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Gold from Gold: The Deconstruction of Golden Wrenches

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  • 05-08-2010 9:47am
    #1
    Antar Bolaeisk
    Registered Users Posts: 3,091 ✭✭✭


    goldendemo.png

    Seems a few people, spurred on by Jon "WiNGSPANTT" Tran, are going to delete their ultra-rare Golden Wrenches in TF2 but they are not going to perform such an insane act without good reason, they're raising money for a charity called Child's Play.

    I think it's such a great idea, to have a positive effect on so many children from a free in-game item and, were I lucky enough to have received a Golden Wrench I would definitely be joining in. Wonder now if any of the other 92 Golden Wrench wielders will part with their weapons and TF2 will see the end of the Australium powered tools.


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    #2
    thewheel2.0
    Registered Users Posts: 1,066 ✭✭✭thewheel2.0


    Antar Bolaeisk wrote: »
    they're raising money for a charity called Child's Play.

    And people look down on gamers? Thats great these guys will be getting my donation.


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    ProjectColossus
    Registered Users Posts: 764 ✭✭✭ProjectColossus


    I put some cash in the pot. Some good finally comes out of the golden wrench BS :D


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    humanji
    Registered Users Posts: 19,976 ✭✭✭✭humanji


    What are golden wrenches?


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    Burgo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,815 ✭✭✭Burgo


    humanji wrote: »
    What are golden wrenches?

    http://tf2wiki.net/wiki/Golden_Wrench


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    ProjectColossus
    Registered Users Posts: 764 ✭✭✭ProjectColossus


    Some extra info here, on the official TF2 wiki


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    SeantheMan
    Registered Users Posts: 6,911 ✭✭✭SeantheMan


    Yeah I gave $15 dollars too, for charity so...why not

    I see Antar is there also with 15 @ no.517 :)


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    Antar Bolaeisk
    Registered Users Posts: 3,091 ✭✭✭Antar Bolaeisk


    SeantheMan wrote: »
    Yeah I gave $15 dollars too, for charity so...why not

    I see Antar is there also with 15 @ no.517 :)

    :)

    I see some $500 dollar donations on that list as well!


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    #9
    SeantheMan
    Registered Users Posts: 6,911 ✭✭✭SeantheMan


    I bet it was Valve themselves and probably PopCap, or else someone that just has waaayyy too much money. Fair play to them though :):)


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    #10
    Antar Bolaeisk
    Registered Users Posts: 3,091 ✭✭✭Antar Bolaeisk


    Wow, over $30,000 for the deletion of a couple of virtual items is not bad going at all.


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    Jonny7
    Registered Users Posts: 6,696 ✭✭✭Jonny7


    Wow cool, 30,000 dollars*!!






    (*includes 96% administration costs)


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    #12
    thewheel2.0
    Registered Users Posts: 1,066 ✭✭✭thewheel2.0


    It warms thee heart...great story!


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    #13
    SeantheMan
    Registered Users Posts: 6,911 ✭✭✭SeantheMan


    I was playin there about 2 weeks ago, when a message came up sayin some fella had just destroyed his Golden Wrench :p

    Aparantely he had heard of the Gold from Gold...but misunderstood it :p


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    quarryman
    Registered Users Posts: 7,496 ✭✭✭quarryman


    ProjectColossus wrote: »
    Some extra info here, on the official TF2 wiki

    I've read that link and I still can't understand how the players were "awarded" the wrenches. Did players actually decrypt code or did they actually "find" them in the game? :confused:


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    Antar Bolaeisk
    Registered Users Posts: 3,091 ✭✭✭Antar Bolaeisk


    quarryman wrote: »
    I've read that link and I still can't understand how the players were "awarded" the wrenches. Did players actually decrypt code or did they actually "find" them in the game? :confused:

    They just got lucky, Valve made a certain number of wrenches available each day and then there was a minuscule chance of crafting a wrench on that day.


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    SeantheMan
    Registered Users Posts: 6,911 ✭✭✭SeantheMan


    Antar Bolaeisk wrote: »
    They just got lucky, Valve made a certain number of wrenches available each day and then there was a minuscule chance of crafting a wrench on that day.

    I think it was over a few days, using all the items you had you had to craft...I wasted...at least 20-30 items trying to get a wrench :P even items that I always had equipped, Sandviches, Kritz, Backburner...everything all went into trying to get a wrench :P


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    #17
    Antar Bolaeisk
    Registered Users Posts: 3,091 ✭✭✭Antar Bolaeisk


    SeantheMan wrote: »
    I think it was over a few days, using all the items you had you had to craft...I wasted...at least 20-30 items trying to get a wrench :P even items that I always had equipped, Sandviches, Kritz, Backburner...everything all went into trying to get a wrench :P

    Tell me about it, my backpack still hasn't recovered :(


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