A record number of captions for this update! And a couple of strange ones - one thanked us for information using the caption submission box, and the other submitted a spell of some sort. We're not here to judge... anything besides the Screenshot & Caption contests, that is... Congratulations to the winners, and honorable mentions!

Last Week's Winning Screenshot (by Beak):

Caption Contest Winner: Shopwrecker

Shopwrecker’s Winning Caption: In an attempt to change his guild name to I fckn stomped on a cow...

Caption Contest Honorable Mentions:

Aliens… definitely aliens... OH MY GOD, check yourself for probes!
- vanyun

as we approached the town of Behymen we noticed that the livestock all played dead when approached by the men in our party. we decided that we would stop by McFisty's bar just ahead and look for adventure. off in the distance i could hear some fellows playing music.... dueling banjo's if im not mistaken......"come now, young Healzorz, i have a feeling your healing abilities will be called upon".
- jeremycobert

......you know i was joking when I said cows drop epics......
- Dellsaber

Great, Now Ive got to eat my cereal with water.
- quiksilver8908

Healzorz! Stop drugging my cows!
- tiak2

So....Healzorz..Um...I don't know how to tell you this...but.....Those aren't puppies?
- TiM42342069

Oh yeah, Well I freaking stopmed on all these cows!
- aeddan1

After six days of solid cow farming without gaining a single level, it soon became apparent that leveling in WoW was not quite as simple as southpark had made it out to be.
- dw4rd

I got a fever and the only prescription is more cowbell.
- angelofdeath

mooooomooooooooooo... We opened the portal to Tristam!!
- onon99

How do you like your beef prepared? Sliced to perfection or slaughtered to hell and back?
- orangetabbycat

Popular Caption: Captions about "cow-tipping"

Total Popular Caption Submissions : 2

 

This Week's Screenshot Winner: Houdenki

 

We have been getting a lot of World of Warcraft screenshots lately. It'd be great to see more from other games! The Weekly Screenshot Contest is open to all games - so submit a screenshot from your game today, whatever your game may be! Winning Weekly Screenshot Contest or the Weekly Caption Contest could earn you a $50 PlayerAuctions Coupon or $20 Amazon Gift Certificate. Click here to check out the contests page.

Apologies for the tardiness of this update - we were working on the official launch and had to postpone this update to today. Hope you like the new site! I know I do! (yah, I get paid to say this)

The big day is here! Our whole team is proud to achieve this milestone for our service.

As part of our official launch we’ve made the following improvements:

• Fun new homepage to better introduce PlayerAuctions
• Buyers: Free Pizza Promotion – when you place 3 orders between our Official Launch and Dec-31 we’ll give you a free Papa John’s Pizza!
• Sellers: Zero commission fees for your first 5 game currency orders!
• The average delivery time for game currency sellers is now automatically calculated and displayed to further add to the transparency of our marketplace
• Improved market price comparison charts
• Other miscellaneous improvements

We have a lot of free pizzas to give away, so start trading!

It is almost time.

All of us at PlayerAuctions have worked many a moons to officially launch the most secure place for players to buy and sell MMO game assets. I'm very happy to once again say, it is almost time.

In our official launch update, we will be adding several features that we have been preparing for the past few weeks, including another new (better!) look. Click the image below to see more. I betcha you can't guess the promotions we'll be holding for buyers and sellers in light of our official launch. No, really, I betcha.

PlayerAuctions will leave open beta and officially launch in the early hours of November 11^th, 2008. Blink, and you'll miss it :-)

We had a lot of submissions for the Caption Contest this week, and more screenshot submissions than average, so a big thanks to everyone who entered the contests! And of course, congratulations to the winners and honorable mentions of this week!

Last Week's Winning Screenshot (by qlqz10):

Caption Contest Winner: Clw_Sales

Clw_Sales’ Winning Caption: ....Maybe you should get that checked out.

Caption Contest Honorable Mentions:

I am so uber! *slash* Uggg, spoke..too...soon *gurgles*
- orangetabbycat

Is that all you got?! .. umm.. why is everything black & white all of a sudden?
- vudewjoe

Grab my Bayer Aspirin... I've got sharp chest pain!!!
- vanyun

Jim the Paladin thought he was being tossed a [Heavy Leather Ball]... He never had that great of vision.
- beak

QUICK HEAL ME, HEAL ME! Actually you know what guys, don't bother, i don't like my chances even WITH healing.
- dw4rd

Popular Caption: n/a

Total Popular Caption Submissions : n/a

 

This Week's Screenshot Winner: Beak

 

As always, submitting an entry to the Weekly Screenshot Contest or the Weekly Caption Contest could win you a $50 PlayerAuctions Coupon or $20 Amazon Gift Certificate. You know you want to. Submit your captions or screenshots today!

Yesterday we completed a significant update to PlayerAuctions that included the following enhancements:

• Further refined player-to-player order handling for buyers and sellers, including a redesigned My Account homepage that provides improved access to, and information about, your order activity.
• Payment methods expanded to include Google Checkout.
• Enhanced and expanded game currency market price charts and comparison tools show how much you save when ordering on PlayerAuctions.
• The currency Bulk Offer Upload system is no longer only available to PowerSellers, all sellers may now freely use it!
• Improved currency shopping experience for buyers:
  • Less confusion! We’ve removed the Single-Unit Currency Offer format; all currency offers will now be Multi-Unit Currency Offers.
  • Less clutter! The maximum number of active currency offers a member may have in a single market (game > server > faction) has been reduced from 5 to 1.
• Simplified powerleveling and game guide offer management; a single offer for each these product types will now appear across all servers in a given game.
• Improved support for more web browsers, including Google Chrome & Safari
• Improved feedback graphics (cool smileys instead of wimpy hearts)!
• Lots and lots of usability enhancements and miscellaneous bug fixes.

