Bobby Frankenberger

It was like your neighbor showed up one day with a freaking Lamborghini and is now showing it off in town. That's basically what this thing was. It was a wow equivalent. And I think that the price at the time matched the passion of an auction house-focused player. There are people that just love the financial game. Right. So this seemed like a... To me, that particular amount made a ton of sense.

It was like your neighbor showed up one day with a freaking Lamborghini and is now showing it off in town. That's basically what this thing was. It was a wow equivalent. And I think that the price at the time matched the passion of an auction house-focused player. There are people that just love the financial game. Right. So this seemed like a... To me, that particular amount made a ton of sense.

I remember at the time going, I wish I had 5 million gold here in the battle for Azeroth. That'd be nice. But I knew that it wasn't really for me because I didn't really play the market and other people didn't. It was fine. It was no big deal.

I remember at the time going, I wish I had 5 million gold here in the battle for Azeroth. That'd be nice. But I knew that it wasn't really for me because I didn't really play the market and other people didn't. It was fine. It was no big deal.

Yeah. Yeah, cash, cash money. You got to buy it in the thing. It's got a bunch of gold on it, which makes it seem fancier than perhaps it is. Yeah, go ahead.

Yeah. Yeah, cash, cash money. You got to buy it in the thing. It's got a bunch of gold on it, which makes it seem fancier than perhaps it is. Yeah, go ahead.

begrudge anyone who spent money on this oh no not at all why we have we have we have really good friends who bought in fact we have somebody who runs our our raid team who got one and it's suddenly a really nice addition to the raid team because he's like oh shit we're out of uh potions what are you gonna do i'm gonna get some pots real quick here's the brontosaurus buy him off the auction house five seconds later he's got it in the mail

begrudge anyone who spent money on this oh no not at all why we have we have we have really good friends who bought in fact we have somebody who runs our our raid team who got one and it's suddenly a really nice addition to the raid team because he's like oh shit we're out of uh potions what are you gonna do i'm gonna get some pots real quick here's the brontosaurus buy him off the auction house five seconds later he's got it in the mail

Like, we're going to benefit from him spending his $90. And he knows that.

Like, we're going to benefit from him spending his $90. And he knows that.

Of course.

Of course.

sold in the first place i think is what what we're gonna yeah it's also a little bit contrary to previous blizzard statements about individual dev statements i've read here and there uh even some blue posts back in the day that said things like well here's our justification for doing the bfa one and later on people said yeah we don't we don't love what it did to the overall game exactly like a we we kind of liked that people needed to go to a capital city and do some some actual work to do some of this stuff so

sold in the first place i think is what what we're gonna yeah it's also a little bit contrary to previous blizzard statements about individual dev statements i've read here and there uh even some blue posts back in the day that said things like well here's our justification for doing the bfa one and later on people said yeah we don't we don't love what it did to the overall game exactly like a we we kind of liked that people needed to go to a capital city and do some some actual work to do some of this stuff so

Not like they regretted it, but there was a feeling of like this was a controversial thing, even internally. I don't think there's any question about that. So to see this pop in there and suddenly be a thing, I can see why players immediately go, oh, cash grab, freaking... Is this Blizzard under Microsoft? Oh, no. And they start wanting to pick at everything. And I get the reaction.

Not like they regretted it, but there was a feeling of like this was a controversial thing, even internally. I don't think there's any question about that. So to see this pop in there and suddenly be a thing, I can see why players immediately go, oh, cash grab, freaking... Is this Blizzard under Microsoft? Oh, no. And they start wanting to pick at everything. And I get the reaction.

That's a bunch of money. So my personal stance is this. It's a very simple personal stance. I am tempted for two reasons. One, mostly, it's the limited availability. That works on people, and it works on me.

That's a bunch of money. So my personal stance is this. It's a very simple personal stance. I am tempted for two reasons. One, mostly, it's the limited availability. That works on people, and it works on me.

You don't want to regret a thing, right? It's FOMO. Yes, it's a form of FOMO, something I pride myself in not having that often. Usually it's video game related when I do, but I don't get FOMO for parties or hangouts or anybody who's like, hey, you want to go to that concert? No. No, I don't. I'm good. I got their, I got their CD in my car or whatever. Right.

You don't want to regret a thing, right? It's FOMO. Yes, it's a form of FOMO, something I pride myself in not having that often. Usually it's video game related when I do, but I don't get FOMO for parties or hangouts or anybody who's like, hey, you want to go to that concert? No. No, I don't. I'm good. I got their, I got their CD in my car or whatever. Right.