ITS A DUCK! (and other pirate & MNW memes). prizes awarded.

[bitcoinBull]

EDIT: Turning this into a contest. I'll award 1 BTC per day to that day's winner. Entries in by midnight UTC, I'll pay the following day. First day is Monday 8/27 (to be paid out tuesday), last day is Sunday 9/9 (to be paid monday 9/10). That should be around the time the MNW bet ends.

Let's see what you can find. They don't have to be ducks, anything related to ponzis, greed, lies and gullibility. Animations are a bonus, and original creations are a bonus. This runs for two weeks, so pace yourself!

[1715018614]

1715018614

[1715018614]

1715018614

[bitcoinBull]

[bitcoinBull]

[bitcoinBull]

your turn. make me lol

[Phinnaeus Gage]

[Gyrsur]

[Bitsinmyhead]

[evolve]

So, I got bored and made a bunch of them......

[evolve]

I guess I could've saved a couple of those until tomorrow, but they all hit me at once, and I didn't want to forget any...

[DanielVG]

[evolve]

Hahahahaha

[CoinDiver]

(original creation)

[candoo]

*self created

[DanielVG]

made myself:

[fcmatt]

[LoupGaroux]

[evolve]

I made a thing (yeah another one, slow day at work)























edit: ok i lied...i made more than one, aaaaaaand i screwed the second one up...so just pretend i know how to type correctly.....

[Jutarul]

Lol. so many contributions the first day. Gotta hold mine back for another day

[Phinnaeus Gage]

[bitcoinBull]

First day's winner has been chosen!

1 BTC has been sent from 1DUCK7StixdPxMCia8qgqQ6zoaGRdGRnqU to 19j1Gum75LdYJ4ChHa919aWG1UMEcS8LGR.


honorable mentions:

made myself:

13 awards left.. keep them coming!!

[DanielVG]

my pic of the day:

[organofcorti]

It's a little lazy.

[DanielVG]

[DanielVG]

[DanielVG]

[Gyrsur]

[muyuu]

[ninjaboon]

here's mine. love the meme funnies here.

 

[qrs]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lptnnqaGOX1qa1xnko1_500.gif

[drakahn]

[eroxors]

[BrannigansLaw]

I'm pretty sure this sums up everyones reaction when investing in pirate.

[evolve]

1 BTC has been sent from 1DUCK7StixdPxMCia8qgqQ6zoaGRdGRnqU to 19j1Gum75LdYJ4ChHa919

Received! Thanks man, great contest..this forum needs for fun stuff like this.

[Gyrsur]

1 BTC has been sent from 1DUCK7StixdPxMCia8qgqQ6zoaGRdGRnqU to 19j1Gum75LdYJ4ChHa919

Received! Thanks man, great contest..this forum needs for fun stuff like this.

yeah many thanks to the generous OP! 

[fcmatt]

doh. i did not realize we could spam the channel with a dozen entries at once.
i cry foul! I kid.

kind of you to run this contest but you might want to allow one per day per person.
otherwise quality will more then likely suffer?

[SgtSpike]

Haha, epic thread.

[muyuu]

[bitcoinBull]

1 BTC has been sent from 1DUCK7StixdPxMCia8qgqQ6zoaGRdGRnqU to 19j1Gum75LdYJ4ChHa919

Received! Thanks man, great contest..this forum needs for fun stuff like this.

Cheers. Don't "invest" it all in one pirate

This thread is pretty awesome

Thanks goat. You're a good sport.

kind of you to run this contest but you might want to allow one per day per person.
otherwise quality will more then likely suffer?

We want quality and quantity. Unlimited submissions might lower the ratio, but should still total more lols.