We’re now getting near to the end of our open beta period, and our official launch is just on the horizon. Exciting times lie ahead.

Until next time, safe and happy trading!

Starting shortly after midnight PST tonight, Wednesday October 30th, PlayerAuctions will conduct planned maintenance for several hours. While no trading will be able to occur during this time, we will be releasing a significant update to our trading platform that will include many exciting enhancements.

A summary of the changes will be announced shortly after the update is completed.

Another week has gone by, and not without funny captions and screenshot! Thanks to everyone who submitted, and a big congratulations to the winners and honorable mentions for this week!

Last Week's Winning Screenshot (by Vanyun):

Caption Contest Winner: vudewjoe

vudewjoe’s Winning Caption: No matter how much you dance or take off i will not "gib u goldz"... wait.. was that a bra? *sound of coins jingling*

Caption Contest Honorable Mentions:

Caption Contest Honorable Mentions:

I wonder if she'll notice if I look at her behind...
- iwentomarket

Miss... what exactly are you doing with that wand?
- vanyun

Shake, Shake, Shake ya tail feather!
- tcgmadness

Extend... Pull Back... Extend again. Start moving if you want to be my backup dancer!
- Mimu83

 

Popular Caption: n/a

Total Popular Caption Submissions : n/a

 

This Week's Screenshot Winner: qlqz10

 

If you have funny or creative screenshot, why not submit it Weekly Screenshot Contest and win a $50 PlayerAuctions Coupon or $20 Amazon Gift Certificate? You can also send in your funny captions for the screenshot above to in the $50 coupon or $20 certificate.

Good luck!

We've arrived at yet another update for the funny people within the PlayerAuctions community. Congratulations to the winners and honorable mentions!

Previous Winning Screenshot (by DragonKen):

Caption Contest Winner: Mimu83

Mimu83’s Winning Caption: I feel 25% faster than normal, no wonder these things are popular.

Caption Contest Honorable Mentions:

pig + horse = porsche? didn't think so.....
- orangetabbycat

Are we dateing or did you learn a new pvp move?
- cabana

Breeding your own Amani Warbear... bad idea...
- rustyweb

In Soviet Russia, Boar rides you!!!
- Greenwald0879

 

Popular Caption: n/a

Total Popular Caption Submissions : n/a

 

This Week's Screenshot Winner: Vanyun

 

Remember, if you have a screenshot of you or anyone you know doing something funny in game, submit the screenshots here. You could WIN up to fifty dollars' worth of PlayerAuctions coupon! Which coincidentally is equal to a little over 2,000 WoW Gold, or about 500K EQ Platinum, or even 200 WHO Gold.

Occasionally, an enhancement we develop will change our website in a way that we think is best to first notify our community of in advance.

Today’s post is the first of these occasions. We’ve found Single-Unit Currency Offers to be introducing unwanted complexity for our members, especially first time buyers. As one of many other enhancements scheduled for our next system release early next month, we’ll be merging Single-Unit and Multi-Unit Currency Offers together. The result will be a more simplified buying and selling experience; and perhaps a few more orders for our sellers.

Don’t worry about any negative impact to offers you may post before this change goes live. All the offers that were created using the current system will be smoothly transitioned to the new system.

It's been a busy couple of weeks (How 'bout them debates, eh?), and it's now time for another humor update.

Despite there being only one winner, there were a few Caption Contest entries that made us laugh out loud. They say that laughter is the best medicine, so I say keep the funny entries coming! Flu season is amost here and healthcare is expensive.

Previous Winning Screenshot (by rexxar):

Caption Contest Winner: thedeebz

thedeebz’s Winning Caption: Undead Zombie #2, as his spirit sits and waits restlessly with his comrades, - "Oh no... Where's my ticket?!"

Caption Contest Honorable Mentions:

As Dave notices the others, he mentions to his fellow adventurer, Gary, "This always happens when the tram is delayed... do want to take a cab or wait it out?"
- vanyun

Waiting in the doctor's office is brutal; you feel as if you will die of boredom, and in this case....it's true.
- orangetabbycat

In a recent effort to kill off all role-players, Blizzard had shut down the tram system for a couple of weeks.
- dw4rd

I've been thinking about it 100 years and I still can't figure it out!
- deathrose69

So... you guys been waiting awhile?
- vanyun

We are sorry to inform you that "Survivor: Stranglethorn Vale" will not be a part of this seasons fall schedule. Auditions have taken longer than expected.....
- eqplatsnmore

 

This Week's Screenshot Winner: DragonKen

 

Even though we've been getting a ton of Caption entries, we're still not getting nearly enough Screenshot submissions. If you're the kind of person who wants to win a $50 PlayerAuctions Coupon or a $20 Amazon Gift Certificate, then you're the kind of person whose screenshot we want! Just click the nice link there, and submit your screenshot! Or you can send it directly to contest@playerauctions.com. Or not. Whatever. It's your life.

If you want to be almost-almost famous, you know what to do.