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Old 09-12-2007, 04:20 AM   #1
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Can any one tell me what "Pieces of eight are?" What purpose do they serve:confused:.....SAL
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Old 09-12-2007, 07:14 AM   #2
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Dunno what purpose they serve on this board exactly , but if I remember correctly "pieces of eight" are a currency from the Monkey Island adventure games... so I guess you can take it to be some kind of wink, wink, nudge, nudge "currency" or "reward".
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Old 09-12-2007, 07:48 AM   #3
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I know guessing the screenshot of today will earn you some, and I guess it's sort of a "prize", guess correctly and you will be rich and everybody will be in awe of your unparallelled knowledge of old games
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And when you get enough pieces o' eight, you can buy out the whole Abandonia and turn it into a website with advice for pregnant bears.
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From what I know, there was some intention that pieces of eight would be a way of getting into the VIP section.
And that they would also be given for uploading/reviewing games, submitting extras and translating the reviews.
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Old 09-12-2007, 01:13 PM   #6
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From what I know, there was some intention that pieces of eight would be a way of getting into the VIP section.
And that they would also be given for uploading/reviewing games, submitting extras and translating the reviews.
What happaned to the Legends scans that I gave in ages ago? :confused:
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Old 10-12-2007, 03:26 PM   #7
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From what I know, there was some intention that pieces of eight would be a way of getting into the VIP section.
And that they would also be given for uploading/reviewing games, submitting extras and translating the reviews.
How much piece of eight do you get for submitting Extras? translating Review? etc? a list would be good.

but VIP Section shouldn't be the only way to get purchased with piece of eight? for example a own Usertitle or such?

@Frodo + Swampthing you are not alone. i too did submitting some Extra.
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Old 03-09-2008, 03:57 PM   #8
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Default Pieces of eight

Yesterday I logged in and saw that my entire collection of pieces of eight, some 667 - were gone! I had a rank of about 70, now it's 1486 Have anyone else experienced this? What's going on?
Anyway, I've answered the daily screenshot quiz and gained 6 new pieces of eight but I want the rest back...
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Old 03-09-2008, 04:00 PM   #9
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have you changed your profile information?
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Old 03-09-2008, 04:04 PM   #10
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I was in an added a few lines on my personal info, "busy with" section, but I would have kept out if I knew it would cost me this much No seriously I did change a few lines but why did my pieces dissappear?
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