Wealth, Fame, Power [Failed Experiment]

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phoopes, one of the Four Emperors of Smogoff, achieved this and everything else Smogon.com had to offer. And his April Fool’s Day words drove countless souls to the forums.

“You want my treasure? You can have it! I left all the posting points I stole gathered together in one place. Now, you just have to find them.”

These words lured posters to Smogoff, pursing dreams greater than they ever dared to imagine. This is the time known as the great posting point pirate era!
 
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you have been awarded one posting point

phoopes edit: officially pirating this posting point
i pilfer this pirated posting point
 
Wealth, fame, and power... Could I do that without the fame? Being famous would be a nightmare, especially with me also being powerful and wealthy. I might get assassinated in horrendous fashion if I was famous. So maybe give me the wealth and the power and give someone else the fame. Seems fair in my eyes. Or maybe split it up like the Tri-Force and give each one to a different person. I'd take anything but the fame. I'd actually prefer nothing over the fame. So yes, you should do that. Splitting it up also leaves more winners and therefore higher customer satisfaction. And everyone loves higher customer satisfaction. They won't leave bad reviews then. Not that I would ever leave a bad review, I would only leave a good review with constructive criticism.
 
“You want my treasure? You can have it! I left all the posting points I stole gathered together in one place. Now, you just have to find them.”

i found it! but... i think i just saw through your game, scalawag. you didn't actually hide the treasure, did you? the phoopes i know wouldn't have hid it there. you just made us do the work of finding it. you look like a big philanthropist, and when i reveal the treasure, you'll sneak away with some of the posting points!

...unless, by chance, you actually did hide it there. unlikely, but anything's possible. i'll trust you if you pm me the correct location.
 
I wanted this to last 1000+ episodes like One Piece but it looks like this is dying out already at episode (post) 19 :pirate:

keep searching the depths of Smogoff, posting point pirates!
 
Now here's a thought. Think of this. Phoopes seemingly gains nothing from these posting points being found, correct? Nothing clearly visible at least. But why would you do this otherwise? We all know that Phoopes isn't kind or generous, so this isn't just to be nice to people. So, that leaves 2 options in my mind. Number one is that this isn't the real Phoopes, and is instead a horrible beast luring us to a "treasure" that is, in reality, just it eating the person who finds. This would explain the odd willingness to just give away treasure. However, what it does not explain is how this beast types in almost the exact same fashion that Phoopes does. One could explain this through some sort of "memory consumption" power, but that just seems a little bit too convenient for our situation. Even then, we do not want to eliminate this possibility, as it could still be true. Now, my next idea. Phoopes secretly has no treasure. In this situation, she loses nothing! But she does gain entertainment. Here's the scene. Phoopes is bored, doing nothing and wondering what to watch. Then suddenly, an idea! The idea is to give people false hope of a treasure that doesn't exist. Then, as everyone stumbles around wildly looking for the treasure, entertainment is created! You would get to watch people search and search, never finding the supposed treasure. You get to see them become more desperate, trying their hardest to trick Phoopes into revealing the location but to no avail. And, in the end, Phoopes has also made a profit off of free reactions to something that doesn't exist. The only problem is that some have already fallen for this trap, and may not believe that Phoopes would be so malevolent as to do this for entertainment. That is a problem for another post though.
 
bold of you to assume it isn't
ThatOneSpork,

Your most recent message (Wealth, Fame, Power) shows a lack of respect for the level of decorum we expect out of participants in Smogoff threads. Your messages may have been removed or altered as a result. This infraction is worth 4 points and will never expire.

To clarify this infraction: 10 times out of 10, threatening a world-renowned water polo player, musician, and former bouncer will result in immediate removal from the community.

If you'd like to appeal this infraction, submit an Infraction Appeal, but I wouldn’t bother.


Thanks,

- on behalf of the lowercase mod gang (phoopes / dave)
 
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