[subject]

https://i.imgur.com/pPzQI.jpg

[DanielVG]

[DanielVG]

[goodlord666]

[Gyrsur]

[goodlord666]

[DanielVG]

[goodlord666]

[Gyrsur]

[goodlord666]

[swissmate]

[goodlord666]

[DanielVG]

[Gyrsur]

[malevolent]

[DanielVG]

[Gyrsur]

[BIGMERVE]

[IIOII]

[DanielVG]

[DanielVG]

[fcmatt]

[Jutarul]

lol

[DanielVG]

[DanielVG]

[chmod755]

[Gyrsur]

[Gyrsur]

[Gyrsur]

to freeze bank account of pirateat40 may be also a good idea!

[bitcoinBull]

Winner for Tuesday August 28 is chosen!

DanielVG, provide your bitcoin address to receive your award.
[UPDATE: award sent from 1DUCK7StixdPxMCia8qgqQ6zoaGRdGRnqU to DanielVG]


Runners-up:

[bitcoinBull]

I noticed that Monday's winner was submitted after midnight UTC, so I'm retroactively changing the cut-off time for each day to 10pm EST (02:00 UTC next day).

It was said there would be many lol's when pirate's scheme collapses. So let's see them!

[DanielVG]

reward received, i was the best winer.
thanks bitcoinbull

Winer for Tuesday August 28 is chosen!

[evolve]

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[goodlord666]

[DanielVG]

[ErebusBat]

Awesome... and so true.

[DanielVG]

[Phinnaeus Gage]

[CoinDiver]

[CoinDiver]

[CoinDiver]

[goodlord666]

[ErebusBat]

http://s10.postimage.org/3wuqotouf/pirate.jpg

[Gyrsur]

^^LOL

[DanielVG]

[subject]

Godfather Baby and Bad Luck Brian

https://i.imgur.com/I8wes.jpg


https://i.imgur.com/W1eyG.jpg

[rTech]

YAR YAR YAR, The REAL Pirate of the year 2012

..and listen this while watching pirates movement http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqiBP7vpyX8

[bitcoinBull]

Winner for wednesday 8/29: goodlord666

1 BTC award has been sent from 1DUCK7StixdPxMCia8qgqQ6zoaGRdGRnqU to 18vNQ8wswcG7Y9Dw8w7f63jmjhBhHg76q5.


Runners-up:

[bitcoinBull]

Re-posting from other threads:

But yeah that is only 1 key part of what pirate was doing IMO.

No I do not have a copy of his books but I still do not think he is running a ponzi.

Even if he takes the money and runs I think he did it cuz he wanted the money not cuz ponzi...

Now what if he manipulated or stabilized the Gox price while making trades. Like Lower when buying and higher when selling...

No way he could make a profit here... Must be a ponzi...

..[snip]..
Pirate never really told me what he was doing but I felt I had a good grasp of what was going on.  The dip in and out of two transactions could make 10% pretty easy (5% on both sides, sometimes much more than that) so 7% actually seemed fair.

There is a small bit more, but pretty much my understanding.

Also, you can see how hard it would be to unwind this.

Keep dreaming!

BTCST was a short-term business that had to end, but GPUMax is the real deal. It's a miner wet dream.

What's so great about GPUMax exactly? Other than inspiring your wet dreams..

...mmm...Brunic, do you actually know what pirate was doing to legitimately earn 7%/week, or do you just have a theory?

It's the "unofficial" theory I could say. I can't say I know, since I'm only a small part of his business, I can only suppose.

But this theory is a great business model IMHO. If I had the resources and the customers, don't worry, I would not be losing my time on this forum trying to explain it.

I think many here are so invested in the "ponzi proposition" that they're refusing to consider other possibilities.

...

Ponzi or not, there's no legal activity that I can think of that would allow paying such returns for any length of time. 

We all did exactly what you just did. We considered it, and then rejected it as completely implausible.

But even so, it doesn't matter. If something is indistinguishable from a Ponzi, and most likely a Ponzi, you should treat it like a Ponzi. If you have a gun that looks like it's loaded, you should probably treat it like it's loaded.

Duck fallacy!

