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What was your luckiest day ever in gaming?
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Punished Miku
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Randomly got asked to switch to a different server in FFXI by someone I'd never met on my 1st day playing it, killing rabbits outside San d'Oria. Eventually led to making a few lifelong friends, and probably changed the whole trajectory of my career, school and life plans in a butterfly effect.
Trogdor1123
Gold Member
Not really sure… one thing that comes to mind is when I was playing wild arms 1 on ps1 I got found the necronomican during a regular play through really early as I recall. I ended up keeping it equipped for the rest of the game.
Grildon Tundy
Gold Member
I won Simpsons Road Rage for PS2 after submitting entries to a Blockbuster contest under each of my family members' names.
Proved to me that those contests aren't complete shams!
Proved to me that those contests aren't complete shams!
RedHotFlip
Neo Member
In destiny a week or two after launch I got icebreaker after a nightfall and then got gjallarhorn 2-3 pvp matches after that. I was way more excited for ice breaker until I found out how powerful g horn was back then.
R6Rider
Gold Member
I've had lots of crazy lucky moments in online games like Battlefield, Siege, and The Finals.
No way can I remember all of them or pick a specific day lol
I do remember a moment in Bad Company 2. Near the end of a Rush match I was using the guided rocket (your aim affects where it goes). I fired a shot and spun around in circles while the match ended and killed some random enemy across the entire map.
When playing Siege a few years back I was messing around with friends and stated that I'm going to shoot one bullet through this window and I'll get a kill. I did. The poor bastard I domed outside House on the balcony probably thought I was cheating.
No way can I remember all of them or pick a specific day lol
I do remember a moment in Bad Company 2. Near the end of a Rush match I was using the guided rocket (your aim affects where it goes). I fired a shot and spun around in circles while the match ended and killed some random enemy across the entire map.
When playing Siege a few years back I was messing around with friends and stated that I'm going to shoot one bullet through this window and I'll get a kill. I did. The poor bastard I domed outside House on the balcony probably thought I was cheating.
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Mr Hyde
Member
Managed to get a PS5 preorder during launch when Corona made it difficult to buy. I was the last person to place an order on the website before they closed the opportunity. Got the console a month after launch still due to such high demands, but if I had missed the window entirely I probably wouldn't have gotten a console for a year and half at least. Demon's Souls remake was totally worth the hassle and wait for a PS5. Umbasa.
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Heimdall_Xtreme
Hermen Hulst Fanclub's #1 Member
I discovered an Easter egg from Yoshi Island "OH MY", I made it known worldwide, I appeared on a television program in Mexico and my name appeared in an important Mexican magazine "Club Nintendo".
- The day I bought and received Gravity rush 2 Limited edition.
-The day i won the Rockband Bundle in a movie quiz contest.
-Buy the Nintendo Switch with the Hyrule Warriors, BOTW And Mario Oddysey Bundle
-I buy it 5 copies for ps3 of the game The Walking dead survival Instinct. I bought the copies at 1 dollars each one (price system error) and I sold them in my country at 30 dollars, I kept a ''Free'' copy ( because my hobby is collecting videogames in many system) , the rest was gain.
-Buy Haunting ground for 20 dollars.
-Buy Marvel vs Capcom 2 on Xbox for $15
- Buy Metroid prime on Gamecube for 1 full dollar almost new.
- Buy God Hand for $5 complete with manual.
- The day I bought and received Gravity rush 2 Limited edition.
-The day i won the Rockband Bundle in a movie quiz contest.
-Buy the Nintendo Switch with the Hyrule Warriors, BOTW And Mario Oddysey Bundle
-I buy it 5 copies for ps3 of the game The Walking dead survival Instinct. I bought the copies at 1 dollars each one (price system error) and I sold them in my country at 30 dollars, I kept a ''Free'' copy ( because my hobby is collecting videogames in many system) , the rest was gain.
-Buy Haunting ground for 20 dollars.
-Buy Marvel vs Capcom 2 on Xbox for $15
- Buy Metroid prime on Gamecube for 1 full dollar almost new.
- Buy God Hand for $5 complete with manual.
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TrueLegend
Member
Pressing tits in God of War II thinking that's the way I gotta go.
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hinch7
Member
Won one of the rarest knife and item in Counter Strike Go (Karambit Lore) in my very first crate openings - basically a loot box. People would always comment on how I got it and never believed me when I told them how I got it.
Sold it on the marketplace for a hefty sum after maybe a couple years of play.
Sold it on the marketplace for a hefty sum after maybe a couple years of play.
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Jigsaah
Gold Member
Some random guy on Steam bought me a Destiny 2 DLC pack for absolutely no reason other than to be nice because I had it on my wishlist.
This is how I felt when I got the Hagun drop for my SAM in XI. The O.Kote was also a highlight. Farmed that effin mob for 30 days straight. Or the Emperor's hairpin in the DunesThe day I got my Joyeuse in prime Final Fantasy XI. It was just an insane number of happenstances that all came together for me to get it. I'd explain it but anybody that wasn't DEEP into FFXI would have any idea what I'm talking about.
