The Return of Dr Sloth Plot prizes

[Phlameseeker]

Updated my Plot points/Np list. A few changes at the lower end of the scale, and the Visor and Buzzler have dropped a bit, but other than that prices seem stable atm.

[Helena]

*hugs for Chris*

I'm refreshing at the shop wizard, but I'm probably not going to get anything cause meh computer is slow ¬_¬

[Rakumel]

The only reason I wanted to buy the zapper in the first place was because I wanted an actual Robot pet, for keeps. I'm almost never on the Neoboards, so I don't care about a frikkin' avatar

Wait, I'm confused. Is there actually an avvie associated with having a robot pet? (avatar.starried.net's been down, so I couldn't check there.)

...d'oh! Sorry, my mistake. I meant to say something like, "a potential avatar" or "a future avatar," but irritation got the better of me. There's no actual existing avatar associated with having a robot pet, to my knowledge.

Sorry again for the confusion.

[Pickles]

Well, I went through the list and decided what I wanted, finally. I figured I'd probably later shoot myself if I didn't get the Zapamajig, so I used the majority of my points for that. I went ahead and purchased one of the blasters via the auctions. And then I went through the list of items to see what else I wanted. Using Phlameseeker's awesome chart, I then figured out which ones I could get with my plot points that would save me the most in neopoints...and bought them. Then I went through and purchased all of the others I couldn't get with my plot points.
At that point, I realized there were only 6 prizes left that I hadn't gotten somehow...so I went ahead and got them too. First time I've randomly splurged in a while. Between the blaster and all the ones I couldn't get with my plot points, it set me back about 1 mil. {winces}

But now I get all smiley-geeky like when I look the last pages of my SDB.

...I so wish I'd done this with previous plot prizes. Then I could have a plot-prize gallery. But at this point, it'd cost a fortune to do, as I'm missing some of the key things (like the ROTL). Ah well.

Edit:
Oooh! Solutions page! http://www.neopets.com/space/ros/solution.phtml

However, the following solution (the one we initially developed) was about three seconds faster:

<giggles>

Wow, having skimmed it, they really outdid themselves with the explanations.

[butterflygirl]

I love reading their solutions. Brings back fond memories of frustration and irritation. I could only skim the section on the code breaking. Though it was my favorite step (pride of solving it, ect), the explanation was just as confusing as actually doing it...lol

Haha, I think their faster solution is the one I used.

[Phlameseeker]

Hey all, updated the list again (spoilered because quite long).

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05/04/2008         
Item   Plot Points   NP   NP / Plot Point
Leftover Scrap Metal   5   50   10.000
Series Of Tubes   10   10   1.000
Duplicate Space Faerie Token Keyring   25   150   6.000
The Sounds Of Vacuum   50   100   2.000
Code Symbol Dice Set   100   150   1.500
Garoo Elite Patrol Handbook   500   5000   10.000
Space Faerie Lip Balm   500   3000   6.000
Hydroslothic Acid Toothpaste   795   5000   6.289
E-Z Brand Acidifier Play Set   999   10000   10.010
Singularity Plushie   1000   8000   8.000
Sightseeing On The Virtupets Space Station   1000   9500   9.500
Yurbot Bobblehead   1000   8500   8.500
Singrowlarity Brand Singularity Farm For Kids   1200   9500   7.917
Fire Extinguisher Of Diversion   1500   9500   6.333
Evil Genius Portrait Kit   1500   10000   6.667
Xarthab And Zorlix Bobblehead   1500   13500   9.000
The Art Of Grundo Diplomacy   2000   15000   7.500
Garoo Elite Wind-Up Toy   2000   15000   7.500
Commander Valka Plushie   2000   15000   7.500
Ylana Skyfire Action Figure   3000   20000   6.667
Miniature Gorix Spaceship   3000   20000   6.667
Parlax Plushie   4000   30000   7.500
How To Break Codes And Influence Plot Events   4000   30000   7.500
Control Rod Apparatus   5000   25000   5.000
Resistance Honor Badge   5000   27500   5.500
Resistance Headquarters Background   6000   25000   4.167
Melting Test Station Background   8000   30000   3.750
Resistance Battle Visor   10000   57500   5.750
Exceptionally Tiny Laser Cannon   12500   45000   3.600
Buzzler   20000   50000   2.500
Ylanas Blaster   25000   750000   30.000
One-Use Robotification Zappermajig   45000   0   0.000
   168184   1246960   7.414
         
