyone. I just got a 6600GT and X2 came as OEM sans instructions

. I am starting to get the hang of it thanks to all you fine folk and the plethora of information that's available right here...on a developers forum!

radionotme · Post by **radionotme** » Sun, 29. May 05, 11:39

The instructions can be downloaded as a PDF, although its really not worth the time spent downloading it.
This forum, the FAQ list and the Argonopedia will be your friend for the forseeable future as your life becomes slowly consumed by X...

Vill · Post by **Vill** » Mon, 30. May 05, 11:48

Oh, no not another lotterry ticket question

Sorry guys, couldn't restrain myself

Jon Tetrino · Post by **Jon Tetrino** » Mon, 30. May 05, 12:48

Java Jawa wrote:Check out the FAQ, CBJ (moderator, and a mighty fine moderator at that) has just added a 'Jargon Buster' that will let you check out some of the more commonly used jargon for the X community. It also has answers to extensive questions, ship statistics, the works; everything you need to know.

yea funnily enough that was done by a community member as well, with add ins from pretty much everyone

the whole community runs everything

actually i think that jargon buster topic is still quite new...

http://www.egosoft.com/x2/forum/viewtopic.php?t=84215

btw the FAQ that esd links to in one of the replys has more in it than the first one posted, mainly cause the original poster stopped upgrading it after a while, whereas CBJ kept upgrading it.

Duriel_LOP · Post by **Duriel_LOP** » Mon, 30. May 05, 13:39

The person who only really knows is the person who wrote the lottery script/thingy

Java Jawa · Post by **Java Jawa** » Mon, 30. May 05, 13:41

and he ain't sayin' . . .