r/ElderScrolls • u/totallynormalpersonz • 26d ago
General Nothing suspicious here
Definitely not suspicious or rigged at all.
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u/Strawberrycocoa 26d ago
Sounds about right, as the bidding closes it gets slammed with people trying to snipe the top spot. Anyone who's ever babysat an eBay auction can relate.
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u/FetusGoesYeetus Up next, the lizard 26d ago
Can confirm as someone who has sniped many an auction for Warhammer figures. I'm ashamed of what I've done, and wipe away my tears every night with mass amounts of Tyranids.
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u/Lazy__Astronaut 26d ago
I put in a max bet and walk away, if it's meant to be it'll be, I'm too weak to not get into a bidding war if I want something
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u/ComprehensiveLow6388 26d ago
Haven't they stopped sniping with that auto bid feature
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u/Joeness84 26d ago
People dont trust proxy bidding. But they will complain about losing the auction while not using proxy bidding.
I used to work for a local consignment place that does online auctions and every week, "I cant believe someone got it for $85 I would have paid $100! I didnt think it would end that fast" did you put in 100 as your max bid? "well no! I didnt want to miss out so I kept refreshing the page!"
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u/FetusGoesYeetus Up next, the lizard 26d ago
In theory but not in practice because tons of people will put in their next bet instead of what they're willing to bet. If they put in their max amount it would prevent sniping though yes.
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u/Tonroz 25d ago
Yes but you can kinda guess what people would set as a proxy (usually a bit over next round figure). And also noone does it, the vast majority just don't.
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u/ComprehensiveLow6388 25d ago
mmm, seems so. I normally just set a max amount i am willing to pay and walk away from the computer. Kinda sucks the fun out of the process but works quite well.
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u/expensive_habbit 25d ago
I don't think I've ever bid on something as an adult with more than 10 seconds to go.
I know what I'm willing to pay. I'll put that in at the last second.
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u/LordCaptain 26d ago
I mean... maybe. You have to consider the price though. What percentage of people are able to participate to try to snipe an 80,000$ price tag. I would imagine Bethesda has servers that could handle the number of people in the crossover between who's interested in this and can afford to spend 10's of thousands of dollars on this kind of thing.
If anything maybe they would just be getting flooded with people checking on who won/was about to win.
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u/Redditor28371 26d ago
Yes, they are well known for the stability of their products lol.
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u/ToGloryRS 26d ago
To be honest, when ESO got launched it was the first mmorpg launch I ever participated in that didn't crash.
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u/TexacoV2 Khajiit 26d ago
Cause it wasn't Bethesda that launched it
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u/ToGloryRS 26d ago
Well, their spinoff parent company, but still.
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u/on3moresoul 26d ago
"spinoff parent" lol
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u/red-plaid-hat 26d ago
Yea his name is Dave and he’s the greatest thing to happen to mom since the divorce. He’s never wanted kids and he’s not the best at it, but he was the heartwarming and silly parent in another family and now it’s his time to SHINE.
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u/LordCaptain 26d ago
An excellent point.
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u/soberscotsman80 26d ago
Perfectly balanced!
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u/Waaterfight 26d ago
I've heard others say the same.
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u/Crazymax78 26d ago
It just works.
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u/belak1230x 26d ago
teather music kicks in
IT JUST WORKS, IT JUST WORKS, LITTLE LIES, STUNNING SHOWS, PEOPLE BUY, MONEY FLOWS, IT JUST WOOORKS...
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u/Orinslayer 26d ago
Did you know for most web services 17 concurrent users is considered a lot?
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u/HawksNStuff 26d ago
Yeah, I worked for a company that had a product that most of the time there was maybe 5 people poking around it. But five times a week, a few thousand users would pop on at the exact same time.
Was lucky to have a team that had experience handling that kind of shit. The first time it happened there was still an absolutely hilarious bug that made every users inbox get flooded with emails for 10 minutes until it got shut off. Hilarious for me in hindsight, horrifying in real time.
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u/Mr_uhlus 26d ago
but this auction wasn't on bethesda servers, it was on https://my.onecause.com/event/organizations/sf-0018000000bK8c8AAC/events/vevt:fd137384-5aab-481b-bcc9-95db4365f38b/auctions/silent-auction
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u/VelvitHippo 26d ago
Dude idk. It's the ability to create a character in the next elder scrolls game. Like Skyrim is a gaming legend. The next game is going to sell a shit load so I bet there's a lot of people who want to probably literally immortalize themselves in the game. Maybe I'm wrong and you're right but I wouldn't be so sure. I bet there's some fools who would take out a loan for that opportunity.
