RobRoy -Leaping into the Spotlight

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Onkel RobRoy Bob. Only a day ago, the community had little or no idea of his existence. Now everyone is asking the same question. "Who is he?"

The 37 year old Swede has been until recently quite unknown. "I am not a fame seeking man" he promptly points out, "I'm not so loud or outgoing, really. I'm just looking for a good deal."

Yet, he seems welcoming and friendly as I meet him at the top of his very own mall, outside his new penthouse apartment door. Dressed in a business suit, he seemed to underline the statement of making a good deal, and the Omegatron Chasers on his feet seem to give a hint about his profession as a hunter in Entropia. RobRoy is not, despite some rumors that have been circulating, a newly created avatar. His first steps on Calypso were taken in December 2003 after visiting a LAN which his workmate Zaphod and the renowned Warants general Skalman attended. They introduced him to the virtual universe Entropia, and since then he has been a steady visitor.

However, crawling from under a rock and into the spotlight can be troublesome. "There have been alot of rumors about me being a second avatar of someone else, but I'm not. I have been around for three years and I'll be around for at least three years more. I cannot live without EU, it's a part of me now, like my rent-bills!" he says and laughs. -"Are you not afraid of conspiracy theories then?" I ask. "Always. Where there is money there will also be bad people."

[wrap=left]https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/gallery/files/5/8/robroy.jpg[/wrap]"I have seen many good deals pass through EU, so now I thought it was finally my turn." Yesterday RobRoy won the auctions of the newly built Emerald Lakes and Twin Peak malls. The Emerald Lakes Mall also includes a beautiful land area with green, untouched fields and clear blue skies reminiscent of a painting. "I would like to offer a complete place for people to stay, a place that can service all their needs." RobRoy has given his idealistic plans some thought. "I will listen to what people want to hunt and make a balance out of it." For a guy who hasn't participated much in the community earlier, he sure seems eager to please.

And for the opportunity to do so, the IRL blue-collar man paid 746,000 Project Entropia Dollars. How could he afford it? Not just buying the Emerald Lakes mall, but also the one at Twin Peaks at a cost of 350,000 PEDs, meaning he had over 1 million PEDs balance, enough to buy Club NeverDie a year ago.

"The money I got from my bank, with help from my parents for some bank-security" he tells me, however pointing out that he does not come from a rich family. He himself works at Volvo Cars as a quality engineer at the development plant located at, as he puts it, "the best coast" - and the city of Gothenburg.

"My goal was to get Emerald Lakes, so getting the Twin Peaks mall was just a bonus. I honestly thought that Anshe Chung would put up a much harder fight." Yet after winning the auction of the Twin Peaks mall, he sold it on Flerin neomaven Flerinson, and thus now owns just the one mall, not two.

"Ingame the future is cooperation." I have just asked him about his vision of the future Entropia. "And that will bring much understanding between people around the globe. Perhaps even peace. We have only seen a small part of EU`s power. I have seen it grow since I started, but these days everything happens much faster."

-"But, what if the plan fails?" the words just fall out of my mouth. I do not wish to discourage him. Yet he seems steady as a rock.

"Fails?" he answers like it would be absurd that such a thing would happen. -"The future is what you make of it. No one will do anything for you, you must do it youself or die trying! Entropia Universe is the land of the free and the brave" he finishes, and winks.
 
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Good interview, i was curious to see who this investor was. I too thought him to be a 2nd avatar.

But, good to see this cleared up. It is kinda fun to talk conspiracy though...

Im just glad Emerald Lakes didn't end up either on a reseller's hands or people from other games.

Good luck with your business RobRoy, im sure that Mall is going to prove a good investment in the near future.


And good interview Skam :)
 
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Nice one Skam, that filled in the much needed missing gap in the whole story!

Now, let's get RobRoy on the forum and saying hello to all of us here! :D
 
Gratz mate :) Wish I had 10% of that in peds.. LOL

Anywho.. Why did you sell Twin Peaks mall?
 
Excellent reporting Skam

And it will be interesting to see how RobRoy handles his new investment, as well as the degree of recognition and fame that ensues; we will all watch the transition with great interest :pic:

Seems like a great guy :beerchug:
 
Good to meet Robroy and look forward to seeing him in game!
 
and *why* was twin peaks bought & sold immediately?
 
To get peds to battle Anshe for EL.

I'm not sure of what came first but I thought (not sure!) that he had both claims at the same time, and only sold after getting emerald also :confused:

And if he really ONLY wanted emerald, why bid on twin in the first place, win it, and then sell it again risking to lose emerald aswell :?

I hope i'm making sense here :)
 
Welcome to the Spotlight RobRoy. Looks like you have great friends to help you. Best of luck with the mall!
 
Good interview Skam!! :thumbup:
 
Congrats on your purchase RobRoy! :D
 
Great invterview Skam and RobRoy.

Indeed, if we cooperate we can achieve anything. Best of luck in your endeavors RobRoy.
 
Big Gratz to the best purchase in this case!