You are telling me you have no evidence it is a ponzi...  If you have it, and posted it somewhere please just copy and paste it here or link it.

You guys are asking me to prove it is not a ponzi but I think it is about time you guys prove it is...

[bitcoinBull]

Can't let you miss this one by kimmeriets:

Love it! Was wondering when someone would post a screenshot of that GLBSE chart.. submit this to my contest!

[goodlord666]

Winner for wednesday 8/29: goodlord666

1 BTC award has been sent from 1DUCK7StixdPxMCia8qgqQ6zoaGRdGRnqU to 18vNQ8wswcG7Y9Dw8w7f63jmjhBhHg76q5.

Thank you very much. Was a pleasure!

[DanielVG]

[BrannigansLaw]

I'm pretty sure this sums up everyones reaction from originally investing in pirate; till now.

[chmod755]

[DanielVG]

[DanielVG]

[DanielVG]

[DanielVG]

[DanielVG]

[DanielVG]

[Jutarul]

rofl

[P4man]

[DanielVG]

[bitlane]

Warmly created by me.....



Thanks: 1BEw3Hj7xwCB1qv5CuU2CHM6i3Hcb92pyh

[chmod755]

sounds like a plan...

[subject]

https://i.imgur.com/OhdAz.jpg

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Dude, I resemble that remark, sans the white tutu.

~Cackling Bear~

[BrannigansLaw]

Sending a couple of these bad boys towards Pirate.

[bitcoinBull]

Sorry for the lapse, I let the contest get away from me. (never trust a duck!)

I'm changing the terms. Contest will end Monday September 10th.

Grand prize of 7 BTC.

The remaining 4 BTC will be distributed to chosen runners-up.

Looking forward to more submissions!

[the_thing]

[Jutarul]

[SgtSpike]

[JohnBigheart]

sub

[Phinnaeus Gage]

sub

sub attack

[JohnBigheart]

[mem]

winrar

[muyuu]

[JohnBigheart]

[JohnBigheart]

[JohnBigheart]

[ErebusBat]

subbed to winthread

yeah some are pretty lol. i still like the "then aliens" one best

My fav is "investing with a guy named pirate is like hiring a clown named pedo"

[AndrewBUD]

Yeah I have to agree with you....... ^

[bitcoinBull]

good one 

[munofar]

http://img.munofar.com/paraForos/bitcontalk/img/pirate40defaulttime.gif

[Uhlbelk]

(original creation)

Being old school, This is the closest real life comparison to the situation. Funny in a not so funny way.
Cheers.

[BrannigansLaw]

Pirate On the way to his new house in the Caymen Island's...twat

[bitcoinBull]

cross-posts:

and now HK is in default....

More like insolvent.

[bitcoinBull]

a call for MNW memes.

[bitlane]

[legolouman]

[Garr255]

Lots of these are funny, but a few of you need to look up APR

After compounding Pirate was giving ~3000% APR

[bitlane]

Lots of these are funny, but a few of you need to look up APR

After compounding Pirate was giving ~3000% APR

..but you can't have Annual without ANAL

It's all about the attention to details 

[Garr255]

Lots of these are funny, but a few of you need to look up APR

After compounding Pirate was giving ~3000% APR

..but you can't have Annual without ANAL

It's all about the attention to details 

Meanwhile pirate laughs at this thread while on a plane to Morocco...

[legolouman]

Lots of these are funny, but a few of you need to look up APR

After compounding Pirate was giving ~3000% APR

Well then, I'm going to go cry in a corner for my ignorance. I knew that, and was just too ignorant to realize what I did.

[bitcoinBull]

[bitcoinBull]

[bitcoinBull]

[bitlane]

Not a meme....but I have a feeling Pirate's future Christmas Cards will include something like this inside them...

[SgtSpike]

[BrannigansLaw]

Iget it all besides the duck reference. What's with the duck?

[organofcorti]

Iget it all besides the duck reference. What's with the duck?

If it quacks like a pirate, it probably is a pirate.