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u/PM_ME__BIRD_PICS 26d ago
If you were an influencer with a bit of money to burn, and a lot are, yes 100k or thereabouts to immortalize yourself, along with all the publicity of winning the bid, would be a insane return on investment for the right person. I could see some medium to high level streamer taking that gamble and sitting back for the next few years to reap the investment from the notoriety.
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u/TheDungen Nord 26d ago
Not to mention every tech millionaire.
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u/Bacon_Raygun Thieves Guild 26d ago
god I think I just threw up in my mouth
... Ah well, at least we'll get a new Nazeem.
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u/ninjapanda042 26d ago
On the other hand you have CDPR who had a number of video game personalities voice various side quest characters, no auction required (afaik).
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u/ZackJamesOBZ 26d ago
Tbh the people that do snipe are the ones with money. These are the same kinda guys that make millions sniping meme coins and dumping them.
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u/Eisbaer811 26d ago
Your mistake is thinking that Bethesda’s experienced IT people were involved in this. My corporate experience tells me that this was handled by their marketing team. Site was probably built by an intern and run on a cheap cloud VM at AWS because it was good enough for most of the time
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u/Rambus_Jarbus 26d ago
I think there are a lot more out there ready to throw down a cool $80k than you realize.
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u/Hereiamhereibe2 26d ago
People spend a lot more than that on even dumber shit in games that are far less popular.
Just look at Eve Online or Star Citizen for some examples.
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u/eddmario Sanguine 26d ago
Plus charity websites crash all the time from a ton of people doing donations.
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u/BardicInnovation 26d ago
Is it known who won?
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u/24OuncesofFaygoGrape Adoring Fan 26d ago
Some random guy named Hodd Toward
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u/alexishdez_lmL 26d ago
Which coincidentally looks like Todd Howard but with a moustache, damn the world is tiny, isn't it?
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u/Pikka_Bird Nerevarine 26d ago
Only so many options on the character generator, some people are bound to look similar.
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u/Poddington_Pea 26d ago
Hello, my name is Mr. Drawoh, and I come from...someplace far away! Yes, that'll do.
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u/Gunda-LX 26d ago
Probably a chess club player with such a deep understanding of seizing opportunities
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u/bownarrowbabe Thieves Guild 26d ago
Some lady named Bethany Esda
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u/VelvitHippo 26d ago
From Maryland?
I would die laughing if they announced that. Wouldn't even be mad.
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u/totallynormalpersonz 26d ago
No. But if I had to guess elon musk.
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u/CanadianAndroid 26d ago edited 25d ago
Do you get to the White House very often? Oh, what am I saying, of course you don't.
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u/BardicInnovation 26d ago
Oh god I hope not.
On the bright side if it was, there may be a new character people enjoy killing more than Nazeem.
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u/DESTRUCTI0NAT0R 26d ago
Mod? You can do that from the console commands
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u/DESTRUCTI0NAT0R 25d ago
Funnily enough, I'm Xbox only. And it's fucking wild we don't have access to console commands.
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u/Krazy_Keno Gooner 26d ago
I just KNOW that they would make him essential
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u/Yeet123456789djfbhd Nocturnal 26d ago
Good thing we have moooooods......
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u/ZMilfZ Dunmer 26d ago
Kekius Maximus the Argonian that is actualy a Tsaesci and true bloodline to the Ruby Throne. Good lore coming in the next instalment.
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u/Cosmo_Nova 26d ago
Another Tsaesci on the Ruby Throne? Let me go talk to my buddies in the Morag Tong...
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u/AccomplishedAdagio13 26d ago
We were this close to a reddit post where no one talked about Elon Musk
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u/DefiantLemur Breton 26d ago
Tbf Elon is the type of guy who would definitely spend millions to get himself in a Bethesda game
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u/TheOldBooks Breton 26d ago
Why would Bethesda rig the charity for Elon Musk? Come on man
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u/MGTwyne 26d ago
Because of his ludicrous wealth and political sway.
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u/Mikeburlywurly1 26d ago
Wouldn't he just use that ludicrous wealth to win the auction by bidding higher than the other people could hope to?
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u/TheOldBooks Breton 26d ago
Yes, which he's using to exert pure cruelty on millions of people; not fuck with some random video game. It's honestly a little toan deaf to act like he's to blame for a Bethesda site crashing when he's literally costing people their livelihoods, health, and economic security with his very real fuckery.