Then a week later I got a Scorpion Harness +1.
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Cyberpunkd
Gold Member
Typical - two Bindings of Thunderfury within the same raid instance.
EverydayBeast
ChatGPT 0.1
Just released, Majora’s Mask and wasn’t available anywhere so you got a friend who worked at “Blockbuster” who had the game.
FromDuskTillGameOver
Member
Purchasing GTA 3 and Halo 2 a week before release date. I was so Popular in der time window.
Mobilemofo
Member
Writing to RARE when I found out about Killer Instinct coming to the SNES. I wanted to know about the custom sound processor sampling, and if mode 7 would be used...
I received a comprehensive reply inside two weeks. I was the happiest motherfucker in the world for a long time. Absolutely buzzing.
I received a comprehensive reply inside two weeks. I was the happiest motherfucker in the world for a long time. Absolutely buzzing.
Magister
Neo Member
Similar case, I got that government unemployability money because I lost my job once and then I bought a PS5 with those funds. In case you wonder, I'm not from USA.
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semiconscious
Member
pre-ordering the chinese import version of demon's souls...
Crispy Gamer
Member
Sept. 26 2024 being able to snag a 30th anny Pro bundle
Hrk69
Gold Member
Hawk The Slayer
Member
When my dad's friend bought me a PS2.
MastAndo
Member
In the summer of '96, I reserved an N64 at Toys R Us for $30. I walk in on launch day and they just handed me the system at the check out window and didn't ask for any money. In hindsight, it wasn't the most ethical thing to do to just walk out of the store, but being 14 years old, I wasn't thinking on that level. Turns out years later, the financial consequences of my actions would rock the very core of this beloved retailer as they would file for bankruptcy and shut down all locations. It still pains me to think about the damage I've done, but yeah, an N64 for $30.
diffusionx
Gold Member
When I was a kid, our family moved to a new house with an old, decrepit, falling apart shed. My dad and I were rummaging through the junk in there, and it truly was junk, just total garbage, we found a NES Power Pad and one of the track and field games for it, the common one (can't be THAT lucky). Brought it in, cleaned it, plugged it in and it worked. So that was pretty cool.
Herbspiceguy
Member
Oh, we're actually talking about luck, nvm.
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Bloobs
Al Pachinko, Konami President
drotahorror
Member
Bought a $100 steam gift card a few years ago off Amazon. They sent me a stack of 10. I shared the wealth a bit with friends.
El Muerto
Member
I went to Walmart one night to get some kitty litter. I saw a Smackdown Vs Raw 2011 for ps3 tournament in the electronics section. I was able to sign up and jump in and won a free copy. I grew up with 4 brothers and we would all play the Smackdown games on ps1 with the multitap almost every night. I was more than prepared.
Brigandier
Member
Had many a lucky day playing FFXI in my near 20 years of it but back in 2009 all in one day it was my most lucky day:
Hauteclaire: (fuck you Khim)
Ares's Cuirass:
Homam Legs:
I really miss the old original FFXI it felt so rewarding when you got equipment that genuinely made a difference, But to get equipment like the above in 1 day was extremely rare.
The week before this I got Homam Hands, Feet and Valhalla Breastplate, My PLD went from meh to excellent in a week, Great times with great people wish I could go back to then.
Hauteclaire: (fuck you Khim)
Ares's Cuirass:
Homam Legs:
I really miss the old original FFXI it felt so rewarding when you got equipment that genuinely made a difference, But to get equipment like the above in 1 day was extremely rare.
The week before this I got Homam Hands, Feet and Valhalla Breastplate, My PLD went from meh to excellent in a week, Great times with great people wish I could go back to then.
Judge Magister
Member
I remember when I caught a copy of GT5 Prologue for PS3 in a store many days before release. The online servers didn't work but i was over the moon playing it offline.
Brigandier
Member
The day I got my Joyeuse in prime Final Fantasy XI. It was just an insane number of happenstances that all came together for me to get it. I'd explain it but anybody that wasn't DEEP into FFXI would have any idea what I'm talking about.
Then a week later I got a Scorpion Harness +1.
I played for nearly 20 years... I'll listen to you!!! Camping against the hordes of RMT on that stupid mob by any chance???
The day I got my Joyeuse in prime Final Fantasy XI. It was just an insane number of happenstances that all came together for me to get it. I'd explain it but anybody that wasn't DEEP into FFXI would have any idea what I'm talking about.
Then a week later I got a Scorpion Harness +1.
I was balls deep in OG FFXI I'd love to hear your story I love old tales from when FFXI was at its best, I hated camping Charybdis it was always heaving with RMT
The climb up that stupid mountain was the hardest part
That skeleton drop rate for O Kote was so bad for me 30 days straight sounds about right, Then you'd always get someone who shows up and claims and gets the drop 1/1
IAmRei
Member
We got lucky