[Bitcoin Oz]

Not a meme....but I have a feeling Pirate's future Christmas Cards will include something like this inside them...

hahah awesome. Wheres the soap ?

[bitbonga]

http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/26424056.jpg

[wannabitcoin]

[bitcoinBull]

stll calling for MNW memes..

[muyuu]

stll calling for MNW memes..

Stolen from another thread:

[munofar]

http://img.munofar.com/paraForos/bitcointalk/img/nobodyExpects.png

[mem]

Ive been sharing a few in this thread:

[malevolent]

This one's great 

[JohnBigheart]

[mem]

Gold

[Puppet]

Goat leading investigation in to Pirate:

[El Cabron]

Goat leading investigation in to Pirate:

lol 

[bulanula]

Make sure to have goat holding the Bitcoin donations bag too for this "investiMAgation" !

What a joke ... you are sure to win the contest Puppet. LOLed so hard. Thanks !

[JohnBigheart]

[Zanatos666]

Goat leading investigation in to Pirate:

WOW!!  That, made my afternoon.

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Goat leading investigation in to Pirate:

lol 

The funniest one by far!

~Bruno~

[bitcoinBull]

"walks like a duck" fallacy

I already paid 20 BTC for each entry as described in the bet thread. I'm not quite sure what you're talking about.

I look forward to more accusations and butthurt, but it's pretty late here. Let the trolling begin! I have a big day of work tomorrow in various companies that no one even knows I'm involved in apparently. ROFL.

weasel-laugh-o.gif

[bitcoinBull]

MNW, that was good job you did getting the ball rolling on the magazine. thanks for that

Oh, also.. DUCK!

[bitcoinBull]

BarCode Savings & Trust

And in a shocking turn of events, BCS&T would like to officially announce all deposits would have been both GUARANTEED & INSURRED, thus giving you peace of mind up until the default.

[bitcoinBull]

Not entirely baseless. Read the article, especially the "Red flags" portion. If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and waddles like a duck, it's not a platypus.

Yeah, probably one of these:

[bitcoinBull]

It looks like coins are coming back !

[bitcoinBull]

Hello,

Over the last 9 months or so, I have strived to provide the best possible return on EIEIO possible while still keeping it profitable, but in the last 2 months, I’ve made a series of bad decisions and/or had bad luck which has disrupted my plans.

• I had roughly 1500 btc in btcst that I had slowly grown via purchasing btc, tips from escrowing for people, market making and the like. I had personally set it aside to purchase asic hardware.  At this point, I consider that lost as a going concern unless more information should develop.
• I had privately discussed with several individuals the possibility of their making an investment towards the end of this year which would effectively wrap up EIEIO.B and make it a 2 or 3 party affair.  As it turns out, the btc they had planned on using for that were invested in pirate, which effectively removes that option with them at this time. It is still possible someone else decides to partner with me, but that is to be determined.

[bitcoinBull]

[bitcoinBull]

Thanks for participating everyone.


Grand prize winner (7 BTC): mem

I think Matthew is a new meme for stupid.

1st runner-up (2 BTC)

Goat leading investigation in to Pirate:

2nd runner-up (1 BTC): JohnBigheart

2nd runner-up (1 BTC): Phinnaeus Gage

[bitcoinBull]

Prizes are being sent from 1DUCK7StixdPxMCia8qgqQ6zoaGRdGRnqU.

7 BTC: mem (sent)

2 BTC: Puppet (sent)

1 BTC: John Bigheart (sent)

1 BTC: Phinnaeus Gage (sent)

[Phinnaeus Gage]

I just got a PM stating that I won. I'm having my winnings donated to Bitcoin100: 1BTC1oo1J3MEt5SFj74ZBcF2Mk97Aah4ac

~Bruno~

[the_thing]

I just got a PM stating that I won. I'm having my winnings donated to Bitcoin100: 1BTC1oo1J3MEt5SFj74ZBcF2Mk97Aah4ac

~Bruno~

If I had won, I would've invested in a HYIP.