I do hope it all work out to be a good investment fo u Robroy! And i truely do think so! U did the best purchase no doubt and i also glad that it was someone like u and not Ann she that got it!:yay:
I hope i might be able to atleast get peds to by a shop at ur Mall someday ! lol:rolleyes:
Great interviue Skam nice to see u back in the job again! I missed u! :wtg:
Regards
 
Congratulations
 
I'm not sure of what came first but I thought (not sure!) that he had both claims at the same time, and only sold after getting emerald also :confused:

And if he really ONLY wanted emerald, why bid on twin in the first place, win it, and then sell it again risking to lose emerald aswell :?

first scenario seems the case, he sold the PA mall after all the auctions where over, he announced the sale at Emerald Mall later that evening. begs the question, what does Neomaven have a spare 350K lying about in game for (and could i have some please) :ahh: .

"My goal was to get Emerald Lakes, so getting the Twin Peaks mall was just a bonus. I honestly thought that Anshe Chung would put up a much harder fight."
seems straight forward enough, bid on two to ensure you get one of them.
 
still for the game its to bad Anshe didnt make it into EU this time,
i wonder how long till we hear from here again, or what she s already planning atm.
With her woudl come a load of publicity and a stream of [Other Game] gamers and investors all figuring that if Anshe smells money, there is a piece of the cake for them too.

At first when i saw her bids i was like "wtf, stay away from our game, get back too your [Other Game]" but then i realised its maybe the best thing for EU yet in terms of growht.

[Other Game] doenst have a fixed rate between ingame and rl money, thats very risky, hyper infaltion could hit bigger then here, in Eu u know the peds on your card are worth dollars as long as the game excists.

I hope MA figures out a way to get her and [Other Game] gamers involved,

and also a very big gratz too all mallowners : if u got the balls; use them ;))


greetz
CBB
 
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The very bestwith your new investment!
 
"Are you not afraid of conspiracy theories then?" I ask. "Always. Where there is money there will also be bad people."


I like this question and this answer is very straight on.

Good Luck with the mall !!!


,Beo
 
first scenario seems the case, he sold the PA mall after all the auctions where over, he announced the sale at Emerald Mall later that evening. begs the question, what does Neomaven have a spare 350K lying about in game for (and could i have some please) :ahh: .


seems straight forward enough, bid on two to ensure you get one of them.


Or quite possibly & very hypothetically Neomaven didn´t have 350k´s in lose peds & payed Rob Roy via banktransaction. Since it´s Skalmans irl-friend trust is hardly a problem :) Reason for this could be a settled agreement between the two parties...better that one deposit bigtime just in case they´d miss out on one of the malls

I don´t mind whatever the reasons are though...the peds are in MA´s pocket just as planned. Now it will be fun to see how it all works out in EU. Therefor I wish the all the mallowners good luck with business :)
 
mhm

lol its so funny, just sooo funny.
ok.
Like, if someone makes a user to EU, nobody knows who he is, and in 2 days he is allready so famous, just ... so wierd to think.

how do u know maby I am too famous :p some known name, like i dunno:
Michael Jordan
and i made u user to EU AdjustedShadow , why didn't u talk about me ? :)
I am not famous ? best NBA player in the world :p
or this guy, can't remember his name, but he writed a diary or smt. I read it, and it sound .. mhm.. he knew what he was telling us.
anyway :) welcome to our new member:)
and let we make a great thx to Mindark, who made project entropia:)
otherwise u would play right now... mhmm.. Sims :D


and one more question:how old are u Skam ? :p

roll,roll,roll a joint twist it at the ends! light it up and take a puff and past it to your friends.

and Neo Sharp !! plzzzz I want to be your looooter plzzzz:D
 
Congratulations to you Rob, and welcome to instant EU celebrity status :laugh:

Best of luck with your investment
 
still for the game its to bad Anshe didnt make it into EU this time,
i wonder how long till we hear from here again, or what she s already planning atm.
With her woudl come a load of publicity and a stream of [Other Game] gamers and investors all figuring that if Anshe smells money, there is a piece of the cake for them too.

At first when i saw her bids i was like "wtf, stay away from our game, get back too your [Other Game]" but then i realised its maybe the best thing for EU yet in terms of growht.

[Other Game] doenst have a fixed rate between ingame and rl money, thats very risky, hyper infaltion could hit bigger then here, in Eu u know the peds on your card are worth dollars as long as the game excists.

I hope MA figures out a way to get her and [Other Game] gamers involved,

and also a very big gratz too all mallowners : if u got the balls; use them ;))


greetz
CBB



wow, I never thought about it that way...I think this situation you explain has the possibility to be much better!
 
Why would he sell Twin? What are you nuts?
Don't you even see what he did?
That's one of the best deals I've ever seen!
If he sold Twin for 700,000 ped as rumored then his
total investment for the LA and Mall is just over 46,000 ped :>
Even if he sold it for only 400,000 he lowered his initial
investment down to ~346,000 to get the Land and Mall :>

WOW!

ps good luck with it!
 
averaging down

What a great strategy you exibited to keep your costs low.
Clearly the winner.


Great Job


Bones
 
Why would he sell Twin? What are you nuts?
Don't you even see what he did?
That's one of the best deals I've ever seen!
If he sold Twin for 700,000 ped as rumored then his
total investment for the LA and Mall is just over 46,000 ped :>
Even if he sold it for only 400,000 he lowered his initial
investment down to ~346,000 to get the Land and Mall :>

Well not quite. He spent 746,007+350,004 = 1,096,011.

So if he sold Twin for 700,000 thats still 396,011 spent. Or if he sold Twin for 400,000 thats 696,011 spent.
 
Nice Interview Skam and RobRoy.

Grats on the purchase and look forward to seeing how it all turns out.

:wtg: :cheer:
 
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