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You've been ICED!

Discussion in 'Neopets Chit-Chat' started by Jrevil, Apr 18, 2013.

  1. Jrevil

    Jrevil Level I

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    OH no TNT caught me autobuying! frozed one of my sides :(
     
    #1 Jrevil, Apr 18, 2013
  2. Lizard

    Lizard Level II

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    As a point of curiosity, what shops did you AB in?

    I'm still trying to figure out whether the statement that some shops having a high freeze rate is a myth or not :)
     
    #2 Lizard, Apr 18, 2013
  3. Detox

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    In my opinion is a myth.

    If you run the autobuyer for decent times, look alike a human and have near 2.5s buying times you wont be caught.

    My only ice was when I ran the abber without nps in hand and was kicked out of the shop for not having nps like 6 times XD
     
    #3 Detox, Apr 18, 2013
  4. jvance08

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    I don't AB in main shops anymore. When I first started and had no idea what I was doing, I had one account iced for buy times of 0.6 in magic.
     
    #4 jvance08, Apr 18, 2013
  5. Lizard

    Lizard Level II

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    I might have to tweak my buy times perhaps then. Atm I just let them run as fast as possible, generally ranging from 0.7 to 2.0 - So far no freeze though.

    Then again I do avoid the magic shop x)
     
    #5 Lizard, Apr 18, 2013
  6. whiteknife96

    whiteknife96 Level I

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    same :C
     
    #6 whiteknife96, Apr 19, 2013
  7. Junior

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    I come from a land down under! (Maaaate!)
    wouldn't have buys under 2.5seconds if I were you :) You make more, being safe than you do getting high end items, and getting iced :p
     
    #7 Junior, Apr 19, 2013
  8. Jrevil

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    I was iced in royal potionary. I've a feeling I was iced coz i was on for whole day. I normally buy under 2secs
     
    #8 Jrevil, Apr 19, 2013
  9. Lizard

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    Alright, Ive tried to up my buy times using Acheteurs settings, but it seems to lag out hugely when I do this >.> Getting buy times for like 7 to 13 seconds.
     
    #9 Lizard, Apr 19, 2013
  10. Detox

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    think that is because neo has been quite lagging on the last few days
     
    #10 Detox, Apr 19, 2013
  11. Icarus

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    Neo's been unusally slow lately... :nope:

    I've never actually autobought something that wasn't HTS. (>300k)
     
    #11 Icarus, Apr 20, 2013
  12. griffon

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    I tend to buy at around 3 seconds. I find that I only have about a 30% success rate, never been iced and still make over 500k a day with low risk of being iced!
     
    #12 griffon, Apr 20, 2013
  13. lanajade87

    lanajade87 Newbie

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    ^^ I'm the same, I buy at around 3 seconds too.
    My success rate is around 30% too, but I still make a decent profit.
     
    #13 lanajade87, Apr 20, 2013
  14. crashtestdummies

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    Generally what is the safest shop to buy in and still make a profit?
     
    #14 crashtestdummies, Apr 27, 2013
  15. Jrevil

    Jrevil Level I

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    i think it would be stamps?
     
    #15 Jrevil, Apr 27, 2013
  16. larryisamazing

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    Definitely not stamps. I would say anything other than stamps and magic are reasonably safe as long as your buy times are not much less than 3.5s

    Stamps and magic might be just as safe above 4s, but that's just a guess/feeling. I haven't done a lot of restocking in those two.
     
    #16 larryisamazing, Apr 27, 2013
  17. Detox

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    Buy at chocolate factory and bookstore..Igloo garage also has a low ice rate

    Ive abbed in stamps for 1 or 2 yeares, up to date never had a problem.

    Always have humanlike buying times (2,5s or so).
    Never leave the abber running for the whole day without having decent stop times.
    Never browse Neo while abbing.


    Hope it helps :)
     
    #17 Detox, Apr 27, 2013
  18. bettybeta

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    Havent gotten got caught yet... SHHHHHH
     
    #18 bettybeta, Apr 28, 2013
  19. Jrevil

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    I think if we dont leave it to AB the entire day it should be fine. I've been ABing at Magic and Stamps for years and nothing ever happen. This time, I got iced probably because I left it on for 2 days straight.
     
    #19 Jrevil, Apr 28, 2013