[Puppet]

Received my price. Thank you very much and congrats to the others.

[JohnBigheart]

I have received my prize!
Thank you Bitcoinbull!

[mem]

Prizes are being sent from 1DUCK7StixdPxMCia8qgqQ6zoaGRdGRnqU.

7 BTC: mem

2 BTC: Puppet (sent)

1 BTC: John Bigheart (sent)

1 BTC: Phinnaeus Gage (sent)

Haha damn, i thought we were just making fun of idiots
And then I find out Im winning a prize for making fun of idiots - this day just keeps getting better.

Please send my winnings to: 1616bU29E4bHEZCS9dtaki8YpBoAtgxcTR

[bitcoinBull]

[bitcoinBull]

All prizes have been sent. Thanks again!

[bitcoinBull]

[SgtSpike]

[the_thing]

Awesome.  Q: is that duck brutalizing a [Bad]bear?

Anywho, great thread...thanks OP.

It's a cougar. Bears have very short tails.

[SMTB1963]

It's a cougar. Bears have very short tails.

Thanks!  I didn't notice the long tail.  But I did notice the cat-like face.

In any case, feel free to follow me around the forum and correct any errors in my posts.  You will surely make me a better...erm, netizen?

Thanks for reading!

[the_thing]

It's a cougar. Bears have very short tails.

Thanks!  I didn't notice the long tail.  But I did notice the cat-like face.

In any case, feel free to follow me around the forum and correct any errors in my posts.  You will surely make me a better...erm, netizen?

Thanks for reading!

I didn't correct an error. I answered your question.
Why do you ask questions if you don't want answers?

[SMTB1963]

I didn't correct an error. I answered your question.
Why do you ask questions if you don't want answers?

Uh, where have I indicated I didn't like/want your answer to my question?  I seem to recall THANKING you for your answer, and encouraging you to correct me in the future.  Or am I missing something?

[bitcoinBull]

let it die or stay on topic, please.

[mem]

received, thank you

[Phinnaeus Gage]

I didn't correct an error. I answered your question.
Why do you ask questions if you don't want answers?

Uh, where have I indicated I didn't like/want your answer to my question?  I seem to recall THANKING you for your answer, and encouraging you to correct me in the future.  Or am I missing something?

It's a cougar. Bears have very short tails.

Thanks!  I didn't notice the long tail.  But I did notice the cat-like face.

In any case, feel free to follow me around the forum and correct any errors in my posts.  You will surely make me a better...erm, netizen?

Thanks for reading!

I didn't correct an error. I answered your question.
Why do you ask questions if you don't want answers?

Damn you, the_thing. Don't let it end there. Give it to him again. 

~Cackling Bear~

[bitcoinBull]

Also, you FUD-spamming assholes consider yourselves 'honest', but none of you have contributed shit except to spam other people's threads.

If we stopped even one person from throwing their money away, we've contributed plenty 
To clarify, I didn't think Patrick was running a ponzi - I had a small deposit with him at one point after all which I withdrew after the pirate debacle as I needed funds for other things and wanted to hold back for a few months, let the tide go out and see who was swimming naked - having seen him buying bitcoinmax accounts and knowing that he had personal bullshit&trust exposure I was concerned that he might be significantly over-exposed.

The problem is, people want to believe that they can have money and success and great investment returns without doing any research or putting in any effort.
When people really want to believe something, their logic becomes a bit skewed. It reminds me very much of this comic:

"Hey guys, I have a scheme that pays 7% per week with low risk!"
"Oh yeah? Prove it."
"YOU CAN'T PROVE THAT I DON'T!"

Asking the questions that any sensible investor who's not just a gullible ATM for scammers will ask is not "spam".

[oldschool]

Goat leading investigation in to Pirate:

lol 

I think I just crapped my pants laughing so hard...

[caffeinewriter]

May post more later