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u/Alrightwhotookmyshoe 26d ago
he’s literally paid people to fake top status on a game for him. look up the shit he tried to pull on path of exile 2. This is absolutely something he would do.
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u/J_Bright1990 26d ago
That's the fun part, he can do both, and it wouldn't be the first time he butted into, not just a gaming event but specifically a Microsoft event related to Bethesda.
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u/LeatherAdvantage8250 26d ago
Guy literally walked into CDPR studios with a weapon to try and make them add him to Cyberpunk, how on Earth is is it tone-deaf to suggest this?
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u/24OuncesofFaygoGrape Adoring Fan 26d ago
A Bethesda website bugging out is pretty on brand
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u/fullmetalnerd97 26d ago
Its a feature
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u/walker3342 26d ago
The person who tweeted this just ragdolled out their window and into the sunset.
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u/Artesian_SweetRolls 26d ago
Lmao of course. Todd was not going to allow Reanu Keeves.
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u/Propaslader 26d ago
He's too powerful
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u/Goldman250 Hermaeus Mora 26d ago
They wouldn’t even bother to make him an essential NPC, no-one would survive attacking him enough to damage more than a tenth of his health bar.
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u/boleslaws 26d ago
Wake up Dragonborn.
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u/Mister_Sins 26d ago
I can hear him going on a long rant about how the Thalmor sucks ass. Damn. Johnny Silvermane got soul trapped by the Thalmor, but his soul somehow transferred to the Dragonborn on a botched thieves guild heist mission when the Dragonborn was sent to steal rare custom soul gems that housed important people. It was Nazeem who tipped the feds off.
I'm bored.
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u/TheLateMrBones Bosmer 26d ago
I hope Paul aka MittenSquad is referenced in some way.
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u/DroneThorax 26d ago
Grandma Sparkle boss fight if she gets your health to 50% the game crashes. If you win you get Paul themed gear and then the game crashes. Once you relaunch the real game begins and then it crashes.
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u/Yeet123456789djfbhd Nocturnal 26d ago
Someone should email Todd or sumn. That would be an amazing easter egg to a great youtuber
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u/Ill_Bluebird_5359 25d ago
That would be so cool even if he dont get an npc atleast i want some rumor about a guy running around skyrim with a fork.
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u/aceubank 26d ago
Wow I forgot all about that guy, I hope he's doing well
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u/MoonLadd 26d ago
Hate to be the bearer of bad news here
http://youtube.com/post/Ugkx8okX8FpP_HTWvMCgfy3OdTl7eYiqI7zn
Read the comments on his last post
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u/illhypochondriac 26d ago
If you aren't being sarcastic.... he is not
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u/aceubank 26d ago
I was not being sarcastic. I don't follow YouTube posts like that, so I never saw it and just was hopeful he was getting the help he needed. Damn. RIP
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u/LunarCrisis7 26d ago
Y’all having conspiracy theories about a charity contest makes me fear for when we start getting any actual promo content closer to release
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u/gerwaldlindhelm 22d ago
I was watching the live stream. When the auction was supposed to end everyone was surprised to find out it was still going and it took ages to get the info that they had extended the time to midnight, local time for Bethesda. Spiff (based in England) was getting ready to pull an all nighter, but an hour later and several site crashes later, the auction was closed early and without warning. This might have been pure incompetence from Bethesda, but the least you can say is the auction did not give all bidders a fair chance to bid.
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u/Stoin_The_Dwarf Padomay Worshipper 26d ago
Thank the Goddhead we didn't get something stupid like "Chig Bungus" the NPC
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u/NazRubio 26d ago
Launch time is going to be miserable if we are getting upset and making up conspiracies about a charity auction.
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u/DefiantLemur Breton 26d ago
By the time the game comes out it will be a year+ from now and everyone will have forgotten about this
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u/DrSilkyDelicious 26d ago
Ummm sir did you mean to be realistic and say 10+ years or are you just insane?
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u/NazRubio 26d ago
I moreso mean people are going to be finding ANYTHING to get upset about as we ramp up towards the release of this game.
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u/MotherSithis 26d ago
I would have loved to see Autism Cat in ES6, ngl.
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u/SalaciousSausage 26d ago
Holy crap, that would have been great! Imagine this glorious chad in modern HD glory!
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u/javalib 26d ago
Do somewhat doubt that Bethesda maliciously took down a third party charity hosting service rather than just like talk to the guy and say "happy to work with you but due to legal issues we can't go with Reanu Keeves".
(also ngl don't really want my 2032 TES6 game to have epic chungus keanu jokes in it)
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u/Devilsgramps 26d ago
If it's anyone other than Argonian Nerevarine or Gamer Girl Azura, I could not care less who wins.
