rowtiderow Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Hey y'all. So, as I was prowling around doing some of my multiple-times-a-day dailies, I paused over the Scratchcard options. I personally am most inclined to scratch from the Spooky Kiosk in the Deserted Fairgrounds, but I feel like my only real reason for that is because it's the most expensive. And that gives me false hope that I'll get good prizes. Lately, though, I've been switching it up a little just to see the other sides of the fence. I was just curious, do you do scratchcards daily/multiple times a day? If so, which ones? And how do you pick which one to go to?/EDIT: Also, if you get pricey ones do you sell them or scratch them? I'm so curious about everyone's thought process. Scoobert_Doo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casperiscaptain Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 I tend to go with the Winter one myself, although I will splurge for a Spooky every so often. I absolutely despise the Desert ones. If I get a cheap one, I always win a sand snowball -_- .... never fails. And if it's an expensive one, I never win. I've never put them in my shop, but I don't really shop for them myself so I didn't expect there to be a big market. But I have won 10,000 several times on the Winter one in the past month.. perhaps I'll stick with those for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bijyuarukei Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 I usually go with the winter scratch cards as well. It seems to be the one that gives me the most return. If I get something other than a Race to Riches or Faerie's Fortune, I'll sell it. I seem to have bad luck with the Terror Trove scratch cards and anything higher than the Faerie's Fortune seems to be more rewarding in my shop/at auction. I'd say there's a pretty good market for scratch cards. They're usually out of my shop in a few hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrtbrk Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 I don't scratch anymore (lol funny sentence) but Desert for me. Not only did I used to win on a semi regular basis (nps and scarab rings for easy NPs) , but I often picked scratch cards that were 40k+. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koakuma_Heaven Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 For me it's about 50/50 spooky and winter, I very rarely do desert purely because I'm on my iPad most of the time so I can't scratch the bloomin things. I don't sell scratchcards either, even the good ones. I'm a sucker for anything like that, I just need to know what's on it! rowtiderow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charelan Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 I used to go with desert in the hopes of winning some aisha type items for my gallery until I got an ipad.Like someone else mentioned, the desert one is the only type that seems incompatible with ipad. I scratch race to riches, terror trove, and once in a while Faerie's Fortune... if I get anything else I sell it. I don't like the risk! But I do think overall prize wise the winter one is better for me than desert anyway - the most frequent prize I used to get were sand snowballs but now I win $2500, 5000, or 10000 with some regularity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquamentis12 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 I usually scratch the Winter cards. Icestraveganza's... I don't really know if I want to try to scratch 'em, or sell 'em. If I get a few of them I might try scratching for the Jackpot. I sometimes DO do the Spooky Scratchcards. I almost won a rare weapon from one once. Had 2 of the icons I needed, missed on the next 3 scratches. lol "Easy come, easy go." ;) I USED to do Desert Scratchcards, but, not in ages. I prefer to try for the prizes of the other two kiosks. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhenlu Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 I used to buy them every 6 hours and stack up the cards, hoping that if i scratch 5 of them at one go the chances of winning NPs will increase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jellysundae Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 And here comes me, someone who's too tightfisted to buy something that has a high likelihood of being a waste of np >< I never buy them, and if I get one in a RE I sell it, even if it's one that only sells for 500np. Because that's still a definite gain rather than a strong chance of no benefit from scratching it. :shiftyeyes_anim: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casperiscaptain Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 I am trying to stay on topic and hopefully not get a warning xD but I am curious to know whether everyone scratches the same pattern every time or if you use a random scratching pattern? I personally use the three going diagonally down from left to right and then the three along the left border. I also bought some spooky scratchcards today with the np I used from Ghoul Catchers and lost every single time. -___- I could literally hear Sssid laughing at me. "Hahaha loser" rowtiderow and tk421beth 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faerie1811 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 I rarely scratch any of the cards nor do I have any preference which I scratch. I usually decide what to scratch by which card I have the most of in my SDB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tk421beth Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 I usually sell my scratchcard when I win them, or throw them into my SDB. I never purchase them. I'm a big loser at the scratchcards :rolleyes_anim: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam101 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 I rarely buy scratchcards as well, but when I feel like splurging I usually buy winter. It's mainly because I won 10,000NP a couple times from there, but otherwise I feel like its a neopoint dump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spencerkatty Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 I used to never buy/scratch any of them and would just sell any I happened to come across. Now I try to regularly buy winter scratchcards and store them in my SDB as long as they're Faerie's Fortune or less. (I'll sell higher than FF) On days when I have the time I'll scratch 5 of the lowest card I have at least 5 of, and I've been recording my results: Of 545 Race to Riches I've made (end profit) about 46k NP Of 285 Treasure Trove I've made about 76k Of 35 Faerie's Fortune I've made about 48k (counting lvl up as 12k because it's expensive for me) Overall, they're pretty profitable as long as you only buy them from the kiosk. rowtiderow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badmannersowl Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 I'm doing Spooky at the moment out of habit because I needed the avatar, but I found the Winter ones to give a better return. I should stop scratching Spooky now that I have the avatar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowtiderow Posted April 23, 2015 Author Share Posted April 23, 2015 I am trying to stay on topic and hopefully not get a warning xD but I am curious to know whether everyone scratches the same pattern every time or if you use a random scratching pattern? I personally use the three going diagonally down from left to right and then the three along the left border. I also bought some spooky scratchcards today with the np I used from Ghoul Catchers and lost every single time. -___- I could literally hear Sssid laughing at me. "Hahaha loser" I know exactly what you mean! As far as scratching patterns, I used to do pretty much exactly what you just said, but now I just scratch randomly based on what I've scratched already. If I have two matching symbols next to each other, I try to scratch the other side of the card because in my mind they wouldn't put all three next to each other. Which is probably why I always lose. :( haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twilight790 Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 I usually only do one scratchcard a day from the Winter Scratchcard Kiosk. I am also too lazy to figure out which cards are worth a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AH_Darthur Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Seriously?!? I would have expected this from slimy Sssidney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aetherealhobnobs Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 I don't like scratchcards. If I come across one, I have to find out what's on it. And I don't buy them because I'm even more miserly than Mr. Krabs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrea140 Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Current Scratchcard Jackpot : 104675 NP!!! The Kiosk Wocky says 'Three of a kind, you lucky so and so!' YOUR PRIZE : 10,000 Neopoints!!!!Reading this thread made me think I should start scratching instead of selling. Clearly a good idea today ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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