         
         
         
03/04/2008         
Item   Plot Points   NP   NP / Plot Point
Leftover Scrap Metal   5   50   10
Series Of Tubes   10   10   1
Duplicate Space Faerie Token Keyring   25   100   4
The Sounds Of Vacuum   50   75   1.5
Code Symbol Dice Set   100   100   1
Garoo Elite Patrol Handbook   500   5000   10
Space Faerie Lip Balm   500   2500   5
Hydroslothic Acid Toothpaste   795   5000   6.289
E-Z Brand Acidifier Play Set   999   10000   10.01
Singularity Plushie   1000   7500   7.5
Sightseeing On The Virtupets Space Station   1000   7500   7.5
Yurbot Bobblehead   1000   7500   7.5
Singrowlarity Brand Singularity Farm For Kids   1200   10000   8.333
Fire Extinguisher Of Diversion   1500   10000   6.667
Evil Genius Portrait Kit   1500   15000   10
Xarthab And Zorlix Bobblehead   1500   10000   6.667
The Art Of Grundo Diplomacy   2000   15000   7.5
Garoo Elite Wind-Up Toy   2000   15000   7.5
Commander Valka Plushie   2000   10000   5
Ylana Skyfire Action Figure   3000   20000   6.667
Miniature Gorix Spaceship   3000   20000   6.667
Parlax Plushie   4000   30000   7.5
How To Break Codes And Influence Plot Events   4000   30000   7.5
Control Rod Apparatus   5000   25000   5
Resistance Honor Badge   5000   30000   6
Resistance Headquarters Background   6000   25000   4.167
Melting Test Station Background   8000   30000   3.75
Resistance Battle Visor   10000   65000   6.5
Exeptionally Tiny Laser Cannon   12500   45000   3.6
Buzzler   20000   50000   2.5
Ylanas Blaster   25000   750000   30
One-Use Robotification Zappermajig   45000   0   0
   168184   1250335   7.434
         
         
         
         
         
26/06/2008         
Item   Plot Points   NP   NP / Plot Point
Leftover Scrap Metal   5   55   11.000
Series Of Tubes   10   40   4.000
Duplicate Space Faerie Token Keyring   25   200   8.000
The Sounds Of Vacuum   50   100   2.000
Code Symbol Dice Set   100   100   1.000
Garoo Elite Patrol Handbook   500   3500   7.000
Space Faerie Lip Balm   500   1500   3.000
Hydroslothic Acid Toothpaste   795   2000   2.516
E-Z® Brand Acidifier Play Set™   999   6000   6.006
Singularity Plushie   1000   6000   6.000
Sightseeing On The Virtupets Space Station   1000   6000   6.000
Yurbot Bobblehead   1000   5500   5.500
Singrowlarity® Brand Singularity Farm for Kids   1200   4500   3.750
Fire Extinguisher Of Diversion   1500   3000   2.000
Evil Genius Portrait Kit   1500   8500   5.667
Xarthab And Zorlix Bobblehead   1500   9000   6.000
The Art Of Grundo Diplomacy   2000   9500   4.750
Garoo Elite Wind Up Toy   2000   9500   4.750
Commander Valka Plushie   2000   6000   3.000
Ylana Skyfire Action Figure   3000   11000   3.667
Miniature Gorix Spaceship   3000   13000   4.333
Parlax Plushie   4000   8000   2.000
How To Break Codes And Influence Plot Events   4000   18000   4.500
Control Rod Apparatus   5000   9000   1.800
Resistance Honor Badge   5000   18000   3.600
Resistance Headquarters Background   6000   22000   3.667
Melting Test Station Background   8000   30000   3.750
Resistance Battle Visor   10000   47500   4.750
Exceptionally Tiny Laser Cannon   12500   40000   3.200
Buzzler   20000   8000   0.400
Ylanas Blaster   25000   1000000   40.000
One-Use Robotification Zappermajig   45000   0   0.000
   168184   1305495   7.762

Blaster looks still the best option by miles, although not sure on the pricings, looks like forced inflation if you ask me *shrug* Other than that, a lot of depreciation in price compared to the last time i did this.

[Kenjiro]

Wow, that's quite a difference from previous plots, where prices would inflate after just a few months. Maybe it's because TNT gave too many points out to everybody this time? (or had too low point requirements for prizes, however you want to look at it)

[gingernut]

I definitely felt like I got a lot of points for not doing much on this one.