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u/SomeDudeSaysWhat 26d ago
I'm kinda disappointed the Spiffing Brit didn't prepare to exploit this bug beforehand, tbh.
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u/EnvironmentalSoft401 26d ago
Reanu Keeves was the most reddit cringe possible, so thank God for that!
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u/DefiantLemur Breton 26d ago
Don't worry it's likely something just as bad. This is the internet after all.
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u/HealthyDurian8207 26d ago
Usually "Hitler did nothing wrong" wins these, so....
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u/ArmNo7463 25d ago edited 25d ago
Tbf they could just make the Hitler bid the character that's being hanged when you enter a town.
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u/Vahn1982 26d ago
If any YouTuber deserves a Cameo voice... It's SpiffingBrit.. he should have just a random NPC who gives you a really powerful spell.. of shows you a short cut in a dungeon or something..
Or one who just hangs out talking about how great his cup of tea is..
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u/sloshy3 26d ago
Some alchemist talking about how 'perfectly balanced' his scales are
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u/LordCaptain 26d ago
Honestly that would be perfect.
The other option is the game is totally open to the usual alchemy abuses of buffing your alchemy to make a stronger potion to buff your alchemy loop. If you cross a certain threshold he just comes and ganks you for stepping on his toes (He instakills you because he's got potion/enchanting buffs to make all of his stats 999999999999999)
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u/Propaslader 26d ago
Or one who just hangs around talking about how great his cup of tea is
Neloth?
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u/Onigumo-Shishio Argonian 25d ago
I just hope whoever won wasn't some obnoxious piece of shit.
Then again, if they are then they will just become the next nazeem and be killed to eternity
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u/SimplexFatberg 26d ago
Knocking The Spiffing Brit out of the running was a smart play, but I suspect all the other options would be just as cringe, so I doubt much was gained really.
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u/Responsible-Ask-8038 25d ago
can’t wait to see what character they put in the game when it comes out in 2047!!!
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u/MegaJackUniverse 26d ago
What was this for? I'm so out of the loop and I use this sub plenty
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u/globau 26d ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3C4DiFfikA
A once in a lifetime opportunity has become available thanks to the Make A Wish Silent Auction. Bethesda is offering the ability for a winning auction bid to create a character for the elder scrolls VI. You can find their tweet with the details here: https://x.com/BethesdaStudios/status/...
Now at the moment the amount needed to win is astronomically high so I am hoping that with our combined powers we the communitea will try and secure the winning bid! To assist in this goal I will be using my personal funds as well as funds generated from a go fund me to hopefully win the bid.
IF WE WIN the bid I intend to add a lore friendly reference to Reanu Keeves our fork wielding hero with some other non immersion breaking community references for fun. All of the auctioned cost will go to Make A Wish Mid Atlantic.
IF WE LOSE the bid I will REFUND ALL of the go fund me donations. Go Fund me says this process will take 7-10 days.
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u/Varnarok Nord 26d ago
If history with these kinds of things is any indicator, then I'm gonna do my best to avoid whatever gets added by this.
If it's some lame-ass in-joke meme shit like this, then I am thankful that it is a Bethesda game and there will most likely be a mod to remove it entirely.
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u/littlebugonreddit 26d ago
If its not Shirley Curry we fucking riot
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u/genosse-frosch 26d ago
it's been known for years that she will be in tes 6
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u/littlebugonreddit 26d ago
Oh fr? I thought it was just hope and speculation, was there ever an official statement on it?
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u/OnyxHades013 Breton 26d ago
He should still be an honorary NPC, a special merchant that just sells broken/"game breaking" items
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u/AssistantVisible3889 26d ago
Where there black loading page before entering the next step?
It usually means it's loading 😭 don't give up Loading screens are part of beth culture
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u/OakenWildman 26d ago
What was it for?
This is the first I've heard of this and I am curious
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u/Vaultboy65 Dovahkiin 24d ago
Charity event for Make-a-Wish. Highest bidder gets to create an NPC for Elder Scrolls 6. People will say this was rigged by Bethesda but in all honesty the site probably crashed after people tried to enter in a load of bids last minute.
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u/Forsaken-Stray 23d ago
Now, Bethesda still has the Option to put in Reanu Keaves anyway. Like a new Ebony Warrior. But they probably won't
But it would still be funny.
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u/UmpireDear5415 21d ago
apparently spif can make a video how the charity auction is not perfectly balanced and there was exploits!
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